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The Record Guys: owners see joy in family and business

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In Burro Alley, behind El Fenix Café, an overgrown and almost forgotten courtyard is home to Abilene's best-kept music secret - The Record Guys. The small store, tucked away between two local shops on the corner of South 1st and Willis, isn't visible from the street. Customers follow a red-brick sidewalk until they hear a Beatles' tune playing ... [Read More…]

Project Sustain to promote local food, healthy lifestyle

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ACU's Locavore Club will team up with Seekers of the Word and Wishing Well to host Project Sustain, an event promoting locally grown food and a healthy lifestyle. The event will take place in Cullen Auditorium on Thursday from 6-10 p.m. Seekers of the Word, ACU's on-campus drama ministry, will perform during the event. The performance will be ... [Read More…]

Wildcats earn LSC crown, first round playoff bye

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The ACU Wildcats finished their bid for an outright Lone Star Conference Championship and a perfect 11-0 season with a 47-17 victory over the Southwestern Oklahoma State Bulldogs on the Wildcats senior day. "It means a lot," senior fullback Emery Dudensing said. "I really enjoy that we won it here in front of the home crowd." The Wildcats ... [Read More…]

Wildcats’ season ends in heartbreak

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The Wildcats' season came to a heartbreaking end Sunday as the Hilltoppers of St. Edward's defeated the Wildcats in penalty kicks 4­-3. ACU and St. Edwards drew to a 1-1 tie through regulation and two extra time periods before the game was decided in the shootout. After earning the fourth seed in the NCAA Division II tournament, the Wildcats ... [Read More…]

Last second turnover propels Wildcats

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The ACU men's basketball team began their regular season in exciting fashion last Friday night. The Wildcats played the University of Texas-Permian Basin at Moody Coliseum, pulling off a one-point 80-79 win, and giving the home crowd a game they will not soon forget. The game was close from the beginning, and the Wildcats trailed by ten, at most, ... [Read More…]

Wildcats drop first two games

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The ACU women's basketball team opened its 2010-11 campaign Friday in Austin and came away with unfavorable results, having lost both games slated on their schedule. Friday the Wildcats played Hillsdale on the campus of St. Edwards University in Austin at the St. Edwards Shootout and caught the short end of the stick, losing 77-66 to the ... [Read More…]

When it comes to marriage, it’s worth the wait

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From the moment one arrives on ACU's campus, there is a subtle countdown to graduation: you have four years to find someone to marry, tick tock. As we all know, there are only 4,700 Christians out there who are marriage material, all of whom attend ACU. Even though most probably enrolled in ACU to get a Christian education, let's admit that ... [Read More…]

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