Embarking on the great Smallmouth adventures on the North Anna River in Central Virginia is no easy task, and few river floats have been easy. As much as fishing for hours while floating down small, historically-marked rivers may in itself contain the adventures of leisure time, placing the canoes by the river’s ramps and making [...]
Every four years, around this time, citizens who are ordinarily oblivious to political events suddenly transform into political science enthusiasts. These next few months comprise a time when cheap flimsy signs pop up in front yards and back bumpers are spotted with small rectangular stickers voicing the owner‘s opinion of who should be the next [...]
This issue’s article was intended to focus on Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and resuscitator of the McCain campaign, but what else can be said? I could waste my column space discussing her lack of political knowledge, her lavish earmarks and the funds from the Bridge to Nowhere, her ambiguous ethics, or her attempt to [...]
At 19 years old, many Lee University students are just getting into the swing of the world of higher education. But as Tennessee’s youngest school board member, Russ Swafford is getting used to attending both college classes and school board meetings. Swafford was elected to the Polk County school board in August after a rigorous [...]
Take a look at Lee Athletics and what do you see? If you are a fan or have even been to any number of games, you have probably seen what I have seen: success. I see talented players, committed coaches and an overall confidence that exists across every sport. So what is missing? When I [...]
Q: How long have you been the assistant coach for the women’s soccer team? A: I am in my third year at Lee as the assistant women’s soccer coach. Q: What high school sports did you play? A: In high school I played just about everything. I played basketball and soccer, ran track and did [...]
Lee University’s chapter of International Justice Mission welcomed the Art Music Justice Tour to the Conn Center Friday, Sept. 26. The concert at Lee was one of the first of the cross-country tour, consisting of artists Sara Groves, Brandon Heath, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken and Charlie Peacock. The tour’s purpose is to unite people to [...]
I’ve heard a lot of absurd things since coming to Lee, but one of the least intelligent statements I have ever heard uttered came from a woman I encountered in the Humanities Building. She was talking about the end times and said, “Well, God is going to burn everything up in the end. So there’s [...]
This story was co-written by Harrison Keely and Daniel Diffenderfer. Lee University sophomore Caleb Baber remains in critical condition after receiving an electric shock while hiking along the Ocoee river Saturday afternoon. Baber had climbed a Tennessee Valley Authority high voltage transmission pole for a better view of the river, Detective Kevin Cole of the [...]
In May, iTunes launched a very purple, ambient lit commercial with a musical backdrop of pounding strings and a familiar voice. Others might have first heard the intro to “Viva la Vida” on the MTV Music Awards this summer; either way, listeners were hooked before the chorus was finished and Coldplay fans the world over [...]
With construction spanning three decades, the world’s largest, highest energy and most controversial particle accelerator made its first beam circulation on Sept. 20. Since 1983 the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), located under a football fields’ length of concrete and earth, has employed over 8,000 physicists from 85 different countries in its construction and operation. Over [...]
Coach’s Corner 1) How long have you been the golf coach here? I have been the golf coach here at Lee University for about three months. 2) Whats the team’s biggest accomplishment since you have been the coach. Well, since I have only been here three months and we haven’t had a chance to play [...]
What sport is played in nearly every country, involves hard tackling, rucks, scrums and mauls? Give up? This is the sport of rugby. Though at first glance the sport seems to be a brutal, unorganized, smashmouth form of football, it has its own exciting factors that take it to the next level. The main difference [...]
The men’s rugby team at Lee has stepped up and accomplished a remarkable amount of goals since they have been a team. Rugby is generally thought of as being a men’s sport. This year that is all about to change. For the first time at Lee, the ragtag brutal Lee ladies are starting a rugby [...]
It is my suspicion, built upon my experience as a brother, that Joel and Ethan Coen will systematically produce a film that they themselves find hilarious as a means of relaxation after giving us all something truly ground breaking. After “Fargo” they made “The Big Lebowski”, after “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” they gave us [...]
