By Katie Gager, Student Reporter The second annual Black History Fashion Show will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Bean Sprout in celebration of Black History Month. Show organizers encourage students to come and enjoy a free show full of entertainment. "I think each and every culture has their own different type of style, and it is ... [Read More…]
Swing the Lead battles in Dallas
By Lydia Melby, Arts Editor ACU's own favorite punk rock band, Swing The Lead, battled it out last Saturday night with eight other Texas bands to see which could muster the most fans and win the grand prize. Although Swing The Lead did not go home with the grand prize, the band played superbly and took full advantage of the opportunity to show off ... [Read More…]
FilmFest begins with meeting
By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter FilmFest informational meetings begin Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in the Living Room of the Campus Center. FilmFest is a student-run film competition at ACU. The 2009 co-chairs are Christina Johnson, sophomore English major from Dallas, and Jonathan Davis, junior marketing major from Hoffman Estates, ... [Read More…]
Student band gives life, energy to dying genre
By Lydia Melby, Arts Editor Are you looking for something fresh and a little different to listen to? Tired of the same old indie-rock metaphysical self-pity that's so popular in live music today? Want to check out a show just to enjoy the music without feeling out of place wearing something besides skinny jeans and a beret? Well, look no further ... [Read More…]
Popular comedian to visit Abilene
By Linda Bailey, Student Reporter Brian Regan has performed comedy for the past 25 years or as he likes to put it: "since President Taft was in office." The comedian, who has made appearances on the Late Show with David Letterman, will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Abilene Civic Center. Regan said his favorite thing about performing is ... [Read More…]
‘Gran Torino’ showcases Eastwood’s sensitivity, skill
By Blake Penfield, Student Writer Read Comments Getting older brings a lot of changes in your life. You have to squint to be able to recognize the person waving ten feet away. Your hair loses all color and then completely secedes from the scalp union. You begin to feel a growing resentment for all things new and different until, in a state of ... [Read More…]
Stone’s controversial film hits middle mark
By Blake Penfield, Contributing Writer Director Oliver Stone surprised a lot of folks with his willingness to address extremely tender and controversial modern events with 2006's World Trade Center. Most people did not quite know what to think - was it too soon? Was it morally permissible to profit financially from the single greatest tragedy our ... [Read More…]
‘Nick and Norah’ charm the Big Apple
By Blake Penfield, Student Writer People always are coming up to me and asking, "How can I be sure that I have a soul?" Just constantly. It's ridiculous. Well, now I have an answer for them. If you can sit through Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist without smiling, then you have no soul. Remember those John Hughes' movies from the '80s? Ferris ... [Read More…]
Classical violinist to appear at WPAC
By Katie Hoffman, Student Reporter Violinist Andrew Sords is opening the 2008-09 ACU Guest Artist series Monday at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Williams Performing Arts Center. Free to the public, this recital will treat audiences to melodies of classical music by composers such as Kreisler, Brahms, Mozart, Chopin and Dvorak. Dr. Gregory ... [Read More…]
‘Traitor’ offers doses of humanity
By Blake Penfield, Student Writer Nazis and dinosaurs. Here we have two groups of people (Nazis are people, too) who always are portrayed as villainous, conniving sadists in film. In fact, with the exceptions of Schindler's List and The Land Before Time IXXVIII, I cannot think of one film where a Nazi or a dinosaur is portrayed as a real, feeling ... [Read More…]
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