
Charday Sparks, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
After 21 years, the South Carolina Theatre Association will return to FMU on Nov. 15-18. Keith Best, chair of the fine arts department, said the conference will allow FMU to host high school students who are interested in pursuing theater. “Francis Marion will have hundreds of high school theater...
TKE hosts blood drive, students save lives
Natalie Bowers, Copy Editor
November 15, 2019
The American Red Cross partnered with Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) to host a blood drive from 12-4:30 p.m....
Students have a “thrilling” night
Kei'Yona Jordon, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
FMU’s Campus Activities Board (CAB) wrapped up a week of Halloween festivities with Carnevil, a Halloween...
Joshua Hardee, Assistant Editor
November 15, 2019
For Landon L. Houle, assistant professor of English, being a part of FMU has allowed her to make the most of her love of literature, creative writing and working with students....
Natalie Bowers, Copy Editor
November 15, 2019
Noel Dotson, a Lake City native, might be classified as an FMU freshman pre-nursing major, but she is far from the average student. “All my life I had said I wasn’t...
Cassidy McKnight, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
Several reputable scientific studies have disproven the idea that vaccinating your child would cause them to develop autism. It was a “scare” for many parents when fake...
Joshua Hardee, Assistant Editor
November 15, 2019
I was recently reading Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” for one of my classes. Concerning the context of the letter and who wrote it, there’s,...
Elizabeth Floyd, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
College is not for the faint of heart. Completing a college degree of any kind is not an easy feat, taking willpower, determination and the capacity for all-nighters when...
Kei'Yona Jordon, Staff Writer
November 15, 2019
The FMU men’s basketball team played a competitive game but fell short 86-72 to Catawba College on Saturday afternoon. The team really showed some great potential for the...
Kaitlyn Luna, Editor-in-Chief
November 15, 2019
Although he has only been a coach at FMU for a year and a half, Carson Nance is no stranger to the FMU campus and community. Nance is the Nutrition and Mental Conditioning...
Kei'Yona Jordan, Staff Writer
November 1, 2019
The FMU men’s soccer team wrapped up their senior night with a big win crushing Shaw University 4-0 in a non-conference game on Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. After this win, the Patriots...

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Cassidy McKnight, Staff Writer
November 1, 2019
Let me start out by saying this film was a long-awaited sequel to one my favorite live action Disney films. As expected, due to her impeccable performance in the first movie,...
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