Remember when we tackled that MySpace trailer talking about its new design and such? Well, the next week Facebook decided to release their own commercial, if you can call it that. Coming out just after their announcement of 1 billion active users, it could easily be read as a battle cry to claim the other 5 billion on this planet. Let's start with ... [Read More…]

If my life is on my computer, then this weekend I guess you could say I lost my life. Since my external hard drive was already filled to capacity and my laptop had a broken disk drive, I had been unable to back up my files for months (backing up regularly is good practice, by the way, if you don't already do it). So, when I downloaded a virus that ... [Read More…]

"Honestly, it would be reasonable to say it costs ACU $800+ per day or more to print the Optimist, a paper that I rarely see students read. Save our tuition money, and simply post it online." This is a Facebook status I woke up to on Thursday. A few problems with this. It costs us about $250 per issue to print the Optimist. Not $800. Also, it ... [Read More…]

I only saw three movies in theaters this summer: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Amazing Spider-Man. Yes, there were plenty of other movies I wanted to see, but I made it a priority to see those three movies. Why? Because I love superhero movies! I love everything about them: the action, the special effects, the themes and the ... [Read More…]

Hello there, it's me, Evan! Once again writing an article for the Optimist. I hope you've been enjoying the comics, even with all the cat references. For those who don't know, ACU is, for some reason, the home to hundreds (or maybe thousands) of stray cats. If you haven't seen them before, they live around and under the art building and Mabee ... [Read More…]

I usually like to think of myself as a pretty rational person- that I have a good amount of common sense and skills of reasoning. That I'm fairly open minded. But that's until I get entirely and dramatically over-defensive about someone insulting maps on the iPhone 5. It's not my fault really. I was raised by an Apple addict. I grew up only using ... [Read More…]

Anybody remember their MySpace profile? You know, the one with the putrid green and magenta background adorned with glittery inspirational quotes and hundreds of animated GIFs that would take ages to load even on today's computers? Yeah, we only wish we could forget. It's was especially hard to forget this week when MySpace launched a two-minute ... [Read More…]

Every day in America huge efforts are being made to preserve the American Dream. But what is this dream exactly? Many individuals would say the American Dream includes the following: the freedom to acquire wealth without it being taken away, the freedom of choice and an equal opportunity to climb the ladder of success. Therefore, the American ... [Read More…]