Sometimes my life is a TV sitcom. Family-friendly comedies constructed my middle-class childhood, but they were nothing like the ones that air new episodes today. The shows that remind me most of my own life are not the ones with all the mainstream glitz and glamour. Like sitcoms, family reunions have brought out the best and worst of us. I'll ... [Read More…]
Mediated chats don’t build bonds
Here at ACU, we are among the leaders of a mobile initiative. Students walk around campus with their head down, eyes glued to their phones, with no awareness of where they are going as they narrowly miss getting hit by an oncoming bike or as they trip on one of the many uneven sidewalk ledges. If it's not a phone that has captured their ... [Read More…]
Pledging not worth blind allegiance
As people we have an intense desire to belong and an insatiable need to justify our actions. We love even the things that make us suffer because of that longing. Our desire to belong leads us to do crazy, painful and sometimes stupid things so our friends won't shun us. This is peer pressure, that need to think our actions are not wasted or out of ... [Read More…]
Save Dead Day
"Oh Dear, Christian College" - by Ben Miller Save Dead Day September 30, 2011 Go to the "Oh Dear, Christian College" Gallery ... [Read More…]
Multi-tasking boosts self-importance
I can't do it. I just can't. It would've been pretty dang funny, though. In my last column, I was debating what to write about for this column. But I am dating someone now (sorry ladies, I know the above face is irresistibly sexy), meaning everything I would've said about girlfriends has since become irrelevant and basically illegal for me to ... [Read More…]
Perkins: Social Clubs spawn juvenility
One of the benefits of coming to college is being in a community of adults. A place where everyone treats everyone else like an equal, and for the most part the cliques and "cool kids" of high school disappear. Yet, with the start of another pledging year some of the disturbing parts of high school social hierarchy are making a debut on ACU's ... [Read More…]
Cyber shopping proves a slippery slope
The internet is one of the defining tools of our generation. For years now it has helped people to learn, communicate and view their friends summer vacation pictures from 2007. But the world wide web brings many dangers to our screens. Online games let you put bullets in a zombie's cerebrum or lose $1,200 to a 15-year-old in Blackjack. There is ... [Read More…]
Finals proposal threaten dead day
The university is considering expanding the finals schedule to a full week instead of the current four-day arrangement. The Monday break students fondly call dead day is on the chopping block. The proposed schedule allows a full two hours for each testing period, increases the break between exams to 30 minutes and adds an hour break each day for ... [Read More…]
Chapel cartoon not intended to offend
A picture's worth a thousand words, but which words a picture is worth will always depend on interpretation. Viewpoints vary from person to person, sometimes with humorous results. Sometimes hurtful results. I am sorry for the confusion. I am sorry for the distress the image caused. I am most sorry for the controversy and stress that has come to ... [Read More…]
Kirby: Moore cartoon supports stereotypes
I am writing in response to the editorial cartoon, "Chapel Singing," published in the Sept. 14 edition of the Optimist. That the cartoon confuses and offends (with its depiction of Dr. Steven Moore removing his white mask), often at the same time, is evidence that it should never have been printed. Yet it was. And since ACU is a leader in mobile ... [Read More…]
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