I have always been proud of my country. Being a part of a country where everyone is free to believe what they want is an amazing thing we all should be proud of. It makes me proud to be part of a country that does not force laws prohibiting my rights as a human being or as an American Citizen. Lately, as we listen to what is going on around us, ... [Read More…]
The great American risk takers
The American people are fundamentally risk takers. I say this as a spineless wimp myself. It's all right, it's true. I can't imagine jumping from a plane or going in big on a horse race. Or even getting too physical in a sport. I'll spare you the cheese of recounting the many moments in American history that involved a successful gamble, ... [Read More…]
Staff turnover no match for the ‘Optimist’
I am not a dictator. I'm just taking over even more of the Optimist. We've had a lot of turnover. David Singer, our opinion page editor last semester, quit, making some lame excuses about how he's an "art major" and wants to do more "freelance design work" and focus on "getting a job after graduation." Good riddance. I'm kidding, of course. ... [Read More…]
Lessons learned from this semester
After spending last semester studying abroad in Oxford, I thought I would have to adjust to a normal semester once I got back to ACU. Then I remembered there's no such thing as "normal." One of my favorite sayings is "Keep calm and carry on." It's the one that always appears on the red posters and has been recreated into a variety of phrases. Most ... [Read More…]
Waterball upgrades benefit fans
Although I had often heard about the violence, competition and unadulterated athleticism, it wasn't until Tuesday that I had watched my first ever waterball game. And to be honest, I'm sad I waited this long. Not only is it an ACU tradition, but it is easily the most exciting spectator sport that intramurals can provide. It has everything any fan ... [Read More…]
My passport has turned me into an existentialist
The complicated and soul-sucking process to get a passport has made me lose some hope in society. The first sign that there was something soulless about the process was when they told me not to smile. Smiling is apparently banned in passport pictures to help facial recognition machines in airports, but I think there is something deeply wrong with ... [Read More…]
Christmas films: my favorite five
For those of us in college, especially from out of state, the holiday season is the time of the year when we finally return home to spend some quality time with friends and family. And what better way to spend that time than by sitting on the couch and watching Christmas movies. So without further ado, here are my top five favorite Christmas ... [Read More…]
In real world, you must take the ones with the zeros
They say there are 10 kinds of people in this world: those who understand binary code and those who don't. For the latter half, it's basically the bare-bones of any code that goes through a computer processor, where billions of zeroes and ones come together to create text, images, video and basically anything electronically seen or heard. When I ... [Read More…]
Time to rethink what defines me
In high school I used to listen to a song called "Identity." One of the lyrics say, "He still finds his identity in looks and cars, but if only he knew he didn't have to look so hard. But if he looked in God." I think this is true for many of us today. We tend to define ourselves by the material things that we accumulate, our social status, and ... [Read More…]
The apologetics of CORE poetry
I was a second-semester freshman, sitting in CORE 120, worried about our in-class assignment. Dr. Steven Moore had just told me and the other 70 students in the class we had 10 minutes to write a poem. The only other guideline: we had use the phrase "blue sweater". The 10 minutes expired all too quickly. I'd barely written poetry before, and had ... [Read More…]
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