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The memoirs of a procrastinator

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I used to be a motivated, disciplined person. I turned things in on time. I never missed a class. I actually did the assigned reading and had never laid eyes on the demonic destroyer of literature that is Sparknotes. That was before. It was before Fall Break, when I was hopeful and naive, telling myself that "this semester will be ... [Read More…]

Students should show up for home games

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I'll never forget looking forward to my first college basketball game as a college student; the packed coliseum, the way the energy bounces off the fans and onto the court of seemingly unreal athletes. Then I went to ACU. Now, I'm not saying it was bad, but it was pretty sad. There were maybe a couple hundred people and, of those, I could ... [Read More…]

Basketball connects Marquez to her dad

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Renata Marquez, a senior basketball player, grew up just 30 minutes north of Houston in Conroe. She began playing basketball at the age of five when her father made a court for her and her sisters to play outside in their backyard. She played her high school basketball at Willis High, just outside of Conroe, where the mascot was also a ... [Read More…]

Playoffs? Playoffs?! Not for ‘America’s Team’

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The Dallas Cowboys will not win the NFC East division this year or make the playoffs. Yet another disappointing season seems all but certain. This season, like every season, was going to be the year the Cowboys figured it all out and put together a Super Bowl season. It has been fun, from my prospective, to watch this dream slowly shatter and ... [Read More…]

Stakes are high in intersquad series

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ACU Purple managed to pull off a 9-6 victory against ACU White in a neck-to-neck tiebreaker game which held an even score until the ninth inning, to win the inaugural three-game Al Scott Fall World Series at Crutcher Scott Field Saturday afternoon. With the score tied at 6-6 going into the final inning, freshman Cameron Bonifant lifted a double ... [Read More…]

Big win on the Prairie for ACU

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The ACU football team travelled to Prairie View A&M looking for their eighth straight winning season and secured a 65-45 victory. "We liked our matchups offensively versus their defense," head coach Ken Collums said. "Offensively, they moved so fast. They might have been the fastest offense we have ever faced, just as far as their operating ... [Read More…]

Road trip takes full effect on ‘Cats

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The men's basketball teamed was completely dominated from start to finish as the Wildcats suffered their worst defeat in the 91-year school basketball history on Monday with a 103-41 loss to Iowa in front of a 14,000 plus crowd. The 62-point deficit tops the 51-point loss suffered by the winless 1990-91 team to West Texas A&M, 127-76. "Iowa ... [Read More…]

Coan: Referees should enforce Waterball rules

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By Grace Coan, sophomore Ad/PR major from Colleyville Waterball has become one of the most popular sports here at Abilene Christian University. Students varying from different social clubs, majors and classifications participate in this epic event. The players on the "field", an indoor swimming pool, wait eagerly for the sound of the whistle ... [Read More…]

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