By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The playoffs are out of the picture, but a winning season is not. The 5-4 football team will take this mindset into its final game Saturday against winless Lone Star Conference South opponent West Texas A&M. ACU plays host to the Buffaloes a week after a heartbreaking 22-16 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville that ... [Read More…]
Archives for November 2002
Cats to play semi-pro Flames: Exhibition game is Saturday in Moody
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Following a fourth-place finish in the Disney Division II Tipoff Classic last weekend, the women's basketball team looks to face stiff competition again Saturday in its first home game of the year. The Wildcats welcome the Houston Flames, a semi-professional team in the Women's Southwest Basketball League, to Moody ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: Expect liberals to go farther left
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief "Liberals love humanity but hate people."-Dick Armey, retiring House majority leader, R-Texas. In the days since last Tuesday, many a political commentator has tried to place a reason on why the Democrats basically blew it in an election cycle that favored them. After all, a first-term president almost always ... [Read More…]
Weekend of disappointment: Cats’ run comes up short at TAMUK: Loss shatters ACU’s streak, postseason chances
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor What goes up must come down. The Wildcats found this to be true Saturday when a 22-16 loss to Texas A&M-Kingsville snapped their five game winning streak, as well as a bid to the Division II playoffs. ACU needed to be one of the top four teams in the West Region Poll to qualify for the postseason. The Cats, who are ... [Read More…]
Cats take fourth in tip-off: ACU goes 1-3 in Disney tourney
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The women's basketball team saw where it stacked up nationally this weekend, placing fourth in the Disney Division II Tipoff Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., with a 1-2 mark. ACU started off the weekend with an 81-58 first round victory over St. Leo (Fla.), but then fell to North Dakota State 77-63 on Saturday ... [Read More…]
Despite record figures, SBC still low on men: Almost 60 percent of remaining spots are for men only
By Kyle Peveto, Staff Writer Spring Break Campaigns have experienced a shortage of men who have signed up for the week-long mission trips. As a result, some campaigns are currently open only to men. "We have approximately 140 spots open," said Mark Rich, sophomore accounting and finance major from Abilene. "About 60 percent of those are open ... [Read More…]
Tattoo parlor now out of business: Skin Wizard closes as owner defends needle sterilization
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Skin WIzard closed up shop about two weeks ago, with its owner saying business from two universities had declined too much over the past year. The news comes about six months after the parlor was cited by the Texas Department of Health for "objectionable conditions." But Scott Buck, who owned the parlor that ... [Read More…]
Lori’s Story: Animal rights being taken way too far
By Lori Bredemeyer, Student Reporter Pretty soon your dog may have the same rights as you. Animal liberation is becoming a new moral issue troubling society. Several European countries are changing the wording of their laws to include animals as well as humans, according to an article in the New York Times. The story said that Germany has ... [Read More…]
ACU to send men’s team, two women to nationals
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor The ACU women's cross country team's season ended Saturday when it failed to qualify for nationals at the South Central Region Championship in Warrens-burg, Mo. But two women from the team, which placed third Saturday, will represent ACU individually at the Division II Na-tional Championship for pla-cing in the top ... [Read More…]
Weekend of disappointment: Two losses put end to ACU’s season: Team fails to make playoffs for first time in four years
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer The ACU volleyball team entered the last weekend of the Lone Star Conference regular season confident they would win at least one of its last two matches of the regular season to qualify for the LSC Post-Season Tournament. Tarleton State and Texas A&M-Kingsville had other plans. The Wildcats only needed one ... [Read More…]