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Committee to search for new provost

The search for the university’s next provost began last semester with the formation of the provost search committee.
Dr. Phil Schubert, president of the university, sent an email to all university faculty and staff Thursday announcing the members Provost Search Committee.
Schubert said the committee was to begin the search process immediately.
Dr. Stephen Johnson, dean of the [...]

Sing Song nears, rehearsals continue

Sing Song season is in full swing, bringing history-making dance numbers, unique musical arrangements and themes that have never been done in ACU’s Sing Song history. There will be 14 upstage acts in the Feb. 17-18 shows, and several dance numbers by the hosts and hostesses as well as on-campus groups Omega, Sanctify and SHADES.
The [...]

Behind the curtain

“Oh Dear, Christian College” – by Ben Miller
Behind the curtain
January 27, 2012
Go to the “Oh Dear, Christian College” Gallery

‘Cats try to stop slide against TWU

Coach Shawna Lavender and the women’s basketball team look forward to facing Texas Women’s University this Saturday as a chance to redeem themselves from a tough losing streak that has become a frequent trend this season.
ACU lost two heartbreakers in the final minutes of the second half this past week in a home-and-home series with [...]

Fascinating questions in Moody

As I recently illustrated, Moody Colosseum looks like a flying saucer. Except it doesn’t fly, it just sits here on our campus.
But as I glance around its vast interior during Chapel, I sometimes wonder what would happen if it lifted itself into the sky and flew off to some distant planet bearing its small sample [...]

The big game as seen through the eyes of a classic

The football match up of the year has been set. The New England Patriots and the New York Giants will square off in Super Bowl XLVI. It sounds exciting, but sadly we have to sit through a little more than a week before we get to witness the outcome. And don’t get me started on [...]

University’s SACS accreditation reaffirmed

The university’s efforts over the past several years to satisfy its regional accrediting body have succeeded. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools notified the university late last semester that its accreditation with the organization has been reaffirmed.
What’s more, the reaffirmation comes with no required monitoring or probationary period, said Dr. Nancy Shankle, chair of [...]

Ranks: Home stand opens 2012 season

The baseball polls are out, and according to this year’s Lone Star Conference preseason rankings, the ACU Wildcats will start the year as the fourth best on the diamond in the LSC.
LSC coaches, sports information directors and writers cast their ballots for the conference, and the Wildcats, a perennial first place selection, will have to [...]

Wildcats hit road for meets in Colo., N.M.

The ACU track and field program will attempt to add to the ten athletes that provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championship Meet Friday and Saturday as the team travels in two separate directions.
The multievents athletes – Parker Petty, Matthew Stark and Cassie Brooks will travel northwest to Colorado Springs, Col. to compete at the Air [...]

Documentary to highlight Argentina’s Dirty War

The documentary “Las Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo and the Search for Identity,” which highlights the impact of Argentina’s Dirty War, will be shown on campus Monday at 6 p.m. in Room 114 of the Onstead-Packer Bible Building.
The Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, the Center for Peace and Justice and ACU’s Graduate School [...]

Globetrotters fly high in Moody

ACU students and the Abilene community were treated to a night of high flying aerobatics, uncanny basketball tricks, and electrifying dunks on Tuesday, Jan. 24, in a packed Moody Coliseum.
The world famous Harlem Globetrotters made a stop in Abilene to entertain fans with numerous stunts in addition to playing a pickup game of basketball.
Matthew Antwine, [...]

Frontier Texas! announces contestants

Thirty-three women plan to tap into their inner frontier woman after being chosen to compete  in the Miss Frontier Texas pageant for a chance to win a $3,000 scholarship.
Local museum Frontier Texas!, along with the help of the ACU student-run Ad/PR agency, Morris & Mitchell, organized the pageant to help the museum become more involved [...]