November 21, 2008
Volume 96, No. 13 The Voice of Taylor University since 1913
A taste ‘Beyond the Grind’
A&E
Rock Plaza Central album “Once the lyrics start to soak in, you will not be able to turn it off.”
WORLD
World finance goes global “We are taking the first tentative steps to what I will call a global society.” - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
OPINIONS
What’s pop culture again? “The best slasher film is still not very interesting simply because middle school boys are just not that interesting.”
IN BRIEF Overseas program Taylor’s overseas study program ranked highly for the third consecutive year in a report by the Institute of International Education. Among other recognitions, the program was ranked 14th in the top 40 Institutions by Undergraduate Participation in Study Abroad.
“Crucible” auditions Auditions for the winter theatre production, “The Crucible,” will begin immediately following Thanksgiving break. Scripts will be available next week in the Communication Arts office. Auditions do not require a prepared script piece.
Christmas Banquet The dining commons is sponsoring and hosting a student Christmas banquet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6. Limousine service will be provided from the DC to Rediger Auditorium for the “Sing Noel” chorale concert to follow.
Skip-a-Meal a success Eight hundred and thirty-two students participated in Tuesday’s Skip-a-Meal event, raising approximately $4,700. The money will bell be split and given to Ethiopia’s Project Mercy and Food for the Hungry in Haiti.
WEEKENDWEATHER TODAY 32˚/ 20˚
FLURRIES
SATURDAY 36˚/ 23˚
PARTLY SUNNY
SUNDAY 41˚/ 32˚
MOSTLY CLOUDY
My Gen Night serves a sip of campus talent By Blake Bachman Co-Life and Times Editor and Steve Etheridge Opinions Editor Campus grabbed a taste of the “Beyond the Grind” My Generation Night on Thursday and sampled a show composed of 12 acts and countless coffee jokes. My Gen opened with a brief medley of crowd pleasers: “MMMbop,” “Higher,” and “Story of a Girl,” which then segued into a three-minute slide show of what appeared to be the top 95 hits from a Google image search of “coffee shop.” Welcome to My Gen, 2008. As snow fell outside, students sat cozily inside SAC’s giant coffee shop, replete with chalkboard signs and mood lighting. The crowd laughed along as the barista made punny jokes and listened intently as bands covered songs from “the good old days” (1987-2007).
Rediger Auditorium was packed Thursday night for SAC’s “Beyond the Grind” My Generation Night. Out of a whopping forty-six band auditions, only the dozen performing acts made the cut. The audience was treated to songs like “Jumper,” “Idioteque,” and “I’m Shipping up to Boston,” complete with microphone abuse and rip-roaring
accordion. A Decemberists group wowed the audience with their vests and mandolins, giving a beautiful, spot-on rendition of “We Both Go Down Together.” The final act got a slow clap that lasted for about four min-
utes while JT, Lance, Joey, and the rest waited in their pose. The end result? *NSYNC, Taylor style. Alas, another year with no songs from “Space Jam.” Keep your fingers crossed for next year.
Timmy Huynh
See more pictures and My Gen coverage on Life and Times
Students work with Emmaus Ministry A weekend of ministry in Chicago brings students faceto-face with poverty and prostitution By Sam Stevens Staff Writer Last Friday, a group of students spent a night in Chicago as participants in the Emmaus Ministries program. Founded in Chicago, Emmaus exists to minister to male pros-
titutes. Its name is derived from Luke 24, where Jesus personally ministers to two disciples on his way to Emmaus. Jesus listened to and provided for them on the road. In the same way, Emmaus Ministries follows Jesus’ example, providing a safe dwelling place, family-style meals, and a chance to be heard by society. Emmaus was one of the ministries visiting Taylor during World Opportunities Week. After spending time on campus, they received an overflow of volunteers from Taylor for their Chicago trip. The group was made up of 15 students from Taylor, 15 from Huntington University, and one from
Moody Bible Institute. While in Chicago, the students participated in Immersion Night, where they had the chance to minister to people directly on the streets. From about 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., they went to “Boys Town,” a common area for the gay and lesbian population. The teams traveled in pairs, visiting various shops along the streets. They spent time getting to know the prostitutes, homeless and needy in the area. The experience was a new one for many of the Taylor students. “We were able to see the brokenness that countless individuals live in on a day-to-day basis,” said senior Neil Long.
After the students arrived back at the ministry center from the streets around 1:30 a.m., they exchanged stories and encouraged one another. “This was a wonderful opportunity for us to intentionally care for these people by taking time to invest in their lives,” Long said. Long partnered with a junior from Huntington. Together they talked, prayed and shared stories with a lesbian couple and a male prostitute. Later, they bought groceries for a homeless man and prayed with him. The trip was also an opportunity for students to have conversations with people they would not normally speak to.
“Most of these guys are just regular men,” Long said. “They are simply trying, in the best way they know how, to survive in a life that has dealt them a rough hand.” Sophomore Katelin Jones interned with Emmaus Ministries over the summer. There she had hands-on experience encouraging and listening to the sexually broken. “Christ gave us a mandate to love and provide for the poor,” Jones said. “Emmaus has taken this very seriously and is dedicated to serving a very unreached community.” For more information on Emmaus and its work, visit www. streets.org.
Chocolate inspires designs with flavor Product ID class gives Muncie candy shop an ‘unofficial redesign’ By Stephanie Leis Contributor Jonathan Bouw loves chocolate so much he designed a class around it. “Chocolate is wonderful, and I pity people who don’t like it,” the associate art professor said. Bouw’s Product Identification class is unofficially redesigning Lowery’s Homemade Candies, an old-fashioned chocolate shop in Muncie. Students will create the logo, stationary, business cards, packaging and a newspaper advertisement for Lowery’s. At the end of the semester, they will give a professional presentation to the class as though they were presenting their idea to a client. Bouw said he chose an exist-
ing company because the experience of designing for a fictional company simply cannot compare to that of a real one. “Most of the time ... we need to do a portfolio piece. We need to do a whole project from beginning to end,” Bouw said. “So why not do it on something that’s real rather than makebelieve?” Past products for his classes include soaps, cosmetics, perfume and cologne. “I wanted to do something more yummy,” Bouw said. “And it’s more enjoyable; it’s something the students can have fun making.” Senior Chelsea Mecaskey visited Lowery’s in the middle of the semester, after she started her chocolate pinecone design. “The lady who was behind the counter said that they were always making chocolate,” Mecaskey said. “Because everything’s hand-done they had to turn it out really fast … It seemed like a really nice place.” The class will come up with a variety of themes for their re-
beverage chocolate
design of the chocolate store. Ideas range from gourmet chocolates to tropical chocolate to winter chocolate to beverage chocolate. “We’ve kind of run the gamut,” senior Rachel Sawyer said. “We all started off with the same guidelines, but where we’ve tak-
en it as artists has been really cool.” “As much as I hate saying it, I really like how professional he’s making the final presentation,” said junior Steven Stevens. Stevens did not expect to concentrate on one project throughout the entire semester,
but he realizes the benefits of being able to focus his efforts on a single task. “I feel like it is real-life application in some aspects ... because logo design takes months and months of work.”
See Design on page 2