By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Face the Facts I made a new friend this week named Nona. She doesn't come from a background like mine, and she doesn't even know where Ohio is. Nona's mom died of cancer when she was young, and she loves dogs so much it makes her that she doesn't have one. She has two older foster sisters, and both are ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor I love Fall (whatever that means in West Texas). Fall is typically characterized by football, sweatshirts, looking forward to Thanksgiving break, and in many university residence halls, that slow-burning, passive-aggressive tension that exists between non-compatible freshman roommates. Some of you freshmen know what ... [Read More…]

By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Much Ado About Something Think before you commit a crime, and if you're going to buy a lottery ticket using stolen funds, at least use cash. Last week a woman from a town near my home in Oregon was arrested for using a stolen credit card to purchase a winning lottery ticket. She won $1 million but could wind up ... [Read More…]

By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Face the Facts Dressed as a prom queen whose peak was in the 1980s, I, along with seven others paraded around Abilene on Monday night, arriving on the doorsteps of our professors' homes. Once they arrived at the door, they were surprised to see their students dressed up with eager faces, begging for candy. It ... [Read More…]

By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Much Ado About Something In the fourth grade, I remember telling my teacher, Ms. Mitchell, I wanted to read something "different," and so Ms. Mitchell introduced me to C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and gave me a lifelong appreciation for fantasy. With the The Chronicles of Narnia: Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe ... [Read More…]

By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor As images of bombs falling on Afghanistan and Iraq were emblazoned across two large screens, some church-goers clapped and cheered. That's right-scenes of war ignited celebration from some members of a Christian church in Abilene. I heard the above story from a friend, who heard it from a friend. It may not be ... [Read More…]

By Mallory Sherwood, Managing Editor Face the Facts I've never entertained the idea of what it might have been like to be a freshman during the 1920s, '50s or '80s but this year's freshman class enlightened me as well as hundreds of others this weekend with its production of Freshmen Follies. For those who didn't attend or haven't heard of ... [Read More…]