By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor After the second round of Sing Song host auditions, senior Donovan Plummer knew he had botched it. He e-mailed his accompanist, thanking him for his help. Then Plummer waited on the phone call to make his rejection official. "I was probably about 99 percent sure I did not make it and I had accepted that," said ... [Read More…]
Campaigners positive despite drop in options
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor While Spring Break Campaign 2009 planners initially hoped for about 60 leaders for 30 campaigns, the 50 leaders appointed for this year's campaigns remains proportionate to the also lower number of finalized locations with 25 destinations on this year's agenda. "We wanted more locations and more leaders, but neither ... [Read More…]
Bloggers keep journalists honest
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor Journalists are the watchdogs of government. They take pride in being unbiased and sometimes even count themselves as the fourth check in our government's system of checks and balances. Usually, they've gone to college and studied to earn a degree and their place in the field. Their credibility is on the line with ... [Read More…]
Essence of Ebony encourages students to Rock the Vote
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor Essence of Ebony promoted voter registration Saturday with its Rock the Vote event. Byron Martin, senior psychology major from Mesquite, who helped with the event, said he estimated around 40 people registered to vote that night. "I don't think we were expecting that big of a number, but we were expecting as many ... [Read More…]
Pledging rumors prove unfounded
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor A rumor circulating campus that 17 girls intending to pledge social clubs failed to receive bids Thursday night is unfounded, said Mauri Westbrook, director of student organizations and activities. "This year, for 2008, what we can say is that every student that went through the ranking process was matched with a ... [Read More…]
Lectures highlight controversial topics
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor As a new facet of this year's Summit, well-known speakers Rubel Shelly, Rick Atchley and Jeff Walling will present "Highlight Classes" on topics including atheism, church orthodoxy and relationships at 1:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday. "Highlight classes just mean 'of interest' speakers," said Brady Bryce, ... [Read More…]
Student Track gives opportunity to attend
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor With increased student participation as a goal of this year's Summit, the Student Track received a facelift this year, said Brady Bryce, director of Ministry Events. "How it's been done differently is I feel like we've really involved students even better this year-really taken their ideas and run with them," Bryce ... [Read More…]
Students afflicted with illness before flu season
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor With the start of flu season looming more than a month away, many students are reporting sick; surprising the ACU Medical Clinic staff. "We're seeing the numbers of students that we would see during flu season," said Kathy Stokes, medical clinic office manager. "We haven't seen the flu, but a lot of it that's going ... [Read More…]
Enrollment numbers increase from 2007-08 year
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor ACU officials announced enrollment numbers for fall 2008 Wednesday, confirming this year's freshman class is the third largest in the last six years, according to an ACU press release. "We had an aggressive enrollment goal," said director of Admissions Haley Webb. "To have the success that we did was something we ... [Read More…]
Reactions manifest mettle of challenged campus
By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor In America, freedom of speech is one of our most treasured and violated rights. While our generation lives decades after the tumultuous Civil Rights Movement, we face the challenge of proceeding. Should we shift the campaign for equality abroad and risk accusations of meddling in foreign affairs? Or do we keep our ... [Read More…]
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