after the university fired a professor for being in a same-sex relationship. This administrative decision was founded on a document drafted in 2015 detailing the administration's views on human sexuality. Campus The Elizabeth Leitner Gregory Center for the Liberal Arts, a center for performing arts, opened on January 16, 2008. It features a 300-seat theater, photography labs, and classrooms for use by the fine arts programs at the university. Student life As a church-related liberal arts university, Milligan remains closely aligned with the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, a capella churches of Christ, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), the three religious bodies that have traditionally supported the school. A campus ministry program and culture of service exist on campus. Alcohol and tobacco use are prohibited on campus. On August 1, 2019, the university changed its alcohol policy to allow students over the age of 21 to drink alcohol off campus. The Milligan Stampede is Milligan University's student-run newspaper. It was founded in 1925. Its staff also operate a student-run broadcast news service and news website. The 2021–22 student handbook states that sex outside of heterosexual marriage is against divine will. Athletics The Milligan athletic teams are called the Buffaloes. The university is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) since the 2001–02 academic year. Milligan competes in 29 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, cycling, eSports, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track & field, triathlon and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, cycling, dance, eSports, flag football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, triathlon and volleyball. Former sports included football and men's disc golf. Notable people Buddy Bolding, baseball coach, Class of 1973 Warren Eugene Brandon (1916–1977), painter and photographer David Davis, Class of 1991, U.S. Congressman from Tennessee District 1 William G. Dever, Syro-Palestinian archaeologist Del Harris, basketball coach, Class of 1959 Megan Jastrab, earned bronze medal in Women's Team Pursuit during 2020 Tokyo Olympics Frank Knight, Class of 1911, American economist John Preston McConnell, ordained minister in the Christian Church, and was the founder and first president of Radford University; he also served as pastor of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Radford, Virginia, which is located just across the street from Radford University Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot whose U-2 spy plane was