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Campus center renovations benefit student body

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Bravo. This is the sound of the Optimist applauding the university for bearing in mind students and their input when Dining Services unveiled the renovated McGlothlin Campus Center. While the Optimist is wary of becoming the university's cheerleader, such obvious effort- and success-deserves some praise. Aesthetically, the renovations took the ... [Read More…]

Volleyball team looking for first win of season

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By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor The ACU volleyball team will have a chance to pick up its first win of the season Friday and Saturday at the Alamo City Invitational in San Antonio. After last week's Florida Southern Invitational, the Wildcats are 0-4 on the season. ACU is looking to bounce back as it plays three in-state teams this ... [Read More…]

Teams begin season at home

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By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor Senior Nicodemus Naimadu from Narok, Kenya, is thankful for the opportunity he had to run with the Wildcats for the past three years. "When I was given that opportunity to come and run here and study, I really had to appreciate it," Naimadu said. "Back home, nobody can give you that. After being given ... [Read More…]

Different expectations

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor At ACU's season opener in 2006, the Wildcats were the underdogs. They were picked to finish sixth in the Lone Star Conference South Division, hadn't won a season opener since 1998 and hadn't posted a winning season in three years. Nobody knew how good the ACU football team could be, not even its players. "We ... [Read More…]

Residents fed up with Sherrod

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor The Shockley family returned from their summer vacation to find a hoard of crickets filling the bathroom shower and covering the kitchen floor of their apartment in Sherrod Hall. The crickets slipped through the holes and cracks in the walls and doors of their apartment while the Shockleys were gone, and Troy ... [Read More…]

Japanese high school students experience university

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor While most ACU students are gone for the summer, international students visit campus for three weeks. Thirty Japanese students from Ibaraki Christian High School in Ibaraki, Japan, lived in University Park Apartments and attended classes. In the evening and on weekends, they took trips to see the local ... [Read More…]

iPhone + ACU: iPossible?

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By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Faculty and staff are taking the first steps to see whether ACU pursues becoming an iPhone university. At this early stage, the first steps are looking more like a golf shot. "It's just like that $1 million hole-in-one thing. I'll pay my dollar and take a swing," George Saltsman said. "The ball's in the air, and ... [Read More…]

Iraqi blog gives new perspective on war

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor A nameless Iraqi dentist opened my eyes to the daily tragedies of the Iraq War. He doesn't disclose his name, and his English isn't perfect, but his blog, "The Last of the Iraqis," is an insightful and mindblowing account of a life surrounded by death. In his blog, the dentist who lives in Baghdad, Iraq, ... [Read More…]

Van Dunk: Dedicated to God, work

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Brenda Van Dunk, 61, wrote prayers on her lecture notes - an illustration of what co-workers say was a deep commitment to her faith and her career. "[It was] all done under the umbrella of 'This is for the Lord,'" said Susan Clark, associate professor of social work. Van Dunk, assistant professor of social work, ... [Read More…]

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