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How can the U.S. proceed in resuming a normal way of life?

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It has been over three months since the first case of COVID-19 and over six weeks since the country reacted with virtually a complete shutdown and a silencing of its economy with it. The devastation of the disease has also struck the weakest of Americans at remarkable rates. The unemployment rate in the nation has risen from 3.5% in February to ... [Read More…]

Don’t fall into quarantine melancholy

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To be able to wake up at 12 p.m., stay in pajamas and blow off all school work was what most of us were asking for at our halfway point in the semester. However, now, after our fifth week of consecutive quarantine, online instruction, shelter-in-place orders, etc., we are all surely wishing we had chosen our words more carefully. The isolation ... [Read More…]

Join in the community of virtual Chapel

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Shelter-in place orders, social distancing, and self-quarantining have all taken us, as an ACU community, away from each other and hence, away from the comfort we find in our normal fellowship.  Now, What is asked of all of us, in prevention of the disease’s spread, is more than anyone could have anticipated only a few months ago. Luckily, in ... [Read More…]

President Trump’s stimulus package and its effects on students at ACU

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Last week, President Trump passed a bill to release over $2 trillion for a stimulus package in an attempt to relieve the economic strains caused by the spreading COVID-19. This price tag could grab anyone’s attention. Yet, even more magnetizing is the $250 billion that all independent Americans will be receiving. Most American independents will ... [Read More…]

Ready or not, the time is now

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We ran out the doors March 6 without looking back. We were ready for spring break and a time to break out of our mundane schedule. Now we are missing our mundane schedule. We didn't know that we should've hugged our friends closer, remembered to say goodbye and thank you to those professors who had encouraged us all semester and taken the ... [Read More…]

COVID-19 in Abilene: How to stay safe

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Last week, the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Abilene with the first positive case tested on March 26. Now, as of Monday, March 30, there are 11 confirmed cases in Taylor County. Six of the cases found have unfortunately been within Disability Resources Inc. One of the infected is a resident at DRI in his 20’s who is receiving care at ... [Read More…]

Do not be scared of COVID-19

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Since the beginning of city and statewide shutdowns across the United States, one topic has dominated the news market. Known also as the coronavirus, Wuhan virus and, coined by Trump as the "Chinese virus," COVID-19 has dominated the minds of Americans and others around the world. The United States has surpassed China and Italy in confirmed ... [Read More…]

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