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Quarter system offers alternative schedule

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By Tanner Knauth, Page Editor This semester has been a grueling 15 weeks, but now students can see a light at the end of the finals week tunnel. The semester is a marathon, but what if you are a sprinter? This summer, ACU will offer shorter summer sessions. Instead of the traditional five-week summer sessions, students now can take three-week ... [Read More…]

Graduates may face career climate with optimism

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By Ryan Self, Student Reporter It is a time of celebration. Graduation: when those of us who finally have finished their college career walk onto the stage as students and leave the stage as alumni. It is a time to remember, to take pride in an enormous accomplishment. But for many, it is a time of great fear. The ACU graduating class of 2009 ... [Read More…]

Miss USA should represent majority values

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By Sommerly Simser, Multimedia Managing Editor Read Comments A beauty queen has been, for the most part, regarded as a woman of character, intelligence and confidence, not to mention stunningly beautiful inside and out. But that image is slowly disappearing because of the focus of one of today's most popular pageant systems. During the past five ... [Read More…]

Life’s problems require unorthodox thinking

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By Tanner Anderson, Page Editor Some president famously once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." Well, my fellow Wildcats, after months of pontificating and weeks of scouring through dictionaries to find out what the word pontificating even means, here are some options that will hopefully do ... [Read More…]

Optional Chapel offers superior experience

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My freshmen year, I probably would have sharply disagreed with you about Chapel being optional, but 3 years of being subjected to day after day of childish behavior and blatant disrespect for this school, the students of this school and the beliefs both hold has brought me to this frustrated solution. I agree, Chapel should be mandatory, but not ... [Read More…]

Social club rushes offer opportunity to develop opinions

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It is that time of the year again. Time to see the colorful jerseys and logos strutting around campus. Time to take advantage of free food and activities and meet new people along the way. But more than anything, time to find out what social clubs are all about. Social clubs are a longstanding tradition at ACU, approaching nearly 100 years in ... [Read More…]

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