New channels added to lineup
By Crystal Smith

If you have ever had a goal, invested your time, energy and prayer into that goal and then waited until it came to pass, you know how Student Association president Alex Aguilar feels.

When he campaigned for SA president last spring, his main platform was cable expansion. Immediately after he was elected in April 2002, Aguilar began meeting with various members of administration to make good on his campaign promise.

The first week of February his efforts came to fruition. Three new channels were added to the cable lineup. The new channels are ESPN news, ESPN classics and The Learning Channel (TLC). Students now have 21 channels to choose from, plus the cartoons and specials played on the University's closed circuit television.

This is the first major cable expansion since 1993 when ORU first began receiving cable. The technology has changed since then, and now ORU receives all programming through a digital satellite system. The University just purchased four new receivers to accommodate the programming.

Aguilar is excited about the expansion. "I am thankful that, by the grace of God, I have been able to fulfill my campaign promise," he said. "God has really been blessing the Student Association, and I believe it is because we have been tithing."

Although thankful for the progress, Aguilar is working on more improvements, including continued expansion of the cable system, with at least one more channel coming in the near future.

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