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Smith Adams sponsors Backyard Bash

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Adams and Smith residence halls will boast of a 150-foot water slide this Saturday at its second annual Backyard Bash. The cookout and day of activities begins at 2 p.m. and will end at dusk. Patrick Leech, Smith resident assistant, said the event, which began two years ago, was created so students could have ... [Read More…]

Sub T-16 could be reinstated sooner than expected

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor The men of Sub T-16 may end their two-year probation early, if they complete their required self-study soon. Dr. Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life, said in an e-mail that Sub T-16 has made progress with its self-study and that an earlier reinstatement would be contingent upon its work toward the evaluation ... [Read More…]

Evening forum evokes mixed student reactions

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Students and faculty left the final event of Soulforce's Equality Ride visit with mixed feelings. The open forum discussed sexuality and the media with most of the focus on Brokeback Mountain, a three-time Academy Award-winning film that told the story of two gay cowboys in Wyoming during the 1960s. Although ... [Read More…]

GLBT group expects warmer welcome in Abilene

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor After six failed attempts to publicly speak on religious campuses chosen because of their supposed enrollment ban of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students, members of Soulforce Equality Ride anticipate a better reception during their visit Monday in Abilene. Thirty-four Equality Riders left March 5 ... [Read More…]

Delta Theta returns with renewed sense of purpose

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Delta Theta was reactivated Wednesday, six months after pledging was halted. Administrators stopped pledging midway through October after the club's advisers resigned because they didn't agree with the direction the club was headed, said Dr. Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life. "The women completed a self-study ... [Read More…]

GSP members bike to California to raise money for the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Twenty members of Gamma Sigma Phi will embark at 2 p.m. Friday on a 1,200-mile bike ride across the southwest on route to Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif. Riders expect to arrive in California by mid-morning Monday after riding continuously from Abilene, all so they can raise money for a foundation ... [Read More…]

Officials meet to decide if campaign rules were violated

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Elections for Students' Association executive officer positions begin after spring break, but a wrinkle in the campaigning process has already appeared. Last week, several potential candidates created Facebook.com support groups, and more than 150 members have already joined, despite the fact that campaigning ... [Read More…]

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Compassion hits home in Tyrone

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By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Face the Facts For the third time, I signed his little black book - well technically, it was a yellow index card this time; but nonetheless, I knew he would slide it into his notebook when I finished writing my cell phone number. It didn't seem to matter that I had already written my number twice, but since ... [Read More…]

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