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Student track seeks dialogue on hard issues

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor This year's Lectureship will launch its first student driven track, designed by a student committee and with a constant theme: dialogue. "Dialogue just opens up so many doors," said Anna Peters, student committee member and junior elementary education and children's ministry double major from Houston. "It gets the ... [Read More…]

Rodeo features new, entertaining events

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor This year's rodeo at the West Texas Fair and Rodeo brings top names and new events. Kelly Gill, chairman of the West Texas Fair Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association rodeo committee, is in his third year as chair and has served on the committee since 1993. He said presently there are 22 members on the ... [Read More…]

ACU drops Ambler name pitch – for now

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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…]

Many know the name; few know the man

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By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Most everyone knows - or knew - the Hilton Room. While the room is now gone, the name will remain in the area. The Hilton Food Court celebrated its official grand opening Thursday and will receive a plaque designating it so sometime in November or December. "Since that whole area's been known for years as the ... [Read More…]

Upgrades planned for Sherrod residents

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Sherrod residents can breathe a little easier - they won't be homeless as a result of recent attention to the declining married student and graduate housing facility. John Delony, director of residence life, announced to residents in an e-mail Thursday that in a meeting with administrators on Tuesday, the decision ... [Read More…]

Pledging changes redefine community

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor In less than two weeks, students will soon be skipping across campus, sporting bizarre clothing and appearing everywhere in pairs. Chapel aside, few campus traditions raise more mixed feelings among the student body than social clubs and the pledging process - and all eyes are watching this year as several changes ... [Read More…]

Counseling Center creates support group for men

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor Chapel changes abound this semester and another option, one that offers healing, is available to male students. Licensed Professional Counselor Kurt Boyland, will facilitate a group called Healing from the Struggle with Pornography and Lust. "Foremost, I perceive a need for it," Boyland said. "Pornography is a ... [Read More…]

Speaker addresses reconciliation

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil challenged students to preach with more than just a "big stick" at the second Chapel forum in the Faith Alive forum series. The true message, Salter McNeil said, is that of the cross - both vertical and horizontal relationships. And without the horizontal reconciliation of human ... [Read More…]

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