Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer In May 1895, an African-American man, Jerico Shivers, was thrown into Pea River in Coffee County with a sinker around his neck by a group of men for an un-tried allegation of rape. On Sunday, April 8, a few students from the class HIS 2225 African American Experience along with their lecturer, Kathryn Tucker, took part in a soil collection from Coffee County where Shivers was lynched. Shivers is one of the eight lynching victims in and around Pike County the class is studying this semester.…
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Students decorate for Christmas
Madina Seytmuradova Staff Writer Some students living on campus go the extra mile to make their dorm rooms feel like home. Kelsi Mills, a freshman theater major from Moody, and Mallory Lewis, a freshman athletic training major from Moody, decked the hallway leading to their room in Cowart Hall with all they could find in the Walmart Christmas section. “I think we probably spent under $75 on all of that,” Lewis said. “On the inside (of the room) we have a tree, and I think that’s the most expensive thing…
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