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Private property laws restrict freedom of speech

September 23, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Orgasm donor. Just like the words leap off the page to you, so did the phrase jump off the shirt to me. When I saw a white T-shirt with those two words plastered across the front on sale in the Steve and Barry's store in the Abilene mall, I could not believe anybody would buy such a repulsive innuendo. And ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns

Women for ACU sells pies, coffee for scholarship endowment

September 23, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor The smell of homemade pecan and apple pies will fill the Teague Special Events Center during Summit as the Women for ACU sells coffee and pies Monday through Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. The pie table is set in the center of the Summit exhibits and visiting area, and visitors can purchase a slice of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: WACU

ACU students’ house damaged by fire: School officials offer temporary housing solution

September 23, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor A house caught fire Wednesday afternoon in the 1400 block of Westheimer Road, leaving two ACU students, one Cisco Junior College student and a married couple safe but with their residences gutted and burned. The house was a duplex with a double-sided dividing wall that separated the two halves. ACU students ... [Read More…]

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Professors cancel classes

September 21, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor As Summit works to draw a larger student crowd this year, professors around campus canceled classes to encourage participation and attendance. Caron Gentry, assistant professor of political science, called off three of her classes to encourage her students to attend Summit events. "I've always wanted to do more ... [Read More…]

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ACU runner Wanda Hutson rises above past disappointments

September 17, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Wanda Hutson flew from China to London, London to Miami and Miami to Trinidad in 22 hours and only remained in her hometown with her brother and nephews for one day before flying back to Abilene on Aug. 30. She returned to ACU not only as a tired, 23-year-old junior information systems major from Port of Spain, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Olympics

Authors’ forum gives students first-person perspective

September 12, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Gumercindo Holmes sat in Moody Coliseum, listening intently as Ron Hall and Denver Moore told a tale of redemption, friendship and God's love in Tuesday's Chapel forum. Holmes had read the same story in the book the Same Kind of Different as Me, but hearing about the real-life events from the authors ... [Read More…]

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Cameras may soon monitor popular street intersections

September 10, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Students may think twice before running their next red light as the Abilene City Council considers a plan to install red light cameras in the future. City staff is examining ways to reduce red light violations around town. Drivers cause more than 500 accidents by running red lights in Abilene each year, ... [Read More…]

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Pledging-induced stress unwarranted

September 3, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor I'm not ready to be blinded by bright yellow skirts or run over by skipping girls, but the pledging season has arrived, and rushes began Tuesday. On Sunday I spent most my afternoon at teas, meeting potential pledges and explaining the merits of my club. I was surprised by the number of women I met who claimed ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Social Clubs

Renewal leaves fund new faculty research

August 29, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Each year professors pack their books, close their office doors and wave goodbye to their colleagues as they take off work to study or research on the university's tab. These faculty members all receive salary for the semester even though they are not teaching at ACU because the university has awarded them ... [Read More…]

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Preparations for recreation center soon under way

August 29, 2008 by Kelline Linton

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Construction has saturated the ACU campus lately from residence halls to the new Welcome Center, but the Gibson Health and P.E. Center has forever escaped the same fate, until now. Demolition begins for the ACU Student Wellness and Recreation Center roughly in the March/April timeframe, said Bob Nevill, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Rec Center

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