The International Students Association (ISA) presents Ethnos every year, nudging students to experience the unique culture found at home. Traveling isn't necessary to gain cultural enrichment and understanding. Ethnos is "an opportunity for international students to display their culture and share it with American students" said Adrian Patenaude, ... [Read More…]
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Orchestra string section learns from master
The ACU Orchestra string section participated in a master class taught by Emanuel Borok last Friday at the Williams Performing Arts Center. Borok briefly spoke about music theory and ways to play a piece of music in accordance with the composers. He also spent time talking about his life as a professional violinist. "This master class was ... [Read More…]
Moses named new director of Leadership Camps
The Center for Christian Service and Leadership has hired David Moses as the new director of ACU Leadership Camps. ACU Leadership Camps, such as Kadesh or MPulse, are for children ranging from pre-school to high school. Moses, a former youth minister of 18 years, has been an avid participator in the Leadership Camps for years. In addition to ... [Read More…]
Real, life ethics still reign on Internet
Everyone secretly loves a scandal. Scandals are the reasons why tabloids are still selling and "Jersey Shore" was so popular. Recently, ACU has been rocked by its own scandal. A flurry of crude and offensive tweets have spawned from several Twitter accounts, causing an internet uproar. These accounts have addressed ACU social clubs and students ... [Read More…]
‘Les Miserables’ to transition to the big screen
Hello there, it's me, Evan! Once again writing an article for the Optimist. I hope you've been enjoying the comics, even with all the cat references. For those who don't know, ACU is, for some reason, the home to hundreds (or maybe thousands) of stray cats. If you haven't seen them before, they live around and under the art building and Mabee ... [Read More…]
Hello, my name is Marissa, and I am a Mac
I usually like to think of myself as a pretty rational person- that I have a good amount of common sense and skills of reasoning. That I'm fairly open minded. But that's until I get entirely and dramatically over-defensive about someone insulting maps on the iPhone 5. It's not my fault really. I was raised by an Apple addict. I grew up only using ... [Read More…]
Wildcats grab much-needed win
The ACU football team played on the road Thursday after a short week and dealing with numerous injuries, but the team overcame adversity to get a road win 34-28 over Delta State. The Wildcat defense played outstanding football forcing turnovers on the first two Statesman drives that lead to an early 10-0 lead. Leading the charge was cornerback ... [Read More…]
‘Cats stay in LSC basement
The women's soccer team lost back to back this weekend to Texas Women's and Texas A&M- Commerce, falling 1-5-1 in conference play. The 'Cats came ready to play, and junior forward Andrea Carpenter attacked quickly after the game started, giving ACU a 1-0 lead over the Pioneers just after 10 minutes of play. But it wasn't long before ... [Read More…]
‘Cats continue to struggle in conference
The Wildcats extended their losing streak to five games over the weekend against two Lone Star Conference teams. The team has lost 15 straight sets during this streak. The 'Cats lost to University of the Incarnate Word on Friday, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-9). The team then traveled to Kingsville to face Texas A&M University-Kingsville and lost, ... [Read More…]
Teams sweep at home tournament
The Wildcat tennis teams dominated the ITA/USTA South Central Regional tournament in Abilene over the weekend. The teams were able to sweep with championship births and wins. "I felt like we did great as a team," junior Emily Conrad said. "Everyone competed well and had a positive attitude even when things were not going well." Seniors Hans Hach, ... [Read More…]
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