Finals week is creeping upon us but, before your stress levels start to escalate, just remember that Monday is Dead Day – a day filled with fun activities to de-stress between studying. Dead Day was introduced in the 1992-93 school year, Director of Student Activities and Productions Tom Craig said. He said it “was a revitalization of an older ... [Read More…]

The ACU Career Center is replacing College Central Network with a new database called Handshake, which will go live for students June 30. College Central Network was a site for students to look for jobs and internships but most students found it not so user-friendly. Jill Fortson, director of the ACU Career Center, said although the College ... [Read More…]

The last Prickly Pear, the former university yearbook, came out in 2008 and ever since the yearbook hasn’t been back. That could change if Julia Kennedy, sophomore English major from Lubbock, is able to get people on campus to support her bill. Kennedy said as sophomore class president she presented a resolution to congress to bring back the ... [Read More…]

My Sister’s House, a semi-annual consignment sale in Abilene, is still going strong after seven years. The sale started Wednesday and will continue until Sunday. The half price sale for military, students and teachers starts at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, which includes a two dollar fee that goes to charity. The public half-price sale is on Sunday ... [Read More…]

A new Reading Commons is scheduled for construction this summer in the east side of the Learning Commons. During the past year, the idea was developed by a planning committee of faculty, staff and students to enhance the “overall comfort and functionality,” which has not been renovated in ten years. The east side of the Learning Commons area ... [Read More…]

Wildcats for Sustainability is a student organization with the goal of bringing recycling to campus and helping with earth week. The students came together this semester to create a sustainable organization that would maintain an active presence because there wasn’t a support system to keep the club going in the past. Joshua M. Brokaw, ... [Read More…]