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De León resigns to accept fundraising position at Purdue

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Director of athletics Lee de León resigned Thursday to accept the position of executive senior associate athletics director and assistant vice president for development, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. De León said he is excited to transition to a community that prides itself on its teams, and has a focus on athletics, whereas ... [Read More…]

The friends you miss the most

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While I'm not a graduating senior, I can only imagine the bittersweet moments of walking the stage. On one hand, you're "free" from school and chapel credits, bean food and curfew, but on the other, you're leaving a home behind. I've recognized that the last week of school is perfect for boomerangs of friends hugging or hand-holding with the ... [Read More…]

Rugby completes third year with even record

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ACU Rugby completed its season with an 8-8 record, doubling the number of games and players since its inception three years ago. Aaron Pokluda, senior multimedia major from El Paso and Juan Escobedo, a senior nutrition and exercise science major from Round Rock, started the rugby team in 2015 with only seven players, all without ... [Read More…]

Adobe Creative Cloud available for recent graduates

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Adobe Creative Cloud will be available to graduating seniors for a discounted price. Students typically have free access to the Adobe suite until they leave the university. "Abilene Christian University has been fortunate to have an all-in license for Adobe Creative Cloud for the last three years," said Dr. Marisa Beard, director of ... [Read More…]

SGA votes five students to Cabinet

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Student Government Association voted five students into the President's Cabinet last Wednesday. Ty Kelley, the executive president of SGA, said they had a great turnout of applicants, so much that they had to turn people away from an interview. The base level qualifications of each position are outlined in the constitution, but Kelley said him ... [Read More…]

Home brewers plan to open new brewery in spring 2019

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Three award-winning members of the Big Country Home Brewers Association plan to open Grain Theory Brewing in the spring of 2019. After Big Day Downtown last week, David Kasselman and his family shared the Facebook page. By the following morning, he said they had already been contacted by press to cover the future opening. "We became friends ... [Read More…]

FilmFest awards six films

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FilmFest 2018, themed Awaken, took place last Friday with 13 total student-made films. The following awards were presented after the showing at the Paramount Theatre: Best Picture – “Jars” People’s Choice – “The Cheeseburger Squad” Best Director – Forrest Lorenzen and John Puckett, “Eastbound” Best Producer – Brittney ... [Read More…]

My Sister’s House consignment sale opens for the 16th sale

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The 16th semi-annual My Sister's House sale will open to the public for a pre-sale on April 18, and continue through April 21. ACU graduates Summer Walters and her sister Kate Stover have hosted the sale for eight years and grown it to around 2,000 transactions. From an event center downtown to the Abilene Fairgrounds display building for the ... [Read More…]

BSA hosts Black History production

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Black Students Association is hosting a black history production in Cullen to promote black history awareness on campus. The play, called I See the Fruit But What's the Root, will include spoken word by IJ Bapeli, Dajonique Gordon and Taihja Tribble, a frehsman interior design major from Fort Worth. Chris Daughtry, an ACU alumnus, is ... [Read More…]

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