By Jaci Schneider, Opinion Editor In July, the Office of Residence Life Education and Housing received the results of a housing survey conducted last year, and the office recently finished conducting this year's survey. Although Dr. Mimi Barnard, director of Residence Life Education and Housing, said she has not had time to sift through all the ... [Read More…]
Mixed voice groups opt out of show: ISA, Hispanos Unidos plan to participate in Sing Song next year
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor The International Students Association and Hispanos Unidos dropped out of the Sing Song competition this year because of a lack of participation, but members expect to return prepared for the 50th Sing Song in 2006. Jennifer Fuentes, president of Hispanos Unidos and junior art major from Abilene, said she ... [Read More…]
University students, Red Cross reach out to victims of tsunami
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Afternoon sunlight streams into Room 505, a small high school classroom lined with computers. Cardboard boxes cover the floor. Washcloths and hand towels of every color are tossed back and forth between the high school students, then folded and placed in one-gallon Ziplock bags along with hand-written ... [Read More…]
History show coming to Cullen: Cast, crew have worked on production since November
By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor This year's Black History production, Alae: The Roots are Deeper Still, will be Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Cullen Auditorium. The play was written last summer by Takisha Knight, sophomore English major from Lake Charles, La. The story follows a girl who realizes around the time of her high school ... [Read More…]
Fund-raisers sing sweet tunes: Val-O-Grams available for $4; group halfway to goal of 100
By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer Several students are selling Val-O-Grams, singing telegrams, this week for Valentine's Day to raise money for Essence of Ebony's Spring Break Campaign. Shannon Bailey, senior management major from Corsicana, Remel Derrick, senior music major from Dallas, and Thurmond Metters, senior psychology major from Houston, ... [Read More…]
Congress votes not to impeach members: About 75 percent of SA could have been eligible for removal from office
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief A week after no member of Congress protested proceeding with impeachment procedures against Williams Performing Arts Center Rep. Zach Tabers, the Students' Association backed off its position Wednesday. More than half the members present voted against continuing with the proceedings to impeach Tabers for ... [Read More…]
Officials look for students to lead program: Welcome Week Steering Committee applications available
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor People scream. Signs with numbers can be seen from every section of Moody Coliseum. New faces silently sit in the stadium seats offering shy smiles, while current students cheer and clap for the wary-eyed newcomers climbing the stairs. Welcome Week will come again. Students who have been there before ... [Read More…]
Malagasy president visits students: University honors leader while he tours campus
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Marc Ravalomanana, president of Madagascar, was welcomed to ACU at a luncheon Sunday in the Teague Special Events Center as he visited the campus and the 24 Malagasy students sent here on a presidential scholarship. Wearing a black cowboy hat, Ravalomanana walked into Teague in between 80 tables of guests, ranging ... [Read More…]
Eternal Threads raises money for saris: Students donated money for garments this week for India
By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday volunteers from Eternal Threads, an organization that provides clothing to thousands of women in Southeast India, sat in the Campus Center to give ACU students the chance to help them in their cause. Linda Egle, founder of Eternal Threads, has traveled throughout Texas for the past ... [Read More…]
Paramount to celebrate 75th: Classic movies highlight anniversary of Abilene theatre
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor To celebrate its 75th anniversary, the Historic Paramount Theatre will show a classic film for each decade from the 1930s through the 1980s, and put on a production of the musical Smoky Joe's Caf‚ this summer. The theatre just finished its children's production of Grease: The School Edition! along with the Abilene ... [Read More…]
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