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Column Like I See ‘Em: Going social clubbing

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By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor This is not an anti-pledging column. It is not even an "I strongly suggest you don't pledge" column. Simply put, these are my observations from watching three years of pledging seasons come and go, close friends getting crazy then complacent about their social club and many people forgetting who they were before they ... [Read More…]

Cost-cutting, honesty marked efforts to restore school’s image

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By Steve Holt, Staff Writer First of two parts. To long-time faculty and staff of the university, President Royce Money's recent creation of 13 "strategic solution teams" to look at cost-cutting and revenue enhancement at ACU comes as a mild case of d‚j… vu. In January of 1993, Money and other administrators heard suggestions from "analyst ... [Read More…]

Column Like I See ‘Em: Girls’ flag football…Love it. Live it. Just don’t coach it

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By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor "Does 'offense' mean we have the ball?" "Oh, so you mean I can move around once the ball is hiked to me?" "The other team is playing so dirty! I got hit in the face!" "What just happened?" If you thought the twice-retired former Packers quarterback and huge weenie Eric Crouch made the above statements, think ... [Read More…]

Campbell hired to replace departed Jarrett

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer In cases of coaching changes, it's rare that both the departing and arriving coaches end up with their "dream job." Not so with Vince Jarrett and Mike Campbell. On Aug. 9, it was announced that Campbell, a high school golf coach from Andrews, would be replacing the veteran ACU golf coach Jarrett, who earlier in the ... [Read More…]

Two arrested, charged for Don Morris Center burglaries

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By Steve Holt, Staff Writer Approximately $3,000-5,000 worth of equipment stolen from the Don Morris Center in early March is still outstanding, but as of May, the alleged burglars had been apprehended, said ACU Police chief Jimmy Ellison. According to Ellison, one ACU student and another non-student were arrested over the summer for at least ... [Read More…]

Former ACU athletes run in Pan-Am Games

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By Steve Holt, Sports Writer Two former Wildcat track and field athletes placed first in their events at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Repub-lic, Aug. 5-9, but only one got to bring home a gold medal. Stephen Moore, a Plainview native and 1998 ACU graduate, won the gold medal in the men's decathlon at the prestigious ... [Read More…]

ACU’s Alexander and VanWyk among fastest sprinters in the nation

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By Steve Holt, Copy Editor "I'll meet you at the line. Run fast, and make me run fast too," is what two of the fastest sprinters in the nation say to each other just before every race. More often than not, the result has been the duo smoking the competition. They look so different-one is muscular and white, and the other is dark and lanky. But ... [Read More…]

Wildcats easy favorites for LSC Championships

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By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The ACU men's track and field team has won 17 Lone Star Conference titles in the 28 years the championship has existed. The women have won all 19 such titles since 1983. Though both Wildcat teams are again the overwhelming favorites to win the LSC championship at Elmer Gray Stadium Friday and Saturday, six conference ... [Read More…]

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