By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief "The newspapers! Sir, they are the most villainous-licentious-abominable-infernal-Not that I ever read them-No-I make it a rule never to look into a newspaper." -The Critic (1779), by Richard Brinsley Sheridan A young, scared freshman who had never taken a journalism class in his life sat on the floor in an ... [Read More…]
Staff ranks top 10 stories
At the end of each year, we tend to reflect. In academia, where so many things already defy conventions, we look back at a "year" that in fact began only nine months ago and bridges two calendar years. Nonetheless, after surveying the staff and the front pages of our 52 issues to date, we determined the Top 10 news stories of the 2003-04 school ... [Read More…]
We thank you for years of service
ACU will lose the faithful service of many when this semester ends next week. Instructors, coaches and hard-working personnel will retire, some after decades of service to this institution. Their years of expertise and love for students made ACU what it now is, and our campus will miss them greatly-and probably call on them for assistance in years ... [Read More…]
Column As I Saw ‘Em: If I had a dollar for every…
By Steve Holt, Opinion Editor My dad taught me a game that his mom taught him when he was a kid. It's called "If I had a dollar." It goes something like this: If I had a dollar ... * ... for every time I asked head track and field coach Jon Murray, "How did you feel about our athletes' performances this weekend?" * ... every time someone left ... [Read More…]
“The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.” – Edmund Burke, Parliament member, colonial sympathizer, 1775
In tragic times, leaders must choose between allowing freedom or succumbing to fear. This month, we have remembered tragedy after tragedy where an extremist minority has attempted to impose its fanatic will upon an institution. Columbine. Oklahoma City. Waco. America values freedom. The Constitution would be a relic today had not its authors ... [Read More…]
Top five college moments
By Kyle Peveto, Opinion Editor Column Schmolumn I haven't given much thought to graduation. I haven't boxed up any stuff or cleaned my amazingly filthy home. I guess I suffer from denial about actually leaving. Maybe I fear jinxing it. Like the second I mention it I'll find out I failed some class and I'll be back here. After spending five ... [Read More…]
A sportswriter voices his regrets
By Joel Weckerly, Sports Editor Weck's World "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth..." Perhaps the immortalized words uttered by Lou Gehrig in his 1939 farewell speech aren't appropriate for my use. Yet somehow, the Iron Horse's sound-byte doesn't cease to inspire me 65 years later in this, my farewell ... [Read More…]
Protect the government’s checks
Rep. Ron Lewis, R-Ky., introduced legislation to allow Congress by two-thirds vote to override U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The Congressional Accountability for Judicial Activism Act, or H.R. 3920, was created "in an effort to redress recent cases of activist judicial rulings," according to a House of Representatives press release. This Act ... [Read More…]
Letter from the Editor: SA, paper have healthy conflict
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The editorial reads like something we've written lately. "The SA Constitution is not just a piece of paper," the Optimist opined 15 years ago. "The SA's latest blatant disregard of its Constitution," etc. etc. etc. In the 1988 executive officer elections, the president staffed the election booth with Senate ... [Read More…]
9/11 panel shouldn’t scapegoat
Government officials have an opportunity now with the Sept. 11, 2001, commission to look back on the events leading up to the terrorist attacks to learn what went wrong and how to prevent such oversight from happening again. However, the commission has turned from learning opportunity into election-year politics and a thinly veiled guise for ... [Read More…]
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