Laura and Jonathan Mehl slide through the crowded streets on Washington Square Place. Laura, standing about five feet tall, has wrapped herself in a blue jacket, shielding herself from the rain, dodging between people, buildings and poles and finally seeking food and shelter from the rain in a salad shop in Greenwich Village. Jonathan walks […]
The senior tennis players walked onto their home courts to play their last match on April 11. The sun was shining and spirits were high as the Buffs faced Tennessee Wesleyan in the last conference match of the season. Seniors from both the men’s and women’s teams, including Becca Guthrie, Abby Allen, Josh Craine, Conly […]
The clock is ticking as you think about what you want to do about graduate school. Whether it’s a master’s in business administration or a medical, law or seminary degree, 35 percent of Milligan students graduate with a bachelor’s degree and move on to grad school. According to Beth Anderson, Milligan’s director of calling and […]
Ronda Paulson walked into our interview five minutes late, without makeup and carrying a 7-month-old baby. It was obvious that she had been busy, and I felt bad for making her take time out of her packed schedule to say things that she had said many times before. After all, she’s been getting a lot […]
Milligan’s International Justice Mission chapter marched in downtown Knoxville with A21 in a Walk for Freedom. The club left at six in the morning on Oct. 14 and walked in all black with hundreds of other advocates for people in slavery. Students covered their mouths with tape and held signs with facts about slavery, one […]
About the time Milligan junior Gregory Jones-Rollins first heard about the strong hurricane heading towards Texas, his home state, his mother had already packed her bags and headed inland from Galveston. According to Rollins, Galveston always seems to get the worst of tropical storms and hurricanes. He nervously called his mother to make sure she, […]
The Milligan community came together at The Village Lawn on Monday to view the historic solar eclipse as it passed over the college. The 96.8% Eclipse of the Sun viewing party was hosted and sponsored by the Campus Activities Board (CAB), the Society of Scientific Christian Scholars and the newly reinstated Buffalo Ramblers. The party […]
As a forum of the students, The Stampede seeks to reflect many of the opinions and recommendations of the student body within its pages. What do most students say about Milligan’s Spiritual Formation Program (SFP)? Some are not incredibly passionate about it. When I talked with a few seniors, SFP seemed almost at the back […]
The crazed “fake news” phenomenon has swept the nation, scaring, enraging and frustrating many of America’s citizens. Who are we supposed to believe? What are we supposed to believe? Why even bother, really? After recently accusing popular news sources, President Donald Trump has seemed to bring the “fake news” issue into the limelight, tweeting things […]
Milligan students have found ways to get involved in politics though different marches and protests going on across the country. On Jan. 21, the day after the inauguration, several Milligan students drove to Washington D.C., Asheville, and Jonesborough to participate in the Women’s March. While 2.6 million participants marched in cities around the world, 500,000 […]