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THE BEACON

Volume 66 Issue 3

Wednesday, November 18th 2015

The Secret World of Education Mark MacKay

Crandall University can be described as a community where “everyone knows everyone.” However, there is an upstairs corner of Stultz Hall that tends to exist separate from the rest of campus. This is where the Education students dwell. These mysterious future educators are people who have been around the block a few times, having already completed at least four years of university. Many have to commute a considerable distance to campus, some travelling from as far as Sussex or Sackville on a daily basis. There are even those in the program who got a ring many springs ago, and have children of their own to show for it. Although the Ed. students take classes on the same campus as undergraduate students, there is very little integration between them and the rest of the student body. Joey Melanson, a consecutive Education student who completed his undergrad at Crandall, says, “I definitely feel less integrated as an Ed. student in relation to the rest of the student body. In my undergrad, for example, I kept wondering where the Ed. students were for the most part.” For those who wonder where these mysterious students spend their time, they can usually be found in the Education Lounge (pictured top-right), a large open space in Stultz Hall right next to the only two rooms where they ever have classes. This is where they socialize, meet for group projects, and where the beloved Ed. professors often stop to chat with students on the way to their offices.

In This Issue Upcoming Events | pg. 2 Christmas Banquet | pg. 3 An Interview with Adam Wright | pg. 4

Colin Briggs, a graduate of St. Thomas University, says, “I think most Ed. Students are taking the maximum amount of courses so the work load is definitely keeping us busy. Also most of the work we have is to be done in groups with other Ed. Students so it makes sense that we gravitate to the Ed. Lounge. It isn’t that we purposely isolate ourselves – it’s just so convenient.” Joey Melanson adds, “Our courses are filled with Ed students and nothing else, meaning we would have to actively go out and seek outside interaction. That being said, that makes the Ed program much more tightly knit.” On Orientation Day, Education students were introduced to Emily Weaver, a third-year concurrent Ed. student who has stepped into the role of Education Senator in the CSA, taking on the task of bridging the gap between Education students and the rest of the student body. “As the first CSA Ed. Senator in many years, it is my goal to better attend to Education students,” she says, “I want for Ed. students to feel included, valued, and welcome to take part in our Crandall Community. I am making sure to be available to meet the needs of our Ed. students to accomplish this. This year already we have an Ed. student bi-weekly email being sent out with Crandall events listed, an Ed. Society (with) access to funds, activities, and much more.” 1

November

Upcoming Events

15 - Basketball @ Crandall. Women @ 1 Men @ 3

16 - Crandall Yoga 7pm - Res Worship 10pm 2nd floor Colburne House

18 - Soma Church 7:30pm Brinton Auditorium - Res Bible Study. 9pm-10pm Colburne House

19 - Student Christmas Banquet 7pm

20 - Crandall Christian Movie Night 8pm MH 231

21 - Crandall open house 1pm – 4pm - Basketball @ Holland College Women @ 2 Men @ 4

22 - Basketball @ Crandall Women @ 2 Men @ 4

23 - Crandall Yoga 7pm - Res Worship 10pm 2nd floor Colburne House

25 - Res Bible Study. 9pm-10pm Colburne House

28 - Basketball @ STU Women @ 2 Men @ 4

29 - Basketball Home Opener. 2pm & 4pm

30 - Crandall Yoga 7pm - Res Worship 10pm 2nd floor Colburne House

1 December

2 - Soma Church 7:30pm Brinton Auditorium - Res Bible Study. 9pm-10pm Colburne House - Next issue of The Beacon

27 - Soma Church 7:30pm Brinton Auditorium - Crandall Christian Movie Night 8pm MH 231 4 - Crandall Christian Movie Night 8pm MH 231 - English Society Christmas Party. Details TBA

*Dates and times may be subject to change

5 - Basketball @ MSVU. 1pm & 3pm.

Have an event you’d like to include? Contact us at: crandallbeacon@gmail.com

Charger Athletics Nathaniel Burlock

Hello my fellow Chargers! First of all, a sincere thanks to all of you that showed up at the pep rally. The crowd was full of energy which carried over to the basketball games against STU. Both the boys and the girls marched away with a confident win to start the first home games of the season. Furthermore, a congratulations to the boys’ and the girls’ soccer teams who had a great season and fell just short of a playoff position. Although the chargers was short on wins, both teams showed commitment and passion as they battled very tough competition throughout the season. That being said, indoor soccer season is gearing up, practices are starting and the Chargers are excited. Stay posted for game times. 2 On a final note intramural sports had a successful turnout to dodgeball; for those who are interested in participating see me (Nathaniel Burlock) for further details. Have a great day and until next time stay classy!

Christmas Banquet

Larissa Rose

Although it may not quite feel like it yet, the Christmas season is fast approaching! One of the first real signs of the Christmas season is the Crandall Christmas Banquet. The Christmas Banquet is a long standing tradition for our school. The theme of this year’s Banquet is The Nut Cracker Suite. Prepare yourself for music from the ballet, a nutcracker themed photo booth, and nutcracker centre pieces. For those of you who may be worried about nut allergies, rest assure that this event is still nut free. If you want to refresh yourself with the story of The Nutcracker, I would recommend a quick google search. You should come to the Banquet expecting to hear some great live entertainment from talented Crandall Students. There will be great party games, fantastic giveaways and even a few surprises.

know of) people who have taken a date to Christmas Banquet and then subsequently married that person. Occasionally this is true, but it’s definitely not the norm. There are lots of people who take a date to Christmas Banquet and don’t marry them. I want to remind you that that is perfectly acceptable. Sometimes a Christmas Banquet date is just a Christmas Banquet date. I know that as a Christian university, we often put a crazy amount of pressure on dating. So this year and this Christmas, don’t let anyone tell you that you need a ring by spring and don’t let anyone put any pressure on the fact that you took a date to Christmas Banquet. For Banquet this year, just relax, have fun, and enjoy the company of good friends (date or no date!). #CUatthebanquet

This year the Banquet is being held downtown at The Crown Plaza. Located at 1005 Main St, Moncton. There is limited parking at the crown plaza. If you are bringing a car and anxious about parking, I would recommend looking at http://downtownmoncton.com/parking-map.php for more places to park. It is also good to keep in mind that parking at meters is free after 6:00pm Following the Banquet, there will be skating at the Bryon Dobson Arena, in Riverview (90 Biggs Drive). The skating begins at 11:00pm and goes until 12:00am. Everyone is welcome to join for the skating, even if they didn’t come to the Banquet! Helmets are recommended, but not required by the arena. One thing people often stress out about with regards to Christmas Banquet is who to take as their date. First of all, let me remind you that it is more than okay not to bring a date; in fact, you may even have more fun without one. If you are taking a date and you’ve been around Crandall for a while you may have heard people say that a “Christmas Banquet date is never just a Christmas Banquet date,” you may have been told stories of (or even

An Interview with Adam Wright Kathy Holmes

Q: What is your middle name? A: Gary. I actually like my name because if you’re writing my initials and you write the G a certain way, it kind of looks like ‘A&W.’

door, Philippians 4:6. I want people to feel like they can come and ask for help if they need it, and be a witness through my response to them. Q: What is the most common reason that students visit the IT department? A: The majority of the time, people come here for help with accounts—usually some problem with login or to get their information for any of the four Crandall accounts they have. Second to that is an issue with their personal computers, which like I said I try to help them with and serve that way. And then, of course, print credits.

Q: Where did you grow up? A: Riceville, New Brunswick—10 minutes below Woodstock on the old TransCanada highway.

Q: Name your favorite TV Show or YouTube channel. A: Well right now I’ve been binge-watching and trying to catch up on and seeing if I’ve missed any Studio C videos on YouTube—you may have been walking by in the Q: What was your childhood dream? A: It’s funny, I wanted to be either a pastor or work with hallway and heard their theme song coming from my computers, become an electrician or something. I kind of office. As far as a favorite TV show, I’m actually trying to fell into both of them when I came here. I did a lot of stuff find a TV show at this point. I’ve been lost since Stargate working with youth groups and got involved in ministry in went off the air. I like Sci-fi, so I’m trying to find some kind of smart sci-fi show. But pretty much when I turn on the IT field as well. the TV now, it’s for sports. Q: How long have you been involved with the IT department here at Crandall? A: As of September, it is year 9.

Q: What is the strangest thing that someone ever came to see you at IT for? A: There was a certain professor once, and there was a wire that was not fitting in a port on their laptop and they Q: What exactly is it that you offer as services to the forced it in anyway. They came to us and said that it students of Crandall? wasn’t working, and it had been hard to get in. Turns out it A: Well, I have this gift of being able to cut through and was the wrong port. It completely ruined the cord and the hopefully fix things. What makes me happy and what I hope to offer is the ability to send them out the door with a laptop. We just looked at it and kind of shook our heads. It should have been a simple plug and play, but they created fixed machine at a very cheap or next to nothing price a whole new port and ruined the thing. We still joke about because university students of course don’t have much it to this day. money. As a Crandall employee, I try to help work everybody’s issue out with a smile and serve as best I can in accordance to how God wants me to treat people— which can be a challenge in the IT field because you get a lot of irate people blaming us for the machines not working. Sometimes you just have to be a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen to until you can fix what they need fixed. I try to keep it a very warm and welcoming environment—my favourite bible verse is posted on my

Q: If you were ever to attend Hogwarts, what house would you be sorted into? A: I don’t know the houses that well, but I’m a lot like Ron, so I’d probably be in whichever one he’s in.

Campus Concepts Danielle Reimer

s Attention residents of Colburne House. We are living in a prison.

Well, kind of. You’ve probably noticed that, a while after the beginning of the semester, the door to each wing rather abruptly started locking once the brief hours of open dorm passed oh so quickly away. This, first of all, creates problems and inconveniences which tend to result, rather comically, in people forgetting their key cards and having to furiously text friends and acquaintances looking for someone to rescue them. Or, failing that, lurking forlornly outside the door to their wing and hoping someone will happen by and let them in. More seriously, though, this locking business happened without warning. Apparently, the RAs didn’t even get any warning. It just...happened. Now, it’s understandable, even admirable, that Crandall has decided to put a higher focus on security and such things, but no one was told. There was just, all of a sudden, one day a change in the cosmos and people started getting locked out of their wings. And they do have all of our emails on a nice big list. They gave us those emails. It wouldn’t be hard to type a few lines and send us an email stating their intentions and even giving a few reasons behind it. A similar problem was had with open dorm hours. When the changes were announced at the beginning of the semester, namely that odd gap between four and six, it took a fair while for the returnees to Colburne to get used to. Again, even the RAs seemed caught off guard. And, while we did sign a contract to live here, which implies certain responsibilities on both our end and the universities’ end, the RAs are actual employees of the university. They, if no one else, should be notified if their job description is going to change from what they signed on for.

Crandall Poll Curtis Hoyt Date mistakes that WON’T get you your ring by spring. Relationships at Crandall are a staple to the authentic ‘Crandall Experience.’ However, not all relationships are going to last. Hopefully though yours will last longer than the first date. We surveyed the student body to find the most common mistake that guys and gals might make on their first date.

The Crandall students, known for the “ring by spring” stereotype, have unlocked the secrets to this phenomenon. Specifically, the worst thing to do on the first date has been revealed: talking about marriage. The people have spoken, and this is the “winner” when it comes to the worst possible mistake to make on the first date. Yes, the purpose of dating is to find the one, but bringing up marriage on the first date might mean that the person you are with won’t be the one. It’s an easy way to scare someone off that’s for sure! I mean, it is very important to discuss marriage with the person you are dating, but there is a time and a place for that… and it’s not the first date! A close second was not planning anything for the date. This could lead to sitting in a car and having awkward conversation (possibly about marriage) and a very short date. Again, this technique won’t result in a ring by spring. I hope you take note of this advice because if you do, you too could have your ring by spring. Good luck out there! 5

To be a part of the next poll be sure to visit our facebook page to vote.

Soma Church

Zach Paget

I love being a part of the Crandall family! It is such a blessing to see how God is working in my life and others lives at Crandall. This semester I really feel like God is trying to teach me the importance of family and is showing me more and more what it is to love like Jesus. I have to say, loving like Jesus is basically impossible. I’m not perfect like Jesus and “family” are stupidly hard to love most days. So I ask God, “Um…Dad…how am I supposed to love like Jesus? Its like pretty much impossible.” The funny part, which seems to happen a lot when I ask God questions is that I don’t get a response. I’m finished praying I open one eye expecting an angel to appear in my room and be like “One prayer delivery/answer for Zach.” No! I open my eyes and nothing happens. Then I mope for a minute and wonder if I asked God the right way or something dumb like that. After a couple of minutes however, God reminds me of something that seems to always slip my mind. He already gave me an answer and it’s laying on my nightstand. Grabbing my Bible I then begin to sift

through the Gospels and read of Jesus’ perfect love. It’s amazing to read the stories of miracles Jesus performed out of compassion and a love so incredible it beat out sin forever. I stop reading and realize loving like Jesus can’t be done without as much compassion as Jesus. What I think God was teaching me is Jesus-like love has to be practiced again and again because no one will ever be able to get to what I like to call “level Jesus”. I think that’s why it is called “love LIKE Jesus” not “love as Jesus loved period” Another thing that is important to remember is to have patience, easier said than done obviously, when trying to show this love and compassion to family and others. Sometimes, when I’m in the school or hanging out, I have all of these examples of Jesus’ love and I still can’t manage to get it right and I’m like “Ahhhh…sooooo hard” but it’s OKAY! God is showing me and teaching me that it takes practice! It’s like playing a sport, you get better each time you practice. If you get frustrated during a game you need to have the patience to get through it and hit the gym the next day. Try it out! Go the extra step of encouraging someone, befriending someone, or even just talking to someone. I pray you feel God’s love for you and that you share it.

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SHALLNOT destined, and magically, or even divinely preordained by a magical or Divine Hand, just for them.

Who We Are Shallnot to fulfill the vision as laid out will be a forum and an opportunity for students to express their ideas through all forms of prose and poetry. Works will be edited only through conversation with the artist. Censorship will be based only on brevity and vision. -Austin Jones.

Black Sheep I was always the odd one out.

All except the Black Sheep. The Black Sheep. She is alone. Always. She grazes a little slower, and she frolics, she frolics through life a little slower, the Black Sheep… always. Always and ever tripping over weeds and ruts, ever tripping, stumbling, and dragging. The Black Sheep. Have you any wool? None for the black sheep…. Never for the Black Sheep.

On the outside looking in.

The Black Sheep, she was standing among a lily white flock, duplicates, all alike, though different enough to be (deemed) different, single file following the dedicated Shepherd.

The Black Sheep would never ever taste the sweet weeds or the sweet greenery of the valley of destination, of happy endings, there, there to where the flock was ever proceeding, ever proceeding to go. Never for the Black Sheep… it seems, and seemed.

All except the black sheep.

The Black Sheep.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, with nothing to give. No weeds or wool, none for the master, or the dame, or not so much as a barren woolly soft mitten scrounging for the little boy who lives down the lane. She had nothing to offer the world anymore, it seemed, not so much as a speck of wool, her worth in the whole world, it seemed, none for the Black Sheep. There was no reason to live anymore in this white soft sheeped-ewe-topia, in this white sheep world anymore, it seemed, she ever felt, ever

The Black Sheep.

She stands alone. She grazes a little slower, and she frolics a little slower, she frolics through life a little slower, the Black Sheep… ever treading through the green fields, the ever green pastures of life…. Trying ever so hard, with every speck of her being, to keep up in steadfast pace with the flock and their proceedings, and to their destination and destiny of a supposed happily ever after, a supposed ewe-topia pre-

deemed, it was not worth it anymore, not even wool, not for the Black Sheep, never for the Black Sheep. The Black Sheep. The master, the dame, and the little boy who lives down the lane alike, all tried to aid her, soothe her console her, lead her along through the night of strife, to the Shepherd to lead her, to the valley, to the place she belongs. Someday, somewhere o’er the horizon, o’er hill or o’er dale, someday…. She will follow the Shepherd ever patient, ever guiding, ever loving, slowly, but ever steadily at her own careful, destined pace, looking out o’er the mountain, into her very own destiny that is just for her, her own valley, her own love, and her own ewe-topia. Baa, baa, Black Sheep. The Black Sheep. I look out into that lush green pasture, bleating and eweing echoing, serenading in the distance. I smile at her as I brush a blonde strand of hair out of my eyes, as I continue about my day. I shall be like her. I shall be like that Black Sheep. Baa, baa Black Sheep. The Black Sheep. - Ainsley MacTavish-Hawkes

Who I Am Am I to be dumb, To gain the affections of one? If I am smart Am I to have the affections of none? Am I to be a princess And sit on a pea To gain my Prince That sees me with glee?

I am not a princess And I don’t sit on peas I’ll tell you who I am If you will sit down please I am too clever To bite a poison apple In fact I would be the one Who gave the princess the sample Does this mean That I must give up my wits To hug a man And give him a kiss? Will a man Take my scam Still love me And take me as I am? - Hannah Lynn

Poetry Contest Update I am delighted to report that we have had a wonderful response to our first poetry contest. Nov. 11th was the deadline. We have moved on to choosing the winner. The winner will be announced in the December 2nd issue of The Beacon and will win a Crandall Onsie (or an equivalent prize from the bookstore courtesy of the CSA). Due to the magnitude of the prize we have assembled a panel of distinguished faculty and students to judge. Dr. Abram Steen, Dr. Greg Maillet, Jen Maillet, Kirk Middlemiss, and Samantha Williams will lead the judging process. The winning poems along with honorable mentions will be published in the December issue of the Beacon. - Austin Jones

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