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Sleepless nights come with high risks

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Don't have time for sleep? College students who skip on sleep are taking huge risks with their health and grades. They think the "norm" is to pull all-nighters most nights and only get three hours the other nights. This is far from the truth. Sleep provides physical and mental benefits you can't get from anything else. Sleeping is a natural ... [Read More…]

Snapchat out of it

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Let's all just take a moment to acknowledge a disease that is weaving its way into the very fabric of this ever-so-sacred community. At the turn of every corner on campus, one is likely to find students in a zombie-like state, unaware of their own surroundings, running into people, walls, trees and that one stray cobblestone jutting up out of the ... [Read More…]

Mastering the art of faking sick

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Mom, I have a confession: when I was younger, I used to fake sick. When I faked sick, I understood I had to be smart about what symptoms to have. Trial and error told me faking a fever didn't work. Too easy to check, dang it, and I was sent off to school. I knew from "ET," that apparently holding the thermometer up to the light bulb worked, but ... [Read More…]

Tennis team dominates in Memphis

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The Abilene Christian women's tennis team finished up in Memphis with a strong third and final day. The team went 5-0 on the day, finishing third place by sophomores Kaysie Hermsdorf and Nada Marjanovic. Three of their teammates finished seventh. Kaysie Hermsdorf defeated Jenny Borck of Lipscomb to post a 2-1 record for the weekend. Nada ... [Read More…]

‘Cats finish up magical Div. I season

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The women's soccer team gladly accepted what would be a tough road, with new challenges and competitors in Div. I and made the word "efficiency" the theme for the season in the Southland Conference. Finishing overall 13-5-1 and fourth in the conference with 7-5-0 and 21 points, the team proved they could play with the best. The Wildcats ... [Read More…]

Wildcats can’t defeat Lumberjacks

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ACU dropped their final game at home against Stephen F. Austin 3-1. The Wildcats kept it close as they split the first two sets. ACU lost the first set 25-21, but could not keep up in the second set, 25-15. The lumberjacks would come back after the break and go on to win easily 25-13 and 25-19. The loss dropped the 'cats record to 6-15 ... [Read More…]

Basketball to start season with epic road trip

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The men's basketball season begins Saturday against the Duquesne Dukes in Pittsburgh, PA. The Wildcats own arguably one of the toughest schedules in the Southland Conference, and maybe even the toughest start to the year as they play nearly their first month of basketball on the road away from Moody Coliseum. "I am excited for the challenge and ... [Read More…]

Cross Country wraps up season

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ACU Cross Country finished a challenging six-meet fall season this past Friday with a strong performance at the Southland Conference Championships in Lake Charles, La. The first Div. I conference meet in ACU history, the Southland Championships proved that the 'Cats have tremendous potential. Senior Chloe Susset finished fifth out of 102 runners ... [Read More…]

The Ken Collums Show #10 – 2013

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The Ken Collums Show airs on Saturdays at 10:30 AM on KTXS-TV in Abilene, Texas. The show is produced by the JMC Network of student media at Abilene Christian University. (Original Air Date October 26, 2013) Head coach Ken Collums, Grant Boone and Kara Stutesman talk about ACU's last-second loss to New Mexico State and talk a little about their ... [Read More…]

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