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Schubert: Respectful discussion welcome

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Abilene Christian University does not endorse political candidates or parties, so some people reacted with surprise when our student newspaper, the Optimist, recently endorsed a presidential candidate. That provides a great opportunity for me to explain what ACU does endorse: an education preparing students to make real choices and engage in ... [Read More…]

MSU ends team’s season

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The Wildcats' soccer season came to an end on Thursday, when the Midwestern State Mustangs came away with a 1-0 victory in the first game of the Lone Star Conference post-season tournament. The 'Cats fought for the fifth and final seed in the tournament, coming back to win their last four games after the start of an uncharacteristic losing ... [Read More…]

Shotwell bids farewell to Division II

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The Wildcats will play their last home game of the season tomorrow when they take on the 15th ranked West Alabama Tigers at noon at Shotwell Stadium. "Our guys know that West Alabama is a good team," head coach Ken Collums said. "They are super talented, they are probably relative to West Texas A&M." ACU is coming off of a nail-biter in ... [Read More…]

Black team wins intrasquad series

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The annual Purple/Black World Series champion was decided Wednesday as Black blew out Purple in a game-four series-clinching 13-6 win. "Both teams have played really well during our fall world series," sophomore Brady Rodriguez said. "There's only been one blowout and one team hasn't been dominating the other." The teams kicked off the World ... [Read More…]

The Irish are fighting for a championship

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I love college football. The passion, rivalries, conferences and atmosphere is unlike anything else in sports and no team encompasses college football better than Notre Dame. That is why, in the past few years, the college football landscape has felt a little off. It has been a while since the Fighting Irish have been relevant this late in the ... [Read More…]

Service remembers Anabel, accident

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A year after the death of Anabel Reid and of the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences bus accident on Nov. 4, the university honored Reid’s memory with a special Chapel service on Friday. 19-year-old Anabel, a sophomore environmental science major from Becton, died after the department’s bus veered off the highway and hit a ... [Read More…]

One year later, community brings healing

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With the one year anniversary of the bus crash looming over the ACU campus, it seems appropriate to assess the progress that has been made by those who were affected by the one-vehicle roll that took the life of an ACU student last fall. Witnessing the aftermath of an accident of this scale no doubt caught many students in the ACU community ... [Read More…]

Looking back at Anabel Reid’s life

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Does it feel like it’s been a year? Yes. And at the same time, no. I still have flashbacks to the exact moment when I found out I would never get to hug my best friend again. This Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the bus accident that ended one life and changed so many others, including mine. I befriended Anabel Reid during the first ... [Read More…]

Sub T-16 to labor for project

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Members of Sub T-16 are reaching out to the community of Abilene through work and the Texas Ramp Project on Saturday. Cody Crist, junior business management from North Richland Hills, is leading the members of his social club to raise a hammer for those less fortunate. "I work at a hardware store and one of my customers works with a non-profit ... [Read More…]

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