By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief America's civil rights groups have branded the Republican Party, and more specifically its conservative wing, as racist. They'll never come out and say as much; the middle-class moderates would crucify the liberal Democrats who kowtow to these groups. But now that President Bush has renominated the rejected ... [Read More…]
Column Like I See ‘Em: Jesus Christ was the liberal of his day
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor Liberal. Get the heebie-jeebies just now when you read that? Sometimes I think mentioning of the word is punishable by death in Texas. That was a joke, of course. But the sad question that often follows someone revealing that they lean left politically is this: "And you're a Christian?" Have you ever considered ... [Read More…]
Intramural Six-on-Six Tackle Football (Pro) Adding sport would raise attendance, involvement
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World You're on, Danny. Just let me grab Terrell Owens' Sharpie and give you my signature of approval on this one- six-on-six intramural tackle football is sure to be a big smash. The possible addition of this fast-paced sport commonly found in smaller Texas high schools has been creating quite a buzz ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: From now on, Views to be positive
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief "If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter." -Thomas Jefferson No more should negativity or skepticism be given a voice in the Optimist. No more should we ask why the Homecoming people couldn't clean up their own mess. ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: Expect liberals to go farther left
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief "Liberals love humanity but hate people."-Dick Armey, retiring House majority leader, R-Texas. In the days since last Tuesday, many a political commentator has tried to place a reason on why the Democrats basically blew it in an election cycle that favored them. After all, a first-term president almost always ... [Read More…]
Lori’s Story: Animal rights being taken way too far
By Lori Bredemeyer, Student Reporter Pretty soon your dog may have the same rights as you. Animal liberation is becoming a new moral issue troubling society. Several European countries are changing the wording of their laws to include animals as well as humans, according to an article in the New York Times. The story said that Germany has ... [Read More…]
Column Like I See ‘Em: Bring more shopping, food, fun ACU’s way
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor We need more restaurants, shopping and entertainment near ACU. I'm sick of driving half way to Tye to eat Biggie Fries, buy some jeans from Old Navy or see a movie. And no reason exists why more commerce hasn't moved our way. Seemingly before, the only thing keeping our side of town from booming was a liquor ban on ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: Tuesday’s vote applies to all of us
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief College students are busy people with a lot of things to do, little time to do them and usually not in need of another thing to do on a Tuesday. * But of course, if you care about abortion, you might want to consider this fact: The party that controls the Senate has the power to approve or to reject Supreme ... [Read More…]
Lori’s Story: Honor our veterans
By Lori Bredemeyer, Student Reporter Veteran's Day is in a couple of weeks and we should plan something for that day to honor our veterans. At my high school we had a memorial every year in tribute to the veterans. We always sang patriotic songs, and it was very touching to see all the men and women standing at the front, saluting the flag and ... [Read More…]
Attacks show us that anything is possible
By Joshua Parrott, Sports Writer For months, nothing happened. No anthrax. No terrorist attacks. No pointless killing of helpless Americans. Then it happened, as calmly as the day turns to night, the innocence of our country was shattered again by the gunshots of two snipers. As two men, one of them legally a minor, terrorized the country and ... [Read More…]