By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor In light of the recent policy changes - among them the alcohol policy and tenure and promotion policy - a document enumerating the policy change process has been proposed as the university tries to navigate the cumbersome process of taking into account students, faculty, staff and administrator concerns. Some light ... [Read More…]
Education struggle makes final stress seem trivial
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor At the same time I am scratching the days off my day planner and promising myself languorous afternoons if I can only finish finals week, 19 African countries are scouring resources for a $370-million education funding gap. Through the World Bank's Education for All Fast Track Initiative, these countries' plans for ... [Read More…]
Attempt to amend election rules found unconsitutional
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor The 85th Students' Association Congress concluded with a lively debate over Congress' power over election rules and a resolution supporting an alternative, instrumental Chapel option. Congress appealed a decision from chief development officer Matt Greenberg that Rep. Casey Bingham's movement to amend the election ... [Read More…]
Voters flock to Watkins: Pulis, Hemphill earn SA offices
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Students' Association President-elect Daniel Paul Watkins hit the ground running Wednesday night, calling for a late-night meeting with his new Cabinet after the candidates and the elections committee met at 11:30 p.m. "I think we should start with a bang," said Watkins, junior political science major from ... [Read More…]
Congress appropriates funds for coffee, Service Saturday pizza
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor SA Congress began its meeting 30 minutes late Wednesday, after a scramble to have a majority of Congress members present. Once present, attention turned to pizza and coffee - for students. Congress appropriated $325 from the student request fund to provide pizza for the Service Action Leadership Team's final ... [Read More…]
Presidential candidates square off Monday night
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Only two candidates faced opposition at Monday night's SA executive officer debates: presidential candidates David Vanderpool, the "people's man," and Daniel-Paul Watkins, the "regular guy." Candidates for vice president and treasurer are running unopposed. The presidential candidates launched their debates in ... [Read More…]
SA buys table for married couples
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Special interests on campus received a voice at Wednesday's Students' Association meeting, thanks to several pieces of legislation. Rep. Aaron Escobedo presented a bill to spend $140 to purchase a table for ACU's spring Dinner Theatre, "Sabrina Fair." Tickets for the dinner will be auctioned off only to married or ... [Read More…]
SA congress tackles meal plans, funding
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Cost questions kept Congress occupied for much of the April 2 meeting as SA examined meal plans, appropriated funding and denied a request. Congress continued questions about costs at the university, addressing executive vice president Phil Schubert; Anthony Williams, director of retail and purchasing; and Tom ... [Read More…]
Slam poetry effectively speaks out about issues
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor There are far more profane things in the world than a few curse words. This I learned from Liza Jesse Peterson, one of the Def Jam poets who came to campus last weekend and perhaps one of the most intriguing people I have ever encountered. Liza, along with Bruce George and Steve Connell, inspired the crowd and ... [Read More…]
‘Green’ buildings may change energy costs on campus
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Before energy conservationists launch efforts to turn off and unplug equipment or concern over emissions spurs a change in fuel, architects are quietly incorporating "green" features into the walls and systems of the buildings they construct. And sometimes, the precautions save money. Bob Nevill, director of ... [Read More…]
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