February 1, 2019 Print Edition

Vol. 53, No. 6

A glimpse into studying abroad at Oxford Page 12 Beware the emails Page 5

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ORU College Republicans’ representatives: Vice President Karina Salcedo, Secretary Jonathan Naylor, Treasurer Mackenzie Savala, President Brendon Martin.

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Build the wall? ORU students decide

by Chante Husemann Staff Writer On Jan. 15, the Hammer Center was filled with conversation and creative displays from ORU’s student clubs during the annual Spring Club Rush. But one club in particular seemed to have everyone talking.

Right up front was the ORU College Republican booth sporting a large poster board with the words “Build the Wall” across the top. Underneath these words were red and brown colored notecards that represented bricks. These bricks were for students to sign their names to signify that they had visited the booth regardless of being for or against the “border wall.”

ORU College Republicans wanted to present their view on the issue but also gauge the views of others.

“We really wanted to engage with the student body and base that around the hot topic issue,” said Brendon Martin, the club’s president.

While the ORU College Republicans were able to rack up some names on their wall, they also seemed to rack up just as much dissent.

Martin says that most of the controversy seemed to come from ORU alumni on social media but that the ORU College Republicans are happy for the social media attention. Their main purpose was to get people talking about the issue.

Vice President of the College of Democrats Kahleah Brown disagreed with the club’s gesture.

“Since we come from such a diverse campus with a lot of different cultures represented, to have something as divisive as a wall as your booth, it doesn’t really promote anything positive,” said Brown.

Although Brown disagrees with the representation of the wall, she agrees that it has gotten students more engaged in the current political discussion.

“We’re glad that people on campus are starting to think outside of the ORU bubble and realize that there is a world outside of the prayer tower,” said Brown.

The ORU College Republicans set up a mock poll with two jars, one labeled “Wall” and one labeled “No Wall.” Students were asked to fill the jar matching their opinion with either red, white or blue glitter. By the end of the night, the “Wall” jar won with slightly more glitter than the other.

President of the College of Democrats Thuy Newborne said that the mock poll was a good way to engage students but that in light of the lengthy government shutdown and how it has affected some students, having students sign their names on the poster was “a bit much.”

“Everyone coming from the other side was very

polite, and it was more of an exchange of ideas rather than ‘I’m right and you’re wrong,’” said Martin.

With all of the discussion going on around the wall, the ORU College Republicans and College of Democrats would like to hold a joint, town-hall style meeting to discuss the current political sphere of our nation.

Newborne says that they hope to discuss issues that students are concerned with while still maintaining a respectful atmosphere.

“Of course there are two different sides, but overall, we still want to encourage the student body to understand that regardless of the whole politics thing, we are Christians,” said Newborne.

Martin said that with the current tension in the nation, the most important things are unity and compromise, and that each side sees both Democrats and Republicans ultimately working to benefit the American people.

Despite the controversy surrounding their booth, ORU College Republicans was voted third place for best booth by ORU’s Student Association.

Regardless of the debate, one thing is for sure, the ORU College Republicans’ goal was to get people talking and that they did.

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The Golden Eagle crosses the road

by Chae Woon Yoo Print News Editor

After purchasing a new building to ring in the new year, ORU hopes to put the building to good use by Fall 2019. /Photo by Seth Roche

On Jan. 16, ORU President Dr. William Wilson announced the purchase of a new building on the southwest corner of 81st and Delaware, previously owned by Victory Tulsa.

The building is 100,000 square feet and has a 14,000 square foot warehouse.

“With ten years of steady enrollment growth, the time is now for several of our colleges to expand,” said Dr. Wilson in the news release.

The building will house the college of nursing, school of engineering, health sciences, counseling services, the online operations team and the golf team. Director of University Relations and Communications Stephanie Hill noted that most of these programs had outgrown their space, leading to the decision to move them to the new building.

Responses to the new gender

by Rejoice Christisking Staff Writer Gender X, also known as the “Third Gender,” is a new legalized gender selection on birth certificates in the country’s largest city, New York City. New York City is now the fourth place to have such options after Oregon, California and Washington state with New Jersey soon to follow in February. It is also an option on driver’s licenses in Maine, Washington D.C., Colorado and Minnesota.

The law spiked LGBT celebrations throughout the northern U.S. and an overall sentiment of victory and onward progression for the Genderqueer movement. The law was enforced in New York City on New Year’s Day. It also permits the unnecessity of a doctor’s note or a health care providers affidavit to change one’s gender on their birth certificate. The pronouns preferred by these particular groups of people are “they, them, themselves” rather than the traditional, binary pronouns “his” or “her.”

While this is something celebrated by some communities, the Christian community traditionally disagrees with the LGBT movement and is having a harder time accepting the new law.

“In a formal setting where you know some people

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prefer to be called Dr. so-and-so, others say, just call me Jim—it depends on the person’s preference,” said ORU Professor of Sociology Dr. Cal Easterling.

Along with this is the included news of an apparent push for a gender-neutral Santa. It was said that because of the new laws enacted this year in 2019 that a look at a genderless St. Nick or Nikki should be considered. Others are saying that despite whatever gender Santa Claus takes on, he should have tattoos.

In the Netherlands, a 69-year-old man sued his local government for permission to change his age legally for Tinder dates. Emile Ratelbrand, a “positivity trainer,” complained to the court that he should be permitted to lower his age from 69 to 49 saying, “I will be in a luxurious position.” He has asked the court to shift his birthdate from 1949 to 1969.

“With this freedom of choice, choice of name, freeness of gender, I want to have my own age. I want to control myself,” said Ratelbrand.

In light of these recent events and liberal laws being passed and enforced, what this means for the modern-day Christian is seemingly unclear. There is a continual push for legislation in all 50 states, but some states may take longer than others to consider.

Dr. Joel Stephen Dash, visiting assistant professor

“We have a lot of schools that are doing great things, and they’re expanding,” Hill explained. “Like our school of engineering--they need more space, they need labs. We’ve literally had to do some work down in the basement for engineering because they needed more space.”

While the building is not quite “new,” Wilson plans to renovate and remodel it.

There will be new offices, indoor practice facilities and even shuttles to provide transportation to and from ORU. “We’re always looking for ways to expand because our space is tight,” said Hill. “If there is any opportunity for growth, we’re going to look at that opportunity because our student population is growing.”

Hill estimates that the building will be ready sometime in the fall semester, so strap on those FitBits, ORU. The campus is expanding.

of law and accounting, said that unlike marijuana, which was legalized medically in June of last year, this law may take a bit longer to put into effect.

“Oklahoma is very conservative unless there is a change in demographics...it could be over a decade,” said Dash.

For the 2020 Presidential campaign, Pette Buttigue has announced his plan to run, making him the first openly-gay candidate.

“I don’t think Christians are going to look at this and say ‘hey we are being affected by this’ in terms of their rights being infringed upon,” said Dash.

Dash continued, saying that the only way it would affect Christians if a Gender X-identifying individual entered into a Christian business and the Christian felt they could not serve them; but other than that, “I don’t see that affecting them from day to day.”

“We’re trying to win them for Jesus,” said Easterling. “This doesn’t mean we lower our standards. We just don’t want our hating the sin to be misinterpreted as hating the sinner. Yet, we are adamant that we do not hate.”

Swimming in plastic

by ChaeWoon Yoo Print News Editor Imagine a life where there is no accessible plastic—a life without Tupperware, plastic bags and plastic bottles. According to the Atlantic, plastics were just becoming popular in the 1960s regardless of the fact that polyethylene, one of the world’s most widely used plastics, was created in 1898.

People carried their groceries in paper or cotton bags, milk was delivered in glass bottles and water was carried around in canteens.

Where once a life without plastics was the norm, today it is nearly impossible to think about a life without plastic products.

And while we enjoy these luxuries and easy life inventions that plastics create, it’s hard to deny the amount of trash that has accumulated over time.

Today, it is nearly impossible to buy foods that are not packaged in plastic or paper.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in the year 2013, Americans produced about 254 million tons of trash and only recycled about 34 percent of that trash (87 million tons). Much of that trash was food, paper and plastic.

Bottled water, being convenient to purchase, travel with and throw away, is one of the major

contributors to plastic waste. Bottled water is sold anywhere and everywhere, and some places don’t even allow people to bring their own water, requiring them to purchase more.

Yet nine out of 10 bottles are thrown away, and 10 billion plastic water bottles end up as garbage and in landfills every year in the U.S. alone, according to the Sierra Club, a nonprofit environmental organization.

“Large amounts of energy are consumed in manufacture, transportation and recycling of the bottles,” stated the Sierra Club.

The water put in these plastic bottles has also become a concern. Due to the large production of plastic bottles, it has caused large withdrawals of water from natural springs and aquifers. They are also draining household wells, damaging wetlands and decaying aquifers.

Not only does the production of plastic bottles cause harm to our natural water reservoir, but the plastic used in these bottles generates more than 100 times the toxic emission than a glass bottle of the same size, according to the Berkeley Ecology Center.

The BEC also explains there is a problem of leaching, which is the process through which

water carries soluble substances, like chemicals, from the plastic bottles and into the water.

Through heat, storage and the transportation of these bottles, there has been a rise of concern regarding the leaching of harmful chemicals into the water.

The Natural Resources Defense Council also did some tests regarding the water quality of more than 1,000 bottles of 103 different brands of bottled water. The test concluded with synthetic organics, bacteria and arsenic contamination that exceeded the allowable limits in at least one sample from about one-third of the tested brands.

“Having created a growing market for bottled water, transnational corporations are exercising their power to get access to springs, aquifers and municipal water supplies to keep their profits flowing, with little regard for the environmental impacts of large water withdrawals,” said the Sierra Club.

However, individuals can help combat plastic waste by avoiding use of plastic water bottles, offering pitchers of water instead of bottled water at events or parties and using reusable water bottles such as stainless steel, BPA-free plastic or glass.

Fraudulent emails scare student body

by Nina Forshea Editorial Editor Starting right before Christmas break, strange emails began popping into students’ emails asking for a caretaker.

Confusion was stirred up and some students feared the mysterious email was a lure by sex traffickers to get students off campus. Bill Hunt, ORU director of the department of public safety and security, wants to ease students of their alarm.

This is not sex trafficking, Hunt said, but what’s called a phishing scheme, a common fraudulent strategy.

The email originated from a foreign country, most likely Nigeria, according to campus security. But it’s not uncommon for these kind of scams to happen. According to the U. S. Better Business Bureau, half a million people fall victim annually.

“The one thing all these fraudulent schemes seem to have in common is that at some point [the schemer] will

notify the person that they have got the job and they will mail you a fraudulent check,” said Hunt.

Once the check is deposited in the bank, the person will request the money be sent back to pay for supplies for the job, causing the student to withdraw their own money. Within the next week the bank will attempt to process the check and find it fraudulent.

Then, the student will have lost their money.

Campus security and IT are taking this scam seriously in part because it uses a former student’s email to send the fraudulent email, giving the email a false appearance of legitimacy.

“In fact it seems so legit that I believe it actually got posted as a job opportunity to ORU students,” Hunt said.

“If something seems too good to be true, it usually is.”

IT has blocked the email and according to security, no students have lost money.

“The only thing that would cause a person to become a victim of the fraud is if you got that fake check and you deposited it into your account and withdrew money from that account,” said Hunt.

One way to know if the email is from a scammer is to read the email closely, suggested Hunt. The emails usually contain misspelled words, grammatical errors, improper sentence structures and punctuation mistakes.

Hunt assures the students that you won’t hear from whoever sent the email again and they aren’t going to come on campus, they just want the student to deposit a fake check and send the money back to them.

Illustration by Alejandro Contreras

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Students show their artwork locally

by Hannah Nelson Staff Writer Luke Wagner, like the majority of college students, spends a great deal of his time in coffee shops.

“I go to coffee shops to be inspired,” said Wagner, an artist and a senior majoring in Biblical Literature.

Wagner spent hours at Fair Fellow Coffee in downtown Tulsa his junior year, studying the Bible and drawing in the sketchbooks provided on the shop tables. He was surprised when he was asked to show his work inside the coffee shop.

“I remember receiving that text. It was the first day of classes of my senior year. I woke up to it and was like ‘Wow, this is a lot bigger than I thought it was,’” recalled Wagner.

One of the managers at Fair Fellow saw some of Wagner’s artwork in the sketchbooks and on Instagram and asked him to be their featured artist for the month of December.

“That was one of the coolest experiences I’ve had because I got to talk one-on-one with so many people about my art,” said Wagner.

Wagner’s art is minimalistic—pen and ink line drawings depicting simple subjects, usually human hands, intending a spiritual connection.

He hopes his art communicates messages of peace and God’s faithfulness.

“The theology I’m studying—I’ll read books

about it and I’ll write papers about it. Lots of people won’t do that,” said Wagner. “But I still think that knowing who God is and knowing what scripture says about God is of the utmost importance.”

People can connect with an image in a way they often wouldn’t with a sermon or a book, according to Wagner.

“Whenever I put [the images] on paper, it’s not to sell them or even appeal to aesthetics. I would love for my art to be like icons somesort. To where people can look at it and it can draw them closer to the one it’s representing: God,” said Wagner.

Wagner isn’t alone in his desire to share art with the greater Tulsa community. Frida Cornelio, a senior studio arts major, shared some of her art in the Conciliation series at the Black Wall Street gallery this past December. The owner of the gallery found Cornelio’s work through social media and messaged her, asking her to be a part of the gallery, explained Cornelio.

“He was trying to find people of different backgrounds for the gallery and mix cultures,” said Cornelio, who is from Mexico.

The gallery showed 10 of her pieces, painted in Old Style, following the fathers of art itself. Some of her pieces in the gallery included portraits of Latin American women depicted in traditional Latin American clothing. She hopes women and

Students Luke Wagner and Frida Cornelio showcase their art in local shops. /Photos provided by Luke Wagner and Frida Cornelio.

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people in general are empowered when they look at her paintings.

“I want to empower people not to be ashamed of their culture,” said Cornelio. “Right now, in the U.S., with the things going on in Hispanic culture, I want people to remember their roots and to even show other people our culture, because some people don’t know about it.”

When asked how people can support artists, aside from buying their works, both Wagner and Cornelio encouraged people to attend events and ask questions.

“I think it gives an artist a lot of pleasure and pride whenever they are asked a question—when they are allowed to explain what their art is all about,” said Wagner.

“As an artist, you just want people to see your work—of course it’s great to sell something—but it feels good for people to look at your work and experience the same thing you were experiencing while you made the piece,” said Cornelio.

Luke Wagner’s work is being shown at Free Spirit Chiropractor for the month of January, and he will be involved in a pop-up shop at Fair Fellow Coffee on Feb. 2. He often posts his work on Instagram @leswag_97. Cornelio’s artwork is available on www.fridacornelio.com.

Book Review: “The Innocent Man”

by Hillary Hurst Sports Editor If you drive 120 miles down Interstate 44 West from Tulsa, you’ll run into the small town of Ada, OK—that is, of course, if you don’t blink. Home to 17,000 people, Ada is the last place you’d guess to be the setting for John Grisham’s only non-fiction venture, “The Innocent Man.” Grisham ventured into the genre because he says if he would’ve written it as a novel, “folks probably wouldn’t believe it.” The book recounts a strange and horrifying story of the two murders of Debbie Carter and Denice Haraway which occurred in the early 1980s.

In a town as small as Ada, people were stunned and frightened that such a gruesome event could happen in their hometown not once, but twice, and in such a short amount of time.

With the entire town disturbed, the pressure was on the Ada police to find the killers. This pressure went to Pontotoc County District Attorney Bill Peterson’s head as his questionable police work led him and his staff to make hasty, insufficiently substantiated arrests.

Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz were arrested for the murder of Debbie Carter, and Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot were arrested for the murder of Denice Haraway. Strangely, the biggest pieces of evidence the police had on the respective “killers” were both “dream” confessions. These dream confessions were obtained by police after hours of coercion, through which Tommy Ward and Ron Williamson confessed they each had dreams where they were killing their respective victims.

Flash forward, all four men were convicted by the use of tainted evidence as a result of police vendettas

and secret schemes to capture the four men for the sole purpose of arresting someone. They were all easy targets based upon past run-ins with the law. Now, thanks to the Innocence Project, Dennis Fritz and Ron Williamson were exonerated because of DNA evidence in the murder of Debbie Carter.

The book ends with Grisham detailing how the wrongful incarceration of Ron Williamson impacted his mental health. He came within five days of being executed on death row and spent the rest of his life out of his mind.

Tommy Ward and Karl Fontenot still remain in prison as their lawyers exhaust the appeals process trying to free them in the same way. A harrowing tale that has now been made into a six-part Netflix series, Grisham’s novel is worth the read, especially considering how close to home the story hits with the end still unwritten.

John Grisham is a novelist who traditionally writes thriller fiction, but has branched out to write this gripping true crime. /Photo by Alejandro Contreras

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Picture by Gabriel Jaggernauth

Switching things up The Nintendo Wii U retired from the Hammer Center and was replaced by the Nintendo Switch. After malfunctions with the Nintendo Wii U resulted in a downgraded version, the “switch” happened just in time, and it also helps the building keep up with the current era of consoles.

The Hammer Center strives to provide current games and events for the students, so stay on the lookout for new additions.

A lazy weekend in the dorms could turn into a lazy weekend crushing friends on a virtual, floating platform, thanks to the Nintendo Switch.

The Philbrook Museum on Rockford Rd. is free for ORU students­—just flash a student I.D. Photo by Faith Wilson

Things to do this weekend, Feb. 1-3

Photo by Josh Crow

by Cicely Rubottom Editor-in-Chief

Tulsa’s Gathering Place wins award

Already a prized possession, Tulsa’s Gathering Place recently gained national recognition after winning the Best New Attraction in the country by USA Today. The poll was performed by USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice, including contenders from New York, Orlando, Louisville and Chicago (finally, Tulsa landed on top). A USA Today team gathered the top 10 attractions, and people voted online for their favorite, bringing the win home to Tulsa.

“The votes are in!” posted the park’s Instagram. Visit and stir up pride for Tulsa’s Best New Attraction in the nation.

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Finding things to do can be a challenge in T-Town—especially during the brisk winter— but fear not this weekend. We’ve got you covered with watch parties, junk conventions and majestic art exhibits.

Philbrook exhibitions The Philbrook Museum added some new exhibits to its galleries, including “Gods, Saints and Martyrs: Northern Renaissance Prints.” This exhibit displays the spiritually-significant works of 16th-century artists, including Albrecht Dürer, who produced at least five series of prints and drawings on the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ. Also on display, you can find drawings by Georgia O’Keeffe. The museum is free when you flash your student I.D. 2 Friends & JUNK More than 200 booths of junk—their words, not mine—will line the Central Park Hall at the Tulsa Expo Center on Friday from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. and then on Saturday at 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shop everything vintage, eclectic, antique, boutique, industrial, upcycled and farmhouse.

More than $7000 worth of indoor prizes will be handed out, according to their very enthusiastic,

emoji-muddled website description. Selfproclaimed grandmas at heart, this is your moment. Admission is $6.

Cheer on the Golden Eagles The women’s basketball team is set to face off with South Dakota at the Mabee Center this Saturday at 2 p.m. The men will take on Purdue Fort Wayne that night at 7 p.m. in the Mabee Center. The Golden Eagles tennis team will also be playing away games this weekend.

Superbowl Parties The Hammer Center is hosting a “hammerbowl” to showcase the best commercials of the year––or football game, I guess—on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. There will be plenty of snacks for nervous eaters as the Patriots and Rams battle it out on the big screen.

If you want to get off campus to watch the game, The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame is hosting a free “Super Bowl Jam” this Sunday with live jazz music and a pizza food truck.

Additionally, for $15, the Aloft Hotel is showing the game with buffet-style food, a raffle and a meet-and-greet with the Oklahoma Defenders football team and coaches.

The ORU United for Israel club handed out knickknacks and information at the Spring Club Rush. /Photo by Gabriel Jaggernauth

Separate, but united for Israel

by Faith Wilson Online News Editor Christians often sport plastic bracelets with the words, “I Support Israel.” Many people, however, do not understand the intricacies of the Israel-Palestine conflict, Zionism and other issues affecting Israel.

The United for Israel club hopes to combat this ignorance and develop well-informed students.

Nethaniel Maldonado, a graphic design major, serves as president of the ORU United for Israel club on campus. While the club supports trips to Israel for students, they also bring in several educated guest speakers to teach about Israel and send students to the Summit in Washington D.C. “It’s about education and awareness,” said Maldonado, speaking about the goal of the club.

Through these meetings, members get to hear first-hand experience on the happenings of Israel, the conflict and other ways to support Israelis.

Maldonado believes the club helps to bridge Israel-supporting Christians to the country and the religious history on which Christians base their beliefs.

Maldonado also spoke about his thoughts on Christians who remain uninformed.

“We face an apathy, because, though we do share the same basic beliefs as [we are all] Christians, we don’t always prioritize Israel,” explained Maldonado.

“I think it’s important to get the emphasis on that, because we don’t know the meaning of [Israel], and we don’t know what that has to do with us.”

Israel itself is different than what many may expect of it. The country is very religious but very diverse, according to Maldonado. Israel houses four different distinct groups of Jewish sects, according to Pew Research. Though Judaism makes up nearly 75 percent of the religious groups, Islam comes in second, representing 17 percent and Christianity

representing two percent.

The group also pairs with other Israeli organizations, including Christians United for Israel and the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America, or CAMERA for short.

The club also makes allowances to see all points of view. They have hosted events, both on and off campus, with the help of well-informed and wellspoken individuals in Tulsa.

“We want to see both sides of the conflict, though we are United for Israel,” said Maldonado.

The club serves as an informative fixture on ORU’s campus, educating students on international affairs and how to help. Wanting to see the many sides of the conflict allows for members to form their own opinions in hopes to eradicate ignorance regarding the state of Israel.

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by Staci McCoy Lifestyle Editor Perhaps you first notice while walking through lower lot, waiting in line at Hava Java or wobbling between chapel rows, but they eventually catch your eye—their names are Jacob and Michael. Jacob and Michael Huene, identical twin brothers, are all too familiar with the looks of curiosity when people first see them.

“It doesn’t get old seeing people’s reactions, because everyone is different,” said Jacob. “One time I was standing in line at Saga and a girl stood behind me, and then Jacob came behind her. When she saw Jacob behind her, she looked back at me and was like, ‘Wait, what?’ and looked back and forth.”

Both Jacob and Michael are juniors majoring in mechanical engineering, typically found walking side-by-side. They have roomed together since freshman year because they already had the bond and experience of relating with one another.

The brothers’ parents both graduated from ORU, followed by their older brother and sister. Their second sister Emily (the twins are her biggest fans) will graduate this year with a nursing degree. It seemed like nowhere else would be as good as ORU, according to Jacob.

The Huene’s grew up in Delta, Colorado, a small town with memorable landscape. On and off, they played soccer, participated in Awana clubs and enjoyed Colorado’s great outdoors with the free time provided by homeschooling. Their family raised them on ‘60s shows like “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Dick Van Dyke Show,” bringing them an appreciation for the earlier times of entertainment.

“We both enjoy old Rock and Roll from the ‘50s

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up to the ‘80s,” said Jacob. “We’ll listen to everything up to ‘90s and early 2000s.”

While at ORU, Jacob and Michael have volunteered with the Tulsa Boys & Girls Club and the Tulsa Dream Center, loving the opportunity to talk and play with younger students who needed encouragement.

Michael is interested in pursuing a master’s degree while balancing a career involved in aviation, which is engineering focused on aircrafts. Jacob also feels drawn to aviation engineering but is not as fond of the master’s degree idea.

There are some physical differences between the two which they like to keep secret until noticed, despite the time a professor announced the secrets to an entire classroom. The brothers have noticed a pattern of students talking to them to meet “the twins,” and it can feel ingenuine when people merely try to spot the differences in their appearances.

“I have gotten confused on pictures and messed it up. It’s sad, haha—I require everyone to know but I forget sometimes, truth be told,” admitted Michael.

Their specific personalities become noticeable after a short time. Michael is more introverted, whereas Jacob is more extroverted; Michael focuses on the details, whereas Jacob focuses on the bigger picture; Michael is more willing to hand out compliments, whereas Jacob is more likely to offer a savage comment. Jacob is also the older brother by nine minutes—ironic?

“We actually have different eyeglass prescriptions,” laughed Michael. “But the doctor did say we have the closest prescriptions that any two patients have had.”

Another difference arises in their dancing styles, specifically swing dancing. Jacob tends to turn his dance partners more, and he is also more likely to be caught chatting. Michael, on the other hand, is more likely to do aerials with his partners, which is any dance step where one’s feet leaves the floor. Even though aerial steps were banned at the swing dancing nights, Jacob and Michael still sneak them into dance routines, often getting “yelled” at.

“I feel like some people are too shy to ask about us being twins, but then there’s some people who are way too willing to be that person,” said Jacob. “We love the icebreaker system of being a twin, but it can get old sometimes.”

Although Jacob and Michael are undoubtedly identical twins, that is not the only thing to know about them. It might require work to tell who is who because they have consistently matched their schedules— and sometimes outfits—since freshman year. They considered taking different HPE courses but thought, “Why would we do that?”

Photo by Seth Roche

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Studying abroad in Oxford for dummies

by Kendall Brown Staff Writer Studying abroad is just that—studying abroad. I still have to wake up before 8 a.m. and I still need a cup of coffee before I’m ready for the day. After walking through the city, my friends and I attend lectures for that given day, followed by studying in the one of the oldest libraries in Europe, the Bodleian Library. It’s the main research library at Oxford, characterized by tall, cathedral style windows and houses over 12 million books. On Tuesday afternoons, the abroad students meet up to chat and try new teas, because there is always time for tea. My days end with more studying before heading to bed.

Oxford University is divided between 38 colleges and six Permanent Private Halls (PPHs).

Each college is self-governing but connects to the central university with the same status and degrees offered, but the PPHs have certain religious affiliations. I’m studying at Wycliffe Hall, one of Oxford’s Permanent Private Halls which is a Church of England theological college. The Wycliffe Hall motto is “The Lord is my Light,” and their alumni are often become preachers, apologists, church planters and evangelists.

The division of Oxford colleges is comparable to Hogwarts.

At Hogwarts, students are part of colleges like Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, but they are still Hogwarts students. At Oxford, students in Christ Church College or Wycliffe Hall are still Oxford students. The buildings are spread throughout the city, so you could walk into a bookstore and find yourself next to a college.

The students live and eat in their “house.” There was recently a formal in the dining room of Wycliffe for the students and their partners. It was a lovely, Scottish-themed party, with poetry reading and dancing—a way to celebrate the students and the college to

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which they belong. And of course, tea.

Oxford doesn’t have classes typical to the American education system. Students pick a concentration and go to one-on-one tutorials based on that concentration. Math or poetry students may have a quota of problems to answer or poem to write by the next meeting. The tutor has conversations with students over their work, and they select a focus for the next week. There are also weekly lectures with the program heads, w h o

occasionally bring in guest speakers, all followed by a time for tea. There’s always time for tea.

I am in a program called SCIO (Scholarship and Christianity in Oxford), an opportunity for American/international students to study at Oxford, full time or single term. Those in the program are called “visiting students,” but we are treated the same as normal students for the four months spent at the university. I stay in a student mansion on Headington Hill near Oxford Brookes, nestled between other student mansions and smaller boarding schools.

Down the street from the dorm, the SCIO common room contains a 40-pence coffee machine, for when you’ve already had tea, and is a popular hangout spot for students.

To my surprise, Oxford focuses more on content rather than structure, ideas rather than style.

They have even rid the thought of thesis statements because it decides the paper before it is written. My tutor told me that I could write a thesis if I wanted to, but it was not required and he wouldn’t look for it. It offers the students freedom of thought and freedom of ideas without the pressure to make it perfect.

Though I’m wandering an old city with it’s ancient buildings sinking deep into the sky and sipping tea— usually tea, almost always tea—I’m still a student.

I have to work hard, spend much of my free time studying and attending classes, because this is Oxford, as they say. Either you act like it or not.

Oxford campuses are spread throughout England, so bussing and biking to class is a common occurrence. /Photo provided

by Kendall Brown

How to be a productive citizen

by Kayley Forshey Managing Editor The world of news, media and politics seems a bit daunting, amorphous and chaotic. In an effort to grow up a little and be more proactive in my status as a member of society, I’ve noticed an immaturity within myself: I hate politics. Kind of shocking to read from the Managing Editor of your student publication, right? Sorry, y’all.

I hated watching the news. It was always on in my household and I used to always complain, “Mom, why are we watching this? It’s so depressing.” Or “Dad, can we watch literally anything else?” And my parents would graciously answer, “Kayley, you need to know what is going on in the world.”

For most of my life, I scoffed.

I would alternate between silent disagreement, an apocalyptic theworld’s-gonna-end-anyway attitude or a less-than-clever conspiracy theory about how the government was poisoning our food and water anyway, why would I trust anything they say?

Needless to say, I was ignorant and insecure about that ignorance.

The world of politics is scary, and every member of society is placed

directly in the crossfire between ideas, rights, parties. Which party do I belong to? Do I have to choose?

Do I watch CNN or Fox News, or as some people are fond of saying, the BBC because they are “unbiased?”

Can I trust that assessment?

I’m still insecure about my ability to discern what is truth in our post-truth world. It’s not easy to be a productive member of society, but it’s important.

Ideas have consequences and if you live in this country, you’ll have to deal with the consequences of the actions of our government, whether you like it or not. So I’m trying to be better, to ask more questions, to be quick to listen and slow to retweet.

While I’m definitely not an expert, here are a few steps that have helped me get more involved in politics and feel more confident in discerning between truth and lie in the media.

Stop getting your news from social media. Find trustworthy news sources.

Blue check marks, clever memes and strong, emotional headlines are not always catalysts for truth. Social media permeates our culture and, in many ways, defines it; but social media should not replace good political

discourse. It may take more effort and time, but it beats getting heated over non-issues because your favorite celebrity was just as uninformed as you are.

Figure out what you believe about the world.

Before you can start making informed decisions on policy, elections and the like, it is important to make sure you understand what you believe about the world. How should people operate in it? What is important in life? As a Christian, how does my worldview inform my understanding of politics?

Ask questions. Lots of questions.

It’s okay to not know something.

Get comfortable with asking questions about things you don’t understand, even if it makes you sound

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ignorant. Talk to people you trust who understand things better than you do.

Don’t be afraid to google words you don’t know, or concepts you’ve never heard of. Just ask more questions, good questions.

Don’t be afraid to be wrong. Strive to be right.

We all make mistakes, myself included. I can hop on the bandwagon of passionate Twitter rants and Facebook posts, but when you make a mistake, own up to it. The world of politics is already full of people with a high disregard for truth, but rise above it.

Strive for truth and excellence, especially in standing up for what you believe in.

Overall, don’t let insecurity about what you don’t know keep you from learning more. It’s not easy and it takes more time and effort, but we’ve all got to grow up sometime and being informed is an important part of maturity.

So though conspiracy theories are fun and the news may be depressing, putting in the extra time and effort to becoming a productive member of society is worth it. After all, Dr. Wilson keeps telling us all to change the world, right? I think this is a good place to start.

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Golf rules change, champions don’t

by Alejandro Arroyo Staff Writer You’ve done it before--just ask your mom and dad. You’ve bent them, broken them, made up new ones and yet, you still can’t run away from them.

Rules are the inconvenient barrier that hindered you from what you thought would be the greatest night of your life. You may have been able to do any number of great things if it weren’t for your nightly curfew check, right?

Now imagine a world that is aimed to make life faster, a world that doesn’t make you wait for the good stuff, a world where the rules are always simple and lenient.

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m talking about the world of golf.

A place where every man’s fantasy is a reality and a place where women compete ruthlessly to be the best. As 2018 ends and 2019 becomes another year of failed resolutions, the world of golf has already gotten their six-pack abs after slimming down their rulebook. This not only changes competitive play, but also affects the life of the everyday golfer.

The head coach of the ORU golf team, Lance Watson, is merely interested in seeing how the rules play out.

“Right now, I do not have that strong of an opinion on the changes because I haven’t seen it,” Watson said.

In short, the United States Golf Association has changed 30+ rules, a number that seems large, but really doesn’t mean much. For example, one of the rules changed states that players will not be penalized for their ball hitting the flagstick if the ball is played from the putting green.

When asked about the classic hitting the flag penalty change, Watson noted that the “data shows that the percentage with the flag in … is greater. There is a guy on tour right now who’s a big percentage guru, Bryson Dechambeau, and he is leaving the pin in on everything. So, you are seeing some tour players already do it.”

This idea pushes for faster games and some players believe benefits their game.

Another rule change to help speed up a game is

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the five to the three-minute rule change. In the past, whenever a ball strays from the fairway and a search ensues to find the lost ball, players were allowed five minutes to search. With the new rules, players are only allowed three.

“I like the three minute rule because I hate looking for a ball for five minutes because I’m sitting there going, ‘We’re not going to find this ball,’ ya know?” said Watson, “Ninety percent of the time when we do not find a ball in the first three minutes, we do not find a ball.”

However, Watson also added that these changes help to simplify the game. Looking at all 30+ rule changes, the old wording is ousted and the new rules allow for players to focus more on the game.

“I like being able to move loose impediments in the bunker. You want to see how great you are from the bunker, not how good you are from twigs and sticks. I like that rule a lot,” Watson said.

Watson continued by stating he enjoyed the new “tap down rule,” which allows a player to repair damages on the green and putt without any hesitation of hitting a bump or divot.

“I like that the ball can hit you and it’s not a penalty--or hit your equipment--anymore. I probably liked more than I disliked though,” Watson said, commenting on the rule changes overall.

For example, if a player’s ball hits a tree and the ball bounces back and hits the player, the player won’t be reprimanded for it. In this way, the rule changes are meant to help the players, rather than making the game harder for them.

However, though these rule variations seem to create big changes to the game and may be confusing at first, Watson says that for those wearing the blue and gold on the course the game will be slightly faster with more straightforward rules and details allowing athletes to focus on winning.

Unlike your parents rules, these rules aren’t meant to be broken.

A more detailed list of the rule changes can be found at usga.org.

Coach Lance Watson of ORU Golf believes the golf rule changes are meant to help, not hinder, the player. /Photo by Jonathan Rodriguez

by Miqueas Barreiro Staff Writer Maggie said I could learn how to do a headstand super fast. Well, that was easy for her to say. She played Division 1 Volleyball and did yoga for years. Flexibility and balance were her strengths. Me, on the other hand? Sure, I swam competitively for 11 years, but balance in the water and balance on land are two very, very different things.

But she was the reason I stuck with and passed Network Analysis, so if she said I could do a headstand, it was worth the try, right? Plus, the three-month Unlimited Yoga Classes Groupon was a really good deal. And you know what?

Maggie was right. I’m sorry I ever doubted her.

You too might think that such an achievement is out of your reach, but it’s not. YouTube has some nice tutorials, but here are some straightforward tips to get you off the ground, should you choose to accept this mission: 1. Be prepared to fall. A lot.

Like science, the key to achieving headstand perfection is experimentation.

Sometimes your legs will go too far back. Other times, they won’t go up high enough. You can only discover the sweet spot by letting your body achieve proprioception through trial and error.

So, do your best Spiderman impression and don’t let the fall keep you down.

2. Haters will say it’s Photoshop.

Having a friend take a picture or video of you attempting a headstand provides you with a good reference afterward. For weeks my dad would encourage me to point my toes and straighten my legs, but it was only after seeing myself crooked did I grasp the execution and make the adjustment. A full-length mirror also functions as an excellent instant feedback system.

Just don’t be that person that takes a photo of the one time they succeed for half a second and then posts it on Instagram like they are a yogi aficionado.

It’s disrespectful to all the work others have put into mastering on-command,

headstand

How to do a

stable headstands.

3. Do what works for you.

Listening to your body and adjusting to your preferences is a huge part of yoga. I achieved mastery by starting with crow pose, and then slowly building up to transitioning to a headstand, strengthening with every attempt. My friend learned best by starting with a modified down-dog and walking her feet until she could lift them up and send them sky high. Some people use a wall to start out. Others prefer to have a trusted friend provide stability or security. It’s up to you. Modify at your own convenience.

4. Build to the climax.

Start with a simpler pose, such as Tree or Warrior 3 to enhance your balance. Use Crow or Plank to build your arm strength. Once you start trying to raise your legs, do it in stages, mastering each aspect before advancing to the next level.

5. Did I mention you are going to fall a lot?

There you go. Five quality tips from a doubter who had his fitness beliefs turned upside down. If you have the courage, accept the challenge and rise above it. If you don’t, no worries. We headstanders always need photographers.

When you achieve headstand perfection, make sure to tag us and use “#OracleTaughtMeHow”. We’ll repost our favorites!

Photo by Seth Roche

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In defense of new year’s resolutions

Nina Lange Editorial Editor When I ask someone what their new year’s resolutions are for 2019, they laugh and roll their eyes, claiming they don’t believe in new year’s resolutions.

But when I ask someone what their goals are for 2019, they stop and think for a minute before responding.

People associate the term “new

year’s resolutions” with some grand thing you need to accomplish within that year, like losing weight or making more money. It’s become a scary term turned silly joke.

As you can probably tell by now, I like to make goals for myself to accomplish during the year. In a way, we all make goals for ourselves. You probably have a goal to make it to your classes today, preferably on time, and ultimately you have the goal to graduate. If you’re a freshman, that’s your four-year goal; if you’re a senior, that’s your goal for 2019.

Often times the biggest mistake with making goals is saying “I want to get healthy this year,” or “I want to make more money this year.” That seems extremely daunting because I have no idea what that looks like. So to start off,

it would be wise to get more specific.

For example, one of my 2019 goals is to complete an 8-week workout plan. Suddenly, I have taken my giant goal of becoming healthier and made it achievable simply by making it into tinier goals. On the three days a week I workout, accomplishing that workout is my goal for the day.

Most people also think that you have to have some kind of “get healthy” goal for the year and that is absolutely not true. I always like to, but I was raised as a dancer and with a mindset of living an active and healthy lifestyle. But your goals can be anything.

I used to be terrified of people reading my work, but I knew I would quickly have to get over that fear. I made an ultimate goal of writing for

the Oracle and started out by making a small goal of having five people close to me read my work.

Now look at me, I’m an editor for the Oracle. I still get nervous every time I write something for the paper, but my new goal is to be published in every edition, and, so far, I have achieved that goal. I get a little more comfortable with putting my words out there every time.

I used to be one of those people who brushed off making new year’s resolutions because I thought I would never achieve that giant goal. But I changed my mindset and made a game out of it.

Now, my new year’s resolutions are just a series of little boxes to tick off rather than one giant, vague one. I mean, everyone loves ticking off boxes, right?

The importance of creating brotherhood

Olusiji Oluloto Staff Writer Last summer, I was going through some mental and spiritual difficulties so I decided to visit a counselor. But before that, I thought about any of my guy friends I could talk to and I realized I couldn’t call anyone. I didn’t trust anyone and I was alone.

Since then, I’ve spoken to other guys

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about this feeling, and I realized that having authentic friendships among guys is a common problem in the church.

Authentic friendship, among other things, involves being able to talk honestly about your present struggles. If you can’t talk to your “bro” when you’re struggling with sin, without any filters, your friendship isn’t deep. Playing games, sports or simply “hanging out” with other men doesn’t entail authentic brotherhood.

People wonder why so many men in the church struggle with pornography, sex, drugs, alcohol and work-obsession.

It’s because men are lonely and isolated and sin thrives in that environment.

Often times in church, men will come forward during an altar call and repent of their sins, but then leave and go back into the isolation where their besetting sin is waiting for them.

Nate Larkin, author of “Samson and the Pirate Monks,” highlights the Bible stories of Samson and David to explain this issue. Samson and David were two great men who had moral failures. He says, “When Samson fell, he fell alone, surrounded only by enemies. When David fell, he fell among friends. It was those friends, especially one courageous, godly man named Nathan, who made his recovery possible.”

The problem is that many of us men want a fruitful David life with a lonely Samson lifestyle.

To create authentic brotherhood, you need to find a candid guy who is honest about his past and present struggles. If you find a guy that you connect with, call him and meet up.

For the first few weeks, just talk and listen without trying to fix the other

person. This is difficult because many of us like to give solutions instead of simply helping someone bear their burden as Christ removes it (Galatians 6:2). You both should cultivate a safe space where you can always be brutally honest about your present struggles and sins­––not just after you “got the victory” over the struggle. After a while, you can start challenging each other to be better men.

Authentic godly friendships don’t happen by accident and they are worth it. You need men who will strengthen you when you’re weak, cheer you up when you’re depressed, confront you when you’re wrong, advise you when you’re confused, and grieve with you when you’re suffering.

Remember that Jesus promises us a personal relationship not a private one.

Abandon “lone-ranger” Christianity.

Should Christians avoid horror stories?

Writer’s Name @Twitter Hannah Nelson Staff Writer Gathered around a campfire, a group of kids roast marshmallows.

One of the kids begins a tale of intrigue and horror, drawing in his fellow campers. All attention is on him, while they listen in with bated breath.

He takes a pause, and the silence is broken by a grumble from the woods.

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble,

whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things,” reads Philippians 4:8.

Most Christians are aware of this verse. If the Bible directs us to think on things that are lovely and pure, what are we to do then with stories that are characterized by evil, death and darkness? Should we avoid horror stories altogether?

The grotesque and shocking features of horror causes many Christians to dismiss the genre altogether.

However, in doing so, some Christians overlook the redemptive aspects of horror films and what they can teach us.

The story of the first Passover in Exodus, the execution of Christ, encounters with demons and the death of Jezebel are all frightful stories.

Yet, these stories encourage a healthy

fear of the Lord and testify to the possible usefulness of horror stories.

Horror stories can have redemptive purposes. First, the stories within the horror genre can remind us of our fallen nature. They remind us that we live in a dark and broken world. They expose evil and the true nature of sin.

Second, horror stories can cause us to face our fears. Acknowledging the fact that our lives are fragile could shock us into making the most of the time we are given.

Third, some horror stories are depictions of good triumphing over evil. Real life can be scary sometimes and reading or watching stories from the horror genre could encourage us to fight against the evil.

Our motive behind it is what is most important. Horror is not the only genre that can be watched for the wrong reasons. When it comes to horror, however, we should remember

that we are not to dwell or meditate on evil. If we are watching horror to fuel an obsession with death or a yearning for violence, we should stop immediately. However, if we are watching or reading a horror story with correct motives—for the purposes of facing our fears, understanding human flaws and being encouraged to conquer evil—horror could be helpful.

Personally, horror is not a genre I watch most of the time and I don’t watch rated R horror films, like “It” or “The Exorcist,” but I have watched “Stranger Things” and “The Quiet Place.”

Keeping our limits in mind, Christians shouldn’t ignore the possible benefits of horror stories because they can encourage us to face our fears and overcome evil. Horror stories don’t have to be avoided but we should always read them in the light of the one who overcame all evil.

Saying sorry instead of thank you

Writer’s Name @Twitter Madeline Ewing Staff Writer Do you ever find yourself compulsively apologizing?

When someone bumps into you, are you the first to blurt out “sorry,” even if it wasn’t your fault? If so, you are not alone.

I worked my first office job the summer of 2018, and something I noticed was how almost every email I sent contained an apology, even

when something wasn’t necessarily my fault. Curious, I asked my male coworker if I could “keyword search” his sent emails. I searched “sorry,” and four emails surfaced. However, when I searched the same on my email account, over 30 emails popped up.

This raised the question to me: is apologizing equivalent to being polite?

Often when I am navigating some kind of social interaction or service, my first reaction is to apologize before I even request something, as if I’m already an inconvenience.

In “Why Women Apologize More Than Men: Gender Differences in Thresholds for Perceiving Offensive Behavior,” a study conducted in 2010 for the Psychological Science journal, it found that men apologize less frequently than women. This wasn’t due to lack of remorse per se, but because they had a “higher threshold for what constitutes

offensive behavior.”

I want to make it clear that these studies are definitely not claiming that all men are poor at apologizing or that all women are compulsive apologizers. It is only saying that there is a clear trend that women most often assume the passive role of apologizing in social situations, whereas men often don’t deem it worthy of apologizing. So how do we evolve from the apologetic mindset into people with a more empowering mindset?

Simply, stop apologizing and say “thank you” instead.

This is a tactic I experimented with in my last job. In every situation where I would needlessly apologize, I found a way to say “thank you” instead. An example: I received an email from a coworker pointing out a minor error in one of my works. Normally, this is a situation in which I would apologize profusely for the mistake. Instead, I

thanked my coworker for catching the error, fixed it and moved on, rather than apologizing for every tiny mistake.

I believe that saying “sorry” when it isn’t necessary forces the person saying it to assume a weaker and more submissive role. When substituting “sorry” with “thank you,” it turns the situation around, allowing the person to maintain confidence while encouraging those they are interacting with.

In the words of Dr. Linda Royall, professor and director of student media for ORU, it really comes down to being able to distinguish the difference between “taking blame and taking responsibility.”

Say “sorry” when you need to, but don’t let it become the default. Instead, be kind and be confident. Say “thank you.”

Check out the full version of this article at oruoracle.com.

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February Crossword

ACROSS 3. Life is like a box of _______.

5. It’s in the air.

7. Used to light up a romantic dinner.

8. Winner, winner, chicken _____.

9. Hearts you can eat.

12. What a lot of people are on Feb. 15.

13. You’ll get it by spring.

DOWN 1. When girls celebrate with their friends.

2. Don’t leave me on _______.

3. When your date shows up with a dozen roses.

4. I hope you get the final one.

6. Also the day of _______.

10. Synonym of cheesy.

11. February is the month of _______ disease.

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