How Fall Sports Teams Handle Covid-19: Football
Fall football has always, and probably always will be, a staple in Texas and Texas culture. From tailgating, to cowbells, to screaming-until-you-lose-your-voice, college football has always been how one was supposed to spend their Saturday nights. But now that the fall season has been canceled, the boys are instead using Continue Reading
PA to IMC: The Team Behind the Events
COVID-19 is not the only thing that made this semester different. Some big changes were also happening behind the scenes at Austin College. Over the summer, the office formerly known as Public Affairs was merged into the Institutional Marketing and Communications, or the IMC, division. What does this mean? Essentially, Continue Reading
Sherman Spotlight: The History of Woodmen’s Circle Home
The red-bricked buildings of Woodmen’s Circle Home, surrounded by barbed wire and no trespassing signs on a grassy hill three miles west of downtown Sherman capture the spirit of the Halloween season. Since the home’s closure in 1971, the elements, vandalism, and neglect have plagued the remaining 15-acres of the Continue Reading
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: A Hilarious Black Mirror
In 2006, Sacha Baron Cohen took the world by storm with Borat. Just as he did in Da Ali G Show, Cohen went on a mockumentary exhibition, acting in an outrageous faux-Kazakhstani persona across the nation, in order to provoke genuine reactions from Americans. The character of Borat Sagdiyev may Continue Reading
Senior Highlight: Nancy Pineda-Gama, 2020 IME BECAS/HACEMOS Dallas Scholarship Recipient
Going to a four-year college nowadays can be expensive. Therefore, many students apply for scholarships, in the hope of getting their financial charges decreased. While the path to these grants seems difficult, students such as Nancy Pineda-Gama ’21 successfully managed to make it. She counts as one of the 40 Continue Reading
David Pelayo’s Songs of the Day
If you’ve checked the AC Mobile app at all in the last few months, you’ve probably seen a post or two by David Pelayo, who has made a routine of posting a “Song of the Day” each morning. Every day, he posts a screenshot of one song as a recommendation Continue Reading
Did you Catch the Pumpkin Patch?
This past week the Omega Zeta sorority and the Gamma Gamma Gamma fraternity partnered up with the Campus Activities Board to create a Pumpkin Patch full of outdoor games and fun fall activities that everybody could enjoy. The pumpkin patch included activities such as corn hole, pumpkin bowling, pumpkin painting, Continue Reading
Voting and its Importance
Oftentimes, the importance of voting in America is significantly downplayed as a battle between a few battleground states, with states like Texas already predetermined as a Republican state and states like Massachusetts claimed for the Democrats. This, however, is not true. In the 2016 election, the percentage of voters who Continue Reading
Have yourself a Safe Trick or Treat!
It’s time for Halloween! On October 30 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., there will be trick or treat drive-thru event at the athletic complex near Pecan Grove Park in place of Fright Fest. Parents and children are required to stay in their vehicles with doors and hatches closed for Continue Reading
