While some students are dreading what they assume will become an inevitably fully online semester, how must we expect to fight the battle against COVID-19 without any optimism? Yes, classrooms, instruction, and campus life may be radically different, but the university still has managed to bring students together in the place many of us feel is ... [Read More…]

The year of our Lord 2020 has taken everyone on a whirlwind roller coaster ride. Tragedies, while always having been commonplace, seem to have exponentially increased. The passing of Kobe Bryant shook basketball fans and others worldwide. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd sparked a revitalization of the Black Lives Matter movement and ... [Read More…]

New positives, quarantining and temporary online instruction are just a few of the many things ACU will likely witness this fall semester. Despite the best and valued efforts from the university, they cannot prepare for or contain a COVID-19 outbreak. Several other universities across the nation, including Notre Dame and North Carolina, have ... [Read More…]

Like many white Christians, I have been reading, listening and acting in response to COVID-19. I’ve also been reading, listening and acting in response to the uprisings sparked by the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade and Rayshard Brooks. I have considerable privilege to choose when and where to be in solidarity with ... [Read More…]

I was raised by a racist. I grew up in rural west Texas, raised by two loving Christians who did their best to raise me with the same ideals they had. As a teenager, I got lectures from my step-dad on religion and politics pretty regularly, and I always assumed he could never steer me wrong. He worked hard and spent his vacations doing Habitat for ... [Read More…]

The past couple months, the media has shined light on how dangerous COVID-19 can be, but it seems they have failed to mention the latest developments and simply preyed on the fear of Americans. Looking back to March 3, WHO said the coronavirus death rate was 3.4%, around 34 times more lethal than that of the seasonal flu. With that given ... [Read More…]

If you’re like me, the transition to online classes forced you to make a difficult mental shift in the way you look at your schoolwork. I enjoy the classes I get to take with my department, but having to complete several projects on my own made it more difficult for me to want to finish my work.  I’ve watched a lot of videos and done a lot of ... [Read More…]

Shelter-in place orders, social distancing, and self-quarantining have all taken us, as an ACU community, away from each other and hence, away from the comfort we find in our normal fellowship.  Now, What is asked of all of us, in prevention of the disease’s spread, is more than anyone could have anticipated only a few months ago. Luckily, in ... [Read More…]

We ran out the doors March 6 without looking back. We were ready for spring break and a time to break out of our mundane schedule. Now we are missing our mundane schedule. We didn't know that we should've hugged our friends closer, remembered to say goodbye and thank you to those professors who had encouraged us all semester and taken the ... [Read More…]

Since the beginning of city and statewide shutdowns across the United States, one topic has dominated the news market. Known also as the coronavirus, Wuhan virus and, coined by Trump as the "Chinese virus," COVID-19 has dominated the minds of Americans and others around the world. The United States has surpassed China and Italy in confirmed ... [Read More…]