Initiating a new athletics program for any university is challenging in and of itself. However, adding in the additional element of doing this exact thing amid a pandemic seems almost impossible. For Mississippi College’s women’s golf team, that was exactly the case. Yet, they made it through the rough year that was 2020 and are now starting their 2021 season
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From its inception in 2005 to the social media icon it is today, YouTube has always been a place for people of any kind to share their passion, stories, or anything in between. With all the different variety of videos that exist on the platform, a new form has emerged in the past year: documenting the daily lives of athletes.
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With women’s basketball opening their season in less than a month at Mississippi State, head coach Greg Long has high hopes for his second year on the job. With the Lady Choctaws coming off of a 3-9 campaign in a conference-only season that saw eight games be canceled due to COVID, the new season will be a chance for Long
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Even with COVID-19 wreaking chaos on all of the sports teams on MC’s campus, the men’s basketball team was affected more than most. Even with the Gulf South Conference graciously putting together a shortened, conference only, winter season, the Choctaws played far less games that were scheduled. Out of the 20 games scheduled at the start of this past year,
Read moreWhen lyricists Justin Paul and Benj Pasek composed and published Dear Evan Hansen in 2015, it didn’t take long for the musical to rise to national fame and win six Tony awards on Broadway’s big stage. After Ben Platt’s portrayal of Evan Hansen in the original cast, the musical continued to run and cast household names like Andrew Barth Feldman
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Stephen McNeill, Mississippi singer and songwriter, released his new album, “The Art of Repair,” on all music streaming services Oct. 15. His single “Rebuild” released on Sep. 24. McNeill is Memphis-born and moved to DeSoto County after college. He, his wife, and his four-year-old twins now live in Olive Branch, Mississippi. The album features 11 original songs. This is McNeill’s
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Wyatt Waters is a name well-known among MC students, art fanatics, and residents of Clinton. The Mississippian and MC alumnus has made a career for himself painting landscapes, buildings, and sites around the world. His art has been featured in magazines like Art and Antiques and American Artist. MC students recognize his painting of “The Teacher” sculpture in Alumni Hall’s
Read moreStudents at Mississippi College had gone over a year without having any form of visitation. Freshman and sophomores alike had yet to even experience life on campus with dorm visitation. That all changed this semester with the announcement of an updated visitation policy that took effect on Oct. 7. Now that visitation is officially back, students are able to make
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Mississippi College Sexual Assault Prevention Ambassadors (MC SAPA) started their organization on campus in fall 2020. Since then they have had an incredible amount of support flooding in from both staff and students. Within the past year, the organization has worked on expanding its reach across campus and getting more students involved, being able to spread information and resources. Their
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Not many people can claim to be business owners by the time they are 24. Yet, this is the case for Hwiwon An, otherwise known as Bella An, who came to the U.S. to study abroad. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Bella is a student at Sookmyung Women’s University studying business. At Mississippi College, she is studying marketing. “I love
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