By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Time has a tendency to change things - sports included. But the men of the Buffalo Gap Vintage Base Ball Club (BGVGGC) do not want people to forget the history of what America has traditionally called its favorite pasttime. Jeff Batsche attends McMurry university, and though he only recently discovered the ... [Read More…]
OCU adds iPhone/touch, too
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Last month, Oklahoma Christian University unveiled its plan to provide every OCU student with a new MacBook and choice of iPhone or iPod touch. Students are responsible for activating their phones with AT&T, the only service provider that supports the iPhone. The program does not rely on the phone to have ... [Read More…]
Baseball game provides escape
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor I fell into a hole in the world. Around 2 p.m. last Sunday, a group of men, young and old alike, gathered in a grassy field in the Buffalo Gap Historic Village. Donning ivy caps, knickers and knee-high socks, the players arrived with nothing but a few wooden bats and a baseball. Every other Sunday on this ... [Read More…]
Christian group Newsboys set to perform
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor The Newsboys, an awardwinning Christian rock/pop music group, will make a stop in Abilene on their "Go Tour." The Newsboys, who will perform Friday in Moody Coliseum at 7 p.m., started their tour in January and will travel until at least mid-October. More than 60 performances have been scheduled so far. The ... [Read More…]
Campaigns come to Abilene: Clinton rallies support…
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Former President Bill Clinton addressed an Abilene crowd Sunday night in the Abilene Aero hangar. The former president campaigned non-stop throughout the weekend for his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton; he visited five cities on Sunday, Abilene being the fifth. Until Sunday night, a president or former president had ... [Read More…]
Faculty join SALT students serving Abilene community
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor The service committee from the recently established ACU staff senate has already planned its first major service effort. The service committee teamed with a committee from the Student Action Leadership Team (SALT), to involve more faculty than ever before in the 9th annual ACU for Abilene. The administration ... [Read More…]
Casanova Week mimics Sadie Hawkins
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor For male students who ask a female student on a date, this week ACU is footing the bill. As part of the first Casanova week, male students can pick up tickets for a free date in the Campus Center every day this week after Chapel. For more than 10 years, the Campus Activities Board has organized Sadies week- a ... [Read More…]
Reporter makes a difference in Darfur
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Opheera McDoom, Reuters' correspondent in Sudan, "was one of the first foreign correspondents to begin covering the Darfur conflict in 2003," according to reuters.com. After five years, the Darfur region seems as hopeless as ever, and McDoom feels a little hopeless herself. In a story published on Feb. 25, ... [Read More…]
Hardin-Simmons to start oil drilling on its campus
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Cholla Petroleum Inc. already has begun on-site construction of the oil rigs that will drill into Hardin-Simmons' University soil. The pumps will not be on HSU's main campus, but it will receive a percentage of the profit, nonetheless. Dave Coffield, HSU director of public relations, said Cholla had done some ... [Read More…]
Artist creates charitable work in Chapel Wednesday
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor Rolando Diaz, ACU alum and accomplished artist, began Wednesday's Chapel service with a blank piece of paper. While a vocal group from Central Dallas Ministries, joined by George Pendergrass, director of the Office for Multicultural Enrichment, sang select negro spirituals, Diaz painted. In 30 minutes, he used ... [Read More…]
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