For the 57th time, students will enjoy rough-riding, roping, goats and cowbells at the all-school rodeo scheduled for 6 p.m Friday at the Taylor County Expo Center. The rodeo will include events from the past such as "udder goat madness"Â a concert featuring Jamie Richards, a Texas country music legend who has had numerous singles hit the top-10 ... [Read More…]
Archives for 2012
Theatre to close season with romantic comedy
The Department of Theatre will close its curtains for the 2011-2012 school year with its performance of the romantic comedy Emma "Emma is known for being a period piece with a quick witted comedy, and I think the cast did a fantastic job telling the story," said Noa Dowl, freshman theater major from Dallas. Emma was the fourth novel published by ... [Read More…]
Student meets with registrar to revive dead day
Many students have displayed dismay at the removal of Dead Day from this semester's finals week and one student has rallied students towards its reinstatement. After realizing how crammed his finals week would be, Alexander Hill, sophomore biology major from Abilene, decided to spearhead the creation of petition to bring Dead Day back. "Right now ... [Read More…]
The strangeness of faith should not be ignored
If your beliefs don't seem strange to you, you haven't thought about them much. If you are a Christian, your religion should leave you at least a little confused. I don't mean the cheap imitations of Christianity we see all over the place with their blasphemous perversions and simplifications like "Do good things so you can go to heaven" or ... [Read More…]
Religion is never normal, only familiar
An image has been floating around the internet that describes Atheism as "the belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything." So Atheism is an insane belief? No. When any religion is generalized it will seem equally - if not more insane - than this ignorant ... [Read More…]
Feeble minds need a higher power
Humans need to believe in something bigger. We often feel and act like we are the only part of the world that matters, but we know we are a small piece of a bigger picture. And as we mature, we realize tiny our role actually is. And since we can't control of this world, surely a greater force must be setting the laws of nature. Most people believe ... [Read More…]
The Optimist Print Edition: 04.13.12
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Religious adherence should affect votes, not affiliation
Many conversations on our campus, and throughout the country, are concerned with how a political candidate's religion will affect his governing. With Mitt Romney's inevitable nomination by the GOP as its presidential candidate close at hand, this discussion seems more poignant in recent elections. Romney is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ ... [Read More…]
On-campus database needs overhaul
For most of you, it's registration time. The time every semester when students of a certain classification camp out in front of their computers, as if waiting for a Justin Bieber concert, to be the first into myACU to register for the next semester's classes. Even if you manage to get past the login screen, registration is a daunting task as you ... [Read More…]
Great experiences occur worldwide
Sometimes the most profound experiences occur during travel, before you even reach your destination. I've had several of these experiences throughout my travels around Europe. One profound moment occurred during our flight home from Stockholm, Sweden. We had just spent five days exploring the city, so by the time we got on the plane I was ... [Read More…]
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