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The place of prayer in the face of tragedy

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor The Virginia Tech tragedy is the deadliest shooting in American history, and I'm ashamed to say my first reaction was disinterest. "Just another school shooting," I thought when I first heard of the massacre. "Time for Bible class." Some may think, "What a selfish jerk." And its true, I am. I let my daily ... [Read More…]

Kingsville first divisional road series: The nationally ranked ACU baseball team will play in its first Lone Star Conference South series this weekend against Texas A&M-Kingsville.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor After splitting a series with defending Lone Star Conference champions Central Oklahoma, sweeping Tarleton State and nearly winning its series against defending LSC South champs Angelo State, ACU may have already seen the best its conference has to offer. But if the nationally ranked Wildcats want to continue its ... [Read More…]

ACU moves to No. 12 despite pair of losses

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU moved up five spots from No. 17 to No. 12 in Division II national rankings and remained in first place in the Lone Star Conference South Division, despite splitting a four-game series with defending LSC South champions Angelo State this weekend. ACU swept Friday's games 10-3 and 1-0, and Angelo swept Sunday's ... [Read More…]

Sweep lifts ACU to first in LSC: The 17th-ranked ACU baseball team swept its first Lone Star Conference South Division series against Tarleton State to start divisional play with a 4-0 record.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor With the game-winning run on third, all ACU needed to sweep Tarleton State was a hit from shortstop Willy Uechi. Instead, all Uechi had to do was take a step back and let second baseman Thomas Bumpass run home. Bumpass scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning of the extra inning game after TSU catcher ... [Read More…]

SA needs to focus on all ACU students

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor Gentlemen start your Facebook groups Ð Students' Association elections are upon us. It's that time of year when the doors, walkways and Facebook inboxes of ACU are filled with campaign literature holding promises of visions for SA and plans to fix all the problems of our chaotic campus. Before we know it, ... [Read More…]

Grove offers renters $1,000

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU students who live in the Grove student housing official name will be eligible to apply for two $1,000 sponsorships that will go toward tuition at ACU. The Grove is offering the resident-exclusive sponsorships after the President's Cabinet turned down a proposed partnership that would provide three $1,000 ... [Read More…]

Bonneau expects competitive series: ACU will open its LSC South division play against Tarleton State on Friday. ACU and Tarleton have split their four-game series the last two seasons the teams have met.

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Head baseball coach Britt Bonneau doesn't anticipate any high-scoring games in the Wildcats series against Tarleton State this weekend, and based on the program's past battles his prediction is well founded. ACU and Tarleton have split the series the last two season's and ACU slightly leads the series ... [Read More…]

Spring brings chance to continue success

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By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor Spring workouts bring fall wins - at least that is what the ACU football team hopes will be the equation for 2007. ACU, which started its spring training on March 19, hopes its focus and a work-equals-wins mentality during the offseason will be the fuel behind the Wildcats second-straight winning season and ... [Read More…]

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