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Letter to the Editor: Football should be merciful

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By Alyssa Johnson, sophomore English major from Claude. Someone once said "All's fair in love and war." For many, football is a passion deeper than many other loves, and to the casual observer, its semblance to war is uncanny.  However, any time one team ends the game with 78 more points than the other seems to me rather unfair. One of the many ... [Read More…]

Letter to the Editor: Football should be merciful

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By Alyssa Johnson, sophomore English major from Claude. Someone once said "All's fair in love and war." For many, football is a passion deeper than many other loves, and to the casual observer, its semblance to war is uncanny. However, any time one team ends the game with 78 more points than the other seems to me rather unfair. One of the ... [Read More…]

Audiences should refocus their attention

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Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Bynes are well known for a number of catchy songs and classic movies. But more recently their fame, or infamy, has come from the tabloids reporting their all too familiar scandals. A fairly new target of public ridicule and obsession is Miley Cyrus. After her performance at the VMAs, there's no arguing ... [Read More…]

Fool-proof tips for getting the girl

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It's a new school year full of fresh faces. You know what that means: new relationships will be popping up like wildflowers. All of the single kids are on the prowl, looking to get some "ring by spring" action. For those of us that didn't find our soul mates during Welcome Week (I'm talking to you, attached-at-the-hip, head-over-heels-in-love ... [Read More…]

Observations from an MK

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Being a missionary kid from Thailand, I'm the new kid on the ACU block, or maybe the U.S.A. block in general. Watching college students walk about their daily lives is fascinating. I've been watching communities grow, students "work" and couples pair up faster than their walk to class. Even with so much new culture for me to absorb, I can't ... [Read More…]

For the sake of spirit, it’s a matter of pride

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Wildcat football will make its season debut tomorrow evening, donning their new Div. I standing, new uniforms and hopefully, a different student body of supporters. Cheerleaders are having to work overtime for a school spirit overhaul, trying to raise a brio barometer currently at a dwarfan degree. Before the semester started, the Big Purple ... [Read More…]

Court’s decision tramples a basic American right

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The New Mexico Supreme Court ruled last week that a Christian photographer could not decline to do business with a lesbian couple who wanted their wedding photographed. In 2006 this photographer expressed that because of her religious beliefs she only photographs traditional weddings. The same-sex couple filed a complaint with the New Mexico ... [Read More…]

The downfall of mission trips

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Emphasizing missions and evangelism has become a recent trend in modern Christianity. While these are both great things and basic foundations of the Christian faith, mission trips often become more about the people serving than the people being served. So why do Christians go on short term missions trips? It is easy for evangelical ... [Read More…]

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