Jacob Ramsey
Reporter
September 17, 2004
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The Cycling Club: The club is led by Jared Cakebread (far left).The group plans to have a regular schedule for rides up soon. They are interested in popularizing biking as a fun hobby for students. Those interested in participating in the club can e-mail Cakebread at JPCakebread@milligan.edu or contact Cycling Club officers Josh Redden (middle) and Amos Nidiffer (far right) for more information. |
Rush Day introduced students to
clubs they could join, some of
which are new to the campus this semester
One of the new clubs, The College Republican Chapter, offers young republican
students on campus an opportunity to become more involved with politics,
especially as the presidential election races down the final stretch in the
weeks before Nov. 2, Election Day. Reese Cubol, who heads the chapter at
Milligan, said the new club will benefit the Milligan College community by
providing students an opportunity to voice their opinions and be active in
politics.
“Our first and most and important goal is to make sure our current president,
President Bush, gets re-elected in November. Our second goal is to aid in the
election of Republican candidates at all local and regional levels of government
in Tennessee. The purpose of our club is to make known and promote the
principles of the Republican Party among the students of Milligan College,”
Cubol said.
When asked if voter registration would be a key goal for the club she responded,
“Our main focus is for the students to vote conservative but encouraging the
student population to register to vote will also be a priority.”
A second club starting to turn its wheels at Milligan is the Rollerblading Club.
The new club is open to any rollerbladers, bikers or other Milligan students who
would like to get together and have fun.
According to club leader Kelly Sharp, “The rollerblading and biking club
promotes fun, fitness and fellowship. It’s a great way to make friends, exercise
and have fun. We “meet” whenever it is nice outside and people want to blade or
bike (or walk, hang out, or drink Gatorade with us).”
Rollerblading is a sport that Sharp and her friends discovered on campus last
semester. “The Rollerblading Club started unofficially last spring semester when
a few friends started blading around campus at night. The temperature is really
nice late at night, and it is just plain fun! We blade around the Mary Sword
Commons a lot, and there are plenty of hills to fall down on. Whenever people
wanted to, we would go to random tracks at area schools to exercise,” said
Sharp. If any students would like to join or find out more, Sharp suggests
finding her on campus or e-mailing her at KASharp@milligan.edu. Sharp added, “We
don’t care if you can rollerblade or not! We’ll teach you. We’ll lend you our
blades. We’ll bandage your wounds (because we fall a lot)…whatever it takes.”