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Curb your complaints

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Who invented speed bumps? Perhaps more importantly, did they have any friends? Driving up to Morris Hall after my move back to Abilene a few weeks ago, I remembered one of the only downsides to my favorite campus dorm: the speed bumps. I lived in Morris last year as a resident and serve as a resident assistant this year. I love having a living ... [Read More…]

Editorial: Town hall meetings offer voice to students

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Republican Randy Neugebauer gave voters a chance to speak their minds at a town hall-style meeting Monday afternoon at McMurry University. Unlike Sen. Arlen Specter and other senators who have withstood verbal blitzkriegs, Neugebauer was on friendly turf. To no one's surprise, health care and health care reform dominated the forums discussion; and ... [Read More…]

Optimism in job offers true joy

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I got my first job the summer before my freshman year of high school. It was the first time I'd ever done anything in a non-babysitting-related capacity, so I was stoked. Until I discovered the position was as an "administrative assistant" for a Certified Public Accountant. Yawn. Our families went to church together, and somehow, it got out I ... [Read More…]

Obama buzz wearing off quickly

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The front-page headline of the June 5, 2009, Irish Times proudly proclaims, "US president delivers landmark speech in Egypt." This is a strange choice for an Irish newspaper, considering that the United Kingdom's prime minister, Gordon Brown, is facing a mounting crisis and a cabinet deserting him and calling for his resignation. Despite the ... [Read More…]

New year calls for new perspective

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Only God knows the number of films and books based on one, simple concept: the ability to know what is going to happen before it happens. The mere thought ignites our imagination and questions spiral out of control: What if I could see the future? Could I win the lottery? Could I be an outlaw? How would they stop me?  Would I be responsible for ... [Read More…]

Freshman year escapades inspire reflection

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief The driver simultaneously switched the headlights off and cut the engine of his Toyota 4Runner. Squeezed between two friends in the backseat, I reached back to the trunk and dipped my hand into the mountain of water balloons stacked inside a plastic tub. We passed around the watery weapons and quietly crept ... [Read More…]

Optimal college experience requires expanding horizons

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By Michael Freeman, Managing Editor I hated my experience at ACU. But not in the way you may have immediately assumed. Sure, I grew to loathe several facets of ACU life during my four years here.like 8 a.m. classes, dorm visitation rules, pompous attitudes from social club members, curfews, required meal plans that cheated you out of your money, ... [Read More…]

Apathy impedes experiencing optimal fulfillment

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By Laura Acuff, Opinion Editor Silence comes with mixed reviews. Struck with a heaping dose of writer's block before this last column of the year, I filtered through Web site pages of famous quotations about the subject as I contemplated the fact that I already was 11 hours past my deadline and still had written nothing. Opinions seemed divided ... [Read More…]

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