Various groups of freshmen were busy performing for the 40th annual Freshmen Follies last weekend. With more than 200 freshman participants, audience members had a wide variety of acts to look forward to. Hall acts, dance troupes, specialty acts and other performances were featured in this years’ show, “Have No Fear, Follies Is Here!” “We chose the theme because of the current su- perhero trend with all the new movies coming out,” said Carly Branscum, one of the assistant directors of Follies. The superhero theme proved to be beneficial to the show. “I feel the theme this year was much more inter- active,” said Zeke Morgan, sophomore psychology ma- jor from Keller. “The super- hero theme helped the au- dience interact better with the acts.” Freshmen Follies fea- tures hall acts, in which a specific hall from a dorm creates an act. Specialty acts include independent groups of men and wom- en. Performances included slam poetry, singing groups and dance. This year, unlike past years, there were fewer men’s acts and more hall acts in the show. “Normally in the past, Business has been hard for the treasured Town & Country Drive-In Theatre, especially since film com- panies receive most box offie traffic. The drive-in could be in danger of clos- ing permanently. The drive-in was quiet this September and closed because business was slow because of the beginning of school and football sea- son, but October is proving to be a promising month for the drive-in theatre. However, with film com- panies requiring movies to be in digital format after 2013, the drive-in might experience complications with this drastic transfor- mation. The new technol- ogy will provide a better picture on the screen, but this operation demands around $165 thousand. “That’s a lot of money for a mom-and-pop op- eration,” said Ray Andress, one of the owners of the Town & Country Drive-In Theatre. The drive-in makes- the bulk of their money through concessions, which is one of the reasons business is slowly declin- ing. Many drive-in the- aters across the country have gone out of business because moviegoers bring in outside food. Andress said they pro- vide “real reasonable prices at the concession,” and good quality food. The drive-in was built in 1956. It is still one of the biggest drive-ins in Texas. The Town & Country Drive- In was the second drive-in in the country to have digi- tal sound. Andress got involved in the movie business when he was 12 and has been in the movie business all his life. He and his partner Glenda Thornton bought the drive-in in 2000 and have diligently stood be- hind it ever since. The drive-in allows “people to enjoy a little part of nostalgia,” said Andress, and this is one of the reasons why he takes pride in owning and oper- ating the drive-in. He also said he loves to see people come out with their little kids, ecstatic to enjoy the This spring’s study abroad program to Montevideo, Uruguay is full of new op- portunities, both cultural and educational. Nil Santana, originally from Brazil, has been teach- ing in the Department of Art and Design for the past 12 years. Santana will be accompanying students to Montevideo in spring 2013 for his first full semes- ter teaching with a study abroad program. He has previously taught in Eng- land, Italy, Spain and France as a part of the ACU study abroad summer program based in Oxford. Santana, who will be the faculty-in-residence at the ACU housing in Montevi- deo named “Casa ACU,” is excited about a new oppor- tunity that study abroad stu- dents will experience come spring. Santana said students will participate in a pro- longed stay of about 10-12 days in Brazil compared to the previous excursions which were much shorter. Students participating will also stay for more than a week on the island of Flori- anópolis and will get to par- ticipate in a different South American culture. “Spring semester, tradi- tionally speaking, they only go to Iguazu Falls,” Santana said. “Since I’m originally from Brazil, I thought may- be it would be interesting if we could add a little more of an academic program into the Brazil experience.” Santana returned last week from a trip to Brazil where he spent time estab- lishing contacts with local universities in Florianópo- lis, along with Montevideo resident directors Wimon and Rosalinda Walker and program director Stephen Shewmaker. “We are hoping that stu- dents will be engaged in a symposium-like lecture se- ries for five to six days en- gaging with the local profes- sors and then hopefully, as the universities have already suggested, instead of just having guest speakers in our classes, our students should somehow interact with their students as well.” Santana who primarily teaches graphic design and photography at ACU, will be teaching a Core class on identity and community and a course titled Photog- raphy and Society. 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Transcript
Various groups of freshmen were busy performing for the 40th annual Freshmen Follies last weekend.
With more than 200 freshman participants, audience members had a wide variety of acts to look forward to. Hall acts, dance troupes, specialty acts and other performances were featured in this years’ show, “Have No Fear, Follies Is Here!”
“We chose the theme because of the current su-perhero trend with all the new movies coming out,” said Carly Branscum, one of the assistant directors of Follies.
The superhero theme proved to be beneficial to the show.
“I feel the theme this year was much more inter-active,” said Zeke Morgan,
sophomore psychology ma-jor from Keller. “The super-hero theme helped the au-dience interact better with the acts.”
Freshmen Follies fea-
tures hall acts, in which a specific hall from a dorm creates an act. Specialty acts include independent groups of men and wom-en. Performances included
slam poetry, singing groups and dance. This year, unlike past years, there were fewer men’s acts and more hall acts in the show.
“Normally in the past,
Business has been hard for the treasured Town & Country Drive-In Theatre, especially since film com-panies receive most box offie traffic. The drive-in could be in danger of clos-ing permanently.
The drive-in was quiet this September and closed because business was slow because of the beginning of school and football sea-son, but October is proving to be a promising month for the drive-in theatre.
However, with film com-panies requiring movies to
be in digital format after 2013, the drive-in might experience complications with this drastic transfor-mation. The new technol-ogy will provide a better picture on the screen, but this operation demands around $165 thousand.
“That’s a lot of money for a mom-and-pop op-eration,” said Ray Andress, one of the owners of the Town & Country Drive-In Theatre.
The drive-in makes-the bulk of their money through concessions, which is one of the reasons business is slowly declin-ing. Many drive-in the-aters across the country have gone out of business because moviegoers bring in outside food.
Andress said they pro-vide “real reasonable prices at the concession,” and good quality food.
The drive-in was built in 1956. It is still one of the biggest drive-ins in Texas. The Town & Country Drive-In was the second drive-in in the country to have digi-tal sound.
Andress got involved in the movie business when he was 12 and has been in the movie business all his life. He and his partner Glenda Thornton bought the drive-in in 2000 and have diligently stood be-hind it ever since.
The drive-in allows “people to enjoy a little part of nostalgia,” said Andress, and this is one of the reasons why he takes pride in owning and oper-ating the drive-in. He also said he loves to see people come out with their little kids, ecstatic to enjoy the
This spring’s study abroad program to Montevideo, Uruguay is full of new op-portunities, both cultural and educational.
Nil Santana, originally from Brazil, has been teach-ing in the Department of Art and Design for the past 12 years. Santana will be accompanying students to Montevideo in spring 2013 for his first full semes-
ter teaching with a study abroad program. He has previously taught in Eng-land, Italy, Spain and France as a part of the ACU study abroad summer program based in Oxford.
Santana, who will be the faculty-in-residence at the ACU housing in Montevi-deo named “Casa ACU,” is excited about a new oppor-tunity that study abroad stu-dents will experience come spring.
Santana said students will participate in a pro-
longed stay of about 10-12 days in Brazil compared to the previous excursions which were much shorter.
Students participating will also stay for more than a week on the island of Flori-anópolis and will get to par-ticipate in a different South American culture.
“Spring semester, tradi-tionally speaking, they only go to Iguazu Falls,” Santana said. “Since I’m originally from Brazil, I thought may-be it would be interesting if we could add a little more of
an academic program into the Brazil experience.”
Santana returned last week from a trip to Brazil where he spent time estab-lishing contacts with local universities in Florianópo-lis, along with Montevideo resident directors Wimon and Rosalinda Walker and program director Stephen Shewmaker.
“We are hoping that stu-dents will be engaged in a symposium-like lecture se-ries for five to six days en-gaging with the local profes-
sors and then hopefully, as the universities have already suggested, instead of just having guest speakers in our classes, our students should somehow interact with their students as well.”
Santana who primarily teaches graphic design and photography at ACU, will be teaching a Core class on identity and community and a course titled Photog-raphy and Society.
11 a.m. A catfish buffet will be at Stonewall County Senior Citizens Center at 536 S. Washington in Aspermont. The cost is $8. Takeout will be available.
Oct. 11
7 p.m. The Old Glory Country Dance will be at the Old Glory Community Center. A live band and refreshments will be available.
Oct. 12
8:30 a.m. The Senior Circle Annual Craft Fair will be at Abilene Regional Medical Center in the Women’s Cen-ter Classrooms.
12 p.m. “Pickin’ in the Park” presented by Friends of Abilene Public Library, will continue with a perfor-mance by the Happy Fat Band in Minter Park in downtown Abilene.
Oct. 13
3 p.m. The Albany Mainstree Playhouse will present the comedy “The Halleujah Girls” at the Aztec Theatre in Albany. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for students.
Students interested in joining The Wild-cat Reign can sign up at thewildcatreign.com. The Wildcat Reign aims to provide students the ability to facilitate Wildcat pride on campus and serves as a linking point between students and Wildcat ath-letic events.
The ACU Roller Hockey Club Team is accepting new members who are inter-ested in playing roller hockey. For more information on the team, you can post on the ACU Wildcat Hockey Facebook page or email at [email protected].
ACU Speech and Debate Team is seeking new members interested in speech and debate. For more information email Dena Counts at [email protected] or text/call 325-428-6699.
ACU Swing Cats are hosting lessons for beginner and intermediate levels of swing dancing Thursday nights in SRWC Studio B. Intermediate lessons are at 8 p.m. and Be-ginners are at 9 p.m. Social dancing begins at 9:30 p.m.
Weekend Campaigns will be serving the Brookwood Community near Houston Oct. 12-14. Interested students should email [email protected].
Leadership Summit will be having an in-terest meeting Oct. 30 and Nov. 16 from 11 a.m. - 11:50 a.m. in COBA 201. Chapel credit will be provided.
ACU Theatre presents their 2012 home-coming musical 42nd Street Oct. 19-20 at 8 p.m. and Oct. 21 at 2 p.m at the Abilene Civic Center. For tickets call 321-674-2787
or purchase online at acu.edu/theatre.
The College Republicans will be viewing the Vice Presidential Debate Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in COBA 316. Snacks will be provided.
Elevator Pitch registration is now open. Early registration is until Oct 31 and costs $10. Late registration is until Nov 6 and costs $20.
Vote for Homecoming Queen at www.acu.edu/queen Oct 8-12.
Volunteer Opp0rtunities
The Center for International Education is looking for conversation partners for international students to practice English, conversations and cultural learning. Partners meet for one hour each week at a time and place determined by the partners. For more informa-tion contact Laura McGregor at 325-674-2821 or [email protected].
St. John’s Episcopal School is seeking volunteers to paint metal playground equipment anytime Monday-Friday after 3 p.m. and Saturday anytime. For more information contact Rebecca McMillon at 325-695-8870 or [email protected].
Center for Contemporary Arts needs a gallery as-sistant to greet patrons, answer phones and answer basic questions about the Center and its programs. This oppotrunity is open Tuesday-Friday. The Center for Contemporary Arts is located at 220 Cypress Street. For more information contact Jessica Dulle at 325-677-8389 or visit: http://www.center-arts.com/.
Rescue the Animals is seeking volunteers to take pictures and videos in preparation for the launching of their new website as well as maintenance of the site after the launch. This opportunity is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. For more information contact Kathy Walker at 325-677-7722 or [email protected].
The National Center For Children’s Illustrated Litera-ture is looking for volunteers to greet patrons, assist with art activities, sell books and make visitors feel welcome. Help is also needed for special events like Artwalk and exhibit openings. The NCCIL is located at 102 Cedar St. For more information on times and dates contact Debby Lillick at 325-673-4586 or visit: http://www.nccil.org/index.htm.
The Christian Ministries of Abilene: Food Pantry is searching for volunteers to greet and interview neigh-bors, do computer entries, shop with neighbors, take groceries to vehicles, bag, stock and pick up orders on Mondays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. The Food Pantry is located at 701 Walnut St. For more information contact Becky Almanza at 325-673-1234 or [email protected].
The Christian Service Center is seeking volunteers to help assist with filling requests for items such as cloth-ing, bedding, kitchen utensils, etc. from the donation center, sort and organize donations and occasionally pick-up donated items. Volunteers are needed every weekday and the first Saturday of each month between 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. For more infor-mation contact Roberta Brown at 325-673-7561 or at [email protected]. For more information on the program visit http://www.uccabilene.org/minis-tries/csc.htm.
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 St. For more information contact Janice Serrault at 325-695-6311 or [email protected].
Meals on Wheels Plus needs volunteer drivers to deliver afternoon meals to seniors and adults with disabilities Monday-Friday between 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Drivers must be at least 18 years old and have a valid driver’s license. Training is provided. For more infor-mation contact Samantha Barker at 352-672-5050 or visit http://mealsonwheelsplus.com.
The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers for a variety of needs including sorting and pricing items in the thrift store, helping in the kitchen and/or doing yard work. Times are flexible. Volunteers are needed throughout the week Monday-Saturday. The Salvation Army is located at 1726 Butternut St. For more infor-mation contact J.D. Alonzo at 325-677-1408 or visit www.satruck.com.
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is seeking volunteers to help in their baby room by interfacing with clients, hanging clothing, cleaning, and packaging on Wednes-days from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. For more information con-tact Peggy Valentine at 325-829-3425. House of Faith is seeking volunteers to participate in the after school Backyard Bible Club on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Thursdays for elementary children or with the Thursday Xodus program for middle school children. For different club locations, contact Denise Davidson at 325-370-3642.
The House That Kerry Built is looking for volunteers to assist in the day care of medically fragile children any day Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 11 a.m. or 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Contact Keith Loftin at 325-672-6061.
The International Rescue Committee is seeking vol-unteers to work with refugees who recently moved to the U.S., teaching English, helping with homework and mentoring. Contact Susanna Lubango to make an ap-pointment at 325-675-5643.
The Covenant Place of Abilene is seeking volunteers to lead singing and/or play piano for residents. For more information contact Ann Erwin at 325-793-1144.
University Place is seeking volunteers to help with the resident birthday party for residents the third Wednes-day of each month at 2:30 p.m. For more information contact Linda Tijerina at 325-676-9946.
Breakfast on Beech Street is seeking volunteers to help set up, prepare and serve breakfast to homeless/lower income folks any Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 5:30 a.m. or Tuesday at 5 a.m. B.O.B.S is lo-cated at First Christian Church on 3rd St. and Beech St. Service times must be scheduled in advance. To serve on Mondays contact Jody Depriest at 325-669-3312 or [email protected]. To serve on Tuesdays contact Allen Daugherty at 325-660-6949 or [email protected]. To serve on Wednesdays contact Jane
The Abilene Zoo is looking for volunteers to help with general labor such as grounds cleanup and paint-ing any weekday at any time between noon and 4 p.m. The Zoo is located at 2070 Zoo Ln. Contact Joy Harsh at 325-676-6487 for more information.
Eternal Threads is seeking volunteers to help with packing and organizing shipments, labeling products, errands and cleaning any weekday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more information contact Pam Early at 325-672-6000 or [email protected].
Christian Homes & Family Services is seeking volun-teers to do minor landscaping such as raking, trimming bushes, minor apartment repairs and general upkeep Monday-Saturday from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more in-formation contact Shaylee Honey at 325-677-2205 or [email protected].
The Abilene Public Zoo is seeking volunteers to help clean/feed animals, assist zookeepers and assist with educational classes any weekday any time between 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. For more information contact Joy Harsh at 325-676-6487.
Hill Resources is seeking volunteers to encourage and entertain mentally delayed individuals Monday through Friday any time between 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. For more in-formation contact Michelle Espinoza at 325-673-3346 or [email protected].
The Oaks at Radford Hills is seeking volunteers to par-ticipate in activities, go on outings and provide social stimulation for residents any day at any time. For more information contact Michelle White or Sonia Serrato at 325-672-3236.
Rescue the Animals is seeking volunteers to work at the adoption center doing a variety of tasks includ-ing cleaning, socializing and grooming the animals Monday - Saturday from 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. For more information contact Mindi Qualls at 325-698-7722 or [email protected].
The CAC Department is seeking volunteers to par-ticipate in Special Olympics, by helping mentally/physically challenged people play games and sports Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. For more infoma-tion contact Angel Seca at 325-690-5235.
Disability Resources Inc. is seeking volunteers to men-tor clients, plan/assist with activities, read books, teach lessons and any other needs Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. For more information contact Becky Moody at 325-677-6815.
For additional volunteer opportunities visit: www.acu.edu/campusoffices/ccsl/ministry-service/volunteer-opportunities/
Chapel checkup
Wednesday 10.10.123 campus news
Business students get a Jump Start on internships
COBA students met this week at the new Jump Start sessions to learn about potential internships and receive advising codes to register for the upcoming spring semester.
Tim Johnston, assistant dean of COBA, created and implemented Jump Start last fall. It began as a pro-gram to inform students of upcoming deadlines for
the “bigger” internships and to help connect stu-dents with opportunities offered on campus through ACU’s Career Center.
Jump Start is only for juniors and seniors and is required to receive an ad-vising code for class regis-tration. The other require-ments include completing a career interest survey and submitting a resume at their student’s advising appointments.
Rebekah Davis, COBA’s coordinator of student ser-
vices, leads the Jump Start sessions. Davis said it was necessary to start a pro-gram in COBA that helped students get a jump on the competition.
“We realized students were missing out on in-ternship and job opportu-nities because they were starting to search for those opportunities too late,” Davis said. “Some of the on campus interviews are scheduled in Octo-ber and November for ei-ther summer internships
or full-time positions for the upcoming December graduates. We want them to be ready ahead of time.”
Davis went on to add that while the program may be new, it has been very successful over the past year.
“In 2010, 48 percent of COBA students were either employed or enrolled in a masters program prior to graduation,” Davis said. “In 2012, after the Jump Start session was imple-mented, the percentage
rose to 65 percent.”Because the program
is somewhat new, some COBA students are still unaware of what it has to offer.
Allie Rostron, a junior marketing major from Lla-no, did not know the pur-pose of Jump Start.
“All I know is that I’m required to go to it,” Ros-tron said.
Zach Stromberg, junior double major in psychol-ogy and business financial management from Putney,
Vt., is excited about the program.
“It seems to get stu-dents prepared earlier,” Stromberg said. “I’m im-pressed with the success it’s had in the past year.”
Jump Start’s next ses-sion is this Thursday at 1 p.m. in COBA 201. Davis said the sessions are infor-mal and brief.
A new Campus Conversa-tion Chapel series called “God, Politics and the 2012 Elections” was created to encourage students spiri-tually and intellectually.
Every Tuesday until Nov. 13, Dr. Neal Coates, chair of the Department of Political Science, and Dr. Kristina Davis, assistant profes-sor of Honors Studies and communication, will ex-press their political beliefs in a civil manner on vary-ing policital views in the Walling Lecture Hall.
More than 100 students filled the seats of Walling Lecture Hall last Tuesday to engage in a discussion on the different sides of poli-tics, the upcoming presi-dential election and how faith functions in politics.
Coates and Davis’ goal is to engage in Christian dis-cussion to debate the harsh issues of the 2012 elec-tion from Democratic and Republican standpoints, Coates said.
“We did this over four years ago during the 2008 presidential election, dis-cussing the questions that might be on the students minds,” Coates said. “We try to answer questions while addressing faith and politics and how politi-cians try to divide their personal beliefs with their political beliefs.”
Coates and Davis will be speaking about how their faith and personal back-grounds cohere with poli-tics.
“This coming week we are going to be talking about our faith and how our faith affects our un-derstanding of politics,” Davis said. “We will discuss whether or not Christians should be involved in poli-tics, and also how we view different social issues.”
Davis, the Democratic representative and Coates, the Republican represen-tative have many different views but try to persuade students to remain objec-tive. When it comes to faith and politics, Davis said she believes her faith and po-
litical beliefs go hand in hand.
“I think my faith defi-nitely influences my politi-cal beliefs in that I feel like Jesus calls us to ‘help the least of these’ and He de-fines ‘the least of these’ in a lot of different ways,” said Davis. “So I feel as a Demo-crat, it’s our job to take care of those who are, ‘the least of these’.”
Coates said it’s impor-tant for students to be informed about the up-coming election. Students attending the Chapel series have already posed many questions.
“Students have a lot of questions about social is-sues, and how the Elec-toral College works when it comes to election time,” Coates said.
Students can post ques-tions that will be viewed by Coates and Davis and may be discussed later in the series on www.tinyurl.com/politicsquestion.
ACU alumnus Curt Cloninger shows the perceived faces of God in his dramatic per-formance during a Chapel forum in Moody Coliseum on Monday.
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Dance groups to join for performance
In mid-November, ACU dance organizations SHADES, Sanctify and Omega Dance Compa-ny have committed to putting together a joint showcase on campus.
Though all of the or-ganizations cover a wide range of dance styles Ja-cob Kilpatrick, captain of Sanctify, said he wants variety in the show.
Kilpatrick, junior Bible major from Mesquite, said he realizes the wide range of dance styles, and he does not want organi-zations such as Omega to change their style to fit the showcase.
By having such a wide range of styles, the orga-nizations are hoping to make a larger impact.
The showcase will center on the theme of “strength.”
Kilpatrick said, “Ev-ery dance will focus on strength and power and how God has given more strength to humans than we give ourselves credit for.”
Eean Cochran, as-sistant choreographer
for Sanctify and musical theatre major from Fort Worth, sees the benefit of participating in a varied show.
“By having a show with all of the other ACU dance groups, we hope to raise awareness of our presence on campus,” Cochran said. “We want the student body to re-alize that we are here to stay.”
Captain of Omega Dance Company, Kelcie Broom, senior art major from Richardson, is ex-cited to be involved with a performance that joins the different organiza-tions
“Omega is excited to join fellow dance groups on campus and to be a part of the show,” Broom said. “We are thankful for any chance to praise God’s name through per-
formance and are thank-ful for the opportunity that SHADES and Sanc-tify are giving us.”
The possibility of a joint showcase was ru-mored to be planned last spring, but because of scheduling conflicts with the captains of Sanctify, the performance never came to fruition.
Swing Cats members have expressed their in-terest to perform along side the other groups, but have yet to commit to per-forming in the showcase.
The show will take place the weekend of Nov. 16 in Cullen. Pre-paid tickets will be $5, and tickets will be sold at the door for $6.
Gardner dominates the show,”said Branscum, se-nior Ad/PR major from Fort Worth. “This year Nel-son had more than one act and Gardner had a smaller amount.”
Despite these differ-ences, some things did not change.
“This year the audi-ence really enjoyed all of the typical freshmen lyr-ics talking about dorm life and dating.” Branscum said. “It was just amazing to see a concept come to
life on stage.”A bigger influx of audi-
tions came with the larger freshman class.
“I was able to watch the specialty act auditions,” Morgan said. “I was blown away by the large amounts of talent that showed up.”
Though Freshman Follies is held on Family Weekend and many of the attendees were families of the freshmen, students, faculty and other Abilene residents also came out to see the show.
“This year was espe-cially sentimental for me,”
said Hailey Thompson, se-nior Ad/PR major from Al-len. “Follies is such a rich ACU tradition and I love the way it brings the cam-pus together.”
Hall acts were a crowd favorite as they danced, chanted and just goofed around on stage to lyrics about dorm life and what it means to be a freshman at ACU.
“My favorite acts are always the boy’s acts,” Thompson said. “They’re not worried about looking cute or cool so they’re al-ways the funniest.”
Andrew Collins, fresh-man biology and pre-med major from McKinney, was part of the winning men’s act, ‘If I Was Not A Wildcat’, in which he sang and pretended to cough up hairballs.
“I absolutely loved be-ing in the show,” Collins said. “Whether it was on stage or waiting in the gym, I had so much fun just goofing off as a cat and hanging out with my group.”
The women’s act, ‘Cats’, also received first place.
However, the hall acts
were not the only crowd-pleasers; the specialty acts also made an impact on audience members.
Zach Carstens, fresh-man biblical text major from College Station, gave a solo slam poetry perfor-mance.
“The slam poetry act was incredible,” said Em-ily Morrical, family studies major from Wylie.
The 40th annual Fresh-men Follies was enjoyed by many this year and performed by the largest group of freshmen to date.
“It seemed like they
were all having a lot of fun, so that’s what matters most,” Thompson said. “It’s a good show for all.”
Drive-in: Movie business accepts donationsmovie and the experience.
“The drive-in is some-thing unique to Abilene and a special trip back in time that all ages can en-joy,” said Courtney Mar-
tin, junior youth and fam-ily ministry major from New Braunfels.
The money raised through concessions might not be enough to blow this $165 thousand out of the water. It de-
pends on how many peo-ple step up and support the drive-in. Support can also be given through fun-draisers and donations. Anyone interested in mak-ing a donation or more in-formation can visit www.
towncountrydrivein.com. Also check out the website for movie times.
The drive-in will be playing the movies Taken 2, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Here Comes the Boom and Trouble With
the Curve this weekend. Also be looking for the movies coming to the big screen soon like Paranor-mal Activity 4, Hotel Tran-sylvania, Frankenweenie and Twilight: Breaking Dawn.
Andress wants people to remember the drive-in and come out to support them.
for the classes, the city, the students and the food that he has heard “is great.”
“The thing that makes me very excited about study abroad is to see how the program affects our students, how they com-pletely change their vision in relation to the world,
and that is always a fan-tastic thing to see,” San-tana said. “It is exciting to see how student lives will be impacted by these ex-periences.”
Marissa Ferguson, ju-nior family studies major from The Colony, went to Montevideo through study abroad last spring and said study abroad
presented her with situ-ations that brought out strengths she wasn’t aware she possessed.
“If you’re thinking about studying abroad, do it,” Ferguson said. “I signed up to study abroad in October and left in Jan-uary. It was impulsive, but I am so glad I made that quick decision because I
made so many beautiful memories.”
Kate Winsor, junior bio-chemistry and pre-phar-macy major from Carroll-ton, studied abroad during the summer in Montevideo and also said study abroad is a wonderful experience.
“I grew really close with the people I studied abroad with because we all had to
discover how to live in a foreign country together,” Winsor said. “I would tell any student that is inter-ested in going abroad to definitely take the plunge. Studying abroad is the trip of a lifetime. You will not only have a ton of fun but you will gain so much knowledge.”
Any students interested
in learning more about study abroad can contact the study abroad office at study_abroad @acu.edu, go to the website www.acu.edu/studyabroad or visit the office in the Hardin Ad-ministration Building 124.
Despite the flood of fresh-man, ACU Police Chief Jimmy Ellison said his office has noticed no ob-vious spike in permits, having issued a steady number of 3,200 parking permits each academic year.
For freshman Maci Smith, a graphic design major from Fort Worth, finding a parking space has been somewhat dif-ficult.
“I probably leave cam-pus once a day, and it takes me two to three minutes to find a spot,” she said. “Sometimes I end up hav-ing to park at Sikes or by the intramural fields.”
Smith suggested open-ing up faculty lots to ease the strain on students.
“There is a parking lot reserved for faculty only, and it’s normally empty,” Smith said. “So it would help if maybe that was open to students.”
No area on campus generates more parking violations than others, Ellison said, though the Brown Library is an area for common confusion. This lot, for faculty and staff only, has irritated students and faculty alike when students park in the reserved spots.
ACU Police Lt. Randy Motz advised students to read the signs before entering and parking in a lot. This simple sugges-tion would eliminate fu-
ture fines and hassle for both students and faculty, he said.
But most often, student spot-hunting woes are merely the result of poor planning, Ellison said.
“You should not ex-pect to easily find a park-ing space if you arrive ten minutes before your class,” Ellison said.
Like many off-campus residents, senior history education major Hunter Harrison has answered the parking dilemma by simply not buying a park-ing permit.
“I don’t mind parking in the neighborhoods and walking a little farther for a class,” Harrison said. “It’s really just a boycott of giving ACU more money.”
However, Ellison
strongly recommends all off-campus students purchase a permit to pre-pare for the unexpected whether or their own tar-diness.
Ellison said, “It would be the economically wise choice to buy the $5 per-mit beforehand, steering clear of the $20 fine.”
Though it is regularly on the receiving end of f lack and frustration, ACU parking is a much lower-cost and more convenient system in comparison to most schools, Ellison said. To avoid congestion, stu-dents can find vacancies along the Oliver Jackson Boulevard and the park-ing area between Edwards Hall and the soccer field.
Motz and Ellison said on-campus residents
should walk rather than drive.
“ACU does not have a parking problem as much as it has a walking prob-lem,” Ellison said. “You have two options: either plan to walk a little far-ther or plan to leave a lit-tle earlier.”
The task of managing the parking nuisance has been reluctantly inher-ited by ACU Police, a job Ellison describes as “the bane of our existence.”
ACU Police are always evaluating the efficiency of the parking system. However, if student popu-lation continues to grow, Ellison said the univer-sity will have to take a hard look at parking allot-ments.
Ellison said, “Campus
grounds have no room but to add outlying lots, which have been the ar-eas students are currently avoiding.”
Though ACU campus offers enough available spaces to satisfy current student numbers, Ellison said the university recog-nizes the irritations.
“We ask students to be patient and to be f lex-ible,” Ellison said. “It is not a revenue game nor overzealous enforce-ment. Parking regulation is a necessary evil we have to take to generate compliance and guaran-tee safety.”
Jacob Kilpatrick, junior Bible major from Mesquite and captain of the Sanctify dance company, gives an impromptu performance at the OME Block Party.
Jacob Kilpatrickjunior bible major from mesquite
Every dance will focus on stength and power and how God has given more strength to humans than we give
ourselves credit for.”“
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Hailey ThompsonSenior Ad/PR major
from allen
Follies is such a rich ACU tradition, and I love the
way it brings the campus together.”“
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ne evening, in Laos’ capital city, Vientiane, Larry Hender-son, missions coordinator in the Department of Bible, Mis-sions and Ministry, attended
a church meeting in a Lao native’s home. This particular meeting, however, held high stakes for all who attended. Because of Laotian laws that restrict unapproved religious gatherings, the meeting had to take place in secret.
But, gatherings of 20 or more people are hard to hide in highly populated areas such as Vientiane. Neighbors are so close that everyone hears, knows and sees.
The service began but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Many in the room tensed up. Conditioned to handle these situations, the group was prompted into action. One member went to the win-dow, several other members quietly hid the hymn books, a couple of members brought out food from the kitchen and ev-eryone acted as if they were simply gath-ering for a meal as one went to answer the door. The door opened and a collective sigh of relief circulated, a member who had arrived late entered the room with a smile, and the service resumed.
Believers in Laos, together with be-lievers in other communist nations worldwide where religious freedom is re-strained, fall victim to various forms of re-ligious persecution. It is no new concept; the early Christians experienced heavy persecution and death for their faith. And there are still Christians today who are beaten, imprisoned, oppressed and killed for defending their beliefs.
Other church meetings in Laos do not go as smoothly as the one Hender-son attended. Aron Dao, a believer who lives in Laos who was given a pseud-onym because he is still in danger of im-prisonment for his beliefs, was present at a meeting that was raided by the po-lice. His father and a group of 46 other believers were arrested. Many remained in prison for 16 months before being re-leased and one died in custody.
“I was angry and frustrated for 16 months while the people I love and re-spect were in jail,” Dao said.
Dao’s father later died and Dao began hosting his own Bible studies in his small apartment. The group quickly grew from six to 21 people who were told by the police they could no longer meet. They continued to meet in smaller groups and had six or seven more confrontations with law enforcement.
“It seems like all these things should push me away from God,” Dao said. “But instead He used these things to draw me to Himself. He used my weakness, fear and incompetence.”
Many Americans wouldn’t think twice about attending a Bible study or church service or talking openly about religion in public, but in countries where evangelism is strictly prohibited, believers must prac-tice extreme care in their choice of words.
Ginny Coleman, who received her master of divinity from ACU, is condi-tioned to avoid using certain words that would alarm authorities after spending five years living in Laos and Vietnam.
“I still cringe at the word missionary,” said Coleman who now lives in Austin. “And talking about Jesus in public makes me lower my voice, because I’m used to being very cautious.”
Not only is evangelism watched in public settings, but emails, phone con-versations and publications of any kind are monitored carefully, Coleman said.
“I have email correspondence with a Vietnamese friend who became a Chris-tian after I left,” Coleman said. “And I can’t say all that I want to say to encourage or mentor her from a distance and that’s re-ally sad to me.”
In Laos, Coleman said she was not able to meet with other believers often. When foreigners go into natives’ houses, it draws in the attention of authorities.
Coleman said, since there is no free press, word travels slowly when Chris-tians go missing or are put into prison. Often, when Lao evangelists go missing, their families are left hopeless and won-
dering, and they may never hear confir-mation of the fate of their loved ones.
“There is a government-recognized church they can go to,” Coleman said. “But there are people watching who dic-tate the sermons. I’ve never had a prob-lem with their teachings, but it’s not big enough, so believers have to have church in their homes. Also, Christians can’t leave their province with the Bible. If they are caught it will be taken away, and they are not allowed to evangelize.”
The government in Laos requires church groups to register to gain permis-sion to meet. Coleman said many house churches have tried to go through the proper channels to gain permission to meet because they want to honor the government commands. However, they are often ignored or denied.
Those that continue to meet in secret risk having undercover police present at their meetings, Coleman said. Any indi-vidual with knowledge about the gather-ing could turn them in to the police at any time. Because congregation sizes grow quickly and are all-inclusive, members can’t be certain there is not a police offi-cer present.
“To a certain degree you have to just not care, but you can’t trust people. One group knew who the guy that was there watching them was, but couldn’t do anything about it. They chose to continue teaching,” Cole-man said. “Their house was overflowing with people and they didn’t want to turn them away. So, you do what you can be-
cause you believe and trust, and whatever happens, happens.”
Qi Xu, wife of John Xu, assistant pro-fessor of biology, spoke of instances in China when believers crammed into overcrowded buildings in the sweltering heat just to hear a sermon.
Comparatively, many church-goers in the U.S., who have large, air conditioned buildings, complain about being uncom-fortable, or about services running long.
“So much is taken for granted,” Xu said.Henderson said it is likely that there
are Christians in the U.S. who are perse-cuted to the point where they wouldn’t get hired for a job because of their beliefs, but it is uncommon.
“There are people around the world that face the loss of all their possessions; they face persecution, beatings, impris-onment and death simply because they are Christians,” Henderson said.
Henderson said Hebrews 13:3, which reads, “Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies,” was a reminder that Christians need to care for people being mistreated for religious beliefs just as they would other social justice issues that have been brought to the public eye.
“Christians don’t normally insist on their own rights, but there is something to be said for caring for those that are being mistreated,”Henderson said. “We need to be aware of the plight of the people that are suffering and being mistreated. We need to pray for them, we need to care about them and, sometimes, we need to know about them before we can do any-thing else.”
All over the globe, the church exists, even where it is not welcome. Whether it meets every Sunday in an elaborate building with stained glass windows and a steeple or in a crowded apartment at 5 a.m. mid-week, it has struggled to grow and thrive amidst the most oppressive circumstances.
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In countries where religious freedom is limited, believers cram into homes, huts and small apartments to worship in secret.AN UNCONVENTIONAL CHURCH
A traditional Laotian hut often must be a sufficient replacement for a church building when restrictions push Christians underground. art by asia todd design editor
story by samantha sutherland features editor
map by voice of the martyrsThis map provided by Voice of the Martyrs highlights nations where religious persecution takes place. Laos is listed under “Restricted Nations” (in red) which VOM describes as “Countries where government policy or practice prevents Christians from obtaining Bibles or other Christian literature. Also includes countries with government-sanctioned circumstances or anti-Christian laws that lead to Christians being harassed, imprisoned, killed or deprived of possessions or liberties because of their witness.”
Countries shown in dark yellow are listed as “Hostile Areas” which VOM defines as “Large areas in nations where governments consistently attempt to provide protection for the Christian population, but Christians are victims of violence because of their witness.”
Wal-mart has been promoting Halloween decorations for about a month and a half. And you can’t go anywhere near a coffee shop these days without being bom-barded by pumpkin-f la-vored this or that.
It must be mid-October.For most people in
this country, it means the leaves change to red, orange and yellow and shorts can be put away until March. It means snow plows and ski sea-son won’t be far away.
For us in Texas, it means the leaves will stay green until they all just die and fall to the ground during the same weekend next month. It means next week’s high could be 85. Or 50.
This irregular win-ter weather leads to the unsure and question-able dress of the typical student, resulting in a drop in campus morale. Please, remember these tips when you wake up 10 minutes before class starts tomorrow morning.
Tights are not pants.
Leggings are not stand-alone. Something else goes over them. Even Su-perman wore briefs over his spandex suit. (But don’t try that on campus.)
Really, nobody needs to see that.
Dress in layers. This time of year, it’s cool in the morning, warm in the af-ternoon. Crazy, we know.
So, to avoid either being cold in the morn-ing or hot later on, put a sweater or jacket on over your shirt before you leave for class.
Guys, you don’t have to prove your manhood by freezing to death. You’re plenty manly in that jacket. And by jack-et, we don’t mean your high school letter jacket. Why? Because you’re no longer in high school.
No more f lip-f lops. Toes deserve to bask in sun rays on the beach. Not turn purple in a freezing puddle.
It’s freezing and windy, put some boots on your feet. And if you don’t have any, surely a girl on campus can loan
you a pair or ten.These are dorm spe-
cific, not season, but im-portant nonetheless.
All freshmen must remember that a towel is not enough cover-up after your Thursday eve-ning shower. Visitation
days are great, but not for the girl who leaves the communal bathroom wearing just a towel. It is hard to tell who will be more surprised, her, or the five guys ambling down the hall.
Boxers and a t-shirt
are less than the mini-mum dress required to be in an on-campus laundry room. Especial-ly when men and women are using the same one.
And finally, one of the most popular Texas winter wardrobe pieces:
sweatpants.They are totally okay,
as long as you can han-dle having hot legs in the afternoon sun.
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Remember when we tackled that MySpace trailer talking about its new design and such? Well, the next week Face-book decided to release their own commercial, if you can call it that. Com-ing out just after their announcement of 1 bil-lion active users, it could easily be read as a battle cry to claim the other 5 billion on this planet.
Let’s start with the obvious: does Facebook even need a commer-cial? It seems to be doing pretty well so far by word of mouth.
Facebook can be seen as one of the first Inter-net fads to grip the real world as well. Just think of how many advertise-ments you see that say, “Like us on Facebook.”
That’s the focus for
this 90-second audio-visual conglomeration: things in the real world that are like Facebook, somehow.
We start with a beau-tiful montage of chairs; people lounging on them, dancing on them and kids unsafely playing with them in the street.
And now the punch-line: “Chairs are for peo-ple, and that is why chairs are like Facebook.”
What?Technically, the video
is correct. Chairs are for people, but since people are the dominant species on this planet, so is pret-ty much everything else.
And that’s exactly where the video goes from there. Naming off other random things that connect people or bring them together, like bridges, airplanes and basketball. Apparently they’ve never been to a U.T. vs. A&M game.
One of the huge things I think this video leaves out, however, is the ground. People who don’t have access to chairs sit on the ground and interact with other people on the ground with them. There’s also a gravitational force pull-ing us there constantly. Therefore the ground is
like Facebook.One of the last few
Facebook comparisons we hear about is a “great nation.” Given all the buzz coming out about how Facebook uses your information to become an advertising jugger-naut, it seems eerily ap-propriate. And like any great nation, they could easily take over the world!
Our last compari-son is the universe, and how all of these random, aforementioned things remind us that we are not alone in it. Do you hear that, extraterres-trial lifeforms? After you destroy the earth, be sure
to post about it on your Facebook timeline. Zuck-erberg’s ghost will like it.
This commercial, or whatever it is, doesn’t re-ally seem to know what it’s trying to do. I’m sure many people will contin-ue to join Facebook, but it won’t be because of this video. On the plus side, it’s very easy to make parodies of. Just think of how many things are “like Facebook.”
If my life is on my com-puter, then this weekend I guess you could say I lost my life.
Since my external hard drive was already filled to capacity and my laptop had a broken disk drive, I had been unable to back up my files for months (back-ing up regularly is good practice, by the way, if you don’t already do it). So, when I downloaded a virus
that ultimately wiped out my hard drive, there wasn’t much to fall back on. I had the daunting realization that I was going to have to start from scratch.
So, I began the process of reconstructing my document, photo, video and music libraries, dig-ging through random piles of old CDs or an-cient photo disks and for-gotten f lash drives to see
what I could salvage. And I noticed different eras of my life where I went from old fashioned technology to digital technology. The photo prints from dis-posable cameras disap-peared after I got a digital camera, the photo CDs stopped after the iPhone and hard copies of CDs started dwindling when I got my first MP3 player.
College students today make up a generation that has seen the coming and going of several phases of technology. Without realizing it, our records have transitioned from paper and plastic to digi-tal. Soon, all we have may
be digitized and stored within the confines of a glowing screen.
Essays in grade school used to be hand-written on double-sided wide-ruled paper which was kept in a binder and lugged from class to class. Now professors almost always require typed pa-pers. Many students even abandoned writing out notes and now type them for each class.
It seems plausible that generations to come, who are now being condi-tioned to use technology from infancy, may lose certain skills along the way. Most probably won’t
feel the need to get a per-sonal camcorder, since most mobile devices cap-ture video. Most won’t need to get their hands on a camera with a man-ual focus or an actual at-tachable lens, because iPhones and iPads can auto-focus. Most won’t need to be able to burn CDs or, much less, ever have a need to use a cas-sette tape recorder. Most will rarely need to get physical pictures devel-oped or will know what to do with a VHS tape.
Many think their lives are on our computers to-day, but it’s only the be-ginning. As technology
grows and replaces ad-ditional things, physical copies will become more and more rare and reli-ance on digital databases will increase.
So, before old skills are lost completely, take a mo-ment to be nostalgic. Hold a book, listen to a CD in a stereo, record a home vid-eo on tape, play a movie with a VCR, write a friend a letter and know things will never be the same.
Fashion advice for the changing seasonsthe issueFor most Texans, the unpreictable weather is something we’ve grown used to. But it seems many of us still haven’t learned the sutle nuances of dressing for Texan “winters.”
our takeDressing yourself is mostly up to you, but there are definitely some rules everyone should follow when picking out clothes for the coldest part of the year.
My whole life is, or at least it was, on my computer
Apparently, everything is like FacebookONES AND ZEROS
10:55 p.m. Oct. 101:54 p.m. Oct. 98:08 p.m. Oct. 10 6:04 p.m. Oct. 109:59 p.m. Oct. 8 I almost wish I was
pledging just so I wouldn’t have to spend time picking out my clothes in the morning. #lazy
I can hear sub... T... Six... Teen. All the way from my house. #pledginghard
Based on their rings, 90% of all female students at ACU are already married.
I swear the bench swinging girls be say-ing “I will respect Rosa Parks” tho
ACU’s bible program is made to lower non-bible majors GPA. I’m convinced
IDEA: Have Kojie pledges say “I will pro-tect Kojie park,” while we have fun with water guns. Yes?
wednesday 10.10.127 sports
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Sophomore middle blocker Sara Oxford reaches for the ball in Moody Coliseum. Oxford played a major role in the Wildcats 3-0 record over the weekend. She re-corded 17 kills against Midwestern State University, only one short of her season high.
‘Cats find end of five-match losing streak
The entire Wildcat squad stepped up its game last weekend and left the Whit-ten Inn Classic with a per-fect 3-0 record.
The ‘Cats played three matches in Moody Colise-um. Their first match was against Lone Star Confer-ence foe Midwestern State University whom they beat in three sets (25-14, 27-25, 25-23).
On Saturday, the team won a four-setter against Cameron University, 3-1 (26-28, 25-23, 25-19, 27-25) then defeated Univer-sity of Texas of the Perm-ian Basin, 3-0 (25-23,
25-15, 25-19).“The mentality was dif-
ferent this weekend,” head coach Kellen Mock said. “We saw a lot less errors. That’s probably the biggest change.”
Junior Madelyn Robi-nett got her first playing time since breaking her arm earlier in the season.
“Having Madelyn back really helped us,” said sophomore middle block-er Sara Oxford. “She is a big, positive influence on the court.”
The wins lifted ACU’s season record to 7-11 and conference record to 3-6 and put a halt to their five-match losing streak. Be-fore Tuesday’s match, the squad was sitting in eighth
place in the LSC.“We really needed those
wins,” Oxford said. “This weekend helped us out in conference.”
Oxford was locked in against Midwestern. She had 17 kills and recorded a .485 hitting percentage. Oxford was one of three players to hit .300 or better and the 17 kills were only one short of matching her season best.
“I felt really good,” Ox-ford said. “Everyone’s game was on so we were clicking as a team that match.”
“Sara had an outstand-ing game,” Mock said. “She handles pressure very well. That was a break-out day for her.”
Sophomore Rachel Ri-
ley hit .300 with eight kills and senior Kalynne Allen smashed seven kills and hit .312.
One key to the Wildcats’ success was their defen-sive play. The team out-blocked the Mustangs, 9.0 to 2.0. Middle blocker Cor-rie Reeder and setter Sarah Siemens each had two solo blocks and one block assist apiece. Siemens also had 44 assists.
“Blocking is a skill that, if you can do it well as a team, you can really get into the head of your oppo-nent,” Mock said.
While ACU cruised to a first-set victory, the ‘Cats had to battle MSU in the second and third sets. Midwestern led by as many
as six points in the second set and seven in the third.
Freshman Jennie Lo-erch finished with 10.5 points, while scoring nine kills and two blocks.
The Cameron match was a total team effort as four Wildcats registered 10-or-more kills. Oxford led the charge with 16. Ri-ley and Loerch each had 11, while Reeder put up 10 kills and four blocks.
“The Cameron match was our most well round-ed match of the year,” Mock said.
ACU out-blocked the Aggies as well, 8.0 to 4.0. Siemens had four of those blocks.
Libero Madison Hoover led the team with 24 digs.
She was followed by junior Caley Johnson (14) and Ox-ford (12).
Riley was the standout in the final match of the classic. She smacked 13 kills and recorded 13.0 points versus Permian Basin.
The Wildcats’ homes-tand continues on Friday and Saturday with matches against Eastern New Mex-ico University and West Texas A&M University. They face ENMU at 7 p.m. on Friday and WTAMU at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Rout: ACU crushes ‘Hounds in 59-17 winalong with his 252 yards. Gale’s shoulder injury looked to be a thing of the past, as he played his best conference game of the season.
But it was not just Gale who played well; seven dif-ferent Wildcats found the end zone.
Running back Marcel Threat ran for 70 yards and touchdown, and wide receiv-er Taylor Gabriel lead the way receiving, catching eight balls for 112 yards. Darrel Cantu-Harkless also had 80 yards and a touchdown catch.
The Wildcats need to string some wins together in order to have a chance to
win the Lone Star Confer-ence title in their last year as a Division II team, and the win against ENMU will give them some momentum heading into Canyon next week to take on arch-rival West Texas A&M.
“We played really well in the second half against Delta State, and then put a full game together against Eastern New Mexico,” Baker said. “It gives us some momentum and gets us set up for next week. We’ll have to have a good week of practice and be ready to go up in Canyon.”
Shutout: Team sits last in LSC despite wingirls felt encouraged after Friday’s effort knowing that we were playing ACU soccer, and that we could be successful on Sunday if they brought the same intensity.”
The Wildcats certainly made a comeback on Sun-day, crushing the Zias in a 3-0 win in Portalis.
“We finished our chanc-es,” Wilson said. “We had the ball most of the game and outplayed ENMU.”
It was the first victory in six games for ACU, their worst record this season.
Senior forward Krysta
Grimm, sophomore de-fender Katie Stivers, and Coppedge all had goals for the ‘Cats.
Grimm’s goal came in the 40th minute, Stiver’s in the 56th, and Coppedge’s in the 83rd.
It was Coppedge’s third goal of the season’s and Sti-ver’s first.
Senior goalkeeper Ari-elle Moncure saved four shots. It was her third shut out of the season.
The Wildcats are still in danger of not reaching the LSC post-season tourna-ment. They remain in last place after the win, five points behind Midwest-ern State and Eastern New
Mexico for the sixth and fi-nal spot in the tournament.
“We just need to con-tinue to focus on one game at a time and playing to our strengths,” Wilson said. “The team has learned a lot this season and I feel like we are not going to make the same mistakes the sec-ond time around in confer-ence play.”
The ‘Cats return to ac-tion this weekend when they take on Angelo State at 4 p.m. at Wildcat Soccer Pitch.
Senior forward Krysta Grimm dribbles past a defender.
Casey wilsonhead coachacu sports
We just need to continue to focus on one game at a time and playing to our strengths .”“
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Football travels to Canyon to take on LSC rival West Texas A&M Saturday at 6 p.m.
Soccer hosts Angelo State University and University of the Incarnate Word this weekend. The Angelo game is at 4 p.m. on Friday and the Incarnate Word match is at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
The volleyball team will play Eastern New Mexico University and West Texas A&M University this weekend in Moody Coliseum. The Eastern match is at 7 p.m. on Friday, while the WTAMU match is on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Men’s and women’s tennis will play at the ITA/USTA National Small College Championships in Mobile, Ala on Wednesday-Saturday.
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Freshman wide receiver Cade Stone was honored as the Lone Star Conference Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday after Saturday’s win against Eastern New Mexico. Stone returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown.
Freshman volleyball player Sarah Siemens was named the Lone Star Conference’s Co-Setter of the Week. Siemens is the first Wildcat to claim a conference honor in 2012. She was recognized for her performance at the Whitten Inn Classic this past weekend.
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Cincinnati Bengals run-ning back Bernard Scott tore his ACL Sunday in a 17-13 loss to the Miami Dolphins. Scott rushed for 40 yards on five carries.
Former ACU wide receiver Raymond Radway re-joined the Dallas Cowboys on Monday. He was re-signed to the practice squad after running back Lance Dunbar was called up to the active roster.
Wildcats hammer ENMUThe ACU football team played under the lights at Shotwell for the first time in nearly a month on Saturday, and looked right at home, beating the Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds 59-17.
Freshman Cade Stone ran the opening kickoff back for a touchdown giv-ing the ‘Cats a 7-0 lead sec-onds into the game, and
ACU never looked back.Eastern New Mexico and
ACU each came into the game with a couple of con-ference losses, but the Wild-cats showed that they were a better team by outplaying the Greyhounds on all three phases of the game.
Senior Mike Wallace continued to make high-light reel plays in the sec-ondary with a 48-yard in-terception that he returned for a touchdown. The pass ricocheted off of a Grey-
hound receiver and into Wallace’s waiting arms, and Wallace turned on the jets to find the end zone.
To make matters worse for ENMU, defensive line-
man Melvin Shead found pay dirt on an interception of his own. After three quar-ters, the Wildcat defense had scored more points than the Greyhound offense.
“It was a good feeling scoring that touchdown,” Shead said. “It brought back memories of me playing run-ning back in high school.”
Meanwhile, the ACU offense was rolling the en-tire game, scoring a season high 59 points, and getting big games from several
different Wildcat players.“We had a great week of
preparation,” quarterback John David Baker said. “We came out and we were focused and it showed to-night on the field. We were able to come out here and execute, both the ones and the twos.”
For the seventh time in quarterback Mitchell Gale’s career, he threw four touchdowns to go
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Defensive linemen Juan Hull II lays a big hit on an ENMU player Saturday at Shotwell Stadium. The ‘Cats beat the Greyhounds, 59-17 and improved their record to 4-2 overall and 2-2 in the Lone Star Conference.
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Hach wins doubles championship
The ACU Wildcat men and women’s teams both com-peted in different tourna-ments last weekend. The men participated in the Boise State Appleton Clas-sic which was highlighted by junior Hans Hach, while the women competed at the Rice Invitational tournament in Houston, where senior Laura Mongin led the wom-en’s squad.
“I thought we played well overall with a lot of intensity,” junior Emily Conrad said. “Every school at this tourna-
ment was a division I school and we all held our own.”
“We did really well and we are trying as hard as we can to make another appearance at nationals next semester since it’s our last Division II year,” sophomore Guilherme Gesser said.
Hans Hach had yet an-other stellar performance as he was able to capture his third doubles champion-ship this season with partner Guilherme Gesser as the fifth ranked seed.
The pair was able to de-feat pairings from Montana State (8-6), Oregon (8-2), Portland (8-6) and Idaho State (8-6). The Portland duo
of Michel Hu Kwo and Alex Ferrero, were the No. 1 seeds of the tournament.
“We were and still are fo-cused on our goals and we face our obstacles head on,” Gesser said. “As our coach says ‘we’ve got to be DFW (down for whatever)’.”
Hach also finished sec-ond overall in the singles bracket. Senior Alfredo De-siati also played well as he made it to the quarterfinals in the singles bracket, cap-ping off a great team perfor-mance by ACU.
“This past season has re-ally shown that we are a solid team,” Gesser said. “I think we all came in from the sum-
mer ready to jump start into the season and compete.”
The ACU women’s team also represented well, senior Laura Mongin won the sin-gles championship and fin-ished third in doubles with freshman Kaysie Hermsdorf.
“The tournament went well for all of us I think,” ju-nior Micah Hermsdorf said.
“Laura Mongin had a great weekend. She was un-defeated in singles and only lost one match in doubles, and it was a close match against Rice, 6-8. She is a great attribute to this team and I’m so glad her hard work was displayed well at this tournament. She and Kaysie
have been a great doubles team to watch throughout the season.”
ACU’s next competition is the ITA/USTA National Small College Championships, which runs from Oct. 11 to 14 at the Copeland-Cox Ten-nis Center in Mobile, Ala.
Representing the Wild-cats there will be regional singles and doubles champi-ons Hans Hach, Borja Cortés, along with Julia Mongin and Brittney Reed.
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‘Cats shut out Eastern to end streak
The women’s soccer team fell to West Texas A&M 2-0 on Friday before breaking their lose streak at Eastern New Mexico 3-0 on Sunday.
The Wildcats fell into last place in the Lone Star Conference following
Friday’s loss in Canyon.“We actually played
very good on Friday, es-
pecially in the second half,” head coach Casey Wilson said. “Despite the
score, I feel like we out-played WT for the major-ity of the game.”
The ‘Cats had 10 to-tal shots, but were un-able to make one count. Senior midfielder Julie Coppedge had three of her own, leading ACU in shots on goal.
In the 12th minute of the game, senior Leslie Briggs made the score 1-0
for the Lady Buff’s. Briggs also had the second goal and final goal of the game in the 89th minute.
“The nature of soccer is that the team that plays better doesn’t always win,” Wilson said. “It is the team that finished their chances that wins. Despite the loss, the girls
