Features
Student bakes bread; shares recipe, tips in dorm room
In the age of Pinterest and other craft sites, many Union students have caught the “do it yourself” bug. Bread-making is the newest craze to hit. […]
Month: April 2012
Arts & Entertainment
Documentary inspires art, results in campus-wide balloon project
Art students and faculty gathered to create a campus-wide arch of balloons Monday for a project called “His Banner Over Me is Love.”
Melinda Posey, assistant professor of art, said the hope was to have the project on display all day. However, the string holding the balloons together broke once they reached Jennings Hall. […]
Sports
Softball fan’s dream comes true at game against Bethel University
The sun shined down on the freshly-cut grass, fans filled the stands and tension hung in the air. Union’s softball team faced off against Bethel University March 26.
Bubba Wade, 28, of Memphis, sat behind home plate with a huge smile on his face. This was the first game this season he was able see the Lady Bulldogs play live. He was beaming with excitement because softball ranks among his favorite sports. In between the games he got to see the catcher, who came up and gave him a Union bag that he now keeps on the back of his wheelchair. […]
News
Luncheon speaker shares principles of faith on the job in book
Students and business leaders packed the Carl Grant Events Center while Harry Smith reminded audience members that living a Christian life in the business world is not easy, but is still rewarding for those who faithfully trust God in professional decisions.
The annual event, sponsored by the McAfee School of Business, is designed to encourage and equip members of the local business community to integrate their Christian faith into their professional lives. […]
Perspectives
PERSPECTIVE: Thick skin, tough leader
Every election year the rhetoric seems to get worse — an unrelenting series of shouting matches, accusations and name-calling. Even the most politically engaged tire of the mudslinging, claiming it sullies the reputation of all who dare enter the race.
As the dissonant cacophony drones on, the punch-drunk candidates aim lower, exchanging cheap shots in commercials, debates and robocalls. It seems winning the presidency requires a lot more than an idealistic vision or a charismatic personality. […]
News
Intervarsity coordinator addresses God’s design for sexuality
During the Heart of Sexuality event March 29, the keynote speaker encouraged attendees to recognize that sex is designed by God and is intended to be both pleasurable and beneficial, a preview of an ultimate union with Christ.
“He put this intensely powerful sexual drive into each of us so that we would be restless alone — that it would keep us from isolating ourselves from humanity,” said Sharon Gartland, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship national coordinator for Women in the Academy and Professions.
News
Red Bus Project benefits orphans worldwide
The bus, straight from England and renovated to be a rolling thrift store, is part of the Red Bus Project, which seeks to raise awareness on college campuses nationwide about the needs of orphans. The project is an extension of Shared Hope, an or- ganization founded by Steven Curtis Chapman and his wife that aids orphans worldwide. […]