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Students should show up for home games

November 19, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

I'll never forget looking forward to my first college basketball game as a college student; the packed coliseum, the way the energy bounces off the fans and onto the court of seemingly unreal athletes. Then I went to ACU. Now, I'm not saying it was bad, but it was pretty sad. There were maybe a couple hundred people and, of those, I could ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columnists, Sports Tagged With: Archive, Men's Basketball, sports column

ISA women’s soccer team reigns

November 12, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

International Students' Association women's indoor soccer team dominated this fall in the two-week indoor soccer tournament. The team took first place for the third year in a row. "There's between five and seven teams in the tournament every year, so it's pretty small and it makes the season really short," said Julia Mongin, senior finance ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, ISA, Soccer

Virtuous Sisterhood annual event speaks to women at ACU

November 5, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

Virtuous Sisterhood hosted their annual Beautiful. Professional. You. event this past Saturday to promote women in the workforce. Virtuous Sisterhood holds this event every year to allow young women to network and learn from other women in the ACU community. "It is a way for women at ACU to hear speakers give advice on different professional ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Virtuous Sisterhood

Students create ACU version of eBay

October 29, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

Thingstrend.com was created and brought to campus by three ACU students this semester. The students started the social commerce website exclusively for ACU students, staff and faculty. It is a new website where people of the ACU community can sell textbooks and clothes, as well as other miscellaneous items such as furniture, movies, videogames ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Students, Technology

Chemistry Club fires up Circus

October 18, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

The Chemistry Club and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will conduct their 27th annual Chemistry Circus Friday, giving the Abilene community and campus visitors an opportunity to see a fun side of chemistry as part of the university's Homecoming festivities. Daniel Weido, senior biology and pre-med major from Spring and president of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Chemistry

Chemistry Club fires up Circus

October 18, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

The Chemistry Club and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will conduct their 27th annual Chemistry Circus Friday, giving the Abilene community and campus visitors an opportunity to see a fun side of chemistry as part of the university's Homecoming festivities. Daniel Weido, senior biology and pre-med major from Spring and president of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Chemistry

Post office considers email alerts

October 3, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

The post office is considering using email as a way to let students know their package is in their mailbox. While the campus post office has considered this in the past, they said it was not worth it and would not be a successful initiative. "We have considered email in the past but because of our lack of staff and student labor, it is just ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Campus Center, Campus Life

New hours of operation for Team 55 present conflict

September 25, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

The laptop desk and Team55 help closes at 7 p.m. this year, as opposed to last year when it was open the same times as the library. Kay Reeves, executive director of Information Technology, said the time changes where not by choice. "It was nothing but a budget cut," Reeves said. "We had to cut back significantly on our spending." With the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase Tagged With: Campus Computing, Team 55

New hours of operation for Team 55 present conflict

September 24, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

The laptop desk and Team55 help closes at 7 p.m. this year, as opposed to last year when it was open the same times as the library. Kay Reeves, executive director of Information Technology, said the time changes where not by choice. "It was nothing but a budget cut," Reeves said. "We had to cut back significantly on our spending." With the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News, Showcase Tagged With: Archive, Campus Computing, Team 55

On-campus movie showing is ‘Hellbound’

September 19, 2013 by Shera Niemirowski

ACU will host a free viewing of the "Hellbound?" documentary on Sept. 24. Students will receive three Chapel credits for attending the event. The documentary reaches across the nation asking if hell exists and, if it does, why and who goes there? In this film, several people from different backgrounds discuss the concept and reality of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Archive, Documentary

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