It has been over three months since the first case of COVID-19 and over six weeks since the country reacted with virtually a complete shutdown and a silencing of its economy with it. The devastation of the disease has also struck the weakest of Americans at remarkable rates. The unemployment rate in the nation has risen from 3.5% in February to ... [Read More…]
Students React to the Recent Refund Announcements
Several weeks ago, President Schubert, in a school-wide email, disclosed that students will be eligible for a 40% refund from this semester’s meal and rooming expenses. While the expenses from students’ meal plans will be refunded by May 1, boarding expenses will only be applied in the form of a scholarship at the beginning of the 2020 fall ... [Read More…]
Join in the community of virtual Chapel
Shelter-in place orders, social distancing, and self-quarantining have all taken us, as an ACU community, away from each other and hence, away from the comfort we find in our normal fellowship. Now, What is asked of all of us, in prevention of the disease’s spread, is more than anyone could have anticipated only a few months ago. Luckily, in ... [Read More…]
Forty-day Lent is not as scary as it may sound
For many within the ACU community, liturgical practices, namely the season of Lent and Holy Week, are unfamiliar. However, the beauty of their tradition and symbolism still holds great value. Lent is a 40 day period meant to resemble Jesus’s 40 days of fasting in the desert. In doing this, Jesus gave a model of penance and humility that is now ... [Read More…]
The service industry deserves more of our gratitude
Everyday, we enjoy cushioned benefits given to us from the hard work of dozens of members of the service industry. For college students especially, these benefits only increase within the day-to-day happenings of a university. Unfortunately, the busyness of a schedule can often greatly impede our ability to see the many benefits we enjoy, and more ... [Read More…]
Debate’s defeat of HPU caps 2019 season
Members of the debate team collectively won first, second, and third place overall, along with first through fourth place speakers as well, at their recent tournament at Howard Payne University. The team has attended four tournaments this semester, alongside Coach Sheila Ritchie, director of debate and associate professor in the Department of ... [Read More…]
‘The White Rose’ to be presented Monday
The Department of Theatre will present “The White Rose” this fall, its second performance of the year. Unlike other yearly productions, theatre will present “The White Rose” to all freshman as a part of the Cornerstone curriculum. The non-fiction play, written by Lillian Groag, represents bravery in its most vulnerable state, making it ... [Read More…]
Leipzig artwork on display in Shore
The start of this November was greeted with the numerous works of art from some of ACU’s students, put on display in the Shore Art Gallery on campus. In May, 16 students from the department were hand-selected to accompany Dr. Dan McGregor, associate professor of art and design, for two and a half weeks abroad in Leipzig, Germany. The purpose of ... [Read More…]