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West Texas Book and Music Festival to bring Texas authors

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By Mitch Holt, Copy Editor The Abilene Reporter-News and Friends of the Abilene Public Library will host the Sixth Annual West Texas Book and Music Festival, which will take place Tuesday through Saturday in downtown Abilene in a festival of writers, readers, musicians and anyone interested in those things. Janis Test, publicity chairperson for ... [Read More…]

Famous Bulgarian student adjusts to ACU

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor When Pavlin Bazovski attended his first U100 seminar class, one of his classmates said he could have been mistaken for a soap opera star. And though Bazovski is no television star, he is well known. In fact, he has claimed a top three spot on the Bulgarian music charts with his work. Bazovski left behind friends, ... [Read More…]

Tri Kappa Gamma rebuilds club

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor Women's social club Tri Kappa Gamma is ready for more members. After being re-chartered in spring 2005, TKG has been working to increase its numbers, said Brittany Groves, the club's president. Groves said the club had four pledges this year, one more than the previous year. "This year we really need to work on ... [Read More…]

Freshman expresses the importance of high school letter jacket

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I feel obligated to respond to the article entitled "Enjoy freedom of freshman year" by Jared Fields. As a freshman, I am offended by the patronizing tone of the article. I did appreciate learning about how the Chapel card-swipe works; I didn't know that there was a card-swipe by an official before anyone could get credit. But there was absolutely ... [Read More…]

JamFest seeks student bands to play

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By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief Student bands interested in playing at the third annual JamFest during Homecoming can audition Thursday and Friday for a spot in a line-up that already includes Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys, Streets of Simon Lee and O'Scarlet. Auditions will take place from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday, and 3 p.m. to 7 ... [Read More…]

Lectureship changes bring student involvement

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Lectureship has an outstanding heritage at ACU and has ministered to countless students, faculty members, alumni and visitors throughout the years of its existence. And while it's hard to make changes to something that has had such positive results in the past, the university has begun to make significant adjustments to Lectureship in hopes of ... [Read More…]

Dream come true: Former ACU all-American is living his dream playing in his rookie season for the Chicago Bears. Manning is using his past experiences at ACU and teammates to adjust to the NFL lifestyle.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor The alarm goes off, the sun is rising and, just like every other Sunday, most students at ACU are either sleeping in or getting ready for church. But while the ACU community spends their Sundays in beds or church buildings, one former Wildcat is living out his dream in front of 100,000 fans at the historic Soldier ... [Read More…]

ACU on top of conference at 2-0

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Consistency is the key to success this season for head volleyball coach Kellen Mock, and the Wildcats showed just that in their second conference victory Saturday over LSC rivals Tarleton State. "We're getting more confident on the court," said Mock, "I'm loving the consistency factor because we don't second guess ... [Read More…]

FilmFest workshop to feature ‘Invisible Children’ editing team

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By Denton Josey, Page Editor Against the backdrop of the Tower of Light, the Beauchamp Amphitheatre will host a screening of the movie Invisible Children on Monday at 8:45 p.m. as part of Lectureship's Late Night festivities. Kate Miller, ministry events coordinator, said Doug Darby, creative and media specialist at ACU, and Matt Maxwell, senior ... [Read More…]

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