Four years ago, I walked into a departmental dinner during Welcome Week. I hadn't taken a college class yet, but I was asked to help out writing sports for the Optimist. I had done a little sports writing for my high school newspaper, but I really had no idea what I was doing. I was just thankful for the opportunity to begin doing something I ... [Read More…]
Many lessons learned in four years
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…]
Education can’t lose liberal aspects
Liberal arts colleges were designed to cultivate a habit of critical thinking in students. ACU seems to be making a consistent effort to keep critical thinking engrained in the curriculum for all majors. Yet, if it is necessary for critical thinking to be an element added into new things, like the CORE classes, then that must mean that the rest of ... [Read More…]
Wandering and wondering on foot
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…]
Power of nostalgia keeps retro-game culture alive
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…]
ACU should adopt tablet textbooks
Team 55 mistakenly sent out an email saying the university was considering adopting a policy requiring all students to have an iPad by 2013. And as long as the Mobile Learning Initiative team follows through on the idea, we think this would be a change that benefits students and the future of the university. There are a lot of genuine benefits ... [Read More…]
Classifieds: Lazy college student looking for intern
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…]
A better campus center for a better tomorrow
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…]
Inconsistent weather toys with life
Dearest weather, While we have enjoyed the last year full of snow days spent out of class, sunny days spent in the pool and those few weeks in between of actual, decent weather. It is time to make up your mind. We simply can not take any more of your mother nature inconsistency. You fluctuate daily, if not hourly, leaving us to question the ... [Read More…]
Perkins: Abortion is not as simple as cupcakes
The issue of abortion is one so polarizing in America that many people avoid talking about it. It is equally divisive in the Christian community, where many incorrectly assume that all Christians are "pro-life". First of all, the issue is not as rhetorically simple as "pro-life", and its binary opposite "pro-death". The choice to have an abortion ... [Read More…]
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