In my last-ever column for the Optimist, I'd like to talk a little bit about failure. I'm graduating in less than two weeks. I've been a college athlete for four years, three of them at the Div. I level. I've passed every class I've ever taken. I got through college in four years, despite two transfers. And I earned an editing position at this ... [Read More…]
Is our right to free speech getting weaker?
Famous designers Domenico Dolce and Steffano Gabbana made headlines last week when they made a public statement saying they opposed child adoptions by gay couples. The statement confused many because both men are gay. "We oppose gay adoptions," the designers said in Italian magazine Panorama. "The only family is the traditional one. No chemical ... [Read More…]
Stop trying to fight the power of Netflix
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a college student in possession of absolutely no fortune must be in want of a week off from the relentless classes and back-breaking debt. And so we have spring break. But that's over, and now we have to deal with the horrifying task of returning to school with enough motivation to make it through ... [Read More…]
Sports and character go hand-in-hand
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley down in a little area of Southern California known as Los Angeles County. I also attended the University of Nevada, Reno, for a year, which happens to be the alma mater of a certain California NFL team's quarterback. Basically, this all adds up to me being a huge fan of the 49ers' Colin Kaepernick. I have ... [Read More…]
First exchange student in Japan returns
Though born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Ann Rachel Katagiri was mostly a stranger to the United States until the age of 14. At 6 months old, she moved to Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. She had family in Texas, her mother's home, whom she visited every two years. But it wouldn't prepare her for her unexpected move to the South to attend ... [Read More…]
Country music tune beats to an offensive drum
"Somebody's gotta wear a pretty skirt, somebody's gotta be the one to flirt, somebody's gotta want to hold his hand, so God made girls..." If you listen to modern country music at all, you'll recognize those lyrics. They belong to RaeLynn's hit God Made Girls, a song about how pretty and sweet women are. It's a catchy song for sure, but every ... [Read More…]
Tagen it to the Field: Baseball helps one man get closer to his dreams
When Tagen Reeves was 5 years old, he exhibited all the mannerisms of a professional baseball player. With a father who coached baseball, he took the game seriously. In his first career at bat in T-ball, he put one foot in the batter's box and looked at the third-base coach who was cheering him on. Tagen just shook his head, refusing to take his ... [Read More…]
It’s All for Sport
A college athlete's career takes years to build to an elite level. It takes a spark to ignite a passion in a child to become great. It takes years and years of hard work - extra time on the field perfecting skills, lifting and conditioning to get into top shape, training the mind to endure as much as the body. And finally, it takes intense ... [Read More…]
A Farewell to Sports
Some of you may not know this about me, but I'm a student-athlete here at ACU. Long before I was writing for the Optimist, I was out on the softball field taking ground balls and learning how to pitch a good change-up. Now, many of you know the emotional and psychological chaos of being a senior in college - almost being done with school, trying ... [Read More…]
Students, community mourn loss of Colby McDaniel
Colby Elizabeth McDaniel, an ACU freshman and lifelong Fort Worth resident, died unexpectedly in her home the morning of Dec. 21, 2014. Colby had recently celebrated her 19th birthday on Oct. 12 and seemed to be in perfect health, family members said. She was pronounced dead at 10:37 a.m. at a hospital after being found unresponsive in her home. ... [Read More…]
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