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Wildcat Cash in the works, available soon

November 1, 2013 by Brittany Jackson

Campus Cash is being rebranded into Wildcat Cash to allow students to use their ID cards to purchase food off campus. The initiative was not able to allow students to swipe their ID cards and use Bean Bucks at restaurants off campus because Bean Bucks are part of a meal plan exclusively contracted with Aramark. Anthony Williams, chief business ... [Read More…]

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Winner of Idea Challenge still in the works

September 26, 2013 by Melany Cox

In April, Dylan Benac, senior political science major from Beorne, was announced as the winner of the Greatest Idea Challenge. The Greatest Idea Challenge was launched last year to encourage students to present ideas to improve or innovate life at ACU. Benac's idea of introducing a student/faculty mentoring institution won first place. He ... [Read More…]

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Bean Bucks to be used off-campus

August 28, 2013 by Alikay Wood

One student's idea will soon become a campus-wide program. Nathan McClain, senior kinesiology major, was searching for ways to eat off-campus without spending a lot of his own money. He heard about TCU's Frog Bucks program and wondered why ACU didn't have a similar system. McClain designed a program that allows students to use their ID cards ... [Read More…]

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Approximately 1 in 3 undergraduate students failed to complete their chapel requirements in the fall semester. Chapel probation was temporarily suspended in the fall because of challenges with quarantines and less opportunity than a regular semester. Ryan Richardson, associate vice president of stud...
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There is no question that the current climate among Americans is tense and, as the Capitol Hill and 2020 riots show, even hostile. Although these behaviors have always been present, it seems that the last decade has seen an increase in tribal tendencies. We cling to the ankles of our political candi...
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