The students involved in the Nov. 4 shuttle bus accident during a Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences trip are returning to campus for the Spring semester. Many spent the break catching up on last semester’s missed assignments and are now on track to start a new semester. Pat Miller, a faculty spouse involved in the accident, was ... [Read More…]
Students and faculty to perform in Chrismas Vespers
The Christmas Vespers service will fill the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Abilene Saturday with Christmas music, prayer and poetry. The event, which involves over 150 ACU students, offers free admission and is open to the Abilene community. Dr. Steven Ward, director of bands and orchestra, said Christmas Vespers is an ACU tradition that ... [Read More…]
Map guides tour of area Christmas lights
[googlemap width="510" height="480" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=202332242471809427205.0004b35fb9914d83c8211&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=m&vpsrc=0&z=13&output=embed"] View ACU Light Tour in a larger map Also see the Optimist photo gallery by photographer Adrian Patenaude: [flickr album=72157628311921919 num=14 ... [Read More…]
‘Tisn’t the season til the bird is gone
Signs of the Christmas season are popping up all around. People are pulling out their Christmas music, digging holiday sweaters out of their closets, putting up twinkle lights and decorating gingerbread cookies. This time of year is filled with many unique practices that are enjoyed for only a brief period of time before being stowed away for next ... [Read More…]
The making of a movement
Two years ago, I was beginning my first year at ACU. My potluck roommate, Brittany Partridge, junior political science major from Annandale, Minn., and I were looking to get involved somewhere and began volunteering two days a week at the Eternal Threads warehouse downtown. What started with hours of burning DVDs and importing data into a computer ... [Read More…]
University makes adjustments for victims of bus accident
The university is making some adjustments on campus to help several students involved in the Nov. 4 shuttle bus accident complete their semester. Two of those injured in the wreck remain in the hospital, but the rest have been released and are either at home or are reintegrating into campus life. Several suffer severe injuries that limit mobility ... [Read More…]
Pursue your passions, not resumé enhancers
It seems as if, these days, an acceptable motivation behind a plethora of activities, memberships and projects can be summarized in one word: resumé. College, alongside the pressures of the professional world, has shaped students into individuals that are accustomed to utilizing as many displays of membership and accomplishment as possible to show ... [Read More…]
Shades of color, Ethnos displays dance group’s multiculturalism
Shades, a step and hip hop group on campus, will take the stage in this weekend's Ethnos Culture Show. "Shades is a multicultural group that comes together to serve God through dancing and stepping," said Destiny Hagood, senior photojournalism major from Compton, Calif. Shades started more than 10 years ago with a very strong multicultural ... [Read More…]
ACU alumni open My Sister’s House boutique
This week, My Sister's House, a women's consignment sale, filled 181 Pine Street with racks and shelves brimming with second-hand clothes, accessories and furniture. Sisters Kate Stover and Summer Walters, both ACU alum, started My Sister's House two years ago and are now in the middle of their fourth sale. "This is something that we wanted to ... [Read More…]
Tragedy struck as students traveled to serve
By Samantha Sutherland and Ellen Smith Early Friday afternoon, a group of 12 ACU students, three faculty and one spouse from the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Science gathered at the Zona Luce Building to prepare for a mission trip to Medina. Some, like Amanda Wilson, were veterans of the trip. Others, like Jason Iris, had never ... [Read More…]
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