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Keeping traditions: A letter to freshmen

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It's the start of another new school year, and there are plenty of bright-eyed and eager new faces walking these hallowed halls. While the university tries to impart as much wisdom as it can on freshmen during Welcome Week, certain details always seem to fall through the cracks. ACU is all about traditions. You've already experienced the ... [Read More…]

My elbow, the moon and kickball

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Beginning a new school year and learning the ropes as the new editor of the Optimist has been a very humbling experience for me. In times like these, you find out exactly how much you don't know. You get lost and show up to the wrong classroom. You forget to respond to your name when attendance is called. You can't find a seat in Chapel. It's ... [Read More…]

Real life is not like TV

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Everyone has a television series they keep up with on a regular basis. Some people even have multiple shows they eagerly tune in to weekly. The genres of these shows vary. Some people are addicted to action-packed crime dramas. Others prefer comedies or sitcoms. Reality TV is always popular. Science fiction programs are entertaining for those ... [Read More…]

The importance of Opinion

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What makes the Opinion Page so different from the other pages of the newspaper? While the rest of the paper deals in facts, this page allows members of the Optimist staff to provide their opinions about issues to which the audience can relate. The written products and cartoons published here are the works of the Editorial Board, a ... [Read More…]

A letter to the broken-hearted

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Our little community has certainly had its fair share of heartache over the past two years. Experiencing so much loss in such a short span of time is taking its toll on this family. In times like these, our humanity becomes very real. We are reminded that, though we are young, we are not invincible. We do not have super powers. Our lives are ... [Read More…]

The ebb and flow of time in Wildcat Nation

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Life is all about change. The familiar is comfortable though, like a warm blanket keeping the cold uncertainty of life at bay. Yet change is one of humanity's most important characteristics. The ability to reinvent one's self, the opportunity to strike out and do something completely new is the most formative force in life. Change, good and bad, ... [Read More…]

Some final thoughts from our fearless leader

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I graduate from college in a week. And it seems like only three years I was graduating from high school. The Nostalgia Effect I may have had a shorter stay at ACU than most, but that doesn't mean I'm not sad to be leaving my dear Christian College, nor does it mean I haven't acquired any outstanding memories along the way: Watching every episode ... [Read More…]

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