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Articles by Bailey Swords

About Bailey Swords
Hello! My name is Bailey Swords. I'm a senior Christian Ministry and Missions major hoping to take my love of writing with me overseas when I graduate. I'm interested in cooking, curiosity and, as C.S. Lewis puts it, the field of blue flowers that certainly awaits me at the end of this life. I'm also interested in writing about these things, so if your interest is peaked, stick around :)
A playlist titled "Music Monday"
Arts & Entertainment

Music Monday: Vampire Weekend’s Fifth Studio Album, “Only God Above Us” Proves That The Band Was Not Just A One-Hit-Wonder

April 15, 2024 Bailey Swords

Years ago when my brothers and I were navigating boredom, the three of us would ritualistically play Lego Rock Band on the Wii nearly every afternoon. With a solid line up of three songs, we’d […]

A playlist titled "Music Monday"
Arts & Entertainment

Music Monday: Kacey Musgraves’ “Deeper Well” And How Fear Crushes The Confidence To Innovate

March 25, 2024 Bailey Swords

When lesser known creators win bigger awards such as a Grammy or an Oscar, there is usually a fair amount of backlash. It’s not uncommon for people to accuse the vote of being rigged or […]

News

Student Organization MainStage Puts On First Fully Student-Produced Show

February 27, 2024 Bailey Swords

Over the weekend, Union University’s MainStage hosted an adaptation of Sophie Treadwell’s “Machinal,” which was the first fully student-directed production since the start of the student organization in 2022. The show ran from February 22-24 […]

Arts & Entertainment

“Speed” 1994 And The Lost Art Of Anticipation

February 14, 2024 Bailey Swords

Inside a strip mall older than my small town’s Walmart lies what used to be the entry gates to the at-home theater experience; Blockbuster. 20 years ago, this cornucopia of entertainment was truly the equivalent […]

Features

Cody Curtis And The Necessity To Lean In

January 31, 2024 Bailey Swords

“I don’t mind challenging my listeners at all,” Cody Curtis, associate professor of composition and theory at Union University, said. He was gesturing towards the five unwrapped CDs he had gifted me moments before. “All […]

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SGA Holds Dub Senate and Passes 11 Items

November 19, 2021 Bailey Swords

Union University’s Student Government Association (SGA) held its biannual “Dub Senate” on Nov. 17 in the G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel. With the university’s president Samuel W.  “Dub” Oliver in attendance, senators presented a total of […]

Arts & Entertainment

Who Should We Trust To Write Worship Music?

November 15, 2021 Bailey Swords

If you were on the internet at all during October of 2019, chances are that you know that Kanye shed some of his self-worshipping persona when he released an American gospel album. Almost immediately after […]

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