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Changes made to housing: Barret, McDonald halls will house women; Morris to be men’s hall

March 4, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Students living on campus next fall will have different halls to choose from depending on their classification and gender. Morris Hall, currently housing sophomore women, will house sophomore and freshman men; McDonald Hall, a freshman men's hall, will become a freshman women's hall; and Barret Hall, which is ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ResLife

Former Congress members to visit: Men to speak to classes, student groups as part of two-day campus tour

March 4, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Two former members of the House of Representatives will visit campus March 14 and 15 as part of the Congress to Campus Program. Harry Volkmer, D-Missouri, and Robert W. Daniel Jr., R-Virginia, will speak to several classes and student groups and to two Abilene Kiwanis Clubs during their stay. The Congress to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

Lori’s Story: Patient should be permitted to die

March 2, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor The last time doctors say Terri Schiavo was conscious of her surroundings, George H.W. Bush was president, the Berlin Wall and the Soviet Union had just fallen, and The Simpsons had just premiered. She has missed out on 15 years of her life, and her parents want to prolong her dismal existence. Terri suffered ... [Read More…]

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Leeson honored at alumnus lunch: ‘Dallas Morning News’ photographer named Alumnus of the Year

February 22, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor When David Leeson was younger and developing an interest in photography, he didn't know people could get paid for doing something that he loved to do so much. He said he once saw a photographer at a graduation ceremony, and he asked the man why he had so many cameras and where he had gotten them. The man ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, David Leeson, JMC

School remembers trustees: Building renamed for Packer, Onstead; Institute honors Halbert

February 20, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Former Board of Trustees members H. Lynn Packer and Robert Onstead and missionary Jo Ann Halbert were remembered in dedication ceremonies Saturday as the Biblical Studies Building and the Institute for Missions and Evangelism were renamed their honor. Family and friends and members of the administration and ... [Read More…]

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Lori’s Story: Child abuse can be prevented

February 20, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor The number of children in Texas who have died from abuse or neglect has risen in the past year, according to an article on CNN.com. More than 200 children died; the average is 3.3 for every 100,000 children, which is 65 percent higher than the national average, the article says. What's even more troubling than ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns

University cites Leeson with award: Pulitzer-winning photographer chosen as Outstanding Alumnus of Year

February 18, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor John Best doesn't give himself credit for helping David Leeson win a Pulitzer Prize in photography. But he does credit Leeson with giving him his first gray hairs. Leeson, class of 1978, worked under Best at the Abilene Reporter-News in the early 1980s and will be honored Sunday by the Alumni Association as the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, David Leeson, JMC

Lori’s Story: Car wrecks leave lasting impression

February 18, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor I can still see the two long skid marks on the road where the car screeched to a stop outside my apartment. As I was getting ready to go to church last Sunday, I heard the sound of slamming brakes and tires trying to grab the road, then the distinct sound of car hitting car. I looked out my window and saw that ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns

History show coming to Cullen: Cast, crew have worked on production since November

February 11, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor This year's Black History production, Alae: The Roots are Deeper Still, will be Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Cullen Auditorium. The play was written last summer by Takisha Knight, sophomore English major from Lake Charles, La. The story follows a girl who realizes around the time of her high school ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Black History Month

$20,000 donated to Theatre Department: Gift given to honor Rob Sommerwerck, who died in 2003

January 28, 2005 by Lori Bredemeyer

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor The mother and step-father of Rob Sommerwerck donated $20,000 to the Theatre Department, and Dr. Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life, presented the check in Thursday's theatre small-group Chapel to Adam Hester, chair of the department. Sommerwerck was killed April 15, 2003, when his car was broadsided by a truck ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Theatre

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Sing Song 2025 Awards Women’s Division:

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