By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor In less than two weeks, students will soon be skipping across campus, sporting bizarre clothing and appearing everywhere in pairs. Chapel aside, few campus traditions raise more mixed feelings among the student body than social clubs and the pledging process - and all eyes are watching this year as several changes ... [Read More…]
Changes await clubs, pledges
By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor After meeting for more than a year, the Social Club Task Force presented its changes and recommendations to the rushing and pledging processes to social clubs last week, leaving some worried about new rules and others thankful for them. The Task Force's recommendations and revised pledging guidelines received ... [Read More…]
Pi Kappa disbands as social club this spring, continues as organization
By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief The men of Pi Kappa no longer exist as a social club. As of the spring semester, the former club of 12 members has now formed a brotherhood, which also includes women. Pi Kappa president Robert Caskey said the group used last year to rethink what they were about and to figure out who the group was. Pi Kappa ... [Read More…]
Frats move haunt to island for fright filled fundraiser
By Denton Josey, Page Editor Abilene's first haunted island is under construction and men's social club Frater Sodalis is making it happen. In collaboration with the On Command Canine Resort, owned by Annette Turner, the Frats are constructing a haunted tour that will include a boat ride, walking tour and hayride. Spirits Haunted Island, a ... [Read More…]
Cutting down social clubs places accuser at fault
It always makes me smile when I read or hear about pledging related topics. Every year we see articles and hear students talking about social clubs. A lot of these opinions refer to these clubs as buying friends, needless activity, unnecessary expense, and not following the mission that they claim to be following. Often these people put down those ... [Read More…]
ACU experiences an influx of lemmings
By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Since first learning what lemmings do, I've wondered what would makes creature leap en masse to their deaths. Lemmings jump off cliffs in large numbers because of poor vision. They can't tell the difference between a riverbank and the sharp edge of a cliff. With this in mind, I arrived at ACU freshman year and ... [Read More…]
Observe social clubs from a distance, seek understanding
I sit in Chapel every fall and look out across Moody, curiously observing the armies of yellow skirts, red lipstick and navy blazers. I breathe a sigh of relief, rejoicing in the fact that I am not among them. Honestly I have always believed myself to be above "buying" my friends and participating in secret nights of initiation and have wondered ... [Read More…]
Observe pledging with a more skeptical lens
Pledging is upon us. It's that overwhelming time when men and women forget their school work, lives and friends for a four-week, nothing-but-club period. Clubs create a unique atmosphere on campus and are a good fit for some students. They can give someone a place to belong and help members create memories of what they did while at the university ... [Read More…]
Tri Kappa Gamma rebuilds club
By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Women's social club Tri Kappa Gamma is ready for more members. After being re-chartered in spring 2005, TKG has been working to increase its numbers, said Brittany Groves, the club's president. Groves said the club had four pledges this year, one more than the previous year. "This year we really need to work on ... [Read More…]
Pledging begins with Bid Night activities, traditions
By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief After nearly 15 hours of pledging activities, Andrew Voiles was thrilled it was over. At 8:30 a.m. he had finished the last exercise and said he thought only of a hot shower and his bed. "I was proud that I made it through all of the activities and succeeded," said Voiles, Gamma Sigma Phi Sibling and ... [Read More…]
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