By: Armond McCray
Historically, Black History Month initially began as “Negro History Week” in 1926. Its founder, Carter G. Woodson, was disheartened after he discovered how underrepresented African Americans were in the shaping of American history. In 1915, he founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. This organization promoted and celebrated the accomplishments of African...
By: George Reid
Taking a long trip to Australia was a check off of my bucket list. I never thought it would become a reality. I knew that when this opportunity arose through McPherson College, I couldn’t pass it up.
January 5th was the scheduled day to start our trek and it went exactly according to plan. We met at 11am...
By: Eman McNeal
The McPherson College Women’s Volleyball team wraps up what was once again another productive season, as they went on another consecutive playoff run this year. Despite the Lady Bulldogs getting knocked out of the playoffs the first round this year, they had an outstanding winning record of 15-7 in conference play with an overall record of 22-12....
By: Eman McNeal
College tuition is a topic that is on every college student's mind. College is an experience and learning opportunity that every person should have. However, college is expensive and will leave you swimming in dept. Since college is so expensive, it’s not good news to hear that your school of choice may have plans to raise the...
By: Eman McNeal
With the 2017 fall semester coming to an end, many student athletes like to take the time to reflect on previous sports seasons and take pride in awards and accomplishments on the season. The 2017 football season was definitely a season to look back and reflect on. The 2017-2018 football season for the McPherson College Bulldogs was...
By: Eman McNeal
Puerto Rico has a long history of tropical storms but none of them were like hurricane Maria. Hurricane Maria took a disastrous toll on Puerto Rico on September 20th of 2017. This was a category 4 — nearly 5 — storm with winds reaching more than 157 mph, which destroyed millions of homes. Some parts of Puerto...
By: Eman McNeal
In August of 2016, Colin Kaepernick started a controversy when he remained sitting on the bench, while the national anthem played during a preseason game. He did this as a protest against the oppression of African Americans and the police brutality taking place in the US. In an interview, Kaepernick stated, "I'm going to continue to stand...
By Shaelah White
Every year, the McPherson College education program chooses two candidates that they believe are the best prospective teachers to come. On November 18th, Shaelah White and Ashley Unruh were nominated McPherson College’s Teacher of Promise candidates for the 2017-2018 school year. They attended a banquet in Wichita, Kansas with twenty-one other schools and forty-two other Teacher of...
By Shaelah White
The McPherson College Education Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi, attended Mid-America Nazarene’s annual “EdFlix” conference on Wednesday, November 1st. Advisors Vicki Schmidt and April Counts brought group members Ashley Unruh, Shaelah White, Lacy Fry, Whitney Murray, and Bailey Reinoehl. Kappa Delta Pi attended this conference to capture ideas for them to put on a conference like this...
By Ronnie Floyd
Though the McPherson College women’s soccer season is over, it is extremely evident that next year they are coming back bigger and better. The team was filled with many transfers, and only eight returning players this year. In addition, they had a new head coach who had previously been the assistant coach, Mark Olson and assistant coach...
