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Kerry House to offer hiatus

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By Colter Hettich, Student Reporter The House That Kerry Built will conduct a Halloween respite for medically fragile children and their friends and family. The party- style event will take place Friday at 751 Hickory Street in Abilene at 6:00 p.m. Melody Boyd, a native Abilenian, has worked for the organization since 1999. "The respites are ... [Read More…]

ACU police investigate exposure

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By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said the department has no suspect for an Oct. 1 incident in which a man exposed himself to a student. The department sent a campus-wide crime alert Oct. 4 to inform ACU faculty, staff and students about the incident. Erica Findley was walking home when she noticed the man in the ... [Read More…]

Cast, crew sets stage for racially themed production

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By Kimberly Prather, Student Reporter Aida, the 2007 Homecoming Musical is preparing for its Oct. 19-21 debut. The timeless love story, which was supposed to be put on two years ago, is now finally a production at ACU. Aida is about two countries at war: Egypt and Nubia. A Nubian princess is taken from her land and put into slavery. Egyptian ... [Read More…]

ACU students publish scientific research

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By Kelline Linton, Staff Writer Dr. Brian Cavitt, assistant professor of chemistry, led a team in publishing research in the September 2007 issue of the Journal for Coatings Technology and Research. This Journal covers cuttingedge technology and is the leading technical publication of the coating science industry. "It was quite an honor to be ... [Read More…]

Campaign focuses too much on looks

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Grow up, America. Perhaps the 2008 presidential candidates are more attractive than most, or maybe the country's anticipation for a new Commander-in-Chief bested them, but somewhere along the way the campaign started looking more like a high school student council election and less like a presidential ... [Read More…]

Congress ponders, passes in busy day

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor The Students' Association Congress considered a leadership workshop, passed a previously tabled bill to create an internal affairs committee and voted down a bill to protect members' privacy at Wednesday's meeting. Graduate students Eric Wallace, Marie Womplou and Shepherd Mbumwae approached Congress about a ... [Read More…]

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Hosts and hostesses named for 2008

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor After being kidnapped on Tuesday night, the 2008 Sing Song hosts and hostesses removed their blindfolds on the Sing Song stage to see a circle of hosts and hostesses who had been selected for this year's performance. When the co-chairs arrived at her house to kidnap her, Benay Dennis, senior interdisciplinary music ... [Read More…]

Flight of the balloons: TRIO launches balloons for Columbus Day

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By Laura Acuff, Student Reporter ACU TRIO programs, which promote higher education among disadvantaged students, offered free soft drinks and released balloons in front of Moody Coliseum after Chapel on Monday in celebration of Columbus Day with the help of ACU and Abilene High School students who participate in the programs. "It's Columbus Day, ... [Read More…]

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