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Dance group teaches students art of swing

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Swing Cats, ACU's swing dance club, will conduct its first meeting of the semester at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 5, in Cullen Auditorium. Each meeting includes time for lessons and dance practice. Because of construction of the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center, the meetings have been moved from the gym in the Gibson Health and ... [Read More…]

Column: Commute lacks social familiarity

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I spent the spring 2010 semester interning without a car, in Washington, D.C.  Public transportation immediately became my best friend. Within days of my arrival, I had the public transportation system memorized, and the three-quarter-mile trek from my apartment to the nearest metro stop became the best part of my day. It was nine minutes I could ... [Read More…]

Mobile device replacement scheduled for Aug. 28

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The fall semester will mark the first time all students will have ACU-issued mobile devices. Third-year students will receive their replacement devices Aug. 28. All third-year students were required to order the replacement device through Team 55 and a website created to guide students through the process. The Premiere website was created by ... [Read More…]

Panoramic: Warehouse Fire

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A two-alarm fire burnt an Abilene warehouse to the ground at 401 Plum St. on Monday. Abilene Fire Department Lieutenant Greg Goettsch said he believed the fire began in the northwest corner of the 40,000-square-foot building. By 11 p.m., workers had collapsed standing walls and were removing rubble to extinguish remaining hot spots. ... [Read More…]

Diabetic children mentored by graduate students

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The Type 1 diabetes supportive services program offered through the School of Social Work is beginning its second year. Social work graduate students volunteer to mentor Type 1 diabetic students as they confront the psychosocial struggles that often accompany the disease. "It's a total disruption of what your life was like prior to being ... [Read More…]

Committee kidnaps Queen nominees

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The ACU Homecoming Committee snatched unsuspecting Homecoming Queen nominees from club meetings and pledging events around campus Wednesday night. After blindfolding and adorning them with purple boas and tiaras, committee members carried them off to the Hunter Welcome Center, where they got acquainted with each other and learned what the next few ... [Read More…]

ACU President to retire in May 2010

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Dr. Royce Money, 10th president of the university, told members of the Board of Trustees on Saturday he plans to retire at the end of the 2009-10 school year. After his retirement, which will be effective May 31, 2010, Money will serve as chancellor. Money, who has served as president since June 1991, has had the second longest term of office ... [Read More…]

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