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Students ready for Dallas marathon

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Registration for the second annual "Run the Dallas White Rock Marathon with ACU" is now open for ACU faculty, staff, alumni, students and other community members. About 150 people participated in the event last year. Organizers in the Students' Association hope for more participants this year. "We had a really good response to it the first time," ... [Read More…]

Ellison named Homecoming Queen

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Student voters elected Delta Theta president Jessica Ellison, senior accounting major from Van, the 2010 Homecoming Queen out of ten nominees. Ellison was crowned at halftime during Saturday's Homecoming football game after the introduction of both the coming-home court from 2000 and this year's Homecoming court. "I'm kind of still in shock," ... [Read More…]

Words outlive life

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They say actions speak louder than words, and most of the time, I would agree. Watch someone long enough and you'll learn why he chooses to laugh loudly, talk frequently or hug often. But what if you don't have a person's actions to learn from? I discovered this past week, when there is an absent of living action, words can be the best guide to the ... [Read More…]

Homecoming parade creates connections

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Participants in this year's Homecoming Parade will display their creative interpretations of cultural, generational and social connections in an attempt to bring home awards and prize money on Saturday. Nineteen student clubs and other organizations will participate in this year's parade competition, with each featuring its own interpretation of ... [Read More…]

From the ground up: Locavores provide fresh recipes for healthy cooking

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Kerry and Joy Hedges are among the increasing number of people who recognize the advantages of eating locally produced food. The owners of Slowpoke Farm, a sustainable operation located just south of Cisco between Abilene and Forth Worth, the Hedges believe buying local food improves a community's ecology and economy and benefits an individual's ... [Read More…]

Loop line completion set for October

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Despite rain delays and several large events on campus, construction continues to progress on the new heating and cooling loop line and the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center. Construction crews have successfully connected nine of 23 buildings to the new heating and cooling loop line. The rest of the buildings on campus ... [Read More…]

Mid-Autumn Day festival celebrates Chinese traditions

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More than 300 students are expected to celebrate a traditional Chinese festival at University Church of Christ this Saturday. Mid-Autumn Festival, as it is commonly called in China, dates back more than 4,000 years. It traditionally falls on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar, when the moon is said to be at its brightest and ... [Read More…]

Highland welcomes new preaching minister

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Highland Church of Christ appointed Jonathan Storment as the congregation's 10th preaching minister last month, ending a year-long search after Mike Cope joined Heartbeat Ministries full-time last fall. Lindsey Seufferlein. sophomore English major from Cedar Rapids, Mich., began attending Highland last fall just before the congregation started ... [Read More…]

A new kind of project: community nonprofit works to build a sustainable community

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Imagine living in a neighborhood with people you care about and people who care about you. Imagine sitting on your front porch as the light begins to dim and the temperature starts to drop in the early evening hours, chatting with friends and watching as the neighborhood kids scramble up and down slides at the park across the street. Imagine ... [Read More…]

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