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Stuck on one channel

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"You've got to get yourself together, You've got stuck in a moment, And now you can't get out of it." I chose a major that did not grace me the option to give the TV a breather last week. Monday through Friday, the media was oversaturated and the gravity of the events was inescapable. The Boston marathon bombings led to a marathon of a ... [Read More…]

Mother, son to graduate together

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Like mother, like son. Graduation announcements have been sent out and congratulation cakes have been ordered. Come May 11, while most parents will be in the audience snapping pictures of their child collecting their diplomas, Jo Ann Evans will follow her son Bryan Evans to receive her own. Jo Ann Travis Evans first arrived on ACU campus in 1976 ... [Read More…]

Priest reacts to pope

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After the historic resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the inaugaration of Pope Francis paving the way for change in the Catholic church, around the world and in Abilene. This past Tuesday, St. Peter's Square in Rome was crowded with thousands of witnesses to the Catholic Church's inaguration of its first Latin American pointiff, Pope Frances, ... [Read More…]

Highways and Byways

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Story by Katie Cukrowski Cheers erupt in Moody Coliseum when the sharply dressed worship leader starts waving his arms back and forth in front of him. "To this day, I don't understand why [Highways and Byways] strikes a chord with students," laughed Dr. Moore. Eleven years ago, Steven Moore, assistant professor of English, was scheduled to lead ... [Read More…]

Oh, baby give me one more chance: students enjoy Second Chance Dance

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ACU's Student Social Work Association and the ACU Swing Cats teamed up Friday for a night of dancing and fundraising. Second Chance Dance, only the second ACU-affiliated dance, collected around 300 new toiletry items as the admission price to donate to victims of domestic violence. Jennifer Carpenter, senior social work major from Fort Worth and ... [Read More…]

Vacation all they wanted, not what they got

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Spring Break is on the horizon and Carnival Cruises will not be hosting the lot of you. This recent boat trip boycott brought to you by a recent nightmare at sea, when the ship, the Triumph, left the port of Galveston on Feb. 9, with more than 4,000 people aboard for a four-day cruise. After an engine fire wiped out power for three days, ... [Read More…]

Four-time Tatum

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"The man with a plan." That's how classmates refer to senior family studies major from Plano, Nick Tatum. With the senior class' win last Saturday, he is now "The man with four Sing Song golds." However, before ACU, Nick Tatum had never attended, much less heard of Sing Song. Tatum began his freshman year as a music major, but quickly changed to ... [Read More…]

Purple People Eaters

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Story by Tom Fullerton ACU is famous for a campus teeming with family legacy. For Tom Fullerton, Lucy Hamilton Fullerton, their four children and ten granddaughters, lineage takes the form of a stuffed plush toy. In 1953, Tom Fullerton returned to what was Abilene Christian College at the time, from his short time in the military. Lucy Hamilton ... [Read More…]

Dinner to include university’s top donors

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Saturday night, the university's top donors will dine as the highlight to a weekend honoring President's Circle Members. This year, nearly 550 are set to attend the special annual dinner. With a meal created by Aramark chef Tony Domingue, a message from Dr. Schubert, times of thanksgiving for God's generosity and student entertainment, university ... [Read More…]

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