He's sweet but spiky, curious but complacent, sharp but soft. His pastimes include hiking up shirt sleeves and hiding under beds. His name is Cashew, but his friends refer to him as Cash or Cash-Money. Oh, and he's a hedgehog. On Sept. 6, Ali Rakestraw, junior biology major from Boulder, Colorado, drove two and a half hours to Lubbock to ... [Read More…]
Gilbert’s hot start continues for Wildcats
So far this season, wide receiver Cedric Gilbert has scored at least one touchdown in every game. That's six straight games of scoring points. Even more impressively, those numbers are off just 15 catches in the season. Gilbert turned down several larger Div. I offers to come to ACU last fall from Cisco College and redshirted the 2013 ... [Read More…]
She gets buckets: Mitchell leads way for ACU
No one saw it coming. At least, not with a group of seniors leading the way. Not with a solid group of upperclassmen, led by four seniors who had spent the last three years building ACU soccer into the dominant program that it is today. No one saw it coming, but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. No one expected Baylee Mitchell, a freshman ... [Read More…]
Two goalkeepers anchor ACU defense
The Wildcat soccer team stands at 7-7-1 overall and is second place in the Southland Conference with a record of 4-2-1. They have outscored their opponents by a small margin this year at just 24 to 19 goals, but what sets the team apart is its two sophomore goalkeepers. Amassing 83 saves between the duo over the season, sophomores Kelsey ... [Read More…]
Entra a la Plaza serves up culture
A Spanish version of Be My Baby blasted over loudspeakers as several hundred waited for the festivities of Entra a la Plaza to begin Friday night. While they waited, some had their faces painted, and others bounced around in the inflatable obstacle course. The aroma of cheese, beef and spices filled the air as the line that stretched the length of ... [Read More…]
Faith in Shambles: Four women share their experience in war-torn Ukraine
Samantha Lakey sits at a lunch table in June surrounded by Ukrainian refugees in Northern Ukraine as reports are read telling that the Russians have crossed the Ukraine border with tanks. She thinks about how, a few months earlier, she was in the States, listening as news anchors described warring scenes that seemed so far away. Now, sitting in ... [Read More…]
View from the Hill: Student spends summer interning on Capitol Hill
Savannah Hostetter sat in Lynay last spring listening as U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway talked about working at the Capitol and staying true to his faith at the same time. Hostetter, a senior political science major from Brownsville, longed to live out her own faith on Capitol Hill. Fast forward a few months to June, and that's exactly where Hostetter ... [Read More…]
Four Directors, One Purpose: Student directors cherish their Welcome Week roles
By 9:30 a.m. on the Wednesday of Welcome Week, Alex Abston has been sitting through talent show auditions for an hour and a half, watching everything from musical performances to wacky tricks. Judging from her bubbly attitude and gracious "Thank you" to each auditioning freshman, one might never guess Abston is running on less-than-average ... [Read More…]
Year in Review
It's been a year filled with firsts as well as lasts. Starting in the fall, ACU said hello to one of the largest freshman classes ACU has seen. In August, the Brown Library introduced the Maker Lab, equipped with a 3-D scanner and 3-D printer to provide students with a creative space to work and design. Nursing students learned the ins and ... [Read More…]
Living the dream, everyday
Dreams do come true if you are Peyton Mosley, who is one of a few seniors on the softball team. Her dream started to come true when she first stepped into the pitcher's circle at Poly Wells field. Mosley was a timid walk on, but a determined young woman. Over the course of her four years garbed in the purple and white, Mosley did not ... [Read More…]
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