By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Beep-Beep. Screech- Screech! The dreaded alarm clock shouts a rude awakening, like little jackhammers drilling into the sleeping brain. Every morning without fail, the monster attacks, snarling and growling until startled fingers discover the snooze button or trip across the off switch. Sometimes I change my ... [Read More…]

By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor My home church recently saw five funerals in eight days. People came forward with confessing trails and sins no one could have suspected. It's been a rough semester. I haven't been around for most of it. Like many of you, I've been stressing about tests, looking forward to ACU domination at football games and ... [Read More…]

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor My boyfriend and I have two very different hobbies: I read books, he plays online games. But I am never one to turn down the chance to try something new, so last week I grabbed a controller and entered the World of Warcraft. Within one hour, I came to understand the gamer's excitement, the thrill of conquest ... [Read More…]

By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor Journalists are the watchdogs of government. They take pride in being unbiased and sometimes even count themselves as the fourth check in our government's system of checks and balances. Usually, they've gone to college and studied to earn a degree and their place in the field. Their credibility is on the line with ... [Read More…]

By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Orgasm donor. Just like the words leap off the page to you, so did the phrase jump off the shirt to me. When I saw a white T-shirt with those two words plastered across the front on sale in the Steve and Barry's store in the Abilene mall, I could not believe anybody would buy such a repulsive innuendo. And ... [Read More…]