The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 2, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 28, 1996 Page: 7 of 8
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Page 7 Wednesday August 28 1996
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Kitten Klub begins another life
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Accent Page Editor
Try-outs for potential members of an all-
female spirit squad Were conducted in the
Bean Sprout Tuesday night.
The Kitten Klub as it was once called will
be making a come-back at the request of
some spirited female students Gaylc Soules
director of student activities said.
Though many of the old traditions will stay
the same the club will be renamed by the
girls involved this year.
Many Kitten Klub traditions will be fol-
lowed such as a party at the beginning of the
year to introduce new members and a social
at the end of the semester. Also the original
club constitution Will be followed as closely
as possible.
"Wc want to stay true to the constitution
but we're going to modcrnirc a few things"
Soules said.
Spirit squad members will practice for two
hours one day a week. Also required of mem-
f bcrs is one hour every week socnt makine
I think that
positive school
spirit crosses
over the athletic
line and embraces
all of the campus.
banners for the games.
Captains will be selected from the squad
and will create drills to teach the other glrb
during the weekly practice sessions.
At least 25 members are expected to be at
the first football game this year but Soules
said she expects membership to increase as
time goes by. Up to 100 women will be able
to join If they wish Soules said.
The uniform worn by the squad at athletic
events will be almost identical to the original
uniforms Uniforms consist of a pleated pur-
ple skirt white tennis shoes a purple and
white striped shirt white gloves and small
pompoms.
New members will be expected to pay the
$40 cost of their own uniforms.
Cynthia Cooke dean of students was a
member of the Kitten Klub in the late 60s
along with more than 200 others.
Cooke said she enjoyed her involvement
with the squad because of the camaraderie
with other members and the promotion of
school spirit.
"I think it is great that we arc trying to
revive some ACU traditions and 1 hope the
student body will be supportive of these
efforts. ... Primarily the spirit squad Is
focused on athletics but I think that positive
school spirit crosses over the athletic line and
embraces all of the campus" Cooke said.
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Danelle Brand formerly assistant to the dean of
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to assistant dean of the Graduate School.
Brands promotion was announced earlier this
month by Dr. Carly Dodd dean of the Graduate
School after approval from Provost Dr. Dwayne
Van Rheenen.
Brand said "My contemporaries In other univer-
sities hold this title. I've been at ACU for 20 years
and 1 know the system very well."
She started working at ACU In 1976 in the library
periodicals and moved on to administrative assis-
tant to the dean of College of Liberal and Fine Arts
in 1981 now the College of Arts and Sciences.
From there she went on to work in the Graduate
Bible Department. Brand worked with Dr. Roycc
Money and helped htm develop the Doctorate of
Ministry program.
Brand completed her Master of Education degree
from ACU in 1992 and earned her bachelor's from
East Texas State University in Commerce. She has
served ACU as an administrative assistant in the
College of Biblical and Family Studies. She will
begin her fifth year as director of the Bachelor of
Applied Studies program the degree completion
program for undergraduate students older than 25
years old.
Brands new position will include working with
the dean more often on big projects and long-range
plans. She will be Interfacing with the graduate
council working to organize students' theses
checking out graduates and vorking on special
projects.
"In a way she's being recognized for what she's
already been doing" Dodd said. "Wc wanted to
recognize people who've achieved graduate
degrees."
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by Brand to help give students better direction with
their theses. She will meet with graduate students
in October about the guide.
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Class project aids Rehab Center
By Jessica Gray
Viewpoints Page Editor
'n the form of a class project
.five students donated a pneu
matic amputee mobility aid to
(he West Texas Rehabilitation
Center. The device assists ampu-
tees prior to the development of
in permanent prosthesis and Is
made entirely out of titanium
tubing.
During the spring semester the
industrial technology majors were
vcre enrolled in a senior-level spe
cial topics manufacturing course
lor which "Titanium Processing"
was chosen taught by Dr. James C
Cooke chairman of the Industrial
Technology Department.
In the course the students
worked with the titanium alloy 3
Al.-2.5V a super alloy with
unique properties and character-
istics requiring specialized com-
plicated processes Cooke said.
The group decided to
Improve the 21-pound PAM aid
already existing at the rehab cen-
ter by making it lighter. The
device created by the group of
students and Cooke weighs
about two pounds.
The team wanted a project
that serve the community. They
found it in the aid.
"It brings together the mis-
sion of the school and the mis-
sion of the department" Cooke
said. "It was very rewarding to do
something you like and be of ser-
vice to the community."
The device was officially
donated May 30.
The students working on the
project were Selwyn Dews from
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 2, Ed. 1, Wednesday, August 28, 1996, newspaper, August 28, 1996; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth99691/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.