This year Lee University collected a record breaking 1,806 boxes for Operation Christmas Child (OCC). The previous record was 1,602, set in 2007. Mike Hayes, assistant vice president for student life and head of the OCC collection at Lee, said Lee has broken its record for the number of boxes collected almost every year. This [...]
December graduation candidate Amanda Panos was motivated by personal experience to pursue a fellowship with the Center for Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Program at the University of Pittsburgh. On Oct. 27, 2004, during her senior year of high school, Panos’ car hydroplaned and crashed into a ravine. She was declared clinically dead, and her family [...]
Lee alumni Mario and Megan Hood want to make a difference in Cleveland by serving in the new Arise college group ministry starting at Grace Community Church. The Hoods’ heart lay with the 18-25 age group, especially since Mario became a Christian while attending Lee. “Eighty-five percent of kids who leave the youth group never [...]
I thought it would be apt to review my favorite book of all time for the last published issue of the Lee Clarion. A classic novel, Anna Karenina represents, in my opinion, one of the best examples of Russian literature ever written. Leo Tolstoy is mostly known for his ridiculously long book, War and Peace [...]
The Lady Flames basketball team traveled to Georgetown, Ky., last weekend to play in the Habitat for Humanity Classic. On Friday Nov. 13, Katie Nelson led the team to an 83-72 victory over the Georgetown Tigers, scoring a total of 36 points before fouling out with six minutes left in the game. Brooke McKinnon scored [...]
Everyday Sunday rocked the Conn Center during Sunday night chapel on Nov. 15. The band described their music as rock, punk, fun and energetic – the mood during the show wasn’t far off. The name for the band originated from Trey Pearson, the only remaining member of the original Everyday Sunday band, which started at [...]
This story is the fourth and final story in a series about amateur MMA group, Team Truth. As this series comes to a close, it is time to recognize how Team Truth and Lee University are connected. The team that has built its reputation upon Christian values, hard work, and determination has begun to attract [...]
Ground breaking has already begun and an irrigation system is in place for the university’s remodeling of the south field at Carroll Courts into a brand new rugby pitch and intramural field. According to Cole Strong, assistant to the president, the unnamed field at the moment will cover approximately two acres of usable space. In [...]
After a three year hiatus, the Lee University Inline Hockey Club team is back in action practicing twice a week in preparation for the 2010 spring season. The team, which has been nonexistent the last three years, is being restarted by a group of Lee hockey enthusiasts. The original team, whose last season in competition [...]
Lee University lost a beloved colleague and professor of Music on Nov. 3. Michael Brownlee passed away in a Chattanooga hospital from massive strokes at the age of 60. Brownlee was a Lee graduate, who dedicated 33 years of his life to teaching the music. He taught private piano lessons and was also a keyboard [...]
Effective within the first few weeks of the Spring 2010 semester, the Lee University Counseling Center will be expanding their group counseling services to better accommodate the needs of the student as identified in a general survey sent out last month. Students will be able to take advantage of five different support groups. These groups [...]
The Lee University Lady Flames soccer team earned a hard-fought victory over the Auburn University Montgomery (Ala.) Lady Senators to win the SSAC championship for the eighth consecutive time. After two halves and two ten minute overtimes, the game ended in penalty kicks, 3-1, in favor of the Lady Flames. From the very beginning, this [...]
For Emma Humphreys, a freshman double major in public relations and Spanish, Operation Christmas Child (OCC) has been about more than filling up shoe boxes. In August 2008, Humphreys helped deliver shoe boxes in Ecuador. She was one of 20 people chosen from across America to go on a Samaritan’s Purpose Youth trip. The trip [...]
College basketball is a little more than five months from officially crowning a new champion for the 2009-2010 season. Before fans can harmonize to a consummating “One Shining Moment” in April, the season must play out. With multiple story lines produced this off-season, SEC basketball is sure to produce a much stronger season than recent [...]
Coach Tommy Brown is the head coach of the Lee University men’s basketball team. Q) How long have you been coaching men’s basketball at Lee? A) This is my fifth season. Q) What is your favorite memory in your coaching career at Lee? A) Hanging out with the guys on the North Shore in Hawaii [...]
