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Selecting student body leaders matters

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Though the Students' Association and the Optimist editorial board often clash, we recognize the importance of student leadership on campus. Student leaders exist in many forms on campus, but our elected officials have a significant amount of power and influence built into their offices. This makes them subject to - and deserving of - more scrutiny ... [Read More…]

Vice President Endorsement: Dylan Benec

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Dylan Benac, junior political science major from Boerne Dylan Benac, wants to make SA great. He impressed us all year with his involvement in SA Congress meetings and the quality of the events he was involved with planning, and interviewing him as the candidate for the office of vice president only improved our view of him. There isn't a better ... [Read More…]

Treasurer Endorsement: Joseph Austin

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Joseph Austin, junior accounting and pre-law major from Houston Joseph Austin knows finance. He knows how to allocate, save and get the most out of money. Though he doesn't have previous experience working for SA Congress, he has been on the asking end of the SA budget process as Spring Break Campaign Committee Treasurer. And his lack of ... [Read More…]

President Endorsement: Rebecca Dial

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Rebecca Dial, junior political science and financial management major from South Carolina Rebecca Dial has ideas that would benefit SA Congress and the student body, but a lot of people have ideas. But Dial also has the wherewithal to make her ideas a reality. She is a motivated leader and her experience influences her vision of where she should ... [Read More…]

Camp: Clash of the Dodgeball Titans

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By Jon "Pink Slime" Camp Fair Melpomene, Sing of our ferocious dodgeball madness, Recount our undergrad slaughter. Set to purpose my pen to greatness, As I make the millennials shudder. For on the barren plain of Gym A, We find our hero McCracken. He is our Maximus, indeed, Doctore! For whom we will leave all else beaten. Surrounded is he ... [Read More…]

Best Texas beaches are in Florida

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I'd never been to a Texas beach before last week. Myself and 12 other Optimist staff and advisers went to the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference in Corpus Christi for a few days. At the convention we participated in on-site competitions as well as listened to lectures (well, some of us did anyway) and accepted seemingly thousands ... [Read More…]

CORE changes good, may not be enough

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The faculty voted to change the CORE curriculum last month after student reaction to the curriculum was more negative than hoped. The changes condense the required hours from 12 to nine and changed the required Bible courses slightly. Two CORE classes will now be one class, and another CORE course will be consolidated with a two-hour Bible class. ... [Read More…]

Provost could stabilize unsteady admin

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ACU's upper ranks include an Interim Provost and after this semester will include an Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, an Interim Dean of the College of Biblical Studies and an Interim Dean of the College of Education and Human Studies. For anyone keeping score at home, this means ACU's chief academic officer and three of the four ... [Read More…]

Socially aware Christians blind to own surroundings

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As middle-upper class, Christian Americans, one of our most important jobs in life is raising awareness. More important than reaching a spiritual awakening, letting people know you're volunteering or doing any actual, real work is the call to put our trust fund checks and free time during the weekend towards letting people know that certain things ... [Read More…]

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