By Denton Josey, Features Editor The Homecoming steering committee will introduce a new feature to JamFest on Friday with the inclusion of a second stage for the performers. The lineup boasts 10 acts this year, and in an effort to reduce time between sets, the JamFest organizers created a twostage format that allows bands to set up while another ... [Read More…]
Outdoor Club climbs, plans camping
By Denton Josey, Features Editor The Outdoor Club stayed indoors last weekend when the group went climbing at Abilene High School. Alex Wann, sophomore environmental science major from Torrington, Wyo., coordinated the event. The vice president of events for the group, Wann also facilitated the instruction. The climbing wall was only about 10 ... [Read More…]
H.E.R.O Riders: Horseplay helps heal herds of kids
By Denton Josey, Features Editor Brenden Baker isn't your typical cowboy. Riding a horse in Griffin Arena at the Taylor County Expo Center, Brenden literally has a following. It's not because he's riding without a saddle or that he's only 4 years old. It isn't even because he sometimes rides backwards or catches and throws a ball while in ... [Read More…]
Finding family through football
By Denton Josey, Features Editor I fell in love with someone I've never met. Not romantic love, though. Not really love at all, but after watching the Dallas Cowboys beat the Buffalo Bills on Monday Night Football I wish I could make Nick Folk my older brother - he could even have the inheritance. As much as recapping the game is tempting, I ... [Read More…]
Wedding evokes marital musings
By Denton Josey, Features Editor I lost one more friend this past weekend. To marriage. He was only 23. Josh Glaze, my friend since fourth grade, used to tell his friends he wasn't going to get married in his 20s. He said, "Jesus didn't lay down his life until he was 33, why should I give mine any sooner?" Such stout resolve did not last, ... [Read More…]
Pledging numbers sink from ’06
By Denton Josey, Features Editor Fewer people went through Bid Night this year than last. The number of pledges dropped for men's and women's clubs. Last year, 235 women and 142 men reported final rankings for clubs, but this year only 223 women and 108 men ranked clubs to pledge. Mauri Westbrook, coordinator of student organizations and ... [Read More…]
Pendergrass puts on travelin’ shoes for Abilene
By Denton Josey, Features Editor He may be new to ACU, but many ACU students have grown up with George Pendergrass' voice. Acappella, the group Pendergrass sang with, was popular in the late 80s and early 90s. Anyone watching Super Bowl XXVII in 1993 heard George Pendergrass sing "They Are More Precious Than Gold." The song was played on a ... [Read More…]
Breaking news or a waste of time?
By Denton Josey, Features Editor A baby monkey befriended a pigeon at a zoo. Isn't that amazing? Oh yeah, and President Bush said 5,700 troops will come home by Christmas, or some thing like that. You should see the picture of that monkey and pigeon. In class Tuesday, the six-year anniversary of the 9/11 attack, my professor read the top news ... [Read More…]
Professor pursues mystic life
By Denton Josey, Features Editor Focused on reaching the students during Lectureship, the student track offers more student- friendly topics, such as mysticism, at later times in the evening. Monday night at 8:45 p.m. in the Den Caf‚ of Barret Hall, the Spiritual Spectrum topic is Mysticism in a Modern World, hosted by Randy Harris, instructor of ... [Read More…]
Global Apprentice fights poverty in England
By Denton Josey, Features Editor In only its second year in existence, the Global Apprentice program has already taken on ACU's mission to "Change the World" and delivered. Thirty eight students took part in the College of Business and Administration's Summer 1 study abroad course that offered Business Statistics, Business Production and the ... [Read More…]
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