This week on the JMC Network Newscast... First, a look at the mural being done by an ACU grad. Then, information on the Blue Bell ice cream recall and how it's affected the World Famous Bean. Finally, a quick preview of the Kirk Goodwin Run happening Saturday. Produced by Savanah Silva Video by Emily Studer and Joshua Cook ... [Read More…]
ACU Disc Golf ends competition and plans for next season
The ACU disc golf team traveled to South Carolina to compete in a national tournament as a farewell for three graduating seniors. Between school and work, senior competitor Trey Arnett, business and finance major from Argyle, and the other three team members were able to practice four days a week to train for the competition. They worked on ... [Read More…]
Red Boot Round Up canceled to properly honor Smith
The annual Red Boot Round Up was canceled this year to allow for more time to plan and improve the event. The benefit dance concert was created two years ago to remember ACU student Linsey Smith who was killed in a head-on car crash in January 2013. Smith and a group of students were headed to the Grand Ole Oplin, a two-stepping dance hall, when ... [Read More…]
Alum sets sights on creating local video game company
An ACU alumus' dream to create his own video game company is approaching fruition, and he's looking for students to get involved. Ron Davis is the creative mastermind behind Reactuate Games, a video game developer started in January and based in Abilene. He is conducting the hiring process to find four workers to join his company and wishes to ... [Read More…]
2016 Sing Song co-chairs selected
Six students have been selected as the 2016 Sing Song co-chairs. Tom Craig, director of student activities and productions, and Mark Jackson, assistant director of student organizations and programs, made the announcement Tuesday. The 2016 Sing Song co-chairs are: Kevin Carroll, sophomore marketing major from Abilene Taylor Flowers, senior ... [Read More…]
Community honors first African-American sheriff of Taylor County
Members of Goodwill Full Gospel Church will honor Otis Wiley, Abilene's first African-American sheriff, Friday at Hardin-Simmons University with a dinner and ceremony. Wiley, 79, is the pastor of Goodwill and is known as a pioneer of his time. In 1967, Wiley was the first African-American hired by the Taylor County sheriff's department. He ... [Read More…]
Congress votes to pack heat on campus
Student Congress voted Wednesday to support a campus carry bill proposed in the Senate to allow concealed handgun licenses to bring guns on campus. The resolution, which passed 27 in favor and three opposed with no debate, was in response to the administration's attempt to gauge the student body's opinion of Senate Bill 11. Beau Carter, ... [Read More…]
ISA promotes students diversity with food fest
The International Student's Association had its fifth annual food festival Saturday. More than 300 people, including students, families and faculty members, joined ISA to taste foods from 13 countries, including the Philippines, South Korea and Saudi Arabia. Denzil Lim, senior convergence journalism major from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is the ... [Read More…]
Intramural season nearing a close with soccer finals
This shall be the penultimate printing of the intramural column everyone has grown to love (or hate) over the course of the last two semesters. And because there is no guarantee this column will be continued in the future (apparently it's not the type of 'true journalism' the Optimist strives for), I would suggest you keep this edition and have it ... [Read More…]
Student projects celebrate Earth Day
In light of Earth Day, the Campus Center will be filled with tri-fold posters and presentations created by Dr. Jim Cooke's environmental and technological science classes on Wednesday. They will be in the Campus Center from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and each presentation will discuss and raise awareness on different environmental issues that are affecting ... [Read More…]
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