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Ritualistic behavior discovered in northern hemisphere

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Anthropologists in the northern hemisphere recently discovered the ceremonies of a southern-located population. In their study, they found this particular tribe of people to have practiced and perfected a specific ritual more what they date as almost sixty years. According to records, the ritual engrossed more than 63 percent of the tribe, ... [Read More…]

Basketball ‘bows exchanged for Sing Song bows this weekend

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The Rec remains silent this week; one might even say it is lonely, without the dribbling of basketballs and tears of defeat to keep it company late into these warm winter evenings. In truth, the Rec's older and bigger brother, Moody Coliseum, is stealing all the intramural glory this week with some event everyone seems to be fussing about known ... [Read More…]

SA makes wise choices with smaller budget

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On Wednesday, the Students' Association met to pass a bill for their spring budget. It looked and sounded a lot like last fall's budget meeting, but there were a few differences worth noting. The most significant probably being the size of the budget as a whole. When the SA budget goes down, it usually means enrollment is down. But whatever the ... [Read More…]

Intramurals feature basketball brotherhood

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The first week of intramurals in 2015 has proven absolutely nothing. Honestly, it's far too early to make any predictions, considering only one team has played more than one game. But, in order to stay true to the name of sports journalism, it is my duty to overanalyze and over-report and predict winners and conduct interviews as though the ... [Read More…]

Sex trafficking at Super Bowl used for attention

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If you were in Texas on Sunday, or anywhere in the United States for that matter, you most likely had your behind planted on a stool, couch or lounge chair watching the Super Bowl. I won't lie, I was there. I ate the mini hot dogs and probably consumed more root beer float than humanly possible. We screamed, we shouted and we cried while ... [Read More…]

Wildcats need to reign it in

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A week or two ago, I had spare time on my hands (I know, right?). With this time, I decided to go support our women's basketball team for one of their games. I took a seat among the largest group of ACU fans just behind the backboard. A LYNAY scholarship group was there for some kind of credit. Wildcat Reign, the organization responsible for ... [Read More…]

Here’s to developments bringing more burritos

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Community leaders in Abilene met with officials in the ACU Endowment Office last week to discuss the possibility of developing the northeast side of Abilene. ACU owns a lot of the land sitting over there. About 600 acres of land actually. While it is just waiting there patiently to be developed, building a bunch of suburbs seems peculiar for a ... [Read More…]

Student speech is restricted at SA budget meeting

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The Student's Association cabinet is not allowing student groups to debate at the SA budget meeting this semester. The Student Congress' official Rules of Order does not address students who attend open SA meetings but who are not members of SA. It does not say that they can take the floor, nor that they cannot take the floor. Yet come next ... [Read More…]

According to gym: lessons learned on the hardwood

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We all have those teachable moments in life that we remember forever. I know I've had plenty, and a lot of mine just so happened to have happened in a gym. I've made a little list of a few that I think we can all learn from. 1) When I was in eighth grade, I played volleyball. We were doing a drill in practice in which three of us had to lay ... [Read More…]

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