-Andrew Boone is a senior theatre major from Abilene Tom Teague told me he didn’t want me to refer to this as a funeral. “If there’s anything about this that resembles a funeral, we’ve failed,” he told me. Instead, he wanted today’s event to be a celebration of the life of his father, William J. Teague. William (known as “Bill”) Teague served as ... [Read More…]

Seemingly every day of the year, theatre students are preparing to play different characters in various shows both on and off campus. Next semester, 11 theatre students are testing their talents in New York City as part of the Tepper Program with Syracuse University. ACU students have been participating in the Tepper Program for eight ... [Read More…]

As students pack up their cars and head back home for the holidays, some students are left behind because they cannot go home. International students who stay in Abilene for Christmas and summer break have to find housing, because the dorms completely shut down during breaks for safety reasons. Barabra Talamas is from Mexico, and had to spend ... [Read More…]

Though her yoga classes start with energetic chaos as people shuffle into a downtown studio, Sarah Fagala's emphasis on abiding peacefully transitions her attendees into a restful, calming mindset. The junior English teaching major form Borne started participating in Yoga as a form of self-care. At first reluctant to find a physical outlet to ... [Read More…]

Abilene resident, Maxwell Hicks, is a snake handler for Big Country Snake Removal and owner of Max’s Morphs. The 24-year-old, bearded vagabond makes his living breeding and safely evacuating reptiles and other animals from private properties across Abilene and the rest of the Big Country. Primarily in ball pythons, he specializes in creating ... [Read More…]