More than 150 speakers from 21 states, nine foreign countries and five continents are coming to ACU for the 90th Bible Lectureship. The 2007 edition also innovates with a new track of 20 lectures designed by students, for students. Not all students can take advantage of Lectureship, though, unless professors let them out of class. The diversity ... [Read More…]
Archives for September 2007
ACU begins LSC play with win
By Michael Freeman, Assistant Sports Editor In its first conference match-up of the season, the ACU volleyball team trounced Southeastern Oklahoma State on Thursday night with a 3-0 victory at Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium in Durant, Okla. The win improves the Wildcats' record to 5-6 overall and 1-0 in Lone Star Conference play. With the loss, the ... [Read More…]
Hometown Beatdown: Wildcats dominate home opener
By Daniel Johnson, Sports Editor ACU's backups came in it home opener with just under 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. After posting 38 points by the fourth quarter and dominating Southeastern Oklahoma, head coach Chris Thomsen figured he give his starter's a rest. "That's really a good thing," Thomsen said of pulling his starters. "We got ... [Read More…]
Bryce named new Lectureship director
By Denton Josey, Features Editor After seven years as director of ministry events, Dr. Mark Love enters his final Lectureship this year. Also on faculty in the Graduate School of Theology, Love plans to continue his education after Lectureship. "I'm currently a Ph. D student at Luther Seminary," Love said. "I'm on a two-year leave from the ... [Read More…]
Global Apprentice fights poverty in England
By Denton Josey, Features Editor In only its second year in existence, the Global Apprentice program has already taken on ACU's mission to "Change the World" and delivered. Thirty eight students took part in the College of Business and Administration's Summer 1 study abroad course that offered Business Statistics, Business Production and the ... [Read More…]
Professor pursues mystic life
By Denton Josey, Features Editor Focused on reaching the students during Lectureship, the student track offers more student- friendly topics, such as mysticism, at later times in the evening. Monday night at 8:45 p.m. in the Den Caf‚ of Barret Hall, the Spiritual Spectrum topic is Mysticism in a Modern World, hosted by Randy Harris, instructor of ... [Read More…]
Breaking news or a waste of time?
By Denton Josey, Features Editor A baby monkey befriended a pigeon at a zoo. Isn't that amazing? Oh yeah, and President Bush said 5,700 troops will come home by Christmas, or some thing like that. You should see the picture of that monkey and pigeon. In class Tuesday, the six-year anniversary of the 9/11 attack, my professor read the top news ... [Read More…]
‘Optimist’ apologizes for Friday editorial
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Occasionally we make mistakes. We hate it and try our best to keep them out of the printed edition. Friday we made a big mistake. We printed a version of the editorial in the issue that had been prepared for the Opinion Writing course, and which contained notes from a professor to the writer, causing confusion to ... [Read More…]
Ambler Avenue could receive name change
By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Ambler Avenue could become an answer to an ACU trivia question. The university proposed changing the stretch from Interstate 20 to Grape Street to University Avenue, but it withdrew the request Aug. 24. Despite the withdrawal to rename the street, ACU has not dropped the subject completely. ACU dropped its ... [Read More…]
Lectureship pursues justice, kindness, humility
By Sondra Rodriguez, Student Reporter Speakers at the year's Lectureship will challenge attendees to live out its theme. This year's theme is Micah 6:8, which says, "Do justice, love kindness and walk humbly with your God." Dr. John Willis, professor of the graduate school of theology, and a class presenter, compared ACU's mission to ... [Read More…]
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