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Chapel survey calls for more female involvement

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The university must examine the role women play in Chapel, bearing in mind Chapel's purpose and the goals of the 21st Century Vision. A comprehensive look ought to establish better uniformity, eliminating the alienation students have accused Chapel of causing in the past. Now, the Chapel office defines women's roles based on the Church of Christ ... [Read More…]

Alumnus won’t relent in struggle for justice

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By Daniel Johnson-Kim, Sports Editor If every syllabus I got this week isn't lying, and the mission of the university is "to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world," Rep. Ted Poe should be ACU's poster child. While the media wastes our time with breaking news on Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton's fake crying, ... [Read More…]

21st Century Vision benefits students, campus

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By 2020, ACU will become the premier university in Christ-centered education. At least, that's what the 21st Century Vision states as its primary objective and lists the ways that ACU hopes to achieve that goal. The vision aims to make ACU a better university academically, spiritually and physically and contains four imperatives, said executive ... [Read More…]

Illegal downloads cheat music industry

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Illegal downloaders do create victims. Jammie Thomas did and now must pay them - the copyright owners and record label companies - more than $9,000 a piece for only 24 songs she downloaded. Now, young users of music find that difficult to swallow. Thomas' lawsuit is the first of its type to go to trial, according to a CBS News story. Six record ... [Read More…]

Using food for reward teaches bad habits

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By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor I might owe a healthy pallet to delicious milk chocolate M&M's, but I also owe an expectation of rewards to that same package. As a little girl, I avidly sucked my thumb, which lead my exasperated mother to set up the "M&M system," in which I was awarded a certain amount of the chocolate candies for each day I did ... [Read More…]

Don’t take the red and green out of Christmas

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In the tree spirit of the holidays, citizens of Fort Collins, Colo., aimed to give residents the gift of political corrections - and sought to purge the city of its offensive traditional holiday red and green lights. The proposed move stemmed from the city's Holiday Display Task Force's recommendation, which clearly focused on the essentials ... [Read More…]

Putting other people’s needs first keeps life interesting

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By Denton Josey, Features Editor Hell is other people. That was the opinion of French philosoper Jean-Paul Sartre, but I disagree. After thinking about it some, I believe living without other people would be much worse. Recently in my Bible class, the professor told us to respond to a situation. He asked us to imagine living in the early 1400s ... [Read More…]

Christians can learn from atheist Sunday school curriculum

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By Jared Fields, Editor in Chief Go to a Sunday school class around Abilene and notice the curriculum. Depending on the age group, you will learn stories or study the Bible. However, in Palo Alto, Calif., a different kind of Sunday school class has begun. It's a class for atheists. A recent Time magazine article says groups such as the one in ... [Read More…]

Say thanks through service this holiday season

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"Thank you" drops from our mouths like leaves from trees during Thanksgiving, and this nation's day of thanks has morphed into a commercialized beast with all the trimmings. We spend our "thankful" days off with a stomach full of turkey and sleeping or catching up on homework, while the forgotten and homeless go hungry on the streets of our ... [Read More…]

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