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Wildcat star Jennie Hutt will be missed

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Thursday, Nov. 17 marked the end of a career for arguably one of the most talented Wildcat volleyball players ever to step foot onto the ACU campus. Senior outside hitter Jennie Hutt finished this year much as her previous three seasons playing in the Wildcat purple: she garnered numerous awards and led the ACU squad with unmatched intensity and ... [Read More…]

Eye on Entertainment #128

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Eye on Entertainment #128 - Original Air Date: 12/02/11 As we begin to wade into the holiday month of December, host Blane Singletary showcases events that are Christmas-y, and not so Christmas-y. Peter Isaacson, director of the HSU Orchestra joins us on the line to tell us more about their winter concert, featuring Russian compositions such as ... [Read More…]

Wildcats fall to Dallas Baptist

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The men's basketball team traveled to Dallas Tuesday night to take on the DBU Patriots in non-conference match-up. Unfortunately, ACU suffered their second loss of the season 80-72. For the first time this year, the Wildcats found themselves trailing at halftime, and they were unable to dig themselves out of the first half hole that felt foreign ... [Read More…]

SA talks Chapel, basketball, office hours

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"Good morning and welcome to Chapel," jokingly began the unlikely visitor and guest speaker during Wednesday's Students' Association meeting. Congress reconvened after the Thanksgiving holiday to meet with Mark Lewis, the assistant dean of spiritual life and chapel programs, and to discuss office hours, the Christmas Basketball Slam and the ... [Read More…]

Cross country season comes to an end

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Cross country ended its season Saturday, Nov. 19, at the Division II NCAA National Championships in Spokane, Wash. Juniors Chloe Susset and Alyse Goldsmith were the only two Wildcats to qualify for the meet. Susset finished the 6k course in 59th place, running a time of 22:55.0, followed by Goldsmith in 107th, with a time of 23:49.8. Head coach ... [Read More…]

Honors college to study in New York City

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The ACU Honors College is offering "A Cultural Pilgrimage," a visual and performing arts Maymester course in New York City. The Study America one-week course is an exploration of artistic and cultural highlights of downtown New York. Students will spend the majority of their time in Manhattan and some time in New Jersey going to museums, painting, ... [Read More…]

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