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Student arrested for assault in McDonald

January 28, 2014 by Linsey Thut

A female student was arrested Jan. 20 by ACU police and charged with assaulting a Residence Life staff member in McDonald Hall. ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said the staff member was confronting the student about a problem in the hall after 1 a.m., and the student slapped her. Ellison said the staff member reported the assault to be "offensive ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ACU Police, Campus Crime, McDonald Hall

8th Time’s the Charm: Ciufo refuses to let surgeries ruin her cheer

January 28, 2014 by Linsey Thut

Anna Ciufo rememberes the sunny daylight as she rode the bus next to one student, Merissa Ford, and across the aisle from another, Anabel Ried. "I feel like we were talking about goats or llamas or something like that," Ciufo said with a laugh. The rest, she said, gets fuzzy. "When I woke up, they said I remembered running off the road ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Bus Accident, Feature, Students

Abilene offers alternative options for SBCs

January 23, 2014 by Linsey Thut

ACU students are being offered the opportunity to stay in Abilene during spring break to work with three different service organizations. The Center for Christian Service and Leadership sponsors Service in the City, an Abilene-based Spring Break Campaign. Beltway Park Baptist Church's college ministry is organizing its own Spring Break campaign ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Community Service, Spring Break

Warnings issued after winter break-ins

January 14, 2014 by Linsey Thut

The ACU Police Department is encouraging faculty, staff and students to lock their car doors and be safe after a rash of auto burglaries over the Christmas Break. Thieves burglarized five vehicles in the neighborhoods surrounding the campus during that time, and ACUPD reported that all cars were unlocked at the time of the burglaries. Three of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Abilene Crime, ACU Police, Campus Crime

Leeches discovered in Barret Hall shower

January 14, 2014 by Linsey Thut

A pair of sophomore women returned to campus after the Christmas Break to find some unwanted visitors in their A.B. Barret Hall shower - leeches. Cheryl Bell, sophomore musical theatre major from Austin, said she went in to take a shower and was disgusted to find many of the creatures all over her shower floor. Her roommate, Kren Fernandes, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Barret Hall

Faculty donates $29,000 to United Way

December 5, 2013 by Linsey Thut

Faculty and staff collected $29,000 in donations during the past month for the Abilene-based, non-profit organization, United Way. Clint Buck, director of Financial Operations at ACU, was in charge of coordinating United Way donations this year. He said the ACU staff has donated money to the organization each holiday season since 1996. "Very ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Faculty, United Way

Abi-Haus makes farm-to-market table for a night

November 12, 2013 by Linsey Thut

Abi-Haus will be hosting a special dinner in which all the foods featured on the menu will be made only out of ingredients found at a local farm. Kerry Hedges, owner of the Slowpoke Farm, and Kyle Clemmer, Abi-Haus' chef, have been friends for quite a while and decided to team up and create Abilene's first ever farm-to-market dinner. "We just ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Around Abilene

KACU pledge drive gives back to Abilene

November 7, 2013 by Linsey Thut

KACU Abilene Public Radio kicked off its 2013 Fall Membership Drive this week, donating books to local charities in the process. "Tell Me a Story" was this year's pledge drive theme. "We all grew up reading a story, and there's a whole lot of kids in the area who will never have a story read to them," said J.C. Patrick, membership director ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Fundraising, KACU

Students create Locks of Love fundraiser

November 1, 2013 by Linsey Thut

An Intro to Business Venture Out Project caused a team of students to raise funds for Locks of Love. Through selling hair accessories the students want to raise funds and make the women of campus to look 'cute for a cause'. For their Intro to Business Venture Out Project, Kaitlyn Renner, freshman accounting major from Tuscola, and her team, ... [Read More…]

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Students create Locks of Love fundraiser

November 1, 2013 by Linsey Thut

An Intro to Business Venture Out Project caused a team of students to raise funds for Locks of Love. Through selling hair accessories the students want to raise funds and make the women of campus to look 'cute for a cause'. For their Intro to Business Venture Out Project, Kaitlyn Renner, freshman accounting major from Tuscola, and her team, ... [Read More…]

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