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Archive for November, 2008

Coach's Seat with Tommy Brown

Q: How long have you been the men’s basketball coach at Lee? A: This is my fourth season at Lee. Q: When did you first realize that you wanted to coach men’s basketball? A: I first realized I wanted to coach basketball in college when I was a sophomore sitting in accounting class. Q: When [...]

Silent Night

Every year Charlie Brown, the Grinch, Macaulay Culkin and Santa Claus show up on our primetime television networks, purporting to tell us the true meaning of Christmas. There is talk of spending time with family, lending a helping hand to the poor and getting kisses under the mistletoe.  Meanwhile, churches stage large Christmas productions that [...]

Salvation Army donates emergency response vehicle

“We want to make it more than a soup kitchen on wheels,” Jonathan Cutrell said of Lee University’s newest gift. The Salvation Army in Cleveland donated their emergency response vehicle for use throughout the Cleveland community. The van made an appearance on campus last Friday, simply to give students free hot chocolate and apple cider [...]

Bloom on the fruit

It has been said that women are like fine china. I prefer the more romantic approach to women being more like the bloom on fruit, inspired by the words of Henry David Thoreau. Delicate handling is a required. Every guy should realize when he is selected as a “rant escape route” by a member of [...]

End of an era

When University of Tennessee head football coach Phillip Fulmer won the National Championship in 1998, no one thought that in 10 years his tenure would end like this. While on the verge of tears, Fulmer explained at a press conference that he would coach the Volunteers for the remainder of this season and then step [...]

JV basketball thrives under the radar

In only its second year of existence and with a new coach at the helm, the Lee men’s JV basketball team has started the season impressively. With strong defense and an average of 80 points per game, the team has thrived, winning four of its first five games. Part of the team’s success lies in [...]

Jock Talk with Stephen McClellan and Nate Minnoy

Normally a single athlete from an in-season team is featured in Jock Talk. But for this final issue of the semester, the Lee Clarion is giving you a special double dose. Stephen McClellan (SM) Classification: Sophomore Hometown: Dalton, Ga. Fast Fact: Hit seven three-point shots in the Homecoming game vs Montreat Nate Minnoy (NM) Classification: [...]

Style for the sole

Students gathered at the PCSU after chapel Sept. 16 not just to hang out with friends, but also to support a needy cause. Sponsored by the organization TOMS Shoes, students bought and decorated their own pair of shoes, each pair costing approximately $42. Lee student Rob Entsminger said he doesn’t worry about the price of [...]

Angel Tree reaches out through K-mart

This year, K-mart is hosting the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program that provides new clothing and toys for children during the holiday season. Each year, a sponsoring company or corporation places a Christmas tree in a store or a lobby that has high-pedestrian traffic. K-mart has placed the Angel Tree and a table with information [...]

Parade of Favorite competition in planning stages

Lee University’s 46th annual Parade of Favorites theme will be “Out of Many…One People.” The annual event is a scholarship competition where the nominated participants show off their talent and display their successes. Academic success, poise, talent, service and community involvement are all a part of Lee University’s Miss Parade of Favorites. “We cannot deny [...]

Lee searches for fresh film talent

The Student Leadership Council’s public relations committee will sponsor Lee’s first film festival on Feb. 7, 2009. The film festival is designed for amateur film students wishing to express their creativity in writing and producing their own films. “The film festival will be an opportunity for students to show original short films,” Brie McDaniel, assistant [...]

Where are you, Christmas? Oh, wait, you're everywhere.

Has anyone else noticed a change in the area? Not in the sudden drop in the temperature, but rather the sudden generation of Christmas decor. Everywhere. Many people love Christmas, however debate has been raging about whether or not the day after Halloween is too soon to throw up the Christmas tree and set out [...]

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" shines for readers

After reading “The Kite Runner,” Khaled Hosseini’s story-telling abilities left me speechless. The powerful portrait he gave of Afghanistan through the lives of two young boys and the element of redemption that saturates the story were enough to sell me on him as an author. Then came “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” “A Thousand Splendid Suns” [...]

Boys and Girls club prepared for performing art

The Boys and Girls Club of Cleveland, under the direction of Lee alumna Laura Northcutt, will be performing “Cheaper by the Dozen.” “I just wanted a show a lot of people would recognize and get excited about,” Northcutt said. According to Northcutt, the children are the most important part of the play. Seventy children auditioned [...]

Spiritual growth expanded with small groups

Students all over campus are thinking critically about their faith in the context of community. Small Groups, formerly known as H.Y.P.E. or “Heightening Your Personal Experience,” have been re-vamped this year with the name change being the most significant adjustment. Each dorm has small groups that meet every Thursday at 10 p.m. on every floor, [...]