Paul A. Anthony, Author at The Optimist

SA speech tradition ended: Candidates for executive office can’t speak in Chapel this year

January 31, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The 60-year-old tradition of executive officer candidates delivering campaign speeches in Chapel will come to an end this April. Candidates instead will be allowed to speak after Chapel is dismissed, according to a decision by the Chapel Programming Team this past December. Dr. Bob Strader said the decision was ... [Read More…]

Letter from the Editor: “Under God” not protected under Constitution

January 29, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief At some point this year, the country is going to get all fired up about the Pledge of Allegiance... again. Last summer, of course, a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals judge in California wrote the majority opinion in a 2-1 vote that declared one phrase-"one nation under God"-in the Pledge unconstitutional. The case ... [Read More…]

Academic credit among possible Chapel plans: Time change also considered

January 24, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Academic credit and an earlier time are among the objectives laid out in the Chapel Programming Team's five-year plan, obtained by the Optimist last week. Although such plans are not concrete, they are among the most serious proposals on the table, Campus Life officials said. "Some of those things are ... [Read More…]

Absences irk, cause debate: $95,000 budget passes at retreat with 24 no-shows

January 24, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Congressional absences once again became a focus in Students' Association business Wednesday as one class officer issued a disapproving resolution regarding SA's retreat last weekend. SA ended up with exactly the half-plus-one quorum needed to approve the spring 2003 budget, 25-0, Saturday. The absence of 24 ... [Read More…]

Letter from the Editor: Rights groups, not GOP, divide races

January 17, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief America's civil rights groups have branded the Republican Party, and more specifically its conservative wing, as racist. They'll never come out and say as much; the middle-class moderates would crucify the liberal Democrats who kowtow to these groups. But now that President Bush has renominated the rejected ... [Read More…]

Departments, students ready for changes: Moves to help alleviate tight space within Don Morris

January 17, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief With only four months left in the life of an 88-year-old department, the university is finalizing plans to shift programs, change course codes and move departments. Five departments will either accept additional majors or be rearranged to fill the space left by the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, ... [Read More…]

For some, thesis may be costlier: Program raises continuation fee for grad students

January 17, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Graduate students wishing to continue work on their thesis past the time for which they've registered now are paying almost 10 times the previous fee. The previous fee-$50 for each continuing semester-was raised after the Graduate Council compared university practices with those of competitive graduate ... [Read More…]

SA to bring bands back: Caedmon’s Call, Jars of Clay return for Moody concert

January 17, 2003 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Two of the nation's most popular Christian bands will return to campus this March, officials announced in Wednesday's Students' Association meeting. Caedmon's Call and Jars of Clay, which appeared here separately over the past two years, will play together in Moody on March 25 as part of the bands' nationwide ... [Read More…]

Service honors ‘Beech’

December 6, 2002 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief More than seven decades of ACU history gathered Wednesday afternoon to remember one of the university's most revered and beloved figures. Family, friends and colleagues remembered Garvin Beauchamp as a caring man who lived to serve during his time at the school, which spanned more than 50 years as a student, ... [Read More…]

Revote passes SA trial period

December 6, 2002 by Paul A. Anthony

By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief In a shocking reversal, the senior class officers stood down in their battle with Students' Association president Jeremy Smith and presented a compromise that led to the passage of a one-semester trial period for Smith's plan to reorganize Congress. Senior class senator Elliott Pittman told Congress the ... [Read More…]