Christmastime in Owensboro
Brooke Griffin, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Community, Event, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Uncategorized
Owensboro has a fun packed holiday season. They have various holiday events happening now and coming up in December. Holiday in the Park started November 21st and will continue through January 2nd. Take a holiday stroll though the beautifully lighted Legion Park with friends and family nightly from 5:30p.m....
Give Kids the World, It’s the Wesleyan Way
Kenzie Tomes, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under Community, Event, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
Give Kids the World Village was inspired by a little girl named Amy. Amy was diagnosed with leukemia and her wish was to visit the theme parks in Orlando, Florida. Sadly, organizing the travel plans took too long and Amy passed away before her wish could be fulfilled. The purpose for the Village is to...
Dance Purple for Childhood Cancer
Brooke Griffin, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Community, Event, Health & Wellness, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
Kentucky Wesleyan College is bringing a new fundraiser to life on campus next Spring. Inspired by DanceBlue at the University of Kentucky, KWC is introducing DancePurple. DancePurple is going to be a 6-hour dance marathon. Teams who sign up will fundraise before the event. All money raised from the dance...
Nike Believes in Kaepernick
Corey Johnson, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under News, Opinion, Sports, Uncategorized
Nike chose Colin Kaepernick, an NFL quarterback, for one of the faces for their campaign “Just Do It." He is known for the ad, “Believe in something, even it means sacrificing everything," which is a statement of racial injustice. In 2016 during the national anthem, Colin kneeled in protest against...
Don’t Slack Now, Finish Strong
La'Darius Dunn, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under Opinion, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
There are a lot of habits and problems that could affect your study time towards the end of the semester. I understand most people are now starting to feel the drowsy feeling the end of the semester brings with it. This drowsy feeling tends to come from hard work from numerous assignments and some people...
KWC Football Season Recap
Corey Johnson, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Sports, Student Life, Uncategorized
With the Panthers finishing their season two weeks ago, falling to the strong Battlers of Alderson Broadus University, KWC struggled throughout the season competing with a young roster. The Panthers finished their season with a 3-7 record, progressing from the 2017 season with winning just one more game....
The Hate U Give Movie Review
Corey Johnson, Staff Writer
December 7, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Opinion, Uncategorized
This past week I went to the Malco Owensboro Cinema to see the popular movie that recently just came out called The Hate U Give. The Hate U Give is a movie starring a young black 16-year old girl by the name of Starr, who is living a double life between a black neighborhood and a white prep school, and ...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repeat
Brooke Griffin, Staff Writer
November 9, 2018
Filed under Community, Health & Wellness, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
By 2050, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish. Every day, countless single use products are being thrown away, causing landfills to overflow. According to National Geographic, “Because plastic wasn’t invented until the late 19th century, and production really only took off around 1950,...
The Suite Life of KWC
Kenzie Tomes, Staff Writer
November 9, 2018
Filed under Community, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
Move-in day for college students can be an exciting time, but for many Kentucky Wesleyan students this Fall semester, this experience occurred with an added twist. Unfortunately, Peeples Hall suffered water damage in the summer months and had to be renovated. This meant that the residential students...
The Importance of Study Tables
La'Darius Dunn, Staff Writer
November 9, 2018
Filed under Event, Opinion, Showcase, Sports, Student Life, Uncategorized
Study tables could either affect your grade positively or negatively. Study tables have been popular for a number of years at colleges all around simply because it is there to help students. Most students and student athletes don’t like being in study tables but this is a way set them up for their...
Float Therapy Offered at Free Your Mind Spa
Brooke Griffin, Staff Writer
November 9, 2018
Filed under Community, Health & Wellness, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Uncategorized
The Free Your Mind spa, located at 2864 W. Parrish Ave., Suite G, opened this April in Owensboro. They also have a location residing in Evansville, Indiana. Free Your Mind spa has introduced this town to a different kind of therapy option. This new way to relax and reduce stress is called float therapy....
Majors Without Borders
Brooke Griffin, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
Filed under Community, News, Opinion, Owensboro, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
There is a new student organization forming on campus called “Majors without Borders.” Jonathan Johnson and Ethan Dossett have decided to form an organization that brings a wide variety of students together in one place. Every student has a major that they focus on and learn about in college. One...
