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Read about the history of Summit and why it is still relevant

Russ Kirby named director of the Office of Multicultural Enrichment

Abilene Christian University

Backyard Beating‘Cats fumble away chance at victory

Beverly Rama, who served as an administrative co-ordinator and adviser and compassionate counselor to students in the Depart-ment of Art and Design for nearly a decade, died Sunday. She was 52.

Jack Maxwell, former chair of the art depart-ment, worked with Rama for several years and re-acted to her passing with

“a sense of deep loss.”

“I have known no one in my life that was more gen-erous and willing to help than Beverly and yet at the same time more humble and unassuming,” Maxwell said.

Mike Wiggins, current chair of the department, said Rama’s favorite part of working in the art office was

talking with students. As administrative coordinator beginning in 2002, Beverly managed the art office. She was an academic adviser, a counselor and a friend to students and faculty.

“Last spring as registra-tion approached, student after student would sit with her asking all kinds of crazy questions,” Wiggins told students in the art de-partment in an email. “Her patience, love and kind-ness in guiding you all through a stressful process

was amazing to hear.”Beverly Guyer Rama

was born on June 17, 1959, in Neward, N.Y.. to Charles and Betty Guyer and was reared in the Northeast. She joined the Adventures in Missions Program in Lubbock, where she met Ronnie Rama, associate professor of art and design. The couple married on Aug. 20, 1982. They began their family in Lubbock, and moved to Montevi-deo, Uruguay, where they served on a missionary

team. They moved back to Lubbock in 2001 and to Abilene the following year to work for the university.

In 2008, Beverly was di-agnosed with cancer, and began a taxing treatment regimen. Family, students

and the ACU community supported her.

Beverly Rama is survived by her husband, Ronnie, and three children, Anna Meg, Eric and Mandy. A memorial service took place Tuesday at Highland Church of Christ.

In lieu of flowers, the fam-ily requests donations be made to a cancer treatment program or by contributing children’s books to a library.

Dr. Billy Curl opened Sum-mit 2011 Sunday with an im-passioned lecture emphasis-ing that God has had enough of believers’ lack of passion to act out their faith.

Curl said the most im-portant thing he wanted lis-teners to take away from his speech was compassion.

“When people are full of compassion, they learn to accept things that are not like them,” Curl said. “They are able to deal with people whose attitudes, culture, habits and beliefs are different.”

Curl spoke from the bib-lical passage Isaiah 1:11-17, focusing on the impor-tance of believers to being passionate for fulfilling the role of a Christian.

“God is a god of second chances,” Curl said. “All of us - at one time or an-

other - have failed. He’s had enough with that stuff. Now he’s telling us to wake up and seek justice.”

ACU chancellor Dr. Royce Money introduced Curl, an elder/minister at Crenshaw Church of Christ in Los An-geles, before large audiences in Moody Coliseum and in live streaming video online. Brady Bryce, director of ministry events, said Money and Curl had a relationship that goes way back.

“It was great to watch Dr. Money welcome his own classmate from near-ly 50 years ago to speak,” Bryce said.

Curl entered Abilene in 1962 as the first African-American student at the university. He graduated with a degree in speech pa-thology and spent ten years as a missionary in Ethiopia. Sunday was his second time as a speaker at Summit.

“His philosophy is if you don’t stand for something

you’ll fall for anything,” Mon-ey said. “I guarantee you this man stands for something.”

Bryce, overseer of Sum-mit and adjunct professor, said the live streaming was special in that Curl’s church in Los Angeles was able to hear Curl’s address, along with other churches in Cali-fornia and Michigan.

“It’s pretty amazing that so many people were here watching in Moody, but we also had a lot of online viewers from around the country,” Bryce said.

Summit began Sun-day evening and continues through Wednesday night. Some of the featured events on Wednesday include Max Lucado’s lecture at 3 p.m. and a concert by Mindy Smith at 8:30, both in Moody Colise-um. Summit will stream live at acu.edu/live.

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Her patience, love and kindness in guiding you all

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Billy Curl, ACU Trustee and board member, opens the 2011 Summit in Moody Coliseum, the theme being “Enough.” Curl incited discussion between Christians and non-believers on society’s view of the church in present day.

“ When peopleare full of compassion, they learn to acceptwhat is not like them.”

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The Zambian Vocal group from Frisco led attendants of ACU’s 105th annual Summit lectureship in their own personal rendi-tion of Amazing Grace to close out their musical performance in Moody Coliseum.

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22 23 24Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

7 p.m. ACU volleyball vs. West Texas A&M

7 p.m. Virtuous Sister-hood Ice Cream Social

11 a.m. Theme Conversa-tion in Moody Coliseum

2:25 p.m. Music Group in Moody Coliseum

3 p.m. Featured Guest: Max Lucado in Moody Coliseum

8:30 p.m. Closing Night Event in Moody Coliseum

2 p.m. ACU Women’s soccer at Eastern New Mexico

8 p.m. Freshman Follies in Cullen Auditorium

1 p.m. Freshman Follies

2 p.m. ACU volleyball vs. Eastern New Mexico

3:15 p.m. Freshman Follies

6 p.m. ACU football vs. Angelo State

8 p.m. Freshman Follies

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announcements

The registration deadline for the Spring-board Elevator Pitch Competition is Sept. 21. This competition allows participants to submit ideas for new products, services, or business concepts. To register go to www.acu.edu/springboard-elevator-pitch.

The Virtuous Sisterhood will host an ice cream social on Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. For more information email klh08a@acu.edu.

Homecoming Queen nominations will be taken online Sept. 23 - Sept. 27 at 5 p.m. For more information visit www.acu.edu/queen.

An interest meeting for Leadership Summit, a January short course, will take place Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. in COBA 301. Leadership Summit will take place Jan. 3-9 in Frontier Ranch, CO.

Women for ACU will host a luncheon on Sept. 29 at 11:30 a.m. in the North Lobby of the Williams Performing Arts Center. To RSVP call 829-1470.

The Virtuous Sisterhood and OME will have a Financial/Scholarship Event Sept. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Onstead Packer Biblical Studies Room 114.

ACU Upward Bound is now hiring tu-tors to serve the students of AISD. Con-tact the Academic Development Ad-viser at 325-674-2514 or visit the office located on the first floor of the Brown Library. Tutors will be paid. For more information visit www.acu.edu/up-ward_bound.

Anyone interested in joining the Wild-cat Hockey Team can find the group

on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ACUWildcatHockey or e-mail the team at ACUHockey@gmail.com. The team represents ACU in the Southwest Col-legiate Hockey league as a club sport.

The ACU FCA will meet every Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Campus Center Living Room. For more information follow them on Twitter at @ACUFCA or join their mail-ing list on http://eepurl.com/eGEOI.

Anyone interested in joining the ACU Ta-ble Tennis club can email bph08a@acu.edu for more information.

The Medical & Counseling Care Center is located in the northwest entrance of the Rec Center. To make medical ap-pointments call 674-2625. To make counseling appointments call 674-2626.

Flu shots will be available in the Medi-cal & Counseling Care Center for $15.

Leadership applications for Spring Break Campaigns are available in the lower level of the Campus Center. Ap-plications can be picked up from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. They can also be downloaded by emailing acusbc@gmail.com.

Makeover Mondays will take place in the Campus Store every Monday from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Students can stop by to try new beauty products or consult with the staff members.

For information about Jazzercise class-es call 325-439-9418. Classes are unlim-ited, and ACU students pay a reduced fee of $20 per month.

Volunteer Opp0rtunities

Volunteers are needed for Balloon Fest, the an-nual hot air balloon festival sponsored by Optimist Club Unlimited of Abilene. The festival will take place Sept. 22 - Sept. 25. Hours are from 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. The event will take place at Redbud Park, S. 32nd and Buffalo Gap Road (behind Southern Hills Church of Christ). On Sept. 22 help is needed in a variety of ways to set up for the festival. Sept. 23-24 volunteers will sell tickets, food, drinks and t-shirts, work in the various booths, etc. On Sept. 25, help is needed to take everything down and pack up items. Contact Pat Young-Baack at 325-668-3224 or email Pyoung@ag.tamu.edu.

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place on Sept. 24 from 7 a.m. - 12 p.m. Volunteers will help set up tables, serve refreshments, register walk-ers, etc. The event will take place at the Rose Park Senior Activity Center located at S. 7th & Barrow Streets. Contact Libby Connally at 325-672-2907 or email libby.connally@alz.org.

The annual Putt “Fore” Children Miniature Golf Tournament needs volunteers on Oct. 1 between 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. This event will take place at Prime Time, located at 4541 Loop 322. Volunteers will help set up for the event, register teams, act as course monitors, decorate tables, pass out goody bags, and help with clean up after the event. Contact Shelia Cory at 325-376-1110 or email scory@daynurseryabilene.org.

Cancer Services Network needs volunteers on Oct. 6 between 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. to help unpack chair cov-ers, confirm numbers with packing list, place covers on 540 chairs, unload auction items and help with other tasks for their auction event. This will take place at the Abilene Civic Center, 1100 N. 6th St. Contact Nancy Estes, 325-672-0040 or email nan-cyestes@cancerservicesnetwork.org.

HERO is looking for volunteers to walk alongside a horse while supporting and assisting a client Oct. 4 - Nov. 17 in one hour shifts from 1 - 5 p.m. at the Taylor County Expo Center. Volunteers must attend training sessions either Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m. or Sept. 27 at 2:30 p.m. Allow 2 hours for training session. Contact Beth Byerly at 325-660-3465 or email hero-coord@netzero.com for more information.

The AISD Early Childhood Program needs volun-teers to work in the children’s area Oct. 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. This includes air castle supervision, face painting, etc. Program will be at the Abilene Civic Center located at 1100 N. 6th St. For more information contact Mary Mcleod at 325-794-1368 or email mary.mcleod@abileneisd.org.

Disability Resources Inc. is looking for volunteers to help with their annual Pumpkin Patch. They need help unloading pumpkins at 5 p.m. on Sept. 29. They also need help with the kids’ arena and selling pumpkins through Oct. 31. Shifts will vary between 10 a.m. - dusk Monday - Saturdays and 1 p.m. - dusk Sundays. The Pumpkin Patch is located at 3602 N. Clack St. For more information contact JoAnn Wilson at 325-673-7829 or email jwilson@driabilene.org.

Volunteers are needed to help the Abilene Volunteer Weatherzation Program on Oct. 22 from 8 or 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The group winterizes homes of 40 -50 elderly, disabled, or low income families. Many tasks are associated with this project. No experience is neces-sary. Contact Stacia Ellison at 325-668-2062 and leave a message or e-mail stacia.ellison@dads.state.tx.us.

The Oakridge Church of Christ is looking for vol-unteers to pass out flyers to their neighbors on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. to spread the word about their Trunk-Or-Treat. Volunteers will meet at the church building located at 3250 Beltway South for coffee and hot chocolate. Heph’s Burgers will pro-vide lunch. The church is also looking for volunteers to help with Trunk-Or-Treat on Oct. 29 from 6 - 9 p.m. at the church building located at 3250 Beltway South. Volunteers will help with setting up booths, running the booths, face painting, and games for the kids. To help with either event contact Emerald Lemmons at 325-370-1327 or e-mail emeraldlem-mons@gmail.com.

Meals on Wheels Plus needs volunteer drivers to deliver afternoon meals to seniors and adults with disabilities Mondays - Fridays between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Drivers must be at least 18 years old and have a valid drivers license. Training is provided. A Cha-pel exemption is available if delivery time conflicts with Chapel. Contact Jessica Stewart at 325-672-5050 or email volunteer@mealsonwheelsplus.com.

Rescue The Animals is looking for volunteers anytime between 1-5 p.m., Monday - Friday after-noons. They need help around the adoption center with general cleaning, socialization of the animals, helping potential adopters and other tasks. Contact Mindi Qualls at 325-698-7722 or email rescuethean-imalsvolunteers@yahoo.com. The center is located at 5933 South 1st St.

The National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature is looking for volunteers to work Tuesday - Saturday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. or 1 - 3 p.m. Volun-teers will greet patrons, assist with art activities, sell books and make visitors feel welcome. Help is also

needed for special events like exhibit openings. The Center is located at 102 Cedar St. For more informa-tion contact Debby Lillick at 325-673-4586 or visit the NCCIL website.

Breakfast on Beech Street is looking for volunteers to help set up and prepare and serve breakfast to homeless/lower-income visitors any weekday. Event begins at 5:30 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Thurs-days and Fridays; 5 a.m. on Tuesdays. Serving time is 6:30 a.m. - 7:15 a.m. B.O.B.S is olacted at First Christian Church on 3rd St. and Beech St. in Down-town Abilene. For more information visit the First Christian Church website.

The Abilene Zoo is looking for volunteers to help with general labor such as grounds cleanup and painting any weekday at any time between 12 - 4 p.m. The Zoo is located at 2070 Zoo Lane. Contact Joy Harsh at 325-676-6487 for more information.

The House That Kerry Built is looking for volunteers to assist in the day care of medically fragile children any day Monday - Friday from 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Contact Dave Kraly at 325-676-3104 or e-mail medi-calmoose@sbcglobal.net for more infomation.

The Betty Hardwick Center is looking for volun-teers to participate in Special Olympics by helping mentally/physically challenged people play games such as basketball, track, and/or bowling Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. The Center is located at 801 Cypress St. Contact Angel Seca at 325-690-5235 for more information.

The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers for a variety of needs including sorting items in the thrift store, helping in the kitchen and/or yard work. Time is flexible and help is needed Monday - Saturday. The Salvation Army is located at 1726 Butternut St. For more information contact J.D. Alonzo at 325-677-1408 or visit www.satruck.com.

Abilene Hope Haven Inc. needs volunteers to provide childcare while parents are in a class, any evening Monday - Thursday from 6:45 - 8:15 p.m. Abilene Hope Haven is located at 801 S. Treadaway Blvd. For more information contact Kathy Reppart at 325-677-4673 or visit the Abilene Hope Haven website.

Abilene Nursing and Rehabilitation Center has vari-ous opportunities for volunteers ranging from visit-ing with residents to helping with BINGO. Volunteers are needed Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday from 2 - 3 p.m. The center is located at 2630 Old Anson Rd. For more information contact Rita Raymond at 325-673-5101 or email cameron.grad@hotmail.com.

Sept. 21

12 p.m. The Abilene Public Library will have a Brown Bag Lunch as a part of the West Texas Book and Music Festival. Bring a lunch or purchase a plate for $5.

8:30 p.m. Mindy Smith will perform in Moody Coliseum at Abilene Christian University. The concert will be the final event of ACU’s 94th Annual Summit. Admission is free.

Sept. 22

11:45 a.m. The Alliance for Women & Children’s 9th Annual Fall Luncheon will take place at the Abilene Civic Center. Cost is $30 per person.

6 p.m. Festival Jazz Night, a free concert featuring local jazz musicians, will take place at the Center for Contemporary Arts as a part of the West Texas Book and Music Festival.

Sept. 23

12 p.m. The 17th Annual Balloon Fest will take place in Red Bud Park.

7 p.m. HSU Women’s vol-leyball will play Schreiner at HSU. Admission is free.

7:30 p.m. Guy Clark will perform at the Paramount Theatre as a part of the West Texas Book and Music Festival. Cost is $20 in ad-vance; $25 at the door.

Sept. 24

7 a.m. The 17th Annual Balloon Fest will take place in Red Bud Park.

1 p.m. HSU football will play University of Mary-Hardin Baylor at HSU. Tick-ets cost $5-$10 per person.

8 p.m. The Abilene Phil-harmonic Orchestra will perform their concert, “Magnificent Beethoven,” at the Abilene Civic Center.

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University endowment remains strong this year

Despite a summer of stock market extremes, the uni-versity boasts numbers of a healthy endowment.

ACU’s endowment is currently valued at $290 million-$295 million, plac-ing the university among the top 250 in the country, said Jack Rich, chief in-vestment officer.

“It’s always hard to know day to day how our investments are doing,” Rich said. “But we are pleased that we have done relatively well for these last couple months.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which represents 30 industrial stocks, lost more than 15 percent during late July and early August and since have shown increased volatility – up three percent one day and down three per-cent the next.

Rich said the volatil-ity of the stock market has had a major effect on how the university invests its funds accumulated through the endowment.

“We try to protect our-selves when the market goes down,” Rich said. “We’ll invest in a very broad range of assets and rely on those that don’t change very much.”

The money gifted to-ward the school contrib-utes to the university’s diverse investment port-folio of oil and gas stocks, private equity and hedge funds, Rich said.

The endowment started to build 60 years ago, when the university received early gifts of property. Over the years, various do-nors have given anywhere from a few dollars to a few million dollars, Rich said.

“We have been very fortunate because the en-dowment level has always

been able to comfortably support the university,” Rich said.

In the past, the endow-ment has peaked at $300 million but fell to $260 million during the bear market crisis of 2008.

Kelly Young, chief finan-cial officer, works closely with the president and senior leadership teams to make sure funds are re-served to support univer-sity priorities, such as aca-demics and student life.

“What students need to understand is that the en-dowment is like a savings account,” Young said. “You can’t spend it all away; you have to be very careful.”

The endowment pro-vides 10 to 12 percent of the revenue that ACU op-erates on, Young said.

“Depending on how the endowment goes up or down, we’ll know how much we’ll be able to spend in areas such as

academic department op-erations and scholarship funding,” Young said.

Young said students should be aware of the en-dowment’s affect on the increase of tuition.

“Tuition only pays 55 percent of university op-erations,” Young said. “So the more we receive in gifts, the more of a bal-ance students will see in tuition.” For the next cou-ple of months, the finan-cial office will evaluate the affordability of the univer-sity in relation to student priorities, Young said.

“The key is maintaining the academic quality of the university,” Young said. “We want what’s best for students and like to hear what they have to say.”

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Businesses prepared for Summit crowd

Local businesses have seen an increase in cus-tomer traffic as a result of ACU’s annual Summit.

The Hampton Inn and Suites near ACU is a pop-ular choice for Summit attendees, according to Anna Jane Perrey, admin-istrative coordinator for ACU’s Ministry Events.

“It houses partners, speakers and class lead-ers. They are very success-ful and wonderful to work with,” Perrey said.

James Moore, assistant manager of Hampton Inn and Suites, worked with Perrey in reserving rooms for Summit guests. He said Summit guests account for half the hotels guests dur-ing Summit.

“We set up a block of rooms back in March for Summit,” Moore said. “There is an estimate of about 30 to 40 rooms full

of Summit guests.”Hampton Inn prepares it-

self very well for the incom-ing guests. Moore said “the hotel has 15-20 employees working every day and is a very busy time for us, but not as busy as Homecom-ing and Sing Song, which is the biggest.”

Moore took over as as-sistant manager two years ago in August but didn’t start booking rooms for Summit until this year, Moore said.

Local businesses, such as the Hampton Inn, ben-efit from having special events from ACU’s cam-pus. The school helps the surrounding businesses make money.

“We really enjoy having the ACU Summit guests staying at our hotel. We don’t get many complaints from our guests because they are such great visi-tors,” said Moore.

Einstein Bros. Bagels also benefits from having Summit. This is the third

year that Einstein’s has been open at ACU and for Summit. Einstein’s pre-pares the schedule and employees for the event. Since they work with Ara-mark, they have good or-ganization and the ability to adjust food quantities.

Katie Bendel, ju-nior theatre major from Abilene, said, “The man-agers inform and trust the team members to be ready and on time to work.”

While problems some-times come up due to in-creased crowds, Einstein’s has a strategy in place. When a problem arises they simply apologize and offer compensation to make the customer happy.

“I enjoy working there. Sometimes it can be stressful because of all the visitors, but overall yes,” Bendel said.

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Kirby named director of Multicultural Enrichment

The Office of Multicultur-al Enrichment has a new leader. After an extensive search for candidates, Russ Kirby has been named the new director of the Office of Multicultural Enrichment.

“Russ gets it; he is well versed in multicultural competencies, ” Dr. Jean-Noel Thompson, vice presi-dent of student life and dean of students, said.

Thompson said the ap-pointment is unique, and some people have ques-tioned why they hired a white professional for the position.

“It is important to note that typically these posi-tions in similar multicul-tural offices in other univer-sities are filled by an ethnic minority,” Thompson said.

“Obviously, Russ Kirby is Anglo person.”

Russ Kirby, director of the office of multicultural enrichment, said he agrees that it is rare that an office of diversity is not lead by a minority.

“We are doing some-thing that is definitely not the norm, outside the box, but my experiences were not the norm and outside the box,” Kirby said.

Kirby has many experi-ences that helped shape

his perception of the world. One of the stories Kirby said changed his life happened in the 80’s when he was eight years old.

“I developed a friend-ship with one of the few African American kids in

my elementary,” Kirby said. “We quickly became best friends.”

Kirby said his other friends were not comfort-able with the friendship and told him he needed to choose them or him.

“I couldn’t picture to leave the friendship behind. I chose him and lost all my friends,” Kirby said. “Our lives became intertwined.”

One day the two were sitting outside when some of Kirby’s old friend’s older brothers appeared.

“They were wannabe white supremacists, full of hate. We didn’t even see them,” Kirby said. “They beat me up. I didn’t know that kind of hate existed.”

Kirby said they warned him that if he didn’t stop being his friend there would be consequences.

“I needed his friendship, so I continued our friend-ship,” Kirby said.

A week later, Kirby was riding his bike home when the boys came after him with a shotgun.

“They shot at me. The bullet whizzed past my left ear,” Kirby said. “That liter-ally was the moment that changed the rest of my life.”

Kirby said at that moment he decided to invest his life in issues of race and culture. He has dedicated his life to studying these patterns and discovering how to bring di-versity together.

Kirby said the office wants to be the leader for diversity in Church of Christ universities. He said he is excited for what the future holds for the Office of Mul-ticultural Enrichment.

“I get to come to work in the morning and work on diversity,” Kirby said. “It is amazing.”

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Russ Kirby assumes his new role as director of the Office of Multicultural Enrichment.

Dating Jesus: Lecture tackles women’s role in church

Summit lecturer Susan Campbell discussed the leadership role of women in the church on Mon-day in her lecture entitled “Dating Jesus.”

From a young age, Campbell began asking why a woman could not be a preacher. Growing up in a fundamentalist Church of Christ community, Camp-bell soon learned women in leadership wasn’t part of the doctrine. Through-

out her life, she has mold-ed firm pro-women beliefs in leadership positions.

“I don’t think I’m called to be a preacher, but I also think we, as people, aren’t called to keep women from visible leadership positions in the church,” Campbell said. “I don’t buy that God has given us that role.”

Campbell has earned many accolades as a Hart-ford Courant columnist and won the 2010 CT Book Award for Dating Jesus: A Story of Fundamental-ism, Feminism, and the

American Girl. Dr. Brady Bryce, director of min-istry events, invited her to speak. The mission of Summit, in a few words, “is a conversation where life and faith converge in Christ,” Bryce said.

“I’ll have people say ‘why in the world are you bringing in (fill in the blank)’ and then other people will come about that same person and say ‘I’m so excited you are bringing them in,’” Bryce said. “To both of them I say, ‘hey, we’re about hav-ing conversations.’ They

aren’t the safest ones—we don’t always leave them saying ‘well, now I know the answer’ or ‘now I know exactly what I believe,’ but we’ve come together, we’ve dialogued, and in that process we are usually changed, if we are willing to listen to one another.”

Terry Cagle, father of two daughters and min-ister at Christ Commu-nity Church in Arlington, agrees with Campbell.

“I raised my daughters to feel like they are valu-able to God and to peo-ple,” he said.

“I feel very strongly that the ground under the cross is dead level—it is flat. If I am a boy, I don’t have a step up,” Cagle said. “It’s flat because Jesus loves everybody. So women should be just like men,

and their gifts should be celebrated and used just like men. There is no male or female.”

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West Texas Book and Music Festival features local and national artists

Literary and music enthu-siasts will participate in the West Texas Book and Music Festival on Septem-ber 19-24.

The festival events will include concerts by na-tional and local artists, sessions with authors and book signings. Major events include the Texas Cookbook Gala and a con-cert by Guy Clark. The lo-cations for events include the Abilene Public Library, Abilene Civic Center, Mint-

er Park, Abilene Country Club, the Paramount The-atre and local schools.

Abilene first conducted the fair in 2001. It was origi-nally called the West Texas Book and Author Festival until 2006, when musical events were added.

Glenn Dromgoole, fes-tival co-chairman, has been working at the festi-val since it began. Drom-goole estimates around 2,000 people will partici-pate in festival events this year. He said he expects approximately 250 people to take part in the Texas Cookbook Gala on Thurs-

day night. The concerts in Minter Park will also draw crowds. Dromgoole said he expects between 500 and 600 people at the Guy Clark concert on Friday.

Students in local middle schools will also have the opportunity to participate in the festival.

“Every seventh grade student studying Texas History will hear one of our speakers, Mike Kearby, on Friday,” said Dromgoole.

Kearby, a local author, will visit schools in Abilene and Wylie along with pho-tographer Wyman Meinzer, winner of the A.C. Green

award, which is presented annually to a distinguished Texas author for a lifetime achievement.

The Abilene Civic Cen-ter will display the artwork of students from Abilene’s universities in the Texas Hall of Authors throughout the festival. According to Nil Santana, instructor of graphic design and photog-raphy, five students from ACU were invited to have their photographs featured. The students will also have the opportunity to attend a luncheon, where Meinzer will be speaking. Santana told his students that he

is proud of their work and happy for them to repre-sent ACU.

Preparations for the fes-tival began months before the festival was scheduled to take place.

“Linda Powell and I started meeting back early in the year in January,” said Dromgoole.

Dromgoole, Powell, the festival co-chairman and nearly 25 others met late in the spring and completed most of the planning by May. They completed final preparations over the sum-mer.

Dromgoole said that

there are multiple goals and purposes for the festival.

“One is to raise money for the Abilene Public Li-brary, but also I think it’s the exposure to the library.”

He said that proceeds from the festival will be used to fund programs at the library throughout the year. Another general goal is to promote literacy.

Friends of the Abilene Public Library and the Abilene Reporter-News sponsor the festivl.

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Upgrades coming to airport

Major improvements are under way for the Abilene Regional Airport, which will receive a federal grant total-ing more than $6 million.

The Federal Aviation Ad-ministration will grant about $6.5 million through two

programs to the local airport in a plan announced Sept. 13 by U.S. Sen. John Cornyn.

“These funds will be used to address needed maintenance and safety improvements at Abilene Regional Airport,” Cornyn said last week.

The money for facil-ity upgrades is arriving at a needed time for Don

Green, City of Abilene di-rector of aviation, who said the airport normally receives similar grants in the spring.

“We have two construc-tion projects ready to go,” he said.

Green said the region-al airport plans to repair two taxiways, the roads between the runways and the ramps where planes park. He said “ruts” were beginning to develop in the pavement.

“They were not de-signed to carry the weight of aircrafts we’re using.”

Business is up about 10 percent this year, accord-ing to Green. Much of the influx in flights he credits to the regional command cen-ter for Texas Forest Service, which has flown in more firefighters to help control wildfires plaguing the sur-rounding areas.

The money for the grants comes from fed-eral taxes on flight tickets.

These funds are actually a combination of two types of grants established by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The first, an entitlement grant, was about $1.1 million and is based on the number of passengers flown out of Abilene. The $5.4 million aircraft fuel tax is a dis-cretionary grant based on projects ranked by the FAA to maintain the Natural Airspace System.

“In addition, quality transportation services are important for boosting local economic growth,” Cornyn said.

Green expects for the funding to result in con-struction job openings for people in the area. He has already begun to plan alter-nate routes so that custom-ers will not need to worry about lengthy flight delays.

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Students present during Summit lectures

Students had an oppor-tunity to speak out at this year’s Summit. Students spoke at six sessions and had their artwork dis-played throughout the conference.

Summit presenter Marga-ret Moore, senior youth fam-ily ministry and social studies major from Houston, said this is her first time in the pro-gram. Moore chose her own topic about how different generations communicate.

“It is exciting, but I’m

kind of nervous,” Moore said. “Since I’ve been do-ing this research, I learned more about the topic and enjoyed it more and more.”

Dr. Brady Bryce, direc-tor of ministry events, said he believes people have forgotten that Summit began as a conference for students. More recently some have considered Summit as a conference more focused on visitors, Bryce said.

But Summit has still had from five to 10 student speakers each year over the past five years that Bryce has planned Summit, he said.

“Whenever I first came, I learned this event was originally created 100 years ago for students, so I thought we needed to involve them,” Bryce said. “We had a group of stu-dents that formed a com-mittee, and they give us ideas about speakers and

topics.”A number of students

wanted to be presenter and get involved on the program. Ministry Events is open to ideas for Sum-mit speakers all year around, Bryce said. The office chose this year: Ev-elyn Henshaw, Van Huis, Noemi Palomares, Marga-ret Moore and Lily Assaad.

“There are a lot of people who want to be a presenter on the program and can be, so we count on them to really represent fellow stu-dents well,” Brady said.

Student presenters heav-ily researched their topics

in preparation for their pre-sentations. Moore said she has been reading literature on her topic since March.

“I been working on my outlining and my presenta-tion and just basically read-ing, studying and taking to people,” Moore said.

Ministry Events pro-vided many ways to in-volve students in Summit. Students in a marketing class used Summit as proj-ect and gave proposals for marketing the event.

The university also con-ducts four art contests each year during December and January to allow students

to express themselves in Summit. The winning art-work is incorporated into Summit’s marketing.

“We tell them what the theme is for the next year and let them visu-ally imagine that theme,” Bryce said. “One thing we advertise is we give a $100 prize for whichever stu-dent piece selected.”

This year student art-work can be seen on Sum-mit’s brochure and on the conference T-shirt.

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SA passes 90K fall budget

The Students’ Association voted with ease in the first congressional meeting to approve a $90,000 budget for the fall semester.

This year, 46 student groups requested a total amount of $92,846. SA only granted 41 percent of that, fully funding the requests of just four groups. The re-maining balance of the fall budget is designated in advance for SA officer sal-aries, conference requests, and class budgets.

Veronica Whitt, presi-dent of the International Student Association, said the diminished grants af-fected ISA. The group was granted $3,126 of the $5,659 it requested.

“We were cut signifi-cantly,” said Whitt, senior family studies major from San Saba. “But they gave us more money for fundrais-ing. We’re glad they at least gave that.”

SA receives 8.9 percent of the activity fees charged to all undergraduate stu-dents, meaning every student pitches in about $23.60. But those numbers didn’t add up the way ISA would have expected, said Jeremy Foo, junior politi-cal science major and vice president of ISA.

“We represent 200 stu-

dents,” Foo said. “We’re one of the biggest clubs.”

As a result of the short-fall, ISA plans to raise more money by producing the Ethnos show three nights this year, Foo said. ISA usually put on only two shows, and in past years both nights sold out.

SA granted the most mon-ey to Hispanos Unidos, who received a total of $3,804 for the semester, and the Table Tennis Club received $36, the least amount granted.

After SA executive trea-surer Carson Henley pre-sented the budget for each group, congress passed it without discussion.

“I have never experi-enced that,” said Henley. “It was surprising, but it ensured me of the trust stu-dent groups have for SA.”

Henley explained he had developed relation-ships with many of the stu-dent group leaders last year while he served as chief fi-nancial officer. Some repre-sentatives said the budget passed so quickly because of congress’ trust in this year’s cabinet. Others said the increased responsibil-ity of class officers as op-posed to the old system of class senators was part of the reason it passed the way it did.

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Brady Bryce, director of Ministry Events, launches each day of the 2011 Summit with a time of prayer at Jacob’s Dream.

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Backyard chickens grow in popularity among faculty looking for practical pets

Samantha sutherlandfeatures editor

COOP WARS

Several faculty and staff on campus have adopted the title of “Urban Farmers” as they share their backyards with their own free-range flocks of chickens.

Chickens, aside from their edible quali-ties, are appealing additions to the house-hold because they produce fresh eggs, serve as quirky and manageable pets, and are an easy segue into other sustainable living practices.

Chris Riley, associate general counsel, and Rachel Riley, instructor of psychology, first began keeping chickens in their back-yard about two years ago, after researching and observing other coworkers’ flocks.

“They’re fun pets,” Rachel Riley said. “We joke with people that our pets need to earn their keep, and they do.”

The Riley’s four chickens provide them with fresh eggs daily.

“I would like to have a little farm and grow our own food, but we live inside the city lim-its,” Rachel Riley said.

A fenced-in section of the Riley’s back-yard has been transformed into a chicken yard, complete with an elaborate coop and a gate that allows the chickens to venture into the rest of the yard to scratch for whatever edible materials they can find.

“Our chickens used to be free range, but then people would call us and be like ‘Hey your chickens are out in the front yard,’ and so we thought that was a bad idea,” Chris Riley said.

Chris Riley modeled their coop to look like their house and constructed it with sal-vaged materials. He said it was convenient that the chicks could not go outside for the

first three months, since that was just about how long it took to build the coop.

“When we go visit friends, instead of flow-ers, we bring eggs,” Riley said. “We’ve had all kinds of questions like, ‘Can we eat these?’ and ‘How do you have eggs if you don’t have a rooster?’.”

Brandon Young, instructor of art and de-sign, constructed a chicken tractor for his chickens that he has nicknamed the “Coop de Ville,” which he moves the chickens around in every few days so they can enjoy a fresh area of “garden salad.”

“It was a learning process to figure out how to let them free range or be in the coop or the tractor; so there have been a few times when I’ll wake up and I’ll see the chickens free ranging in the backyard and I’ll be like, ‘What’s going on?” Young said. “For awhile there, I felt like I was dumber than a chicken. They would just hop over the fences that I made or whatever.”

“I think chickens are kind of pretty too,” Young said. “I kind of like looking at my chickens. And you get eggs, I mean you get great eggs.”

Jon Camp, assistant professor of com-munication, said there are misconceptions about chickens. They are not illegal to have in your yard, they are not loud, and they are low maintenance.

“Clipping wings is definitely my least fa-vorite chore,” Camp said. “Although, it is ap-parently a painless procedure; at least that’s what the chickens tell me,” Camp said.

The chicken owners also grow person-al gardens in their yards, compost plant materials, and recycle scraps for their chicken feed.

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From Top: The entry into Rachel and Chris Riley’s chicken yard keeps the chickens from straying.

One of Jon Camp’s chickens stares inquisitively at Camp’s dog.

Jon Camp’s backyard coop, crafted out of Young’s old cabinets and a recycled window, houses his chickens.

Chris and Jackson Riley petting the “Chicken President” of their flock.

Far Left: Chris Riley’s “Taj Ma-coop” offers a safe haven for his flock.

Left: Brandon Young’s “Coop de Ville” is designed to roll to different locations within the yard.

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Christians need to exercise liberties

Sitting for hours in Moody listening to speaker af-ter speaker is difficult in an age of mobile devices, campus-wide WiFi, and rapid access to informa-tion. Summit’s rich tradi-tion and its value some-times fade from memory.

Abilene Christian has made a point from its founding to invite out-standing preachers to speak on campus. At first, these lectures were direct-ed toward students. The president of the college invited noteworthy guests throughout the year to ad-dress the student body.

When Lectureship be-gan in 1918, members of the

Churches of Christ from outside of the student body gathered on campus to worship, spread ideas and discuss issues. The annual event was an opportunity to disseminate information throughout the Church of Christ community, expos-ing members to speakers and ideas they would not encounter at home.

For years, Lectureship was the largest gathering of members of the Churches of Christ in the world. Peo-ple traveled long distances to hear renowned speak-ers and to participate in stimulating discussions. The event served some-what the same function as

a denominational conven-tion, which is not tradi-tionally present in Church of Christ practices.

In its early days, Lec-tureship served a vital role in our religious commu-nity. As the Internet has developed, it has come to serve a similar role within the global community. As children of an age where access to information is simple – the Mobile Learn-ing Initiative has taught us this – we have trouble find-ing the significance of the three-day phenomenon that invades campus each year. Today, anyone can find a sermon on YouTube or download a new song

from iTunes in minutes. We discuss ideas on blogs, through forums, and in the comment spaces on You-Tube. Rachel Held Evans, for example, writes a blog concerning her faith, and the Internet-savvy can find many other similar sources of facts and opinions.

In the digital age, we don’t have to wait a year and travel to West Texas to hear those speakers and engage our peers. Why should we attend a special chapel to listen to the ideas live? The chapel credits are an ex-cellent perk, of course, but Summit must have more meaning than just that.

To understand the point

of Summit, we must real-ize that the event has never strayed from its original purpose. It began as a time for believers to come to-gether and discuss their faith, and it is still just that. We enjoy being able to look each other in the eye as we discuss the meaning of jus-tice and liberalism. We find affirmation in being able to sing together in Moody. We commune with each other

as we sit next to each other and pray. And, despite her blog, seeing Evans speak live is meaningful.

Even in the age of widespread WiFi and easy information, the human interaction Summit pro-vides is invaluable.

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Bible apps gain favor

Think back to the last Summit session you went to. When the lecturer said, “look in your Bibles to John chapter three,” did you notice what the room was using to follow along with the passage? Were they using actual, hard-bound Bibles, or was it a mobile device?

I normally just listen along since I can never seem to get to the passage in time no matter what medium my Bible is on, but when it comes to per-

sonal scripture reading, I mostly reach for my iPod Touch and YouVersion’s Bible app. I own a few physical Bibles of varying translations and they cer-tainly don’t go unused, but my iPod is usually on my person and serves my pur-poses quickly and easily.

The other advantages mobile Bibles have com-pared to physical Bibles is that they provide a quicker way to get to the passage the preacher mentioned when following along at Summit or any worship service. Instead of fum-bling through pages in a near-futile effort to get to the right page, you can get to the book, chapter and verse in as little as three clicks. Also, many apps have multiple translations, in case you like to be right

on cue with the speakers.One of the big disadvan-

tages mobile Bibles have is the kind of stigma a mobile device - or any electronic device - gives off when used in worship settings. You see examples of this every day in chapel: there’s one guy who might have it out for just a few sec-onds and those surround-ing him stare daggers in response. But in today’s age of “there’s an app for that,” he could be doing anything, even following along fervently with the scripture in the sermon.

Perhaps mobile devices are seen as a temptation. After all, you could be fol-lowing along in your mo-bile Bible one minute and with a few clicks get back to your Facebook conver-sation, email checking or Street Fighter II.

That’s not to say I’m en-couraging the alternative and potentially distracting uses of mobile devices, but it’s a fact that in many worship settings, mobile devices just aren’t accept-

ed yet. The iPhone is only about four years old, and the smartphone is only a little bit older.

There may be a day when these platforms mature and become even more widespread that they will earn a better reputa-tion from onlookers. An electronic back-lit Bible may even become the new norm someday.

My message to mobile Bible readers, as the Lord said to Abram in Genesis 15:1, “Do not be afraid...” It’s ultimately between you and God what you’re doing on your mobile device, not the onlookers surround-ing you. Once they catch on a bit more, people will realize you’re using your device for good, not evil. It took some time for elec-tronic devices to be ac-cepted in the classroom, and it won’t be long until they’re accepted in your place of worship.

Christians must vote.The idea that Christians

should refrain from par-ticipating in politics isn’t anything new. David Lip-scomb advocated that fol-lowers of Christ perform only three civic duties; pay taxes, pray for leaders and obey laws.

These three acts are not enough. As citizens, we have the responsibil-ity to be good stewards to the country that allows us to freely practice our religion. As Christians we need to take care of the people around us.

A government cannot – and should not – take care of its people on an individual basis or serve as a tool to enforce the doctrine of any religion. This is where community groups and the churches should thrive. Problems of poverty and moral issues can only be solved on a lo-cal level. Each community needs to use its money and resources to take care of its own, and churches should lead that move-ment. These activities should be every Christians priority, but that doesn’t mean civic duties don’t deserve attention.

Citizenship in an eternal kingdom does not preclude an earthly citizenship. It is a dual-citizenship situa-tion. Christians in Ameri-ca benefit from the protec-tion the country offers for ideas and actions.

To cultivate the country in which I reside is not to neglect my quest for an eternal home.

Christians cannot slough off their civic du-ties. Our style of govern-ment relies heavily on checks and balances. Left unchecked, leaders who

don’t necessarily share our ideas of freedom will control our government – and to a certain extent, our lives. Voting is our way of participating in the check-and-balance system.

The people who run this country decide which free-doms stay and which go. Our freedom to worship any god or combination of gods is not protected or granted by of the freedom of religion clause in the Constitution. It is an un-alienable right protected by the people who are in-volved in politics on a lo-cal and national level.

The Constitution is a meaningless piece of pa-per unless the ideals of the Founding Fathers reflected in the document are em-bodied by the people who fight for it in courtrooms across the country and on the floor of Congress.

Christians need to do more than take care of the people in their commu-nity. We need to use our votes to support political candidates who will pro-tect our rights on a local and national level.

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ACU represented well at Midland tourney

Last weekend, both Wildcat tennis teams made an ap-pearance at the Midland Racquet Club Collegiate In-vitational. They represented ACU well in a highly com-petitive tournament full of NCAA Division I competi-tion.

In the doubles bracket, sophomore Hans Hach and senior Nick Plum competed against 64 other athletes, as the only pair in the tourna-ment from a DII university.

They beat Texas’s duo Alex Hilliard and Dan-

iel Whitehead in the first round with a score of 8-5, and then Boise State’s Nathan Sereke and Scott Sears 8-4.

Hach and Plum made it all the way to the quarter-finals, only losing by one point to Tulsa’s Grant Ive and Tristan Jackson 9-8.

“We lost in a very close last match. We just got unlucky, and they won the tiebreaker,” Plum said.

Hach won his first round singles match against Carlo Ho from New Mexico 7-6, 6-7, 7-6.

“It was a really long match,” Hach said. “It was

really, really tough, but I was able to pull it out.”

He then played against Sereke in a 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 battle, ultimately forcing Sereke to the consolation bracket.

Despite his previous comeback, Hach fell to Soren Hess-Olesen, the tournament’s third place player in just two sets in round 16: 6-2, 6-1.

Plum was beat out of his opening match in the singles division to Ive 6-4, 6-3, and then lost to Leif Berger in his consolation match 6-4, and 7-6.

The team was content to

play the way it did in such a prestigious tournament and to place like it did at this tournament.

“We got to play all DI teams such as Dartmouth, TCU, and Texas,” Hach said.

“We will go to regionals soon, and the competition will be much easier after playing such good teams at this tournament.”

“We have a lot of con-fidence right now, and I know we’ll use that to our advantage,” Hach said.

The women’s tennis team also made an appear-ance in the tournament. In the singles bracket, Laura Mongin beat Alyssa Caffey (New Mexico) in two quick sets 6-3, 6-1 in the conso-lation bracket after losing in the first round to Sheri Oliver (Texas A&M).

Julia Mongin, Laura’s twin sister and the defend-ing Racquet Club singles champ, lost in the sec-ond round to Katie Gater, (Rice) 6-1, 5-7, 7-6 in three

tough sets. Despite the defeat, Julia

beat New Mexico’s Michae-la Oldani 6-3, 6-2 in the consolation match before losing out to tournament ranked No. 2 Samantha Vickers (Tulsa) 6-1, 6-4.

ACU’s women’s tennis will play this weekend in Bloom-ington, Indiana at the Indi-ana University Invitational.

The men’s team will com-pete in two weeks at the ITA South Central Regional in Springfield, Missouri.

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tennis

hans hachtennis player,

on ACU men’s team.

We have a lot of confi-dence right now, and I

know we’ll use that to our advantage.”“

The past meets the present at ‘Jerry World’

Boisterous members of the Wildcat nation filled two entire tiers at the monstrous Cowboys Sta-dium this weekend as our-football team battled one of the best football pro-grams in the nation, No. 4 North Alabama in a highly publicized game.

Alumni and past play-ers joined the crowd of current students to in-dulge themselves by

watching the team square off against the Lions.

The crowd of Wildcat fans gave ACU players a great deal of support.

The three-game Lone Star Conference Football Festival drew a crowd of 24,837, a conference re-cord, according to the Lone Star Conference.

Alumnus Matt Allen (05’), a former linebacker for the Wildcats, was one of the many ACU fans who came out to see the game.

“That’s why I’m here, that’s

why all these people are here,” Allen said. “It’s a brotherhood, and you want the players out there to do great things.”

Allen now sells insur-ance in Dallas.

Among his notable clients are many current Dallas Cowboys players.

Allen said he was proud of the effort his alma mat-er put in.

“This team really knows how to win. Talent-wise, they’ve built up a program and this is the result,” Allen said. “It’s great to see that such support still exists.”

Thanks to both cur-rent and past players, the Wildcats find themselves as one of the strongest teams on a national scale because of the foundation laid for the program.

“Due to the guys now

playing in the NFL, this program is a lot more rec-ognizable on a national level,” Allen said. “These players can finally get the respect any athlete wants to receive.”

Many current Wildcats have dreams of someday playing in the National Football League, and ex-amples like former Wildcat and current Dallas Cowboy Raymond Radway provide that source of inspiration.

“I just want the players to take it all in,” Radway

said. “I’m really proud to be down here with my boys again.”

Though Radway is no longer an official member of the team, the chemistry he sees among the players is the same he felt as a player.

“At the devotional last night, I was greeted with open arms, so it’s like I’m still a part of the team,” Radway said. “This is still ACU football.”

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football

raymond radwayACU alumus,

NFL football player

I’m really proud to be down here with my

boys again. This is ACU football.”“

Website adds new element to intramurals

It’s no secret that Ameri-cans are obsessed with watching, talking, and playing football. For those who aren’t sure about strapping on the helmet and smashing into line-backers, flag football is the answer.

Flag football, as well as all other ACU intramural sports, will now be run through imleagues.com, said ACU Intramural Di-rector Kenli Edwards.

“IMleagues changes the

entire atmosphere of in-tramurals,” Edwards said. “It allows easy access to scores and schedules and also allows you to see what is coming up soon and to check announcements.”

Edwards also added that the new website pro-vides information at the students’ fingertips if they will utilize the tool.

“If the students that participate in intramurals will check imleagues con-sistently, they will never be out of the loop,” she said. “It is a great resource available now, thanks to technology.”

After making a profile, students have the ability to join teams and follow every aspect of the game, includ-ing viewing stats, checking upcoming games, keeping up with the standings and even talking some smack on the message boards.

“It’s like an intramural facebook,” Edwards said.

Not only does IMleagues make it easier for students to track how they’ve fared against the competition, but it also makes the pro-cess of managing intramu-ral sports much easier as a whole.

“IMLeagues is a lifesav-er,” said GATA Intramural Director Shayla Herndon. “It is accessible on any learning device and makes managing a club’s intra-murals so much easier than before having.”

Herndon also noted that it provides a platform for the competitiors to feel

more engaged in the cul-ture of intramural sports.

“It also gets the players more involved than simply coming to the games and then going home, which is the goal of intramural sports, to get people involved.”

A total of 65 teams on campus will battle it out on the gridiron this year in hopes of making it to the championship.

The teams are split into championship leagues for the more competitive athlete and recreational leagues for those just looking to have fun.

While ACU offers a va-riety of intramural sports, flag football always seems to be one of the more pop-ular choices.

Herndon said it is a personal favorite of hers.

“It’s ACU’s largest sport and is definitely loved by all, “ she said.

“It’s a good way to get to know people better, have some healthy competition ,and overall it brings peo-ple together in ways that other sports cannot.”

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intramurals

kenli edwardsACU’s Director of

Intramurals.

If the students that par-ticipate in intramurals will check imleagues, they will

never be out of the loop.”“

Loss: Turnovers plague Wildcats in highly touted game on big stagewith a 45-yard field goal. The Lions piled on the points in the first quarter as they scored two touchdowns in a three minute span – one a pass from Chapple to re-ceiver Tristan Purifoy and the other a 9-yard scamper by running back Antwan Ivey. Ivey amassed 118 yards in the opening half, finding holes in the ACU defense.

Gale came alive midway through the second quarter as the Wildcats were forced to find yards through the air.

Gale, the Harlon Hill final-ist from 2010 threw for 249 yards in the first half and fi-nally found pay dirt with five minutes left in the half.

On a third and goal from the 18, Gale threw a strike that Gabriel caught in the back of the endzone. Gabriel hung onto the ball despite getting crushed as the ball hit his numbers.

The ‘Cats were able to tack on a field goal at the

end of the half to narrow the margin to 16-10.

In the half, the Lions missed a field goal and an extra point.

North Alabama left an-other six points on the board in the third quarter after it missed a second field goal and had a third one blocked by ACU defensive lineman Aston Whiteside.

“The defense was able to get some huge stops,” Thomsen said. “The pres-sure was there, and we fought our way back, but that fumble was huge. We just didn’t get it done.”

Being behind the entire game forced ACU to continue to turn to the passing game. Gale finished the game with 390 passing yards and two

touchdowns, while Chapple finished with 240 and a score.

Gabriel led all receivers with 135 yards on eight catches as he had both ACU touchdowns.

Richardson had 63 yards rushing and 59 yards receiving to pace the Wild-cat backfield.

Despite the loss, the Wildcats out-gained the Lions in yards by a wide margin of 493 to 348.

The loss drops the Wildcats to 1-1 on the young season, yet they still remain 1-0 in confer-ence play.

The Lions are now 3-0 on the season and are likely to move up from their No. 4 spot in the na-tional rankings.

ACU has their home opener next weekend against Angelo State. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Shotwell Stadium.

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chris thomsenhead coach,

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The pressure was there, and we fought our way back.

That fumble was huge. We just didn’t get it done.“

Win:Team overcomes

When the Wildcats made their only goal in the 40th minute, they didn’t go by the textbook. Several players converged on the ball inside the six yard box off a corner kick by sophomore Ashley Craig, and the ball went to the back of the net.

Then the head referee ruled that an Incarnate Word player kicked the ball into her own net, so no ACU player was credited with the goal.

Physicality was the theme of this game, as 26 fouls were committed in the contest. “UIW was real-ly just really physical, and

that threw us off,” forward Andrea Carpenter said.

The UIW defense also caused problems. The Car-dinals pulled several play-ers towards its own goal in an effort to put pressure on the forwards.

“Their main game plan was to capitalize on our mis-takes,” Wilson said. “They played back, and when we made a mistake, they start-ed a counterattack.”

Sunday, the ’Cats jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back.

“We played more of our game against Angelo State,” Wilson said. “We cut down

on the number of unforced errors and didn’t let those affect us like we did Friday.”

Junior Krysta Grimm con-tinued scoring in the 18th min-ute off a Whitley Lindholm cor-ner kick en route to a 2-0 win.

“Sunday, everyone worked really hard and came ready to play,” Carpenter said.

Grimm scored again in the 76th minute off an assist from Madison Brown, giving her five on the year.

The team will continue its season Friday when it travels to play Eastern New Mexico.

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Error:’Cats to rebound

The Wildcats attempted to take the fifth set and a match victory with a 15-14 lead, but TWU won on an attacking error.

Mock feels the youth of

the team probably isn’t a reason for the lack of suc-cess lately.

“Experience does count for something, but the prob-lem right now is mental toughness and pushing our-selves at the end of a match.”

ACU will return home to play WT at 7 p.m. Thurs-day and ENMU Saturday at 2 p.m.

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On the biggest stage in Texas, the Wildcats lost to a team from Alabama. The North Alabama Lions used a quick start and a suffo-cating defense to down the Wildcats 23-17.

“I thought it was a heck of a game,” ACU head coach Chris Thomsen said. “We

played poorly in some areas with turnovers and penalties.”

Turnovers were the prob-lem for the ‘Cats as three Lion touchdowns came from ACU giveaways. The third touch-down was the most demoral-izing, however.

With the Wildcats driv-ing late in the third quarter, Gale threw an out-route to receiver Darian Hogg. Hogg was stripped of the ball and star cornerback Janoris Jen-kins took the fumble back 49 yards for a touchdown. That score increased the Lion lead to 23-10, and North Al-abama never looked back.

“Our D-line read the play

good and forced a fumble,” Jenkins said. “I was there to scoop and score.”

ACU was able to make it interesting late with a touchdown inside of two minutes.

Quarterback Mitchell Gale found receiver Tay-lor Gabriel in the endzone with 1:42 left in the game to close the gap to 23-17.

The ‘Cats almost recov-ered the ensuing onside kick, but the Lions were able to fall on the ball and run out the rest of the clock to seal the victory.

“It was everything I hoped it would be,” North

Alabama head coach Terry Bowden said. “To come in here and play the best team in the Lone Star Conference and beat them in their own backyard — I can’t believe it.”

ACU looked shell-shocked to open the game as Gale threw two first quarter interceptions, and the defense was gouged

by the quick North Ala-bama offense. The two interceptions put Gale’s total for the season at four, one more than he had last year.

“We did things that were good, but we would offset them with turnovers,” Gale said. “It’s the same thing we did against Tarleton, and it’s very frustrating.”

Lion quarterback Lee Chapple was sharp early, as he had 176 yards pass-ing and a touchdown in the first half. North Ala-bama opened the scoring

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The ACU women’s soccer team rose to No. 8 in the nation after going 1-0-1 last weekend. The team was No. 12 last week, and continues to rewrite the record book.

The ACU men’s and women’s cross country teams beat the University of Texas of the Permian Basin on Saturday morning in a meet at the Naimadu Classic. The team swept the top-three places. Spenser Lynn ran the course in 26:24.00 and was followed by William Pike and Erik Forrister.

Ten of the nation’s top 25 teams lost last week, causing a shuffle in the American Football Coaches’ Association NCAA Division II poll. ACU dropped to No. 10 after losing.

Chicago Bears wide receiver Johnny Knox had two receptions for 45 yards and no toudowns in the Bears second game of the season against the Saints. New Orleans won the game, 30-13.

Bengals running back Bernard Scott was limited to only two carries for ten yards against Denver. In two games this season, he has six carries for 13 yards and no touchdowns. The Bengals lost the game, 24-22.

Danieal Manning, Texans safety, had a good day against the Dolphins on Sunday, Sept. 18. He recorded two individual tackles and five assists while helping Houston get the win, 23-13.

The volleyball team plays West Texas A&M University here on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7 p.m. and Eastern New Mexico University on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m.

Women’s soccer travels to Portales, NM on Friday, Sept. 23 to face Eastern New Mexico University at 3 p.m.

Football plays conference foe Angelo State at Shotwell Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 6 p.m.

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Quarterback Mictchell Gale attempts to sidestep pressure from North Alabama defensive lineman Cedric Hall Saturday at Cowboys Sta-dium. The Lion defense hurried Gale all night, which contributed to his two interceptions and three sacks in the 23-17 loss.

‘Didn’t get it done’football

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Perserverance remains main issue for Wildcats The ACU volleyball team has had trouble maintain-ing a lead and finishing games strong recently.

The Wildcats lost their second straight match in five sets on Monday night, Sept. 19, at the McDermott Center in San Antonio against Incarnate Word.

The ‘Cats led early 25-18 and 25-22 but couldn’t keep the Cardinals from rebounding to a five-set Lone Star Conference home win (18-25, 13-25, and 5-15).

The loss sinks the Wild-cats’ season record to 7-6 and 3-2 in the conference. The Cardinals improve to 6-7 (3-4 LSC).

The Wildcats won the first set behind a .404 hitting percentage. Unfortunately the team only hit .129 for the entire match and had almost as many errors (20) as kills (21) in sets three through five. UIW put up a .350 hit-ting percentage in the three sets it won. The Cardinals outblocked ACU 12.0 to 5.0.

Jennie Hutt recorded 19 kills in the defeat.

ACU has played five sets six times this season, includ-

ing four of the last five. The team is 3-3 in these match-es but Monday marked the third time an opponent has come from behind after be-ing down 2-0.

Head Coach Kellen Mock feels her team must im-prove its play if it wants to start winning ball games.

“We’ve had multiple games where we’ve been one team in one set and another team in a differ-ent set. If we continue to do that, the team will keep struggling. There is some mental maturity we need to attain as a team and that’s what practice

the next few weeks will be about.”

“It’s not going to be an easy road ahead. We face the heaviest part of our sched-ule coming up, so we’ll have to fight through this.”

Texas Woman’s beat ACU on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 17 by Texas Women’s Univer-sity in a match eerily similar to Monday.

The loss was another tough one to swallow.

The Wildcats won the first two sets 25-17 and 25-22. However, TWU wasn’t going to give the ‘Cats an easy three set match.

The Pioneers mounted

an enormous comeback, winning the next three sets.

ACU was in control for the first two sets, and TWU never lead in the second.

But, things began to look a bit shaky in the third.

Texas Woman’s jumped out to a 4-0 lead, maintaining an advantage throughout the set.

Errors killed the Wild-cats in the fourth set. The team committed eight with a minute .091 hitting per-centage. The Pioneers hit .333 and it showed, as they won by a margin of 11.

edward isaacsassistant sports editor

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destiny hagood staff Photographer

Junior Lexi Stirling hustles for a ball against Dallas Baptist.

Grimm helps ’Cats maintain record

The No. 12 ACU women’s soccer team went 1-1 over their two games this week-end, tying Incarnate Word 1-1 in overtime Friday and beating Angelo State 2-0 on Sunday.

These games came just after the soccer team was bumped twelve spots in the National Soccer Coach-es Association of America to No. 12, the highest the team has been ranked in program history.

This weekend was a tale of two completely differ-ent games for the soccer team, said Head Coach Casey Wilson. The team’s four game winning streak came to a screeching halt Friday at the hands of the Cardinals of Incarnate Word University, which it tied 1-1.

The Wildcats fired 25 shots in the contest, in-cluding 13 in the second half. UIW Goalkeeper Vic-toria Puentes recorded 13 saves while an attempt by Krysta Grimm hit off the crossbar in the first half. Willson said the Wildcats had plenty of opportuni-ties for shots, but errors got in the way.

“That is our own fault. Their keeper played a great game,” Wilson said. “We didn’t play disciplined enough to win that game.”

bryson shakesports editor

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casey wilsonHead coach,

acu women’s soccer

That is our own fault. We didn’t play disci-plined enough to win

that game.”“

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mitchell galeQuarterback,ACU Football

We did things that were good, but we offset

them with turnovers.”“