By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor The Students' Association will enhance students' leadership skills this semester with Invision 2007 and a student government conference in Jacksonville, Fla. SA will host Invision 2007, a leadership banquet and training session for student leaders on campus, at 6 p.m. on Sunday in the Williams Performing Arts ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2007
ACU Police expands camera coverage
New cameras were added to Mabee Hall over the holiday break. Mabee's 52-camera system captures footage of the hall and nearby parking lots, entrances and exits. Mabee is the second hall to have cameras installed; Barret Hall was first. Video/editing by Shelby Coates ... [Read More…]
College of Arts and Sciences still in search of dean
By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor The only thing harder than filling some "big shoes" is deciding who should fill them. With the announced retirement of Dr. Colleen Durrington, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Search and Review Committee formed to determine who will succeed Durrington as the next dean. Dr. Carley Dodd, committee ... [Read More…]
Professors violate ACU attendance policy
Every student knows the feeling of having one extra absence affect his or her grade. For many professors the difference between three and four absences is enough to deduct a letter grade. The attendance policy in the Student Guide states that students must attend 80 percent of their classes to pass. It says nothing else about attendance. No ... [Read More…]
Midseason Basketball Report
The ACU Men's (10-7) and Women's (12-7) basketball teams are both in midseason form and looking to earn a spot in LSC playoffs coming up this spring. Video/editing by Hutton Harris ... [Read More…]
Cats conquer Rams
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor The ACU men's basketball team faced a must-win situation Tuesday night. A loss against rival Angelo State would have dropped them to 0-3 in conference and dashed any reasonable hope of making the regional tournament. "Coming in we knew we had to win," said guard Cortnie Ross. "We didn't want to dig ourselves a ... [Read More…]
Third Rock ice cream parlor closes Abilene locale
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU students who want customized homemade ice cream will have to travel across town to Cold Stone Creamery as the fate of competitor Third Rock Creamery remains unknown. The space-themed ice cream parlor and coffee shop on Judge Ely Boulevard closed its doors in November after a decline in business. "Everyone ... [Read More…]
Nine qualify for indoor nationals at opening meet
By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Expectations for the first indoor meet of the year are to achieve personal goals and compete well. But the ACU track team returned with nine provisional qualifiers from the Wes Kittley Invitational in Lubbock this weekend. Seven women and two men earned spots for the national indoor meet. Only one athlete, ... [Read More…]
Groups submit budget requests online
By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Filling out a budget request form just got easier, thanks to the new Students' Association Web site, which allows student organizations to submit budget requests online. The online version is the third generation of budget software created by SA that allows users to fill out their requests by answering a series of ... [Read More…]
Growing old, learning the art of listening
By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Thoughtful Ramblings She is barely over five feet tall now, and osteoporosis has claimed her body, stooping her shoulders and brittling her already fragile bones. When my great-grandmother walked into my parents' house on Christmas Eve, I was astounded by how much the past few years have aged her. The ... [Read More…]