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Editor’s Note
“This job—we try to save as many people as we can. Sometimes that doesn’t mean everybody. But you don’t give up.” – Captain America (“Captain America 3: Civil War”) This job, as staff members of SAU’s newspaper, we try to expose issues and stories to as many people as we can. Sometimes that doesn’t mean everybody. But we don’t give up. While we at “The Pulse” don’t exactly save people like Captain America and the Avengers, Cap’s quote still rings true to our role as the school’s watchdog. We are Spring Arbor University’s “The Pulse,” a studentled news publication that strives to expand the community’s worldview,
provide a platform for discussion and give voice to our peers. Yes, we try to entertain. Sure, we try to cover as many events as possible. But our first job above all else is to inform the populace about all the gears and grit that goes on behind the scenes. Everything that runs this school, we want to know why. And as soon as we find out, we’ll let you know. So even though half of campus doesn’t read this or know we exist, our job remains the same. Here’s to another year of news, introducing different perspectives to campus and of course more #flatlines.
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The Pulse Staff & Contributors 2016-2017 Editor-in-Chief Kayla Williamson Associate Editor Amber Cekander News Editor Heather Clark Features Editor Dana Sebald-Van Doren A&E Editor Carly Thompson Sports Editor Libby Buckland
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Monthly Meme:
Lead Copy Editor Briana Buller Copy Editors Elise Emmert Ryan Jones Design Editor Kim Bigos Business Manager Corina Cekander
Because “Hamilton” is nominated for a groundbreaking 16 Tony’s and we all wish we could write like Alexander Hamilton.
Finance Manager Huy Nguyen Photography Editor Kaci Bedgood Designers Kaci Bedgood Libby Buckland Rebecca Conley Andri Hill Megan Himebook Staff Writers Libby Buckland Maggie Belcher Ryan Jones Olivia Landis Nathan Salsbury Hannah Shimanek Katie Shotts Mary Sramek Kaley Teceno Elizabeth Webster Guest Writer Andrew King Video Production Team Kylie Ambu Casey Hanson Andri Hill Zach Seguin
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From Practice to Show Worthy Senior's last hurrah K AT I E S H OT TS H A NN A HS HI M ANEK STAFF WRITE R
Leah Hubbard
Emily Tyrell
Leah Hubbard is a vocal performance student and her senior concert was on May 1. She performed selections from Schubert, Strauss, Bellini, Hahn, Faure, Beach and Barber. The dedication towards this concert was extremely significant on Leah’s part, as she began to prepare for it the fall of her junior year. Her favorite piece is “Aprés un rêve” by Gabriel Faurem, a song about a dreamer longing to return to the night.
Though not a music major, Emily Tyrell showed her commitment to music through her violin performance. She played various classical pieces from differing eras of music, practicing for nearly a year beforehand in order to perfect the pieces. Her favorite pieces were “Violin Sonata in G Minor”, Op. 1, No. 10 “Didone abbandonata” by “Giuseppe Tartini, Roumanian Folk Dances” by Béla Bartók, and “Concerto in D minor for Two Violins”, 1st Mvt. by Bach. All of these were quite challenging in technique, and Tyrell’s accomplishment as a violinist was very evident to her audience.
Jake Johnson During his time at Spring Arbor University (SAU), Jake Johnson has shown he is capable of playing a large variety of styles with percussion and his concert reflected this. There were a variety of styles displayed, varying from hiphop to classical music to worship. One of the pieces Johnson enjoyed working on the most was one he wrote himself: “Mission Impossible Without Amazing Grace.” He created this song to be a reflection of the difficulties of life, which can be resolved through faith. This song was one he had used in previous performances, one of which placed him in the top eight of a statewide drum competition. His concert reflected years of work and practice throughout his experience with the music program at SAU.
Mitchell Yost Mitchell Yost displayed his classical guitar and worship at his concert. Through his music, he has really challenged himself to do his best. Speaking of one of his most challenging pieces, “Asturias” by Isaac Albeniz, Yost said, “When I started working on it, I did not have all the skills needed to play it, so part of the time spent on it was learning how to do the things before I could really even learn the notes.” This piece took him nearly a year to complete. He also premiered some of his original compositions at his performance.
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Rico Gonzalez Rico Gonzalez has returned to complete his degree at SAU after leaving for some time to pursue a musical experience at a church in a different state. His concert on May 12 will feature both classical and folk tunes, including a piece by V. Monti titled “Czardas.” Gonzalez states, “Czardas is super dear to me because it was the piece that sold me on the idea to pursue music in life.” He wanted to play this piece to honor his uncle, a fellow musician, and will be performing it in his uncle’s memory. Reflecting on his musical experience and graduation he said, “These past nine months have definitely been a challenge, but when I walk across that stage, I know it’ll be worth it.”
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Siege, which was based off an article about children in the Syrian Refugee Crisis. Another favorite was my movie poster for the film, The Kings of Summer. 3. I have been preparing for my show for four years. As freshmen, we were instructed to start thinking about senior year and what we wanted our shows to be like. I had pieces in my show that were all the way back from first semester of sophomore year!
3. I really see preparation for the show as starting all the way back freshman year. The anticipation for my show day began the very first day, as everything I worked on from that point on was a potential show piece.
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Uriah Rogers 1. My own personal interests, and current events 2. I like both of my NSA posters, the one of myself and the time/hourglass poster. So four pieces total it’s kind of hard to have one favorite since they all took a good amount of time. 3. It took about a month to frame everything. But for the pieces, I really don’t know how long each of them took. A good amount even though I didn’t really keep track of time.
1. My inspiration mainly comes from the people around me. The majority of my show involved portraits. This allowed me to focus on the characteristics and quirks that makes that person who they are. I love bringing out someone’s personality in my work. To me that defines whether it has been a success or not. 2. One of my favorite pieces was a smaller figure drawing I did of my sister’s back. It was fun to focus on the whole figure and use graphite pencil after long months of mainly focusing on colored portraits. I also really like my selfportrait done in oil pastels. That was the first piece I had ever done using oil pastels and I instantly fell in love with the color and expression they allowed for.
Kerri Conrad 1. This doesn’t really answer your question, but I enjoy designing pieces that communicate in some way, whether it is information or an idea. Some of my favorite projects have been designing magazine article layouts, infographics or posters. All of these types of projects are a form of visual communication. 2. From my senior exhibition, two of my favorite projects were my magazine layout, Under
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Lecrae Promotes Higher Learning at Spring Arbor University
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n Saturday, April 23, Spring Arbor University (SAU) got “lit” as Lecrae and his fellow performers took to the stage, as part of Lecrae’s Higher Learning Tour. Before all of the excitement, rapping and preaching at the concert, “The Pulse” had an exclusive phone interview with Lecrae to discuss his experiences during the Higher Learning Tour and about his faith. “I’m a regular person like everyone else,” Lecrae said in regard to how he shows the love and mercy of Christ outside of the music studio. “So, I think I’m no less responsible to my next door neighbor or to my friends that I may have grown up with. I think that’s more of my thing, making sure that it’s my everyday life.” Lecrae has been labeled in the past as a Christian rapper, but he has spoken out in opposition of this description; he believes his music addresses all audiences, not just the faithful. “If you want to call me a Christian, great,” he said. “But I don’t wear Christian shoes, or make Christian music – my music didn’t
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get saved, I did. When you use it as an adjective I think you lose something; I think you start creating something that was never God’s intention.” For the Higher Learning tour, Lecrae has been visiting primarily private Christian institutions like SAU. “It’s taught me a lot more patience and to be creative because some of these cities there’s literally nothing there in these college towns. It’s like, ‘Man, how are you going to spend your time, [how] are you going to make the most out of it?’” Lecrae also addressed the lack of diversity which tends to exist in private institutions like the ones Lecrae has visited. “It’s something that I think every school needs to investigate as to why [that] may be,” Lecrae said. “I think we learn and grow best when there’s a multitude of different cultures and perspectives.” The Higher Learning tour has also been an avenue for Lecrae to promote his new book,
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“Unashamed.” Lecrae said the experience of writing it has been more fun than he could have imagined. “I’ve seen so much stuff putting the book together and getting all these stories out there, stuff I think people will walk away excited to read and excited to hear,” he said. Those who pre-ordered the book were given access to an exclusive question-andanswer session before the show with Lecrae to talk about the project. “I’m really excited about it because I know it’s going to be in some places and spaces that books with explicit, faith-based content don’t get to pop up,” Lecrae told the audience. The nearly three-hour long concert was a great success, bringing about 1,500 men, women and children to the SAU, according to Bobby Pratt in Student Development. Lecrae was accompanied onstage by fellow artists and performers Swoope and DJ Promote, both of whom performed prior to Lecrae.
Future Plans: Where Seniors are Going from Here M AGGIE BELCHER
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Johnathon Hall Johnathon Hall is graduating with a double major in chemistry and biology and a minor in mathematics. He will be moving to Chicago, Ill. on June 17 to pursue a doctorate in molecular bioscience at the University of Chicago. The doctorate program is a six-year paid research project to discover the regulation of gene expression. Hall is also marrying Spring Arbor University (SAU) graduate Paige Albert on July 9. Hall said it is hard to finish up the semester knowing there are more important things to come. With his plans in place, he is ready for graduation.
providing more education opportunities,” Hooker said. “I will be leading the art program and assisting with the English program.”
Jake Johnson Jake Johnson is graduating with a major in music and minors in Spanish and marketing. He will be pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree online from SAU. Johnson wants to be a professional musician and have another job while he works on his music. He would like to use both of his minors, as well. “I want to pursue music to give a positive message of Jesus Christ and to reach many of the pro musicians I follow and some that follow me,” Johnson said.
Jacob Olsen Jacob Olson is graduating with a major in sociology. He hopes to improve the world with his degree, perhaps by teaching. He wants to work in other countries to discover why humans function the way they do. This summer, Olsen will live in Jackson and finish classes to replace his cross-cultural trip. He wants to continue his education, possibly by attending Wayne State University’s graduate school. Olsen would enjoy being asked about his future more than he does now if he had an answer. Since he is unsure, most people intervene with ideas unrelated to his interests.
Kaylee Wayner Kaylee Wayner is graduating with a major in Spanish and double minor in global missions and children’s ministry. She said she cannot wait to graduate because she will be able to go to South America, where she would like to work in a church and perhaps teach English. Wayner plans to live there for two years but is hoping to stay longer. She enjoys when people ask her about her post-graduation plans because it gives her the opportunity to tell them about herself and her exciting ambitions.
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Maddie Hooker Maddie Hooker is graduating as an art major with a concentration in graphic design and an English writing minor. She will be preparing for her senior art show in the fall. Beginning in January, Hooker will intern with Light and Leadership Initiative (LLI) in Huaycán, Peru for six months. “LLI is an NGO [non-governmental association] that works to empower impoverished women and children by
Jordan Moore is graduating with a major in English literature. He would like to eventually attend graduate school. This summer, Moore will intern with a nonprofit organization, Culture is Not Optional (CINO), in Three Rivers, Mich. According to CINO’s website, the organization “exists to model and encourage creative communities, rooted in the love of Christ.” As part of his internship, Moore will be operating a fair trade store and working with urban gardening. Moore is not sure what he will do after this summer and, therefore, will take the year after graduation to reflect and figure out what he wants to do with his degree.
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Student actors needed for staged dorm rooms
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n an effort to reduce tour traffic in the residence halls next year, Spring Arbor University (SAU) will be setting up “viewing rooms” for prospective students. But rather than let the rooms be lifeless and empty, SAU is looking for student actors to fill the rooms so prospective students can see a typical room without bothering other students. Student actors will spend tour days in the staged rooms, doing their homework and acting happy. They will also be required to interact positively with visiting students and parents.
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A tour guide said they “hope the new setup will keep the normal students from feeling like animals in a petting zoo during tours.” “I never know what to do when people come by on tours,” one student said. “Like, I have to stop crying about my schoolwork so I don’t scare people away, and it’s exhausting.” Other students agree. “I just want to scroll through Facebook in peace, you know? I feel like I have to be productive when people are looking at me.” SAU officials are planning on making staged rooms in Alpha 1 and on the 1 West
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in Gainey and Andrews Hall. Some housing changes may occur as a result, so students are advised to check their emails frequently over the summer.
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Auditions for the positions of student actors will be taking place over the next week in the Student Development office. Applicants will be tested on their ability to ignore people snooping through their closets and dresser drawers and on how positively they respond to being interrupted while working on very important papers.
University to give cats to female graduates
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pre-graduation press release from Spring Arbor University (SAU) stated the university would start appreciating female students more in 2016 than ever before. Although International Women’s Day is March 8th, two months before the graduation ceremony, SAU is trying to set an example for the rest of the community. “It is never an inappropriate time to celebrate women,” a representative of the university said. Faculty and staff scratched their heads for weeks deciding the perfect gift to celebrate the success of their female graduates. Finding a gift that would celebrate the different types of women that are represented on this campus
was not the easiest task, but the faculty of SAU believes they’ve found it: kittens. “They need something to love and nurture now that they’re officially adults,” the representative said. “We think cats were the way to go.” However, there were some stipulations for those to receive cats. “We realize that there are some women more… blessed than those who need cats,” the representative said. “So, those who are moving in the right direction in their lives by getting married, can expect to receive a Babies R Us gift card.” The news about the gifts brought new excitement and criticism for the graduation
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ceremony. Cat lovers were ecstatic about their good luck, while some women are questioning the university’s decision. “Why are only the women getting gifts?” a particularly offended male said. “Why didn’t the guys get anything?”
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What I Learned in College From the Shows I was Binge-Watching Each Year AND RE WKI NG
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your time on the outside (summer). Don’t spend your whole life trying to escape to the next chapter. Love where you’re at. Even if it’s prison. Bonus Lesson: When a professor lets you bring a notecard to a test, fill it up.
a low-consequence time to experiment with your look. I’ve changed my facial hair around a decent amount. I grew my hair out this year. And, the best part is, my boss doesn’t care. Bonus Lesson: Do what you love.
Sophomore Year“Breaking Bad”
Junior Year“Malcolm in the Middle” The Plot: The story of a boy genius and his
Freshman Year- “Prison Break” The Plot: After his brother, Lincoln, is sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit, structural engineer Michael Scofield, holds up a bank in order to get locked up in the same prison, Fox River State Penitentiary. The catch: he designed Fox River, and before he was sentenced, had the blueprints inked onto his body; hidden in a massive tattoo that covers his arms and torso. The Lesson: “Prison Break” was the perfect show to start college off with, because, like college, it ran for four years (and a fifth season is coming to FOX in 2017 for education majors), and the plot of each season mimics the rhythms of college life. Michael and Lincoln spend season one trying to escape Fox River, and then spend season two trying to avoid being sent back to prison. Season three they work to escape. Season four they’re on the run. So, learn from Michael and Lincoln and enjoy your time in prison (school), and
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The Plot: The basic plot of this AMC drama should be familiar to anyone who had cable or an internet connection at the end of its meteoric run, but I’ll go over the basics anyway: High school chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, and almost immediately begins manufacturing and distributing near-perfect crystal meth with the help of former student and stoner, Jesse Pinkman. The Lesson: I went as Walter White for Halloween my junior year, a costume that required a bald head. I bit the bullet, and shaved off all my hair. It was worth it; mainly because I was terrified that I might go bald someday, and this let me see that my head is shaped pretty normal. What I learned was: college is
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dysfunctional family, “Malcolm in the Middle” might be the most earliest-2000s thing to ever come out of the early 2000s. From the Blink182-as-angry-middle-schooler whine of They Might Be Giants’ “Boss of Me” theme song, to older brother Reese’s frosted tips, to the mere presence of Frankie Muniz, “Malcolm in the Middle” feels like Hi-C and 3-D Doritos on the couch after school. The Lesson: After Malcolm gets a full ride to a prestigious private school, his father, Hal, tells him that he can’t go. His reasoning? “You’re our only hope…Whenever your mother or I say, ‘Something will come up,’ or, ‘Things will work out,’ that is our code for, ‘Malcolm will think of something.’ But we
mental illness. In my Post-World War II American Lit class, we’ve read “The Catcher in the Rye” (which ends with its protagonist in a sanatorium), “The Bell Jar” (whose main character attempts suicide around the novel’s midway point) and “Dispatches” (a creative non-fiction piece about the Vietnam War, and the generation of soldiers it left PTSD-afflicted and despised by the public). At the time we were reading “The Bell Jar,” my Core 400 class was learning about the brilliant, but suicidal and depressed, poet William Cowper. And, in my spare time, I was reading a novel about
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need you. The family is only a family as long as we stick together.” Everybody in Malcolm’s family is good at something: Malcolm’s a genius, little brother Dewey’s a musical prodigy, Reese is great at grunt labor, Lois, the mother, leads the family and Hal roller dances a mean “Funky Town.” But, the family relies on Malcolm for his quick thinking. Biblically speaking, Malcolm’s family has one body with many parts. Malcolm is the head they’d be lost without. Bonus Lesson: Flop stuff up.
Bonus Lesson: If you can pick between dating the psychotic brother or the drug dealing brother, drug dealing is an easier fix. If you follow this advice, you will probably succeed. You will stay less dead than Walter White, less in prison than Michael Scofield, less dysfunctional than Malcolm’s family and less psychotic than Norman Bates. The more you binge-watch, the more you know.
Flop stuff up. Andrew King, Senior
Senior Year- “Bates Motel” The Plot: All the will-they-or-won’t-they of early “Friends,” except if Rachel was Ross’s mother. “Bates Motel” is A&E’s creepy, suspenseful prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller “Psycho.” Currently in its fourth season, with protagonist/future psycho Norman Bates in an asylum—apparently getting better—and mother Norma falling in love with the non-Norman, good-guy-butcorrupt-cop Alex Romero, things are good— for now, at least. The Lesson: This one’s serious. This semester, for me, has been inundated with
a girl in an asylum and watching “Bates Motel.” I started feeling a lot of anxiety and depression. So, after a couple talks with my Resident Director, Billy Stone, I decided to start seeing the school counselor, Carrie Dashner. This was important. It helped, and I’m getting better. The lesson is: If you’re struggling with mental health issues, do something about it. Don’t assume that it’s a spiritual issue. A Selexa prescription or counseling can do just as much for a chemically depressed person as any amount of prayer.
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Staying Fit After College DA N AS EBAL D -VAN D ORE N
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“It will be challenging mentally, because once I am done with softball, I really have nothing to stay active for, except for personal health and wellness.”
Do you plan to try and stay involved with your sport in any way after graduation? “I am going to coach baseball in some capacity in the future. It isn’t a career aspiration but rather just a way I see that I can give back and hopefully be a mentor to young ball players.” “I have coached softball since I was a junior in high school... Now, I get to push younger players to get better and teach them to hopefully fall in love with the game as much as I did.”
“Hopefully, once I settle “I am a very active person and down I can get more involved enjoy playing many sports as playing in a league or coaching well as being outside.” a younger team.”
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Guthrie Collins Men’s Golf Jessica Coleman Women’s Golf
Tim Johnson Men’s Soccer
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“If you asked anyone that knows me well, my diet “I plan on opening a youth consists of a lot of pizza and camp with the intent of pop so the odds are stacked reaching athletes for Christ against me. I’m excited to have through the avenue of sports.” time to lift.” “I want to be a chiropractor, “I do not think I will be and that job requires me to playing golf anymore for stay fit and healthy to serve my competition, but I will play it future patients.” for recreational purposes.” “I think the first few months will be difficult to find “I want to always be plugged enjoyment in activities like in with soccer in some sort of running or lifting, because way.” until now, both of those were considered jobs.” “[The] motivation with your “I would love to coach at team and encouragement is some point, but right now I very hard to find unless you am enjoying pick up leagues know some dedicated friends and playing for fun. Volleyball that have the same goals as will always have my heart, and you do.” so will my SAU team.”
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raduating students face a host of changes after they leave college. One of those changes is in maintaining exercise routines. Unless one is a professional athlete just beginning a career, it is easy to forget to schedule workout times that fit in with the new demands of life after college, and to make exercise a priority. However, staying in shape is just as important after college as it is in college. Whether an athlete who will no longer be playing a sport or a business major who just landed a desk job, making sure to take care of yourself is still important. Several health and human performance faculty, as well as athletics staff and coaches, shared their advice for continuing a healthy lifestyle after college. Deb Thompson, assistant professor of health, human performance and recreation, said her best tip for graduates is, “Continue to move. If it’s a workout or getting your 10,000 steps a day. Eat healthy fruits and vegetables.
Stay away from the processed and fast foods; they will hurt your health.” Thompson cited some other foods to avoid, which she said she found in an article she had recently read. She listed chips, chocolate (except for dark), cookies, cola, cake and candy as the article’s seven C’s to avoid. Bobby Pratt, coach of the womens tennis team, shared his thoughts as well. “My piece of advice would be to find someone to work out with or do something active with – your rate of success will go up if you are not in it alone.” Cross country coach Bryan Burk said, “After graduation, life often gets much busier. Balancing a job, paying bills, taking care of your spouse potentially and, of course, all the extracurricular fun things you do can get pretty crazy. I always thought I could never be more stressed than what I was in college, but I do still have a lot of important deadlines and expectations that are stressful. So, I guess in the end, it’s just a slightly different kind of stress.” Burke said he does his best to reduce the stress he encounters in his job. “I keep a detailed schedule on my phone that has all my appointments so that I know what I am going to be doing and when. I also try to get some alone time and devotional time each day. I find this actually seems to add time to my day and makes me much more productive. I am still a competitive runner with lots of goals …but it
is not always easy to get out on the road when it’s snowy, windy and -10 degrees. I have to remind myself each time why I am getting out there and how it’s going to help me stay healthy as well as help me meet my goals.” The biggest motivator, Burke said, can be asking the question of yourself, “why am I doing this today?”
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Deb Varland, assistant professor of health, human performance and recreation, said the best predictor of staying healthy after college is to be intentional and to make sure all wares of health (emotional, physical and spiritual) are considered. “Schedule a weekly date with friends, identify three days per week to do a physical activity of your choice and commit to a consistent 10 minute block of time daily to sit quietly in God’s presence,” Varland said. Life after graduation is going to be exciting and full of new challenges. Staying healthy in all areas of life can help graduates to meet these new challenges with energy, determination and positivity.
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“The Pulse” Staff Senior Spotlight Alexa Matthews
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While I (regretfully) did not join “The Pulse” until the beginning of my junior year here at Spring Arbor University (SAU), it is an experience I am grateful to have had. Coming into SAU with a different major than what I have ended up with, I was not used to the news-y style of writing that “The Pulse” requires, and it has definitely helped me learn about all areas of it; from copy editing to writing news-y style and interviewing people I have never met before. This past year, I was the Lead Copy Editor, which is a position I have thoroughly enjoyed, and after this issue will be taken over by sophomore Brianna Buller. The last four years have gone by a lot faster than I had thought they would, and when I leave, what I will miss most is the people that I’ve met here. There’s no place that is quite like Spring Arbor—we might live in a little “bubble” that is so different it sometimes seems cut off from the rest of the country, but it’s also a very friendly and inviting one. I’m ready to go out and embrace my next adventure after graduation, but I will not forget all of what my time at SAU has given and meant to me.
During my past few years on “The Pulse,” a lot of things have changed. Staff members, ideas, directions. But what hasn’t changed is the desire to keep the students of SAU informed and entertained. It’s been an honor for me to be a part of this publication. From starting as a staff writer to being a part the editorial staff, I’ve learned so much. I urge everyone, especially freshman, take advantage of the hard work this staff does for you. Read the articles. Join the team. Help make “The Pulse” even better. Thank you to everyone for the smiles while I’m behind the camera, for the laughs while reading Flatline, and your attention on social media.
So, friends, every day do something that won’t compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Go with your love to the fields. Lie down in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn’t go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection. Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front Wendell Berry
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Liz Degraaf NEWS EDITOR Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know.
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May 6, 2016 • thesaupulse.com
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