The Marshall Scholarship and a spot in the Fulbright Scholar Program may soon be filled by ACU students. Brittany Partridge, senior political science major from Annandale, Minn., has applied and is a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship. She is currently in the interview process of the application. "The draw for me to go there is to be able to ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2012
Students go beyond Proverbs
White T-shirts have been dotting the ACU campus in a movement called Beyond 31. Young women all over campus participate in this movement which focuses on modeling the woman described in Proverbs 31. The movement was started two years ago in Gardner Hall as Project 31 until the Nelson Hall staff took over and renamed the movement Beyond 31. Asia ... [Read More…]
SA votes to give Morris Hall recycling bins
The Students' Association passed a bill to provide funding for recycling bins in their meeting on Wednesday evening. The bill allocated $550 of the congressional project fund to purchase recycling bins for A.B. Morris Hall. Residents had approached Maddie Pickle, Morris representative, with requests for recycling bins. She then received approval ... [Read More…]
Pi Kappa grub finishes last
Weeks after the other social clubs, the men of Pi Kappa were forced to postpone their grub on Nov. 1. Pi Kappa's grub theme  was "Childhood Heroes" and took place in the University Church of Christ's family room.  Members came dressed as everything from SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Madea and ... [Read More…]
Smith-Adams rennovated after smoke damages
Renovations in the kitchen of Smith-Adams Hall have been completed after a fire caused by smoke bombs last month. The fire occurred Oct. 15 when Sean Branchaw, sophomore finance and math major from Derwood, Md., was in the kitchen making smoke bombs. Two fire trucks responded to the call around 11 p.m. and residents were forced to evacuate when ... [Read More…]
Second term brings need for compromise
The votes have been counted (except for Florida). The balloons fell from the ceiling. The gracious speeches were given. America chose President Barack Obama for four more years. And now we can all breathe a sigh of relief. You either got what you wanted, or you can at least appreciate the end of the political commercials, tweets and ... [Read More…]
Online ads a new must for politics
Whenever a presidential election year comes around, I can't help but think back and wonder where I was at the last election. I was a bright-eyed college freshman. I was still working at Chuck E. Cheese's, but quickly realizing that I needed to find a job more suited to my chosen field. I was still using MySpace, admittedly less and less as more of ... [Read More…]
A film studio far, far away
As you may or may not know, the Star Wars brand was recently sold to Disney for a measly four billion dollars. Along with this came the announcement that there would be a new Star Wars film, Episode VII, coming in only two years. Now, some people we're wary, even angry, with Disney taking over their favorite brand. I, however, am not one of those ... [Read More…]
The NBA always carries plenty of parity
The NBA has always been known as a league with the least parody in American sports. As we saw in Oakland, any baseball team can make a run at the playoffs. Half of the teams that make the playoffs in football every year do not play in January the next year, and the L.A. Kings were a perfect example of Cinderella in hockey. But this year, the ... [Read More…]
Wildcats sneak into LSC tourney
The Wildcats are headed to the Lone Star Conference tournament no matter what the results are this weekend. Although the team is going to finish with a losing record in the conference (6-11 currently), they have done just enough to qualify for the tournament. The top eight finishers in the LSC move on to the tourney. The 'Cats are currently tied ... [Read More…]
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