Nov. 20th, 2013

IndexNews........................2Opinion..................3Lifestyle..................4&5Sports....................6&7The Bitter End..............8

Issue 9, Vol. 119

Wednesday

Get ready to stand in line in the cold and spend a week’s pay on popcorn, it’s time for the holiday movie season to start rolling.

Three upcoming movies in particular hope to top the box office with tried-and-true methods for making money at the theater: two sequels, Catching Fire and The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug, and an animated Disney musical, Frozen.

Catching Fire and Desolation of Smaug bring something unique to the world of tired sequels, they are both part two of a trilogy. This could make it easier for moviegoers to immerse themselves in Panem or Middle Earth, respectively, since there will not need to be much background material.

Frozen hopes to revive the Disney animated musical with an entirely new princess movie, hearkening back to classics like Beauty

and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. Catching Fire

Catching Fire, based on the Hunger Games trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins, is clearly targeted towards teens and young adults.

The movie stars young, beautiful actors such as Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Josh Hutcherson, and newcomer Sam Claflin.

Catching Fire is a dystopian, or post-apocalyptic, story, which is enormously popular in young adult literature and films. Dystopian stories take place in dark, violent worlds where everyone is out to get the “good guys” and important characters bite the dust left and right, much to the horror of fans.

Dave Astor, of the Huffington Post, explains, “We’re fascinated by the terrible things

these characters face, and by how some react

bravely and some react cowardly or with

resignation.”

F a n s of the first ins ta l lment and newbies alike can find out if Catching Fire lives up to the hype on November 22.

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug

While viewers of all ages will see this film, Desolation of Smaug has a built-in fan base that virtually guarantees its success.

In the early 2000s, Peter Jackson’s vision of Middle Earth captured audiences with his adaptions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. In 2012, he brought Middle Earth back to the silver screen with the first installment of The Hobbit, which will also be a trilogy.

Fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy can look forward to the return of Orlando Bloom as Legolas, as well as a whole new set of characters, namely the Silvan elves.

Katie Blagden of whatculture.com explains, “Certainly one of

things that’s going to make the Desolation of Smaug fantastic is the fact that there are so many new characters to introduce, and most of them are awesome.”

With a cast of new immortal elves and a legion of Lord of the Rings fans behind him, Peter Jackson should do well with Desolation of Smaug. His track record speaks for itself, last year’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey grossed more than $300 million in theaters, according to Box Office Mojo. Fans can journey once again into Middle Earth on December 13.

FrozenHoping to draw in loyal

fans of all ages, Disney’s newest animated effort, Frozen, could be the dark horse of the holiday movie season. A film about princesses in a wintry wonderland, peppered with catchy melodies and anthropomorphized animals, is not new or earth shattering, but that may be the point.

Taking a cue from successful princess movie musicals of

Disney’s past, along with

recent princess musicals Tangled

and The Princess and the Frog, Disney is

relying on a tried-and-true method with a few

modern twists. Frozen tells the story

of two sisters (voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina

Menzel) who are princesses in the Scandinavian kingdom of Arandelle, with musical numbers and love interests, of course. But the story focuses on the relationship of the two sisters rather than the romance, which may set the film apart from earlier damsel-in-distress Disney offerings.

An early review on The Wrap, an online newsletter focused on movies, music, and TV, raves about the music in the film, “The tunes are terrific — moving, stirring, funny and catchy. Don’t be surprised if “Frozen” becomes yet another Disney animated feature to hit the Broadway stage; in this case, however, the transition promises to be fairly smooth, based on the strength of the material.” Sing along to Disney’s newest animated feature on November 27.

Hitting the screen this season: fire, ice and hobbitsChelsea FergusonEditor-in-Chief

Page 2Recovering from the storms in the Philippines

will be a long road.

Page 3

Should you date in college or wait until after

graduation?

Page 5

Juniors and seniors share their final exam triumphs

and failures.

Page 7

Meet new men’s volleyball coach Fred Battenfield.

Luke 6:31

Do to others as you would have them do to

you.

Check out showtimes at Regal Cherrydale Cinemas:

News2 November 20th, 2013

News Briefs

A tornado killed six people and injured more than 200 throughout Illinois. The funnel destroyed more than 400 homes particularly in Washington, Champaign and Massac County. The storm migrated to the Atlantic Ocean leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power. The American Red Cross is responding with aid across the five states that were affected by the storm.

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Tornado In Midwest Kills Six

If you commit a crime don’t relate it to yourself on social media. A wanted fugitive posted comments on his own wanted photo on Facebook. Nicolas Emond, who goes by the alias ‘Sin Demon,’ was wanted for conviction of possession of a firearm. He decided the most efficient way to keep a low profile was to post comments on his wanted photo. Four other criminals stole a credit card, then proceeded to purchase $120 worth of Carl’s Jr. food and post a picture of the act on Instagram. They will now eat their hearts out behind bars.

Crimes Broadcast on Social Media

Two Parisian media sources have been victims of an anonymous shooter on the run. On Monday a 27-year-old photographic assistant of Liberation newspaper’s Next magazine was shot twice – once in the arm and again in the abdomen – when a man unexpectedly opened fire in the magazine’s lobby at 10:45 a.m. The gunman hijacked a car to escape. This followed Friday’s attack on the Paris offices of news channel, BFMTV. One hostage’s report leads police to suspect the shooter is a bald, heavy-built man, 40 to 45 years old.

French Media Survives Shootings

Category Five Typhoon kills thousands in the PhilippinesPaddy O’Conor News & Opinions Editor

In our lifetime, there have been many natural disasters: Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy, to name a few. None have caused the amount of destruction that Typhoon Haiyan caused to the Philippines.

Typhoon Haiyan made landfall on November 8 at 4:40 a.m. PHT, several hours before expected. By the next day, most of the storm had passed over and was heading for China. The Guardian, a British publication, reports that several officials throughout the area had ordered mandatory evacuation, and a few ordered officers to fire into the air to get people to move.

Typhoons are not new to the

Philippines. On average, 20 typhoons are recorded in the surrounding waters each year, but this storm has caused more death than any other typhoon since 1991.

According to The Guardian, Typhoon Haiyan was classified as a category-five super-typhoon. To put this in perspective, Hurricane Katrina was a category-three hurricane when it hit Louisiana.

CNN reports that 3,633 people have been confirmed dead from the storm with 12,487 people injured. In addition to the high death toll, The Guardian reports that looting has occurred due to a lack of basic provisions.

NBC News reported on November 16 that aid has begun to reach some of the most hard-hit areas of the

Philippines. The first aid from a different country didn’t arrive until six days after the storm hit.

Aid has poured in from around the country to counter this loss, but it has created some controversy between nations.

“China, the world’s second-largest economy, faced heavy criticism for its initial donation of £40,000 [about $54,000]. A territorial dispute between China and the Philippines is likely to lie behind Beijing’s paltry sum, which is less than even the Swedish furniture chain Ikea has pledged,” Jason Rodrigues reported in The Guardian.

Estimates of the damage caused are between $10 billion and $14 billion, according to Kinetic Analysis Corp.

Paddy O’Conor News & Opinions Editor

Every Wednesday at 8 a.m. in the Cothran Maintenance Building, behind the Bruce Residence Hall, the staff of both the maintenance and landscaping departments meets for a weekly devotional.

Each session starts off with a brief moment of worship, using a piano, occasionally a guitar, and many voices. The song selection is quite simple: attendees simply call out the number

of the hymn they want to sing. “We try to bring into the

mix some of the traditional hymns along with the ‘old-timey’ hymns,” explained Glenn Gifford, NGU maintenance staff and pastor of Tyger Baptist Church.

After worship, the speaker is introduced. The speakers are all from different areas of campus life, from Charles Snook, campus security officer, to Jordin Harvey, junior. The topics range as well, but they seem to culminate on the need for God in daily life.

The service used to be held

in the lobby of the building, but the department has renovated a room in the back of the department into a chapel.

“We needed to make more space in Maintenance…and [we found a] nice big room, [and] decided to make it,” Gifford explained. He added that the room was clearly annointed, in his opinion, after the first devotional service was held there.

The devotional is open to everyone and will be held at the same time in the spring semester.

ROTC hosts Military Appreciation DayD.J. LeveretteStaff Writer

On November 9, Military Appreciation Day was held at Younts stadium on the North Greenville University campus.

The event was held to recognize those currently serving in the military and the retired, and those who fell in the line of duty.

The day’s ceremonies were run by the NGU campus ROTC department and consisted of a cookout, a recruiting/giveaway station and a nine-man color guard before the football game.

Another special event was held at Tigerville Elementary School. Military veterans, as well as two NGU ROTC cadets, spoke in a special assembly.

NGU ROTC cadet Brad

Stickley, senior, taught the students about the Prisoner of War (POW) act and the Missing in Action (MIA) act.

B r a n d o n Link, junior, told the students a story concerning the history of Veteran’s Day. After the ceremony, s p e a k e r s spoke with the children and their parents. Photo by DJ Leverette

Brad Stickley, senior, reads to students at Tigerville Elementary School.

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We humans are all hopeless r o m a n t i c s , constantly trying to find that special someone to spend the

rest of our lives with. But in America, we expect

that process of finding to be quick and simple. Is patience a lost ability within our culture? If so, then why do we in the church ascribe to this same notion?

When God put us on this earth, He designed us not to be alone. Yet we have taken that to say that we should never be alone, that we should never grow on our own.

But if togetherness is all we value, then we lose our growth as individuals.

Jessica Morris of Relevant

Hey girl, is dating okay for students?Dating helps us to prepare for our lives after graduationJosh MulvaneyAssistant Editor

Whether they want to admit it or not, most college students double major in spouse-scouting as well as their

actual fields of study. Something about the mixture

of freedom, independence, hormones and movie nights makes romantic relationships a must-have on college campuses.

Dating is an intrinsic part of college life. It is inevitable, and it most likely will always stay that way. However, the question remains, is dating okay for college students?

It may seem blasphemy to challenge such a steadfast pillar of higher educational sanctity, but college is a time to mature and develop our skills for adulthood. For this reason we must view dating not as our left arm, but as an activity that should be analyzed for its value.

If dating is healthy for college students, we must be ready to ask fundamental questions like, “Why do we date?” or “Are we doing it right?” Only then can we determine if dating is good for us.

Don’t worry. I am here to tell you that dating is okay. Now that you’ve wiped the sweat from your brow, sit back and read on as to why.

Dating teaches us responsibility. It is no longer the male who primarily provides for the family, both spouses are responsible for financial aspects of family rearing. I

n college, dating helps us hone those skills financially and o t h e r w i s e . Dating helps us learn time management, m o n e y management, wisdom with our words, and even helps us mold our values.

D a t i n g allows hearts to be broken. Why on earth is that a good thing? It helps us mature and develop our understanding of who we are and who we want our spouse to be.

A failed relationship reveals to us mistakes that we’ve made that we can eliminate in the future, as well as narrow down our vision of the man or woman with whom we would spend the rest of our lives.

A broken heart also provides an opportunity to work on our relationship with God. As adulthood approaches the college student, personal growth through trial and error is practical and vital.

Dating helps us learn to communicate, which is an essential part of a successful marriage, or any relationship in general.

Communication is also one of the toughest skills to master

in a dating r e l a t i o n s h i p. For whatever reason, guys and girls in a r e l a t i o n s h i p communicate about as well as two foghorns in a blizzard. T h e r e f o r e , dating should be seen as

an opportunity to work on our communication skills.

This will help us not only in our romantic relationships, but other relationships at a job or with friends. Dating teaches us self-sacrifice. Many college students are far more interested in their own futures than in that of others. Dating helps us learn to put effort into bettering

the lives of other people. A couple, married or not, is a

team. That’s one of the unspoken rules in a committed relationship. The focal point of a relationship should be on the other.

It works the same way in the real world. An employer wants to know what you are going to sacrifice for a job, and how willing you are to put forth considerable time and effort.

In the same way, a spouse wants to marry someone who is willing to sacrifice everything for him or her. This is the most important aspect of a relationship, and dating shows us just how much we are willing to sacrifice for the person. As college students, we are still learning about who were are and what we want our lives to look like in the future. Our activities in college will often determine our path for the future.

Dating becomes much more than a social activity; it becomes an important aspect of personal growth and planning ahead.

Marriage is arguably equally as important as one’s future job. You can change jobs, but your spouse will be your partner for a lifetime. Hence, it would almost be senseless and irresponsible to not date in college.

Dating before we are ready can hinder our walk with GodDante WilcoxAssociate Writer

Magazine says, “By not having a significant other, our motivation to seek after God’s plans for our lives can be concentrated, as we do not have to divide our attention with a relationship.”

We cannot rely on other people to fix our problems when those problems must be fixed on our own.

So many Christians follow the same pattern as the world when seeking a spouse by always going with the first person that meets some qualifications they were looking for. Dating has become damaging to relationships and individuals.

Zack Millsaps, junior, says that when we focus on dating as our mode of finding a spouse, we miss out on the opportunity for friendship. If that relationship fails, there is no friendship to fall back on, leaving people in a fog of confusion,

especially concerning God’s will.Much of this pattern of dating

and breaking up seems to be rooted in the discomfort of individuals with themselves. Many couples who break up have deep-rooted issues that they are unwilling to confront and so they fail to develop meaningful relationships with their significant others. Much of their failed relationship is due to their lack of patience.

Colossians 3:12 says, “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.”

This last attribute is the one we in America choose to ignore the most, patience; and because of that, we often jump to conclusions, especially whom God wants us to marry.

We need to learn the discipline of waiting, allowing the Lord to shape us the way He wants

while we remain single so that we may be a better future spouse.

“I feel I can celebrate my single status, because it shows that God is still working on my behalf as He prepares my future spouse and me for the day we begin life together,” Morris says.

If we like someone, we shouldn’t necessarily start dating that person immediately. Instead we should be watchful and wise and continually turn to God to know His will. At the end of the day, when we have patiently waited for God to change us individually and have become comfortable with ourselves, we can then move on and care about someone else in a marriage capacity.

Until then, let us consider Colossians and be ever watchful for the Lord’s will and not our hormones as we continue waiting on the sidelines of marriage.

Features4 November 20th, 2013

Allie OuthouseManaging Editor

All movement is rhythm. Every sound heard is mixed

with another to create music. This is the majority belief of West Africa and the heritage of the djembe, a hand drum developed in Guinea.

On November 4, the newly-formed North Greenville University African Percussion Ensemble gave a premier performance on this instrument with world-renowned djembefola (master drummer) Bolokada Conde.

Under the direction of NGU Instructor of Music and director of the NGU African Percussion Ensemble Christopher Davis, Conde, who recently moved to the Greenville area, had been coaching the ensemble for several weeks before the cultural event.

The ensemble was formed to expand p e r c u s s i o n i s t s ’ understanding of music and poly-rhythms, according to Shawn Blackwell, an NGU student who was instrumental in the formation of the ensemble and participates in it as well.

Davis said the differences between African and Western music are so vast, from teaching methods to traditional performance, that

it gives students a glimpse into how some of the world views and comprehends music.

Blackwell and Davis had been discussing the African percussions for a year prior to the ensemble’s formation earlier this semester.

Blackwell, having been a missionary kid in Conakry, Guinea, had a personal prior acquaintance with both the Guinea guest artist and the Guinea organization from which Davis purchased the variety of instruments (djembes, dunduns, kenken bells and sanbans) featured during the performance.

Davis plans to continue to seek Conde’s assistance with the African Percussion Ensemble, despite Conde’s high demand around the

world. “I would love to get him here

next year for his own concert,”

said Davis. “Starting in the fall of 2014, the music department is adding a world music lab to our curriculum that I will be teaching. When I reach the African unit and begin to teach African drumming, I plan on having Bolo up to the school to speak about the tradition and history of his culture. I can’t see passing up the opportunity to utilize such a great teacher when he lives so close.”

Blackwell himself had trained orally with a local djembe master in Guinea. He explained that training orally means, “You learn

to pick up rhythms having heard them just once and to adapt your rhythm as the flow changes.”

Conde used this oral method to instruct the NGU African Percussion Ensemble.

Blackwell pointed out the percussionists were quick to learn. He said, “It has been interesting to

observe musicians of western-style training learning African rhythms which they are being taught in the oral tradition.”

Davis said, “Rhythm is the most vital aspect to music in Africa, and I feel that it is something that percussionists, especially, should be exposed to in school. I believe that this ensemble will continue to grow and eventually be able to

represent North Greenville in the community.”

Blackwell said, “Having had the opportunity to study percussion in West Africa, I thought it would only be natural to continue my study of music in the U.S. which is what brought me to NGU. “Drumming has

affected my life in ways that I am only just beginning to appreciate. Learning rhythm at an early age shaped my learning process; everything that I do comes back to rhythm. I learn through rhythm. If I can find the rhythm in a process, then I will be able to learn it quickly and effectively.”

NGU students beat to a different drum

Alex KernLifestyle Editor

When he was around 16 months old, his parents discovered he was deaf in both ears.

Russ Gribble, the new American Sign Language professor, said he did not respond when his parents started banging pots and pans near him in the kitchen to find out if he could hear them.

Two months later he began learning sign language as his primary language. His first sign was ball at 18 months old.

Gribble found out about North Greenville University through Shannon Fike, another ASL instructor. She made him aware that the school was trying to expand the department and encouraged him to apply to be a new professor.

This semester, he began teaching the upper levels of ASL.

He said his goal for his students and any other people who know sign language is to help any sign language users spread the Good News to the deaf all over the world.

Gribble said, “Due to lack of hearing and communication

access, so many deaf individuals are still unaware of whom Jesus is, and their souls are lost.”

Gribble is concerned with the lack of deaf missionaries. According to the International Mission Board, only 40 missionaries spread the Gospel to the deaf. He recognizes the fact that the world needs many more.

Gribble was born in Rock Hill and grew up in Fort Mill. He now lives with his wife, daughter and baby on-the-way in Spartanburg.

He has his master’s degree in sign language education and said he enjoys teaching at NGU.

ASL is very different from

other classes; it is much more interactive. In ASL 4, the students are required to spend 20 hours with someone who cannot hear. Gribble helps them achieve those hours by eating lunch with them frequently. He calls it a “silent lunch,” and they only communicate through sign language.

If students want to know more about American Sign Language, or about Gribble, they can stop by the adjunct office in the Avery building and, as Gribble put it, “strike up a conversation in ASL.”

Silence is golden in NGU’s American Sign Language program

Photo courtesy of Zebediah BlackwellNGU African Percussion Ensemble bows to audience at cultural event.

Photo courtesy of NGUMaster drummer Bolokada Conde (right) plays with the NGU ensemble.

Photo by Alex KernRuss Gribble enjoys a “silent lunch” with his ASL students.

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Tim Whitson

“He must increase, but I must decrease.” -John 3:30

Tim Whitson, senior performance theatre, has made a great difference in the theatre department

at North Greenville University.

Whitson has been involved in 12 plays over the course of his time at NGU. He has had the chance

to play John the Baptist and Herod in the same play, The Cotton Patch Gospel, and Owl in Winnie the

Pooh.

He has been onstage and offstage, including minor roles, major roles and behind-the-curtain

technical duties. If students and faculty have been to a playin the last four years at NGU, chances are

they have witnessed a play Whitson has taken a part in one way or another.

Whitson is not only a driven student, but also an accomplished difference maker. His role in

the theater department is distinguished, and he leads NGU’s improv team Jimmy’s Witty’s with

confidence and hilarity.

In addition to being a major player in the theater scene, Whitson is a strong team leader of the

Jimmy’s Witty’s. Its most recent comical escapade was on Oct. 28 and had a substantial turnout.

The next night of shenanigans for Jimmy’s Witty’s will be on Nov. 25 at 9 p.m. in the Hayes

Ministry Center.

“It was my freshman year, Intro to Sport Management [class]. And I

studied all night, got into the test, and [my teacher] said it was open book. All together, I probably studied five hours. It was rough.”

-AnnLeis Dibert, junior, sport management

“I literally made a 104 on my bu s i n e s s test, and

I studied 30 minutes before I had to take it. I just winged it. It was a massive win.”

-Nicole Case, junior, Marketing

“During freshman year I remember it was for my biology class, and I wrote out this

long study guide, and I had spent so many hours on it. Then I was going over it the night before my final and the next th ing I know I wake u p and it’s laying on my chest. I didn’t study any of it. It had just laid there on my chest all night. So I went into [my test] and essentially pulled the answers out of the air and hoped that I got everything right.” Janna Porter said the key to pulling all-nighters is coffee and Pinterest breaks.

-Janna Porter, junior, elementary education

It was the very first exam of freshman year. “My exam was

at 8 a.m. Saturday morning,” he said. Chandler Moats set two alarms Friday night for precautionary m e a s u r e s and slept t h r o u g h both of them the next morning. “I woke up at 7:57 a.m.,” he said. Moats dressed quickly and ran to class, a little flustered. “But I still made it on time and still made an A,” he said.

-Chandler Moats, junior, Christian studies

During Emily Duncan’s first semester, she took music appreciation. An essay

for the class was due right before the exam. At that point during finals week, she was tired and unmotivated. “I just wanted to go home,” she said. She wrote the essay quickly and turned it in, just

wanting to get it over with. She still does not know what she made on her exam, but she said it could not have been too great b ec au s e she failed the class and had to retake it online.

-Emily Duncan, senior, English

“I studied all night. It was a crazy test. It was last semester,

I believe. I passed, though. Studying all night isn’t worth it. I think it depends on what the subject is and y o u r study habits. But procrastination is never worth it. Study, study, study before and on the night of,

review. Get a good night’s rest.”-John Clark, senior, business

“I’d already had five exams and had one more on Monday, the second half of Western

Civilization. I was stressing out, and Sunday night I was studying in my suitemate’s room and found out we were in the same class.” Butler then joined forces with her sui temate. They spent much of Sunday night quizzing each other. “We studied for about two hours before we decided we wanted ice cream. We went to QT and used that time as our study break.” The next morning, Butler finished her exam in about 15 minutes. “We

both got A’s,” she said proudly.-Julianna Butler, junior,

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Last week in NGU SportsMen’s BasketballW vs. Toccoa Falls College (Red Myers Classic) 86-54

W vs. Johnson University (Red Myers Classic) 93-65

L vs. The Citadel (Exhibition) 83-53

Women’s BasketballL at Lander University 77-73

W at Vorhees College 71-63

FootballL at Newberry College 55-21

Savanna SmithStaff Writer

With an overall record of 5-6 for the 2013 season, the Crusader football team built a foundation to reflect upon with pride.

NGU struggled for a win in Newberry last Saturday, but the men held their heads high as they walked off the field one last time.

Against Newberry, the Crusaders gained 144 yards rushing and 216 yards passing in a game where points came at a

premium for the team. Sophomore quarterback

Nelson Hughes finished the game with 16 competions on 28 attempts for 216 yards and one touchdown through the air, while adding two more scores on the ground.

Sophomore Trey Walker carried the ball 15 times for 85 yards on Saturday while freshman Simeon Byrd rushed for 58 yards on 10 carries.

As a contribution to the team’s overall success, senior Freddie

Martino set the NCAA Division II record for receptions in a season after catching 11 passes for 186 yards and a score on Saturday.

Martino was selected from 27 other candidates, who were nominated for the award by the sports information directors at the 168 NCAA Division II football programs, for the Harlon Hill Trophy. The Harlon Hill trophy, equivalent to Division I’s Heisman Trophy, recognizes the most outstanding player in all of Division II and Martino’s record-breaking year has caught attention across the nation as people recognize his incredible season.

On the defensive side, senior Braelen Meredith added 34 solo tackles and assisted on 55, bringing his overall season total to 89 tackles. Also, redshirt freshman Reubyn Walker totaled 35 solo tackles with 53 assists.

The team finished the season averaging 28 points per game totaling 1,327 yards through rushing and 2,310 total passing yards for the season.

Looking towards next season,

Hughes will be a key returner for the team on the offensive side and will have to try to find a new favorite target to fill the void left by Martino after his steller season.

The Crusaders are losing only 12 seniors off a roster composed of 92 players, and return much of the defense into next season.

Many of the defensive contributers, including Reubyn Walker, are freshman and sophomores and will bring much experience into next season.

Head coach Jeff Farrington will also return his top three running backs from this year in Byrd, Trey Walker and Hughes, along with adding redshirt freshman Ashton Heard who sat this season out to continue his recovery from knee surgery.

The Crusader football program has shown improvement from last season, including opening the season on a five-game win streak, taking down a Division I opponent in Virginia Military Academy and nearly defeating its other Division I opponent, Charleston Southern.

Crusaders round out season with tough loss

Photo courtesy of NGU AthleticsThe Crusaders charge onto the field before the start of a game.

7November 20th, 2013sports

Women’s BasketballWednesday vs. Belmont Abbey College (5:30 p.m.)

Friday at University of North Georgia (6 p.m.)

Saturday at Georgia College and State University (2 p.m.)

Men’s BasketballWednesday vs. Belmont Abbey College (7:30 p.m.)

Friday vs. Bluefield State College at the Lees-McRae Classic (5 p.m.)

Saturday vs. Frances Marion College at the

Lees-McRae Classic (2 p.m.)

Men’s Cross CountrySaturday at NCAA National Championship

Women’s Cross CountrySaturday at NCAA National Championship

Winter Break Highlights

Men’s basketball at USC Upstate, December 31 (Exhibition)

Men’s basketball vs. Mount Olive, January 11 (Home conference game)

Women’s basketball vs. Allen University, December 12

Women’s basketball vs. Southern Weslyan University, December 14

Women’s basketball at Erskine College, January 4 (Away Conference Game)

Women’s basketball at Barton College, January 8 (Away Conference Game)

Women’s basketball vs. Mount Olive, January 11 (Home conference game)

Track and field at Orange and Purple Classic, January 11

Michelle DavisContributing Writer

Fred Battenfield, new head coach of North Greenville University’s men’s volleyball team, has played, coached, traveled in college and taken on many job titles few can say they have done.

Battenfield has worked at the 1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games volleyball competitions and numerous national and international sporting events like the World Cup and Olympic qualifying events.

He was the producer for Olympic volleyball at the ’96 games in Atlanta and was the press attaché for the U.S.A .volleyball teams in ’88 in Seoul, Korea. He is a former national volleyball referee and television and radio commentator.

Beside his academic and career achievements, he also brings an energy to the Division 1 program. “I’m fired up about it,” Battenfield said. “It’s exciting to be able to be a part of this.”

Since Battenfield is already in the system and has connections, it

will make his job easier to connect and spread the word about NGU’s new men’s volleyball program.

“We’ll be doing a public relations campaign to let people around the country and in the Conference Carolinas know that we are introducing a real opportunity that is exciting, fast, powerful and highly competitive,” said Battenfield.

Volleyball used to be Battenfield’s life and number one priority until he became a Christian. “Since I was saved, volleyball has changed for me. Now it isn’t chasing something that I have, to have it’s more of something that is enjoyable. I can see the purpose of what I’m doing.”

He is also excited about the ministry opportunity that men’s volleyball program has. “Sports are a great outreach and I’m really hoping to use this volleyball program as a ministry tool to witness not only to my players, but those they play and those who see them play.”

He has coached men’s and women’s college volleyball at the University of Texas at San Antonio, among other

schools. He was the assistant Sports Information Director at Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin ,during which time he won 18

national publication awards from the College of Sports Information Directors of America.

Battenfield also spent 22 years

as a college sports information director.

He earned his Ph.D. in sport management at Florida State University in August of 2004 and

his master’s degree at the United States Sports Academy. He earned a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of

Texas at Austin and an Associate’s degree from Yavapai College in Arizona.

He will have a graduate assistant to help out by next summer who will handle the administrative duties since he will still have to undertake his advising, teaching, and coaching responsibilities.

The first tryout was November 16 in Hayes Gymnasium. With it being away from the football schedule and other conflicting dates, he hoped it would bring more experienced volleyball athletes to come. Around five players from other schools and states attended the tryout.

He plans to recruit players from nearby states with high school men’s volleyball programs and junior club programs in the South East. Battenfield also has his eye on a couple of overseas players. Workouts for the team will start next spring. He expects to have at least 14 players on campus by next August.

The team will compete at the Division I level due to the lack of men’s volleyball at the Division II level.

Men’s volleyball program starts with experience at the helm

Fred Battenfield poses after being introduced as North Greenville University’s first ever men’s volleyball coach.

Photo Courtesy of NGU Athletics

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If you had one hour of free time, what would you do?

The Weekly Giggle by Linnea Stevens

CrosswordCrosswordBecky Thompson, English

“I would bake for my students like I used to do when I first started

teaching.”

Bill Stuermann, Modern Languages and Linguistics

“I would play cards with my wife like we did when we were younger.”

Lisa Snyder, Science

“My daughter and I would go to

Starbucks. We both love it there!”

Adrian Pater, Christian Studies

“Probably take an afternoon nap.”