Bryan College Triangle

Bryan Students will be involved in the "Cover the Night" event, part of Invisible Children's KONY2012 campaign / Photo courtesy of KONY2012.com

Timothy Baldi
Senior Reporter

As Invisible Children’s two Joseph Kony videos continue to go viral across the United States, they plan to hold a special event on April 20 to spread more awareness of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) known for kidnapping children in Uganda and the surrounding countries.

Cover the Night is intended to spread posters throughout major cities across the United States to inform audiences outside the internet about Kony’s crimes and to encourage citizens to write or e-mail their state representatives.

The goal is to make Kony famous, said junior Rose Prince, “like Osama Bin Laden.” Read full story »

Clari Stewart & Dan Jackson
Reporter & Asst. Online Editor

The trophies belonging to Alexander/McGowen rest in the dorm of Vincent Smith. The team placed second in their most recent tournament beating out state universities. / Photo Credit Dan Jackson

This past weekend, six students from the Bryan College Debate Team competed against 17 colleges and universities in the Chicken and Egg Tournament held at Gainesville State College in Gainesville, GA.  The Bryan students walked away with several awards including 1st varsity speaker to sophomore Ashton Alexander, 2nd varsity debate team to Alexander and his teammate freshman Eli McGowan, and 14th varsity speaker to McGowan.

Bryan Students senior Vincent Smith, freshmen Erica Thompson, Daniel Ermatinger and Amy Buchmeyer competed along with Alexander and McGowan against 17 schools including Carson Newman, Florida State University, Georgia Tech, University of Tennessee-Knoxville and University of Florida.

The debate team Alexander/McGowan had a difficult start to the tournament. With one win, two losses and one bye (in an tournament with an odd amount of teams, one team has to sit out each round. They are automatically awarded a win). They barely advanced to out-rounds. In out-rounds, teams are power-matched, similar to what they do in basketball tournaments, said McGowen.

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