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Cats travel to Okla. for LSC Championship

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By Chandler Harris, Assistant Sports Editor The golf team is preparing for the Lone Star Conference Championship Tournament in Thackerville, Okla., on Monday and Tuesday. The team will conclude qualifying rounds Friday, and the top five Wildcats will make the trip to compete. "Going by records, we are pretty solid to go to regionals," head coach ... [Read More…]

Students showcase art, music

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By Liz Spano, Student Reporter Students can showcase, buy and sell artwork at the sixth biannual Arts and Crafts Fair on Friday in the Bean Sprout from 7-10 p.m. The craft fair, titled Rock, Paper, Scissors, is a free event for students and community members to listen to live music, eat free home-baked goodies and purchase artwork, including ... [Read More…]

Cats Run Over Rams: Baseball team picks up non-conference win before Cameron

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By Grant Abston, Sports Editor Before traveling to Oklahoma for a pivotal Lone Star Conference matchup with Cameron University this weekend, the Wildcats took care of business Wednesday in a non-conference matchup versus Texas Wesleyan, defeating the Rams 8-3 and improving to 35-12 overall. Led by third baseman Steve Camillucci and starting ... [Read More…]

Theatre students cheer ‘Shorts!’ productions

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By Linda Bailey, Student Reporter The Department of Theatre will produce a 10-minute play festival this weekend that will involve most of the students in the department. For the Shorts! festival, students will direct and perform 11 10-minute plays shown back-to-back at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and April 23-25 in Culp Theatre. The ... [Read More…]

Track and field team looks to add qualifiers

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By Jeff Craig, Sports Writer With a slew of national qualifications already in hand, the ACU track and field team will head to Waco this weekend to compete in the Michael Johnson Classic, hosted by Baylor University, looking to qualify more athletes for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship meet. Most of ACU's sprinters, hurdlers and throwers ... [Read More…]

Benedict leads ACU with no-hitter

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By Ryan Cantrell, Sports Writer Britney Benedict joined an elite group in ACU's record book Tuesday, becoming only the fifth player in the school's history to throw a no-hitter. Benedict's pitching led the Wildcats to an 8-0 victory Tuesday. Another strong pitching performance by Kim White in the second game led the Wildcats to sweeping the ... [Read More…]

Department of Education sponsors austism awareness workshop

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By Kimberly Wolford, Student Reporter The Department of Education sponsored an autism awareness workshop Thursday at Highland Church of Christ, featuring an expert speaker on the condition of autism. Dr. Gary B. Mesibov, the director of the division of the Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication Handicapped Children ... [Read More…]

Study Abroad adds German site to options

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By Katie Gager, Student Reporter The Study Abroad program will be expanding its global experiences by adding Leipzig, Germany, as an additional location that students may choose to study at in spring 2010. The program now includes two locations in Oxford, England, and Montevideo, Uruguay, and hopes to see the Leipzig location as a new opportunity ... [Read More…]

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