By milliganstampede | March 7, 2014 at 1:33 pm | No comments
By Katherine Siglin
A room full of students stared at an empty stage and listened to a booming, disembodied voice for the first few minutes of Tuesday’s convocation.
No, God wasn’t speaking in audible tones to the Milligan community. Students were listening to the...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 11:26 am | No comments
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 11:23 am | No comments
By Angela Highfield
How easy it is to let someone steal your joy? We have wrapped our identity so tightly around others that when they let us down and disappoint us, our joy and happiness dissolve. The evil one has a way of using even the smallest of disappointments to take...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:53 am | No comments
By Sydney Franklin, Andrew J. Hollandsworth, Sierra Plese
Sophomore Nathan Cachiaras is spending Spring Break in an unconventional way, according to a recent survey conducted by the Stampede. For half the week, he will be on duty as a resident assistant in Webb Hall. For the...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:49 am | No comments
Until mid-March of my senior year in high school, I had no idea I would be attending Milligan College. Truthfully, I had never even heard of Milligan until Coach Tony Wallingford began recruiting me to play college golf. I’ve loved the game of golf ever since my older brother...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:44 am | No comments
By Saziye Gourley-Ozhayta
(Photo by Alex Rostro)
When did you fall in love with music?
When I was a young child. I used to sing at children's church and at quinceaneras in Mexico. I was raised only listening to Spanish Christian music and traditional hymnals until I was...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:39 am | No comments
By Amber Plumer
(Photo by Alex Rostro)
Growing up with a Mexican-American mother and a Caucasian father has its struggles, especially when it comes to checking the ethnicity box on any official form, according to Goah Diversity Scholar Anneke Snyder.
“My father thinks...
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By milliganstampede | February 28, 2014 at 10:37 am | No comments
By Brittany Shaffer
This fall, Milligan will implement an official scholarship position for Brutus the Buffalo, Milligan’s mascot. The lucky student will maintain the position for their entire time at Milligan.
Previously, the mascot was a volunteer-based role filled...
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By milliganstampede | February 27, 2014 at 4:59 pm | No comments
By A. Brooke Whitley
MONTREAT COLLEGE, N.C. - Against a long-time rival, the Milligan College women’s basketball team lost the last game on Saturday to the Cavaliers. The scoreboard in McAlister Gymnasium at Montreat College read 84-75.
“We were locked into fourth...
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By milliganstampede | February 27, 2014 at 4:55 pm | No comments
By Amber Plumer
Picture of Katryn McKinney from MilliganBuffs.com
Thirteen Milligan swim team members qualified for the NAIA National Championship at the Appalachian Swimming Conference on Feb. 15.
“We saw many seasonal best times at ASC and I expect to return from...
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