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Leading ladies of Omega

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Omega Dance Company looks forward to a new year as they welcome new dancers, practice new routines and set their sights on a better season. This year, the group will be lead by Melissa Meyer, junior business major from Lubbock, Heather Johnston, junior kinesiology major from Houston, and Lauren Lundblade, senior speech pathology major from ... [Read More…]

ArtWalk a Downtown Tradition

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Local artists, jewelry makers and performers gather together every other Thursday on Cypress Street in Downtown Abilene to support the arts, and the event is entirely free. The Center for Contemporary Arts presents the festival with support from The Grace Museum, the Cockerell Galleries and Studios, the Historic Paramount Theatre and other local ... [Read More…]

West Texas Fair returns to Abilene

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Each year the West Texas Fair and Rodeo returns to the Taylor County Expo Center, and students come from all over Abilene to participate in events and join in the festivities. Last week, the 116th West Texas Fair and Rodeo began with the theme "A Salute to Our Heroes," giving ode to those who have served, currently serve or offer their ... [Read More…]

Shore Gallery features Sadler’s ‘Until Now’

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The lifelong work of Ginna Sadler, professor of art, is shown at Shore Art Gallery, featuring jewelry, paintings, drawings and mixed media. "The pieces start at my time at University of Texas, undergrad," Sadler said. "I majored in art education, and so art education is one of those things where you try everything so that you can teach it to ... [Read More…]

Fall Entertainment Release

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Movie Releases: The Drop Starring Tom Hardy (Inception), James Gandolfini (The Sopranos), Noomi Rapace (Prometheus). The Drop is a crime drama of a "covert scheme of funneling cash to local gangsters" centered in Brooklyn, New York. The drama will be released Sept. 12. Frontera Starring Ed Harris (The Truman Show), Michael Peña (American ... [Read More…]

Sophomores perform at House of Blues Dallas

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Three sophomores performed at the House of Blues Dallas Saturday for a full two-hour set in their first live performance together. Wes Robbins, psychology major from Houston, Caroline Levinson, graphic design and advertising major from Colleyville, and Aaron Cervantes, management major from McAllen, stepped into the Dallas spotlight with little ... [Read More…]

Former student hired as new OME director

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Prentice Ashford was appointed as the new director of the Office for Multicultural Enrichment. OME advises and oversees campus groups like Black Students' Association, Hispanos Unidos, Sanctify Hip Hop Company, SHADES Step Squad and Virtuous Sisterhood. Though students lead the groups, Ashford will be the director of those students. "What we ... [Read More…]

SA conducts Changing of the Guard ceremony

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The former Students' Association officers passed down their positions to the incoming officers in the Changing of the Guard ceremony last Thursday at Abilene Country Club. Robert Hull, senior piano performance major from Ripon, California, served on the Students' Association this year as the executive administrator and also did some of the ... [Read More…]

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