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Excessive parental support stunts growth

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By Molly Byrd, Assistant Copy Editor A frantic phone call to mom or dad cannot always be what you rely on to get yourself out of a bind. If you are constantly depending on others to do everything for you, how will you ever learn independence? It is pitiful when parents hand their children every little thing their hearts desire because they will ... [Read More…]

Tuition hike necessitates administrative transparency

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By Tanner Knauth, Page Editor ACU has decided to raise tuition, a trend since the 1990-91 school year, to $630 an hour. I do not begrudge ACU for raising tuition; it is simply the price of doing business. However, in light of today's economy, I am more interested in what exactly my money is getting me. ACU needs to be completely transparent on ... [Read More…]

Rechartered Trojans offer alternative experience

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No pain, no entry. The words headlined the Optimist's front-page coverage of fall pledging and are true for almost every social club on campus - every club but Trojans, that is. Because of a lack of familiarity, Trojans rechartered last September without causing much of a stir. The "hoods" - sisterhood and brotherhood - seem to be among the most ... [Read More…]

Body image undergoes refreshing makeover

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By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor Never ask a woman her weight. I heard this saying so many times in my life that I believed the mindset behind it. Women struggle with body image; how can we not? We see the idealized version of women on the television, Internet and our favorite magazines. We see fans flock to Hollywood actresses who weigh about ... [Read More…]

Inspiration powers future success

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By Tanner Anderson, Page Editor After days of contemplating where I will go after graduation and how I will succeed in this economic rough patch, there is a na've voice inside my mind that wishes me to pass on a simple statement: the loss of inspiration and the fear of pursuing a dream is the destruction of success. At times it may seem we are ... [Read More…]

Impeachment proceedings inappropriately malign

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As a personal friend of Daniel Paul Watkins, I feel like I should mention a couple things about the stories that have been present. First of all, D.P. Watkins has been accused of several "crimes" but the reporting has failed to go into detail about the crimes, and several people have asked about the exact crimes. Being late for meetings with a ... [Read More…]

Actions shroud SA Congress in secrecy

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Editor in Chief Read Comments Don't believe the old saying - silence is seldom golden. But based upon the secrecy and closed lips of the majority of the Students' Association Congress members during and after the impeachment of former SA President Daniel Paul Watkins, our campus leaders must be drinking the cliché ... [Read More…]

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