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Student IDs no longer gain entry at games

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The Department of Athletics has adopted a new system to allow students' access to ACU athletic and sporting events. The new policy goes into effect for the very first games. "Your student ID's will no longer get you into student athletic events," said John Houser, assistant director of athletics for operations. "Now, you must go onto ... [Read More…]

Leaders hope service project will top 2011

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During Welcome Week 2011, students collected and donated more than 12,000 pounds of food as part of the annual service project. This year, leaders hope to have collected even more food. Welcome Week mentor groups journeyed onto the streets of Abilene Thursday at 1:30 p.m. Each group visited different Abilene neighborhoods and collected canned ... [Read More…]

New Welcome Week event includes residence halls

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This year a new event was added to the Welcome Week schedule. On Wednesday, incoming freshmen and transfer students were able to participate in an activity with their residence halls, a first for Welcome Week activities. Dr. Eric Gumm, director of the First-Year Program, said time for the residence hall activity was designated after it was ... [Read More…]

Bowling alley to be closed

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The bowling alley, located underneath the main floor of the Campus Center, is to be closed at the end of the fall semester. "For the past several years we have seen two trends: declining student use of the bowling alley area, and increased cost to maintain the bowling equipment," said Jeff Arrington, associate vice president for Student ... [Read More…]

Welcome Week Talent Show moves to Civic Center

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The large freshman class has forced Welcome Week organizers to move the annual talent show to the Abilene Civic Center at 1100 North 6th St. For the past two years, the Welcome Week talent show has taken place at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Abilene and was located in Cullen Auditorium for years before that. But with more than 960 incoming ... [Read More…]

Shifting demographics move freshmen women into Sikes

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Residence Life Education and Housing has reorganized several aspects of the dorm structure because of  the large number of incoming freshmen. One of the biggest changes is that freshmen women are now living on the third floor of Sikes Hall, a dorm usually reserved for sophomores. John Delony, assistant dean for residence life and education, ... [Read More…]

About 80 transfer students participate in Welcome Week

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About 80 participants of this year's Welcome Week were transfer students from different schools around the world. The overall Welcome Week participation is higher, but the total number of new transfer students is slightly less than last school year. However, numbers could increase when the fall semester begins. "In terms of quality and the folks ... [Read More…]

ACU receives invitation to join Southland Conference; decision to be made this weekend

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ACU has officially received an invitation from the Southland Conference to join its league and move to NCAA Division I for all athletic sports. The ACU Board of Trustees and the administration will further discuss the invitation this weekend when they meet at the Board's scheduled meeting and decide whether or not ACU will accept the ... [Read More…]

Wildcats ranked No. 10 by AFCA

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The Wildcat football team is ranked No. 10 in the country in the latest American Football Coaches' Association pre-season poll released on Monday. The Wildcats were picked to finish second in the Lone Star Conference this season. The team received 367 points in the poll, good enough to finish in the top 10. They are just behind No. 9 Winston-Salem ... [Read More…]

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