By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor I might owe a healthy pallet to delicious milk chocolate M&M's, but I also owe an expectation of rewards to that same package. As a little girl, I avidly sucked my thumb, which lead my exasperated mother to set up the "M&M system," in which I was awarded a certain amount of the chocolate candies for each day I did ... [Read More…]

By Denton Josey, Features Editor Hell is other people. That was the opinion of French philosoper Jean-Paul Sartre, but I disagree. After thinking about it some, I believe living without other people would be much worse. Recently in my Bible class, the professor told us to respond to a situation. He asked us to imagine living in the early 1400s ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Go to a Sunday school class around Abilene and notice the curriculum. Depending on the age group, you will learn stories or study the Bible. However, in Palo Alto, Calif., a different kind of Sunday school class has begun. It's a class for atheists. A recent Time magazine article says groups such as the one in ... [Read More…]

By Denton Josey, Features Editor Nothing lasts forever; that's the way it's gotta be. This is what The Arcade Fire kept telling me the other day. And I've been thinking about endings ever since. Think about the things you wish would end. My list includes the war in Iraq, bad dates, NASCAR and Nickelback's career. Then there are things you wish ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Although Sadies Week ends tonight with a free date at The Skatin' Place, single or taken guys can still take advantage of the final activity of the week. The Campus Activities Board gives ACU girls free activities to promote Sadie Hawkins' Week every year. And every year I look forward to it. As a single guy, I ... [Read More…]

By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor While ACU students trudge back and forth between the Campus Center and the Administration building Monday, the rest of the country will be celebrating Veterans Day. And while the majority of the millions of veterans in this country are honored, 195,800 will spend their national holiday on the streets - without ... [Read More…]

By Denton Josey, Features Editor Sometimes you have to go outside and play. I was reminded of how important this is after I read an article about a man who wrote so much in his journal that all the pages fit into 91 boxes. The late Reverend Robert Shields of Dayton, Wash., got so involved in his journaling he ended up writing 3.75 million words ... [Read More…]

By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief My friends wanted to toilet paper a teacher's house for Halloween during my junior year of high school. My parents had a 1992 Chevrolet conversion van with a back couch that folded into a bed. On weekends, I felt like the town's chauffeur, always on driving duty when we would drive around town and the country just ... [Read More…]

By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor Some people enjoy watching murder. Whether it's torture, gore or a gun shot to the head, some people just can't get enough of an old fashioned killing. But instead of crowding the Coliseum to get a front row seat, modern murder lovers get their fix from horror movies. And Halloween is the most wonderful time ... [Read More…]

By Denton Josey, Features Editor As great as Homecoming promises to be, I'm looking forward to next weekend even more. On Oct. 26, Abilene High plays Odessa Permian in one of the best football match-ups of the season, and I'm going to be there. The game is not what I'm most excited about though. I'm stoked because one of my best friends is ... [Read More…]