More than 150 students signed into ACU College Republicans chapel to get a Quest credit on Monday. Yet the room itself could only hold about 40 people and less than half of those who signed into the event stayed for the entire meeting. Why did this happen? Well, some students returned from Thanksgiving break to find they still had many Spiritual ... [Read More…]

The Issue Some believe that "America First" is all that matters. Our Take America is only as good as its allies. President Trump embarked on a 12 day tour of Asia earlier this month to strengthen alliances in the region. The international community was hoping many questions in foreign policy would be answered, yet many are still wondering ... [Read More…]

The Issue Students are frustrated about getting enough Chapel credits, and they are disrespecting Chapel speakers. Our Take Although students need to respect university requirements, it may be time for the university to bring the 55-credit requirement down and start respecting students needs as well. Women’s basketball coach Julie ... [Read More…]

The American legal system is founded on the principle that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. This was a novel idea at America's founding and would be seen as a ridiculous concept in some parts of the world to this day. We must not take "innocent until proven guilty" for granted. It is the bedrock of granting judicial fairness to the ... [Read More…]

This week we jumped on the Twitter trend with our own "First of all" Tweet. The trend involves responding to someone sarcastically by saying "First of all," then offering only one response point. We tweeted: The Optimist made another typo. First of all, we're a student run newspaper. In a world of fake news and biased journalism, we realize that ... [Read More…]

Hello, freshmen. You’ve survived your first month of college. As you celebrate Freshman Follies, we want to give you a list of follies you shouldn’t do this year. These are all things we upperclassmen have experienced, and we want you to learn from our mistakes.  Don’t wait to get your Chapel credits. If you go everyday for the first half of the ... [Read More…]

The weekend we’ve been waiting for is finally here. For the first time since 1958, our football team will play on campus. Texans and non-Texans alike prepare for the all the pomp and circumstance that comes with football. But not every student is happy about the hype. We challenge the student body to give the stadium a chance, at least for a ... [Read More…]

RATED R Haley Remenar What SA does: Freshmen in SA Congress typically think they are going to do great things for the student body, but they soon realize the bulk of their job involves long meetings, voting on wordy bills and helping plan overrated events. Meanwhile, upperclassmen in business or political science realize SA Congress allows ... [Read More…]