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Ready to Roll: ACU upsets No. 14 West Texas A&M in regular season finale

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By Jeff Craig, Sports Writer The Wildcats will enter the 2009 Lone Star Conference tournament on a wave of momentum and as the No. 2 seed after upsetting No. 14 West Texas A&M 65-55 in the last game of the regular season. The Lady Buffs entered the regular season finale with the Wildcats having already clinched the LSC South title and as the No. ... [Read More…]

‘Religulous’ sparks answerable theological questions

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By Tanner Anderson, Page Editor After viewing Bill Maher's documentary Religulous, I was prepared to right his wrongs with this column, until the underlying question finally surfaced in my mind. How should Christians interact and discuss religion with individuals who find Christianity ludicrous? I do not have the answer to this question, but the ... [Read More…]

Lambert’s three crucial in LSC win

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By Ryan Cantrell, Sports Writer The Wildcats concluded their season with an upset over the West Texas A&M Buffaloes. The 62-61 victory knocked the Buffaloes out of conference postseason contention. Point guard Riley Lambert was the hero for the Wildcats, hitting a three-pointer with 30 seconds left and giving ACU the 62-61 lead, which was the ... [Read More…]

University hires new Alumni Relations director

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By Lezlee Gutierrez, Student Reporter ACU welcomed Larry Musick ('84) as its new director of Alumni Relations on Monday. Musick recently moved with his family from Tennessee, where he was the senior director of marketing at Lipscomb University, a Christian university in Nashville. "We are very excited to be working with Mr. Musick," said Samantha ... [Read More…]

Making a Way

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Samjung Kang-Hamilton was baptized by an American missionary on Jeju-Do Island, an island southeast of mainland South Korea. She was not a Christian; she had never heard the Gospel. She was drawn to her own baptism by pure curiosity. "I never heard of a Bible and I wasn't interested," she said. "I wanted to know what Americans looked like - I'd ... [Read More…]

Professors contribute to book of Biblical commentary

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For the past six years, upwards of 50 scholars from across the country, including some ACU professors, have been working on a one-volume commentary of the Bible called The Transforming Word. Dr. Nancy Shankle, chair and professor in the Department of English, served as one of four associate editors for The Transforming Word. The other editors ... [Read More…]

Connected Collaboration: Schools, corporations discuss mobile learning

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Koen Daeren's journey from Belgium to ACU for the ConnectED Summit was anything but short. The senior research engineer for the global communications company Alcatel Lucent traveled by train from Brussels, Belgium, to Paris, hopped on a more than 10-hour flight from the City of Light to Dallas and finished with a less than 40-minute flight to ... [Read More…]

SA Congress impeaches president: Watkins charged with manipulation, unethical behavior

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Read the Comments After spending more than five hours Wednesday debating and discussing charges of irresponsible leadership, manipulation, disrespect and unethical behavior against Students' Association Congress President Daniel Paul Watkins, the SA Congress voted to impeach Watkins, immediately stripping him of his title and responsibilities as ... [Read More…]

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Joe the Plumber mulls political aspirations

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By Ryan Self, Student Reporter Need a toilet unclogged or a leaky faucet repaired? How about an analysis of the current economic downturn and its potential effect on American freedom? Just call Joe the Plumber; he can fix anything. Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, the overnight sensation of the 2008 presidential campaign, is currently ... [Read More…]

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