After four years of working for the Optimist and sleeping through classes, and it is time for me to write my last Optimist column and graduate. ACU has been good to me. I've learned a lot in classes and even more working for the Optimist. Faculty members have let me barge into their offices with inane questions and have invited me into their ... [Read More…]

I thought I would walk to downtown Abilene from my house. My house is about a mile from campus, next to the Riatta Ranch Apartments. It took a long time to get to the Paramount Theater. It was about 1:30 in the morning when I started out, and 3:00 in the morning when I finally got back home. People are pretty slow without cars. It was strange to ... [Read More…]

In today's forward-thinking world of technology, it's always out with the old and in with the new, and this is a good thing. Technology and its progress impacts and enhances our world in more ways than we realize, or will realize. But a certain amount of press must be given to yesterday's technology: the previous model, the old medium, or the idea ... [Read More…]

Description: I am looking for a hardworking, self-motivated student to serve as a Classwork Intern during Fall 2012 and assist in classwork and homework from the 16 hours of classes I will be taking. Classes will cover a range of subjects and intern will be expected to spend 3-5 hours each night on homework. Required experience: The ideal ... [Read More…]

Isn't the Campus Center great? It's got the Food Court, Campus Store, mailboxes, the WORLD FAMOUS Bean, random couches and tables making great obstacle courses, and of course, those nice LCD TVs that you can never hear. Oh, and that random "Living Room" that doesn't do anything. I'm not complaining. But even the best campus centers can use ... [Read More…]

My iTunes account was recently hacked. How it happened, I don't know. It doesn't matter. I knew I had to take action when my account password and security questions stopped working along with various bills for apps I didn't buy started appearing in my inbox. Getting the fraudulent charges removed was the easiest part of this experience: I just ... [Read More…]

An uprising of causes has taken our nation by storm. In the consumer world, everywhere we turn there are new social issues that products are dedicated to helping. The trend is especially prevalent on college campuses where every other student is sporting some form or another of non-profit merchandise. Despite growing popularity of cause-based ... [Read More…]

For most of you, it's registration time. The time every semester when students of a certain classification camp out in front of their computers, as if waiting for a Justin Bieber concert, to be the first into myACU to register for the next semester's classes. Even if you manage to get past the login screen, registration is a daunting task as you ... [Read More…]