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Running Back Daryl Richardson leads Wildcats past Angelo State
Cartoonist Ben Miller responds to controversial cartoon
Construction on Judge Ely to out Alfredo’s, Shell for new Walgreens
Abilene Christian University
Bid NightmaresPledges endure evening of fun and frenzy
The ACU Counseling Center and ACU Medi-cal Clinic have relocated from their old home in McKinzie Hall to the new Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
The new Medical and Counseling Care Center opened with the rest of the Rec Center on Sept. 2. The MACCC is furnished with first-class equipment and technology, said MACCC administrative assistant Cindy Gravitt.
“I love it. I just think it’s a more professional en-vironment,” Gravitt said.
“I think the students rec-ognize it as a legitimate medical facility, which it has always been, but it’s nice to not be operating out of a dorm and to have all new equipment.”
The new location is much more pleasent for students to visit than the old location was, said Walker Johnson, junior nu-trition major from Aledo.
“It is completely differ-ent,” Johnson said. “The fa-cilities are 10 times nicer.”
The MACCC offers ser-vices to any ACU student currently enrolled in class-es as well as spouses and children of students.
Services include the treatment of most minor illnesses, allergy shots, im-
munizations, acute asthma treatment, wound care, or-thopedic care, lab services and the diagnosis and treat-ment of sprains, strains and simple fractures.
The clinic also offers psychiatric services. Stu-dents can receive one-on-one therapy as well as medication treatment. Additional fees apply for mental health services.
The MACCC operates Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to noon and 1-4:30 p.m. Psychiatric ser-vices are offered Monday 2-4 p.m., Wednesday 1-4:30 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to noon. The MACCC is closed during chapel.
The MACCC is found at the northwest entrance
of the Rec Center be-tween Moody Coliseum and the Teague Special Events Center.
“We loved our home over in McKinzie, and the nurses and doctors worked really hard to make it functional and work,” Gravitt said. “But we feel really blessed to be over here, and we are re-ally enjoying it.”
Johnson said the facil-ity is clean and innova-tive and houses a friendly, helpful staff.
“I feel like they want to take care of you,” said Johnson.
The university will imple-ment a block tuition plan beginning in fall 2012, Dr. Phil Schubert, presi-dent of the university, told members of faculty and staff yesterday.
“It not only improves the affordability of a degree, but it provides additional flexibility for students,” said Schubert.
Under the new block tu-ition plan, students can take a minimum of 24 hours to a maximum of 36 hours per year for one price, including general fees. Students will be able to split their hours over both semesters, as well as in summer. Many univer-sities, including the major-ity of those ACU competes with which most heavily, have block tuition plans.
Kevin Campbell, chief enrollment officer, pro-posed the change in tuition to Schubert and other ad-ministrators.
“It is designed to reduce the cost of a degree and to ensure that students have every bit of resources avail-able to graduate on time,” Campbell said.
He says the administra-tion hopes to make ACU more affordable for stu-dents and encourage them to graduate in four years. The concept of affordability, graduation rate and student debt have been ongoing for years and years, Campbell said. Block tuition benefits the university because it al-lows for more reliable bud-geting and more consistent revenue based on the num-ber of students enrolled.
To get a perspective from students on the tu-ition block, Campbell said he consulted Students’ As-sociation president Connor Best, senior political science major from Sacramento, Ca-lif., and other SA members.
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vol. 100, no. 10 wednesday, september 28, 2011 1 SECTION, 8 PAGES
Daniel gomez chief Photographer
Traditional Mexican folkloric performers dance in front of a crowd of onlookers with the ACU fountain in the background. The performers put on a show as part of the Entra a la Plaza fiesta celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in front of the Hunter Welcome Center.
HANNAH BARNESEDITOR-IN-CHIEF
“ It was really nice to see dancers from my own culture.”
adrian patenaude staff Photographer
Dr. Little sits in front of a stethoscope and stuff
-Rebekah hernandez, senior psychology
major from san antonio
Dr. Phil SchubertPresident of the University
It not only improves the affordability of a degree, but it provides additional flexibility for students.”“
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6 p.m. Freshman Mixer in the Campus Center Living Room
7 p.m. S.W.A.G. - Scholarship, Wisdom and Grants in On-stead-Packer Biblical Studies Building 114
9 p.m. Chapel Forum: Ben Fulfer in Moody Coliseum
11 a.m. Leadership Summit interest meet-ing in COBA 301
11 a.m. Ben Fulfer in Moody Coliseum
11:30 a.m. Study Abroad Fair in the Campus Center
4 p.m. ACU Women’s soccer vs. Texas Women’s University
8 p.m. Jazz Ensemble Swing Dance Concert in the Windsor Hotel Ballroom
6 p.m. ACU football vs. Western Oregon at Shotwell Stadium
Around Abilene chapel checkup
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announcements
An interest meeting for Leadership Summit, a January short course, will take place Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. in COBA 301. Leadership Summit will take place Jan. 3-9 in Frontier Ranch, CO.
Women for ACU will host a luncheon on Sept. 29 at 11:30 a.m. in the North Lobby of the Williams Performing Arts Center. To RSVP call 829-1470.
A Freshmen Mixer will take place in the Campus Center Living Room on Sept. 29 from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. For more information email [email protected] or [email protected].
The Virtuous Sisterhood and OME will have a Financial/Scholarship Event Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Onstead Packer Biblical Studies Room 114.
The Faculty vs. Student Wheelchair basketball game will take place on Oct. 6 at 6 p.m. in Moody Coliseum. Admis-sion is free. For more information con-tact Bryan Evens at [email protected].
The Me Addiction Tour featuring come-dian Bob Smiley, speaker Reg Cox and worship leader Phil Joel will take place in the Hunter Welcome Center on Oct. 28.
ACU Upward Bound is now hiring tutors to serve the students of AISD. Contact the Academic Development Adviser at 325-674-2514 or visit the office located on the first floor of the Brown Library. Tutors will be paid. For more informa-tion visit www.acu.edu/upward_bound.
Anyone interested in joining the Wild-cat Hockey Team can find the group
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ACUWildcatHockey or e-mail the team at [email protected]. The team represents ACU in the Southwest Col-legiate Hockey league as a club sport.
The ACU FCA will meet every Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Campus Center Living Room. For more information follow them on Twitter at @ACUFCA or join their mail-ing list on http://eepurl.com/eGEOI.
Anyone interested in joining the ACU Ta-ble Tennis club can email [email protected] for more information.
The Medical & Counseling Care Center is located in the northwest entrance of the Rec Center. To make medical ap-pointments call 674-2625. To make counseling appointments call 674-2626.
Flu shots will be available in the Medi-cal & Counseling Care Center for $15.
Leadership applications for Spring Break Campaigns are available in the lower level of the Campus Center. Ap-plications can be picked up from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. They can also be downloaded by emailing [email protected].
Makeover Mondays will take place in the Campus Store every Monday from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Students can stop by to try new beauty products or consult with the staff members.
For information about Jazzercise class-es call 325-439-9418. Classes are unlim-ited, and ACU students pay a reduced fee of $20 per month.
Volunteer Opp0rtunities
Eternal Threads need volunteers at 101 Walnut Street to help unpack, count and tag inventory Sept. 28 - Sept. 30 anytime between 10 a.m. - 10 p.m. For more information contact Pam Early at 325-672-6000 or email [email protected].
The annual Putt “Fore” Children Miniature Golf Tournament needs volunteers on Oct. 1 between 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. This event will take place at Prime Time, located at 4541 Loop 322. Volunteers will help set up for the event, register teams, act as course monitors, decorate tables, pass out goody bags, and help with clean up after the event. Contact Shelia Cory at 325-376-1110 or email [email protected].
Wildcats for Sustainability, in conjunction with Keep Abilene Beautiful, needs volunteers to help with an Adopt-A-Creek clean-up on Oct. 5 from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. This will take place at the creek on S. 14 and Elmwood streets. Volunteers need to wear shoes and clothes that they won’t mind getting dirty. For more information contact Samantha Saldivar at 325-514-1127 or email [email protected].
Cancer Services Network needs volunteers on Oct. 6 between 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. to help unpack chair cov-ers, confirm numbers with packing list, place covers on 540 chairs, unload auction items and help with other tasks for their auction event. This will take place at the Abilene Civic Center, 1100 N. 6th St. Contact Nancy Estes, 325-672-0040 or email [email protected].
HERO is looking for volunteers to walk alongside a horse while supporting and assisting a client Oct. 4 - Nov. 17 in one hour shifts from 1 - 5 p.m. at the Taylor County Expo Center. Contact Beth Byerly at 325-660-3465 or email [email protected] for more information.
The AISD Early Childhood Program needs volun-teers to work in the children’s area Oct. 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. This includes air castle supervision, face painting, etc. Program will be at the Abilene Civic Center located at 1100 N. 6th St. For more information contact Mary Mcleod at 325-794-1368 or email [email protected].
Disability Resources Inc. is looking for volunteers to help with their annual Pumpkin Patch. They need help unloading pumpkins at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29. They also need help with the kids’ arena and selling pumpkins through Oct. 31. Shifts will vary between 10 a.m. - dusk Monday - Saturdays and 1 p.m. - dusk Sundays. The Pumpkin Patch is located at 3602 N. Clack St. For more information contact JoAnn Wilson at 325-673-7829 or email [email protected].
Volunteers are needed to help the Abilene Volunteer Weatherization Program on Oct. 22 from 8 or 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The group winterizes homes of 40 -50 elderly, disabled, or low income families. Many tasks are associated with this project. No experience is neces-sary. Contact Stacia Ellison at 325-668-2062 and leave a message or e-mail [email protected].
The Oakridge Church of Christ is looking for volun-teers to pass out flyers to their neighbors on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. to spread the word about their Trunk-Or-Treat. Volunteers will meet at the church building located at 3250 Beltway South for coffee and hot chocolate. Heph’s Burgers will provide lunch. The church is also looking for volunteers to help with Trunk-Or-Treat on Oct. 29 from 6 - 9 p.m. at the church building located at 3250 Beltway South. Vol-unteers will help with setting up booths, running the booths, face painting, and games for the kids. To help with either event contact Emerald Lemmons at 325-370-1327 or e-mail [email protected].
Meals on Wheels Plus needs volunteer drivers to deliver afternoon meals to seniors and adults with disabilities Mondays - Fridays between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Drivers must be at least 18 years old and have a valid drivers license. Training is provided. A Cha-pel exemption is available if delivery time conflicts with Chapel. Contact Jessica Stewart at 325-672-5050 or email [email protected].
Rescue The Animals is looking for volunteers anytime between 1-5 p.m., Monday - Friday after-noons. They need help around the adoption center with general cleaning, socialization of the animals, helping potential adopters and other tasks. Contact Mindi Qualls at 325-698-7722 or email [email protected]. The center is located at 5933 South 1st St.
The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Litera-ture is looking for volunteers to work Tuesday - Satur-day from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 1 - 3 p.m. Volunteers will greet patrons, assist with art activities, sell books and make visitors feel welcome. Help is also needed for spe-cial events like exhibit openings. The Center is located at 102 Cedar St. For more information contact Debby Lillick at 325-673-4586 or visit the NCCIL website.
Noah Project Inc. needs volunteers to help answer hotlines and do other office work any weekday at any time depending on the volunteers’ schedule. Train-ing will be provided. For more information contact Yvonne Myers at 325-676-7101.
Breakfast on Beech Street is looking for volunteers to help set up and prepare and serve breakfast to
homeless/lower-income visitors any weekday. Event begins at 5:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thurs-days and Fridays; 5 a.m. on Tuesdays. Serving time is 6:30 a.m. - 7:15 a.m. B.O.B.S is olacted at First Christian Church on 3rd St. and Beech St. in Down-town Abilene. For more information visit the First Christian Church website.
The Abilene Zoo is looking for volunteers to help with general labor such as grounds cleanup and painting any weekday at any time between 12 - 4 p.m. The Zoo is located at 2070 Zoo Lane. Contact Joy Harsh at 325-676-6487 for more information.
The House That Kerry Built is looking for volunteers to assist in the day care of medically fragile children any day Monday - Friday from 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Contact Dave Kraly at 325-676-3104 or e-mail [email protected] for more infomation.
The Betty Hardwick Center is looking for volun-teers to participate in Special Olympics by helping mentally/physically challenged people play games such as basketball, track, and/or bowling Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Center is located at 801 Cypress St. Contact Angel Seca at 325-690-5235 for more information.
The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers for a variety of needs including sorting items in the thrift store, helping in the kitchen and/or doing yard work. Time is flexible, and help is needed Monday - Saturday. The Salvation Army is located at 1726 Butternut St. For more information contact J.D. Alonzo at 325-677-1408 or visit www.satruck.com.
Abilene Hope Haven Inc. needs volunteers to provide childcare while parents are in class, any evening Mon-day - Thursday from 6:45 - 8:15 p.m. Abilene Hope Haven is located at 801 S. Treadaway Blvd. For more information contact Kathy Reppart at 325-677-4673 or visit the Abilene Hope Haven website.
Abilene Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has vari-ous opportunities for volunteers ranging from visit-ing with residents to helping with BINGO. Volunteers are needed Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday from 2 - 3 p.m. The center is located at 2630 Old Anson Rd. For more information contact Rita Raymond at 325-673-5101 or email [email protected].
The Food Bank of West Central Texas needs volun-teers to help sort and stock food and other items any weekday Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. The Food Bank is located at 5505 N. 1st Street. For more information contact Janice Serrault at 325-695-6311 or [email protected].
Sept. 28
11:30 a.m. A luncheon for Women of ACU will take place in the North Lobby of the Williams Performing Arts Center on the ACU campus. RSVP is required to attend.
Sept. 29
6:30 p.m. A Square Dance Workshop will take place at the Wagon Wheel in Tye.
7:30 p.m. Hardin-Simmons University Theatre will show God of Carnage in Van Ellis Theater. Admission costs vary.
Sept. 30
2 p.m. The Hardin-Simmons University Women’s soccer team will play Mississippi College. Admission is free.
4 p.m. The Hardin-Simmons University Men’s soccer team will play Mississippi College. Admission is free.
7:30 p.m. Hardin-Simmons University Theatre will show God of Carnage in Van Ellis Theater. Admission costs vary.
Oct. 1
9 a.m. The 2011 CCC Com-munity Celebration will take place at the Connect-ing Caring Communities North Park Friendship House. Entry is free, but some games or rides will require a minimal fee.
7:30 p.m. Hardin-Simmons University Theatre will show God of Carnage in Van Ellis Theater. Admission costs vary.
wednesday 09.28.113 campus news
Friends mourn deathof apartment shooter
Close friends said goodbye to the 78-year-old gunman in the Mesquite Square apartment complex shoot-ing in Abilene Municipal Cemetery on Friday, two weeks after his death fol-lowing the shooting.
John Lee, who worked at ACU in the Bean for about 10 years until 2008, opened fire on Hardin-Simmons University senior Jacob Al-len on Sept. 7, before Allen’s co-worker, Joshua Steed, struck the gunman with a chair and disabled him. Lee later died in the hospital.
Theresa Flores, a friend of and former co-worker in the Bean with Lee, said that she wants people to know his final actions are not true representations of his char-acter or his demeanor.
“When I heard the news of his death and the shoot-ing, it really shocked me,” Flores said. “The John Lee my family and I knew was not a mean or hateful per-son.”
Flores had worked with Lee for 10 years before leav-ing the Bean to become a professional hairdresser. Another former co-worker in the Bean, Bruce Grimes, echoed Flores’ description of Lee’s personality.
“He was a very gentle man,” Grimes said. “He was courteous and concerned for other people. Theresa’s kids called him Grandpa.”
Neither Grimes nor Flores could offer an expla-nation for the shooting.
“About a week before he died he told me that he was really upset about some-thing, even that he was
ready to shoot someone,” said Grimes. “I never could find out what the problem was, and the thought of John Lee shooting anyone was hard for me to com-prehend. Something was
d e f i n i t e l y wrong.”
The ACU Dining Ser-vices office had no com-ment on the incident or Lee’s death.
F l o r e s said that she didn’t have the opportunity to see Lee as often as she’d have liked after she moved to Dallas a few years ago, but she did try to visit him less than a month ago with no success.
“His welcome mat out-side his door was gone, and he didn’t answer his phone,” she said. “I knew something was wrong but I never got to talk to him. Then about a week later I got the call from a friend that something bad had happened.”
Allen was released from the hospital last week after making a recovery friends and family described as “miraculous.”
Flores said she’ll never know why Lee targeted Al-len, but she extended her thoughts for his family and his recovery.
“I am glad he’s doing well, and I’m sorry for the way all this happened,” she said. “I knew [Lee] wanted to leave his apartment and that he was unhappy about something, but what he did was wrong. It’s a sad story.”
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Uruguay study abroad numbers dip
Over the past two years the Latin America Study Abroad program has had a signifi-cant decrease in number of participating students, ac-cording to the International Education Office.
While the Oxford Study Abroad program has had at least 30 students every spring semester and at least 20 students every fall semester since 2009, Latin America has not had 20 stu-dents any semester and has only five students enrolled this current semester.
Leigh Foith, a junior ad-vertising and public rela-tions major from Dallas, who also serves as recep-tionist for the International Education Office, was a part of the Latin America Study Abroad in Spring 2011.
“The talk about Uruguay is less prevalent on campus than Oxford,” Foith said.
A reason Foith feels that Latin America is a less pop-ular choice is because there are more trips offered in Ox-
ford. Also, the necessary for-eign language courses make it tougher to fit into majors with strict schedules.
Rachel Brown, Study Abroad Coordinator, said the numbers in Montevi-deo, Uruguay are not com-pletely dependent on stu-dent interest.
“The Montevideo facility is smaller and there is less space in general than Ox-ford,” Brown said.
Beyond those factors, in Brown’s opinion, the loca-tion and prestige of Oxford has an effect on students’ choices. Latin America has a language barrier, it is still a newer option with less tradition, and few have heard of the location. Also, the economy is a constant concern, which has lowered numbers all around.
Ben Fincher, a junior in-ternational studies and busi-ness management major from Lubbock, spent both fall semester of 2010 and spring semester of 2011 in Montevi-deo, Uruguay. Fincher thinks the opportunities available in Latin America are not ad-vertized enough.
“ACU could do a better job explaining what is of-fered,” Fincher said.
He said Montevideo of-fers the opportunity to form relationships with lo-cal people from a different culture.
“You get to meet people unaffiliated with ACU that make you feel welcome and are willing to help you speak Spanish.” Fincher said. “It’s not as scary as it sounds.”
Foith also thought that changes could be made to improve the program. She said the trips need to be re-evaluated and there should be more travel in Brazil.
Though students agree that changes could be made for the better, their experi-ences were positive.
“I would never change anything I did my sopho-more year. It’s the best ex-perience I’ve ever had.” Fincher said. “It allowed me to branch out and meet new people, and I’d never change that for anything.”
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Judge Ely businesses make way for Walgreens
Construction crews, bull-dozers and dirt mounds have overtaken several lots of the corner of North Judge Ely Boulevard and East North 10th Street to make way for another addition of a well-known drugstore.
The popular intersec-tion will soon house a Walgreens, replacing the Mexican restaurant Alfre-do’s and an already vacant Shell gas station.
The site of the soon-to-be Walgreens will be the drugstore’s fourth location in Abilene and will sit di-rectly across from a CVS/pharmacy. Walgreens has two other existing loca-tions nearby CVS/pharma-
cy on North Willis Street and Buffalo Gap Road.
Crystal Rodriguez, shift supervisor of the CVS/phar-macy on North Judge Ely Boulevard, said she is curious to see if she loses a significant number of customers.
“It’s competition,” Ro-driguez said. “It may slow business down because of different products offered, but I’m not worried.”
An employee for CVS/pharmacy for over a year, Rodriguez said she is used to serving a large number of ACU students, especially during flu season. Rodri-guez said she predicts the Walgreens to take full ef-fect on the CVS/pharmacy in the next coming months, when they are busiest.
Although the new Wal-greens will replace Alfredo’s,
manager Armando Ortiz said he plans to relocate to 2549 S. 1st St. and reopen ei-ther October or November.
“The move will be good for our business,” Ortiz said. “Our current location is good, too, but this new area gets a lot of traffic and will keep our daytime busi-ness high.”
The quaint Mexican food joint has sat at the popular intersection for five years. The moving pro-cess began Sunday, when crews cleared the restau-rant’s interior and removed all equipment. Demolition of the building will begin soon after, Ortiz said.
“We get a lot of service from different kinds of cus-tomers,” Ortiz said. “Se-niors, ACU students and teachers – not just from the
Mexican community.”He said he enjoyed the lo-
cation but will be leaving the North Judge Ely Boulevard site before the 2015 expira-tion on their lease arrived.
“It’s always been popular here,” Ortiz said. “I’m kind of nervous but it will be a great change. A new start with a new name.”
Ortiz said he plans to name the new restaurant after himself.
“Armando’s will be the new name,” Ortiz said. “Fol-low us to our new location.”
Ortiz said Armando’s will continue to specialize in ta-cos, burritos, tortas and the other Mexican food staples of Alfredo’s.
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A Mexican folkloric dancer flings her dress in a traditional performance for viewers to see at the Entra a la Plaza fiesta in front of the Hunter Welcome Center
Study Abroad programs plan for 2012
The Center for International and Intercultural Educa-tion will offer Study Abroad programs to Oxford, Leipzig, Germany, and Montevideo, Uruguay, in spring 2012.
Students interested in studying abroad during sum-mer 2012, fall 2012 or spring 2013 should apply before they leave for Thanksgiving. Students studying abroad must take 15 credits for the semester.
Stephen Shewmaker, associate director of Cen-ter for International and Intercultural Education, said Study Abroad provides many advantages for stu-dents. The students will
have good professors and many classes to choose from, they also can get time to travel as a group and in-dependently.
“They will take a trip as group. Also, they have some free time to travel on their own. They will have several long weekends, and they typically have one week off like spring break,” Shew-maker said.
One of the neat things about the Germany trip is the chance students will have to experience Turkey for 10-12 days, Shewmaker said. The escapade is included in the Study Abroad fees.
Many students have al-ready applied for the spring semester, and the depart-ment will provide excellent professors to lead the trips,
Shewmaker said.The Oxford program will
be led by Dr. Ron Morgan, resident director, Dr. Janine Morgan, assistant director, and Dr. Tracy Shilcutt, as-sociate professor of history. The Montevideo trip will feature Resident Director Wimon Walker, Assistant Director Rosalinda Walker, and Dr. Beatriz Alem-Walk-er, professor of foreign lan-guage. The Leipzig trip will be led by Dr. David Dill-man, professor of political science, and Dr. Jennifer Dillman, assistant profes-sor of sociology.
“I am anticipating an ex-citing semester in Leipzig learning about places and people and about the ideas that have impacted their so-cieties or cultures,” Dillman
said. “I have never been dis-appointed by travel abroad.”
Rachel Brown, study abroad coordinator, said stu-dents will have many options for learning experiences.
“The on-site directors teach some courses, as do the visiting faculty mem-bers, and there are also some online courses. We also have native-language speakers teach the Spanish and German classes in Uru-guay and Germany,” Brown said. “Once in a while we will contact another pro-fessor to teach a course for the semester who is not planning to be abroad the entire time.”
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Decade-long contract with Pepsi to expire in spring
University Purchasing is engaging in one of the great debates of time – Pepsi or Coke.
The university’s 10-year contract with Pepsi will be up this spring. They will be deciding between re-sign-ing our contract with Pepsi or starting a new contract with Coca-Cola.
“We’ve had conversa-tions with both Coke and
Pepsi, and we are in the process now of just trying to gather data to identify which one the universi-ty will be going forward with,” said Anthony Wil-liams, chief business ser-vices officer.
Students on campus have a wide variety of opin-ions when it comes to their beverage preferences. Some students would be in favor of keeping the contract and having Pepsi products avail-able on campus, including Chelsea Jackson, junior el-ementary education major
from Nocona.“I love having Pepsi prod-
ucts on campus just because I’ve grown up with their drinks. Pepsi is the new wa-ter,” she said.
Ashley Beddingfield, ju-nior graphic design major from Nocona, disagrees with Jackson.
“Pepsi is a pathetic claim to compete with Coca-Cola. Diet Coke rocks my socks off,” Beddingfield said.
However, there are many students who do not have a preference when choosing between Coca-
Cola and Pepsi.Jessica Salas, junior
marketing major from Waco, is indifferent.
“I really don’t have a preference of any drinks on or off campus. Pepsi and Coke taste the same to me,” she said.
Cody Singleton, junior business management ma-jor from Lampasas, is not a soda drinker at all.
“I do not care that we have a Pepsi contract over Coke because I do not drink or prefer either one of them,” Singleton said.
ACU’s contract with Pepsi allows for the sale or promotion of any products that are available from Pepsi Cola, on campus. The beverages that are in-cluded are all soft drinks, juices, bottled water and sports drinks.
Some students have mixed feelings when it comes to the products on campus, including Cathe-rine Narvaez, junior sociolo-gy major from San Antonio.
“Although I like the taste of Coke over Pepsi, I do like the healthy drinks Pepsi has
on campus, like Life Water and the Naked smoothies,” said Narvaez.
Products of their com-petitors may not be pur-chased, sold, given away, advertised or promoted on campus. Students and fac-ulty are allowed to bring competitors’ products to work or class for their own consumption.
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Tuition: Block plan to provide more summer class options
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Campus construction concludes, future possibilities considered
With the completion of the loading dock at the Mc-Glothlin Campus Center, campus construction has reached its conclusion.
The dock’s renovation was to improve the view from the front door of the new Royce and Pam Money
Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
The bulk of the plan was adding plants and flowers to the area, which was dif-ficult considering we are in the middle of a drought and winter is also right around the corner.
Zane Dennis, Executive Director of Facilities and Campus Development, said that since the project was
started in the middle of the summer it was hard to plant everything they wanted to, but the landscape project will be full force in spring.
Other than improving landscape around campus there are no future plans of construction on campus.
“ It’s kind of a boring time right now,” said Dennis. “ We are looking at a lot of things, tossing around three or four
ideas of potential projects.”Dennis mentioned a bath-
room in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies building that he is looking at remodeling soon now that the landscape project has slowed down.
Dennis said that the high amount of campus growth in the past three or four years “ wasn’t planned – it just kind of happened that way, everything just
fell in place.” With some the buildings on campus being built in 1929 renova-tions were needed. Merg-ing the old and the new presented a challenge to Dennis and his team, so they visited the campuses of the University of Chi-cago and the University of Notre Dame to see how they built in and around their historic campuses.
Dennis talked about how he thought ACU’s campus compared to oth-er school’s campuses in state and also around the country. “ I think our cam-pus is like a lot of other universities, it has age to it,” Dennis said.
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The Swing Cats, ACU’s swing dance club, invites the public to experience a night of swing dancing and big band music.
The Swing Cats’ Fall Stomp will take place 7 p.m. Friday at the Windsor Hotel ballroom. The event will offer a chance for the community to watch a swing dance performance and listen to big band music.
“There are not many op-portunities in Abilene to expe-rience live swing music from a big band, so if people want to hear some great swing tunes and witness pre-WWII danc-ing, Fall Stomp is the place to be,” Cole Bennett, sponsor of the ACU Swing Cats, said.
Fall Stomp is also a chance for new Swing Cat members to experience what to expect during their time with the group.
“The Swing Cats use Fall
Stomp to show new members what a live swing dance event is like,” said Bennett.
Not only will the audience watch the dancing and mu-sic, but they will be able to join the action.
The Abilene Swing Dance Society will offer free dance lessons begin-ning at 7 p.m. for those that would like to test out their swing dancing skills.
“Fall Stomp is a fantastic opportunity to really show
people what we’re all about and how much fun swing dancing can be,” Wyatt Oden, president of the ACU Swing Cats and senior finance and accounting major from Bul-verde, said.
Admission to the event is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted and all proceeds will benefit the ACU Swing Cats.
Bennett said the dona-tions are appreciated because there is no entry fee required
of the Swing Cat members. The money collected will go towards sponsoring Swing Cats’ members participation in local workshops.
“Our members travel to local workshops in DFW and Houston where world-class instructors teach mas-ter classes to learners,” Ben-nett said.
Although the event will benefit the Swing Cats, the event is also sponsored by the ACU Jazz Big Band and
Abilene Swing Dance Society.The ACU Swing Cats were
created in 2003. Bennett said the groups exists to study, sustain and promote the culture of swing music and dance culture.
“I’ve always said, ‘If every person would learn to swing out, the world would be a happier place,’” Oden said.
“They’ve made some rec-ommendations to make sure that we’ve thought through it,” Campbell said.
Best believes the new tuition plan is an im-provement from the cur-rent plan.
“I believe [the tuition plan] will have a very positive impact on the student body,” Best said. “Students who otherwise could not attend ACU will, hopefully, be able to come and take the 36 hours per year while only paying for 30 hours and graduate early.”
Campbell said students can take full advantage of the yearly tuition block by taking courses during the summer, which will be covered by spring tuition.To help students take full
advantage of the new tu-ition block, ACU plans to offer more summer online courses, mainly for stu-dents needing to return home during the sum-mer months. Students will also be able use their hours toward ACU Study Abroad. Any additional fees will not be included in the block plan.
“It appears to be a very good plan,” Campbell said. “We edited it quite a bit to make sure this plan was as
good as it sounded.”Kevin Roberts, asso-
ciate vice president for operations, says that the change will not have a dramatic effect on the university’s budget.
“There’s a chance that if students take full ad-vantage of the block, that is actually less hours that we’ve sold,” Roberts said.
Roberts said that the implementation of a tu-ition block is a response to “a burning desire to make the cost of educa-tion more affordable and to move students faster through to graduation.”
Other universities are already operating on a tu-ition block. Some of these include: University of Tex-as at Austin; Texas A&M; Texas Christian Univer-sity; Southern Methodist University; Pepperdine; and Lipscomb. These uni-versities utilize a semes-ter tuition block, rather than a year-long tuition block, which ACU plans to implement.
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I believe [the tuition plan] will have a very positive impact on the student body. Students who otherwise could not attend ACU will, hopefully, be able to come
and take the 36 hours per year while only paying for 30 hours and graduate early.“
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Pledges embark on their six-week journey from bid night to induction
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Top: Sophomore Ko Jo Kai pledges Bethany Pierce and Emily McLean use their outside voices during a Kojie pledging activity dur-
ing Bid Night.
Second From Top: The GATA flames yell out loud and proud in all of their flashy red attire
around the GATA fountain during Bid Night
Above:Hannah Beth Davis, junior special education major and current GATA member
from Temple,reties a pledge’s blindfold at the start of the club’s Bid Night activities
around the GATA fountain.
Top Right: The Sigma Theta Chi and Gamma Sigma Phi pledges team up for a game of
dodgeball in Bennett Gym on Bid Night.
Bottom Right: Members of the Gamma Sigma Phi pledge class participate in water-
melons, one of the club’s most prominent Bid Night traditions.
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the issueResidence Life’s visitation rules are confining and do not pre-pare students for life off campus.
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ACU’s visitation rules have been in place for a long time. These rules exist for a reason, but in their current form, they are f lawed.
Freshmen and sopho-mores may only visit members of the opposite sex in their dorm rooms on Thursday nights from 6-11 p.m.
In other areas, ACU gradually gives students more say over how they use their time. For ex-ample, freshmen have curfew but sophomores don’t. The same should be done with visitation.
Once a student reaches junior class at ACU, he or she will either live in University Park or off-campus, where visitation rules no longer apply.
While there is no dif-ference in visitation rules between freshmen and sophomores, the differ-ence between sophomores and juniors is huge.
However, the school visitation policy for soph-omores is far too strict when compared to rules for juniors and seniors. The independence that juniors enjoy shouldn’t be quite such a sudden
change. This freedom should be gradually al-lowed in students’ second year at ACU.
It’s understandable why resident assistants may not want additional visi-tation days, as it would mean they would have to be on the hall for more time. One R.A. at a time is required to be on the hall during visiting hours. Gardner Hall requires two R.A.s.
Requiring sophomore R.A.s to do more work than originally expected would be unfair, and hir-ing more workers would
cost salary money, for which the Residence Life office may not have the budget.
One proposal would be to extend the Thursday timeframe to begin ear-lier in the day. Some stu-dents have work, meet-ings, groups, and other plans on Thursday nights. These students miss their narrow window of op-portunity entirely. This change would allow more students to take advan-tage of visiting hours.
Or, Residence Life could add at least one additional night, potentially on the
weekend, to the one day each week that is already in place.
It’s a hard question to answer. This issue has been brought up in ResLife meetings already this year. The university has realized the visitation rules need to change, but the pursuit of an elusive
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These responses were immediate, consistent, and widespread; many
were deeply offended and distressed.”“
Chapel cartoon not intended to offend
Kirby: Moore cartoonsupports stereotypesI am writing in response to the editorial cartoon, “Chapel Singing,” pub-lished in the Sept. 14 edi-tion of the Optimist. That the cartoon confuses and offends (with its depic-tion of Dr. Steven Moore removing his white mask), often at the same time, is evidence that it should never have been printed. Yet it was. And since ACU is a leader in mobile learning platforms, “Chapel Sing-ing” was hosted online and made available through
the Optimist’s iPad app as well (almost 400 people have viewed the cartoon on the Web). The cartoon even confused and offend-ed Summit participants visiting campus. One visi-tor, a presenter at Summit, turned the cartoon into a transparency and used it in their class to make a point about contemporary racial divides in America (and the church).
As problematic as it is
to communicate insen-sitivity and poor taste to people outside of the ACU community, I am particu-larly concerned for our students, staff and faculty, especially for Dr. Moore himself. In conversa-tions with Dr. Moore, and with at least 30 students (from diverse racial back-grounds) that reached out to our office, a few com-mon themes emerged: a) people believed the car-toon to be attacking or poking fun of Dr. Moore; b) people took the cartoon as a judgment on his “black-ness,” with the white mask signaling an attempt to be, look, or act “white”; c) people noted the cartoon’s all white/light cast of characters- the only black or brown character is the unmasked Dr. Moore; d) people saw in the cartoon an evocation of minstrel-sy-still-persistent-stereo-types of blacks as happy/performers; and e) people found the full meaning of the cartoon elusive. It is important to understand these responses were im-mediate, consistent, and widespread; many were deeply offended and dis-tressed. The absence of other letters to the editor is at least partially due to our office’s desire to first meet personally with Ben Miller (the student re-
sponsible for the editorial cartoon), our hope being that we would come to better understand the cre-ative intent behind “Cha-pel Singing.”
Recently, we (Byron Martin and I) had the chance to sit with Ben, Jozie Sands (opinion page editor), Hannah Barnes (editor in chief) and Dr. Kenneth Pybus (faculty adviser). I am grateful for the spirit of that meeting, and I now understand the cartoon’s aims were not racial, inflammatory, or personal. I am also op-timistic about ways that the OME and the Optimist can work together to serve our increasingly diverse campus. It is important, however, for our students, staff, and faculty, and for Dr. Moore himself, to hear a clear explanation of this cartoon, an apology for the way it offended, and your commitment to pre-venting things like this moving forward. All the more because we are a Christian campus, we can and should do better.
Russ Kirby, DirectorOffice of Multicultural En-richment
A picture’s worth a thousand words, but which words a picture is worth will always depend on interpretation. Viewpoints vary from per-son to person, sometimes with humorous results. Sometimes hurtful results.
I am sorry for the con-fusion. I am sorry for the distress the image caused. I am most sorry for the controversy and stress that has come to my friend, Dr. Steven Moore. Not only am I sorry, I apologize. I apolo-gize on my behalf and also on the behalf of the editors.
I’ve met with Dr. Moore, and I have expressed all of this to him.
It may serve some re-parative purpose to share
my personal intent for the work. I hope most will be comforted in knowing the work had no malicious in-tent. Though it is now dif-ficult to see the cartoon as anything other than racial-ly charged, two weeks ago, in the eyes the Optimist Editorial Board, the picture was seen as merely humor-ous. Innocently humorous.
In Chapel, the previ-ous Friday, Jarrett Ward led the singing. The usual un-imaginatives shouted out for “Highways and Byways,” the signature song of Dr. Moore.
Wouldn’t it be funny if Ward somehow trans-formed into Moore and began singing that fa-mous spiritual? Yes it
would, if that situation was presented clearly.
Obviously it wasn’t clear; I’ll try to make it so now. In the image, Steven is in a Jar-rett mask. Steven is not in the proverbial “white mask.” When the Office of Multicul-tural Enrichment showed me their interpretation, it was perfectly clear to me.
The connotations of the mask hadn’t crossed my mind. When I saw them, it stung. It sure looked like I directed a hurtful and pointless attack on one of our professors. That’s a le-gitimate concern.
It’s a shame I was the last to know about this. I was out of the loop for a week. Not all, but some of you knew me personally. I saw some of you during the week; we could have talked. We can do better next time.
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Editor’s note: The car-toon, published on this page Sept. 14, recieved negative attention around campus and during Summit. Here we hope to clear up any confusion concerning Ben Miller’s intent.
wednesday 09.28.117 sports Jumps
Women net strong showing in Indiana
The Women’s Tennis team competed in Bloomington, Ind. in the Hoosier Classic hosted by the University of Indiana this weekend.
ACU’s competition in-cluded ranked Division I teams such as Georgia (No. 8) Notre Dame (No. 20) and Kansas State (No. 46).
The women’s team re-mained a constant threat and a force to be reckoned with to its competition, even though ACU was the only Division II team rep-resented in a tournament
made up entirely of Divi-sion I athletes.
Sophomore Micah Hermsdorf was immedi-ately successful in Sat-urday’s tournament, ul-timately reaching flight number three singles.
Hermsdorf beat Notre Dame’s Julie Sabacin-ski early and following her first round success, claimed a semifinals vic-tory afterwards against Indiana’s Kayla Fujimoto 6-1, 6-2.
After reaching the fi-nals, Hermsdorf was de-feated by Georgia’s Lauren Herring 6-4, 7-5, making
her unable to achieve her second consecutive sin-gles title.
“It was a good experi-ence getting to play against bigger schools,” Herms-dorf said. “Being in an all-DI tournament, the com-petition was tough, but we held our own against the stiff competition.”
Last spring’s No. 8 DII
singles player Julia Mon-gin certainly held her own as well, beginning the tournament in the first singles flight.
After losing her first match to Kansas State’s Pe-tra Niedermaverova (No. 35) 6-1, 6-0, Mongin defeat-ed Evngeniva Vertesheva (All-Big Ten twice selected and ranked No. 80) in a 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (6) battle.
Following Mongin’s victory over Vertesheva, she lost 6-2, 6-1 to Notre Dame’s Jennifer Kellner, (No. 87), causing her to fall to the back draw of singles flight number one.
Hermsdorf and Mongin also competed as double partners in the tourna-ment, and saw success there as well.
“Julia and I played to-gether once last year, and we have a lot of fun togeth-er,” Hermsdorf said. “We remained really relaxed in some very tough matches.”
After losing their open-ing match to Chupa and Klyczek of Indiana 8-4 and falling to the back draw, the pair came back with an 8-1 victory over Man-ningham and Sabacinski of Notre Dame.
“We played against
tough opponents, and it not only made us stronger, but allowed Micah and I to develop better ten-nis skills,” Mongin said. “We’re fairly close to these universities in skill level, and I really enjoyed get-ting to play against them and with Micah.”
The men and women’s tennis teams will return later this week at the ITA South Central Regional tournament in Spring-field, Missouri.
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The competition was tough, but we held our
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Split: Errors continue to define matches
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In the matchup on Thurs-day, errors again cost the Wildcats precious points, similar to many of the team’s matches this sea-son. ACU had a total of 21 attacking errors and three additional mishaps from the service line.
Mock saw some missed opportunities against WTAMU.
“There were plenty of opportunities we should have capitalized on that we didn’t.”
Junior Kalynne Allen and freshman Sara Oxford led the Wildcats with 10 kills apiece.
ACU came out of the gate strong against WT, leading 12-6 in the first set. However, the Lady Buffs racked off six con-secutive points and tied the score at 14.
The set would remain close going back and forth until at 24-24, WTAMU
got the go-ahead and set points from Ashley Davis.
At 21-20 with the Lady Buffs leading, WTAMU scored the final four points giving it a 2-0 set advantage.
WTAMU went on to finish off ACU in the third set after the Wildcats tied it at 10-10. Sarah Martin ended the match with her sixth kill.
On Saturday, Hutt helped the Wildcats get out of a rut. She had a .444 hitting percentage (.257 team) and 18 kills. Two of these kills won the game in the first and second sets. Hutt also had two of the final three points in the third set. The match-up ended on an attacking error by ENMU’s Jessica King.
Mock tried out a new lineup when ACU took the floor to face ENMU.
“We attempted to have a new setup for the team on Saturday. Allen played
on the outside where there was more pressure, and she rose to the occasion,” she said. “Whitney Ste-vens stepped in for us in the middle, which allowed Sara Oxford to have more touches on the ball.”
Hutt said since other teams hadn’t seen the new lineup, it aided them in getting the victory along with playing at home.
“It was a fresh look for the other teams. They weren’t expecting it, and I believe it helped. Also, it always gives the team a break when we’re not hav-ing to travel.”
Oxford and Haley Rhoads were a big help on offense. Oxford whacked 10 kills with a .391 hitting percentage. Rhoads re-corded nearly all the ‘Cats’ assists finishing with 43.
On defense, ACU out blocked the Zias, 6-2. Kel-sie Edwards had a dig total of 21 along with Allen (12), Rhoads (12), and Hutt (10)
also hitting double digits in digs.
ENMU could have tak-en the first set when it had a set point at 24-22, but Borger provided a much needed service ace fol-lowed by a kill from Hutt to tie it at 24-24.
ENMU won the next point fortunately for the ‘Cats, the Zias gave it right back on an attacking er-ror. Oxford and Hutt then put the finishing touches on the first set with back to back kills.
ACU will return to the
court on Friday, Sept. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 1 in Topeka, KS to play in the Washburn Regional Cross-over. The Wildcats first game starts at 2 p.m.
Streak: Several players contribute to wins
the Wildcats in the 49th minute off an assist from midfielder Jacey Ferrera. The goal, kicked in from the left side, was her fifth of the year.
Freshman Megan Turn-er scored her first colle-giate goal off a pass from sophomore Ashley Craig that made it a 2-0 game in the 83rd minute.
Less than three minutes later, junior Ashley Holton finished off a Madison Brown throw-in from the top of the 18-yard box.
The goal for Holton,
an all-American, was her second on the year after being in and out of the starting lineup all year due to an injury.
The ACU defense stood out once again, allowing only six shots.
Senior goalkeeper El-liott London saw limited action, as only one shot reached her hands.
On Sunday, the Wildcats posted its third-straight shutout in a 2-0 win against rival West Texas A&M.
The team has not al-lowed a goal in 303 min-utes and 10 seconds of play since their game
against Incarnate Word on Sept. 16 and shows no signs of letting up now.
“That really is a testa-ment to our defense,” Wil-son said. “They are really clicking right now and do-ing a great job with apply-ing pressure and staying alert. I’m really impressed with their play as of late.”
London received full
credit for the shutout and made two saves on only four shots in the effort.
Holton struck first for the Wildcats in the 26th minute, her third of the year off an assist by Whit-ley Lindholm, and Ashley Craig followed suite in the 84th minute on a long-distance strike off a Car-penter cross.
The goal was Craig’s first of the year and made her the tenth ACU player to score during the season.
“Depth is something we really are doing well with and pride ourselves on.”
“We have so many dif-
ferent weapons, and I am glad so many people are contributing to the team’s cause,” Wilson said.
Junior Julie Coppedge said the whole team has contributed to the win-ning streak and comment-ed on the importance of spreading out the offen-sive wealth.
“There is not one girl on our team that can’t hurt you,” Coppedge said. “We work really well as a team together, and all of our players are versatile, which really helps matters.”
Coppedge said the Wildcats threw the oppos-
ing defenses a curveball by setting several players in positions that were un-usual for them.
“There’s lots of scout-ing that goes on, so Casey switched things up a little bit to throw them off,” she said. “I think it worked well, and doing so was a great idea.”
The Wildcats will return to action at 4 p.m. Fri-day when they host Texas Woman’s University.
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Kelsie Edwards sets a ball at Moody Coliseum against West Texas A&M earlier this year.
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you. We work well as a team together.”“
Home: Shotwell crowd propels Wildcats
down run, he found the end zone on a 20-yard run for his second touchdown of the game.
The score also gave the ’Cats their first lead at 12:48 of the second quar-ter, and the team never looked back afterwards.
“We watched a lot of film on them,” Richardson said. “We knew what their defense would be doing at the time, so we dialed up some specific plays to ex-ploit their gameplan.”
Although the ACU sec-ondary looked exposed early in the game, the de-fensive line continued to hound Hamblin throughout the duration of the game.
The defense held the Rams scoreless the rest of the first half as the Wild-cats went into halftime with a 17-10 lead.
The Wildcats began their second half the way they began their first: with a touchdown.
Richardson took a Gale screen pass 26 yards into the red zone, and Gale
followed by finding Justin Andrews for a five-yard touchdown to extend the purple and white lead to 24-10 right out of the gate to start the third quarter.
Angelo State threatened to respond with a touch-down of their own, but Drummond’s interception
put an end to that and put the momentum into the Wildcats’ hands.
“It was a huge momen-tum swing,” Gale said. “The interception took the breath out of the Rams and gave us life, and we capitalized and made the most out of it.”
Early in the fourth quar-ter ACU got its second im-portant interception of the game as ASU was again in Wildcat territory.
This time it was Chris Summers, a redshirt fresh-man from Carrollton, who
made a diving catch to stall another Ram drive.
The Wildcat offense quickly took advantage of the defense’s gift.
A 45-yd run by receiver Taylor Gabriel set up an-other Gale touchdown. Gale squeezed the ball be-tween two Ram defenders to hit Gibbs for a six-yard touchdown giving ACU a 21-point lead 31-10.
Down three scores and the clock as their enemy, Angelo was able to add a late touchdown as Hamb-lin hit tight end Nate Bay-
less on a 21-yard touch-down pass.
Other than the two in-terceptions, Hamblin had a huge game, throwing for 446 yards and two TDs.
The 67 pass attempts by Hamblin are a record for the most ever against ACU.
ACU will play again next Saturday at home against Western Oregon. Kick off is set for 6 p.m. at Shotwell Stadium.
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The ACU football team fell to No. 11 in the American Football Coaches’ Association national poll released Monday. The Wildcats fell to No. 11 despite beating Angelo State.
Jared Mosley, ACU director of athletics, announced on Thursday, Sept. 22 that Wildcat fans are now able to watch ACU athletic events using YOE TV to stream online. Fans can log on to the YOE TV channel at www.acu.yoetv.org for a broadcast schedule.
The ACU women’s soccer team moved up to No. 4 in the NSCAA’s national poll released Tuesday. The team rose four spots from last week’s No. 8 ranking. This ranking is the highest in the program’s history.
Chicago Bears wide receiver Johnny Knox had his biggest game of the season Sunday, Sept. 25 against the Packers. Knox caught four passes for 84 yards, the longest of which was a 40 yard pass. He now has nine receptions for 189 yards and zero touchdowns on the season. The Bears lost, 17-27.
Bengals running back Bernard Scott had an almost identical game compared to last week. Scott rushed for ten yards on two carries and had zero touchdowns in the Bengals loss to the 49ers on Sunday, Sept. 25.
Danieal Manning, Texans safety, had two solo tackles and one interception in a loss to the Saints on Sunday, Sept. 25.
The volleyball team plays in the Washburn Regional Crossover Tournament in Topeka, KS starting Friday, Sept. 30.
Women’s soccer faces Texas Women’s at the Wildcat Soccer Pitch on Friday, Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. They then play Commerce at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2.
Football goes up against Western Oregon at Shotwell Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m.
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Running back Daryl Richardson sidesteps two Angelo State defenders Saturday night at Shotwell Stadium in the team’s home opener en route to a 31-17 win. Richardson powered the Wildcat offense with 127 total yards and two touchdowns in the effort.
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Daryl Richardson ran wild, and the Wildcats used timely second half de-fense to beat Angelo State 31-17 on Saturday night in Shotwell Stadium.
“When the offense is executing, holes open,” Richardson said. “I just ran through them.”
Richardson had 84 yards rushing as well as 43 yards receiving to set the tone for the Wildcats offense.
ACU quarterback Mitchell Gale also had a strong bounce-back per-formance with 234 pass-ing yards, two touchdowns and, more importantly, zero interceptions.
“It was good to play a cleaner game than what we have been playing,” Gale said. “I was having fun again, getting our guys involved. It was fun.”
The Wildcat defense, though, did have a key in-terception in the second
half. With the ’Cats up 24-10 in the third quarter, Derek Drummond picked off a Blake Hamblin pass inside of the ACU five-yard line and stalled a promising ASU drive that could have narrowed the defecit to one score.
“I was in zone cover-age,” Drummond said. “I just jumped it, and it fell
into my hands. The game could have been com-pletely different if that doesn’t happen.”
The Rams jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead as they gashed the ACU defense early.
The opening drive of the game culminated with Ram QB Blake Hamblin finding receiver Joey Knight for a 29-yard touchdown.
ACU was quick to re-spond though as a 72-yard drive was highlighted by a circus catch from Ben Gibbs to put the Wildcats in the red zone.
Gale found Gibbs on the sideline as the tight
end snatched the ball out of the air with one hand.
That catch set up Rich-ardson’s one-yard TD run to tie up the game at 7.
Angelo again drove the ball on their second pos-session of the game, but a botched snap forced the Rams to settle for a 26-yard field goal and a three point lead.
Richardson contin-ued his strong start as he took over on the Wildcats second drive. After being tripped up on what would have been 81-yard touch-
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’Cats end losing streak, break even during home stand
The ACU volleyball team ended a three game los-ing streak and went 1-1 in its two game home-stand this past week.
The Wildcats’ first game was against #17 West Texas A&M University on Thursday night, Sept. 22.
Despite playing in front of the home crowd, the ‘Cats couldn’t pull off the upset. West Texas A&M won in three straight sets, 26-24, 25-20, and 25-16.
In the second game at Moody Coliseum, ACU faced Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday, Sept, 24.
This time the Wildcats beat Eastern New Mexico
27-25, 25-18, 25-21. This was ACU’s third sweep of the season and the first since its game versus Pace University. The ‘Cats are
now 8-7 overall (4-3 Lone Star Conference).
Head Coach Kellen Mock felt the team stepped its game up compared to previous matches.
“The West Texas and Eastern New Mexico games were the best we’ve played in some time. Mentally the girls played at a much higher level. We showed consistency
throughout both these games. I can definitely see improvements from game to game,” Mock said.
In the matchup on Thursday, errors again cost the Wildcats precious points, similar to many of the team’s matches this season. ACU had a total of 21 attacking errors and
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Wildcats continue to rewrite history
The No. 4 Wildcat soccer team improved upon its best start in program history this weekend, posting two shut-outs against Eastern New Mexico and West Texas A&M.
The Wildcats (7-0-1) de-feated Eastern New Mexico 3-0 Friday in Portales, N.M. before beating conference ri-val West Texas A&M 2-0 Sun-day afternoon in Canyon.
“This was an important weekend for us. We re-ally needed to come out and play well, and we did that,” Head Coach Casey Wilson said. “I was very impressed with our per-formance in both games.”
The team is riding its longest consecutive match unbeaten streak since Oc-tober 2010 at 13 matches.
The Wildcats scored all three of its goals in the second half against the
Zias. The team’s last two goals were scored a mere three minutes apart from each other.
“We really put the game away well against Eastern,” Wilson said. “It’s a big momentum builder scoring goals closely to-gether like that, so that was good for our team.”
All-American Andrea Carpenter struck first for
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The West Texas and East-ern New Mexico games
were the best we’ve played in some time.”“
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Lexi Stirling challenges a Dallas Baptist player this season. see streak page 7