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Cats spoil ENMU’s weekend: Defense pushes ACU past undefeated Eastern New Mexico

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor On Saturday, the ACU football team was able to keep a nationally ranked, undefeated Eastern New Mexico squad off its heels in the fourth quarter and come away the spoiler. Can we say deja vu? The Wildcats accomplished the same task almost one year ago to the date, when they knocked off the No. 25 Greyhounds 20-19 ... [Read More…]

JV team stomps McMurry, 22-7: Cats use balanced attack, down McMurry

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The junior varsity football team moved to 2-2 on the season after a 22-7 victory over McMurry on Thursday. The Wildcats had their best offensive output of the year with 313 total yards and held the Indians to 177 total yards-80 of which came on their opening touchdown drive. "We gave up a touchdown on the opening ... [Read More…]

Around the Horn: Coach gets 100th win: Fifth-year net coach Brek Horn has ACU off to red-hot start

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Brek Horn won her 100th collegiate game, all with ACU, last Tuesday over Lubbock Christian University. Horn said she didn't even realize it was her 100th win until ACU sports and information director Lance Fleming called and informed her. "We beat LCU, and I didn't even hear about it until Wednes-day when Lance ... [Read More…]

Cats look to extend win streak: Volleyball team heads to San Antonio for non-conference play

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By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The red-hot ACU Wildcats continued their winning ways after beating Cameron in four games Tuesday in Lawton, Okla. The Wildcats, now 15-5, are in first place in the Lone Star Conference South. ACU will not play its first conference match, however, until Oct. 10 against the 6-10 Eastern New Mexico squad. ACU defeated ... [Read More…]

Police Log: 10/03/2003

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Monday 09/22/03 12:35 a.m. Monitor west campuscentral lot 12:40 p.m. Traffic stop on Teague Blvd 1:30 p.m. Report of smoke from Foster Science Bldg, all 10-4 4:05 p.m. Parking violations at library lot 7:45 p.m. Incomplete 911 at Zellner 9:10 p.m. Met with APD officer reference to found wallet 10:15 p.m. Unlock Bible for student to retrieve ... [Read More…]

Men hope to make top five against heavy D-I competition

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer ACU will go spike-to-spike with some of the nation's best Division I cross country teams Saturday at the 67th annual Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla. The Wildcat men have quite a tradition to keep at the meet after finishing first in 2000 and second last season. "I think a top-five finish would be great," said ... [Read More…]

Members detail SA budget concerns: Lack of consistency’ cited as Congress approves committee to review policies

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Citing examples of what they termed a "lack of consistency," three members of Student Congress detailed problems they saw in the Students' Association's operating budget Wednesday. The problems, discussed in an hour-long interview with the Optimist, range from inconsistent policies to unclear presentations of ... [Read More…]

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SA leaves student money in the lurch

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Wednesday night allowed us to realize what little interest Congress apparently has in properly using the student body's money. In the fashion of a fine bureaucracy, the students' governing body created a committee that nearly everyone deemed necessary to investigate budgetary inconsistencies but left that committee with no members, no time frame ... [Read More…]

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