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SPRING HILL STUDENTS TO PERFORM SHAKESPEARE

By: Connor Fincher Contributing Writer Spring Hill’s fine and performing arts department will be presenting William Shakespeare’s comedy,

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Much Ado About Nothing for their fall production.

According to director Father Campbell, S.J., this particular show has a unique aspect: “We are doing Much Ado About Nothing by Wil-

liam Shakespeare, and we’ve been very excited about it. It is the very first time I have taken a play request from students, and the students really really wanted to do this.

They love Shakespeare.”

The students love for Shakespeare is evident in senior and Spring Hill theater veteran, Kyle Halstead.

He said, “I’ve always loved Much Ado About Nothing. So, I’m very excited for this play, and I have such expectations for it. I know this is a great cast and we’ll do great with it.” While new members of Spring Hill’s theater might not know what

to expect from the performance, they are still looking forward to the show. Evann Campbell is a freshman this year, and while this is her first play on the Hill, she said, “I really have high expectations for Much Ado About Nothing… I’m really excited to see how this play goes, and hopefully I can make an appearance in next year’s play!”

The cast practices about three times a week, and all of those hours have given some actors reason to have high hopes. According to Mitchell Dembowski, “I think we’re gonna do

pretty well, everybody’s been working pretty hard, and...I’m looking forward to opening night.” With the promise of a great performance, this show is sure to entertain. As Father Campbell explains, “It’s a fun show, a lot of comedy involved. [It] might be a little complicated because it’s Shakespeare, but the actors are gonna play it so well that people will know when to laugh and when to cry.”

You can catch Much Ado about Nothing in the Arlene Mitchell theater on November 10, 11, 12, and 13.

Purpose this semester, are excited to continue to introduce the program to students and work to facilitate conversations throughout campus about vocational discernment.

“Looking backwards,” says Steiert, “Pathways to Purpose is part of the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) that’s required for the accreditation of the school.

It came out of faculty, staff and students ideas of how

we wanted to improve the school.” Steiert notes that it was evident that members of the Spring Hill community needed a career readiness or discernment program, which would focus on showing students how one can live the curriculum.

The beginnings of Pathways to Purpose came with the decision that Spring Hill’s career development program would focus on teaching students about

the concept of vocational discernment. According to Steiert, Pathways to Purpose “is rooted in the idea of vocational discernment and helping students, at some point in their four years, to participate in conversations on vocational discernment, have an idea of what their vocational story is and how to continue doing, and living, and telling that story after graduation.”

Finding a student’s voca-

tion is not simply working to find a suitable career path. Vocation goes a step further by looking at a student’s particular skills or interests and determining how these qualities give meaning to all facets of their life. Steiert says, “There are a lot of ways to look at vocation, but it is essentially how students want to live their lives, who they want to be, and how

PATHWAYS TO PURPOSE COMING SOON By: Austill Harris Contributing Writer

The creation of Spring Hill College’s Pathways to Purpose program was born out of the understanding that students desired a career development program that would help them derive purpose and meaning from their area of study. Stephanie Steiert and Dr. Lindsey Bosko-Dunbar, who launched Pathways to

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Dr. Bosko-Dunbar notes that vocation is bigger than just one’s career. “Career can be part of your vocation,” she says, “but you can also have purpose and get meaning out of your life through doing other things- maybe that’s through service, or maybe starting a family.”

In helping students work through vocational discernment, it is important to both Steiert and Bosko-Dunbar to communicate that college is a time to figure out what you’re good at and what you like and how you can use this information to positively inform your life, outside of simply what you want to do.

Steiert says, “We work really closely with career development and the Cohesive Undergraduate Experience, so, students will be introduced to these concepts and ideas of vocational discernment in their courses through LEAP, CLIMB, and REACH.” LEAP courses serve as an introduction to vocational discernment, and help students to explore the fundamental questions of vocation and set plans for growth and

discovery within their particular vocation.

CLIMB courses provide insight and examples for how what is learned and taught in one’s college courses can be applied to their community, and serve as ways that students may be introduced to their particular vocation. For example, Steiert says, “Dr. Monty Sullivan is teaching painting in the Spring and within that she says, okay, what can you do with these skills? How can you work in art? What is your vocation in terms of being an artist?”

REACH is a new program this school year and, according to Steiert, is “all about telling your vocational story.” REACH (Reflection on Experience, Accomplishments, Career/Course Work, Horizons), similar to senior seminar, is for student’s nearing the end of their Spring Hill career, and is a mechanism for reflection on one’s vocation at Spring Hill, and how they plan to continue this vocation after graduation. Dr. Bosko-Dunbar says, “When you think about what you’ve been doing in LEAP, your core courses, your major courses, and where you are right now, you want to be able to, sort of, weave and tell a story of how you’ve developed, what skills you’ve acquired and then tell that during your presentation.”

Furthermore, Dr. Bosko-Dunbar notes that

November 10, 2016 Contact Stephanie Steirt for more information on Pathways to Purpose at ssteirt@shc.edu

REACH is a good way to prepare graduating seniors for job interviews, because they have been given the opportunity to review and evaluate their college careers, and, therefore, can better communicate these to future employers. Often interviewers will ask for specific examples or experiences in discerning your qualification, and, as Dr. Bosko-Dunbar notes, through REACH, “you have a chance to practice forming these stories before you go out and do interviews.”

Outside of making sure vocational discernment is communicated through these courses, there are programs specifically for Pathways to Purpose, which are outlined in the Pathways to Purpose guidebook that can be found on the website. An important part of Pathways to Purpose is ensuring that a student’s college experience is one that involves co-curricular activities. These activities can be anything from involvement in SGA to participation in intramural sports to completing your CLIMB reflections, and are ways in which students can broaden and enhance their college career. In the Pathways to Purpose guidebook, there are co-curricular activity suggestions for each of the four years a student attends Spring Hill, and students are able to tally these activities in order to earn things like extra Badger bucks or a Pathways to Purpose t-shirt.

This year Steirt and Dr. Bosko-Dunbar are excited to give students the opportunity to explore vocational discernment off-campus through two Pathways to Purpose retreats. “We want students to go off-campus,” says Dr. Bosko-Dunbar, “and reflect on- where am I now?

What is my plan moving forward? What are my strengths? What am I good at?” The retreats are an opportunity for students to reflect on the vocational goals that they originally made, and to evaluate how they will strive to meet those goals in the time they have left at Spring Hill.

The retreat for this semester will be on November 18 and on March 23 in the Spring.

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The “Finals” Countdown On the Hill

By: Darian Miller Editor-In-Chief

Students of Spring Hill College: finals week is approaching. Leading up to the beginning of finals week on December 5, 2016, expect to see more students piled in Burke Library, Einstein’s sales to spike and 2 a.m. to be the normal bed time.

While the entire semester is stressful, finals week claims a majority of student’s stress, attention and sanity. However, there are some things students can do to take away from the stress. For example, studying a little bit at a time a week before the exam can reduce the feeling of overwhelming anxiety.

Coffee starts to take the place of water because we become immune to drinking only three cups. Lastly, sleep becomes a long lost friend that we barely remember.

Spring Hill College offers various resources and opportunities to improve studying both before and during finals. The CAE and Course Specific Tutoring serves as excellent resources for improving skills in a specific area before taking the final exam. A lot of courses provide review sessions that can also be taken advantage of throughout the week before finals. A popular event attended by many is the late night breakfast which gives students a bit of energy stored in breakfast foods to fuel all nighters.

A popular feature among stu-

dents during finals week is when puppies are brought to campus to be cuddled and played with along with food and activities. However, there are some routines or aides that are specific to each person. For example, I tend to study and do a lot more work in a coffee shop or the library because I tend to get too distracted in my room. However, I know others that would rather study in their room with music blaring and the TV on. It takes some students a while to find their most successful study routine, but the best advice I can give as a senior is to follow what you know best. Study groups are beneficial for communicating ideas and clarifying misconceptions in notes.

While those were some tips I wanted to share, here are some words of wisdom: don’t give up.

You’re almost there, and this is where it counts the most. This is the last chance to fight for that higher grade or keep that A you’ve worked so hard for all semester. This is your last chance to give it all you have got and salvage the best GPA possible.

The most important part is that you are not alone. Each and every SHC student is riding the same struggle bus together heading straight for December 5, 2016. However, this is when we need to stick together.

This is when we need to make coffee runs together, test each other with 50 flashcards and keep each

other awake with both good music and good conversation. We are this close to being able to go home to our families for the holiday season. Every single one of those all nighters, moderately high caffeine consumptions and borderline mental breakdowns will be worth it.

Seniors: We are halfway there.

Before you know it, we will be walking down Avenue of the Oaks to receive our diplomas, and we will be wondering where the time went.

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While finals week is most likely the most stressful week of the semester, you might miss it when it is over.

Keep the finish line in sight, but don’t forget to enjoy the run. Finals week should not be something that is viewed negatively. It should be viewed as a last chance. It should motivate us to give it our all before we run home to home cooked meals and our much larger beds. We have made it this far, why give up now?

According to the New York Times, alternating study spots can increase retention.

Why the SEC Still Dominates College Football By: Jack Culotta Web Editor The College Football Playoffs have changed the game forever, but the dynamic of the final four will not end the authority of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). For some die-hard football fans, the television this past Saturday was way more important than this past Tuesday’s election broadcasts.

Why? Because in general, the playoffs are approaching, and of course more specifically, LSU hosted Alabama at Death Valley.

The greatest rivalry, in my opinion, in college football started early Saturday morning when ESPN hosted College Gameday in Baton Rouge, LA. The outcome of this game could make or break the future for different teams around the nation.

Those who root for a team outside the SEC most likely sat on their couch Saturday hoping that the Tigers would upset the Tide. This particular situation proves my point that the SEC is the most talented

conference in college football, no matter the results of the future years and how the playoffs shape the final four matchups. This sort of dependency on upsets is what makes the SEC the most important conference. Had LSU beaten Bama, the Top 25 AP pollers would have plenty of work to do Sunday morning.

Along with the SEC, the Big Ten and the ACC also has five teams remaining in the Top 25, but those numbers do not tell the whole story.

The SEC has three teams in the top 11 seeds, and fortunately for everyone else, two of those 3 teams play against each other, as they do every year, in the last game of the season.

The Iron Bowl between Alabama and Auburn is one of the longest standing traditions in college football, and the way things are going for both of these teams, it will probably decide who represents the SEC in the final 4 of the NCAA Football playoffs.

Trust me when I say this much— as long as four teams make the

playoffs, the SEC will be in the playoffs. After all, the SEC has 7 national championships in-a-row between 2006 and 2013, interrupted

by Florida State and Ohio State for two years.

Will the streak begin again?

Will Alabama win again?

Either way, the rest of the nation depends on the SEC teams to open doors for those on-the-rise programs. This level of dependency gives us reason to believe that the SEC is still atop the platform that is college football.

Saban’s undefeated squad remains atop the AP national poll.

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AROUND THE HILL

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THE HILL Above: Students participating in the International Service Immersion Program (ISIP) this Mardi Gras break held their retreat at Orange Beach, FL. Photo courtesy: Joy Morris

The groups traveling to Jamaica (above) and Belize City (right) pose at the retreat Photo courtesy: Fr. RV Baylon (above), Iriel Evans (right)

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The women’s soccer team held their last soccer game of the season this past Sunday

Seniors, Kait Eichorst (above) and Lauren Clement (right) pose with signs made for each senior player after their last collegiate game Photo courtesy: Jessie Keelen

Mayor Sandy Stimpson visited Spring Hill College and had lunch with students and faculty this Tuesday Photo courtesy: Travis Cummings

Sigma Kappa sorority sisters attended Mobile’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s this past Saturday in support of their philanthropy Photo courtesy: Andrianna Torres

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Which Is Better: To Give or To Receive?

By: Jacob Campos Contributing Writer

Have you started thinking about what you want for Christmas yet? Well, as much enjoyment people have when getting things from other people, studies show that the happier people are the givers—not the recipients. Here is a fun fact for you: did you know that evidence from research suggests that volunteering to do service work is correlated with having good health and a stronger sense of purpose? Believe it or not, doing some act of service for another person is shown to be so beneficial to the one doing service that it is not unheard of for therapists to recommend their clients to start volunteering. But why? What is the big deal about service?

Whether you go on an immersion trip or go out of your way to do simple random acts of kindness, any form of service requires a sort of personal self-giving. In doing so, the attention shifts from “I” to “we”—and that is where I think service pays-off for the one giving. The focus is no longer about my personal problems, issues, trials and tribulations; rather, it is about opening up to others and helping them take on the personal problems, issues, trials and tribulations of others.

But why does this pay off? Well, for starters, giving can serve as a reminder for the giver to be grateful for what they already have. When truly focusing on the needs of others, we put our needs second—so they become less important and pressing than they originally were. Also, because we are then able to see our needs as less important, we become less stressed about them. When taking a step back to look at the grandeur scheme, we begin to realize that our personal problems may not be as bad as they seem.

So, maybe for Christmas, it would be better to compose a list of things we can give and do for others instead of making a list of things we want people to do for us.

After all, even in doing a random act of kindness, we do something nice for someone else and, in the end, do ourselves a favor too.

LIFESTYLE Healthy Living Is A Process, Not An Overnight Result By: Tom Burcham Contributing Writer Many different views on healthy living and the transition to a healthy lifestyle are on display during Spring Hill’s Healthy Lifestyle Week.

College is a place where you can reinvent yourself and make the transition into a healthier and more active person. It is an environment where you are in the best shape of your life for some, and in an environment where students can get in shape. College is also home of the “freshman 15,” all-nighters and coffee addictions.

With such busy days and nights, it is sometimes hard for college students to watch their dietary habits. This can cause a student to fall into a cycle of eating quickly and unhealthily as well as possibly forgetting to eat during the day or forgetting to eat as often as they should.

This cycle can cause unhealthy habits that can increase weight or other physical issues. With most college’s having extensive exercise facilities, the ability to quit the junk food, and clean up your diet and exercise, is within students’ grasp.

When starting a new diet or when trying to transition into a healthier lifestyle, one thing to keep in mind is that the transition and results will take time. There are no overnight results from unhealthy living to healthy living. Dylan Day ’16 said that it is “not so much a transition as it is a personal commitment.” This means that someone who is trying to slowly transition should set goals during the process and should not be tempted into returning to their unhealthy ways. OneGreenPlanet.org suggests to readers that the results from beginning to live healthy are “not going to happen overnight and having realistic expectations for yourself will help to make the transition easier and more enjoyable.”

Goals allow people to gradually see improvement, and keep positivity at a high level if they are attained regularly. If goals are not set, individuals may not see the positives that come from their persistence. This negativity could cause people to relapse back into their unhealthy ways. These relapses can cause someone to feel like their goal of a healthy lifestyle is unattainable.

One of the hardest ways to achieve a new lifestyle is quitting the old one “cold turkey.”

The abrupt change can have very strange and possibly severe side effects. So when planning on changing into healthier living, remember to set goals as well as make the transition a gradual and fun process and encourage those trying to transition.

Encouragement and support helps when going through a change. If someone is attempting to transition to a healthier lifestyle, a good practice is doing so with a partner. This partner does not have to take part in the lifestyle change, but can act as a

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coach or individual who will keep the person on track and will let them know that their goal is attainable.

As for what should actually be eaten to ensure a cleaner and a more healthy diet, researchers at Harvard suggest different types of food. “We recommend eating mostly vegetables, fruit, and whole grains, healthy fats, and healthy proteins.” Some dieters feel as though cutting out carbs will help them lose weight.

Harvard suggests that instead of cutting out carbs, choosing good carbs is very important.

These include whole grains, whole fruit, and legumes for example. Proteins such as fish,

Kettlebells are used for many high intensity workouts and are a great way to revamp a routine poultry and nuts are some of the good choices for protein. A very large part of being healthier is the consumption of soft drinks and drinks with a large amount of sugar and eating foods with too high of a salt content.

These eating habits as well as a consistent workout schedule will allow for a healthier way of life. While eating correctly, individuals should increase their physical activity in order to increase metabolism, which is the key to losing weight. Working out three times a week and working out as many different muscle groups as possible is an easy way for starters to get into a physical environment and begin to see physical results as well. “Cardio exercises as well as weight lifting and other aerobic and anaerobic physical activity are crucial to losing weight and getting physically fit,” Senior Lane Brunson said.

In the end, the commitment to a new lifestyle is a question of how willing a person is to change their unhealthy habits. This lifestyle change will cause those going through it to sacrifice, but through sacrifice comes achievement.

Make sure to check out all of the activities that are still available to students during Spring Hill’s Healthy Lifestyle Week.

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Badger Basketball Tips Off Tomorrow By: Riley Johnson Lead Sports Writer The Spring Hill College men’s basketball team kicks off their season this Friday, November 11, 2016.

From now until February of next semester, the Badger men remain optimistic for a season full of wins. Coach Aaron Niven is beginning his fourth season as the Spring Hill College head basketball coach. The team has been practicing two and a half hours a day, six days a week and is ready to begin the season. “If we can keep the guys healthy, we have a chance for a good team,” says Niven. The coaches and the players are optimistic about the season, but are prepared to work harder than ever. “This year I want the team to achieve a successful winning record, that is, more wins than losses and preferably for the wins to be significantly higher than the losses,” says freshman basketball player, Gresyn Rogers.

This year, a large part of the team consists of new players, but that doesn’t seem to worry Coach Niven. Niven believes that the team will become stronger during each game. “They’re all growing opportunities,” says Niven. The team’s strong relationship with each other and their coach is the driving force behind their hard work.

“Coach Niven is a really great coach who pushes us all to work hard, not only on the court, but also with our studies,” says freshman basketball player, William Lloyd. There is a bond between the coach and their players that extends off the court. “They are not only just good players, but fantastic kids and a good representation of Spring Hill College,” says Niven. The first home game will take place on November 14, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. against the University of Mobile.

The 2016-2017 SHC men’s basketball team ready for this season

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November Schedule:

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Union University (Tenn.)

Shorter University (Ga.) University of Mobile (Ala.) Loyola University (La.) University of West Alabama University of West Florida Mississippi College University of West Alabama

Bowling Teams To Host Last Fall Tournament

By: Tamiera Nash Contributing Writer

Spring Hill College’s bowling teams will be hosting their final home tournament of the semester this weekend, November 12 and 13 at Camellia Lanes, located on Schillinger Road.

Head Coach Ben Hoefs has high hopes and is excited to see the team perform this weekend.

Hoefs has been coaching the programs at Spring Hill for the last four years and was eager to discuss the progress of the team. He defines his time here at Spring Hill as a dream come true.

He says, “it’s a pleasure to be able to give back to the sport that has done so much for me. I played for a little over 60 years and even went pro for a while. Being able to share that experience with my players is my favorite part.” He is excited to see the teams come together to finish of the semester.

Spring Hill’s men’s bowling team will face eight men’s teams and are expecting a win in their home tournament. Hoefs said, “If they don’t place first they should come in second, but first would not be a long shot.” The men’s bowling team has won half of the tournaments that they have participated in this year.

The women’s team prepares to compete against 5 other teams, and Hoefs is expecting them to place in the top 3 of this tournament. The women’s team has remained steady throughout competition even though they lost a key player.

“There have been some roller coaster moments in their competitiveness, but they prove to be a tight unit and an above average team” says Hoefs. The women’s season ends at an NCAA tournament held in Pensacola on January 28-30, 2017, where they will be defending their title.

The team set goals for themselves early on in

the semester, and Hoefs believes that they have performed well over the goals they initially set.

Their competitive season lasts from September through the middle of February. The team’s goals for the remainder of the season is to continue to build power points that will allow for them to compete in sectionals in the postseason. Kameron Powell, sophomore says, “Our biggest goal like any other collegiate team is to win a national championship. We have high expectations of ourselves.”

The bowling team is one of two teams on this campus that plays some of the best programs in the country. “There are 185 teams in the country and Spring Hill is currently ranked 15,” said Hoefs. He plans to continue to move up the ranks and place Spring Hill on the map. To some people, this may not seem as though it is a big deal, but Hoefs addresses the misconception that some people have about bowling. Hoefs said, ”It is a common misconception that bowling is not difficult, but the team plays up to six games a day from seven or eight in the morning to five in the afternoon. They are always on their feet and constantly have to score in higher numbers and one bad frame or game could cost them drastically.”

Teams collect collegiate power points by combining their 10 best scores at tournaments that they play in over the course of the season.

Hoefs made it clear teams could play in as many tournaments as they would like, but for a number of reasons Spring Hill would not be playing in 10.

At the end of the season, the top 80 men’s teams and the top 64 women’s teams are split into four sections. The top four teams from each section go on to sectionals and have a chance to play in the national tournament. Spring Hill has

gone to sectionals every year for the last two out of three years and are planning to make it four.

The 2016-2017 SHC men and women’s bowling teams come together for a shot before beginning their tournament in Kentucky on September 24, 2016 Spring Hill’s women’s team is currently ranked 42nd, but plan to climb the ranks based upon last weekend’s tournament where they placed 9th out of 24 teams. This upcoming weekend at their home tournament, they are striving to place in the top 3. The men’s team is currently ranked 19th which is an improvement from their final rank last year of 47th.

Spring Hill College’s bowling team welcomes supporters and spectators to come see them this weekend at Camellia Lanes located at 125 Schillinger Rd. The teams will be playing from 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. on Sunday.

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ON THE SPOT

Which non-political figure should be president?

Ryan Flinn

Amber Taylor

Schaefer Lersch

“Captain Crunch, because of his leadership in the cereal world, fighting battles for the comman man.”

“This small acorn, because if he can grow into a great tree, he can make this country something beautiful.”

“A rock because it has more sense.”

“No one. America needs to chill out for 4 years, figure out who they are and what they need in a president.”

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Bden De jesus Estrella Sophomore

Jake Favier

Thanksgiving Here We Come!