A few minutes before I started writing this column, my friend Branson came up to my desk to deliver a delightful piece of nostalgia. Who here has played with Legos, specifically Bionicles? Lego recently came out with a new line of Bionicles, and my friend gave me the honor of building one of them (claps hands excitedly). Legos were the best ... [Read More…]
Breaking the cycle: A bike saga
Three editors, three years, three bikes stolen. Look at it this way: the editors at the Optimist are cursed. Not only do we have to deal with all things news-related at ACU, but we have to live in constant threat of having our bikes stolen. Maybe bike thieves are targeting us editors, but what if they are? Victim 1: Josh Garcia. Bike ... [Read More…]
Intramurals Finals Week is here
The 2014 intramural season has come and gone faster than a Kojie-Moonie dating relationship. Championships have been won, tempers have been lost and glory has been found on the courts and in the pools of the Rec. This week alone, four teams added their names to the famed intramural championship hall, forever immortalized as the ... [Read More…]
12 weeks of Uruguay
It's almost Christmas time, and it's also almost time for me to leave Uruguay. So, I decided to mix my sentiments surrounding of the two, enjoy: On the first week in Uruguay The country gave to me A milanesa that was bigger than my head On the second week in Uruguay My meal plan gave to me Two amazing in-house cooks and A milanesa that ... [Read More…]
A farewell to dorms
Nine days are all I've got left. Nine days left in a little town called Abilene at a campus I have come to call home. Nine more days of the Bean. Only nine short days 'til I hand in the key (which I think I have lost) to the last dorm room I'll ever live in. Cue the tears; send in the clowns; strike up the band; I'm starting to say my ... [Read More…]
I’m discovering where the maker meets the lab
This semester has been full of new experiences for me. Even as a sophomore, there are still so many things to experience here on our campus. There is one experience in particular that I have grown fond of - the Maker Lab. The Maker Lab piqued my curiosity when my professor recommended me to use their laser engraving machine for one of my art ... [Read More…]
Putting together the intramural playoff picture
In this penultimate intramural column of 2014, we'll take a look at the final volleyball standings and preview the playoff pictures. The waterball regular season is also over, and results from last night's games are available online at imleagues.com. Women's Champ Volleyball Surprise, surprise. Kojies and Siggies are two of three teams tied ... [Read More…]
Putin wasn’t a fan of the koalas at G20
On this day, Nov. 19, in 1985, President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev attended their first summit meeting together in Geneva. The two produced no earth-shattering agreements, but it was a clear signal of their desire to mend relations and keep the nuclear arms race under control. "Summits" of world leaders are still happening ... [Read More…]
If I only had the nerve
Well, ladies and gents, this is my last column of 2014. I put a lot of thought into what I wanted this to be about because we have so much coming up. After all, Thanksgiving is almost here, and I could write about what to be thankful for. Christmas is on the horizon, and I could write pages about commercialism or the birth of Christ or the ... [Read More…]
Marissa versus Nature
Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Dominion over animals. It's a God-given right. Recently, however, my house seems to be void of this right, ... [Read More…]
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