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Lights shine at annual Candlelight Devotional

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Hundreds of candles lit a winding walk from Moody Coliseum to the Beauchamp Amphitheater as the freshman class of 2013 and transfer students experienced Welcome Week's traditional Candlelight Devotional Tuesday night. ACU alumni, faculty and families lined the sidewalks and sang over the new students on their way to the devotional, where Dr. Bob ... [Read More…]

Students participate in Welcome Week traditions

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Deafening noise filled Moody Coliseum Tuesday as nearly 800 students crowded onto a giant Twister board to take part in a long-standing Welcome Week tradition. The number is not surprising, considering ACU is taking in more than 1000 freshmen this year, said Wade Huggins, Welcome Week student director and senior Biblical text major from Abilene. ... [Read More…]

Sen. Hutchison makes campaign stop in Abilene

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Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison received a warm welcome as she entered T & P Freight Warehouse in Downtown Abilene Friday. Although the senior senator arrived almost an hour late, she wasted no time in laying out the problems with current state government and how the state "can do better" than it has under current governor Rick ... [Read More…]

Video: ACU President to retire

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Dr. Royce Money, 10th president of the university, told members of the Board of Trustees on Saturday he plans to retire at the end of the 2009-10 school year. After his retirement, which will be effective May 31, 2010, Money will serve as chancellor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joEAhX49obU Video/editing by Sommerly Simser ... [Read More…]

ACU President to retire

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Dr. Royce Money, 10th president of the university, told members of the Board of Trustees on Saturday he plans to retire at the end of the 2009-10 school year. After his retirement, which will be effective May 31, 2010, Money will serve as chancellor. Video/editing by Sommerly Simser ... [Read More…]

ACU President to retire in May 2010

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Dr. Royce Money, 10th president of the university, told members of the Board of Trustees on Saturday he plans to retire at the end of the 2009-10 school year. After his retirement, which will be effective May 31, 2010, Money will serve as chancellor. Money, who has served as president since June 1991, has had the second longest term of office ... [Read More…]

Freshman year escapades inspire reflection

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief The driver simultaneously switched the headlights off and cut the engine of his Toyota 4Runner. Squeezed between two friends in the backseat, I reached back to the trunk and dipped my hand into the mountain of water balloons stacked inside a plastic tub. We passed around the watery weapons and quietly crept ... [Read More…]

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