The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 39, Ed. 1, Tuesday, February 18, 1997 Page: 2 of 16
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Jeremy Parish Editor in Chief
Tiffany Koratrup Managing News Editor
Jesska Gray Viewpoints Page Editor
Rebecca Wilson Chief Copy Editor
A& Amanda Reiter Chief Photographer
L" x Dr. MerSn Mann Faculty Adviser
Cade White Photographic Adviser
Kent Bamett Advertising Director
Tony Sedan! Staff Photographer
Becky Bowden Advertising Sales
Wyatt Bowden Advertising Sales
Lovey Chin Staff Photographer
Amy Daugherlty OKne dfor
Kelly Enright Copy Editor
Jennifer Flerro Sports Writer
Eunice Urn Staff Writer
Brenda McClaln Ad Production
Julie O'Neill News Page Editor
Sidney Sduihmann News Page Editor
Jared Schroeder Sports Editor
Kim Sublette Advertising Production
Melanle Thomas Editorial Assistant
Michael Woods Senior Staff Photographer
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Students should welcome Sdsito& tcu campus
Things are not always as they
appear. Although this might be a
cliche it is still highly applicable espe-
cially this week.
Visitors to the campus view their sur-
rounding quite differently than those
who use it on a daily basis.
People who have never been here be-
fore do not always understand the lay-
out of parking where buildings are
located or even where Daily Assembly
takes place.
This can make the trip for Bible Lec-
tureship difficult at times. To help with
this problem students and faculty can
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"Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God thai in due time he may
exalt you. Cast all your anxieties on him for he cares about you. Be sober be watchful.
Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaririg lion seeking some one to
devour. Resist him firm in your faith loiowing that the same experience of suffering is
required of your botherhood throughout the world.-And after you have suffered a little
while the God of all grace who has called you to His eternal gloryin Christ will him
self restore establish and strengthen you.M - r
Technology
T.ttpVwww.our future.com. Sound
Jlfamillar? Well if you're one those
people who think of the Internet as a
social disease your future may soon
become much more complicated than
you realize.
If you haven't noticed the Internet has
become one of the fastest growing
phonemena known to the human race
and will continue to grow rapidly into
the foreseeable future.
New technologies have made old Ideas
dreams and revolutionary thoughts
become realities.
A perfect example of the next major
step in the near future is the new televi-
sion set expected to hit the market for
Sing Song
Welcome to Insanity Texas popula-
tion 14000.
The annual Sing SongBible Lecture-
ship mayhem will have passed soon
leaving in its wake tired students har-
ried faculty and tired students. Oh did 1
already mention those?
Conveniently this year Sing Song
Lectureship and Valentine's Day were all
grouped together in one efficient pack-
age which meant that you were proba-
bly so stressed about one that you didn't
have time to fret about the others.
Having lived through four years of
this I can really feel for those folks who
live in Southeast Asia. Monsoon season
lias to be similar.
One might wonder about the fact that
two of the three major annual ACU
events are lumped together in a big
package. Is It a coincidence? Was it
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122 McGlothlin Campus Ctr.
ACU Box 27892
Abilene TX 79699-7892
E-mail: optimistjmc.acu.edu
The Optimist Is a publication pj the stu-
dents of the Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication of AbfrYne
Christian University 122 McGlotMin
Campus Ctr. ACU Box 27892 Abilene
Texas 79699-7892.
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published twice a week Septemberthrough
April (except for during university holidays
In November December January and
March). Subscriptions to the Optimist would
be $30 for third-class mail and $75 for first-
class mail for the academic year.
The unsigned editorials are the opinions
of the students on the Optimist Editorial
Board and do not necessarily relied the
policies or views of the university The
signed columns cartoons and letter) to the
editor are the opinions of their creaors and
do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of
the Optimist Editorial Board or ;he 'universi-
ty administration.
do three things.
First help out anyone who appears to
be lost or confused. If you see people in
the Zona Luce Building - or any other
building on campus that is notlikely to
Have lectures - looking for a lecture
point them in the right direction.
Second have patience for those visi-
tors who might accidentally ait you off
in a parking lot or on the way into
Chapel. This is a large and at times
complicated campus that takes some
getting used to. i
Third respect these visitors' status
as visitors. Reaffirm what ihey have
quickly
the first time in the United Stajes some-
time this year. a
This new technology will combine High
Definition Television internet Television
your telephone your computer and
many other future Ideas that have not yet
been developed.
It will give you the power to do
many things that were once only pos-
sible in movies books and In your
own imagination.
Imagine the possibilities: In the future
you could be able to watch your favorite
show anytime you want commercial free
talk via video phone to your grandmoth-
er so she can tell you how much you look
like your cousin Bob order dinner from
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planned that way? Do the people in
charge have no mercy?
In truth the timing is morefef a nat-
ural phenomenon than anything else.
Once back in the hazy mlst of time
when the world was young arid inno-
cent and Democrats were conserva-
tives a wise man founded what would
become ACU Lectureship. In doing
so he created a phenomenon that
would disrupt the natural order of
this campus.
The ACU ecosystem is one of balance.
Students and adults exist in a; ratio of
about eight to one. i
When Lectureship rolls around the
number of adults increases by nearly-
10000 making the ratio more like one
to three
The students are suddenly outnumbered.
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probably already heard about the ACU
campus by showing them the respect
they deserve.
Try to be as friendly and courteous
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lUyou are a visitor this week do not
hesitate to ask for directions if you get
lost. As students we got lost when we
firstjarrived on campus as well.
Wijh these helpful and patient atti-
tudes this week might end more
smoothly and when it comes around
again; next year visitors and residents
alikei might look forward to that
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There Is no doubt this
new ifchno!qgy will
become so common in
oursodety that it vil(
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your favorite food place to be delivered to
your front door or check your bank
account to make sure your checks don't
bounce. j
The next generation might as well be
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the madness by vnnlin?
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space o a weekend"
Jeremy
Tarish
As any student of science knows
nature dislikes imbalance. The natural
Inclination of the ACU ecosystem Is to
restore its normal balance Because
bringing an additional 80000 students
to campus is a bit impractical the sys-
tem compensates byicauslng the normal
student population to work 20 times as
hard as normal.
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Cure you may know your friends
v5 favorite color or movie but that
doesn't mean you know the real person.
Deeper more important aspects usually
can be discovered only by spending
time with someone.
However some people come up with
excellent creative ideas to speed along
the getting-to-know-you process.
A friend of mine had a brilliant idea as
to how to speed up the process tif shar-
ing with another person. She asked all '
her close friends to write a letter to die
person she was beginning to know
telling about her unique personality
quirks. Then her friend had a jump start
on the relationship.
Another friend made a list of situa-
tions in which she wished to spend time
with a new boyfriend. For example she
wanted to see him play with children
and teach a Bible class. Sharing a variety
of experiences with someone is an
excellent way to get to know him.
An nll-nlght talk session reveals more
about people than several casual out-
ings could ever hope to reveal. There
just seems to be something about laugh-
ing with people at 3 a.m. that bonds
them.
Taking those hilarious what-kind-of-
pcrson-are-you tests in magazines pro-
vides some insight into the rnind of a
laughs.
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considered the digital generation.
Our kids could very well be taking
their classes through interactive video
conferencing and graduating from col-
lege when they're 18.
I can only imagine the stories I will be
telling my grandklds as they sit on my
knee 50 years from now.
"When I was a kid we had to do our
homework on paper and write with pens
and pencils. When I was a kid we had
to actually mail letters to people that
wouldn't reach them for days. When I
was a kid we had to wake up early dress
nice and drive our cars to get to school.
When I was a kid..."
Many of these technologies are already
Thus Sing Song.
Remember the monsoon analogy fim
a few paragraplis back? The concept Is
similar. A storm is created by air rushing
into a low pressure area of atmosphere
trying to equalize the air pressure. Sing
Song is created by students rushing to
equalize their presence on campus.
Jhls is accomplished primarily by
dressing up In weird costumes and stay-
ing up until 5 a.m. as many consecutive
nights in a row as is humanly possible.
Some people may have noticed the
similarity In spelling between Sing Song
and Sing Sing the famous prison. Make
of that what you will.
Even here at the Optimist where we
prefer to report events rather than par-
ticipate in them we get caught up in the
madness by printing an old-growth for-
est worth of paper in the space of a
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Another way to get to know people
quickly is to observe then with their
family. The way a person deals with an
annoying brother or stern father can'
speak volumes -whether! the person is
patient or has a sense of humor.
One way to get tp know someone bet-
ter Is to endure painful .times with him
or her. Though it is an unpleasant way
to get acquainted going through tra-
gedy or stress with spmeone cemeats
that relationship like nothing else. S
Working with soincone whom you
already know makes you familiar with a
different side of his personality. Painting
a fence with your boyfriend reveals
much more about him than going to the
movies together.
Although these are all helpful sugges-
tiqns nothing bdbts time spent together
tcj reveal lhe mrvy facets pi a persrjjte
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available tcVday if you have the right
equipmenvana Know-now.
In fact just the other day t was brows-
ing web sites from my hometown and
found that my favorite sub shop was on-
line and ready for people td place orders
and be delivered hot'and ready to ca't;
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There Is no doubt this new technology
wlllbec6me so common In our.sodety
tliat it will be as common as apple pie
and the Fourth of July. .
The only question that remains is how
far will it go. '
Beam me over a hot pastrami with
i cheese please. !
weekend. ; t
Several of our staff faembers alsp
chose to participate In king Spne this
year apparently unsatisfied with feeling
only the pain and suffering the paper
alone inflicts l fi VP
At the end of the week' we'll be scrap-
ing their comatose bodies from their
desks and placing them someplace
quiet dark and full of beds. T
Unfortunately the hard i -r .uii
weekend has its toll namely in sou J!
dent energy. Future generations will T
icier io me weeK lollowing Sing Sond
as The Great Sleep. For now we refef
to it as the week in which professor-
write the letter A in alotorthehr
gradebooks. Under the space foe
attendence
You have 361 days until the next Sing1
Song hits. Id start resting now. '
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