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Optimist
By AMY DAUGHERITY
MANAGING EDITOR
CTJT ast year the 1993-94 Optimist won
JLan Ail-American rating from the
Natioi.l Scholastic Press Association
Associated Collegiate Press for the
19th consecutive year.
"It means a continuation of a power-
ful tradition on campus that most stu-
dents may not know about although
Iicy participate in it said Kathy Col-
Vett former copy editor and present
senior staff writer for the Optimist
A judge evaluated the staff with a 13-
page scoring guide and awarded the
Oiitfmist 3745 points out of a possible
4.F50 points. The staff received perfect
superior scores for photography and
layout and design and near-perfect
cores for coverage and content art and
gracmes anu teauersnip.
mark Houston junior public relations
major from Kerrville was applauded
for his work as Accent page editor last
year The judge wrote that Houston's
cessful" she said.
Beginning at 4:30 p.m. four-person
volleyball teams will compete for a
prize of $120 on the intramural field.
Teams can register in the Campus Cen-
ter to play for $20 each.
While volleyball players vie for the
prize onlookers can enjoy food and
musical entertainment.
The Bean will provide hamburgers
hot dogs and french fries for purchase
by meal plan. Cajun Cones will also be
Spidermen
Students attempt to climb the inflat-
ed Velcro wall while wearing special
adhesive suits at Back to School
Bash.
Back to School
Bash!
I'm gonna knock you out
Competitors don oversized gloves
and use each other as human punch-
ing bags.
wins All-American
use of "a variety of design techniques"
was "awesome" and called the entire
page "outstanding."
"It just makes me proud to carry on
the tradition of publishing a quality stu-
dent newspaper a tradition of excel-
lence" said Houston who is presently
design editor for the Prickly Pear.
Houston also said he appreciated the
feedback from the evaluation.
"Publishing the paper .was like taking
a test and getting this feedback was
like receiving our passing grade for the
test" he said.
The judge praised the Opinion page
for design and use of space In the fall
Richard Stevens junior news-editorial
major from Fairfield served as editor.
In the spring the position was shared
by Debbie Crawford senior news-editorial
major from Abilene and Melissa
Stagings senior news-editorial major
from Bakersfield Calif
"The award serves as motivation to
work hard this year" Stallings said.
Colvett senior news-editorial major
from Florence Ala. said of the award:
sold.
Two live musical groups will enter-
taining the masses: Steel Grooves and
Pongo. Steel Grooves is ACU's steel
drum band directed by Alan Teel assis-
tant professor of music. Pongo the
spring Battle of the Bands winners will
perform later.
Between the bands music will be pro-
vided by a Y-99 D.J.
At the Bash memorabclia will be
given away on a first-come first-serve
tno tayro.
"It is an affirmation of teamwork no
sleep tears personal lives set aside
computers crashing frazzled nerves
lots of laughs hard work and the
friendships were all worth it" she said.
"I'm constantly amazed at the quality
of students we get" said Dr. Charlie
Marler advisor of the Optimist and
chairman of the department of journal-
ism and mass communication. He said
that the staffs from year to year have
had different strengths and levels of
experience. However he pointed out
one common quality among the staffs
he has advised for 19 years.
"They all seem to really care about
getting good quality news to the stu-
dent body" Marler said. "Our strengths
are cyclical but overall performance is
steady
Marler who was editor of the Opti-
mist in 1954-55 said that winning the
award continuously was a challenge.
"I didn't dream that we could do it
but here we are and we did it" Mar-
ler said. "The challenge is now up to
the '94-95 staff"
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souvenirs include Frisbccs cups and
leis. Custom designed T-shirts arc
available at the ticket windows in the
Campus Center for $9 each until Fri-
day. "We usually have great participation"
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Last year's bash entertained 500-600
students
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' music and chairman of
the Department of
Kftisic. "Nobody likes
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said Sharon Lyles
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major from Katy.
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Man arrested
charged with
campus theft
Abilene police arrested a 27-year-old
man on campus early
Wednesday morning on a charge of
burglary of a building according to a
police report.
Around 12:05 a.m. an ACU security
officer saw the man walking across
campus and recognized him the
report said. The security officer told
Abilene police the man previously
had been barred from campus the
report said.
Abilene police said the man had
about $5000 worth of items in his
possession and he could not account
for them. When police investigated
they found the items allegedly were
stolen from an office on campus they
said.
The items included a $4000 laptop
computer a $900 videocasscttc
recorder a $120 compact disc player
two speakers a tape recorder a Timex
stopwatch assorted U.S. coins candy
and soft drinks the report said.
Bond was set at $7500 police said.
Students' home
burglarized
An unknown thief stole $900 worth
of belongings from two ACU stu-
dents' residence sometime Thursday
according to a police report.
Items found missing from the house
included a $200 microwave oven a .
$200 window air conditioning unit a
$200 19-inch color television and a '
$300 videocassette recorder the
report said.
The burglar apparently entered and
exited the house located on the 400
block of College through an
unlocked front door on the south side
of the residence between 9:30 a.m.-
12:15 p.m. police said.
eel everything and go home.
The cause of the sewage smell was?
discovered and eradicated after more
tlian; two years of investigation
George said.
Consultants identified the problem
that stemmed from uncapped drains
beneath the floor of the former cafcr
teria. As the air condi
tioner pulled air from
the bottom of the
building where the
open drains remained
the smell was routed
through the system
into the hallways and
rooms. Installing a
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