Freshman Follies will return to campus once again this weekend for Family Weekend. The event began in 1970 as an informal freshman skit and showcase during Homecoming weekend. Today, Freshman Follies is a freshman-only lip-sync competition ... [Read More…]
News
Fall semester marks 9 years of record enrollment
This semester, the university reached its ninth consecutive year of record enrollment with 7,877 students. This marks an 8% increase from last year and a 48% increase over the last decade. The exact breakdown of enrollment is: ... [Read More…]
KACU hosts Tiny(ier) Desk concert to promote local artists
Small studios, famous artists and favorite songs: this is what Tiny Desk by NPR is all about. KACU is bringing its own version to Abilene with Tiny(ier) Desk at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, at Seven and One Bookstore. Tiny(ier) Desk is a way for the ... [Read More…]
Sports
From speed to strength: track runners take on cross country
For most of the year, Anna Vyn is used to running the 800-meter race on the track. This season, the sophomore, as well as several other mid-distance runners, is competing in cross country and using longer distances to prepare for the spring. Vyn, a finance and accounting double major from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, ran […]
Wildcats show progress at Red Raider Invitational
The Abilene Christian women’s golf team finished strong at the Red Raider Invitational this week in Lubbock, finishing fourth at The Rawls Course. ACU finished the tournament with a score of 32-over 896. Three Wildcats finished inside the top 20, led by Kate Pickrell, who finished eighth individually at 3-over 219. Jiyu Han finished 16th […]
Opinion: Parks, the run game and a win: Now ACU has to prove it
A week before ACU won at Idaho, Keith Patterson was asked why he wasn’t giving another quarterback a shot. “They ought to probably pay attention to the first game,” he said. “We threw another quarterback out there.” Then he threw another quarterback out there. Tucker Parks started Saturday in Moscow, Idaho, and went 14-of-21 for […]
Features
Wildcats reflect on traveling to away games
It was arguably the defining moment of the Texas Tech game. Alex Broome, a running back from Nashville, Tennessee, returned the kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown, sending the ACU fan section into a ... [Read More…]