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Threefold Advocate The
joh n br ow n u n i v e r s i t y ’s s t u de n t n e w s pa pe r
online at advocate.jbu.edu
Thursday, September 24, 2009 Issue 3, Volume 75 Siloam Springs, Arkansas
11th Day Report Released
Overall student numbers consistent; freshman retention down
Anna Mulder “There is a link between freshman retention and
Assistant Editor graduation rate,” Crandall said.
In John Brown University’s recent history, class-
The number of incoming traditional undergradu- es with a lower freshman retention rate had lower
ates for the 2009-2010 academic year stayed fairly graduation rates. The retention committee research-
steady this year at 386, two fewer than last fall, ac- es to find reasons for students dropping out and plans
cording to the 11th Day Report. strategies to keep a high retention rate.
The 11th Day Report is an assessment all institu- “I’m not sure why freshman retention rate is
tions of higher education must file annually with the down,” Crandall said. “We need to do further re-
Arkansas Department of Education. search.”
Don Crandall, vice president for enrollment man- The total number of traditional undergraduates
agement, said that the University had budgeted fair- this year is 1,283. Last year there were 1,289.
ly conservatively for new students, planning for 360 Total enrollment for traditional undergraduate,
new traditional undergraduates. He said that 386 was Advance and graduate students combined is 2,073.
a solid number considering the current recession. The 11th Day Report also shows JBU’s top five
However, the freshman retention rate was 76.5 majors for undergraduate students. They are (in or-
percent, down nearly three percent from last year’s der): graphic design, engineering, digital media arts,
freshman retention rate. business administration and biology.
Graph submitted by Cal Piston
International director brings story from Irish roots
Russell Hixson his car for bombs, and Stevenson
Staff Writer remembers his home being strafed
with machine gun fire.
Like the IRA, the UVF was also
Put sugar, petrol and cotton
offensive.
balls into a milk bottle. On sec-
He recalled one incident when
ond thought, don’t. That’s a pet-
his mother hijacked a milk truck
rol bomb, and you probably would
with a gun.
never make any in your backyard.
“We took those milk bottles and
But for a family of terrorists this
filled them all up with petrol and
is business as usual. For William
sugar and cotton balls, and made
“Billy” Stevenson, director of in-
petrol bombs,” Stevenson said.
ternational programs, it was busi-
His father then discussed cath-
ness as usual.
olic residents who needed to be
It was a reality of living in the
burned out of their homes. The
politically charged Shankill Road
next day Stevenson looked over to-
area in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
wards that neighbourhood and saw
Somehow Stevenson emerged from
smoke rising.
the bitter conflict of the Troubles
Stevenson never understood the
and a dark family situation with a
hatred his father felt for Catholics,
gentleness and zest for life that de-
and thought this was part of his fa-
fies understanding. His and his fa-
ther’s frustration with him – his
ther’s story of redemption can be
son would not carry on his cause.
summed up in a word: grace.
But the relationship was broken
“I’m here by the grace of God, I
to begin with. Stevenson said that
couldn’t have done it myself,” said
when he was born his father was
Stevenson.
nowhere to be seen for a week. He
Born in September 1962 in
felt as though he was not a priority
Belfast, Northern Ireland Steven-
in his father’s life at that time.
son grew up knowing the face of
BRANDON BENEFIELD/The Threefold Advocate “It seemed like he lived in the
fear and the face of death. Sever-
William “Billy” Stevenson, director of international programs, sits in his office. He grew up during the time of the Troubles in pub,” said Stevenson. “He loved to
al large buildings that overlooked
the Shankill Road area in Belfast, Northern Ireland. gamble. He loved to fight. He loved
Stevenson’s neighbourhood – one
the cause of the UVF.”
which was less than 100 meters
1998 when the Belfast Agreement the age of eight, wrapped in white deeply involved in the UVF (Ul- Stevenson’s mother took more
from his home – were occupied by
was signed, over 3600 people were cloth. ster Volunteer Force), a firmly loy- of an interest in her son, feeding
IRA (Irish Republican Army). Bul-
killed in Northern Ireland during “We knew what it was like to alist and protestant group intent on and clothing him, but had to work
lets ripping down the streets and
the Troubles – 2000 of them civil- live under constant threat,” Steven- keeping Northern Ireland a part of most for most of the day, but often
bombs bursting into flame were
ians. son said. the United Kingdom by any means had to work various jobs.
not uncommon. The BBC report-
ed in 2009 that between 1969 and He was given his first hand- The politics did not stop at Ste- necessary. This made him a target
gun by his father, a .38 Special, at venson’s doorstep. His father was for the IRA. He would daily check See STEVENSON on Page 7
40-year faculty member shares
stories of personal life journey
Grace Pennington Although Jim began working in the admissions de-
Editor partment, one year later he was offered a position in the
biblical studies department. During his time at JBU,
President Chip Pollard introduced the chapel speaker he served as the head of the Bible division for fourteen
and his wife Tuesday morning by saying, “They have years. He taught classes like Evangelical Theology, Old
been a part of [John Brown University] for a long time.” Testament Survey and Christian Life, the latter of which
This statement could not be truer. was his favorite to teach.
Jim and Lynda Walters have individually been in- “Christian Life brought together theology and liv-
volved in some way with JBU for most of their lives. ing,” Jim said. “We didn’t want [students] to read about
This includes Lynda’s father working at JBU, Lynda re- Christian life, we wanted them to study it.”
ceiving a business degree from the University and Jim Jim said when he started teaching he was the second
teaching in the Bible division for 35 years. professor to have a projector in his class, and he had to
Jim shared stories from Lynda’s and his life and les- pay for it himself.
sons they learned along the way during chapel on Tues- Cary Balzer, assistant professor of biblical studies,
day. was hired and mentored by Jim.
Jim grew up in Hershey, Penn., where he said they “He had an amazing passion for students,” Jim said.
knew it was going to rain when the east wind brought “He wanted to push students to be their best. He wouldn’t
smells of the chocolate factory to their part of town. Al- let them off with easy answers.”
though he intended on opening his own clothing store, Jim said the beginning part of Lynda and his life
Jim said he “fought going to college for three years.” seemed fairly easy.
Then he gave up and attended the Philadelphia Col- “Engaging God in those days was simple and easy
lege of Bible, now Philadelphia Biblical College, then because life was good,” he said.
went on to graduate from Dallas Theological Seminary, Things started to change when Lynda was diagnosed
where he met Lynda. with multiple sclerosis in 1977.
Jim said as a result of being in a college setting and He shared how he struggled with giving up his inde-
learning to love learning, he gained a passion for teach- pendence as the reality of her condition set in.
ing. Before coming to JBU, Jim and Lynda spent two “I left her alone at the deepest part of her fears,” he
years ministering at Brethren churches in Connecticut, said.
one of which happened to be Pollard’s uncle’s church. Jim said it was at this point in which he underwent a
JAMES COOKE/The Threefold Advocate transformation. He said he had to face himself and his
Jim began teaching at JBU on July 15, 1968, one of
the countless dates, including his first few outings with sin, being convicted and called to repent.
Jim Walters, 40-year faculty member at John Brown University, sits on a stool and
reads notes from a podium, while speaking at chapel Tuesday. He was a member of Lynda, which he recalls without hesitation.
“If I had not been a theologian, I would have been a
the Bible division for more than 35 years and lives in Siloam with his wife, Lynda. historian. I love dates and numbers,” Jim said. See WALTERS on Page 2
INDEX Guatemala Trip: Chop Suey:
News 2 Opinion 5 Lifestyles 6 New Summer Study Trip JBU’s Martial Arts Chef
Editorial 4 Sports 8 Spotlight 10 News, Page 3 Lifestyles, Page 7
Page 2 September 24, 2009
NEWS
The Threefold Advocate
Donors fight against
Rush of Fools concert
Midas Records’ recording
Arkansas blood shortage
artists Rush of Fools will be
in concert on Thursday, Sept.
Scarlett Kerby Jackson said that, on average,
24, at 8 p.m. in the Cathedral
Staff Writer one area hospital patient receives
of the Ozarks. Doors will open
at 7:30 p.m., and all seats are a blood transfusion provided by a
Blood was shed Monday in Community Blood Center donor
general admission. the Hurte Lounge from 12 to 6
Tickets for the concert are every five minutes.
p.m. Needles pierced 93 people, Jackson explained that, at cer-
$2 for students and $5 for gen-
but the remarkable thing was that tain times during the year, they
eral public in advance, or $4
these people volunteered. run into shortages due to a de-
for students and $7 for general
public at the door. They can be The Community Blood Center crease in presenting donors.
purchased in advance at iTick- of the Ozarks sponsored a blood Summer is always a critical time
ets.com or in the Walker Stu- drive at John Brown Universi- of need because nearly 30 per-
dent Center. ty on Sept. 14. This is an event cent of the blood supply comes
Rush of Fools has had sev- that happens every semester and from high schools and universi-
eral hit singles, including many students participate, but ties. Holidays are also a difficult
“Undo,” “When Our Hearts maybe not enough students do. time for collections.
Sing” and “Lose It All.” Field Representative Erin The goal on Monday was to
“Undo” was the American So- Jackson said that it is estimated collect 80 units of blood, Jackson
ciety of Composers, Authors that 60 percent of Americans are said. They registered 93 donors,
and Publisher’s Christian Song eligible to donate blood, but only had 19 deferrals, 4 QNS (quan-
of the Year in 2007. The band 5 percent actually do. This is a tity not sufficient), and ended the
has band has also had multiple growing problem in Northwest day with 79 life-saving units of
Dove Award nominations. Arkansas, Jackson said because, blood.
The concert is sponsored as of right now, the center is cur- Jackson has worked with the
by BLUE and Freedom Begins rently in a Code Yellow invento- Community Blood Center for
Here. Contact Keisha Witt for ry status, meaning that it has less
more information. five years in Donor Recruitment.
than a two-day hospital supply of She is passionate about her job
blood on its shelves. and the impact it has on the local
Ethiopia meeting The Community Blood Center
supplies blood for a 38-county
community.
“It is my job to ensure that
There will be an informa- ALEXA LAMBERT/The Threefold Advocate region, including all of the NWA our area hospitals have the blood
tional meeting for the Ethio- hospitals. They must collect 275 products they need to save lives,”
pia mission trip on Oct. 7 in Senior Cory Lenihan talks with a nurse while giving blood in the Hurte Lounge Sept. 14. units of blood every day to meet she said.
the Student Development con- The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks is currently in a Code Yellow inventory status, the growing demand for blood.
ference room. The trip will which means that it has less than a two-day hospital supply of blood.
be summer 2010 to Yetebon,
Ethiopia.
Campus kicks off Captain Planet competition
Although special empha-
sis will be on education and
pre-med majors, as most of
the work in Yetebon will be in
the schools and local hospital, Glen Goodner we strive to conserve energy when we’re at Greathouse said his main goal with the
anyone is welcome to attend home but do nothing about it while on cam- project is to “create awareness” on campus.
Staff Writer
the meeting. Contact Denise pus. In conjunction with various University Huizenga said she has already had students
Farine at dfarine@jbu.edu or officials, he was able to put a plan of Captain approach her about why the steps to conserve
After helping the John Brown Universi-
Steve Beers at sbeers@jbu.edu Planet into action. energy in Walker have not begun yet.
ty campus use 50 percent less energy, cam-
for more information. The University guarantees $500 a month to Dorms are taking measures such as plac-
pus housing will be competing in the Captain
Planet contest for the second year in a row. the project, which is divided up between the ing signs near light switches reminding stu-
Captain Planet is a year-long competition dorms based on their energy savings. Along dents to turn lights off, asking students to
between all of the campus housing facilities with that, dorms are given incentive-based unplug phone chargers and laptop chargers
in an effort to cut the amount of energy used rewards. For example, if North Hall saves the when they’re not in use, and encouraging stu-
by the dorms (including the Townhouses and University $600 in energy costs, North Hall dents to take the stairs instead of the elevator.
Duplexes). Energy usage is measured on a will be awarded the $600 that they save. The Along with that, Bergquist included a mes-
More troops needed weekly basis and each dorm’s energy output money that is won is put towards purchasing sage about “going green” in his welcome let-
certain amenities for the dorms. ter to freshman.
in Afghanistan is measured against figures from past years.
Since each dorm has different energy needs The competition runs the entire length of “We’re encouraging students to take
cnn.com Tuesday, Sept. 22 and uses, they are only measured against the school year. personal ownership of their energy use,”
In order to train Afghan se- their own past numbers and not compared be- The resident directors of each dorm are Bergquist said.
curity forces so they can be- tween dorms. in charge of how each dorm approaches the As for Greathouse, his role in the project
come “masters in their own According to Connie Nolen, director of competition and spends its money. Walker is as a mediator.
house” more resources and facilities services, each dorm is metered and Resident Director Brooke Huizenga said that “I’m the one bringing all of the forces to-
personnel are necessary, said monitored individually on a weekly basis. last year’s winnings went towards a new tele- gether,” he said.
NATO’s secretary-general on In the competition, each month dorms earn vision in the Walker lounge. Greathouses’ vision has garnered national
Tuesday. monetary prizes based on the amount of mon- North Hall RD Patrick Bergquist put last attention placing in the top 20 at the nation-
“We can’t allow Afghan- ey they save the University on energy costs. year’s money towards a new ping-pong table al Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) com-
istan once again to become The idea for this came from senior Charles and the patio and grills that are now in front petitions in the Environmental Sustainability
a safe haven for terrorists. Greathouse. of the dorm. He said that since students are category.
Therefore, we must succeed,” Greathouse came up with the idea while the ones who benefit from the money, they get
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said. living in the dorms at JBU, wondering why behind the project.
The United States current-
ly has about 62,000 troops in
A look into JBU’s disciplinary procedures
Afghanistan, and there are
about 35,000 more troops from
NATO and other allies. The
Pentagon is planning to add
6,000 troops by the end of the giving recommendations for consequences, nient and willing to work with students as in-
year.
Annika Im
Staff Writer Broquard said. dividuals, JBU still has standards that define
Top U.S. Gen. Stanley Mc-
“If a student admits to the mistake and is the school and if someone is not interested
Chrystal recently warned Most students at John Brown Universi-
President Barack Obama that willing to work on the problem we will go a in that, then JBU might not be a school for
ty have read – or at least signed – the John long way to work with the student,” Broquard them.
if more troops are not sent Brown University Community Covenant.
within the next year, the near- said, “We have never expelled anyone from If a student breaks any of these standards,
If a student has broken a rule and gets the school, but it is in the handbook and can the consequences will vary. Broquard said
ly 8-year-old war “will likely
caught, the student meets with Andre Bro- be done.” that he looks at how the actions have impact-
result in failure.”
quard, dean of students, who does all the It is a common error of thought that mar- ed the student, the student’s surroundings
hearings and responses. Broquard meets with ried students, or students that live off campus and the community. The rules tighten when
Deadly crash leads the student’s residence director and tries to are excluded from the rules. the action involves the police force, he said.
get to know the student and why the rules
to nationwide alert were broken.
“All full-time undergraduate students are
under the covenant,” Broquard said.
JBU has recently enforced a new disciplin-
ary action for students caught drinking alco-
cnn.com Tuesday, Sept. 22 After the disciplinary response, the stu- Broquard said that this system should not hol. Among other actions, the given student
dent can make an appeal on the criteria giv- be compared with the State Court system be- must do interactive surveys outside the class-
After finding flaws in Wash-
en in the student handbook. The student cause JBU tries to work hard with every in- room at www.alcohol.edu.
ington D.C.’s Metro subway sys-
can choose whether to appeal to the Appeal dividual in every disciplinary process. Be- “We must recognize that we are located in
tem that caused a deadly crash
this summer, federal safety in- Board or to the vice president of student de- cause this is an individual process, it also a dry county and dry town and that we must
vestigators said Tuesday that velopment. The Appeal Board listens to the takes a long time. be respectful of that,” he said.
they fear there may be similar student and Broquard’s perspectives before Broquard said that, although they are le-
flaws in other transit systems.
They sent an urgent recommen-
dation asking other rail opera-
tors check for similar problems.
Corrections WALTERS continued thing about Jim is his relation- life.” he said. “It’s different, but
from Page 1 ship with Lynda. it’s good.”
National Transportation In the Issue 2, Vol. 75 edi-
“He is a model of the mar- Senior Hannah Bradford said
Safety Board said in letters to tion of The Threefold Advo- “These and other movements
riage vows,” Balzer said. “They Jim’s teaching impacted her by
federal regulators that “all rail cate for Sept. 17, 2009, the of God were dealing with my re-
transit operators and railroads story “Fewer students on cam- have stuck with it in sickness and the hope of transformation that
bellious, Yankee spirit,” Jim said.
should be informed” about sys- pus” said that there are 110 health.” he showed through the stories of
“I was to love Lynda as I prom-
tem flaws that could cause a fewer students living on cam- Jim said he began to worship his struggles.
ised with my hand on the Bible.”
track circuit to fail to detect a pus. The number is actually God for his compassion, wisdom, “I feel like he was very au-
This promise of love has
train. 90. Also, the story said there power and love. thentic and transparent with his
transformed into Jim daily tak-
Nine people were killed and were 57 new students this “Lynda and I discerned that struggle,” Bradford said. “He
ing care of Lynda, who is con-
52 hospitalized June 22 when a year, which does not apply di- our inner nature was becom- showed that Christ can foster
fined to a wheelchair.
Metrorail train hit the rear end rectly to campus housing, be- ing renewed day by day, while those feelings of love.”
“The God who knows when I
of a stopped train. The automat- cause that number includes our outer nature was being de- Jim and Lynda still attend
sit down and rise up, also knows
ic train protection system failed traditional, part-time, grad- stroyed,” he said. “A loving obe- JBU events, and Jim teaches two
to detect the stopped train, so uate and Advance students. when we can’t,” he said. “We
dience opens God’s heart to us.” classes, Christian Foundations in
the moving train did not receive There are two fewer new full- were learning more deeply and
Jim said their life has always the MBA program and Ethics for
a command to slow or stop. time undergraduate students still are learning.”
been good. Teachers for undergraduates.
from last year. Balzer said the most amazing
“You can still have a good
September 24, 2009 Page 3
NEWS The Threefold Advocate
Backyard brotherhood Professors want to add
philosophy major
Karis Butler toward a pure philosophy major
Staff Writer at JBU.
Currently, there is a Philoso-
John Brown University is phy Club on campus, which was
looking for ways to cater to its started last year by senior biol-
more philosophic students, pos- ogy major Adam Betz.
sibly by adding a new major. Junior Alena Moon, vice
Jay Bruce, assistant profes- president of the club, has been a
sor of philosophy, was hired in part of the club since its incep-
March 2008 with the idea that he tion. She considered majoring in
would bring a philosophy major philosophy while looking at col-
to fruition at JBU. leges in high school.
Currently, Bruce, along with Moon said that if JBU had a
David Vila, associate professor philosophy major when she came
of biblical studies, are hoping to in as a freshman, she definitely
establish a religion and philos- would have considered choosing
ophy major or minor within the it as her major or minor.
next year or two. Adding a philosophy ma-
“This is a way of adding a jor to JBU’s current list of ma-
major without stretching the jors would be a positive change,
Universities’ resources,” Bruce Moon said.
said. “If we showed the value of it,
BRANDON BENEFIELD/The Threefold Advocate By adding this major, Bruce I think people would be interest-
Senior Grant O’Neal plays kubé, a Scandanavian lawn game, at the Backyard Games on Tuesday. The object of the game is and Vila will most likely only ed,” Moon said. “It would show
have to add a few more courses. people that we take academics
to knock down wooden pegs with smaller blocks of wood. Backyard Games, which included a barbecue and various lawn
Ideally, Bruce said, this ma- seriously.”
games, was hosted by Men’s Ministry. jor would be a “stepping stone”
School offers new Committee to ratify retention
summer studies trip Amanda Greuel
Staff Writer
If that method were to be adopted, Beers said,
raises would be redistributed to favor doctoral
completion and a small percentage in pay increase
would be based upon the portion of funds Student
A Student Development committee at John
La Antigua, Guatemala, tour Brown University is in the process of eradicating
Development is given.
“We’re on the front end of development and
the old system of evaluation for promoting its staff
to offer intensive language study members and establishing a new system for recog-
nition and reward based on exceptional service and
structure [in the new plan],” Beers said.
In the latter months of fall 2008, Beers appoint-
ed Tim Dinger, director of counseling services and
educational experience. associate dean of students, to head a committee
Brittany Reading emy rate each student’s Span- Steve Beers, vice president for student devel- to discuss strategies for evaluation and promotion
Staff Writer ish-speaking ability and work opment, said that the department needed to have a among Student Development staff. Other commit-
with them one-on-one. There is better promotion system that provided a clearer dis- tee members included Confer, Tracy Balzer, direc-
A John Brown University tinction of the longevity of a staff member at JBU.
study trip will take place May 8 a more personal connection with tor of Christian formation, and Robyn Daugherty,
the students and the teachers,” Beers said that the University had a high staff director of athletics.
through June 6, 2010 in La An- retention rate in Student Development.
tigua, Guatemala, led by Assis- Jones said. After researching other schools’ structures for
By such an intensive study in “It seems that we have one of the most staff ten- evaluation, Dinger said the committee found that
tant Professor of History Preston ures over the last four decades, even compared to
the Spanish language, Jones feels assessing individual performance effectively was
Jones and Professor of Business other sister institutions,” he said.
that the students are spending fundamental to updating the current system, which
Joe Walenciak. One survey of Student Development staff re-
less money and learning more. he said was “too generic in its focus.”
The study trip in Guatemala vealed that the average length of time spent on staff “Its flexibility is helpful for a variety of rea-
is the least expensive study pro- “This program gives students
in Student Development was 7.8 years, and that the sons,” he said. “But like many things, its strength
gram, costing $4,400, and it is a chance to really immerse them- longest time was 23 years.
selves in a different world and a at times can be a weakness.”
also one of the smaller programs One option for the new system, Beers said, was The committee has consulted and continues to
that is only available to 10 stu- different language, but also gain to award title changes that indicated greater re-
personal contact with one anoth- consult James Hammons, professor of higher edu-
dents. sponsibility and prestige to those who had stayed cation at the University of Arkansas, who Dinger
Students will receive six cred- er and with their teachers,” Jones on staff longer and who deserved acknowledgment said was “an outside expert on performance evalu-
it hours with the study of Span- said. for a job well done. ation.”
ish, economics or history, and In La Antigua, Guatemala, In formal evaluation material provided by Ed Dinger said that developing the Student Develop-
the program is available to any students will visit various places Ericson, vice president for academic affairs, a sys- ment’s mission has been a process of over six years,
student. with Jones and Walenciak. tematic growth plan is laid out for faculty promo- and that establishing student learning outcomes has
Jones wanted to find out what “We will take trips to ancient tion. Professors must prove that they have met cri- become foundational to this mission. One problem
Walenciak had been doing in Mayan ruins dating back to the teria before advancing in title, such as moving from is that the previous evaluation system does not take
1700s and see Mayan villages, as assistant professor to associate professor, or from these outcomes into account, he said.
Guatemala and became interest-
well as spend time in the Plaza,” associate professor to full professor. “The committee—and I would say Student De-
ed in going there for his sabbati-
Jones said. In consideration for promotion, faculty must velopment in general—believes we would benefit
cal. demonstrate “teaching effectiveness, scholar-
“Walenciak has been to Gua- The philosophy course will be as a staff in our mission as well as our individual
in the Plaza. Students will get to ship, service to the University, community and the professional development to have a system of eval-
temala about 60 times, and I world, and spiritual modeling.” Professors must
wanted to see what Guatemala is read texts and observe Guatema- uation that reflected more accurately our work per-
lan culture. also meet the minimum requirement for the level of formance,” Dinger said.
about, so I made my trip into a education and professional experience needed for a
“We are teaching practical Dinger said the committee’s aim for this aca-
study program,” Jones said. higher rank, and must serve the specified number
philosophy, and we will observe demic year was to document the scope and prac-
Jones said the trip will focus of years at his or her current level.
everyday traits of people and tice of each job description in Student Development
on studying Spanish at the Chris- Beers said that level of education should also be and then to begin creating a new evaluation method
tian Spanish Academy. talk about it in the Plaza,” Jones
a consideration for a title promotion, as it is for fac- based upon that.
“I wanted to do an out-of- said. ulty. Currently, several Student Development staff
Jones’ intent was to go to Gua- “Employees, whether Student Development staff
country experience and focus members are well into or near completion of their or others, should be recognized for their accom-
on different language learning,” temala with his family and to not doctorate program, including Andre Broquard, di-
just build a program but give stu- plishments of performing their job well,” he said.
Jones said. rector of residence life, Chris Confer, director of
The students will spend two dents an opportunity. career development, Lisa Corry, assistant director
hours each weekday in individ- “Either way I was going to go of discipleship and Rod Reed, University chaplain.
ualized study at the Christian to Guatemala, but I wanted to
Spanish Academy¬ and will gain give students a chance to have
an intense, personal experience
Hard-hat zone
40 hours of learning Spanish.
“The teachers at the acad- with the people of Guatemala,”
Jones said.
Library brings together
books for annual sale
Scarlett Kerby “It’s always interesting to see
what gets donated,” Habermas
Staff Writer
said.
The John Brown University The prices for the books are
library is having its annual book 25 cents for paperback and 50
sale beginning Sept. 28 and last- cents for hardback. Some of the
ing through Homecoming week- books available this year are a
end, Oct. 2. set of 1998 Encyclopedia Bri-
Mary Habermas, library di- tannica and a set of “Great Idea
rector, said that the books are Books.”
mostly comprised of donations In the past, books that did not
given to the bookstore by profes- get sold were given to the Si-
sors, community members and loam Springs Public Library, but
anonymous donors. The library this year they are doing some-
keeps books, which are standard thing differently. Instead, they
works, classics and Nobel Prize are donating them to a corpora-
winners. But other books that BRANDON BENEFIELD/The Threefold Advocate
tion called Better World Books
fall into categories like “how- that collects and sells books on- Construction crews resume work on the Bill and Donna Berry Performing Arts Center Wednesday morning after intermittent
to,” fiction and those that are out line to fund literacy initiatives rain slowed progress to a halt temporarily. Both the PAC and the new arena have fallen slightly behind schedule because of
of date or in bad condition, the li- worldwide. the damp weather.
brary saves for the sale.
Page 4 September 24, 2009
EDITORIAL
The Threefold Advocate
Fuzzy focus
what the photo major needs to fully develop
As “the fastest growing new major in the history of JBU,” accord-
ing to the University Web site, photography has quickly attracted at-
tention and now has 48 students who have declared it as a major after
its addition in the fall of 2007.
Since then the department of visual arts has made adjustments to
provide a fuller foundation to its photography program.
The most significant addition was a traditional wet darkroom last
fall and a corresponding course in darkroom technique, which pro-
vides students with a hands-on experience in the history of photog-
raphy.
With a darkroom and photo studios in place, the next logical step
for the department is investing in professional cameras and lenses.
Any student should expect that classes might require additional
expenses as part of collegiate coursework, but photography majors in
particular carry a hefty out-of-pocket expense.
Students in the major are required to supply their own digital pho-
tography equipment for assignments, of which the bare essentials are
simple: a camera body and a lens.
Granted, cameras and lenses are both essential tools of the trade,
but purchasing quality gear costs money that most college students
don’t have.
The University Web site says it offers photography students “top-
notch equipment … in order to bring them the best education and ex-
perience possible.” In reality, that “top-notch equipment” is lacking. JASON FLACK/The Threefold Advocate
Progress: One lap at a time
Photo majors all supply their own cameras and lenses, at least
whatever they can afford to purchase.
Cinematography and broadcasting majors have video cameras
available that they can borrow.
ing into someone’s arms in the Here I was, 21-years-old, fighting
Photography students should have the equivalent. swimming pool, with no certain my fear of water by learning how
Of course, it is impractical to imagine a photography major who guarantee of survival, was just too to swim laps for the first time.
much for me. Although I was not a It is amazing how much I have
does not also own a camera. risk taker, I was quite stubborn. stuck to swimming, or how it has
I decided that there was no way stuck to me, perhaps. I have con-
e ditor - in - Chief
But professional-level lenses are costly, ranging anywhere from
that I was jumping into the pool sistently swum laps two or three
hundreds to thousands of dollars for a single lens, an expense that that day, and I did not move on times a week for the past five
many students can’t immediately afford. The reality is that as these my grounds. I failed my YMCA months. I can’t remember ever
student are being fleshed out as “professionals,” they are learning swimming class. sticking to an exercise regime
It was not until a few weeks lat- for that long or having anything
the ropes of equipment significantly inferior to what they will be re- Grace Pennington er when my parents arranged for that was so peaceful and stress-
quired to work with upon graduation to the “real world.” me to have a private swimming relieving.
The only class that I have ever lesson that I even dared to get in Basically, my biggest stressor
For the program to “compete in curriculum and capability with the failed was swimming. the water. Even though I felt better at age five has become my big-
tops schools in the nation,” as the Web site states it does, it needs to I was a quiet five-year old in a about swimming, and it was some- gest stress-reliever at age 21. It
have top-of-the-line equipment available. Students need to become blue one-piece with hot pink frills thing I enjoyed, there was still a bit took me awhile to get there, but,
on the hips. I had dirty blonde of lingering anxiety. I always pre- as essential to the human life, we
familiar with the gear they will be using as working professionals in hair and dimples so big they could ferred to stay securely afloat in the are always growing and, hopeful-
their chosen field of study. catch anyone off guard. shallow end. ly, conquering the fears that have
I also had quite a sense of anxi- Every four years or so, I would a hold on us.
Furthermore, to practice photography as professionals, students ety. I cried before every first day make progress in my swimming Like a phrase on my comput-
need to practice photography. of school and felt as if the world ability. I learned how to dive and er desktop says, “Far from what I
would end if I ever got in trouble. somehow got the courage to try a once was, but not yet what I’m go-
In other words, photographers should have a practicum.
Today, on the day of swim- front flip off the diving board at ing to be.”
JBU produces numerous publications ranging from Nesher and ming lessons where we were going summer camp. But nonetheless, I I think all of us have to remind
The Threefold Advocate to the Brown Bulletin and e-newsletters. All to jump in the water for the first always had a small fear of bodies ourselves that we will not always
time, I was terrified. I was not one of water and not much confidence be the five-year-old at the edge of
of them use photography. It only makes sense for photo majors to be of those kids who liked playing in in my dog paddle that got me to the the pool too terrified to jump in the
involved. the dirt or doing risky things. I did pool ladders. water. If we keep trying, we have
not want to jump into someone’s Everything changed when I be- the ability to change our fears into
Photographing for campus publications for practicum credit not
arms, and how did I know that gan swimming laps for exercise something not so scary.
only provides portfolio material for students, it gives them practical they would actually catch me. And this summer. I started from the
experience in their chosen field of study. I was not so sure how I would still ground up—learning how to come
be able to breathe when my face above the water to breathe without
Other majors within the communication and fine arts division – plunged into the water. sucking in most of it and how to get Pennington is a senior majoring
broadcasting, journalism and public relations – complete practicum Like I said, I was not one for the right amount of kicking while in journalism. She can be reached
risks, and everything about jump- my arms pulled through the water. at PenningtonG@jbu.edu.
hours as part of their undergraduate studies.
Building budget blunders
Photography shouldn’t be any different.
The new JBU major certainly has the potential to become a strong
program if it continues to develop as it has over the past few years.
Though its enrollment numbers have steadily increased, the pho- standards. To meet this goal, JBU use professionally.
tography program must beware of stunting students’ job potential for needs to have 10 varsity sports in For a school that has always
lack of needed equipment and practicums. which to compete. To that end, been known for its academics,
they have added a golf team and this sudden shift in direction—
are planning on adding cross especially at this time—seems to
country sometime in the next year me a ridiculous idea. With few-
or so. This project was kicked off a er than 2,000 students what type
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year and a half ago by cutting the of draw would we be able to offer
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The STAFF swim team. to truly good athletes even if we
“
Grace Pennington .............Editor-in-Chief did become an NCAA Division
- advocate.jbu.edu -
Anna Mulder..........Assistant/News Editor II school? Already sports schol-
The Threefold Advocate invites you to Brandon Benefield ................Photo Editor John Lehn The new arena arships are the only true full-ride
submit a signed letter to the editor. We Ariadna Acevedo ............Lifestyles Editor will give extra institutional scholarships at JBU.
ask that you keep your comments to fewer Christopher Wilson....Editorial Page Editor Every day as I leave my town- They are the only scholarships
than 300 words, and we reserve the right Karis Butler...............................Copy Editor house, I am met with an eye- seating to the given by the University that pay
to edit for space and appropriate content.
The writer’s phone number, classification
Kristy Stevenson ....Sports/Online Editor
Rick Eldridge .................................Designer
sore of chain link fences, yellow
beeping trucks and dozers, and
innumerable fans for room and board. Yet none of
our athletes ever go on to profes-
and hometown must be provided. E-mail
or mail letters by 6 p.m. on Monday. Ashleigh Dean ..........................Ad Director red mounds of dirt. Walking past who will now sional athletic careers.
Gary Warner......................................Adviser I wonder: Where has the peace be able to cheer What of those who will be doc-
and beauty of JBU gone? I find tors, engineers, businessmen, pro-
Views expressed by columnists or in Staff WriterS the answer in this multi-million- the basketball fessors, biblical scholars and so
Karis Butler, Amanda Greuel dollar hole. forth? What do we do for those who
team on from
letters are not necessarily the Views of
the publisher, adViser, editor or staff. Gretchen Gunter, Russell Hixson JBU is building an arena, for excel in their departments? Very
”
Annika Im, Hannah Jeppsen those of you who have yet to no- their own few people get anything above the
Scarlett Kerby, Soojee Kim tice the missing parking lot behind Trustee’s academic award, which
CONTACT US Haylea Parks, Audrey Phillips Walker. This arena will give ex- personal row. covers only about one-fifth of the
Newsroom | (479) 524-7255 Brittany Reading, April Smith tra seating to the innumerable fans cost of their schooling. Each year
E-mail | Advocate@jbu.edu who will now be able to cheer the Tuition is rising. The econo- that scholarship does not increase
Mail | JBU Box 2501 Contributing PhotograPherS basketball team on from their own my is going south. Hard times in proportion with the increases in
James Cooke, Alexa Lambert, Jessica personal row. It will supply the are ahead. We will have to work tuition.
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Massey, Matthew Smith, Taylor Wood team with the needed equipment hard to get through. Academics Tell me, why is JBU spending
Siloam Springs, Arkansas 72761
and improve their facilities while would set the school and its stu- so much money on things that are
The Threefold Advocate would like to clarify that editorials, those pieces in the column their current playing court gets dents on stable footing to be able superfluous?
above this paragraph, are the opinion of the editorial board. They are therefore not attrib- renovated to become acceptable as to achieve in life. So as we face
uted to individual writers. The writings to the right, with mug shots and pithy headlines, a fourth practice court. this situation our institution turns
are columns. Each is the sole opinion of the mug shot’s owner. On occasion, readers wish- These expansions are rumored toward entertainment. Entertain-
ing to respond to an article or to express a viewpoint will write a letter to the editor. The
opinion pages serve as a community bulletin board and are meant to continue the dialogue
to be part of a several-year goal of ment that no one will ever watch Lehn is a junior majoring in bio-
about various issues relevant to the JBU community. Please write. We want your input. the athletics department: bring- and that those who are directly in- chemistry. He can be reached at
ing JBU up to NCAA Division II volved in it will never be able to LehnJ@jbu.edu.
September 24, 2009 Page 5
OPINION The Threefold Advocate
Living out the ‘as if ’ factor Tune your ears
to outside world
however, was that of anger and bit- turn into something like this: “If I
terness as I watched him walk away. were a cafeteria worker doing yet an-
The realization of his gentle ser- other three-hour shift on minimum
vant’s heart contrasted with my own wage, cleaning the messes that oth-
selfish one pricked me with shame. er people leave, how would I want
it’s like, what else is new in geno-
Disgusted by my anger, I paused to be treated?” Perhaps, “If I were a
cide?” (If you haven’t read it, I rec-
and realized that it was not his will- teacher who had a full load of class-
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ingness to serve that angered me, es, a family to feed and take care of, ommend French’s book, “A Conti-
but my own lack thereof. students to advise and had copious nent for the Taking.”)
It is always humbling when I requirements to fulfill, how would I Good listeners don’t limit their
come face-to-face with someone want others to speak to me?” Or, in reading to the dramatic news sto-
Jessa Parette ries. Nor do they ask their friends
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who moves as though the voice of the case of my father, “If I were an
God commands his every action. orphanage worker who was taking about experiences abroad with
“I’m going to go wash the bath- Something within me begins to ache, care of four children, none of whom noncommittal, generic questions.
rooms.” my chest constricts slightly and my was my own, working below min- During my time at JBU, I fre-
“Why?” stubborn heart yearns to identify. To imum wage, had a family to feed, quently got one of these questions
“The orphanage workers need it.” watch someone disregard the con- clothe and cook for, and had never
Jen Heller after I introduced myself and my
No pride, no arrogance, no stricting norms of society in order to felt loved or appreciated, would I childhood home. “Ooh!” a new ac-
glance for approval, just the bite of reach out to the “lowest of the low” want someone to help me clean the MBOUR, Senegal – “Degg quaintance would say. “You grew
tiredness that crept in to his eyes always brings Christ sharply into my bathroom?” nga?” Anytime I talk with Wolof- up in the Congo? What was that
as he walked away. He went, with- realm of reality. So often do I long to Sometimes the answer to the “as speakers, they’re likely to end our like?!” Is such a question even an-
out bidding, to wash the filth-rid- do great things, to be a great person, if” standard of serving is simple, like conversations with this phrase. It swerable, I wonder?
“
den bathrooms where overflowing that I forget the greatest command- scraping your plate before putting it simply means “You hear?” or “You
trenches had long been discarded ment of all: Love the Lord your God on a conveyor belt. However, rather understand?” However, for many ...the ‘world’
Senegalese, the question is reflex-
for use of the floor.
Stepping into the muck, I know
with all your heart, soul, mind and
strength, and love your neighbor as
humbling are the moments where we
are called to serve as if we were the ive, like an “amiin” at the end of a
becomes a
he sucked in his breath sharply, try- yourself. The most potent section of ones suffering, hurting or unnoticed. blessing. Some etymologists claim conflict-ridden,
ing to breathe through his mouth as the verse is the “as yourself” por- God’s standard of greatness is so hard our English phrase “I dig that”
he dislodged the human waste and tion, which for the sake of argument to strive toward, because serving is comes from slaves’ adaptation of suffering foil for
grime so that, once again, the work- we shall call the “as if” factor. Serve not the prerequisite to greatness. the word to American language in our safe and hon-
ers could use the restroom with others “as if” you were the one see- It is the standard of greatness. the 1800s.
orable American-
”
some dignity of sanitation. ing the world through their eyes. As an outsider, sometimes the
I know that, unthanked, unrec- Most often we help others on our
Parette is a junior majoring in
question gets on my nerves. It feels ness.
ognized and humbly he finished his own timeline, our action becoming like my Senegalese friends are
task and wound the hose up against one of self-centered servitude. English. She can be reached at questioning how much I really un- Being a good listener requires
the old building. My only thought, So the thought process should ParetteJ@jbu.edu. derstand after one-point-five years being specific with one’s ques-
of Peace Corps service. But they tions, maybe even having a little
Movie night at Guantanamo
have good reason to ask if I hear prior knowledge. The world needs
them. We Americans are lousy at more Americans who study life
listening. outside the four walls, lit by hic-
These past few months, I’ve cup-free electricity.
talked to a number of Peace Corps The other evening, I broke the
“Task Force Platinum,” had provid- ing of Dresden while enacting geno-
ed the three inmates with a legal dic- cide behind a curtain of gray uni- Volunteers returning from brief Ramadan fast with an 8-year-old
tionary, an English-Arabic dictionary forms. The Soviets criticized the slow stateside vacations. I always ask American girl, born of Senega-
and three American films. expansion of American civil rights them what was different when see- lese parents. Sophie talked about
Two of the movies are National while giving fewer rights to more of ing America through eyes fresh her Quranic school in the Bronx,
Editorial pagE Editor
Geographic documentaries: “Inside their own population. And no end from Africa. They ramble on about this book she was reading
Mecca” and “Inside the Vatican.” The of gang bangers still defend bullet about water fountains, trashcans called “Twilight” and about how
third is a 1975 TV movie, “Judgment: sprays with the mere idea that some and pre-cleaned chickens. But my stupid Senegal’s president was
The Court Martial of Lieutenant Wil- cop somewhere might be beating a PCV friends almost always end for turning the power off all the
liam Calley,” about the single Ameri- confession out of somebody else. with a confused hesitation, as they time during her vacation, as if he
can soldier convicted of war crimes It’s important not to gloss over add, “And no one wanted to listen kept a light switch in his house for
Christopher Wilson in the rape, torture and murder of such things. As a nation, the United about Senegal. Beyond, you know, that aggravating purpose. As we
Vietnamese civilians at My Lai. States has killed far too many civil- a two-minute conversation.” watched French-dubbed “Family
First the United States supplied That village yielded, conserva- ians in a number of wars. As a na- It’s disappointing to have a sto- Guy,” before the power blinked off
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed three tively, more than 300 bodies, and tion, the United States earned cen- ry and no listener. We Americans once more, she said to me, “You
lawyers. Now we’ve supplied him Calley would serve three years of turies of shame by its treatment of have the rare opportunity to dic- know, a lot of Americans think all
three movies. house arrest after receiving a life minorities. And today, as a culture, tate to our media what we want to Africans are poor and live in huts
As Mohammed and two oth- sentence. One more gross example we do condone torture and a pleth- hear about the world. Sometimes and stuff. They’re so wrong!”
er Guantanamo Bay detainees pre- of justice not so much suffering ora of other evils. we do this so well that the “world” I’m trusting Sophie’s generation
pare for their mass-murder trial over miscarriage as being aborted. But there’s something a lot of becomes a conflict-ridden, suf- to tell us more about our diverse
the events of September 11, 2001— Reuters, which also carried the people need to learn, from phalanx- fering foil for our safe and hon- world. But it’s our job to learn how
events Sheikh Mohammed alleged- story, gives the obvious speculation es of derisive Western academics to orable American-ness. This is es- to listen, actively and responsibly.
ly contrived—we can only wonder if that the defendants might not just be a bearded man being held at the U.S. pecially true of how we relate to You hear?
they’re fighting over the remote. using the drama—which features naval base in Cuba: The past does Africa. One Kenyan scholar, Ali
This spring, Sheikh Mohammed Harrison Ford as one of Calley’s not constrain the present. Mazrui, complained to reporter Heller is Peace Corps volunteer
successfully petitioned for the remov- superiors—as a training film on The fact that 40 years ago a Howard French, “Where Africa stationed in Senegal. She gradu-
al of his two civilian lawyers and his American military justice. Instead, bunch of murderers in U.S. Army is concerned, there is a constant ated from John Brown University
U.S. Army-issue legal eagle because, maybe they plan to equate the hun- uniforms got away with their orgy search for tragedy with a new face; in 2007.
in his words, “I believe that Allah is dreds of civilians dead in Vietnam of destruction can only warn—not
sufficient to defend me.” Co-defen- with the civilians who died eight taint—Americans in and out of
Smokers can breathe
dants Walid Bin Attash and Ali Abd years ago in New York, N.Y. uniform today. The fact that our
al-Aziz Ali will likewise serve as But trying to draw on Calley’s nation’s laws once kept black men
their own counsel in the courtroom, light sentence would be inconsis- in slavery and all women out of
a little easier soon
doing in real life something usually tent with Sheikh Mohammed’s the polling booth doesn’t diminish
reserved for Hollywood melodrama. claim that he hopes to plead guilty that fact that modern laws recog-
Good luck getting Metro-Gold- and die a martyr. nize both groups’ full humanity.
wyn-Mayer to make a tearjerker No, he’s not trying to stave off Criticism—though we don’t have
about these guys. his inevitable execution. More to like it from a man who claims re- The longer portion of the ciga-
Now, as President Obama uses than likely, his use of the movie sponsibility for the murder of almost rette is what powers the device. It
his 60-day delay to deliberate green will prove nothing more than a po- 3,000 people—will always be vi- contains the rechargeable battery
lighting the trial’s military venue or litical statement. tal as long as we are imperfect. But
and the vaporizer.
following through with a move to Sheikh Mohammed wants to hold moving forward means criticizing
The butt of the cigarette is actu-
civilian court, the defendants have up a mirror to the “infidels” who pop- ongoing atrocities, not ignoring them
Staff C olumniSt
ally a hollow cartridge. Liquid nic-
amassed their courtroom weapons, ulate the U.S. and ask, “Where is the in favor of events already past.
otine in the cartridge is vaporized
including one example of Holly- difference between you and me?”
wood moviemaking. It’s a tactic older than prostitu- upon inhalation and evidently pro-
The Miami Herald reported Mon- tion or murder, and America has Wilson is a senior majoring in vides a very similar experience to
day that Camp 7, the ultra-high-value seen it more than its fair share. journalism and history. He can be smoking a real cigarette. The end
of the cigarette even lights up.
detention center run by the cabalistic Nazis could decry the firebomb- reached at WilsonCI@jbu.edu. Brandon Benefield “That must cost a fortune,”
‘God is not my president’
you say.
I’m sure I’ll avoid bars even af- Nay. Only $50 a month cov-
ter I’m no longer under the John ers the cost of 35 cartridges, and
Brown University community each cartridge is the equivalent of
covenant. 20 cigarettes. Do that math. That’s
ject to electoral checks on his power ocratically elected representative— Why? 700 cigarettes per month, or about
but instead ruled for the duration of someone to be respected, for sure, but For the same reason I avoid cer- 23 cigarettes per day.
his life and then passed on authority ultimately someone whose power is tain bowling alleys and bus stops: Cheap.
to his own chosen successor; no one limited, and therefore someone who cigarette smoke. Granted, there’s a $110 startup
inside or outside his regime could can be bargained with—because this Maybe my lungs haven’t adapt- fee, but that’s negligible over time.
really effectively challenge his au- is the authority I am used to. ed to the popular pastime of breath- I’ll never use the thing myself,
thority in a peaceful manner, etc. This intellectual “schizophrenia” ing in toxins. Maybe my lungs
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but I’m quite thankful for it. If
In short, presidents look very dif- is something that we all suffer from… have an air-only intake policy. Ei- someone wants to smoke, they’re
ferent from kings. We are used to the we want to read the present day into ther way, the two don’t peacefully going to smoke. Why not have
former, but the latter we treat with the text, because we believe that this coexist. them “smoke” a little healthier?
suspicion and hostility. We pride is the only way it will have meaning But thanks to a new electronic A cigarette that doesn’t burn
Scott Jones ourselves on being part of a democ- for us today. And yet, the reality is cigarette, secondhand smoke is a means no secondhand smoke for
racy, of having a voice, a say in who that God chose to reveal himself in a thing of the past. me, and no smoke for the “smoker.”
We Americans like to call our gets to rule us. specific way in a specific cultural set- The “E-Cigarette” uses micro- Because it doesn’t burn, it can
president the most powerful man in And yet, as a Christian, I be- ting because, I think, he was trying electronic technology to deliver be “smoked” anywhere, even areas
the world. In reality, though, prac- lieve in a God who calls himself to communicate the real truth about a user’s nicotine fix without the where smoking is banned.
tically everything he does is either both “Lord” and “King” repeated- himself to us. To ignore the histori- harmful side effects. That means Better yet, the 4,000-some-odd
initiated by Congress or reviewable ly. I didn’t elect God to be God. He cal context of the text, then, is to miss no more tobacco, no more carbon
(and therefore reversible) by Con- doesn’t serve me as my representa- at least part of what God wanted to chemicals and carcinogens con-
monoxide, no more tar, no more tained in a traditional cigarette
gress and/or the Supreme Court; his tive; if I am somehow dissatisfied communicate about himself, and we ash, no more cigarette butt, and
overall performance is reviewable with his performance, I can’t ex- do so only to our detriment. can been kicked, even if the habit
most importantly, no more second- can’t be.
by the people; he can be elected to actly dislodge him from his throne God is not now, nor will he ever hand smoke.
the office a maximum of two times; and find someone else to fill his spot be, my president. He shall forever be Maybe “smoker’s lung” will be-
That alone should elicit two
people with all sorts of axes to grind next fall. He never called his rule the my king, and it is up to me to learn come an ancient term in the near
thumbs up.
can constantly complain, quite pub- “Republic of Heaven.” Instead, he what that means for my relationship future.
Smokers shouldn’t be bashful
licly, about his actions, and this can calls it the “kingdom” of heaven. with him. I surely hope so.
about ditching their lighters and
sometimes result in him being re- I’m not sure what to make of this. I their pack of smokes for the elec-
moved from office, etc. think God declared himself to be our tronic version. The “E-Cigarette”
Contrast this with an old-style king because this is in fact what he Jones is an associate professor looks exactly like a regular ciga- Benefield is a senior majoring in
king…the people’s consent was is. However, I find myself approach- of political science. He can be rette. photography. He can be reached
largely irrelevant; he was not sub- ing God as though he were my dem- reached at SJones@jbu.edu at BenefieldB@jbu.edu.
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LIFESTYLES
The Threefold Advocate
Student wins full ride to Saudi college
had been selected to attend the “King [Abdullah] wanted to sity in a remote area near the
Anna Mulder highly competitive school. combine different ways of learn- Red Sea.
Assistant Editor Unlike most gradu- ing,” Sesler said. “His dream Bland said Sesler was the
ate schools, every student at was to blend all of that togeth- first student from JBU to show
After graduation, Katie Ses-
KAUST receives a full schol- er, so we could learn to work in an interest in applying for this
ler, a senior engineering major,
arship to cover tuition, hous- a multi-cultural world.” program.
will head to Saudi Arabia on a
ing and travel costs. In addi- Bland said Abdullah had “I think it’s a great oppor-
full-ride scholarship for gradu-
tion, KAUST pays for students taken a very progressive edu- tunity,” he said. “I was thrilled
ate school.
What fall TV
to finish their un- cational step for his when she got [the scholar-
She will be working for her
dergraduate degree country. One as- ship].”
masters in environmental engi-
show/series are
at their current uni- pect that is especial- In addition to the education-
neering at King Abdullah Uni-
versity. The univer- ly progressive is the al benefits, Bland said the lo-
versity of Science and Technol-
you most excited
sity is based on a fact that 25 percent cation of the university would
ogy (KAUST), a new university
long-time dream of of the student popu- provide a unique situation for
about 50 miles north of Jeddah.
about?
King Abdullah of lation is female, un- Sesler.
The university specializes in al-
Saudi Arabia and is usual in a country “Katie will be invited into a
ternative energy sources.
funded by a multi- that has typically country that is virtually closed
Sesler originally heard about
billion dollar en- not allowed females to Christians,” Bland said. “She
“I would have to say the Chicago the graduate program from Lar- dowment. to attend schools will be a witness by her life-
ry Bland, professor of electrical
Bears football season. It’s like three KAUST will be Katie Sesler with males. style.”
and computer engineering.
hours of solid entertainment every opening its doors for Sesler said she Sesler said she was looking
“I never gave it a second
week!” the first time on Sept. 23. Bland is frequently asked if she will forward to the opportunity for
thought, and then I went to Jor-
said that the school had been have to wear the traditional interaction with people from
– Justin Eddy dan last summer on the [John
aggressively pursuing top- dress of Muslim women in Sau- around the world at KAUST.
Brown University] summer
Thompsons Station, Tenn. notch professors and students di Arabia, the burka. However, The program fits well with her
studies trip, and I fell in love
from around the world. For ex- she will be able to wear what- long-term goals. Her dream is
with Muslim culture,” Sesler
ample, the president of the uni- ever she wants because of the to start off in the Middle East
said. “I decided that I wanted to
versity is from Singapore, and university’s location and inter- and eventually migrate to work
“Along with almost everyone else start my life and ministry in the
other professors come from Ja- national focus. in Africa.
on campus, I’m really excited about Middle East.”
pan, the United States and other The university is also very “I want to be a missionary
‘The Office’ coming on again. It’s After the Jordan studies
countries. progressive in its strong focus and use engineering [to] help
trip, Sesler decided to apply to
been way too long without new According to KAUST’s web- on sustainable development. It people’s physical well-being,”
KAUST. She was selected as
episodes.” site, the university is “dedicated has followed the United States Sesler said. “It’s a balance be-
one of 12 finalists in Ameri-
to inspiring a new age of scien- Green Building Council’s tween social justice and spread-
– Joe Fugate ca last spring and was flown to
tific achievement in the King- LEED rating system in devel- ing the gospel.”
San Francisco for an interview.
Beloit, Kan. dom that will also benefit the oping a “green” and self-suffi-
In May, she found out that she
region and the world.” cient compound for the univer-
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“‘Amazing Race.’ We imagine that
we are on it and have Sunday night
gatherings before the Gathering to
watch.”
– Beth Ridings
Colorado Springs, Colo.
What do you
think about the
spoon prank
that was played
on the cafete-
ria?
“I thought it was more annoying
than funny because I had to eat ice
cream with a fork. Pranks are sup-
posed to be funny, not annoying.”
– Stephanie Davis
Harrison, Ark.
“I didn’t even know that there was
a prank...bad publicity prankers.”
– Christopher Carmichael
Bixby, Okla.
“The prank was reasonably funny,
and I was fine with it, but they
should have done the traditional
thing and purchased cheap plastic
spoons so the caf didn’t have to
pay for new spoons.”
– Tim Orr
Bixby, Okla.
THE GATHERING
Sunday, Sept. 27, 9 p.m.
Nadia Soberanis
September 24, 2009 Page 7
LIFESTYLES The Threefold Advocate
Chef chops his way from kitchen to classroom
Karis Butler and Presas taught a method called has attended Todd’s school for four
Kombaton, meaning “the study of months after hearing about it from
Staff Writer
fighting.” Todd became grandmas- Hicks. She recognized early on that
ters in both programs. this was much different from oth-
Students are served meal after After studying from such well- er types of martial arts that she had
meal in the John Brown Universi- recognized grandmasters, Todd felt seen in the past.
ty cafeteria, but little do they know prepared to creat his own method of “[Todd] took the basic [martial
that behind the swinging doors to martial arts. From 1999 to 2004, he arts] principles and put them in lay-
the kitchen works a martial arts complied and polished his method. man’s terms,” Hobbs said. “It made
grandmaster. The 5 Way Method “is a method sense.”
He’s not your typical Kung Fu of codifying martial arts and putting Todd was inducted into the Inter-
king or your average karate kid. it into English,” Todd said. national Martial Arts Hall of Fame
Chef Steve Todd has created his Most martial arts systems have in 2001 and is a grandmaster in five
own method of martial arts, called a complicated, foreign vernacular, different martial arts systems. But
the 5 Way Method. Todd said. His goal was to create Todd learned that martial arts isn’t
Martial arts have always had a a system in which the method was always about the accolades.
significant presence in Todd’s life. more important than the mastery When Todd asked de Thouars the
He started taking Jujitsu at the age of terms. Another aim was to mini- secret to becoming a better teacher,
of eight, and since then has gone on mize complexity, making each set of he was taken aback by de Thouars’
to acquire more than 12 black belts movements attainable in five steps. response.
in various types of martial arts. Now, five years after its incep- “He told me to ‘Love the students
While in college at Missouri tion, the program has spread nation- more than they love you,’” Todd
Southern University, in Joplin, wide and encompasses thousands of said. “It was the most amazing les-
MO, Todd found direction for his MATTHEW SMITH/The Threefold Advocate students. Todd said there are now son I ever learned.”
life in the field of psychology. With Chef Steve Todd shows off his martial arts moves in the cafeteria against Executive Chef Scott more than 35 black belts in the 5 When setting out to create his
his years of experience, Todd knew Way Method. own method, Todd’s goal was to
Hicks who has attended Todd’s martial arts lessons in Bentonville. JBU Executive Chef Scott Hicks make martial arts more than just
that martial arts was very physical,
but he wanted to explore the psy- and found similarities, such as cultural 10 years, from 1986 to 1996. has attended Todd’s school in Ben- fist-fighting and kickboxing. Hobbs
chological aspects as well. connections and similar physical move- In 1996, Inosanto directed Todd to tonville, Ark., and was Todd’s first believes he has achieved that goal.
In psychology Todd had learned ments. pursue training with two other martial student to start with no previous “Martial arts is mind, body and
the art of comparing and contrast, After graduation, he sought the arts grandmasters, the Dutch-Indone- martial arts experience and progress spirit,” Hobbs said. “It’s not just
and he used this ability to assess guidance of Filipino martial artist Dan sian Willem de Thouars and Filipino from white to black belt solely in the something you do—it’s a way of
different styles of martial arts. Inosanto, protégé of the iconic Bruce Ernesto Presas. De Thouars taught the 5 Way Method. life.”
Todd studied numerous systems Lee. Todd trained under Inosanto for Kuntao—“way of the fist”—method, JBU employee Karissa Hobbs
STEVENSON continued plained how humans were whole night, ‘God, save my flat on the floor, crying out
from Page 1 born into sin, and all de- father.’” to God. He returned to his
served death, but Christ had Afterwards, Stevenson’s son’s room. He ripped the
Stevenson found the love overcome it. Following din- father realized what had sheets off the bed and said,
and acceptance he hadn’t ner, Stevenson, at the in- happened. He was furious, “Billy, I’ve accepted Jesus
felt from his father in his sistence of his grandpar- thinking he had somehow Christ as my Lord and sav-
grandfather, a kindly man ents, took a hot bubble bath, been tricked into going to iour.”
he described vividly: “He where he invited Christ into church. Nine-year-old Ste- He resigned his member-
was probably about 5-foot his life when he was six venson pulled out the Bible ship in the UFV, an action
-7-inches tall, healthy, fit years old. his Grandfather had given that often earned a bullet to
and always well dressed. “I often describe it as ‘the him and read “Let not your the head. That week there
[He] always wore trousers cleanest bath I ever took,’” heart be troubled” from was a meeting called by
and a nice pair of shoes. His Stevenson said. “Because John 14. the UVF concerning Ste-
shoes were always clean… I was cleaned physically, His father threw the venson’s father. Stevenson
Always a waistcoat and tie but more importantly, I was Bible onto the floor. But said his father tossed in his
and a tweed jacket - always cleaned spiritually. In fact, Stevenson was stubborn membership card and said,
a tweed jacket,” he said. to this day I love bubbles.” and put the words in front “I’m done.”
Stevenson saw his grand- Stevenson’s father’s reac- of him again. The UVF “Top Dog”
father as a soft spoken, com- tion was not as warm as that “[My father] looked at got up from the table and
passionate man of God who of his grandparents. me and said ‘Billy, there’s shook hands with Steven-
was genuine and who went “He said, ‘If you ever no hope for me,’” Steven- son’s father. They respect-
to the hospital every week to mention Jesus Christ in this son said. ed his decision, but said
pray for friends and Chris- house, I’ll break your legs,’” Back at the Stevenson they would watch him and
tians. Stevenson said. home, Leckie and Steven- he had to leave Northern
Grandfather Stevenson Stevenson began a long son’s father discussed the Ireland. The Stevensons
gave Stevenson a Gideon campaign of prayer for his passage. When it was ex- moved across the globe to
Testament which he still hard father. To his surprise, plained to him that the Korea.
has 41 years later. He would one night Stevenson’s moth- passage was Jesus talking The dark life growing
give his grandson 15p if he er confessed that she had
Photo submitted by Billy Stevenson
to the disciples, Steven- up in Belfast is far behind
could memorize and recite been saved after reading a William “Billy” Stevenson, 5, and his sister Isabel, 3, smile for a son’s father left the room Stevenson and remnants
the scriptures. tract. photobooth picture in Belfast, Northern Ireland. and went upstairs. Steven- of it dot the wall of his of-
“My motivation wasn’t His parents separat- son was in his room on his fice – Irish flags and murals
the money,” Stevenson said. ed when he was six, which “I picked up the gun, sat fervent prayers were an- knees, yet again crying out from Shankill. It’s hard to
“I wanted to make him made Stevenson’s home at the bottom of the stairs swered. to God to save his father, believe he managed to es-
happy. I wanted to make peaceful. He, his mother and behind the front door, wa- His father had come but this time, unknown to cape the politics, violence,
him proud of me.” his sister were all saved and ting for my father to come home drunk. Stevenson ran Stevenson, his father was poverty and hatred from
After wrestling with the going to church together. home,” Stevenson said. “I down the stairs and begged behind him listening to the his past, but he did. All
gospel for weeks, Steven- Several weeks later, Ste- was going to shoot him.” his father to go to church prayer. He stood up and that is left is a pudgy little
son, and his sister Isabelle venson’s father knocked on He heard his father’s with his family, and his turned around. Irishman with a mischiev-
found themselves home the door and was taken back footsteps and the jingling of grandfather’s good friend “That was the first time ous smile and warm heart.
alone as their parents had by his mother. keys in the door, but could Jim Leckie. In his altered I saw my father cry,”
gone out on a New Years “I was so angry,” Ste- not bring himself to shoot state, Stevenson’s father Stevenson said.
Eve drinking binge. Grand- venson said. “It was back him. He ran upstairs. accepted. “That was the first
father Stevenson took them to square one…The fear all “I turned the gun to my- At the door, they were time my father came
to his home, a place Steven- came back instantly.” self, and I was like ‘I can’t told the church was full, but over and gave me a
son described as heaven. It Stevenson continued a take anymore of this,’” Ste- Leckie demanded seats for hug…and I can still
was warm, clean and filled campaign of prayer for his venson said. “And then I the Stevenson’s and their feel his tears, heavy
with comfort - a stark con- father that reached a level put it down, wrapped it up, “stone-drunk” father. They tears, falling on my
trast from his cold damp of unimaginable frustration. put it back in the cabinet were put in the front row. blond hair.”
home on Shankill Road. One night, Stevenson took and never touched it again. “I don’t remember what Stevenson said
Around the dinner table his .38 Special and waited I wanted to live.” the preacher said,” Steven- his father went to
Grandfather Stevenson for his father to come home. One day, Stevenson’s son said. “I was praying the his room and fell
pulled out his Bible and ex-
Student abandons herself to dance ministry
April Smith of Dance and teaches the Rejoice ing 7- to 10-year-old girls at age 15. pieces for the semester, “Be Thou
and Dance ministry. She was certified as an associate of My Vision” and “Lost Get Found.”
Staff Writer “My mother, Donna, found out the Royal Academy of Dance at She said that they are making
about Miss Peggie and she put me 17. She recently started two class- plans to travel and perform at dif-
Junior Anna Buck, an exercise on her waiting list,” Buck said. es at the Walton Lifetime Health ferent nursing homes and church-
studies major, has taken on the Buck said that while choos- Complex on Thursdays, teaching es.
role of head choreographer of the ing a college, Wallis, a class of 5- to 7-year- Buck said that she would like
CAUSE ballet ministry, along with some of her old girls and the other to see the ministry perform during
The Great Abandon, at John friends, tried to encour- is a class of 8- to 10- chapel at least twice this semester. balloon closet-
Brown University this semester. age her to go to a ballet year-old girls. She The ministry did perform at gretchen
Buck grew up in Springdale, school. said that she does have chapel twice in spring 2009.
Ark., where she lived in the same “She started shy but one 4-year-old boy in “We dance to worship God to-
house until she was 14. Her fam- developed absolute- one of her classes. gether and share in others’ walk
ily then moved to Elm Springs, ly beautifully,” Wallis She said that she with Him,” Owen said.
Ark., where she currently resides. said. “She could have hopes to continue Buck said that in spring 2009
Her father, John Buck, director gone anywhere with her teaching ballet along the ministry held a community
of the Elizabeth Richardson Center ballet, but ballet schools with palates, yoga clinic, teaching ballet techniques
in Springdale, said that it was ev- can be a little raw.” Anna Buck and personal training that included Bible study, for free
ident that Anna was interested in Buck said that she classes for women af- to homeschooled girls. About 17
dance when she was a small child. felt that God led her to ter graduation. girls attended.
“She always had a quality in ex- JBU and that she recognized min- The Great Abandon minis- “I would like to do another com-
pressing worship and engaging it istry through ballet because of her try was started by senior Chenoa munity clinic this fall and try to
with dance,” he said. five-year involvement in the Re- Barker, a chemistry major, who is open it to homeschooled and pub-
Buck said that she had become joice and Dance ministry. currently studying in Spain. lic schooled children,” Buck said.
interested in ballet at about age six,
even though she had never been
Through this ministry, Buck Buck now teaches the advanced
and fellow dancers performed at class. Junior Stephanie Owen, bi-
Buck currently leads about 13
women in the ballet ministry. Ev-
$5 off
entire signature line
exposed to ballet. churches and live concerts such as ology major, and junior Christa ery Monday at 8:30 p.m. for two must bring JBU id
Peggie Wallis, of Bentonville, the North Arkansas Youth Sym- Slagter, a biology major, teaches and a half hours, these dancers offer expires 09/30/2009
Ark, was Buck’s dance instruc- phony Orchestra at the Walton the beginners classes. sweat through their leggings while
tor for 12 years. She is a certified Arts Center in Fayetteville. Owen said that the ministry exercising grace, poise, posture, LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN
SILOAM SPRINGS
teacher from the Royal Academy Buck said that she started teach- is working on two choreography discipline and patience.
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SPORTS
The Threefold Advocate
Golf continues
solid top-5 trend
Glen Goodner result.” He said that this tournament
consisted mostly of NCAA Division
Staff Writer II schools and to see that the team
could compete on that level is a tes-
The scores continued to stay low
tament to the work they put in over
Monday and Tuesday as the John
the summer and the team putting in
Brown University men’s golf team
the team working out together.
turned in its second consecutive top
“Our confidence level is sky
five finish of the season with a fifth
high,” Thomas said. “They’re
place finish at the Bison Fall Classic
pushing each other to get better.”
in North Little Rock, Ark.
He went on to say that as a team it
The Eagles shot a second day
still needed to work on finishing out
290 for a tournament total of 587.
rounds and not struggle so much on
Sophomore West Loveland shot a
the final holes.
four-under-par 68 on day two and a
Brooker said that it’s encourag-
tournament total of six-under 138 to
ing that everyone is playing so well,
BRANDON BENEFIELD/The Threefold Advocate lock up an individual fifth place fin-
Freshman Taylor Mullings placed third in the Harding (Ark.) Bison Classic on Monday and Tuesday. Mullings shot a one-over-par 73 on that way when one player has a bad
ish. This comes on the heels of his
round, the other four shoot well to
day one and a three-over-par 75 on day two, giving him a tournament total of 148. second place finish in last week’s
make up for it.
Central Christian Invitational.
“We’re not quite at the level to
The best of the rest
Sophomore Matt Brooker called
win yet, but we’re pretty close,”
Loveland’s performances “awe-
Thomas said. “They feel like they
some” and said “[West] is playing
can do it.”
ridiculous.”
The Eagles will look to continue
Loveland’s 138 was followed by
its run of good play on October 5 in
junior Jeff Hobble’s 156.
refused and as it stands now, Crab- to relive his high school glory days Salina, Kan. in the Bethany College
Head coach Brian Thomas said
tree is planning on holding-out for and play quarterback again. In Fall Invitational.
that he was “very pleased with the
the entire 2009-2010 season and re- 2004, Paulus was ranked as high
Road games keep
entering the draft in 2010 with the as 16th on scouts’ lists for the best
hopes of getting drafted higher. high school football players in the
Every year top draft picks hold country.
out until they get a contract that Then he shocked the college
men’s soccer down
they deem worthy of their talents, football world when he announced
but this is a new low. his intentions to be a Blue Devil
Crabtree’s actions are despi- and play basketball. His desire to
cable. Refusing to play the game play football again garnered inter-
Glen Goodner you supposedly love because they est from teams like Michigan, Ne- Hannah Jeppsen that these are the teams that are beat-
want to pay you $20 million over braska, Syracuse and the Green ing us,” freshman defender Randell
five years with $16 million of that Bay Packers. He settled on gradu- Staff Writer
Most people don’t know this, Pyle said of the losses.
guaranteed instead of something ate school at Syracuse University The team has also suffered sever-
but coming up with good column The men’s soccer team at John
in the ballpark of $38 million with and was named its starting quar- al starting lineup changes due to inju-
ideas isn’t easy. Brown University took another hit
$23.5 million guaranteed (which terback. ries and loss of players. Starting mid-
The biggest problem I run into to its record when it posted its third
is what the number seven overall Syracuse has been an after- fielder junior Caleb Theimer missed
with this process is the scraps of straight loss on the road to Hannibal-
draft pick and fellow wide-receiv- thought at best since Donavon Mc- the last five games after a hamstring
ideas that are placed into the pro- LaGrange College (Mo.) 2-1 Satur-
er Darrius Heyward-Bey got). Nabb ran their offense, but with injury but returned for the HLG con-
verbial suggestion box and ulti- day.
Like I said, every year players Paulus under center, the Orange test. Starting forward freshman Cris-
mately forgotten. This is because Although head coach John Migla-
hold out, but choosing to sit the has something to cheer about oth- tobal Duran is out due to a strained
very few of my ideas are viable rese said the first half of the game
season out? It’s immature, childish er than basketball. Through week hip flexor sustained early last week.
column ideas because they don’t was the worst the team had played all
and a disgrace. three of the season, the ‘Cuse’ are This has affected the fluidity of
have enough content. season, JBU was still able to squeeze
There is hope, though. If Crab- 1-2 and Paulus has completed 57 of the team’s play, Pyle said. Midfield-
Every time a good idea goes in a goal for the lead at halftime.
tree re-enters the draft next year, 86 passing attempts for 618 yards, ers have been playing defensive po-
to waste because it doesn’t have That goal came when junior for-
the chances of him getting drafted four touchdowns passes and four sitions and vice-versa, which has
enough content for a column, I die ward Juan Iraola found the net off an
higher than number 10 are almost interceptions for a passer rating of thrown a monkey wrench in JBU’s
a little inside. assist from junior midfielder Gabriel
impossible. So he will have wast- 132.7. defensive organization.
I’m enjoying living, so I’ve Duarte in the 35th minute.
ed a year and will probably end Like it or not, you have to re- “We need to get them back,” Pyle
come up with a solution. ESPN JBU came out ready to play af-
up with less money than he would spect him. How many guys can said.
columnist Rick Reilly called his ter halftime, but HLG wasn’t ready
have made this year. say they played four years Division Miglarese said the last three
column “Go Fish;” I’m calling to give in. The team got the equal-
The cherry on top of this is the I basketball, for Duke no less, then games have shown that JBU needs
mine “The Best of the Rest.” All of izer in the 53rd minute off freshman
49ers. Head coach Mike Single- decided they wanted to play foot- to work on defensive organization as
the thoughts and rants that aren’t forward Dustin Freitag and then took
tary and the 49ers front office are ball again? And actually did. Now well as attacking. This is especially
enough for a full column, spewed the lead 23 minutes later when soph-
heroes in my eyes for not giving he’s starting for a Division I foot- important for the upcoming Sooner
out, in no particular order for your omore midfielder Alberto Borrache-
in to Crabtree. The fact that they ball team in a BCS conference. Athletic Conference games and next
enjoyment. ro scored the final goal.
stood their ground and didn’t pay And we know that Paulus is se- Saturday’s match-up against Texas
MICHAEL CRABTREE: I re- JBU posted 12 shots for the game-
Crabtree what he was asking for is rious about the graduate degree he Wesleyan University.
ally didn’t want to start the semes- while HLG had 19. Each team put up
the tiny glimmer of hope I need to is pursuing, otherwise he would TWU has been in and out of the
ter out this way, but I have to ad- five shots-on-goal.
get me through the NFL season. have picked a better football school Top 25 rankings in the National As-
dress this pathetic excuse of a man. JBU’s senior goalkeeper, Ryan
49ERS: While we’re on the top- to play for. sociation of Intercollegiate Athletics
Crabtree, the former Texas Tech Helmer, picked up three saves.
ic, if you’re looking for a sleeper DIRT INFIELDS AND FOOT- over the last few weeks.
wide-receiver, was the 10th over- Miglarese said watching his team
team in the NFL, look no further BALL FIELDS: Miami and Oak- HLG was “no slouch opponent”
all pick in the 2009 NFL Draft by in the first half and then in the sec-
than the 49ers. Since Singletary land, this is for you. Every time I either, and was a contender for the
the San Francisco 49ers. All of the ond was like watching two different
took over on October 20, 2008, see a football game being played national title last season, Miglarese
analysts were predicting that Crab- teams.
the 49ers finished last season, win- over the dirt infield of a baseball said. The problem, however, was that
tree would be drafted around num- After a slow attack tempo on of-
ning four of its last five games and diamond, my skin crawls. I know JBU is losing games on small things.
ber five or six, but a broken foot fense in the first, JBU picked it up in
have started 2009 2-0 with a for- it’s unavoidable, but it’s just awful. “We’re very talented, and when
during the off-season dropped him the second half, but it wasn’t enough,
mer Chicago Bears linebacker at Can you imagine kickers trying we’re hitting on all cylinders, we are
to 10. he said. One of HLG’s goals was off
the helm. Singletary is a no-non- to keep their footing on it? I’d slip. a fun team to watch,” he said. “We
No big deal, right? a defensive mistake and the other one
sense guy. And while he may not Then the baseball players have to had one bad week. We were 4-0 a
All of his lifelong dreams of was just a great goal, he said. The
resurrect the glory days of Walsh, take their place on a torn-up field week ago and we are going to learn
playing in the NFL will come true team could not have stopped it.
Montana and Rice, look for him to as the right fielder assumes his po- from our mistakes.”
and he’s going to get a huge pay- “At halftime we pointed out what
restore a club that has been dismal sition on the 15-yard-line. The loss puts JBU at 4-3 on the
day. Or so we thought. we wanted to change, and to [JBU’s]
for the better part of this decade. I love baseball. I love football. season and in the sixth-place ranking
Crabtree decided that since he credit, they did it,” Miglarese said. “I
GREG PAULUS: This guy is They deserve their own stadiums, in the SAC.
was projected to be picked around was pleased with the guys and how
the truth. He spends four years at if for no other reason than that I’m The team will take on Oklahoma
number five or six, he should be they came out and took it to them.”
Cameron Indoor Stadium donning tired of watching football on dirt Wesleyan University in Bartlesville,
paid like he actually was the fifth The last three losses, however,
Duke blue and playing for Coach and outfielders standing on hash Okla. Thursday night before return-
or sixth pick. Thankfully, the 49ers have not been wasted.
K. He then decides that he wants marks. ing home to face TWU on Saturday
“It’s a wake-up call for the team,
at 3 p.m. at home.
SCORES
A
Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Women’s Volleyball
9/19 vs Hannibal-LaGrange - L 1-2 9/19 vs Northwood - W 2-0 9/18 vs Belhaven - W 3-0
thlete of 9/22 vs Northeastern State 9/18 vs Texas Wesleyan - W 3-2
the W eek
Men’s Golf L 0-1 9/19 vs College of the Ozarks - L 0-3
9/21 Bison Classic - Day 1 Score 297 9/19 vs Mary Hardin Baylor - W 3-0
9/22 Bison Classic - Day 2 Score 290 9/21 vs St. Gregory’s - W 3-0
Weekly Stats
Honors: Loveland finished
in fifth place at the Hard-
ing (Ark.) Bison Classic.
THIS WEEK...
Highlight performance: Women’s Soccer Men’s Soccer Women’s Volleyball
Loveland led the Eagles to 9/26 vs Texas Wesleyan 9/24 vs Oklahoma 9/24 vs Oklahoma Baptist
a fifth place team finish by Home 1 p.m. Wesleyan Home 7 p.m.
Away 5 p.m.
shooting a two-under-par 9/29 vs Southern
70 in the first round and West Loveland Nazarene 9/26 vs Texas
Away 5 p.m. Wesleyan
a four-under-par 68 in the Home 3 p.m.
second round for a two Men’s Golf
9/29 vs Southern
day total of 138. Nazarene
Away 7 p.m.
September 24, 2009 Page 9
SPORTS The Threefold Advocate
Women return to losing trend after weekend win
In the 72nd minute, junior for-
Kristy Stevenson
Sports Editor ward Sarah Kidd found herself
free in front of the net after a
Following a weekend win at scramble in the box and was able
home the John Brown Universi- to put the ball past Northwood’s
ty women’s soccer team posted a goalkeeper for JBU’s final point
loss on the road to Northeastern of the game.
State University (Okla.) on Tues- “This game was crucial for our
day. team to help us get back into the
NSU scored early in the first mode of actually finishing shots
half and kept JBU scoreless, giv- and scoring,” Knack said.
ing NSU the 1-0 advantage at the However, changes to the line-
midway mark. up had to be made prior to the
Neither team was able to post start of the second half because
any more points during the sec- of injuries. Junior defenders Ash-
ond half, and NSU walked away leigh Noble and Ashley Cecil had
with the 1-0 victory. to sit out of the second half with
The loss dropped JBU’s record sprained ankles. Thoma wasn’t
to 2-4 on the season. sure when they would be back in
Junior forward Sarah Kidd said action.
the Lady Eagles “weren’t there” Knack said several players on
in the first half. the team had to play positions
“We played with more ener- other than their own for the rest
gy in the second half, but by that of the game, but because of the
time it was too late because they versatility of the team, they were
[NSU] had tightened up on de- able to play together.
fense and we couldn’t get as many “Northwood was a very physi-
opportunities to score,” she said. cal team,” Thoma said. “It’s un-
Senior midfielder Mikey Bran- fortunate we acquired some in-
nan said finishing was a huge ob- juries out of the game, but we’re
stacle for the team. going to take [Noble and Cecil’s]
“I think if we continue to play recovery day by day.”
better together as a team, the Thoma said JBU’s 23 shots and
goals will come,” she said. eight shots-on-goal were indica-
Head coach Joe Thoma said tive of the offense’s improvement
JBU did a better job of finish- over the last few games.
ing on the scoring opportunities “We had some good oppor-
against Northwood University tunities, but I actually think we
(Texas) on Saturday. The Lady could have had more goals,” Tho-
Eagles won the game 2-0. ma said.
Senior midfielder Jodi Knack Northwood had seven shots
found the back of the net for the and three shots-on-goal.
Lady Eagles in the 16th minute JBU freshman goalkeeper Faith
off an assist from freshman de- Thurman picked up two saves for
fender Cheyenne Padgett. Nei- the game, while Northwood keep- TAYLOR WOOD/The Threefold Advocate
ther team was able to put up any er Ashley Ford picked up six. Senior midfielder Jodi Knack moves the ball down the field past a defender in Saturday’s home game against Northwood (Texas.)
more points before halftime, giv- Thoma and Knack agreed that The Lady Eagles came away with their first victory in three weeks 2-0.
ing JBU the 1-0 advantage. playing at home after a three-
The second half kicked off week hiatus was an advantage for from fans at home and JBU’s Up next, JBU will play Texas as number 21 in the National As-
much like the end of the first, with the Lady Eagles. quality soccer field as a few posi- Wesleyan University (Texas) at sociation of Intercollegiate Ath-
both teams struggling to convert Knack listed more sleep, less tives that helped the Lady Eagles home on Saturday at 1 p.m. Texas letics Top 25 Poll earlier this sea-
scoring opportunities into points. stress from traveling, support get the win. Wesleyan has been ranked as high son, but is currently unranked.
Proctor leads netters in first SAC win Rugby club
Kristy Stevenson
Sports Editor
added 13 assists while senior set-
ter Britney Kerns had 12.
24, 15-12.
Both teams played well defen-
versity (Okla.) at home on Thurs-
day at 7 p.m.
dealt loss
The John Brown University
volleyball team picked up its first
Head coach Robyn Daugherty
said it was good for JBU to pick
up a win in three sets against a
sively during the match. Proctor
had her work cut out for her as
Texas Wesleyan had 187 total kill
OBU will bring a lot of mo-
mentum with them coming into
Thursday’s match.
in opening
away match
Sooner Athletic Conference win conference opponent on the road. attempts, but she added 31 digs to After upsetting Morningside
of the season Tuesday by defeat- Daugherty also said that the the team total of 83. Texas Wes- College (Iowa) who was previous-
ing St. Gregory’s (Okla.) 3-0; 25- Lady Eagles did a better job of leyan picked up 86 digs. ly ranked at number eight in the
15, 25-13, 25-13. controlling their hitting errors. On Saturday, JBU lost a re- National Association of Intercol-
The win puts the Lady Eagles Out of 40 total kills, the team only match with College of the Ozarks legiate Athletics Top 25 poll and Hannah Jeppsen
at 13-2 on the year and 1-0 in con- recorded eight errors. (Mo.) in three sets; 22-25, 19-25, number 18 Doane College (Neb.) Staff Writer
ference play. Sophomore defensive specialist 23-25. last week, OBU has jumped up
JBU was paced by senior libe- The John Brown University
Megan Tabor said the game was C of O was out to even the the national rankings, going from
ro Shannon Proctor who served 11 Rugby Club played and lost its
not a very accurate prediction of score, Daugherty said, and the unranked to number 17 in two
first match of the semester Satur-
points in a row. the more challenging conference Lady Eagles “just didn’t have it weeks.
day in Wichita Falls, Texas, 14-7
Proctor also tallied 16 digs, out games JBU will play later in the together” during the match. The number 17 ranking is the to Midwestern State University.
of JBU’s total of 47. season. C of O out-dug JBU 85 to 67, second highest in the history of It was senior David Yarber
Proctor currently leads the Daugherty agreed and said the and also posted more block assists OBU’s volleyball program. who scored the only try, or five-
SAC in digs, averaging just over team “hasn’t been tested enough” than the Lady Eagles, 14 to 6. Aside from winning all 13 of point goal, for the team, while
five per game. She is ranked 39th despite playing two tougher JBU managed to pull it togeth- their NAIA matches, and compil- freshman Chris Kinzer put up
in digs overall in the National As- matches on Friday and Saturday er in the last match of the tourna- ing a record of 15-3 on the season JBU’s last two points JBU off a
sociation of Intercollegiate Ath- in the Texas Wesleyan Tourna- ment to beat Mary Hardin Baylor and 1-0 in conference play, OBU is conversion kick.
letics. ment. (Texas) in three sets; 25-23, 25-8, riding a 10-match winning streak. Yarber said that for a loss,
Leading the Lady Eagles in JBU won three matches and 25-13. Proctor said JBU is the sleeper Saturday’s match was encourag-
blocks for the night was sopho- lost one at the tournament. The Lady Eagles posted their team of the conference and has the ing.
more middle hitter Allie Rankin The Lady Eagles faced Bel- highest hitting percentage of the potential to get the win. “It really brought us together
with three. haven College (Miss.) in their first tournament at 33 percent, while “We have the ability to beat ev- as a team and showed us what we
Senior middle hitter Chris- match of the tournament and won holding MHB to two percent. ery team in our conference at this need to work on,” he said. “Some
ti Newton contributed 10 blocks, in three sets; 25-14, 25-17, 25-16. JBU will face their first true point,” Proctor said. “We just have amazing talent was shown by
followed by freshman outside hit- The Lady Eagles held Belhaven test of the SAC season when it to out there and decide to play to some of the players.”
ter Erin Didier with nine. to a six percent hitting efficien- takes on Oklahoma Baptist Uni- The game also brought out
the best of out abilities.”
St. Gregory’s hitting efficien- cy for the match while hitting 27 JBU’s weaknesses.
cy suffered and it closed out the percent themselves. Kerns led the Those areas for the team, ac-
match with a negative three per- team with four service aces out of cording to Kinzer, are running
cent. JBU performed above their JBU’s nine total. Kerns also added hard and straight, faster ball
average hitting percentage on the movement and tackling.
13 assists in the victory, followed
year of 26 percent to 38 percent “By the time we play our next
by Hanson with 11.
game, I would like to see the
Tuesday night. JBU battled against host team
team tackle more efficiently and
Also contributing to St. Grego- Texas Wesleyan later in the day have better support and more flu-
ry’s loss were its 22 receiving er- and rallied back from a 2-1 set idity,” he said.
rors and seven service errors. count to take the match victory in Although, the team has been
Junior setter Alyssa Hanson five sets; 25-22, 20-25, 23-25, 26- practicing since the first week
of school, Kinzer said that play-
ing against another team allowed
JBU to get accustomed to play-
Sundays at The Loft ing together as a team and “fig-
at First Baptist Church ure out our positions.”
2000 Dawn Hill Rd.|Siloam Springs JBU has many inexperienced
www.fbcsiloam.com players, and playing against an-
• 9:30am Breakfast other team gave the new ruggers
some much-needed practice, he
• Student Led Worship said.
• Bible Study Up next, the Rugby Club will
• Small Group Discussion take on the JBU alumni during
Homecoming, Oct. 3 on its home
Bus pick up at the
theLOFT@fbcsiloam.com flagpole at 9:15am pitch.
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SPOTLIGHT
The Threefold Advocate
Senior Dan Bolger leaps onto “the blob” at Breakaway Saturday. Bolger became a crowd favorite for his entertaining performance during the popular free-time activity.
Frank Huebert, director of discipleship in Christian Clark Sheehy, head men’s basketball coach, talks with his breakout group during Breakaway Saturday.
formation, teaches during one of Breakaway’s main Faculty and staff led groups of students in a discussion on how their own personal experiences interlaced
sessions Saturday. with the retreat’s theme.
a
Br e
Karis Butler
Staff Writer
John Brown University stu- concentrations of solute on the students with the four ways catch up on their sleep.
dents had a chance to get away two sides of the membrane. Christ calls us—the call to be A highlight for many stu-
from campus and connect with This term of osmosis was a with him and with the commu- dents was the breakout groups.
other students this past week- metaphor meant to be associ- nity of believers, and the call Freshman Megan Toney had
end at Breakaway. ated with what students call the to be sent to proclaim and sent Beers as her breakout leader.
JBU’s Student Ministry “JBU bubble.” to reclaim. “I liked hearing her life story
Leadership Team (SMLT) The “JBU bubble” is consid- The weekend was composed because she was authentic with
organized the retreat, which ered a state of being in which of three sessions with Huebert, what she was struggling with
took place at Camp War Eagle JBU students are isolated from as well as small group time and and was working through,”
in Rogers, Ark. This year, more life outside of campus and breakout groups. Upperclass- Toney said. “She was honest
than 300 students attended. Siloam Springs, Ark. men and Passion group leaders and open.”
Senior Dan Bolger, student Frank Huebert, director of led small groups, while JBU Aside from pure fun, Break-
leader of SMLT, expressed discipleship in Christian for- staff and faculty led breakout away was a time for students to
the vision of Breakaway as “a mation at JBU, was the speaker groups, which consisted of reconnect with God and experi-
chance to build community for the retreat. Huebert spoke several small groups combined. ence him in new ways.
and identify community that’s on discovering God’s calling Saturday afternoon, students Toney shared how the week-
already there.” on your life, and how students were given the opportunity to end impacted her spiritually.
At the retreat, biology pro- can accomplish this inside and relax and enjoy what Camp “I had time to sit and hear
fessor Jane Beers explained the outside of the “JBU bubble.” War Eagle had to offer. Despite what Jesus has been trying to
definition of the retreat’s theme Huebert referenced the the rainy weather, students say to me that, in the frantic-
of osmosis, which is the move- passage of scripture in Mark played volleyball, basket- ness of life, I haven’t been
ment of a solvent through a 3:14-15, where Jesus tells his ball and frisbee, while others listening to,” Toney said.
semipermeable membrane into disciples to be with him but experienced the “blobs” and
a solution of higher concentra- also to be sent out. Huebert the climbing walls. Still others
tion that tends to equalize the used this passage to encourage enjoyed the opportunity to
All photos by BRANDON BENEFIELD/The Threefold Advocate
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