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War hits near home for some: Middle Eastern students’ concerns extend abroad

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By Steve Holt, Copy Editor The United States' impending invasion of Iraq has sparked international protest for months, and with attacks currently underway, students from the Middle East have mixed opinions. Salah and Sarah Taweel are seniors from Aleppo, Syria, a country that directly borders Iraq. Salah said the siblings' town is near the ... [Read More…]

‘We will prevail’: Bush orders pre-dawn Iraq invasion

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief With dawn about to break over Iraq, President George W. Bush launched an air assault on Baghdad last night that he said would end with the nation's disarmament and its leader's removal. "Operation Iraqi Freedom" began at about 8:30 p.m., when planes began dropping "bunker-buster" bombs designed to bore into the ... [Read More…]

Officials making only tentative security plans: E-mail, voice mail to deliver alerts

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By Melanie J. Knox, Opinion Editor We're at code orange, the second highest security alert. As our troops, families, churches and entire nation prepare for war, ACU makes tentative plans as well. Michelle Morris, assistant to the vice president of the university and alumni relations, said currently the university has no hard-and-fast plan for a ... [Read More…]

Twelve years later, Iraq still an issue: ‘Iraqi Freedom’ launching as ‘Desert Storm’ did

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By Kyle Peveto, Arts Editor The spring semester had just begun. Sing Song preparation was underway and students were preparing for Wednesday night worship services. Twelve years ago, when the United States began an air attack on Iraq, campus life was very much the same. Photographs from the Jan. 17, 1991, special edition of the Optimist, also ... [Read More…]

Dyess Air Force Base sees key role in past, current military operations

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By Steve Holt, Copy Editor With just hours remaining for Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq, United States military forces are ready to begin their mission of unseating and disarming the Iraqi president. Alongside hundreds of thousands of American troops in the Middle East, personnel and equipment from Abilene's Dyess Air Force Base are ... [Read More…]

Compromise clears way for SA Chapel speeches: Class Chapels moved to Moody for annual candidate addresses

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief A compromise has been reached that will continue campaign speeches during Chapel for at least one more year. Instead of candidates for Students' Association executive office speaking in Chapel April 2, as SA officials had asked, candidates will speak April 1 in place of Tuesday class Chapels, said Wayne ... [Read More…]

SBC leaders report success

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By Kyle Peveto, Arts Editor Students took the gospel to inner cities, Caribbean islands and small mountain towns last week as part of Spring Break Campaigns. Aside from a few setbacks, the 2003 campaigns were successful. "It was amazing," said Rachel Click, sophomore broadcast journalism major from Mineral Wells who led the campaign to the ... [Read More…]

7.1 percent increase pushes tuition higher

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The university's annual tuition increase was announced last week; tuition for next school year will be 7.1 percent higher, or $425 per credit hour. Although it comes amidst economic concerns that have affected the university's enrollment, endowment and insurance premiums, the tuition increase was not driven by ... [Read More…]

SA, Campus Life approve $14,000 for SATV overhaul

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By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief SATV, which has lain dormant for more than a year, could receive a massive overhaul as part of a plan worked out between the Students' Association and the office of Campus Life. In SA's weekly meeting Wednesday, Congress approved bill 81-05, the release of more than $7,000 to use in negotiating with inLighten ... [Read More…]

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