Limited hours and closings for ACU facilities will begin at the start of Christmas break with most services closing just before the holiday. The entire campus will be closed on Christmas day. Some facilities and services will reopen right after Christmas Day, while others will remain closed until mid January. The most notable of the campus-wide ... [Read More…]
Map guides tour of area Christmas lights
[googlemap width="510" height="480" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=202332242471809427205.0004b35fb9914d83c8211&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=m&vpsrc=0&z=13&output=embed"] View ACU Light Tour in a larger map Also see the Optimist photo gallery by photographer Adrian Patenaude: [flickr album=72157628311921919 num=14 ... [Read More…]
Video: Abilene community catches Christmas spirit at City Sidewalks
The Abilene community catches the Christmas spirit at the annual City Sidewalks event with choir performances, the Christmas parade and the Christmas tree lighting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzPSb9D88v0 Video/editing by: Meiqi Zhang ... [Read More…]
Abilene community catches Christmas spirit at City Sidewalks
The Abilene community catches the Christmas spirit at the annual City Sidewalks event with choir performances, the Christmas parade and the Christmas tree lighting. Video/editing by: Meiqi Zhang ... [Read More…]
Video: Students build Christmas spirit in Gingerbread House Competition
Teams of up to four students utilized their creativity and a variety of sweets to compete in a gingerbread building design contest, hosted by the ACU student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khpwk6Em3W0 Video/editing by: Kyle Kramer ... [Read More…]
Students build Christmas spirit in Gingerbread House Competition
Teams of up to four students utilized their creativity and a variety of sweets to compete in a gingerbread building design contest, hosted by the ACU student chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers. Video/editing by: Kyle Kramer ... [Read More…]
‘Tisn’t the season til the bird is gone
Signs of the Christmas season are popping up all around. People are pulling out their Christmas music, digging holiday sweaters out of their closets, putting up twinkle lights and decorating gingerbread cookies. This time of year is filled with many unique practices that are enjoyed for only a brief period of time before being stowed away for next ... [Read More…]
SA lights up Campus Center for Christmas
Holiday cheer is spreading through campus, especially with the addition of Christmas lights around the McGlothlin Campus Center Wednesday. The Students' Association, Business Services, the Campus Center, Physical Resources and the Office of Campus Aesthetics are all helping to fund the project. Lisa Flores, project manager for Business Services, ... [Read More…]
General goodwill should transcend cultural Christmas differences
Christmas in America has become a close showdown between Jesus Christ and Santa Claus. The bombardment in the media about the jolly, old man delivering his presents often overshadows the original purpose of the holiday: celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. However, the situation could be worse; in Belgium, Jesus does not have one, but three ... [Read More…]
Don’t take the red and green out of Christmas
In the tree spirit of the holidays, citizens of Fort Collins, Colo., aimed to give residents the gift of political corrections - and sought to purge the city of its offensive traditional holiday red and green lights. The proposed move stemmed from the city's Holiday Display Task Force's recommendation, which clearly focused on the essentials ... [Read More…]