The Geneva CabinetFebruary 24, 2012 • Volume 135 • Issue 18 • The Student Newspaper of Geneva College

Weekend

Picturing The City: Downtown Pittsburgh, 2007–2010 Friday-Sunday Carnegie Museum of Art

“She Stoops to Conquer”Friday 8 p.m. and Saturday 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Geneva Studio TheaterAnne ReinerStaff Writer

“sticking with their beliefs”

legislative redistricting ends grad’s campaign early

new gospel choir brings soul powerKati CampbellStaff Writer

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Tampa Bay Lightning

Saturday 1 p.m. ROOT Sports 29

Geneva’s new gospel choir de-viates from any of the other tradi-tional choirs on campus. Voices of Praise was started by freshman mu-sic education major Michael War-ren, who directs the choir as well. Membership is open to freshmen through seniors, music majors and non-music majors alike.

Warren, a student from Pitts-burgh, expressed his enthusiasm for the project, claiming that “hav-ing a gospel choir on campus was mandatory” for him. The choir re-hearses weekly, and performs local engagements as well as ministering to neighboring churches in the area.

Anyone with vocal experience is welcome to join the choir. Warren expressed that those who are inter-ested but do not have a background Continued on Page 5...

After the Pennslyvania Supreme Court rejected the Republican par-ty’s district restructuring proposal, Roman Kozak, a 2011 Geneva grad, was forced to abandon his cam-paign for state representative.

“Gerrymandering” is the key term referring to the political games that politicians have been playing throughout the Beaver area. Gerry-mandering is done by manipulating the geometric boundaries of certain districts to give a political party, in this case the Republicans, an advan-tage in the next elections.

This is a technique used by po-litical parties when they wish to tip

the balance of power to their side. To clarify, district restructur-

ing is not a new concept. It happens every 10 years and is meant to keep the population in each district equal so as not to give a certain political party more potential voters in one district than another.

Gerrymandering is also not a new technique, said Kozak. It was done by the Democrats in 2001, and now the Republicans are doing it in 2012. “It’s unfortunate, something we don’t like to happen because it sounds unfair, but it’s kind of the name of the game. It’s just how it’s been done for a long time,” he said.

With the elections fast ap-

proaching, the Pennsylvania politi-cians hoped to restructure District 14, which includes Beaver Falls, into District 10. Due to this restructur-ing Democratic State Representa-tive Jaret Gibbons would take over Beaver Falls.

Current Republican State Rep. Jim Marshall, of Beaver Falls, and Jim Christiana convinced Kozak to run against Gibbons in the up-coming elections, believing he had a good chance of winning, a chance he would not have had if he chose to run against Marshall, the all-town favorite.

Roman Kozak’s campaign for Continued on Page 7...

Geneva is among four colleges in the nation suing the Obama ad-ministration over perceived threats to religious liberty in a new health-care mandate. While many stu-dents and faculty appear to support the college’s action, some hold res-ervations over the appropriateness of the lawsuit and its basis.

Around 350 students showed up at a news conference held in Skye Lounge on Tuesday, giving hearty applause as Geneva President Dr. Ken Smith announced the lawsuit. Smith was joined by Communica-tions Department Chair Dr. Susan Layton, and Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor who spoke on the impor-tance of the suit.

The college is suing over the

Daniel FavandEditor in Chief

mandate that insurance plans must cover drugs termed as “abortifa-cients,” such as Plan B (“the morn-ing after pill”) and Ella (“the week after pill”). These drugs specifically block implantation of the egg in

the uterus after fertilization, induc-ing an abortion. The college differs from some other religious organiza-tions, notably the Catholic church, in that it does not have a moral is-sue with contraceptives that prevent Continued on Page 6...

fertilization.Smith said at the Tuesday press

conference, “The government does not have the right to tell us that we must sacrifice our religious free-

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Winners Joanna Weissert, Billy Wansitler and Bethany Kiehl pose with an empty pie plate at Mission Impossible: 3.14 (Death by Pie), a student min. pie competition in the lobby of Old Main Wednesday evening.

Photos by Kate Braun

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The Geneva Cabinet The Student Newspaper of Geneva College since 1878Daniel Favand

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letter: garber quite goodRyan SalyardsJunior Philosophy Major

In friendly opposition and with the hope of constructive criticism, I must address the opinion of a re-spected peer, who in the proper spirit of healthy criticism may have forgotten the spirit of appreciation. The editorial in last week’s issue of The Geneva Cabinet, regarding Dr. Steve Garber’s chapel message, calls for a response given with “convicted civility.”

Among many unfounded claims, the statement was issued regarding the panelists: “Judging from their demeanors on stage, they weren’t aware of their appar-ent demotion to book publicists.” While this claim is dismissible sim-ply upon the grounds of conjecture, deeper examination has provided a more worthy rebuttal.

I recently asked both panelists if their involvement in the chapel talk had felt like mere book promotion, to which both answered with a re-sounding “no.” Both Sarah and Jon-athan stated that the conversation could have been framed with more clarity. However, both affirmed the benefit of the ideas discussed.

Jonathan is quoted as saying that the ideas presented by Dr. Gar-ber helped him understand ques-tions with which he had “wrestled long before he read the book.” A second example of pure conjecture can be found in the claim, “The secondary purpose of the panel-ists, incidentally, was apparently so Garber could moderate from the sidelines, rather than preparing a message himself.” The lack of evi-dence or logical proof for this claim should be proof enough of its status as mere opinion, while the absence of respect diminishes the ethical au-thority of the writer in this instance.

Elsewhere, the author quotes

Proverbs 16:31 when she writes, “Gray hair has been demoted from a crown of glory to a badge of im-potence.” While well-written, this statement betrays a misunderstand-ing of Dr. Garber’s message and of the referenced passage.

Firstly, Dr. Garber speaks, quite obviously to those in attendance, as one blessed with the crown of a hoary head. For him to discredit the authority and wisdom that can accompany old age, would be to discredit himself as one striving to speak to a younger generation.

Secondly, the chapter to which the author refers in Proverbs begins with the words, “To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue” and ends saying, “The lot is cast into the lap, but its ev-ery decision is from the LORD.” If viewed in proper context, the refer-enced verse is seen as the result of a life lived in proper discernment re-lating to God’s sovereignty.

Dr. Garber echoes this passage of Scripture in his call for youth to discern and act, not out of a sense of superiority over the “impotent” elderly, but out of the realization that in youth, time with which to act remains abundant. This renders the elderly not worthless in their in-action, rather handicapped by the inadequacy of time, an inadequacy not due to any inherent disqualifi-cation.

I had the privilege of partici-pating in a small group discussion with Dr. Garber on Wednesday afternoon following chapel, dur-ing which I was impressed with the selfless focus of his comments. Dr. Garber was also present at the Jubi-lee conference held this weekend in Pittsburgh. On the occasion of the soon to be, if not already, infamous

fire scare that occurred on Friday night, I was deeply impressed to see none other than Dr. Steve Garber holding the door as students and employees alike were ushered to the exit, a deed not typically described as narcissistic.

With a desire to highlight the good, I must say that the article here refuted was written with a right de-sire to address the concerns of the author and engage in critical think-ing. However, if critical thinking is to tear down the opposing argu-ment, it must be done so with the desire to rebuild and restore anew upon the foundations of that which is very good.

In every stand against some-thing, there must be an equal or greater stand for something. The questions raised by a faithful lib-eral arts student must not only be with what do I disagree, but what is there to be learned? The question of a faithful Christian must be not only how is this refutable, but in this how can God be glorified? After all, that’s what they teach at Geneva College, right?

Fear is something that we ought not to have to worry about at Gene-va. In fact, it shouldn’t be something that people have to worry about at any institution of learning and hon-est discussion.

Unfortunately, that isn’t so. Dr. John Fea, at Messiah College in Grantham, Penn., recently published an article on Patheos.com explaining that President Obama may be the most explicitly Christian president in the history of the United States based on his public statements and language, even compared to founders such as George Washington who are often made to carry the mantle of Christian statesmanship.

The response is stupendous. Glen Beck’s TheBlaze.com ran a sto-ry on the article, calling out Fea for paying attention only to Obama’s language, and not his policy. As a result, Fea received angry emails, nasty voicemails at his college of-fice, and was generally vilified in the comments of the associated articles.

All Fea had done was bring to light an aspect of Obama’s presiden-cy that may be forgotten or over-looked, and had dared to raise the possibility that “Obama may be the most explicitly Christian president in American history.” He made a claim based on the facts as he was able to interpret them, and put them out for discussion. In academia that’s called good writing.

So much for civil discussion in the public sphere.

But someone with a well-thought-out opinion and a good understanding of the facts who has legitimate concerns about a major-ity opinion should have nothing to fear at Geneva, right? We are, after all, a Christian community, and Christians are supposed to be gra-

cious when presented with oppos-ing viewpoints. And as President Smith told students this week, “part of the conversation is to listen.”

Unfortunately, more than one professor, when asked to comment on Geneva’s lawsuit, and especially the ethics and moral questions, declined to comment for the exact reason of the anonymous profes-sor in the story on page 1: “Even the slightest bit of probing, questioning, or nuancing on this will quickly end up with that person being accused of being pro-choice,” in a very nega-tive way. Some declined noting the treatment Fea has gotten.

And this is in the Geneva bub-ble.

If professors, some highly re-spected by students and fellow fac-ulty alike, don’t feel confident in voicing their opinions and honest questions about important campus issues, how much less students. Of course, in one sense students have less to lose; four years, maybe five, and we’re out. Faculty have to stick it out for the long haul.

Perhaps we can blame the the incivility of popular “conversation” on controversial topics on the in-creasingly cheap and mass nature of the internet. That is why forums such as The Geneva Cabinet exist, as demonstrated by our mission statement. We attempt to host a civil, thoughtful conversation on important issues around campus. (Though we have no control over how that conversation goes on out-side of our pages.)

But if respected professors are reticent to share their honest ques-tions and concerns, in a civil forum, for fear that their ideas (and repu-tation) will be vilified, we have a serious problem. It’s a problem for Christians. Its a problem for schol-ars. It is a problem that we probably don’t realize we have.

Alex’s Mac and Cheese

Perspectives February 24, 2012 • Page 3

Would you friend President Smith

on Facebook?

“No, not really because I would be afraid of what my friends would post and that it would be perceived as ‘inappropri-ate.’”

- Olivia Carnes, Junior Communications Disorders

“Yes, because he rides a motor-cycle.”

- Brittany Clark, Sophomore Accounting

“Yes. He already is my friend.”

- Tim Wright, Sophomore Business

letter: don’t foreclose debate As a recent alumnus, I'm dis-appointed to hear of Geneva's law-suit against the HHS mandate to provide contraception as a part of health insurance compensation. It is exciting that the school is taking a political stand on something but this is not something we ought to fight. The abortifacient mifepristone is not covered in this, but rather contraceptives such as IUDs and Plan B. While scientific evidence is mixed (it depends, as far as I can tell, on who you listen to), the balance suggests that none of these drugs destroy eggs that are already im-planted. No embryos are destroyed. Even if, as in Plan B, contraception is taken after sex, it still acts by im-peding the fertilization of the egg by the sperm. As far as I know, the RPCNA and, by extension, Geneva College does not have a moral prob-lem with contraception. Even assuming that it does, or that true abortifacient drugs were covered by this regulation, the col-lege is still not being forced to pay

Greg WilliamsHistory ‘11

for something that violates its prin-ciples. At worst, it is forced to pay an insurance policy that may, if a wom-an chooses, cover contraceptives. Following the administration's ar-gument, it would seem that the col-lege reserves the right to withhold compensation that may be spent on immoral activities. In other words, Geneva thinks it should be able to stop me from spending my salary at a strip club. More than all of this, though, I feel as though the college needs to be able to have an open debate on abortion and contraception. And this open debate needs to be ro-bust: one in which everyone from Planned Parenthood and Emily's List to the NRLC and the RPCNA can participate. This is an issue about which faithful Christians can disagree. One side or another may be wrong, but we ought not foreclose on debate by assuming a unanimity of belief on the part of the college community. This is not a core belief (such as those in the Apostles’ Creed) but rather a moral judgment that deserves an open ar-gument.

I’m embarrassed. I’m embar-rassed that as 18- to 22-year-olds at a Christian college, we can’t show more respect to those in authority over us, including our God.

I’m embarrassed that Keith Martel has to treat us like junior high kids who are hyped up on sugar and haven’t learned how to behave.

I’m embarrassed that we, as col-lege students, haven’t learned how to behave, as almost every week in chapel, several students continue talking, rustling papers, and tex-ting over videos, prayers, songs and speakers.

The first reason this embarrass-es me is because the people running chapel are our professors and teach-ers, the people trying to make our college experiences valuable. They have devoted their lives to minister-ing and serving to college students who can’t even put aside their own agendas for an hour on Wednesday mornings.

The second reason this embar-rasses me is because most of our speakers are not from Geneva. They are guests, and instead of being met

with a willing, ready audience (un-less, of course, they represent the Steelers), they are met with faces buried in iPhones, textbook pages turning, and friends chatting back and forth to each other.

Many of our guest speakers have traveled miles and hours to come to our small, western Pennsylvania school only to be met with disre-spect and apathy. Our generation is already tagged as narcissistic, and we only further emphasize this by refusing to give up an hour of our time to anyone other than our-selves.

This not only makes our college look like we don’t have respect, but it reflects on the student body as a whole, even for those who aren’t be-ing disrespectful. When Christian speakers come in and see a Chris-tian college that is disruptive and distracted during our worship time, it says that we aren’t serious about our commitment to God or our studies.

The third reason this embar-rasses me, and certainly the most important reason, is that it is disre-spectful to God. Although chapel is mandatory, it is still a time of wor-ship, a time devoted specifically to

focusing on our Creator.Students who aren’t Christians

would most likely never dream of disturbing a church service, and al-though chapel isn’t church, the con-text isn’t any different. Those of us who are Christians and are trying to worship are disrupted when the people around us can’t keep quiet or put their phones away.

We all chose to come to this school, for one reason or another, knowing that every Wednesday at 10 a.m., the college community gathers for chapel.

Allie ReeferFeatures Editor

chapel is not a pep rallyStudents certainly don’t mind

devoting an hour to lunch or video games or getting coffee with friends or practicing sports. If that is true, then we should be willing to give at least the same respect to God or, if you aren’t a Christian, to those in authority over us who spend so much of their time on us, whether they are trying to develop our foot-ball and basketball skills, or prepare us for our careers and lives ahead.

This isn’t a high school pep rally anymore.

Sarah FeltonAssistant Editor

the anglicans get itChapel ServeS GoSpel for ChriStianS

It’s Ash Wednesday, so of course they invited the Anglican to speak in chapel, joked Rev. Mike McGhee at College Hill Anglican Fellow-ship on Sunday. A good joke, a light chuckle—but his follow-up was a kicker: “I’ll probably just talk about the gospel.”

And so he did. I say without hesitation that this week’s chapel is among the best I have ever heard, for this reason: Rev. McGhee—and indeed, the whole service—present-ed the gospel for Christians. This is the spiritual meat that the writer of Hebrews refers to in Heb. 5:14.

I wish we had a prayer of confes-sion of sin every week. Beginning with sin—who we are and where we stand before the holy God—is es-sential to maturely understanding the gospel. This is the principle be-hind Lent in the liturgical calendar: to comprehend the stench of our own sin so we can truly appreciate the sweet scent wafting from the tomb on Easter.

Fortunately, neither Lent nor McGhee leave you in the crumpled

heap of your own best efforts. After Lent comes Easter, the triumph of Christ over death and sin, replacing the believer’s filthy rags with white robes of righteousness—Christ’s righteousness, since our own is hopelessly insufficient. It is Christ’s blood and righteousness that de-fines the repentant believer before God, not his sin. Hallelujah, He is risen indeed.

Most of you already know all this. I know this. Mike McGhee has barely stopped saying it since CHAF began two years ago.

The reason they invited the Anglican for Ash Wednesday is that liturgical traditions typically remember all this better than Prot-estant traditions. The church cal-endar remembers that the gospel is not merely evangelistic; the gospel is the meat of the Christian faith as we recited in the Apostles’ Creed Wednesday morning.

Until Christ returns, you and I are still sinners, so until Christ returns, we still need the gospel. Thank you, chapel team and Mike McGhee, for the reminder.

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“orange you glad nancy Johnson teaches at geneva?”

Dr. Nancy Johnson, a favorite professor among many education majors and students in general, has been teaching at Geneva for eight years. While she stands out in a crowd for her intense and un-abashed love for the color orange, she is also unforgettable to her stu-dents for her care and devotion to teaching to the glory of God.

Johnson is heavily involved with the Geneva community, from working with the honor society Alpha Chi to regularly attending the sporting events and plays of her students. However, last semester she was on sabbatical working with a preschool and an elementary school while living with missionaries in a fishing village in Alaska.

Johnson tries to instill a passion for using teaching talents for the community in her students. “One of the things that is important to me as a professor in the education department is getting my students involved in working with children as much as I can, having them use their gifts to give back to their lo-

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cal community and practicing their teaching,” said Johnson. This has been made possible especially through the Integrating the Arts class where students have helped facilitate different art and science programs in local schools.

“Dr. Johnson has taught me how to be the best teacher I can be, and I like that she relates everything to the Bible … and she’s a super hero,” said senior elementary education major Jordan Seigler.

“I like that she is creative and keeps us active during class,” echoed senior Janie Owens.

Johnson was an elementary education major at Wheaton Col-lege. After gaining teaching experi-ence in Virginia’s private and public schools, Johnson pursued a masters of education degree from the Uni-versity of Virginia.

Johnson met her husband, Woody Johnson, while both were teachers at the same school in Vir-ginia. In between gaining her mas-ters and doctoral degrees, their family moved to North Carolina so that Johnson’s husband could go to seminary. From North Carolina,

Caitlyn MitchellStaff Writer

the Johnsons came to Pennsylvania where she worked toward her doc-toral degree at Penn State.

Johnson taught at Spring Ar-bor University in Michigan for four years before returning to the mid-east, where she has been teaching at Geneva since 2004. “We wanted to come back to the hills, and Geneva was attractive because of its inte-gration of faith and learning,” said Johnson. Although born and raised in Arizona, Johnson’s family moved to Pennsylvania while she was in high school, and she has predomi-nantly raised her own children in this region.

Teaching runs in the Johnson family as their two grown daugh-ters living in New York both teach at Christian colleges as well. While already a proud grandmother of two little ones, Johnson is soon to be a grandma to three as one of her daughters is set to have her first child in April.

As Johnson reflected on her past, she offered some words of wis-dom to students: “Be open to possi-bilities and be willing to ask lots of questions.”

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Three Geneva students are get-ting published in WORLD on Cam-pus, a new way for Geneva students to connect with current events.

A new publication for college students, and even newer for Gene-va, World on Campus is an exten-sion of World Magazine. The on-line publication is designed to keep Christian college students informed of events outside the college bubble.

“We have feisty columns and religious reflections. We even have cartoons and a page with funny or strange stories,” states World’s mis-sion; “But what matters the most is this: We believe in a God who tells the truth and wants us to do the same.”

World on Campus is written for college students, by college students. Leigh Jones, editor of the publica-tion, contacts students who are will-ing to write freelance. The writers finish the articles on their own time and they are published soon after. Occasionally the website hosts arti-cles written by Jones or even World Magazine publisher Warren Smith.

Student writers from Geneva in-clude Andrew Braun, Adam Rowe and Anne Reiner. Reiner is a junior writing major and Geneva’s student representative for the publication.

World on Campus began in 2011 and has only recently reached Geneva. Reiner is excited for Gene-va students to have this connection

with popular news.“So many students are out of

tune with ... current events, and re-ally the issues in the world,” Reiner explained, “so the things they write about are ones that have to do with college students but also that per-tain to the world outside. … It’s a good balance I think.”

World on Campus is free, but in order to have access to full ar-ticles, students must register online. By submitting name, school, and email address to World on campus students can read anything on the website and receive informational emails.

“Registering is a really cool way to just get those little reminders in your mailbox [of] other things you can go to and read something that applies to you,” said Reiner.

Any student can be paid for freelancing articles; no prior experi-ence is needed, and as Reiner point-ed out, “It’s a great resume builder.”

The online publication reaches out to students on their website, but also through social networks like Facebook and Twitter. Currently they have 349 followers on Face-book.

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a whole new bfc&t experience

in gospel should not dismiss the op-portunity, as he can offer training to help students adjust to a new style.

“I believe if we talk [about] di-versity here at Geneva, [then] we should show it by the groups and clubs,” said Warren. The gospel choir presents a possible oppor-tunity to add to the diversity that Geneva calls for, providing an alter-native form of worship that has the potential to bring different denomi-nations together in praising and glorifying God with their song.

No audition is required for those who want to participate vocally; however, Warren requires musi-cians to audition: “I hand pick mu-sicians specifically.”

Warren emphasized that the

choir is not only open to music majors. Those who are non-music majors are welcome to join as well. That said, Warren did express his preference that participants be indi-viduals who are interested in music ministry.

While the gospel choir appears less demanding than the Genevans choir in terms of commitment, it does not offer a credit hour like Ge-nevans does.

“Seeing that I’ve been a minister of music for multiple years now, I have a vision of working with and training those interested in being worship leaders with a whole new aspect from what most may be used to,” Warren stated. This is the vision which Warren sees for the gospel choir.

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Skye MumauAssistant Photo Editor

Photo by Skye Mumau

When Bethany Warren of BFC&T invited me to her coffee-house’s Farm to Table dinner this past Saturday, I hesitated until I glanced over the menu.

Grilled romaine heart salad, heart-shaped ravioli with ricotta and chicken sausage, your choice of grass-raised Delmonico steak or garlic-roasted chicken, both with potatoes and sauteed oyster mush-rooms and your choice of dessert which included blood orange-choc-olate mousse or lemon-vanilla-gin-ger crème brulee.

A friend and I decided to make our reservations. An 8 to 10 oz. steak dinner for approximately $30: I was sold (the chicken was about $25), es-pecially because it was a four-course meal. The average price for a four-course meal can range from $25 to well above $50.

My crony and I arrived a little after 5:30 p.m. The first to arrive, we were taken to the back meeting room which had been transformed into a beautiful dining space: white table cloths under the place settings, candles on the tables accompanied by wine glasses and coffee cups.

For spending a large chunk of my time at BFC&T, this was a whole new experience. Our waitress, who herself was a Geneva student,

brought out the first course. The sal-ad was fantastic. Cutting our own slices of the green vegetable doused with a homemade Caesar dressing and munching on the bread that served as croutons, I was impressed. For a salad, it had a nice kick to it that was completely satisfactory.

Compared to Geneva’s cuisine of iceberg or spinach, this romaine was crisp and a nice change of pace. Little did we know, we were just pre-paring for the next appetizer.

Music down low, orange walls of the room glowing with a warmth, the smell of the kitchen wafting through the covered door—all these elements blended together to aid in the pleasantness of the dining experience—our waitress brought over the second plate which had three medium-sized, heart-shaped raviolis.

They looked so pretty, I did not want to eat them. But once I took a bite, I could not stop. They were delicious! The chicken sausage went perfectly with the ricotta that was stuffed inside the shell.

I was beginning to get full just from the first two courses. The iced mango-ceylon tea that was a drink option complemented the flavors of the dishes. Great company also helped time pass between courses.

The main course arrived. I was speechless. In no way was I intend-

ing on receiving a steak as large as I did. Placed strategically over seared potatoes, the Delmonico was cooked perfectly: medium rare upon request.

The steak was very well pre-pared. As I cut into it, the soft red-ness of the inside complemented the brown textures of the outer layer. The oyster mushrooms that were settled on top gave the filet a taste of elegance. Personally, I am not a dedicated fan of mushrooms, but trying these has actually made me reconsider my preferences.

My friend and I did the typical taste swap; I tried the garlic-roast-ed chicken, she tried the filet. The chicken was excellent. At a nice level of melt-in-your-mouth cuisine, the potatoes accompanied both sets of flavors superbly.

Not sure how we would be able to manage dessert, we each ordered one of the two choices. The crème brulee was first on my list. She or-dered the mousse.

We split each half and half; the crème brulee had a great spice to it

while the mousse had a delicious sweetness. The soft, creamy texture of the brulee was nice, but I preferred the fluffy, airy texture of the mousse. Ev-ery bite seemed to have an equal flavor explosion of blood orange and choco-late.

Being “wowed” by this Farm to Table experience influenced me to return for another dinner soon. Every course was pleas-ing to my taste buds. For an inexpensive price, I got an experience that was ultimately priceless.

The next dinner will be in March. The meals are fantastic, so save up a few extra dollars a week and take some friends with you to experience something this wonder-

ful. Dates, menus and reservations

can be made and seen through BFC&T’s Facebook page (Beaver Falls Coffee and Tea Company) or website (beaverfallscoffeeandtea.com).

Photo by Kate Braun

From the

Multicultural Student Services Office In the Month of March

Jennifer Tran, Multicultural Educator

Spring semester is breezing by so fast! If you have not noticed yet, we are already into our seventh week of school. That means one more week until Spring Break. Stepping into the month of March, the MSS will host the Soul Food Dinner, beginning March 1. There will be different types of dishes every day of the week in the dining hall for you to taste, leading up to the dinner.

Also the month of March, as you may not know, is Women’s Month. To honor our awesome women in history, as well as in our community today, our office will host different events to celebrate them. Speakers will be brought in and we will also create different types of activities through-out the month.

Though there are a lot of activities and events going on in the month of March, including Spring Break, our office will continue our usual TA-BOO TUESDAY. Taboo Tuesday will be held on March 27, and the topic for discussion will be “Legalization of Gay Marriage: Just or Unjust?”

So continue to follow our office on Facebook and Twitter for more information on our events. With all of these exciting activities and events going on, we hope that you mark the dates and come out and join us to celebrate this awesome month of March!

P.S. Our office is always open if you want to talk, or just to say hi.

Warren’s ultimate goal is to have the gospel choir be an ongoing group here at Geneva.

Practices take place Friday eve-nings 6 to 7:30 p.m.

AMERICAN VIEWS

According to a Pew Research Center report, the American public is divided over religious exemptions to the requirement. About 48 percent believe religious organizations should be given an exemp-tion, while 44 percent think such organizations should be required to provide coverage like other employers.

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NEWS IN BRIEF- Jeff Rice, producer of “The Amazing Race” and “Whale Wars,” was found dead in a ho-tel in Uganda seemingly from drug overdose. Authorities in Uganda are investigating further into the cause and any events that may have led up to his death. He was supposedly there for film production and leaves behind a wife and two young daughters.

- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is traveling to Cuba for surgery on a possibly cancer-ous lesion. He previously had a cancerous tumor removed and announced that he had been cured, but now there are specu-lations concerning his health, particularly with the upcoming elections.

- Independent journalist and war reporter, Marie Colvin, was killed in a shelling attack while covering the events in Syria. She was well known for her close coverage of wars and sur-vived the violence she reported on for over 20 years. She fought to relieve the plight of women and children in wartime. She was supposed to have left Syria the day she died.

- Amine El Khalifi was arrested for pretending to plot to bomb the Capitol building. He wore an inactive suicide vest and carried an empty gun, pos-ing no real threat. Authorities discovered later that El Khalifi had been living in the country illegally for 10 years. A confi-dential source warned the FBI of El Khalifi’s threat.

- Pastor Jim Moats, Marine Sergeant Gary Lakis, and Calif. local offical Xavier Alvarez are being charged for violating the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it illegal to lie about receiv-ing military awards. Alvarez is challenging the Act, calling it a violation of free speech, though he is being met with opposition, especially due to the fact that he used his supposed military awards to help him get a job.

President Obama announced his proposed 2013 budget on Feb. 9. According to the official White House website, the budget is cen-tered around giving everyone a fair shot because that is when a country does best.

“We must transform our econ-omy from one focused on speculat-ing, spending and borrowing to one constructed on the solid foundation of education, innovating and build-ing,” the website says. “That begins with putting the Nation on a path to living within our means—by cutting wasteful spending, asking all Americans to shoulder their fair share, and making tough choices on some things we cannot afford, while keeping the investments we need to grow the economy and create jobs.”

Obama spoke about restoring the middle class and its se-curity, which includes education and skills, innovation and re-search, development, clean energy and in-frastructure. Accord-ing to TriplePundit.com, the budget is full of methods designed to bring the United States out of its current recession, while also helping to transition the country to cleaner and more efficient means of energy. This includes tax credits to solar, wind and other renewable energy companies, and more funding to-ward research in these areas. This is predicted to open up thousands of new green jobs.

The Los Angeles Times reported that the budget also calls for a 5 per-cent increase in spending for three cultural grant-making and three

Washington, D.C., arts in-stitutions.

“Oba ma aims to boost outlays from $1.501 billion to $1.576 bil-lion, encom-passing the National En-dowments for the Arts and Humanities (NEA and NEH), the

Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Smithsonian Institution, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the National Gallery of Art,” said the Times.

In regards to higher education, the budget would create a $1 billion Race to the Top fund for colleges. Race to the Top distributes grants that reward states that create condi-tions for what they call “education innovation.” It also will provide $55 billion to fund the First in the World program for colleges that, accord-ing to the Huffington Post, “encour-age productivity and efficiency.”

“Obama’s plan for higher educa-tion would focus on new financial incentives for colleges and universi-ties that are able to keep their costs down, and add more funding for research grants,” said the Huffing-

ton Post. “He is also asking for billions of dollars to go toward training programs in community col-leges, including help for schools that are able to help graduates secure internships and jobs in their field. However, the presi-dent would cut-off

for-profit colleges from this type of funding.”

The majority of Republicans are not assuaged by Obama’s proposal. It attempts to reduce the federal debt, which sits around $15.4 tril-lion, by $4 trillion over the next 10 years. Republicans argue that this is not good enough because under Obama the debt went from $10.4 trillion to more than $15 trillion.

“It is irresponsible for President Obama to release yet another bud-get that is filled with more reckless stimulus spending, a $1.5 trillion tax increase, accounting gimmicks, and a fourth consecutive trillion-dollar deficit,” said U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon (R-Ind.). “We need a clear plan for job creation and deficit reduction and unfortunately this budget fails to establish that plan. President Obama promised to halve the deficit by the end of his first term, but instead, he proposes to continue spending money we don't have, risking our children's and grandchildren's futures to avoid making tough decisions today.”

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a fair shot.”

the status of state representative was short lived, however, after the restructuring of the districts was re-jected by the courts. One of the pur-poses of this restructuring was to give Kozak the opportunity to run against Gibbons and defeat him.

After 20 hours of pounding pavement trying to get signatures, Kozak was forced to abandon his campaign. “The [Pennsylvania} Su-preme Court threw [the redistrict-ing] out because they believed they were too partisan, too much in favor of Republicans,” he said.

This was a shock to many since the chief justice, a Republican, was the one who made the final decision to throw out the proposal, Kozak said.

This offered a considerable amount of frustration for Kozak who is very passionate about work-ing toward the betterment of Beaver

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Falls and the surrounding area. “I am pretty passionate about Beaver Falls,” he stated.

It was Kozak’s goal to work to-ward bringing unity between Gene-va College and Beaver Falls: “There is a great divide that needs to be bridged in some way.”

Even though Kozak was not able to run for state rep this year, it is his hope that next year he will run lo-cally in Beaver Falls. For the brief amount of time that Kozak was in the running he realized that he was not ready for a state rep position.

Kozak said he found that he was still lacking the experience needed to run for such a vast role. While he had many supporters for his campaign, he also realized that this postponement may be for the best.

He feels prepared to try again in the next year and to effect change in Beaver Falls and the surrounding area.

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doms and violate our consciences by providing services against which we have a moral objection.” He went on during an informal Q&A with students, “The key issue here is the constitutional issue. The specifics have to do with abortion.”

“Our government should not be able to force us to buy or sell insur-ance that subsidizes morally objec-tionable treatment. If we did not contest this mandate, we believe we would be responsible for allowing abortions to occur,” Smith contin-ued.

Dr. Daryl Sas, professor of biol-ogy, cautions that the contracep-tive drugs not normally considered abortifacient that are approved, though not encouraged, by the col-lege, may in fact cause abortions: “If you look at the fine print about con-traceptives online, they all have a statement saying, ‘This drug works primarily by blocking ovulation, but they may also make the the uterus inhospitable for implanta-tion.’ That means fertilization has already happened, and you’re deny-ing the fertilized embryo a chance to implant and grow.”

These contraceptives are not an issue for the college because they are seen as preventing fertilization, not as blocking the implantation of a fertilized embryo. But Sas states that it is not known how often these birth control drugs actually prevent fertilization compared to block-ing implantation. “Christians have bought into birth control so much that I don’t think they want to hear

that it might be causing abortion also,” Sas commented.

The college “has been thinking about a lawsuit since November or December,” said Tim Baird, Asso-ciate Vice President for Operations and Human Resources. “The board of trustees was advised of and af-firmed our decision to pursue the suit, and we’ve been in communica-tion with them since December that this might be coming, and we’ve re-ceived widespread support.”

Some faculty raised concerns about the lack of faculty involve-ment in the process leading up to this announcement. “Assuming that faculty are a part of the ‘we’ that comprises Geneva College, it would have been nice—and, in my humble opinion, even appropriate—to have had some communication about this far before ‘we’ received it,” said Dr. Dave Guthrie, professor of soci-ology and higher education.

“Given that we are an education-al institution, and given that faculty are allegedly interested in education and learning and truth-seeking,

entering into a conversation about these issues with the faculty ahead of time would have made a lot of sense to me,” Guthrie explained.

Dr. Todd Allen, professor of communications, concurs, saying, “It would have been nice to have been ‘engaged’ in this topic in a meaningful way ‘before the train left the station.’ I am saddened and disappointed that this was not the case, particularly when someone appears to speak for me (as an em-ployee and an alum).”

Some faculty also expressed frustration that anyone who indi-cates “even the slightest bit of prob-ing, questioning, or nuancing on this will quickly end up with that person being accused of being pro-choice,” according to a professor who wishes to remain anonymous. “That’s just how little civility exists when it comes to the abortion issue, on either side,” said the source.

Smith told students at an infor-mal question-and-answer session Tuesday that “part of the conversa-tion is to listen,” and asked that stu-dents give full attention to the posi-tion and understandings of those with whom they disagree.

Senior accounting major Beth DeLuca is concerned about the college’s use of resources to fund the litigation: “I think Geneva, if it has extra money like that to file a lawsuit, should cut back on tuition because I know a lot of students struggle to pay it.” The college re-ceives the majority of its income from student tuition, according to the 2010-2011 annual report.

While Smith noted that ADF “will cover the direct costs of legal

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representation,” he said there will be costs associated with discovery and document preparation, along with the time current staff members must devote to the proceedings, that the college will have to cover. He could not give an estimate.

DeLuca went on, “I do respect Geneva and where they are coming from since they are sticking with their beliefs. I do not think any-one should have to be forced to do something when it may not be what they believe in.”

“I’m glad that Geneva has made the decision to do this, just because of the current cultural and political situation,” commented Andra Lan-di-New, senior independent major. ADF Senior Counsel Gregory Baylor Photo by Kate Braun

Micah Yarger, senior commu-nications major, said, “Thumbs up to President Smith and the admin-istration for standing up for what’s right.” The mood of the students who showed up to the news confer-ence and the informal Q&A seems to show that many agree.

This is not Geneva’s first clash with the government over religious discrimination. In 2006 the col-lege sued federal and state officials because Geneva was denied access to a federally funded CareerLink job-placement service because of Geneva’s religion-based staffing re-quirements. The lawsuit was settled out of court in Geneva’s favor.

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GENEVA’S CURRENT HEALTH-CARE PLAN

Geneva currently buys employee health insurance from Highmark. While the current contract excludes any drug used to abort a preg-nancy, drugs like Plan B and Ella (which Geneva considers abor-tifacients) are categorized by the FDA as contraceptives and have thus been included in Geneva’s employee insurance plans all along. Executive Vice President for Operations and Human Resources Tim Baird told The Geneva Cabinet that the college asked Highmark to remove the coverage immediately after the college found out. The coverage had not been removed as of Wednesday, but Baird was hopeful that it would be removed quickly.

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When I looked at my syllabus and saw the assignment "read 'Ugly American' chapter,” my immediate reaction was, "Oh, this is going to be hilarious."

Because, really, who doesn't love a good rant about how Larry The Cable Guy should really shower more and invest in a gym member-ship.

Just picturing Larry's reaction to that little intervention is hours of good, clean fun.

But, unfortunately, the chapter wasn't so amusing. The purpose of the chapter was to talk about how Americans can tend to be pretty egocentric and just generally ter-rible people when they travel.

It's true. You can spot an Ameri-can from a mile away in Rome.

They're the ones yelling on the bus. They're the ones toting around a six-pack of Budweiser at the Col-

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osseum. They're the ones who speak in Spanish to the waiter, because, come on, it's close enough, right?

It's not like the Italians really need another reason to think badly of Americans. That's why MTV was invented.

Sadly, in the cradle of western civilization, one of the most com-mon things you will see throughout the city—from the corner coffee shop to a classy restaurant outside the Pantheon—is MTV.

I'm fairly sure that MTV has convinced Italians that the typical American’s daily itinerary looks like this:

1.) Wake up.2.) Down an entire bottle of Jack.3.) Find pills. Any pills.4.) Take them.5.) Find strippers.6.) Find a club.7.) Let the strippers loose in the club.

8.) That's it.

Between MTV and the actual tourists, I can see why America has a reputation here.

But that doesn't mean that we are treated badly. The Italians are some of the nicest, most patient, gracious people I've ever met.

They're patient when I butcher their language. They're gracious when I am ignorant of a variety of their cultural norms. And they even often use their limited Eng-lish vocabulary to converse beyond a simple, “That will be 15 euros, thankyougoodbye.” And speaking as an ignorant foreigner who really doesn’t deserve anything besides a curt “thankyougoodbye,” that little bit of extra effort means a lot.

I have a lot of respect for the Italians. Because if the roles were flipped—if I was an American store owner greeting a herd of foreign stu-dents hailing from a country with a sketchy reputation—I feel like my initial reaction would be to talk to

them as if they were intelligent, but wildly alcoholic, chimpanzees.

“You beer like? You want drink beer? Me turn music up. You dance like you just don't care. It fun. We laugh. You drink. You pay me much money.”

It really puts their hospitality in perspective. The Italians aren’t rolling out the red carpet for their

cultured neighbors from the West. They're extending kindness towards people who they probably believe will act like total lunatics when giv-en a good beat to dance to.

What I'm trying to say is, it all makes me wonder what I would do in their shoes. I hope and pray that I'd do the same.

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republican candidate roundup Sarah WilsonStaff Writer

the candidatesRon Paul is an advocate of limited government inter-

ference and of personal freedom. This view stems from Paul’s textual view of the Constitution. He believes that the large federal government is the main reason for many of the United States’ problems, and his positions on each issue reflect this.

Paul’s main promise is to return the government to its original structure by only going to war when Congress declares it and ending the Federal Reserve. Paul addition-ally seeks to legalize sound money, repeal many of the business regulations and mandates currently in place, use the National Defense to protect our own borders, and protect our nation’s founding document by not passing laws he deems unconstitutional.

Mitt Romney believes that this century should be what he calls “The American Century.” His positions and policies are geared toward protecting citizens and promoting economic growth by cutting back regulations, building the navy and de-fense systems, and reforming programs like Medicaid.

Regarding taxes, Romney has stated his desire to keep the income tax the same and eliminate other taxes altogether. Rom-ney seeks to cut government spending and promote future fiscal stability. While Romney’s economic plan has proposed a new era defined by limited government intervention, Romney has favored government intervention in some areas including edu-cation and energy.

Rick Santorum believes that family and freedom are the cores of society. He has promised to simplify taxes for families, triple child deductions, and eliminate marriage tax penalties. Santorum hopes that this will promote a greater rate for mar-riage as well as family growth and stability.

For education, he believes that the parents have the most re-sponsibility and therefore should have every option available to them. He also wants to protect the American home by protecting our borders and reforming immigration policies.

As part of an effort to unite the country, Santorum prom-ises to make English the official language of the government. In foreign policy, he promises to stand for freedom everywhere, expressing a particular focus on condemning Iran’s attempt to enrich uranium. He has continually reiterated that the United

States needs to return to its calling as a world leader in politics, morality, economy, and defense.

Newt Gingrich is a believer in American excep-tionalism. He has labeled his primary plan the 21st Century Contract with America. On his website, you can submit “Day One Executive Orders,” which he will consider making on the day of his inauguration. There are six official executive orders so far, including two that protect freedom of religious expression.

Gingrich is especially concerned with the free-dom of religious expression in public. His policies are geared towards the citizens: part of his National Defense policy is to inform citizens about the truth of our enemies. His policies also seem to reflect the country’s need to be independent when it comes to energy.

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Romney has attempted to be mindful to protect jobs while work-ing to protect the environment.

Romney wants to streamline regulation, which will promote re-search and development of Amer-ica’s natural reserves as well as pro-mote investment in nuclear energy.

Before development can happen, Romney wants to conduct a sur-vey of America’s natural resources. Romney also wants to ensure that environmental laws account for the cost of the regulatory process and amend the Clean Air Act so that it excludes carbon dioxide from its purview.

Santorum plans to cut spending $5 trillion over five years and to ensure “future fiscal respon-sibility through a balanced budget amendment.” In addition, he wants to lower and simplify taxes for families, workers and small businesses to pro-mote economic growth. He wants to triple child deductions and eliminate all marriage tax penal-ties.

Santorum wants to have only two tax rates for income: 10 percent and 28 percent. He supports corporate taxes, but wants no manufacture tax in order to facilitate the increase of job opportu-nities. Santorum wants to block grant Medicare, housing, food stamps, job training and educa-tional programs to the states. Finally, should he take office, Santorum has pledged to work for key reforms in Medicare and Social Security.

Romney promises to submit a job package to Congress on his Inauguration Day, including plans to reduce the corporate income tax to 25 percent, to reinstate president’s Trade Promo-tion Authority, and to direct the Department of the Interior to take a survey of the United States’ energy resources.

Further, he wishes to reform retraining programs and to cut non-security discretionary spending by 5 percent, reduc-ing the annual fiscal budget to $20 billion. Romney desires to simplify the tax system, to lower taxes and to broaden the tax base. In respect to regulations, Romney wants to order a review of all Obama-era regulations and eliminate the ones that seem to “burden the economy and job creation.”

For fiscal policy, Romney promises to cut spending in order to promote future fiscal stability. He also supports reforming Medicaid and making it a federal block grant system. Finally, Romney will pursue a Balanced Budget Amendment so that the Obama Administration’s borrowing and spending, which has been excessive in his view, will never be repeated..

Romney is well known to be a Mormon. However, Romney does not specifically say how his faith affects his poli-cies and positions. He believes that although doctrines of evangelical Christians and Mormon-ism are different, their values are essentially the same, and political posi-tions are founded upon the values, not the doc-trines.

Santorum wants the United States to become more energy-independent, pledging to initiate an effort toward that aim should he gain the presiden-cy, by removing bans on offshore and onshore drilling.

He promises to continue promot-ing natural gas drilling techniques, and to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline. In addition, Santorum wants to remove energy subsidies and tax credits in order to open up the mar-ket to all companies. Regarding bu-reaucracies, he desires to repeal many regulations given by the EPA and “re-structure the priorities of the Depart-ment of Energy.”

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foreign policy & national defenseTo Paul, the United States has adopted

a position as the world’s policeman, with Congress allowing the president to take over National Defense without proper ac-countability.

Although he was for finding Osama Bin Laden for justice’s sake, Paul wants to avoid more land-wars that have been en-acted to find criminals and also wishes to end nation-building. Paul has also com-municated his intention to ensure that the Patriot Act will not trespass citizen’s privacy rights and will only be used to in-vestigate legitimate threats.

Romney has communicated his belief that America needs to promote an open market, a representative government, as well as a respect for human rights throughout the world. He supports using all forms of diplomacy before resorting to force.

However, Romney has also suggested a plan to return America to “its position of leadership in the world” there imply-ing that to accomplish such, there must be some expansion in military spending, including increased naval vessel production from nine ships per year to 15. He also wants to fully deploy a multi-layered ballistic missile defense system to shield the U.S. from any nuclear threat, and order the formulation of a compre-hensive cyber-security strategy should he take office.

Santorum has a tough-love view of diplomacy. He states that he wants to work with those in the Muslim world, but also to challenge their views of free-dom by refusing to ignore the relation-ship between radical Islam and terror-ism. He believes in U.S. interference in countries trying to build a democracy, in order to protect the rights of the mi-norities. In short, Santorum declares that he will stand for freedom and be firm with those who are intolerant.

Gingrich’s idea of National Defense is to inform citizens about the truth. He desires transparency and an honest conversa-tion about the situation concerning America and our enemies. In addition, he thinks that there should be incentives for math and science education, so that the military might have the most high-tech weapons in the world. He also wants to secure our borders so that terrorists cannot perpetrate another incident similar to 9/11.

Gingrich thinks that foreign policy must begin with Ameri-cans knowing their own values; our foreign policy must be geared toward our own survival and protecting others that share our val-ues. He supports actively defeating radical Islamists around the world. Finally, part of his foreign policy includes his American Energy Plan, which will focus on making us less dependent on foreign oil.

economicsPaul attributes the current economic crisis to

the growth of the federal government’s regulations and spending. Should he gain the presidency, Paul intends to audit and eventually end the Federal Re-serve, which has, in his view, damaged the dollar by 95 percent. He has further vowed to veto any unbalanced budget Congress sends to his desk, and refuses to raise the debt ceiling.

In addition, Paul wants to legalize “sound money” to raise the value of the dollar. Included in Paul’s economic solutions are the expansion of offshore drilling to drive down the gas prices, eliminating the income, capital gains, and death taxes, and opposing all unfunded mandates and unnecessary regulations on small businesses and entrepreneurs. The ultimate objective for Paul is a free market.

Gingrich wants to implement a pro-growth strategy us-ing policies similar to those used when he was Speaker of the House. This includes stopping the 2013 tax increases and mak-ing the rates permanent.

To attract new businesses to the United States, Gingrich promises to cut a series of taxes, including eliminating the capi-tal gains tax, reducing the corporate income tax to 12.5 percent, and ending the death tax penalty. Additionally, Gingrich wants to move to an option flat rate tax of 15 percent.

Regarding job creation, Gingrich wants to repeal laws and regulations that obstruct it. In addition, Gingrich says that he will repeal and replace Obamacare, and will make sure that America has a balanced budget, reformed entitlement pro-grams, and a well-implemented American energy policy.

religion in public squareOn Paul’s website, he states, “I have

accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Savior, and I endeavor every day to fol-low Him in all I do and in every posi-tion I advocate.” Paul has not discussed his faith in debates because he does not want to exploit it for personal gain, and has yet to declare a denomination in his Statement of Faith.

Paul firmly believes that the in-alienable rights stated in the Declara-tion of Independence are given by God, and therefore Paul is firmly for limited government, personal freedom, and a textual reading of the Constitution.

Rick Santorum is a Ro-man Catholic, although many identify his policies as evan-gelical. Nevertheless, his faith greatly influences his positions, especially on the social is-sues of abortion and same-sex marriage. It is also reflected in one of the major themes of his campaign: family.

As of 2009, Gingrich is Ro-man Catholic. Gingrich has a plan to protect the right to public ex-pression of religion. This includes nominating conservative judges, utilizing checks on judicial power, protecting workers’ right of con-science, and protecting the rights of teachers to use historical ex-amples containing religion in the classroom.

environment & energyThe free market, accord-

ing to Paul, is also the solu-tion to America’s energy problems. Paul wants to re-move restrictions on drill-ing so that the U.S. can use its own oil; repeal the federal tax on gas, saving people 18 cents a gallon; lift govern-ment roadblocks for using coal and nuclear power; and instate tax credits for alter-native fuel technologies. He also wants to eliminate the EPA as he thinks it is an agency that is unnecessary and ineffective.

Gingrich’s plan for en-ergy is called the Ameri-can Energy Plan. Gingrich wants to remove barriers to oil and natural gas develop-ment and “end the ban on oil shale development.” To give coastal states an incentive to allow offshore drilling, Gin-grich promises them federal royalty revenue sharing. In addition, Gingrich wants to replace the EPA with an En-vironment Solutions Agen-cy that will use incentives to achieve better environmen-tal outcomes.

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Whitney Houston, successful singer, actress, producer and model, was found dead in her guest room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 11, at age 48.

Referred to as one of the greatest female voices of our time, Houston’s career started when she was just in her teens. By the age of 14, Houston was offered many recording con-tracts but her mother would not al-low her to sign any, stating that her daughter would finish high school before she fully entered the enter-tainment business. Houston finally

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death of an american iconsigned with Arista in 1983.

Houston’s impressive career fully launched after the debut of her first album titled Whitney Houston. Her fame continued to grow greater in the years to come with hits such as “You Give Good Love,” “Saving All My Love for You,” “Greatest Love of All” and “All at Once.”

Not only was Houston a suc-cessful singer and model, but she continued to show great talent in the acting field as well, starring in The Bodyguard, Waiting to Exhale and The Preacher’s Wife, among other movies.

Rumors of Houston’s drug use

began to surface in the 2000s. Dur-ing an interview on prime-time television Houston stated, “First of all, let's get one thing straight. Crack is cheap. I make too much money to ever smoke crack. Let's get that straight. Okay? We don't do crack. We don't do that. Crack is wack.” Although she denied the allegations of her usage of crack, she did, how-ever, admit to participating in the use of other illegal substances.

The last time Houston was pub-lically seen alive was Feb. 9, when she took the stage with Kelly Price singing “Jesus Loves Me.” Just three days later, the singer was found Photo by asterix611 @ Flickr

unresponsive, submerged in her bathtub. CPR was performed but ineffective, and she was officially declared dead at 4 p.m.

An ongoing investigation is tak-ing place around the actual cause of death. Upon the discovery of Houston’s body no sign of criminal intent was seen. Many rumors have already begun to circulate around the cause of death, a prominent theory being a drug overdose. Until substantial evidence is presented to point to the accurate cause of death,

the certificate of death will continue to be incomplete with the cause of death remaining blank.

Whitney Houston was buried in the same location as her father, John Russell Houston, Jr., at the Fair View Cemetery in Westfield, N.J.

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filtz, regalado lead at indoor nationals

Eleven total athletes competed for the Tornadoes’ indoor track & field team at the NCCAA National Meet in Cedarville, Ohio, Saturday. Nine of the 11 qualifiers set new personal bests, with two athletes for both the men's and women's teams scoring points by finishing in the top eight overall.

Geneva scored a total of six points, as the men finished 17th, and the women 16th, nationally. "Nearly all of the athletes that we're competing against at NCCAAs are scholarship athletes [DII or NAIA],” pointed out Geneva head coach Bri-an Yowler. “Therefore, the competi-tion is very tough, but we love it. It clearly drives us to perform at our best.”

On the men’s side, Mark Filtz and Nick Edinger tallied points with junior Edinger continuing his record-breaking season by setting a new school-best time in the 5K at 15:39, finishing seventh. It was Filtz who led the way, however, taking fifth place in the triple jump after an impressive 40’9” bound.

For the women, Katherine Mi-chalak grabbed the Tornadoes a couple of points with a shot put throw of 38’2”, good enough for seventh place. She was then bested

by teammate Katherine Regalado, who snatched four points after she finished fifth with a toss of 38’11”.

Yowler raved about Filtz and Re-galado after the meet saying, “They both saved their best performances for the national stage. Both Mark and Katherine are very talented sophomores that will clearly lead our teams for years to come.”

Yowler cited the leadership of another athlete, senior Liz Micha-lak, as the driving force behind nearly all of the Tornadoes reaching personal milestones:

“Liz is the heart and soul of our women’s team. She got things start-ed with a big PR [personal record] in the high jump. She's the unques-tioned leader of our women’s team, but set the tone for both teams on Saturday. She showed the rest of her teammates that she was there to compete with the best. Nearly everyone else followed with PR per-formances!”

With the indoor season now over, the track & field team's atten-tion turns to the outdoor season, which begins with a meet at Musk-ingum on March 17. It is an exciting year for the program, which hosts the PAC North Quad on April 17 and the PAC Championships on April 28.

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“There have been disappoints throughout the year, but the kids have never stopped working,” com-mented head coach Jeff Santarsiero regarding the 2011-2012 season, as Geneva’s men closed out their dif-ficult journey this season with a bang.

Santarsiero had trouble contain-ing his excitement after the Senior Night game on Saturday at Metheny Fieldhouse. “I am very happy for the seniors,” said Santarsiero, “but now there’s a new year ahead of us.”

With the team losing three crucial players, Lambros Svingos, Dave Phillips and Drew Santarsi-ero, to graduation, younger players will need to step up and improve to keep up with conference competi-tion. “We need to take better care of the ball, and work on our physi-cal strength,” said Santarsiero, “but

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they’re great kids and I love them dearly.”

Matt Lorello led the team this season with 403 points and an aver-age of 16.1 points per game. Phillips followed close by with 384 points, averaging 15.4 per game. Lorello also led in rebounding this season with a total of 163 rebounds and an average of 6.5 per game, just above Svingos with 6.4 rebounds per game.

Santarsiero added after Satur-day’s game which moment of the season was his favorite thus far: “Today, right now, winning for our seniors.” The three seniors played their last game on Geneva’s court last Saturday after defeating West-minster 100-85. This win improved their overall record to 6-19.

The Golden Tornadoes entered into the PAC Quarterfinals on Tues-day with a 5-11 conference record, ranking them sixth in the PAC.

didn’t answer, ‘house real big, car real big,’ but instead:

“I have a heart for inner city ministry and nonprofit work. So I’m learning and praying about what exactly that means. I’m just trying to learn a lot and be sensitive to God so that I can expand his kingdom as much as possible.”

The fact that the two biggest sports stories of the year are of Christian underdogs overcoming adversity despite being against all odds should come as no shock.

The Gospel Coalition’s Owen Strachan detailed Jesus’ passion for underdogs, writing: “God seems to love pinning it all on an unknown, an upstart, the competitor who does not draw praise for its ‘ridicu-

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want to, I’ll go to the principal with you and we can do something about this.”

“Naw man,” he said back to me, “Don’t worry about it.”

You might be thinking to your-self, “Well, it was his fault he didn’t do anything. Not standing up for yourself just doesn’t make sense.” Let me tell you, his decision not to stand up for himself, even when he got an offer for help, made perfect sense. Why? The answer is simple: the head coach of any sports team has the keys to the kingdom—the kingdom of the depth chart.

Don’t think for one second that bringing race issues to a coach’s doorstep won’t affect the play time considerations in athletic offices around America.

I’m not saying that there is a big racial conspiracy in the sports world. I’m not even suggesting that there are that many racist coaches

and players out there. But there are some. I’m not saying that my head coach wouldn’t have listened to a complaint. He might have. But from a player’s perspective, you just don’t know sometimes.

And even if coaches do listen, isn’t there a chance you could lose some major brownie points because you’re putting an unwanted extra helping of drama on his plate? Who wants drama? Might not be a smart play in his estimation if he wants to win that big championship by year’s end, right?

Imagine for a second that for years, you have been putting all your blood, sweat, and tears into the sport you love and it’s coming right down to the wire at the end of your high school career. Would you risk flushing all your hard work down the drain by calling out a coach, or a teammate, or maybe even your whole team for firing slurs at you once and a while? No way. If men

lous upside.’ He picks tiny Israel to dominate the nations, a band of fishermen to drive his ethere-al kingdom, and sinners like you and me to han-dle matters that the angels long to look into.”

And noth-ing is more key to an under-dog’s success than faith.

Matthew 17:20 reads: “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

Skip Bayless said on ESPN’s First Take that he believed that Tebow’s faith gives him a competitive edge, and why not? Knowing God is by your side is simply the ultimate con-fidence booster.

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shouldn’t cry, they shouldn’t snitch either.

Instead, you put your head down, so someday, you can finally earn yourself some respect on the field. That is, if they let you on the field. Whether those teammates of mine who were getting teased were good enough to start, let alone play, that’s a different issue. That’s a ques-tion of performance. How we talk to each other? That’s an issue of char-acter.

There has to be more account-ability in our athletic institutions. Parents need to get angry. Students need to get angry. ADs and coaches need to get angry, because in the end, ESPN’s blunder only scratches the surface of the problem, a prob-lem that I would imagine is right down the street from hundreds, maybe thousands of Americans who flipped the channel and felt like the issue was over when Frederico was fired. Not quite.

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Jesus loves underdogs.Months after stunning the

world of sports, Tim Tebow passed the torch to Jeremy Lin who is keep-ing fans in awe. A pair of Christian competitors being spotlighted as Cinderella stories is no coincidence.

Today, Jeremy Lin is king of New York City. His New Year’s resolution when the ball dropped in Times Square? Hold on to a job.

Lin graduated from Harvard, a university that has produced more presidents than NBA players. Af-ter not being recruited out of high school, Lin was well aware of the ob-stacles that he’d be forced to hurdle to play professional basketball.

Going undrafted and being cut from two teams in less than two years slimmed Lin’s odds of secur-ing a home in the NBA. The New York Knicks claimed the point guard off waivers and after about a month and a half of being thrown back and forth between the Big Ap-ple and the Erie Bayhawks of the D-League, N.Y. was primed to release Lin.

But then he blew up.Since his enthronement at Mad-

ison Square Garden, Lin is averag-ing an unforeseeable 24.6 points, 9.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game. More importantly, New York boasts an 8-2 record compared to 8-15 without him in the starting lineup.

In his first nine starts, he put up more points and dished out more dimes than Magic Johnson and Isa-iah Thomas did to begin their ca-reers. He also recorded over twice as many points as John Stockton. On

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christian cinderellas no coincidence

top of that, Lin set the league record for scoring over his first five starts.

Morphing into a super hero in the city that never sleeps easily at-tracts unequaled attention. The bright lights can blind an athlete, changing them into a cocky atten-tion whore. Lin, though, isn’t point-ing to the name on the back of his jersey, but to the sky.

Linsanity has gained over 350,000 followers on Twitter since igniting NYC. And it’s no secret to his nearly 500,000 followers that he’s a Christian. His profile picture is a Photoshopped image that reads: “‘No, I’m not talking about Twitter, I literally want you to follow me.’—Jesus.”

Patheos’ Timothy Dalrymple asked Lin back in college if he be-lieved that he’d been called to play basketball. Lin shared what God

revealed to him on the court over the years: “I started learning how to trust in Him, not to focus so much on whether I win or lose but to have faith that God has a perfect plan.”

Lin continued his response by exposing extremely rare priorities for a competitor: “For me to put more of an emphasis on my attitude and the way that I play, rather than my stats or whether we win a cham-pionship. I learned more about a godly work ethic and a godly at-titude, in terms of being humble, putting others above yourself, being respectful to refs and opponents.”

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“Agree. Chink=Nigga=Wop=Mick=Beaner=Homo, ALL ARE SLURS. WAKE UP.” Wake up in-deed. Spike Lee’s angry tweet, re-acting to ESPN’s upsetting “Chink in the Armor” headline certainly is a worthy complaint. Debacles like this shouldn’t fly under the average American’s radar. The fact that gar-bage like that is even on the radar at all, let alone on the biggest sports entertainment provider in the USA, is absurd. But we’ve heard it all be-fore.

If you’re black—you’re fast. If you’re white—you’re all right. If you’re Asian, you must be a virtu-oso at piano and a Jedi at Calculus. Some of the labels are so absurd it’s easy to let ourselves flip the channel and laugh the is-sue away. “Yeah that was awful, but America has moved beyond that stuff, right?”

I’m afraid that a few clips from Mis-sissippi Burning is enough to prove to many Americans that racial issues are a forgotten vice from a bygone era. Are they really? Let me make the case to you that this is not true today in the world of sports.

To illustrate my point, let me call to your attention to some memories from my high school football expe-rience. During my senior year I was a varsity defensive end, and every weekday, all of us linemen would rally to the far side of the field while the specialists went through early-outs—catching punts, passes, and the like.

Meanwhile us trench-fighters would smash into one another for a few minutes in one-on-ones to warm up before practice started. Sometimes the routine would go like this: we would start up, a coach would watch us go at it for a while, and then we’d hear him say it:

“Hey [name omitted], you eat your burrito yet today?” The kid the coach was talking to was Hispanic of course, and while my memory is a bit fuzzy, I’m pretty sure the coach repeated that jab on more than one occasion.

Another guy on the squad my junior year was endearingly re-ferred to as Guido by the majority

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of my teammates. That wasn’t his real name, but he was Italian, some-thing that obviously demanded a little extra “special attention.” The fact that that the term “Guido” is a highly offensive racial slur is com-mon knowledge, of course. But then again, it depends how you define “common knowledge.”

A lot of people are totally okay with the term. I was ignorant of that fact until I got in a heated debate in homeroom one morning with a classmate of mine about it. I tried to push back, but her brilliant argu-mentation easily smited my inferior reasoning.

“They say Guido on ‘Jersey Shore,’ so it must be okay.”

Now who can defy that logic?And then there was another

Hispanic team-mate of mine, whose name was Julio. Once again, that was not his real name. But when they wanted to razz somebody and get some more hustle out of him, they (and by “they” I mean coaches and play-ers alike) had to say something to keep him motivated, right? I’m sure he found

that display of affectionate camara-derie just exhilarating.

It just wasn’t right, saying all of those awful things, but the same excuses always come up: “It’s just a joke”; “He thinks it’s funny too”; “I’m sure he doesn’t take what we say seriously.” But they are all wrong. Just downright wrong. I-DO-NOT-CARE if he “thinks it’s funny.” It’s serious, whether you think he’s okay with it or not. And I bet nine times out of 10, he’s not really okay with it.

The guy who got the burrito comments—he laughed when he heard them. Most people in his po-sition would laugh. What else can they do?

I remember one evening com-ing to the conclusion that I was fed up with feeling like every practice was like shopping in Bigots-R-Us to pick out charmingly inflamma-tory one-liners; so I walked up to that particular player who got the burrito jabs right after we finished a sequence in practice.

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“Every practice was like

shopping in Bigots-R-Us”

This season was “definitely character building, not the season we anticipated,” stated head coach Lori Wynn, “but the kids respond-ed with great strength and charac-ter to play the way we did.”

Despite an overall record of 3-22, the Lady Tornadoes continued to fight until the end, concluding their season last Saturday night. The Golden Tornadoes were defeated by Westminster 42-58.

The young team loses only two seniors to graduation: Beth DeLuca and Rachel Rouan. Due to retain-ing an unusually truncated roster this past season, Wynn looks to do some major recruiting this summer.

The team will get back in the gym after a short break to work on their skill development and condition-ing, added Wynn.

GC was outscored by an average of 19.4 points this year, only scoring a total of 1077 points themselves this season. The team shot an average of .335 percent from the field and .629 percent from the free-throw line.

DeLuca led the Tornadoes with 297 points, scoring an average of 11.9 per game. Fellow senior Rouan put up 175 points this season aver-aging 7.3 points per game. Rouan led the team in rebounds, pulling down a total of 157 with an average of 6.5 per game.

The gold and white will not

compete in the PAC Championship Tournament, as they placed ninth in the league. Geneva landed a con-ference record of 2-16, boasting only a single win against a team ranked in the standings, Chatham Univer-sity.

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