The Milligan College men’s and women’s tennis teams played Christian Brothers University in an exhibition match at a neutral site Friday, Feb. 2. The match was played at Tennessee Wesleyan University. The Buffs lost on both sides. The women’s team lost their matches 5-4 with the men behind them scoring 7-2. Going into Friday’s match […]
David Francisco touched the hearts of millions on the “7American Idol” season 16 premiere. However, it was not his singing that broke so many hearts; it was his story. Francisco is a Knoxville, Tenn., native where he graduated from the University of Tennessee with a degree in electrical engineering. After graduation, he decided to travel […]
Milligan College is starting up their Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program for the 11th year in a row. The program, also known as VITA, occurs once a month from February to April. Started in 2008 by a former Milligan faculty member, VITA is designed to help students learn about tax law. The students then take […]
Milligan has been working toward becoming a more sustainable campus through many different means. Most recently, Webb Hall has taken this challenge pretty seriously with a dorm-wide recycling battle. The RA who came up with the idea was junior Joshua Mangano. He realized Webb Hall did not participate in recycling, and after taking the environmental […]
The results from last year’s Spiritual Formation Program survey are in. Campus minister Brad Wallace and his team of advisors have been looking through the results. The survey showed areas of spiritual growth that the college was doing well in and areas in which the college could improve. The survey was designed to target students […]
Democracy is based on the assumption that people will communicate as to what they believe is right. Without students taking part in politics, some changes may not be made. The Stampede began to investigate Milligan’s student interest in political involvement by interviewing Dr. Amy Edmonds, assistant professor of political science, and junior Tessa Stevenson, a […]
The U.S. and 94 other nations gathered in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, this Feb. 9-25 to compete in 102 different events within 15 different sports. These sports ranged from tricky alpine skiing to intense speed skating, the classic biathlon to the unique sport of curling. In total, there were 2,914 athletes competing, 242 of which […]
Milligan College is unique in many ways, with its beautiful campus and rich history, but it has one unique feature that really sets it apart from other colleges of similar size: Milligan has its own ZIP code. It isn’t unheard of for large universities to have their own postal code designations; the University of Texas […]
Most students I recently surveyed have no idea what FERPA is, or have even really heard of it. FERPA is The Family Educational Right and Privacy Act. There are four parts to this act. Once a student is 18 years old and/or attending college, he or she becomes an “eligible student,” and all rights formerly […]