Football is just around the bend In a year where Southern Nazarene University announced that they will be moving from NAIA to NCAA Division II, we saw conference championships, impressive winning streaks, national tournaments, upsets, and heartbreak. Read more on page 7
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Human Rights Awareness Week raises important topics As SNU students, we have the opportunity to get involved in Human Rights Awareness week, made possible by the SGA Student Ministries council. Read more on page 3
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Southern Nazarene University – Bethany, OK (405)491-6382 John Pistole visits Bethany campus to share testimony and advice
Jaclynn Gray, staff reporter thing, therefore we must represent Christ in all es: “How do I apply my faith to my job and As students entered chapel on Apr. 14, it was that we do,” Pistole said. my employees, and how do we detect things, to almost like entering a security zone, or being at Pistole also noted the importance of accept- keep America safe?” the airport when someone famous arrives, with ing forgiveness and accepting the fact that we “This is the world we live in, and I must inSecret Service men, police and bodyguards all all need to be forgiven. corporate what I believe in and my morals with surrounding one person. While his resume is a mile long, and he has the best way to protect the United States of John Pistole, a graduate of Arizona State had many trials and tribulations, Pistole said he America,” Pistole said. University, is a former Deputy Director of the lost sight of God during college when he let Pistole concluded his speech with four Federal Bureau of Investigation. drinking and partying take over his purpose. points he feels have helped him become a betPistole currently serves as the Administrator This caused him to have a car accident in which ter Christian and better businessman. of the United States Transportation Adminis- he broke his neck. First, pursue excellence in all you do. Second, tration, a position to which he was appointed Acknowledging the fact that he was lucky to use your God given talents to create options, by President Barack Obama. be alive, Pistole realized that it was time to get the more the better. Third, be flexible and al“He is a man who serves everybody equally,” back on track, and to let Jesus forgive him for low God to work in your life, and finally, be SNU President Dr. Loren Gresham said. the mistakes he made. intentional and focused on faith while commitAs Pistole approached the podium, he began Every day he faces his two biggest challeng- ting yourself whole- heartedly. by saying he also had to sit through chapel twice a week, not by choice. He did, however, list meeting his wife in Bible class as one of the benefits of attending a Christian school. “My wife has changed me for the better,” Pistole said. Pistole’s father, a pastor, raised him in a Christian home, and Pistole accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of 12. “I’m very fortunate to have the upbringing I was blessed with. It definitely made me the man I am today,” Pistole said. His message Apr. 14 was not about what his life is like working for the TSA; it was about being open to change and taking any chance to engage in opportunities given, and to give God the honor and glory. When it comes to faith and practice, Pistole gave this advice: make ministry a part of daily life and combine what is learned in the Before speaking in chapel Apr. 14, Mr. John Pistole meets with President’s Ambassadors junior Camerann Fry, senior pew on Sunday mornings into daily life. Erin Fitzgerald, senior Rhea Woodcock, junior Travis Vernier, senior Megan Liebold, and junior McCall Adams. Photo “We are each uniquely called to do some- by Kendra Tompson, Media Strategies Team
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14 KILLED AS BLAST RIPS THROUGH MOROCCAN CAFE
At least 14 people were killed and 20 injured Thursday -- most of them tourists -- when an explosion tore through a cafe in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, the state-run news agency said. Initial clues gathered by investigators indicate that the blast is the result of an attack, according to the Maghreb Arabe Presse, citing the Interior Ministry. cnn.com
STORMS, TORNADOES RAVAGE SOUTH; AT LEAST 249 DEAD
Dozens of tornadoes ripped through the South over Tuesday and Wednesday, killing at least 249 people in six states as they flattened homes and businesses in the deadliest outbreak in nearly 40 years. msnbc.com
SNU students participate in successful OIL weekend Brad Crofford, staff reporter From Wednesday, Apr. 13, to Sunday, Apr. 18, ten students from SNU competed in the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Legislature (OIL) at the State Capitol. OIL is a statewide, student-run, mock government that replicates various aspects of government for five days each semester. Students compete in the Senate, House of Representatives, Moot Court, and a Journalism program. SNU had six students participate in the Senate, three in the House, and one in the Court. SNU’s delegation met weekly on Tuesday nights throughout the semester to prepare for these five days. SNU’s delegation was very successful at getting legislation passed. Despite the fact that there were far more bills submitted by the various colleges and universities than could be heard, SNU was able to get six of its twelve bills passed by either the House or Senate. Sophomore Tim Rice wrote a bill designed to help combat child prostitution in the state of Oklahoma that passed in both the OIL House and the Senate, which subsequently overrode the Governor’s veto.
“I learned that it takes a lot of work to turn a good idea into good legislation, and I’m very thankful that my peers in OIL helped me cre- Tim Rice, sophomore, poses outside of a food bank, during the OIL ate good service project of fall 2010. Photo by Brad Crofford legislation through their amendments, their delegation member, SNU came in support, and their questions,” Rice second, behind Oklahoma State said. University, but ahead the UniverAnother major part of OIL is a sity of Oklahoma, Oral Roberts day of service, during which OIL University, and Oklahoma City members participate in service University. projects and a canned food drive. Overall, OIL as a statewide This year, SNU’s OIL delega- organization donated over 2,200 tion partnered with Alpha Lamb- pounds of food, the most in the da Delta and SGA to help collect organization’s history. cans for the Mid-Del Food Pantry. Students can participate in OIL Between SNU student contribu- simply as an activity, or OIL can tions, as well as some contributions contribute one credit hour class. from Bethany First Church of the Those interested in joining for Nazarene’s University Group stu- the fall of 2011 can contact either dents, SNU was able to donate ap- Dr. Bob Lively, faculty sponsor, or proximately 342 pounds of food. Brad Crofford, SNU delegation Because the food drive com- chairperson, for more informapetition is based on pounds per tion.
Cabinet discussions lead to budget cuts, reallocations Abby Johnson, staff reporter and Mary Haikin, acting Editor EXXON PROFIT UP 69 PERCENT AS GAS AND OIL PRICES BOOST TOP FIVE OIL COMPANIES
Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell today reported first-quarter profit increases of 69 percent and 30 percent, respectively, from the same period last year. With rising gas and oil prices, analysts expected the five biggest oil companies -- with Exxon as the largest -- to report that they are swimming in revenue. abcnews.com
In a March cabinet meeting, cabinet members voted in favor of approving a 2011-2012 university budget that would result in re-allocations of the general fees fund. The re-allocations affected the Arrow yearbook budget, the recreation space fund, and the student union fund, and totaled 5.3 percent of the general fees fund. The Arrow will receive 9.4 percent of the general fees paid by students next year, as opposed to its former share of 11.7 percent.
According to Dr. Scott Strawn, Vice President for Student Development, the re-allocations will go toward the funding of compensation changes, increased health care costs, the academic restructuring of the university, and the Student Service Program. “The budget did get cut for the Arrow, and was re-allocated to another program, but this reallocation is an opportunity to help support students in service learning,” Provost Dr. Mary Jones said. “We re-allocated the student fund to fund the Student Service Program, which allows students
to serve and volunteer throughout schooling at SNU,” Jones said. The re-allocations were finalized in March, but were the result of hours of deliberation within monthly cabinet meetings. Arrow adviser Marcia Feisal estimates that this re-allocation will reduce the Arrow’s operating budget by approximately 20 percent. “In the 21 years that I have been the Arrow faculty adviser, we have not only operated within our budget every year, we have also delivered every yearbook during the school year,” Feisal said. continued on page 3
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Human Rights Awareness Week raises important topics Abby Johnson, staff reporter Americans tend to go about our days without realizing how fortunate we really are to have been, for the most part, born and raised in a free country. While millions of children and even entire families going to bed hungry each night or living below poverty levels, it can be hard to realize conditions like this exist all across the world. SNU students have the opportunity to get involved in Human Rights Awareness week, an opportunity made possible by the SGA Student Ministries council. “Through this event, we intend to raise awareness and educate people about human rights issues around the world,” Carson Calloway, Student Ministries Executive, said. Each Awareness week has a different theme, and this week, students are being given the opportunity to raise their awareness on issues of poverty and hunger. “We don’t just want to raise awareness, we want to provide a way for students to get involved and somehow engage the issue, giving them an opportunity to get involved in the solution to the matter,” Calloway said. With the event scheduled to take place the last week of April, students are encouraged to get involved. By getting involved, students can help bring about a solution to these issues that are affect-
ing our world, and can also take advantage of the ministry opportunities this event presents. “We want to help students get involved in ministry, and help them develop a passion for helping others,” Calloway said. Through commercial and personal donations, money will be raised to contribute to this world crisis. “There is no specific monetary goal, but there will be the 30-hour famine and spades tournament to earn money for the cause,” Calloway said. Along with allowing students to get involved, and to engage in a possible solution to this devastating matter, this week’s goals include simply raising awareness. “Our goal is to help students achieve a greater awareness of the realities of poverty and food shortages around the world,” Calloway said. Because world hunger and poverty are gradually becoming more prevalent, any contribution to a solution is necessary.
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Congratulations to the 2011-2012 Student Support Services Peer Mentors: Jeremiah Black Esther Edington Nick Mills America Noriega Kevin Noriega Kailiana Odom Emilee Richburg
Strawn hopes this situation will put the Arrow staff into a position where they will maximize revenue and control expenses. “I think the Arrow has been responsible with their budget; these changes weren’t made based on any irresponsibility on the organization’s part,” Strawn said. Jones agrees. “With the total reallocation being only 2.3%, the re-allocation wasn’t meant to be a punitive thing,” Jones said. “As we look across the campus and even other campuses as well, the Arrow is one of the few yearbooks that is funded by institutional funds,” Jones said. “While students enrolled at SNU don’t have to pay for a yearbook, we still have hundreds being leftover and students not even taking yearbooks that we have printed,” Jones said. Jones and Strawn suggest that the Arrow take a second look at how the staff makes decisions regarding pages and color use, in order to con-
“We all should desire to be engaged in the world at large and to be informed about issues going on and to help be a part of the solution,” Calloway said. As students have the opportunity to participate in a week like this, the hope is not only to further those desires, but also to help raise awareness about these issues, so that a solution for these devastation matters might soon be found.
tinue operating on its decreased budget. In recent years, the Arrow has supplemented its budget by selling printed advertisement space within the yearbooks to parents, churches, and districts. Feisal has concerns about the Arrow’s budget. “In 2009, the yearbook was 232 pages and the 2010 and 2011 yearbooks are 192 pages. With a significantly lower budget allocation for 2012, even deeper page cuts will need to be made. We’ve already tightened up the budget drastically since Dr. Scott Strawn took over as the VP of Student Development,” Feisal said. “From his first days as the VP, he has told me that our budget is too large, so the 2010 and 2011 editors have been restricted to fewer pages in order to produce a book within the money allocated from the General Fees,” Feisal said. The final budget will be presented to the Board of Trustees in May and finalized at that time.
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What you’re about to witness is real. I do not make these up! Professor James Wilcox, guest columnist From the realm of the obvious: “Over a million child deaths are recorded per year due to unhealthy kids.” (The millions of others survive because they’re healthy.) “The effects of obesity can be devastating with most of them having the capability to be devastating.” (And some of the devastating effects are clearly incapable of devastatingnessityment.) “I hope you and our wife are doing OK.” (I’m OK. My wife is OK. If we are indeed sharing a wife, I can tell you she’s anything but OK. And do you happen to know where she is?) “Most of the professors know their students by my name.” (Isn’t that weird? They ARE all named Angel, pronounced with a hard ‘g.’ That’s so true. I never thought of that before. How odd is that?) “One student asked if I would eulogize his wedding.” (“Dearly beloved, we are here today to bury…errr…I mean MARRY these two corpses…errrr… I mean LOVEBIRDS.”) “He’s in school majoring in finance or economics and he plans to Hitler or Napoleon look like babies.” (I think this student needs to organize his class notes better. Business, history, and biology are confusing enough by themselves.) “No one should have to go through abuse of any king.” (Especially the ones in the Middle East.) “All of these problems can be revolved so the couple can heal.” (Dizziness heals all wounds.) “The hose of hope uses federal guidelines.” (They’re from the same manual used as Gitmo.) “Many people have that many (150) friends at this school, let alone family and friends outside school.”
(Hundreds of friends and family? Really? Shouldn’t some of them be dead by now?) From the realm of the impossible: “Some schools have meddle detectors.” (And rumor monitors.) “A fare number of them make it out, often with metal problems.” (I’m sure they can iron out some of those.) “Test subjects were spilt into two groups.” (One group in root bear; the other in Sodexo salad dressing.) “Because the meniscus in 74% water it is a very good shock observers.” (My neurosurgeon is a very good meniscus observer. Not really shocking, but I like him anyway.) “Paranoia can cause suspension of others.” (People who are hanging upside down cannot stalk me.) “We must never take love for granite.” (Love is hard enough as it is.)
“The sabateur quickly unfolded 2 policemen.” (They’re not called ‘flatfoot’ for nothing.) “I was the sweet Sunday School girl in hoes and a dress.” (“Now, children, it’s time for the parable of the Lost Mustard Seed. Get out your garden tools.”) From the realm of the moronic and oxymoronic: “Even churches need to get evolved.” (Which church does Tyrannosaurus Rex Tullis attend?) “We can’t change the fat that students are stretched so thin.” (Hmm, is that a fat?) “This process might be done cautiously or sub cautiously.” (Spelling might be done hastily or super hastily.) “They just need to take percussions.” (Learning to play drums might be done cussionly or sub cussionly.) “Sorry about all the concussion.” (My head is so confused!) “Human trafficking hotlines get a phone call from a man clamming to have been confronted.” (It’s hard for men to confront their own crustaceans.) “Friendships are staying in tacked.” (Mine are staying in Staples.) “Bare with me on this.” (As I always say: “Grin and bare it.”) “The way he describe girls was kind of pevasive.” (We just need to learn to bear with him.) “A young and innocent by-standard wondering and stumbling upon something to mature for them to handle.” (Oh, the irony!) “Have you ever had a roomie that was just too hard to bare?” (Yessirree Bob. He only borrowed every sweater I own and wore them all at once. I could never bare him.)
Comic courtesy of Google images.
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It’s not a cliché Kelly Hall, Editor-in-Chief
niors, had a case of senioritis and Counting down. It’s a part of would have given anything to be our every day lives. We watch the done and move on with my life. clock and count the minutes until That day, of course, came, and class is over. I found myself here at Southern We count down the days until Nazarene University. I couldn’t the weekend and the months to our favorite holidays. I remember having Christmas countdowns the week before Christmas growing up, which often seemed like the longest seven days of my life. On a larger scale, we count down the last minutes of keep track of the number of times the year to watch the ball drop in people said this phrase to me during Times Square. my freshman year: Thanks to countdown tools on “Enjoy every minute of your four the Internet, we can count the days years in college. It will go by faster until weddings starting the day of than you think.” the engagement. Quite frankly, I thought this was Four short years ago, I was just another cliché and took the adcounting the weeks till graduation vice with a grain of salt. I couldn’t from high school. I, like most se- have been more wrong. Looking
“I made mistakes but learned and grew from them.”
On the hunt for jobs The dire economic situation and its effects on national unemployment are weighing heavily on the minds of the current senior class, for whom the post-graduate years are fast approaching. As of September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics placed unemployment at 9.6 percent, and a recent Gallup poll found that those aged 18-29 are fairing even worse, with 15.8 percent actively seeking and failing to find work. Clearly, these are tough times for all, but recent college graduates are particularly disadvantaged, with too many qualified applicants and too few entry-level positions. It would be easy for students and recent graduates to feel frustrated and betrayed, as students often view a college education as a prudent investment toward a successful future. Despite our ambitions, this is not always the immediate reality. Most students in four-year institutions have invested enormous amounts of time, effort, and money into their educations to ensure that they would have the skills necessary to be competitive applicants in the job market. Our parents were able to anticipate a clear path from college to career. Though our paths are less
back, these have been the best (and shortest) four years of my life. I made friendships I know will last forever. I chose a major and career path. I made mistakes but learned and grew from them. I learned what it means to have a real relationship with Christ in my every day life, and I learned more about myself and grew more than I ever knew was possible. Even so, I spent many minutes of these four years counting down to the next day, the next week, and even the next year. Coming up to the last weeks of school before graduation, I find myself wanting to slow down time instead of speed it up. Why do we spend so much time counting down? Maybe we are placing our focus on that one thing in the future. Maybe it’s all
we have to get us through certain days. What I am realizing now is that every moment is here to be cherished. Even if I don’t count down the days until Saturday, it will still come, and I might even pay more attention to the things that happen between now and then. So many moments in the past four years have left me with priceless memories I will always carry. It’s the minutes that people took to talk to and invest in me that made the biggest impact on my life. Be present in the moment, and you will be surprised what you get out of it. Hindsight is 20/20 (another cliché). I know you have heard it before, but cherish every moment you are here. It goes by faster than you think. Trust me.
The Heights, Boston College via UWIRE clear, their ambiguity frees us from the idea that there is a clear divide between college and the gain experience while working toward their “real world.” ultimate goal. The idea of a career has drasti cally changed during our lifetime, and students should no longer expect to spend their entire professional lives in one field. It’s easy to become pigeonholed in college, but the world encourages students to broaden their horizons and investigate other options that would utilize their skills sets in different ways. There are jobs out there, and your skills will be needed, but the search will just require more effort than it would have in previous years. Until your goals become clear, there should not be a stigma attached to spending some time after graduation to explore options. Young adults can volunteer, seek advanced degrees, or explore the country or the world. This is the time when we are discovering where our calling lies. This is a process that will never look the same for two different people. Comic courtesy of Google images. We realize that it may be unhelpful or even Students who might have been expecting to overly simplistic to tell students to work harder, immediately begin their careers in highly com- to think more creatively, or to discover the unpetitive fields directly after graduation will discovered, but there is no advice that will reneed to think creatively about other ways to place your own ingenuity.
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Education reform Brad Crofford, Echo columnist
During his 2011 State of the Union address, President Obama emphasized the need to improve our educational system in order to “win the future,” stating, “We know what it takes to compete for the jobs and industries of our time. We need to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world.” There have been numerous differing ideas suggested to improve our system. As a missionary kid, I have attended many different types of schools. I have gone to three secular private French schools in West Africa, two public schools in the U.S., and one private Christian school in Haiti. These different experiences have provided me with a few general ideas about possible changes that could benefit American education, the most important of which I describe in this article. Not all subjects should be given equal weight.
Tim Rice, Echo columnist There is a sign hanging on one of my professor’s door that says, “Monolingualism is a disease.” If that is the case, this nation is lagging behind in a vital health statistic. For centuries we’ve been putting concerns about this educational health crisis aside; but like any disease, getting rid of it will improve how we live. Our current methods are not working, especially in this state. Most students do not take another language until high school, and when they do, only a few classes of foreign language are required to graduate. Instead, we should adopt a model like Iceland’s. At first glance, Iceland would seem to
When I attended a public middle school in Ida- time we spent in each class varied based on its ho in the 7th grade and a public high school importance. in Bethany, Oklahoma, from the 9th grade For example, in 6th grade I would have five through the 12th grade, all of my classes were hours of French, four hours of math, four hours of English, four hours of sports/physical education (mandatory for everyone every year), four hours of history/geography, three hours of science/technology, one and a half hours of art, one and a half hours of music, and a few hours of study hall where teachers were available for study help every week. It seems that recently in American education, science and math have been described as the main areas where American students are falling behind. Instead of teaching to the test or making tests easier, states should consider switching to a week-based system. This would allow students to spend more time in essential core Photo courtesy of Google images. classes like English, math, and science. given an equal length of time each week. HowElectives like newspaper, yearbook, speech, ever, when I attended a private French school debate, theater, organized sports, and home in Cotonou, Benin, we followed a weekly economics all have benefits for students, but schedule instead of a daily schedule. they should not be given equal amounts of What this meant is that instead of having 50 class time; they can best be handled by smaller minutes a day in both core classes (like Eng- time allotments of class time on a weekly basis, lish) and electives (like debate), the amount of supplemented by extracurricular participation.
be the last place to look for a good foreign language teaching strategy. Icelandic is one of the few languages in the world that has actually lost loan words over the last 200 years. It is general practice to name new concepts by stringing already existing Icelandic words together, and many Icelanders like that their language is “pure.” Though Iceland is a nation where schoolchildren are required to study at least one other language beginning in the second grade, this has given Iceland a major advantage on the world stage, even though as a country it has only about 300,000 people. We should go a step further and
begin teaching other languages in kindergarten. The human tongue and speech apparatuses are very much memory muscles, as anyone who speaks another language knows. By teaching basic phonetics early, this nation could surprise the world with native-sounding speakers of the world’s languages. The positive effect that speaking the local language well has on a situation is amazing. Something else that we must do in our educational system is to start the necessary transition to a better orthography. English reading and writing are described as hard because they truly are. There
are systems of writing like the Quick script alphabet that can be mastered in a month will half the effort and space to use as our halfbaked orthography. Imagine how much work and cost could be avoided if children in this country were fully capable of writing and reading before the second grade. At first, replacing the long-entrenched system we use now will seem hard, but it is worth the effort we, our generation, can put into it—no more dyslexia and much more time to focus on what can be learned from reading, not how to read. We can be the ones to make that happen.
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SCORE BOARD Baseball @ Mid-America W 8-6 vs. Oklahoma City L 1-14 @ Ottawa (DH) W 10-4, L 5-14 vs. Rogers State L 2-11 @ Rogers State (DH) L 3-4, L 5-8 Softball vs. Oklahoma Baptist (DH) L 0-1, L 3-8 @ Mid-America Christian (DH) W 10-0, W 3-0 @ Oklahoma City (DH) W 3-2, L 0-9 vs. Hillsdale Baptist (DH) W 16-0, W 27-2 vs. Langston W 8-0 Women’s Tennis @ Newman W 7-2 @ Nebraska Wesleyan W 8-1 @ Bethel (Kan.) W 9-0 Men’s Golf @ Domick Hills GC 905 (7th of 10) @ Cherokee Hills GC 874 (3rd of 10) Women’s Golf @ Heritage Hills GC 685 (4th of 7) Results and scores at sports.snu.edu
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Recapping a year in SNU athletics Foster Biggers, staff reporter In a year where Southern Nazarene University announced that they will be moving from NAIA to NCAA Division II, we saw conference championships, impressive winning streaks, national tournaments, upsets and heartbreak. It seemed like every time a new season came around, another team was turning heads and impressing the SNU community. “I thought our year in athletics was overall a good one. I could
have wished for a better performance in the Directors’ Cup rankings, but we still have golf, tennis and softball to score some points for us in spring sports,” Dr. Gresham said about the overall performance of SNU athletics this year. The Directors’ Cup is an award given out to colleges a n d univer- Women’s soccer makes it to quarter finals of Conference s i t i e s Tournament. Photo by Brandon Saddler with the most suc- winning ways going into the 2011 cess in collegiate season, where they will face major athletics, and SNU is challenges playing at Mid-American on the right track to Nazarene and Northwestern Oklareaching this award. homa State. In the fall we saw the Men’s and women’s soccer both SNU football team had average seasons, and both have one of their made exits early in the conference best seasons in the tournament, but both teams had teams short history winning percentages above .500 in as they won seven conference play, and both teams games and only lost were extremely young and had four. But with big to deal with multiple key injuries wins over Langston, throughout the season. With exTexas College, and perienced players coming back for Bacone, the SNU both teams next year, look for these two teams to bounce back. Men’s Basketball made it to the National Tournament in football team is lookMarch. Photo by Sara Eguren ing to continue their SNU athletics continued on page 8
BASEBALL vs. Oklahoma Christian (DH) Saturday, April 30 1 p.m. SAC Tournament @ Plainview, TX May 4-7
SOFTBALL @ Lubbock Christian Saturday, April 30 p.m. SAC Tournament @ Oklahoma City May 6-7
TRACK AND FIELD @Pittsburg State University Saturday, April 16
MEN’S GOLF NAIA National Championships @ TPC Deere Run May 24-27
WOMEN’S TENNIS NAIA National Championship @ Mobile, Alaska May 17-21
WOMEN’S GOLF NAIA National Championships @ Links Hills GC May 17-20
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TRACK Gerrod Coney Del City, Oklahoma Freshman
Nickname Coney Interests & Hobbies Drawing and music Most Prized Possession Family Three Words that Best Describe Me Funny, hungry, athletic
Once fall turned to winter, all eyes were set on two teams; men’s and women’s basketball. Both teams had amazing seasons as they both were ranked inside the national top 25 throughout the entire season, both teams had huge wins over conference rivals, and both teams won the conference tournament. But when it was all said and done, both teams were missing something: a win in the national tournament. “Of course expectations were high for our basketball teams. My guess is that nobody was more disappointed that their seasons ended
a few days before they had hoped than the coaches and players on those squads,” Gresham said. SNU basketball has no need to hit the panic button though as the women’s basketball team is not losing a single player, and the men’s team are losing a few key players like Xavier Alexander, AJ Thomas, Kyle Boen, and Clement N’Gom, but SNU has plenty to choose from to fill their shoes. Though we have covered basketball, football, and other sports, hands down the most impressive team this season has to be the SNU softball team. This team is 40-11
and has a winning percentage just over .780. At one time this season they raked up a 16 game winning streak, and have been ranked inside the top 10 nationally this season. While golf, track, tennis and baseball have all had their fair share of wins this spring, the softball team has been the underdog that broke through and shocked everyone. “I appreciate the good work done by our student-athletes and their coaches and trainers. I wish our spring sports good finishes in the next few weeks, and am already looking forward to the 2011-2012 year in athletics,” Gresham said.
plate, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs and a run scored. Katie Turner went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored as well. Jordan Simmons (19-4) gave up just two hits and walked just one while striking out four as she
coming in hard from third. Stewart tried to hold up coming down the line. The Lions’ catcher tried to fire down to first, but when it hit Jones’ helmet, the ball ricocheted away from plate to allow Stewart to score. The Storm made it 2-0 in the third when Amy Madden ripped a double to right center to score Katie Hale from first. SNU added three in the fourth to lead 5-0 with all three coming off a Hale double to left center to score Keli Billups, Shanna Buckles and Turner. SNU put it away in the fifth with three more. The first two came off an errant play by Langston before Turner’s single into left scored Kara Crawford to invoke the run rule. The Storm close the home season with a 19-4 record inside the Cypert Athletic Complex and have now won six of the last seven. SNU will now travel to St. Gregory’s for a 2 p.m. doubleheader Thursday, before closing out the regular season, Saturday, for a 1 p.m. doubleheader at Lubbock Christian.
Cleaning the house Sports Information BETHANY, Okla. — It may have taken Southern Nazarene a few innings to get going, but by the fourth, SNU got the bats rolling as cruised to an 8-0 win over Langston, Tuesday afternoon.
One Word That Describes My Coach Different If I Could Have Any Superpower It’d Be Teleportation to get out of tight situations A Non-Athletic Talent I Possess I’m good at Michael Jackson Experience on Wii Biggest Fear Drowning As A Child, I Dreamed to Be A music artist What Motivates Me The fear of being a failure If I Could Be A Type of Food, I’d Be Mexican food Pet Peeve I hate when people drive slow in the fast lane Best Memory Winning State my junior year
Softball shuts out Langston. Photo by Sara Eguren
The Crimson Storm (41-11) had just two runs in the first three innings before scoring three each in the fourth and the fifth to score the run rule. Katie Hale was perfect at the
earned the win. SNU scored the first run of the game on a Langston error with Aubrey Jones at the plate. Jones looked to be attempting a sacrifice squeeze with Daphne Stewart
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Storm golf team takes third Sports Information CATOOSA, Okla. — The final day’s scores were indicative of exactly how the tournament and this year have gone for the Sooner Athletic Conference. Just nine strokes separated the top five teams in the final round as No. 8 Southern Nazarene finished where it started the day; in third place. The Crimson Storm shot a 297 in the final round, just five shots back of No. 2 Oklahoma City, as SNU totaled an 874, 16 shots back of OCU’s 858. The Stars were eight strokes ahead of No. 1 Oklahoma Christian, who finished in second, but OC took the top individual honors as Preston
Wilkins won the SAC Championship. Wilkins shot an even 210 firing rounds of 66, 72 and 72 on the par-70, 6,637-yard course at the Cherokee Hills Golf Club. Heinrich Frylinck took the top spot for SNU as he closed with a 218 total score after firing a 74 on the final day to finish in a tie for seventh. He was followed by Brandon Blevins, who vaulted into the top 10 with a 72 on the final day to finish just a stroke back at 219. Sam Russell and Johan Andersson finished two shots back of Frylinck as they both tied for 11th at 220. Russell shot a 78 while Andersson fired a 76 on the final day. Andrew Abercrombie tied for
25th at 226. SNU held off Lubbock Christian, who trailed the Storm by just one shot heading into the final round. The Chaparrals shot a 299 on the final day to end the SAC Championship three strokes back. SNU Head Coach Steve Hulsey was also named the Sooner Athletic Conference Men’s Golf Coach of the Year after his team finished no worse than fourth in eight of the nine tournaments they have played in this year. Southern Nazarene will now set its eyes on the NAIA Men’s Golf National Championship at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Ill., as play runs May 24-27.
Splitting the borders Sports Information BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene posted some impressive marks in a pair of meets this week venturing from the schedule. The Storm first took a trio of athletes up north to Tabor College Invitational. Travis Boyd qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Championship meet in the shot with a 15.63-meter throw, taking third. He also took third in the hammer throw with a 46.14-meter throw. Shane Heathcock won the pole vault by clearing 4.57 meters, and Jackie Stevens took third in the shot at 12.43 meters and fourth in the hammer throw at 41.09 meters. SNU also took a handful to the Texas Tech Open as Benson Chepkwony took fifth in the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:15.94 while Kentrell Miller ran a 51.06 in the 400-meter dash. The 4x400-meter relay team nearly qualified for the national meet with a 3:17.96 and took second just behind Texas Tech. Gerrod Coney, Rilwan Jimoh, Erick Ngeny and Spencer Berkley also combined to run the fastest time in school history in the 4x400. The time is also the 15th fastest in the NAIA this year. The Storm will now get set for the Southwestern Christian Relays set for Saturday.
TRACK Aubrianna Burroughs Hot Springs, Arkansas Freshman
Interests & Hobbies Racecar driving, pageants, sleeping Most Prized Possession Hair gel Three Words that Best Describe Me Spastic, bubbly, loud One Word That Describes My Coach Patient If I Could Have Any Superpower, It’d Be Ability to eat all I want and be really skinny A Non-Athletic Talent I Possess Ability to sleep for 48 consecutive hours What Motivates Me When people tell me I can’t do something Biggest Fear Death eaters As A Child, I Dreamed to Be A Power Ranger If I Could Be A Type of Food, I’d Be A Wheat Thin Best Memory My first track meet Pet Peeve Dirty microwaves
Men’s 4x4 break school record and 15th fastest in NAIA this year. Photo by Collin Whitsett
Favorite Quote/Verse “Be the pig.” -Morry Sanders
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End of semester signals beginning of summer adventures Kira Roberts, staff reporter The summers between college semesters are some of the best times for students to do things they may never have the opportunity to do again. For some this means traveling, but for others it means just relaxing and actually taking advantage of summer “break.” Besides many students who live close to the school and can go home often, summer is one of the only chances for others to go home. For Kat Biddy, this summer is her opportunity to do something out of the ordinary. She is working for a British boutique in London called GoBritish that sells high end products. She will be doing press releases, mostly communicating with American press. She wanted to do an internship in a big city and found Global Experiences, the company that helped her work everything out. “I’ve always wanted to travel and visit Europe and I thought now would be as good a time as any. It might be the only opportunity I get to do something like this,” she said. Biddy said that, in coming back,
she hopes to be more sensitive to different cultures and values. She thinks she will have a better perspective on how to understand people’s needs and how to approach them. This is something that can be gained by stepping out of comfort zones - no better time to do so than summer break. “I’m really excited to be in a country with so much history and being able to see the things I’ve been learning about as an English major. I’m also a bit nervous about traveling and trying to get from one place to another,” Biddy said. Biddy’s experience will be exciting, but she is not the only one who will find adventure this summer. So many students have big plans for travel and fun. For example, Stephen Brand, Piper Ramsey, Cindy Benton, and several other students will be working right here in Oklahoma at Camp Wow, and Laura Duce is traveling to India. In the midst of all
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the excitement, many students are simply staying at home with their families to work. While this is most likely a necessary option for poor college kids, the time away from stress and studying will likely be relieving. Congratulations to everyone finishing out the year strong. Have a great summer and do something you might not ever have the chance to do again. Relax, get tan, spend time with the family, and catch up with old friends, but try to do something out of the ordinary too.
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Campus views on intersection of faith and science Jared Evatt & Les Bennett, guest columnists We are both enrolled in an honors course that is centered on the relationship between religion and science, and seeks to understand the ways these two studies interact. One topic that we were presented in class was the issue that the modern church has had with accepting the ideas of evolution and the big bang theory. We both took an interest in this topic and decided to further research the above issue. As a starting point, we wanted to gain a better understanding of the general mind set of SNU students on this matter. Those of you who filled out our survey we thank you for your input; it was very helpful and greatly appreciated. The questions we have published in this article are just a few of the more revealing queries we tasked the student body to answer. The questions we asked the SNU student body sought to reveal the feelings most students had towards scientific ideas that have commonly been inappropriately set against the church. In addition, there were questions that sought
to find out how much information the student body had on ideas like evolution, and the big bang theory. This feat was accomplished in part by our open ended answer portion, where students were encouraged to leave comments on various questions to elaborate on their answers. Our results led us to the conclusion that if the sampled students were an accurate portrayal of the entire student body, a fair percentage are somewhat ignorant of the crucial data concerning ideas like the big bang theory and evolution. Keep in mind that ignorance is not the same as stupidity, but is merely an absence of knowledge. In essence, many students have not been explained the specific aim of the big bang theory, or evolution. Surprisingly, over 75% of the survey participants are at least open to the idea of a non-literal interpretation of the creation story in Genesis. Half of the polled students, however, believed that God created humanity in its present form within the last 10,000 years. Another 42% believe that evolution was a
Which of the following statements come closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings? a. Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but this was God’s method for bringing about human life. b. Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God had no part in this process. c. God created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so. d. Other
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tool that God used to bring humanity about. 36% of the polled students feel that evolution is not backed by scientific evidence. 64% feel that evolution is backed by scientific evidence, but only 45% accept evolution. For those who are curious about the ways to interpret ideas like the Big Bang theory, or evolution, one Dennis Lamoureux is the man to see. He is the Associate Professor of Science & Religion St. Joseph’s College at the University of Alberta, and one of the most well known spokespeople for a Christian-Friendly view of evolution. We were fortunate enough to have him speak on our campus a couple of years ago but for those of you who couldn’t attend, his views and presentations can be seen here at his webpage: http:// www.ualberta.ca/~dlamoure/. We want to encourage the students of SNU to have an open mind when it comes to touchy subjects such as these. Know that in the end, no matter what we believe, we are all God’s children.
FINE ARTS Stephen Brand
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Interests & Hobbies: Playing guitar, listening to music, going to shows and enjoying people’s company Most Prized Possession: My 57 year old Gibson given to me by my grandfather Three Words that Best Describe Me: Determined, chilled, caring Best Advice My Parents Gave Me: Love those who aren’t loved. A Non-Musical Talent I Possess: Playing defense on an 11-player soccer team As A Child, I Dreamed of Being: The President of Honduras I Would Like to Have Witnessed: Jesus’ Ministry Favorite Quote/Verse: “But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.” - 2 Corinthians 4:7-9
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