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Five Kojies, four Siggies and one DT were kid-napped during club activities Wednesday night and will serve as the 2010 Homecoming Court.
The 10 women were chosen out of more than 100 nominees to receive a spot on the Homecoming Court. Consistent with ACU tradition, the Homecoming Committee kidnapped these women as soon as they learned about their nominations.
“These are the students that are most active. They have to be known by the stu-dent body to be nominated,” said Saman-tha Adkins, senior Alumni Relations officer. “They’re going to have fond memories, and this is another way to give them a memory they will have for the rest of their lives.”
Many of the women say being crowned Homecoming Queen is not the most im-portant part of receiving the nomination. Kylah Riddle, senior business-finance ma-jor from Dimmitt and a member of this year’s Homecoming Court, said she and the four other Kojies on the court are honored to represent their club and its alumni.
“It’s awesome to be nominated for Homecoming Queen,” Riddle said. “We are proud to be represented by our club; we aren’t worried about getting Homecoming Queen – we are just excited to be on the court together. It’s a great experience.”
This year Justin Prince, senior Bible major from San Antonio and president of Trojans, made it into the top 20 nominees, Adkins said.
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ACU’s endowment has in-creased despite the volatility of the stock market last year.
“The movement of the stock market influences all markets, but there’s
not a direct correlation between what happens in the stock market and what happens in our portfolio,” Jack Rich, chief invest-ment officer, said.
In the year-long period ending June 30, the ACU en-dowment earned 15.1 per-
cent. Rich said the average return over the last five years has been 9.4 percent, which has pleased the university.
The endowment has in-creased in the last year to more than $270 million. It peaked at $293 million in May 2008 and fell to $225
million in March 2009, Rich said.
He said ACU lost about $45 million in market value between May 2008 and May 2009 but has since made up the losses in terms of re-turns. However, he said the endowment is not back to
its peak value because the university has distributed $30 million to areas such as student scholarships and university operations.
“Over our history, we’ve received $146 million worth of gifts that have gone to the endowment; we’ve paid
out $162 million in distri-bution back to university,” Rich said. “So, even though we’ve paid out more than we’ve received in gifts, we still have an endowment of $270 million.”
University endowment increases over yearLinda BaileyEditor In Chief
FINANCE
ACU Police recently charged an ACU freshman with Class B Possession of mari-juana and are investigating a criminal mischief charge for another student.
Police responded to an anonymous report of two men in possession of a gun in the parking lot in front of McDonald Hall around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 17. Chief of Police Jimmy Ellison said ACU Police officers quickly arrived at the scene and approached two men who matched the description.
While the officers were talking with the two sus-pects, another individual approached the scene and reported one of their car’s windows had just been shot out by one of the suspects. ACU Police are currently in-vestigating the evidence.
“Through the course of their investigation they locat-ed what turned out to be a BB air rifle under the vehicle,” El-lison said. “As they continued their investigation they locat-ed a quantity of marijuana.”
While searching the sus-pects’ car, ACU Police found half an ounce of marijuana in nine separate baggies, as well as smoking accessories and electronic scales. The in-dividual who owned the car claimed possession of the marijuana and was arrested by ACU Police for Class B
Student arrested for illegal drug use
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Ko Jo Kai members Jordana Chisolm, Kylah Riddle, Rachel Webb and Rebecca Hopkins celebrate their nominations for Homecoming Queen.
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Despite rain delays and several large events on campus, construction continues to progress on the new heating and cooling loop line and the Royce and Pam Money Student Recreation and Wellness Center.
Construction crews have successfully con-nected nine of 23 build-ings to the new heating and cooling loop line. The rest of the buildings on campus should be tied in to the circuit within the next two weeks, said Scot Colley, director of physi-cal resources. The Rob-ert D. and Shirley Hunter
Welcome Center is next in line to begin running on the new system.
Once the main heating and cooling line is com-pleted, crews will finish the line’s feeders and then take time to demobilize their ef-forts. Both Colley and Zane Dennis, executive director of facilities and campus development, anticipate
completion in mid-Octo-ber – assuming no rain de-lays or other setbacks.
Rain has made for chal-lenging and often impos-sible working conditions on the loop line project. Dennis said construc-tion crews have found it is sometimes better to wait a
CONSTRUCTION
Loop line completion set for October
Jozie SandsOnline Editor
Queen’s Ransom
Homecoming Committee kidnaps 10
queen hopefuls
GRANT STEPHEN // Staff Photographer
Construction continues as workers guide a piece of piping between Brown Library and Mabee Hall on Thursday. see PIPE page 4
Kelsi WilliamsonArts Editor
Sigma Theta Chi raised over $1,500 for The Alzheimer’s Association in the Abilene Memory Walk last Saturday. Siggies and Siggie pledges walked in memory of mem-ber Meredith Morgan’s moth-er, Janet Sprout Morgan.
The walk, which took place Saturday, Sept. 25th at the Abilene Zoo, was a suc-cess even with unfavorable weather conditions.
Thunderstorms de-layed the event, but Sig-gies and pledges walked in spite of the rain.
“It spoke volumes to me that we all came together to walk for Meredith and her mom in the first place, but even more that we did it in the rain,” said Emily Loper, senior English major from Athens and Sigma Theta Chi vice president. “About five minutes into the walk it started raining … but at that point it didn’t matter because
we knew how much it meant to Meredith, her dad, and all of the other families there af-fected by Alzheimer’s.”
Chaplain Holley Craft, junior family studies major from Tyler, said the club par-ticipated in the event to show love and support for Meredith in this difficult time.
“Our goal as a club is to unify and support each other, and we couldn’t have planned an activity to bet-ter show our pledges that we really do love each other
through thick and thin,” Craft said.
In a tribute ceremony be-fore the walk, participants wrote the names of people they were honoring on a flower to place around the zoo. Mr. Morgan also spoke to the Siggies, thanking them for their support.
“One of my favorite activi-ties during the pledging sea-son is when we come together for our service project in the first week,” Loper said. “It’s re-ally the first time that pledges
and members all get to par-ticipate in something as a big group united together and working for the same goal.”
The Memory Walk is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and funds for Al-zheimer’s care, support and research, according to the Alzheimer’s Association’s website. The event, in which teams walk to honor, remem-ber, or show support for those affected by Alzheimer’s, has raised over $300 million since 1989. This is Sigma Theta Chi’s
first time to participate.Meredith Morgan, junior
music education major from Arlington, said she felt very inspired after the event.
“Words cannot begin to describe how blessed and en-couraged I have been today by the Women of Sigma Theta Chi,” Morgan said. “God’s love for all of us was shown today through each one of my sisters.”
The Abilene Swing Dance Society will sponsor a dance event at the Windsor Hotel on Friday. ACU’s Swing Cats and jazz ensemble are sched-uled to perform throughout the night.
The Swing Dance Society has filled the Windsor’s ball-room before as part of Art Walk celebrations, but the addition of the jazz ensemble will create a unique atmo-sphere for the evening. Sandy Beal, property manager of the Windsor Hotel, has watched
the Swing Cats give lessons and dance performances for Art Walk in the past.
“That’s kind of how they got started here,” Beal said. “We let them use the ball-room after Art Walk. It’s an expanding and progressing thing, and they seem to be doing well and having fun.”
Derek Brown, direc-tor of jazz studies, said the jazz band is excited to per-form with the Abilene Swing Dance Society.
“I like to view this event as our ACU Jazz Ensemble doing a concert featuring all clas-sic swing era tunes,” Brown
said. “We’ve done a couple of these in the past, and we always enjoy it because the atmosphere is more relaxed than one of our more typical concerts, and the energy is always really high.”
Ryan Komorowski, a Swing Cats alumnus spon-sor, said that the Swing Cats and the Abilene Swing Dance Society are working to pro-
mote swing dance as some-thing everyone can learn and improve on.
“If you’ve never swing danced before, then I defi-nitely recommend going to the lessons before,” Ko-morowski said. “That way once the dance starts, you know what to work on, and you can still pull someone aside for more help.”
While the Swing Cats typi-cally perform in traditional swing dance clothing, Fri-day’s participants are invited to wear whatever they want.
“If people want to dress 50s or dress of the period, I’m all for it,” Komorowski said. “But usually it’s not anything formal. Definitely come ca-sual and comfortable.”
Komorowski also offered advice to anyone who wants to participate in swing danc-ing for the first time.
“The most important thing is to wear non-marking shoes – shoes with lots of grips on the bottom could
hurt the dancer’s ankles if they try to do spins,” Ko-morowski said.
“We’re just doing this event because they’re danc-ing as much as they can, and we try and get as much live music as we can, for the Swing Cats and for the les-sons,” he added.
Dance lessons are from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. and cost $5. The open dance will run until 11 p.m., with the jazz ensemble performing live until 10 p.m.
11 a.m. Praise Day in Moody Coliseum
8 p.m. Jazz Ensemble/Swing Dance in the Windsor Hotel Ballroom
8 p.m. Women’s Soccer at Northeastern State University
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Disability Resources, Inc. needs volunteers from 10 a.m. until dusk Mon-day - Saturday and 1 p.m. until dusk Sundays Sept. 29 - Oct. 31 to help with its annual Pumpkin Patch. Volunteers will help sell pumpkins, read at story time in the children’s area, and assist with children’s games. Contact Jo Ann Wilson at 325-677-6825, ext. 2003 or e-mail [email protected].
ACU Homecoming needs help on Oct. 8 to line the streets from ACU to Shot-well Stadium with stream-ers. Help is also needed at the carnival for two-hour shifts from 4 p.m.- 8 p.m., and in the Spirit Shop during the Homecoming game on Oct. 2. During the carnival volunteers will assist with face painting, inflatables, children’s game stations and other activi-ties. Contact Kelsey Chrane at [email protected].
The Dyess Youth Center needs help with a Ping Pong Exhibition from 4 p.m.-6 p.m every Friday. Volunteers will preside over tournaments and help with an exhibition for the students. Transporta-tion will not be provided, nor can volunteers have any sexual assault charges or charges pending. For more information, contact Sheri Frisby at 325-696-4797 or e-mail [email protected]. The Dyess Youth Center needs volunteers from 4 p.m. -6 p.m. every Monday - Friday to assist students with homework in the areas of math, sci-ence, English and history. Transportation will not be provided, nor can vol-unteers have any sexual assault charges or charges pending. For more in-formation, contact Sheri Frisby at 325-696-4797 or e-mail [email protected].
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Help prevent burglaries in the ACU area. Always lock your room, apart-ment or house when you are not at home.
Tuesday, Sept. 218:30 a.m. Someone reported a parked motorcycle had been knocked over in the Big Pur-ple lot. Subsequent investiga-tion determined that a pickup truck struck the motorcycle. The owner of the motorcycle was notified. 5:10 p.m. Someone reported his iPhone had been stolen from Powell Fitness Center.9:58 p.m. ACU Police received a call of an elderly woman in the parking lot of the Hardin Administration Building who seemed confused. An officer spoke with the lady, who was not talking very clearly. ACU Police requested EMS.
Wednesday, Sept. 228:45 a.m. A student reported that an unknown vehicle struck his black Ford F250 pickup while it was parked in the Big Purple Parking Lot.11:39 a.m. Abilene Fire De-partment notified ACU Po-lice of an elderly woman who had fallen in Moody Colise-um. The woman was trans-ported to Hendrick Medical Center for treatment.11:45 a.m. Someone report-ed the theft of their iPhone.1 p.m. Someone reported a hit-and-run crash in the in the University Church of Christ parking lot. There were no witnesses to this hit-and-run.
Thursday, Sept. 238:41 p.m. ACU Police assist-
ed Abilene Police with a traf-fic accident at Ambler Avenue and E. Overland Trail.
Friday, Sept. 2412:04 a.m. ACU Police Officer detained a suspicious person at EN 16th and Campus Court. The subject was placing his clothes over the stop sign. He was identified and released.4:20 p.m. ACU Police con-tacted a man who was found to be in possession of stolen property from an off-campus theft. The man was arrested for Class B Theft and issued a criminal trespass warning for ACU properties.
Saturday, Sept. 254 p.m. Someone reported their neighbor’s dog had been barking for several hours.
Sunday, Sept. 261:30 p.m. Someone report-ed the theft of their iPhone.
Monday, Sept. 273:15 p.m. ACU Police re-sponded to a call about a suspicious man on E.N. 20th selling magazines. Officers checked and discovered the man worked for a magazine sales company.9:05 p.m. ACU Police re-sponded to a traffic accident on Campus Court.
Report all suspicious activity to the ACU Police Department at (325) 674-2305.
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Delta Theta Bake/Garage Sale at 35 Harbour Town St.
11 a.m. FilmFest directing workshop in the Mabee Library Auditorium
8 p.m. Guest Artist Series, Rawlins Piano Trio in the Recital Hall of the Williams Preforming Arts Center
Flu shots are now avail-able in the ACU clinic located in McKinzie Hall. Call (325) 674-2151 for more information.
FCA meets at 9 p.m. every Thursday in the Living Room of the Mc-Glothlin Campus Center.
Table Tennis Club is looking for new mem-bers who enjoy casual and ranked matches. For more information, contact Benjamin Hayes at [email protected].
Titanic, the Department of Theatre’s fall Home-coming musical, will show at 8 p.m. on Oct. 8-9 and 2 p.m. on Oct. 10 at the Abilene Civic Center. For ticketing information, call 325-647-2787 or visit acu.edu/theatre.
ACUltimate, the university’s ultimate frisbee club, is meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays. Interested students can contact Kyle Thaxton at [email protected].
Red Dirt Adventure Chal-lenge duathlon race by the ACU Outdoor Club will take place on Oct. 2. For more in-formation and registration details, visit www.acuout-doorclub.org.
Big Brothers Big Sisters is having a benefit basketball tournament at 9 a.m. on Oct. 2 in Moody Coliseum. Entry fee is $30 per team. For more information, con-tact Kevin Riley at [email protected].
JamFest will take place from 6 - 9 p.m. on Oct. 8 on the East Lawn in front of the Robert D. and Shirley Hunter Welcome Center.
The Rawlins Piano Trio will perform as part of the Guest Artist Series at 8 p.m. on Oct. 2. in the Recital Hall of the Williams Preforming Arts Center.
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Siggies sponsor memory walk for Alzheimer’sLaura Gasvoda
Contributing Reporter
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Swing Dance Society pairs with Jazz EnsembleBailey Neal Page Designer
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The atmosphere is more relaxed than one of our more typical concerts...
DEREK BROWN // director of jazz studies‘‘ ’’
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Fire-breathing Wildcat
DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer
Austin Fontaine, junior social justice major from Houston, breathes fire in the rain outside of Smith-Adams Hall on Friday.
University namestop 2010 alumnus
Dr. John Bailey will re-ceive this year’s Outstand-ing Alumnus of the Year award.
Dr. Bailey will speak in the Robert D. and Shirley Hunter Welcome Center at noon on Sunday Oct. 10.
Bailey graduated from ACU in 1957 to work in den-tal medicine. After retiring from private practice in 1998 he began traveling around the world on medical mis-sions. In 2003 he created Body and Soul Ministries, a nonprofit organization that provides free health care to those in need.
Body and Soul Ministries operates in 15 countries around the world, including Nicaragua, Ghana, Iraq and Indonesia.
Senior Alumni Relations officer Samantha Adkins said the Outstanding Alum-nus award goes to individu-als over the age of 40 who have significant professional and personal achievements.
“Dr. Bailey, instead of retiring, became a global missionary,” Adkins said. “He now works with the Caris Foundation, going to third world countries and giving dental care to those in need.”
A board of alumni choose an Outstanding Alumnus of the Year and a Young Alumnus of the Year from nominations received each February.
“The board is made up of about 36 people from all over the U.S., with dif-ferent professions and different class years,” said Jama Cadle, assistant di-rector of Alumni Relations and university events. “We solicit nominations from faculty, staff, alum-ni, students and friends of
the university – So pretty much everyone.”
The board recognizes several other nominees in addition to the Outstand-ing and Young Alumni.
“We also give out Distin-guished Alumni Citations. We try to recognize an alum-ni from each school,” Cadle said. “Several Distinguished Alumni have gone on to be-come Outstanding Alumnus of the Year.”
The Alumni of the Year were traditionally honored in the spring, but the event was moved to Homecoming because of changes in ACU’s Summit schedule.
“We used to honor the alumnus during lecture-ship but then Summit was moved to the fall,” Cadle said. “This will provide more opportu-nities to meet with them and maximize their time on campus.”
Tickets are $20, and tables for eight may be reserved for $140. Tickets can be purchased at www.acu.edu/alumni.
Nominations for next year’s awards can be made at www.acu.edu/alumni/awards/index.html.
Matthew WoodrowOpinions Page Editor
ALUMNI
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Psychology professor awarded research grant
An ACU psychology professor recently received a grant to study the effects of sexualized media on young children.
The Christian Scholars Foundation awarded Dr. Jen-nifer Shewmaker, associate professor of psychology and director of school psychology training, a grant to support her research.
“They are a small fam-ily foundation, and their goal is to increase Chris-tian academic voices in the academy,” Shewmaker said. “One of those ways is to give
Christian scholars more money for research.”
Shewmaker said she was inspired in her research three years ago when reading about children and sexualized me-dia. This prompted her to ask more questions and subse-quently conduct research.
Since then, she has dis-covered five factors that af-fect how children process media: family, race, gender, religiosity and involvement in celebrity culture.
“Why do some kids look at this and say ‘I don’t believe this is how I should be,’ while others don’t do that,” Shew-maker said. “They take in
what the media says and go along with it.”
Shewmaker said she has conducted quantitative and qualitative research at high schools, speaking with stu-dents and gathering their input first-hand. She expects her research to last from five to 10 years, and is currently working on a paper she hopes to submit to a peer review board in the spring.
The mother of three daughters, Shewmaker said her goal is not to eliminate sexualized media messages, but rather to teach children and their families how to be more discerning.
“Something needs to be done, but first we need to learn about it,” Shewmaker said. “I hope to develop an understanding of how we can help children be critical consumers and share that information with families.”
Cherisse Flanagan, direc-tor of the ACU Psychology Clinic, said Shewmaker’s re-search will be important for both parents and children.
“The benefit is to parents, educators and children,” Flanagan said. “Ultimately she’s hoping to make a real difference in deciding what messages we allow our chil-dren to see, and how they in-
terpret the messages they are going to see anyway. Having quality research that guides us in how to best educate. “
Flanagan said Shewmak-er’s work has an important message for young girls. She said the media tells girls they have to be beautiful, which often affects how they live.
“Part of what she is doing
is going to the source. She is interviewing girls who are speaking to her frankly, and hopefully she can gather information from that,” Flanagan said. “She is look-ing at how to be beautiful as a child of God.”
Jeff CraigManaging Editor
FACULTY
The winner has to show professional and personal achievements in their life.
SAMANTHA ADKINS // senior Alumni Relations officer
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COBA dean releases new book
Dr. Richard Lytle, dean of the College of Business Administration and pro-fessor of marketing, calls all Christians to break the mold in a book he released last week. ‘
Just over 200 pages, Abandon the Ordinary en-courages people of faith to live their lives authentically.
“In America, Christian-ity has become generic,” Lytle said, adding that it no longer influences people to change and find God.
In a press release, Gary Skidmore, president of marketing at Harte-Hanks Inc., said the book gives readers a plan for building a distinctive leadership brand in their business, family and church.
“If you really want to build a brand that is not generic, you must manage perception, power, per-formance and position,” Lytle said. “And as a Chris-tian, you should consider your brand’s promise. For example, are you King-dom-driven?”
With a Ph.D. in mar-keting, Lytle decided to write his book in relation to business, with one of its major points being how Christian living coin-cides with the four busi-
ness principles of prod-uct, placement, price and promotion.
“Anything generic does not have lasting power in the marketplace,” Lytle said. “If people look at us as Christians and can’t tell a difference, you have no power over life and can-not lead.”
The book focuses espe-cially on leadership and power, with the rest en-couraing readers to avoid living the ordinary life that is often so attractive.
“I talk about what is true power and looking at it through a Godly spirit,” said Lytle. “If you read the Bible, everything is about His power.”
Skidmore said it is no surprise Lytle would write a book that takes a pas-sionate look at leading through serving.
“Rick Lytle is the best kind of leader – a ser-vant,” Skidmore said. “He demonstrates his passion for serving students, fac-ulty, peers, alumni and friends.”
Lytle said inspiration for the book stemmed from 19 years of teaching on campus, and that stu-dents will have no prob-lem identifying with the book.
“Seeing students, there is a disconnect between Christianity and behavior
from integrity,” Lytle said. “If your speech is demean-ing Jesus’ name, are we re-ally honoring His name, or are we devaluing Him?”
Abandon the Ordinary is available for sale at
Barnes & Noble Booksell-ers and Amazon.com. The current listing price for the book is $16.
Marissa FergusonContributing Reporter
FACULTY
I talked about what is true power and looking at it through a Godly spirit.
DR. RICK LYTLE // dean of COBA and professor of marketing‘‘ ’’contact Ferguson at
I hope to develop an understanding of how we can help children be critical consumers and share that information with families.
DR. JENNIFER SHEWMAKER // associate professor of psychology and director of school psychology training‘‘ ’’
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Market: University endowment remains steadyRich said the stock market certainly plays a role in the endowment, but the rela-tively small amount of to-tal assets ACU has invested directly in the stock market reduces the endowment’s volatility. He added that ACU tends to underperform when the stock market goes
up rapidly, but tends to do much better than the mar-ket when the stock market drops rapidly.
“It’s better if your invest-ments are less volatile over the long term,” Rich said. “Over many years, the less volatility you have in your investments generally the better.”
Dr. Terry Pope, profes-sor of finance, said the
stock market had a fairly strong spring and a weak summer. While it is having a strong fall so far, he said, it continues to be some-what volatile.
“The impact that has on people’s thinking is, ‘well, maybe this is not for me, and I’d like to do something else,’ so they’ve sought safer havens,” Pope said.
Instead of investing in the stock market, many people have bought secu-rities from the U.S. trea-sury or put money in the bank where they know it will stay safe.
The high employment rate has also had a damp-ening effect on the econo-my, which Pope said goes full circle.
“In order to get the un-employment down, there’s got to be more hiring, but to be more hiring there has to be more profitability, and then once the employment rate starts dropping, then consumer spending comes back stronger,” Pope said.
This same philosophy may apply to donations to the endowment.
“Donations tend to fol-low economic cycles,” Rich said. “So, our donations [to the endowment] have been down over the past three years as the economy has been down. Typically we’ll see donations improve as the economy improves.”
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Pipe: Construction nears completion
few days for the ground to dry before moving forward.
“It kills us,” Dennis said. “Everything they work on is in the ground and every-thing is saturated.”
As loop line construc-tion comes to an end, stu-dents and faculty should expect to see more prog-ress on the Wellness Cen-ter, Dennis said. At the moment, construction teams are still focusing on structural elements in the foundation and basement of the Wellness Center.
While parking and con-gestion will be a challenge during next week’s Home-coming events, supervi-sors say student and cam-pus visitor awareness will help keep projects run-ning smoothly.
“It’s not going to be any different than it has been for the past few events,” Dennis said. “We need everyone to be very, very aware of their surroundings.”
Dennis and Colley sug-gest Homecoming partici-pants avoid parking in the lots behind the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building and recommend parking behind Edwards Hall near the the old intra-mural fields instead.
Supervisors also ask people to step lightly on the fresh sod being laid across campus in complet-ed construction areas. The sod needs approximately two weeks of total water saturation to survive after it is planted. Walking on the grass is harmful both to the growing process and campus aesthetics.
“It’s a huge issue. Please stay on sidewalks,” Colley said.
There is currently fresh sod in front of McKinzie Hall and the McGlothlin Campus Center and in the mall area outside Moody Coliseum.
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Queen: 10 nominees announced
It is not unusual for a few men to be nominated Homecoming Queen, Ad-kins said, but she has never seen a male student receive this many nominations.
Only seven women from the Coming Home Court of 1999 will be able to attend Homecoming Chapel and the football game this year. Cin-derella Wong, 1999 Home-coming Queen and the first international student to re-
ceive the title, will not be able to attend any Homecoming activities. Jama Cadle, interim director of Alumni Relations, will present the crown.
“It’s not a big deal what club the Homecoming Queen is in,” said Jessica Ellison, senior accounting major from Van and a member of this year’s Homecoming Court. “The girl who wins will be the one who deserves it. She will be some-one the students believe in.”
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Drugs: Police enforce policy
Possession of Marijuana and taken to the Taylor County jail by Abilene Police.
Ellison said both stu-dents were also referred to ACU’s judicial affairs, which will deal with up-holding the university’s polices in the case.
According to the ACU Stu-dent Handbook, “The univer-sity has a zero-tolerance pol-icy prohibiting the unlawful possession, use or distribu-tion of illegal drugs and con-trolled substances. Violations of this policy will be assessed the full range of disciplinary responses, including the pos-sibility of immediate dismiss-al from the university.”
Under Texas law, posses-sion of a usable quantity of marijuana carries a mini-mum a fine of up to $2,000 and/or 180 days in jail.
Ellison said he was thank-ful someone called to report the crime and stressed that the ACU Police rely on the community to help alert them to suspicious activ-ity. He said the ACU Police
would continue to be an ac-tive presence at ACU.
“We are going to en-force that law aggressively on campus and around campus,” Ellison said. “We owe it to the community to maintain a drug-free environment.”
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quick factsThe 2010 Homecoming Court appears at three events during Homecoming Weekend: a Chapel appearance, the Queen’s Tea and half time at the Homecoming football game.
n Caroline Conwell, management major from Atlanta, Ga.n Heather Lowery, biology major from Midlandn Jessica Ellison, accounting major from Vann Jordana Chisholm, nutrition major from San Antonion Julie Kelley, exercise science major from Amarillon Kinsey Logan, communication disorders major from Huntsvillen Kylah Riddle, business finance major from Dimmittn Rachel Webb, marketing major from Beaumontn Rebecca Hopkins, speech pathology major from Edmond, Okla.n Sarah Greer, English major from Spring
ArtsOctober 1, 2010 Page 5
Abilene Events
10/1-10/2HSU Theatre-Our Town8 p.m.Hardin Simmons University
SATURDAYNCCIL Storybook Gala7 p.m.Elks Art Center
Alice Wright10 a.m.-5 p.m.Tuesday-SaturdayThe Grace Museum
ALICE’S GARDEN
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KELSI WILLIAMSON & HANNAH BARNES
Above: A serving of roasted balsamic squash and sweet potatoes accompanies rosemary, lemon and garlic chicken; Below right: Brown rice pudding includes plenty of raisins and pecans; Bottom: scenes from Slowpoke Farm correspond to related recipes.
1-2 chopped cloves of garlic3 tablespoons rosemary2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oillemon juice from two fresh lemonssalt and pepper to taste2 chicken breastssliced lemon for garnish
1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
2. Toss and coat chicken breast in olive oil and lemon juice, and place in a bak-ing dish. Add garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper. Top with lemon slices. (Or experi-ment with your own flavors.)
3. Roast in oven for 25-30 minutes or until cooked thoroughly.
4. Serve warm with oven-roasted bal-samic squash.
Kerry and Joy Hedges are among the increasing number of people who rec-ognize the advantages of eating locally produced food.
The owners of Slowpoke Farm, a sustainable operation located just south of Cisco between Abilene and Forth Worth, the Hedges believe buy-ing local food improves a community’s ecology and economy and benefits an individual’s health and spirituality.
“Food is fundamentally the most important thing you have in your life. It is the primary way you interface with the world,” Kerry Hedges said.
Buying locally produced food results in cooking locally produced food. Even with the stress of college life, the Hedges suggest taking small steps to move toward incorporating fresh and organic food into eating habits.
“You cannot change everything,” Joy Hedges said. “You start with one meal and work your way up.”
With that in mind, you may want to try out a few Slowpoke Farm reci-pes. They may take a bit longer than Top Ramen, but they are top-notch alternatives to fast-paced eating. The Hedges suggest experimenting with spices and ingredients in these recipes to fit personal taste.
Local products, including produce, meat and dairy, are available every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at the Abilene Farmer’s Market. The market opens at 8 a.m. and is located in the Frontier Texas parking lot on N. 1st St.
upBy Kelsi Williamson
Fromtheground
4-5 cups winter squash (such as acorn squash) and sweet potatoes, cut into 1 in. wedges
4 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar2 tablespoons fresh sage, chopped2 onions, cut into wedgessalt and pepper to taste2 tablespoons gruyere cheese (optional)
3 eggs1 1/2 cups heavy cream1/3 cup maple syrup or sorghum1 teaspoon vanilla1/8 teaspoon sea salt1/2 teaspoon cinnamon2 cups brown rice3/4 cups pecans2 cups raisins
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Toss squash, sweet potatoes and onions with oil and vinegar. Add spices.
3. Place ingredients in a roasting pan and cook for 30 minutes. If using cheese, sprinkle over squash and cook another 20 minutes.
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Beat eggs with cream, maple syrup, vanilla, salt and cinnamon.
3. Stir in rice, pecans and raisins. Pour into casserole dish. Bake for 40-50 minutes.
4. Garnish with more cinnamon, if desired. Serve warm.
Rosemary, lemon and garlic chicken
Roasted balsamic squash and sweet potato
Raisin, pecan and brown rice pudding
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THE VACANT LIGHT
The American gov-ernment is not an institution that ex-
ists to promote the ideolo-gies of any single group. It exists to “secure the bless-ings of liberty” and ensure all people have the right to “life, liberty and the pur-suit of happiness.”
Anything that doesn’t infringe on the basic rights of another human being should be legally permitted.
When the government enforces a particular group’s standard of mo-rality on the rest of the nation, it fails to live up to the standards established in the Constitution and
upon which this country was founded.
This is why the gov-ernment should legalize marijuana.
In 1920, the govern-ment banned the sale, transportation and con-sumption of alcohol in the U.S. As it turned out, prohibition did not solve any problems. Instead, as John D. Rockefeller Jr., noted at the time, “respect for the law has been great-ly lessened, and crime has increased to a level never seen before.”
Likewise, the current laws that make the possession and use of marijuana illegal
have done little to curtail its presence. Marijuana usage nationwide has been on the rise since 1995, according to government surveys.
This isn’t to say the dangers of marijuana use should be overlooked; it is, after all, an impairing sub-stance. At the same time, multiple studies have shown the long-term usage of THC (the most abundant drug in marijuana) to be less harm-ful to the human body than prolonged use of alcohol or tobacco, both legally-con-trolled substances.
If marijuana was le-galized, the government would be able to tax mari-juana sales, which could boost the economy. The legalized vending of mari-juana would also create job for producers and sellers.
As a legal drug, the gov-ernment would be able to set standards for the herb, ensuring a safer, cleaner product than what is often sold illegally. The govern-ment could also set pa-rameters on marijuana-use that would be similar to laws concerning alcohol and tobacco. These would include setting age limits, restricting usage to private settings and outlawing driving while under the influence of marijuana.
As with the end of Pro-hibition, the legalization of marijuana would prob-ably not cause a dramatic increase in the number of users. Marijuana would be a personal choice, like drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco.
In a private, controlled setting, there is nothing in marijuana usage that di-rectly infringes upon an-other person’s right to life, liberty or the pursuit of hap-piness any more than the controlled use of alcohol or tobacco already do. Smok-ing marijuana is a personal decision, and the govern-ment should acknowledge it as a legitimate one.
Altitude SicknessBy Juliana Kocsis
OMG. This is OOMWPP, BTW. Why do we AENAD? In MOO, using TL outside of TM is SNF.
Trans-lation: Oh my good-ness. This is one of my worst pet p e e v e s , by the way. Why do we abbreviate every-thing nowadays? In my own opinion, using tex-
ting lingo outside of text messages is so not funny.
Before I begin my non-abbreviated diatribe against using texting lingo in everyday com-munication, I will admit that it does serve a pur-pose in 160-character-limit text messages. The 14 fewer characters in JK BTW versus “just kid-ding, by the way” can prove quite helpful.
As the name suggests, however, “texting lingo” is for texts and should be avoided entirely in every other other form of communication.
Facebook posts cut off at 1,000 characters, which is more than enough room to spell out every “by the way,” “oh my goodness” and “laughing out loud” for your friends and stalkers to see. Facebook messages have no limit at all, and neither do good old-fashioned e-mails, unless you can fill 10 MB with text. Conversations, especially, are no place for keypad acronyms.
My critics might point out that as an English ma-jor and copy editor I am predisposed to hate all ab-breviations and deviations
from strict grammatical and syntactical standards. I must admit that I edit bill-boards for word choice and menus for comma splices, and that my MLA style sen-sors go on emergency alert with the first spelling mis-take in an e-mail.
But my own idiosyncra-sies aside, there are more important reasons why I am so frustrated with the proliferation of texting lingo outside of texts. To me, OMGs, JKs and LOLs on Facebook, blog posts and – worst of all – in conversations, suggest a disintegrating concern
for language and personal communication. An LOL in an e-mail only serves to re-mind me that I am talking to a computer screen. A BTW dropped in a face-to-face conversation makes whoever I’m talking to a cell phone screen.
If we allow it to seep into our writings and conversa-tions, texting lingo may spell an imminent linguis-tic and social decay in soci-ety. We may forget how to spell and how to construct a complete sentence, and the English language will be reduced to a set of capi-tal letters strung together
(or lowercase letters if we can’t be bothered to hit the shift key). We ourselves will become walking Black-berries and iPhones, who laugh in obnoxious LOLs and express ourselves in digitized emoticons.
Does this mean that I will refuse to respond to Facebook posts and e-mails that include the dreaded texting lingo and run away at the first sign of it in a conversation? Yes, that’s exactly what I mean.
JK, not really. :)
Marijuana, weed, dope, grass, Mary Jane, hashish
– these and others are all names for the popular rec-reational drug that comes from cannabis. Despite the fun nicknames associated with the drug, it is dangerous enough to be taken very seri-ously. Research is clear when it comes to the dangers of marijuana consumption.
Some say outlawing mar-ijuana takes away people’s inalienable rights. Yet one of those rights is life, and mari-juana use endangers the life of the user and those around him or her.
While 14 states have legal-ized medicinal marijuana, the government has out-lawed the use of the drug in most cases – and for very good reasons.
The mind-altering chemi-cal in marijuana, tetrahydro-cannabinol (THC), attaches to nerve endings in the brain and interferes with neuron communication. This creates a sensation of pleasure, but it also causes short-term mem-ory loss, distorted perception and hampered learning abil-ity. These effects are even more potent when THC is consumed as food rather than smoked.
Studies have shown that daily marijuana users exhibit more permanent side effects. Brain scans reveal areas of de-creased blood activity. These “holes” cause problems with language, emotional con-trol and motor control. High school seniors who smoke marijuana have been shown to score significantly lower on math and verbal tests than their peers.
Some would argue that other dangerous substances, like alcohol and tobacco, are legal. But marijuana has been deemed more harmful than either of those. Smoking five joints of marijuana a week is as harmful to the lungs as
a pack of cigarettes a day, and the long-term effects are even more destructive.
Those who advocate the legalization of mari-juana point to its medicinal uses. Yet drugs like Marinol have the same effects and are approved by the FDA. In most states, receiving a medical marijuana card requires nothing but an application, a doctor’s sig-nature and a small deposit. From then on, the medical marijuana is mostly self-administered. If we already see prescription abuse with many medicines today, how much more likely would it be to see abuse with an ad-dictive drug?
There are no studies that prove marijuana to be a
“gateway drug,” but the Drug Enforcement Administration has shown that only one per-cent of cocaine users started using cocaine without first taking marijuana, and 62 percent of current cocaine users started with marijua-na before age 15. Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse reports that teens who used marijuana at least once in the last month are almost 26 times more likely to use another drug than those who have never used marijuana.
Everything is permissible but everything is not bene-ficial – and marijuana is one of those things. Just because we can reach up and eat the forbidden fruit does not mean that we should.
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By Morgan DavisThe Funny Funnies
More and more states across the nation are legalizing some uses of marijuana. A variety of messages come from the media, the Drug Enforcement Agency, Chris-tian groups and actual users. The editorial board has chosen to outline the pros and cons of the argument, allowing readers to consider opposing viewpoints on the issue and come to their own decisions.
October 1, 2010 Page 7FROM SPORTS
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The edge has to go to the Wildcats here. Kingsville has scored just 12 offensive touchdowns this season against mediocre defenses at best. ACU has been posting huge numbers thanks to a deep rushing attack and a potent air attack led by Mitchell Gale and Edmund Gates.
As good as the Wildcats are on the defensive side of the ball, the Javelinas are better. With studs at every position, Kingsville has not allowed double digit points yet this season, allowing an average of just 5.25 points allowed per game.
The Wildcats have proved to be one of the best special teams in the nation. With Kendrick Johnson returning punts, you never know when he is going break one. Morgan Lineberry has a next level leg, even though he may be erratic at times, and Spencer Covey has continually put the Wildcats opponents deep on kickoffs.
24 10The Javelinas have counted on their defense all season long and will have to count on it again to stay in the game. But the Wildcats’ three-headed monster in the back field combined with an ever-improving passing game will do the Javelinas in. ACU should pull out the win in their toughest test of the season.
Pride: ’Cats representto make some noise in conference play and even compete to make the NCAA national tournament.
ACU tennis has played great this season, knocking off Division I opponents across the board. The men’s team had two individuals win single matches against opponents from Texas Tech University and New Mexico University. Julia Mongin has played incredibly for the women’s team. Mongin won the last two tourna-ments she played and qual-ified for the national cham-pionship tournament. Jaclyn Walker also played well, making it to the finals
against Mongin in the last tournament. She also qual-ified for the national cham-pionship tournament.
The golf team is off to a promising start after win-ning its first tournament last weekend in Okla-homa. Alex Carpenter led the Wildcats, tying for first place in the tournament.
Cross country is running in stride, with the women’s team finishing eighth last weekend in a meet that fea-
tured multiple Division I schools. Amos Sang leads the men’s team and has already won an individual meet this season, winning the Baylor Bear Twilight Invitational.
ACU sports have never looked better. Division II schools athletics are often looked down on, but this year nobody is looking down on the Wildcats.
COLUMN
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Rankings: ACU falls to fourth Sang ran the 8,000-meter course in 24:25.04, and his teammate Cleophas Tanui finished 15th overall with a time of 25:04.40.
“I felt like this course was a good test for us as a team,” Sang said. “It had some varied elevation and offered some new chal-lenges that we’re not used to here in Abilene, so that was good for us. It was good preparation for us.”
The women’s cross country team finished the meet in eighth place and displayed its strongest showing of the season, Woods said.
Anais Belledant came in 15th and was the top fin-
isher for the ACU women, completing the 6,000-me-ter course in 22:24.62.
“I felt like everyone ran a good race, and everyone performed well,” Belledant said. “It was fun getting to race against lots of big name schools and really hang with them.”
The Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, the old-est cross country race in the country now in its 74th year, attracts many top-flight Di-vision I schools, including Oklahoma State University,
University of Oklahoma, Kansas State University, Texas State University, Tex-as Christian University and many others.
Woods used this race and group of schools to as a measuring stick to his program and to give the team a chance to compete with the best schools in the country, regardless of their classification.
“I think it’s very impor-tant to compete against these guys, because we don’t just want to be a Divi-
sion II national contender; we want to be compared to a national powerhouse,” said Woods.
The Wildcats, ranked number one in the NCAA Division II South Cen-tral rankings prior to the Oklahoma Jamboree, dropped to number four in the latest rankings re-leased Thursday by the United States’ Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association.
The men and women will return to action next Saturday at the ACU-hosted Naimadu Pre-Conference Meet at Sherrod Park.
CROSS COUNTRY
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Continued from page 8
Preview: Wildcats go hunting for Javelinas
and Corey Robertson have combined for 36 tackles, one interception and one fumble recovery, with a secondary unit that has allowed just 109 yards per game through the air and only two passing touchdowns.
The secondary will have to contain a Wildcat passing attack that burned them last season for 289 yards and two touch-downs and has continued to flourish this season. Mitchell Gale and the ACU passing attack have aver-aged 268 yards through the air in four games this season – 68 more yards than last season.
Edmund Gates, who torched the Javelinas last season for over 100 yards, continues to climb his way up the record books this season. He is now in ACU history’s top-10 in recep-tions, receiving yards and touchdown receptions. Gale will have to move the ball early and often for the Wildcats to succeed.
The battle of the lines should be the key to this game. Kingsville statisti-cally has the most domi-nating defensive line in all of Division II, allowing less than 50 yards rushing per game and 14 sacks on the season.
Defensive end Matt Romig has been wreaking havoc on opposing offens-es this season. Romig has accounted for five of the Javelinas 14 sacks and has five tackles for loss. Tre-vis Turner and Neal Tivis will have to keep Romig
and his counterpart Mike Talamantez from getting to Gale and the running backs to allow time for plays to develop.
“The offensive line pro-tection is going to be key this weekend,” said ACU head coach Chris Thom-sen. “We have to be able to get our receivers open down the field.”
The ACU defense should have an easier time this Sat-urday. The Javelinas come in with the 91st ranked of-fense in Div. II. They have scored only 12 touchdowns this season, including just 20 points against an East Central team that allowed 45 points in its first game of the season and 47 points in its second.
Kingsville has strug-gled to replace one of the most feared quarterbacks in the LSC in recent years with Billy Garza. Junior Nate Poppell has thrown just four touchdowns to a receiving core that was considered one of the best coming into the season.
Receiver Deleshaun Dean, a senior transfer from Arizona, and senior Ryan Lincoln are the pri-mary targets for Poppell. The two have combined for 367 yards this season, nearly half of the team’s re-ceiving output.
But just because the Javelinas have not been scoring does not mean they come without weap-ons. Dean and Lincoln are always a threat to break big plays, and Kingsville’s new two-headed rushing attack should not be overlooked.
After star running back
Fred Winborn was dis-missed from the team two weeks ago, the Javelinas have turned to Connell Da-vis and Jonathan Woodson to carry the load. The two combined for 96 yards in their first game after Win-born’s departure in a 34-9 win over Incarnate Word last weekend.
“They lost Fred, but they found they had two or three backs that can take his place,” said Thomsen. “So I don’t really expect much of a drop-off in pro-duction from that aspect of their game.”
The Wildcats will have to cut down on penal-ties if they want to reach 5-0. ACU was tagged nine times last Saturday for 94 yards in that department – something neither Thom-sen nor Edwards wants to see repeated.
“We have been telling ourselves that we need to stop it,” said Edwards. “We know that committing penalties is going to get us beat this weekend.”
If the Wildcats can cut down on the penalties and find a way to penetrate a daunting Kingsville de-fense, ACU should be able to move to 5-0 and solidify its spot as one of the top teams in Div. II.
The Wildcats will travel more than 400 miles on Friday down to TAMU-K. The game between the two undefeated teams is scheduled for a 7 p.m. kick off in Kingsville, Texas.
FOOTBALL
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CoachingAs much as Bo Atterberry has done in just three seasons at the helm of the Javelinas program, Coach Thomsen has the big-game experience with numerous playoff and tough regular season games under his belt.
We want to be compared to a national powerhouse.
CHRIS WOODS // cross country head coach‘‘ ’’
Wildcat athleticsBelow are the records of the ACU teams currently in action and where they rank in the LSC and the nation.• Football (4-0) – tied for first, 5th in the nation• Volleyball (10-2) – tied for first, 26th in the nation• Soccer (5-2) – second best record, unranked
SportsStandings
FOOTBALLTeam Div. Ovrl.ACUMSUTAMU-KWTAMUENMUE. CentralAngelo St.Tarleton St.UIW
1-01-01-01-01-01-00-10-10-1
4-04-04-03-12-21-32-10-41-3
ACU 0-1 5-2-0
VOLLEYBALL
Team Div. Ovrl.ACUWTAMUMSUAngelo St.Tarleton St. TAMU-K
4-04-03-13-12-22-2
10-29-48-66-613-25-8
WOMEN’S SOCCERTeam Div. Ovrl.MSUWTAMUCen. Okla.Angelo St.NE St.E. Central ENMU
1-01-01-01-0-0-0-10-0-10-1
6-1-05-1-25-3-04-3-14-1-24-2-23-5-0
Briefs
n Wildcat volleyball will play in the Washburn Regional Crossover Friday and Saturday. ACU will play four matches, including Emporia State and Truman State, both Top 25 teams.
n The ACU soccer team returns to action in Oklahoma today to take on East Central and Northeastern State on Sunday. Both are conference matches.
PlayerProfile
n Alex Carpenter is a sophomore from Little Rock, Ark. He won four tournaments in his freshman season, enough to earn him the Phil Mickelson award for the best freshman golfer in Division II. This summer, Carpenter and his teammate Tyler Sheppard participated in the U.S. Amateur Championships. In the offseason, Carpenter won the Southern Amateur, earning him an exemption into Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Invitational in March, an official PGA Tour event.
Ex-Factor
n Bernard Scott and the Cincinnati Bengals will take on the Cleve-land Browns at 1 p.m. Sunday in Cleveland on CBS.
n Johnny Knox, Danieal Manning and the Chi-cago Bears will face the New York Giants Sunday at 8:20 p.m. on NBC. Knox was the leading receiver for the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football last week. He caught four passes for 94 yards, while Danieal Manning had three tack-les and a 44 yard kick return in the Bears’ win over the Packers.
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Carpenter
Carpenter secures Wildcat golf victory
The Wildcat golf team re-turned from the Oklahoma Collegiate tournament in Lawton with its first win of the season, with Alex Car-penter bringing home an individual title.
“It was probably the best tournament we have ever played as a team,” Carpenter said.
Carpenter, a sophomore, led the Wildcats to the team title by two strokes over the University of Central Oklahoma and tied for first place with Central Oklaho-
ma’s Josh Creel. Creel and Carpenter both shot 202.
The second day of the tour-nament separated Carpenter from the rest of the pack. In the second round, Carpenter shot his best round ever for ACU, a 64. The win is his fifth in ACU uniform, the most of any golfer on the team.
Carpenter could have won the title outright, but he had to settle for a tie after a dou-ble bogey on the final hole. Both Carpenter and Creel wanted to play a tie break-ing hole to decide a winner, but officials chose to award the title to the two golfers for their outstanding play.
Defending Division II National Champion Cyril Bouniol finished only one stroke behind his Wildcat teammate for a third place tie. U.S. Amateur participant Tyler Sheppard also contin-ued his hot play, finishing sixth with a 205.
“It feels great to win any-time, but especially early in the season,” Sheppard said. “That just increases every-one’s confidence and makes it that much easier to win the second.”
The Wildcats showed the balance and depth of their squad with all five golf-ers finishing in the Top 25.
Rounding ACU’s lineup were Kyle Dickinson and Trey Sul-livan. Dickinson shot even par for the tournament and finished in 16th, and Sul-livan squeaked into 25th place at three over.
“It’s a huge advantage to have a deep team,” Carpenter said. “What kept us from go-ing further in the playoffs last year was that we didn’t have that good fifth guy. This year we have that, and it showed with a 17 under first round, 14 under second round and a four under fourth.”
In three weeks the Wild-cats will travel to Muscle Shoals, Ala., to compete at
the Shoals Golf Club in the Division II National Cham-pionship Preview.
Only teams that the NCAA thinks may make it to the National Championship are invited to play in the ex-hibition-style tournament.
“It’s just a chance for the best teams in the nation to see their competition and see where they stack up at this point in the year,” Car-penter said. “It is an honor to get invited, and I am looking forward to it.”
Austin GwinSports Editor
GOLF
Southern Showcase
After another dominat-ing win last weekend the Wildcats hit the road again, this time to face the No. 6 Javelinas from Texas A&M-Kingsville.
The Javelinas come to the match at 4-0, with a marquee win in the first week of the season over Northwest Missouri State, the No. 1 team in the na-tion at the time.
Kingsville boasts the strongest statistical de-fense in the country, al-lowing just over five points per game this season.
“We are really excited about this game,” said se-nior linebacker Eric Ed-wards. “We have had a good week of practice so far.”
Leading the Javelinas is a slew of all-Lone Star Conference potential and former picks, most notably at the safety spots where two 2009 all-LSC second teamers play. Datra Glover
Brandon TrippSports Director
FOOTBALL
HEATHER LEIPHART // File Photo
Raymond Radway runs away from a Javelina defender last year in ACU’s 47-35 win over Texas A&M-Kingsville. This year the Wild-cats come into the game ranked fifth in the nation with the Javelinas one place behind in sixth. Game time is 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Pride in purple hits new height
I have never been more proud to be a Wildcat than I am this semester. Like other universities, ACU’s sports pro-gram has been strong in a few sports but has struggled in others. This semes-ter, however, the Wildcats have been great in every sport. As an avid sports fan, I am truly proud to call myself an ACU Wildcat.
The football team is looking solid, going 4-0 to start off the season and earning the Wildcats a No. 5 ranking in the nation for Division II schools. The Wildcats offense has found a rhythm, led by a much-improved Mitchell Gale. ACU has averaged over 47 points per game in the first
four games. This includes a 65-3 stomping over rival Tarleton State University last week, which has had the Wildcats’ number in the past couple years.
ACU volleyball pulled it together with a 10-2 start. ACU has looked unstop-pable recently and is cur-rently riding a nine-game winning streak. ACU fans seem to have noticed, with home attendance up from last season.
Women’s soccer has greatly improved with a new offense led by fresh-man sensation Andrea Carpenter. Carpenter has scored eight goals already in only seven goals. She has recorded at least one goal in every game and is climb-ing the charts for a school career goals record – a re-cord she could own by the end of her first season. The soccer team should be able
Ryan Cantrell Sports Multimedia Editor
COLUMN
see PREVIEW page 7
see PRIDE page 7
’Cats run to Top 10 finishes
The ACU cross country team continued its strong showing this year with a solid performance at the Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree on Saturday.
All-American Amos Sang finished fourth indi-vidually, helping the ACU men’s cross country team finish 10th in the stand-ings overall at the meet and fourth among the Di-vision II schools present.
Head coach Chris Woods was pleased with his team’s showing in Oklahoma City, and he hopes to use this meet as preparation for others down the road.
“I felt like we were solid all around at the Oklahoma City Jubilee,” Woods said.
“We had strong performanc-es around the board, and as a coach, that is always a good thing. This was a big meet for us to compete at, and I feel good about the experience and understanding our run-ners took away from it.”
Bryson ShakeAssistant Sports Editor
CROSS COUNTRY
DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer
Jacob Schofield runs around the Lunsford Trail during practice, with the team trailing behind.
see RANKINGS page 7
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ACU heads south to Kingsville for Top 10 matchup
We had strong performances around the board ... that is always a good thing.
CHRIS WOODS // cross country head coach‘‘ ’’
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