Light the Night 5k will illuminate the Elmer Gray Stadium at 8 p.m. Nov. 1. Light the Night is a walk or run 5k hosted by the Forward LENE track club. Participants will receive a 5k T-shirt and glow sticks. Kelti Rippenhagen, senior nursing major from Austin, is the founder and president of the women's running club Forward LENE. "We invite ... [Read More…]
Fictionist club explores faith and writing
A new club called The Fictionists made its way onto campus last spring. The club was started by William Kirklen, sophomore English major from Austin. "When I got to ACU, I wanted to join a club and become part of campus life, more specifically a creative writing club," Kirklen said. "I wanted to be a part of a more active writing club that ... [Read More…]
I will listen
For your rants, woes, confessions and worries, Reid Rivers is all ears. The freshman vocational missions major from Juneau, Alaska, can be seen standing in silence on the walkway between the Campus Center and the Brown Library, holding a cardboard sign with the offering: I will listen. Rivers took on the solo project, with sign out and ears ... [Read More…]
Say ‘aloha’ to Hawaiian shirt Wednesdays
Hawaiian shirts appear across campus every week. Hawaiian Shirt Wednesday is a new trend on campus rallied by students wanting the entire school to wear tropical-printed shirts every Wednesday. Selvin Villeda, sophomore biology pre-med major from Rockwall, is responsible for starting the trend. "I started Hawaiian Shirt Wednesday in high school. ... [Read More…]
Say ‘aloha’ to Hawaiian shirt Wednesdays
Hawaiian shirts appear across campus every week. Hawaiian Shirt Wednesday is a new trend on campus rallied by students wanting the entire school to wear tropical-printed shirts every Wednesday. Selvin Villeda, sophomore biology pre-med major from Rockwall, is responsible for starting the trend. "I started Hawaiian Shirt Wednesday in high ... [Read More…]
The Optimist Print Edition: 10.09.13
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We Are Not Alone: Student-led group brings awareness to eating disorders
It is the rising plague among the nation's college campuses, a taboo topic gone unspoken and an affliction starving for awareness. "Eating disorders are such a lonely disease," said Emily Muhlberg, freshman marketing major from Boerne. "It shuts you down, makes you forget about everything you used to care about, and places unnecessary shame on ... [Read More…]
Cartoon: The chocolate fountain
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The Optimist Print Edition: 10.04.13
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McDonald Hall residents chalk up encouragement
McDonald Hall's bonding activity turned into a campus-wide conversation last week when the residents of the dorm's second floor anonymously chalked the sidewalks with encouraging messages on the evening of Sept. 22. Resident assistant Julia Curtis, sophomore English major from Mexico City, Mexico, and about 20 of her residents set out around ... [Read More…]