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Missions priority during break

March 29, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

Global Outreach Trips introduced three new teams for spring break, allowing students new opportunities from Louisville to Memphis. About 150 people are participating in GO Trips this year, branching out to towns and countries across the globe. Out of spring break’s 12 trips, three new teams allowed students to assist communities and organizations while enjoying new experiences. For the first time, Union students joined the ministry of Jefferson Street Baptist Center in Louisville, Ky., and Binghampton Development Corp. in Memphis, while another group traveled to Boston, Mass. […]

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Student films shine at festival

March 28, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

The ninth annual Student Film Festival was held Monday and Tuesday evenings, giving students a chance to exhibit their film-making abilities and win a cash prize.
The festival was directed by Cam Tracy, web development agent for university communications, and Chris Blair, associate professor of communication arts and coordinator of digital media studies.Students received the opportunity on Monday evening to screen their films in the W.D. Powell Theatre and discuss what went into the making of their movies. […]

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Elbow surgery sidelines Roof

March 15, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

The last thing Derek Roof was thinking about when he threw the final pitch in the 2011 TranSouth Conference Tournament championship game was how sore his arm was. Instead, teammates exchanged high fives and congratulations after advancing to nationals for the third straight season.

Roof did not get concerned about the soreness in his arm until the ride home that day, when he realized he had pitched 14 innings in just two days, including a 9-inning complete game effort in the championship.

Fast forward to the 2012 season and Roof, junior exercise science major, is redshirted and sidelined by Tommy John surgery, a common elbow surgery among pitchers […]

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Arts & Entertainment

USA TODAY’s Hubbard reveals visual knowledge

March 13, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

Visual journalism, like a multitude of other job markets in America, is ever-shrinking and increasingly competitive. Garrett Hubbard may be the best man in the business — as evidenced by a slew of recently announced awards by the White House News Photographers Association — but his unassuming ambience would never suggest it. Then again, they say a positive outlook is everything, and as someone who is always the first to offer a word of comfort or the flash of a jovial smile, Hubbard has attitude in the bag.
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