OPINION
Cartoon: The future
By Evan MarksPosted on May 2, 2013 | Filed under Editorial Cartoons | No comment
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“The future”
The ebb and flow of time in Wildcat Nation
By Optimist Editorial BoardPosted on May 2, 2013 | Filed under Editorials, Opinion | No comment
Life is all about change. The familiar is comfortable though, like a warm blanket keeping the cold uncertainty of life at bay. Yet change is one of humanity’s most important characteristics. The ability to reinvent one’s self, the opportunity to strike out and do something completely new is the most formative force in life. Change, [...]
Some final thoughts from our fearless leader
By Mark SmithPosted on May 2, 2013 | Filed under Columns, Opinion | No comment
I graduate from college in a week. And it seems like only three years I was graduating from high school.
The Nostalgia Effect
I may have had a shorter stay at ACU than most, but that doesn’t mean I’m not sad to be leaving my dear Christian College, nor does it mean I haven’t acquired any outstanding [...]
Leaving the United Kingdom for fun-filled Abilene
By Marissa JonesPosted on May 2, 2013 | Filed under Columns, Opinion | No comment
When I was pretty young, I was the kid that hated leaving. I would hide and fight and cry when my parents came to bring me home from a friends house. I would actively time how long I could keep my parents saying good night to me. I just didn’t know what to do when [...]
Cartoon: Tips for Finals Week
By Evan MarksPosted on April 30, 2013 | Filed under Editorial Cartoons | No comment
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“Tips for Finals Week”
How to survive your final week of school
By Optimist Editorial BoardPosted on April 30, 2013 | Filed under Editorials, Opinion | No comment
Well gang, it’s that time of the semester again- when sleep is a distant memory, caffeine is being administered via IV drips at a Starbuck’s near you and trying to get an open computer in the library is like trying to beat all of the other Districts into the Cornucopia. That’s right, everyone. It’s time [...]
The tale of a simple sports reporter turned Chief
By Mark SmithPosted on April 30, 2013 | Filed under Columns, Opinion | No comment
I have a confession to make. During my first semester at ACU, I rarely read the Optimist. I didn’t find it interesting. I didn’t care about administration changes, campus events or what the editorial board thought about iPads in the classroom. I was happy to be an ignorant, happy, social freshman journalism major with visions [...]
It’s time to add another acronym to our vocabulary
By Lucius PatenaudePosted on April 30, 2013 | Filed under Columns, Opinion | 1 comment
We all know those people. That guy who openly digs for gold up a nostril then examines his find. Your roommate who never washes the dishes. The fellow student that corrects every statement verbalized in class. They require a more than average effort for us to deal with. These are extra grace required (EGR) individuals.
That [...]
Cartoon: ACU Appropriate
By Evan MarksPosted on April 25, 2013 | Filed under Editorial Cartoons, Opinion | No comment
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“ACU Appropriate”
‘ACU Appropriate’ shouldn’t be all-inclusive
By Optimist Editorial BoardPosted on April 25, 2013 | Filed under Editorials, Opinion | 1 comment
“Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore.”
Such is the declaration when visiting one of ACU’s fellow “Christian” universities. For ACU students, so foreign is the concept of mixed-gender bunking dormitories and Sundays spent sans church. In the opposing corner, so strange is the thought of a school with rulings against shorts and mandatory meal prayers. Standing [...]
Baby faces, unite in youthfulness
By Mark SmithPosted on April 25, 2013 | Filed under Columns, Opinion | No comment
I do not look like I’m 12 years old. I look 15. And I’m OK with this.
As a freshman, I did look 12. But a couple years at the Optimist will put the age in your face real quick.
At the beginning of my first Christmas break of college, I flew from Abilene to DFW and [...]
Why I should be a pirate. Argh!
By Melany CoxPosted on April 25, 2013 | Filed under Columns, Opinion | No comment
I have decided to pursue a different profession, in case this whole journalism thing falls through.
I want to be a pirate.
Now when I say “pirate” I’m talking about the old-school version of the word.
I don’t mean someone who sits off the coast of Somalia and hijacks boats, and I certainly don’t mean someone who sells [...]
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