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Track teams compete around country

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Head coach Don Hood will send his men's and women's teams to three different meets this weekend to qualify or better his team's marks for the indoor national meet in Boston on March 9-10. Hood will take people to meets at Texas Tech, Arkansas and Iowa State. Hood now wants to get everyone he can qualified for ... [Read More…]

ACU track continues to qualify

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor "It didn't start off with a bang but it sure ended with one," Hood said. "I think everyone came back and realized we're going to be really good." The Wildcats automatically qualified for two events at the national meet at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational in Lincoln, Neb. last weekend. The women's distance ... [Read More…]

Learning to live without a leader

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor A phenomenon no ACU student can prepare for has the campus on its knees. It is greater than Sing Song preparations, more important than class attendance and possibly more vital to our spiritual health than prayer. The most pressing issue here has to do with who is in charge. Right now, no one seems to be. We ... [Read More…]

Jumping towards a title

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Early in July Andrew McDowell still had no plans of where he would attend college with it being just a few weeks away. He and high school friend Ramone Sparks planned on going to the same school but now had nowhere to go. Sparks came on a visit to ACU after the Missouri state meet where he put in a good word for ... [Read More…]

Police increase the number campus security cameras

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Mabee Hall received an upgrade during the Christmas break. The freshmen men's residence hall had 52 cameras installed in and around the building as part of a camera system for use by the ACU police department. "We started talking about it in the summer, but it's tough to do while occupied," ACU police chief, ... [Read More…]

Nine qualify for indoor nationals at opening meet

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Expectations for the first indoor meet of the year are to achieve personal goals and compete well. But the ACU track team returned with nine provisional qualifiers from the Wes Kittley Invitational in Lubbock this weekend. Seven women and two men earned spots for the national indoor meet. Only one athlete, ... [Read More…]

Better the world, don’t play God

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor The cutting edge of yesterday's science is a dull butter knife today. But with the ever-changing scientific world also comes an ever-changing ethics book. Where is the line drawn between what is and is not "playing God?" Today, more than ever, we are playing the role about God in our decisions of how to deal ... [Read More…]

Mike Spell vacates ACU position for job as general manager of the Grove apartment complex

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Being "that guy" is no longer concerning Mike Spell. The former Director of Judicial Affairs served his last official day for ACU on Jan. 1 and is now the general manager of the Grove apartments located north of Abilene Christian Schools. Spell said he was tired of handling disciplinary issues with students. "A ... [Read More…]

Texas Tech indoor meet kicks off ’07 season

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By Jared Fields, Managing Editor Despite gloomy weather keeping practices inside, the ACU track team is prepared for its first indoor meet of the season at the Wes Kittley Invitational in Lubbock. The men's and women's teams are coming off runner-up finishes at the indoor nationals last year. Both teams are talented and looking to improve on last ... [Read More…]

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