The Funny Funnies by Morgan Davis "The Kissing Booth A.K.A. Desperation Station" Feb. 11, 2011 Go to The Funny Funnies Gallery ... [Read More…]
Message’s heart is what matters
Feb. 14, 2008. My 19th single Valentine's Day. All things considered, I was doing pretty well. While the rest of the ACU population obsessed over candy hearts and red roses, I was on my way to Bible class, just like any other Thursday. I already had received a grade-school-reminiscent paper Valentine and some candy from a friend back home, and I ... [Read More…]
Singles prepare to survive Valentine’s
The ACU campus may have recently survived the "snowpocalypse," but there still looms an event that many on campus are wishing to avoid. For some, it is one of the most romantic days of the year. But for many, the date is a dreaded one. For singles on campus this Valentine's Day, the Optimist proposes a survival guide for how to put the "victory" ... [Read More…]
Holiday offers excuse for treats
Growing up, Valentine's Day went pretty much the same way every year: I went to school and did all the normal Valentine's Day stuff. I exchanged cards with my friends, watched for the hourly interruptions when candy-grams would be delivered and hoped for the big deliveries from the main office. These were always bouquets of flowers or baskets of ... [Read More…]
Campus couples plan for holiday
By Hannah Barnes, Student Reporter This Valentine's Day could be a romantic holiday for ACU couples who just began their relationships, those waiting to be married or others who already have walked down the aisle. Daniel Paul Watkins, senior political science major from Fredericksburg, Va., said he has something special planned for his ... [Read More…]
Annual Valentine’s Day test returns
By Laura Acuff, Staff Writer The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) helps students find a date through its annual Valentine's Day Compatibility Test, allowing participants to make the test as serious or as lighthearted as they choose. The ACM Valentine's Day Compatibility Test will be available to take online this week at ... [Read More…]
Get engaged this Valentine’s Day
Valentine's Day inspires countless commercials for expensive diamonds, gourmet chocolate and all things expensive and romantic. For a holiday that is supposed to be all about love, it sometimes seems to have a very narrow scope, focusing only on romantic love and overlooking love for one's friends, family or neighbors. But in a refreshing ... [Read More…]
Share the love this Valentine’s Day
An epidemic spreads and reaches epic proportions across the world each winter season. Surprisingly enough, it's not the bird flu, SARS or mad cow disease. Instead it's much worse: amnesia of the meaning of holidays, particularly Christmas and Valentine's Day. As Tuesday quickly approaches, perhaps its time people realized that Valentine's Day is ... [Read More…]
Fund-raisers sing sweet tunes: Val-O-Grams available for $4; group halfway to goal of 100
By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer Several students are selling Val-O-Grams, singing telegrams, this week for Valentine's Day to raise money for Essence of Ebony's Spring Break Campaign. Shannon Bailey, senior management major from Corsicana, Remel Derrick, senior music major from Dallas, and Thurmond Metters, senior psychology major from Houston, ... [Read More…]
Valentine’s Day isn’t all about Cupid
By Mallory Sherwood, Features Editor Unveiling the Mask The most oxymoronic day of the year approaches quickly. It is the holiday people around the world both hate and love with passion. It is a day when lovers stroll hand in hand batting eyes at each other, when men race to Wal-Mart to pick up the last lonely rose, when women fondly think back ... [Read More…]