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President Steven O’Day and News of the World
[Marc remarks at this week’s AC Happy Hour in Austin, TX honoring retiring President Steven O’Day] Thank you to former AC Trustee Holly Mace Massingill and her spouse Gavin for this Carriage House location and their hard work on this event. The price for being awesome is you get roped in a lot, which is
Daniel Baker & NYA Presbyterian
Marc’s in D.C. today, and stopped by New York Avenue Presbyterian Church by the White House. 200 years ago in 1825, the Minister of New York Avenue Presbyterian preached to a sitting U.S. President. That President was John Quincy Adams, whom the Minister called “one of the best friends I ever had.” John Quincy Adams
Dr. Light Cummins and 1930
I was a freshman at Austin College in 1988 when I learned about the Sherman Riot of 1930. George Hughes, a black man wrongly accused, was lynched by a white Sherman mob. To pull off the act, the mob burned down their own courthouse and cut the hoses of firefighters trying to extinguish the blaze.
Roo Season in Review: 1991
It’s December 12th! December 12th is an unofficial Austin College holiday. On this day in 1981, AC won a national championship in football. That championship has been a regular feature of Roo Tales, as well as its own “Roo Season in Review.” In 1991, the 1981 AC National Championship team gathered in Sherman to celebrate
President Rebecca Cantor and the NCAA D1 Volleyball Championship
The 2025 NCAA D1 Women’s Volleyball tournament concludes this week in Kansas City. Hey, that sounds like a great opportunity for a Marc NCAA D1 Women’s Volleyball Roo Tale. It’s always a good time for a Roo Tale. NCAA D1 Volleyball is big time in California. Stanford, UCLA, USC, Long Beach State, UC Irvine, San
AC and the Texas Tech Centennial
Texas Tech celebrates its 100th year of enrollment in 2025. After a prolonged Lone Star State fight to establish a public university in West Texas to rival schools in the East, legislation was passed in Austin establishing the school. In 1925, two years after that legislation, the school in Lubbock enrolled its first class of
Keaton Points, Heather Woods Sanders, and a Volleyball State Title
Volleyball (VB) is big in Texas, and the biggest stage takes place at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland, TX. The Center annually hosts the Texas UIL State Tournament. I’ve written a handful of times about Coach Heather Woods Sanders. Sanders is a Kangaroo and veteran of Roo volleyball. She is also the legendary Coach
Shohei Ohtani and the Number NINE
The number of the day is NINE. Shohei Ohtani may have had the greatest day at the plate in baseball history this week. In an instant classic Game #3 of the World Series, Ohtani got on base a record NINE times during the 18-inning game. 18 innings! That’s basically two 9-inning games back-to-back. A double-header.
AC visit to Aggieland
100 years ago in 1925, Austin College & Texas A&M competed for the last time. The Aggies hosted the Austin College Kangaroos in basketball. The Bryan-College Station Eagle noted that the Kangaroos were “the fastest quintet in the [conference] last year.” Texas A&M prevailed; the game took place at the DeWare Field House. 50 years
Vandy, Bama, 1937, and Austin College
The game of the week is Vanderbilt at Alabama. The Crimson Tide, a perennial college football power, is ranked in the Top 25. But so is undefeated Vanderbilt, the academically prestigious SEC member that historically struggles on the gridiron. The game will be the first time these two squads have clashed as ranked opponents since