Former football standout Danieal Manning was drafted with the 42nd pick in the NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears on Saturday, April 29. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJBT3w7C0Is Editing by Nick Hester ... [Read More…]
Archives for May 2006
Rocketboys vie to play at Cornerstone music festival
By Denton Josey, Student Reporter On July 5, about 20,000 music fans will converge in rural Bushnell, Ill., for a four-day music festival called Cornerstone, and student band Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys will be on stage. Entering its 23rd year, Cornerstone will feature about 300 bands for fans to watch, and one of those bands will be Homer ... [Read More…]
Manning drafted by the Chicago Bears
Former football standout Danieal Manning was drafted with the 42nd pick in the NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears on Saturday, April 29. Editing by Nick Hester ... [Read More…]
Top 10 stories of the year, courtesy of the ‘Optimist’
Few years in recent history have come with more anticipation than the 2005-06 school year brought for the university. With students and alumni anticipating major events like the Centennial Celebration, the 50th Sing Song and the final February Bible Lectureship, the campus community still found a way to create its own news that helped shape the ... [Read More…]
Sept. 11 tribute rolls into theatres, history
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor United Airlines Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer yelled "Let's roll" on Sept. 11, 2001, as he and his fellow passengers stormed the cockpit of the hijacked plane, which crashed in a remote Pennsylvania field. Actually, he yelled, "Let's roll it," as in "let's roll the drink cart toward the cockpit door and use it as a ... [Read More…]
Barnard set for new role as Dean of Spiritual Formation
By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Dr. Wayne Barnard will no longer serve as dean of Campus Life beginning June 1, said Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, on Thursday. Barnard, who has served as dean of Campus Life since 1996, will be the university's first dean of spiritual formation, a position the university has been wanting to ... [Read More…]
Reflecting on four years of newsprint
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief These 10 pages of newsprint you are holding are talented and versatile. While bringing you the news and opinions from around campus twice a week, they manage to be many other things to many people. To many, perusing these pages is a Wednesday and Friday ritual after Chapel. To a few, these pages are a place to ... [Read More…]
Centennial Campaign still lacks $43 million
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief The Centennial Campaign sits at $107 million as this academic year comes to a close - $43 million short of where the university would like to be by the end of December - said Phil Boone, director of the Centennial Campaign. Despite the difference, Boone said he is confident the $150 million goal can be reached ... [Read More…]
Finding jobs is tough, but ACU is here to help you
ACU offers many great career resources for its students. Throughout this semester, our office has provided the following in the way of assistance: two job fairs, at least 15 workshops on career readiness (resume writing, job search, interviewing, etc.,) 16 employers interviewing on campus and 500 full-time jobs posted on ACU CareerLink. This is in ... [Read More…]
Kirk Goodwin Run honors, reaches out
Thank you to all who ran in this year's Kirk Goodwin Run. The Kirk Goodwin Run has been taking place since 1984. What an amazing tribute to Kirk, and what an amazing outreach to families who are hurting. Keep it going, Galaxy! Kirk was my brother. Words cannot express what this run means to my family. We feel honored and humbled. Kirk was quite ... [Read More…]