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Woodruff trial date unsure

December 7, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Brandon Dale Woodruff, a former ACU student charged with killing his parents in 2005, still awaits his jury trial and is held on a $1 million bond. Woodruff, 21, had a trial date set for Oct. 31 of this year, but has had it delayed when the Hunt County District Attorney's Office asked a state district judge to be ... [Read More…]

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Christians can learn from atheist Sunday school curriculum

November 28, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Go to a Sunday school class around Abilene and notice the curriculum. Depending on the age group, you will learn stories or study the Bible. However, in Palo Alto, Calif., a different kind of Sunday school class has begun. It's a class for atheists. A recent Time magazine article says groups such as the one in ... [Read More…]

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Serge Gasore ran for his life in Rwanda., today he lives to run

November 14, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief We watch war movies for entertainment. The horrifying scenes of war- death, gunfire, explosions, agony, fear - many of us only see on a screen. Serge Gasore lived those scenes. Though not on television, movies, a computer or in books. He saw it all in a Rwanda church. Beginning in April 1994, extremists of the ... [Read More…]

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Sadies Week gives guys deserved break

November 9, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Although Sadies Week ends tonight with a free date at The Skatin' Place, single or taken guys can still take advantage of the final activity of the week. The Campus Activities Board gives ACU girls free activities to promote Sadie Hawkins' Week every year. And every year I look forward to it. As a single guy, I ... [Read More…]

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Aundrea Hearn

November 2, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Since graduating from ACU in 1992, Aundrea Hearn has worked in radio, film and advertising, but not because she didn't enjoy previous jobs. Living in Atlanta, Ga., where she grew up, Hearn works as a copywriter for the advertising agency JWT. She currently works exclusively JWT's account with Ford. Hearn said she ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture Tagged With: FilmFest

Toilet paper hatches Halloween pranks

October 31, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief My friends wanted to toilet paper a teacher's house for Halloween during my junior year of high school. My parents had a 1992 Chevrolet conversion van with a back couch that folded into a bed. On weekends, I felt like the town's chauffeur, always on driving duty when we would drive around town and the country just ... [Read More…]

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Enrollment decline creates budget shortfall

October 19, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief The ACU budget is taking a slight hit this year after university enrollment slipped by almost 100 students compared to last year. ACU set an almost $95 million overall budget for the year, which is $3 million more than the university has this year. Phil Schubert, executive vice president, said ACU has a $1.8 ... [Read More…]

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ACU calling all iStudents to research iPhone

October 19, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Read the Comments ACU will add another team to its iPhone research group less than a month after naming faculty and staff members to research teams. The university is calling for students with iPhones to take part in research for the phone. All interested students with an iPhone, Trio or Blackberry device can ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mobile Learning

Moody not getting its fill of Chapel

October 17, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Last week I saw a friend for the first time in almost a month. We joked around, told some stories, discussed the weather (it was warm) and then we ment ione d how rarely we see each other. I told him I would come visit sometime soon. He said OK, and we walked away. I started planning a day to visit while ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Chapel

ACU police investigate exposure

October 12, 2007 by Jared Fields

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said the department has no suspect for an Oct. 1 incident in which a man exposed himself to a student. The department sent a campus-wide crime alert Oct. 4 to inform ACU faculty, staff and students about the incident. Erica Findley was walking home when she noticed the man in the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Campus Crime

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