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Chapel changes offer new optimism

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The Optimist gives the administration a thumbs-up for its efforts to listen to the students and Chapel surveys. Inattentive students may not know about the new changes, but Tuesday and Thursday Chapels will offer a variety of small-group chapels to meet diverse needs and spiritual challenges. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Chapel will still meet ... [Read More…]

Wildcats host ACU Classic

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By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor After picking up its first wins of the season last weekend, the Wildcats return home to take on three Division II teams in the ACU Volleyball Classic. The women's volleyball team will play Pittsburg State, the No. 18 team in the nation, Friday in Moody Coliseum. On Saturday, the Wildcats will try to ... [Read More…]

ACU sports featured on TV

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By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor During the football season, many Abilenians dress themselves in shades of Abilene High gold and black or Cooper blue and red but rarely in ACU purple and white. However, that may soon change. ACU sports recently joined the ranks of high school football when it comes to local publicity, thanks to last ... [Read More…]

Flag football launches fall intramural season

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By Blake Penfield, Sports Writer Intramural flag football season is about to begin at ACU, and 50-60 men's and women's teams will finally get their chance to duke it out at Larry "Satch" Sanders intramural fields for the coveted championships. Both Rec league and Champ league teams will be playing three days a week and the first games will start ... [Read More…]

ACU upsets Texas State 45-27: Wildcats’ offense too much for upper division opponent

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Just like its season opener against the University of Central Oklahoma, ACU took an early lead against its week two opponent Texas State. But unlike week one the Wildcats kept scoring. ACU rebounded from its season-opening loss to UCO by upsetting Football Championship Subdivision opponent Texas State 45-27 in ... [Read More…]

Texas State offers challenge for 0-1 Wildcats

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor The nationally ranked ACU football team was challenged by and lost to the unranked University of Central Oklahoma in its season opener. But in its second game of the season, the Wildcats will face a challenge that no modern Lone Star Conference team has been able to overcome: NCAA Football Championship Subdivision ... [Read More…]

Empathizing with a murderer

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor Seung Hui Cho's Korean immigrant parents didn't know how to help their son. According to the Washington Post, the college student who killed 32 students and himself on the Virginia Tech campus on April 16 led a troubled life, and the violent tragedy was the culmination of a lifetime of isolation and ... [Read More…]

Crickets’ duration, not amount, reason for discomfort

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By Laura Acuff, Student Reporter They invade the dorms, infiltrate classrooms and creep through corridors as they arrive each year by the thousands. But they are not students-they're crickets. Although the crickets are annual fall visitors in Abilene, because of the extensive rainfall this year, residents can expect an even longer visitation from ... [Read More…]

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