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ACU set for LSC Championships: Cameron shows upset potential over favored Wildcats

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor With their seasons behind them, the men's and women's tennis teams will seek out Lone Star Conference titles at the LSC Championships in Oklahoma City this weekend. The ACU men (22-5) and women (23-5) have enjoyed seasons of success, and each team has gone undefeated against conference opponents: the men were 4-0 ... [Read More…]

Wildcats earn spot in playoffs: ACU sweeps ENMU; looks to win division outright this weekend

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By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU baseball team secured a spot in the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament April 29-May 1 with a three-game sweep of Eastern New Mexico at home last weekend. The Wildcats flew by the Greyhounds, 7-4 and 9-3, respectively, in Friday's doubleheader, then put the icing on the cake with a 10-6 win ... [Read More…]

Provost calls for diverse senior video: VanRheenen wants video to reflect ‘rich texture’

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By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor The Alumni Relations Office has requested seniors' photographs from their college experience to include in the senior class video. Dr. Dwayne VanRheenen, provost, sent a letter April 1 to Students' Association executive officers and candidates asking for help incorporating more diversity into the video. "What I'm ... [Read More…]

Candidates campaign for congressional race: Neugebauer visits campus as Stenholm focuses on Lubbock

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Although redistricting is Randy Neugebauer's reason for running in Abilene, he prefers to talk about something other than lines, court battles and partisan brawls in the Texas Legislature. Instead, the Republican Congressman from Lubbock is looking to both keep his job and take Abilene Democrat Charlie ... [Read More…]

Mwamba nabs automatic bid: ACU rookie leads pack of qualifiers at Baylor Invite

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer With two weekends to go before the Lone Star Conference Championships, the men's and women's track and field teams added eight new qualifiers for the national meet at the Michael Johnson Classic in Waco on Saturday. Four men and four women added their names to the provisional lists with their performances Saturday, ... [Read More…]

Letter from the Editor: SA, paper have healthy conflict

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The editorial reads like something we've written lately. "The SA Constitution is not just a piece of paper," the Optimist opined 15 years ago. "The SA's latest blatant disregard of its Constitution," etc. etc. etc. In the 1988 executive officer elections, the president staffed the election booth with Senate ... [Read More…]

9/11 panel shouldn’t scapegoat

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Government officials have an opportunity now with the Sept. 11, 2001, commission to look back on the events leading up to the terrorist attacks to learn what went wrong and how to prevent such oversight from happening again. However, the commission has turned from learning opportunity into election-year politics and a thinly veiled guise for ... [Read More…]

Volunteer Opportunities for April 16, 2004

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Volunteer announcers are needed for the Abilene North Jr. baseball league. Days and times vary. For more information, contact the Volunteer and Service-Learning Center in the Bean Sprout. The Abilene State School needs volunteers to help prepare for its April 21 and 22 "Under the Sea" prom. Contact Crystal Hickerson at cly99a@acu.edu or 695-1020 ... [Read More…]

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