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WHO ARE ADJUNCT PROFESSORS
POLITICS TALK:
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On voting, third party validity and Christian discussion PAGES 4-7
NEW CHAPEL SERIES PAGE 8
WAITRESSING HORROR STORIES Students share tales from the restaurant floor PAGES 10-11
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THRILLS AND CHILLS: HALLOWEEN CLASSICS
FLATLINE PAGE 14
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MISSIONARY KIDS PROFILE PAGES 12-13
PENNY & SPARROW: DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? PAGE 15
PROFESSOR MO-JO SINGS JAZZ PAGE 18
ROOMING WITH TEAMMATES PAGE 20
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MORE THAN A GAME: INTRAMURAL SPORTS PAGE 22
STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY BOARD
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Why only soccer? Who are they? PAGE 23
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Kayla Williamson | Editor-in-Chief A question I’ve been struggling with this entire election is, “Does my vote count?” (Note the difference to “Is it worth it to vote?”) Does my vote count when mine and my mom’s votes will cancel each other out? Does it count when I live in a state where Trump has a six point lead? Does my vote count when I don’t even live in Indiana most of the year? I’m all about using your right to vote, but after interviewing 12 people (more than half of which are not voting) and researching until my vision blurs, I have yet to find a tangible reason to vote. Sure, you’ll feel good about yourself (you just participated in civil society, #adulting). But is the time and effort worth it to buy a stamp and wait for your ballot to arrive in the mail or wait in line for hours to fill in some circles? The amazing (and somewhat annoying) aspect of interviewing sources is they can say exactly the opposite of what you expect. I started this story (see pages 4-7) thinking everyone will want to vote because of all the public relations campaigns. (Iron Man and Lin-Manuel Miranda told me to vote, so why shouldn’t I?)
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What I didn’t expect was the majority of everyone we interviewed concluded the only way to effectively hate our current political system is to not vote. While my initial reaction was to vehemently refute the “my vote doesn’t matter” sentiment, it kept hovering (as Dr. Paul Patton says) in my mind. These people are well-researched and very opinionated—the exact opposite of how I thought a non-voter would be. Some are still voting locally and abstaining from the presidential election. I understand that logic. State decisions will affect you most. It will be their decisions that change your day-to-day life. I may not agree, but I understand. But what about not voting at all? It’s an interesting stance, one that is usually made out of
apathy. But for the people I interviewed, it’s a conscious, educated choice that I have come to believe is valid. It’s when you don’t care enough that it becomes a failure in civil responsibility. So, does your vote count? For the presidential election, maybe not. Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will most likely not change your day-to-day life. Clinton
will win Michigan. Trump will win Indiana. But local governments? Your politicians representing you in the Senate and Congress and interacting with the future president? Yes, yes it does.
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POLITICS TALK:
On voting, third party validity and how to iNTERACT WITH POLITICS as Christians Kayla Williamson | Editor-in-Chief
To Vote or Not to Vote – that is the existential question for this election
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s Nov. 8 rolls around, the United States has reached a milestone in voter registration. Tom Bonier, CEO of TargetSmart, a Democratic political data firm, said in a Politico article that over 200 million Americans have registered to vote. Yet even though 50 million of those voters have been added since 2008, some still choose to stay home.
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system, there is no incentive to vote. So what’s the point? Visiting economist Art Carden said there is a sacramental value to voting. People vote to participate in the moral community. Statistically, our vote does not count. “Criticizing voting is like saying communion is unhealthy,” Carden said. Despite the lack of gluten-free voting options, voting is an obligation that Mark Correll, chair of the history, political science and geography department, said remains a civil responsibility—not a religious or moral duty.
“Criticizing voting is like saying communion is unhealthy.” Art Carden, Samford University
“I feel like the two candidates are so far away from what I believe is morally correct, I just don’t feel like I could [vote],” senior Tylar Salter said. Students at Spring Arbor University (SAU) are torn – an individual vote does not change the results, and aside from the civic duty to participate in our government
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When the New Testament was written, democracy did not exist, he said. The Bible never mentions voting. Yet since President Ronald Reagan combined his vision of a Christian family with his political small government, the Republican Party and
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Evangelical Christian voters have had close ties ever since. “I don’t like this idea of a moral equivalence of saying well they’re both awful so I won’t personally vote,” Correll said. “In this situation
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I certainly want to support one over the other.” A Christian can vote for any candidate with a good conscious, he said. Both Presidents Jimmy Carter (D) and George W. Bush (R) were outspoken Christians yet came from different parties. Four years ago, the Republican Party nominated a Mormon as the presidential nominee. Any candidate can reflect Christian values, and Christians in turn can vote according to how they see fit. “I think people forget the privilege of voting,” senior Amanda Grimes said. “Democracy was something we were born into and a way of life. We didn’t have to fight for the freedom we relish today.” When you refuse to vote—to take action and voice your opinions—you lose your right to complain, Grimes said. Yet by not participating, junior Caleb Carson believes it still utilizes your voice. By not voting, he could be lumped with the lazy and apathetic, he said, but his lack of participation does not mean he does not care. “I agree that not voting isn’t enough,” Carson said. “But I think not voting paired with other forms of activism— that’s enough.”
Are third party candidates viable? A year and a half ago, senior Zach Barber’s father asked his U.S. Representative what it takes to be in politics. He told Barber’s father he had to sell his soul. “[He said], ‘You want to be a good person. You have all these values and morals you go in with, but you go in there and you see the beast for what it is, and there is nothing you can do,’” Barber said. “How incredibly disheartening is that?”
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Barber calls our current two-party system a one-party system. During the election each party has different platforms, yet as soon as they are in office, they do the same things, he said. Policy and action wise, every president pushes the United States in the same direction.
“Voting third party for me is a nonapathetic response to the problem of our current political system,” Barber said. “It’s saying I’m not going to not vote but rather to take a stand.” When third party candidates have very slim statistical chances of
winning an election, what is the point of voting for them? Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein, the two leading third party candidates, polled two to three percent in late September. “In a single election yes [they can influence the polls], but as a party with enough weight to upend either the Republicans and Democrats, that’s a very uphill challenge,” Correll said. One of the platforms for third party candidates is reaching the five percent. If a third party wins five percent of the vote, they will receive federal funding in the next election cycle, which can boost their influence. Third parties can play a big role like in 1992 when Ross Perot, a self-funded businessman, won 20 percent of the popular vote. Two buzz phrases in this election include “lesser of two evils” and “throwing away your vote.” When neither major party candidates align with your stances, where is the line drawn? “I don’t put myself with any political party, and I think that’s a trend with millennials,” senior Allison Lahrman said. “We look at things based on issue and vote based on the issue not on loyalty to a certain party. But it makes things complicated.”
how you say, “anarchy?” “Voting is the crown jewel of democracy, of a government by the people,” senior and self-proclaimed anarchist Kyle Reynan said. “We have a collective ruling of each other.” Reynan is not voting for entirely different reasons than logistical nightmares (he lives in Indiana) and apathy. As an anarchist, he believes the United States would be better off without a ruling body. So he limits his interaction with the government.
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In the last year, Reynan has researched anarchism more. He voted in the last election, but since then has discovered the different types of anarchy. He specifically believes in voluntarism, maximizing the amount of interactions between humans rather than involuntary or coercive actions. Voluntaryists, according to Reynan, evaluate everything the government does and decides whether that function is the best way to accomplish those tasks. “I’m always questioning, always going back,” Reynan said. “Every time I evaluate, I don’t think government is the right way to achieve peace, prosperity and wellness for everyone.”
how should christians interact with politics? As Christians navigating mud-soaked dialogue and ever-rising tension, politics becomes a hot potato that everyone either wants to discuss or avoid. In the midst of the races, Correll said, people become scared and the discussions turn to anger and fear. He encourages people to continue the dialogue in the next three years between elections. “Don’t sink into the vitriol that we’re going to hear no matter who wins,” Correll said. “You’re going to hear people calling them illegitimate, that they should be thrown in jail, that they’re fascists. When Christians participate in that we lose credibility.”
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Proverbial Fruits Spring Arbor Alumnus Presents Chapel Series Heather Clark | News Editor
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n Oct. 31, Spring Arbor University’s (SAU’s) chapel will begin a four part series given by one speaker. Howard Tryon, an SAU alumnus, will be delivering a message drawn from the book of Proverbs to teach students how to study the Bible. “My goal is that when I’m done, they [the students] will know how to study Scripture,” Tryon said. His message will address both the students and professors in the audience, but with a strong focus on millennials, using imagery and ideas that will be easily relatable for young adult college students. As a graduate of the Spring Arbor class of 1976, Tryon has returned to campus to speak before but has never delivered a full chapel series. In 1998, he delivered a message on prayer and, in 2008, a more general study of Proverbs. Each of Tryon’s previous speaking engagements at SAU consisted of
only one message during chapel. Later workshops for these lectures were done through the Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church, with any students who wished to attend. The chapel series, Tryon said, differs from these previous lectures in the necessary structure. “Every message connects to the previous, but newcomers need to be brought up to speed without boring returners,” Tryon said. “You have different people attending each chapel, but the messages build on each other, so the introduction needs to sum up the previous parts.” The four-part study is one in a series of twelve conference lectures, each four hours in total, that Tryon has prepared from the book of Proverbs. He has published several books on Proverbs and is also filming a video series of his lectures in which the chapel sermons will feature. PHOTO BY Andri Hill
“Howard has a masterful way of bringing Scripture to life,” Chaplain Ron Kopicko said. “This series, that we are recording and Howard will be editing, will be available nationally through his ministry, ‘Christian Actualism’.” This series is a unique event for chapel, and Kopicko stated that there are no plans at this time for a similar event in upcoming chapels. “Having someone come to do a series like this, who would be capable, would cost three to five thousand dollars,” Kopicko said. “Howard is doing this for me, at no cost other than to help with travels expenses.” For anyone interested in learning more about Tryon before his chapel series, his book “Praying for You” is available through Amazon and portions of some of his previous series are available to watch through Vimeo.
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hat is an adjunct professor? It’s a term many college students have heard, but may not understand what it means. Professor can be qualified as adjuncts under two different job descriptions that would qualify a professor as an adjunct. “An adjunct is a professor that comes in and usually teaches something that they’re an expert in,” Adjunct Professor Angel Kono said. “Another possibility is that there are just open classes that the professors don’t have load to fill, so the adjunct will come in and teach those.” Adjunct teaching is dependent on what the university needs in terms of staff each semester and each year. Kono also noted that she is considered an “affiliate professor” which is an adjunct that the university has recognized as contributing more time and effort . Sometimes that comes with additional responsibilities an adjunct wouldn’t have. With those different responsibilities also comes a variety of other activities. “I’ve spoken at the Feminar and I was the torchbearer for Arbor Games,” Kono said. “And I’ve spoken at different Bible studies and different events on campus and in Chapel, which, of course, I love to do.” Kono was brought on first as an adjunct in fall 2007 to teach a Core 100 class. In 2009, she was hired as an affiliate and has taught at Spring Arbor since then. She said that she filled eighteen credits her first year here, which is why she was brought in at an affiliate level.
There are both advantages and disadvantages to working as an adjunct or affiliate as opposed to a “full-time” professor. One of the disadvantages Kono talked about was that adjuncts are only on contract year to year, which means that sometimes, even after many years, a different professor will end up taking on the class to fill in their hours. “Your performance doesn’t guarantee you a class,” Kono said. “How many times students request you doesn’t guarantee you anything. You’re really kind of a low man on the totem pole.” One advantage for all professors, whether they’re adjunct, affiliate or fulltime, is that for every class they teach, they can also get credit that they can take classes for free. For Kono, this means being able to work towards a Masters in Spiritual Formation and Leadership as she has taught over 100 credits here. Another advantage is having more freedom. “The requirements that a full professor has, I don’t have to fulfill,” said Kono. “So research or speaking or writing, I don’t have to do any of that, which is nice because it frees me up to do what I love to do, which is meet with students and engage in their lives.”
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An adjunct is a professor that comes in and usually teaches something that they’re an expert in. Angel Kono, Adjunct Professor
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Waitressing SAU Students testify about working in the food industry Liz Pence | Staff Writer
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or freshman Noah Williams, the decision to work at a local McDonald’s was a matter of necessity. “I worked there just for the summer so I could pay for car insurance,” Williams said. Nearly four out of five college students work while attending school, most of them as servers in restaurants, according to a survey conducted in 2013 by Citigroup. The statistic applies at Spring Arbor University (SAU), where a good number of students work in food establishments outside and within campus.
He apologized to the customer. However, before he stormed out of the
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I had pickles in my hair and it wasn’t even my fault. Noah WIlliams, Freshman
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Caught In a Pickle Williams was entering the second week on the job at his local McDonald’s, anxious to perform well. “I was really nervous about pushing the wrong button or charging the wrong [amount],” Williams said. It was just when he had finally gotten used to the system when a customer placed an order for a cheeseburger. He watched through the window as the customer returned to his car and sat for a moment before reentering. “I was speaking to another customer when he came up and said, ‘Hey, there are pickles on my cheeseburger,’” Williams said.
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restaurant, the customer removed the cheeseburger from the box and threw it in Williams’ face. “I had pickles in my hair and it wasn’t even my fault,” Williams said.
Ten’s a Party Senior Theresa Tate worked at a grille & bar up in Mears, Mich. last summer. During a busy night, a party of
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ten entered the crowded dining room. When Tate finally cleared a table for the party, they informed her that there would be six more people joining them. Tate told the party that they would have to sit separately, as there was no space for a group of sixteen in the crowded dining room. “They threw a fit and left,” Tate said. “[It] happened as I was trying to get their drink order. “[Long story short], I wasn’t sorry to see them go.”
You’re Gluten on My Nerves Senior Hannah Snyder worked at a company called Mongolian Grill that features create-your-own-stirfry, where the customers fill up their bowls themselves to customize their dinner. One night, a group of four women entered the restaurant two minutes after happy hour had ended. “They were like, ‘Can we have our half-off wine?’ And I try to be nice to people, so I was like, ‘Sure.’ So, I already did them a favor,” Snyder said. They looked at the menu, and one of the women said she was allergic to gluten and soy. Snyder informed her that it was create-your-own, and that the woman could look at the food labels to ascertain for herself which foods had gluten in them. The woman ordered a salad and insisted
on the cooking staff making sure that it was gluten-free. “I told her that we didn’t do that. If she wanted to create her own salad at the salad bar, she would be able to know better than I would about what she can eat.” Yet, the woman still insisted on the cooking staff making sure that her salad was entirely gluten-free. “I was like, ‘You know, I’m here to serve you,’ so I went to my manager and said, ‘Well, I don’t know what has gluten in it.’ So, we were googling all the ingredients in her salad – everything,” Snyder said. However, there was dressing on the salad that the woman ordered, so Snyder returned to their table to confirm which types of dressing she
could eat. The woman didn’t know and then asked Snyder what were in the dressings. “She was a fifty-year-old woman, so I figured [she] would know if there was gluten in it. Mind you, this was a Saturday night, and I had five other tables,” Snyder said. She returned to her manager with the question, who then ripped off the label on the bottle of dressing for Snyder to give to the woman. “I was like, ‘there’s soy in this, so you might not want it,’” Snyder said. “Then she said, ‘I didn’t ask you if there was soy in it. I asked if there was gluten.” The quartet of women then stayed there for another hour, tipping Snyder around one dollar each.
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Horror Stories Dishing up Retrospection Noah Williams, reflecting on his stint as a cashier, has a newfound appreciation for people who work as servers in restaurants. “I think working in the food business is a lot harder than working in any other business,” Williams said. “Because in any other business, you have one person to answer to, and that’s your boss. Whereas working in the food business, everybody’s your boss because everyone is a customer. I just never want to work there again.”
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Features Elise Emmert | Staff Writer
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pring Arbor University (SAU) eventually have to uproot themselves Galloway, who is the Intercultural students hail from 22 countries and leave behind new relationships. Advisor (IA) of Gainey, is the leader other than the United States One of the main struggles, said of the new chapter. She hopes that Mu according to SAU’s website. This Parsons, lies in defining the idea of Kappa will be a valuable place for MK number includes 23 Missionary “home.” When home is not a physical students to find community. Kids (MKs), which is a subgroup of location, it can be hard to set down “The chapter gives you people that international students. roots connected to a physical place. you’re surrounded with that have the MKs are children who live abroad As a result, many MKs find same mindset as you,” Galloway said. with their missionary parents. They are community with each other. There “I think having a community around part of a larger group designated as is a bond between MKs, Couch said, you that understands what you’re going Third-Culture Kids (TCKs), who also because they all understand what it is through is really helpful.” fall under the international student label. TCKs are Different Stories, children and teens who Different Worldviews spend a significant amount of time in a culture other Not all MKs will spend We know what it means to live than their native one. the majority of their lives To learn more about someplace but to not really belong outside of the country they MKs and what their life are officially “from.” But even anywhere, and because of that, we is like for them on SAU’s short spans of time in another belong with each other. campus, The Pulse caught country can have an impact on up with three students at Erin Couch, the way MKs view the world. SAU who spent part of The main difference Sophmore MK their lives living outside the between MKs and people United States: sophomore who have never left the Erin Couch, who lived country, said Couch, is they in Kenya for three and have different stories to tell. a half years; sophomore And different stories create Catherine Galloway, who different worldviews. lived in Bulgaria for three and a half years; like to move halfway across the world For Couch, being an MK has made and junior Dane Parsons, who lived in and leave family and friends behind. her realize that while the world is big, it Korea and Honduras for most of his life. “We know what it means to live can also be very small. When she hears someplace but to not really belong news about things that are happening anywhere,” Couch said. “And because across the world, the people don’t feel Finding Community of that, we belong with each other.” so far away to her because she has family To give MKs an official and organized and friends back in Kenya. When their lives are shaped by moving from one community to place to connect and share their Parsons expressed a similar feeling. another, MKs have to find a way to experiences and struggles with each other, “Being an MK makes you see make meaningful connections with a new chapter for MK and TCK students the world as a bigger thing than just others without feeling like they will called Mu Kappa has started on campus. yourself,” Parsons said. “There’s a lot
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While most MKs are more than willing to talk about their life experiences and are happy people are interested in their stories, they don’t want being an MK to be the only thing that defines them as a person, Couch said. “We’re just people,” Couch said. “It can be tiring to be identified as ‘the girl from Kenya’ and not as ‘Erin.’” But MKs are not exactly like everyone else, Galloway said. Not being able to go home on the weekends or for holidays is an MK struggle that many other students are not sensitive to, she said. The transitions they go through in moving from one place to another are not common to other peoples’ lives, and other people can forget that MKs have different
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believes that as the global culture and our generation is becoming more traveled, identifying as being a part of more than one culture is going to become less and less of a phenomenon. “It’s more complicated than to say ‘I have one culture,’” Parsons said. “A lot of different things make me who I am.” Overall, MKs just want to be treated like any other person. This means not acting like their MK background is the only important part of them, or that it doesn’t matter at all. “We want [being an MK] to be a part of us, but not the only thing you see,” Couch said. “There’s much more to us than where we’re from.”
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going on that I still don’t understand.” But Parsons was also quick to say that between living overseas or staying in a small town your entire life, neither one is necessarily better than the other. “There’s benefits to both,” Parsons said, “but I’d definitely recommend to anyone who ever has the chance to go and experience other cultures.”
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Professors fail to notice students’ zombie costumes for Halloween Elise Emmert | Staff Writer
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o welcome the fall season and the holiday of Halloween, 37 Spring Arbor University (SAU) students donned zombie costumes and wore them to classes this past Wednesday. But their efforts to celebrate went largely unnoticed by staff and fellow students. Many of the participating students spent weeks planning their costumes, spending their weekends at thrift stores looking for ragged sweaters and jeans to fit their undead aesthetic. They practiced applying makeup to look like rotting skin and oozing sores until they had it mastered. “My roommate and I spent an hour applying gray death makeup this morning, and no one really said anything,”
one student said. “One person asked me if I had trouble sleeping last night, but that was it.” Students who participated in the zombie costuming spent their day shuffling and lurching around campus among the rest of the student body, attending classes as normal but acting like the undead. Many students spent their free time in the past month binge-watching “The Walking Dead” and similarly themed shows and movies. They focused exclusively on the actions of the zombies, taking notes on how to be convincing. “I’ve been practicing my zombie moan for weeks,” another student said. “But when I walked past people and groaned, all they said was, ‘Same,’ and ‘I feel you, bro.’” Most SAU professors were also oblivious to the change in their students. One professor, who had four zombie students in his nine-student class, said
he didn’t notice anything different about the class that day. “They were zombies?” he said. “They seemed about as lifeless as they usually are, so I had no reason to think anything was wrong. I usually get grunts for answers, anyway.” The only people who seemed to notice that anything had changed on campus on Wednesday were the Dining Commons workers. “We went through a lot more meat today, and a lot less silverware came through the chute,” said one worker. “I guess if they were dressed up like zombies, they would’ve just eaten with their hands.” The students are planning to try out their costumes another day in the near future. More information can be found on the SAU Students for Zombies Facebook page.
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Mary Sramek | Staff Writer
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enny & Sparrow is an indie folk band made up of friends Andy Baxter and Kyle Kahnke. Baxter and Kahnke were roommates at the University of Texas, Austin. It was during that time that Baxter and Kahnke formed Penny & Sparrow. Penny & Sparrow follows the pattern of folk bands like Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers. Their acoustic music is accompanied by their clever and meaningful lyrics. In their music, Penny & Sparrow humanizes characters and articulates human experiences. They accomplish this through metaphors and the telling of stories that are overlooked. Senior Cullin Morgan said he likes that Penny & Sparrow references popular stories in their music. Penny & Sparrow have songs based on characters in “Les Miserables,” like Eponine, Jean Valjean and Fantine. Penny & Sparrow also interprets the story of the Prodigal Son in their song “Honest Wage.” The stories told in their music make the listener rethink love or loss without making either seem cliché or small. They focus on brotherhood and friendship as well as romance. In an interview for the blog “Common Folk Music,” the duo said their songs are inspired by Swell Season, Sufjan Stevens, Mumford & Sons and Bon Iver. Their album “Let a Lover Drown You” is available online and the band will be in Ferndale, Michigan on December 2.
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Movie Review: A&E
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Michelle Bennett | Staff Writer
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erhaps one of Marvel’s most popular films to date, “Captain America: Civil War,” was more than just a blockbuster action film. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) has a unique way of drawing in audiences with the promise of wellchoreographed and directed action, while captivating the same audience with well-written scenes of conflict between family and friends. This film explores the guilt and anger-driven actions of the main characters while allowing laughter through compelling dialogue. MCU’s third installment of the Captain America franchise centers on Steve Rogers doing everything in his power to protect the only family he has left from one of his closest friends, Tony Stark. Conflict sets in early between Rogers and Stark with the introduction of the Sokovia Accords. The Accords determine which missions the Avengers accept and decline. Wracked by guilt over the events that happened in Sokovia at the end of “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” Stark agrees to sign the Accords along with Natasha Romanoff, Vision and James Rhodes. Due to his unpleasant experiences with government corruption and the belief the world would be safer in the Avengers’ hands, Rogers refuses to sign the Accords. Wanda Maximoff, Sam Wilson and Clint Barton agree with him.
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The conflict continues when James “Bucky” Barnes, Rogers’ best friend since childhood and his only remaining family, surfaces. Barnes is forced out of hiding when Baron Zemo frames him for the murder of the Wakandan king, T’Chaka, which sets up the introduction of the Black Panther, T’Challa, who wants revenge on the man he thinks murdered his father. Zemo wants to watch the Avengers implode as payment for the death of his family in Sokovia. He puts the Avengers at fault and provokes a civil war when it is revealed that Barnes, while under Hydra’s control
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as the Winter Soldier, murdered Stark’s parents. In attempt to validate their cause, Rogers and Stark recruit more heroes to their team. Rogers recruits AntMan Scott Lang and Bucky while Stark recruits Black Panther and Spiderman. These additions not only create more diverse fighting scenes; they also allow for some comic relief. Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” returned again to spearhead “Civil War.” Along with cinematagropher Trent Opaloch, who worked with the Russo’s on “The Winter Soldier,” the team set up a film with quick cutting action, emotional dialogue and the humor needed to balance the intensity of the film. In a letter Rogers leaves for Stark, he reminds him he’ll always be there should the Avengers need him, leaving fans wondering how this feud may bleed into “Avengers: Infinity Wars.” With Rogers forsaking his Captain America persona and the fragile relationship between Rogers and Stark, the ending left fans anxious for the next installments. The set up for both a Spiderman reboot and a Black Panther film has fans excited for the expanding stories and the Russos’ return to the director’s chair in “Avengers: Infinity Wars.”
Halloween Media You Must Consume The Halloween season is often incomplete without listening to eerie music and watching movies that highlight the haunted holiday. If you want to liven up the holiday and get a little spooky, here are some movies and songs to get acquainted with: Hocus Pocus Disney’s 1993 hit “Hocus Pocus” has become a cult classic. “Hocus Pocus” is aired yearly on Disney Channel and watched in millions of homes. In the movie, Sarah, Winifred and Mary are witches who feed on the youth of children. One Halloween, Max Dennison releases the witches in Salem. Dennison now has to fight to save an entire town on Halloween. Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton movies are a must-see for the Halloween season. While “Coraline” and “Nine” are fantastic, “Nightmare Before Christmas” represents both Halloween and Christmas at once. “Nightmare Before Christmas” follows Jack Skellington on a journey from Halloween Town to Christmas Town. Skellington tries to mix Halloween and Christmas, resulting in humor and a beautiful musical score.
The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Join Charlie Brown and the gang in preparing for Halloween. Follow them into the pumpkin patch and in (maybe) debunking the myth of The Great Pumpkin. The short film shows friendship, parties and trick-or-treating. It’s funny. It’s cute. It’s “The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown.” The Woman in Black “The Woman in Black” isn’t the family-friendly Halloween special, but it deserves a place on the list. The 2012 remake stars Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps. The film focuses on Kipps’ selling of a house that is haunted by a woman who lost her son. “The Woman in Black” is a period film that shies away from relationship tropes and tells the haunting story of a mother who lost her son. The film is dark and has jump-scares that fit the spookiness of Halloween. Charmed “Charmed” isn’t necessarily a Halloween program, but it does focus around three sisters who become powerful witches. The sisters then spend their lives fighting demons, ghosts, warlocks and other evil beings.
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Supernatural Follow the Winchester brothers around the United States while they pursue the family business. These brothers (and Bobby!) fight to rid the world of evil. What begins as following their father’s trail ends in two brothers reconnecting and saving people.
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Movies are great, but Halloween also has some great music. Put in the headphones and listen to spooky holiday tunes before dressing up.
Five Songs to Spook up Halloween:
~The Monster Mash ~Spooky Scary Skeleton (Remix) by the Living Tombstone ~Time Warp from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” ~Russian Lullaby: тили тили бом (Tili Tili Bom) from “Trackman,” a Russian film ~Thriller by Michael Jackson
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Professor Moore-Jumonville Emily Spencer | Staff Writer
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hough she was trained classically, Chairperson of the Department of English, Kimberly MooreJumonville, loves to sing jazz. According to her, she was not trained in jazz but sings it for fun simply because she enjoys it. Moore-Jumonville, began singing at the age of 15. She first sang at church and still does so now. She has sung at multiple different types of events including weddings and funerals. In college during the summer, Moore-Jumonville traveled with the Continental Singers, which is an orchestra and choir that travels across the United States. They started in California and made their way to New York. They would even fly to the British Isles and sing there as well. “It was really intense and we spent a lot of time together, every day together, and I loved that. It was like being with a
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team” Moore-Jumonville said. One great performance MooreJumonville has given was when she opened for Miss America, who was singing at a convention in 1985. She was a tour guide in Alaska at the time. She would occasionally sing during the tour, even conducting a sing-along with the tourists. She was then asked to sing by a corporation for their sales conference, in Vancouver, British Columbia. While there, she opened for Miss America. The next year Moore-Jumonville was flown to Las Vegas. She spent a week there with her brother. During that time she sang for the MGM Grand. Moore-Jumonville likes to sing with an accompanist or band best. One experience she enjoyed was when she had the opportunity to sing with the band at Andy’s Jazz Bar in Chicago. According to MooreJumonville, figuring out how to make the music is the fun part of singing. She has to decide how to shape the lines, which words will be stressed and which sounds will be heard most. “Interpreting the work, and making meaning out of it, and making art; that’s what I like” MooreJumonville said. She likes to think
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Interpreting the work, and making meaning out of it, and making art; that's what I like.
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about what human experience is being conveyed by the song. MooreJumonville always attempts to make the music into her own story. She likes to consider how she can make the song meaningful for her audience, as well as how they will experience it. She said of her audience, “How do they walk away being encouraged by it? That’s what I like about singing, really communicating something meaningful.” According to Moore-Jumonville, music is important not only because it communicates something meaningful, but also because it is easy to relate to. Music just comes to us. Moore-Jumonville’s favorite soprano, Kathleen Battle, once sang some lines that have held a lot of meaning for her. “In the air, over my head, I hear music. There must be a God.”
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Rooming with Teammates Friendships on and off the field Katie Shotts | Staff Writer
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oommates are a central piece in a typical college experience. When searching for a good roommate, qualities like similar interests, passions and goals should all be taken into account. For some students on campus, finding people with similar interests and passions takes nothing more than looking to their athletic team. Teammates oftentimes share similar schedules. Shoshanna Smith (pictured lower left), a junior thrower on the womens track and field team, said she appreciates the mutual understanding between her and her roommates. “It is nice because at the end of the day, we talk about how sore we are and what workout hurt us the most,” Shoshanna Smith said. However, sharing a room with a teammate may not be the best option for every person. Kevin Smith, a junior multi-athlete on the mens track and field team, has had both a roommate who
was on his team and roommates who were not. “I actually think rooming with someone outside of the team gave me a perspective on other things on campus and what to do,” Kevin Smith said. “It gave me more things to think about or experience.” Diana Dvorak (pictured lower right), a junior mid-long distance runner on both the womens track and field team and on the womens cross country team, had a similar perspective. “It’s so easy to get locked into everything track if I’m not intentionally reaching out to those on my floor, in my classes or working beside me,” Dvorak said. Some student athletes find the benefits of rooming with teammates outweigh the cons. Jacob Hoppe is a senior distance and steeple runner on the mens track and field team and mens cross country team who said building
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relationships with his teammates off the field by living together helps strengthen the bond on the field. “I love rooming with my teammate because I love my teammate,” Dvorak said. “That seems kind of silly and redundant, but I think there are values and struggles that come with it, just like there are values and struggles with any roommate.” Sharing a room with a teammate, or not sharing one, carries different weight for every individual athlete. The choice depends on a multitude of factors but, like most roommate situations, has the potential to create the foundation for friendships throughout the college years.
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he Student-Athlete Advisory Abbey Fuller, a junior soccer player, is a athletic department is already taking Board (SAAB) is a new program first year member on the SAAB. strides towards fixing this issue. being implemented by Spring “The first meeting went great,” “[SAAB] is a great opportunity for Arbor University’s (SAU) athletic Fuller said. “It was really beneficial athletes to voice their concerns in an department. This board, made up of because all of the athletes were able to effective and constructive environment student athletes representing every bring up things the administration was where coaches truly want to serve us sport available on campus, will serve as unaware of. It was a really comfortable better and meet our needs,” Bonn said. a liaison between the students and the and safe environment.” Not only will the SAAB be an athletic administration. Although the board has only held one effective form of communication The board was first established in meeting, between student athletes and the the fall of 2016 after mens basketball administration, but it is also helping coach and athletic director, Ryan shape and equip leaders not only on Cottingham, saw the the teams, but around campus as advantages other schools well. were gaining from “Being a part of the SAAB the program. Betsy will allow me to be a better Martinez, womens leader on my team, and on volleyball coach, campus in general,” junior serves as the board’s baseball player, Conner lead organizational Langerich said. The goal of the SAAB is to director. As the current The goal of the give student athletes a voice. National Association SAAB is simple: of Intercollegiate facilitate effective Betsy Martinez, Athletes champions communication Womens Volleyball coach of character liaison for between student the athletic department, athletes and stepping into this new role the athletic only seemed fitting. administration. “The goal of the SAAB is to The atheletes give the student athletes a voice,” have been on campus Martinez said. “We want to advocate for only three months, and for them and put together opportunities the SAAB is already making for athletes from all sports to develop improvements and changes to better and engage in community service.” serve the needs for the SAU athletic The board is comprised of one changes and improvements are already teams. student representing each team on underway. Abe Bonn, senior soccer For more information about the campus with varying class statuses, player and first year SAAB member, SAAB, please visit saucougars.com. Coach Cottingham, numerous SAU said many athletes brought up similar coaches and the Student Government concerns. Due to practice times, many Association athletic representative student athletes shared the struggle of Melanie Adema. The SAAB meets twice finding appropriate meals when the a semester to discuss all things athletics DC and Cougar Den were closed after and have already held their first meeting. training. According to Martinez, the
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Intramural Sports:
Camille Hunter | Staff Writer
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ith 330 sports stadiums in North America alone, sports have a way of bringing people together. Whether watching competitions or competing in them, participation in sports provides a great context for having fun and getting to know people. This is especially true on college campuses today, when before the 1850sat which point collegiate athletics were on the cusp of existence-there was little to no organized recreation. According to dictionary.com, the word intramural comes from Latin roots meaning, “within the walls.” The word embodies the concept of
competing within a campus, taking place within a single educational institution. Varsity sports, on the other hand, are intercollegiate, or “between colleges.” Spring Arbor University (SAU) boasts 15 intercollegiate teams within the Crossroads league, making varsity sports a driving force of the student body’s school spirit. But intramural sports can share that same enthusiastic nature. So, besides the free t-shirts for the winning team, what’s all the hoopla about these organized games? Many students who played sports in high school find that intramurals reconnect them with their love for being part of a team. Benefits listed by families.com PHOTO BY Patrick Knowles
include feeling connected by being in a group, energized by exercise and motivated by rivalry. Intramurals also connect people who otherwise may not know each other. SAU junior Alex Strickler said while intramurals help him build stronger friendships with the guys on his floor, he also finds that the games give him the opportunity to meet a variety of new people and encourage them on a competitive level. “Through intramurals I have gained a better understanding of what people’s strengths and weaknesses are,” Strickler said. “This helps me to understand how to work with them.” Not everyone participates in intramural sports. For the average college student, like SAU sophomore Lisa Bricker, it’s common to be buried in homework, especially on weekdays. She offered personal advice for people who want to fit intramurals in their schedule. “I try to get all my homework done before the game so I don’t have to stress about it,” Bricker said. “I put down times and dates of games in my planner so that I know I’m committed to going.”
To find the intramural schedule, download the SAU app. It has a section specifically for intramurals, complete with schedules and updates. For further inquiries about intramural sports or ways you can get involved, contact Patrick Knowles (patrick. knowles@arbor.edu).
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he Firm began with Spring “It’s easier for us to go to soccer games because of the stricter atmosphere. Arbor University (SAU) Alum games because it is outside and the “We are trying to make it to more Duncan Bone and a bass drum. game play is consistent, which makes games since we got all the recognition In 2001 Bone took his energetic attitude, drumming more fun since you get to last year,” Austin Prantera, junior bass drum and school spirit to a mens do it pretty much the whole time,” member of The Firm said. “But it’s soccer game for the first time to cheer Smith said. also tradition to just go to the soccer on the SAU Cougars. Who could have In addition to this, soccer games are games since that’s where Duncan predicted that 15 years later, students generally known for having a louder started, but we are working hard to would still be following this tradition? environment, where crowd participation make it to more [games].” The SAU Firm is comprised of seven and involvement is important and Although The Firm creates their chanting, cheering and drumming Spring welcomed. Other sports tend to be own drum beats right on the spot during Arbor students. They have received a lot more quiet and reserved. Although athletic events, they do spend time of recognition these past few months baseball and softball are also outdoor discussing their “game plan” before primarily due to their participation in sports, The Firm generally leaves their every event. Smith enjoys interacting cheering on the womens soccer team drums at home when attending the with the crowd and makes that a priority after they traveled to at every event. Alabama last year for the “When the crowd gets National Association of involved it adds a lot,” Smith Intercollegiate Athletics said. “The games get super (NAIA) National intense and intimidating.” Championship. All of With the crowd involved When the crowd gets involved it this recent recognition and the intensity that follows and the success of the after that, it is easy to see adds a lot. The games get super womens soccer teams how The Firm can get in the intense and intimidating. leaves coaches and athletes opponents’ heads. Zach Smith, wondering why doesn’t the “We definitely intimidate Firm travel outside of the them, sometimes we just Junior Firm Member soccer realm? haggle them with silly trash Zack Smith, two year talk, and they’ll give us dirty member of The Firm, was looks,” Smith said. able to shed some light on this inquiry.
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Athlete of the Month [Rebekah Kujat]
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ebekah Kujat is a senior hitter for the Spring Arbor University (SAU) womens volleyball team. Kujat has been on the team for all four years of her college career. Her history with volleyball, however, dates all the way back to elementary school. When Kujat was in the fifth grade, her school introduced a new volleyball program. “My family is very into athletics and some of my friends were doing it,” Kujat said. “Since I was so young I just thought, ‘Let’s try, it’ll be fun!’” One of Kujat’s biggest accomplishments over the course of her volleyball career has been creating new friendships.
Especially during her time at SAU, Kujat has cherished the relationships formed with her teammates. “I’ve made friends on this team that are going to be in my wedding,” Kujat said. “I know they are relationships that are going to last forever, farther than just being teammates.” Another major achievement Kujat reached was making her 1000th kill of her college career, a goal she set for herself during her freshman year at SAU. Setting goals early on is important for Kujat and her teammates.
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Pursue excellence in everything you’re doing, on and off the court. Rebekah Kujat, Athlete of the Month
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Working together with her coach, Kujat sets high goals for herself that are challenging but attainable. Kujat draws her inspiration for meeting these goals from a few different places. Her favorite Bible verse, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, says to “Be joyful always.” This verse plays a big role in Kujat’s life, both on and off the court. “This friend I met through volleyball, her name was Molly, inspired that verse into my life,” Kujat said. Molly passed away almost two years ago and holds a special place in Kujat’s heart. At all of her games, Kujat wears a blue ribbon in her hair in honor of Molly. “She was the most joyful person I’ve ever met,” Kujat said. “Her laugh was super contagious. I wear that [ribbon] as a reminder of what a gift being able to play is. It’s such a gift knowing that I get to do this and other people can’t.” When asked about her favorite memories from playing volleyball, it was hard for Kujat to come up with just one. She has loved her 12 years of participation in the sport and is thankful for all of the opportunities volleyball has given her. Her advice to athletes, and ever yone else, is the same. “Pursue excellence in everything you’re doing, on and off the court. It’s in your power to change how you’re going to respond.”
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