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Student voters elected Delta The-ta president Jessica Ellison, se-nior accounting major from Van, the 2010 Homecoming Queen out of ten nominees.

Ellison was crowned at halftime during Saturday’s Homecoming football game after the introduc-tion of both the coming-home court from 2000 and this year’s Homecoming court.

“I’m kind of still in shock,” said Jessica Ellison. “It’s exciting, and it’s

an honor. I’m just glad the student body voted for me.”

Ellison was the only member of Delta Theta on this year’s Homecom-ing court. The other nine nominees were either members of Sigma Theta Chi or Ko Jo Kai.

“It’s just exciting for the small-er guy,” Jessica Ellison said. “Just being nominated was an honor, let alone winning.”

Samantha Adkins, senior alumni relations officer, said it is not uncom-mon for someone from a less-repre-sented club to win queen when com-peting against numerous women

from larger clubs. The larger clubs usually end up splitting their votes between more than one nominee.

“I’m not really shocked that she would win,” Adkins said. “It’s not un-usual for someone who is an outlier to get the rest of the votes.”

Ellison’s father and escort, Charles Ellison, also said the award

was a testament to his daughter’s in-volvement at ACU.

“We’re very proud of her. She’s already excelled in everything,” Charles Ellison said. “She started out in a small town and wound up here.”

With each Halloween sea-son begins the search for a great costume and a good scare. This year, Abilene offers many different ways to celebrate, both fun and frightful. Students have sev-eral options when searching for Halloween activities on campus and around town.

Frater Sodalis will con-duct the club’s 25th an-nual haunted house at Play Faire Park Oct. 28–31. The fundraising event is open to the public for $8 a ticket. On the first two nights, col-lege students will receive 25 percent off, and on Hallow-een night all youth groups will receive a 25 percent discount.

Brandon Fry, junior ac-counting major from Ball-inger and Frater Sodalis President, said the event will

be fun for students, as well as the community.

“We look forward to putting it on every year,”

Fry said, “A lot of work has been put into making sure

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Students interested in par-ticipating in spring break missions can start making plans. The Spring Break Campaign Committee an-nounced the 27 leaders who will lead 14 campaigns across America and four South American Countries.

“We’re really excited about our leadership teams,” said Emily Hood, PR marketing committee member for SBC. “I think the overall commitment of our leaders this year is bet-ter than we’ve had in years past, and I think that’s because we chose quality over quantity.”

The SBC committee chose fewer campaigns and leaders than last year, mainly because they re-ceived fewer leader appli-cations than in previous years, said Hood, senior education major from Spearman. However, she said they are happy with the people who did step up to lead.

In addition to offer-ing fewer campaigns, SBC committee members also decided to cap the number of students for each cam-paign at 15, with exceptions to the campaigns going to Seattle and New Orleans.

The change came from campaigners’ feedback through surveys adminis-tered each year at the end of spring break, Hood said.

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Crowning Moment

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Meagan HernandezContributing Reporter

Community opens haunted houses

STACY ACTON // Staff Photographer2010 Homecoming Queen Jessica Ellison, escorted by her father, Charles Ellison, is presented with flowers and a crown in honor of the title she received at the Homecoming football game on Oct 9.

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ACU women living in a house close to campus re-ported seeing an unknown man inside their house only days after another group of girls reported seeing anoth-er suspicious man peering in one of their windows.

The first incident hap-pened Friday, Oct. 1 at 1:24 a.m.

“I was sitting in my room, and I heard something out-side,” said Sarah Beardsley, junior family studies ma-jor from Keller. “I thought it was one of the cats, be-cause we have cats outside. Then I heard a cat screech

and a banging against the window and a guy curse at a cat. That’s when I got freaked out and ran to wake up my roommate, and we called the cops.”

Tiffany Siegel, senior el-ementary education major from Austin, and her room-mates had a even more concerning experience only two days later, on Oct. 3.

“We were just sitting on the couch talking, and I looked up and saw some-one standing beside the shelf in the kitchen,” Sie-gel said. “I thought it was just Brooke [her room-mate] and I didn’t really

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Intruder disturbs female students

Alan CherryPage 2 Editor

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Students select 2010 Homecoming Queen

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MEAGAN HERNANDEZ // Staff Photographer

Props from the Haunted Graveyard on Judge Ely Boulevard await fright-seeking customers.

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Kelsi WilliamsonArts Editor

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HOMECOMING

I’m kind of still in shock. It’s exciting, and it’s an honor. I’m just glad the student body voted for me.

JESSICA ELLISON // senior accounting major from Van‘‘ ’’

announcements

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The Christian Service Center needs volunteers interested in business or design to put together an informational brochure. The work could be done any weekday after-noon before the end of November. Contact Jim Clark at (325) 673-7531 or [email protected] for more information.

The Dyess Youth Center needs volunteers to help with a 3-on-3 basketball tournament 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. from Oct. 12 - Oct. 20. They also need volunteers to referee the tournament from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. on Oct. 18 and Oct. 19. For more in-formation, contact Sheri Frisby at (325) 696-4797 or at [email protected].

The Oakridge Church of Christ will have a free Trunk or Treat for

community children from 5 p.m. - 11 p.m. on Oct. 30. Volunteers are needed to set up games, run activity booths, and clean up. Dinner will be provided for volunteers but advance notice is requested. Contact Em-erald Lemmons at [email protected] or call (325) 370-1327 for more information.

The Center for Con-temporary Arts needs a gallery assistant to help with exhibit setup and preparation as well as an administrative assistant. The work can be done any time 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Tuesday - Friday. Please call (325) 677-8389 or email [email protected] for more informa-tion.

Disability Resources, Inc. needs volunteers from 10 a.m. until dusk

Monday - Saturday and 1 p.m. until dusk Sundays Sept. 29 - Oct. 31 to help with its annual Pump-kin 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].

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 exhibi-tion for the students. Transportation will not be provided, nor can volunteers have any sexual assault charges or charges pending. For more information, con-tact Sheri Frisby at (325) 696-4797 or e-mail [email protected].

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Intramural Volleyball sign-ups will be Oct. 13- 19. The entry fee is $75 per team. Games will begin Oct. 25.

ACU Computer Auc-tion will start at 1 p.m. on Oct. 16 in the Teague Special Events Center. More than 200 comput-ers of various makes and models will be available. For more information visit www.acu.edu/auc-tion or call (325) 674-2603.

Flu shots are now avail-able in the ACU Medical Clinic in McKinzie Hall. Call (325) 674-2151 for more information.

Graduate and Professional School Fairwill take place from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 27 in the McCaleb Conference Center (Hunter Welcome

Center). Recruiters from graduate and professional schools from across the country will answer questions concerning the programs their schools offer and the admission process. Featured schools include: ACU, Dallas Baptist University, Hardin-Simmons University, McMurry University, Texas Tech, University of Texas and University of North Texas.

Sing Song Host and Hostess Auditions: Those wishing to sign up for a host or hostess audi-tion slot must do so in McKinzie Hall Room 122 no later than today.

FCA, the ACU chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, meets at 9 p.m. every Thursday in the Liv-ing Room of the McGloth-lin Campus Center.

ACU Computer Auc-tion will start at 1 p.m. on Oct. 16 in the Teague Special Events Center. Over 200 computers of various makes and mod-els will be available. For more information visit www.acu.edu/auction or call (325) 674-2603

Screenwriting Workshop Chris Young, UCLA/LAFSC professor nad screenwriter will speak at a FilmFest screenwriting workshop from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Oct. 23 in the Mabee Library Audito-tium.

Dallas White Rock Mara-thon, Students wishing to run the Dallas White Rock Marathon or Half-Marathon can sign up with ACU to recieve a $20 rebate, a free ACU run-ning shirt and a free pre-race party. Register to run at www.acu.edu/whiterock

11 a.m. Chapel in Moody Coliseum

11 a.m. Small group Chapels meet in various places around campus

Fall Break

4 p.m. Home soccer game against Central Oklahoma University

Fall Break

2 p.m. Volleyball game at Cameron University

7 p.m. Football game at the University of Incarnate Word

Collections of historical documents from ACU’s li-brary have been digitized and are now available on-line for public viewing.

Five area libraries were also able to include collec-tions. Hardin-Simmons Uni-versity, McMurry University, Abilene Christian University, Howard Payne University in Brownwood and the Abilene Library Consortium all in-cluded materials.

ACU was able to in-clude between 12 and 15

collections to be digitized. Along with the Optimist archives, the Prickly Pear and ACU Catalogs from 1906 to 2004 are available. These archives make it possible for viewers to fol-low historical threads and build an image of ACU in any given year, said Car-isse Berryhill, professor of library science and special services librarian.

“It’s great to be able to see what courses were of-fered, who the faculty was and what the university’s academic requirements were,” Berryhill said.

Although every is-sue of the Optimist was available for research in hard copy form, the digi-tization of the Optimist makes it more accessible for students and alumni to view. The issues are ful-ly searchable and can be downloaded as PDF files.

Dr. Kenneth Pybus, as-sociate professor of jour-nalism and mass com-munication and Optimist adviser, said the digital archives help the Optimist staff to better serve their audience. The archives also give faculty another way to

improve the education of journalism students.

“One of the challenges of doing good journalism is understanding things in context,” Pybus said. “We can use this as a re-source to help put news in context.”

The Optimist is the re-cord of student journal-ism and participation, said Berryhill. Students use them often, whether they are researching for a history project or re-searching where a policy for the student govern-ment originated.

“We want to keep ar-chives available to the public to use, but the ac-tual artifacts are very brit-tle,” Berryhill said. “The digital copies are not only affected by use and time, they are also fully indexed and searchable.”

The Optimist and Prickly Pear archives are now available online at the Texas Digital News-paper Program at the University of North Texas website: http://texashis-tory.unt.edu.

All of the West Texas Digital Archives are avail-

able in the Learning Com-mons at wtda.acl.org. The website will be accessible anywhere early in the spring 2011 semester.

This is one of the ways libraries have to change to accommodate the stu-dents of the digital world, Berryhill said.

“Libraries need to re-invent the way material is available. The mission of the library doesn’t change, but the means does.”

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ACU digitizes historical documents, OptimistJosie SandsOnline Editor

TECHNOLOGY

ACU assistant professor of computer science Dr. John Homer was part of a team that received the Hewlett-Packard Co. Labs Innovation Research Award for 2010 for their proj-ect, “A New Approach to Rig-orous Risk Analytics Using Attack Graphs.”

The team received the award under the leadership of Kansas State University as-

sistant professor of comput-ing and information sciences, Dr. Xinming Ou.

The HP Labs Innovation Research Program recog-nized Homer’s team’s work in the field of cyber security.

“Almost all networks have some level of security in place, but it is hard for large networks to see how an at-tacker can reach beyond those measures,” Homer said. “Our project shows how an attack graph can combine

all the data together to calcu-late the level of risk that ex-ists in a network.”

Homer described an at-tack graph as a pictorial rep-resentation used to deter-mine a network’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

“The annual HP Labs In-novation Research Program is an ideal platform for HP to initiate highly innovative proj-ects with leading researchers in universities worldwide,” said Rich Friedrich, director

of strategy and innovation, on HP’s website.

This year, the HP Innova-tive Research Program at-tracted proposals from 323 researchers in 202 universi-ties and 36 countries.

Homer continues to bridge the gap between ACU academics and the real world. Homer traveled to Austin with his students to attend a game developers conference Friday, along with two other faculty members.

Dr. Fortune Mhlanga, di-rector and professor of com-puter science, praised Homer for his research and his work with students.

“Dr. Homer is very en-thusiastic, a go-getter who brings fresh ideas,” Mh-langa said. “He is already working with students on other research topics and assisting the department in shaping the curriculum.”

Dr. Brent Reeves, pro-fessor of computer sci-

ence, also commented on Homer’s work.

“Research grants are not just important for professors or those working on their doctorates. They’re also im-portant for students because grants inspire them to think further,” Reeves said. “Ten years from now, the things they are doing here in the lab will be out there in society.”

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ACU professor part of team given HP awardChristina Burch

Contributing Reporter

TECHNOLOGY

October 13, 2010 CAMPUS NEWS

The antique radio collection of the late Dr. Lowell G. Perry was dedicated last Saturday during a breakfast reception at KACU. The collection is now on permanent display in the office of KACU.

“Lowell dedicated his life to broadcasting. He should be remembered for the great things he did,” said Richard Melton, a former friend of Perry.

The collection was do-nated to the university by the widow of the late Dr. Lowell G. Perry, Earlene Perry uring the early 1980’s. It was on display in the Don Morris Building until 2000,

when it was replaced by Da-vid Leeson’s photography collection.

“I appreciate Leeson’s display, but I knew that Lowell would want students to enjoy his radio collec-tion,” Earlene Perry said. “I contacted the school, and everyone agreed that the collection should be put back on display.”

The late Dr. Lowell G. Perry left a lasting mark on ACU as a professor of communications. He was instrumental in establish-ing KACC. When Perry es-tablished the campus radio station, KACC consisted of wires that ran throughout the university grounds. Now known as KACU, the station

is approaching its 25th year as a county-wide National Public Radio station. KACU can be heard on 89.7 FM, as well as on its website, www.kacu.org. The station is also working to become avail-able in high definition.

“Lowell was a visionary. He knew what FM was going to become, even before peo-ple had FM on their radio. He also knew what short-wave radio would become,” said Perry, “He knew short-wave radio could be a way to share the word of Jesus.”

Lowell G. Perry was killed in a plane crash in 1977 while scouting a loca-tion for a shortwave radio station transmitter for the then unknown non-profit

organization, World Chris-tian Broadcasting. This or-ganization now broadcasts in China, Russia and will soon include Madagascar.

The collection consists of over 18 pieces, includ-ing an antique Will Roger’s microphone.

“This microphone was Lowell’s favorite. A student gave it to him,” Perry said, “To him, the students were the most important.”

Anyone interested in viewing the display can visit the KACU office, located on the first floor of the Don H. Morris Center on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Antique radio collection on display at KACUKACU

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Meagan HernandezContributing Reporter

DANIEL GOMEZ // Chief Photographer

Elise Mitchell, president and CEO of Mitchell Communications Group, cuts the ribbon at a cer-emony opening ACU’s new student-run Ad/PR agency, Morris and Mitchell.

MEAGAN HERNANDEZ // Contributing Photographer

A collection of antique radio equipment is on display at KACU.

Opening CeremonyUniversity to auction electronic equipment

An auction of used com-puters and other electronic equipment will take place Saturday at the Teague Special Events Center.

Bidder registration and product viewing will start at 11:00 a.m. The auction will start at 1 p.m.

The Computer Replace-ment Program replaces all

ACU computer equipment every three years. The CRP has been conducting the auction for 6 years. The program gets about 20-25 percent of the original price back. All money from the auction will go back to ACU to purchase new tech-nology equipment.

Robert Schryer, the lead hardware analyst for the ACU Information Technol-ogy Department, devel-oped the CRP 10 years ago.

“We got $50,000 from the biggest auction two years ago,” Schryer said. “And since we have a lot of nice computers, we are expecting to break the re-cord this year.”

The auction sells Intel Macs, Dell desktops, note-book computers, digital projectors, B&W and Color HP Laser printers, HP Ink-jet printers and many oth-er items, including an ATV

(all-terrain vehicle).“Some students do not

have the money to buy brand new computers,” said Isunami Hernandez, junior information tech-nology major from Abilene and one of the student-workers in the hardware office. “The auction offers a great opportunity for students to buy affordable computers.”

Schryer said people may pay 20-40 percent of what

a new computer costs. For example, a student may pay about $300 for a com-puter with the original cost of $1200.

Qinghao Zhang, gradu-ate accounting major from China, attended the auc-tion last year.

“Those equipments are good enough for students. Some of the desktops were maintained well, but some were old, which were pro-duced in 2003 or 2004,” Zhang said.

The department is ex-pecting 100 to 150 people to go to the auction this year.

“People who come should stay till the end,” said Sarah Smith, junior biochemistry major from Wiggins, Colo., and a stu-dent worker for the auction. “We will draw a lucky name to get a computer for $1.”

Schryer said ACU is one of the very few schools that offers a live auction and sells individual machines. Other schools may package them for bulk resale. The auction is open to the entire Abilene community.

Keyi ZhouContributing Reporter

TECHNOLOGY

We got $50,000 from the biggest auction twoyears ago.

ROBERT SCHRYER // lead hardware analyst for Information Technology‘‘ ’’

contact Zhou [email protected]

International students findcreative fall break activities

STUDENT LIFE

With fall break fast ap-proaching, some stu-dents will go home for the weekend, while others will go on trips. For ACU’s international students, going home is not always an option, forcing creativ-ity when it comes to fall break activities.

Jingwen He, senior graphic design major from Guangzhou, China, said she enjoys the extra day off and the opportunity to spend time with friends. He travels to Dallas every year shopping, eating Chi-nese food and going to a big Asian supermarket.

“Going to Asian restau-rants is one of my favorite things,” He said. “Dallas has many good Chinese food choices. I feel like the Chinese food in Dallas is very similar to what I had in China. It made me feel I was home.”

International students come to ACU from dif-ferent cultures to study and to make American friends. Fall break gives students an opportunity

to travel and see parts of Texas besides Abilene.

Shota Maeda, senior biology major from Chi-ba, Japan, said he likes to travel and get to know people better.

“I’m going to Camp Eagle with a group of people, a mix with Amer-icans and internation-als on fall break,” Maeda said. “We are going to do a lot of activities to know each other, such as catching fishes, kayaking and building a campfire for worship.”

Sebastian Karlsson, se-nior theater major from Stångsmåla, Sweden, said he likes to use his free time during fall break to rest and have fun.

“I’m going to a retreat with my friends. We are going to a ranch out-side of Abilene,” Karls-

son said. “We are going to get rest from studies, getting time talking with friends, cooking barbe-cue together and having devotional.”

Fall break is a good chance for students to relax Just one day off can help them catch up on some studies.

“I’m from China; Eng-lish is my second lan-guage, so makes the classes are harder, some-times I really need a day to catch up with my stud-ies,” He said. “Having three days of holiday, I can use one day to really concentrate on my stud-ies and another two days to have fun.”

Meiqi ZhangContributing Reporter Having three days of

holiday, I can use one day to really concentrate on my studies and another two days to have fun.

JINGWEN HE // senior graphic design major from Guangzhou, China‘‘ ’’

contact Zhang [email protected]

County offers on-campuslocation for early voting

The Taylor County Elections Office will offer early voting to students in the McGloth-lin Campus Center Monday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

The early voting for No-vember’s general election is open to any registered voter in Taylor County who has a form of state, issued identification or a voter registration card.

Barbara Pinkston, register clerk for the Taylor County Elections Office, said the pur-pose of mobile early voting locations is to ensure more people have a chance to vote.

“Sometimes things come up on the actual election day. If you vote early, then your vote is cast,” Pinkston said. “We count those votes first. It allows you to be sure you get to vote. The bottom line is it’s all about convenience.”

Pinkston said mobile vot-ing locations tend to vary depending on the year, but the county has five perma-nent early-voting locations, including the United Super-market on E.N. 10th Street, K-Mart, Hastings, The Mall of Abilene and the elections of-fice at Taylor County Plaza.

Joel Swedlund, Campus Center manager, said he tries

to have early voting on cam-pus every year, because the convenience gives students an added incentive to vote.

“We want to have our stu-dents be able to vote and be-come involved with the com-munity they are now a part of,” he said. ”We want to make it as easy as possible. Some stu-dents aren’t willing to go out and find a place, so this pro-vides them an opportunity.”

A complete list of voting locations can be found at www.taylorcountytexas.org/election1.html.

Jeff CraigManaging Editor

CAMPUS

contact Craig [email protected]

October 13, 2010FROM THE FRONT

quick factsACU students will lead Spring Break Campaigns to 14 locations around the nation and worldwide

n Anchorage, Alaska, Evan Hernandez and Kelsi Wicksn Boston, Emily Hood, Jared Hodges and Millie Gonzalezn Chicago, Kristian Travis and Laura Gasvodan Corpus Christi, Jacquie Harbourn Costa Rica, Brittany Armenta and James Sheppardn Denver, Liz White and Rebekah Leitnern Guatemala, Adam Schwalm and Morgan Sconiersn Honduras, Hannah Hendrixn Houston, Abby Hill and Kasey Strattonn New Orleans, Alex Ketteman and Randee Nelsonn Nicaragua, Tyler Allen and Meredith Plattn Salem, Ore., Caroline Conwell and Tate Stewartn Seattle, Abigail Sutphen and Nick Tatumn St. Paul, Minn., Scott Stewart and Veronica Whitt

the Haunted House is an enjoyable experience and a success.”

If the Frats can’t give you the scare you de-sire, head on over to the Abilene Preservation League for a haunted trol-ley tour of Abilene’s most famous ghosts.

“One stop is the site of the Alexander Sanito-rium, Abilene’s first hos-pital,” said Bill Minter, executive director of the Preservation League. “As the trolley conductor ex-plains the history, there will be characters dressed as escaped patients.”

The trip ends at the fa-

mous Swenson House for a guided tour.

“The mansion will be decorated. There’s a fu-neral, dinner with Dracu-la, a laboratory and more,” Minter said.

Tickets are $20 for the trolley ride and mansion tour, $15 for the trolley only and $10 for mansion only. The League will give tours on Oct. 22 and 23 from 7 to 10 p.m. Trolleys will start tours every 30 minutes.

Buffalo Gap Historic Village is also getting into the Halloween spirit. On Oct. 16, ghost tours will be given at dusk. Spooky sto-ries based on the village’s history will accompany

the tour. Admission is $10 at the door.

After a good scare, it’s time to put on a clever costume and go have some fun. Although col-lege students might con-sider themselves too old for door-to-door trick-or-treating, there are alterna-tives all over town.

PrimeTime Abilene is known for its go-karts, bowling, batting cages, miniature golf and arcade. On Halloween, Prime Time will have its normal “Sunday Slam” specials and more.

Christine Brockman, Prime Time event coor-dinator said, “We will have treats for everybody.

Come out in costume and have some fun.”

For $9.95, customers can choose from unlim-ited bowling and minia-ture golf, unlimited video games or a $20 card that can be used in any com-bination of activities, in-cluding cosmic bowling. The specials start at 5 p.m. and run until 11 p.m.

The Abilene Zoo is also preparing for its annual Halloween event, Boo at the Zoo. On Oct 23, different Abilene-based merchants will set up booths as trick-or-treating stops through-out the park. Everyone is invited to join in on the candy-collecting fun.

“Boo at the Zoo is for

all ages, from newborn to 102,” said Sherry Thom-son member of Abilene Zoo guest services.

Boo at the Zoo will also host a costume contest. Advance tickets are on sale for $2.50. Tickets will be sold for $3 at the gate, which will be open from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Though there are many opportunities for fun around the Halloween holiday, Brockman also mentioned college night, which is every Friday night from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. College Night specials in-clude unlimited bowling, laser tag, bumper cars and video games for $12.

“There is unlimited ev-

erything. It’s lots of fun,” said Brockman. “Don’t forget the air hockey tour-nament, a poker tourna-ment and a chance to win an iPad.”

Whether you’re looking for a frightening good time or a sugar rush, Abilene has something for everyone.

For more information on the Abilene Preservation League’s haunted tours, visit www.hauntedabilene.com. For more information on Buffalo Gap’s Historic Village, call 325-572-3365. For more information about Prime Time, visit www.primetimeabilene.com.

think anything of it. So I just sat there for a while, and they had been stand-ing there for like a minute and a half, and I wondered why she wasn’t coming in and talking to us. I thought it was really weird. Then I looked a bit closer and I realized it wasn’t Brooke, it was a guy.”

Siegel said she called out to the person who, real-izing he had been spotted, left through the back door.

“We didn’t scream un-

til after he had gone,” Sie-gel said.

ACU Chief of Police Jimmy Ellison said in both cases the ACU Police responded quickly and checked the area but were unable to locate any sus-picious individuals.

Ellison said prowler and window-peeper calls are an occasional problem the ACU Police has to respond to, although he has not seen a trend.

“There was not enough specific information on ei-ther incident to determine

if they are, in fact, linked,” Ellison said. “Our officers, especially our late eve-ning and midnight shift officers, try to be visible and present in alleyways and obscure locations be-cause of the potential for things like that.”

Siegel said the experi-ence has not made her feel less safe, but has made her think about some things that had not previously been at the front of her mind.

“A lot of people get caught up in the fact that this is Abilene, and this is a small town. They don’t really think that you need to be cautious about that kind of stuff,” Siegel said. ”But it’s just a good habit

to keep your doors locked, especially at night. Just little things can make a big difference.”

Ellison said individuals who encounter an intrud-er in their home should contact police and get away from the individual.

“Obviously you want to get away from the person as quickly as possible and lock yourself in a secure room, or if need be, leave the residence and call po-lice as soon as possible.”

Ellison said the key to safety is to get away from the individual, get secure and get a good description of the suspect for police.

However, committee members continue to re-main optimistic about SBCs in the spring.

“I think we have a fan-tastic group of leaders this year,” Meredith Platt, SBC Chair said. “They all seem very focused and energized and ready to work with stu-dents, not only on campaign stuff, but also on spiritually guiding them on the trip.”

Platt is leading a trip to Nicaragua – her first SBC to South America. She said international campaigns provide a different experi-ence than campaigns in-side the country.

“In some ways interna-tional trips are easier to keep focused on God,” Platt said. “Just going further seems to really open people’s eyes and get more excited about it than just going some-where in America.”

Tate Stewart, senior criminal justice major from Lubbock, is leading a cam-paign to Salem, Ore., with Caroline Conwell. This is his first time to lead a cam-paign, but he said he is looking forward to it.

“I think we’re going to be able to work off of each other well,” Stewart said. “We’ve already come up with fun ideas for the very first Chapel, and if things kind of retain that envi-ronment and attitude, I think it will be special.”

Stewart said he and Conwell have been friends for a while and already share a strong bond. He said one of their goals for the campaign is to bring the same sense of unity to the entire campaign.

“SBC enables you to grow close to a group that maybe you haven’t exactly hung out with much, and

it gives you a chance to do stuff with students of oth-er classes,” Stewart said. “It really helps you get out of your comfort zone.”

Platt offered similar ad-vice to students considering committing to a campaign.

“Don’t be afraid to go on one that you don’t know anyone else who is going,” Platt said. “Be willing to make new friends, and step outside your comfort zone.”

For more information on SBC visit their web-site, www.acu.edu/sbc.

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Emily Sparks, freshman vocational missions major from Boulder, Colo., hands out balloons while dressed as a clown at the annual ACU Homecoming Carnival on Friday.

But it’s just a good habit to keep your doors locked, especially at night.

TIFFANY SIEGEL // senior elementary education major from Austin‘‘ ’’

SBC: Students organizespring break missions

STUDENT GROUPS


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Although 1,369 votes were placed during the past week, about half of those votes were ultimately deemed void. Adkins said many students attempt to vote more than once, and many alumni also try to participate although vot-ing is closed to them.

Out of the 10 women on court this year, Adkins said there was a race between first, second and third place.

“Second and third were close, but the winner was easily seen,” Adkins said. “Jessica is a sweetie and she deserves it. She will represent the student body well with that.”

Jessica Ellison and the rest of the 2010 Home-coming court will be in-vited back to participate in the Homecoming fes-tivities for 2021.

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Bring it Home

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JamFest concluded the music-filled evening with a half-hour fireworks show. Fireworks were launched just across the street from University Park Apartments on Judge Ely Bouvelard.


Painted Wildcat fans go to great lengths to cheer for the ACU football team at the Homecoming game in Shotwell Stadium. The stands were packed with more than 13,000 Wildcat fans.

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Emily Sparks, freshman vocational missions major from Boulder, Colo., dresses as a clown and hands out balloons during the Homecoming carnival Friday at the Sanders Intramural Field.

KELSI WILLIAMSON // Arts Editor

Novas get into character and interact with the crowd during ACU’s Homecoming parade. Riding on a bright red fire engine made of wood, each Nova wore a fireman’s hat and uniform.

KELSI WILLIAMSON // Arts EditorYounger ACU fans watch as floats pass during the Homecoming parade Saturday morning. Those participating in the parade tossed candy and gum to crowds lining the street.

Homecoming activities create excitement around campus

HomeskoolValidictorianBy Jeff Craig

On a glorious mid-au-tumn afternoon in the Big Country, Shotwell Stadi-um is the place to be.

E v e r y bleacher is uncomfort-able; the sound sys-tem is near-ly inaudible and scat-tered purple b a n n e r s try to make us forget the Wildcats play in a high school stadium. But there is still something special about ACU football.

It’s charming when half the stadium sings the alma mater and the other half hums because they only know half the words. Crowds of 10,000 fans provide a level of in-timacy not found at larg-er schools.

But as fans we can do

better. We can be a bet-ter pep squad, cheering one of the nation’s best teams to victory. Rally towels, thunder sticks and purple foam fingers that no one can figure out how to hold are a start, but not enough.

Home-field advan-tage means more in foot-ball than any other sport. Loud, rambunctious crowds can be a huge advantage for the home team – but not always.

During Saturday’s game, the Wildcat faithful were as loud as I’ve ever heard them when Midwestern State was on offense. Loud crowds can be a nuisance for offenses who can’t hear calls from the quarterback, and subsequently botch a play or flinch offside.

The loud crowd at Shotwell caused several Midwestern mistakes, which should have been a huge advantage for the ’Cats. The problem is, the crowd was just as loud

when the Wildcats were on offense.

It’s great that fans are loud, but quit blowing the conch shell when ACU is on offense, and quit banging the sticks together when ACU is try-ing to call a play.

Cheering after a huge pass from quarterback Mitchell Gale or a big run from Darrell Cantu-Harkless is great, but not before the play.

When the Wildcats are forced to call a time out because the team can’t hear over the crowd noise, home-field advantage is mitigated and disadvantageous for both sides.

ACU averages some of the largest crowds in NCAA Division II, which can be a huge advantage. We as fans can go a long way in making Shotwell Stadium one of the most notoriously difficult plac-es in the nation for Divi-sion II teams to play.

Let’s keep it up Wild-cat fans. Saturday’s rowdy crowd was undoubtedly an encouragement for the team, and football without fans is meaning-less. But let’s be an asset and not a liability. Let’s make opposing teams fear Shotwell Stadium.

As Christians, we often look at those we consider sin-ners and judge them, but our actions should not re-flect such an attitude.

Jesus sat down and ate with many sinners. Many scenes in the Bible depict him ignoring invitations from several highly respect-ed individuals to dine with those many of us would rather avoid. In 1 Corinthi-ans 9: 19-23, Paul says we should be “all things to all men so I might save them.”

But while Jesus and Paul did go out among the masses and preach, they did not af-firm all actions and lifestyles of those they encountered.

In John 8, Jesus pro-tects an adulteress from the stones of an angry mob, but after the rioters leave he tells her to “sin no more.”

Just as no one in that crowd were able to cast the first stone, neither can anyone today, especially when we take into account that anyone who has lusted in his heart has committed adultery or hated has com-mitted murder.

If Jesus didn’t love all sinners, we’d all be in a world of trouble. God loves us like his children, especially when we fall short of his glory.

On Monday at Chapel, Jonathan Storment, preach-ing minister at Highland Church of Christ, told the student body of an encoun-ter he once had with a les-bian. At the time, he didn’t know what to say, but if he could redo that discussion, he said he would have told her that God still loved her and hadn’t given up on her yet, even though the local congregation had.

If God is willing to go af-ter that one lost sheep, why are Christians so often not?

Jesus did confront indi-viduals and expressed his displeasure with their be-haviors, but more impor-

tantly, he forgave them and lived as an example so that they might follow and be saved.

The saying “Love the sin-ner, hate the sin,” has been touted as a guiding force for how Christians should be-have. Yet, while often said, it’s rarely practiced.

Recently, Rutgers Uni-versity freshman Tyler Clementi committed sui-cide after a video of him performing sexual ac-tivities with another male was released online. His death has sparked con-versations about bullying and intolerance all over the country.

Christians are guilty of some of the worst reac-tions aimed toward those we believe are lost. Why do we bomb abortion clin-ics and attack doctors who administer euthanasia but not every bar and liquor store that serves alcohol-ics? Are all sins not equal before the Lord?

As Christians, we are called to be apart from

the world, but also to be a part of the world. We need to show the love and support of Jesus, as well as disapproval, for those struggling with sin.

Let the words of Peter R. Scholtes’ hymn be true: let the world “know we are Christians by our love.”

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Christians should exemplify God’s loveEDITORIAL

Written words last after death

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Irony and WhineBy Kelsi Williamson

They say actions speak louder than words, and most of the time, I would agree. Watch some-one long e n o u g h , and you’ll learn why he choos-es to laugh l o u d l y , talk fre-quently or hug often. But what if you don’t have a person’s actions to learn from? I discov-ered this past week that when there is an absent of living action, words can be the best guide to the heart.

I open my uncle’s Bible carefully and cau-tiously, not because of the book itself, but be-cause of the man who used to own it. I wasn’t old enough to watch how my uncle loved his family, or how he went out of his way to make someone feel special or how he constantly laughed at his own goofy jokes until they were suddenly hilari-ous. All I have are these stories, and although I value them immensely, something is still miss-ing – a reverence that translates to this object that was so dear to him.

As I turn the leather bound Harper Study Bi-ble cover, the page falls open to the end of John. Underlined verses in blue and orange speckle the page. Numerous notes written both in all-caps and in cramped print fill the large margins to complete the pattern.

In every word and ev-ery underlining, the sto-ries I have always heard about my uncle are con-firmed. He was one of those people who got it.

Christ was life for Him – and the excitement held in that truth was clear in his fervent commentary on its source.

As I poured over the words of an uncle I nev-er knew, I not only felt closer to him but sur-prisingly, I felt closer to the Creator and Savior he was commenting on. Lest I forget, this ulti-mately was not a book of my uncle’s words, it was a book filled with the words of God.

I realized the frus-tration I’ve felt in not knowing a dearly-be-loved uncle is the same frustration I continually feel in not knowing Je-sus Christ. In both cas-es, I’ve often remained convinced I am isolated with dead texts and sto-ries as the only sources to learn about their character, their person-alities and their lives.

By discovering my uncle’s notes, I was re-minded of words’ ability to remain long after the person who wrote them. Words are thought-out beliefs, and plans, and pasts and futures all at once – they are perma-nent records and or-ganized symbols that embody the essence of their creator.

And if the words of an uncle unable to share his earthly presence with those he cared for can translate so powerfully, I am confident that the words of the all-power-ful are capable of even more. In His case, words contain the breath and life we are all so desper-ately seeking.

Actions may speak louder than words, but words have the ability to resonate with an echo that never loses its volume.

the issueBullying, taunting and even violence stem from disagree-ments, and Christians are often the prime instigators.

our takeChristians don’t need to advocate lifestyles they disagree with, but they do need to show Christ’s love at all times.

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Comeback: Running game key on final drive

drive. Aston Whiteside, Fred Thompson, and Marvin Jones all put pressure on Eskridge.

Early in the second quar-ter, ACU finally broke through on a drive that began with 2:28 remaining in the first quarter. On that drive, Kendrick John-son fumbled the ball, eventu-ally kicked out of bounds af-ter three Mustang defenders couldn’t get a hold of it.

Later in the drive, John-son made up for the botched play when Mitchell Gale

found him on a seam route for a 16-yard score to put the Wildcats up 7-0.

Midwestern would an-swer with a field goal on their next drive. The score was set up by a busted play that ended up going for 46 yards. Eskridge fumbled the snap from center, picked up the ball and managed to find Desmond Ratliff wide open down the middle of the field. The Wildcats would score again before the half to put them selves up 14-6 heading into the break.

On ACU’s first drive of the fourth quarter the Wild-cats were faced with a third down and a yard to go. In-stead, Darrell Cantu-Hark-less went 69 yards, much as he has done all season, out-running the Midwestern defense to put the Wildcats back on top at 24-21.

With 8:05 remaining in the game the Wildcats went back on offense, needing a score in a big way. Coach Thomsen and Offensive Coordinator Ken Collums decided to fea-ture the running game on

the drive. Daryl Richardson rushed the ball five times for 32 yards on the drive. With 2:40 remaining, Gale found Richardson in the end zone to put ACU ahead for good, 31-28. Richardson carried the ball 13 times for 74 yards, and Cantu-Harkless added 117 yards of his own to out-rush the run-happy Mus-tangs by 40 yards.

The Wildcats rushed for the most yards this season with 198. Daryl Richardson saw his first real action of the season since returning to the

lineup after a knee injury.“I thought both our guys

did a great job today,” said Thomsen. “Our run game re-ally bailed us out today.”

The Wildcats needed to prove they could rush the ball effectively to show a true balanced attack. With both Richardson and Cantu-Harkless solidly performing, Collums has a whole new dimension to his offense that was previously lacking.

Mitchell Gale is now un-questionably the leader of the Wildcat offense. Gale

went toe-to-toe with one of the nation’s top quarterbacks in Zack Eskridge and came out on top, matching or pass-ing Eskridge in every passing category in the game.

The Wildcats showed all of their grit over the week-end in a comeback victory. This veteran team has now proven over the last two weeks, it is ready to be con-sidered, once again, a top contender of Div. II.

FOOTBALL

Record: ACU gets best of WTto do and what to avoid, so I think we are in a good place,” said Head Coach Casey Wilson.

The Wildcats would pick up where they left off on Friday with their Sunday af-ternoon game against East-ern New Mexico. Freshman Andrea Carpenter got a hat trick in the game, getting her first goal in the thirteenth minute with a pass from Courtney Wilson. Eastern New Mexico was unable to get any shots off in the first half, but the Wildcats went into halftime only up 1-0, just like Friday.

Carpenter would get her second goal just ten minutes into the second half on a cross from sophomore Julie Coppedge. She would then tap-in her third goal nine minutes later on a pass from

Krysta Grimm, giving the team a comfortable lead and an eventual 3-1 victory.

Carpenter’s third goal gave her twelve goals on the season, taking over the goal-scoring lead from her freshman teammate, Ashley Holton. Both Carpenter and Holton have now beaten the Wildcat record for most goals in a single season.

“This weekend we came out and played well for four solid halves,” said Grimm. “Winning games like we did this weekend is going to keep our momentum going as we finish out conference.”

The Wildcats are now 9-2 this year and 4-1 in the LSC. They hope to continue their winning streak this weekend with their last two home games Friday and Sunday.

SOCCER

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Rivalry: Clubs battle to drawon a deflected pass. GSP would score and make the conversion to take the lead 28–27 with less than a minute left to play. Galaxy had two passes that went unanswered and GSP es-caped with a victory.

“Overall I think the night went really well.

Both games were highly competitive and very close. The GSP–Galaxy game was decided in the last minute of the game,” Jackson said. “The atmo-sphere was unbelievable, and with the amount of fan support, it just made it a really great night.”

This week starts playoffs for intramurals, and sev-

eral clubs may be poised to match up again. The Kojies and Siggies earned the top two seeds, respectively, and barring an upset, would play again in the champi-onship game.

On the men’s side, GSP–Galaxy would not meet until the finals either, but both teams will face a tough road to get there.

“I think rivalry night is a fun thing for the clubs,” In-tramural Director Kenli Ed-wards said. “We do it for most of the sports, but I think for football it is the biggest one because all of the pledges are here, and they really get into it as well.”

INTRAMURALS

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Home: Wildcats edge FalconsHead Coach Kellen Mock let some of her freshmen get court time and the Bulldogs barely edged the ’Cats 25-23. But in game 4 the Wildcats closed out the match in dominating fashion 25-12.

“We were all really hap-py that the freshmen got a

chance to play,” Moronu said. “They were so close to pulling out that win, but they all stepped up and didn’t play afraid.”

Sophomore Kalynne Allen and junior Kelsie Edwards stood strong on defense for the Wildcats. Al-len recorded 17 digs while Edwards had 16. On of-fense it was freshman Neely

Borger and senior Shawna Hines who did most of the damage. Borger recorded nine kills and hit .467 while Hines and senior Jennie Hutt hit over .300.

“We just have to keep tak-ing it one game at a time to accomplish the goals we’ve set for ourselves,” Hutt said.

Hines also recorded three more blocks to move her

closer to ACU’s all-time re-cord. She also sits in second place on the Div. II blocks per set so far this year with 1.44.

The Widcats cruised past UT-Permian Basin Tuesday night in three games and will battle Midwestern State Thursday in Wichita Falls.

VOLLEYBALL

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SportsStandings

FOOTBALLTeam Div. Ovrl.ACUWTAMUTAMU-KENMUMSUE. CentralTarleton St.UIWAngelo St.

3-02-02-12-11-11-11-20-20-3

6-05-15-13-35-11-51-52-42-3

VOLLEYBALL

Team Div. Ovrl.ACUWTAMUAngelo St.MSUTAMU-KTarleton St.

6-06-05-14-24-32-4

16-313-79-1010-88-914-7

WOMEN’S SOCCERTeam Div. Ovrl.MSUACUCen. Okla.WTAMUNE St.E. Central ENMU

5-04-1-03-2-02-2-10-4-10-4-10-5-0

10-1-09-2-07-5-06-3-34-5-24-6-23-9-0

Briefs

n The No. 21 Wildcat volleyball team rolled in a three game victory Tuesday night in a non-conference match again UT-Permian Basin, 25-17, 25-13, and 25-22.

n Darrell Cantu-Hark-less and Kevin Wash-ington were named LSC Top Performers of the Week for their efforts in the Wildcats' win over the Mustangs on Satur-day.Cantu-Harkless had 215 all-purpose yards and one touchdown, and Washington re-corded nine tackles and two fumble recoveries.

PlayerProfile

n Hans Hach is a redshirt freshman from Culiacan, Mexico. The tennis player won the singles title as a sev-enth seed and teamed up with teammate Bryan Joiner totake the doubles crown for ACU as well at ITA South Central Regional Champion-ships in Maryville, MO last week. Hach and Joiner advance and will join seven other re-gional winners who will compete for National Small College Champi-onships Oct. 14-17 in Mobile, Ala.

Ex-Factor

n Bernard Scott rushed for 4 yards on 2 carries in the Ben-gals’ 24-21 loss to the Tampa Bay Bucca-neers. Scott now has run for 78 yards on 17 carries this year.

n Johnny Knox had one reception for 14 yards in the Bears’ 23-6 win over the Carolina Pan-thers, bringing his total to 272 yards for the year. Danieal Manning recorded four tackles in the loss. The Bears will square off with the Se-attle Seahawks Sunday, October 17, at noon.

October 13, 2010

Carpenter, Holton break school record

The Lady Wildcat soccer team followed up its pair of victories from two week-ends ago with another two wins this past weekend. They breezed past West Texas A&M University on Friday 4-1 and had an equally easy win over East-ern New Mexico University on Sunday 3-1.

The Wildcats got off to a quick start on Friday with a goal in the sixth minute by junior Ashley Holton. The rest of the first half, however, was scoreless, and the Wildcats went

into halftime up 1-0.The second half began

with another quick start by the Wildcats as senior Courtney Wilson scored af-ter just four minutes. West Texas A&M responded quickly with a goal of their own in the fiftieth minute, knocking the Wildcats’ lead back down to one (2-1).

This didn’t discourage the Wildcats as they contin-ued to keep pressure on the West Texas A&M goalkeep-er with 14 total shots in the game and two more goals. The third goal came from the head of sophomore Krysta Grimm on a long throw from senior Kend-

all Cooper. It was Grimm’s first goal of the season and seemed to seal the victory for the Wildcats.

Holton knocked anoth-er ball into the back of the net in the last few minutes of the game, giving the Wildcats a 4-1 win and giv-ing Holton her sixth goal in the last three games.

“We are passing well and being patient on the ball right now when we are playing well. There are times when we still get a little impatient and play a little kickball, but the girls know now what they need

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SOCCER

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Ashley Holton scores her second goal in ACU’s 4-1 win Saturday.

Wildcats still perfectThe Wildcats showed their guts Saturday with a 31-28 comeback win over No. 8 Midwestern State. ACU played in front of its larg-est crowd of the season with 13,486 fans on hand for homecoming weekend.

Mitchell Gale had another solid day for the Wildcats, go-ing 27-39 for 263 yards and three scores. Gale did not throw a single interception, which makes seven straight games he has not thrown the ball to the other team. Edmund Gates also had a stand-out game with 100 yards receiving for the third time this season.

“Edmund really had a dirty-work type of game,” said ACU Head Coach Chris Thomsen. “He was getting catches across the middle, which is what he is going to have to do. They aren’t going to let him get deep every time.”

ACU came out fired up against Harlon Hill candidate Zack Eskridge and forced a

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FOOTBALL

ACU undefeated in Moody

The ACU volleyball team is making the most of Moody Coliseum this year. In their four home games, ACU is 4-0 and has only lost one game in all four of those matches combined.

On Saturday, the Wild-cats took on a struggling Southwestern Oklahoma squad who sits in last in the Lone Star Conference. It was another dominating win for the women in pur-ple as ACU won 3-1.

“We didn’t come out as strong as we have been,”

said senior setter Ijeoma Moronu. “Towards the end we started to play our type of aggressive ball, and we won the way we should.”

The Wildcats easily won game one 25-18 and game two 25-15. In game three,

Austin GwinSports Editor

VOLLEYBALL


The Wildcats huddle up just before game time to prepare for Southwestern Oklahoma State.

GENNA DUNCAN // Staff Photographer

Wide receiver Edmund “Clyde” Gates makes a catch against Midwestern State on Saturday. Gates caught eight catches for 104 yards and a touchdown in the Wildcats’ 31-28 victory.

GSP, Kojies win on rivalry night

Intramural football amped up last Thursday as the so-cial clubs squared off in a night of rivalry. The cham-pionship league featured match-ups that included GSP–Galaxy, Trojans–Sub T-16, Alpha Kai–Delta Theta and Sigma Theta Chi–Ko Jo Kai.

“We do rivalry week because it brings out tre-mendous amounts of excitement. The teams enjoy playing each other, and they gear up for each other,” Assistant Intramu-ral Director Mark Jackson said. “It is usually one of the best games of the year.

“The Kojies were led by junior Quarterback Katie Cupit, who scored 19 points against a Sig-gie defense who had not given up a touchdown all season. The Kojies jumped out to an early lead in the first half and held on in the second for a 19-13 victory.

In the other major women’s club game, Delta Theta knocked off Alpha Kai Omega 18-12.

In the men’s champ league, Trojans and Sub T tried to rekindle an old ri-valry on the field. In a de-fensive game, both teams struggled to put points on the board. When the fi-nal whistle blew the game ended in a rare 6–6 tie.

In the final game of the night, GSP edged out Gal-axy 28-27. Galaxy jumped out ahead after scoring on its opening drive and intercepting quarterback Riley Orr on the next pos-session. Galaxy converted the turnover into points to go up 14 –0. GSP ral-lied back, but only traded scores with Galaxy. Late in the game, Galaxy led 27–21 with the ball. The Moonies were driving for a score that would put the game away, when Cade Davis intercepted Steve Rizzotto

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