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The Stories We Return To: Christmas Classics And A Hope That Endures

November 6, 2025 McKenzie Harris

It’s once again time for Christmas celebrators all around the globe to answer the age-old query: what is your favorite Christmas movie? As the holidays roll around, so do the cinematic staples we’ve all grown […]

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Finding Comfort In Fall, Football And Family Traditions

September 19, 2023 Ethan Voss

Each year as the leaves begin to brown, with a scent of pumpkin spice in the air, I reach in my cupboard for my Chiefs cup, go to my closet for my Mahomes shirt and […]

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Students, faculty enjoy home-cooked dinners together

March 8, 2016 Crista Wilhite

Last night, students and faculty sat down for a home-cooked meal together in houses across Jackson. It was all part of the Be Our Guest event, organized by the Student Activities Council (SAC), a Union […]

Noon Ball
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Faculty and students develop sense of community through “Noon Ball”

December 1, 2014 DeShawn Manley

For years faculty, staff and students have met every Monday through Friday at 12:00 p.m. to play basketball together. Paul Jackson, professor of biblical studies, theology and missions, along with George Guthrie, professor of Bible, […]

LestWeForget
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Lest We Forget: New Tradition Honors Past, Embraces Future

September 9, 2014 Kate Benedetti

Despite heavy rains and sky-splitting lightning just hours before, about 500 new students gathered the night of August 17 for a special ceremony. At 10 p.m., the incoming class of 2018 gathered in the circular […]

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Union’s cherished traditions sometimes change over time

March 30, 2012 Cardinal & Cream

Men in suits and ties. Women twirling in formal dresses. A table lined with a punch bowl and finger foods. Twelve years ago, this was the scene at Union’s inaugural formal dance, the Millennial Ball. Today, most students have no idea Union ever organized the off-campus event. […]

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