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Articles by Ali Renckens

About Ali Renckens
Ali, a member of the Union University class of 2018, is double-majoring in English and journalism. She serves as Managing Editor for the Cardinal & Cream. Her three life goals are to write, travel and live in a beach house.
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EDGE gives back to community with special needs prom

April 5, 2017 Ali Renckens

When Jennifer Graves, director of the EDGE program, attended a wedding at Snider Barn, she instantly knew that she found the perfect place to realize a long-time dream of hers: a prom for high schoolers […]

Features

Crafting with a purpose

March 6, 2017 Ali Renckens

In answer to the question “where are you from?” Gillian Gandy pulled out an index card with four points on it: 1) Born, Memphis, TN in 1996 2) Moved to Nairobi, Kenya in 2005 3) […]

Sports

Softball 2017 Preview: Rebuilding

February 13, 2017 Ali Renckens

“There are bad memories,” Emily Bennett, a junior sports management major and Union softball utility player, said with a laugh. She’s referring to last season, when the team struggled to secure ten wins in a […]

Arts & Entertainment

AIGA cards sale brings charm to Valentine’s Day

February 9, 2017 Ali Renckens

Anna Guthrie spends the days leading up to Valentine’s Day submerged in watercolors, pens and puns, puzzling over ways to bring a little bit of charm and amusement into people’s lives through handmade cards. The […]

Sports

Women’s Soccer Team Falls 0-1 in GSC Tournament

November 4, 2016 Ali Renckens

Shelby High’s parents got in their car at 5 a.m. Tuesday morning. Then they drove over 11 hours from their home in Kansas to Livingston, Alabama with a celebratory dessert to watch Union’s women’s soccer […]

Sports

Season Preview: Women’s basketball voted No. 1 in GSC

October 31, 2016 Ali Renckens

It should have been a shoo-in. But when the buzzer signaling the end of the fourth quarter rang out, the No. 1 seed in the South Region, Union University, was behind the University of Tampa […]

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EDGE program adds ten new students

August 23, 2016 Ali Renckens

Last fall, seven students unlike any that previously enrolled at Union University moved onto campus as the inaugural EDGE program class. The EDGE program allows young adults with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities (IDD), such as autism and […]

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