It's getting to the end of the school year and stress levels are high. You are struggling to go to classes, you've forgotten you need chapel credits, you have too much homework to do and not enough time. It's getting to the point where many people pull all nighter or stay up to finish homework in preparation for their final exams. But is losing ... [Read More…]
Homeschooled, not friendless
Hi, my name is Lindsay Palmer and I am socially awkward. If you actually know me, then you probably know that isn't true at all. However, what you may not know is that I was homeschooled for all of my life. The only times I stepped foot in a school was for speech therapy when I was 5 and for three months of second grade. In high school, when ... [Read More…]
Black history still carries meaning
If you were grabbed and asked to explain what Black History Month means and what it represents, what would you say? This month is a special one but throughout the years, the history and meaning have almost been forgotten. Dr. Carter G. Woodson, son of a former slave and graduate of Harvard, first started "Negro History Week" in 1926. The week was ... [Read More…]
Human rights for everyone
I have always been proud of my country. Being a part of a country where everyone is free to believe what they want is an amazing thing we all should be proud of. It makes me proud to be part of a country that does not force laws prohibiting my rights as a human being or as an American Citizen. Lately, as we listen to what is going on around us, ... [Read More…]
Time to rethink what defines me
In high school I used to listen to a song called "Identity." One of the lyrics say, "He still finds his identity in looks and cars, but if only he knew he didn't have to look so hard. But if he looked in God." I think this is true for many of us today. We tend to define ourselves by the material things that we accumulate, our social status, and ... [Read More…]
You don’t know what you’ve got ’till it’s gone
It's funny how we sometimes forget the happy memories but the memories that make us sad or the ones that bring us pain, we remember in vivid detail. For me, Nov. 4 2011 is a date that will always be branded in my mind. I remember sitting at in the Bean eating and talking to friends. It seemed like a typical Friday. You'd think that when tragedy ... [Read More…]
Issues over ‘left’ or ‘right’
Politics is something that we can never escape. It is always around us. Some of us just accept what we hear. Instead of actually looking deeper at the candidates and researching what they believe, we make up our minds on who we are voting for purely on what we hear about them from others. When I was younger I was one of those people. I would ... [Read More…]
Please don’t be alarmed, they’re just pledges
I remember freshman year as if it were yesterday. Welcome Week was a blast and I had met so many new people. I was excited about my classes and the people I would meet. I had never visited ACU before and I hadn't really heard of the school, so this all was a new experience for me. The first couple weeks were great, I loved seeing everyone and ... [Read More…]
Class race ends after run-off
After a run-off election, Colton McCoy was named sophomore class vice president. In the primary election, three candidates ran for sophomore class vice president and two made it to the run-off. Colton McCoy, sophomore biology major from Grandbury and Jamie Gordon, sophomore political science major from San Antonio. After the initial voting, ... [Read More…]
Society must open eyes to continued slavery
For years we have struggled against the oppression and bondage of slavery. We were told as early on that slavery has been abolished. We have heard the words "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the ... [Read More…]