Aaron Earls Published in the South Carolina Baptist Courier In 1978, Mayson Easterling, then director of admissions at North Greenville College, hired Mike Baker as an admissions counselor. Together they started Joyful Sound, a vocal ensemble that has led worship in more than 3,500 concerts in the past 30 years, the vast majority in South [...]
Jennilynn Dempsey Staff Writer It will be dropping soon. The temperature of your spring fever, that is. Mark your calendar for these upcoming events in downtown Greenville. They are sure to help ease the healing process. The Greenville Drive You might want to practice your seventh-inning stretch and work on the Chicken Dance. Spring is [...]
Kyra Alexander Staff Writer Are you the kind of student who would be content to go away from the luxuries of cell phones or Internet access for a month and a half? If so, the Spanish department is offering ten students the chance to earn summer credit hours by studying overseas. Spanish professor Weston Warren, [...]
This Friday, a pair of movies hit the silver screen with real-life situations. 21, a suspense thriller, deals with the consequnces of cheating and the hardships of being a poor college student. Run, Fat Boy, Run is a lighthearted representation of going that extra mile to earn someone’s affections. 21 The true story of the [...]
Anna Chapman Staff Writer If you are in the mood for a whimsical, laugh filled movie, Dr. Seuss’s Horton Hears a Who is for you. Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s books seem to adapt very well to the big screen. The plot of this movie revolves around an amiable elephant named Horton who happens upon a [...]
Chris Brank Staff Writer Last week the North Greenville softball team really picked up the pace and won four straight games between two doubleheaders. The first doubleheader took place on March 20, against Piedmont College at home. In the first game, Allison Bailey, sophomore undecided, hit two homeruns, the second of which was a monster [...]
Stephen Lane Staff Writer The women’s tennis team has heated up after a 1-4 start, winning 3 out of their last 4 matches to even their record at 4-4. NGU went into March 17′s match against Mars Hill College hoping to bounce back after a disappointing 8-1 loss to Lander University. They defeated Mars Hill [...]
David Sons Staff Writer Duke. Georgetown. Arizona. Kentucky. With a combined 36 final four appearances among them, these perennial college basketball powerhouses sound like a bracketologist’s best friend. What do they have in common this season? All four were eliminated in the first or second round of the 2008 tournament. In case you missed the [...]
Chase Gratz Staff Writer North Greenville played Pfeiffer University the weekend of March 14 and 15. North Greenville lost to Pfeiffer 5-4 in the first game of the three-game series. They defeated Pfeiffer University the following day in the second game by a score of 8-2. The third game of the series was rained out. [...]
Paul Conner Staff Writer Intramural softball, indoor soccer, and flag football are all underway, and the competition is intense as usual. In flag football, TNT defeated the Mountaineers 35-15 on March 10 after spring break. On March 12, Furies edged the Ninja Geese 26-23. On March 17, WC beat the Ninja Geese 36-12, but last [...]
Cody Fields Sports Editor In a country founded on principles of intellectual independence, Americans sometimes seem to have a dearth of free thought. Conservative or liberal, Baptist or Pentecostal, punk or prep – Americans as a whole are taking whatever authority figures shove down our throats. In this world of “what” and “how,” we have [...]
Chris Bullard Staff Writer One of the hardest things I have faced this week was taking joy in the exposure of other people’s sin. Why or how can one who claims to be a Christian rejoice in the pain of another brother or sister in Christ? (Or any person for that matter?) In celebrity news, [...]
Kaelyn Pfenning News/Features Editor Two new meal plans offer commuters the opportunity to eat in the cafeteria at a cheaper overall cost. North Greenville University began the new meal plans at the beginning of this semester “to attract more commuters to eat with us,” said Amy Chase, cafeteria personnel. One meal plan provides 25 meals [...]
Christy Putnum and Keisha Tinsley Staff Writer and Copy Editor Last week NGU held the annual Christian Worldview Conference. Through it, the students gained better understanding of how to share the Gospel in nontraditional ways, using logic and reasoning based on biblical truth. Worship leader Calvin Hunt began every service. He sang for the audience [...]
Austin Hafer Staff Writer North Greenville’s campus is breaking new ground in the technology used to protect students, faculty and staff. Part of North Greenville University’s continued improvements to make its campus safer, the Immediate Response Information System, known as a “reverse 911,” is fully operational, a campus security official said. The system can transfer [...]
Jon Harris Staff Writer North Greenville Mass Communications students returned from the National Religious Broadcasting Convention with the most significant awards won in the past nine years of attending. Twenty-four students and four faculty members attended the NRB at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. A group of four students won first place [...]