Coke or Pepsi? Beginning Monday, the university will begin making the switch from the latter to the former. A five-year contract with Pepsi has came up for renegotiation this semester, and Kevin Campbell, senior vice president of operations, said with students' input and corresponding financial benefits, the decision to switch to Coca-Cola ... [Read More…]
SGA and Intramurals team up for first Olympics
The Student Government Association and Intramural team collaborated to host the first ever ACU Olympics last week with team Zebras taking first, The Backstreet Boys taking second and Gammas + Siggies taking third. Students competed on teams of a minimum of five women and five men in swimming, track and field, bouldering, corn hole and ... [Read More…]
Undergraduate Research Festival returns in full capacity
The Undergraduate Research Festival returned to campus on April 12 in the Hunter Welcome Center, allowing students to present scholarly research in a normal fashion for the first time since the start of COVID-19. Any undergrad student who submits a research project can enter into the festival to present it in front of their peers and a panel of ... [Read More…]
Delta Theta ends 45-year drought, Frater Sodalis three-peats in Sing Song ’22
The women of Delta Theta, men of Frater Sodalis and the Senior Class act took home the trophies on Saturday with their overall wins in Sing Song 2022. Between three divisions, 13 acts performed at the 66th Sing Song inside the Taylor County Expo Center on April 1 and 2.The acts are judged on set, costume, choreography, entertainment and vocals. ... [Read More…]
ACU changes email retention policy
ACU announced in March that student emails would no longer be accessible a year after graduation. This policy comes from Google changing its licensing structure for educational institutions, including a broad storage policy. ACU administration made this decision in order to optimize the spacing in accordance with the Google storage ... [Read More…]
ISA Spring Escape transitions new officers into positions
The International Student Association held its annual Spring Escape event Saturday, March 26. ISA Spring Escape allows students to enjoy a fun weekend filled with various summer-camp-like activities. "During this semester, it can be very stressful for students, especially with Sing Song," Ramirez, a senior computer science major from ... [Read More…]
Lucky 13: A guide to the 66th Sing Song themes
Thirteen acts will compete in Sing Song this year, hopeful for the first overall win and campus bragging rights. What keeps the acts unique from one another is the creative themes. Each Sing Song leader goes through getting their ideal theme approved. The first freshman act theme will take to the sea with its theme, Sailors. Sawyer Davis, ... [Read More…]
Sing Song Dance Team prepares to hit the stage
Alongside class acts, fraternity and sorority acts and host and hostess performances, dance teams returns to the Sing Song stage this year. The student-led dance team will comprise two sub-sections based on dance experience and performance level. They were split into an elite group and an all-team group, each led by co-captains Rylee Dawson, ... [Read More…]
ISA Food and Fashion Festival makes a comeback
The International Student Association held its annual Food and Fashion Festival on Saturday at Hillcrest Church of Christ. ISA is an organization catering to international students, providing a home away from home to help them adapt to their new environment. The Food and Fashion festival gives students a glimpse of their peers' homes, with ... [Read More…]
Inland Ocean Coalition pop-up event returns to campus
The Inland Ocean Coalition will have their second pop-up event on campus on April 9. IOC was brought to ACU last semester by chapter lead Blakely Eller, a junior wildlife biology major from Abilene. "It is an organization that helps on-land communities connect with the ocean and find different ways to impact it," Eller said. "I knew I always ... [Read More…]