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Enrollment numbers continue to declilne

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By Colter Hettich, Features Editor For the 12th-day enrollment number, the administration reported 4,305 active students on campus this spring. The university calculates official student enrollment on the 12th day of the term - the fall number being the universally accepted and reported count for the year. Yet since fall 2006, overall enrollment ... [Read More…]

New study abroad program offered to Shanghai

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By Zak Zeinert, Student Reporter A new study abroad program will provide students with a unique opportunity to travel to China and study business and culture. Based in both Abilene and Shanghai, Nihaoareyou (knee-HOW-areyou) was created by Jonathan Jenkins with a goal of helping both American and Chinese students better understand each other's ... [Read More…]

Scattered students start anew

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor After spending the fall semester sprawled across campus, students and faculty in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication have returned home. The construction of new offices, classrooms and a student media news lab in the Don H. Morris Center finished during the Christmas holiday, and the JMC community ... [Read More…]

Campus begins week mourning death of student

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Almost four years later, people still remember Zach Swan's Freshman Devotional sermon. Some called him "preacher" because of his knack for speaking. Others enjoyed his intelligence and humor. And Zach's sermon impressed David Altuna, senior biochemistry major from Austin, so much that David sought him out ... [Read More…]

Superficiality interrupts church’s actual calling

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor When I think of my church-going experiences as a little girl, I don't really recall the people who filled Our Savior's Lutheran Church- perhaps the back of a head, or my Vacation Bible School teacher. However, a few images do come to mind: shiny Mary Jane's with glistening buckles. Dresses adorned with bows. Sitting ... [Read More…]

Abilene area lit with wildfires

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By Kimberly Prather, Student Reporter The Abilene area experienced high winds Tuesday that did more than just stir up dust and turn around signs. Several grass fires ignited in Callahan County, Nolan County and throughout Northwest Abilene. The biggest fires, according to the Abilene Reporter-News, were in Callahan County between Baird and Clyde ... [Read More…]

ACU alum, former Houston mayor dies

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Dr. Gary McCaleb, vice president of the university, remembers Louie Welch as one of the best-known alumni to graduate from ACU, and a great advocate for the university. Welch, 89, died Sunday after battling lung cancer. During his lifetime, Welch served five terms as mayor of Houston, sat on the ACU Board of ... [Read More…]

SA appropriates $55,500 to student organizations

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Congress passed the Spring 2008 Budget with 31 votes supporting and two opposing, appropriating about $55,500 to student organizations. The groups' budget is down from about $60,500 last semester; however, organizations spent about $35,400, or about 59 percent of the money appropriated. As money goes down slightly ... [Read More…]

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