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This is not a goodbye column

May 1, 2014 by Gabi Powell

They told me this is my last column for the Optimist, but I will spare you my top-10 tips I taught my freshman self. I tend to think there is a surplus of senior sentiments around this time and, frankly, my advice booklet is busting at the seams. Furthermore, I have a terminal case of avoidadieuitis. Roommates can testify, I am renown for ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns, Opinion Tagged With: Senior Column, Seniors

Disc Jocks: ACU students throw in Nationals

April 29, 2014 by Gabi Powell

Doing away with clubs and caddies, disc golf is the growing sport craze among college students and on ACU's campus. The hybrid of a sport is played much like golf, the goal being to get the disc into the basket in as few shots as possible. Disc golf came to the ACU campus in 2008 when the kinesiology and nutrition department met to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features, Showcase Tagged With: Disc Golf

Convictions still have a place

April 8, 2014 by Gabi Powell

I chose a major that has given me no choice but to confront truth from all angles. As journalists, we have a duty to deliver the facts and made to word them in an unbiased AP Style. It forces our truths to be exposed, put on the stand and cross-examined. Many of mine have been trampled, revised and mostly humbled. However, when it comes to ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns, Opinion Tagged With: Column

Home is where the restart is: Student finds place in halfway house

April 1, 2014 by Gabi Powell

Kyle Yarbrough gets question-grilled and sideway-glances when giving out his current home address. "Many don't understand why I would choose to live there when there are other viable options," he said. "Most people laugh then become interested and want to hear about my experience." After six months spent at Crescimento Limpo Recovery ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Feature

His eye is on the sparrow

March 25, 2014 by Gabi Powell

On the bird hierarchy, sparrows are lowest on bird-watchers' "must-watch" list. They possess no unique skills and are, in all, quite unexceptional. But Jesus gave special regard to the slighted sparrow, that if birds were cared for, surely we would be, too. At Reedemed Ministries, women in its program go by the same name. Rather than being ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Students

Fixed on Netflix

March 18, 2014 by Gabi Powell

Couches have never been so potatoed since the arrival of Neflix. Suddenly, dates are home-delivered, TV shows are gulped in season gorgings and Blockbuster has vanished "” or been banished from the entertainment-providing building. On a normal weeknight, Netflix accounts for almost a third of all Internet traffic in North American homes. That's ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns, Opinion Tagged With: Entertainment

The Great Persuaders

February 25, 2014 by Gabi Powell

Where arguing is often avoided, ACU Debate has made a sport of it. Even up against Div. I powerhouse schools, ACU's Speech and Debate team has some trophies to boast of, said Dena Counts, instructor of communication and director of forensics and six-year advisor for the ACU Speech and Debate team. "We compete against schools, like Notre Dame, ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Feature, Speech and Debate

The athletes of Team B-I-B-L-E

February 20, 2014 by Gabi Powell

I've felt cheated while watching the 2014 Sochi Games. I don't remember "Olympic athlete" offered as an option on Career Day. In turn, I sit couch-sprawled and bitter at dreams never to be. But in my brooding, I've thought of athletes who will also go unglorified. With the lack of electric transportation and digital eases, I have to believe the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns, Opinion Tagged With: Column, Olympics

What about Love and Valentine’s Day?

February 14, 2014 by Gabi Powell

Sing Song and Valentine's Day are facing off this year, competing for couple's attention to act out or go out. "It is really putting a damper on our plans," said Vance Cato, senior management major from Abilene. "We have constantly been struggling to balance our love for this strange phenomenon called Sing Song and our affection for one ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Sing Song, Valentine's Day

Alums return to aid student performances

February 14, 2014 by Gabi Powell

A week away from arguably ACU's most extravagant event, Sing Song acts enlist outside help to make last-minute tweaks and fine-tune their acts. Nick Tatum, a communication graduate student from Plano and the four-time winning class director will not be leading an act this Sing Song season, but has been just as involved with the show's ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alumni, Sing Song

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A lot of us did not expect to have a pre-spring break in the middle of February, but ultimately that’s what happened as a whole university. “The winter storm displaced many of us, and forced us out of our daily routine.” Now, it wasn’t an actual spring break because of what happened across t...
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Freshman and sophomore retention numbers are holding with a minor decrease from fall to spring according to an email from Dr. Schubert. Despite challenges presented by COVID-19, retention rates are holding slightly above 90%. “Freshman retention is holding at 90.5% from fall to spring (compared to...
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