Welcome back to school! Whether today is your first day of college or your twenty fifth year working here, thank you for picking up the newspaper and at least glancing at the following pages. In the future, this space will be used to discuss various topics and ideas, like the issue box included at the beginning. But today, I wanted to take a ... [Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Science, objective truth, and democracy at stake in ‘bathroom bill’ fight
By Adam Nettina Aside from egregiously misrepresenting the concern many people have over the issues created by the so-called "bathroom-bills," Mercedez Hernandez has shown a fundamental disregard and contempt for the real problem of allowing individuals to use a public restroom of their non-biological gender. It is not only an issue that opens up ... [Read More…]
Conversations need to be started about LGBT students
The Board of Trustees has released a framework for a task force created by the university administration intended to help it in the process of evaluating the university' sexual stewardship code. The reevaluations come as a reaction to the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case of July 2015 that federally required each state to recognize ... [Read More…]
Transgender rights can’t be ignored
After the civil rights movement of the 1960s, it is often thought the fight for equal rights was won a long time ago. But for transgender Americans, the fight for those rights is an uphill battle. Only 18 states have laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity, and out of the remaining states that have no such protections, a few ... [Read More…]
To my future employers: pick me, pick me
As I look back on my time here at ACU and working on the Optimist, I can't help but get sentimental. Sure, that might be the pre-finals sleep deprivation getting to me, but I am so blessed with all the life skills I've acquired through my time as editor. I can't wait to share my talents with my future employers and with the world, but I'll give you ... [Read More…]
University is right to focus on retention, but will central advising help?
The university is making plans to centralize its advising system that will take advisers out of various departments and colleges and put them in a single location. Advisers will be housed under enrollment and marketing beginning in August. University officials say it will allow advisors to take advantage of new software called Degree Works to ... [Read More…]
ACU Athletics lacks transparency needed for Div. I reputation
A lot of students, faculty and alumni had an opinion when they found out head track and field and cross country coach Keith Barnier was relieved of duties and would not return after three years with the university. Some thought it was a justified move. Others thought it was madness. Based on our responsibility as media to function as watchdogs, ... [Read More…]
Athletics release of Barnier raises several eyebrows, and it should
Less than 48 hours after our track and field team dominated at its annual Wes Kittley Invitational, head coach Keith Barnier was relieved of his duties, effective immediately, according to director of athletics Lee De Leon. Three years ago, when Barnier arrived at Abilene, he was tasked with carrying a legendary track and field team through a ... [Read More…]
Move to central advising system may not be best for all
The university's Senior Leadership Team recently proposed that academic advising move away from the department-specific advising system to a central advising center. Such a sweeping change would have a huge impact on students and faculty and this sort of change should be carefully considered and discussed across campus before being enacted. Whether ... [Read More…]
Panama Papers illuminate international issue
Just days ago, a massive leak of documents, titled the Panama Papers, exposed the way the world's richest utilize tax havens to hide their money and evade taxes. The leak was the largest in history, consisting of 11.5 million documents from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. The 2,600 gigabytes of files detail how Mossack Fonseca allegedly ... [Read More…]
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