Sarai Pittman Staff Writer Get ready for some changes to take place in the Public Safety department next semester. The first change will be within the department itself. All employees of the Public Safety department will be trained in First Aid and CPR. The second and largest change will be the zoning of all the [...]
Pamela Kelly Staff Writer Whether a student is going out to buy a new car or house they are making an investment into their future. The first major purchase for most college students is a new car. This purchase can be negative or positive. An automobile is not an asset. It does not get more [...]
Matt Wadsworth Staff Writer With the NBA Playoffs giving basketball fans plenty of basketball games, I, like most, have put off more important school work to watch. With the time of year bring hopes for many professional players to take center stage. To make the spectacular play or the game winning shot. As I have [...]
Jill Groce Staff Writer More than 300 new students will be attending NGC during fall semester, according to Erin Wall, secretary of admissions. ”For the fall semester, we (admissions) have a goal for 450 new students and 1,300 students in the entire student body,” said Wall. As of right now, the total number for the student body is [...]
Crystal Bradshaw Staff Writer For the first time in history, the Buy.com golf tour visited the upstate. This past weekend the tour made its debut at the Cliffs golf courses. The Cliffs hosted the BMW presents the Buy.com Charity Pro-Am at the Cliffs. The four-day tournament took place at both the Cliffs Valley and Cliffs [...]
Carey Hensley Staff Writer Imagine spending three out of five years of marriage touring on the road with a Broadway touring company. Victoria Strong, who plays the lead role of “Mother” in the Tony Award winning musical Ragtime, has been in the show touring around the country with her husband, Ralph Mohutsky, since 1998. Strong [...]
James Cogdill Staff Writer For his 10 years of dedicated service at North Greenville College, Jimmy Epting was honored by the college’s board of trustees Thursday, April 26 with a 2001 Chevy Blazer. A large number of trustees, staff members, students and other friends gathered in front of the Donnan Administration Building to honor Dr. [...]
Sarai Pittman Staff Writer $1.7 million was donated to the Christian Ministry Scholarship fund by Luke Gillespie, a longtime friend of NGC. The money was left in Gillespie’s estate when he passed away approximately six months ago. “It’s a great gift. I knew this man personally, he was a modest, humble, Christian man and this [...]
Chrissy Williams Staff Writer With summer approaching, many students will have an excess of free time. Don’t waste your break watching television re-runs and sleeping all day. Now is the perfect time to make a difference in your community by volunteering for local social service organizations. If you enjoy one-on-one interaction and have the ability [...]
Jill Groce Staff Writer Do you join many other students in working during the summer months? Many student use their time away from school to earn extra cash to pay for school, save money for the school year, or for entertainment purposes, according to Jeni Hardin, senior interdisciplinary. Jay Brown, freshman Christian studies major and [...]
Jill Groce Staff Writer As this semester ends and next semester begins, we will also see a new face as our student body president. Steven Cline will serve as the student body president. He has many goals and expectations for this coming year. ”I want to get the senate up and running and to get the senate functional,” [...]
Jill Groce Staff Writer Many people enter marriage with the idea that it will last a life time. However, with the divorce rate at an all time high of 57 percent, according to life strategist Phillip McGraw, many people are finding that marriage is not all they thought it would be. With the divorce statistics [...]
Carey Hensley Staff Writer Part three of a three part series on health topics In part one of this series, many diets were proved to be more harmful than helpful concerning weight loss. Some people may be asking then, what does work? The answers are: a balanced diet and of course exercise, the word many [...]
Jill Groce Staff Writer Do you join many other students in working during the summer months? Many student use their time away from school to earn extra cash to pay for school, save money for the school year, or for entertainment purposes, according to Jeni Hardin, senior interdisciplinary. Jay Brown, freshman Christian studies major and [...]
Matt Wadsworth Staff Writer The Greenville Lions kicked off their inaugural season Friday, April 20th by taking on the New Hampshire Phantoms. It was the first ever professional soccer game to take place in Downtown Greenville’s Sirrine Stadium. The Lions play inter-divisional division three matches and play A League teams up and down the East [...]
Carey Hensley Staff Writer Students at NGC receive cultural event credit for many off-campus events. Many performances at the Peace Center are available for credit to students. The popular musical, Ragtime appeared at the Peace Center April 24- 30. Ragtime is the winner of four Tony Awards, five Drama Desk Awards, the Outer Critics Circle [...]
Tana Black Staff Writer You can spot him many times in the parking lot in front of the Craft house during the late evenings with his knee and elbow pads and helmet. Jonathan Kunze, freshman business major, has found a new niche in recreational sports. Along with the help of Eric Ashley, freshman Christian studies [...]
Owen Hunt Staff Writer Don’t cut the Mullet! David Spade is white trash king in “Joe Dirt.” “Joe Dirt” is co-written by Spade and directed by Dennie Gordon. The film is rated PG-13 for crude sex related humor and language. This was not a typical role for Spade, but he did an outstanding job, and [...]
Stacie Maples Staff Writer The Lady Mounties softball team lost their second 4 game series in the last two weeks. The Lady Mounties fell to conference rival Georgetown with scores of 5-4, 4-0, 6-5, and 9-0. Head Coach Jan McDonald was tossed out of the first game on Friday after arguing a call with the [...]
Tana Black Staff Writer This semester’s drama presentation began April 26th and ran through the 28th. All three presentations of the play, “On the Open Road,” by Steve Tesich were presented in the Turner Auditorium with a fairly large audience turn out each evening. Owen Robertson directed the roughly hour and a half drama. The [...]