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Diversity should be introduced to food court

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If you've been to the Campus Center lately, you may have heard the rumors of change. Students have been walking around asking others to take a one-question survey centering on the preference of cuisine in the food court. Essentially, the question asks what we as students would like to see in place of the current Pizza Hut: another Pizza Hut, a ... [Read More…]

Friends, guilt and tough choices

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Now bear with me. This one's a little haphazard. A few nights ago, I was hanging out with Group A of friends. My Group A met with Group B of friends and we all hung out. Group B realized that Group A had the potential of being involved in sketchy activities because of Group A's questionable morals. Group B, knowing I was oblivious to what was ... [Read More…]

In the name of womancipation

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It started a year and a half ago in a salon, staring up into a petite Asian woman's face. She had just finished using a piece of cloth to rip scalding wax off my face when I had an epiphany. My face stung, my eyes watered and it occurred to me that I didn't really care what my eyebrows looked like. Everyone else has to look at them a lot more ... [Read More…]

Why the anti-heroes are stealing the show

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Some critics have labeled Breaking Bad as the greatest television show ever made. The show's protagonist is a high-school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with lung cancer and begins manufacturing crystal meth in order to provide for his family's future. Though he resorts to a law-breaking career, the show's enormous audience wants to see him ... [Read More…]

On the road, again

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Everybody needs to hit the road. I don't mean that in a rude way, but more as a matter-of-fact. Being from California, one of the states that's too close to fly but still wretched by car, I've been on my fair share of road trips. Even before I got to ACU and my parents told me they could rarely fly me home, I drove around several states almost ... [Read More…]

The athletes of Team B-I-B-L-E

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I've felt cheated while watching the 2014 Sochi Games. I don't remember "Olympic athlete" offered as an option on Career Day. In turn, I sit couch-sprawled and bitter at dreams never to be. But in my brooding, I've thought of athletes who will also go unglorified. With the lack of electric transportation and digital eases, I have to believe the ... [Read More…]

How to wow the crowds with new stadium

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For $1.6 billion, the world's most expensive sports stadium could be ours. Home to the New York Giants and New York Jets, MetLife Stadium is the essence of luxury. And while ACU has a humble budget in comparison, $30 million is one large chunk of change. We aren't expecting MetLife, but we have some suggestions for what would really wow ... [Read More…]

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