Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is the first COVID vaccine to receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA announced the approval on August 23. The Pfizer vaccine is approved for individuals sixteen years and older. It requires two doses, three weeks apart. Recipients are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving their second […]
Lil Nas X’s recently released song, Montero (Call Me By Your Name), and the correlating music video and Satan shoes have got Christians, conservatives, historians and Milligan students talking. The release came on March 26, and the Satan shoes are a collaboration with MSCHF, a self proclaimed conceptual art collective. The song and video are […]
The United Methodist Church’s (UMC) plans to separate into two denominations after debates regarding the church’s views of the LGBTQ+ community have fallen in the spotlight again. The UMC currently upholds a traditional approach that restricts officiating same-sex marriages and ordaining openly LGBTQ+ clergy. The debate about how accepting the church should be came to […]
Joey Reese, a Milligan University sophomore, has hit the TikTok scene with his tenor voice. From Nashville, Reese joined TikTok in hopes of making it big. He has always enjoyed singing and entertaining, so he took his skills to social media to try and find a following. Under the handle @joey_falcone, he recently hit 32 […]
The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) celebrated Eating Disorder Awareness Week from Feb. 22-28. The purpose of this week is, “to shine the spotlight on eating disorders by educating the public, spreading a message of hope, and putting lifesaving resources into the hands of those in need,” according to NEDA. The NEDA Awareness Week theme […]
The U.S. Senate acquitted Donald Trump on Saturday, saving him from conviction at his second impeachment trial. Trump’s second impeachment comes just a year after the first, making him the first U.S. president to be impeached twice. The Senate voted 57-43 in favor of convicting the former president of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection […]
Milligan announced its plans to celebrate Black History Month in an email on Friday, with students having significant input into the planning process this year. “This is about our students and our campus,” said Gwen Ellis, director of multicultural engagement. “It’s really important this year for students to pick.” Goah Diversity scholars are hosting an […]
Reverend Joel Tooley, a consultant with the National Immigration Forum, lectured on how Christians should approach immigration as it has been a polarizing topic in the United States in recent years. He argued that people should understand that God cares about the vulnerable, and that many immigrants and refugees are women and children, lacking voice […]
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Jeopardy, for over 30 years, entertained the likes of many who tuned in every night to watch the battles of wits between contestants. It was also evident that many tuned in to see the grandfatherly figure, Alex Trebek, host the show in a calm and cool manner which he became famous for. However, on Nov. […]