When I started writing this story in November, it was just another assignment for class. I planned on turning in the required 750 words and hoped for a good grade. But over the next few weeks, the story began to reveal its depth through sources who wouldn't talk to me and fading documents that barely could. On a Thursday, I went to the ... [Read More…]
Country music tune beats to an offensive drum
"Somebody's gotta wear a pretty skirt, somebody's gotta be the one to flirt, somebody's gotta want to hold his hand, so God made girls..." If you listen to modern country music at all, you'll recognize those lyrics. They belong to RaeLynn's hit God Made Girls, a song about how pretty and sweet women are. It's a catchy song for sure, but every ... [Read More…]
Sing Song Blues change her tune
Last year, a tragedy occurred in my life. I must have lost my mind because I got the horrible idea to forego Sing Song participation this year. So when the Sing Song sign-up sheet came by in club this year, I let it go by, unsigned. And now I've got the Sing Song Blues. See, I've (more than) put my Sing Song time in over the past three ... [Read More…]
Basketball ‘bows exchanged for Sing Song bows this weekend
The Rec remains silent this week; one might even say it is lonely, without the dribbling of basketballs and tears of defeat to keep it company late into these warm winter evenings. In truth, the Rec's older and bigger brother, Moody Coliseum, is stealing all the intramural glory this week with some event everyone seems to be fussing about known ... [Read More…]
Change is inevitable, especially across the pond
I came to the United Kingdom with the idea that I was going to, in a sense, reinvent myself. I saw things in myself that I wanted to be different, so I figured being Oxford would be a good place to begin something totally new and different inside of me. Now three weeks into this crazy, weird thing called Study Abroad, I'm gradually learning ... [Read More…]
Intramurals feature basketball brotherhood
The first week of intramurals in 2015 has proven absolutely nothing. Honestly, it's far too early to make any predictions, considering only one team has played more than one game. But, in order to stay true to the name of sports journalism, it is my duty to overanalyze and over-report and predict winners and conduct interviews as though the ... [Read More…]
Sex trafficking at Super Bowl used for attention
If you were in Texas on Sunday, or anywhere in the United States for that matter, you most likely had your behind planted on a stool, couch or lounge chair watching the Super Bowl. I won't lie, I was there. I ate the mini hot dogs and probably consumed more root beer float than humanly possible. We screamed, we shouted and we cried while ... [Read More…]
Wildcats need to reign it in
A week or two ago, I had spare time on my hands (I know, right?). With this time, I decided to go support our women's basketball team for one of their games. I took a seat among the largest group of ACU fans just behind the backboard. A LYNAY scholarship group was there for some kind of credit. Wildcat Reign, the organization responsible for ... [Read More…]
According to gym: lessons learned on the hardwood
We all have those teachable moments in life that we remember forever. I know I've had plenty, and a lot of mine just so happened to have happened in a gym. I've made a little list of a few that I think we can all learn from. 1) When I was in eighth grade, I played volleyball. We were doing a drill in practice in which three of us had to lay ... [Read More…]
A Farewell to Sports
Some of you may not know this about me, but I'm a student-athlete here at ACU. Long before I was writing for the Optimist, I was out on the softball field taking ground balls and learning how to pitch a good change-up. Now, many of you know the emotional and psychological chaos of being a senior in college - almost being done with school, trying ... [Read More…]
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