By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor I Am The Enemy What did you eat for breakfast this morning? If you had coffee, juice, sugar or fruit, chances are they were produced in a different part of the world, where people barely make ends meet. "Before you've finished your breakfast this morning, you'll have relied on half the world." Those words spoken by ... [Read More…]
Crowe’s Kentucky-fried affair falls flat
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Americans love road-trip movies. For some reason, the possibilities of setting out across the country with only a map and a mixed tape as our guides inspires us, not to mention the coming-of-age stories that are generally intertwined in the adventure. We love the idea of new beginnings and not knowing what we will ... [Read More…]
Sing Song hosts announced
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Will Smyth sat on the tailgate of his pickup truck, staring at his cell phone and praying it wouldn't ring. Smyth, senior youth and family ministry major from Fort Worth, had heard if you receive a phone call, it means you didn't make it as a Sing Song host or hostess. So he sat on his truck in the late hours last ... [Read More…]
Finding her way home: Ruthie Jones Harvey, part-time chaplain at Hendrick Medical Center, searched for her place in life for 30 years, finding it while serving others in crisis ministry.
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Editor's note: Ruthie Jones Harvey is the aunt of author, Sarah Carlson, her father's sister. Standing in a hallway of Hendrick Medical Center, Ruthie Jones Harvey listened to a 32-year-old man reveal to her that his son was murdered. He had just found out and was grasping at his words, relaying the details to ... [Read More…]
Jacob’s dream comes to life with Maxwell’s sculpture
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor After receiving funding from generous benefactors, Jack Maxwell has been able to continue constructing his sculpture of "Jacob's Ladder," which should be complete by the beginning of next fall. Maxwell, chair of the Art and Design Department, has spent at least three or four years working on the design of the ... [Read More…]
Miers added to Bush’s croney staff
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor I Am The Enemy President George W. Bush must not have paid attention to Michael Corleone in The Godfather: Part II when the don discusses words of wisdom his father, Vito, had passed down to him: Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. Bush has, in fact, done quite the opposite during his reign, preferring ... [Read More…]
‘Serenity’ soars thanks to fans, great characters: “Serenity” Three and a half stars
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Summer Glau, Sean Maher, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite; written and directed by Joss Whedon Rated PG-13 (for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references) Anything labeled as science fiction gets a bad rap from anyone who's skeptical of the ... [Read More…]
Homecoming Queen nominees prepare for crowning moment
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor After watching her friend be blindfolded and kidnapped during last week's Ko Jo Kai meeting, Kelci Young had only a matter of minutes before her friend's captors came looking for her. Young, senior integrated marketing and communication major from Franklin, Tenn., was in the middle of explaining instructions to her ... [Read More…]
Abilene officials relocate hurricane evacuees
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor About 120 Hurricane Rita evacuees arrived at the G.V. Daniels Recreation Center on Saturday, but many have moved back home or to more permanent housing. The remaining 45 evacuees were relocated Thursday to The Salvation Army on Butternut Street. The evacuees arrived early Saturday morning by bus and were greeted by ... [Read More…]
Student plans trip to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina
By Sarah Carlson, Arts Editor Matt Worthington is a visionary. After seeing the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area and Mississippi, Worthington, sophomore theatre major from San Antonio, described the situation as heartbreaking and decided something needed to be done by students to help those most effected. Worthington sent ... [Read More…]
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