The near-death of Allison Pool on Campus Court last week raises a question that desperately needs answers: How can the university make adjacent streets safer for its students? Campus Court and East North 16th Street have long proved a dangerous place for both pedestrians and drivers-the Abilene Police Department has recorded eight accidents in ... [Read More…]

Howard Dean, the presidential candidate who has most effectively tapped the liberal hatred of President Bush, now finds himself the well-deserved target. Dean's equivocation on nearly every issue of importance would be enough to earn him scorn, but his latest gaffe is truly legendary. "I want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in ... [Read More…]

The Abilene City Council discussed and eventually voted against raising the limit of non-related people living in one house from three to four-a decision that affects the roughly 1,200 students not living in university-owned housing. Students should have lined up at the Oct. 23 meeting to voice their opinion in favor of changing a law that many ... [Read More…]

As the College of Business Administration awaits possible accreditation from the prestigious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, one has to look back at the five long years the department spent preparing for its evaluation and ask the provocative question: Why all the hoopla? Financial reasons, to name a few. ACU is accredited ... [Read More…]

Social club pledges won't be sleep deprived the Saturday morning of Homecoming, breaking the long-standing tradition of working on floats until the crack of dawn. Thank goodness. Texas state law considers sleep deprivation hazing, and the Optimist agrees with the decision to have pledges in by curfew. Some club presidents have questioned this ... [Read More…]

The Abilene city council will hold a public hearing Thursday in which it will decide whether to pass an amendment raising the maximum number of unrelated people living in one house to four. The text of the amendment reads as follows: "One or more persons occupying a single dwelling unit provided that unless all members are related by blood or ... [Read More…]

The abomination passed out of the Texas Legislature this week is a betrayal of West Texas. Redistricting has been painted as a way to better reflect Texas voters' interests. Yet the redistricting map agreed to this week reflects no interests west of Interstate 35. The map carves U.S. Rep. Charlie Stenholm's 17th District, of which Abilene and San ... [Read More…]

Although it didn't appear on the ballot, democracy won Tuesday with the declaration of Arnold Schwarzenegger as the new governor of California. While we don't condone Schwarzenegger's personal life and don't agree with his political views, the recall of Gov. Gray Davis proved that the people can rise above an often-stifling two-party ... [Read More…]