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Student IDs take on new look, priced half-off this week only

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ACU is taking another step to allow students to create their personal experience at ACU through the introduction of three customized student ID designs. The idea for the new design came from multiple sources including, students, University Marketing, and The Depot. Each group observed that the background image on the current ID card was washed ... [Read More…]

Ambler sandwich shop replaces Free Kick

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As you walk into the bright yellow building on Ambler Avenue, prepare yourself for one of Abilene's newest restaurants: Walker's Crossing. A native of the Big Country, Tina Walker and her daughter, Courtney, are the dynamic duo behind Abilene's newest gourmet sandwich shop. The shop, which opened on Dec. 26, is located at 542 E. Ambler Ave., in ... [Read More…]

Bacon brings home state championship

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On Saturday night three ACU seniors lived out a dream as they led Abilene Christian High School to the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools 2A state championship over Beren Academy 46-42. Coaches Michael Bacon, Colby Carr, and Nick Smith gave ACHS it's first basketball state championship since 1981. It was a championship game that ... [Read More…]

Traveling Europe provides great bonding experience

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There are so many interesting places to visit in Europe. The main problem is narrowing down which places to visit, because there are too many to see in the span of four months. When I began planning my Study Abroad time in Oxford, I knew there would be many places I would want to go see, such as London, Rome, and Paris. I had the chance to spend ... [Read More…]

JMC Network Newscast – March 6, 2012

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This JMC Network Newscast hosted by Farron Salley highlights the campus-wide theme "Love Your Body Week" and the Chapel forum about eating disorders. Also learn about the new ID's sold in the Depot, the new store replacing Peet's Coffee, about the Black History Production, and this week's spotlight faculty member for Voices on the Hill. Produced ... [Read More…]

Social media outlook grim for future generations

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In the not-too-distant future, new generations may ask us how things became the way they are. Things will be worse, and I am preparing my speech to tell them why. I will tell them about Facebook. Facebook, and a great many other sites, were like a wall - a wall in a big empty room somewhere. One could go to this wall everyday and affix little ... [Read More…]

Love, marriage and the power of the press

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Journalists write for an audience. It's an axiom that guides what we choose to write about, how we report, how we choose our language, when and where we publish. It's an essential part of the profession. And so, reporters and editors, columnists and correspondents fail miserably if they don't – or won't – understand their audience. If they ... [Read More…]

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