Archive for September, 2009

New coach brings expectations with excitement to softball program

Billy Cannada Staff Writer Spring will bring a different look to the 2010 North Greenville softball team with the addition of their new head coach Sarah Hall. She was hired Aug. 10 and arrived in Tigerville with high expectations. “I want teams to be scared to play us,” Hall said. She is replacing athletic director [...]

Fine dining in the sky: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Kyra Alexander Staff Writer The timeless tale has been adapted from Ron and Judi Barrett’s book, which illustrates a world where giant pancakes and pasta fall from the sky as a scientist tries to solve world hunger. However, things go terribly wrong when excess amounts of food overload cities and towns. Cloudy with a Chance [...]

Julie & Julia creates the perfect recipe to make it to the big screen

Jordan Ecarma Staff Writer Julie & Julia is an unusual film in that it is based on two true stories. One is the story of Julia Child’s life in the 1940s, and the other is that of modern-day Julie Powell. The stories begin with one enthusiastic woman living richly in Paris and the other barely [...]

Mass communication makes an impact on the mission field

Rachel Ham & Amy Skaggs Staff Writers Communicating the good news of the gospel is the primary focus of missions work. Media and technology provide missionaries with many ways to present the gospel in ways that the people in their region can understand best. Also, working with or teaching technology can provide ways for missionaries [...]

International meals give students a taste of other cultures

Jordan Ecarma Staff Writer It was something more than an ordinary evening at Todd Dining Hall. This past Monday was International Night and the theme was Mexico. This was a tribute to Global Missions Week, which was the inspiration for the International Night. The event was planned to give people there a taste of what [...]

Sepko remains optimistic after cross country team’s performance at Citadel Invitational

Billy Cannada Staff Writer North Greenville cross country coach Micah Sepko found reason for optimism from the Crusader performances at the Citadel Invitational over the weekend. “It was a good race,” Sepko said.” This was more of a team-building trip, but I felt like they ran well.” The Crusader men and women finished fifth out [...]

Volleyball extends winning streak to three games against Warriors

Darius L. Brown Staff Writer On Sept. 26, the North Greenville volleyball team took their two-game winning streak on the road as the traveled to Central, S.C., to take on the Southern Wesleyan Warriors. The Crusaders extended their winning streak to three games, beating the Warriors in a four-set match (20-25), (25-23), (25-19) and (25-20). [...]

2009 Global Missions Conference returns to North Greenville University

Jessicah Peters Staff Writer During Global Missions Conference, Dr. David Garrison preached two inspiring bonus chapels, which many students attended. Along with his preaching, there were testimonies and also an amazing video capturing a life of a Muslim. Dr. Tom Grassano gave his testimony of the Urban Harvest Ministry on Monday night. The ministry works with [...]

North Greenville soccer swamps Tennessee Temple

Paul Conner Sports Editor Jonathan Restrepo, junior international business, netted three goals and an assist as the men’s soccer team blew out Tennessee Temple 15-1 Saturday afternoon at Pepsi Stadium. Max Duarte, senior marketing, added two goals and three assists from the midfield position. All starters but Seth Snyder, senior business, were subbed off the [...]

Offense unable to produce as Crusaders fall to in-state rival Charleston Southern

Cory Guinn Copy Editor On Sept. 26, the North Greenville Crusaders traveled to Summerville, S.C., in hopes of coming away with the season’s first win against in-state rival and Division I FCS team Charleston Southern. The North Greenville defense once again played a strong first half but tired late in the game as the Buccaneers [...]

Flu Blues? Natural Solutions to Send The Flu Packing

Laurel Vaughn Staff Writer Chances are if you are a student or faculty member here at North Greenville, or any school for that matter, you have either been sick with the cold or flu, know someone who has gotten sick, or are hoping that you don’t get sick. I’d like to pass on a little [...]

Lions, tigers, and bears, OH MY!

Kyra Alexander Staff Writer The Greenville Zoo has undergone new construction and has changed its exhibits quite a bit. “Rated one of the best tourist attractions in South Carolina, the Greenville Zoo is the most visited ‘family facility’ in the Upstate,” the zoo’s Web site says. This zoo is located on a 10-acre site within [...]

Campus Security makes new changes

Julie Cobb Staff Writer As the North Greenville University student body begins the transition into a new school year, Campus Security enters into a new phase of existence as well. Chief Rick Morris, head of Campus Security, is overseeing all of the new changes being put into place. “We’ve gone from a white shirt and [...]

Emery’s new album “…In Shallow Seas We Sail” not a sinker

Laurel Vaughn Staff Writer Although Emery’s new summer released album is entitled In Shallow Seas We Sail, it is nothing close to shallow in any form of the word. Emery comes back to deliver deep and heavy lyrics that most bands would shudder to even think of writing. This is one of the qualities that [...]

North Greenville football falls to 0-4 with 32-16 loss at Lenoir-Rhyne

Stephen Lane Staff Writer North Greenville again struggled to get on the scoreboard as Lenoir-Rhyne defeated the Crusaders 32-16 Saturday in Hickory, N.C. One of the top rushing teams in Division II, the Bears rushed for 377 yards on the Crusader defense. “We really shot ourselves in the foot on offense,” Chadwell said. “If we [...]

Athletic department adds JV men’s soccer and women’s golf

Billy Cannada Staff Writer Two new sports, men’s junior varsity soccer and women’s golf, will be joining the North Greenville athletic department in the fall of 2010, bringing the total number of athletic programs to 15. These additions are causing plenty of excitement and growing interest in the two programs. “We were looking for ways [...]

Downtown Greenville curfew expected to save family-friendly environment

Amy Skaggs Staff Writer The sidewalks of downtown Greenville have been unmistakably clearer since the Greenville City Council adopted an emergency curfew on Aug. 30. It applies to teens 17 years old and younger who are dropped off by their parents and wandering the streets between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. on Friday and Saturday [...]

Women’s soccer blows out Owls; Pepsi Stadium gets lights

Paul Conner Sports Editor Leah Ward, junior sport management, scored a career-high four goals as North Greenville defeated Warren Wilson 8-1 at Pepsi Stadium last Thursday night. The Lady Crusaders (4-2) matched their largest margin of victory of the season after defeating Converse 7-0 on Sept. 3. Hayley Williams, junior linguistics and early childhood education, [...]

Real environmentalism: A Christian response

Jennilyn Howell Copy Editor It’s all over the place. You hear it mentioned on the nightly news at least weekly. It’s on billboards. It’s driving in front of you. It’s stamped on the bottom of your water bottle. It’s a reminder to “go green.” Turn off the lights, save water, buy a hybrid, recycle. These [...]

Take A Hike in Traveler’s Rest and Maybe You Will Find the Rabbit?

Jenny Farnham Staff Writer If the rush from class to class is the only exercise students get each day, is it enough? A report released by the University of Minnesota Boynton Health Service says nearly two-fifths or 38.5 percent of the 10,000 students surveyed fell within the overweight or obese/extremely obese categories in 2007. The [...]