If you’re like me and have paid attention to the news and to any social media, you should be disgusted; disgusted with America; angry with how people have reacted and how people are reacting to reactions.  First off, I will PROUDLY say that I love this school. While Milligan may have things I don’t agree […]

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World War II American Army medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people and becomes the first conscientious objector in American history to be awarded the Medal of Honor.  Director: Mel Gibson Starring: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey Rated R for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of […]

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Her life looked ideal. She was a star track and soccer athlete, brilliant, loved by so many, and surrounded by a supportive family of seven. But on Jan. 17, 2014, University of Pennsylvania freshmen found herself too overwhelmed to deal with the pressures and demands of college, and she ended her life. Her parents found […]

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Nobel Prize On Oct. 3, Yoshinori Ohsumi from Japan won the Nobel Prize.  He was given this award for his accomplishments in medicine and research into autophagy.  Ohsumi is a cell biologist and professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology’s Institute of Innovative Research. New Line of Google Phones Google announced its new line of products […]

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Nintendo has officially announced the Nintendo Switch. Way back in March of 2015, Nintendo confirmed they were working on a project called the “NX.” Countless rumors have spread about this console over the previous year-and-a-half. This project began as an idea from the now deceased CEO Satoru Iwata and very well could have been the […]

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“Need Service Hours? SFP Provided!!”  These are the headlines I use whenever I send an email from the L.I.N.C. office. We are L.I.N.C., Linking Individuals to the Needs of the Community, an organization on campus that seeks to inspire students to become servant-leaders in their neighborhood.  Sadly, we’ve moved far from that dream.  The truth […]

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On Nov. 5, the Cross Country Buffs traveled to Black Mountain, North Carolina, where they competed in the Appalachian Athletic Conference championship at Montreat College. The top result from the meet was Hannah Segrave, who not only won her race by a whopping 19 seconds in front of her SCAD Atlanta competitor with a time […]

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There’s something about the chill of autumn that creates a great desire to indulge in something sweet. Maybe it’s the crisp autumn air or the way the leaves fall that make an average walk feel as if you are walking through a curtain of red and orange bliss. Or maybe it’s the comforting food that […]

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Contributed by Leah Thacker “Buttons are like women: They hold everything together.” Stacy Larsen is the director of the River, a nonprofit that seeks to build relationships as women care for themselves. Any woman is welcome to wash clothes, shower, get a haircut or simply enjoy the company of other like-minded women in a safe […]

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A new course called ‘Sustainability and Society’ is being offered this upcoming spring at Milligan. “This course will be an introductory class for students in social sciences and political sciences,” said Professor Hongyou Lu, creator of the course and professor of Mandarin Chinese. The course will be a total of three credit hours, and will […]

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