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Spring semester brings Chapel changes, adjustments

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Students will notice changes on campus upon returning from Christmas break. Aside from the Barnards being gone the entire semester in Oxford, Shane Hughes will leave to accept a campus ministry position in Fort Smith, Ark. Hughes will leave after being at ACU for 10 years as a student, staff and faculty member. ... [Read More…]

Police investigate recent thefts and break-ins

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor The ACU Police Department is investigating a series of break-ins and burglaries occurring on campus in the past two weeks. Three car burglaries that occurred on the night of Oct. 29 and into the next day at Sherrod Park Apartments, Barret Hall and Smith and Adams Halls totaled $750 to $1,000 loss. Items taken were ... [Read More…]

Cancer free: the life for me

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor The Abilene community encouraged me Tuesday night to pursue bigger public health issues. Since 71 percent of the voters support the ban on public smoking, I am sure a majority will also support banning the sun from all public places as well. Skin cancer caused by sunlight will kill more than 5,000 people this ... [Read More…]

A family’s legacy

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Josh Groves sits in his Mabee room like any guy in the dorm's confines. The typical arrangement of posters and stray clothes surround a couch in the middle of the room. An orange poster board with 67 names sits against the wall. Each name is a person in his family who has attended ACU. The irony for Josh is that ... [Read More…]

Don’t rush the Christmas season

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Some guys see November as a month of freedom. A whole month they can go without shaving. No-shave November. I am not participating in this celebration. I would rather start another protest. No-songs November. The new protest, and not just for guys, is to protest everything that is putting Christmas into our ... [Read More…]

Student attack warns others of dangers

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Brian Schmidt, senior photojournalism major from Austin, was assaulted early Friday morning between Gibson Gym and the McGlothlin Campus Center. Schmidt was leaving the Don H. Morris Center about 1 a.m. after working on a research paper. He was walking to the University Park Apartments when the assault took ... [Read More…]

The best new mascot for McMurry

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Two weeks ago, McMurry University decided to be a mascot-less university instead of picking a new one. The NCAA forced the school to drop 'Indians' as its mascot. The decision means McMurry athletics teams will not have a native people or fuzzy animal to identify themselves with. Instead, the athletes will be ... [Read More…]

ACU refines second century vision

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, announced the 21st Century Vision on Tuesday and began by talking about the undefeated football team and a flywheel, comparing their momentums to that of the university's going into the next decade. "I would suggest to you all that ACU has been building up for a ... [Read More…]

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