Category: COLUMNS
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Apathy is hard to conquer, but necessary
By Garrett Jones, Contributing Writer The biggest enemy of success is apathy. How do you complete any task you don’t care about? It only gets more difficult when you feel like you can’t care about it. The more apathy takes over one thing, the more it creeps into other parts of your life. It can…
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Opinion: Let’s reject the impossible standard of perfection
By Jaden Jennings, Contributing Writer Sometimes when I am doing all of the right things, I still feel separated from God. Do you? What I mean to say is that even when I am reading my Bible, having a regular quiet time, or even praying like I should, periodically I get this awful, wretched feeling…
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Identity found in the Lord, not human image
By Jaden Jennings, Contributing Writer For me personally, working out has always been a part of my daily routine. As I was in the gym yesterday though, I had an epiphany. I thought to myself, “wait a minute; why am I doing all of this work to my body?” I run to get skinny, I…
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Nicknames also have spiritual meaning
By Mya Hudgins, Assistant News Editor My grandpa tells this same story over and over again. It’s one of those stories that they use to introduce you to someone you don’t even know. Sometimes he even tells this story at family gatherings even though we’ve all heard it a hundred times. I used to get…
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Column: Learning to appreciate chapel
By Nicholas Dingus, Sports Editor The first time I walked through the doors of Raley Chapel on move-in day in August 2014, I knew that I would be spending a lot of time there over the next four years. Every Wednesday – and some Mondays and Fridays – I would walk through those doors into…
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Op-Ed: Is Jordan really the greatest of all time?
By Jared A’Latorre, Columnist Michael Jordan, an NBA legend is known to be the greatest basketball player to ever play. At least that’s what it says on the NBA website, and most people seem to agree with that. Nothing should be taken away from his remarkable career, but there are still a few considerations other…
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Ked’s Corner: The NCAA is under investigation… again.
Kedrick Nettleton, Columnist The NCAA is under investigation – again. If you’re a fan of college sports, you know that this is not a new or unusual occurrence. Those fans with long or even medium-length memories will be able to call back, on command, at least one or two scandals that have rocked the college sports…
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Complaining contradicts Christian values, heavenly blessings
By Ashton Smith, Contributing Writer Picture this. You walk into the GC, see your friends sitting on those familiar couches, and you decide to join them. The conversation, of course, is about school and classes and the copious amounts of homework in everyone’s lives. Someone comments, “Why do teachers give us so much homework? Don’t…
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Op-Ed: The pros and cons of online dating
By Loren Rhoades, Assistant Features Editor The internet has become a place of endless possibilities, a place with the finest recipes, endless amounts of dog photos and love-struck romance–romance that can be found through online dating. Online dating has become quite the phenomena in this social media-centered world. Couples are getting together on sites designed…
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Op-Ed: A lesson of self-worth from rebelling
By Mya Hudgins, Contributing Writer Your throat tightens, your breathing gets deeper, your stomach has a weird feeling – like butterflies. Your heart starts skipping beats. You start thinking about all these things you should say, but nothing comes out. Then you catch yourself smiling when he walks in the room or even offers a…
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