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Judges select six hosts and hostesses

October 12, 2012 by Mark Smith

More than four months before one of the most anticipated events at ACU, the hosts and hostesses for Sing Song have been named. Forty-two students auditioned on Monday in front of a panel of 11 judges; some of the judges are associated with the university, some not. The panel invited 14 of the 42 back for final auditions, evaluating the tryouts for ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Sing Song

Ag department to return to Medina

October 11, 2012 by Mark Smith

Eleven months after an accident that injured more than a dozen students and faculty members and killed one student, a group more than twice the size will leave on Friday to participate in the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences's annual service trip to Medina Children's Home. On last year’s trip, the group’s minibus drifted off ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Agricultural Department, Archive, Bus Accident

This just in: We don’t cost you tuition money

October 10, 2012 by Mark Smith

"Honestly, it would be reasonable to say it costs ACU $800+ per day or more to print the Optimist, a paper that I rarely see students read. Save our tuition money, and simply post it online." This is a Facebook status I woke up to on Thursday. A few problems with this. It costs us about $250 per issue to print the Optimist. Not $800. Also, it ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns

Student Life investigating tweets

September 28, 2012 by Mark Smith

The Office of Student Life is investigating a handful of anonymous Twitter feeds that have targeted social clubs, made racial comments and criticized specific individuals. Posts from the Twitter handles ACU_GossipGirl, ACUGossipBoy, ACUSleaze and TotalTrojanMove this week sparked immediate reaction from students, faculty, staff and ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Social Media

New church institute to honor Siburt

September 26, 2012 by Mark Smith

A new university program has launched to bring churches and ministers closer together with ACU. Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, announced the launching of the Siburt Institute of Church Ministry on the first day of Summit. The ministry is named in honor of the late Dr. Charles Siburt, a missions faculty member and administrator who ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Royce Money, Siburt Institute

Small fire in Edwards quickly put out

September 26, 2012 by Mark Smith

An electrical fire in Edwards Hall lobby was put out quickly earlier this week while residence life officials evacuated the building. ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said the fire alarm, which sounded at 10:37 a.m. on Monday, sparked immediate reaction to prevent any spread of the smoke. "There was a slight presence of smoke in the lobby and TV ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

Residency in University Park not as advertised

September 26, 2012 by Mark Smith

Good and bad things arise when you live at UP. The cable quality is terrible. Some channels are okay. Some are unwatchable. Most are somewhere in between. Nearly every channel has some audio or visual issue. The HD channels come in terribly, but at least I get to see how much better they would be than the standard, if they actually worked. But ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: University Park

Theme opens lectures

September 19, 2012 by Mark Smith

Summit 2012 began with a call for people to return to God, a message of intimacy and the announcement of a new university ministry led by Dr. Royce Money. Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, welcomed all Summit visitors and students to the first Summit event, a theme lecture on Sunday night in Moody Coliseum. Before introducing the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Summit

Rhodes’ Return: ACU’s new provost returns to Texas to join ACU community

September 19, 2012 by Mark Smith

About 30 years after leaving Texas, Dr. Robert Rhodes has returned to his home state. The son of a preacher man in small-town West Texas, Rhodes grew up in a close-knit family. "We have a 640-acre family ranch in the Texas panhandle outside the Palo Duro Canyons," Rhodes said. "My grandfather and grandmother owned it and it has been part of the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features, Showcase

Freshman class size rises 10 percent

September 14, 2012 by Mark Smith

After a significant drop in freshman enrollment last year, the freshman rate rose more than 10 percent this school year, nearly reaching the highest number of incoming freshmen in one year. Freshman enrollment fell from 982 students in 2010 to 864 last year. The enrollment rate grew 10 percent to 958 students. Last year, Kevin Campbell, chief ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News

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