SSA to Light the Night for Others!

Presbyterian College’s very own Student Secular Alliance (SSA) will be participating in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s annual charity walk, Light the Night, this Thursday, October 11th at Furman University. This national charity effort raises money and awareness for research valuable in the fight against various blood cancers.

Members of the Secular Student Alliance have raised over $2,000 for donations to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society

Currently, PC’s SSA has raised an impressive amount of just over $2000 which is close to their overall and initial goal of $3000. Harrison Hopkins, founder and president of PC’s SSA, ascertained support from two local businesses, Dempsey’s Pizza and Sadler Hughes Apothecary, in addition to all the donations collected on campus.

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The CamPo Monster: Fact or Fiction?

Comic by Paul Rice

When you show up to the houses on the weekends, you should receive a wristband, but what’s the point?

Mr. Larry Mulhall, head of Campus Safety, said it gives Campus Police a reason to approach those who don’t have one. More often than not, this reveals that the people are not students and security can ask them to leave. This is one of many methods used to help deter the problems of theft and vandalism, which increase in occurrence when non-PC students enter campus.

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Freshman 15: Meet Sara Walden Hanna

Name: Sara Walden Hanna

Hometown: Leesville, South Carolina

PC, Meet Sara Walden Hanna

1. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

Anything with chocolate!  I’m a huge chocoholic!  I’ll add chocolate syrup to just about anything!

2. If you could relive any moment of your life, what would it be?

Giving a speech at my high school graduation and celebrating with my friends. It was such a rewarding and exciting time to share with my classmates.  That feeling of relief and accomplishment is unparalleled.  It was probably one of the happiest moments of life!

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Freshman 15: Meet Dustin Vaughn

Name: Dustin Vaughn

Hometown: Lawrence, Kansas

PC, Meet Dustin Vaughn

1. If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

Probably Italy

2. Do you like to keep your room warm or cold? Does your roommate agree?

I love it cold, and I really hope so.

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The First Stupper: Mild or Hot Salsa?

In the first year of Dr. Lilly’s reign of the kingdom of Presbyteria there was a creative writing professor who gathered his followers for a first meal to inaugurate the new academic year in all of its creative splendors. So significant was this Mexican feast at El Jalisco, complete with chips and salsa, that senior Sterling Ivey admitted to bathing for the occasion.

For those of you out there who have not heard of the enigmatic Stupper gatherings, it is an informal, fun way to get to better know those of the creative writing department. On the whims of its creator, Professor Stutts, the group assembles before Neville Hall to decide where to dine on tasty treats and indulge in friendly conversation.

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I Solemnly Swear That I’m Up To No Good…

Senior Tommy Geene holds his Hogwarts acceptance letter

September 18, 2012 was a stormy, grey morning, much resembling the gloomy but traditional weather in London. Little did PC know, the dark morning was simply foreshadowing one of the strangest days the school has seen. All over campus there was an eerie feeling spreading throughout the students as they were overheard bustling about the latest campus fad: Potter is back!

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No One Gets Out Alive

The hot humid weather characteristic of summers in the South paired with the standing water of the PC Pond has created the perfect habitat for the common summer pest — and more recently deemed dangerous human foe: mosquitoes.  The pond that lies behind the Senior Apartments has become the perfect breeding ground for a strain of mosquito that targets the innocent passerby and whose radar centers in on PC senior blood.

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