Although 618 students voted in the recent Students' Association Congress election, about 200 more voters than last fall, executive officers are looking for ways to improve future student participation. Fourteen Congress positions were uncontested, and three positions will have students appointed to them. Rodney Johnson, SA vice president, ... [Read More…]
Student-run cafe opens in COBA
The Crossing Cafe replaced the Connections Cafe in the College of Business Administration and opened for business on Monday. "The Crossing Countdown", a giveaway sweepstake launched by COBA students promoted the opening of The Crossing Cafe's newly renovated store over Twitter and Facebook. ACU students were randomly selected for different ... [Read More…]
What’s cooking: New restaurants introduced
Ready your forks and stomachs for Abilene's new eateries. Panda Express was first in line to expand the restaurant horizons, opening last month. The restaurant located off Hwy. 351 has drawn in huge crowds from Abilene's student population. "It's fast, quick and easy," said Brandy Rains, senior art education major from Fort Worth. "After ... [Read More…]
ACU website undergoes improvements
The ACU website is going through technical and aesthetic changes to become more efficient and customizable. One of the changes is a new content managements system (CMS) called Adobe Experience Manager, which also serves as a digital asset management system for the university. Robin Saylor, the web content editor, said the current CMS is ... [Read More…]
Dress code can expect extra tight enforcement
Dress code has long been in place but rarely enforced. This year, ACU is encouraging Residence Life and faculty to crack down on the infamous policies. A dress code is in place at nearly every university, though some colleges are more strict than others. ACU's policy has been at a happy medium, allowing weather-appropriate clothing choices ... [Read More…]
Barret runs into zoning trouble with kitchen plans
Barret Hall ran into issues while attempting to replace The Den with something more useful. The area has not been transformed into a kitchen for the residents because of zoning issues with the city of Abilene. The lobby is zoned as a business area because it used to house The Den, which was run by the corporation Java City. This is the biggest ... [Read More…]
ACU FilmFest celebrates 10 years on campus
This year's FilmFest theme is "Shift". The student lead film festival is preparing for its 10th annual competition, with big changes and bigger expectations. Stephen Estrada, junior management major from San Antonio and the FilmFest producer, said one of his expectations for this year's film festival is to get more people involved. "This year ... [Read More…]
Online game creates community for Wildcats
League of Wildcats is aiming to connect the online gamer community at ACU in its first official year on campus. The focus of the group is to encourage community and competition among each other through the popular online game League of Legends. League of Legends is an online game in which players take control of specific roles on their team and ... [Read More…]
KACU hires new manager hoping to see radio grow
KACU will be getting a new general manager and director of Broadcast Operations in October. Nathan Gibbs will be arriving at ACU on Oct. 28. The search for a new general manager began in April before KACU's general manager John Best retired on July 31. Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of the department of journalism and mass communication, and staff ... [Read More…]
Purple Collar Tees open for business in ACU E-Hub
Two students opened the Purple Collar Tee business under the supervision of the Griggs Center for Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy. All of their proceeds go to funds for student academic scholarships. Logan Stevens, sophomore accounting major from Allen, and Tyler Eidson, junior marketing and finance major from College Station, are now in ... [Read More…]
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