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Changes await clubs, pledges

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor After meeting for more than a year, the Social Club Task Force presented its changes and recommendations to the rushing and pledging processes to social clubs last week, leaving some worried about new rules and others thankful for them. The Task Force's recommendations and revised pledging guidelines received ... [Read More…]

Survey shows support of 21st Century Vision

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Results from the 21st Century Vision Zoomerang survey confirmed that faculty and staff support the Vision and appreciate its bold ambition. The 12-question survey was e-mailed to ACU faculty and staff three times - once before spring break, once after spring break and once in April - and with 133 people responding, ... [Read More…]

SA undergoes changing of the guard

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor The Student's Association finished the semester with a little tradition. At the changing of the guard at Perini Ranch on Tuesday, this year's executive officers gave awards to their mentors and SA Executive President Maher Saab passed down a Bible to president-elect Matt Worthington, junior English major from San ... [Read More…]

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Friends remember Chastain’s service, dedication

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Richard Chastain, an award-winning audio technician and faithful university historian, died Sunday in Abilene after a long battle with cancer. Chastain, who was 67, served on the Centennial Collections Task Force, restoring "at-risk" audio and video recordings that document the university's history. Chastain was ... [Read More…]

What’s eating ACU?

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Lauren Rodda usually begins her 10 a.m. Bible class with a sausage burrito, cup of yogurt and bottle of water. She uses her meal plan to purchase the trio three times a week at the Fatted CafZ in the Bible Building and not just because she's hungry. "If I don't get breakfast, I don't spend my meal plans, and I ... [Read More…]

Laughter, determination reflect Stevens’ life

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Dr. John C. Stevens, chancellor emeritus and eighth president of the university, rode his electric wheelchair around the two-mile Lunsford Trail just two days before he suffered a major stroke, in a typical demonstration of his love of life, said Dr. Royce Money, president of the university, in Chapel on ... [Read More…]

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