After a summer of constant travel and living out of a suitcase, I was ready to return to Abilene and adjust to life in my new college home. When I arrived at Villa-Villa Koolah, (I'll love you if you know where we got that name) candles lit the living room, and my excited housemates greeted me with eager hugs. The first week in Villa-Villa is ... [Read More…]

Who invented speed bumps? Perhaps more importantly, did they have any friends? Driving up to Morris Hall after my move back to Abilene a few weeks ago, I remembered one of the only downsides to my favorite campus dorm: the speed bumps. I lived in Morris last year as a resident and serve as a resident assistant this year. I love having a living ... [Read More…]

I got my first job the summer before my freshman year of high school. It was the first time I'd ever done anything in a non-babysitting-related capacity, so I was stoked. Until I discovered the position was as an "administrative assistant" for a Certified Public Accountant. Yawn. Our families went to church together, and somehow, it got out I ... [Read More…]

Only God knows the number of films and books based on one, simple concept: the ability to know what is going to happen before it happens. The mere thought ignites our imagination and questions spiral out of control: What if I could see the future? Could I win the lottery? Could I be an outlaw? How would they stop me?  Would I be responsible for ... [Read More…]

By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief The driver simultaneously switched the headlights off and cut the engine of his Toyota 4Runner. Squeezed between two friends in the backseat, I reached back to the trunk and dipped my hand into the mountain of water balloons stacked inside a plastic tub. We passed around the watery weapons and quietly crept ... [Read More…]

By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor I hated my experience at ACU. But not in the way you may have immediately assumed. Sure, I grew to loathe several facets of ACU life during my four years here.like 8 a.m. classes, dorm visitation rules, pompous attitudes from social club members, curfews, required meal plans that cheated you out of your money, ... [Read More…]

By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor Silence comes with mixed reviews. Struck with a heaping dose of writer's block before this last column of the year, I filtered through Web site pages of famous quotations about the subject as I contemplated the fact that I already was 11 hours past my deadline and still had written nothing. Opinions seemed divided ... [Read More…]

By Tanner Knauth, Page Editor This semester has been a grueling 15 weeks, but now students can see a light at the end of the finals week tunnel. The semester is a marathon, but what if you are a sprinter? This summer, ACU will offer shorter summer sessions. Instead of the traditional five-week summer sessions, students now can take three-week ... [Read More…]

By Sommerly Simser, Multimedia Managing Editor Read Comments A beauty queen has been, for the most part, regarded as a woman of character, intelligence and confidence, not to mention stunningly beautiful inside and out. But that image is slowly disappearing because of the focus of one of today's most popular pageant systems. During the past five ... [Read More…]