By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Face the Facts I was dismayed when I found out I had missed National Pancake Week last week. When else can you celebrate eating delectable pancakes covered in a plethora of toppings such as: chocolate chips, whipped cream, syrup, peanut butter, blueberries and other fruit? But more than celebrating pancakes, ... [Read More…]
Valentine’s Day isn’t all about Cupid
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Unveiling the Mask The most oxymoronic day of the year approaches quickly. It is the holiday people around the world both hate and love with passion. It is a day when lovers stroll hand in hand batting eyes at each other, when men race to Wal-Mart to pick up the last lonely rose, when women fondly think back ... [Read More…]
Officials look for students to lead program: Welcome Week Steering Committee applications available
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor People scream. Signs with numbers can be seen from every section of Moody Coliseum. New faces silently sit in the stadium seats offering shy smiles, while current students cheer and clap for the wary-eyed newcomers climbing the stairs. Welcome Week will come again. Students who have been there before ... [Read More…]
Week focuses on building relationships: Annual event to include Chapel speakers, forums, Campus Center booths
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor "A ring by spring" is often the joke heard on campus each year. Some women take it to heart. But not this year. Healthy Relationships Week, presented by Residence Life Education and Housing and the University Counseling Center, introduced students to "The Lord before the Ring," a play on words both with ACU's ... [Read More…]
Students react to service group’s plea: Big Brothers Big Sisters recruits more than 200 after Chapel program
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor When Angie Hernandez was a child, someone made a difference in her life. Now it is her turn to give back to the community she grew up in. A recent graduate of ACU, Hernandez, now the matching enrollment specialist for Abilene's Big Brother Big Sisters, is part of a team of individuals reaching out to ... [Read More…]
Enrollment projections follow trend for spring
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor The Admissions Office estimates an increase in enrollment from the 2004 spring semester, and official numbers were not released until Wednesday. Robert Heil, director of admissions and enrollment management, said between 4,375 and 4,440 students enrolled this semester. University officials are increasing ... [Read More…]
Centennial book in progress: Campaign to begin 2005 school year with photographic book
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor The Centennial Campaign's yearlong celebration will begin in February with production of a photographic book honoring ACU and its 100-year history. Ron Hadfield, director of creative services and editor of ACU Today magazine, plans to begin compiling the 192-page, hardback book that will be for sale for $40 to ... [Read More…]
Acceptance comes despite questions
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Unveiling the Mask An 11-year-old boy full of life, laughter and promise is dead after a terrible automobile accident. Brody Bourland was in the sixth grade at Franklin Middle School. A week has passed since the vehicle he was traveling in rolled on I-20, injuring seven other passengers. Questions linger in ... [Read More…]
Residence Life applications for this fall due Friday in Campus Life
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Cami Brunts was not looking for the position as an assistant director; she applied to be a resident assistant in University Park apartments. However, she was asked to take the position of assistant director in A. B. Morris Hall, a sophomore women's residence hall. Nearly six months later, Brunts, a senior ... [Read More…]
Survey shows most employees happy at university
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Faculty and staff members might find more reason to smile in the future. Change is on its way. Results released from a survey completed by the faculty and staff in the 2004 fall semester indicate that some of ACU's policies might need to change to lift employees' spirits after a year of difficult financial ... [Read More…]