Students were invited to some of the female residential halls on Feb. 13. The event allowed students to spend time together in the halls. Activities included eating snacks, watching movies and playing games. Some residences were decorated with hearts in celebration of Valentine’s Day.
Chantelle Simmons Staff Writer North Greenville University desires to remain an institution where students receive a quality education in a biblically sound environment. NGU has been selling property, which has been donated to the university, to raise funds to better equip the students, while also trying to be a blessing to someone else. Properties being [...]
Paddy O’Conor Staff Writer As the primary election continues, voters need to ask three main questions before deciding on a candidate: Who can defeat President Obama? Who is the most principled candidate? Who do I most agree with? When deciding on a candidate to support, voters need to know where each one stands. The current [...]
Campus NGU RECEIVES NEW BUS The Udean Burke family has recently donated a 56-passenger tour bus to North Greenville. This new bus, the largest owned by the university, will be used to transport students for athletic events and other activities throughtout the year. Local EXPLODING METEOR IN THE UPSTATE? Some upstate residents were awakened at [...]
Allie Outhouse Assistant Editor When attempting to squeeze a 480-page book into a musical, there are bound to be differences. Corinne Dyer, director of the North Greenville University theatre department’s version of Little Women The Broadway Musical, explained that because the production is a musical, it is simply a condensed form of the book. “The [...]
Chantelle Simmons Staff Writer During Christmas break, North Greenville University installed a gate in Crusader Court. The gate was built to secure the maintenance area, which holds a great deal of expensive equipment, from future burglaries. Although the gate was established with good intentions, it has created some controversy. Tony Beam, vice president of student [...]
Allie Outhouse Assistant Editor “One out of every four women will have an abortion by age 40. Our primary purpose is to spread the gospel with those women,” sad Tami Howell, director of Greer’s Piedmont Women’s Center (PWC). Howell spoke at the Feb. 7 bonus chapel held in Turner. According to PWC literature, the pregnancy [...]
Campus MARCH SCHOLARSHIP DEADLINES March 1: NGU Teacher Education Scholarship and NGU Christian Ministry Scholarship March 15: SC Baptist Convention Scholarship March 30: NGU Act II Scholarship and NGU Alumni Scholarship Contact the Financial Aid office for more information. UPCOMING RESIDENTIAL HALL EVENT NGU will hold its semi-annual residential hall event on Feb. 13 in [...]
Rae Toadvine Contributing Writer During this past Christmas break, while most North Greenville University students were at home spending time with family and friends, a group of students and professors from the biology department were in India, working to potentially change the lives of thousands. The 17-day trip was the biology department’s first-ever mission trip, [...]
Elizabeth Pirkle News & Features Editor North Greenville University is responding to student growth by implementing a slew of new construction projects. Some projects are near completion, while others are still awaiting government approval before construction can begin. The Craft-Hemphill Mission, Evangelism, and Christian Worldview Center and the 24-hour Todd Prayer Chapel are two projects [...]
Campus SPIRITUAL RENEWAL Student-Led Renewal will be held Feb. 6-8. This annual event will span both bonus and regular chapel services and serves to encourage student leadership and involvement in spiritual life on campus. Local TRAVELERS REST SHOOTING James Brock, 26, was shot and killed outside a Travelers Rest home the evening of Jan. 26. [...]
Allie Outhouse Assistant Editor Last November, the South Carolina Baptist Convention recommended five members to serve on North Greenville University’s Board of Trustees. They included 1957 NGU alumnus Daniel Boling, decorated U.S. Navy F-14 pilot Lee Capell, business owners David Edwards and Mark Ells, and the former President of the Baptist Women, Lucile Sullivan. Their [...]
Rae Toadvine Contributing Writer College students across the country often complain that keeping up with the political scene during the school year can be inconvenient. It’s no surprise that voting trends among college students have diminished over the past few years. The low turnout of college students at last Saturday’s primary election was proof; yet [...]
Jordan Ecarma Editor-in-Chief The travesty of human trafficking occurs around the world, but sometimes we forget just how close to home it happens as well. Experts at the Polaris Project/National Human Trafficking Resource Center estimate that there are a minimum of about 5,100 to 60,500 people trafficked into and within the U.S. each year, and [...]
Kayla Rease Assistant Editor On Saturday, Oct. 29, at about 12:30 a.m., several North Greenville University students were aroused by an unsettling noise from outside their house on Chinquapin Road. Two Blue Ridge High School students, Benjamin Lindsey, 17, and Christopher Howard, 18, were inside a vehicle that had crashed into the neighboring house. Lindsey, [...]
Campus PSI CHI The North Greenville University chapter of Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, will be inducting eight new members on Wednesday, Nov. 16. LITTLE WOMEN The casting list for Little Women, next semester’s musical, will be posted Friday, Nov. 18 in the School of Theatre building. ML SUBMISSIONS The submission deadline [...]
Kayla Rease Assistant Editor On Saturday, Nov. 12, North Greenville University will be hosting Military Appreciation Day (MAD). MAD is a day when NGU does its part to recognize and honor the veterans who have served and those who are currently serving to protect and secure our nation’s freedom. MAD also serves as a day [...]
Campus VALUES VOTERS BUS TOUR In an attempt to educate Republicans on the value of voting, the Values Voters Bus will be stopping on campus Thursday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Students who are not registered to vote will be able to do so regardless of what state in which they live. [...]
Kayla Rease Assistant Editor North Greenville University has broadened its horizons this school year. With 640 new students, NGU has no choice but to grow, and with that growth, comes change. This semester, Todd Dining Hall and ’63-’64 Grill, also known as “the Grill”, have made significant changes in not only food choices, but also [...]
Brittany Bradley Staff Writer Even the chilly fall air couldn’t hinder the Crusader spirit that brought students, families and alumni to Younts Stadium to celebrate Homecoming on Saturday. “I like coming back and seeing my old friends and the community,” said Trevor MacPherson, 2011 alumnus. Embracing this year’s Wild West theme, students dressed up as [...]