The men's social club, Frater Sodalis, has been scaring the Abilene community for 33 years during the Halloween season. The JMC Network has all the highlights of this year's haunted island. Video/edited by John Puckett ... [Read More…]
Frats look to help renovate intramural fields
Alumni from the men's social club Frater Sodalis are trying to raise $50,000 to renovate the Larry "Satch" Sanders Intramural Fields. If completed, the project will provide the fields with new grass and soil. Frats adviser and project fundraiser Tim Yandell said the arch at the entrance and lights around the fields were added after the original ... [Read More…]
Two clubs prepare for spring pledging
Only two women's social clubs are participating in spring pledging this year: Tri Kappa Gamma and Zeta Rho. Bid nights for the two clubs will begin Friday. Ciara Beck, Zeta Rho member and junior interdisciplinary major from Colleyville, said her club will have seven new pledges. The pledging process will remain the same as usual. "We try ... [Read More…]
Frater Sodalis constructs Haunted Island
The men of Frater Soldalis are once again hosting their annual Haunted Island. This is a 32 year tradition. Mathew Solomon, president of Frater Soldalis, shows us the ins-and-outs of constructing this spooky event. Video/editing by Laura Benson ... [Read More…]
JMC Network Newscast – October 24, 2014
This week on the JMC Network Newscast: All the behind the scenes details of the Frater Sodalis haunted island construction process. Then, all of the 2014 Jam Fest highlights. Finally, a look at the first ever ACU homecoming dance. produced by Laura E. Benson ... [Read More…]
Video: Frater Sodalis builds the Haunted Island
The men of Frater Sodalis built their Haunted Island with a little more help from their members this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwrfYPUZwnk Video/editing by: Laura Benson ... [Read More…]
Frater Sodalis builds the Haunted Island
The men of Frater Sodalis built their Haunted Island with a little more help from their members this year. Video/editing by: Laura Benson ... [Read More…]
Fraters ‘N Hollers
Waking for sunrise activities, wearing uniforms and complying with orders, pledging an ACU social club has often been likened to the experience of boot camp. However, unlike his fellow pledges, Joshua Hollers can empathize with the parallel. At 36 years old, the junior business management major traded a life in Marine blue for that of Frater ... [Read More…]
The Optimist Print Edition: 10.30.13
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Fright of Frat: Frater Sodalis scares with 31-year tradition Haunted Island fundraiser
Frater Sodalis' haunted house is back for Halloween...and back from the dead. The 31-year club tradition takes a turn for the zombie-pocalypse, a theme sure to scare you half to death. As the longest-running haunted house in Abilene, planning for the club's creepy annual event began at the beginning of September and members went to work on the ... [Read More…]