I am giving away two sets of two ticket vouchers for an at-home Gorillas hockey game. That's four tickets all together. Two tickets will be given to one of AC's high school friends; two tickets will be given to an AC student. Everyone got it? It'll give you something to do over the Christmas holidays. The vouchers are good for any at-home games this season (playoffs not included) and are for red-level seating.

To enter: leave a comment on AC's profile OR send a message to AC OR leave a comment on this blog STATING YOUR SCHOOL'S NAME. One entry per person will be accepted.

Winners will be selected through a random drawing on Thursday, December 18. Winners will be notified that day via a message on MySpace.

GOOD LUCK!

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Chapter will be selling raffle tickets for 6 hours of in-district tuition for Spring 2009. The value is $352.50, but each ticket is only $5.

All proceeds will benefit the Amy Yager Memorial Scholarship. Amy was an AC student who was a victim of domestic violence.

Tickets will be sold through December 12. You can purchase them at the CUB during these times:
Nov. 17 - Nov.20, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Nov. 29 - Dec. 2, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Tickets can also be purchased from any Interior Design Student or by calling (806) 354-6051. The drawing will be held December12 at noon.

Friday, Oct. 24, 7:00 pm -- Balloon Glow
Tradewind Airport North Field
Public parking off Tradewind Street
FREE

Saturday, Oct. 25, 7:00 am -- "Capture the Pearl" competition flight
Tradewind Airport North Field
FREE

Saturday, Oct. 25, 3:00 pm -- Up close with balloons, pilots and crew
Tradewind Airport North Field
FREE

Sunday, Oct. 26, 7:00 am -- "Pirates of the Canyon"
Palo Duro Canyon Amphitheatre
Admission: Regular gate admission to Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Information on financial aid and scholarship opportunities. You will receive free one-on-one assistance completing AC admissions and federal financial aid applications.

Bring:
* your 2007 Federal Income Tax Return (if filed)
* your parents' 2007 Federal income tax return (if filed)
* your W-2 forms, paycheck stubs or any record of earned income
* your parents W-2 forms, paycheck stubs or any record of earned income
* your most recent academic transcript

Register to win a $200 scholarship!

For information, call (806) 381-8968. Everyone at Community Link speaks Spanish as well as English.

Amarillo College journalism students won nine awards Oct. 3 from the Texas Community College Journalism Association, including three by Rachel Nelson. The awards were announced at the TCCJA convention in Corpus Christi.

In competition with other community colleges across the state, Nelson took both first and second places in editorial writing in the Division I newspaper category. The first-place award was for an editorial in the student newspaper, The Ranger, in October 2007. The editorial criticized a Colorado student newspaper for its four-letter-word assessment of President Bush.

The second place certificate was for a November 2007 editorial promoting the right of college students to drop as many courses as they want.

Nelson, now a copy editor at the Amarillo Globe-News, also placed first in the Division 1 newswriting category for her December 2007 story on AC history and government textbooks that were accused of political bias.

Jon McEwen placed second in the open magazine division for his fall 2007 story on the AC media convergence program.

Receiving honorable mention were Maddisun Fowler for her design of the contents pages of the fall 2007 AC Current magazine; The Ranger for its online edition; Brittani Wray and Josh Godsey for their Ranger picture page covering Fallfest 2007; Rebekah Thompson for her November 2007 photo of a hot-air balloon in Palo Duro Canyon; and Cindy Maggiulli for her sports feature story on a Swedish fencer in a February 2008 Ranger.

Wray also is a Globe-News copy editor.

During the month of October, Sigma Phi Sigma (Mortuary Science club) will be selling T-shirts and Hoodies to raise money for a trip to Batesville, IN to visit the Batesville Casket Company. Shirts are $15 and hoodies are $30.

If you want one, call Lisa at 356-3675 or Preston at 356-3631. OR email childress-pr@actx.edu.

In addition to our fancy schmancy Myspace page, AC also has a Facebook page!  Or maybe you're a twitterer...

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amarillo-TX/Amarillo-College/32589113331

Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/amarillocollege