By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor At the end of the semester, 37 faculty and staff members will retire; some will stay at the university as senior faculty members, others have made plans to find other jobs or enjoy time at home. More employees than usual are retiring because the university offered 109 employees an early retirement plan in hopes of ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2004
More than 200 register for online summer classes
By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer About 220 students have registered for summer online courses, which are being offered for the first time. The two classes, Major British Writers I and Messages of the Old Testament, will be taught in three summer sessions and still have several spots open for Summer I, said George Saltsman, director of Educational ... [Read More…]
Groups promote political activism: Knight: students should learn issues to cast informed vote
By Sarah Carlson, Staff Writer When Amy Perez looks at ACU, she sees a lack of political conviction and diversity among students. Last semester Perez, freshman education major from Houston, took action and helped form the campus chapter of the College Democrats, of which she is now president. "We want to provide students with an alternative," ... [Read More…]
Two weeks to go: Students planning summers: Students to scatter across country for internships, jobs, fun
By Sarah Carlson, Staff Writer No more pencils, no more books. Students are looking forward to summer vacation as a time to work and take a break from school. Eric Johnson, freshman finance major from Boerne, said he will stay in Abilene this summer to work for the ACU Leadership Camps KidQuest and Learning to Lead. Johnson said he attended ... [Read More…]
Softballers to give last-ditch playoff effort at Angelo: Wildcats face No. 5-ranked Belles in four-game series
By Brian Roe, Sports Writer The Wildcats continued their late-season surge by knocking off sixth-ranked Incarnate Word Tuesday at Wells Field. ACU has now won 10 of its last 13 games and owns a 20-26 overall record and a 7-9 record in the Lone Star Conference South Division. Freshman pitcher Alison Crouse led ACU in the opening 5-3 victory. ... [Read More…]
Top five college moments
By Kyle Peveto, Opinion Editor Column Schmolumn I haven't given much thought to graduation. I haven't boxed up any stuff or cleaned my amazingly filthy home. I guess I suffer from denial about actually leaving. Maybe I fear jinxing it. Like the second I mention it I'll find out I failed some class and I'll be back here. After spending five ... [Read More…]
Cats aim higher than playoffs: Team wants to be tournament host, not tourney contender
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor The ACU baseball team is already playing in the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament April 28-May 1. The only question is, where will it be played? The Wildcats (14-7 LSC South) hope the home-field advantage will be theirs, and they must sweep last-place West Texas A&M (5-16) in Canyon this weekend before ... [Read More…]
Lively nervous as Draft Day nears: Agent: lineman could be late-round pick
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Former ACU offensive lineman Britt Lively is counting on his name being called at the 2004 NFL Draft Saturday or Sunday. The 6-foot-5, 310-pounder has been scouted consistently by several NFL teams since his junior season at ACU, and his agent, Dave Lee of PlayersRep Sports Management, said Lively still could be a ... [Read More…]
ACU signs pair to ’04 roster: Juco all-America should be big scorer, says Pleasant
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Men's head basketball coach Klint Pleasant an-nounced Wednesday the signing of two junior college transfers who should play significantly in the 2004-05 season. The first, 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward Hakim Rasul, transfers to ACU from Midland College, where he earned all-American status after averaging 15 points ... [Read More…]
A sportswriter voices his regrets
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth..." Perhaps the immortalized words uttered by Lou Gehrig in his 1939 farewell speech aren't appropriate for my use. Yet somehow, the Iron Horse's sound-byte doesn't cease to inspire me 65 years later in this, my farewell ... [Read More…]
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