Since moving to our state's capital nearly two months ago, people often ask me what the biggest differences between Austin and Abilene are. They are numerous and they are obvious. So instead I've set out to find some similarities between these two A-towns, even if they are few and far between. It seems that a college town is still a college town ... [Read More…]
CVS is close, but no cigar
Last week, CVS Caremark announced it will stop selling cigarettes and tobacco products in its stores by October. The chain estimates it will lose more than $2 billion in revenue from tobacco users annually. That's a huge loss for the sake of keeping people healthy. But according to CVS CEO Larry Merlo, the monetary loss does not mean it ... [Read More…]
Change can be the right decision
In a matter of five days, I dropped all of my spring semester classes, loaded my car with as much as I could fit, moved to Austin, physically wandered around looking for a job, bicycled further than I did all of last semester combined, accidentally walked into the state governor's office and was invited to my next door neighbors' Jewish fraternity ... [Read More…]
Something phishy: Hackers reroute payments
The university was informed on Tuesday afternoon that six employee payments had been rerouted to out-of-state bank accounts and a total of 17 myACU accounts had been accessed by the perpetrators. Before Thanksgiving break, several ACU email accounts received a phishing email that, when responded to, allowed the perpetrators to attain account ... [Read More…]
Griggs Center partakes in Entrepreneurship Week
The Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy participated in Global Entrepreneurship Week on Tuesday with a luncheon featuring Janie Barrera, president and CEO of Accion Texas. As part of the Griggs Center's Entrepreneur Speaker Series, the event also served as a opportunity for community members to interact on campus and for the ... [Read More…]
HSU student killed in car accident
A Hardin-Simmons senior died in a car accident early Sunday morning in the 100 block of East Ambler, near Will Hair Park. According to a report from the Abilene Police Department, evidence indicated Taylor Huff was walking on the south side of Amber, in the outside lane, when he was struck by a vehicle traveling east-bound. Huff was wearing ... [Read More…]
Abilene welcomes new restaurants, cafe
Three new restaurants have opened in Abilene over the past six weeks. Franchises like Fuzzy's Taco Shop and McAlister's Deli have opened across town while the new, locally-owned The Coffee Shack on the Hill opened less than a mile from ACU campus. The new McCalister's Deli on Clack Street opened on Sept. 30 and was so busy the first month it ... [Read More…]
If Google ran the government
There's no denying that the Oct. 1 rollout of the federal healthcare exchange under the Affordable Care Act has been a debacle. As Americans struggle to register for Obamacare, they find themselves wondering, how could it be so hard for the government to build a website? Why didn't they just hire some of the big guns at Google to build it for ... [Read More…]
Blood drive lines overflow with donors
Students lined up to give blood on campus in the Meek bloodmobile on Wednesday, with some waiting for more than two hours. The line got so long, people working on the second floor of Zellner Hall opened their windows and began playing games with the students waiting down below. Scott Kilmer, director of online marketing, held a small basketball ... [Read More…]
Most important lessons learned outside ACU’s classrooms
I've attended the ACU Homecoming Parade, donning a purple and white cheerleading uniform since before it was illegal to throw candy from parade floats. Basically, I was raised dreaming of the day that I, like the rest of all my relatives, got to move to the holy city of Abilene. Yes, I come from one of those families. But once I finally became a ... [Read More…]
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