Have you ever had a job but never gotten paid for it? No, obviously not, because that's not how it works. You work, you produce and you get paid for it. This is exactly what student athletes do, but without the pay. As a student athlete going to school full time and playing basketball, life is basically like having two jobs, but with no income ... [Read More…]

As he picked me up and slung me over his broad shoulders, he hauled me to the garage and told me to cover my eyes. I did just that, peeking through the slits in my fingers that were big enough to keep a glimpse of the surprise ahead. I stood next to my papaw on the cold concrete floor and he let me open my eyes to see the glorious two-story ... [Read More…]

When we are college students, we worship the glories of others. Maybe you’re the freshman art student who sits next to the girl whose drawing abilities surpass yours as exhibited through her magnificent doodles in her notepad. Maybe you’re the yoga beginner secretly wishing to bend your body in the ways the experts sitting at the front ... [Read More…]

Recently, a story surfaced about the now ex-assistant men’s basketball coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, Josip Maric, who was arrested for sex trafficking. The story’s headline stated he was an ex-ACU basketball coach, which is true, but misleading. Maric was an ACU coach almost a decade ago. Since 2010, he has worked at six different ... [Read More…]

A cappella music is the foundation for community at ACU. From winter performances to Sing Song, I have seen a cappella groups take root and flourish throughout ACU. While performing with Foundation, the freshmen a cappella group, there hasn’t been a single time that I have regretted my decision to join. Both the family environment and strong ... [Read More…]

I’m a student-athlete, making random drug tests a part of my life. Two types of drug tests might be demanded in any given week – the first is the NCAA drug test, and the second is an ACU drug test for different substances. The NCAA tests for all kinds of drugs, but the top three are stimulants, illicit drugs and beta-2 agonists. If I test ... [Read More…]

A few years ago, tour guides stopped bringing prospective students to Moody Chapels during campus visits. Leslie Hayes, director of campus visits, said all admitted student and senior tours stop at Chapel, but daily visits and other preview days do not. Because the latter two are shorter, Hayes said trying to pack all necessary information into ... [Read More…]

Two years ago when I was part of student congress, I passed a bill to fix the lights on the Lunsford Trail. I had just gotten into running and became passionate about safety at night. Concerns were raised to congress about the safety of students who had to walk home to Smith-Adams Hall about a quarter-mile from campus. Before Wildcat Stadium was ... [Read More…]