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Bean Sprout celebrates new year, new menu with event

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By Melanie J. Knox, Opinion Editor Triangular pieces of sirloin burgers, small cups of curly fries, chicken fingers and brownies lay on platters on the two long tables. Vases of multicolored flowers and bouquets of balloons provided a backdrop and Newsboys blared from the sound system set up in a booth. Welcome to the grand re-opening of the Bean ... [Read More…]

Reminder to always rely on God

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"I can do all things through my own strength!" This is what I believed because I was a healthy, physically strong and educated young man. At the age of 30 I owned a successful computer business I had started as well as flying full time for the Air Force. During college I was a member of the University of G A Powerlifting Team bench pressing ... [Read More…]

Cats play host to ITA regional

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer ACU is hosting the 10-team Women's Omni Intercollegiate Tennis Association Regional Tournament this weekend. Head coach Hutton Jones said the ITA tournament is probably the most important of the fall season. "The players who win the singles and doubles draw get an automatic bid to the national tournament," Jones said. ... [Read More…]

No stroll through the park: Streets often traveled by students among city’s most dangerous

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By Kyle Peveto, Page Editor Streets surrounding ACU did not make the city's list of dangerous intersections, but some streets students often travel did. The intersection in Abilene where the most wrecks occurred in 2001, which is the last year data is readily available for, was Buffalo Gap Road and Danville Drive. According to the office of ... [Read More…]

Wildcats wrap up Fort Lewis, 46-7: Skyhawks can’t avoid Cats’ defensive swarm, high-yardage offense

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor ACU beat visiting Fort Lewis (Colo.) last weekend not because of one or two reasons, but 620 of them. The Wildcats racked up 620 yards of total offense en route to a 46-7 pounding of the Skyhawks at Shotwell Stadium Saturday. The 620 yards ranked No. 6 in ACU's record book for a single-game output and didn't start ... [Read More…]

ACU men, women dominate Classic: Men finish 5 in top 6, five women runners place in top 15

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By Steve Holt, Staff Writer As expected, the men's and women's cross country teams dominated their competition Friday in the opening meet of the 2003 season, the ACU Classic at Sherrod Park. The women placed all five runners in the top 15 finishers, winning with 27 points, compared to 59 scored by second-place South Plains College. Wildcat men ... [Read More…]

Safety questions raised after near-fatal accident on loop: Construction hazards played role in last week’s head-on crash

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief When he became quiet, she didn't notice. But when he screamed, she didn't have much choice. The car was almost on top of them. In seconds, students Jeremy Cook and Leigh Ann Elrod rammed into the vehicle going the wrong way on the one-way road. Their truck veered to the side of the road. Flipped. Rolled. ... [Read More…]

Three strikes against redistricting?: Hunter among handful of Republicans to vote against GOP map twice

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief With a third special session calling the Texas Legislature back to Austin, the university's Bob Hunter also has returned, to vote against a redistricting plan he considers bad for Abilene, the Big Country and its residents. Hunter, senior vice president emeritus of the university, represents Taylor and Nolan ... [Read More…]

Episcopal Church rejects biblical truths

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As the secular world embraces homosexual culture to a greater degree, we support the viewpoint that love and tolerance must be shown by Christians toward the people of that world. However, love and tolerance of the sinner should not be construed as acceptance of the sin. The Rev. Gene Robinson has been confirmed as the bishop of New Hampshire by ... [Read More…]

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