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New era requires conservatives lose gracefully

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief These are hard times for the people who flourished in years past. No, I am not referring to the hoards of unemployed Wall Street bankers who traded their high-paying gigs for a daily search of the wanted ads in the New York Times. I am not alluding to the 70,000 people across the world who lost their jobs ... [Read More…]

Play Faire Park faces financial issues

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By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Although Play Faire Park is closed for the season, it will again open its gates beginning March 6, just in time for Spring Break. Play Faire, which has been operating since 1947, is one of the oldest miniature golf courses in Texas. With its concrete rails, slow turning Ferris wheel and antique wagon wheel, ... [Read More…]

Angelo State win gives ACU third-straight loss

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By Austin Gwin, Sports Writer The Wildcats lost their third-straight and sixth of the last seven games on Saturday at Moody Coliseum, getting beat by the Angelo State Rams 77-67. The loss drops the Wildcats' record to 7-10 overall and 1-3 in conference play. Angelo State (14-4; 2-1) proved to be too big of a test for the Wildcats to handle as ACU ... [Read More…]

Wildcats aim high in spring season

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By Brandon Tripp, Sports Writer After a successful fall campaign, the Wildcats are gearing up for a new tennis season full of high expectations. "We laid some good foundation in the fall with our success, and now we are looking to put that towards the team season," said Hutton Jones, head women and men's tennis coach. Both teams are set to ... [Read More…]

Fourteen Sing Song acts continue practice, preparation for show

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By Lydia Melby, Arts Editor The stakes are getting higher and practices more intense as ACU gears up for what is perhaps its biggest event of the year: Sing Song. This year, the 53rd annual event is called "Believe," and its preparations are just as intense as in the years preceding it. Although Sing Song 2009 may be as traditional as always, it ... [Read More…]

Track team adds seven more national bids

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By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The men and women's track and field teams traveled to Lubbock for the second-straight week Saturday and came home with three more automatic qualifiers and four more provisional qualifiers for the NCAA Division II indoor championship meet in March. The Wildcats competed against such schools as Texas ... [Read More…]

From Fiction to Fact

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Anything can stir people to take action. The sudden success of a local baseball team. The tragic death of a child in an auto accident. Even the removal of a slightly damaged 500-pound Styrofoam art piece shaped in the form of a dinosaur. Dino Bob, a sculpture built from a steel armature and blown-on Styrofoam ... [Read More…]

RA spots marijuana in McKinzie trash can

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Trace amounts of marijuana were found in a McKinzie Hall residence room Jan. 20, but the ACU Police Department did not press criminal charges because so little was found. A resident assistant discovered flakes of marijuana in a trash can while conducting a room check and subsequently filed a report to the ACU ... [Read More…]

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