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Speakers promote healthy relationships

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor The ACU Counseling Center brought in two prominent members of the Christian community for the sixth annual Healthy Relationships Week, called Sacred Relationships Week this year, which emphasizes friendships, marriages and community in the context of authenticity and spirituality. Christian recording artist Dennis ... [Read More…]

ACU says goodbye Sun Java, hello Gmail

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Have you ever had problems with your ACU e-mail account? Maybe there was a time when Sing Song consumed your life for two months and you just finished that research paper that was due six weeks ago. But when you pulled up to your trusty myACU account to e-mail the tardy term paper to your professor at 3:15 a.m., the system was inconveniently ... [Read More…]

Wildcats complete crossover play: The 17th-ranked ACU baseball team finished its portion of the season against Lone Star Conference North teams with a split series against Central Oklahoma.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU lost the first two games of its series against the University of Central Oklahoma, but starting pitcher and shortstop Trey Watten knew the 17th-ranked Wildcats wouldn't get swept. "That's what I like about us the most," Watten said. "We're fighters." And sure enough, ACU baseball team clawed back from early ... [Read More…]

Changing false images of faith and America

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By Denton Josey, Page Editor Sometimes you just want to speak for yourself. Sometimes other people do it for you anyway. America gets a lot of bad press. The rest of the world hears a lot about America (usually a lot more than we do about them) and what they hear isn't all the good stuff. The American government stays pretty busy in other ... [Read More…]

Four qualify on heels of nationals

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Just two weeks after the national indoor meet in Boston, the Wildcats have already automatically qualified four athletes for the national outdoor meet in Charlotte, N.C., the last weekend in May. Three athletes qualified this weekend at the Oliver Jackson Open at Elmer Gray Stadium. Two automatic qualifiers were ... [Read More…]

Essence of Ebony elects president

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By Kelsi Peace, Features Editor James Graham grew up color blind. Or at least that's how Graham, sophomore Bible major from Abilene, describes his multi-cultural upbringing, (his father is Caucasian and his mother is Mexican American) and his diverse group of friends. Graham accompanied that group of friends to an Essence of Ebony chapel his ... [Read More…]

‘We all went on faith’ – Part I

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By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief When Dr. Royce Money left for an eight-day trip to Beijing, China, in August, he never imagined it would change his view of the world, the university he presided over and life. The trip, comprised of meetings with high government officials about Christianity, indicated the government's grip on on religion in ... [Read More…]

Key to success: Learn to speak Mandarin

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By Mallory Schlabach, Editor in Chief Face the Facts Recent studies show Mandarin is the new Spanish. Just a decade ago Spanish was taught in 79 percent of elementary schools. Mandarin Chinese wasn't even considered as an option. But today, with China's increasing growth in economics and world trade, American schools are scrambling to find ... [Read More…]

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