Each year the members of the Optimist staff produce more than 800 news, feature and sports stories for ACU and the Abilene community. To close the year we'd like to recap the top 10 stories of the year, as voted on by members of the editorial board: 1. Dr. John Stevens, the eighth president of the university, chancellor emeritus, professor ... [Read More…]
Fasting shows importance of student initiative
Students endure many hours of lecture and instruction. We are told how, where, why, when and what to do and are rarely given the opportunity to act on everything told to us. We are taught how to be Christian leaders once we leave school, but in all the learning that takes place during school, we take little initiative to act on our own. If ... [Read More…]
Theatre Department takes second chance with ‘Aida’
The Theatre Deparment has proven it is more couragious than to simply walk away from a controversial situation. Two years ago, Adam Hester, chair of the Theatre Department, pulled the Homecoming musical, "Aida," after four months of production because of concerns from the community that a white actress would play the lead role as a Nubian ... [Read More…]
Don’t be afraid to show kindess to others
The second most popular question following the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings besides the heated debate on gun control, is how people should reach out to loners. Thursday The New York Times ran an article titled, "Online, students say 'reach out to loners,'" which discussed the phenomenon on Facebook where students create groups to ... [Read More…]
Dear Hilton Room, we will miss you greatly
With the news of the university's plans to tear down the Hilton Room this summer and replace it with a new food court, the Optimist would like to use this editorial to thank the Hilton Room for all the great memories. Dear Hilton Room, Saying goodbye is always hard, but after your years of service to this university, it is appropriate. The old ... [Read More…]
Imus eats words, leaves public cautious
Someone ought to thank Don Imus. Not for the offensive racial and sexual comments he made about the Rutgers women's basketball team this month, but for the reminder that with the right to free speech comes the responsibility of self-regulation. Imus himself does not seem to have learned this lesson - nor, apparently, has he had reason to. In ... [Read More…]
Worthington romances ACU student body
With the election of Matt Worthington for Students' Association president, the student body can now only wait to see if Worthington will impress like he said. Worthington did not give a huge list of things he wanted to accomplish, but instead compared his plans with going on a date. Worthington said when he takes a girl on a date, he has a plan ... [Read More…]
Elect officers who will communicate to you
It's that time of year again when students become familiar with the select group of faces that cover campaign signs mounted on windows and sidewalks across campus. This week, these individuals will stand up in Chapel to present lofty goals and visionary promises that will benefit the student body, and in return, the student body will choose the ... [Read More…]
Chapel speakers keep it honest, keep it real
For two or three days during the past two weeks, not a sound was uttered during Chapel — a feat that most assumed was near impossible happened. The topic: homosexuality and same-sex attraction in dealing with God's will and our pasts. Why would a topic that makes some uncomfortable, some consider a taboo topic in the body of Christian ... [Read More…]
Value truth over sensationalized news
The New York Times gained its reputation as a great newspaper partially for its refusal to succumb to the sensationalist journalism that was characteristic of many papers in the early days of journalism. And even today, papers like the Times and the Wall Street Journal tout the appearance of being publications that rise above sensationalist ... [Read More…]
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