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Sacred Spaces vol. 102, no. 9
friday, September 20, 2013
Jack Maxwell exhibits new art in ACU gallery
1 SECTION, 6 PAGES
SA finalizes fall group budget
INSIDE
Staff report
NEWS The documentary “Hellbound?” will show on campus Sept. 24 Page 3
SPORTS Wildcat soccer will compete against Sam Houston on Friday
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NEWS ACU chemistry professor creates patent to combat harmful bacteria Page 3
OPINION The editorial board takes a look at how ACU handles Summit
The Student’s Association met with members from numerous on-campus organizations to finalize its fall 2013 budget on Wednesday. This year 62 groups requested a combined total of $125,945.15. The Student’s Association was is allocated $90,000
for the fall semester and $42,808.50 of it went to the student groups. The remaining balance of the fall budget is designated in advance for SA officer salaries, conference requests and class budgets. “Victoria and I went through and paid only for the student groups’ No. 1 priorities, and we were $10,000 over budget,” executive treasurer JP Ralston said. “It was very
stressful at that point, because that’s when I realized we weren’t going to be able to fulfill everyone’s priority.” Thirty-three congressional members attended the meeting alongside representatives from many of the student organizations of ACU. New organizations represented in the meeting were League of Wildcats, Third Culture Kids, the African Students
Association and Wildcats for Sustainability. Before the budget was debated, representatives discussed the allotment of funds in the bill. During this period, Hispanos Unidos generously offered $45 of their funding to Virtuous Sisterhood to repay an adviser. “That’s a gesture I’ve never seen happen in the three years I’ve been in the meetings,” said
RACING TO
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Madeline Orr
Cycling club president Liz Lurz will race in Nationals
Managing Editor
I trained enough or I’ve gotten good enough and I could probably catch up to the other girls and beat them, but you just don’t because you’re just not at that level yet,” Lurz said. She would get up at 5:00 a.m. to train and do hill climbs so that in order to get better. She started noticing that her times were getting faster and people were starting recognize how hard she was training. In March of 2012, she finally broke her losing streak and won 2nd place in her [Solavaca] race, Solavaca(what?). Lurz decided to race for ACU the fall of her junior year and worked her way up to nationals. Lurz went to nationals in Angel Fire, N.M., Oct. 22, 2012. She said it was a difficult ride; she climbed 2,000 feet per lap. She placed 21 out of 27 girls. This fall Lurz started the school year with a mountain bike race. She placed first and beat her competition by 10 minutes. “I guess I underestimated my
A 16-member Citizens Master Facilities Planning Committee formed by the Abilene ISD Board of Trustees has presented an $87.68 million bond proposal to update and improve AISD schools. The projects to be paid for by the bond include safety and security upgrades, new elementary schools, consolidation of four early childhood campuses, ADA accessibility renovations, high school auditorium renovations, technology improvements and other high-priority needs. Based on the average value of homes in Abilene ISD of $92,669, homeowners would pay $4.07 per month and $48.80 per year in school property tax, according to AISD. Dr. Jeff Arrington, dean of college of arts and sciences, served as chairman for the Citizens Master Facilities Planning Committee. The committee was assembled by the school board to provide an assessment of the facilities and a recommendation on any response that the committee found in the assessment, Arrington said. “We recommended a bond proposal that the board unanimously approved and, at that point, the present-tense work of my committee is concluded,” Arrington said. “Now there is a separate group of people, the political action committee, who will be in the role of advocating the community for approval of this bond package.” The statewide bond election day is Nov. 5, with early voting taking place from Oct. 21- Nov. 1. The last school district bond election, which took place in 2009, did not pass. After looking at past proposals, the committee intentionally chose
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NEWS ACU’s Fishing Club looks for new members Page 2
SPORTS ACU tennis teams make their Div. 1 debut in New Mexico this weekend
NEWS
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Liz Lurz, senior business management major from Boerne, shows off her bike and ACU cycling uniform. While on the ACU cycling team, Lurz has competed and placed in several competitions.
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The International Office undergoes staff changes Page 2
OPINION Parker Gordon, president of the ACU College Republicans, speaks out about his club Page 4
SPORTS The sports staff predicts the outcome of the ACU vs. Illinois State football game this Saturday Page 6
ONLINE
Staff reporter The cycling club’s president will represent ACU at the USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in North Carolina this year. Elizabeth Lurz, senior business major from Boerne, has overcome many obstacles to become the cyclist she is today. “I am racing for everything I have fought through these past couple of years,” said Lurz. “Any achievement I achieve between now and before I graduate is seriously amazing. There is nothing to describe how awesome it feels to be riding at this capacity and racing at the capacity that I am right now, and to know that I can continue to get better.” Lurz was diagnosed with a neurological condition during her sophomore year of high school. She soon developed a blood clot disorder along with some kidney issues. Because of these health issues her doctor told her
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she couldn’t race. “It was really hard being told that I couldn’t do any physical activity,” said Lurz. “It was like part of me being taken away and I wasn’t going to take ‘no’ as an answer, so I would go and watch the races.” This was particularly hard for her, having already won a state championship and having been top three in the state for four years. After three years of being off the bike Lurz finally got to race again. “Here we are today, and I’ve pulled my life together,” said Lurz. “I’ve overcome a lot. It’s pretty crazy when you go from taking a hand-full of medications almost four to five times a day, to now I don’t take anything and I ride. It’s like my own personal medication.” Lurz was excited to get back on her bike once again, but she knew she would have to work hard to get to where she used to be. She spent her entire sophomore year placing dead last in all of her races. “It was like being told ‘no’ over and over again. And every time I thought
Monks to open location near ACU Brittany jackson
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AISD Bond election to better schools
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Ralston. “I’m very proud of Hispanos Unidos for helping out like that.” Benac agreed with Ralston’s claim. “It’s an example of groups working together from the start,” he said. “They saved us a lot of potential conf lict.” SA’s proposals were initially met with little opposition, but congress
copy editor Monk’s Coffee Shop is expanding its service to a second location off of Ambler Ave. The business will open up shop on 1333th St. on Ambler Ave., close to Hardin Simmons University and Hendricks Hospital. Jerry Hendrix, owner of Monk’s, said he was contacted with the opportunity. “We’ve always had our eyes open for the right
opportunity, and some of those just haven’t worked out,” Hendrix said. “This was a case where the people who currently have the lease approached us.” Hendrix said Monk’s plans on partnering with Books2U, the company currently leasing the building, to help promote both businesses. The building itself is located next to Paul’s Barber Shop and is smaller than the original Monk’s. Hendrix said this new area, about 600 square feet, might keep custom-
ers from lounging around for extended amounts of time, as they do now. There is no set opening date but Hendrix said they have already passed their first inspection. “Once we get one or two more pieces of equipment it’ll move pretty fast, because we feel like it’s codeready,” Hendrix said. The menu at the additional location will remain relatively the same, Hendrix said, but he hopes to begin experimenting
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Monks will add a branch where Books2U is located on Ambler Ave.