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 Anna Kat Thomas
Staff Writer

In just a few weeks, a group at Bryan College will be hosting a conference that will stand out among those the campus has seen in the past.

SSTOP (Students Stopping the Trafficking of Persons) will be hosting a conference focusing on injustices throughout the world.

It will begin Nov. 3 with a speaker devoted to the awareness of the persecution of the church and progress to the weekend when the focus will be mainly on human trafficking.

In the past, SSTOP played host to different conferences with national speakers, but the conference that will take place November 3-7 “will have international speakers, and address in depth issues such as sex trafficking, the persecuted church, and slavery,” said sophomore Jessalyn Huffman, SSTOP administrative assistant.

“We are raising awareness–though it’s a vague term. A lot of people don’t understand the reality of the situation,” said sophomore Summer Weiss, SSTOP vice president. 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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