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Attendence policy should be re-thought

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Students pay a lot of money to attend ACU. They should have the right to skip class as much as they want. After a late night of homework, watching movies, playing Xbox or staying out with friends, the last thing anyone wants to do is wake up for an early class. At the beginning of the semester it's easy to skip a class here and there. However, as ... [Read More…]

Class attendance policy is helpful

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I respectfully disagree with the rest of the editorial board. Mandatory class attendance is a good thing. I quickly realized in our meeting that I was outnumbered, but I still wanted to share the opposing view. Yes, students (or their parents) pay to go to class, so the argument that they should be able to skip as much as they want holds ... [Read More…]

Stuck on one channel

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"You've got to get yourself together, You've got stuck in a moment, And now you can't get out of it." I chose a major that did not grace me the option to give the TV a breather last week. Monday through Friday, the media was oversaturated and the gravity of the events was inescapable. The Boston marathon bombings led to a marathon of a ... [Read More…]

Kim Jong-un picking unecessary fights

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In 1948, a political disagreement in Korea caused a split between North and South. When the communist regime of the North attempted to conquer the right-wing South, the United Nations, led by the US, stepped in to stop the spread of communism. With hostility, North Korea has resented the intervention ever since. Just as permeable Western culture ... [Read More…]

Letters from a disgruntled American traveler abroad

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To the woman who tried to pickpocket me: When I stepped on that busy metro, I'll admit I took no notice of you. You were pretty unassuming which could've made you effective. And I don't want to be too harsh or critical but you really did blow it. There are some things in life that don't make sense: color blind fashion designers, teachers who hate ... [Read More…]

Sleep more important than study

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It's getting to the end of the school year and stress levels are high. You are struggling to go to classes, you've forgotten you need chapel credits, you have too much homework to do and not enough time. It's getting to the point where many people pull all nighter or stay up to finish homework in preparation for their final exams. But is losing ... [Read More…]

Next step crucial for Students’ Association

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The dust is settling from two long weeks of campaigning and three hard days of voting. There are still random bits of evidence that our student body elected next year's executive officers, but for the most part the campaign material is down and life goes on. For many students the Students' Association returns to being the office in the basement of ... [Read More…]

VP to create an active Congress

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I am very excited about this upcoming year. I feel like Students' Association is in a unique position in that we as an organization have the opportunity to make a huge impact on this campus. As the executive vice president, my job will mainly deal with the internal affairs of the student body, like events and overseeing the congressmen by promoting ... [Read More…]

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