Dungy message to C-N football: “It’s what you do in the long run that counts.”
Referencing Matthew 16:26, former NFL coach Tony Dungy told Carson-Newman’s football team Friday afternoon that the most important thing about football was not winning championship, but using football as a way to become a better person. “I’ve lived 31 years in the National Football League,” Dungy said to the 140 players in the Ken Sparks […]
Cyber Command Adapts to Understand Cyber Battlespace
Since the Defense Department officially made cyberspace a new domain of warfare in 2011, experts in the public and private sectors have been working to make that inherently collaborative, adaptable environment a suitable place for military command and control. In July of that year, the first initiative of the first DOD Strategy for Operating in […]
EAGLES TRAVEL TO MARS HILL
The Carson-Newman Eagles baseball team (12-7, 8-1 South Atlantic Conference) will return to conference play with a weekend series on the road against the Mars Hill Lions (4-13, 2-5 South Atlantic Conference) at Henderson Field with a doubleheader on Saturday and a Sunday finale. Saturday’s doubleheader at Henderson Field will begin at noon, while Sunday’s […]
Carson-Newman students bring warmth to Children’s Hospital patients
Members of Carson-Newman University’s Alpha Lambda Delta were recently involved in making blankets for babies at Children’s Hospital. Twenty members of the underclassman honor society made over 30 tie fleece blankets that were then delivered to the Knoxville hospital. Knoxville’s Chelsea Buchanan, who serves as special assistant to the society’s president and advisors, said that […]
Lawmakers Move To Better Protect Student Athletes
Legislation designed to protect student athletes who suffer concussions from risking further medical complications passed the House Education Subcommittee this week with full support from Republican lawmakers. As introduced, House Bill 867 would ensure guidelines are in place to help coaches, youth athletic instructors, and parents recognize a concussion and its symptoms in order to […]
Eagles hit Timmons Arena for SAC semifinal Saturday slate with LMU
Carson-Newman (20-7) will try to advance to the championship game of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Basketball Tournament for the first time since winning the crown in 2001. Standing in the Eagles’ way is a top-seeded Lincoln Memorial (23-4) club that swept the regular season series with the Eagles. Carson-Newman dropped the first game […]
Time To Spring Forward
It is that time of year when the majority of the Nation sets their clocks up one hour to spring forward into Daylight Savings Time. Daylight Savings Time allows more daylight hours to work and play outdoors, which are especially important during warm weather months. In modern times, springing forward and falling back in time […]
Eagles seek to snap streak as Catawba invades the Creek
After dropping both games of a doubleheader to Columbus State Wednesday, Carson-Newman (15-5) softball finds itself in a position it hasn’t been in in 2013. The Eagles have lost three straight, but will try to rebound Saturday as South Atlantic Conference play begins with a doubleheader with Catawba (17-7). Catawba swept a doubleheader with the […]
Red Cross to hold recruitment meeting for disaster volunteers
The American Red Cross will offer its Shelter Operations course on Saturday, March 16 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, 1675 Harold Patterson Road, Dandridge, TN.The public is invited to attend and learn how to become involved in the continuing Red Cross volunteer efforts in the local community. Red […]
2013 Jefferson County FCE Quilt Show
The 2013 Jefferson County FCE Quilt Show will be March 21st at Shady Grove United Methodist Church. The Family and Community Education (FCE) Clubs of Jefferson County host this show for the community. Everyone is invited to exhibit and participate in the show and it is open to all interested persons who reside in Jefferson […]
Weekly Livestock Comments March 8, 2013
FED CATTLE: Fed cattle sold mainly steady compared to last week. Prices on a live basis were primarily $127 to $128 while dressed prices ranged from $203 to $204. The 5-area weighted average prices thru Thursday were $127.72 live, down $0.12 from last week and $203.26 dressed, down $0.04 from a week ago. A year […]
Weekly Crop Comments March 8, 2013
Price Change US Dollar 82.78 +0.41 Crude 91.78 +1.10 Dow 14,397 +307 Cotton and soybean prices are up while corn and wheat prices are down for the week. The Dow Jones closes out the week at an all-time high. The jobs report released today was favorable with unemployment dropping from 7.9% to 7.7%.USDA released their […]
ACT Testing March 19 at JCHS
On Tuesday, March 19, the 11th graders will be taking the ACT. On that date, the only activity on campus will be the 11th graders testing. This test requires a majority of our staff and classrooms to administer. Schedule for each grade: The 9th are not required to attend school on the 19th, because they […]
Eagles add Tusculum Invitational to season schedule
Carson-Newman’s men’s golf team will head to Greeneville, Tenn. to play in the Tusculum Invitational Saturday, March 9 at the Link Hill Country Club. Carson-Newman golf coach John Minor said the Eagles decided to add this tournament at the last minute and hope to use it to not snag a win, but to get some […]
STEVE L. DALTON
STEVE L. DALTON, age 66, of Jefferson City, TN passed away suddenly on March 7, 2013 after a brief illness. Steve was of the Baptist faith. He loved going to yard sales, spending time with his wife, children and grandchildren. Steve worked at Berkline for 43 years as an upholsterer. Steve was selfless and went […]
Tennessee Education Continues To Improve
Civic Enterprises, a public policy firm based in Washington D.C., this week announced that Tennessee schools have made the largest gains in the entire nation with regard to high school graduation rates. Between 2002 and 2010, the statewide high school graduation rate rose over 20 percentage points to an overall rate of 80.4%. Over the […]