As if living in a foreign country was not hard enough, international students at ACU have to contend with something most students look forward to each year: holidays. Imagine. You're floating blissfully through the fall semester, meeting every deadline, sleeping nine hours each night and spending time with friends. Now, come back down to earth. If ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2009
Hidden expenses warrant doubt
I'm finished giving away the benefits of my doubt. Verizon customers who actually look at their bills might have noticed a $1.99 fee at some point. Fees are fees. Maybe the $1.99 is some kind of maintenance charge. The two-buck fee is labeled "data" - which includes text, picture and video messaging, web browsing, daily alerts and downloads - so ... [Read More…]
Friends brighten holiday
By Ben Warton The Thanksgiving holiday is approaching, and many students will go home to spend time with family. Many international students, however, do not have the same opportunity. Nobuki Takahashi, senior vocational missions major from Shizuoka, Japan, is one of these international students staying in the States during the break. He said he ... [Read More…]
Another ghost of ‘Carol’s past
by David McMichael Robert Zemeckis' $165 million venture is an interesting creature. As far as I can tell, there was no need for this movie to exist. If Zemeckis' goal was to spread Christmas cheer, the $165 million could probably have been better used buying everyone in the country a pudding cup with a snowman on it. And I don't even like pudding ... [Read More…]
Community partakes in Mission: Thanksgiving
By Casey Oliver Love and Care Ministries and Arrow Dealerships invite the city of Abilene to participate in the ninth annual Mission: Thanksgiving on Friday. The event, which will take place at Arrow Ford Dealership, is a food drive organized by Love and Care Ministries that gives people in the area the chance to donate food and clothing items ... [Read More…]
Slackliners walk a fine line on campus
Despite the risk of ungraceful falls and bruised knees, a small group of ACU students remains dedicated to the unusual sport of slacklining. The slackliners draw daily attention balancing on a thin rope, or webbing, tied tautly between two trees between the McGlothlin Campus Center and the Brown Library. The sport requires rock climbing gear, such ... [Read More…]
Women drop season’s first game
It took five minutes and 35 seconds for the ACU women's basketball team to score in its first game of the season. That scoring drought, combined with untimely turnovers, doomed the Wildcats to a 69-66 loss against St. Mary's University on Monday night. "We came out a little tight," said Head Coach Shawna Lavender. "We didn't come out with a lot ... [Read More…]
Men win season’s first game
In its first appearance on the hardwood, the Wildcat men's basketball team played like it had been playing together since high school. The offense put up triple digits in a 116-74 win against Baptist Bible College Tuesday night in Moody Coliseum. "We came out with a hunger and a fire that I want to see the rest of this season," said Head Coach ... [Read More…]
Wildcats to take on NW Missouri in round two
The Wildcats will travel to Maryville, Mo., looking to upset the second-seeded Northwest Missouri State Bearcats in the second round of the playoffs. The Wildcats are all too familiar with the Bearcats they ended ACU's last season by knocking them out of the playoffs with a 45-36 victory in Abilene. The last time ACU played in Maryville, though, ... [Read More…]
Wildcats dominate all-Conference football team
The tremendous success seen by the football team as a unit this season has been complemented by a myriad of outstanding individual efforts as well. The Wildcats had 21 players named to the Lone Star Conference all-Conference team last week. The group, headlined by 2009 Offensive Lineman of the Year Tony Washington and Co-Defensive Back of the Year ... [Read More…]
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