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Volunteer Opportunities for Feb. 11, 2004

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Habitat for Humanity needs volunteers to help with a marathon run on Saturday morning. Spring Season Nursing Home needs volunteers to help with a number of activities throughout the semester. This includes anything from helping with bingo to decorating for different holidays. For a list of activities, go to the Volunteer and Service-Learning ... [Read More…]

Coach not yet satisfied with performance

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Four more ACU athletes, two men and two women, qualified provisionally Saturday for next month's Division II Indoor National Champ-ionships as the Wildcats competed at the Red Raider Invitational in Lubbock. Saturday's additional qualifiers brought the ACU total to 22, 13 of whom are men and nine of whom are ... [Read More…]

Campus Caucus: Campus organizations seek to remedy political apathy

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The university chapters of College Republicans and College Democrats may differ on policy-above all on who should be president the next four years-but they agree that one thing is more important than politics. Voting. In that spirit, the groups' leaders say, they will be planning voter-registration drives in ... [Read More…]

Israeli diplomat says countries ‘share threats’: Speech to students emphasizes fight against terrorism

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The United States and Israel share many attributes, not least of which is a fight against terrorism, an Israeli diplomat told students Monday. Dana Kursh, vice consul to the Southwest, told members of the leadership and diversity group Love Your Neighbor As Yourself that mutual concerns over safety, technology ... [Read More…]

Student finds fame at Idol auditions: Freshman makes a splash with judge Cowell in Houston

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By Lori Bredemeyer, Copy Editor Some people spend their whole lives waiting for their 15 minutes of fame, but last month on FOX's American Idol, Contestant No. 18068 found his in less than two minutes. Jonathan Rea, freshman sociology major from Conroe, auditioned for the show in Houston in August, and it aired in January. He sang Shakira's ... [Read More…]

New Bible courses to make department more culturally diverse

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By Jaci Schneider, Staff Writer The Bible Department is taking strides to make ACU more culturally diverse As part of ACU's quest to promote diversity, the Department of Bible, Missions and Ministry will offer two new courses next fall to broaden the department's cultural scope. Dr. Jerry Taylor, assistant professor of Bible, missions and ... [Read More…]

Fence out suicide bombers

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If President Bush is serious about fighting terrorism, he will say to the Israeli prime minister: "Mr. Sharon, do not tear down that wall!" Times have changed since Ronald Reagan told Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to level the wall in Berlin more than decade ago. Reagan's statement reverberated in the following years that saw Soviet-style ... [Read More…]

Reader concerned about ICOC

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The International Church of Christ has changed toward a more autonomous relationship between congregations. Within some congregations the leadership permits greater flexibility. Now some are moving toward accepting non-ICOC churches of Christ. These changes are admirable but do not strike the core of what defines the ICOC. ICOC teaching, ... [Read More…]

Online courses filling up quickly: No cap set yet, but officials cite need to keep low ratios

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor Summer online course registration has exceeded the initial target by almost 30 students, and sign-ups will continue throughout the semester. More than 120 have registered for either Message of the Old Testament or Major British Writers I as of Monday, and K.B. Massingill, chief information officer, said ... [Read More…]

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