By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor The ACU golf team finished sixth Tuesday against a group of nationally ranked teams at the Emerald Coast Collegiate tournament in Pensacola, Fla. The tournament gave the Wildcats their last opportunity to prepare for the Lone Star Conference Tournament. "Every team that finished ahead of us is ranked ... [Read More…]
Archives for April 2008
Congress appropriates funds for coffee, Service Saturday pizza
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor SA Congress began its meeting 30 minutes late Wednesday, after a scramble to have a majority of Congress members present. Once present, attention turned to pizza and coffee - for students. Congress appropriated $325 from the student request fund to provide pizza for the Service Action Leadership Team's final ... [Read More…]
Voters flock to Watkins: Pulis, Hemphill earn SA offices
By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Students' Association President-elect Daniel Paul Watkins hit the ground running Wednesday night, calling for a late-night meeting with his new Cabinet after the candidates and the elections committee met at 11:30 p.m. "I think we should start with a bang," said Watkins, junior political science major from ... [Read More…]
‘Optimist’ names new management for 2008-2009 term
By Laura Acuff, Student Reporter Preparing to lead next year's Optimist staff for its first full year in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication's converged media newsroom, Daniel Johnson, junior journalism major from Abilene, earned the title of 2008-09 editor- in-chief. "To be honest, it's a little stressful, but it's [a challenge] ... [Read More…]
Campus controversies require two-sided discourse
Although the final stretch of the school year approaches, campus discussions, debates, arguments and controversy continue with as much fervor as the beginning of the year. From issues like alcohol, women's leadership roles, homosexuality and even mixed swimming, the stances taken on these and more issues have given the university much to ... [Read More…]
2008 Mentor Group leaders announced
By Kimberly Prather, Student Reporter Preparations for Welcome Week 2008 are already in full effect with the choosing of mentor group leaders that will be announced Friday. All interviews have been conducted throughout the last week. One thing that sets ACU aside from other schools is Welcome Week. Welcome Week is a week filled with fun, ... [Read More…]
Chaplain’s salary sets dangerous precedent
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Student government in my high school did nothing. We had one in name, but in practice we might have cleaned trash from a roadside once to get community service hours. And because my high school had fewer people in it than some classes here, I knew everyone well. My first Students' Association voting experience ... [Read More…]
Track teams get chance to qualify at Baylor meet
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Getting closer to the Lone Star Conference meet in two weeks, the ACU track and field teams head to the Michael Johnson Invitational at Baylor University to pick up better marks and times for the national meet. "We're going to try to approach it more as another opportunity to qualify," said head coach Don ... [Read More…]
ACU alcohol policy change produces different reactions
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor When ACU alumna Dewby Ray ('50) first read the headline reporting the university's plans to change its alcohol policy, she couldn't believe it. At first, she was overcome by shock, but after the 79-year-old, who has spent the majority of her life attending, working for or living near ACU, read deeper, she was ... [Read More…]
Boy struck by black SUV Thursday
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor An 11-year-old boy was struck on his bicycle Thursday morning by a car traveling east on E.N. 16th Street shortly before 8 a.m. The boy, who was on his way to Taylor Elementary School, traveled from north to south across E.N. 16th when a female driving a black SUV struck him on his right side. ACU Chief of ... [Read More…]