By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor The Alumni Relations Office has requested seniors' photographs from their college experience to include in the senior class video. Dr. Dwayne VanRheenen, provost, sent a letter April 1 to Students' Association executive officers and candidates asking for help incorporating more diversity into the video. "What I'm ... [Read More…]

By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer Peter Roussel, a former White House press secretary, visited campus Monday to speak at a luncheon cosponsored by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Pope Fellows and the Center for Building Community. Roussel, now an author and commentator, spoke to students and members of the community about ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Staff Writer At 8:50 p.m., the auditorium was empty. At 8:52, three people came in. "I remember getting here at a quarter till nine o'clock, and you would have to go up to the balcony to find seats," said Austin Crow, junior education major from Philadelphia, about the weekly 9 p.m. devotional at University Church of ... [Read More…]

By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor Going to Wal-Mart Supercenter to buy groceries shouldn't take much planning, but that is exactly what some students do to cut down how often they travel across Abilene. "It's completely different living on this side of town," said Clay Rich, senior accounting major from Abilene, who grew up on the city's south ... [Read More…]

By Sarah Carlson, Staff Writer University officials are concerned with upperclassmen Presidential Scholars who are paying for a room in University Park apartments but living off campus. The scholars, who are required to live on campus, received an e-mail detailing the stricter enforcement of the requirement from Dr. Chris Willerton, professor of ... [Read More…]

By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor Steve Rowlands can find only one word to describe how he feels: excited. Rowlands, director of the Counseling Center, and the counseling staff soon will move their offices to the basement of McKinzie Hall. Rowlands said the lower level currently is being renovated. "We're very excited about it," he said. ... [Read More…]

By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The university will honor 50 seniors for academic achievement as University Scholars Thursday in a special Chapel ceremony in Chapel on the Hill. The title of University Scholar is the highest academic honor after valedictorian and salutatorian, said Craig Churchill, library theologian and chair of the ... [Read More…]