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Shine weekend to let high school girls experience college life Macy Sliman, Staff Writer If the campus seems a bit busier from Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, don’t worry: it’s just the 160 girls visiting the campus. Last year saw the start of a new event called “Shine.” This event is specifically geared toward sophomore, junior and senior high school females. Once a year, these girls are invited to spend the weekend on campus in a dorm and experience college life. The entire campus, including every department, is involved in this weekend in order to make the visiting girls feel welcome in a foreign environment. As part of the Shine experience, girls are hosted by current female students, which allows them to get a feel for the dorm lifestyle. While staying on campus, the young ladies play icebreaker games, sit in on classes, meet with alumnae, attend the Intramural dodgeball games, participate in craft night, attend a formal dinner and end with a closing devotion. This event is used as a recruitment tool as well as assisting the girls to have an idea of what they want to do when they graduate. Freshman Bethany Calvert is one of the girls who was influenced by last year’s Shine. “The Shine Girls Weekend is when I decided that SNU is where I wanted to be,” Calvert said. “I loved how friendly every one was
Freshmen Bethany Calvert (left), Meagan Green (middle) and Katie Goodman (right) pose during the 2012 Siren. Calvert and Green attended Shine weekend in February 2012. Photo by Kira Roberts.
and the way SNU supported getting involved on campus. My favorite part was getting to go to the Children’s Hospital and visiting with SNU Alumni.” According to Laura Kessler, head of Shine event planning, this year’s setup is similar to last years. There are minor variations in the schedule from last year, as well as different alumnae that the girls will be meeting. These differences were made with the hopes that the weekend would be less scattered and more
organized for the girls involved. These changes are projected to be more successful and hopefully to help create a stress-free learning environment for the women in attendance. There will be a few girls returning in hopes that they will find the activities as helpful and enjoyable as last year. Even though last year was Shine’s début as a regular scheduled event, it was deemed extremely successful. There were a total of 100 girls in attendance and over 30 of those
girls are now attending SNU as freshmen. This year there had to be a cutoff at 160 girls with more on the waiting list. Not only did this event increase the female attendance at Shine, thus an increase in enrollment, but it also increased the male attendance at College Days and hopefully in enrollment as well. The school hopes to continue putting on this event each year so that more young women can be encouraged to further their education here.
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Repair work underway for pipe leak and brick movement Brad Crofford, Editor-in-chief
In recent weeks, students may have noticed a large ice patch on one of the brick paths near the fountain. SNU Facilities Management has dug a large trench in the area in order to repair the leak that caused it. James Manners, plumbing supervisor for Facilities Management, said the leaks were possibly the result of the plastic in the pipes responding to temperature changes since they were installed in 1999. The fountain was emptied as the leak was being fixed. Facilities Management began digging the trench on Friday, Jan. 18. Manners estimated on Wednesday, Jan. 23 that while the leak could be fixed within the next few days, the process of filling the trench, stabilizing the ground, and replacing the bricks could take up to a couple of weeks. “I would hope that it will not take that long, but as with most things, it depends on what other urgent situ-
ations might come up before we get this one completed that could pull us away,” Director of Facilities Management Ron Lester wrote in an email to The Echo. The pipes provide the fountain with well water, and the repair work on the pipes should not affect other areas of campus, according to Manners.
Another recent change in Centennial Plaza that students may have noticed is the presence of blue beams on the outside of the Beaver Science Building. “These steel columns are a remediation measure to correct an issue of movement in the brick veneer,” Lester said. “We considered options of full replacement of the ve-
neer with window systems, which would have used these columns as design elements anyway, but we could not afford to do the full replacement at this time. We chose to use the columns that will at least correct the issue for now, and could potentially be left in place and used in the future full renovation of the existing Science building exterior.”
James Manners works on the leaking pipes on Wednesday, Jan. 23.Photo by Brad Crofford.
Long-time professor to direct master’s program at Indiana Wesleyan Brad Crofford, Editor-in-chief Long-time faculty member Dr. Sylvia Goodman has left SNU in order to accept a position at Indiana Wesleyan University. Goodman has held a variety of positions since arriving at SNU in the fall of 2001. She was originally the program director for athletic training education. She became the department chair of kinesiology in 2006 and the dean of business, education, and kinesiology in 2012. In reflecting on her time at SNU, Goodman identified some of the most significant personal and professional aspects. “One cannot come to a community like SNU without developing some deep and lasting friendships,” Goodman said. “Friendships are the heart and sole [sic] of life.” The professional successes during Goodman’s time here include developing the athletic training education program and receiving two success-
ful accreditation reviews. This has led to more students interested in the field. As of fall 2012, there were 175 students enrolled in traditional programs in the kinesiology department, according to the 2012 Fact Book. “Because of the growth of Athletic Training, we saw great expansion of the Pre-PT and OT programs. The Kinesiology department nearly doubled in size,” Goodman said. Katelyn Schultze, a senior athletic training major, described Goodman as her professor, adviser, and campus mentor. “She taught me not only in the class room how to be the best athletic trainer I could be, but she also taught me many many life lessons,” Schultze said. “She reminded me all the time that she was praying for me and my future and she also enContinued on page 5
Dr. Sylvia Goodman. Photo from Sarah Roberts
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TheEcho January 25, 2013 Page 4 Obama should do more by attempting less in second term Brad Crofford, Editor-in-chief This past Monday marked President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term as president of the United States. As I sat and watched the event on my computer, I was surprised by Obama’s inaugural address. After all the drama surrounding the fiscal cliff and the tragic school shooting in Connecticut, I expected to hear an appeal to Republicans in Congress to work with his administration in a bipartisan fashion, or perhaps a veiled scolding to GOP obstructionism. Instead, Obama delivered an ambitious speech that touched on numerous key issues, including controversial ones. His speech alludes to gun control, gay rights, immigration, and income inequality. While I am excited about some of the subjects that the president brought up in his address, I worry that the agenda he has laid out in his inaugural address may be one that is simply impossible to implement over the course of the next four years. There are a few different scenarios I can imagine. In the first scenario, Obama attempts to tackle all of these issues, from gun control to gay rights. Republicans in Congress resent this, and as a result, the partisan stalemate of the last four years continues. The nation lurches from one
media-fueled crisis to another. This is a competitive scenario in which the midterm elections are critical. On the one hand, it is possible that Republicans will come out en masse to repudiate what they consider to be a radically progressive agenda, and they take over the Senate and keep the House. On the other hand, it is possible that progressives will be energized by Obama’s apparent plans to greatly advance their cause and will thus strongly support him in the election, leading the Democrats to make gains in Congress. Regardless though of whichever party wins the midterm elections in this scenario, our nation loses. There is a second, better scenario. Thus far, it seems when a divided Congress since 2010 has tried to do significant things like solve our spending addiction, it has ended up doing almost nothing. Instead, perhaps it should try to focus on small issues for a while. For the first year, let the government focus on less divisive issues. Even if it can only make small improvements, this is a building block for bipartisanship. Of course, I recognize that this would be incredibly difficult to do politically. After tragedies such as
that in Connecticut, there is so much emotion and commotion at the national level that the slow pace of reasoned reform seems impossible. Emboldened by the president’s inaugural address, it would also be difficult for proponents not to push for immediate reforms in such areas as immigration and gay rights. I think a more measured pace with greater compromise would be well-advised. Since I have started college, it seems the nation has been continuously moving from one crisis to another, whether the BP oil spill, the economic crisis, the debt ceiling debates, mass shootings, Hurricane Sandy, the fiscal cliff, or countless others. Indeed, some of these, such as Hurricane Sandy, were beyond
the government’s control and required immediate action. Others, however, seem to be the result of an irresponsible and unreasonable unwillingness to compromise on the part of one side or the other. Obama was right when he seemed to advocate compromise in his address, saying “We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.” I wish the best for President Obama and our governmental leaders over the next four years. I hope that in their eagerness to accomplish too much they do not inadvertently end up doing too little Instead, I hope they do more by attempting less.
The White House in spring 2012. Photo by Brad Crofford.
You can help The Arrow’s staff capture the school year Audra Marston, Arrow Editor It is that time of year again; time to pick a new yearbook editor for your school! And it could be you, or that guy who was in that thing, or even the girl in that class. Being a yearbook editor is about having a desire to help you and your classmates remember their college days and giving
their great grandkids something to look back and smile (or laugh) about. I was selected as the Arrow editor for this 2012/2013 school year and have found it truly rewarding as I have learned so much about the awesome people on our campus and enjoyed capturing and preparing to share some of this year’s highlights.
You don’t have to have yearbook experience to apply for yearbook editor. Do you enjoy photography? Design? Writing? Going to all kinds of fun events? Leadership opportunities? This opportunity is for you. I only worked one semester on the Arrow staff before becoming editor. These past few months have been
a great time of learning for me and have really forced me to push myself and proven to be rewarding as things come together. The job of editor is important, but there wouldn’t be a yearbook without the collaboration of the entire Arrow staff: photographers, Continued on page 8
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Prehistoric legends: The first interactive column I’ve ever written Professor Jim Wilcox, Guest Writer
In this day of choices – how we want a television program to end, how we want to travel while still having a buffet available, what color our new car can be – it’s now time for me to attempt a column in which you, the reader, can choose which topic you’d like me to write about. Here are your choices: o Gossip from the faculty lounge o My summer vacation o My Christmas Break o My college GPA o If I knew then what I know now Just fill in the dot of the topic you’d like me to write about, using a #2 pencil. Wait five minutes and that topic will appear. (If this doesn’t work, quit trying. It won’t fix itself.)
Five minutes............ Four minutes........... Three minutes........... Two minutes........... One minute........... •If I knew then what I know now. I know now what I knew then: you would choose this topic because A) you are full of anxiety about a current crisis; B) your freshman comp assignment next week is “If I knew then what I knew now”; C) you have no moral objection to plagiarism; D) your parents’ advice just ain’t working for you. (See there? More choices) Lesson one: “Love at first sight” applies only to pizza toppings. I must have had 14 sightings of 14 “perfect matches” with 14 “perfect women” that turned out to be
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music ever written and performed was written and performed during my college years. (You’ll think the same thing one day.) Lesson five: Bad eating habits learned in college often begin a lifetime of bad eating habits. Midnight Chinese food-runs in our VW Beetle during finals week are now just the “midnight Chinese runs.” Lesson six: At some point, reading will once again be fun. Lesson seven: Tests never stop. They just get more important. Lesson eight: Noses and earlobes never stop growing. Hair and hip joints do. Lesson nine: Class reunions are every semester put me in the hospital every Spring Break. I’d like to very frightening. Lesson ten: College years are the have those four weeks back. Lesson four: I now know the best best of your life. little more than 14 FEMA disaster relief sites. Lesson two: Living with a roommate is no training at all for living with a spouse. My roommate used to agree with me once in a while. And Al never hid my keys, wallet, glasses or winter sandals. Lesson three: Nobody has asked me about my college GPA in the last 40 years. Striving for grades
Choose which topic you’d like me to write about
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Long-time professor to direct master’s program at IWU, continued Continued from page 2 couraged me to go after my dreams. She would never let me just give up and settle for anything less than the best that life had to offer me.” Goodman has also left her mark on campus amenities. In 2006, the fitness equipment in Broadhurst was
purchased through a collaboration between the kinesiology department and Leisure Services, led by Goodman and Profesor Stephane Shellenberger, respectively. “I have truly enjoyed (and loved) my students. SNU has a wonderful faculty and it has been a great personal pleasure and honor to work
with these great colleagues,” Goodman said. Goodman will be the program director for IWU new master’s degree program in athletic training, as well as assisting in the development of IWU’s new Health Sciences Center. She reports that her transition is going well.
“It has been amazing to see the hand of God at work,” Goodman said. “Transitioning to another area of the country can be difficult, however any obstacle has been moved out of the way at lightning speed. The Lord is meeting needs in my professional, personal and family lives.”
STORMSPORTS TheEcho January 25, 2013 Page 6 Baseball season is approaching quickly
Kira Roberts, Layout Editor It’s finally baseball season! Well, almost. The guys’ first game is on Friday, Feb. 1 at home. With the weather slowly starting to warm up and the semester still just getting started, getting outside for the games is the perfect way to spend an afternoon. First baseman Nate Bidelman said, “We are a lot more solid on defense this year and can hit like nobody’s business.”
Cody Nelson is a junior playing outfield for the Crimson Storm. “We hope to finish near the top of our conference and make the NCCAA postseason,” Nelson said. Nelson mentioned that the switch to the NCAA conference is keeping them from making postseason play in their actual conference, but said that they can still have a postseason
through the NCCAA. “Coach expects us to give everything we’ve got when we step between the lines,” Nelson said. Bidelman also said, “Coach Framel wants us to live by ‘attack or be attacked.’” The twenty-five-player roster and three coaches have worked so hard for this upcoming season; make sure to show up to as many games as possible to show your support!
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Keeping your New Year’s resolutions in 2013 Ronna Fisher, Assistant Editor
For many, a new year means a fresh start. It is a chance to reflect on the past: the good, the bad, the ugly—to refocus your goals or priorities. Many times this opportunity materializes through New Year’s Resolutions. According to statisticbrain.com, a few of the top ten resolutions for 2012 include: lose weight, spend less, learn something, quit smoking, and fall in love. To some, resolutions are a tradition. They are a chance to evaluate your life and look toward the future with specific goals or priorities in mind. Some people laugh off New Year’s resolutions as just a chance to set a goal you know you will never meet. SNU junior, Tesica Starkey, explains that she never makes New Year’s resolutions. “I never make them . . . I just don’t want to go out of my way to make a list of goals for an entire year; I would rather focus on the present because who knows what is actually going to happen in the upcoming year,” Starkey said. In fact, it is not very common to find someone who does meet a resolution. The New York Daily News reported on Jan. 14 that “Just 28 percent of those who make resolutions actually succeed in them, and 46 percent never get started.” Multiple conversations with SNU students have found that they are no different. “I feel that resolutions are not very productive. You should not wait un-
til a certain part of the year to start a new healthier habit,” freshman Grace Williams said. While students may not make resolutions, they do make sure that goals are a part of their lives. Williams discusses things she wants to be better at this year. “I want to read more nonfiction books, make all A’s in my classes, and have better relationships,” Williams said. Although many people struggle with keeping their resolutions, research shows that they are useful. “People who explicitly make resolutions are ten times more likely to attain their goals than people who don’t explicitly make resolutions,” life coach Serge Pregel wrote on proactivechange.com. Noelle Thorson, sophomore, understands how fear can hinder
They’re a good way to start the year with a fresh and positive perspective. someone from reaching their goal and be very discouraging. But she also explains what a great feeling it is to reach a goal. “My nephew, who is three, was watching my brother and his friend play a game,” said Thorson. “When my nephew asked to play,
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he quit after just a few tries and state, ‘I can’t do it.’ It made me realize how much more difficult the task at hand is. When we persevere, though, the end result is so rewarding. It may take some extra work, and it may not be easy work to get it accomplished, but once it’s done you feel so good about yourself. New Year’s Resolutions do that for me.” Forbes.com has provided tips for keeping, making, or reaching your New Years goals. They suggest creating specific plans to achieving the goals. Also, make sure the resolution is important for you, and that it is something you truly want to do. Most importantly, be realistic and positive about the goals you want to reach. Williams agrees that the best way to keep a resolution is to make sure it is realistic. Starkey suggests
breaking up larger goals. “Although I don’t have any experience in this matter, it seems like a sensible approach would be to focus on meeting a piece of a goal each day,” Starkey said. “A resolution stretching across the entire year can seem unrealistic, but if it’s broken into smaller goals each day or week, it might seem more attainable, and progress will be made.” Do not be afraid to try, even if you think you may fail. The year 2013 may just be the year you finally get all A’s or the year you are finally fiscally responsible enough to put gas in your car when you need to. Whatever the goal, Thorson says it is “a statement of a new beginning.” Starkey agrees, “For some people they’re a good way to start the year with a fresh and positive perspective.”
I have a confession I must make up front, because you deserve full disclosure. First, I have never read the original novel; I have only seen the musical and now the film. Second, Les Mis is one of my favorite
stories, and this review will be extraordinarily biased because of my dear love for it. That being said, allow me to describe to you what I
Jake’s movie review: Les Miserables
Jake O’Bannon, Columnist
“To love another person is to see the face of God.” What a simple message, yet one filled with such life and truth. These are the words at the end of the epic story that is put to screen
in Tom Hooper’s 2012 version of “Les Miserables.” Originally a novel by French writer Victor Hugo, the screen adaptation is everything but simple, but it is filled with majestic life and truth.
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You can help the Arrow staff capture the school year, continued Continued from page 4 copy editors, business manger, illustrators, and those who do a bit of everything! Capturing an entire school year is a big undertaking and it takes a team. The Arrow staff can always use another set of talents and perspectives. Even if you think you aren’t ready to take on an editorship, you can get involved by joining the staff – either for course credit or for fun. All of this to say, being your yearbook editor has been a blessing to me and I highly recommend applying for the position if you have any
interest at all. Applications are due February 15th by 5pm. You may contact Melany Kyzer for more information. The position comes with a scholarship and you must have completed at least 3 semesters of college and have a GPA of 2.5 or
higher to apply for editor, but anyone can join the staff and gain experience. The Arrow staff could still use help to finish up this year’s book. If you have any interest in helping, even part time taking pictures at a
few events or writing some captions, contact me (Audra Marston) or Rhonda Crutcher for more information. We’d love to have you! What ever you do, I hope you each find a place on campus to get involved and make some amazing memories.
Jake’s movie review: Les Miserables
Continued from page 7 believe is one of the most beautiful films in recent history. Let’s get the bad news out of the way at first. This is a long movie – two hours and thirty-seven minutes in fact. Furthermore, it is not a film for the weak of heart. There is moment after moment of pain and anguish portrayed through the lives and stories of a number of different characters. And in what has become the most reoccurring complaint about the film, the entire story is told through song (and Russell Crowe is not exactly a “JoshGroban-type” if you know what I mean). That characteristic might throw a few people off. Other than that, there is not a lot to complain about as far as I am concerned. The central character of the story is Jean Valjean (played by Hugh Jackman). Valjean is a former convict who has been released after nineteen years of slavery, originally being jailed for stealing a loaf of Editor: Brad Crofford Adviser: Melany Kyzer Content Editor: Kendra Nixon Layout Editor: Kira Roberts Assistant Editor: Ronna Fisher
bread for his starving family. When Valjean is freed, he finds that this type of freedom is not what one would expect when one hears the word. As a former convict, he must carry around papers wherever he goes, warning people of his past imprisonment. This freedom is no freedom at all. One of my favorite moments in any work of film or literature comes when Valjean has an encounter with an elderly bishop – a bishop who happens to be the only person that will take him in for the night. While in the home, Valjean wakes in the night and steals some silver from the home and flees. He is caught by soldiers and brought back to the bishop’s home. Rather than telling the soldiers that Valjean did indeed steal the silver, the bishop gives him his most valuable silver – two candlesticks – claiming that Valjean forgot them when he left. This is one of the greatest examples of grace I have ever encountered. Never in
film have I more clearly seen an example of God’s unfailing grace. This moment becomes a turning point in Valjean’s life as he takes on a whole new identity and lives a life for others, giving all he has as the bishop once did for him. His first and most significant act is by taking over the care of a young girl named Cosette (Amanda Seyfried), who becomes an orphan after her mother Fantine (Anne Hathaway) passes away. Let me take this moment to tell you that Anne Hathaway was beyond incredible and is a lock for the Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Though she is in only a small portion of the film, her performance will stay with you long after it is over. The story continues by showing Valjean and Cosette growing older, eventually concluding with the death of Valjean in old age. As I listen to the soundtrack of the film, I hear the song “One Day More,” which includes Valjean singing the
words, “this never-ending road to Calvary.” Many find Valjean’s story to be a sad one. Many feel that his life was just what he said – a neverending road to Calvary. I cannot argue with that thought. Yes, Valjean lived a life of pain and anguish. He went through trials and tribulations. But in all of that, he stayed true to his promise to be a new, grace-filled man. Valjean found his redemption in death as he was rewarded for a faithful life by a life of eternity in Heaven, as portrayed through his taking by the angel of Fantine in the final scene of the movie (A.K.A. the part where you will need your Kleenex box). Critically, this movie received mixed reviews. Though it is nominated for Best Picture, many were not as kind as I in their reviews. Nevertheless, I believe this is a one-of-a-kind movie experience, and it is a chance to see in person, through the life of Jean Valjean, what it means to say the words “To love another person is to see the face of God.”
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