Milligan College, Tenn. Volume 86 No. 3 www.milliganstampede.com April 25, 2019 Milligan Professors New Parking Sticker Color Arrives in the Fall Serve Eastman Maggie Halloran, Staff Reporter Robotics Competition While driving around Milligan’s campus, there are a few colors that Jordan Burch, Staff Reporter students, faculty and staff can identify Milligan Professors Dr. Carolyn quite quickly. Carter, Professor Milton Carter and Parked or driving cars affiliated with Dr. Theresa Carter will serve as judges Milligan can be easily identified by a for a regional robotics competition on blue, yellow, orange, green or black April 27. The professors are volunteer- sticker which identifies traditional stu- ing with Streamworks, an education dents, Emmanuel students and also company created and funded by the faculty and staff. One new sticker will Eastman Foundation in Kingsport that be added to the bunch for students liv- seeks to promote STEM skills with lo- ing in the Village in the fall. cal grade schoolers. “SGA gave us the proposal back in Students living in the Village will be given a new color to promote their parking only in the upper lot. Photo by Maggie Halloran Streamworks is participating in a the fall, and we reviewed and passed larger competition, the ROV (Remote- it a little earlier this semester,” Brent ly Operated Vehicle) competition, cre- Nipper, Director of Property and Risk whether Village residents are parking Students who live in housing near- ated by the Marine Advanced Technol- Management said. “The suggestion of there or not.” est to the lower parking lots are looking ogy Education (MATE) company. This a new color sticker had been brought Village students previously have forward to hopefully having a few more international contest challenges k-12 up before on a couple of occasions, but been able to park anywhere on the low- spots to choose from. and college students to design, build since it was student pushed, we wanted er level of the housing part of campus “I think it’s a good idea because the and program submersible ROVs. The to listen.” like around the field house, at the back people in the Village having yellow local teams are given funding for their A grey parking sticker will be given of Hart and Williams and even in front stickers has caused those living in the materials by Streamworks. “Four to to those juniors and seniors to signify of the married student housing. married housing, Williams and Hart to five thousand dollars a pop,” said Dr. that they are living in the Village, and “This change should shift everything have to rearrange themselves,” junior Teresa Carter. they will be required to park in the up- back towards the dorms,” Nipper said. AJ Trabold said. “I have had to park The contest will simulate the real per lot behind their housing. “Students should be able to park closer all the way up in the Village lot even world application of deploying ROVs “I think that this will make the Vil- to their residencies.” though it’s a much longer way to mar- to inspect or repair damaged pipelines lage lot much more crowded, which The initial change may be a bit of a ried housing than to the Village.” underwater. According to Dr. Teresa will make more residents have to park disturbance to students who have lived According to Nipper, an email to Carter, while robotics is a key part of farther away from their own building,” in the village previously and have been formally announce the change will the challenge, the central focus of the junior Joel Richardson said. “I don’t able to park wherever. most likely come at the beginning of projects is on programming image rec- think that Hart, Williams, or married “This may be a minor inconvenience the next school year when the parking ognition software- teaching machines housing residents will be impacted for some us in the first few weeks of policy and student handbook are sent to look at and identify objects by name. too much because they always seem next semester, but then we’ll end up out. The contestants’ robots must be to have extra spots open, regardless of getting used to it,” Richardson said. able to move across the pool floor at the Kingsport Aquatic Center, identify different shapes contained in a clear underwater tube and report to the students on the pool deck above what Marvel: In Case You Missed It Henry Holben, Staff Reporter shapes it has identified. While students are allowed to select their own materi- “Avengers: Endgame” will be re- He strikes a bargain with the mad titan ians” Gamora, Quill, a criminal Racoon als and implement their own ROV de- leased on April 26. Endgame is expect- Thanos, who agrees to help Ronan for named Rocket, and his humanoid signs, each ROV must be programmed ed to be the culmination of the Marvel the price of an ancient artifact called henchman-houseplant Groot to be ar- in the Python coding language. Cinematic Universe (MCU), a series of “The Orb.” rested by the Xandar authorities. Beyond designing, constructing, twenty-one movies so far beginning A space pirate named Yondu or- The guardians, and an alien named programming and deploying their ro- with 2008’s “Iron Man.” Infinity War ders Peter Quill, “Star-Lord” to steal Drax the destroyer escape from the bots, each team will also hold a pre- (presumably) will pit the Avengers the Orb from a temple on the planet prison together, reclaim Quill’s ship sentation on its work before a panel of against Thanos, who after the events Morag. Quill escapes with the Orb but the Milano and cary the Time Stone to judges. of “Infinity War” now possesses the chooses not to return to Yondu, instead a place called Knowhere to meet Tan- “You’ve got to be your own PR… Six Infinity stones. To make sure Milli- flying to the planet Xandar to sell the eleer Tivan, the Collector who had tried everything,” said Dr. Teresa Carter. gan Students are prepared for “Aveng- orb for himself. However, Yondu’s Bro- to purchase the stone through Yondu’s As the Associate Professor of Com- ers: Endgame,” here is a recap of the ker refuses to buy from Quill when he broker. puter Information Systems, Theresa appearances the Infinity stones have learns that Ronan is searching for the The collector share’s the stone’s his- Carter currently serves on Stream- made MCU titles. CONTAINS SPOIL- Orb. tory with the guardians, revealing the works’s advisory committee and will ERS. Thanos orders Gamora, an alien he Orb to be the container of the Power be judging projects’ software. Associ- Power Stone abducted as a child and raised to go stone. Ronan confronts the Guard- ate Dean of the William B. Greene, Jr. In Guardians of the Galaxy, a radi- to Xandar to obtain the Orb. Gamora ians on Knowhere, and takes the Orb School of Business and Technology, cal Kree terrorist, Ronan the Accuser, confronts Quill, causing a disturbance from them. Ronan discovers that the Dr. Carolyn Carter, and Community sets out to destroy the planet Xandar. of the peace, which causes “the guard- stone itself is powerful enough to de- Outreach Coordinator, Professor Mil- stroy Xandar, mounts the stone on his ton Carter are on a team for judging hammer, and travels to Xandar to dec- project marketing presentations. imate the planet. Ronan is defeated af- “I’ve seen them [contestants] pres- ter Quill bests him in “the dance-off to ent. It just blows me away. They are save the universe” and the Power Stone very professional,” Dr. Teresa Carter is safeguarded on Xandar. said. She mentioned a particular group In Infinity War, having decided that of students that developed a program half of all living things in the universe to keep astronauts in touch with friends must be killed in order for the other and family while working on the Inter- half to prosper, the mad titan Thanos national Space Station. “It was unreal.” invades Xandar, captures the Power The competition will take place on Stone, and annihilates half of the plan- April 26 and 27 at the Kingsport Aquat- et’s population. ic Center. The events are free and open to the public. Infinity War: Endgame will be the culminating movie in the famous Marvel series. Commercial free See MARVEL on p. 3 use photo by Pexels.com. 2 | CAMPUS APRIL 25, 2019 Milligan Faculty and Students to Take THE STAMPEDE on Europe Jordan Burch, Staff Reporter Editor in Chief Kennedy Weber Assistant Editor Kayla Baker Copy Editor Olivia Dycus Webmaster Shaun Whitson Graphic Designer and Analytics Manager Students enjoy warm summer air while overlooking a plaza in Madrid. Photo by efcollegestudytours.com. Gloria Vazquez Every summer, Milligan’s human- “I really enjoy the humanities tour Nearly 40 faculty, students and ities program offers the humanities class. We get to do a lot of interesting graduate students decided to under- Social Media and tour: a trip overseas in which students activities. I am also a fan of all the in- take this journey together. It is the can earn humanities credit hours. teraction between people on the tour,” largest group in the tour’s history. Each Promotional Manager This year’s humanities trip is the said sophomore, Karsten Miller. student had to apply and be accepted A J Trabold Mediterranean tour. The class will be This year is the 50th anniversary of in order to meet the requirements for traveling to Spain, Italy and Greece on both the humanities program and the the tour.