ACU Roller Hockey will participate in a charity game Saturday benefitting Hendrick Children's Hospital. The game will be between ACU Roller Hockey and a team comprised of Abilene and Dyess Air Force Base hockey players. The game will begin at 2 p.m. at the Jimmy Hoffman Arena at Cal Young Park on T&P Lane. The hockey team, funded by the ... [Read More…]
Hispanos Unidos Recognizes Hispanic Heritage
Hispanos Unidos will conduct their annual event, Entra a la Plaza, at 6 p.m. Friday at the Hunter Welcome Center patio. Entra a la Plaza is an event that brings students together every year to celebrate Hispanic culture with free, traditional Hispanic food, Hispanic music, dancing and performances and Hispanic culture around Abilene. The ... [Read More…]
Annual Slam Poetry Night
Last Tuesday, Al Haley, writer in residence and professor, hosted ACU's annual Slam Poetry Night. Students from Haley's Poetry Workshop class and guest speakers from Abilene performed poetry for the event in The Inkwell of Chambers. "It's an evening of wow and wonder and words," Haley said. Every year since 2007, Haley has conducted a ... [Read More…]
Phi Eta Sigma breathes life into program
The Phi Eta Sigma honor society has plans to grow and strengthen this year providing opportunities for members to serve and get involved. Phi Eta Sigma is a national honor society for first-year students. The organization was founded at University of Illinois in 1923 and was originally a fraternity, but, in 1975, the fraternity was dropped ... [Read More…]
Freshmen may have own IM league this spring
Freshman residence halls could possibly have their own intramural sports league by spring 2015. Kyle Pinson, director of intramural sports, is considering the idea of introducing a competition among freshman dorms, depending on the interest shown in the coming weeks. There is already a points competition for social clubs. "I was trying to ... [Read More…]
AnswerBook becomes available only on iTunes
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication released its 20th edition of the AnswerBook for the 2014-15 year, officially saying goodbye to the hardcopies and making it available exclusively on iTunes. This copy-desk reference guide to the university contains information about ACU including historical, geographical and cultural facts. ... [Read More…]
Search for new athletic director continues
The search for a new athletic director is still in progress as President Phil Schubert and others are reviewing applicants for the position. "We have received a number of expressions of interest and are in a preliminary phase of having discussions with those interested in the position," Schubert said. "Step one is we'll look at the ... [Read More…]
GATA pledge class reaches record high
GATA's pledge class is at its highest number this year and holds the record for the club's history. During last year's pledge season, GATA had the third highest total number of pledges, trailing Ko Jo Kai and Sigma Theta Chi both with 63. This year, GATA sees excitement and big changes for the new pledge class. "This class is the biggest ... [Read More…]
“Satch” Sanders retires after 43 years of intramural football
Forty-three years. That's how long Larry "Satch" Sanders has played intramural flag football. More importantly, it has been over four decades of deep friendship and camaraderie built through the thrills of victory and agonies of defeat. "Satch" Sanders may be on the verge of retirement, but his impact and legacy will endure in the hearts ... [Read More…]
What Scotland and Texas have in common
Here's your geography lesson for the day: Scotland has been a part of the United Kingdom, along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland, since 1707. About 300 years later, Scotland voted whether to remain in the UK and finally decided last week that they would stay. But what if this historic Scotish movement was replayed somewhere else? ... [Read More…]
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