Leasy Sandal
Staff Writer
Buncombe Road Baptist Church located on Courtney Circle in Greenville, S.C., is known for its loving atmosphere and accepting church community.
BRBC is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Their motto, “Reaching out in love by growing deep in Christ,” captures the core beliefs of the church.
“We exist to glorify God as a forest [...]
Kaelyn Pfenning
Copy Editor
Students enrolled in French classes at North Greenville University presented during the annual French Celebration on Friday, March 27.
“All of the classes and individuals who shared were very well-prepared and did an excellent job communicating their material creatively and effectively,” Megan Taylor, senior English, said.
Through a variety of presentations, the French students [...]
Cory Guinn
Staff Writer
The North Greenville baseball team recorded one of its biggest clutch offensive performances of the season on March 24 as the Crusaders rallied for six runs in the 10th inning to power past Brevard College 10-4 in Brevard, N.C.
“This win will show us that when we play as a team and face [...]
Cody Fields
Sports Editor
Today’s media is everywhere. It is expanded from newspaper and radio in the earlier part of last century to standard TV and magazines to now include about a zillion TV channels, high definition everything, high speed Internet, text news updates on everything under the sun and some things nowhere close to it.
What would [...]
Paul Conner
Staff Writer
Despite scattered efforts to encourage recycling at North Greenville University, no comprehensive recycling program currently exists. Students interested in recycling have been largely left to themselves, and grassroots efforts have failed to gain traction.
Worse, many students are responsible for wasting paper, plastic and aluminum by disposing those elements in non-specified trash cans. Philip [...]
Paul Conner
Staff Writer
The road from Texas to South Carolina has been an interesting one for North Greenville tennis coach Mark Elliot. Central to his story has been the game of tennis.
Elliot was heavily involved in athletics as a boy growing up in Tampa, Texas. He was encouraged to focus on tennis specifically by his mother.
“It [...]
Samantha Mayo
Staff Writer
Students were given the opportunity to share their artistic abilities on March 26 at poetry night. The evening was hosted by Dr. Bruce’s World Literature class and included the reading of original poetry, the presentation of visual art, the performance of musical pieces and even a short, improvised one act and a [...]
Tommy Lee
Staff Writer
Salem, New Hampshire’s electronica five piece outfit And Then There Were None was formed in 2003. Since then they caught the eye of large independent label, Tooth and Nail, home to the likes of mewithoutYou, The Almost, and Emery. And Then There Were None mixes the dance beats of club music with the [...]
Jon Harris
Staff Writer
Technology improvements have been nonstop for the staff in North Greenville University’s information technology department. The summer storm became a driving force behind many server improvements and a new email system.
Due to the damage from the storm, NGU lost nine servers and was able to purchase new up-to-date equipment and hardware for [...]
James Turner
Staff Writer
Ever since the immortal tales of legends like Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, modern science has striven to explore the boundless frontiers of medicine and force back the plagues that would threaten mankind. Each of these men and women of science sacrifice of their own lives to enrich the lives of others. The [...]
Rachel Ham
Staff Writer
You may have heard fellow students talking about being a part of North Greenville’s Honors Scholar Program, but have you ever wondered what it takes to be an Honors Scholar?
Students in the program work hard to receive their extra recognition at graduation. The students in the program commit themselves to going the extra [...]
Matt Huff
Staff Writer
With spring break at our heels, aching to be remembered, facing the onslaught of the remaining weeks of school can be extremely taxing. Yesterday, it seems, we were basking in the sunlight of rest, and now we must brave the long dark of another month. What happened? The unforgiving beast of schoolwork is [...]
Stephen Lane
Staff Writer
The Crusader softball team entered last week having won 8 out of their last 12 games and needing 2 more wins to pull up to .500 for the first time this season. NGU hosted Newberry College halfway through their eight-game home stand and were looking for a big win.
Newberry put the first runs [...]
James Turner
Staff Writer
Not exactly momma’s home cookin’—at least that’s the experience I had while visiting Carolina Fine Foods.
I arrived at 100 Hawkins Road in Travelers Rest to find the quaint little restaurant set upon a small hill. It was right off Highway 25 next to the Bi-Lo many NGU students pass every day on their [...]
Cory Guinn
Staff Writer
In recent years the NBA has seen an influx of young and talented players. These players have followed the ever-popular procedure of going through one year of college followed by declaring for the NBA Draft. This group of players has become known as “one-and-done” players. With only 10 games left in the NBA [...]