Major League Baseball reminded players this week that dipping is on its way out. The league put flyers in players lockers during spring training informing them that chewing tobacco is banned at stadiums in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. As commendable and noble as this may be, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred needs to come to terms with the ... [Read More…]

As college students (or any human with a soul, really) we love animals. Even more than the random seal or sloth gif, we love our pets. Some of you even love the stray cats wandering our beloved ACU. Then why is it Abilene pet owners, animal caretakers, and people in general are neglecting their duty in the weirdest of ways? And while this is a ... [Read More…]

[YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE NORTHEAST ABILENE (WHERE ACU IS) AND THE BROADER TERM NORTH ABILENE, WHICH GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO DYESS. COULD ALSO USE "THE HILL" IF YOU JUST MEAN ACU, JUDGE ELY AND THE I-20 EXIT] [CLEAN UP SYNTAX AND GRAMMAR THROUGHOUT] The city of Abilene has seen a great amount of growth since I first moved here, ... [Read More…]

Last year with a "click" and a "BOOM" the world was introduced to Broadway's newest sensation, Hamilton. The musical is an adaptation of the life of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. With a racially diverse cast and hip-hop inspired songs, including two rap battles between Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson, the play is breaking the stereotype that ... [Read More…]

I'm no good at packing. This isn't news to anyone who knows me. Spring Break is now less than a week away and between midterms and all the homework, I have to find some time to shove things into a borrowed backpack before getting on a plane to Uganda. You would think that perhaps by now I would at least see it coming. But time and time again, ... [Read More…]

[YOUR PORTRAYAL OF HISTORY IS NOT ADEQUATE HERE. ACU JUST LOST A FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE FEMALE DEANS OF COLLEGES. WE'VE HAD FEMALE BIBLE PROFESSORS (ALMOST UNHEARD OF IN CHURCH OF CHRIST UNIVERSITIES). ACU HAS ALSO INVITED FEMALE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS TO SUMMIT. MY POINT IS NOT THAT THE SCHOOL DESERVES MORE CREDIT, BUT THAT YOU CAN'T ... [Read More…]

[WEAK LOGIC ON THIS BEING OK BECAUSE IT WAS FOR A MEDICAL PURPOSE. PROFESSIONAL SPORTS IS NOT FOR EVERY PERSON ON EARTH, BUT JUST FOR THE ONES WHO CAN PROVE THEY ARE NOT ENHANCED BY MEDICAL SUBSTANCES THAT INHERENTLY GIVE THEM AN ADVANTAGE. THIS DRUG DOES THAT. SHE HAS A RIGHT TO TAKE IT, BUT NOT A RIGHT TO COMPETE ON THE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IF IT ... [Read More…]

After March 5, news outlets were saying that the Republican race was becoming a Trump vs Cruz race. At the time, there were still two other Republican candidates. After his loss in Florida on March 15, Marco Rubio officially dropped out of the race, leaving three candidates, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich. Right now, it's still anyone's ... [Read More…]