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Locavore Club hosts Just Food Fair

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The ACU Locavore Club will conduct the Just Food Fair alongside guest speaker Joel Salatin. The Just Food Fair is intended to help students and ACU discover how locally-grown food systems can benefit particular aspects of agriculture, community, culture and the body. Educating students and ACU about the Locavore Club philosophy is the goal of the ... [Read More…]

Judges award undergraduate student research

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A total of 14 student entries were awarded at the 2011 ACU Undergraduate Research Festival banquet on Monday. Eight oral presentations and six poster presentations were commended. ORAL PRESENTATION AWARD WINNERS Utilizing Tropical Forage Legumes to Supplement Young Goats Fed a Basal Diet of Sudangrass Hay Tiffany Lutz, Spencer Fox (Dr. Florah ... [Read More…]

Carpenter represents ACU well in PGA Tour event

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It wasn't the end result Alex Carpenter was looking for, but it was an experience that he will carry for the rest of his ACU career. Because of a win in last summer's Southern Amateur Championship, Carpenter was invited to play in the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill in Orlando, Fla. "Playing in front of those types of galleries was an ... [Read More…]

Wildcats sweep Riverhawks in weekend series

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The Wildcats were white-hot at the plate during a weekend sweep of the visiting Northeastern State Riverhawks. ACU recorded double-digit run totals in each of their three games scoring 13, 11, and 12 respectively after Coach Britt Bonneau switched around the defensive alignment for his Wildcats. "It was one of those weekends where we had to start ... [Read More…]

‘Cats drop two of three over weekend

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An extra inning home run by Incarnate Word's Melanie Padilla propelled the Cardinals to victory in the rubber match of a three-game series over the Wildcats on Saturday at Wells Field. With that win, UIW also took the series from ACU. This marks the first time in Lone Star Conference play that the Wildcats (20-16, 6-3) have lost a series to a ... [Read More…]

ACU should stress graduate preparations

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ACU's Undergraduate Research Festival marks a vital move toward preparing upperclassmen for possible graduate school endeavors in Abilene and beyond. But with little of ACU student research making a splash on the national academic scene, this step marks merely the first step in a long trek toward distinction. Some applications for graduate ... [Read More…]

GOP campaigns need resolution

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For the Republican Party, an ominous case of déjà  vu could be a threat to the party's White House aspirations in 2012. A Gallup poll released Friday shows former candidate and current talk show host Mike Huckabee is the top presidential choice among potential GOP voters for 2012. However, the Gallup poll, along with a poll from Politico, reveals ... [Read More…]

Photos display dishonest picture

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In the past two weeks I have had photographers come to three of my classes to take pictures of me. OK, maybe not me specifically, but they were there and they were taking pictures for marketing purposes and the university's website. I found that many people have an adverse reaction to the thought of their picture being taken, while others sit up ... [Read More…]

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