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SA leaves student money in the lurch

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Wednesday night allowed us to realize what little interest Congress apparently has in properly using the student body's money. In the fashion of a fine bureaucracy, the students' governing body created a committee that nearly everyone deemed necessary to investigate budgetary inconsistencies but left that committee with no members, no time frame ... [Read More…]

Fulks’ life worthy of hero status

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Finding heroes at ACU isn't hard. But for those on the lookout, Dr. Lewis Fulks would make a good one. Fulks died Sept. 19 at Hendrick Medical Center at the age of 77. He taught theatre for 44 years - 30 of those while leading the theatre program. More than 500,000 people saw his shows, from the Wizard of Oz, to his final production, Man of La ... [Read More…]

Clubs must remain focused on Christ

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Normally well-meaning, Christian young men and women compromise Christ-likeness to fulfill social club pledging traditions. The above transformation works like this at ACU. During the rushing process, many club members act like Mother Teresa to prospective pledges, paying close attention to each who shows interest with the hopes that they will ... [Read More…]

Leaving early and cheating Chapel

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Stop leaving Chapel early. No longer content to talk over or simply ignore the daily speaker, many of you have taken your disrespect for ACU's daily meeting and devotion to the next level: you walk out. The dishonesty you showcase puts you on the same level as a student who forges a paper or cheats on a test. In effect, all of you who try to ... [Read More…]

Episcopal Church rejects biblical truths

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As the secular world embraces homosexual culture to a greater degree, we support the viewpoint that love and tolerance must be shown by Christians toward the people of that world. However, love and tolerance of the sinner should not be construed as acceptance of the sin. The Rev. Gene Robinson has been confirmed as the bishop of New Hampshire by ... [Read More…]

Propositions worthy of your vote

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On Saturday we can accept of the privilege of voting on 22 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Looking at their relevance to the Abilene area, we chose the following Top 3 proposed amendments. We encourage students to read our positions on each of them but to decide for themselves which amendments to accept and which to reject on the ... [Read More…]

Putting faith in Money for finances

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Royce Money salvaged ACU's finances in 1992, and he can repeat the feat in 2003. Because of a sluggish post-Sept. 11 economy, increased insurance and utilities costs, flat enrollment and a decrease in gifts, the university finds itself in a sticky financial situation. Administrators recently re-allocated $2 million to make up for rising costs and ... [Read More…]

Rationality lost in ‘War of 16 Words’

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The "War of 16 Words" enamored Washington's chattering class, but the debate is ultimately useless and appears more reactionary than rational. This battle over President Bush's State of the Union claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium from an unnamed African country continues to reverberate here and in Britain, whose intelligence was the basis for ... [Read More…]

Redistricting, recalls embarrass all

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Now that the summer of incivility has left our political structures reeking, politicians and pundits alike must find ways to reach across the partisan wall or face the most divisive presidential election in decades. If summer is supposed to be a dormant period for politics, one couldn't tell. Let us assess the humor and horror of this summer where ... [Read More…]

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