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Articles by Danica Smithwick

About Danica Smithwick
Danica Smithwick, class of 2016 journalism alumna, is former Editor-in-Chief of the Cardinal & Cream. She is now a reporter for Community Impact Cy-Fair in Houston, TX. Follow her on Twitter: @danicasmithwick.
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Bringing Noah the Moon: Family Overcomes Childhood Cancer

May 10, 2016 Danica Smithwick

When the nurses are ready for Noah Ellsworth, his mom’s phone plays the Star Wars theme song. He knows what to do, heading straight for the triage appointment where a nurse records his height, weight, […]

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Union celebrates 40 years in North Jackson

February 5, 2016 Danica Smithwick

As alumni filled in the front rows of Union University’s G.M. Savage Memorial Chapel Friday morning, some joked that when they were students they gravitated toward the back. Alongside hundreds of current students, they sang […]

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Missouri protests lead to ‘historical conversation’ between Lane and Union

November 18, 2015 Danica Smithwick

In the midst of publicized conversation about collegiate racial issues across the nation, Jackson’s own students took time away from preparing for final exams to have an open discussion about problems and solutions they see […]

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The Harvest is Plentiful — The Laborers are Few

November 6, 2015 Danica Smithwick

When Haley O’Day was a freshman at Union, she fell in love with her elementary Greek class. Moved by the need for missionaries around the world, she pictured herself living in an African hut and […]

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Sports management students relate internships to classroom, future careers

October 28, 2015 Danica Smithwick

Graham Perkins has always wanted to work for the St. Louis Cardinals, and after his summer internship, he is one step closer to achieving his dream. This summer, the senior sports management major interned with […]

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Gaye Christy: Working for Union’s president is ‘the greatest joy of my life’

October 26, 2015 Danica Smithwick

Gaye Christy met President Samuel W. “Dub” Oliver in 2009 when he first became president at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas. She was the previous president’s assistant for several years, and when he […]

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David Brooks advises against moral mediocrity

October 7, 2015 Danica Smithwick

Living in upper-middle class Washington, D.C. and New York, David Brooks sees successful career women take time off to make sure their kids get into Harvard. They pick their children up from school in luxury […]

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