After four years of working for the Optimist and sleeping through classes, and it is time for me to write my last Optimist column and graduate. ACU has been good to me. I've learned a lot in classes and even more working for the Optimist. Faculty members have let me barge into their offices with inane questions and have invited me into their ... [Read More…]
Archives for May 2012
Community involvement makes college fulfilling
So, this is it. After four long, tiring, difficult years I am finally at the end of my college education. While it may have been long, tiring and difficult, it was also very exciting and fun. And though I may have learned a lot about art and journalism, I learned even more about life. This is the point in which I impart my "almost college ... [Read More…]
Education can’t lose liberal aspects
Liberal arts colleges were designed to cultivate a habit of critical thinking in students. ACU seems to be making a consistent effort to keep critical thinking engrained in the curriculum for all majors. Yet, if it is necessary for critical thinking to be an element added into new things, like the CORE classes, then that must mean that the rest of ... [Read More…]
Baseball: ‘Cats prepare for tourney clash with Angelo State
The Wildcats are preparing for the Lone Star Conference Post-Season Baseball Tournament this weekend at Foster Field in San Angelo. The team has made it to the tournament six out of the past seven years, but fell short last season. "We're excited to be back in this tournament," head coach Britt Bonneau said. "This is a place where ACU baseball is ... [Read More…]
Only co-ed intramural sport hosts tourney
Twenty-one teams participated in ACU's first co-ed intramural kickball tournament Monday and Tuesday nights. The tournament was free and open to all interested students, said Kenli Edwards, director of intramural sports. It is the only co-ed intramural sport available at ACU. "I wanted to do co-ed because we don't have any other co-ed sports," ... [Read More…]
Clubs elect presidents for next school year
As the spring semester comes to an end all 12 men's and women's social clubs on campus elect their new club officers for the upcoming school year. A social clubs purpose is to give students the opportunity to feel a sense of brotherhood or sisterhood in a Christ-centered environment. Gamma Sigma Phi President, senior biology major from Keller, was ... [Read More…]
Horizon Team looks to experiment
The Horizon Team has moved past the initial stage in the process of evaluating where ACU fits in the landscape of higher education. The team produced a white paper in March detailing its findings after a large amount of reading and discussion around campus. The team is moving on to identifying experiments and ideas the university could try. Dr. ... [Read More…]
Former tennis coach, dean, provost honored
Former ACU tennis coach and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Dwain Hart was honored for his years of service to the university with an endowment in his name. The Hart Tennis Endowment Fund was created by a donation from an unnamed former tennis player. The fund must meet a few requirements before becoming official but Hart is excited ... [Read More…]
Students’ Association officers to hand over reins
After an eventful year of dance policy revisions, festivals and amendments, the Students' Association executive officers will hand over the reigns to the 2012-2013 executive officers this Friday at the Changing of the Guard ceremony. President, Connor Best, vice president, Julianne Hart, treasurer, Carson Henley and secretary, Katherine Handy will ... [Read More…]
Three new members join board of trustees
The university's three newest trustees visited campus Tuesday for an orientation led by the president's office. The board of trustees elected Carole Phillips, Kyle Hammond and Jim Porter in the board's meeting during Sing Song weekend and will begin their terms at the June 1 meeting of the board. Phillips, '83, graduated with a Bachelor's degree ... [Read More…]