Lenae Gehring Staff Writer What do Corban’s last 18 plays have in common? A talented, spunky costumer named Shaula Coulson who is virtually unknown outside the theater department. Coulson has been a vital part of the last decade of drama on campus. She has helped create the wardrobe for every drama since 1998 – free […]
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8 ways to fight the freshman 15
Rebecca Harcrow Freelance Writer The “freshman 15,” a term describing the stereotype that college students gain at least 15 pounds during their freshman year, has haunted me since my mother first warned me about it a year ago. I have heard horror stories of young people heading off to college – thin and healthy – […]
A tale of two cities: from Jakarta to Salem
Kate Schell Hilltop Online Editor Imagine a city of skyscrapers and traffic jams, an exotic metropolis where cultures, ethnicities, and languages converge into a dynamic island community. Maria Christiani and Karen Tin, two Indonesian students studying abroad at Corban this semester, call such a place home. Coming from Southeast Asia to Northwest America has been […]
Emergency notification system in the works
A gunman. An earthquake. A bomb threat. These are just a few of the things that will put the new emergency plan into effect should they happen. “Columbine, Virginia Tech and a number of other school-related emergencies have made emergency notification systems a hot topic in education,” said Brian Schmidt, director of Information Systems. “We’ve […]
Corban mourns recent grad’s death
Kacey Woosley Staff Writer We all have one time to live and one legacy to leave on this earth. For Corban alumni Matt Hammer, who died in this summer – just three months after graduating – his time on earth was short, but it’s clear that the way he lived spoke louder than words. The […]
Where does your money go?
Lanae Gehring Staff Writer $13,698,000 might sound like a lot of money, but for Chris Erickson, the vice president of business for Corban College, it’s the relatively frugal amount that the college spent on operation costs last year. This chunk of change was used to pay for everything from the professors’ salaries to residence hall […]
Cherriots bus routes may be chopped
America’s next president isn’t the only selection voters will make in the November election. Closer to home, Salem-area voters will decide whether local buses will continue running on Saturdays. Along with the presidential question, the Nov. 4 ballot will ask voters to weigh in on Measure 24-247, a local option levy designed to maintain the […]
Straight from the cow’s mouth
Kris Cox (far right) shows the cow tongue to Sarah Officer (center) and her core group. The cow tongue toss was one of many events in the Corban Games during freshman orientation. Photo by Kate Schell. Nothing like a cow tongue to calm freshmen qualms. For the core groups who gathered on Warrior Field the […]
RUSH-ing forward?
The dust has settled and the rumbling has stopped. What was that? It was the sound of RUSH where every year the freshmen and transfer students rush down the gym bleachers into the fellowship of their choosing. Now that all the new fellowship members have been branded, embarrassed, and had a ton of fun doing […]