The Halloween Short Fiction Contest is returning to campus for its second year. Alyssa Johnson, former assistant director of the Writing Center, initiated the contest to have students see the Writing Center as more than a place to submit papers and get grammar help. The contest consists of horror fiction stories submitted by students to the ... [Read More…]

The W Club will host a Homecoming lunch this week for the current members as part of Homecoming week festivities. Founded in 1920 by Daisy McQuigg-Sewell, wife of then ACU President Jesse P. Sewell, the club’s primary focus was to function as a catalyst to create an atmosphere of spiritual one-ness among women at Abilene Christian University. ... [Read More…]

The Swenson House, at 1726 Swenson St., will be transformed Oct. 26-27 into a haunted house. The historic landmark, built in 1910, is now cared for by the Abilene Preservation League and receives donations and fundraisers. The history began when first-generation Swedish American, William Grey Swenson, constructed the home. The annual haunted ... [Read More…]

Two new members were added to the Board of Trustees this year: Dr. Arthur Culpepper and Mitch Wilburn. Culpepper is an ACU alumnus who currently lives in New Mexico and is the Chief HSC Compliance Officer at the University of New Mexico. He played football at ACU, graduating with the class of 1986. He said that even though members know him as a ... [Read More…]

The ACU orchestra will be celebrating the Bernstein 100 by performing the works of Leonard Bernstein at the Wylie Performing Arts Center. Bernstein was an American composer who wrote pieces like “West Side Story” and “Wonderful Town.” Dr. Steven Ward, director of orchestra and bands, said other orchestras, bands, opera companies, musical ... [Read More…]

The Honors College is offering Colloquium Cruise as a short course in January. The colloquium, Astronomy at Sea and in the Mayan Culture, is a one hour course available exclusively for Honors students. The group will embark on a cruise internationally where they will share memories and learn about astronomy, the Mayan culture and the ... [Read More…]

“Tell Me a Story” is the theme for the band performance at the homecoming game. The Big Purple marching band played the first two songs of their homecoming set during the last home game as a preview.  The band will start with Scheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov as the opener. The piece was named after the main character in One Thousand ... [Read More…]

Kings of Chaos, the McKinzie Hall act, had 18 members during Freshman Follies–the highest number of participants in 30 years. Caleb Evans, freshman computer science major and McKinzie Hall act director from Tumwater, Washington, said he had to pry McKinzie freshman to convince them to join the act. “McKinzie only has one act because, up to ... [Read More…]