As part of an ongoing series, Children of Abraham, three local faith leaders, Dalia Abdul Rahim, of the Tristate Is-lamic Center; Bonnie Sue Lewis, of Westminster Presby-terian Church and University of Dubuque’s Seminary; and Phyllis Garfield, of Temple Beth El, led a discussion on su-pernatural beings in the Islamic, Christian and Jewish faith traditions, respectively.

“They are not speaking for their traditions, they are speak-ing from their traditions,” Dr. John Eby said of each of the speakers. He opened the presentation by likening it to re-united a family. Children of Abraham, which is an ongoing series of lectures and discussions about relations between these faith traditions, is in its fifth year.

Abdul Rahim began the discussion with an overview of the Islamic beliefs about angels, demons and Jinn. Jinn are the least known in western culture, having no parallel in Christian or Jewish thought. The name Jinn derives from an Arabic word meaning to hide or be hidden.

“They live in a parallel universe to ours,” according to Abdul Rahim, and are made of smokeless fire as opposed to human beings who are made of clay. Like human beings, they were made by Allah with free will and made to worship Him, and likewise can be either good or evil. Demons in

Islam are not fallen angels, but rather Jinn who have cho-sen evil. The origin of Shaytan or Satan is in a Jinn named Iblis. Iblis refused to bow to Adam, as he perceived himself as a higher order being. For disobeying, he begged not to

be punished on the spot, but on Judgment Day, so that in between he may act as a tempter to mankind, proving they were not worthy of his bowing anyway. Demons are those Jinn who follow him. Angels, or Malak, in Islam do not have free will and are messengers to mankind. The most important of them in the Quran is Jibril, or Gabriel, who appeared to Mary as well as all of the prophets.

Lewis spoke from a Presbyterian Christian perspective on angels and demons and their respective origins. She acknowledged that while angels and angel imagery are very popular today, most of what the public knows is a spinoff of Christian tradition of angels. Angels are created beings, usually in God’s presence, singing his praises. The Hebrew word for angel mirrors the Arabic, Mal’ek, which translates into the Greek angelos, meaning messenger.

“It is only by God’s permission they interact with hu-mankind,” said Lewis. Demons, in Christian theology, are fallen angels. Satan was created as an angel of light, but turned against God, and demons are those angels who fol-low him.

Garfield, of Temple Beth-El, spoke on behalf of a Jewish perspective. Angels are mentioned very little in the Torah, but are mentioned more specifically in the prophetic books,

The Hike to Help Refugees event took place in front of Christ the King Chapel at noon Sept. 19. Or rather, the event started at the chapel. The participants walked on a route that took them from Loras to University of Dubuque to Clarke.

The event was sponsored by the Dubuque International Day of Peace Committee and the Iowa United Nations Association. This is the fifth year the event has taken place in Dubuque. The first three years, the walk took place in various parks, and the most recent two were in town.

“It’s so easy in Iowa to forget about all the problems people are experiencing elsewhere,” said first-year Shan-non Schuster. “I think any time there’s an opportunity to open your eyes up to it, you should take advantage of it and try to help out.”

Before the walk, all members were required to sign up and pay a fee; $10 for students and $20 for adults. At the halfway point and at the end, there were volunteers stationed there to hand out water bottles to the walkers.

The participants reached their final destination at

around 1:15 p.m., which was much faster than anticipat-ed. The walk was scheduled to be finished at 2 p.m. The barbeque across the street dubbed “BBQ in DBQ” was scheduled to start at the finish time.

Art Roche, a member of the planning committee for the Dubuque International Day of Peace festival and board member of the Iowa United Nations Association, was moved upon hearing stories about refugees around the world and decided to get personally involved with the project.

The turnout for the march was smaller than expected — there were about 10 people, two of which were Loras students. The rest were members of the Dubuque commu-nity. According to Roche, the turnout last year was much larger, consisting of about 30-35 people.

“This is a fun fall activity that is a good way to alert and educate people while they’re still doing something that they enjoy, like hiking or walking,” said Roche. “People in Dubuque are generous. They want to do something and this is something they can do.”

All funds raised at the walk will be donated to the Relief of Syrian Refugees.

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Series evolves into discussion on the supernatural

photo by broderick hookerDalia Abdul Rahim (from left), Bonnie Sue Lewis and Phyllis Garfield share various faith teachings at the Angels, Demons and Jinn event Thursday.

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Members of the Class of 2019 attended a series of four speakers during their common time on Monday, Sept. 21, that addressed how the MOI reading material, “Blindspot,” could be applied to the subjects of history,

neuroscience, sociology and politics.Traditionally an outside speaker is invited

for this event (the 2014 event featured Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith, the previous year’s text). However, Dr. Kate McCar-thy-Gilmore and the First Year Experience

Committee thought it to be best to “focus on the interdisciplinary piece and the liberal arts piece and really connect it to that part of MOI, to the college experience.”

“We wanted people (speakers) from a variety of disciplines but that would be in-terconnected in their ways to look at the im-plicit bias,” said McCarthy-Gilmore, “I think it gave us a lot of different lenses for which to look at this text.”

The four speakers offered diverse insights into the relation between the implicit bias and their respective fields of study. Dr. Kris-tin Anderson-Bricker opened the event with the parallels between her field of history and “Blindspot” lens for reform.

Dr. Michael Jarcho of the neuroscience department showed that “mindbugs can be genetic in nature” with his presentation on

a study concerning twins and their biases at the age of 9. He also stated that “conscious intervention can result in subconscious change.”

Dr. Kate Parks emphasized the stereotyp-ing section of “Blindspot” that specifically dealt with the brain separating things into categories). She bridged this into her field of sociology in terms of the tendency that stereotypes generally benefit the dominant group.

Dr. David Cochran then exemplified “Blindspot’s” theory of reflective thinking vs. automatic thinking in politics; people’s voting tendencies reflect implicit biases. He stressed that things like colors, symbols, slo-gans, songs and even accessories have the potential to sway one way or another.

By providing these insights into classes and fields other than MOI, students were exposed to implicit biases in the world that surrounds an average Duhawk.

“I wanted students to take connections out of their larger college experience,” said McCarthy-Gilmore. “I think they could then be sitting in a psychology class or a Spanish class and look at how the way some of the things they’re learning or talking about re-late to these ideas of biases. Maybe the next time they’re thinking about political can-didates, they’ll think a little bit differently about that.”

When the rain came in late Friday afternoon, Loras Af-ter Dark, usually an outdoor event, was in danger of being canceled. Luckily, CAB found a way to make the event happen. The event was moved from Lor-as Parkway to Graber on Friday Sept. 20 from 9 to 11 p.m. It ended up being a huge success for CAB and all students who attended.

CAB brought in free pizza, Buffalo Wild Wings and a car-amel apple bar for food. They also brought in a caricature art-ist, a photo booth stocked with quirky costumes and different prizes which were raffled off. Additionally, the Dance Mar-athon Morale captains led the students in last year’s morale dance. The event allows stu-dents a break from the first few weeks of classes and an oppor-tunity to hang out with friends and experience one of the first CAB events of the year.

“It brings first years through seniors together in a fun atmo-sphere where they can eat, hang out and meet new people,” said CAB member and junior Allie Kaleta.

Besides enjoying the social aspect of being around students of all grade levels, first-year students also got the chance to see how exciting CAB events can be. Loras After Dark had a DJ and dance floor set up, com-plete with strobe lights and col-ored disco balls. This allowed students to dance and mingle with ease, and created a simi-lar atmosphere to other events hosted by CAB and other stu-dent organizations.

“Loras After Dark was a great way to start the year,” said first year Madison Tolley, “and I am excited to attend more CAB events in the future.”

CAB’s next major event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 1 with hypnotist Jim Wand. The event starts at 8 p.m. located in St. Joseph’s Auditorium.

by julie white| staff writer

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Duhawks kick off school year with CAB

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photo by natalie droeskeDr. Michael Jarcho, professor of neuroscience, explains how different parts of the brain work when making decisions, as discussed in the common MOI reading of “Blindspot.”

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that would be interconnected in their ways to look at

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most notably the book of Daniel. Jewish an-gelology developed a more defined angelic hierarchy well into the Middle Ages as the Jewish people came into contact with other cultures. Contemporary Jews of the reform and more liberal variety tend to place little emphasis on angels.

“God has given us a job to do in this world,” said Garfield. Angels, in way, are less valuable to God in that they cannot choose to worship Him. There is a Jewish prayer, the bedtime sh’ma, which invokes angels to protect the sleeper during the night.

The rest of the evening was open to ques-tions and provocative discussion between the speakers and the audience. All came away with a greater understanding of tre-mendous importance of these celestial be-ings in the Abrahamic tradition.

The next events for Children of Abraham include the one-man play by Doug Donald titled “Jesus, Shakespeare, and Amelia Ear-hardt Run into a Wall” on Sept. 24-26, a Peace Rally against Gun Violence on Sept. 27 and Sukkoth, the Jewish Festival of Booths on Sept. 29.

Last Thursday night, students had the opportunity to attend this year’s first Lor-as Chess Club meeting. Tables were labeled to sort students into their varying skill sets, from “I’m not sure how to play” to “I’m a chess fiend!” These labels were meant to welcome students of all levels of knowledge into Chess Club, whether they were looking to learn the game or just have a great time playing. Stu-dents were able to really enjoy themselves by sitting

down, playing a few games, munch-ing on some free pizza and getting to talk to all of the interesting peo-ple that came and went through the night. Both new and veteran players alike greeted each new face

that came through the door. “I was surprised that Loras did not

have a Chess Club when I came here three years ago, so I figured I would start one and see how it goes,” said Dr. Benjamin Darr, a professor of politics and the faculty supervisor

to the Chess Club. He went on to say that he hopes for the Chess Club to grow this

year, and he hopes that those with any skill level will be comfortable attending meetings. Those in Chess Club really enjoy being able to play, as well as the friend-ships that they have formed in common interests and competition.

For those considering Chess Club, meet-ings take place every Thursday night at 6 p.m. in Hoffmann Room 212. For all of those that want to learn or play, try it out, and maybe find a new hobby or another excuse to hang out with friends.

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Peace and Justice Week kicked off officially with the Peace of My Mind exhibit displayed in the ACC and ARC Sunday evening, and it will continue to be available for viewing throughout the week. Fifty-two portraits of individuals working for peace across the na-tion are coupled with their per-sonal story. The photos and stories were captured by John Noltner, a freelance photographer from Min-nesota who also spoke at the open-ing night event.

According to apeaceofmymind.net, the exhibit was featured at the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Forum and has been seen by over 80,000 people since beginning its travels in 2010. Attendees of the opening night were given an exhibit guide complete with reflection questions to foster a deeper interaction with the art, asking questions related to one’s personal peace and drawing connections between that and the art.

The event was organized by Sta-cia McDermott, the campus Peace and Justice Coordinator, who in-troduced the first speaker and cu-rator John Noltner.

“A Peace of My Mind represents Noltner’s belief that art and story-telling have the power to transform our hearts as well as our communi-ties,” she said.

Noltner spoke easily to the crowd gathered and highlighted his own faith.

“I constantly come back to Je-sus’ commandment to ‘Love one another,’” said Noltner. “You know I’ve looked really hard for the exceptions and the qualifiers to that statement and it doesn’t have any. It doesn’t say love the ones that look like you , love the ones that act like you or love the ones that will vote like you in the next election cycle. It says ‘Love one another.’ Period. ”

His skill for storytelling has earned him national and interna-tional acclaim. His goal to “seek

by louisa pavlik| staff writer ‘‘“a peace of My Mind represents Noltner’s belief

that art and storytelling have the power to transform

our hearts as well as our communities. ”

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three years ago, so i figured i would start one and see how it goes.Benjamin Darr

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out common humanity” allowed Noltner the opportunity to, as he put it, “feed his hungry soul” through such meaningful work. His success could be accredited to his curiosity, starting with the simple question “What does peace mean to you?”

From the pottery artist to the financial planner who doubles as

a Buddhism teacher, the stories of peace are compelling and thought provoking. The display opens a community dialogue for how we seek peace in daily life as well as in the grand scheme of international diplomacy.

Brad Cavanagh, professor of social work, shared his story on getting involved in social work. He

reflected on how hard it can be to grapple with heavy questions as a college kid when you just want to make the world better but aren’t quite sure how. His words were encouraging.

“How can we confront these gi-normous issues facing the world today that are so complex?” he asked. “And then I think, ‘We al-

ready have. We have solved huge problems and conflicts. We eradi-cated smallpox, for instance’.”

Michelle Kavanaugh, the social outreach and action intern for the Fr. Ray Herman Peace and Justice Center and an officer for DuSome-thing, spoke after Greg Gorton, the men’s basketball coach, explained how he serves his athletes every day in meaningful ways beyond coaching. Both spoke sincerely on the importance of authenticity and listening to others during everyday conversations.

Kavanaugh, who spent a year doing service work with a Catholic organization in Atlanta, Georgia after high school, related to Loras’ many passionate students as she explained her struggle to work for peace in a classroom setting.

“Working for peace isn’t some-thing that’s always really tangible like doing mission work or travel-ing and doing social action things,” she said.

Sometimes, working for peace is as simple as hearing someone else’s story and experiencing A Peace of My Mind is the perfect opportunity to do so.

Even if you weren’t able to make the exhibit on its opening night, the art is most certainly worth taking the time to observe. Hear-ing the stories of those working for peace offers insight to people whom you might not normally have the chance of encountering. Building bridges is the key to wag-ing peace.

“This is my seventh lecture today, so excuse me for wearing a microphone.”

Dr. Reese Halter, outspoken activist, broadcaster and ecologist normally does not give talks with a mic. Regardless of Loras being the last event on his packed schedule during his time in Dubuque, Halter brought zeal, personality and accessibility to the topic of climate change on Sept. 21, International Day of Peace.

After a quick introduction from an equally interesting speaker and Loras professor, Dr. David Cochran, Halter wasted no time in getting to the meat of the issue.

“Tonight I want to leave you with just three things: First, human beings are exceptional problem solvers - that’s what we do - AND elegant toolmakers. That’s what we do!”

The problem we need to solve? Climate change. The Pope, scientists and a myriad of experts agree. The tools we make? Innovation and technology are developing to live on a warming earth. We can adapt to rising sea levels, polar ice cap melting, ocean acidification and prolonged heat waves. Dr. Halter made that clear. What he made clearer is that we also have a moral and ethical responsibility to do everything we can to prevent further environmental catastrophe and injustice.

Halter took a short breath and continued, “The second thing, please. Please. For every problem, there are at least three solutions. And thirdly,” –if there were ever an appropriate time to use caps lock to reflect voice intonation,

it is now - “CHANGE IS OPPORTUNITY IN DISGUISE!”

The following hour and a half passed quickly, but it was full of information. My mind was blown by the facts and intricacies of global warming.

“This June, we lost 300 gigatons of ice. This, ladies and gentlemen, is irrefutable.”

What does that mean?“This ice melting has the power to

raise our oceans ten feet.” This too, is irrefutable. Think of Florida and our coastal towns. It’s not just beaches that are being swallowed up; it’s our towns that can slip into the sea.

Along with rising sea levels, global warming causes extreme weather. This past June, Houston, “a town built to withstand flooding,” was doused by 11 inches of rain in one day. It was devastating.

Australia, where Halter is from, experienced the hottest summer on record this past year, and its Great Barrier Reef has lost fifty percent of its biodiversity.

“Half of it is dead. That’s the size of the U.K.,” explained Halter.

Whales are being hunted for dog food in Japan, and our leaders are allowing it to continue. Mature trees - which Halter referred to as “CO2 powerhouses” - are dying off because of extreme heat. The poor are being slammed with heat waves in places like New Delhi, India. Our oceans have tripled in methylmercury over the past 50 years.

Here, Halter did a little “food chain 101” – his words, not mine - and explained how fish eat sea plants, and big fish eat little fish and humans eat big

fish and now we’re full of poison, too.“We’re funding the biggest polluters,

the wealthiest. We’re funding the Kochs! Come on! ... The top executives received six billion dollars in salaries over the last five years to do two things: prevent our government from stopping subsidies and prevent any policies to come in to alleviate the problems. OMG COME ON! I don’t care if you’re the Koch brothers or you’re somebody sleeping on the street. Guess what! We all breathe air! And if you poison the planet, we all suffer.”

Taxpayers around the world are subsidizing wealthy oil giants to pollute our world. The facts spewing from Halter’s mouth were fascinating and upsetting in one breath. I found myself wondering during the talk why the U.S. couldn’t be more like the people of Holland, who recently sued their government for failing to combat climate change. This is the same country who has installed solar panels on a bike path used by thousands of people to commute to work every day.

Yet, Halter told us time and again that we college students have “won the double lottery.” We live in the United States and are receiving a higher education.

Humans aren’t the only life suffering, either. Bees are dying off due to heat and harsh pesticides which the Environmental Protection Agency are failing to regulate properly. These remarkable creatures that can detect tuberculosis and pregnancy are also responsible for pollinating much of our flowering plants, yet they are dying off by the billions. Sea urchins and sea stars are “melting into goo along the California coast line.”

Among all of the injustices was room for hope as well. Dr. Halter delivered the news with urgency, but also provided empowering examples to alleviate some of the damage done by climate change. The bees won’t go extinct because we can feed them. The Pope just issued an encyclical calling for compassion for the poor in fighting climate change. People in Detroit and Cleveland have started “fruit forests” that bring the community together through harvesting fruits, nuts and veggies.

And the list goes on. Here on campus, we have students working to install solar power and reduce the use of plastic bags in Dubuque. We’ve installed low-flow toilets, we’ve harvested vegetables from the campus garden together and there are countless other projects working to make Loras more sustainable.

The knowledge that we need to act on climate change is there, and more and more people are exercising their will to save nature. Dr. Reese Halter was just one example of the many extraordinary people on this earth working to save our planet. To end with his parting words: “We need nature, ladies and gentlemen. Nature does not need us.”

The word “no” may have been one of my firsts, but as I’ve

gotten older it’s becoming harder and harder to say. Judging by the e-mail signatures of the majority of Loras students, I’m guessing that I’m not the only one that has trouble saying “no” to participating in the many fantastic organizations and other opportunities on campus.

As great as all of these things are, there is a point when “too much of a

good thing” really comes into play. I have been involved with a variety of fantastic and worthy clubs and organizations in the two years that I have been at Loras, and I don’t regret a second of time that I have dedicated to any of them. However, as time has gone on, I have begun taking more of a leadership role in these organizations. Because of this, I have been making more of a time commitment to each of them, and stretching myself thinner and thinner. As much as I wish there were 48 hours in a day so that I could give each of these clubs and organizations the time it deserves, it’s just not so, and an issue arises where I am not giving enough effort to each individual one. Things start slipping through the cracks. I forget to read an assignment here, forget to send an e-mail there, but cracks start showing in my foundation.

I can’t do everything, as much as I want to. I would love to be involved as a committee member on Dance Marathon, raise money for UNICEF, lead tours of campus, have fun with CAB, be a Breitbach Catholic Thinker and Leader, play intramural sports, work for the newspaper, earn money as a student worker, have an internship off-campus, and much, much more. I have participated in some of those

things, but some of those are only things I wish I could do. It can be a hard pill to swallow that you can’t do something, as much as you want to, because you just don’t have the time. It’s so tempting to over-schedule ourselves for the sake of loving every activity option.

Being away from campus and all of my involvements last spring semester was difficult, but it was so amazing and definitely worth it. I had the opportunity to take a step back and have a unique college experience in Dublin. I was able to leave the United States for the first time, fulfill my dreams of traveling the world, and learn so much about myself. Besides all that, it was also an opportunity to take a breather from all of my extracurricular activities at Loras. By doing so, I had the ability to relax a bit, focus on my classes, and really live in the moment to enjoy myself. It was hard to adjust to the more laid-back schedule at first, but eventually I really learned to love it. I was able to have meals with friends and spend longer than half an hour eating. I looked out the window on my commute to school instead of spending the whole time sending e-mails and planning projects and

meetings. I really focused on

my classwork, and enjoyed reading the novels thoroughly, instead of trying to frantically speed read to get to the next assignment. Instead of making absurdly long checklists in my agenda, I was able

to forget it every few days and plan each day when I woke up, instead of weeks in advance. It was a much needed refresher, and made me realize that I had been on such a tight schedule during my past three semesters at college that I had been forgetting a really important part of college: to enjoy my time at Loras.

I’m not going to lie, being back at Loras and being enrolled in 17 credits, having an internship off campus and being executive editor of two campus publications has not been easy in the slightest. I feel like I’ve been a step behind for the past two weeks, and it hasn’t been easy to readjust to being

with friends, professors and classmates who I haven’t seen for months. It’s been great to see everyone again and return to our beautiful (and extremely hilly) campus, but an adjustment nonetheless. And coming off a more relaxed semester has made the transition back into all of my organizations and classes especially hectic.

I did my best for the first week or two to just adjust to all of my prior commitments, even with the added leadership roles that I’ve taken on. However, I quickly realized that I didn’t even have time to eat, let alone give enough attention to any one of these commitments. I was shortchanging all of them, as much as I wanted to give my undivided attention to all of them. Something had to change. I had to relearn how to say “no,” even though it was harder than I thought it would be to do so.

It was really, really hard for me. I’m a bit of a people pleaser (okay, a big one) and I hate feeling that I’ve let someone down or disappointed them. However, staying in the ridiculous amount of clubs and job

positions that I was in was a disservice to everyone. So I took a deep breath, sat down with a few of these organizations, and said that as much as I loved working with them, this year I would not be able to commit to them.

I was expecting some sort of backlash, or disapproving gaze. However, my confession was met with nothing but an understanding nod, and “best of luck” with my other endeavors. Not one person got mad at me, or gave me reason to believe that I was singlehandedly destroying their organization.

It was not easy for me to drop some of these organizations. I had to say “no” to some really worthwhile causes, and some of my best friends. I had to remind myself though that yes, I did need time to eat, and yes, I need to sleep more than five hours a night. I know I’m not the only one on this campus that has overcommitted themselves and so I’m addressing this to all of the fellow Duhawk overachievers out there: YES! You do deserve to enjoy the basic necessities of life, and you do deserve to enjoy the occasional opportunity to read a book for fun or watch Netflix or hang out with your roommates. As much as we’d like to think we are, we are not superheroes. It isn’t easy, but sometimes it truly is in everyone’s best interest to say “no,” and focus our attention on just a few commitments instead of 110.

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On Wednesday night, CNN hosted the second Republican Presidential Debate at the

Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California. The debate was broadcast to a national audience and gave eleven different Republican candidates the opportunity to show the country why they should represent the Republican Party in the 2016 presidential election. It was certainly an interesting debate with controversial maverick-celebrity-politician Donald Trump drawing a great deal of attention to himself.

It was apparent from the outset of the debate that many of the candidates were taking aim at Trump. This was great for the party because there is no doubt in my mind that Donald Trump and his brand of politics have continued and will continue to damage the Republican Party’s brand. Trump has dominated the polls recently, but more seasoned debaters, such as businesswoman Carly Fiorina and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, seemed to shine brighter than the media mogul, who was repeatedly attacked with success by Fiorina. At one point, these attacks seemed to make Trump blush and uncomfortable, something others have been trying to do during Trump’s meteoric rise up the polls.

Others candidates, such as former Gov. Jeb Bush, Ohio Gov. John Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, seemed to have been given mixed

reviews from most political pundits. The person who seemed to struggle the most was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who looked awkward and sweaty and whose poll numbers have dropped significantly over recent months. This is a highly disappointing development for me and many within the Republican Party who saw Walker as a rising star in the party.

Wildcard Sen. Rand Paul excelled in the limited time he was given, and

he still seems to be a presence in this race (and on this campus as well). The debate was meant to pit the candidates against each other, and all of them seemed to take aim against Trump (almost as much as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama).

The effects of this debate are still to be determined, but I still feel the Republicans would be best served to run a moderate such as Bush or Kasich or a person who could unite the different factions in the party

if they want to win. I also think it would be a good idea to avoid running Trump, which would frankly be disastrous for the party’s brand and something from which we might not be able to recover.

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Letters to the editor are welcomed!

This week, I embarrassed myself pretty

badly. I was on my way to class, minding my own business, when I thought I saw one of my friends in the distance. I didn’t have my glasses on that morning, so I couldn’t quite tell one way or the other. As I was getting closer, I yelled

out his name. Yeah, turns out it wasn’t him at all,

but someone that looked like him. Whatever, it happens to everyone. But there is something to be learned from the experience: it is hard to determine what we are seeing when we are distant and removed from the situation. To use an example, look at conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of JFK. It has now been fifty years, and there are still people arguing one conspiracy theory after another, each either building off of or completely disregarding theories that came before. The conspiracies surrounding JFK’s death are there in order to best explain what happened. That is to say, we have a blurry view of his assassination, and the conspiracy theories are being used as different lenses in order to best be able to see what really happened.

I’m not going to rant on JFK conspiracy theories. Instead, I’m going to rant on everyday conspiracy theories. There is one stance in politics today that I find rather odd: the media’s role of informing the public.

Explaining our love-hate relationship with the media is tough. With so many news outlets - and just as many critiques — it is hard to settle on just one topic, so I will pick an easy one: clickbait articles. Clickbait articles are easy targets for criticism because of how simplistic the news becomes. “10 Reasons Why Obama is the Greatest” is a no nonsense article title; it tells the reader exactly how long the list will be, who the list will be about, and what the list will be about—simple and easy to digest. But clickbait articles serve a need, the need being quick and easy to digest information.

Who has the need for quick and easy to digest information? People who don’t have time to read actual news, specifically 20- to 35-year-olds. Yes, we as the public have influence over companies no matter how large they are, because they are selling their services to us. So if ‘the media’ is trying to sell their products to us, then we as consumers have some power in what they sell to us. If there weren’t people reading clickbait articles, then there would be no clickbait articles, but people do read them, so companies will keep pushing.

To take this a step further, the reason

that Fox slants to the right, MSNBC to the left, and CNN center left, is because they are fulfilling consumer needs. It isn’t Democrats who watch Fox, it is Republican voters that do, just as liberals watch MSNBC over any other news station. One critique that is often levied at the media companies is that they lack journalistic integrity, and that they care more about what advertisers and stockholders say than actually reporting the news. However, that isn’t fair to the companies because it places all of the blame on them.

Again, Fox, CNN, and MSNBC are all marketing to different demographics, so they tailor their news accordingly. Fox running stories on how climate change isn’t real is not proof of the coal industry owning Fox news, it is proof that Fox viewers don’t believe in climate change. In fact, according to a Stanford study, only 60% of regular Fox viewers believed that anthropogenic climate change is real, meaning 40 percent of regular Fox viewers are climate skeptics.

Some would connect the dots and claim that Fox is turning people into skeptics, but correlation does not mean causation. What can be said, though, is that if Fox suddenly started running stories on how climate change is very real and very much a threat, there

would be a sizable part of their regular viewing population

that would suddenly not be interested in watching Fox news anymore.

To tie it all together, at the beginning of the article,

I talked about the troubles of blurry vision. If your eyes are

blurry, you can’t see the exact shape of an object, but instead its unrefined outlines. This can of course lead to problems, such as mistaking one person for another, but it can also lead to more serious mistakes. But what is important to note is that had I worn my glasses that morning, I wouldn’t have made an ass out of myself when I called out my friend’s name. I forgot my glasses, so it was my mistake—no one else’s.

In the same way, if we want to change how we get our news, then we have to change our viewing habits. Don’t like clickbait? Don’t click on it. Think Fox’s position of skepticism on climate change is ridiculous? Persuade people to stop watching or write to the station.

The point is that casting all of the blame on companies for bad practices totally absolves us of our own sins. We have a part in the creation of their message as well, so that means we have to change it. We must ask ourselves: do we want easy information, or real information?

In news stories, scrutinize the source

Dallas Knapp

‘Knapp’ Time

Lots of mud slung — especially at Trump — at Republican debate

At a time when there are two parties

that control all the political clout in this country, it seems impossible that any opposition or outside force could gain any ground. As more people turn away from politics, it has become the time to create a well-established and well

organized third option.The far right had the Tea Party, which

despite all their anti-establishment rhetoric has been pretty much dissolved into the Republican Party. The left had Occupy Wall Street, but one can only sit in a park for so long before getting bored. So where will this third option come from?

People are beginning to see that we have a government and an economy that is rigged for those with the most money and wealth. They are beginning

to see that what we are doing and how humanity is presently conducting herself is unsustainable. They are beginning to see that while unfettered capitalism may have brought us the iPhone, it also brought the destruction of the only planet we can inhabit. They are beginning to see that wherever a corporation can make a dime, they will, despite the human cost. They are beginning to see that their dignity may have been an illusion all along and that they’re simply a cog in the inescapable system in which we partake.

It’s time for this country and the whole world to have another progressive movement. A movement which looks at individuals with true dignity. A movement that recognizes that our current way of doing things is unsustainable. A movement where one has opportunity despite race or wealth.

As the country moves further right as a whole, it is of tantamount importance to any other issue that we create an organized grassroots movement that says “enough is enough” and that all people must be represented.

Progressive reboot

The effects of this debate are still to

be determined, but I still feel

the Republicans would best be

served to run a moderate such as Bush or

Kasich or a person who could unite

the different factions in the

party if they want to win.

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i’ll ‘Grant’ You That

Charlie Grant

by peTer fricano|for the lorian

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One word to describe rapper Andy Mineo’s new al-bum would be uncomfortable. Not only is that the al-bum’s name but also the lyrics are hard-hitting enough that it is clear Mineo does not care about catering to a certain group of people at all. In an interview with MTV News, Mineo describes that “trying to learn how to embrace discomfort” was a motivating force behind his new album. He goes on to say, “I wanted to push the limits and the boundaries … and try to find a new sound … and I know that innovation comes at the cost of failure,” specifically in regards to his new album “Un-comfortable.”

With that being said, I firmly believe that all the tracks in the album have a similar sound but are constructed in extremely dif-ferent ways. It is evident that he is in the process of locking into his sound, and he himself said “my sound is changing.” The songs that I believe Mineo successfully finds his sound in are “Uncomfortable,” “Desperados” featur-ing Mali Music, “Rat Race” featuring Jon Bellion, and “Vendetta.” These four songs stand out to me be-cause they seem to bridge the old Mineo with the new. They contain a blend of slow and fast beats. The best way to describe them would be a R&B background with a forefront of rap verse that actually contains things worth saying. These songs push the listener to

think about society in a different way, like when Mi-neo raps in “Vendetta” that “‘Pac did a lot more for me than Barack” in reference to Tupac being more influential in his life than President Barack Obama. He also makes sure to tie in his Christian roots while

still being able to have his music classified as secular hip hop/rap. In the song “Uncomfortable,” one of the verses is “I try to point them to the Son, but why they calling me a star”, which is a reference to Jesus, the Son of God. The main impact that Mineo’s beliefs have on his rap-ping career is that he wants to have a legitimate sound to counter the idea that vulgarity makes for good rap. In his case, it clearly does not.

The slight issue I have with this album is the fact that a lot of it sounds more like R&B than just straight rap. When I think of rap, I

instantly think of fast, solid beats. While many of his songs did contain the beats I was looking for, a lot of the time they were cut off either by a transition into a slower pace or overshadowed by background vocals and instruments.

Although Mineo switched up Uncomfortable com-paratively to Neverland or to Superheroes, he is an artist that I would encourage everyone to continue following to see where his career as a rapper leads. One can only expect good things to follow this album.

by krissy juarez | staff writer

‘Uncomfortable’

Let me preface this review by providing the fact that I am not much of a horror movie lover. I’ve never thought that I should spend my money on getting scared when I can just as easily scare myself by hanging out in the Vis or thinking about student loans. My friends dragged me to see “The Visit”, and I will honestly say that I was pleasantly surprised. Un-like many horror movies that end up on Netflix, “The Visit” actually has a plot. Siblings Becca (Olivia DeJong) and Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) go for a week-long visit to their estranged grandparents’ house. They are off to see the parents of their single mother (Kathryn Hahn), whom she hasn’t spoken to in eighteen years. Becca fancies herself a documentary direc-tor and chooses to use the reunion as a film opportunity. The kids go on a train by themselves to their mother’s hometown while their mother and her cool new boyfriend go on an all-inclusive cruise.

The week starts out very well with an awkward but pleasant meet-ing between Becca, Tyler, Nana (Deanna Dunagan) and Pop Pop (Peter McRobbie). The big horror theme of the movie is that the kids cannot leave their room after 9:30 p.m.

The previews of the movie made this abundantly clear and the movie did not fail to make this apparent during the first night of the kids’ visit. Leaving their room, Becca witnesses her grandmother vomiting at the bottom of the staircase while walking around in the dark.

The horror genre is plagued with movies providing cheap jump-scares and obvious plots, but “The Visit” remedies this quite well. Every night and day the grandparents get weirder and weirder, and the filmmakers keep the audience asking “What’s wrong with these people?” Though there are jump scares in the film, they are well spread out and add a lot to the process of giving viewers the heebie-jeebies.

Being more of a psychological thriller that makes you ask questions the whole time, “The Visit” doesn’t try to make you wet the bed or cheer for the villain because there is nothing better to do. Becca and Tyler prove to be relatively reliable protagonists that you want to cheer for. You don’t want anything to happen to them because they are round characters with an actual backstory. I don’t know which I am more im-pressed with: round characters in a horror film or the fact that Becca only made one stereotypical horror movie mistake.

Pulling in the audience, spooking them, and making them think is on repeat during “The Visit.” Whether you want a good scare, or you’re interested in what was wrong with the grandparents (because I was purposefully vague about that in this review), I highly recommend this movie. It did not hurt to spend money on it, and I genuinely enjoyed it. At the very least, everyone should put it on their Netflix queue to watch with friends. It’ll get you thinking.

A Visit to ‘The Visit’

by ervin yahr iii | staff writer

by broderick hooker | staff writer

My Morning Jacket‘The Waterfall’

by nino erba | staff writer

Perhaps this is just me, but it seems like the point when Oscar season officially starts keeps getting more blurred as time goes on. A good ex-ample of this is that “Black Mass” was released just last week but is definitely good enough to generate Oscar buzz. If nothing else, this film should snag a couple of nominations, especially in the acting categories.

The film alternates between interviews of three former members of James “Whitey” Bulg-er’s (Johnny Depp) gang with the FBI and three specific blocks of time when Bulger became one of Boston’s most notorious criminals. The first block of time takes place in 1975, after Bulger is released from Alcatraz and already taking part in local crime. He hits a gold mine, however, when FBI agent and childhood friend John Connol-ly (Joel Edgerton) makes a deal with Bulger: if Bulger would help take down Italian gangsters in Boston, Connolly would help protect Bulger from the FBI. Both get what they want, (the film does a good job of showing the territory fights between the Irish and Italian gangsters in Boston during this time) but Bulger is by far the bigger beneficia-ry. After his son dies, Bulger changes.

The second block starts in 1981, when Bulger expands his operations to places like Miami and Connolly becomes more corrupted by his alliance with Bulger. The third starts in 1985, when Con-nolly’s corruption is all but complete and Bulger, further hardened by the death of his mother, dips his toes into working with the IRA. Eventually, both overplay their hands, Connolly ends up get-ting arrested and Bulger goes on the run from the FBI until his eventual capture in 2011.

It’s surprising to know that Bulger was the sec-ond-most wanted criminal by the FBI for years. After seeing this movie, it shouldn’t be surprising, but then again, the man who held the top spot after Bulger was Osama Bin Laden. Looking at this now feels almost antiquat-ed in the post-9/11 era but Bulger was one bad dude, even by American gangster standards. The film does a good job of giving us a con-cise look at several periods in Bulger’s life, even if the full picture would be much longer than what’s s h o w n here. And what is shown is done ex-cellently.

Director Scott Cooper shows restraint with his technique, preferring to show us the simple hap-penings and occasional shocking violence that oc-curred in Bulger’s universe. The film doesn’t show off its period detail, even though certain things (the cars, a green telephone here, a dial TV there) are clearly from several decades ago. Mostly, Coo-per just tells the story and lets his cast guide us through it.

This is a wise move, considering that the cast is terrific throughout. Benedict Cumberbatch is charming as Massachusetts State Sen. (eventually Senate President) Billy Bulger, who ends up hav-ing blood on his hands simply for being related to Whitey and being caught in the tangle of Whitey and the FBI. Dakota Johnson, in a small but key role as Whitey’s girlfriend, helps show a more hu-man side of Whitey’s life before the death of their son set him on a bad course. Kevin Bacon brings a much-needed edge as Connolly’s boss, who right-fully chews Connolly out for his embarrassing performance in taking Bulger down as Bulger’s crimes keep growing.

However, the nominations will surely go to Depp and Edgerton. Edgerton, as Connolly, mas-terfully shows a man who ultimately pays the price for allowing his loyalty to his childhood friend to corrupt him. And Depp, in the span of about two hours, has the last laugh at critics who noticed a dip in his fortunes after a string of flops and ques-tionable choices (he might never live down “The Lone Ranger”). Here, his mannerisms are kept in check and gives a charismatic, masterful perfor-mance of a man who gets more dangerous with time. One highlight, already shown in one of the trailers, is when he eggs one of Connolly’s FBI co-workers to spill the beans on a secret family rec-

ipe for steak, which turns into a chilling threat by Bulger should he leak

out information about Bulger. The air gets sucked out of the room, yet Bulger bookends it with a maniacal cackle. John-ny Depp’s comeback, folks.

Is “Black Mass” a new clas-sic in the gangster film genre? Probably not. Is it Oscar bait? Decidedly so. Is this problem-atic? Not really, because this film is worth seeing just for

the fact that it rescued Johnny Depp from

d i s a p p e a r i n g into self-paro-dy and reminds us why he’s one of the biggest movie stars to-day.

MASS-ive Role for Johnny Depp

DVD ReleaseThis summer has been glutted with the usual run of

action blockbusters, be they superhero movies (“The Avengers: Age of Ultron”) or reboots of long-beloved franchises (“Juras-sic World”). However, one film broke through the fog, and surprisingly, it was a reboot of a beloved franchise, “Mad Max: Fury Road,” which is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD and is reason enough to restore faith in big-budget action movies.

In a post-apocalyptic world, Max (Tom Har-dy) is but one victim of a tyrannical terrain.

Haunted by memories from his past, he’s among the people reduced to being used as a blood bank for the savage War Kids, including Nux (Nicholas Hoult of “Warm Bodies”).

Most of the remaining humans live under the op-pressive reign of Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Bryne), who controls the water supply for the masses. An en-tire political argument could be made from this, but let’s move on.

The action really begins when one of the lieuten-ants, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), veers

off course from the squadron’s mission to collect gas-oline. Inside Furiosa’s truck, however, are Joe’s five

wives. This sets off one of the chase scenes that pop-ulate the film, and what chase scenes they are!

We’ve become so accustomed to seeing endless CGI in movies that at this point, we can merely comment on how poorly or well done they are. So it’s a breath of fresh air that the special effects and ac-tion scenes in this movie are so real. The vehicles and explosions are tangible for once and for a movie that cost $150 mil-

lion to make, the money for “Mad Max” was well spent.

However, the freshest part of

this movie is how it utilizes women as a major part of the film and how they have a stake in the movie’s plot development. The wives, who start out as cap-tives, eventually adapt to their new environment to become hardened fighters and part of Furiosa’s team.

Max and Nux also join the women in escaping Joe and his army but since they are joined by a bunch of tough old women from Furiosa’s past, the film is still dominated by women. But the most divine of all wom-en in the film is Furiosa. Played with both flintiness and humanity by Theron, she’s among the best movie characters created this year. She’s the real star of this movie and it’s all the better for it.

For all its virtues, “Mad Max: Fury Road” isn’t per-fect. There isn’t much of a plot for the two-hour movie. Also, for a movie named after Max, he’s a seemingly minor character but it’s not too much of a weakness.

What is jarring is how Hardy’s incredibly husky voice renders a good chunk of his dialogue difficult to understand. Nonetheless, “Mad Max: Fury Road” is a sterling summer blockbuster, with engaging charac-ters, otherworldly action scenes and a rousing finish. The last “Mad Max” movie may have happened 30 years ago, but this one stands on its own and is one of the best movies released this summer.

by nino erba | staff writer

by sarah mueller | staff writer

‘The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America’

“The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America” tells of author Bill Bryson’s journey across the rural Midwest in search of that idealistic, American, small-town life. His travels begin in Des Moines, Iowa’s capital and Bryson’s hometown. As he drives from town to town, he reminisces on his childhood spent there, as well as making observations about the locals and their customs that range from poignant to hilarious. Bryson has a knack for bringing out the ridiculous in the mundane, and it was a delight to read his interpretations of the seemingly normal people he happened upon, mostly because we all know someone like them.

Bill Bryson is a premier author in the genre of creative non-fiction. In fact, his memoir “A Walk in the Woods” was recently turned into a movie and is currently playing in theaters. As with all of his novels, “The Lost Continent” is laced with cutting sarcasm and intelligent, dry humor. Though at times the plot might seem like aimless ramblings (the overall story is rather repetitive), it is well-articulated and clever enough not to get stale.

Being from a small town in Iowa myself, I appreciated this touching and witty memoir commemorating my home state and the Midwest in general. Bryson has taken on a not-so-interesting topic and made it highly entertaining with a refreshing perspective and razor sharp wit, creating yet another literary gem.

A Bill Bryson Review

Video games are such a wonderful thing. They’re honest collaborations of art in the forms of writing, graphics and audio meshed together in such a way that challenge and inspire their play-ers. So, like any good, inspired player, I am enthused to share my (spoiler free!) opinions on video games. I have re-cently played various games with Loras students in hopes that they might expe-rience the same joy video games have given me.

First, I would like to talk about “Bas-tion,” an action role-playing game (RPG)

produced by indie developer Supergiant Games. I seriously cannot comprehend how this game managed to slip under my radar between its release in the sum-mer of 2011 and my experience with it last weekend. The game features a sort of hack-and-slash style in isometric lev-els, where the player follows the white-haired, silent protagonist, who has been coined “the Kid” by the narrator.

The game begins in the fictional city of Caelondia, which was recently struck by an event known simply as “the Calami-ty.” Players control the Kid as he makes

his way for the Bastion, where everyone agreed they would go when they came face-to-face with trouble. The story pro-gresses as the Kid seeks out other survi-vors of the catastrophe as well as a way to undo the damage the Calami-ty has wreaked upon the land.

The story - as you will find should you ever decide to pick the game up - is packed full of wonderful twists that will make players cry and question “why?” It’s a beau-tiful game, despite its seem-ing simplicity. The graphics are fine-tuned to be unique without going over the top, giving it a very fresh aes-thetic.

I cannot sing enough praise about the game’s soundtrack (pun defi-nitely intended there). Sometimes the lulls in the back-ground are purely ambient and oth-er times it hits hard. The style of the Original Soundtrack is described by the composer, Darren Korb, as

“acoustic frontier trip hop” and was, in fact, recorded in the closet of his New York City apartment, which makes the mesmerizing beats that much more

amazing and easy to appre-ciate.

“Bastion” is available dig-itally on the Xbox Live Ar-cade, as well as on Windows through the Steam client. It was later released as a brows-er game for Google Chrome and a version is available for

Mac OS X through the Mac App Store. So you have

very little excuse not to play it! There are plen-ty of different ways to access the game and its price is very man-ageable at $14.99. I HIGHLY recommend giving it a go, and trust me, you’ll be singing renditions of it’s vocal tracks for weeks after

you’re finished.

by blair ernest | staff writer

Game Review

My Morning Jacket’s new album, “The Waterfall,” incorpo-rates their signature spacey sound with a bright optimism mak-ing it one of the band’s best so far. It combines some of the country elements of their earliest work with their more recent psychedelic experimentation.

A swirling, sunny synthesizer opens with first track “Believe (Nobody Knows).” A gentle walk in the park builds up to the refrain which bursts into a triumph that carries through the rest of the song.

“Compound Fracture” mellows the triumphant tone of “Be-lieve” while retaining an optimistic and contented tone.

“Like a River” is one of the more pensive, eerie tracks of the album. The happiness of the previous two tracks stops here to think and reflect.

“In its Infancy” is a personal favorite of mine. It opens with the summoning sound of guitar power chords and rhythmic symbols that quiet briefly for a haunting electric piano. The in-tensity builds when the drums join in once again for the chorus of the song. A wobbling synthesizer later in the track adds a powerful spacey underscore to the guitar solo. The combination of these elements creates a unique sound that resonates in a way that the listener won’t soon forget.

“Get the Point” brings more acoustic instruments and a heartbreaking romanticism. The echoes of a slide guitar remind me very slightly of country music. The line “I wish you all the love in this world and beyond,” is a bittersweet goodbye that pairs uncomfortably with a later line, “The thrill is gone.”

“Spring (Among the Living)” begins with Jim James’ soaring yet intimate vocals. The guitar solo paired with the wordless vocals later in the song create a floating effect like being carried by the wind. Those same vocals close out the song with an eerie echo.

“Thin Line” relaxes with a reverb heavy guitar and echoing lyrics. The line “Crazy diamonds, Head out towards the sea,” parallels and alludes to Pink Floyd, a predecessor and glorious ancestor to ambitious, spacey albums.

“Big Decisions” tells us exactly the same thing the title does. It is not angry, but it is intense with a very conscious need to end confusion.

“Tropics (Erase Traces)” builds up from the opening guitar and easily slides into second place. It builds to an addition of drums, which adds intensity. The track plateaus with a simple yet captivating guitar solo, and ends with the plaintive guitar that introduced it.

“Only Memories Remain,” the last track of the album, is un-derscored by a hypnotizing guitar riff. As the song that closes out the collection, it leaves the listeners with a wave of nostalgic longing.

My Morning Jacket is one of the most original rock bands creating music today. Their nostalgia for psychedelia and pro-gressive rock blends perfectly with creative songwriting and the ability to construct powerful atmospheres in their music. Any-one with an appreciation for powerful and spacey rock music should become acquainted with this album.

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Col lege Cooking: 3 -2 -1 Cake in a Mug

As college students, we are always looking for ways to make life easier. Often we look for quick and creative ways to spice up our food options. Luckily, many people have done the grunt work of discovering these many food hacks we live by. About halfway through my first year at Loras, my aunt discovered a microwave-friendly recipe for cake in a mug. This recipe was my favorite two-minute desert last year. Whenever there was a reason for celebration or I was overly stressed, cake in a mug was only two minutes away.

So what do you need for this recipe? It is as simple as 3-2-1.The three ingredients are: 1) One box of angel food cake mix 2) One box of your choice of a box cake mix 3) WaterBefore you make the recipe, add the two box mixes in a plastic bag or

container. When you are ready, add: 3 tablespoons of the combined mix in a mug 2 tablespoons of water 1 minute in the microwaveSee, 3-2-1.To add variety, try adding whipped cream, frosting, or fruit.So the next time you are craving a late night or stress relieving treat,

just stock up on this easy snack. Besides, stressed is desserts spelled backwards.

by ava lalor | copy editor

One might ask what the difference is between someone who is a fitness machine and someone who never works out. What’s the big secret? Is it genetics, or a pill? Good try, my fellow Duhawk! But the answer i s i n e r t i a , o r , i n o t h e r w o r d s , motivation! The term is small, but the concept is large, highlighting a huge number of minute actions creating a catalyst for change. One step in the right direction creates an opportunity to take another and soon you will be on your way to the healthy lifestyle you desire.

Motivat ion might seem l ike a relatively new term in the fitness industry, but the topic has been discussed all the way back to Sir Isaac Newton and Galileo’s time. Galileo first introduced the concept of inertia and Newton expanded it, addressing the law of motion. This is where Bill Nye the Science Guy comes in. Newton’s first law talks about how when something is in motion, it tends to stay in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. The same applies to people, as we engage in a healthy lifestyle. One healthy choice leads to another, which leads to another and eventual ly they become healthy habits. WHEW! Sounds easy, r ight? I t i s ! Wel l , i f you do it the right way. Inertia encompasses e m o t i o n s a n d t h e m i n d , m a k i n g i t imperative to make sure your mind is in the right place when attempting to change. One of the most crucial parts of change is f inding your “why.” This applies to any attempt to change, not just diet and exercise changes. Your “why” is the reason you want to change in the first place. For example, if your goal is to lose 10 pounds by Christmas, then your

“why” could be “to be even more confident in my own skin,” or “to decrease my risk for Cardiovascular disease or type two diabetes.” If your “why” is strong enough, then no obstacle will be too big. There will be nothing put in your way that you can’t step on, demolish and get past. Do you remember all the excuses you once had? Having a strong enough “why” allows you say “buh-bye” to your excuses and temptations. One of my favorite quotes is: “What you want now is not nearly as important as what you want most .” Smal l changes build up to major results and create momentum for success. Once real energy has been expended to alter an existing inertia, equal and opposite forces will usually act to inhibit one’s good intentions. Inertia can, however, work in one’s favor. As we talked about earlier, a body already in motion tends to stay in motion, therefore, if a healthy lifestyle has been adopted, the ability to sustain that direction is generally improved. Finally! Sir Isaac Newton’s law is on your side!

Always remember that someone out there has had to overcome

m o r e o b s t a c l e s t h a n you, yet persevered and accomplished goals that n o o n e t h o u g h t t h e y c o u l d a c c o m p l i s h . I f there’s something you want to change about yourself, or if there’s a big goal you’ve had your

eyes on, but have been too afraid to go get, consider this your motivation to get after it. I believe in YOU! Find your “why,” get your inertia rolling and take some advice from my main man MC Hammer and be “too legit to quit.”

Until next time, your helper in health,

The Fanny Pack Girl

written by anonymous | mystery staff writer

Too Legit To Quit

Once again, we’re forced to say goodbye to bikinis, sunscreen, sandals and the heat as summer officially ended on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Maybe we’re being bitter and pessimistic, but autumn just doesn’t compete with the summer season. Here are 11 reasons we love to hate autumn:

1. Iowa autumn weather can be beautiful, but unreliable. You’ve decided to wear shorts and a t-shirt on this warm morning? You can bet it’ll be sixty degrees and thunderstorming this afternoon.

2. Around this time of the year, buildings either have the windows open or the air on full blast. Remember how much we loved the ARC’s air conditioning in the summer? Now, we’re cursing their freezing classrooms, especially during our 8am class.

3. Dead leaves everywhere, all the time. Sure, the colors are spectacular, but we really don’t want them in our cars, in our book bags and in our houses.

4. Daylight savings time means an extra hour of sleep in the fall. However, it also means that it gets dark at 5pm. So, as you wake up to a setting sun after a late-afternoon nap, you can expect to feel panicked, disappointed and confused.

5. Pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin spice Pop-Tarts, pumpkin spice bagels, pumpkin spice oatmeal, pumpkin spice tea, pumpkin spice M&M’s, pumpkin spice Oreos …. ENOUGH … however, even I won’t turn down a pumpkin spice Scentsy.

6. Ahh, the fresh air of fall … combined with stench of football players and fans. Whether you’re a fan of football or not, it’s here to stay until February. At least fantasy football involves less odor.

7. You probably started this semester like all the rest – you’re going to read all the assignments, study every night and get plenty of sleep. Too bad all of our favorite TV shows are starting a new season including: Grey’s Anatomy, American Horror Story, The Big Bang Theory, CSI, Dancing With the Stars and How to Get Away With Murder.

8. Now that the fall season has arrived, we get to hear the dispute between ‘autumn’ or ‘fall’… as if it actually matters.

9. You will become sick sometime this season. It’s inevitable, so suck it up and stock up on cough drops, NyQuil and tissues.

10. Yes! Two holidays (Halloween and Thanksgiving) combined into one season. Ironically, one involves greedily asking for candy and the other being thankful for what you already have…

11. Fall is basically pre-winter, and winter is the absolute worst season. Therefore, by association, fall is one of the worst seasons.

11 Reasons We Love to Hate

Autumnby hannah reinerT | staff writer

‘To a Gravel Road’by clarice kies | staff writer

Stop your dust covering my car,Kicking up a cloud of beige behind me. Nothing’s safe from your gulping haze. The alfalfa and prairie grass are a dull green now, People walking can’t escape it, even.Houses are covered in grime. Oh, it’s true, you have a certain charm. After a rainfall, deer tracks on you.Earthworms surfaceand the dust settles down. At sunset you absorb the pink, orange, and yellow so thata rainbow disappears perfectly behind you,and lightning bugs twinkle in the air. When I see you, I know I’m close to home.Welcome me with dust and all.

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According to the “Catechism of the Catholic Church 1324” the Eucharist is the “source and summit” of our faith. This line gets thrown around in Christian conversations all the time, but what does it really mean for us as Catholics?

Jesus is literally and physically present in the Eucharist. Thinking about that is kind of weird, and it is definitely one of the hardest things in the faith to wrap one’s mind around; so much so that several of Christs’ disciples abandoned Him after He told them that they had to eat His flesh and drink His blood (John 6).

Really though, who can blame them? What I love about Christ’s followers and the Jews in general is they screw up and miss signs from Christ ALL THE TIME. This continual habit of missing what God is telling them is something I find to be very relatable both when it comes to biblical characters, and in my own life, especially when Christ reveals to them the truth about the Eucharist. If you are telling me that you would not leave someone who told you to eat their flesh and drink their blood (prior to thousands of years of church history), then you are either a liar or you have a very, very devout faith that I would love to hear about. I know I would want to leave, and honestly, I probably would.

I say all of this because like I said, thinking about this is weird. Furthermore, it is difficult. Even for practicing Catholics. Explaining to people that we believe Jesus is present in bread and wine is really awkward. This is not one of the easy teachings of the church to begin with, and then the Catechism has the audacity to say that this idea of the Eucharist is both the source and summit of our faith? When that first came out during the ecumenical council of Vatican II in the early 1960s, I am fairly sure that some Catholics struggled with it.

The Eucharist is the source of our faith. This is undeniably true.

Eucharistic celebrations have been around since the Last Supper, literally. That being said, it is also one of the biggest differences between the Catholic Church and most other Protestant Christians. Without the Eucharist, physical proof of Christ’s death, resurrection and current presence in our life, our faith has no foundation.

The Eucharist is the summit of our Catholic faith. Ultimately, everything ties back to the Eucharist. There are more miracles than I can count that were caused by our association with the Eucharist. Since there is no faith without the Eucharist, it is made to be very important. And, if in no other way, it is found to be our summit because it is the way we can interact one-on-one, face-to-face with Christ. That is awesome!

I opened by talking about how the Eucharist is hard. It is difficult to understand, appreciate and love because it is beautiful, powerful and wonderful! God has a habit of making

the inverse true (the whole “first shall be last” concept). God transforms bread into flesh (this has happened in multiple masses, look it up), and in doing this, He creates this fantastical miracle that can transform people’s lives.

The Eucharist is hard to understand, but once you do, it is so insanely worth it, like

getting an A on a test that you have studied really hard for. I also liked challenging you guys last week, so I am going to try to give you a challenge every week. This week, my challenge is to go into a chapel, whichever one makes your heart content, and take 10 minutes in front of the Eucharist to pray, whether that is an additional 10 minutes to time you already spend there, or the first 10 minutes that you have had in front of the Eucharist outside of Mass this year. Extra points if you thank God for the gift of himself in the Eucharist. This is a double-dog-dare, Duhawks.

Our Source and Summit: The Eucharist

by cheyenne secor |staff writer

Obsessed with Netflix Dear Trish,

So, I’m having a hard time getting back into studying and being productive in general. I have never been the best at balancing schoolwork with the rest of my life, and Netflix doesn’t help. It seems like once I get into a show, I have to watch the whole season. Any thoughts short of getting rid of my iPad?

Signed,Obsessed with Netflix Trish says,

Ahhhhhhh, the obsession with Netflix. Let me guess. House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, Scandal or Breaking Bad? I have heard both students and staff here at Loras talking about all of them. Netflix has done wonders in putting many of you in some sort of trance-like state making it very difficult to get back on the task that actually brought you to Loras.

In fact, Netflix has even declared “Binge Watching as the New Normal.”

Netflix, Inc. did a study which reported the following: “A majority (73%) defined binge watching as watching between 2-6 episodes of the same TV show in one sitting.” The survey went on to say that there is no guilt in it, and most see it as a welcome refuge from their busy lives.

I would say that most students at Loras agree. They enjoy the break from

their own reality, and they are even finding it more entertaining than reading a friend’s social media posts. This may not be a bad thing, but beware; there are downsides to binge-watching. Surprise, surprise, the biggest detriment would mostly likely be unproductiveness. Not a good thing, especially when you are spending a lot of time and money to get a college degree.

And besides, other than your studies getting less attention, your ability

to socialize is also impacted. Most people reportedly prefer to watch their shows alone, so the more time watching Netflix means the less time interacting and connecting with other people. Connectedness is one of the best benefits of college.

Some suggestions on how to avoid the unproductiveness that can

sometimes come from binge-watching include these few rules: 1. Watch no more than two episodes at a time before taking a shower,

going outside, or reading a couple of chapters. 2. Save the longer binges for the weekend as a reward after studying or

working a regular shift. 3. Give yourself a bedtime, and stick to it; Many students find themselves

watching Netflix into the wee hours of the night and then sleeping through class. This is not advised and can be avoided with a set bedtime.

Lastly, the nature of most good television series are to make you not want

to wait until the next day or week to see the next episode. So, Netflix fits right into our current culture of immediate gratification … you don’t have to wait. The danger of immediate gratification is that other things in real life don’t satisfy you immediately, and thus you are not learning patience and tolerance, some pretty important virtues to learn as young adults.

For more help with binge-watching, come to the counseling center.

Signed, Trish

The Lorian is continuing a column by Tricia Borelli, director of counseling services. Here she will answer student questions concerning anything that

relates to keeping it together while doing this crazy thing called college. Send questions or comments to Ms. Borelli, Loras Box 100, or to the e-mail address tricia.borelli@loras.edu. All names of those sending questions will

be kept confidential.

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‘Contemplation’by madison tolley |staff writer

Winning streak ends at 5 for womenSoccer team (5-2-1) falls to No. 24 Wheaton, ties DePauw

by Frank Fernandezsportswriter

Riding a five-game win-ning streak, the Loras wom-en’s soccer team traveled to Wheaton, Ill. last Tuesday to face their rival, Whea-ton College. The offensive prowess that aided the Du-hawks during their winning streak was nowhere to be found during this matchup.

Wheaton’s defense cov-ered senior forwards Ka-tie Truesdale and Danielle Vujovic tightly and allowed a combined two shots on goal, both coming from Vu-jovic. Wheaton struck first when Kristin Rauh beat junior goalkeeper Maria Siebels in the 21st minute to take the early advantage, 1-0. The Thunder added an insurance tally in the 89th minute to finish off the Du-hawks, 2-0.

Even in a losing effort, Siebels played strong in net. She made ten saves on twelve shots Tuesday night. Vujovic praised the first-year starter for her goal-keeping this season.

“Maria has been working hard for years to learn and grow as a goaltender and it shows in her performance,” she said.

After a few days off, the Duhawks were back in ac-tion on Saturday as they took the bus ride to Green-castle, Ind. for an after-

noon tilt with the Depauw University Tigers. The Du-hawks once again gave up an early goal, but answered back with two of their own.

Katie Truesdale netted the equalizer in the 20th minute. Feeding off this momentum, the Duhawks took their first lead of the match when sophomore Maura Walsh scored on an indirect free kick. Walsh’s goal made it 2-1, which was the score at half.

Walsh has been ham-pered by injury early this season, but has recently been seeing a fair amount of playing time and excelling.

“Maura has really been making a name for herself and is definitely finding her way onto the scorer’s sheet,” Vujovic said. “It’ll be fun to see how she performs when she gets healthy. I have full faith that she will continue to score a lot of goals for us.”

This will be important for the Duhawks as they move deeper into the season. Vu-jovic and Truesdale have carried the goal load for the most part this season, but the emergence of play-ers like Walsh will help to spread the wealth.

The second half saw a number of scoring opportu-nities for Depauw, and they finally evened the score in the 69th minute. The match ended in a tie after two scoreless overtime periods and the Duhawks moved to 5-2-1 on the season.

A f t e r b a c k - t o - b a c k non-conference matchups, the Duhawks will now move into Iowa Conference play. They will look to continue their recent run of success in the Iowa Conference, winning four of the last five conference championships.

However, coming off a season in which they failed to capture that title, the Duhawks were picked to finish fourth in the presea-son. Despite this prediction, Truesdale and the Duhawks are ready.

“All of us are really ex-cited about conference play coming up,” Truesdale said. “We didn’t do as well as we hoped to last season so we really have some making up to do to get ourselves back up to lead the conference and win the title again.”

With matchups against Wartburg, Luther and Uni-versity of Dubuque on the conference slate, the Du-hawks know they have what it takes to return to champi-onship form.

“Every year, we all com-pete for the top spot, so conference play obviously very important for every-one,” Vujovic said. “There is a new energy this season that I’m confident will lead us to success in conference play.”

The Duhawks begin the road to their tenth Iowa Conference championship on Saturday, when they’ll face Simpson at 2 p.m. in the Rock Bowl.

No. 6-ranked Loras beats the No. 5-ranked team before losing to DePauw and Western Illinois

by katie truesdale | sportswriterThe No. 6-ranked men’s soccer team

looked to bounce back from their latest draw against St. John’s as they headed to No. 5 University of Chicago for another tough game.

In the opening minutes of the match, senior Johnny Rummelhart drew a free kick near the Maroons 18-yard-line where senior Jorge Simon netted his first goal of the season, putting the free kick in the back of the net and giving the Duhawks an early 1-0 lead. The Duhawks kept up their high-pressure style of play, tallying nine shots for the half and keeping Chicago scoreless.

It seemed in the second half the Du-hawks were able to find their scoring groove, netting three more goals in the 72nd, 75th and 85th minute from senior Richard Lenke, junior Austin Jacobi and senior Nick Popa. The 3 late goals put the game out of reach for the No. 5 Maroons.

“Beating Chicago was a big win for us,” said Simon. “It let us know that we can compete with the top teams in the nation. But we take the same mentality going into each game no matter how big they are. Al-ways have to focus on ‘one game at a time’ and not look ahead to other games on the schedule. I think this keeps us grounded throughout the season, every game mat-ters and we have to get up for each game.”

The men then headed to Greencastle, Ind. Saturday to face the DePauw Uni-versity Tigers. With a more compact style of play, the Tigers succeeded in shutting down the Duhawks high pressure style of play and limiting any scoring opportuni-ties the Duhawks looked to have through-

out the game. The Tigers tested the Duhawks back line

and sophomore goalkeeper Jacob Peter-son early, as they capitalized on a counter attack, scoring in the 13th minute of the game. After getting the early lead, DePauw settled in and played more defensively, in hopes to completely eliminate any type of Duhawk offense. The first half remained scoreless for the Duhawks causing some changes to the Duhawk formation late in the game.

With 20 minutes left in the match, the men were still looking for the equalizing goal which resulted in removing their sweeper, senior Sam Koenig, and adding a fourth man to the attacking line. The men were able to get some quality chances but continued to struggle in finding the back of the net. With minutes remaining, Simon rocketed a shot past the Tiger goalkeeper to only find the crossbar, giving the Du-hawks their best chance of the game.

Going man-for-man in the back, the Ti-gers again were able to capitalize on the Duhawks back line with a break away, giv-ing them a 2-0 lead with minutes remain-ing. DePauw handed the No. 6 Duhawks their first loss of the season putting the men at 4-1-1 overall.

“I think the guys are learning a lot from this loss,” commented Simon, “We can’t let big games get to our head. Like I men-tioned before we have to get up for every game and not look past teams. Everyone understands that it’s nearly impossible to go undefeated for the season so it’s good that we got it out of the way and we can move on. A lot of things didn’t go our way that game and that’s just the way soccer is, but all of us are staying positive and mov-ing on to the next game.”

The Duhawks are heading to Macomb, Ill. to go up against the Western Illinois Fighting Leathernecks Monday evening.

Men’s soccer team suffers 1st loss of the season

10 The Lorian Sep. 24, 2015 Sports

by aarOn BrOeGe | sportswriterThe women’s tennis team has a chal-

lenge on the road as they travel to Ripon and St. Ambrose for matches later this week. The match against Ripon is a new one for the women’s team, and looks to be a fairly even matchup.

Ripon is 2-8 this season, performing at around the same level that Loras has. Ripon also has about as much experience under their belt as Loras does this season. Loras hopes to take the win in Ripon and use that momentum towards the matches coming later in the week.

The meeting with St. Ambrose will be the highlight of competition for the wom-en as they face the team that they split with for one win and one loss in two meetings last season. The victory against St. Am-brose came in the 2015 spring season right before the IIAC Conference tournament in April. The win was the first that Loras had achieved against St. Ambrose in a decade. The team looks to repeat the performance again this season.

“I think it’ll be a very close match, we’re very evenly matched teams as the results in the past seasons would suggest”, says Coach Fenwick. After last season when the team lost, 5-4, to St. Ambrose, then returned only to defeat them, 5-4.

“It will be a good indica-tor of where we are perfor-mance wise this season”, noted Fenwick. St. Ambrose has begun their season 3-0, while Loras has had a slow start to the season sitting at 1-7 currently. Loras has faced powerhouse teams early on, including Coe and Central, and with those challenges Coach Fenwick believes that the team is prepared for the matchup.

“Our tough early-season schedule defi-nitely gives us (the team) an upper hand,” stated Fenwick. Additionally, the Loras women have eight matches worth of expe-rience this season, giving them the upper hand in that aspect.

While St. Ambrose looks to be a testing competition, a win would steer the team

back in the right direction. Knox College will also be competing at the meet at St. Ambrose, but Loras knocked off Knox easily with a 9-0 win last season.

The competition ahead is going to be a good test for the team, helping them

not only gage where they are competitively but also allow them to gain experience on the court for the Individual Conference Championship that is right around the cor-ner.

“More experience will de-velop match toughness,” be-lieves Fenwick. With a young team with great potential, match toughness and expe-

rience is what is most important to the development of the team right now.

While the underclassmen on the team gain the court knowledge they need to perform in the future, the women’s team looks to their upperclassmen Maggie Clements and Jessica Dickhut to lead the team during this crucial part of the season.

Women’s tennis team ready for tough testsCoach hopes challenging early-season schedule will provide late-season toughness

photos by MaddY COleJunior Maggie Clements is one of only two upperclassmen on the women’s tennis team. She and fellow junior Jessica Dickhut are expected to lead the young Duhawks this season.

Emma Cooke is one of two first-years from Illinois competing for the Duhawks.

‘‘“More experience will develop match

toughness.Chad Fenwick

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For the second week in a row, a Loras quarterback etched his name into the school record books while making his first start under center. Senior Nik Schulte’s record-shat-tering debut performance and a second-half defensive surge pushed the Duhawks past Augustana, 56-52, Saturday at the Rock Bowl.

Schulte, who began the season 3rd on the depth chart for Loras (1-2), completed 47 passes for 588 yards and 6 touchdowns against the Vikings (1-2), setting new school re-cords in all 3 categories.

“I have a lot of great teammates,” Schulte said, deflecting praise for his individual accomplishments. “It’s the guys around me. I knew if I could just sling it out to my guys that they’d make the plays, and they did.”

One of those guys making plays for Schulte was senior Nate Even, who broke his own school record with 265 receiving yards, and found the end zone twice. Even’s 16 recep-tions tied another Loras record.

“Nate Even, oh my gosh,” Schul-te said of his most potent weapon. “There’s no one like him. He’s made plays for us year-in and year-out. Even when guys think they can dou-ble cover him like they did today, he still gets open and makes plays.”

“Nik Schulte was incredible to-day,” Even said of his quarterback. The feeling is reciprocal.

The Duhawks’ defense struggled to contain Augustana’s Sam Frasco early in the game, allowing the mo-bile quarterback to break free for 276 yards and 4 touchdowns on the ground in the first half of play. The Vikings took a 49-27 lead into the locker room at the break.

Loras’ defense stiffened in the 3rd quarter, forcing punts on 4 con-secutive Vikings possessions. Schul-

te’s three third-quarter touchdown throws gave the Duhawks 22 unan-swered points and tied the game at 49 heading into the final quarter.

“We changed some of the things we were doing,” Loras coach Steve Helminiak said of his defense’s sec-ond-half adjustments. “We didn’t bring the same kinds of pressures because we wanted to bottle that kid up. I think (Augustana) went away from their game plan a little bit. They didn’t put the ball in (Fra-sco’s) hands to run anymore. They started throwing the ball more, and

that played into our hands a little bit.”

Augustana regained the lead on a 24-yard Jacob Stytz field goal, but the Duhawk defense wasn’t finished making its second-half statement. With the Vikings driving near mid-field and looking to extend their advantage late in the game, junior safety Bryan Hermann intercepted a pass batted into the air by lineback-er Damon Davies and returned it 50 yards for a Loras touchdown. Her-mann’s pick-six put the Duhawks ahead by 4 points with 5:45 left on the clock.

“Hermann’s a great player,” Hel-miniak said. “He’s exactly the type of guy we want in our program: top-notch student, top-notch person and a top-notch player.”

Former Dubuque Senior prep Wes Bowers nabbed an interception from Frasco with 1:24 left to play, sealing the Duhawks’ first win of the season.

“It’s a great team win,” Helmin-iak said. “To get the win and have the knowledge that they can do it is huge for us. It propels us into our bye week and into conference play, so it’s a huge win for our guys.”

The Duhawks will enjoy a well-earned bye this week before open-ing Iowa Conference play at home against Coe on Oct. 3.

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photos by maddy cole Junior safety Bryan Hermann celebrates an interception return touchdown against Augustana. The 50-yard score gave Loras the lead with 5:45 remaining in the game.

Box Score 1 2 3 4 F

Augustana 21 28 0 3 52

Loras 3 24 22 7 56

Duhawks win thrilling 56-52 shootout

Loras rallies past Augustana after surrendering 49 points in first half; Schulte breaks passing records in debut as starter

by drew Brashaw | sports editor

Senior Nik Schulte completed 47 passes for 588 yards and six touchdowns — breaking school records in all three categories.

Senior Nate Even caught gained 265 receiving yards on Saturday, breaking his own single-game school record. .

Junior linebacker Damon Davies celebrates the victory.

Junior Josh Schulte hauls in a pass from his brother Nik. Schulte caught 5 passes for 51 yards and a touchdown.

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The Loras men’s team outpaces the competition at the National Catholic Championships; women finish 11th

by MATTHEW MARTER | sportswriter Although storms were in the forecast for the National

Catholic Championships at Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN, the Open and Varsity races ran as scheduled, giving the Duhawks a prime chance for their first quality race this season.

The men’s team had an excited out-come in their 8K race. They defend-ed their title as the College Division champion in such a manner that Coach Bob Schultz could not have been more thrilled.

“I was very pleased not just with the win,” Schultz said, “but with how well we ran as a team. Great pacing and pack running.”

Pack running, for those not familiar with cross country, is a method in races where teammates run with the people they practice with to motivate them throughout the race.

After losing a strong senior class last year, Schultz and the rest of the team were a little unsure about the outcome of this season, but this meet is starting to change that.

“Despite the graduation of a great class,” Schultz said, “this group is ready to be right where last year’s team left off and even improve on some of last year’s accomplish-ments.”

Last year, the Duhawks placed second as a team in the Division III Central Region championships earning an Au-tomatic Qualifying bid for the National meet.

“Defend our Iowa Conference Championship title, top -2 automatic qualifying bid at the Division III Central Region Championship, and top 14 team or higher at the Division III National Championships,” Schultz answered when asked about the goals for the Duhawks. That last goal would be the highest the cross country team has ever fin-ished at the national meet.

Meanwhile, the women’s team struggled in their 5K race by going out at a much more conservative pace than they needed to hit, Schultz said.

“We’re hoping to move up a bit from last year’s finish,” Schultz said. He re-mains optimistic about the team, how-ever. “We had a couple of women run really well, but not everyone. I believe we are a much better team than where we finished on Friday.” One of the women who ran well was junior Abby Heiderscheit, who ran 20:53, dropping 43 seconds from her time at the NCC last year.

“We have some high goals (of win-ning their first Iowa Conference championship and qual-ifying for the Division III National Championships) that I believe are realistic. This (meet) is a starting point, and we will get better from here,” commented Schultz, after looking at the results.

The Duhawks compete this Friday night at the Briss-man-Lundeen Invitational at Augustana College.

12 The Lorian Sept. 24, 2015 Sports

When the Seahawks defeated the Packers in last season’s NFC

title game, despite quarterback Russell Wilson’s less-than-stellar performance, Wilson explained to the media how God set it all up. He said it was God who made him throw those four interceptions so that Seattle’s divinely preordained victory would be more exciting.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers responded to Wilson’s comments, saying “I don’t think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don’t think he’s a big football fan.” Then, after the Packers defeated the Seahawks this week, Rodgers made it a point to say “God was a Packer fan tonight.” Some people think Rodgers, a deeply devout Christian himself, was taking a shot at Wilson. I think everyone is missing the point.

What if Wilson was right?The implications are horrifying. Using Wilson’s

logic, wasn’t God just taunting the Packers for the first 56 minutes back in January? Wasn’t God just setting them up, along with all of their fans, for heartbreaking, soul-crushing defeat?

It reminds me of “Paradise Lost.” The villain in Milton’s epic, a tyrant king named God the Father, stages a gruesome battle between two armies. Since the outcome of said battle was predetermined, all the violence is entirely unnecessary; GtF just wants to see a good fight. He even limits the size of the stronger army to ensure the fight makes it past the first round.

Sorry about the 17th century epic poetry digression (hurry back, Dr. Merrill!), I’ll get back to my point.

This whole thing had me troubled. Being the outstanding journalist I am, I decided to go right to the source to get the real story. Printed for you here in its entirety is my 1-on-1 interview with

God.DREW: Thanks for

taking the time to talk with me, Mr. God. It’s an honor to meet you.

GOD: “Hey, likewise kid. Love what ya do.”

DB: I know you’re a busy guy, so I’ll get right to it: What role do you play in what happens in NFL games?

G: “You said it, Drew: I’m a busy guy. Especially on Sundays. If I took the time to fix every pro football game, I’d never get anything else done. I like to pop in and screw around with a game here and there, but Sundays are crazy for me. I put Al Davis in charge of all that stuff a few years ago.”

DB: So you didn’t cause Russell Wilson to throw all those interceptions in the NFC Championship?

G: “Nah, Russ did that all by himself. He’s a good kid.”

DB: But why would he say it was you?G: “He likes to throw my name around, lots

of athletes do when they win. They treat me like some kind of mob boss or something; cutting me in when they score, but keeping my name out of their mouths when they get pinched.”

DB: And you’re okay with this?G: “Pub is pub. It’s definitely not the worst

thing I’ve been blamed for.”DB: Have you seen Aaron’s post-game

interview from Sunday night? Do you think he was taking a shot at Russell?

G: “I haven’t seen it, but Kurt Warner sent me a text about it. Aaron’s hilarious.”

DB: So you really don’t care about any of this at all, do you?

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Cross country shines in South Bend

Duhawks split on the road Women’s volleyball tops Cornell, falls to Augsburg in Mt. Vernon

by MEgAn TEWs | sportswriterCornell College and Augsburg Col-

lege; two tough competitors that the women’s volleyball team faced on Saturday. After a loss to Luther in the opening of Iowa Conference play, the Duhawks were eager for a win. The team split its matches, ending the weekend with a 1-1 record. With this lineup, some might be wonder-ing why would the team purposeful-ly schedule non-conference games against highly skilled competitors? Coach Jenna Ness has the answer.

“I think it will be fun to see how we play against some top ranked teams. I always schedule tough so that we are ready to go for confer-ence - we don’t take easy wins. I’m excited for our team to challenge each other,” said Ness.

The women’s first game of the weekend was against former IIAC member, Cornell College. Prior to this match, the Duhawks and Rams had met 15 times since 2001. After defeating Cornell three sets to none, Loras now holds a 6-10 series record

against the Rams. The Duhawks really came alive

in their match against Cornell, and everything seemed to be clicking for the team. Fans were kept on the edge of their seats as Loras sealed the match with three very close sets (25-21, 25-23, 26-24). The team’s highest margin of victory was only four points. This shows the women’s ability to stay in control of the match and fight through until the end.

Unfortunately, after a thrilling victory against Cornell, the Duhawks fell to Augsburg College’s No. 20 na-tionally ranked volleyball team 3-0. Loras never gave in, but Augsburg’s several multiple-point runs drove the team’s momentum to a loss for the Duhawks.

While no one likes defeat, there is an advantage of the women’s’ con-tests against Cornell and Augsburg. The team is gaining experience playing nationally ranked competi-tors and learning how to better play together. Junior Therese Schultz ex-presses this concept perfectly.

“We’ve been playing some real-ly skilled teams lately. Our coach schedules against these ranked teams to prepare us for our confer-

ence play so that we will be confident in those games. By playing these tough teams, we learn more about our team and realize the speed we need to play in order to win,” Schultz said. Schultz led her team in blocks this weekend with 10 in addition to recording seven kills and three aces.

Another impressive performance this weekend included that of Haley Bergan. Bergan tallied 32 digs in the two matches. She is currently ranked first in the Iowa Conference in total number of digs with 229 on the sea-son and fourth in digs per set with 5.09. As the season progresses, the team is becoming more cohesive. This will be critical for Loras’ suc-cess considering there are still plen-ty of games remaining.

“Obviously losing is tough, but we learn from it, stay positive and are ready to focus on conference play,” Schultz added about the team mov-ing forward.

Loras will compete in the II-AC-NACC Crossover Challenge this weekend hosted in the Athletic and Wellness Center. This will give the team one more opportunity to play some non-conference matches be-fore facing Coe and Buena Vista next week.

photo by MAddy colEThe women’s volleyball team prepares for a recent match in the AWC.

‘‘“despite the graduation of a great class, this group is ready to be right where

last year’s team left off and even improve on some of last

year’s accomplishments.Bob Schultz

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