90.7 by The Clocktower

ISSUE 90.7

UNION COLLEGE

OCTOBER 27, 2015

United We Listen series aims to listen to those in the margins The 2015-2016 series United We committee members made lists of types of respect and love for all of God’s Listen, hosted by the Union COllege of students who are marginalized on the children. We also recognize that an LGBT+ Task Force Committee, aims Union College campus. important part of Christian education to listen to the voices of those in the They then played cross the line and is learning how to enjoy open, healthy margins and understand Christian afterward compared their experience— conversations with someone who is responses to these margins. their own marginalization—to the list different from us, and with whom we Goals for the series include creating of characteristics they had earlier made. may not agree, while treating each dialogue about difficult topics, showing They realized that living in the margins person as Jesus did with unconditional love to every human being God has can include a plethora of barriers love. This open dialogue leaders to created and ensuring Union College is that put people outside the social better understandings and deeper a place where people feel included and norms, such as poverty, faith, family relationships. not marginalized. functionality, depression and academic “We as a campus community believe These goals, along with tension struggles. that God loves every person–regardless between Biblical interpretation and “Almost all of us are in the margins of sexual orientation, ethnicity, social, culture, and political climate, at some point in our lives,” explained physical ability, racial background, are some of the gender identity, biggest issues or theological The current United We Listen series outline is as follows and includes topics such currently facing persuasion. Union as poverty, sexual violence and abuse, alcoholism and ethnic marginalization with the Seventh-day College seeks to dates and titles yet to be set. Adventist Church. demonstrate God’s August 27, 28, and 29 Power Pac: Matt Gamble – Dealing with Addictions The United unconditional September 22, Leadership Symposium: Steven Ford – Growing up in the We Listen series love through the White House was inspired four ingredients October 13, Chapel: Chuck Sandefur – Growing up Adventist and Underby the 2013 “In of lasting peace: standing LGBT+ Ideas God’s Image: dialogue, justice, November 17 (Tentative) ASB Convocation: Shawna Herwick and Trudy Summit on forgiveness, and Holmes-Caines Sexuality” reconciliation February 9: Dr. Jon Paulien – Homosexuality and the Church conference held (taken from ‘A February/March: Dr. Peter Landless – Medical Perspectives on LGBT by the General Seventh-day Conference in Adventist Call Cape Town, for Peace,’ voted South Africa. The conference aimed to Dr. Becker, the vice president for by the General Conference Executive see real people grapple with issues as Student Services, “and empathy is what Committee, April 18, 2002).” they sought to understand how to love we’re called to provide.” Chris Blake, associate professor of as God loves and how to ensure that The LGBT+ committee have English and communication at Union, every human being experiences that stated their guiding philosophy as, commented “As a result of listening, love. “Recognizing and affirming our belief people find there is room to grow.” He On August 3, 2015, the eightthat God’s ideal is that marriage is continued by saying how people and member committee presented the topic between a man and a woman, and issues are characterized matters, which and an activity to Union College faculty recognizing that there are some who is what the series is geared to show. and staff. The presentation focused on struggle within this framework, Union what it means to be on the margins. The College seeks to develop a culture –Stefani Leeper

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NEWS

A breakdown of the first Democratic debate Time for another round of catchgun policies and ended with Sanders short of socialism. Sanders continued up with the presidential race to date. mentioning that O’Malley had never to support his stance on taxing the On October 13, the first Democratic visited congress, to which O’Malley rich and taking big money out of Wall debate was held in Las Vegas, Nev. responded, “Well, maybe that’s a healthy Street in order to distribute it among Participants in the debate were the middle class. Sanders also former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln refused to directly attack any of his Chafee, former Maryland Gov. competitors, following his typical Martin O’Malley, former Secretary code of ethics. of State Hillary Clinton, Vermont A highlight of the evening was Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former Sanders coming to Clinton’s rescue Virginia Sen. Jim Webb. regarding her email scandal. Each candidate was given an “People are sick and tired of introduction and a chance to offer hearing about your d*** emails,” opening statements. he said, which drew out much At this point, I will clarify that laughter and applause. the debate will be outlined, for the He continued the conversation reader’s sake, on a participant-byby saying, “enough of these emails, participant basis, and not a time let’s talk about real issues facing basis. America,” a comment which Not a favorite by many, received a partial standing ovation. Chafee did not contribute much Sanders’ position as winner Webb, pictured above, and Chafee withdrew from the primary in to the debate. The highlights of his the days following the debate. has been up in the air since the participation were rarely positive. last debate with claims that CNN He took shots at the legitimacy of thing,” as laughter followed. deleted a poll showing that Sanders Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy due to her Of the three secondary candidates, had won. Regardless, his delivery email scandal (which Sanders shut O’Malley stood out by far as a solid and participation in this debate was down shortly after and Clinton deemed candidate who knew his policies and widely well-accepted and his numbers unworthy for response). And, some was well-educated on the issues brought increased. issues involving his credibility due to up. The feeling Webb left with many past votes in senate were highlighted. Following the tradition of tough viewers after the debate was almost Chafee was originally a Republican first questions, Clinton was asked petulant. Similarly to Chafee, debatesenator, transitioned into independent about her tendency to “say anything watchers were left with little good to governor and now sits as a Democrat to get elected.” Clinton was pressed on remember between demanding more candidate. Many claim this makes his issues such as Benghazi, the Clinton airtime and a strange remark about an start seem weak, but are hopeful he will legacy, her enemy soldier from redeem himself in the end. emails and some Vietnam. Webb Sanders’ position as winner has was vocal about his O’Malley shone in comparison to foreign policy the other minor candidates, Chafee and inconsistencies. been up in the air since the last war-time experience Webb. His opening statement covered A poignant debate with claims that CNN as a soldier and his positive track-record as Baltimore’s moment respectful when former mayor and his accomplishments involving deleted a poll showing that speaking about during that time. His first question multiple Sanders’ choice to Sanders had won. was a dispute to his opening statement candidates was be a conscientious in regards to current events in when former objector. Baltimore. In response to his potential Governor Chafee pressed Hillary about Finalizing the debate, Clinton came responsibility for the Baltimore riots, her credibility, and the credibility of across as the clear winner. Clinton was the former mayor said, “Look, none American leaders due to her emails, grilled left and right by tough questions of this is easy. None of us have all the to which Clinton declined to respond. yet maintained her composure and answers…It was about bringing people Participants seemed to come to the answered questions tactfully. together.” consensus that the emails were not what Webb and Chafee withdrew from the One of his shining moments came the debate should center around and Democratic presidential primary follow during an exchange with Sanders, effectively moved on. the debate; Webb felt the debate was a favorite of many, about gun laws. One of the anti-Sanders rigged to give Sanders and Clinton more The two went back-and-forth about sympathizers’ main concerns is his airtime than other candidates. the issues between urban and rural radical economic policies that rest just –Setheesh Moturi

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LIFESTYLE/OPINION

Apple’s new lawsuit

Recently a federal jury has found that Apple infringed on a patent owned by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) for the A9 processors that were installed in the iPhone 6s. On Oct. 16, 2015, at the end of a two-week trial, the jury awarded WARF damages of $234 million. WARF claimed that Apple had used their innovative technology to speed computer processing with a data speculation circuit that WARF had patented several years earlier. WARF filed this patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1998. As a student at Union College, how does this affect you? Well, if you are an iPhone user, beware. Nothing is official yet as Apple is opting to appeal the decision to another level of courts.

However, if Apple ultimately loses this iPhone. The decision, of course, is not battle, the next batch of iPhone 6s yet finalized. produced will not be able to use the This is not the first time Apple has same A9 processors. This means that if been sued for copyright infringement. you buy an iPhone 6s after the lawsuit, However, it is the first time they have it could have a different processor than been sued by an American company. In the one you have now. the past they have gotten away with a This can lead to multiple lot, because the courts sided with Apple, implications: if Apple is able to come up as they are the American company, over with a better processor, the new phones a company like Samsung (Korean). will run faster, but if the new processor If you are potentially buying an is worse, the new iPhones could be Apple device in the next few months, potentially much slower. you may want to be Another implication careful and do your with the patent lawsuit If you buy an iPhone research. is that Apple will not If Apple loses this 6s after the lawsuit, it be able to resell any lawsuit, their iPhones iPhones with the A9 could have a different may change, and you processors in them. be getting a processor than the one could That also means they different phone than you have now. will not be buying back, you expect. or doing any trade-in Not to say they will be deals with old iPhones, bad, but this lawsuit which could mean for the next phone could change the way Apple builds their upgrade, your phone is going to cost phones. –Christian Dye you a lot more if you have a current

Privilege and pain Sacred slant –Sarah Ventura In a stand of solidarity, some ordained pastors in the Adventist church recently gave up their right to ordination. “We realize that our female ministers do the same work and have the same education, but there is a glass ceiling over them,” said Kymone Hinds in a Huffington Post article. Hinds, the pastor of Overton Park Seventh-day Adventist and Journey Fellowship in Memphis, Tenn., and others such as Pastor Furman Fordham of the Riverside Chapel Seventh-day Adventist Church in Nashville, Tenn., and Pastor Mike Speegle of New Hope Adventist Church in Fulton, Md., requested to be commissioned instead of ordained, forfeiting rights such as organizing churches and ordaining elders and deacons.

“In our structure,” said Speegle in the same article, “I can’t make them [women] equal with me by ordaining them, but I can make myself equal with them by taking the commissioned license, which is exactly what they have.”

This is how inequality is made equal. Not all pastors who support women’s ordination have felt the conviction to relinquish their ordination, but have followed convictions of their own. In a short video called, “It’s Time,” six senior

Adventist church leaders, including a former world church leader, spoke in support of women’s ordination. “I want the church to be bold, to be open, to be free, and to receive the future as it comes to us, but constantly aware of the fact that we are here to do a mission,” Elder Jan Paulson said in the video, supporting the argument that in order for the Adventist church to minister to its best capacity, women need to be in all levels of church structure. Those church leaders didn’t have to make that video. Hinds, Fordham and Speegle didn’t have to give up their credentials. But they did, and in doing so used their privilege to support the marginalized. This is how inequality is made equal. Whether it’s gender, socioeconomic or racial inequality, when

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OPINION those who are privileged stand with those who are disprivileged, justice rolls in swifter than if the disprivileged stood by themselves. If white abolitionists had never joined the fight to end slavery, freedom would have been an even slower and bloodier struggle. I have my own privilege—I’m white, I’m straight, and compared to much of the world I’m incredibly rich—and I could look at those who are marginalized for their race, sexuality or lack of wealth and say, “That’s not my problem.” I could let those who are worse off than me stand by themselves, speak by themselves, act on behalf of

themselves, but by doing so I would delay justice and deny the sacrifice Jesus made for me. God has ultimate privilege, and She could have looked at the suffering of humanity and said, “That’s not my problem.” But in a sense, She gave up Her credentials and took on the form of humanity, standing with us, speaking and acting on behalf of us, dying for us. With this example of grace extended so obviously, how can we justify anything less? My challenge, then, is that each of us finds ways to use our privilege

to benefit those who are marginalized. If we have $10, let’s fill an Operation Christmas Child box and encourage a child we’ll never meet. If we’re male, let’s become feminists. If we’re straight, let’s become allies. If we’re white, let’s speak against racism. As Noy Thrupkaew said, “Our prosperity is no longer prosperity as long as it is pinned to other people’s pain.” May this be true for us here at Union. Agree? Disagree? Tell me what you think at sarah.ventura@ucollege.edu.

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A hard holiday headache Column like I see ‘em –Kevin Neiderman before All Hallows Day. The night consisted of prayers for the recently deceased and, later, the consumption of “soul cakes” gathered by children and the less fortunate by going door to door in return for their prayers. At some point, however, the dates were switched from mid May to the end of October for both practical and cultural reasons, and those cultures brought their own spiritual luggage, and now we have Halloween. The Scottish played pranks and carved turnips with scary faces to ward off evil. The Irish des guided themselves as they went around asking for good. We still get sweets and focus on the dead, but the meaning behind the actions has been altered a Folklore tells of the Irish placing carved turnips on smidge. windows to cast away ghouls in the 18th century. Now, I can understand why an Adventist might not want afflicted tweens. to partake in such a holiday. The I fall into the former group. modern traditional imagery tends to However, in recent years I’ve realized a lean towards the Satanic, so I get it if trip to Walmart with five bucks yields one would want to stay away from the an easier corn syrup banquet. Still, try holiday. as I might, I don’t fully understand the Of course, they would also steer mentality of the latter group. clear of Christmas, right? Unbeknownst to many, Halloween Christmas also began as a Christian began as a Christian holiday, called All holiday, celebrated in early January as Hallows Eve, and took place the night Halloween is a divisive time for Adventists. There are those who partake, dressing up and eating candy, the full gamut. Then there are those who abstain. Those who, at the most, leave a bowl of candy on their doorstep, dependant on the honor system, to avoid a house egging from sugar-withdrawal

the anniversary of Christ’s birth. It too had a change of dates in order to more clearly line up with several different winter festivals during a time when Rome was trying to spread Christianity. It seemed more likely for pagans to convert if their holidays only had a change in name and not time. What was once simply a celebration of a savior’s birth was now heavily influenced by the gift-giving, treecutting, house-lighting, feast-having traditions brought in by an assortment of Germanic tribes. Fast forward to our day. Christian parents the world over lie to their children and have them pray to an old, fat, white-bearded, omnipresent deity who will grant wishes and bequeath gifts to children willing to be nice, really reinforcing that “not by works, but grace,” mentality. What was the first commandment

The modern traditional imagery tends to lean towards the Satanic, so I get it if one would want to stay away from the holiday.

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OPINION again? Oh, right. “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” If telling your kids Santa is real, he knows all, and that he’ll reward you if you’re nice to others and offer a small sacrifice of milk and cookies is okay, then what is wrong with Halloween? Don’t like the monsters and demons? Dress your kid up like Mark Twain

and go to one of the many “Trunk and Treat” events set up in church parking lots. Go from car trunk to car trunk, getting candy and having fun, meeting tiny Elvises and ladybugs. It’s also a great way to guarantee child safety. But if Halloween is still out of the question, and believe me, I get

it if it is, then consider changing up your Christmas traditions as well. And Easter. Throw in Valentine’s Day and Columbus Day for good measure. They’re all just terrible. Agree? Disagree? Tell me what you think at kevin.niederman@ucollege.edu.

The unrelenting argument Trigger warnings –Nigel Sumerlin Discussing political hot-topics such as gun control, gay marriage or Bernie Sanders can feel like a waste of time. Scroll through your Facebook feed and click on an article about any of these topics and I guarantee you’ll finish it feeling either exhausted, bored or upset. More often than not, you’ll see a Democrat calling a Republican a racist imbecile or a Republican calling a Democrat a Muslim socialist. Contemporary political discourse is good entertainment but bad problem solving. If you take the time to look past the yelling and name-calling, a theme appears in nearly every political controversy. This is seen not only today, but throughout the awkward story of human history. Whether it be English barons forcing their King to subject to the Magna Carta or thousands of Hebrew slaves trudging confidently away from their Egyptian masters, one conflict is pervasive—is it better to have freedom or security? Although having both would be nice, we don’t live in such a generous world. For example, taxes are obnoxious and often unfair, but do we really want to live in a world without state-created conveniences such as firetrucks and stoplights? On the other hand, do we know for a fact that things wouldn’t be

better in a free society where we could pay for the fire truck but not the war in Afghanistan? Every good argument for freedom or for security is paired with an equally thought-provoking retort, leaving the issue complex and frustrating. But we often miss that this clash between freedom and safety underlies most conversations. In debating gun control, the argument is about the ethics of a state disarming its citizens. With the Kim Davis debacle, the conflict concerned the federal government’s right to tell state employees what to do. While statistics and anecdotes dominate arguments about polarizing issues such as socialism and abortion, under

Is it better to have freedom or security? the surface these conversations revolve around the ethics of making someone behave in a certain way to keep themselves and others safe. In its essence, conservatism is conserving the size and power of government, while liberalism is being liberal with the power and authority given to our central government. This disagreement dates back to

some of the first issues our founding fathers faced, and its unfading relevancy is a testament to its complicated nature. Although the proponents of either belief are unlikely to find total agreement anytime soon, understanding that this conflict plays a part in all political discussion can help us understand those we disagree with better, and thus add a hint of productivity to such discussions. If you’re a Democrat, just remember that under the ethics and anecdotes, your Republican friend is probably saying that she would rather be free to keep herself safe than for the government to do that job for her. If you’re a Republican, keep in mind that beneath the rhetoric and pathos, the Democrat you’re listening to is probably just saying that keeping people safe and secure is more important than keeping them free. And if you don’t know where you stand, start to wrestle with this conflict. Ask yourself whether mankind needs a keeper. Glance through history and compare the death tolls delivered by states with those delivered by free individuals. Examine how much control you have over your democracy. Most of all, decide if the promise of security, be it economic or physical, is worth a loss of freedom. Agree? Disagree? Tell me what you think at nigel.sumerlin@gmail.com

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COOKING

Four autumn-themed overnight oats –Emy Wood With the temperature beginning to drop, getting out of a warm bed before class may seem nearly impossible. Put a little more motivation in your morning with these autumn-themed overnight oats. They’re easy, portable, satisfying and nutritious. You can make them vegan or gluten-free, too. Not a breakfast person? These overnight oats also make the perfect late-night study companion, saving you from those candies and chips.

Gather your supplies

Start with the base

1 jar or bowl with lid 1 spoon Measuring cups/spoons, if desired

1/2-1 cup of your favorite milk 1/2-1 cup old-fashioned rolled or steel-cut oats 2 teaspoons of sweetener (I recommend stevia/truvia or maple syrup) A pinch of sea salt (optional) 1/2 tablespoon of chia seeds (optional)

Picture Credit: mywholefoodlife.com

Choose a mix-in Pumpkin pie:

Spiced apple:

1/8-1/4 cup of pumpkin puree, canned or fresh

1/2 cup applesauce, chunky or smooth

1 tablespoon walnuts, chopped

1 small apple, chopped small (you can microwave it first for added softness)

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Mint hot-chocolate:

1/2 banana, sliced or mashed

1 tablespoon chocolate chips

1 tablespoon walnuts, chopped

2-3 tablespoons unflavored yogurt (optional) 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Banana nut bread:

1 tablespoon cocoa powder

1/8 teaspoon peppermint extract

1 teaspoon flax meal (optional) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pull it together Add your base and desired mix-in to a bowl or jar. Stir well. Be sure to cover and place it in the fridge. Let sit for 6-8 hours or overnight. Before you dash off to class, pop it in the microwave if you want it warm or enjoy cold. If you forget the next morning, don’t worry, overnight oats will keep for 2-3 days. Feel free to experiment with the recommended measurements, too. What seems pumpkin spiced to me may seem bland to you. Some like their oats thick, some thin.

Do you like overnight oats? What are your favorite mix-ins? Share your recipes with me at emily.wood@ucollege.edu.

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