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Politically diverse faculty opens student minds

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ACU is located in the buckle of the Bible belt, in a "red" state, and most of the student population comes from conservative households. But diversity does exist when it comes to the political preferences of the professors on campus who identify themselves as Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians and some that choose no political affiliation. A ... [Read More…]

Christianity, politics don’t belong together

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By Mitch Holt, Special Contributor Don't Believe the Hype If people have important questions about baseball, they wouldn't ask John Madden because we all know football is Madden's area of expertise. If people have important questions about football, they wouldn't ask Peter Gammons because we all know that baseball is Gammons' area of ... [Read More…]

Clinton good choice to lead U.N. relief

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By Mitch Holt, Special Contributor Don't Believe the Hype The United Nations recently decided to place Bill Clinton, former president of the United States, as the head of the Tsunami Relief Program and to ease tensions with rebels in the areas affected by the natural disaster. Talk also has been circulating of Clinton becoming the head of the ... [Read More…]

United States needs to find more unity

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By Mitch Holt, Special Contributor Don't Believe the Hype Ascending the stairs from the Bean Sprout after bowling class Thursday morning, I climbed the last few steps to the main level of the Campus Center only to find a crowd of people entrancingly viewing the president's inaugural speech on the overhead televisions. I heard one girl comment ... [Read More…]

Lori’s Story: Abilene lost ally, faithful friend

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By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor Several people have asked me this week if I'm in mourning. None of my family members or friends or pets has died, but I, and most of West Texas, have failed in battle. My former congressman, Charlie Stenholm, lost his bid for re-election. Growing up in Winters, a small, rural town about 40 miles from Abilene, I ... [Read More…]

Bush officially seals re-election with insurmountable lead in Ohio

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By Jaci Schneider, Opinion Editor Many Americans thought the 2004 presidential election would be drawn out for months as it was in 2000, but by Wednesday morning, the country knew that President George W. Bush would serve four more years in the White House. "I was afraid it was going to be a repeat of the last election," said Becca Lemons, junior ... [Read More…]

Victory leans toward Bush: Stenholm concedes defeat to Neugebauer in District 19

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By Lori Bredemeyer, Managing Editor In a race that pitted two incumbents against each other in a newly redrawn congressional district, Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Lubbock, defeated Rep. Charlie Stenholm, D-Abilene, by almost 20 percentage points on Tuesday. At press time, the results showed Neugebauer maintained the lead 58 percent to 40 percent over ... [Read More…]

Controversial quote misunderstood

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Re: The Optimist, Oct. 27 Letter "Republican offended by quote" from Jeremy Pond I'm writing to clarify the controversy that has arisen concerning my alleged remarks in the Oct. 20th Optimist issue regarding the political parties and Christianity. Specifically, I'm addressing Mr. Jeremy Pond and his admonishing editorial. I'll say it as plainly ... [Read More…]

Victory leans toward Bush: Bush leads Electoral votes, key battleground states

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By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief With several key battleground states still up for grabs, President George W. Bush led in projected Electoral College votes 249 to Sen. John Kerry's, D-Mass., 242. Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada and New Mexico remained undetermined at 2 a.m. Wednesday. The election could come down to which way Ohio votes and which ... [Read More…]

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