The Crusader Newspaper Fall 2016 by Belmont Abbey College

THE CRUSADER

Volume 9, Issue 1

At the Abbey l Pages 2 & 3

Mullaney, Scali, Theis, Bartoldus, Kobet

Sports l Page 4 McKimmon

College l Page 5

McCormick, Allred

Relationships l Page 6 Schwarts, Gutierrez

Fall 2016

D.I.Y l Page 7 Advertisements l Page 8 Whalen

Comics

The Polls Have Closed: BAC Student Government 2016 By William Mullaney

Earlier this semester, Abbey students took to the polls for a political showdown. Each class elected a President, Vice President, and Senators to represent them in the Student Government Association (SGA) for the year. Each of them brings unique ideas, experiences, and initiatives to the SGA and its interaction with students and administration, promising the opportunity for nothing less than a great academic year. Following this election, The Crusader interviewed the head of SGA, Sean Moriarty, and the four class presidents. Executive President Sean Moriarty served as Junior Class president last year, and he has high hopes for the new members of the SGA. Sean told The Crusader, “I really hope to accomplish a better connection with the student body, so that SGA can function as a bridge between the students and administration.” The freshmen chose Blaise Waters, a Business major with a minor in Sports Management. He is a member of the Men’s Tennis team, and an active participant in Abbey Volunteers and the Campus Activities Board (CAB.) This semester he is looking forward to playing tennis, making new friends, participating in new and fun activities on campus, and helping lead the Freshman class. As their President, he hopes to “bring new and fun ideas to campus. …I would love to bring small bands and similar to campus on the weekends, raise athletic event attendance, etc. I

Blaise Waters; Freshmen Class President

Ally Hall; Sophomore Class President

ultimately want to make Belmont Abbey a fun and safe place for everyone to enjoy.” Our sophomore class elected Ally Hall, who is pursuing a double major in English and History, with a minor in Theatre. Ally is involved in CAB, Agora, and the Art Club. This semester, she is looking forward to participating in the 24 Hour Theatre Project, and the Fall Festival. As the Sophomore President, she would like to look into expanding the Raphael Arthur parking lot, to accommodate the growing student body. In addition, she appeals to her classmates for their input in changes they would like to see, saying, “I am still coming up with ideas, and I would like anyone to approach me with ideas of their own!” The juniors found a worthy class President in Talley Britt. She is working towards

Talley Britt; Junior Class President

Jada Mauney; Senior Class President

a Business Major with a minor in accounting, and is a member of the Women’s Basketball team. She also writes for The Odyssey. Talley is looking forward to getting more involved as the Junior class President; making a difference both in her class and greater community. As President, she hopes to create a more positive atmosphere on campus, “Where we are always thanking someone, or showing someone how much we appreciate them…everyone is important to our campus, community, and society.” Finally, the seniors cast their votes for Jada Mauney, a Biology major with a Math/ Physics minor. She plays for the Women’s See STUDENT GOVERNMENT Page 2

Letter From The Editor Dear Belmont Abbey Students and Faculty,

Being half way done with college is tough, there is a lot of temptation to slack off It is my great pleasure to introduce because you’re almost done, but I’ve challenged myself as the editor of The Crusader. As a myself to ignore those temptations. junior, I’m so excited to begin this next chapter Maybe you’re a freshman who’s excited of my Abbey career with you all. about the new challenges college has presented A few weeks ago, I was having a you, or maybe you’re a fifth year senior who is conversation with a dear friend who asked me ready to move on. Either way, I invite you all what my goals were for this semester. I paused, to join me and ask yourselves; what are your and realized I hadn’t given this any thought goals for this semester? Give it some thought; at all. Good grades should be my goal for the dig deep, and then give it all you’ve got. We all semester right? But honestly, I had no idea what face different challenges, but the key is to face I wanted to accomplish. It wasn’t until a few them head on. So find a quiet place to think, days ago that I finally realized what my goal for and maybe grab a cup of coffee. Figure out this fall semester is; to give it my all, and put in what you need to do to truly succeed this fall, my best effort. and then make like Shia LeBeouf and just do it! Seriously, don’t let your dreams be dreams.

Now go change the world Belmont Abbey! We at The Crusader are rooting for you, and so is everyone else. Katie Brown Editor of The Crusader ■ Katie Brown is the Editor in Chief of The Crusader. She is a junior English major, and criminal justice and medieval studies minor. She enjoys bass fishing and watching reality TV.

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AT THE ABBEY

Fall 2016

STUDENT GOVERNMENT From Page 1

for volunteer opportunities and participation in local events in downtown Belmont.” Soccer team, and is a member of Tri Beta and Faced with the Abbey’s largest the SAAC. Jada is excited to be, “Amplifying enrollment to date, our SGA members play an my role in the Abbey community as I finish increasingly important role in creating a great out my college career. Also, welcoming and experience for the students they represent. This supporting the new sports teams on campus.” As year, they have the opportunity and potential President, she hopes to, “…expand the events to make it excellent. Sean Moriarty comments, held on campus, in order promote a closer “[The officers] are all pretty energetic and seem Abbey community between athletes and nonexcited about getting to work. This should be a athletes. I would also like to raise awareness good year.” ■

William Mullaney is a Junior Math major, and Computer Science minor. He is an exceedingly boring person who knows more about useless subjects than you know about your own mother.

The President’s Ball By Stephanie Scali With excitement in the air, students eagerly journeyed to Students Commons to where the annual President’s Ball of 2016 was held. The Commons had been magically transformed with lights, up-beat music, and various decorations in order to create a perfect atmosphere for the ball. Once the doors opened, students from every class entered; freshmen shyly approached the dance floor while returners graced the floor with their moves. To greet the students as they entered was Student President Sean Moriarty and School President Dr. Thierfelder. When asked what his favorite President’s Ball moment was, President Moriarty said, “This one, starting right now.” President Thierfelder greeted students and happily asked all “to meet this beautiful, beautiful, beautiful woman [his] wife, Mary” who graciously met everyone with a smile.

fle,” and today’s hits, “Shut Up and Dance with Me” and “Can’t Stop the Feeling!”. The Ball continued far into the night with dancing and conversing. Returners enjoyed catching up with their friends while freshmen adventured out and meet new people. The night ended on a high note with another President’s Ball for the books, and students excited about a new school year. If you missed the Ball or are looking for more fun, check here in The Crusader for a list of upcoming events on page 5. ■

Students enjoying the President’s Ball; photo courtesy of Rachel McCormick The night overall was fantastic. All enjoyed the food of potato skins, vegetables, mac & cheese, fruit and chocolate fondue. Likewise, the music had everyone dancing with such classics as “Twist & Shout,” “The Cupid Shuf-

Stephanie Scali is a junior English major. She enjoys reading, baking, and sewing her own dresses.

The Freshmen “All Things” Retreat students sharing their hopes and fears for college and their desire for Christ-centered friendships to encourage them in their faith. We plan on this being a yearly tradition!” I am sure I speak for everyone when I say that we could not be more pleased to have these new students on campus and hope to see amazing things from them. ■

By Hannah Theis Labor Day weekend; most Americans eat hot-dogs, play yard games, go to the lake, wave Old Glory, and all in all thank God for the ability to live in a free country where we can have a holiday celebrating not having to work and a three day weekend to recoup from classes starting again. Well, Labor Day weekend of 2016 brought about a special opportunity for the incoming freshmen this year, as over 40 of them packed up their bags, left their books behind and decided to adventure to the mountains of Brevard, NC. with campus ministry on the Abbey’s first ever “All Things” retreat. The retreat gets its name from the popular Abbey slogan, that “In all things God my be glorified.” And God was certainly glorified over this grace filled weekend. The weekend focused on the verse 2 Corinthians 5:17 “So whoever is in Christ is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, new things have come.” Staying at camp Kahdalea for the weekend, participating in praise and worship, confession, daily mass and listening to talks given by upperclassmen

Photo courtesy of FOCUS volunteers, the freshmen were given the beautiful message that they are new creations in Christ, with the hope that they will thus be able to go forth and spend their four years at the Abbey with the knowledge that God is with them. Melanie Miller, Focus missionary and director of the retreat had this to say, “ The retreat was such a great opportunity to get the freshman class together off campus and to start the year focused on what’s most important: their identity as beloved daughters and sons of God. It was powerful to hear some of the

Hannah Theis is a junior American Government and Political Philosophy major, and triple minor in Justice and Peace, Pre- Law, and English. Her first concert was in 2006. The Cheetah Girls headlined and Hannah Montana opened for them, talk about a throw back!

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AT THE ABBEY

Fall 2016

The New Residence Life Staff By Marygrace Bartoldus

As many of you may have already noticed, there is a change on campus this year. You may have felt it walking by the new sports fields, or when a cyclist whizzed by you on your way to class. Maybe you felt it in the tight squeeze that is Raphael Arthur, which has provided an opportunity to get to know your roommate very well. There is another place that you might have noticed underwent some change while you were away. Residence life has a new professional staff, and we are ready to give them a hardy Crusader welcome! They bring with them happy, positive vibes which students have already benefited from greatly. As you enter the Residence Life Office, the first face you are more than likely to see is Debbie Salman’s. Many look at her as their mother away from home. She is very excited to welcome the freshman saying, “Welcome to Belmont Abbey! This is a great time in your life! Study hard, but remember to have fun!” As you take a step further in, you will notice a monk may be sitting in the office. Do not fear, that is none other than Brother James! He is a wonderful resource for the office, as he serves as the Residence Life Coordinator for Community Development. You will definitely run into him if you ever find yourself stopping in to join the movies with the monks! Do not be shy to sit and chat with him, he has many awesome stories to share, and is more than willing to listen to yours. Seth Sherrin, our new Resident Director, is outgoing and easy to get to know. He has great ideas for programming on campus, and is more than willing to consider new ideas to bring to his resident assistants. The RA’s have said it has been a pleasure thus far working with him and he really takes the time to get to know the individual. He wants to let the students know

From left to right; Amanda Bambury, Seth Sherrin, and Heidi Neely that he is, “so excited to be back in the town he was born and raised in.” Not only is he an ear to listen, he is a heart to love and that is just what he has shown thus far. “This is what I do. This is what I love. This is the path God has chosen for me life, and I am incredibly blessed to be on this journey.” We have a new position this year, and we are very blessed to welcome Heidi Neely to the Abbey family. She is the Assistant Director of Residence Life. She, too, grew up in the area and says, “ I am very glad to back. This is a wonderful opportunity and I’m looking forward to interacting and supporting the students!” Finally, we have our new Director of Residence Life, Amanda Bambury. She brings an energetic and positive attitude to the office. She says, “I am very grateful to be at Belmont Abbey and have the opportunity to serve the students through my role. I would love to get to know as many students as possible. You are welcome to stop by anytime to chat. Coffee is my main food group so I would also be happy to

grab coffee anytime!” This new staff has come to us with open arms, ready to support the students in any way they are able. From the moment training started for the Resident Assistants, a change was felt. You may have felt it when you moved all of you things into your dorm room, or maybe when you celebrated the first ChickFilA night. That feeling, ladies and gentleman, is home. We have been welcomed BAC home for another wonderful year at the Abbey by the new staff of Residence Life. ■ Marygrace Bartoldus is a junior Early Childhood Education major. She is from New Hampshire.

The Abbey Players’ Present: Outside Mullingar By Peter Kobet The Abbey Players’ 133th season opened on September 15th with John Patrick Shanley’s “Outside Mullingar,” a romantic comedy set in rural Ireland. Theatre Director Simon Donoghue directed a cast of Abbey Theatre veterans to bring this Tony award-winning play from Broadway to our own Abbey Stage. “Outside Mullingar” is the story of two Irish farmers, Anthony and Rosemary, who fall in love and must find a way to navigate their circumstances, their families’ conflict, and other challenges to find happiness together. The play is set in 2008-2013 so it is fairly contemporary in terms of historical context. I had a brief interview with Simon Donoghue about the show: Peter Kobet: The obvious question: Why did you select this play?

Simon Donoghue: I saw it last summer at the Peterborough Playhouse in Peterborough, NH and loved it. Also, the author is John Patrick Shanley, who wrote DOUBT, which we did in the 2009/10 season, and the movie MOONSTRUCK, which is one of my favorites. He writes wonderful dialogue. Kobet: What can you tell us about the cast? Donoghue: The time constraints dictated a cast of non-students. There are four of us: me, Troy Feay, Catherine Smith (who appeared in a very successful production of COPENHAGEN with the Abbey Players that later transferred to the Booth Theatre in the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center) and Katherine Goforth, who was last seen as the female lead in WINGS. Kobet: What about this production are you most excited about?

Donoghue: This is the first production of my 40th year as Director of Theatre at the College. I am pleased as all get out to be on stage in it with these wonderful actors, and I think Gary is doing an incredible set. Be sure to reserve your tickets at abbeyplayers. org for the next Abbey Players production. ■

Peter Kobet is a senior Business Management major. He is an avid musician, who enjoys great literature, compelling tweets, the outdoors, dogs, and breakfast food. Follow him on twitter @peterthekobet

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SPORTS

Fall 2016

“Raise the Red” Raises Community

By Rachel McKimmon

Students supporting the Women’s Volleyball team on September 16th

“The positive energy from the crowd victorious on Sept. 16, winning all three sets of the match. Women’s Soccer and women’s volleyball jump-starts our enthusiasm and helps us have energy throughout the game”, says Jada Come out and support the Abbey’s next kicked off Belmont Abbey’s “Raise the Red” for Mauney, senior captain of the women’s soccer “Raise the Red” matches with women’s field the new school year. team. hockey playing on Sept. 24 at 1pm and men’s “Raise the Red” encourages students to Tabitha Sims, a senior on the womsoccer on Oct. 15 at 3pm! ■ be proactive in the sporting events held at the Abbey and provides a great opportunity to unite en’s volleyball team, agreed with Mauney that the student body together. Abbey students attend “Raise the Red” matches to see their favorite players in the games and hangout with other students. Seniors, Reilly Johnson and David Radoszewski, had similar reasons for coming out to the match as both enjoyed the atmosphere that “Raise the Red” gives. Radoszewski said, “I love to come to all the ‘Raise the Red’ matches because it shows how the BAC community comes together to support one another”. Johnson noted that “Raise the Red” is a great way to support our teams saying, “I came out today because I believe it’s important to support all sports here at the Abbey- Go Crusaders”! Johnson’s favorite player on the Belmont Abbey women’s soccer team is Hailey Bonnin. Sydney Urban, a senior at the Abbey, also supported Radoszewski’s and Johnson’s positive opinions on “Raise the Red”. Urban commented that “Raise the Red” is an aweStudnets supporting the Women’s Soccerteam on September 10th some way to show school spirit saying, “I like to come out to support ‘Raise the Red’ to show school spirit. It is so amazing to see so many of “Raise the Red” inspires teams during their games, but we also enjoy seeing the unity that it Rachel McKimmon the student body in the stands and wearing our builds. I think ‘Raise the Red’ is great because it is a senior Political Crusader Red”. Her favorite player on the Belgets everyone involved and it is so cool seeing Science and Govmont Abbey women’s volleyball team is Coreen all the students show school spirit!”, said Sims. ernment major, and Norwood. Both teams had great outcomes from their English minor. She The Abbey Athletics teams believe that “Raise the Red” games. On Sept. 10, the womtells some great jokes; “Raise the Red” is a great way to bond the stuen’s soccer team tied with Catawba with goals what do you call a dent body, too, and love the fans cheering them scored by Cierra Skyers, senior, and Kate Henbear in the rain? A on throughout their games. nessy, sophomore. Women’s volleyball proved Drizzly Bear!

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Fall 2016

COLLEGE

The Leek: A Satirical Column

Freshman Athlete Sits on Wrong Side of Caf By Rachel McCormick Belmont, NC. – It was an ordinary school day during syllabus week when freshman cyclist Reid Wilcox took an extraordinary action. Wilcox had just made himself a plate of artichoke pizza and Caesar salad when he made the questionable choice of sitting on the proclaimed NARP (Non Athletic Regular Person) side of the cafeteria. An anonymous NARP witness recalls seeing Wilcox approaching his table and wondering just what exactly he was thinking. “I just remember thinking: does he even go here?” the witness explained. “He just sat right down across from me and began asking how my day was and what classes I was taking. It was all very eerie, and frankly I’m still a little scarred by the whole experience”.

Meanwhile, Wilcox’s coaches and teammates remained silent about the ordeal for several days, only eventually opening up for comment to The Crusader. His teammates explained that by the time they had noticed what Wilcox was doing, he was already too far gone. “Coach really dug into us at practice afterwards because of this slip up”, junior cyclist Daniel Jones stated when asked about the team’s reaction to Wilcox’s choice of eating location. “It really is an embarrassment to the team. If this happens again I don’t know what we’ll do”. School administration was immediately notified of the unfathomable event that took place. They released a statement early Monday morning regarding the incident: “Right now we’re trying to focus on the effect such an event has had on our students. The top priority we have is making sure incidents like this do not

shake up the social norms on campus. We are still deciding on whether or not to address these things as part of orientation each year in order to prevent mistakes like this from happening again.” ■ Rachel McCormick is a junior Accounting major, and English minor. She is a die-hard Dallas Cowboys’ fan, and once flew across the country just to see them in training camp and was lucky enough to meet Tony Romo and other key players on the team while there.

BAC Internship Opportunities records; perform preventative conservation methods; help with installations; greet guests, Internships can be a great opportunity provide tours, and assist with events; additional for anyone, whether you need it for your degree duties may be assigned. Requirements: meticor just to look good on a resume. If you aren’t ulous attention to detail; accuracy and consistency in data management; must be able to work sure where to begin your search, Belmont Abbey has a list of possible internships available independently; must be flexible and reliable; for students. There are options for many of the The work schedule will be decided by the Intern majors, both on and off campus opportunities. and Museum Director. Belmont Abbey College- Business OfHere are just a select few: Kings Mountain Historical Museum- fice The Business Office intern will assist with Museum Intern services needed throughout. Responsibilities: Location: Kings Mountain, NC The Kings Mountain Historical Museum Enter and reconcile cash receipts; assist student (KMHM) strives to collect, preserve, and share accounts with several projects; and other duties history through exhibits, educational programs, as needed. Requirements: Junior or Senior; self-driven and hard-working; accounting or and tours. KMHM presents several new exbusiness major preferred; focused and detail hibits each year. They also reach out to the oriented; must be able to work independently; community at different events in and out of strong math skills; proficient in Microsoft Word the museum. Responsibilities: Research and catalog artifacts; prepare both paper a digital and Excel; reliable and dependable. Must be By: Kali Stinson-Allred

available for a minimum of 10 hours each week. These are just two of the many options to choose from. There are a lot of other great opportunities for everyone. For more information, please contact Stephannie Miles at StephannieMiles@bac.edu ■

Kali Stinson-Allred is a sophomore Biology Pre-Med major. She can do a lot of things, but licking her elbow isn’t one of them.

Student Activities Calendar

September 29th: Agora September 30th: 2nd Annual Hurricane Party September 30th- October 2nd: Homecoming October 7: Concert October 14 -15: 24 hour Theatre Project October 29: Abbey Fall Festival

Editor’s Note: Want your activity featured in The Crusader? Email thecrusaderbac@ gmail.com the date and title of your event to have it featured.

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RELATIONSHIPS

College Survival Guide:

Fall 2016

A Guide to Healthy Relationships in College By Abby Schwartz While being in college, it is easy to get caught up in the everyday life of a typical college student. Between schoolwork, practice, and fun activities on campus it can be hard to maintain healthy relationships between friends, boyfriends, and girlfriends. So, here are a few of my tips on how to maintain healthy relationships in college! Build Trust:With any relationship whether it is with family, friends, boyfriends, or girlfriends trust is an enormous factor needed to make any relationship successful. A very useful tip would be to shy away from gossip. Gossip is inevitable and will happen anywhere you go, however it is what you do with the gossip that will make or break your relationship. Be sure to never chime into gossip or feed into it. Building a person’s trust is important, but keeping their trust is critical. Another way to build trust is to always

keep a secret a secret. The person confided in you for a reason with something personal. Be sure to remain trustworthy and your friends, family, and partners will be very grateful. Show interest: Showing interest in someone else seems like an easy thing to understand. Of course you are interested in that person because if not they would not be your friend, girlfriend, or boyfriend. However, showing interest in their hobbies is also a really good tip because it shows just how much you care. You can show interest by doing things they like, asking questions, remembering key details in their lives, and broadening your horizons.

information can be very important to the other person. It shows just how much what they’re saying means to you. ■ Editor’s Note: Have an idea for the College Survival Guide? Email ideas to thecrusaderbac@gmail.com to see your ideas become stories.

Abby Schwartz is a sophomore Elementary Education major. She enjoys spending her time working with children with special needs.

Know the difference between hearing and listening: While having a conversation with your friend or partner it is important to know the difference between listening and hearing. Listening to what they’re saying, truly being engaged in the conversation, and retaining the

Unmute the Commuter doing group projects because often time no one knows who I am. For some time I blamed myself for failing to socialize with others. To In the fall of 2014 I entered Belmont me it was evident that everyone had already Abbey College as a freshman. I was filled with established their friendships and no one really excitement and eagerly anticipated the experiwanted to talk to me. Gradually, I began to ences ahead for my college career. Like many talk to my fellow peers. Realizing that I wasn’t others, I came to The Abbey with a dream and alone and that there were others like me on a mission to fulfill. That mission remains, to campus, I became more relaxed about my situachieve my degree in English and one day ation. become a respectable author or journalist. But Although it is still difficult to make with the excitement of becoming an official college student—amidst the tiring preparations friends, I have met so many great people who for classes—I came to the realization that living like me are living the college experience from off campus would mean that I would miss out on an entirely different perspective than your a lot. Commuting allows you the freedom of liv- average college student. One of these people ing at home or by yourself. Nevertheless, it also is student-athlete Kristina Pierce who says, “I lived on campus my first two years and literally reduces one of the main things that everyone knew everyone in every hall. Being off campus comes to college for: the opportunity to make for a year I’m unaware of the incoming freshlifelong friendships. man class at the time because I never saw or Being a commuter while also workhad classes with them. Campus slowly turned ing a full-time job with a very tight schedule, into unrecognizable faces at every corner.” I have frequently found myself nervous about By Lazaro Gutierrez

Photo courtesy of Belmont Abbey Facebook Page

As a commuter you may find yourself eating your lunch alone in your car, or perhaps doing homework by yourself in an empty classroom. ADP student Elsie Henderson adds that, “The worst part of being a commuter revolves around study groups that are formed on campus and the inability to include those who don’t live on campus. This is to no fault of those who live on campus but just a slight oversight.” So here’s my advice for those that live on campus, make it your mission to establish a friendship with some of your fellow commuters. Like you, we are also going through the strenuous yet thrilling process that is attaining a college education. It can get even more stressful if you are alone. Reach out to the kid in class that struggles to find a partner and do a project with them, or invite them to lunch with you so they can meet other students. You may be surprised by the great friendship that can be established after that. As for my fellow commuter, try to join a club, or extra curriculum activity that will allow you to make new friends with common interests. There is a plethora of different clubs and organizations on campus that can be helpful in reducing the chances of having four long and lonely years of college. ■

Lazaro Gutierrez is a junior Educational Studies major with a minor in English. He is a self-published author and enjoys writing horror stories and romantic poems in his spare time.

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D.I.Y

Fall 2016

How To Do An Oil Change By Wesley Whalen Materials needed:

minutes. Now locate your oil filter. Once the flow of oil has stopped, replace your oil plug. Hand tight and about a half turn on the wrench

• Oil (usually 20-30$ depending on vehicle) • Filter (4-8$) • Windshield sticker (free) • Funnel (1$ at Walmart) • Wrenches • Oil filter wrench (4$) • Oil pan (4$ at Walmart) • Rags We all like to save money, especially when it comes to the costly maintenance on our cars. Luckily one of the most common maintenance items on your vehicle is also one Pictured: Oil Filter of the easiest tasks to perform; the oil change. First, check your owners manual to determine is plenty tight. Now position your oil pan and what type of oil you need and how much. Go rags under your oil filter and use the filter to the local auto parts store to get the oil and a filter, also ask the associate for a sticker for your wrench to remove it. (Note that it is full of oil so there is bound to be a little mess) Dump the oil windshield to record the mileage. Before you begin, your car will need to sit for 5-10 minutes from the filter into the pan. Grab your new filter; notice that there is an O-ring around the opening to let the oil drain back into your vehicle’s oil of the filter. It’s necessary to lubricate this so it reservoir. This is a good time to determine if doesn’t leak. To do this dip your finger into the you can fit underneath your car, if not go ahead new oil and then run it along the O-ring until it and locate your vehicle’s jack (somewhere in has an even coating of oil around it. Now you the trunk). Look in your owner’s manual to can install the new filter. You shouldn’t need Pictured: Under the Hood find out where to jack up your car. The wheels don’t need to come all the way off the ground, just high enough to crawl under. Often times me and got the cheap it doesn’t need to be jacked up at all. Now that oil pan go ahead and you are under the car, go ahead and locate the insert the funnel into the container that the oil plug on the bottom of the oil reservoir. new oil came in and carefully pour the used oil into this container. The final step is returning the used oil to the auto parts store for proper disposal. ■ Editor’s Note: Have an idea for another D.I.Y you would like to see? Email thecrusaderbac@ gmail.com to have your D.I.Y featured. Pictured: Dipstick and Oil Reservoir

Pictured: Oil Plug Be sure to bring your wrenches under the car with you. Once you find the plug, determine what wrench you need to remove it. By now your car has had a chance to sit, so take your oil pan and position it so it can catch the oil from the reservoir. Be sure to have some rags handy because this can get messy. Go ahead and use your wrench to remove the oil plug. Be careful, as the oil is probably still hot. Let the oil drain all the way into the pan, this will take a couple

the filter wrench for this, just get it as tight as you can with your hands. Don’t over tighten the filter. Pull your materials out from under the car, you’re done under there. Now grab your funnel and the new oil. Locate the oil cap under the hood of the car and remove it. Insert the funnel, and begin to slowly pour the oil. Remember how much oil the owner’s manual said it takes and be sure not to over fill. As a general rule, under fill first then let it sit for a few minutes to let the oil drain into the reservoir, then check the dipstick to determine if it needs more oil. Once you’ve determined that the appropriate amount of oil has been added, close the hood. Now it’s time to start cleaning up. If you’re like

Wesley Whalen is a junior Business management major, and is on the Men’s Volleyball Team. He enjoys short walks across the Chipotle parking lot.

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