[email protected]April 19, 2013 Issue 6 Spring Sports Find results of spring sports and read about the history of Tabor athletics Sports, pg 6-7 Ring by Spring Read about several couples on campus recently engaged Features, pg 4-5 Need a tutor? Learn where to go for help on that big paper Campus Life, pg 8 As another school year comes to an end, students are already making plans for the next aca- demic year. These plans include arrangements for housing. One of the many options that students at Tabor have is theme housing. Theme housing is a fun op- portunity that allows a small group of students to live off- campus in a regular house rather than a dorm. The theme houses for the next school year were re- cently selected and announced. Next year Tabor will have seven theme houses as follows: The New International Carson House (NICH) will be return- ing as a theme house for a sec- ond year. Its goal is to help Ta- bor connect with other cultures around the world on a personal level. Cassandra Whiteneck will be the house coordinator for the NICH. The Sports for the Cure House is a fresh theme with the hope of jared Janzen Reporter eme houses announced for 2013-14 school year See DESIGN, pg 2 Graphic design students team with MB Missions e Crucible a hit with audiences Kylie Williams Reporter See CRUCIBLE, pg 2 Remember: e spring athletics showcase is Saturday, April 20. Come out to support your Tabor Bluejays! Jared Janzen Reporter Above: Members of the cast perform Arthur Miller’s e Crucible. Photo by Vance Frick raising awareness about diseases and raising money to combat them. Kyle Smith will be the house coordinator for this house. The M.U.G. House stands for Ministering Using Gifts. As the name suggests, residents of the M.U.G. House plan to focus on reaching out to others on campus and building relationships with them. Marissa Hiett is in charge of this theme house. The Scholarship and Athletic House is another returning theme house. This house describes its purpose as “promoting unity amongst scholar athletes by cre- ating a commodity of believers whose collective goal is to glo- rify God through excellence in the classroom and on the court.” They also hope to encourage other students to join them in this pursuit. Jessie Vogts is this house’s coordinator. The Symposium House is a new theme for next year. They aim “to promote intelligent dis- cussion and to debate on topics relevant to Tabor College.” The house coordinator for the Sym- posium House will be Tyler Entz. The Title IX House is an- other new theme house for next year. Their mission is to inform the Tabor community about the Title IX amendment and the impact it has had on the current generation. The Title IX amend- ment prohibits discrimination in education based on sex. Rachel Strobridge will be Title IX’s house coordinator. The “Acts” House is an ac- ronym for Accepting Calls to Serve. They plan to focus on ways to serve both on Tabor campus and in the larger commu- nity. This house will have Tyler Dort as its house coordinator. Each theme house is required to host several events during the year that are open for the entire campus to participate in. Be sure to look for opportunities to get involved with all the fun activi- ties they have planned next year. Putting on a full scale produc- tion of live theatre is no small task, and Tabor College recently undertook the challenge of Ar- thur Miller’s, The Crucible. It had a successful run from April 11 to 14 in the small theatre of the Lohrenz building, where dozens of students and commu- nity members anxiously waited to experience this work of dra- ma. Those in the audience were blown away by the production; many were even moved to tears as aspects of acting, lighting, costuming and setting came to- gether beautifully. “We’ve been rehearsing since February,” says Hannah Ev- ans, who played Tituba, a slave from Barbados. “Most weeks we worked almost every day, and those with larger parts rehearsed for more than three hours daily.” The dedication to memoriz- ing lines and stage directions was evident as the cast moved in what appeared to be a flawless effort between all four showings of the play. The Crucible itself is a play depicting the horrors of the Sa- lem witchcraft trials of 1692. Arthur Miller wrote this drama after World War II had ended, and the unconstitutional search for American communists had put countless people out of work. This allegorical piece is set in a Puritan society, where a group of young girls are caught danc- ing in the woods and suspected of partaking in witchcraft. It soon becomes obvious that Abigail Williams (played by Mi- cah Leake) has a forbidden love for the married John Proctor (played by Thomas Batista). Her desire to be with him and escape accusation of witchcraft evolves into unjust accusations, impris- onment and hangings of anyone the girls suspect of having con Graphic design students have been working on a project with MB Missions of Canada to de- velop a new marketing plan for the organization this semester. The project was initialized by Graphic Design Professor Derek Hamm and MB Missions repre- sentative Larry Neufeld. “I ran into Larry Neufeld at the coffee shop downtown last semester,” said Hamm. “We talked about what they had com- ing up that would work to part- ner on.” They came up the idea for Tabor students to redesign the MB Missions mobilization strategy. The purpose of the marketing plan is to inform young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 about mission opportunities that MB Missions offers. These pro- grams include SOAR, ACTION and TREK. SOAR is a ten-day service project with an inner- city church plant in the U.S. or Canada. ACTION is a six-week mission in a foreign country, and TREK is a six- to ten-month mis- sion in a foreign country. “It seemed like a good fit to have us work on the initial visual concepts because students could provide input on how the mes- saging communicated with those in their demographic, and benefit from experience working on a real project for an actual client,” said Hamm. The market plan was designed by students in Hamm’s Ad- vanced Typography class. They began working on the project in early March and communicated with the Canadians via Skype. First, MB Missions gave them a basic outline for what they would like to see included in the project, such as messaging con- cepts and research information. The students then responded with their initial thoughts. Some of the things that the graphic de- signers took into consideration were how well the messages res- onated with their demographic, the strategies used by MB Mis
Spring SportsFind results of spring sports and read about the history of Tabor athletics
Sports, pg 6-7
Ring by SpringRead about several couples on campus
recently engaged
Features, pg 4-5
Need a tutor?Learn where to go for help on that big paper
Campus Life, pg 8
As another school year comes to an end, students are already making plans for the next aca-demic year. These plans include arrangements for housing. One of the many options that students at Tabor have is theme housing.
Theme housing is a fun op-portunity that allows a small group of students to live off-campus in a regular house rather than a dorm. The theme houses for the next school year were re-cently selected and announced. Next year Tabor will have seven theme houses as follows:
The New International Carson House (NICH) will be return-ing as a theme house for a sec-ond year. Its goal is to help Ta-bor connect with other cultures around the world on a personal level. Cassandra Whiteneck will be the house coordinator for the NICH.
The Sports for the Cure House is a fresh theme with the hope of
jared JanzenReporter
Theme houses announced for 2013-14 school year
See DESIGN, pg 2
Graphic design students team with MB Missions
The Crucible a hit with audiences
Kylie WilliamsReporter
See CRUCIBLE, pg 2
Remember: The spring athletics showcase is Saturday, April 20.
Come out to support your Tabor Bluejays!
Jared JanzenReporter
Above: Members of the cast perform Arthur Miller’s The Crucible.Photo by Vance Frick
raising awareness about diseases and raising money to combat them. Kyle Smith will be the house coordinator for this house.
The M.U.G. House stands for Ministering Using Gifts. As the name suggests, residents of the M.U.G. House plan to focus on reaching out to others on campus and building relationships with them. Marissa Hiett is in charge of this theme house.
The Scholarship and Athletic House is another returning theme house. This house describes its purpose as “promoting unity amongst scholar athletes by cre-ating a commodity of believers whose collective goal is to glo-rify God through excellence in the classroom and on the court.” They also hope to encourage other students to join them in this pursuit. Jessie Vogts is this house’s coordinator.
The Symposium House is a new theme for next year. They aim “to promote intelligent dis-cussion and to debate on topics
relevant to Tabor College.” The house coordinator for the Sym-posium House will be Tyler Entz.
The Title IX House is an-other new theme house for next year. Their mission is to inform the Tabor community about the Title IX amendment and the impact it has had on the current generation. The Title IX amend-ment prohibits discrimination in education based on sex. Rachel Strobridge will be Title IX’s house coordinator.
The “Acts” House is an ac-ronym for Accepting Calls to Serve. They plan to focus on ways to serve both on Tabor campus and in the larger commu-nity. This house will have Tyler Dort as its house coordinator.
Each theme house is required to host several events during the year that are open for the entire campus to participate in. Be sure to look for opportunities to get involved with all the fun activi-ties they have planned next year.
Putting on a full scale produc-tion of live theatre is no small task, and Tabor College recently undertook the challenge of Ar-thur Miller’s, The Crucible. It had a successful run from April 11 to 14 in the small theatre of the Lohrenz building, where dozens of students and commu-nity members anxiously waited to experience this work of dra-ma.
Those in the audience were blown away by the production; many were even moved to tears as aspects of acting, lighting, costuming and setting came to-gether beautifully.
“We’ve been rehearsing since February,” says Hannah Ev-ans, who played Tituba, a slave from Barbados. “Most weeks we worked almost every day, and those with larger parts rehearsed for more than three hours daily.”
The dedication to memoriz-ing lines and stage directions
was evident as the cast moved in what appeared to be a flawless effort between all four showings of the play.
The Crucible itself is a play depicting the horrors of the Sa-lem witchcraft trials of 1692. Arthur Miller wrote this drama after World War II had ended, and the unconstitutional search for American communists had put countless people out of work.
This allegorical piece is set in a Puritan society, where a group of young girls are caught danc-ing in the woods and suspected of partaking in witchcraft.
It soon becomes obvious that Abigail Williams (played by Mi-cah Leake) has a forbidden love for the married John Proctor (played by Thomas Batista). Her desire to be with him and escape accusation of witchcraft evolves into unjust accusations, impris-onment and hangings of anyone the girls suspect of having con
Graphic design students have been working on a project with MB Missions of Canada to de-velop a new marketing plan for the organization this semester.
The project was initialized by Graphic Design Professor Derek Hamm and MB Missions repre-sentative Larry Neufeld.
“I ran into Larry Neufeld at the coffee shop downtown last semester,” said Hamm. “We talked about what they had com-ing up that would work to part-ner on.” They came up the idea for Tabor students to redesign the MB Missions mobilization
strategy. The purpose of the marketing
plan is to inform young adults between the ages of 15 and 25 about mission opportunities that MB Missions offers. These pro-grams include SOAR, ACTION and TREK. SOAR is a ten-day service project with an inner-city church plant in the U.S. or Canada. ACTION is a six-week mission in a foreign country, and TREK is a six- to ten-month mis-sion in a foreign country.
“It seemed like a good fit to have us work on the initial visual concepts because students could provide input on how the mes-saging communicated with those
in their demographic, and benefit from experience working on a real project for an actual client,” said Hamm.
The market plan was designed by students in Hamm’s Ad-vanced Typography class. They began working on the project in early March and communicated with the Canadians via Skype.
First, MB Missions gave them a basic outline for what they would like to see included in the project, such as messaging con-cepts and research information.
The students then responded with their initial thoughts. Some of the things that the graphic de-signers took into consideration were how well the messages res-onated with their demographic, the strategies used by MB Mis
News in brief
2N E W S 4/19/2013
Coming to Facebook: Video Ads That Autoplay Facebook video ads are due to arrive this summer—and while some of the technical details re-main uncertain, two things are clear: They won’t be cheap, and they will likely be annoying. The site seeks to go live with the ad placement in June or July, say executives who heard the pitch; one tells Ad Age each of four daily “slots” will cost more than $1 million; another cites a figure approaching that sum. Slots are divided into four demographics, divided by sex and age (over or un-der 30). Ads can’t be longer than 15 seconds, and no user will encounter more than three in a day.
Florida Invaded by Rat-Sized Snails No, this is not a 1970s B-movie: South Florida really is dealing with an invasion of giant African land snails. The beastly mollusks can grow as large as rats (the big-gest measure eight inches long, the Ocala Star-Banner reports), and can eat their way through plaster and stucco. More than 1,000 are already being caught per week in Miami-Dade County, and that number is set to swell when the mollusks end their underground hibernation, Reuters reports. Since September 2011, a disturbing 117,000 have been caught.
Most Kids Curse Before They Learn the Alphabet Most kids can utter an exple-tive before they even know their ABCs—probably because their par-ents (and most other adults) have such terrible pottymouths, accord-ing to a new book. Mellissa Mohr argues that English-speakers actual-ly use a curse word about once every 140 words, the Daily Mail reports. That makes foul language as popu-lar as first person plural pronouns like “our,” “us,” and “we.”
Marathons Should Still Inspire The Boston Marathon bomb-ing has shaken America, but it shouldn’t shake people’s faith in hu-man solidarity, which is at its best at marathons, writes Ezra Klein in the Washington Post. He points to the story of 1967 Boston Marathon run-ner, Kathrine Switzer, as recounted in The Nation. Women weren’t al-lowed to run the race at the time, but the men running around Switzer fought off a marathon director who attempted to manhandle her out of the race when she was five miles in. “If you are losing faith in human na-ture, go out and watch a marathon,” she later said. “If you are losing faith in human nature, watch what happens in the aftermath of an attack on the Boston Marathon,” Klein writes, noting the Red Cross website broke under the weight of donations and runners are pledging to run future races. “This won’t be the last time we gather at the finish line to marvel how much more we can take than anyone ever thought possible,” he writes.
Source: newser.com
DESIGNContinued from pg 1
There are always those huge moments in our college careers that help us figure out where we will go in life.
For music majors, that mo-ment is their senior recital.
This semester, there has been one senior recital that already took place and one still in the works.
Jessica Coldwell has been singing since her sophomore year of high school. She also plans on hopefully getting into more schooling for her voice.
“I’m probably going to get a job as a high school choir direc-tor,” said Coldwell, “but what I want to do is receive my masters in vocal performance and even-tually enter a doctoral program. I want to teach at the collegiate level.”
Coldwell performed a vari-ety of mezzo soprano pieces for her hour long recital, including “Only Hope” from the movie A Walk To Remember and “Shy” from the acclaimed musical Once Upon a Mattress.
“I chose some of the songs I performed because they are really important to the mezzo soprano repertoire,” said Cold-well. “It was also really fun to learn about different composers and operas.”
Music students present senior recitals
Tabor students travel to “Pittcon” science conference
CRUCIBLEContinued from pg 1
Kylie WilliamsReporter
Kelsey UnruhReporter
Above: Thomas Batista and Andrea Acker perform as John and Elizabeth Proctor.
Right: Members of the cast inlcude Batista, Kyvie Lahman, Allie Jost, Scott Bauer, Olivia Kliewer, Tyler Clements, Tessa Hoduski and Micah Leake.
Photo by Vance Frick
sions’ competition, visual el-ements that could be expanded and research that could be used as leverage.
MB Missions continued to correspond with the students throughout the design process to ensure that the work satisfied their expectations.
The design plan was com-pleted several weeks ago. On April 2, Hamm and his students gave the final presentation to MB Missions, which included the ap-plication of the theme they had designed in a variety of media forms. The design plan devel-oped by Tabor students will be used to encourage Canadian youth to serve God through mis-sion work.
The process of preparing for her recital took a whole year.
“It was a really fun process,” said Coldwell. “I love perform-ing in front of people. It’s great to share music. Music is meant to be shared.”
There was a reception in the Wohlgemuth Lobby that fol-lowed her performance.
The other senior preparing wholeheartedly for her recital is Sally Epp.
“I’ve played the piano for 16 years,” said Epp. “[Playing pia-no] makes my heart soar. And I was good at it. It came easy to me.”
Epp comes from a musi-cal family. Epp’s sister and two brothers also play the piano.
For her recital, Epp is more than prepared and ready for the big day.
“I am estatic for my recital,” said Epp. “It’s my final project, and a huge accomplishment to be able to complete something. This is a completion of what I started out to do in college.”
Epp’s recital will be in the chapel on April 26 at 7 p.m. and will feature pieces from Bach’s “French Suite in E Major” and Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in D Minor.”
There will be a reception fol-lowing her recital in the Wohlge-muth Lobby.
Spring Break typically is a time to let loose and take a break from stressful school work. For a group of Tabor students how-ever, March 16-20 was a time to show off their knowledge in analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy at the Pittsburgh Conference. “Pittcon” 2013 was held at the Pennsylvania Con-vention Center in Philadelphia.
Jeremy Reiswig, Logan Re-imer, and Nikol Sandoval were accompanied by Professor Nor-man Schmidt at “Pittcon,” where each senior presented the results of yearlong research projects.
These students represented Tabor College in analytical in-strumentation and software, each creating posters and other visu-als.
Reiswig developed a project to quantify the amount of caf-feine in human urine. Reimer presented his work with micro extraction fibers in the absorp-tion of large hydrocarbons. San-doval worked to determine the concentration of essential oil in Cedar trees with changes in sea-son.
“Many people had questions about how and why we did what we did, and it was pretty surpris-ing how many companies actu-ally cared about our research,”
Reiswig said when asked about what it was like to present his work at Pittcon.
Each day of the conference, students attended different lec-tures, demonstrations, and ex-hibits to enhance their knowl-edge in different scientific fields. The main focus was on chemis-try and its subdivisions.
“I visited with a few vendors regarding specific questions that I had regarding their equipment,” says Professor Schmidt. Equip-ment could also be purchased at the conference, which excited many other professors who raced to purchase new and improved instruments.
“It was pretty interesting to
see such a huge convention cen-ter dedicated to science research for the week,” says Reiswig.
Close to 17,000 people at-tended Pittcon this year, nearly filling the convention center. Students, professors, medical professionals, and companies all came together to put their inven-tions and research on display.
The representative for Tabor College happened to stay at the same hotel as some Bethel stu-dents and both colleges shared their projects over dinner before returning to Kansas. This experi-ence helped to embody the entire spirit of Pittcon: working togeth-er to explore the field of science.
Photo by Vance Frick
sorted with the devil.John Proctor attempts to stop
the court proceedings when of-ficials come to take his accused wife to jail. This action earns him a place in jail himself and he ultimately chooses to be ex-ecuted rather than give a false confession and condemn others he knows are innocent.
When asked about her emo-tional reaction to The Crucible,
Erica Haude said, “Judy and her cast delivered an extremely moving, well-done performance. Once again, Tabor theatre left me very impressed.” This posi-tive reaction was reflected by the audience as a whole.
Director Judy Harder affirmed the production experience was a positive and memorable one.
“I will treasure this experi-ence with The Crucible and with this cast and crew. It was a gift to partner with these quality men and women.”
The View welcomes all comments, opinions, questions and sugges-tions from students, faculty and employees. We want to hear what you have to say. Let your voice be heard! Send all letters to the editor, Jessica Vix, at [email protected].
Letters
OPINION 34/19/2013
Book review: The Fault in Our StarsNicole Tunks
Photographer
As a kid, I grew up loving Dis-ney movies. What Disney taught me is that “someday, my prince will come.”
What it didn’t prepare me for was how long I might have to wait.
The very first thing you tend to hear when you arrive at Tabor is how it’s a shoe factory: “you go in single and come out a pair.”
Well then, I must be that shoe from “Jumanji.”
You know. The one whose mate ends up getting crushed in the ma-chine?
I’m leaving the shoe factory and entering into the real world with-out my other half. But you know what? I’m not worried.
One of the problems with to-day’s society is we get married too quickly and too young.
I feel one of the reasons for the inclining divorce rate is because of getting engaged too quickly to someone that they don’t know as well as they should.
We have fallen in love with the idea of love, but we fall out of it once we realize it’s not as easy as Disney told us it would be.
I’m not saying that all divorce is inexcusable. Sometimes there are situations where divorce is needed.
Kelsey UnruhReporter
John Green writes, “Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put back together unless and until all living humans read the book. And then there are books which you can’t tell people about, books so special and rare and yours that advertising your affection feels like a betrayal.” This quote is taken from his most recent book, The Fault in our Stars, and accurately por-trays my personal emotions for this book.
I had read several of Green’s pre-vious novels before the release of The Fault in our Stars, but I was unsure of what to expect with this novel. A common theme in his work is misfit characters and this novel was no dif-ferent.
The central character in the story is 16 year-old Hazel Grace who was diagnosed with Stage 4 Thyroid can-cer at the age of 13. She has grown accustomed to her terminal disease and as a result has isolated herself from her friends and, at times, her family, deeming this as a way to hurt as few people as possible after her eventual passing.
Despite her wishes to fade away unnoticed, her parents force her to attend a support group for children with cancer where she eventually is
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Senior Brenda Drake
JuniorNathan Vogel
Freshman Jose Trejo
“Probably in college. I say that because it would be really nice to have some-one to get up early and make me waffles every morning before class. I like waffles.”
“After college would be best. I would like to have nine kids and a smoking hot wife that requires time and attention.”
“After because it’s a lot less of a headache.”
Would you prefer to be married in college
or after college? Why?
Marriage: During or after college?
befriended by Augustus Waters, a boy who lost his leg to Osteosarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
Augustus and Hazel share inter-ests and delve into favorite books and become swept away in a friend-ship neither ever thought possible. The two embark on a trip across the globe that reveals each character’s in-ner thoughts and emotions, giving a new perspective on a child’s life with cancer.
While the topic is heavy, Green manages to tell a story of friendship and love despite harsh and possibly fatal circumstances. It will have you laughing, crying and begging for more.
Though this is a book that I would love to keep to myself, it is impossi-ble not to share the wit and genius of John Green. I highly recommend this book to anyone that is a fan of love, adventure or bittersweet endings.
But at the same time, one of the reasons people say they don’t want to legalize gay marriage is because it will “ruin the sanctity of marriage” while there are people out there who are getting ready for their 5th marriage.
But this isn’t my rant on why we should legalize gay marriage. This is my rant on why Merida from Brave is my spirit animal.
Over the last couple of years, I have found out some positives to being single. One is I can go to whatever movie I want and not have to stand there trying to decide between a romantic comedy and the newest Bruce Willis movie.
(But fun fact, I’d rather go see a horror movie than a romcom.)
Another is that I can go out with friends and not have to worry about scheduling time for them around hanging out with my sig-nificant other.
So while it is right for some people to get married while in col-lege, it is not weird at all to not be married later in life. We need to stop making it seem like it’s an abnormality and pushing people to feel like they are unusual if they aren’t married by 23.
Because, in my opinion, I’d rather live my life to the fullest be-fore making life.
If you catch my drift.
Josh TrieglaffReporter
Getting married while in col-lege might be daunting for many students.
The idea that it is better to marry while in college seems like a hard pill to swallow.
Students who are unmarried see marriage on college campuses as an added stress to deal with in ad-dition to the school work, having to get a job or work at the job, deal with finances, paying bills, and raise kids (if any).
Every marriage comes with blessings and curses. Those bless-ings involve the joy and happi-ness of being able to be with your partner, to work together, to learn together, and to raise children to-gether.
As for the curses, every married couple deals with challenges in their marriage. For example, part-ners may disagree on an issue, not listen to each other, lack empathy
in situations, be stressed out with each other, etc. The list goes on.
The point however is that these curses do not define the marriage. What marriage means is to perse-vere as husband and wife through the obstacles that are faced every day.
Keaton Kleiner, who is a senior at Tabor College, is married and a student that supports marriage while in college.
He explains that God directed his calling to marry his wife.
“God is the center of our rela-tionship,” Kleiner said.
As a husband, Kliener values keeping Christ as the central part in his marriage and trusting that God is in control.
“Trust what he’s doing with your life.”
Despite the critiques and chal-lenges, God’s call for individuals might be to marry while still in college. And who can argue with that?
Pros for marriage in college
Waiting for my shoe to come
Features4
Tadz Jarosz and Anna Marie RichertWhen you first met: We met at a townhouse BBQ
the first week of the 2011-2012 school year.Your first date: On our first date Tadz took me to
Bella Luna in Wichita. That was the first time I had Greek food, so it was great! After dinner we went downtown to a coffee shop, then walked around for a couple hours just talking.
How he popped the question: Our one year an-niversary was coming up and I was convinced that Tadz was going to ask me during that time. Especial-ly because I “got the seam” three times that week. We went to Bella Luna to celebrate our one year and the entire time I was thinking when is it going to hap-pen?? However, the night ended and Tadz asked me if there was anything else I wanted to do before go-ing back to Hillsboro. Disappointed, we got in the car and headed back. That night I was pretty upset because I really was convinced that it was going to happen that night. The next day Tadz showed up in my room with a beautiful drawing of lilies with a ring box in the background. I immediately was upset and told him it was cruel to joke about getting engaged since it didn’t happen the night before. Then I turned around and he was on one knee with the perfect ring, and popped the question.
Hannah Paust and Nicholas LeppkeWhen you first met: Freshman year. We both played
basketball so we saw each other during our workouts.Your first date: We hung out a few days before and
we talked about our love for food. We both really liked chilis queso, so we went and got some queso.
How he popped the question: We went to my favor-ite place in the world, the zoo! He was originally going to propose while I was feeding the giraffes but the exhibit was closed. So instead he proposed by my favorite animal in the world. The llamas.
Andrea Pankratz and Paul SchragWhen you first met: Fall of 2009 at Hesston CollegeYour first date: We started dating on November 19, 2009. Paul took me to HuHot in Wichita for dinner. How He Popped the Question: In September, Paul got a group of our friend’s together to go down to
his family’s lake house in Arkansas for the weekend. Saturday afternoon, we were all going to go out on the lake but one of the girls ended up getting “sick.” The other two decided that they would just stay at the house with her. Paul insisted that just he and I go on a boat ride. It was all he could do to get me on the boat because I didn’t want to leave everyone at the house. After much coaxing, we went on a 45 minute ride and stopped in a cove. Sitting on the back of the boat, something distracted me in the water to my right and when I turned back around, Paul was getting down on one knee with the ring. I immediately started bawling, covering my eyes. I cannot remember what Paul said or if I even told him “yes.” Once I was finished being emotional, he said, “you know how you have always wanted your engagement on camera?” He turned me around so I could see my friends jump out from behind the trees on the side of a cliff in the cove. I had been completely oblivious to everything that had happened during the weekend, but needless to say, it was the best proposal I could ask for! Thanks Brooke and Paige Hughes for all of your help making it a perfect weekend!
Brenda Drake and Jeremy DommeWhen you first met: Online February of 2011. At first, we didn’t like each other (his writing style bugged me and
he thought I was a snob for correcting his spelling) but he kept messaging me anyways. When we finally talked on the phone during spring break, I found out he was related to one of my high school teachers and from there we clicked. Obviously we got over the not liking each other part.
Your first date: It was an unofficial date. I had to go to Topeka with a friend to pick up her wedding dress. He lives in Topeka, so we three went to the mall so I could get to know him better and he treated me to a movie. That was actually the first time I saw him in person. Our first official date together was German Fest 2011 in Topeka that one of his churches puts on. This is now an annual date for us.
How he popped the question: Since my birthday was on a Saturday, I got to go home for my 21st birthday and he came down to White City to celebrate with us. I knew something was up all day (and the previous night) but no one would tell me. I suspected he was going to propose because I seen a box shaped object in his pocket and he couldn’t stop smiling (which always means he is up to something). He even got my little nieces in on it. At 2 p.m. I kept seeing him and my mom smiling more and more till he asked my mom “Should I give her her present now?” She responded a couple minutes later with a yes. At 2:03p.m., he asked me to marry him. Of course I said yes even though they both swear they didn’t hear me but instead just saw me give him a giant hug knocking him over. He waited until I officially turned 21 to propose (2:03 was the time I was born). He even asked my grandpa and my mom for my hand like I made him promise to do.
Photo courtesy of Andrea Pankratz
Photo courtesy of Brenda Drake
Photo courtesy of Anna Richert
Photo courtesy of Hannah Paust
Features5Sydney Coughlin and Jor-
dan Ragsdale. When you first met: We first
met in Spiritual Formation our Freshman year where Sydney used to be consistently teased by Jordan and a few other boys.
Your first date: Our first date was just sitting and talking on a rooftop in India. India is also where Jordan asked Syd-ney to be his girlfriend.
How he popped the ques-tion: After a belated birthday dinner in Wichita, Jordan took Sydney on a walk to a bench in downtown Hillsboro. This bench is where Jordan and Syd-ney liked to go and talk when they first started dating. After a long sit Jordan got down on one knee and proposed.
Kady Albrecdt and Daniel HowardWhen you first met: June 25, 2012. Albrect’s
roommate Sally Epp set them up on a blind date.Your first date: The three of us went to a
place called Sunken Gardens in Nebraska and then to Cherry on Top for frozen yogurt. Our first alone date was the next weekend, and it was then that we both knew we wanted to make this rela-tionship last, though it was unspoken at the time.
How He Popped the Question: On Christmas Eve we stayed up til midnight making a ginger-bread house, and then Daniel gave me scrapbook with our bucket lists printed as well as pictures of us crossing things off our bucket lists. It was followed by a poem which said, “Six months to-gether, no doubts of forever. Forever by my side, will you with me finish these lists? Better yet, will you marry me?” I, of course, said yes! We will tie the knot on May 25, 2013. Photo courtesy of Kady Albrecdt
Photo courtesy of Sydney Coghlin
Yvonne Brubacher and Jake NachtigalWhen you first met: November 18, 2012 he
was wearing flannel and it really caught my eye, not necessarily in a good way.
Your first date: Our first date after we started dating was a Valentine’s Day date to Taco Bell!
How he popped the question: He had a mu-tual friend ask to take pictures in the park before Christmas banquet. We pulled up to the park and no one else was there and then we got out and I ruined the moment by saying “I know what you’re doing” so then he asked me and I said yes. Then all of his friends ran out from behind the trees and screamed.
We are getting married on August 3rd.
Photo courtesy of Yvonne Brubacher
Have you ever been to a wedding and wondered where certain traditions came from? Some aspects of weddings today are results of hundreds of years of tradition, while others are the expensive products of commercialism.
A bride is unmistakable with her white dress, veil, and bouquet of flowers. It seems natural enough, but if you sit down and think about it, why is this required attire to be married? These and many other traditions date as far back as the Roman Empire.
Throughout history, people believed the white dress symbolized purity and innocence, and that this color had the power to protect the vulnerable bride from demonic spirits. The veil also served this purpose, though over time it was used to display the status of the bride and the marriage itself. In arranged marriages, the groom had often times never seen his bride to be. The veil served an even larger purpose in these marriages, as it postponed the embarrass-ment of the audience in case the groom did not like what he saw underneath it.
The bouquet was originally used in the Middle Ages to protect people from the Black Plague and disguise the smell of unwashed people . The bouquets would usually consist of garlic, dill, and posies, along with a few strong smelling flowers. The herbs were thought to ward off the evil spirits that brought the plague. Those living during the Middle Ages believed bathing caused disease, thus they only showered in the month of April. Due to these “April showers,” many weddings were held in May and June because the people did not smell as foul as normal.
The garter is also a tradition many people do not think much about. Brides began wearing this small garment in France out of necessity for personal protection. The people of France believed the brides dress was good luck, so the crowd would storm the alter immediately upon the close of the ceremony to tear the wedding dress to shreds. Eventually brides began tossing the garter to pla-cate crowd and give themselves enough time to run away.
One tradition many people strongly believe in is that of the wed-ding rings. Many would be surprised to know that although the Greeks and Egyptians did use wedding bands, the necessity of a diamond did not come into existence until the late 1800’s. The use of diamonds in wedding rings is completely commercialized and has little or no traditional purpose.
Marriage and proposal traditions from around
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“According to the National Center for Edu-cation Statistics, the average national age of marriage is 28. Only 18% of the 20,928 un-dergraduates surveyed by the center in 2008 reported they were married.”
• Number of marriages: 2,096,000• Marriage rate: 6.8 per 1,000 total population• Divorce rate: 3.6 per 1,000 population (44 report
ing States and D.C.)
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/divorce.htm
Chance for Marriage by Age• Married by 25 - Women: 50%• Married by 27 - Men: 50%• Married by 30 - Women: 74%; Men: 61%• Married by 40 - Women 86%; Men 81%
History of Tabor Athletics: 1908 - 1957Athletics have had a changing and
growing role in Tabor College’s 105 year history. From the school’s beginnings in 1908 until 1944, there were no intercol-legiate athletics at Tabor, only intramural teams.
In 1910 a gymnasium was built but was soon turned into a commercial hall, much to the disappointment of the students who instead had to rent a gym for basket-ball games. In the same year, a branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) was formed on campus with three goals: the development of physical strength, an increase of intellectual capac-
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ity and the furtherance of growth in spiri-tual life.
The YMCA was in charge of athletics on campus which at this time included base-ball, basketball, tennis and track. Teams often named themselves after professors such as Lohrenz, Hiebert and Harder.
It wasn’t until 1922 that Tabor built its own gym. Framework and materials were taken from the Fort Riley barracks to create a gym that became known as “The Barn.”
The Student Council was in control of athletics from 1924 until the Tabor College Athletic Board took charge in 1930. While still a senior, Dan F. Schellenberg of Hill-sboro became the first coach and physical education instructor for Tabor. During his
career he coached basketball, baseball, football, volleyball, tennis and track and taught physical training.
Tabor College temporarily shut its doors in 1934. Both the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl impacted the school significant-ly. Athletics suffered because of a lack of funds, experience and a regular schedule.
With the end of the Depression and World War II, athletics took off. Male students returned from war or alternative service and more funding was acquired. By the early 1940’s, both men and women participated in basketball, softball, volley-ball, tennis and track.
Until 1944, Tabor had competed mostly against high school teams and independent
club teams. It was in this year that Tabor began participating in intercollegiate ath-letics, beginning with men’s basketball. The women followed suit in 1947. Teams from Tabor competed against other colleg-es such as Sterling and Friends and contin-ued playing high school and independent teams, even losing to both Hillsboro and Inman high schools.
In 1953 Tabor joined the Mid-Kansas Collegiate Conference for a short time be-fore it disbanded in 1957. It was then that Tabor joined the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
(All information found in A Century of Transformation, 1908-2008, a history of Tabor College.)
The softball season is rounding third and headed for home.
“We have come a long way since the beginning of the year,” said junior Katie Henning, “and have really started to come together in our last three series.”
Tabor’s softball team has been playing well lately as they have gone 7-3 in their last ten games. With that streak the team has improved their record to 12-22, 6-6 in conference.
With their record they are currently sit-ting in fourth place in conference.
The season started slowly due to the weather.
“At the beginning of the year we strug-gled because of the weather,” said Henning “but we have started to play together and communicate better on the field.”
Offensively the Lady Jays are led by se-nior Cortnie Killen who has an average of .484 in the 33 games that she has played in
and started this season. Her batting average ranks her 15 in all the NAIA.
In their most recent games the team took on York College in a double header on Monday, April 15.
In game one, junior Kyleen Condon and freshman Chelsea Nutt paced the offense going 2-3 from the plate.
Tabor was only able to push across two runs in the fourth inning for their only runs of the game. They would go on to lose game one 4-2.
While game one was a pitcher’s game, game two was a high scoring shoot out.
The Lady Jays started the scoring by having four runners cross the plate in the second inning. They would add on a run in the fifth and seven runs in the sixth.
Condon continued her good day at the plate as she went 3-5 with a home run and two runs batted in.
Freshman Brooke Tomten made a huge impact on the game as she went 2-4 with a home run and five RBI’s.
Paced by the seven run sixth, Tabor held
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on to win 12-11.Tabor has two series left to play this sea-
son. Southwestern College will be in town on Saturday, April 20 for the final home series. Game time is scheduled for 1 p.m. with senior festivities before the game.
“As long as we stay hot and come out ready to play we can keep our streak go-ing,” said Henning.
The final series of the season will be played in Ottawa as the Lady Jays take on the Ottawa University Braves on Tuesday, April 23 to finish their regular season.
The Tabor baseball team split a dou-ble-header against Friends University in Wichita Friday, April 12. Juniors Grant Silva and Keenan Chanin each contributed two runs while senior Paul Sciacca, junior Kirk Rocha, junior Kevin Seeger, senior Tanner Giffin, senior Tyler Kozlowski, se-nior Wes Moody, junior Troy Torres and junior Shaun Reid each added one in the Bluejays’ 12-0 victory over the Falcons in game one.
In game two senior Art Corona, Silva, Rocha and Kozlowski each scored once; however, the Bluejays fell 7-4.
The Bluejays then swept a double-header against Friends at home the next day, Saturday, April 13. In game one Silva and Rocha scored three runs each and Ko-zlowski added two runs to help lead the Bluejays to an 8-6 victory.
In game two Corona scored twice while
Silva, Giffin and Torres contributed a run each in a 5-3 victory.
With the wins the Bluejays improved their record to 28-10 on the season and 13-1 at home. They are 18-2 in conference placing them second.
“Overall the series against Friends was a success,” said Giffin. “Our pitchers threw well and we had some great performances at the plate.”
The Bluejays have spent this week gear-ing up for their series at Sterling College Friday, April 19.
“This weekend against Sterling is by far the biggest series of the season,” said Silva. “It will more than likely make or break any hopes we have for a conference championship.”
Sterling is currently in first place mak-ing this series a big one. The baseball team will need all the support they can get on Saturday, April 20 when they are home against Sterling.
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Softball sees final regular season games approach
Baseball continues win-ning ways against Friends
Throw the ball, hit the ball, catch the ballLeft: Cortnie Killen prepares to field a ground ball. Top: Kyleen Condon takes a hack at a good looking pitch.Bottom: Karen Harris winds up to pitch during a home game.
Pitch and CatchLeft: Josh Stone makes a pitch during a home game
en route to his 6-1 record
Above: Art Corona shakes Coach Standiford’s hand
after hitting a home run.
Below: CJ DeDeaux prepares to start an inning as he
puts his mask on.
The Tabor men’s tennis team is off to a strong conference start.
“The season has been going really well,” said junior Kelyn Vix. “We are 3-2 in conference with our only loss to Bethel
[College] and McPherson [College] thus far.”
For the women, the season has gone well, but it has had a few rough patches along the way. The team has been facing issues with injuries since the start of the season.
“We have had our ups and downs,” said sophomore Anna Friesen, “but we have played hard at all of our matches.”
“Our women’s team has [also] been fighting several injuries making every match a battle,” said junior Meredith Voran. “With me getting injured in our first conference match against Friends, [sophomore] Marissa Hiett and [senior] Alexa Wilker have stepped in so we have a full team.”
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Even though the teams have had their ups and downs, there have definitely been some unforgettable moments.
“Over spring break there was some in-sanely loud thunder while we were at the hotel,” said Friesen. “It was right after we went and saw ‘Olympus Has Fallen,’ so some of us thought we were under attack, someone thought it was an earthquake, and another girl thought an elevator had crashed. A couple of us were outside when it happened, so it was pretty freaky!”
Overall the men have a record of 5-8, 3-2 in conference while the women sit at 4-8, 2-3 in conference.
The teams travel to Ottawa Universi-ty on Thursday, April 18 and to Bethany College on Saturday, April 20.
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Men’s and women’s tennis seasons in full swingKelsey Unruh
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Serve and celebrateLeft: Rebecca Faber and Katie Becker congratu-late each other after a hard earned point.Above: Darryn Davis serves the ball during a match.
Date BASE(28-10)
SOFT(12-22)
MTF WTF MT(5-8)
WT(4-8)
3/11 NOSUW 5-3
MACW 18-17
ESUL 8-1
3/12 CMCW 7-5
(RV) YCL 3-0
USML 9-5
W 12-5
3/13 BCUW 10-1W 12-10
3/14 SWC Invite
SWCInvite
3/15 MCW 11-1W 10-4
ECW 14-0
PSUW 10-2
DSUL 6-5
3/16 MCW 8-5W 10-2
MCL 11-4
HUL 10-9
3/18 (10) OBUL 16-0
3/19 SGUL 16-13
3/20 USMW 2-0L 3-0
3/21 LUL 9-0
LUL 2-7
3/27 BCL 9-1L 5-3
3/28 OUW 5-0W 3-0
HCW 7-2
HCW 8-1
3/30 OUW 5-1W 3-2
KWUL 9-1L 10-3
ESU Invite
ESU Invite
4/1 USMW 10-1W 2-1
MNUL 7-5L 11-0
4/2 BUL 5-4
BUL 7-2
4/4 KWUW 9-1W 15-6
(RV) FUL 9-1L 10-6
4/6 KWUW 6-5
(8)W 11-0
SCW 11-9W 10-7
HCCInvite
HCC Invite
FUW 8-1
FUW 5-4
4/8 KWUW 8-1
KWUL 8-
4/9 BUL 2-3W 5-3
MCW 12-4W 14-9
4/11 BCL 7-2
(RV) BCL 9-0
4/12 FUW 12-0L 7-4
4/13 FUW 5-3W 8-6
BCW 5-3W 6-5
WSUInvite
WSUInvite
SWCW 8-1
SWCL 5-4
4/15 YCL 4-2
W 12-11
(19) MCL 9-0
MCW 9-0
The outdoor track and field season is off and running. On April 6 both the men’s and the women’s track and field teams participated in the Hutchinson Community College Invita-tional.
“Our team is unique, in the sense that we are a family, when someone stumbles or falls, someone on the team is there to catch to pick them up,” said senior Michael Klaassen.
Klaassen also talked about how the team has many strong and powerful athletes this season. Those athletes have given Tabor a good show-ing at several of the meets this year.
“we gave started team lifting in the morn-ing and this has helped both physically and has helped bring us closer as a team!” said senior Tynan Honn.
On the men’s side there were three first place finishes, five second place, five third place, one fourth place and one fifth place finishers for the Bluejays.
Senior Jacob Heil won the 3000 meter Steeple chase with a time of 9 min. 59 sec. and was closely followed by sophomore Joel Allen (10:10.35).
The other two first place finishes included the 4x400 meter relay where freshman Donta Davis, sophomore Garrett Daugherty, sophomore Phil-ip Magos and junior Nathan Vogel ran a time of 3:23.44.
Daugherty, Vogel and Magos teamed up with freshman Bret Mueller to win the 4x800 meter re-lay with a time of 7:52.26.
On the women’s side there were five first place, four second place, two third place and one fourth place finishers.
Senior Emily Post set the standard for the wom-en as she won all three of her events: High jump (5’07.25”), Long jump (5.69m) and Triple jump (12.00m).
Junior Brielle Lund was the only other individu-al to finish first as she won the 1500 meter run with a time of 5:06.67.
The team of junior Makenzie King, freshman Ashley Kemling, junior Kristen Harris and Lund finished first in the 4x800 meter relay with a time of 10:19.69.
The conference championship will be hosted by Tabor this year on May 2 and 3.
“We look forward to hosting the conference championships, May 2 and 3,” said Klaassen. “We can show off our God given talent on our own turf, where we can get a good home crowd.”
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Photo by Vance Frick
Photo by Vance Frick
Unique track and field teams show their strength and ability
We have lift offEmily Post prepares to take flight during the high jump compe-
tition last season at home.
Splash downJacob Heil plows through the water during the Steeple Chase
last season at the home meet.
BASE=Baseball, SOFT=Softball, MTF=Men’s Track and Field, WTF=Women’s Track and Field, MT=Men’s Tennis, WT=Women’s Tennis
‘Cafe’ ChangesSee what is new and improved about the
Tabor Cafetieria
News, pg 2
Arts and Crafts Fair Photos
See some photos from last weeks
craft fair Campus Life, pg 8
Open Mic NightSAB hosts annual event with a great turn out
Features, pg 4-5
Each edition of the Tabor View will be put on Facebook as well as extra material and contests
Keep an eye on the page for photo contests throughout the rest of this year.
Two major positions have recently been filled this year in-cluding Student Success Coun-selor and Director of Campus Ministries. Both positions were filled with Tabor College gradu-ates.
Erica HaudeThere is a new face in the Stu-
dent Success & Career Services Office. Erica Haude is Tabor’s new Student Success Counselor. She is the supervisor of Andrea Batista, oversees students on academic probation and works on accommodations for students with disabilities. She also does counseling on a referral basis.
She has ample experience for her position. After graduating from Tabor in 2006 she went to Denver Seminary to get her Mas-ters in counseling, which she re-ceived in 2010. She has worked
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as a youth pastor for First Men-nonite Brethren in Wichita and for the last two years at a resi-dential treatment center.
While praying for God’s guid-ance she received an e-mail from Directo of Admissions Lee Wal-dron and Vice President of Ath-letics and Enrollment Manage-ment Rusty Allen. She felt like God was telling her not to say no and accepted the job. She feels called to work with people who are, as she says, “on the fringes.” She loves being at Tabor and get-ting to counsel.
Riding her bike in the snow and chasing a possum out of a mod are among the memories Haude has of her time at Tabor. She also remembers being unde-feated in conference while she played during basketball sea-son. You could most likely find her and her husband at sporting events at Tabor.
Haude’s office is in the Stu-dent Success & Career Services
Office in the library. As she says, “I want to get to know people. I want to hear their story.” So go and visit her in her office or find her at a football game, she’d love to get to know you.
Jake SchenkYou may have seen Jake
Schenk around campus and wondered what he does. Schenk is our new Director of Campus Ministries. In this position it is his job to organize the chapels, oversee small group, and get to know and minister to students.
Schenk graduated from Tabor with a dual degree in Physical Education and Bible in 2006. After graduating he coached football. Two years at Tabor and Two at Greenville College Illi-nois, but he always felt called to sports and ministry. As he says, “God gave me football as some-thing to enjoy while He prepared
Photos by Zach BissellWelcome BackLeft: Jake Schenk sits at his desk thinking about several different things that are happening around campus as well as what God is doing.Right: Erica Haude takes a break from helping students to enjoy some company.Both Schenk and Haude are Tabor Grads that have come back to give back to the Tabor community.
One of the new additions to the Tabor College curricu-lum this year is Concerto Bella Voche, the women’s chorale that is directed by new coming professor Janie Brokenicky.
“It’s Italian for ‘a collection of beautiful voices,’” said Bro-kenicky. “Women’s chorale be-fore was a very universal name and you’d hear it and think it could be anyone’s choir. Con-certo Bella Voche will, after a while, become a familiar name for Tabor and help give the group identity.”
Brokenicky joined the Tabor music department after apply-ing for Assistant Professor of Choral Music at the request of Dr. Brad Vogel.
“I’m thrilled to have Janie here,” said Vogel. “When the position opened, I ran into her at the National Association of Teachers of Singing and I talk-ed to her and asked her to ap-
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New Women’s Choral group on campus
ply. There were 30 applicants.”One of the reasons Bro-
kenicky was picked for the posi-tion was because of her previous work records with other chorale groups.
“Getting the group re-estab-lished was the primary goal,” said Vogel. “The goal over 3 years is to have 40 voices in women’s choral. Janie is very good, and has a track record of building good chorale programs. She’s the perfect person for the position.”
Brokenicky is looking for-ward to what the school year will bring.
“I’m excited for the girls to have such a strong variety in musical performances,” said Brokenicky. “We will get to per-form on our own at the Thanks-giving concert and we are tour-ing, but we also get to sing The Messiah with the concert choir. I never got these opportunities in college, so I’m excited for all of these opportunities for the girls.”
Student Senate is planning to help students even more this year than in previous years. They are looking to start a “Ta-bor Proud Campaign.”
“Tabor Proud is a fundraising effort to raise money for students who experience a family cri-sis during the year” said Senate President Mike Klaassen.
Mission statement for the new
See SENATE, pg 2
Former students return to key staff roles
See STAFF, pg 2
Student Senate sets up new campaign
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Writing center offers free tutoringJared Janzen
Reporter
Every college student knows that college professors love to give writing assignments, but sometimes students need a little extra help to make sure their essays are up to par. This help can come from the English department’s tutoring program, known as the writing center.
The writing center offers students an op-portunity to have their work evaluated by one of five peer tutors that the writing center employs. Dr. Deborah Penner normally over-sees the writing center, but this semester it has been run by Professor Sara Hill while Penner is on sabbatical.
According to Hill, the writing center often has new clients, but there are also some who come regularly for help.
“We have some students who are very good about coming in with their work,” said Hill.
The writing center tries to have at least one tutor available throughout the day. Sessions are usually 20-25 minutes in length, giving them the potential to help as many as eight students a day.
Tutors are trained in a one-semester course to learn how to best help students improve their writing. The tutors are taught to look
out for MLA formatting violations, common grammatical problems, and making sure that the teacher’s requirements are fulfilled.
When a tutor sits down with a student in the writing center, the tutor will ask the student what he or she thinks needs the most improve-ment in the essay. The tutor will then read through the assignment with the student and identify one aspect to focus working on. This targeted issue may be anything from organi-zation to grammar to word choice to source citations.
As the tutor is helping the student, she or he makes sure that the student understands the reasoning behind the errors.
“Tutors facilitate, rather than direct the work, so that the writing truly is the work of the student” said Penner.
If time allows, the tutor will also help the student with additional concerns with the as-signment in addition to the targeted issue.
The writing center is located right next to the Chapel, across from the Business Office. Although walk-ins are welcome, students are recommended to make an appointment in advance to ensure that there will be a tu-tor available when they need help. To make an appointment, go to the writing center and sign up for a time that suits your schedule.
Hands on history
Students in Graphic Design History and Philosophy have been hard at work creating this informative exhibit.
Photo by Nicole Tunks
An art exhibit put together by some of Tabor’s graphic design students will be on display in the library beginning April 19 and running through the end of the semes-ter.
The exhibit chronicles the history of graphic design and the way in which it has been used over time.
Derek Hamm, assistant professor of art and design, wanted the students in his Graphic Design History and Philosophy class to build their knowledge of graphic design and in turn display their knowledge for other Tabor students and faculty and the general public.
“Our library has an excellent supply of design books, but students didn’t seem to be aware,” said Hamm. “And it can be daunting to look at the giant shelf and
know where to start.”The students began by summarizing
information and planning how to display their work in a way that would allow peo-ple to interact with the exhibit. They also built the display fixture itself.
Hamm said the design class has been learning about each era of graphic design in detail. The project was a way for stu-dents to get a brief overview of the history of design and help educate others.
The exhibit, at the north end of the up-per level of the library, will feature exam-ples of design from past eras as well as in-formation about the progression of design in each era.
Hamm hopes the project will give his students experience in using the library as a resource for research and the ability to summarize and present information in an efficient way.
Art exhibit in library displays history of graphic design
MSU to hold Mardi Gras event
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The Tabor College Multicultural Student Union will be host-ing a Mardi Gras themed dinner on April 24. Festivities are scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.
“The past two years we have had dinners to an Indian and an Asian theme,” said MSU President McKenzie Potter, “so this year we wanted to do something a little closer to home.”
That closer to home idea turned out to be the southern theme of Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday” which is the start of Lent which begins on Ash Wednesday.
The menu for the evening is: Black Eyed Pea Salsa with Chips, Cajun Ribs, Creole white beans with shrimp, Jambalaya and King Cake.
Students will have the opportunity to create their own Mardi Gras masks before dinner in Java Jays. The mask making begins at 5 p.m.
Pictures of students will be taken at 5:30 p.m. before dinner in the Wohlgemuth Music Education Center at 6 p.m.
“During dinner students will have the opportunity to enjoy a live jazz performance,” said Potter.
Jazz originated in the Sothern United States at the beginning of the 20th century. Jazz is a very popular form of music in New Orleans which is seen as the capitol of Mardi Gras here in the US.
Tickets to this event are being sold every day at lunch and din-ner for the rest of the week. Prices are $3 for student on a meal plan and $8 for students not on a meal plan. Just look for one of the several MSU members outside of the cafeteria.
The Tabor College Concert Choir and Concerto Bella Voce women’s choir performed their home concerts on April 7 and 15, respectively. Both choirs have re-cently returned home after their annual spring tours. The concert choir visited locations in Colo-rado and Central California while the women’s choir toured Texas and Oklahoma.
The concert choir, under the direction of Dr. Brad Vogel, pro-fessor of choral music, performed their concert series with the theme “The Radiance of His Glory,” based on Hebrews 1:3.
“So many texts speak of the glory of God and the glory of Christ, and Hebrews 1:3 pro-claims that Christ is ‘the radiance of God’s glory and the exact rep-resentation of His being’,” says Vogel. “I wanted to focus on how we as believers reflect the Lord’s glory and so looked for texts that would speak of our lives in and for Christ.”
The choir performed a wide variety of pieces from hymn ar-rangements to contemporary ver-sions of ancient texts. Also sung was Vogel’s own arrangement of the hymn “Holy Holy Holy.”
Students Megan Wiebe and Zach Neumann accompanied the choir on piano. Several instru-mentalists were also featured, including Rachel Goering on flute, and a string quartet of Ryan Loewen and Cheyenne Derksen
on violin, Jessica Coldwell on vio-la and Natalie Wiens on cello.
Vogel also noted the progres-sion the theme followed during the concert.
“The repertoire begins with the person of God, includes texts about His nature at birth, moves toward Jesus as the glory of God and then our lives rooted in Christ,” said Vo-gel. “The texts of the songs move from the glory of God to how we are to ultimately reflect that glory.”
Under the direction of Janie Brokenicky, assistant professor of choral music, the women’s choir performed their concert series en-titled “His Guiding Hand.”
The theme was based on the text of the book of Ruth.
“The concert is divided into three sections of music,” said Bro-kenicky. “Wherever you go, praise Him, follow Him and trust Him.”
As well as two pieces by Childs, the choir performed works by Bingen, Powell, Rutter, Costan-tini, Clausen, Lange, Dilworth, Culloton, Ray and Bart, as well as Brokenicky’s own arrangement of “Down in the River to Pray.”
The choir was accompanied on piano by Director of the Mu-sic Preparatory School Tiffiney Harms. Several vocal soloists were featured including Kirsten Neufeld, Cora Ruhl, Sally Epp, Daryan Martinez, Janelle Rust, Kelsie Skelton and Alyssa Free-man. Featured instrumentalists in-cluded Epp on violin, Kirsten and Lauren Neufeld on percussion and Epp and Ruhl on piano.
