History comes alive with Dr. Graves

by Caroline Basile, sports editor

For Dr. Laura Graves, the days do anything but slow down.

With teaching and being an academic advisor, she continues to help students in many different ways.

“I teach American history and American Indian courses,” said Dr. Graves, professor of American History at SPC. “That’s my field [American Indian studies] and what I studied in graduate school, and I get to teach a course geared specifically toward what I studied. It’s a really neat course, and we do a lot of different things, like looking at an event from different perspectives.”

'Pickin on the Plains' brings back roots of country music

by Jennifer Conlee, co-associate editor

Voice blend together beautifully in an ensemble that does not need plug-ins and loud instruments to entertain their audience.

Bluegrass music doesn't require electric instruments, just great musicians who know how to pick and play the music that inspired today's country music.

Newcomer Obama popular, although not well known

by Jonathan Seaborn, editor-in-chief

With growing popularity and increased coverage in the media, Barack Obama just might be the next president of the United States of America.

Obama is leading some of the polls, but some are wondering why, because little is known about him.