Abingdon Cinemall’s Arts Array a terrific series
The Abingdon Cinemall hosts a series of films every season collectively deemed the Arts Array series. Ben Jennings, an English professor at Virginia Highlands Community College, is the head of the Arts Array organization. A film series had been ongoing at VHCC for 25 years when the Cinemall opened its doors in Abingdon. Jennings [...]
Emory & Henry presents “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”
For the theatre students of Emory & Henry College, life has been one hectic ride. Rehearsals for “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress” started three days after spring semester classes started. That means that the actors have been in constant rehearsals for three hours every day for the past seven weeks. Tension runs high, but [...]
Tennis Coach Shares Life as a Documentary Film Maker
Emory & Henry tennis coach Jim Barker has an interesting claim to fame: he’s done just about everything. From frying pan tennis to filming documentaries, Barker has tried it all.
A graduate of nearby East Tennessee State University, Barker also served with the U.S. Army in Vietnam for a time. After graduating from ETSU, where he [...]
Bid turn-ins plunge into pledge week
Sorority chants filled the air and tensions ran high as Greek Life hosted bid turn-in on Friday Feb. 12.
Female rushees donned white t-shirts and turned their bids in to Greek Council at 4:30 p.m. in MaWa. They marched out the doors in groups of three and huddled up before running to their chosen sororities. Male [...]
E&H names new Athletic Director
Emory & Henry College is no longer without an Athletic Director. Myra Sims, a former Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Recreation at Emory University in Atlanta, was named the newest Wasp A.D. Wednesday afternoon.
Myra Sims
Sims, a native of Hiltons, Virginia and a graduate of nearby Gate City High School, is a former women’s basketball [...]


