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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Cory Guinn Copy Editor Every season, college players all around the country play their best in hopes of winning the highest award in college football–the Heisman Trophy. While the 2009 college football season is just a few weeks old, let’s take a look at five players who have started the season strong and are the [...]
Laurel Vaughn Staff Writer Imagine for a moment that you are a student in the outdoor leadership program. Now imagine that it is your junior year and you are about to dive into the Immersion semester. Visualize yourself going through summer workouts to prepare for trips to unknown destinations. For most ODEL majors, this is [...]
Candice Paschall Staff Writer If it seems like college students are getting younger and younger every semester, that assumption is correct: they are. Each semester, more and more high school juniors and seniors are opting to take dual enrollment classes at their local colleges to receive both high school and college credit. At North Greenville [...]
Cory Guinn Copy Editor In 2009, the North Greenville golf team had a stellar season finishing in the top 10 in seven of eight tournaments including three top five finishes and one tournament win. This season the team hopes to improve on their recent success and become one of the top athletic programs at North [...]
Jessicah Peters Staff Writer Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself is an amazing movie with many emotion-filled scenes that can keep the audience laughing or even crying. The movie came out on Sept. 11 and was ranked number one at the box office over 9, making over $24 million. Tyler Perry has [...]
Rachel Ham Staff Writer Most Christians have heard about the spiritual armor listed in Ephesians 6. Even if you did not grow up in church, odds are you have heard a chapel message about the armor of God while here at North Greenville. But many Christians today have let one important weapon become rusty with [...]
Darius L. Brown Staff Writer North Greenville faced off against the Montreat Cavaliers in this past Saturday’s game at Hayes Gymnasium. The Lady Crusaders defeated the Montreat Cavaliers (25-18) (25-27) (19-25) (25-20) (16-14). Lauren Hardy, junior biology, led North Greenville with 15 digs and 4 kills.“Lauren definitely stepped up in leadership today,” Lady Crusaders coach [...]
Leasy Sandal Staff Writer Although the nation’s net worth has grown about 4 percent since 2007, many citizens continue in their search to find work. One month ago, 42 states made additional job cuts, up from 29 states this past July. Since December 2007, when the recession first came to surface, millions of Americans have [...]