KUF-TV 7
ACU has a Class A Community Television Station which can be seen off air, on Cox Cable, and on Heartland Wireless. Students can use the new Sony CA 537 studio cameras, DVCAM linear and Adobe Premiere non-linear editing stations. The control room is equipped with the new Newtek Video Toaster 2 Digital Video Workstation.

Location: first floor of the Don Morris Center, north wing

See the Student Showcase for KUF-TV awards

For more information, contact Sandy Byers at byerss@acu.edu

KACU-FM
The campus radio station is affiliated with National Public Radio and the Associated Press and serves listeners within a 60-mile radius. Students are employed as announcers and producers. The station is computer automated and boasts a CD music library and computerized broadcast newsroom.

Location: first floor of the Don Morris Center, center wing

See the Student Showcase for KACU-FM awards

For more information, see KACU's web page or contact John Best, general manager, at bestj@acu.edu

Optimist (newspaper)
The university's student newspaper is published each Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters. The student staff is responsible for campus news, sports, photography, editorials, columns, editorial cartoons and a features page. Students also edit the copy, design the news pages with QuarkXPress and sell and create advertisements. The lab broadsheet newspaper is paginated and produced camera-ready with assistance of QuarkXPress, Freehand and Adobe Photoshop on Power Macintoshes and delivered electronically to the Abilene Reporter-News where it is printed.

Location: Room 308, Don Morris Center

See the Student Showcase for Optimist awards

For more information, see Optimist Online or contact Kenneth Pybus, newspaper adviser, at kenneth.pybus@acu.edu.

Contact the Optimist staff

For information on advertising in the Optimist, contact Christi Stark at christi.stark@acu.edu or

(325) 674-2463. 

Prickly Pear (yearbook)
Named for the pear-like fruit-bearing cactus common to the West Texas landscape, the Prickly Pear yearbook features more than 200 pages of ACU life, and an opportunity for writers, editors and photographers to gain experience producing a showcase publication. Beginning in August, staffers sell books to students and arrange for portrait sessions for students; and ending in mid-summer, when the last blueline is edited and approved. The yearbook lab is equipped with Power Macintoshes and software to produce camera-ready spreads for Taylor Publishing Co. of Dallas, Texas.

Location: Room 309, Don Morris Center

See the Student Showcase for Prickly Pear awards

For more information, see Prickly Pear online or contact Cade White, yearbook adviser, at cade.white@jmc.acu.edu.