It’s not a new thing for musicians to throw shade at other musicians by writing a song ­– in fact, the majority of music today is riddled with personal jabs. Drake is no stranger to this. He has a history of producing diss tracks, but in his recent release Two Birds, One Stone, Drake chose to attack something different: mental illness. The song, ... [Read More…]

On Saturday, I marched alongside 50 thousand people for basic human rights for women across downtown Austin, TX. For the first time ever, I took time out of my day, using my God given right and held a sign over my head saying 'Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights', the classic quote from Hillary Clinton. To be ... [Read More…]

My roommate and I tossed a coin to decide who would get the room with the biggest window. I won. Then I stole/"borrowed" her yoga mat and so I could practice yoga in front of that window everyday. But I promise, I really do love her. I started practicing yoga during the summer because I was bored in Abilene and wanted to go to gym classes as ... [Read More…]

I didn’t want to write a political column, but here I am. The morning after election night, America has spoken, Donald Trump is set to become our 45th President, and I’m writing a political column for a conservative Christian university’s newspaper even though I didn’t vote Republican. I don’t think there’s anything I could say about this ... [Read More…]

This week has been an interesting one as it brought the issue of race to the surface of campus conversations. Along with those issues, something else was brought to my attention and it was the concept of willful ignorance, but not in the traditional sense. After Wednesday’s chapel in which President Schubert addressed the difficulty Christians ... [Read More…]

The power of the written word is incomprehensible. The idea that while we may die our words will continue to live on. Katie Kirby was a fellow sister, friend, companion and writer. Since June 2016, Katie wrote articles for Odyssey online. From open letters, to college freshmen, to why pledging at ACU is the best, Katie believed in the power of ... [Read More…]

Victor Hugo's novel "Les Miserables" tells the story of a group of students in 19th century Paris rising up against their government. The students fought in a violent rebellion, but the uprising was put out by the French government before a change could be made. Hugo's story doesn't ask whether or not the students should have rebelled, but instead ... [Read More…]

This Presidential Election has been the rockiest and honestly most stomach-churning one I’ve ever seen. From Hillary Clinton’s emails to Donald Trump’s big “Build a Wall” idea, nothing has made choosing a candidate to vote for easy. Both are terrible choices to run our country, and quite honestly I question how Trump got so much support behind him ... [Read More…]