Every November people pull out turkeys and pumpkins to prepare for a day of feasting, family and football. Nostalgia and gratitude surround the Thanksgiving holiday as many travel cross-country to spend time with loved ones and attempt to remember all the things they have forgotten to be thankful for throughout the the year. Despite the stress ... [Read More…]
Archives for November 2006
Nineteen Wildcats named all-LSC
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor When the all-LSC South Division Football awards were announced, the purple and white was all over it. The 8-2 football team broke the school record after receiving four individual awards and 11 first-team selections when league officials announced the postseason awards on Wednesday. Nineteen total players ... [Read More…]
Cats tip off season with ACU Classic
By Blake Penfield, Sports Writer The ACU men's basketball team officially commences the 2006-07 season with back-to-back games in the ACU Classic on Friday and Saturday. The Wildcats will play Hillsdale Baptist from Moore, Okla., on Friday and Concordia University from Austin on Saturday. The ACU Classic is a set of games predetermined by the ... [Read More…]
ACU season ends with overtime loss to West Texas A&M
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Running back Taber Minner ran in a 76-yard touchdown to give ACU a 15-point lead over West Texas A&M with eight minutes left in ACU's first NCAA playoff appearance. Fans leaving early thought it was over and so did Minner. "I took my rib cage protector off and I thought the game was over," Minner said. But it ... [Read More…]
Postseason brings familiar foe
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Billy Malone will take his first playoff snap on Saturday. But the ACU starting quarterback isn't worried about it being against the two-time Lone Star Conference champions, West Texas A&M. "I've never played in the playoffs before, even in high school," Malone said. "But I don't feel any pressure at all, ... [Read More…]
Police investigate recent thefts and break-ins
By Jared Fields, Managing Editor The ACU Police Department is investigating a series of break-ins and burglaries occurring on campus in the past two weeks. Three car burglaries that occurred on the night of Oct. 29 and into the next day at Sherrod Park Apartments, Barret Hall and Smith and Adams Halls totaled $750 to $1,000 loss. Items taken were ... [Read More…]
SA passes resolution, information act, resignation
By Mitch Holt, Copy Editor Congress replaced a representative, passed a resolution to encourage the administration to install more lighting around the Lunsford Trail and passed a freedom of information act-all accomplished at Wednesday's meeting. Rep. Garrett Burger, Foster Science Building, sent a letter of resignation to the Students' ... [Read More…]
Into the ‘Twilight’
By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor As she explains how a family tradition will make its debut on the Ethnos stage this weekend, April Gutierrez is all smiles. Her father, Marty Cilvas, and 10-year-old cousin, Bobby, will join Gutierrez, sophomore accounting major from El Paso, to perform the Shaw Dance and the War Dance, a Tigua tradition passed ... [Read More…]
Washington doesn’t have all the control
By Mitch Holt, Copy Editor Don't Believe the Hype With the Democrats recently gaining a majority in Congress and the introduction of a female speaker of the house to boot, many Texans I've encountered aren't too happy about the turn of events brought about by the midterm elections. But I say why not? I see the party change as much more than a ... [Read More…]
Church leaders are humans with human problems
As students at a Christian university, we are told we should think critically, globally, missionally by the time we graduate and enter the world where we will make a difference. Although this difference will take place while we are at our jobs and in our families, it also means in our churches. Often, in preparing to leave Abilene though, we look ... [Read More…]
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