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Rams draft Richardson

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After this weekend's NFL draft, it looks like there will be some new Wildcats playing on Sundays. For the second straight year, an ACU football player came off draft boards when the St. Louis Rams drafted running back Daryl Richardson in the seventh round. Richardson will join family members and past ACU standouts Bernard Scott and Clyde Gates in ... [Read More…]

Wildcats ready for weekend conference

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Following losing three of its last four regular season games, the Abilene Christian softball team will have a steep hill to climb as the team embarks on the Lone Star Conference postseason tournament this weekend. The Wildcats will first encounter fourth seed and defending conference champion West Texas A&M Friday at 4:30 p.m., and if ACU wins, it ... [Read More…]

University mulls iPad mandate

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All full-time ACU undergrad students may be required to have an iPad by August 2013. Team 55 sent an email to incoming freshmen encouraging them to choose an iPad from the Mobile Learning Initiative selection because all full-time undergrads would be required to have an iPad in the fall of 2013. However, George Saltsman, executive director of ... [Read More…]

Co-founder’s graduation to leave hole in group

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The World's Backyard co-founder will be graduating in May, leaving the future of the non-profit uncertain. Bradyn Boone, senior finance major from Abilene, created the non-profit organization in 2009 with his brother Jason, ACU alum. Bradyn said he wants dependable and capable person to replace him after he graduates. "I'd like to know the ... [Read More…]

Biology to begin bug course

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The Department of Biology will offer a new course called Medical and Veterinary Entomology next fall. This course is an introduction to the study of insects, with a  prerequisite of general Biology. This is the first time the course has been offered at ACU, and the 12 seats are filling up quickly. Dr. Qiang Xu, assistant professor of biology, ... [Read More…]

Student releases album to raise mission trip funds

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A junior psychology major is selling an original piano album on iTunes with proceeds benefiting her summer mission trip. When it came time to raise money for her World Wide Witness trip to Harare, Zimbabwe this summer, Caroline Nikolaus, junior psychology major from Illinois, knew that sending out fundraising letters would not be enough, so she ... [Read More…]

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