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Students stand, press for peace

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor After almost four years of contemplating and countless conversations, Paul Goncalves is gearing up to lead a silent protest he hopes will spur conversations about a Christian's stand on violence. Goncalves, senior Biblical text major from Itu, Brazil, spent his summer in Brazil and said after discussing the Iraq ... [Read More…]

Monday speaker urges change

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Fred Asare challenged Americans to change the world, drawing sharp parallels between the "incurable wound" in Micah and the one found across the world today, at a Lectureship session in Moody Coliseum Monday. "While there is time, let's not just sit down," Asare said. "My brothers and sisters, let us rise up and ... [Read More…]

Bryce named new Lectureship director

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor After seven years as director of ministry events, Dr. Mark Love enters his final Lectureship this year. Also on faculty in the Graduate School of Theology, Love plans to continue his education after Lectureship. "I'm currently a Ph. D student at Luther Seminary," Love said. "I'm on a two-year leave from the ... [Read More…]

Global Apprentice fights poverty in England

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor In only its second year in existence, the Global Apprentice program has already taken on ACU's mission to "Change the World" and delivered. Thirty eight students took part in the College of Business and Administration's Summer 1 study abroad course that offered Business Statistics, Business Production and the ... [Read More…]

Professor pursues mystic life

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor Focused on reaching the students during Lectureship, the student track offers more student- friendly topics, such as mysticism, at later times in the evening. Monday night at 8:45 p.m. in the Den Caf‚ of Barret Hall, the Spiritual Spectrum topic is Mysticism in a Modern World, hosted by Randy Harris, instructor of ... [Read More…]

Ambler Avenue could receive name change

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By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Ambler Avenue could become an answer to an ACU trivia question. The university proposed changing the stretch from Interstate 20 to Grape Street to University Avenue, but it withdrew the request Aug. 24. Despite the withdrawal to rename the street, ACU has not dropped the subject completely. ACU dropped its ... [Read More…]

Lectureship pursues justice, kindness, humility

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By Sondra Rodriguez, Student Reporter Speakers at the year's Lectureship will challenge attendees to live out its theme. This year's theme is Micah 6:8, which says, "Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God." Dr. John Willis, professor of the graduate school of theology, and a class presenter, compared ACU's mission to ... [Read More…]

Physics Department awarded nuclear fission grant

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By Kelline Linton, Staff Writer The physicists of the Foster Science building are adding nuclear fission experiments to their to-do list after the U.S. Department of Energy gave the ACU Physics Department (DOE) a $450,000 grant for nuclear research. The grant will be utilized throughout the next three years. The DOE gave a total of $30.7 million ... [Read More…]

Director puts head on the line for 2007 FilmFest

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor If FilmFest draws a large enough audience to sell out the Paramount, not only will the crowd be the largest in four years of FilmFest history, but Doug Darby, executive director of FilmFest, will shave his head. "And that's saying something. I'm putting my head on the line," said Darby, who boasts a full head of ... [Read More…]

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