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University partners to clean up neighborhoods around campus

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Beer bottles litter gutters, dingy couches occupy porches, and cars park in the front lawns of rundown houses in parts of the Cedar Creek Neighborhood surrounding campus. Although parts of the neighborhood remain clean and well-kept, one office on campus is working to ensure that the neighborhood around campus does ... [Read More…]

Chapel Office to offer themed lectures for credit

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor The Chapel Office will offer at least four forums for students to attend this semester to earn Chapel credits. The first Chapel forum will be Feb. 14 and will be about the documentary Invisible Children. Dan McVeigh, missions coordinator, will lead the forum and will bring in guest speakers. The second forum is ... [Read More…]

Applications for RAs available: Residence Life will hire about 60 students as resident assistants for fall

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Students who want to spend more time in the residence halls living with underclassmen have until Feb. 3 to apply for the honor. Residence Life Education and Housing will hire about 60 students as resident assistants for next semester, said the director of the office, Dr. Mimi Barnard. Students interested in being ... [Read More…]

New Library Commons area to open next month

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor The university should complete the Library Commons and have it ready for student use on Feb. 17, said Bob Nevill, director of physical resources. For now, however, students wanting to study might have a difficult time in Brown Library, where tables and chairs have vanished, and shelves of books fill the once vacant ... [Read More…]

Christmas Eve tradition skips a year

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Much Ado About Something My mom rushes out of the candlelight service at church as soon as the congregation finishes the last hymn every Christmas Eve. She hurries home to light the candles in the Bunsen burner underneath the Swedish meatballs, mix the cran-rasberry juice with the 7-Up to make punch, spread the ... [Read More…]

Tickets on sale for Sing Song’s 50th annual production

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Although Sing Song is still more than two months away, organizers have sold more than 800 tickets for the final show. Kendall Massey, director of student productions, said more than one-third of the tickets have been sold for the Feb. 18 performance, not including the tickets that hosts and hostesses and co-chairs ... [Read More…]

Students can scavenge for treasure: The second annual Pop Culture Potpourri will feature a scavenger hunt to stations representing ancient cultures and Bollywood movies, too.

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Students can travel back to ancient times to learn about different cultures Friday in the Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building. The 2nd annual Pop Culture Potpourri will begin at 7 p.m. in the rotunda of the Bible Building. The seven multicultural advisers in the Office of Student Multicultural Enrichment ... [Read More…]

College habits are real world crimes

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Much Ado About Something Think before you commit a crime, and if you're going to buy a lottery ticket using stolen funds, at least use cash. Last week a woman from a town near my home in Oregon was arrested for using a stolen credit card to purchase a winning lottery ticket. She won $1 million but could wind up ... [Read More…]

Sportscaster Pat Summerall will speak at a luncheon Tuesday as part of the university’s Centennial Speaker Series

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By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor NFL sportscaster Pat Summerall will visit the university Tuesday and speak at a luncheon at 11:45 a.m. in the Teague Special Events Center. Summerall is well-known for his NFL telecasts with John Madden, former coach of the Oakland Raiders on the TV networks Fox and CBS. He used to be the kicker for the New York ... [Read More…]

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