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Is free speech worth the challenges

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-by David Kneip, associate professor of Bible. An oft-quoted saying with regard to free speech goes something like this: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”  Often mis-attributed to the 18th-century French philosopher known as Voltaire, the quote certainly reflects the budding “freedom” movement ... [Read More…]

YAF constructs Berlin Wall replica in remembrance

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Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) built a Berlin Wall Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. between the library and the campus center. YAF is a national organization that seeks to educate college and high school students about conservative principles such as limited government, individual freedoms, traditional values, free enterprise and strong national ... [Read More…]

Theatre prepares for annual Cornerstone performance

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The annual Cornerstone production, typically a play, is a musical for the first time in four years. John and Jen, a musical composed by Andrew Lippa, deals with trauma, PTSD and how negative relationships create and develop personality. The production opens in 1959 to John and Jen, siblings, as kids before he passes away at the end of the ... [Read More…]

Edwards Hall residents create escape room for Halloween

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Residents of Edwards Hall spent seven days creating and producing an escape room for students to participate in an on-campus Halloween event. John Ellison, a junior business management and marketing major from Lampasas, Aaron Jones, a junior Christian ministry major from Flower Mound, and Garrett Martin, a sophomore engineering major from ... [Read More…]

Peak performance: Vestal seeks professional career after college

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Since she was 3 years old, Sam Vestal has enjoyed the simplicity of kicking a soccer ball on the freshly cut, dew-covered grass. Though the road to professional athletics ends for most in high school, Vestal said she desires to continue after college. Vestal played on the varsity team all four years of high school at Permian High School in ... [Read More…]

Vision in Action continues to transform campus

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Vision in Action continues to initiate the biggest transformation to ACU’s campus in more than 50 years. Through donations exceeding $100 million, ACU has completed renovation and updates to the Onstead Science Center and engineering and physics laboratories in Bennett Gymnasium, along with the construction of the Halbert-Walling Research ... [Read More…]

Annual Clery report shows decrease in burglary, drug violations

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The university recorded more drug law violations and fewer liquor law violations in 2017 than a year earlier, according to annual crime statistics released by the ACU Police Department. The annual report was in released in compliance with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Crime Statistics Act, which is named for a college student ... [Read More…]

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