ACU will lose the faithful service of many when this semester ends next week. Instructors, coaches and hard-working personnel will retire, some after decades of service to this institution. Their years of expertise and love for students made ACU what it now is, and our campus will miss them greatly-and probably call on them for assistance in years ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2004
Library cracks down on inappropriate material: Student caught viewing pornography two months ago
By Sarah Carlson, Staff Writer The Brown Library has had problems with people viewing inappropriate material on the library computers before this semester, said Dora Weathers, audio and visual librarian. Weathers said the problem is not widespread as far as she knows, and only a few instances have occurred in the past few years-one of which was ... [Read More…]
ASU sweeps Cats to end season: ACU finishes season 20-30, 7-13
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer Nationally ranked Angelo State swept the ACU Wildcats in a four-game series over the weekend to win the Lone Star Conference South Division. The Wildcats had a shot at reaching the LSC playoffs by taking three of four games from Angelo State. The No. 5-ranked Rambelles, however, knocked off the young Wildcats by ... [Read More…]
Lively passed by in draft: Agent is shopping lineman around for free agency
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor From his parents' home in Eastland, Britt Lively watched as 255 names other than his own flashed on the television screen. "It was disappointing," said Lively, the former ACU offensive lineman. "All these scouts and agents were telling me I was definitely going to get drafted-everybody was." Upon the draft's ... [Read More…]
Puglia’s gutsy effort in No. 6 singles gives men 5-4 win over Cameron
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Ahead 1-0 in the third set of his Lone Star Conference Championship singles match against Cameron's Marco Valdez, sophomore Evan Puglia glanced at the balcony of the Oak Tree Country Club to see his teammates gathering by his court. They had come from the opposite side of the facility, where senior Trent Broach ... [Read More…]
Cats share conference title; tourney set for Kingsville
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Coy Polk received the painful phone call Saturday on the bus ride back to Abilene. The Wildcat baseball team had just won two of three games over West Texas A&M in Canyon, but it was the one loss-a 2-1, 3-hit performance in Friday's nightcap-that secured Texas A&M-Kingsville a share of the Lone Star Conference ... [Read More…]
Volunteer Opportunities for April 23, 2004
The Office of Human Resources needs volunteers to work as ushers for the Faculty and Staff Appreciation Dinner April 30, 4:30-9:30 p.m. at the Teague Special Events Center. The dinner will honor retiring faculty and staff members. Workers will be given $20 and a meal. If a volunteer or worker needs to leave before the meal, that can be worked out ... [Read More…]
“The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.” – Edmund Burke, Parliament member, colonial sympathizer, 1775
In tragic times, leaders must choose between allowing freedom or succumbing to fear. This month, we have remembered tragedy after tragedy where an extremist minority has attempted to impose its fanatic will upon an institution. Columbine. Oklahoma City. Waco. America values freedom. The Constitution would be a relic today had not its authors ... [Read More…]
Police Log: 04/23/2004
April 12 1 a.m. Students reported non-ACU students throwing water balloons at vehicles 5 a.m. Escort from Morris Hall to 1600 Ave. D 8 a.m. Parking violations on ACU Drive 9:10 a.m. Unlocked vehicle at 55 Spears Circle 1:12 p.m. Fingerprinted student at the Station 2 p.m. Allowed access to Cullen Auditorium 4:48 p.m. Jumpstarted vehicle in ... [Read More…]
Small group makes trip to Philadelphia’s Penn Relay Carnival
By Steve Holt, Sports Writer A handful of track and field athletes are in Philadelphia competing in the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival. The meet, which began Tuesday with the heptathlon and de-cathlon, will run through Saturday at Franklin Field on the University of Penn-sylvania campus. The 2004 Penn Relays are the 108th running of the event, ... [Read More…]
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