As New Member Orientation commences, sororities and fraternities are taking their second spring new member classes. NMO started Friday on the heels of the implementation of a new system for the rushing and joining process for the 2022-23 season, Campus Director. The cap number of new members that sororities or fraternities can take is 60; ... [Read More…]
Arch apartments receive complaints from students, issues with communication, maintenance
Multiple students have expressed reliability and security concerns while residing in the local apartment complex The Arch. The Optimist attempted to contact management of The Arch for comment via email and phone and received no response. One of the major issues students have expressed with The Arch apartments is communication. Emma Schecter, ... [Read More…]
Conversations about extension of Brown Library hours continuing
Student Government Association passed a bill during the fall semester that would extend the ACU Brown Library hours from 12 a.m. to 2 a.m from Sunday to Thursday, but no official changes to hours have taken place yet. The bill was presented by Hannah Maniscalo, junior class vice president and junior political science major from Spring, with the ... [Read More…]
Alpha Kai Omega transitions from sorority to student organization
Sorority Alpha Kai Omega made the decision to become a student organization and not to take a joining class for the spring of 2023. Josie Mueller, AKO President and senior music education major from Conroe, said the decision of transitioning into a student organization had been drawn out over the past several years. "I stepped into this ... [Read More…]
How sustainability affects the World Famous Bean
On the purple walls of the World Famous Bean above the bright decals of onions and fresh vegetables appears the word recycling. But when the dishwasher turnstile isn’t running and the trash cans are stacked to the brim during the lunch rush, recycling is the least likely thing on everyone's minds. Most students looking at sights in the Bean ... [Read More…]
Annual Veterans Day Chapel held in Moody Coliseum
Veterans were honored on campus with the annual Veterans Day Chapel event Friday in the newly renovated Moody Coliseum. Craig Fisher, associate vice president for advancement and alumni, and Blair Schroeder, chief planning officer, planned out the event in Moody after renovations. "A Veterans Day ceremony has been a tradition at ACU for many ... [Read More…]
Our Heritage: Celebrating Ethnos 30th anniversary
The International Students Association hosted its 30th annual production of "Ethnos" for its first time back in Boone Family Theatre. ISA originally started out with this show in 1992 under the name "Culture Show" but was later renamed in 2002 to Ethnos. This year the show hosted 17 acts with influences 13 different countries ranging from. ... [Read More…]
ACUPD reports decrease in on-campus rapes, increase in liquor law violations
ACUPD reported a decrease in on-campus rapes and one arson case in the year 2021 in the Annual Campus Crime, Security and Fire Safety Report, also known as the Clery Report. The annual report shows crime statistics compared to the last three years, 2019, 2020 and 2021 for the ACU main campus, ACU Dallas and the three study-abroad locations, ... [Read More…]
Sigma Delta Pi recognized nationally for service, members
ACU's Omega Gamma chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, has been named Honor Charter for the seventh time for the 2021-2022 school year. Nationally Sigma Delta Pi hosts 10-15 Honor Chapters out of 629 total chapters across the country. To be considered to be a Honor Chapter, the chapters are judged on member ... [Read More…]
Socialists club gets approval, becoming an official student organization
Student life has approved a charter for the Young Democratic Socialists of America this semester. YDSA is the youth section of Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the United States. YDSA is aimed at college youth and Generation Z who share the same beliefs as democratic socialists. Like most student ... [Read More…]
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