With high expectations after last year’s near national tournament birth, the Lee Lady Flames are ready to get the season going. Coach Emily Russell has high hopes for this year’s team with Johana Gomez, Krista Goodlet and Danielle Balough returning to be vocal leaders. “I expect us to challenge for a conference championship and go [...]
After three years of being the Resident Director of Atkins-Ellis, Jubilee Criswell will end her career at Lee University on March 12 and move to Illinois. Jubilee and her family are leaving to take advantage of an opportunity for her husband, Jonathan, to become the youth pastor for Bethalto Church of God, less than half [...]
In the wake of the recent tragedy in Haiti, Lee University sophomore communication major Devin Balram and three young indie bands wanted to do what they could to help out. Teaming up with the Salvation Army, the four groups preformed at a benefit show and raised money for the relief effort in Haiti. In addition, [...]
After being rescheduled due to snow, the second annual Film Festival took place Feb. 26 in the Conn Center. In addition to the showing of four student films, Breath of Creativity, a showcase for student art, took place in the lobby. Refreshments were served in the Conn Center lobby, with an opportunity to view student [...]
Eleven student musicians will represent Lee University in the Tennessee Music Educators Association’s first All Collegiate Band. The band will perform as a part of the Tennessee Music Educators Association’s annual convention. Lee students selected for this honor are Kwami Barnett, clarinet; Joel Land, alto saxophone; Kenyn Brown, percussion; Gab Lajas, trumpet; Kristen Harris, oboe; [...]
Arguably one of the most exciting and anticipated events in college athletics is just around the corner, “March Madness.” March 18 marks the commencement of the highly anticipated and widely unpredictable Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. Though a myriad of teams have been jockeying atop the national standings, fluctuating in and out of the top spot, [...]
The reconciliation meetings that took place between Congressional leaders and President Obama on Feb. 26 made me think about the nature of political discourse in our nation. While I’m not very supportive of the tactic in principle, I do believe it is good for the current debate to provide a situation where our lawmakers can [...]
As part of its annual Justice Week, the Council of Revolutionary Endeavors (CORE) hosted a Human Wrongs simulation on Feb. 25 to highlight the issues of each of the individual clubs. The simulation started in the lobby of the Helen Devos Education building, from here students were led through the simulation by tour guides. Each [...]
Students from the DeVos School of Education’s special education support services major will be student teaching in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from March 23 to May 1, as part of the Lee sponsored trip in partnership with People For Care and Learning. Seniors Laura Simpson, Whitney Hewitt and Zinnie Stamper will be working teaching English, computer skills [...]
Since the onset of PC games, there have been browser-based games, and they’ve seen a lot of changes in spite of their short history. A browser-based game (BBG) is any kind of game you can play through a Web browser like Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer. They have been around the Internet since the late [...]
In a rural-urban neighborhood in South Carolina, a young father walks with his 3-year-old son as he plays with his water pistol that his 21-year-old father bought as a present for him. As they walked across the dusty road, they approached a man who was the relative of the youngster’s father. Suddenly the little man [...]
The road to a relationship can sometimes be an arduous one to travel. There are lots of checkpoints to make it past before you get there, and the most important one is without a doubt the first date. Once you get to this point with a person, you’ve got one shot to not mess it [...]
After witnessing a swift tease of spring this last weekend, I went out shopping for summer clothes. After spending around $100 I came outside to a whirlwind of snow flurries and realized that God is not fair. Fortunately, this just means that there is still time for you to go out and get the trends [...]
“North Point Live: Awake,” featuring the worship leaders of North Point Community Church (NPCC) in Atlanta, Ga., hit the number one spot on iTunes in “Top Christian Albums” within hours of being released. “Awake” is North Point’s first nationally distributed live CD. In an industry of canned-worship music, North Point’s new album “Awake” takes a [...]
Senator Joseph Lieberman announced Monday that he will be the voice sponsoring the removal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the American military. Senator Lieberman has a fairly consistent record with voting in support of same sex issues, and I think that he will do well as the spokesperson for this issue. The [...]
