Bryan College Triangle

by Daniel Jackson
Staff Writer

One showed up in a cow suit. Five others arrived at midnight and left at the crack of dawn. Their faces were not recorded on camera, yet these Bryan students were volunteers for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” show which filmed in Rossville, Ga.—possibly the biggest service project happening in the Chattanooga area last week.

Hundreds of volunteers gather at the finished Sharrock home on Feb. 19 for the big revealing during “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” in Rossville, Ga. Out of the 2,400 volunteers, six were from Bryan College./Triangle photo by Billy Findley

The show is about helping families who are struggling with financial and health issues and, essentially, those whose homes and lives are about ready to fall down.

The show documents crews coming in, knocking down the house and rebuilding a custom-designed house for the family—all in one week.

The climax of the show happens when the family, who has been whisked away during the chaos of the rennovation, is placed on the street with a bus obstructing their view of the finished house. With the cry of “MOVE THAT BUS!” the bus drives off allowing the family to get their first glimpse of their new home. Read full story »

by Sebastian Fischer
Staff Writer

Bryan cheerleaders supporting one of the men's basketball games this season / Triangle photo by Catherine Rogers

Summers Gymnasium, Wednesday night, 8 pm—Basketball-time at Bryan College. The Bryan Lions men’s team is performing, supported passionately by fans who are led by the chants of Bryan College’s cheerleading squad.

Same location, two hours earlier—the girl’s team is playing. What will later be a basketball-madhouse is now a silent gym. The cheerleaders are sitting on the bleachers, watching the game.

Head Cheerleading coach, Janice Perron, successfully restarted the Bryan College cheerleading program for the 2010-2011 season and her team stepped up the support of the Bryan Lions men’s basketball team to another level. During women’s basketball games however, their support is missing.

“I’m not really sure why we don’t cheer for the girl’s games,” says Amy Newport, freshman for the Bryan College cheer squad. “I think it’s because we’re a new squad and just getting started.” Read full story »

by Ericka Simpson and Tim Baldi
Staff Writers

Bryan College’s new cheerleading team has signed its first recruits, Courtney Knowles from Ocala, Fla., and Amy Newport from Spring City, Tenn.

Knowles signs for Bryan

Knowles, the first to officially sign on March 10, cheered since seventh grade and graduated from St. John Lutheran High School in Ocala. She will be transferring as a junior in the fall from Central Florida Community College also in Ocala.

She said she chose to attend Bryan because it is small and has a Christian atmosphere.

“I just really enjoyed it when I came and visited,” Knowles said.

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