A series of tornadoes ripped through the Dallas/Fort Worth area Tuesday afternoon, leaving a wind damage and debris in their wake. The Storm Prediction Center received 12 reports of tornadoes in the Dallas/Fort Worth area Tuesday. CNN meteorologists predict two or three tornadoes touched down multiple times in the area and they were EF-1 or EF-2 ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2012
Best Texas beaches are in Florida
I'd never been to a Texas beach before last week. Myself and 12 other Optimist staff and advisers went to the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference in Corpus Christi for a few days. At the convention we participated in on-site competitions as well as listened to lectures (well, some of us did anyway) and accepted seemingly thousands ... [Read More…]
Camp: Clash of the Dodgeball Titans
By Jon "Pink Slime" Camp Fair Melpomene, Sing of our ferocious dodgeball madness, Recount our undergrad slaughter. Set to purpose my pen to greatness, As I make the millennials shudder. For on the barren plain of Gym A, We find our hero McCracken. He is our Maximus, indeed, Doctore! For whom we will leave all else beaten. Surrounded is he ... [Read More…]
CORE changes good, may not be enough
The faculty voted to change the CORE curriculum last month after student reaction to the curriculum was more negative than hoped. The changes condense the required hours from 12 to nine and changed the required Bible courses slightly. Two CORE classes will now be one class, and another CORE course will be consolidated with a two-hour Bible class. ... [Read More…]
Students, faculty awarded at competition
Dr. Kenneth Pybus was named Adviser of Year and the JMC Network staff won various awards including TV sweepstakes at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention in Corpus Christi last week. Pybus, associate professor of journalism and mass communication, won the award for his exceptional mentoring during coverage of the Nov. 4 bus ... [Read More…]
Shankle, Snider to fill open administrative positions
The president and provost appointed two faculty for administrative posts. Dr. Greg Straughn, interim provost, sent an email to faculty and staff Tuesday to announce the appointment of Dr. Donnie Snider as interim dean of the College of Education and Human Services, and Dr. Nancy Shankle as assistant provost for general education. Snider served as ... [Read More…]
Faculty to gather to pray through semester
For a group of ACU professors, Friday Chapel has become an opportunity to gather in community of prayer. Throughout the year, surveys are given to students and faculty about their concerns and hopes for ACU's campus. A survey was administered among the faculty over Christmas break and addressed a need for time of prayer amongst professors was ... [Read More…]
Vehicles burglarized during Spring Break
Four juveniles and an adult are suspects in a rash of vehicle burglaries over spring break. The ACU Police Department expects to arrest the adult and take the juveniles into custody later this week. At least 11 vehicles were burglarized on or near campus in one night during the week of spring break, say police. One vehicle parked near Christian ... [Read More…]
Jones takes fourth in Texas Relays
Senior Nick Jones took fourth place in the university-college section A discuss throw this weekend at the Texas Relays in Austin, placing Jones at the top of the Division II discuss rankings in this season's first outdoor contest. Jones threw for 195 feet, two inches in the fourth round. He finished behind Luke Bryant of Oklahoma, (197-9) Ryan ... [Read More…]
Partridge makes history as ACU’s first Truman scholar
For the first time in university history, an ACU student has been named a Truman scholar. Brittany Partridge, junior political science major from Annandale, Minn., found out officially she'd been selected as a recipient of the federal scholarship on March 27 when Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, came into one of her classes to ... [Read More…]
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