By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer Don't Believe the Hype Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader and wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Monday, Jan. 30 in Mexico where she was seeking further treatment for advanced ovarian cancer. Tuesday thousands of supporters of Dr. and Mrs. King piled into the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in ... [Read More…]
Share the love this Valentine’s Day
An epidemic spreads and reaches epic proportions across the world each winter season. Surprisingly enough, it's not the bird flu, SARS or mad cow disease. Instead it's much worse: amnesia of the meaning of holidays, particularly Christmas and Valentine's Day. As Tuesday quickly approaches, perhaps its time people realized that Valentine's Day is ... [Read More…]
Give a girl a flower, make her day,
By Jaci Schneider, Copy Editor Much Ado About Something Valentine's Day my freshman year ranks with one of the best I've ever had. My mom sent me a box of cookies, one of my guy friends ordered me flowers, and Blake gave me a tulip. Blake was my February crush, and I wasn't the only girl who found myself wishing the sophomore with the big smile ... [Read More…]
Cartooning freedom of expression
What if a cartoonist drew a demeaning picture of Jesus? What if an artist did something obscene with a sacred Christian symbol, say, floating a crucifix in human urine? Oh, wait. That's already happened. But oddly enough, the Metropolitan Museum of Art still stands, countless anti-Christian Hollywood producers continue to make their films, and ... [Read More…]
What will be your Sing Song face?
By Jonathan Smith, Editor in Chief A scared high school senior slunk into the double gym in Moody Coliseum among hundreds of people he didn't know in February 2002 on a mission for someone else. The sea of people wore pounds of stage makeup and brightly colored and sparkly costumes. Ridiculously large smiles and wide-eyed gazes were plastered on ... [Read More…]
Give thoughtful response to visit
By Mitch Holt, Staff Writer Equality Ride, an activist group's upcoming bus tour to challenge religious and military institutions across the country that "ban the enrollment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students" will be on campus March 27. According to SoulForce, the organization behind Equality Ride, the group will visit 19 ... [Read More…]
Christmas Eve tradition skips a year
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…]
FaithWorks provides hope, not just coins
Poverty is not an issue of trying hard or being lazy; much of the time, it is simply inherited. The inheritance of a bleak future provokes an attitude and status that can't be cured by handing small amounts of money to a family each month. It must be confronted with the nurturing of these people. An organization does this here in ... [Read More…]
Your Voice: Letter to the Editor
I know that I may be a bit biased since I am his brother. However, I was wondering why there was no article done on the outcome of FilmFest and the winner, Brady Rector. I remember last year there was a front-page article on the winner and this year, just a mention of it in a story about what it takes to put on FilmFest. There was also an article ... [Read More…]
Thanksgiving blessings from Editorial Board
Thanksgiving is a time of surplus nostalgia and thankfulness; a time that brings people's attention to aspects of their lives they often fail to remember. Although one should be thankful all year, the inevitability of an increased awareness of blessings is to be expected. The Editorial Board members have decided to share with you what they are ... [Read More…]
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