Bryan College Triangle

by Catherine Rogers
Staff Writer

Bryan College track and field team competed in Clemson (S.C.) University’s Tiger Tune Up this past Saturday where they took four top-five finishes and qualified four runners and a relay for the near NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

“We had a good weekend,” said Head Coach Rodney Stoker. “I didn’t have a lot of expectations. I didn’t want to put too much pressure on the young kids, but one of our guys, who’s been All-American a few times, was expected to win his race, and he did.”

Stoker was referring to senior Josh Bradley, who took the top spot in the men’s 800-meter race with a season best time of 1:54.36. Read full story »

By Billy Findley
Sport Editor

In their final game of the season, the Lions basketball team defeated the University of Virginia College at Wise 85 – 69 Saturday night. This victory places the team in a four- way tie for first place in the AAC. This is the first time the men’s varsity basketball team has achieved this status since 2000.

Photo by Billy Findley

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Junior point guard Demond Craig drives toward the basket. Craig tied his career high of eight assists Saturday night.

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by John Moore
Staff Writer

The largest community of leprosy patients in the Middle East may soon be dispersed.

Yolande Knell of the BBC, in a One-Minute World News report from Feb. 7, informs us that Abou Zaabal is the last leper colony in Egypt. While built by the government in the 1930s to house leprosy patients and to treat them, it is now likely going to be closed. All treatments for the disease can now be given at local hospitals.

Good news: after nearly 80 years, all lepers may now return home. Bad news: those who live there are not in favor of the closing of Abou Zaabal; it has become their home.

In the 20th century, many lepers were forced to come here, isolation being a primary treatment of leprosy (Hansen’s Disease), for which no medical cure was known. Now, Abou Zaabal has become something of a “refuge” for its residents, said one man interviewed by Knell.

The effects of leprosy are noticeable, especially in patients who have been ill with the disease for years. Affecting the nerves, the disease causes loss of feeling in which- ever areas of the body it resides.

Pain, in effect the one thing that so often reminds us that we are human, is stolen. The feeling of touch, perhaps one of the most basic human expressions of affection, is taken. In many cultures, compounded with these things is the social stigma often attached to leprosy. More than half of all new leprosy cases are found in India, a Hindu culture. In this culture, contracting the disease is one of the worst imaginable for anyone. Those who contract the disease literally become “untouchable.” Read full story »

by Kaity Kopeski
Online Editor

Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow.

On Feb. 2 the famous groundhog predicted that the country would see six more weeks of wintry weather. Three weeks after his predication, I think it’s safe to say that Phil was correct again.

Bryan students trek across the icy campus. Triangle photo by Staff Photographer Maddie Doucet

Initially the snow was magical, bringing to mind scenes from films like “Holiday Inn” and “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Living in Tennessee, I’ve always felt shorted with our lack of white winters. With snow, even the cold weather was transformed into an awakening experience.

However, like most new things and experiences, the novelty faded quickly. The snow melted, but the cold weather stuck around, and without snow, cold weather is plain dreary. Read full story »