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Letter: Reminder to save water

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By Cheyenne Barry, freshman accounting major from Henrietta, Tommy Lininger, sophomore criminal justice major from Sacramento, Calif. and Danqing Zhu, freshman international studies major from Fauzhou, China. We would like to send out a friendly reminder to all ACU faculty and students to conserve as much water as possible. The water supply here ... [Read More…]

From the desk of the president: SA leadership is a lifestyle

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By Dylan Benac, SA president For 90 years, the Students' Association has been advocating and representing the student body here on the ACU campus. For two of those 90 years, I have had the pleasure to serve in a roll high up in the executive cabinet. In my time as vice president and as president of the Students' Association, there is one key ... [Read More…]

SA officer endorsements: Sanderson for president

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Sanderson has been a part of the Students' Association for the past three years. During that time he has served as the Mabee Hall, Edwards Hall and off-campus representative. His past experience and specific goals have led us to endorse him for president. Sanderson's leadership skills and interaction with numerous student groups qualify him ... [Read More…]

SA officer endorsements: Carter for vice president

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We have chosen to endorse Beau Carter , sophomore political science major from Farmers Branch, for executive vice president whose duty is to manage events and maintain interpersonal relationships within the Students' Association Congress. Passion is what drives Carter - passion to give the students of ACU a voice. He plans to do this by making ... [Read More…]

SA officer endorsements: Tate for treasurer

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Last year, The Students' Association Treasurer J.P. Ralston made big promises to improve SA's overall spending. And he did good. But Andrew Tate, junior biology major from Abilene, wants to continue Ralston's promise, but do even better. If elected, Tate made it his goal to spend 95 percent of the SA budget, holding student groups accountable to ... [Read More…]

MH370: Passengers are lost but not forgotten

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On March 8, 227 passengers and 12 crew members of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport, bound for Beijing on its six-hour flight. But none of the 239 aboard the flight arrived on schedule. An hour into the flight, contact was lost and the aircraft disappeared. And 25 days later, the whereabouts of the ... [Read More…]

What that Buzzfeed quiz actually says about you

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Are you left or right brained? Which Frozen character are you? ISTJ? Myers-Briggs? Wait, who is Carl Jung? Are you just a Hagrid in a Hermione world? If you haven't noticed the Buzzfeed quizzes plaguing your Facebook timeline as of late, you've at least had your share of personality tests doled out by past middle school teachers or camp ... [Read More…]

Busyness does not equal happiness

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When I walk across campus and ask people how they are, the overwhelming answer is a sigh followed by one word - busy. We're college students. We have to be constantly busy, otherwise we're not doing something right. We fill our days and our lives with intramurals, clubs, jobs and homework. We take pride in not getting enough sleep and not being ... [Read More…]

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