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Wildcats end season with loss in LSC semifinals

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By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor The ACU volleyball team's season came to a close Monday when the Wildcats were not selected to play in the NCAA Division II Southwest Region Tournament. ACU finished the season with a 15-14 overall record and a semifinal appearance in the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Tournament, but it wasn't enough ... [Read More…]

Women inch by Lubbock Christian in exhibition game

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By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor A late-second layup by sophomore forward Jamie Meyer handed the Wildcats a 66-65 victory over Lubbock Christian Saturday afternoon in Moody Coliseum. The game was an exhibition game for ACU, so the win did not affect the Wildcats' record. However, the game counted toward Lubbock Christian's record, which ... [Read More…]

Comeback Cats: Last-minute win seals playoff spot for Wildcats

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Daniel Polk's final college game could have been his best. By the fourth quarter of ACU's regular season finale Saturday, the Midwestern State quarterback had already broken two school rushing records, a single-season touchdown record and was on his way to a 300-yard rushing game. But after an ACU fourth quarter ... [Read More…]

Graduation brings new, exciting opportunities for college kids

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor Nothing lasts forever; that's the way it's gotta be. This is what The Arcade Fire kept telling me the other day. And I've been thinking about endings ever since. Think about the things you wish would end. My list includes the war in Iraq, bad dates, NASCAR and Nickelback's career. Then there are things you wish ... [Read More…]

Serge Gasore ran for his life in Rwanda. Today he lives to run

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We watch war movies for entertainment. The horrifying scenes of war – death, gunfire, explosions, agony, fear – many of us only see on a screen. Serge Gasore lived those scenes. Though not on television, movies, a computer or in books. He saw it all in a Rwanda church. Beginning in April 1994, extremists of the Hutu tribe killed at ... [Read More…]

Groups make meal possible for some

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By Sondra Rodriguez, Student Reporter The Service Action Leadership Team (SALT) and the Volunteer Service Learning Center are preparing for the annual Thanksgiving Meal Project, an event where students and faculty donate money and time to provide families in Abilene with a Thanksgiving dinner. Thanksgiving meals are provided by the food bank of ... [Read More…]

Post-college prep lesson given at dinner

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By Kelline Linton, Staff Writer Students enjoyed food, fashion and business advice at the annual Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) fashion etiquette dinner last Tuesday in the Living Room of the Campus Center. The event began at 6:30 p.m. and lasted for about two hours. Attendees ate a full course meal before listening to a guest speaker and ... [Read More…]

New text alert system gives immediate, important information

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor The university launched its new text message alert system, ACU ALERT, Wednesday morning, aiming to further pursue a commitment to safety. "It is amazing how fast of a response you get with this system," said Lynne Bruton, Campus Emergency Response Team member. The university purchased the system in October, and ... [Read More…]

Chapel forum speaker shares lessons learned on the street

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Mike Yankoski's desire to understand homelessness led him to take action - not in a soup kitchen, but on the streets of Denver, Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., San Francisco and Phoenix. A sermon about living compassionately rather than learning about compassion spurred Yankoski- who was in college at the time- ... [Read More…]

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