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Archives for 2016
The Ken Collums Show – 2016 Season
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgJHZPxxxbw&list=PLVgj1Ttx5f9j5p8RKvsjZY2cjS3hjzsP0 Now Playing: The Ken Collums Show - 2016 Season Also see: The Ken Collums Show - 2016 Season (Now Playing) The Ken Collums Show - 2015 Season The Ken Collums Show - 2014 Season The Ken Collums Show - 2013 Season The Ken Collums Show - 2012 ... [Read More…]
Christmas Slam gives away $1000 scholarship
The Students' Association is hosting the sixth annual Christmas Slam Dec. 3 at the women's basketball game against Missouri-Kansas City at 2 p.m. SA will partner with other campus and club organizations to create a family-friendly night to support athletics. Since 2010, Christmas Slam has added cash prizes including a $1000 scholarship and $500 ... [Read More…]
Student participates in winter break mission trip to Guatemala
While most students will go home for five weeks of winter break, one student will do a mission trip to Guatemala. Cody Bly, junior bio/chem major from White Oak, will go to Guatemala with Orphan Outreach, a nonprofit which partners with orphanages. A friend’s family member invited him to serve as a translator and games coordinator. He went to ... [Read More…]
Abilene lights up downtown with City Sidewalks
The City of Abilene welcomed in the Christmas season with the annual Christmas parade downtown followed by the lighting of the Christmas tree in the Civic Center and a Christmas concert. Small businesses and students from local schools participated in the event. Video/editing by Sallie Phipps ... [Read More…]
GATA packs shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child
The Women of GATA packed shoeboxes during their Nov. 17 meeting to send out to kids that do not receive Christmas presents through Operation Christmas Child. The shoeboxes included things like toys, school supplies and personal hygiene items. Video/editing by Abbigal English ... [Read More…]
Yoga: The best thing that ever happened to me
My roommate and I tossed a coin to decide who would get the room with the biggest window. I won. Then I stole/"borrowed" her yoga mat and so I could practice yoga in front of that window everyday. But I promise, I really do love her. I started practicing yoga during the summer because I was bored in Abilene and wanted to go to gym classes as ... [Read More…]
Pro-life group sees record attendance
ACU For Life, a student-led pro-life group, has grown in attendance this semester. The group meets bi-weekly on Thursdays in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building, growing from three members last year to 25-30 regular members this fall semester. At its most recent meeting, the group reached a total of 92 attendees, and see growth still in ... [Read More…]
Learning to Thrive: Students appreciate experiences with clinical teaching
For many ACU students on the cusp of adulthood, teaching a classroom of high school students about thesis statements and outlines remains as terrifying as it is unlikely. But, for Sarai Valenzuela, wrangling a herd of high school students is a daily occurrence. Just three years after she graduated high school, Valenzuela, a senior English for ... [Read More…]
Men’s basketball heads to “The Pit” to face Lobos
The men's basketball team will be hitting the road for Albuquerque to face New Mexico University on Wednesday. The Wildcats head into the game with a 3-2 record after beating Howard Payne University on Sunday with a 71-55 score. Meanwhile, the Lobos are coming off of a 64-57 loss to Dayton University which dropped their record down to ... [Read More…]