Posts published in March 2019

By Jim Hayes

Volunteer State Community College will be invaded by fantastic beasts at 6 p.m., Friday, when the Campus Activities Board (CAB) presents Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in the Wood Campus Center’s Mary Cole Nichols Dining Room B.

Admission to the event is free, and according to a flyer, the CAB will provide free food and drink until it runs out. The CAB is also encouraging attendees to wear Hogwarts house colors to the event.

Fantastic Beasts is a sequel to 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them which is both a prequel and sequel to author J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series of novels and movies.

By Allyson Oakley

On Friday, March 29, 9:15 a.m. to noon, Volunteer State Community College hosted Honey Bees 101 as part of the KEY Lecture Learning Series, which author Jane Miller presented in room 101 of Caudill Hall.

She discussed the important role that bees play in our society.

Miller is also an author of a book on beekeeping. According to Miller’s blog, “The wise men of beekeeping would tell me if I wanted to understand the bees, I needed to sit with them (the bees, that is). So, I’d take my coffee out to the bee yard every morning and watch the activity around the hive. And I did learn a lot about bees. But there is more …”

By Gloria Cortes

The Volunteer State Community College art department has its annual Sumner County elementary art exhibit set up in the Great Hall of the Ramer building until April 27.

The exhibit is free and open to the public from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays.

The exhibit is a collection of art from student in public elementary schools throughout Sumner County.

By Erin Holloway

“We just need to start hitting better, timely hitting, and playing better defense. Our pitching is there, but we have not been hitting as well as we’d like to, and our defense is struggling,” said third baseman, Maddox Vondohlen, when asked about the Pioneers struggles this season after losing three games against Dyersburg State Community College (8-3, 2-0, and 8-2) and 1-1 against Cumberland University JV (5-4W and 3-2L)

With a record under .500 and not being able to hit consistently, the Pioneers said they are working hard in hopes of winning.

“We just need to be more consistent,” Vondohlen added.