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Letter to the editor: SA still a value to students despite less student involvement

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The Optimist Editorial Board thinks that the best leaders on our campus "have better places to be" than the ACU Students' Association. We disagree. SA is blessed with the unique opportunity to serve the entire student body in a multitude of ways. Most importantly, SA serves as the voice of the student body to both the University administration and ... [Read More…]

Is our right to free speech getting weaker?

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Famous designers Domenico Dolce and Steffano Gabbana made headlines last week when they made a public statement saying they opposed child adoptions by gay couples. The statement confused many because both men are gay. "We oppose gay adoptions," the designers said in Italian magazine Panorama. "The only family is the traditional one. No chemical ... [Read More…]

SA candidates need competitors

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It's really unfortunate that there is only one candidate for both the SA presidential and vice presidential races this year. Beau Carter is running unopposed for president, and Caleb Orr is running unopposed for vice president, but this year's ballot box says more about how the ACU student body has changed than it does the candidates ... [Read More…]

Local attention from ISIS points to Dyess Air Force Base

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Abilene, the not-so-small small town of West Texas, populated by about 120,000 people. Abilene, where students complain nothing ever happens, and, well, nothing ever happens. Based on this perspective, it's hard to think anyone would ever target Abilene for anything - concerts, fairs or malicious acts included, which is why it was so hard to ... [Read More…]

Sprint-ing to the Verizon store

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It was the first Saturday of spring break and I was looking forward to heading back home for a relaxing weekend on the coast. I load my car, fill the tank and begin my drive. The drive to Corpus Christi takes about six and a half hours to complete. I pass through a few podunk towns, and then I reach the stretch of the drive that is two hours of ... [Read More…]

Choose your own adventure: Summer edition

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The air is getting warmer. Mosquitoes are surfacing in swarms. Summer is near. You have roughly eight weeks to figure what you're doing this summer, so you: A. Decide you have so much time, you'll figure it out later. But wait, 20 of the 22 students in your 10 a.m. have an internship already. What are you doing with your life? B. ... [Read More…]

Choose your own adventure: Job interview edition

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It's the day of the big interview. You have an hour before you need to leave, so you: A. Take a nap. You don't need to set an alarm. You'll wake up in time, but NOW YOU'RE AN HOUR LATE. B. Trim your bangs just a little to make yourself look more professional. But then you end up with a bowl cut that makes you look like member of The Beatles. ... [Read More…]

The future induces a quarter-life crisis

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I'm 20 years old, and I have no idea what I'm doing with my life. This, my friends, is a quarter-life crisis. What is a quarter-life crisis you ask? Well, it's kind of like a mid-life crisis but 20 years premature. Instead of realizing your mortality in life, you realize your mortality as a student. You start to question what you're going to ... [Read More…]

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