Billy Cannada Staff Writer The North Greenville baseball team has had a dominating week, winning five straight games to move its overall record to 27-7. “The team’s confidence is really peaking right now,” said outfielder Adam Taylor, freshman business administration. “We know that we can beat anyone we play as long as we play the [...]
Cory Guinn Sports Editor The Lady Crusaders softball team continued its 10-game road trip on March 31 with a trip to Milligan, Tenn., to play in a double header against Milligan College. Both games went into extra innings, but the Lady Buffaloes were victorious in both winning, game one 2-1 and game two 3-2. In [...]
Billy Cannada Staff Writer In her first year as head softball coach at North Greenville University, Sarah Hall has signed three prospects for the spring of 2011. High school seniors Brittany Dunn from Travelers Rest, Kelsey Burgess from Charlotte, N.C. and Kirsten Brown from Greenville. make up Hall’s first recruiting class at North Greenville, and [...]
Kyra Alexander Staff Writer The writers and directors who brought you Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Mulan and Lilo and Stitch bring you a different kind of movie about a boy and his dragon. Based on the novel by Cressida Cowell, How To Train Your Dragon is about a boy named Hiccup. He is the [...]
Jessicah Peters Staff Writer The combination of action, love, comedy and mythology makes Clash of the Titans a must-see. Although the film is a remake of Clash of the Titans (1981), with CGI technology and remarkable camera angles, the 3D movie and realism of characters cannot compare to any other Greek mythological film made in [...]
Jordan Ecarma Copy Editor The Last Song marks the beginning of a new chapter in Miley Cyrus’s career. Cyrus rose to fame as the title character on Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana. What started out a simple sitcom became a national phenomenon, resulting in Cyrus’s visage being plastered on everything from pillowcases to lip gloss. The [...]
Cory Guinn Sports Editor Just in case you do not own a television or radio, Tiger Woods will be making his return to gold tomorrow at the 2010 Masters. His return is kind of a big deal in all realms of the news world. While Wood’s return is sure to be the talk of the [...]
Billy Cannada Staff Writer The men’s and women’s tennis teams struggled over the weekend, as they were unable to tame the Mars Hill Lions in hard fought matches. The North Greenville men (5-6) had a disappointing outing against the Lions on April 3, dropping their match 6-3. The Crusaders stumbled in their singles sets, losing [...]
Julie Cobb Staff Writer In a society full of technological advances like the Internet, iPhone and BlackBerry, one would think that its citizens would be more aware of what is going on in the world. Instead, Americans seem to know next to nothing about the ins and outs of government legislation, economics and world events. [...]
Jordan Ecarma Copy Editor “Remember no man is a failure who has friends.” This line concludes the Capra-directed classic film It’s a Wonderful Life and is a principle that can be brought to our own lives. We all tend to measure our success by how we touch the lives of our friends and vice versa. [...]
Christine Parks Staff Writer Vancouver not only hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics but also the 2010 Winter Paralympics. Paralympics allows athletes with physical or visual impairments to compete in their sports. The 2010 Winter Paralympics hosted five sports: alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, cross-country skiing, wheelchair curling and sledge hockey. From March 12-21, men and women [...]
Taylor Edwards Staff Writer In March of 2011, the North Greenville University orchestra will travel overseas to Israel. This is the first time that the NGU orchestra has done anything of this nature, and excitement for the trip is building quickly. The orchestra has participated in small church tours and frequently plays at local churches [...]
Rachel Ham Staff Writer Fans of the NFL who have been waiting patiently for the 2010 season to begin were recently given something new to talk about around the water cooler. Amidst all the madness of March basketball, the NFL made headlines of its own. On Tuesday, March 23, NFL owners voted to make a [...]