Matt Phillips, son of Dr. Mark Phillips and Dr. Laura Phillips, died Sunday night at age 16. Phillips was a sophomore at Abilene's Academy of Technology Engineering Math and Science. Matt's sister, Allison Phillips, is a freshman marketing major and a member of the university's volleyball team. Matt was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, a genetic ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2012
Three clubs welcome Bid Night pledges
Pledging returned to campus Friday night as three social clubs accepted pledges for spring Bid Night. Students pledged to men's clubs Frater Sodalis and Pi Kappa and the recently rechartered women's club, Zeta Rho. The pledging process will last three weeks this semester. Tara Lowe, sophomore elementary education major from Springtown and ... [Read More…]
Instructor, students create iPhone app
After several years of research and development, an education-based app created by ACU faculty and students is now available for all Apple devices. Mitzi Adams, instructor in ACU's Department of Teacher Education, worked alongside three other ACU students to develop an application called "Count On It." Adams applied her 25 years of teaching ... [Read More…]
Morning power outage stalls campus
A power blackout caused by an American Electric Power transmission line problem darkened campus and much of Northeast Abilene late Tuesday morning for about 20 minutes. ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said the lights stayed on west of Campus Court. "The power went off on the main campus and up and down Judge Ely Boulevard, Ambler Avenue and ... [Read More…]
House churches satisy many, but not all, needs
Christians are coming out of the mega church phase in search of a more intimate form of worship, and rightly so. Since the 1st century, the church has taken many shapes, and most - if not all - have been a reaction to the dominant church at the time. We are living one of those hairpin turns now. In past few years, Christians have started to veer ... [Read More…]
Theatre department to run ‘Proof’ through Sing Song
Proof is the story of mathematical genius, mystery, drama and humor that will open Feb. 9. The play will be put on by the Department of Theatre and directed by Adam Hester, chair of the Department of Theatre. Hester has high expectations that this play will intrigue and humor the audience. "It won Tony awards for best play," Hester said. "It's ... [Read More…]
SHADES, Sanctify show to merge for concert
SHADES will merge with Sanctify for an annual performance in April. SHADES, a multicultural student step organization, and Sanctify, a new student hip-hop dance group, looked to schedule separate concerts in Cullen Auditorium but only one weekend was available in the auditorium. The two groups decided to merge their shows into one, and will ... [Read More…]
Directory reinstates instrumental Churches of Christ
Churches of Christ with instrumental worship have been returned to listings in a national directory of the religious group after being left out for more than three years. A national directory of Churches of Christ in the United States omitted 21 churches from in its 2009 edition because they used instrumental music in at least one Sunday morning ... [Read More…]
Bain earns automatic qualifying mark
Three meets into the young 2012 outdoor season, and the Abilene Christian Track and Field team has three athletes who have automatically qualified for nationals. Junior hurdler Dennis Bain was the most recent to add his name to that list, as he won the 60-meter hurdles with a personal record time of 7.95 seconds last weekend at the New Mexico ... [Read More…]
‘Cats knock off Arlington Baptist
Saturday afternoon the ACU men's basketball team scored a season high ninety-six points on their way to a 39-point rout of the Arlington Baptist Patriots. The Wildcats started off the game with a three pointer by Kendall Durant and never gave up the lead. ACU was cold-blooded from three-point land over the weekend, shooting nearly fifty-five ... [Read More…]
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