James Chip Moore Staff Writer On Feb. 9, the Race, Faith and Culture Committee held a cultural event that focused on the integration of schools in America. Paul Thompson introduced the featured documentary for the evening. The 50 minute film titled Fighting Back gave a personal view of the students who participated in the challenge [...]
Jamey Williams Staff Writer On Friday, Feb. 12, male students at North Greenville University had the rare opportunity to visit female students’ dorms during a residential hall event. But make no mistake—students were still well chaperoned. Residential advisors were present and rules were enforced to protect the safety and integrity of everyone involved. A few [...]
Hannah Reynolds Staff Writer The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games got off to a tragic start with a fatal luge accident in a final practice run before the opening ceremony, which was Friday, Feb. 12. Although 21-year-old Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili lost his life on the luge track, luge events continued on schedule. The competitors were [...]
Jessicah Peters Staff Writer “Make sure your customers leave the place with a full stomach,” said Chris Hagelios, owner of Zestos Restaurant, quoting his grandfather. Hagelios’s grandfather had owned a restaurant for 41 years and taught Hagelios how to run one on his own. Zestos is a family-owned restaurant in Travelers Rest and has been [...]
Billy Cannada Staff Writer The North Greenville football team will be looking to improve upon its two-win season in 2009. They signed 24 prospects on February 3, 2010. “We are excited about the number of guys that decided to sign with North Greenville,” said head coach Jamey Chadwell. “We feel really good about the quality [...]
Kyra Alexander Staff Writer Didn’t have a date for Valentine’s Day? Some chose to go out with Jessica Alba, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Patrick Dempsey, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Garner and more this weekend . . . at the box office. Valentine’s Day is not a national holiday, but it is a day to be celebrated. [...]
Cory Guinn Sports Editor Last week was “Rivalry Week” in the world of college basketball and the North Greenville Crusaders took part in the festivities on Feb. 9 as they played against in-state rival Southern Wesleyan University in Hayes Gymnasium. In a game marred by fouls, the Warriors defeated the Crusaders 93-91 in overtime. The [...]
Rachel Ham Staff Writer Earning high praise at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, Fox Searchlight’s (500) Days of Summer is a clever, witty story about the ups and down of love. As the opening monologue tells us, this is the story of boy meets girl, but it is not your typical love story. Joseph Gordon-Levitt [...]
Julie Cobb Staff Writer Screaming fans, marching bands and big hits are all signature elements of college football, one of the greatest sports in American history. All fans look forward to having their favorite team make it to the national championship game, but few are able to explain how the two lucky teams get there. [...]
Cory Guinn Sports Editor Now that the NBA All-Star game has come and gone, it is now time for the second half of the season to begin. After the All-Star break team try to improve their chances of making to the playoffs with blockbuster trades and free agent signings. Along with the playoff race, the [...]
Billy Cannada Staff Writer The North Greenville baseball team dropped its first road test of the season to Limestone University 7-5 on Feb. 10, but on Feb. 12 the team was able to rebound with a 10-1 rout at home over Davis and Elkins. The Crusader’s first loss of the season came against Limestone College, [...]
Jessicah Peters Staff Writer When young women do not consider sports to be important, it is a discredit to the history of women involved in enhancing the fields of sports. Personally, I have always been amazed by accomplishments of women in sports. One of my dreams as a little girl was to become editor-in-chief of [...]
Billy Cannada Staff Writer The Lady Crusaders dropped a tough game on the road to King College, then traveled to Allen University where they came up big with a 39-point win. “We let King [College] take it to us a little more than we should have,” said head coach Jayne Arledge. “But we were able [...]