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In Memoriam

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College has gone home to college heaven, where it will live on in old Instagram posts, Snapchat clips, Facebook albums and homecoming reunions twenty years from now when everyone we know will have three kids. College lived a long and prosperous four years, from August 18, 2013 – May 13, 2017. We gather here today to celebrate College, to remember ... [Read More…]

Meyer takes new position at NM summer camp

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Jan Meyer, former director of spiritual formation and executive director of ACU Leadership Camps, has taken a new job as communications director for the Camp Eagle family of camps in Glorietta, New Mexico. "This group of Christian camps exists to effect life change through adventure," Meyer said. "I have begun to dig in and develop the first ... [Read More…]

SA task force advocates for LGBT policy change

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Students’ Association Congress will vote Wednesday on whether to urge the university to change its sexual stewardship policy to remove punishment for students showing expressions of same-sex attraction. The resolution being voted on provides student feedback to university administration and focuses particularly on LGBT student conduct ... [Read More…]

Business students organize first children’s entrepreneur fair

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A group of elementary aged children will participate in the first ever Abilene Children's Business Fair on campus Saturday. The fair, focused on providing young entrepreneurs an opportunity to sell products or services, was organized by several members of ACU's chapter of Enactus. The event will take place from 12-2 p.m. on Saturday at the Quad ... [Read More…]

What are we all so busy actually doing?

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I am a victim of a problem – more of an epidemic actually. You hear it every time you ask someone how they are doing. Picture this, a typical interaction between two humans who run into each other, perhaps in passing in the library: Human 1: “Hey how are you?” Human 2: “Hey, you know, I’m so busy, but I’m good.” Human 1: “Oh yes, same ... [Read More…]

Pour Man’s brews up expansion plans

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Pour Man's flagship coffee shop will soon occupy the former Bitsy's Flowers space on Campus Court. Pop-up coffee stand founders David Neill and Daniel Sotelo, recent ACU graduates, have brought on two new partners as part of their expansion plans: building owner Harley Burnett and real estate agent Alex Whitten. Neill and Sotelo have managed to ... [Read More…]

TEDxACU speakers to spread ideas, perspective to campus

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Twelve speakers will present "ideas worth spreading" at the third annual TEDxACU on Friday from 8:30 a.m - 5 p.m. in the Fulks Theatre at the Williams Performing Art Center. This year's speakers will cover a variety of topics from coffee to millennial feminists to black college football players to outer space. TEDx is a self-organized event ... [Read More…]

Pour Man’s Coffee pressing on with plan for former Bitsy’s

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Signs indicate the coffee shop poised to go into the former Bitsy's Flower Shop on Campus Court will be a Pour Man's coffee shop. A sign reading "Coffee Shop Coming Soon" appeared outside the Campus Court location the week before spring break. Shortly after, Pour Man's began posting a photo countdown on its Instagram account that appears to be the ... [Read More…]

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Abilene’s own Fixer Upper: Trained as an academic, communication professor hammers a hobby into business

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“It seems like he knows a lot of stuff, he kind of knows a little bit of everything,” 14-year-old Ben Camp says as his dad walks across the house to turn on the AC in the dusty living room. Aaron Copland’s Pandora station plays from a speaker. “My dad knows how to…” Ben starts to say. “I know how to find a YouTube video,” Ben’s father, Jon ... [Read More…]

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