To Commute or Not To Commute
Whether to live on or off-campus is one of the biggest questions students face at the start of each year. For many, the decision is an easy one, either due to distance from the school or transportation options. For those still contemplating, it’s important to weigh each option individually.
The Mystery of The Brown Mountain Lights
Mysterious ghost lights travel along the ridge before disappearing as quickly as they appeared on Brown Mountain in North Carolina. Many have tried to explain them, the reflection of a passing train, headlights from vehicles, foxfire (a bioluminescent light created by mushrooms on decaying wood), or moon dogs (moonlight reflecting on haze/fog). Others say St. Elmo’s fire (electric glows from sharp objects in a storm), aliens, too much moonshine, but none more famous than the tales of spirits who wander Brown Mountain.
Launch Leaders Welcome Incoming Freshmen to Participate in a Fun-Filled Weekend
*Republished from the September 2017 issue of The Kayseean
New Student Orientation has been a special part of the King community for over 20 years. This three-day weekend has provided an opportunity for incoming freshmen to participate in a variety of activities and experience a smooth transition into the unknown…
Make Your Vote Count
We are facing quite possibly the most critical election of our young lives. Millennials and voting age Gen Z make up 37% of all eligible voters, but the turnout of young voters has been steadily decreasing in the past few decades. In the 2018 midterms, only 30% of voters in this age range voted…
Pandemics: Past, Present, and Future
The Spanish flu was the deadliest pandemic in modern history. More than 675,000 Americans lost their lives due to the flu epidemic from 1918 to 1920, many more than the number of Americans who had died in World War I. Currently, the COVID-19 epidemic has been ravaging the US since February of 2020. To find out more about what we can learn about the current pandemic from the previous one, I sat down with Dr. Robin Feierabend, a retired physician specializing in family medicine, who was formerly with the Quillen College of Medicine at ETSU. The discussion yielded three important takeaways…
Perspective: Why Work for the Kayseean?
The Kayseean is always looking for skillful, goal-driven students to join our dedicated team. Hear from our current staff about their experiences working for the Kayseean…
TISL Creating Opportunities for Students in Politics
The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL) is a program for politically minded college students all across the state to come together and learn more about the function of government. TISL holds a General Assembly every fall semester, of which King University has had a delegation attend for several years now…
7 Tips For Handling Stress
This is the point in the semester when we often see a rise in stress, anxiety, and depression. The newness of being back at school has worn off and tests and projects have begun. For this semester, not only are we dealing with normal semester stress, we are experiencing anxiety at an extremely high rate due to navigating life during a pandemic…