The West Texas Book and Music Festival visits Abilene this week and will stay through Friday, Sept. 24. Featured authors include Mike Cox, Paulette Jiles, Scott Zesch, and many more. Some featured musicians include The Geezer Brothers, Tony Barker Band, and Catclaw Creek. Two ACU authors will attend the event: Karen Witemeyer, university testing ... [Read More…]
One act play at Summit
By Marissa Ferguson After four years in the making, the play Thom Pain (Based on Nothing) will remount one last time in honor of this year's Summit. Emily Rankin, senior theatre major from Abilene and the play's director, began studying the play her freshman year. After enlisting Jenny Mendl, senior musical theatre major from Abilene, she decided ... [Read More…]
Political science professor attend White House Briefing
By Laura Gasvoda While most ACU students and faculty were going about business as usual on Thursday, Dr. Caron Gentry, associate professor of political science, was spending the day at a White House briefing in Washington, D.C. Gentry is one of 40 evangelical leaders and academics selected to attend a briefing on U.S. policy in Iraq hosted ... [Read More…]
Young Republicans look to spread conservative message
By Marissa Ferguson ACU's Young Republicans club kicked off the year with their first meeting last Thursday night. The group welcomed new members as they spoke about their mission, promoting student interest in government and politics. President Aaron Escobedo said the club is already planning a Constitution Day on campus Sept. 17. "We're ... [Read More…]
College Democrats to help in elections
By Laura Gasvoda ACU College Democrats President Jared Perkins is looking forward to an exciting year for the organization. The ACU College Democrats have already planned several events on and off campus, including opportunities to network with both the Texas College Democrats and the West Texas Coalition of Democrats. They will also provide ... [Read More…]
Arcade Fire newest single creates interactive listening
By: David McMichael You are presented with an opportunity: outside the laws of time and the rules of physics and space, you can write one sentence and send it back to a younger version of yourself. In your current, unaltered life, are you happy? Are you bitter? ashamed? lazy? content? What is the one thing your younger self absolutely must know ... [Read More…]
Above average temperatures expected for fall
By Elizabeth Weiss Last year in Abilene, El Nino paid a visit to campus and turned Abilene Christian University into a winter wonderland. This year, however, meteorologists predict that the La Nina pattern will not affect the average temperatures, and there will be below average precipitation. "The typical winter weather in Abilene is very ... [Read More…]
Counseling Center to offer mental health screenings
The ACU Counseling Center is advertising mental health screenings for mental health and alcohol disorders online at www.acu.edu/mhscreening. The screening is anonymous, confidential, free of charge and available for anyone browsing the ACU website. Steve Eller, counselor at the University Counseling Center, said although screening is available to ... [Read More…]
ACU website undergoes makeover
By: Laura Gasvoda After almost a year of work on software and design issues, ACU's new website appeared Friday, Aug. 20. Scott Kilmer, director of Online Marketing, said a site can take from 18-20 months to complete, but ACU took just nine months. Placement of the site's menus and many other features were based on site traffic, Kilmer said. Many ... [Read More…]
Review: I Do, I Do promises genuine laughs
By David McMichael Can all of the love, the hurt, the song and dance, the random foolishness and the exquisite moments of a fifty-year marriage be squeezed into the two-and-a-half hour confines of a play? ACU's fall musical comedy, I Do! I Do!, answers with a strident "yes." Carlee Cagle, senior theatre major from Arlington, and Jefferson ... [Read More…]
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