By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Students living on campus next fall will have different halls to choose from depending on their classification and gender. Morris Hall, currently housing sophomore women, will house sophomore and freshman men; McDonald Hall, a freshman men's hall, will become a freshman women's hall; and Barret Hall, which is ... [Read More…]

By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Steel beams loom in the sky, rising from big dirt holes in the ground; cars haphazardly park around the construction site. Workers in yellow hardhats flood what once was a student parking lot. The construction continues. As expected, construction on the new residence hall, A.B. Barret Hall, located across ... [Read More…]

By Jaci Schneider, Opinion Editor In July, the Office of Residence Life Education and Housing received the results of a housing survey conducted last year, and the office recently finished conducting this year's survey. Although Dr. Mimi Barnard, director of Residence Life Education and Housing, said she has not had time to sift through all the ... [Read More…]

By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Cami Brunts was not looking for the position as an assistant director; she applied to be a resident assistant in University Park apartments. However, she was asked to take the position of assistant director in A. B. Morris Hall, a sophomore women's residence hall. Nearly six months later, Brunts, a senior ... [Read More…]

By Mallory Sherwood, Staff Writer Bonnie Buchanan was by Rebecca Venable's side the entire night. The night Venable's dad died last year, Buchanan found Venable a ride to the airport at 4 a.m. to fly home to Colorado, and she sent letters and e-mails everyday to support and encourage Venable during the week of her father's funeral. Buchanan, ... [Read More…]

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Although a national poker craze has grown through the last several years as ESPN, Bravo and several other TV networks have broadcast major tournaments, Dr. Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life, said he has not seen much of a problem on campus and has not had to take any disciplinary action against it. Gambling in ... [Read More…]

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor McDonald Hall has become a place of community and friendship-for men. Last spring, Dr. Mimi Barnard, director of Residence Life Education and Housing, announced the residence hall would be converted from a sophomore women's hall to a male living and learning community for mostly Bible and business ... [Read More…]

By Jaci Schneider, Opinion Editor The Olympics may be finished in Athens, but in Abilene the games are just gearing up. A residence hall Olympic tournament is just one activity planned to give underclassmen an opportunity to build community within their residence halls. "Building community in the halls is the best place to start," said Todd ... [Read More…]

By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Some female students have advanced through housing faster than the normal ACU student because of overcrowding in freshman halls. Currently, 16 freshmen live in Sikes Hall, a sophomore residence hall, and 18 sophomores live in University Park Apartments, usually reserved for juniors and seniors. Dr. Mimi ... [Read More…]