The seniors were not quite ready to say goodbye to Shotwell Stadium, so they went into overtime before finishing off No. 21 West Alabama 22-16. The game started with 10 year-old Rex Fleming, son of Lance Fleming, flipping the coin and calling the first offensive play for the 'Cats. Rex has a malignant brain tumor, and has been an inspirational ... [Read More…]
Service remembers Anabel, accident
A year after the death of Anabel Reid and of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences bus accident on Nov. 4, the university honored Reid’s memory with a special Chapel service on Friday. 19-year-old Anabel, a sophomore environmental science major from Becton, died after the department’s bus veered off the highway and hit a ... [Read More…]
Rocketboys rock campus
The Rocketboys returned to ACU to play a free on-campus concert for the first time since February of last year. Composed almost entirely of ACU alumni, the Rocketboys started their journey as a band in Abilene after meeting through mutual friends on campus. "I am most excited to be back on old stomping grounds," said Brandon Kinder, lead singer ... [Read More…]
FilmFest rules change to entice students
The annual FilmFest will take place again this year. But not as usual. The production period students' have to create their film as been extended from about one month to five. "Last year, the production schedule took place entirely in the spring semester," said Tom Craig, director of student productions. "This year we are expanding that, and it ... [Read More…]
Power of a vote
Surrounded by the clanking coffee-making equipment in the Brown Library Starbucks, voices in a nearby computer pod and the frantic typing for last-minute assignments, a simple question is finally considered by the pair: Why do you think it is important to vote? Laura Kate Music, recruiting director for College Republicans, and Dylan Brugman, vice ... [Read More…]
‘Cats escape the Lion’s den
The Wildcats traveled to Commerce looking to stop a two-game skid, and succeeded when they overcame a slow start and ruined the Lions Homecoming with a 24-17 win. ACU looked flat in the first half, when it finished the second quarter trailing a one-win Commerce team by double digits. To make matters worse, the Lions got the ball and scored again ... [Read More…]
Students crown Clay
Becca Clay, senior speech pathology major from Salt Lake City, was crowned Homecoming queen at halftime during the Homecoming game on Saturday. Clay was one of 10 women nominated to the Homecoming court this year by the ACU student body. Women are nominated based on their involvement on campus. Clay's involvement on campus includes three years in ... [Read More…]
One-time campus visitor burns at State Fair
The looming mascot of the State Fair of Texas caught ablaze on Friday in Dallas, destroying most of Big Tex, the fair's icon. The incident occurred 57 years after he left the campus of Abilene Christian College. In the fall of 1955, Gene Coleman ('58) and a few of his friends were looking to make their newly chartered social club, Galaxy, ... [Read More…]
McCarty crowned first King of Campus Court
Prentis McCarty is the first ACU King of Campus Court. The dukes dueled during a live debate Tuesday night, in hopes of winning student votes as ACU's first "King of Campus Court." Providing a needed break from the heated political debates, Hart Auditorium was the site of comical questions for the finalists of the King title. McCarty, Clint ... [Read More…]
Come and meet those dancing feet on ’42nd Street’
The ACU Homecoming Musical, 42nd Street, will be performed Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Abilene Civic Center. 42nd Street combines classic Broadway tunes and exciting dance numbers to create an incredible show. The show tells the story of a chorus girl who becomes an overnight Broadway sensation, and the musical is a ... [Read More…]
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