Paul Conner
Staff Writer
Armchair quarterbacks, rejoice. Crusader fans got a taste of interactive football at the Red and Black spring game Saturday morning at Younts Stadium as the offense topped the defense 71-60.
First-year head coach Jamey Chadwell, decked in a suit, tie and fedora reminiscent of famed Alabama coach Bear Bryant, spent three quarters of the [...]
Kyra Alexander
Staff Writer
On Thursday, April 23, the theatre department opened its major spring production, The Miracle Worker. The compelling story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller is both lighthearted and touching. This production is the third play to appear on the North Greenville University stage under the direction of associate theatre professor Corrie Eddleman.
The Miracle Worker tells [...]
James Turner
Staff Writer
Sometimes, in the midst of the artistically deprived, desolate wasteland of aristocratic decadence known as Hollywood, a very good thing springs up out of nowhere. When that happens, one can’t help but sing its praises—or perhaps play them on a cello, outside and under a bridge.
The film is based on the true story [...]
Tommy Lee
Staff Writer
Quaker Steak and Lube, located at 10 Chrome Drive in Greenville, is not your normal sports grill restaurant. Quaker Steak offers an expansive menu which includes many of the normal foods you would find in a sports grill restaurant such as burgers, chicken fingers, sandwiches, salads, fries and chicken wings.
The layout of the [...]
Rachel Ham
Staff Writer
While students are busy studying for exams, the staff in the college bookstore is working hard to set up and run the end-of-semester textbook buyback.
Many students are frustrated with the prices they receive for their used books. But they are not always told why some book prices seem low or why some books [...]
Megan Rockefeller, junior English
“I will be going home to Florida, where I will be working at a greenhouse for a few weeks. Then I will be flying up to Washington to work at a Christian summer camp.”
Kyle Quinn, sophomore Christian studies“This summer I will be travelling to Greece and Italy with some friends from school, [...]
Cory Guinn
Staff Writer
The Crusader baseball team continued their long road trip on April 21 when they traveled to Mars Hill, N. C., to play against Mars Hill College. MHC was on fire from the beginning putting together 20 hits en route to 17-7 victory over NGU.
The Lions scored the first run of the game in [...]
Cory Guinn
Staff Writer
The North Greenville softball team looked to end their season on a high note when they played a doubleheader against Spartanburg Methodist College on April 22. The Crusaders split the two games with the Pioneers, winning the first game 2-1 and losing the second 9-1.
In game one, the pitchers for both teams were [...]
Leasy Sandal
Staff Writer
Scholarships are vital to a student’s academic career. Thankfully, there is a voice for independent higher education in South Carolina.
Every year, several independent South Carolina colleges unite to rally for the consistent support of various scholarships and grants. Students travel to Columbia to personally thank the state’s Representatives for their aid in providing [...]
Trey Lancaster
Staff Writer
While the future of the somewhat dormant Mandeville, Ala.-based band As Cities Burn is unknown, one thing is known, ACB pulls out a whole new sound on the new album Hell Or High Water. This is As Cities Burns’ third full length release and is completely different than both of their other albums.
Their [...]
Matt Huff
Staff Writer
School’s out for the summer!
Almost. Although I can already hear that classic anthem playing in my mind, this final week is certainly a long, stressful one. Papers, projects, presentations, papers, exams, notebooks…and papers. Behind every corner is another menacing due date swinging bats with graduation fees and move-out requirements. That sweet breath of [...]
April Wynn
Editor in Chief
The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter, the book is about to close, the end is incredibly close and I am about to leave North Greenville. I cannot believe that in a little over a week I will be graduating from college with a bachelor’s degree—I think that [...]
Samantha Mayo
Staff Writer
Dedicated North Greenville University cadets are able to participate in the ROTC program on Furman University’s campus. The program involves physical training three days per week, military science class two days per week and a once a week field lab.
In military science class, cadets are instructed on various military related topics, such as [...]
Cody Fields
Sports Editor
Wait. You mean it’s over?
I graduate next week, and I’m not sure whether to dread the day or celebrate, as I have yet to find gainful employment. The demand for journalists who won’t slant their stories to the left is about as big as the odds of Cubs winning the World Series ever [...]
Jessicah Peters
Staff Writer
Missed the most recent Crusader softball game? Or forgot when the next golf tournament is going to be? The Crusader Sports Weekly Review is a show devoted to keeping Crusader fans informed of all NGU sport events that happened the previous week.
Micah Sepko, sports information director, began the idea of developing a better [...]
Jon Harris
Staff Writer
North Greenville University’s Downtown Impact Team spends two days each week working with the homeless in downtown Greenville.
“I was so used to doing VBS with kids and typical youth group activities,” Bethany Mustin, junior English, said. “I wanted to do something that was more community oriented and get out of the Christian norm.”
The [...]