Students returning to campus can expect a few changes to the intramural offerings this school year. Rivalry Week games will return to Homecoming Week but waterball will no longer be offered as an intramural sport. After looking at stats from the most recent season, the Office of Student Life, SRWC staff and the Risk Management office decided to ... [Read More…]
A letter from the Editor
Welcome back to school! Whether today is your first day of college or your twenty fifth year working here, thank you for picking up the newspaper and at least glancing at the following pages. In the future, this space will be used to discuss various topics and ideas, like the issue box included at the beginning. But today, I wanted to take a ... [Read More…]
SA to add Cabinet positions, partner with Campus Activity Board
Students' Association has a busy few weeks ahead with upcoming elections, job interviews for new cabinet members and an increased level of involvement with the Campus Activities Board. Over the summer, SA Executive President Abbey Moses worked with Student Life vice president Chris Riley and Caddie Coupe, director of new student programs, to ... [Read More…]
Old tradition slides into Wildcat Week lineup
An old Welcome Week tradition has slid back into this year's Wildcat Week lineup of activities. After the Mentor Group Olympics, students can participate in the slip-n-slide event at 8:30 p.m. Thursday behind Smith and Adams halls. Wildcat Week student directors Trevor Tyson, senior management major from Abilene, and Aaron Burch, junior ... [Read More…]
Wildcat Week plans packed week for new students
Wildcat Week is bringing students one last blast of summer with a 200-foot Slip-n-Slide, a block party and an outdoor concert featuring singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson. Caddie Coupe, director of new student programs, said Wildcat Week organizers boosted the number of events from last year's 65 events to more than 75. “I added them to make ... [Read More…]
Chipotle rolls into town, chooses location
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Chipotle is coming to Abilene and permits have been filed with the City of Abilene for renovations to a building on S. Clack Street. The long-awaited burrito chain will be located at 3800 S. Clack St. in a former Citibank location near Target. No opening date has been set for the location, and KTXS ... [Read More…]
Students arrested on felony drug charges
Two students were arrested near campus Tuesday on multiple charges of possession of illegal substances. Abilene Police Department’s Special Operations division arrested Brendan Richelet, junior marketing major from Coppell, and Noah Massie, junior management major from New Braunfels, at their residence on E.N. 23rd Street. Richelet was charged ... [Read More…]
D.C. political analyst informs students of election environment
ACU's chapter of the American Enterprise Institute welcomed a Washington D.C.-based political analyst for lunch Wednesday, centered around the election environment. AEI is a large conservative think tank in Washington D.C. with a presence on 70 college campuses across the country. Rachael Shudde, chair of ACU's AEI Executive Council, was ... [Read More…]
Move to central advising system may not be best for all
The university's Senior Leadership Team recently proposed that academic advising move away from the department-specific advising system to a central advising center. Such a sweeping change would have a huge impact on students and faculty and this sort of change should be carefully considered and discussed across campus before being enacted. Whether ... [Read More…]
Leadership and faculty discuss move to central advising system
The Senior Leadership Team has proposed moving the university to a central advising system. The shift in academic advising would move advisers out of departments into a central location on campus where all students would go for academic scheduling and student support services. However, the proposal has been met with some resistance by faculty ... [Read More…]
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