A PUBLICATION OF OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU VOL. 72 NO. 1 look inside: News: 2-4 Event Calendar: 5 Opinion: 6-7 Life: 8-9 Sports: 10-12 index glimmerglass TAKE UP YOUR CROSS ‘ ‘ Aſter leading chapel for five years, Jonathan Burkey is leaving to pursue his master’s degree at the University of Chicago 04 CHAPEL CHANGES Sodexo adds renovations to their meal plan, including a farmer’s market and hot dog cart in the quad 03 FOOD UPGRADES e Athletic Department wel- comes 11 new coaching staff members, including two head coaches and nine graduate as- sistants 10 Student directors present Olivet’s annual Broadway Revue Sept. 21-22, themed this year as “spark” 07 Preview the golf and tennis teams as their seasons kick-off this fall 11 WHAT’S GOING ON? Find out what events are coming up in the area 05 NEW COACHING STAFF STUDENT TALENT SPORTS KICK-OFF Dr. Scott Daniels sought to spiritually awaken the campus of ONU during fall revival 03 Are students really being ‘revived’ at revival services? 09 PHOTO BY MORGAN MCCRIRIE
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A PUBLICATION OF OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITYSEPTEMBER 20, 2012 GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU VOL. 72 NO. 1look inside:
News: 2-4Event Calendar: 5
Opinion: 6-7Life: 8-9
Sports: 10-12
index
glimmerglass
TAKE UPYOUR
CROSS
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After leading chapel for five years, Jonathan Burkey is leaving to pursue his master’s degree at the University of Chicago 04
CHAPEL CHANGES
Sodexo adds renovations to their meal plan, including a farmer’s market and hot dog cart in the quad 03
FOOD UPGRADES
The Athletic Department wel-comes 11 new coaching staff members, including two head coaches and nine graduate as-sistants 10
Student directors
present Olivet’s annual
Broadway Revue
Sept. 21-22, themed this
year as “spark”
07
Preview the golf and tennis teams as their seasons kick-off this fall 11
WHAT’S GOING ON?Find out what events are coming up in the area 05
NEW COACHING STAFF
STUDENT TALENT
SPORTS KICK-OFF Dr. Scott Daniels sought to spiritually awaken the campus of ONU during fall revival 03
Are students really being ‘revived’ at revival services? 09
PHOTO BY MORGAN MCCRIRIE
GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU02 SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
ABOUT GLIMMERGLASS The GlimmerGlass is the official newspaper of the Associated Students of Olivet Nazarene University and a member of the Illinois College Press Association. The opinions expressed are those of each writer and are not necessarily held by the Associated Students Council, faculty, administra-tion or students of the university.
Until 1941, the university news-paper was known simply as Olivet News. Former adviser Bertha Supplee proposed the name GlimmerGlass af-ter visiting upstate New York, where she discovered a lake with the same name. The lake was as clear as glass and “glimmered” in the breeze. The newspaper staff adopted the name in spring of 1941, with the vision that it would symbolize the paper’s mission to reflect the truth and the values of Olivet Nazarene University.
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Members of Team World Vision marathon team cheer after finding out the total funds they had raised for the clean water projects in Africa. These projects will enhance life, community, jobs and even education.
Soccer coach honoredA.E. Sarver
@GG_Sarver
Bill Bahr, coach of the Tiger women’s soccer team, received the 2012 Fac-ulty Member of the Year Award. He earned the award through his work both on the field and in the classroom.
Bahr attended Olivet and majored in public policy. He stayed in the com-munity and became the women’s soc-cer team coach, as well as the assis-tant professor of exercise and sports science.
One student described him as a hard professor and coach, but claimed this pushes her to do better.
“He literally does so much. He genuinely cares for us,” Brittany Hengesh, Bahr’s graduate assistant said.
Spiritually, Bahr can’t help but minister to students.
“My calling is in full-time ministry, but you don’t have to be a pastor to minister,” Bahr said.
He has his team create goals during pre-season. At the end of the season, he takes them back to the goals to see if they accomplished them.
“I would call him a spiritual men-tor. He makes us remember why we play soccer: to glorify God,” Katrina Holm, senior and a soccer captain, said.
Not only does he flourish through his teaching and ministering, but ac-cording to a press release from Olivet, in Bahr’s 13-years as head coach, he has led the team to eight national championship tournaments, its first NCCAA National Tournament Title
in 2008, and the program’s first NAIA National Tournament.
His successes on and off the field led him to the head table at the Presi-dent’s Dinner that kicked off the school year. At the annual event, Bahr was presented his award.
“Bill, for your commitment to the athletic, academic and spiritual better-ment of the students at Olivet Naza-rene University, we salute you,” Dr. Bowling said.
Bahr was humbled at receiving this award. He said the occasion felt like a second wedding reception.
“I was shocked to receive the award. The professors I had are still here,” Bahr said.
“I feel like I have the best job in the world. I’m in a place where God wants me,” Bahr said.
Team World Vision runs for Africa
Nicole Lafond
@GG_Lafond
About 50 runners from the ONU com-munity participated in the 16th Annu-al Chicago Half Marathon on Sunday, Sept. 9 with Team World Vision.
The team raised $130,000 for Team World Vision, and the proceeds were matched by the organization’s “For Every Child” campaign.
The money will fund clean water
projects, such as wells and irrigation systems, in Africa.
The team was initially put together by Shine.FM and Justin Knight, gen-eral manager of the Shine.FM network and director of development strategies at Olivet. He has been involved with Team World Vision for over a year. An informational meeting about the team was held first semester last year, and an announcement was made in chapel to recruit students, faculty and staff.
Sophomore, Susan Morrill, attend-ed the informational meeting and “fell in love with the idea,” she said. She joined the team after the meeting and was made a team captain.
Morrill kept the team devoted over the summer by staying in contact with the members. She believes she was called to be apart of this cause. “I saw this as an opportunity to not only en-hance my life, but to give life to indi-viduals in place I could never go.”
Men’s Residential Life is introduc-ing a prayer breakfast for guys once a month, beginning Saturday, Sept. 22. But “it’s not your grandpa’s prayer breakfast,” according to Erinn Proehl, vice president of MRL.
Proehl’s focus is to unite all of the various communities into one solidi-fied community of men. These prayer breakfasts will play a role in that. Speakers on the docket for the semes-ter include Jason Robertson, Dr. Jay Martinson and Drew Benson, with Dr. Mark Quanstrom kicking off the inau-gural breakfast.
The theme for the gatherings re-volves around being a true man of God. Proehl also hopes to spawn men-tor groups as another way for men to grow together. The groups would meet every two weeks and then all come together at the breakfast.
He understands that corporate prayer can be taxing for some.
“Prayer is awkward for men,” he said. “We have great Christian men on campus, but we like to keep our thoughts and prayers between our-selves and God.”
No one is required to pray out loud. The hope is that men will feel com-fortable opening up.
“You don’t have to say a word, it’s just letting the Lord lead,” Proehl said.
-Meagan Ramsay
In collaboration with the American Red Cross, the Nursing Student As-sociation is once again hosting a fall blood drive.
This all-day event is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, Sept. 26. Students are encouraged to partici-pate, as each pint of blood donated could save up to three lives.
If interested in donating, students should be sure to eat a meal and drink plenty of water before donating.
Sign-ups for the blood drive will begin on Thursday, Sept. 20 in Lud-wig during meal times. More infor-mation will be announced through email and on posters around campus.
Visit redcrossblood.org for infor-mation pertaining to eligibility due to medical or traveling history.
-Meg Dowell
Students encouraged to dontate bloodthis coming week
NEWS IN BRIEF
MRL to host men’sprayer breakfast
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GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU 03SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
ONU NEWSSodexo steps up in quality
A.E. Sarver
@GG_Sarver
Sodexo has worked to improve the quality of meals by hiring employees, adding new food options and making advancements to reach students’ tech-nologically-minded generation.
The new deli bar has been booming with business and was made so that “it could be more convenient” said Tanya Carter, administrative assistant of Sodexo. With more bread and veg-etable options and the opportunity to have sandwiches toasted, the deli bar is popular among students.
“I really like the food quality. I love the deli,” junior Jessica Palm said.
Last year, Sodexo did not have a chef, but this year they hired Execu-tive Chef Stephen Goehl , as well as Production Manager James Wurst. Jeff Hilligoss, general manager of So-dexo, explained that they want their employees to take “pride and owner-ship” in what they are doing so that they will love what they do.
“It’s stressful at times, but it’s worth it,” Carter said, when asked about her job.
Sodexo also revised the 4-week menu cycle and added newer recipes. There are now more options at the stir-fry station, toppings for ice cream and a regular pasta bake every day.
Sodexo has provided a hot dog cart
and ice cream cart in the quad. There is also a farmer’s market with produce provided by Midwest Foods.
Julio Dasilva, the new retail man-ager said that he hot dog cart will be our every Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 – 1:30. Hot dogs are $2.50 and Haagen Dazs ice cream will also be for sale. Both cash and Tiger Dollars are accepted.
“We’ll be out here every week un-less it’s snowing,” Dasilva said.
The Farmer’s Market has produce provided by Midwest Foods. Steve Zatarski, sales consultant for Midwest Foods explained that they are a ven-dor to Sodexo. They bring food that is organic or locally grown until the weather gets cold.
“[It] turned out better than imag-ined,” Claudia Berhanu, Sodexo As-sistant General Manager said.
Hilligoss wants Sodexo to reach the students where they are. He said that they are trying to take the stu-dents’ suggestions to make meal times what students want. If the students were not here, Sodexo would not be here either, he said.
By having a Facebook page, Twit-ter and a mobile app (sodexo@onu), Sodexo welcomes student’s input. Not only are they making more efforts to hear the students, they also have six students that serve as Sodexo’s mar-keting interns.
“We try to be proactive. We really
work hard at being innovative,” Hilli-goss said.
But do students find these changes effective? Some students appreciate the updates, while others are still dis-contented with the food service.
“At first I didn’t like it, now it just
gives me stomach aches,” freshman Sarah Zylstra said.
Other students agree with Zylstra.“I think the food tastes good, but it
kind of makes you sick. But I like the Sodexo workers; they’re very nice,” freshman Haley Peterson said.
Junior, Thomas Mann, along with fellow students, buys produce at the farmer’s market sponsored by Sodexo.
Local & RegionalChicago teachers suspend strikeChicago teachers agreed to suspend the strike after a stalemate with Mayor Rahm Emanuel over job security and teacher evaluations. Students went back to school on Wednesday. “I’m very excited. I miss my students. I’m relieved because I think this contract was better than what they offered,” America Olmedo, teacher for fourth and fifth-grade bilingual classes, said. The union represented 25,500 teach-ers. “We ignited the labor movement in Chicago,” Shay Porter, a teacher at the Henderson Academy elementary school, said.
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Kankakee looks to rebuild image
Third local West Nile virus case
31 local deaths from heroin overdose
Occupy Wall Street carries onThe Occupy Wall Street movement and the Chicago chapter will con-tinue their movement. Nearly 125 demonstrators gathered downtown on Monday, September 17, to com-memorate the first anniversary of the movement. “These are the groups that are beginning to do what the government won’t. This is truly oc-cupying,” Kelly Hayes, a member of Occupy Chicago said.
-Chicago Tribune
Will County’s Coroner, Patrick K. O’Neil recorded 31 fatal heroin over-dose cases. The year of 2012 started off with eight deaths in 30 days. The results broke last year’s record and the year is not over. “That’s one more than last year and we still have four months to go,” O’Neil said.
-Herald News
Three cases of the human West Nile virus were found in Will County. Through September 17, there have been 95 Illinois residents who have been confirmed as West Nile virus-positive. Nationally, West Nile cases are up more that 270 percent with fa-talities up more than 174 percent.
-Beacon News
The Economic Alliance of Kankakee County plans on rebuilding the area’s image. Sheila Martin, a project rep-resentative, said nearly 450 residents participated in a county-wide quality of life survey. Starting in October, fo-cus groups will be established and ad-ditional information on major issues will be developed to further the goal of identifying the area’s strengths and weaknesses
-Daily Journal
NEWS IN BRIEF
Dr. Scott Daniels was the speaker for fall revival Sept. 16-19.
A graduate from Northwest Naza-rene University, Daniels is the senior pastor of the First Church of the Naz-arene in Pasadena, Calif. Daniels also works as the Dean of the School of Theology in Azusa Pacific University.
Daniels spoke on the transforma-tion that can happen in others through Christ. From the man possessed by demons in the book of Mark, to a young aspiring rock star Daniels be-friended years ago; he preached on the hope that every person has for transforming his or her life
Not only is transformation pos-sible through Christ, but freedom is, as well, according to Daniels. “The power of Christ is the power to set us free,” he said.
Daniels’ message brought laughs and tears, and provoked many thoughts and even changes in the lives of revival attendees this week.
“His messages, particularly the one on Tuesday morning, have been pow-erful enough to help me see things Je-sus said and did in a new light,” said sophomore Peter Kraiss.
Freshman Sara Gray, was surprised by the revival experience. “I thought it was going to be very narrow and specifically directed at one group of people, but I feel like it could reach out to everyone,” she said.
Dr. Scott Daniels revives ONU’s campusTaylor Provost
Staff Writer
PHOTO BY JAMIE PICKETT
PHOTO BY MORGAN MCCRIRIE
Fall revival services were held in Centennial Chapel and College Church.
GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU04 SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
ONU NEWSBurkey says good-bye for now
A.E. Sarver
@GG_Sarver
Jonathan Burkey’s role in chapel will soon be put on hold as he takes time away to pursue a master’s degree at the University of Chicago.
He has served the student body as chapel worship leader for five years.
Burkey led chapel for the first time in August 2007. He said he may be the only person who can say that he has not missed a chapel service in five years.
“I love the privilege and respon-sibility of helping to form services where the spirit of God is present,” Burkey said.
Chaplain Holcomb has enjoyed working with Burkey. There is a consistency and quality that Burkey brings to the service, Holcomb said.
“He’s amazing. I never have to worry about a thing.”
According to those close to Burkey, he is the same person on stage as off.
Sophomore Caleb Burkey, Jonathan Burkey’s younger brother, described Burkey as someone who focuses on a solid relationship with Christ.
“In high school, he was never a per-son that would succumb to what other people were doing. He wouldn’t give in,” Caleb Burkey said.
Burkey will still work with Olivet as the director of ministry teams at Olivet. He directs the outbound groups that travel for the university, serving
not only as the liaison between the students and the coordinators, but also ensuring that the purpose for ministry teams remains as a ministry.
His work on campus has been a means of encouragement for many students.
“He has helped me connect my songful worship with my life and how worship is not just on stage, but in everything you do. Watching him on stage helps me realize how much of an influence I can have on other people,” said Hannah Cheney, a singer on The Narrow, one of the school’s ministry teams.
Chapel is the start of many stu-dents’ day and they appreciate Burkey keeping the worship focused.
“He gets the students involved,” freshman Jon Aldrin said.
“He does a great job of providing a platform for students to worship,” freshman Mark Fleschner said.
Chaplain Holcomb said their goal for chapel is to “try to create space for God to work.”
“He tried to get to the heart of what we do,” Holcomb said.
While Burkey is excited to study at the University of Chicago, he will miss being part of the university’s chapel services.
“Though his name and face are as-sociated school wide specifically with chapel services, the worshipful spirit he brought to campus life in general, will be missed,” sophomore Katie Ga-jewski said.
Jonathan Burkey leads worship during chapel revival services Sept. 18. September is his last month leading worship at ONU.
National
World
The Romney campaign borrowed $20 million in August to get through the Republican convention. Romney spent less than Obama on advertis-ing until earlier this month when he unveiled his first major advertising campaign. $5 million was repaid be-fore September and $4 million more this month. Some of the debt will be on Romney’s August report with the Federal Election Committee.
-New York Times
Catherine Ashton, EU foreign affairs representative, will hold talks with Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator to end the Iranian nuclear program. The meeting in Istanbul was “part of con-tinuing efforts to engage Iran,” said a spokeswoman for Baroness Ashton. Afterwards, the proposals they had seen from Iran had been “non-start-ers,” said US Secretary of State Hill-ary Clinton.
-BBC News
Romney Borrows Millions
Man shot by his dog
Obama campaign responds to videoThe Obama campaign responded to Mitt Romney’s campaign video that stated almost half of Americans “be-lieve that they are victims.” Romney says that 47 percent of Americans support Obama because they are de-pendent on the government. [It’s] “hard to serve as president for all Americans when you’ve disdainfully written off half the nation,” Jim Mes-sina, Obama campaign manager, said.
-Associated Press
A French man was shot by his dog while they were out hunting. “He jumped on me as if to give me a hug, and as he jumped, his paw hit the trigger,” the man said. His hand was injured and later amputated; he will spend at least a week recovering in the University Hospital of Bordeax.
-ABC News
The rebel Free Syrian Army is only a 10-minute drive from Syria’s capital. “Every day, we are hearing this boom, boom and everything else, but there is life that is going on. I am worried sick about it, but there is nothing we can do,” Rama Hamdi said. Residents of Damascus who support neither the opposition nor the government say the situation is out of their control.
-CNN
Syrian civilians fear coming war
EU hopes to end Nuclear Program
NEWS IN BRIEF
Campus CRIME logPersonal theft9/7: Grand 413, 7 p.m.
Accident: Motor Vehicle 9/7: Ward Field, 9 a.m.
Harassment9/8: Parrot Hall, 1:08 a.m.
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Lost property9/11: Reed Hall, 2:05 p.m.
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GLIMMER GLANCESCAMPUS EVENTS NOTICES MUSIC TO MY EARS STUDENT COUNCIL COMMUNITY EVENTS
Green Room presents the student-directed songs and slices from famous Broadway musicals. This annual ONU tradition is a highlight of the fall semes-ter that you won’t want to miss!
Planetarium Show SAT, SEPT 22 9PM, Strickler Planetarium FREEPrepare for exploration and adven-ture as Strickler Planetarium hosts a back-to-school showing, The Secret of the Cardboard Rocket. Showings at 6 & 7:30PM are $3. FREE at 9PM with student ID.
Spoons for Forks $4 FRI, SEPT 28 9PM, WisnerONU’s own improve comedy team, Spoons for Forks, takes to the stage for your LOL entertainment. >>Spoons for Forks auditions will take place on SUN, SEPT 30 at 2PM in Wisner.
Paint Wars $2/$5 SAT, SEPT 29 2PM, Fortin VillaDid you miss out on the best NEW event of Spring 2012? Its return is quickly approaching. Don’t miss this exciting, messy event! Paint gear will be available for sale in the days leading up to the event.
The Office of Counseling & Health services provides confidential, personalized, quality care for the physical & emotional well-being of ONU students. Request for appoint-ment can be made on my.olivet.edu/Health
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Organ Concerts SEPT 21 & 28, OCT 5 Noon, Centennial Chapel FREETake your lunch break and listen to some beautiful organ music performed by a local musician. For more infor-mation, contact the office of Alumni Relations at 815-939-5258.
Faculty Jazz MON, SEPT 24 7PM, Kresge FREECome enjoy wonderful jazz music performed by ONU’s music faculty.
Orchestra Pops Concert TUE, OCT 2 7PM, Esplandade FREEFeaturing the University Orchestra, this Pops Concert will play some excerpts from the musical “West Side Story” (with the ONU Concert Singers), and will play a suite from “Pirates of the Caribbean” as well as many others. The audience is encouraged to dress in pirate outfits in light of the “Pirates” suite.
String Ensemble/ Chamber Concert THUR, OCT 4 7PM, KresgeUniversity String Ensemble and the ONU Concert singers are perform-ing a free concert! Strings will be playing works by Samuel Gardner and Vivaldi, while Concert Singers will perform a major concert work by Norman Dello Joio.
Music Ministry opportunityMomence First Church of the Naza-rene is in great need for students who wish to pursue music ministry, both piano playing and worship leading. They are located just 15 minutes east of campus. Please con-tact Brandon Hird at [email protected] for more info.
LifeSong musicians neededLifeSong, an outbound music ministry for ONU is in need of every instrument (guitar, vocals, piano, drums, triangle, djembe, and electric violin). Auditions are the week of SEPT 24. Email [email protected] for more info.
Perkin Loan Borrowers Please come to the Financial Aid Office during the week of SEPT 24-28 from 8:30-12PM & 1-4PM to sign your Perkins Loan. If you’re bor-rowing a Perkins Loan for the first time with ONU, be sure to complete the Perkins Loan entrance counsel-ing at www.olivet.edu/financial-aid/online-loan-counseling.
Fall Break OCT 5-9Fall break is almost here! It begins at the end of class day on FRI, OCT 5. Tuesday night only classes will meet on OCT 9. Dining Room Hours dur-ing break (through TUES, OCT 11):>Breakfast: 8-9AM>Lunch: 12-1PM>Dinner: 4:30-5:30PM>Ludwig Center Hours: 8AM-9PM
Looking for the Student Life Handbook?Want to know the hours of different buildings on campus, what not to wear to class, and other important general info? Seek the Student Life Handbook which is now online at www.olivet.edu > Campus Life> Student Life Handbook.
Final Day to Drop Block I FRI, SEPT 21Please visit the registrar’s office if you need to drop a block I class.
LIFE.SCIENCE Photos FRI, SEPT 28 4:30PM, Reed 224CLIFE.SCIENCE Annual Photography Ex-hibition and Competition deadline is approaching! Submission forms avail-able in Reed 224C or Art & Digital me-dia. Competition open to students/faculty/staff & alums. See poster in Reed for details. Email [email protected] or call 939-5395 with questions.
SUFACS Bonfire THURS, OCT 11 7:30PM, Warming HouseA bonfire and welcome gathering for students in the Family and Con-sumer Science Department hosted by SUFACS.
WELL BEING
Sister-2-Sister Kick-off THUR, SEPT 20 9PM, College Church CLCWomen’s Residential Life hosts a kick-off party for freshmen ladies and their big sisters. Preregistration is required.
Men’s Prayer Breakfast SAT, SEPT 22 9AM, Ludwig Dining HallThis once-a-month meeting will be an opportunity to hear from a guest speaker, eat breakfast and pray together as a group of men. Don’t miss this first prayer breakfast with guest speaker- Dr. Quanstrom! Just a meal swipe to get in.
Party with Jesus Kick-off MON, SEPT 24 9PM, Warming House
Take a homework break for this exciting praise and worship service that takes place weekly!
Homecoming Court Voting SEPT 26-27
Seniors will vote to nominate the Top 10 men and women of their class for this year’s Homecoming Court. Seniors will receive a ballot in their emails.>>OCT 3-4: Voting for Top 5>>OCT 24-25: Voting for queen
Banned Books Week OCT 1-5 Various locationsWill raise awareness to students of banned books from the past hosted by English Honor Society. Readings will take place outside of Benner Library and Burke at various times throughout the week.
Coming up:> SEPT 26: Dr. J.K. Warrick> SEPT 27 : Praise and Worship> OCT 3: Dr. Ron Blake> OCT 4: Rev. Mark HolcombWednesday Chapels @ 10:00AMThursday Chapels @ 9:30AM
Parlor WEDNESDAYS 7PM, College Church CLC
Come worship and hear a great message for college students every Wednesday night at College Church in the CLC.
Come to the Fire OCT 11-13 Various times, Centennial ChapelCome to the Fire is a large interna-tional women’s conference, and it is coming to ONU’s campus! Free to all women, but registration is required. Participants register online at www.cometothefire.org>OCT 11: 7PM-9PM>OCT 12: 9AM-9PM>OCT 13: 8:30M-Noon
OktoberfestTHURS-SUN, SEPT 27-30Manteno, Ill.15th Annual Oktober fest offers a carnival, food, street vendors, enter-tainment and games. Visit:mantenooktoberfest.com
Fall Art ExhibitTHURS, SEPT 27 - OCT 28Gretchen Charlton Art Gallery,Kankakee, Ill.Exhibit of local and regional two and three-dimensional artists in competition.
DreamgirlsRUNS THROUGH NOV 4, WED-SUNMarriott Theatre, Lincolnshire, Ill.Tony Award-winning musical comes to Chicago. It will take you to a world of overnight stardom and platinum records.
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LIFEDining with
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Michael Doherty
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I think we can all agree that it is easi-er to limit our desserts to every other day in an effort to keep extra pounds at bay, than commit to an exercise regimen. However, I have found that daily exercise has made all the dif-ference in my attitude, self-image and energy levels. So whether you are simply trying to add to your daily exercise routine or are looking for a place to start, here are a few tips to incorporate into your daily routine.
Try taking the stairs instead of tak-ing the elevator. Ride your bike from the oaks, or walk. Plan on walking with friends to campus certain days of the week, so that when you wake up those mornings, you can look for-ward to conversation with them on the way to class. Discuss with your “walking buddy” what God has been doing in your life, or maybe what you got out of chapel. Don’t pass up an opportunity to grow deeper with the people in your life, especially if you are making a half-mile hike with them every couple days.
If you are looking for a way to start an exercise routine, but don’t really know where to begin, take advantage of all the exercise science and athletic training friends (or all those zumba/yoga gurus) you have in your life. Ask them to prepare a routine you can follow in the gym, and then have your friend actually go with you and show you the proper technique for each of the exercises. This is a great way for you to give those students an opportunity to use what they’ve learned, and there is no way you cannot benefit from having a free personal trainer.
Another great way to get involved and stay active is to sign up for in-tramurals. Have fun, get some stress out on the court, field, or diamond, but keep your head about you (that means you, men).
For more tips and photos, follow Doherty on Twitter @GG_Doherty
Preventing the “Freshman 15,” Part 2
Justine Espersen
@GG_Espersen
Most of Carl Fletcher’s students know that he has four daughters. However what most do not realize is that two of them are his adopted foster children.
Known for teaching radio broad-casting classes in the communication department, Fletcher fostered eight children while living in Concord, Mich.
Fletcher and his wife, Camille, re-ceived their license through the De-partment of Human Services in 2004. They chose the foster children based on the ages of their biological chil-dren, who were seven and five at the time. Their house was open to chil-dren from birth to age four.
“We chose to foster partly due to the need that is apparent in any com-munity,” Fletcher said. “Also because Camille had life-threatening medical problems with each of her two preg-nancies, and because we both felt
prompted by God to care for these children.”
From almost three years of this, Fletcher and his family adopted two of the children they hosted.
“Fostering has had a deep impact on our biological children…they have
indicated that they would like our family to continue fostering children,” Fletcher said.
Although Fletcher and his family are unsure when they will do foster care again, they have the opportunity to join locally in a Kankakee County
Olivet hosted its annual Jump Start program August 26-28th. Incoming freshmen met with their connections groups for the first time and at-tended the conferences together. When Jump Start was over, freshmen left with a better understanding of what to expect, what their primary focus should be, how to study, the importance of being active but not overly involved, and that the entire faculty was there to support them. Listed below are some comments how freshmen and transfers received this year’s Jump Start program.
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Professor Carl Fletcher and his daugthers spend time at the zoo.
“Yes. It made me feel more comfortable due to the fact that professors show that they re-ally care and that they love their students. I want to go to class more knowing my teachers care about me.”
“It answered a lot of questions. It helped you un-derstand what the school is about.”
“Yes and no. They laid out specific rules and tips to help us,
the same typcial rules that all teachers have told me before. It
never really helped me learn how to study. To have my whole con-
nections group there was a good bonding experience. It
was a great presentation and program overall.”
“Yes. It gave us insight on how the professor are going to be like and a chance to meet new people, new friends, and the staff.”
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foster care. Supported by Olivet, Starfish Fam-
ily Homes provides a “safe, stable Christian community where children grow,” according to their website.
“We are a service agency currently, providing services foster parents and children don’t receive from a social agency. This includes counseling, dis-cipline measures, how to manage time better…to help better their parenting skills,” founder and chairman SueAnn O’Connor said. “We want to be sure we provide a Christian home where the kids can learn about Christ.”
Dr. Gregg Chenoweth, vice presi-dent for academic affairs and chief ac-ademic officer, is on Starfish Homes’ board. He is working on allowing stu-dents to work with the foster children, and putting together a program with professors who are willing to teach foster parents extra skills.
“Before the end of the year, we ex-pect to have Olivet students helping with Starfish Homes,” O’Connor said.
Carl Fletcher: a foster parent before a professor
Jump Start:
Sophomore transfer Ray Nippe
Freshman Sylvester Knight
Freshman Ashley Patton
Freshman Larissa Copeland
Did it help eliminate any doubts or provide assurance about your new life at college?
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LIFE
Olivet welcomed ROTC’s new direc-tor of military science this summer, Major Roman Ortega Jr.
As both of his parents are im-migrants from Mexico, Ortega was raised to love and respect the United States.
“I was raised by my father who considered the U.S. a great country and was always compelled to give back,” Ortega said. “My work ethic is also influenced by my father as he always kept an intense pace.”
As a military intelligence officer, he could be at Olivet for as little as 3 months to 30 years.
“I intend to stay here as long as the army allows me,” Ortega Jr. said. “The higher the ranking you have, the more likely you’ll be deported with less notice. I’ve been notified with as little as 60 days to leave.”
Ortega Jr. has served everywhere from Asia to the Middle East, allow-ing him to learn both Mandarin and Arabic, adding to his knowledge of English and Spanish. Being deployed in areas where interpreters did not want to venture to forced him to learn
Oftentimes, an audience watches a show but never sees the behind-the-scene action.
Set to open Friday, Sept. 21, The Green Room will host their annual show featuring 19 musical numbers from different musicals.
The five directors themed this year’s show with the phrase, “spark,” signifying a pivotal moment in each of the 19 musicals. This can be when a couple falls in love or has a moment of enlightenment. It is intended to in-duce a “spark,” remembering the mu-sical at the tune of one song.
“We chose ‘spark’ because we wanted something that the audience would enjoy watching while the cast has fun doing the scene,” head direc-tor and senior Emily Dillard said.
The other two directors, who were selected by The Green Room, are ju-nior Ron Gamache and senior Wesley Taylor. Gamache is in charge of six numbers and the set building, while Taylor runs six numbers, as well as publicity for the program. Dillard
oversees the entire production and also leads seven numbers.
Additionally, junior Seth Lowrey is the vocal and band director and senior Anna Reed is the choreographer for Broadway Revue.
With only two weeks of regular rehearsals and a week of technical rehearsal, the show is always under a time crunch.
“Time is a huge issue. We’re try-ing to get every minute into practice,” Gamache said. “We’re all aware of how the process goes so we can help the cast to not feel so overwhelmed. It’s a stressful process so we try to be encouraging.”
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Both Taylor and Dillard directed last year’s Broadway Revue and Gamache worked closely with the di-rectors so they were already aware of what mistakes needed fixed and how to time manage everything better.
“It helps because I don’t feel like a chicken with my head cut off this year,” Dillard said.
With as much effort as the students are putting into this program, no class credit is given to the students, as it is all volunteer work.
Broadway Revue debuts Friday, Sept. 21 with shows at 7 and 9 p.m. in Kresge Auditorium. There are also shows on Saturday at 7 and 9 p.m.
the language there, he said. He also taught at Wheaton Col-
lege (Ill.) and Lewis University (Ill.), and served up to 14 years in the U.S. Army, from an enlisted soldier to in-fantry officer to a military intelligence officer.
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Major Roman Ortega Jr. speaks at the University of Illinois-Chi-cago earlier this year. He presented a scholarship to a hispanic ROTC cadet.
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GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU08 SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
OPINION
There are few things in this world for which I can find no logical use or pur-pose. For instance, I cannot for the life of me work out why we have bees.
I was relaxing the other day with a friend on my patio, and we were being attacked mercilessly by a large, black, buzzing bee. I was not having it. The only posterior with more unsavory potency is mine after a week of So-dexo.
In order to make light of our vic-timization, we attempted to supply silly reasons for the existence of the nasty bugs. Sure, some person will give the Sunday school answer that God created them to pollinate the flowers. That’s all good and great, but Mendel pollinated with a small brush, and the wind around here seems to work just fine, so do we really need them? I think not.
It’s not like I am trying to question God’s decision making skills. He’s made a lot of great things, a fact I’m reminded of every time I pass a reflec-tive surface. But did he really have to go so far as to make bees?
I mean, they only get one use out of that stinger, so is it really worth it? In order to avoid blaspheming, I had to find a reconciliation of their exis-tence with their apparent lack of pur-pose, so here’s my theory. As long as they use their bodies as God intended, they fulfill their purpose, and can go to insect heaven in peace.
How did God intend for their bod-ies to be used, you ask. Let me ex-plain. They only can sting something once before going the same way as Steve Jobs, so they have to make it count.
Suppose a bumblebee’s wife cheats on him with another bumblebee. The first man-bee has the option, dare I say the duty, to attack the adulterous other man-bee. If he dies in the act of revenge, he has died an honorable death.
Rest assured, all of God’s creatures have a place in creation. We just might have to look hard to figure it out.
Please, bee aware.
To bee or notJimmy Phillips
GG Columnist
We all know the rules: mid-thigh shorts and a full-coverage shirt. The question is, how has half of the cam-pus missed this memo and why are they getting away with it?
In the three weeks or so since we have been at school, it has become ob-vious that the athletes on campus are not held to the same standards as the rest of the student body. When look-ing around campus (on the track, in the quad or in front of Ludwig), many people have noticed that students are running around either shirtless or in short shorts and sports bras. Where in the student handbook does it say that
Are athletes exempt from the dress code?athletes are above the rules set for all students? Did we not all sign a con-tract stating that we would follow the dress code? If any other student were to wear this inappropriate attire on campus they would immediately be written up.
Many students on campus are frus-trated with this because we are all told that we must help our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to not stumble. Why is it appropriate for the athletes to completely disregard these morals?
According to the 2012-2013 student handbook, women are not to wear “clothing that exposes any portion of the midriff area; form-fitting apparel (such as tights, yoga pants, spandex, etc.) worn as outerwear; or clothing giving the appearance of being an un-
Elizabeth Hueber Megan Klossing
GG Contributors
dergarment and worn as outerwear.” For men, it also states, “shirts must be worn at all times, even in Snowbarger Athletic Park.”
People in the community have even said they are discouraged and distract-ed by the way the cross-country team is representing our university. We are told that we must represent Olivet and our morals by our actions outside school, so how does the community view us when students run around half naked? Teams are not only rep-resenting Olivet, but also the kingdom of God.
We are a Christian school, and therefore have the eyes of the com-munity on us at all times. It is difficult to make a difference in our commu-nity if they view us as hypocrites. We
claim to be a community of believers, but we so often sweep issues like this under the rug. Many people in the sur-rounding communities have a tainted view of Olivet because they believe that Christians, in general, are hypo-critical. By allowing our athletes to portray these values it is reinforcing their view on the hypocrisy of Chris-tians.
We are not trying to throw anyone under the bus. We are trying to help keep each other accountable.There should not be a double standard held for an athlete and a non-athlete. We are all students at the same school who have agreed to abide by the same rules that are set for a reason. Now the question is, what is going to be done about it?
This just seems to be the era of lock-outs.
In just the past year and a half, there has been an NFL lockout, an NBA lockout, and now an NHL lockout.
If you pay much attention to sports, there is a good chance you are aware that the NFL officials hopped on the bandwagon, as the NFL Referee As-sociation was locked out in June over salary, retirement benefits and opera-tional issues, according to an Associ-ated Press story earlier this month.
And if you are already aware of this, then you are also probably aware that the replacement referees have been met with quite a bit of hostility. Chicago Bears’ kicker Robbie Gould tweeted last month: “Watching the coaches on @espn get upset because the refs are clueless @nfl when did you stop caring about the integrity of the game.”
As I wrote in “A month with ‘da Bears’” from the Sept. 7 issue, I worked Chicago Bears camp this past August. But I failed to mention that I did not just meet guys like Gould in the Bears organization. I also met people like Phil.
Phil and his gang, all of whom
made sure I knew each of each their names, stopped to talk to me every time they went through for the two days they were at camp. So it was in one of our conversations that I learned that they had all been called up to be NFL officials, due to the NFL referee lockout. They had all been through training and went to Bears camp to practice and impliment what they had learned.
Most of them were collegiate of-ficials. One actually had officiated some of my own basketball games.
And about a week after I left I was watching an NFL preseason game at home when a familiar face popped up on the screen and I shouted, “That’s Phil!”
It was after this that I saw the com-plaints about the officiating, from players to coaches, to the media. And they have a lot of good points.
I saw one special before a game recently that featured a retired NFL official, who explained that it takes officials years to adjust to the NFL be-cause of the different rules at the pro-
NFL referees: locked out
fessional level, as well as the fast pace of the game. This does not only affect the quality of the game. It affects play-ers’ safety, which several players’ like Gould have been quick to point out.
However, just like in any sport, offi-cials are human – they make mistakes. And after meeting Phil and his crew, I have tried not to be quick to criticize the officials – after all, they were ba-sically given a crash course and then thrown into the games. Perhaps we should be quicker to criticize the NFL instead.
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GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU 09SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
OPINION
CHICAGO TEACHERS’ STRIKE
I cannot imagine working for Chi-cago Public Schools. I can’t imag-ine the conditions teachers work in, having to deal with the students they teach or the strain of being employed by a city under such tiresome leader-ship.
I don’t doubt that there were many good reasons for Chicago teachers to go on strike. However, I do doubt that they care about the students the way they say they do, considering the students were kept out of school for seven days.
As a future educator, I can tell you that few teachers go into edu-cation for the money. No teacher thinks, “I can’t wait to make millions off this profession,” because there is barely any money in education. Then why have nearly 3.7 million people picked teaching as their life’s work? Any good teacher can tell you it is for the kids.Influencingachild’slifeisoneof
the most rewarding and exciting life experiences. I’m sure there are thou-sands of children in Chicago that need teachers tobeapositive influence intheir lives. For some of those kids, school is the safest place they will be all day and teachers are their only positive role models.
These teachers are not just random people off the street. They are highly educated, intelligent, qualified indi-viduals that can help their students be something great. However, I’m not sure that these teachers understand the power in their position, because if they did I’m sure they would not be demanding a 30% pay increase, among other things.
No one is forcing Chicago teach-ers to stay at their jobs. They could go to a different school district where the conditions are not so rough or the pay is much higher. And with 12.5 mil-lion Americans out of work, I’m sure there are others who would be willing to take their jobs for a lot less mon-ey. But I have a feeling that Chicago teachers may have just lost sight of the ultimate goal of their profession: to change the lives of Chicago kids.
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trict and the Chicago Teacher’s Union reached a decision that seems to hold victories for both sides, meaning that 350,000 students returned to school after seven days off. The decision includes lengthening the school day and evaluating teachers based on stu-dent’s test scores, which the Chicago Public School District is in favor of. And in turn, teachers will receive a 17.6 percent pay raise over the next four years.
While both sides received at least some of what they wanted, I do not think that it should have been an issue inthefirstplace.Theteachersandtheschool district should have been able to reach an agreement before keep-ing students out of school for nearly a week and a half.
Teaching is unlike any job. Teach-ers are expected to do so much with very little and a lot of the conditions they work in are unfair. I may be bi-ased because in a few short years I will be a teacher, but I think it is one of the hardest jobs to have.
As sappy as it sounds, changing a child’s life is worth way more than any amount of money, and I think these teachers need to remember that.
ONU students need to seek a ‘real’ revivalImagine 185 straight hours of chapel. Sound excessive? For most people who were part of the revival at As-bury University in 1970, the encoun-ter with God changed their lives.
On an ordinary Tuesday, students showed up for a mandatory chapel service. Instead of preaching, the aca-demic dean of the school opened the service by giving his testimony. Then a student gave a testimony. And an-other followed. And another, and an-other and another.
Fifty minutes turned into hours. When the university president arrived back on campus from a trip — at 2 a.m. two days later — the students were still there. For a week straight, the revival continued around the clock.
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Even then it didn’t stop, but spread out to touch over 130 campuses across America, including one near Chicago named Olivet Nazarene University.
Students from Asbury shared in a Wednesday night service, which sparked a revival in similar fashion on our campus, local pastor Elizabeth Bjorling said.
“It was an amazing outpouring of God’s spirit,” she said. “There are still some people around here who remem-ber those weeks.”
Most students I asked couldn’t remember who last year’s revival speaker was, much less his message. Evening revival services don’t take place in the chapel because it would be mostly empty. The number of stu-dents who choose to attend services is so small that even in combination with the entire College Church congrega-tion—whofilltwoseparatecampus-
While there’s much value in the “intentional setting aside of time each semester,” as Chaplain Holcomb put it, something is missing in this “re-vival.” We don’t want revival — most students don’t even go, except when forced. Out of 1,000 people invited to a Facebook event called “Revive Olivet” only 200 students clicked “yes, attending.”
The Asbury revival is a touchy sub-ject with spiritual leaders.
“A lot of people reference that, longing for a do over, if I can say it that way,” Holcomb said. “The rea-son that revival had such an impact, though, was because no one ques-tioned whether it was authentic or not. It was clearly a God thing. You can’t manufacture, duplicate or manipulate another one. If God is going to move,
He will.”God is not moving like that on our
campus. The comparison is uncom-fortable. It makes our revival seem small and insignificant,without last-ing impact.
Is it too much to say that it is? We certainly can’t manipulate God,
but He did tell us to ask. Students at Asbury asked. Dr. Carl Leth, dean of the school of theology and Christian ministry, said the two revivals are similar in nature. “The difference be-tween the Asbury revival of the 70s and the revival this week at Olivet is in effect or scope, not type,” he said. “Revival, as a practice, is the practice of expectation.”
Expect more from God. Jesus said, “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.” That’s a promise.
Why aren’t we asking for a real re-vival, Olivet?
Wes Sprague leads worship for fall revival at College Church.
PHOTO BY MORGAN MCCRIRIE
GRAPHICS BY BRITTANY VANDER NAALD
Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters rally in Chicago, Ill.
PHOTO BY BRAD PERKINS
GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU10SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
SPORTS
IN THE FIELD, ON THE COURT
Kickin’ it with Sebastian Esquetini
No. 28 Sebastian EsquetiniSoccer, Midfielder
Quito, Ecuador
Q: How many years have you been playing soccer? A: All my life, however, competi-tively only two years and that was six years ago.
Q: Did you ever play other sports and why did you pick soccer to fo-cus on?A: Tennis – I have a semester left at Olivet and I’m not eligible to play tennis anymore. So at the beginning of last summer I focused on soccer. I have always dreamed of playing soccer at the college level.
Q: What has been your biggest ac-complishment in soccer and tennis
to this point?A: NAIA-ITA Regional Senior Play-er of the Year for tennis. Playing on Olivet’s men’s soccer team for soccer.
Q: Favorite sport memory?A: When we won NCCAA national tennis tournament. I remember watch-ing Mark Bell, our captain at that time, playing the decisive match against Palm Beach Atlantic. It was amazing.
Q: Most embarrassing moment in soccer or tennis?A: I have forgotten my tennis shoes in the hotel before a national tournament, same for strong rackets and realized it pretty late. I have hit my doubles part-
ner with the ball and have been hit by my partner multiple times in front of a pretty good amount of people.
Q: Pre-game rituals?A: I would always bounce the tennis ball the same amount of times before my first serve and again before my second serve. It didn’t really work, es-pecially in doubles. I was never able to serve a good, “flat” serve. You can ask Diego (my doubles partner) about it.
Q: Favorite meal?A: Patacones (flattened fried plan-tain), rice, beans, steak or shrimp and passion fruit juice.
Q: Favorite quote/verse?A: “When you judge another, you do not define them, you define your-self,” and “you miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”
Q: If you could pick anyone who has ever lived to be your best friend, who would you pick and why?A: Xavi Hernandez (Spanish soccer player). He seems to do great in ev-ery aspect of his life. I admire him a lot.
Q: What is your dream job?A: To work with a professional sport club or team and have enough time to
New faces on coaching staffs
Intramural signups are now onlineMeg Dowell
@GG_Dowell
David Parker
@GG_Parker
Olivet’s intramural program has gone paperless.
This year, individuals interested in being part of an intramural team must sign up online. Users must create an account on Olivet’s segment of im-leagues.com, an intramurals adminis-trative website, and wait to request a spot on a team that a captain has al-ready created on the site.
“It’s a great tool that will help our IM program,” said Matt Smith, direc-
tor of campus recreation. Those interested can either create
an account through Facebook or use their school email if applicable.
Intramurals employee, senior and participant Andrew Oliver is a fan of the new system.
“I like it a lot better [than the old system]. We don’t kill paper, we’ll live a lot longer and be able to breathe better.”
More than 80 percent of the student population is involved with intramu-ral sports, according to Olivet’s web-site. Everyone competes for the same
prizes — bragging rights along with an intramural championship T-shirt to match.
“The past [two] years I’ve done sand volleyball, flag football, and a little bit of basketball,” said junior and veteran intramural participant KT Worrall. “I’m always way too com-petitive, but I like to win.”
Sign-ups for fall intramural sports teams began on Monday, Sept. 10. The first sports of the season — men’s and women’s flag football, coed Ultimate Frisbee, and coed sand volleyball — kicked off the week of Sept. 17.
Olivet’s athletic department has ex-perienced a number of changes in its coaching staff.
“We usually turn over four, some-times five [coaches],” athletic director Gary Newsome said.
However, this year there are eleven, including two new head coaches — Lauren Stamatis, women’s basketball, and David Blahnik, men’s soccer — and nine new grad assistants.
Newsome is pleased with the new developments.
“We’re fortunate to get [eleven]
really good people,” Newsome said. “Not only are they good coaches in their field, but apart from coaching, one of the things we look for is Chris-tian character. We’ve found that in all of them.”
Newsome also noted the impor-tance of both new and seasoned grad assistants in the athletic department.
“The GAs are the lifeblood of our athletic department,” Newsome said. “Out of the 21 teams that we have, only two have full-time assistants. That’s why GAs are so important to us.”
Among the new coaches and GAs, all but three previously attended
Olivet or coached at Olivet in some capacity. Returning Olivet graduates include Jordan Reynolds ’12, who was a three-time NAIA All-American softball player, and Josh Ayers ‘10, who previously played professional soccer in Ecuador.
Stamatis, who previously worked with the team for five years as an as-sistant coach, is happy that this is the case.
“I think it’s so great that there are so many coaches that were previously a part of ONU athletics because they know the culture of excellence within the athletic department,” Stamatis said.
On and around the fields
Above: An Olivet defender goes for the tackle during the Tigers’ double-overtime loss to No. 17 University of St. Francis Sept. 8.
Left: Senior Hannah Endrizzi (left) kicks it in for the final stretch in Olivet’s home meet (the Midwest Classic) on Sept. 7 at Aspen Golf Ridge in Bour-bonnais. Both the men’s and women’s cross country teams won the meet.
PHOTO BY MORGAN MCCRIRIE
PHOTO BY ETHAN BARSE
GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU 11SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
SPORTS
Men’s Cross-CountrySept. 7 Midwest Classic (Ill.) 1st of 10Sept. 14 at Illinois Intercollegiate (Ill.) 5th of 29Sept. 21 at Brissman-Lundeen Invittational (Ill.) 5:00 PM
Women’s Cross-CountrySept. 7 Midwest Classic (Bourbonnais, Ill.) 1st of 11Sept. 14 at Illinois Intercollegiate (Normal, Ill.) 1st of 24Sept. 21 at Brissman-Lundeen Invite (Rock Island, Ill.) 5:00 PM
FootballSept. 8 Grand View University (Iowa) L, 6 - 14Sept. 15 University of St. Francis (Ill.) L, 16 - 19Sept. 29 at William Penn University (Iowa) 1:30 PM
Men’s GolfSept. 11 at University of St. Francis (Ill.) 13th of 19Sept. 17 at Purdue University-North Central (Ind.) 4th of 9Sept. 24 Olivet Nazarene University Invite (Ill.) 9:00 AM
Women’s Golf Sept. 18 at NCC Cardinal Classic (Ill.) 2nd of 11Sept. 24-25 at Bethel College Invitational (Ind.) TBAOct. 1-2 at CCAC Invitational (Ind.) TBD
Men’s Soccer Sept. 7 Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Ohio) W, 2 - 0 Sept. 8 Davenport University (Mich.) L, 0 - 1Sept. 11 Grace College (Ind.) W, 3 - 1 Sept. 15 at Indiana Institute of Technology W, 2 -1 Sept. 22 at Judson University (Ill.) 3:30 PMSept. 25 at Roosevelt University (Ill.) 4:00 PMSept. 29 at Cardinal Stritch University (Wisc.) 7:00 PMOct. 3 Trinity Christian College (Ill.) 4:00 PM
Women’s SoccerSept. 8 Hastings University (Neb.) W 2 -1 Sept. 13-15 Lee University Tournament (Tenn.) Sept. 13 Vanguard University (Cal.) L, 1 - 4 Sept. 15 Lee University (Tenn.) L, 0 - 1 Sept. 22 at Judson University (Ill.) 1:00 PMSept. 26 at Roosevelt University (Ill.) 4:00 PMSept. 29 at Cardinal Stritch University (Wisc.) 5:00 PMOct. 2 Trinity Christian College (Ill.) 4:00 PM
Men’s Tennis Sept. 13 Bethel College (Ind.) W, 9 - 0Sept. 21-22 USTA-ITA Central-East Regional (Ill.) TBASept. 28-29 Valparaiso University Fall Invite (Ind.) TBA
Volleyball Sept. 11 at University of St. Francis (Ill.) L, 0 - 3Sept. 14-15 Homestead-Holiday Inn Invitational (Ill.) Sept. 14 Indiana University-East L, 0 - 3 Sept. 14 Georgetown College (Ky.) L, 1- 4Sept. 15 Campbellsville University (Ky.) L, 0 - 3Sept. 15 Viterbo University (Wis.) L, 0 - 3Sept. 18 at Purdue University-Calumet (Ind.) W, 3 - 0Sept. 20 at Indiana University-South Bend 7:00 PM Sept. 25 at Calumet College-St. Joseph (Ind.) 7:00 PMSept. 28-29 Indiana Wesleyan-Indiana Tech Crossover TournamentSept. 28 Grace College (Ind.) 4:00 PMSept. 28 Indiana Institute of Technology 6:00 PMSept. 29 Indiana Wesleyan University 12:00 PMSept. 29 Taylor University (Ind.) 2:00 PMOct. 2 at Trinity Christian College (Ill.) 7:00 PM
SCORES & MOREGolf and tennis in swing for fallDavid Parker
@GG_Parker
Olivet’s golf and tennis teams began their fall seasons this month.Men’s Golf
The men’s golf team faces the chal-lenge of an inexperienced team this fall.
“We’ve got a fairly young team,” said assistant coach Damon Jensen. “We’re trying to build from where we were a few seasons ago. Just try to come together to develop as a team.”
Nevertheless, Jensen is optimistic about the team’s prospects for this season.
“We want to win our conference in the spring. Between now and then, we’ve got some tournaments that we want to do well in, build some cohe-sion as a team,” he said.
Among the notable players this sea-son are sophomore Michael Bork and freshman Ryan Muzljakovich.Women’s Golf
The women’s golf team believes they can drive the distance this year.
“The girls want to go to nationals this year,” assistant women’s golf coach Sara Rondeau said, “Because now we have a conference, we can qualify for nationals.”
The players confirm her beliefs.“Collectively, we really think we
can make it to nationals this year.” senior Nora Durkin said. “We’re con-fident in our ability. Even though this is only our third year as a team, we’re confident that we can shoot low.”
She is also confident in the potential of the team’s new recruits, as well as the abilities of the returning players.
“Our freshmen are looking good. They have a lot of potential and they are a good asset to the team. Our re-turning players came back ready to play and they look good,” Durkin said.
Among the other returning per-formers are senior Gwen Holmes, sophomore Lydia Bilyeu and junior Ashley Dinneweth.Men’s Tennis
Head men’s tennis coach Andy Gibbs sees this fall as an opportunity to develop the team for the future.
“We want to use the fall to gain some experience, particularly for our players who don’t have a lot of varsity experience,” Gibbs said. “We’d also like to develop our doubles teams, so those partnerships can carry over into the spring.”
While the Tigers lost fifth-year senior Seba Esquetini, their No. 2 singles player from last year, and will play without injured junior captain Landon Williams this fall, several strong players are returning.
Seniors Diego Gonsalvez and Ca-milo Giraldo are among these players, as well as two-time NAIA All-Amer-ican Honorable Mention senior Julian Kurz.Women’s Tennis
The women’s tennis team has spe-cific goals in mind for next spring’s season, such as qualifying for nation-als and winning the conference, se-nior Taylor Stephens said.
“We’re just building off our team from last year and strengthening it that way,” senior Ashlan Allison said.
The coaching staff also sees an op-portunity to continue to develop the
newer members of the team.“We have a deeper team than we’ve
had in the past, and so we’re also try-ing to have our young players make the transition to playing college teams,” head coach Andy Gibbs said.
This year, Olivet will host the Inter-collegiate Tennis Association Central-East Regional tournament, for both men and women. The players are ex-cited about the opportunity.
“I think it’s going to be awesome,” Stephens said. We’re going to get a lot more support from fans. Last year, we won the whole thing, so we want to repeat that.”
“The last couple years, we’ve had players qualify for the National Small College Championships,” Gibbs said. “We’d love to have players qualify this year.”
Above: Tennis coach Andy Gibbs (center, white hat) addresses the men’s tennis team following their Sept. 13 match against Bethel Col-lege (Ind.). Left: Freshman shakes hands with his Bethel opponent. The team won 9-0.
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GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU12 SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
SPORTSSwim team plunges into training
Morgan McCririe
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The intercollegiate swim team has high hopes and expectations for their first season in school history. The decision to include a pool in the new recreational center launched the formation of a swim team at Oliv-et. After an eight-month, nationwide search, coach Scott Teeters was hired last fall and began recruiting for this year.
Some current team members were already students at Olivet and began optional practices together at the YMCA in Kankakee last fall. How-ever, the majority of the swimmers are freshmen.
Teeters has a successful coaching history at both the collegiate and high school level. He coached at Oakland University, Eastern Michigan Uni-versity and Novi High School swim teams.
Teams and athletes flourished un-der Teeters. At Oakland, Teeters led the team to its first appearance at the national championship in school his-tory, in addition to winning multiple conference championships. He also coached the women’s team’s first All-American.
At Eastern Michigan University he led the team to a fourth-place confer-ence championship finish and coached a national championship qualifier.
Most recently at Novi High School, Teeters produced multiple All-Ameri-
cans and led the team to a third-place finish at the state finals.
Teeters is respected and admired by the team. Senior team captain Aaron Buchanan said he has “never swam with a coach like [Teeters]” and described him as an “energetic, encouraging, awesome guy who re-ally loves the Lord.”
Although the team’s meets do not begin until November, the 27 men and 23 women are already heavily train-ing. They often have two practices a day — a dryland practice in the after-noon, and a night practice at the Brad-ley-Bourbonnais Community High School pool.
“These late night practices are bru-tal,” Teeters said.
The Tigers will open their season Nov. 16 with an invitational at Wa-bash College (Ind.) The first home meet is Dec. 14, two days after the of-ficial opening of the rec center.
“I think we’ll surprise a lot of peo-ple,” Buchanan said. The swim team nears the end of their night practice at BBCHS.
Freshman Sydney Harris from Fort Wayne, Ind. practices the breast-stroke at BBCHS Tuesday night.
