Sophomores will not be able to live in University Park, contrary to an email rising sophomores received from the on-campus apartments management Thursday morning. Dr. John Delony, assistant dean for Residence Life Education and Housing, sent an email a few hours later to correct the mistake. "At this time, University Park is not available for ... [Read More…]
Archives for May 2012
The Optimist Print Edition: 05.02.12
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Students’ Association Money Matters
At the beginning of every semester, the Students' Association allots funds. Some funds stay within the organization, while most of the money is distributed to students groups all over campus. The graphic below illustrates where SA gets their money and how they allocate the funds. See the full size PDF. ... [Read More…]
Wandering and wondering on foot
I thought I would walk to downtown Abilene from my house. My house is about a mile from campus, next to the Riatta Ranch Apartments. It took a long time to get to the Paramount Theater. It was about 1:30 in the morning when I started out, and 3:00 in the morning when I finally got back home. People are pretty slow without cars. It was strange to ... [Read More…]
Power of nostalgia keeps retro-game culture alive
In today's forward-thinking world of technology, it's always out with the old and in with the new, and this is a good thing. Technology and its progress impacts and enhances our world in more ways than we realize, or will realize. But a certain amount of press must be given to yesterday's technology: the previous model, the old medium, or the idea ... [Read More…]
ACU should adopt tablet textbooks
Team 55 mistakenly sent out an email saying the university was considering adopting a policy requiring all students to have an iPad by 2013. And as long as the Mobile Learning Initiative team follows through on the idea, we think this would be a change that benefits students and the future of the university. There are a lot of genuine benefits ... [Read More…]
Kinsmen raise funds through volleyball
Students filed into Moody for Chapel Monday to find the men of Gamma Sigma Phi playing the last couple of minutes of their 68-hour volleyball tournament. The Kinsmen conducted the world record breaking tournament to raise funds for a family through Habitat for Humanity. Starting at 3pm Friday afternoon, through 11:01am Monday morning, GSP club ... [Read More…]
Students crown Best, McNiece Mr. and Miss ACU
Connor Best was selected as Mr. ACU and Kimmy McNiece was selected as Miss ACU. Five men and six women were announced as finalists for this year's Mr. and Miss ACU award, an award given to students best exemplifying ACU as decided by their peers. The nominees were announced last Monday, when voting for Mr. and Mrs. ACU began. Voting was opened ... [Read More…]
Chorus, Singers to give tryouts
Naomi Worley - ngw10a@acu.edu Sean Pullen - sep09a@acu.edu The A Cappella Chorus and the ACU Singers will be holding auditions for the 2012/2013 school year on May 4 from 8 a.m until 4 p.m. Students who are interested in joining either choir must sign up for an audition with Dr. Sean Pullen, the Director of Choral Activities. A sign up sheet is ... [Read More…]
NFL-Bound: Pro teams take Richardson, Whiteside; others hope to impress at camps
After this weekend's NFL draft, it looks like there will be some new Wildcats playing on Sundays. For the second straight year, an ACU football player came off draft boards when the St. Louis Rams drafted running back Daryl Richardson in the seventh round. Richardson will join family members and past ACU standouts Bernard Scott and Clyde Gates in ... [Read More…]
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