Abilene Axe Company has moved to a new location in the SoDA District, surrounded by the KAO Lounge, Sockdolager Brewing Co., Honey & Fig Gelato and the SoDA District Courtyard. This move comes from an end to the business' lease on behalf of the landlord when he decided to move in a new direction with the old building. Drew Long, deputy ... [Read More…]
Lucky Number Seven: Hosts and hostesses to take on Sing Song changes
This year's Sing Song will take on different elements compared to past Sing Songs with regulations concerning COVID-19 with at least six less acts and a different, smaller venue at the Paramount. The seven hosts and hostesses that will perform this year and be the first group to work around these factors are: Cason Lowe, senior ... [Read More…]
Senior send-off scheduled for early May
The senior candlelight send-off will take place May 2 at 8 p.m. Seniors will meet at the double gyms inside of the SRWC center instead of Moody Coliseum while students, faculty and staff form a path for the seniors to the Beauchamp Amphitheater. Mandy Collum, senior alumni and university relations officer, said the send-off will include a ... [Read More…]
My experience back in a fully-opened church
Regardless of what one may think of the state of Texas opening back up, I believe a blessing that many, including myself, are thankful for is the ability for churches to full capacity within the state. While some stores still count entrants, restaurants require masks and theatres require social distancing, many churches have taken these ... [Read More…]
Abilene hosting vaccination clinics for community
The Abilene-Taylor County Public Health District has been scheduling vaccination clinics for community members 16-years-old and older at various locations in the city. Upcoming clinics include the following: Tuesday, April 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Abilene Convention Center (Pfizer vaccine administered) Wednesday, April 14 ... [Read More…]
Residence Life opens lobbies and rooms to guests
Residence Life opened up lobbies to guests and open-house to same-gendered guests on March 19 and 26, respectfully. The decision to begin reopening residence halls comes from analyzing decreasing positive COVID-19 cases with current numbers indicating zero positive cases and quarantined people associated with the university. Shannon ... [Read More…]
Students react to recent March Madness victory
Students have been sharing their excitement since Saturday, regarding the 14-seed men's basketball team's victory over the 3-seed University of Texas. Since the initial excitement post-victory, students have been able to put their feelings and thoughts into words as men's team gets ready for their match-up against 11-seed UCLA Jack Marcelain, ... [Read More…]
Res Life to make changes to Smith-Adams
Residence Life will begin implementing various policy changes to Smith-Adams. Shannon Kaczmarek, director of Res Life, said this is being done to better serve the student population by making the residence hall a unique housing option. "Due to Smith-Adams being off-campus, it is often at the bottom of our second-year students' list when it ... [Read More…]
What are you going to do?
To cap off Texas Independence Day, March 2, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that, effective March 10, the state-wide mask mandate will be lifted and businesses will be allowed to open to 100% capacity. This sparked extreme reactions both against Abbott's decision and for it. Some businesses have responded saying they will continue with COVID-19 ... [Read More…]
Orr stepping away as vice president of advancement
Jim Orr, who has been the vice president of advancement since 2014, will step into an executive fundraiser/governmental relations officer role later this year. Orr said the transition comes out of pressing family matters that urge him and his wife, Elaine, to move back to the McKinney area. "We had lived in McKinney for 20-plus years before ... [Read More…]
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