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Delta Theta returns with renewed sense of purpose

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Delta Theta was reactivated Wednesday, six months after pledging was halted. Administrators stopped pledging midway through October after the club's advisers resigned because they didn't agree with the direction the club was headed, said Dr. Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life. "The women completed a self-study ... [Read More…]

Students curious to see reactions to Soulforce

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By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor As the university awaits the visit from Soulforce's Equality Ride, many students are anxious about the visit's outcome and whether opposing opinions will lead to violent behavior. ACU is one of 19 religious and military institutions along Equality Ride's route and the first after six stops to open its doors to the ... [Read More…]

GSP members bike to California to raise money for the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Twenty members of Gamma Sigma Phi will embark at 2 p.m. Friday on a 1,200-mile bike ride across the southwest on route to Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. Riders expect to arrive in California by mid-morning Monday after riding continuously from Abilene, all so they can raise money for a foundation ... [Read More…]

Jogging track closes some lot entrances

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By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Construction on the Walk/Jog track has progressed around the perimeter of campus to East North 16th Street, with an expected finish set for April. Temporary entrance closures for Sikes, Gardner, Nelson and McDonald residence halls can be expected at least through the week after spring break while the construction ... [Read More…]

Chappelle, Brooklyn throw ‘Party’ to remember

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By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor On a September day in 2004, residents from neighborhoods in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Dayton, Ohio, experienced "the greatest single day" of comedian Dave Chappelle's career. Using his celebrity connections with major rap, hip hop and soul artists, Chappelle gathered his performer friends together to treat a corner of ... [Read More…]

Officials meet to decide if campaign rules were violated

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Elections for Students' Association executive officer positions begin after spring break, but a wrinkle in the campaigning process has already appeared. Last week, several potential candidates created Facebook.com support groups, and more than 150 members have already joined, despite the fact that campaigning ... [Read More…]

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Be transformed on and off campus

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By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief Students begin scattering to all corners of the country and world today as Spring Break Campaigns begin and willing students take the Gospel and the message of Christ to people they do not know and have never met. A commendable goal to be sure as students try to live out the words of the Great Commission. But ... [Read More…]

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