With midterm exams, cold weather and flu season fast approaching, students might feel more depressed and fall into unhealthier habits than at other times of the year. In October, the combined load of academic and social tasks starts to interfere with quality of sleep, eating and leisure activities. The absence of a close getaway makes it even ... [Read More…]
Archives for October 2008
Six chosen to host ’09 Sing Song show
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor After the second round of Sing Song host auditions, senior Donovan Plummer knew he had botched it. He e-mailed his accompanist, thanking him for his help. Then Plummer waited on the phone call to make his rejection official. "I was probably about 99 percent sure I did not make it and I had accepted that," said ... [Read More…]
Online gaming unlocks amusing possibilities
By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor My boyfriend and I have two very different hobbies: I read books, he plays online games. But I am never one to turn down the chance to try something new, so last week I grabbed a controller and entered the World of Warcraft. Within one hour, I came to understand the gamer's excitement, the thrill of conquest ... [Read More…]
JMC Network Sportscast October 8, 2008
The Journalism and Mass Communication Department at Abilene Christian University presents their JMC Network Sportscast. Today's top stories include last weekend's football game against East Central, the Cross Country Division I Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, the men's and women's tennis team, and the women soccer teams game against Midwestern ... [Read More…]
Pipes offers insight into election
By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor Students filled Hart Auditorium to its capacity Monday night to listen to former speech writer for President George W. Bush Kasey Pipes speak in a Chapel forum on politics. The ACU alumnus' lecture, titled "A Christian's Responsibility to Government," primarily covered evangelicals, the issues that matter to ... [Read More…]
The Second Family: At a West Texas university, a love for a global game brought together players from 13 countries. The diversity that once divided them now serves as their greatest weapon.
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor While school campuses in Abilene sit lifeless on Sunday afternoons, Mann Middle School transforms into a battleground. Across the street a white, church steeple stands just higher than the mesquite treetops. Weathered homes with toy-littered lawns line the bordering streets to the north and west. A few steps ... [Read More…]
Computer ownership diminishes need for labs in halls
By Colter Hettich, Features Editor The days of late night computer labs bustling with freshmen might be quickly drawing to a close, if they have not already. With 93 percent of incoming freshmen bringing their own computers to ACU, the theory behind computer labs has become less and less relevant. George Saltsman, executive director for the Adams ... [Read More…]
Bailout prompts movement of financial responsibility from all
We, the Optimist Editorial Board members, are not economists. But it does not take a business major to know our country's current financial state needs improving. To oversimplify, Americans have been spending more than we should. In terms of the ever fluctuating business cycle, our economy enjoyed what was perhaps an unnaturally long upswing ... [Read More…]
Campaigners positive despite drop in options
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor While Spring Break Campaign 2009 planners initially hoped for about 60 leaders for 30 campaigns, the 50 leaders appointed for this year's campaigns remains proportionate to the also lower number of finalized locations with 25 destinations on this year's agenda. "We wanted more locations and more leaders, but neither ... [Read More…]
Wildcats crush East Central 66-7: Football team remains perfect, racks up most points of the season
By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor By the time the East Central Tigers had picked up their first first down, ACU running back Bernard Scott had already scored two of his four touchdowns. By the time the Tigers had posted their first points on the scoreboard, the Wildcats had already converted two East Central fumbles into scores. And by the time ... [Read More…]
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