With a non-traditional business plan of supporting various charities through the sale of increasingly popular, brightly-colored watches, the Flex Watch company provides a product with a charitable mission. Christopher Newport University’s Flex Watch representative, senior Lindsay Christensen, enjoys the philanthropic nature of the for-profit company. “[Flex Watches] was started by two guys who [...]
Located in the heart of City Center, Hiyashi Sushi and Grill offers a teppanyaki grill experience that teaches other teppanyaki restaurants a lesson. For those who aren’t familiar with the teppanyaki concept, it is based on a traditional Japanese cuisine that uses a small flat iron griddle to grill food (not to be confused with [...]
In June, new Director of Student Activities, Frank Council, came into a position that had been open for over a year and has since been working to make it his own. “My job is to come in and help create a tone for student activities, student-driven initiatives,” said Council. “My goal is to help students [...]
By Katie Crouch “White boy, black soul. Aspiring world changer.” This is what you see when you log onto Junior Mike McCabe, Jr.’s Reverbnation page. If you didn’t know his story, you might think this bio line to be a little big-headed–a little pretentious, even. But you’d be wrong. McCabe is a self- proclaimed “white [...]
Intimidating and muscular, Skyler Brady is exactly what comes to mind when you think of a Martial Arts Coach. His journey to becoming one, however, is unique to the challenges he faced in his youth and the commitment he has devoted to his practice. He now uses his knowledge and skills to help the [...]
Every year, Christopher Newport University seems to open a new building… maybe even every semester. We see the green fences as, yes, annoying inconveniences, but also as a sign of good things to come. We can thank Paul Trible for giving us a campus to be proud of, that much is certain. The students who [...]
The desire for the government to represent the population is a basic American instinct. At Christopher Newport University, students are no different. Although there is no longer a student government, there is a new student representative body, the Student Assembly. Last school year was the first for this new organization, and this year’s members are [...]
Earlier this month, Drs. Thacher and Onyper of St. Lawrence University in New York published a study on the positive correlation between students with high grade point averages and those who take early morning classes. The researchers conducted a survey of 253 college students in a one-week time period, which included not only questionnaires, but [...]
Christopher Newport University placed among the top three contributing schools in the country to collect books for the annual Care for AIDS Textbook Drive. This year’s event, led by junior Nate Morris, had 400 participating students, resulting in over 1,500 books donated. Care for AIDS, an organization started in 2007 by a group of college [...]
