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Throughout Christian Citizen-ship week, students had the op-portunity to celebrate the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Constitu-tion by participating in a wide va-riety of events across campus.

Events began on Constitution Day, Monday, and concluded with a chapel service today, featuring Robert Spence, president. Stu-dents had the opportunity to hear from faculty and guest speakers through lectures and alternate chapels, complete Missouri voter registration and participate in a citizenship week trivia contest with a $100 grand prize.

This year, the Communication Department hosted a new event in which students viewed and discussed the first-ever televised 1960 presidential debate between

Sen. John Kennedy and Vice-President Richard Nixon.

“Not only did I get to experi-ence a piece of history, but I came to the realization of how impor-tant it is to know and understand what different candidates stand for,” Autumn Duggan, junior, said. “It’s our generation’s turn to lead, and I appreciate the fact that Evangel is trying to prepare us for that.”

Other events included sessions and alternate chapels with Wil-liam Griffin, professor of Old Tes-tament and Hebrew; Larry Toll, associate professor of history; and Jeff Brauch, dean of Regent Uni-versity School of Law.

Also, several venues were pro-vided for students to both meet and hear from Missouri state Sen. Bob Dixon.

Rebekah Houseknecht, fresh-man, took part in numerous

events throughout the week and met Dixon. “It helped me to real-ize that politicians are real people too. Being able to meet with him helped me to see that he is more than just a face on the TV. He can relate to my everyday situations.”

Christian Citizenship Week – hosted annually by the Social Sci-ences Department – took place with the purpose of informing students of their civic responsibil-ities and to “help raise awareness of our heritage and its principally based government,” Dale Garrett, associate professor of social sci-ences, said. “I really hope students will pray for their government, participate in improvements be-ing made and allow godly prin-ciples to guide their lives.”

Garrett wants students to not only develop their voice in society but also to stay involved in their government for a lifetime.

State Sen. Dixon visits campus during CCWBY ERIN-RAE DONALDSON

Staff Writer

AB shows classic for this year’s � rst Movie on the LawnBY MOLLY BUESKING

Staff Writer

Universities collaborate on institute

Five local universities have teamed up to provide students with more foreign language op-tions and a service opportunity to fight hunger.

Evangel University, Missouri State University, Drury Univer-sity, Southwest Baptist University and Ozarks Technical Commu-nity College signed an agreement Monday to open the Foreign Lan-guages Institute next fall. Portu-guese and Italian will be the first languages offered, Clif Smart, in-terim president of MSU, said. The institute will also offer sections of Chinese and Arabic for the uni-versities who do not currently offer those languages. Smart said the institute will serve as a “major asset in promoting diversity and academic growth.”

“By consolidating some of our

language resources into one insti-tute we will be able to offer more language options than any of us could offer individually,” Smart said.

Robert Spence, president, said the institute will be an economi-cal solution for students. Spence said he was appreciative to MSU for offering this collaborative op-portunity. Hal Higdon, chancellor of Ozarks Technical Community College, said a collaborative effort between universities is unusual but that Springfield is a special community.

The classes will be offered in the evening at MSU’s Jim D. Mor-ris Center, located downtown.

Spence said the Foreign Lan-guages Institute will not affect any language courses currently of-fered at Evangel.

Charles Taylor, vice-president for Academic Affairs at Drury, said, “Each of us can provide something to the institute, but all of us will be enriched by our col-laborative participation.”

The universities will also col-laborate on a joint service project in November called Meals a Mil-lion. Smart said the universities plan to collectively provide more than 1,000 volunteers. From Nov. 9 to Nov. 11, the project is a three-day event to package 1,111,111 meals to distribute across the Ozarks, Haiti, El Salvador and

Mexico. Friends Against Hunger, a nonprofit organization based in Springfield, sponsors Meals a Million. The universities said they would like to continue such collaborations for annual service projects.

Chelsea Brookbank, CROSS-walk assistant director for out-reach and sophomore, said CROSSwalk will organize volun-teers from Evangel for the Meals a Million event. Brookbank said she wants to have hundreds of students participate.

Smart said, “One of the things that makes [Springfield] such a wonderful place is the ability of the leaders of our educational in-stitutions to work together. Even if we compete, we don’t let com-petition keep us from collaborat-ing on projects for the good of all of our universities and our com-munity.”

BY CHRISTINE TEMPLEEditor-in-Chief

Activities Board will show “Princess Bride” from 10 p.m. to midnight tonight. “We are go-ing for more of a classic movie,” Christy Rowden, director of Stu-dent Activities, said. “We’ve been doing a lot of new releases lately, and we just decided a classic would be fun because it’s some-

thing a lot of people have seen. They can get into the movie in-stead of trying to see a movie for the first time.”

Hannah Arnzen, sophomore, is looking forward to the fun that comes with a movie without hav-ing to pay for it. “It’s a fun, cheap way to spend a weeknight. What-ever I can get for free, or do for free, then I’ll go do it because I don’t want to go out and spend

money.” What many students don’t re-

alize is the cost associated with showing a movie at a campus-wide event. Rowden said, “People won-der, ‘Why don’t we show movies every weekend?’ We would love to, but there’s no way.” Rowden said the rights to show a movie at a campus-wide event usually cost between $400 to $1,000.

To save money, AB is making

the event two hours long, which is a requirement to be sponsored by Partners in Prevention, an or-ganization that funds late-night events to decrease the likelihood of underage drinking. Rowden said that the rights for “Princess Bride” cost $350, but $300 will be paid by Partners in Prevention.

Student Development is help-ing sponsor the event. David Bun-drick, vice-president for Student

Development, said, “Part of our strategic plan is to present fun, late-night on-campus activities to provide an appealing alterna-tive to less safe environments for our students on the nights that are traditional college-age drink-ing nights.”

AB will serve popcorn and cookies and will hand out raffle tickets at 9:45 p.m.

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Javier Rodriguez, ESGA president and junior, shakes hands with Mis-souri state Sen. Bob Dixon during a meet and greet on Monday. Dixon spoke in chapel Tuesday morning and dined with Social Sciences De-partment students for lunch that afternoon. Dixon has served Missouri on the state senate since 2002.

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that any of us could offer individually.

- Clif Smart

Top: L-R Clif Smart, MSU interim president; Hal Higdon, OTC chancel-lor; Charles Taylor, Drury vice-president for Academic Affairs; and Rob-ert Spence, Evangel president listen to Pat Taylor, Southwest Baptist president, speak about the language institute.Above: Spence speaks to the crowd about the institute on Monday.

Check online Tuesday for an update on senate

NEWS2 | Friday, September 21, 2012 | The Lance

The Scoop

Detect, prevent bed bug infestation in dormsLast semester bed bugs made

their way onto campus in Lewis Fourth South.

According to the article, “How to Keep Bugs Out of Your Dorm Room” by Heather Andrew, bed bugs thrive in small, dark places and dorm rooms provide the perfect setting. Bed bugs do not transmit diseases, but they do feed on blood. The best places to inspect for bed bugs and other pests are around the mattress, under sheets and behind the headboard.

The best ways to prevent bed

bugs from inhabiting dorm rooms is to keep rooms clean by emptying trash on a regular basis and cleaning up crumbs. Students should also check what is entering the room. As traveling begins to increase among students, suitcases should not be set on beds, and anything that is suspect to carry bugs should be bagged and washed immediately.

Pam Smallwood, housing director, said, “Residence directors, Physical Plant or the housing office should be notified immediately” if there are any signs of bed bugs. Also, Smallwood said, “Evangel will

hire a professional to inspect and if verified, they will immediately treat the problem including inspecting all adjoining rooms and treating them if necessary.”

A good way to become familiar and educated with what bed bugs look like and what to look for when inspecting an area is to use technology. Camille Brand, senior and Lewis Hall resident, said, “Last year when bed bugs struck Lewis the first thing I did was strip my bed and then look online to see what I would be looking for and where to look.”

There are several go-to websites, like the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, that have more information on bed bugs,

prevention tips and videos to demonstrate about the searching process.

BY SHANNYN WONGStaff Writer

First consolidation prayer walk

This is the actual size of a bed bug.ANDREW GRUMKE | THE LANCE

Student body involves itself with politics for upcoming election

On Aug. 31, Information Technologies expanded the space available to student email. The email was transferred to Microsoft’s Office 365 which allows students to receive 850 times more storage than previously .

Scott Crawford, assistant manager of IT, said the improvement was necessary because it was cost-effective and convenient. “One of the things we were excited about was that it could be done fairly seamlessly,” Crawford said. The transition was nearly free and removed

inconveniences for the faculty and students.

“The best thing about this upgrade is that students won’t have to worry about whether they missed an important email because they hadn’t cleaned their mailbox in a while. All in all, the email upgrade was needed and now there isn’t as much pressure to clean out my mailbox every week,” David Worsham, senior, said.

The new email service also offers Link, which is a feature that works similar to instant messenger. Crawford said it is Microsoft’s outlet for a company to communicate.

Students have more space with new email

BY HALLIE KILAVOSStaff Writer

CBC, AGTS, Evangel pray over academic buildings on campus; prayer meetings unite campuses in consolidation efforts

CBC students and other prayer group attendees gather around Robert Spence, president, to pray for wisdom in leading Evangel University through consolidation.

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BY CHRISTINE TEMPLEEditor-in-Chief

Nearly 30 people gathered Monday night for the first consolidation prayer meeting of the school year.

Students, faculty, staff and administration from Evangel, Central Bible College, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary gathered to walk around Evangel’s campus and pray over specific buildings. The focus of the prayer meeting was for wisdom in making decisions related to the pending consolidation of the three schools.

This is the first time a group walked around campus during a consolidation prayer meeting, John Plake, campus pastor and director of Spiritual Life, said. Gary Denbow, CBC president, said the goal was to pray over as much of the campus as possible.

Those in attendance walked around campus and prayed individually and in groups for nearly an hour. Plake said that praying while walking creates visual prompts and allows for more specific prayers.

David Leake, CBC student body president, said the prayer meetings are “a good opportunity for students to join together and pray that God would move across our campuses.” Almost 15 students from CBC came to the prayer walk; no students from Evangel or AGTS were in attendance.

The next consolidation prayer meeting is at 7 p.m. on Oct. 8 at CBC. The prayer-walk structure will be the same, Denbow said. There will be five additional prayer meetings throughout the academic year.

The Consolidation Prayer Task Force organizes consolidation

prayer meetings. Denbow serves as the coordinator. Other members include Plake; Alan Baker, CBC campus pastor; Jay Taylor, director of spiritual formation at AGTS; John Maempa, director of the Assemblies of God Office of Prayer and Spiritual Care; Sandra Drake, founding director of the AG National Prayer Center; and Joanne Strom of the Alliance for AG Higher Education.

24 Hour Prayer and Wor-ship� e � eology Depart-ment invites students to push distractions aside and worship Jesus in the Chapel tonight at 7 p.m. through tomorrow at 7 p.m.

Outdoor Adventure Club Bon� reStudents interested in Evangel Outdoor Ad-venture Club can attend the bon� re tonight. Meet under the clocktower at 6 p.m., and bring $4 for gas money. Food will be provided.

Movie on the LawnAB is showing “� e Prin-cess Bride” on the quad tonight. Snacks will be served at 9:45 p.m., and the movie will start at 10 p.m.

Excalibur PicturesStudents can have their pictures taken for the yearbook today in the side room in the cafeteria from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. - 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Student Leadership Forum� e Student Leadership Forum is tomorrow, from 10:00 a.m.-2p.m. in TR 101.

The United States is quickly approaching another national election. This election will be the first time many students vote. According to the U.S. census, in a drove of civil responsibility, 80 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds came out to vote in 2008. Yet a recent Gallup poll showed that only 54 percent of people in the same age group claim they will vote in the upcoming election.

Robert Bartels, associate professor of international multicultural studies, said as citizens, “you have constitutional rights and privileges that are yours. You also have duties and responsibilities you have to do. It’s part of the deal. You don’t get one without the other.”

The College Republicans Club on campus has been setting up voter registration booths outside of the cafeteria. Showing up to the polls is only half the battle, however. According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, only 30 percent of young voters can name a single member of the president’s cabinet. To truly be a responsible citizen, understanding who and

what one is voting for is equally, if not more, important than simply voting.

While the presidential election is garnishing the most attention, there are many elections taking place Nov. 6. Local and state candidates are also vying for votes. Bartels said, “In some cases, state elections are more important [than national elections]. The balance of state and national powers must be balanced.” Bartels said for local elections, the News-Leader is the best source.

Bartels said for national elections, periodicals are the best source of information. Students have access to USA Today, but Bartels suggested The Wall Street Journal or The New York Times as well, each with

its own political slant. For more neutral coverage, the League of Women Voters, an organization instituted before women’s suffrage, is a valid source of information on candidates and important issues surrounding the election, Bartels said. Some fact checking organizations, like factcheck.org, are useful as well for keeping a balanced and well-informed opinion.

Being well-informed is not just something students should strive for every four years. Bartels said, “This should be a life long learning process. Keep current because you won’t have to do much research later on because you’ll be well-informed.”

Whether one is a republican, democrat, libertarian or a member of any other political persuasions, voting is a civic responsibility. With on campus clubs like College Republicans or Young Americans for Liberty, there are many opportunities for students to become involved in the political process. “Being a citizen is a full-time job,” said Bartels. To prove the dismal statistics wrong, young Americans across the country need to get involved, become informed and vote.

BY BRANDON HOFFMANManaging Editor

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You have constitutional rights and privileges that are yours. You also

have duties and responsibilities

you have to do. It’s part of the deal.

You don’t get one without the other. -Robert Bartels

Alan Baker, CBC campus pastor, left, and David Leake, CBC student body president, center, and other CBC students stop to pray over the Student Union for the consolidation of Evangel University, CBC and Assemblies of God Theological Seminary.

GRAPHIC BY JORDAN SJOSTRUM | THE LANCE

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The board of administration loosened the reins on Evangel’s policy that prohibited students from using electronic devices in chapel.

David Bundrick, vice president for Student Development, said the Student Development Committee of the Consolidation Task Force recommended the change in preparing a student handbook for the consolidated Evangel University, tentatively set for 2013-2014. “This decision was made for several reasons but, basically, Evangel wants to capture technological innovations for kingdom purposes,” Bundrick said. “Many students are coming from churches in which it is commonplace for them to use their smart phones as part of the worship experience.”

According to the 2012-2013 student handbook, “Student use of electronic devices such as smart phones or tablets, including

but not limited to iPhones, iPads or similar devices, may be utilized only for sermon engagement.” Bundrick said that electronic devices are permitted for note-taking, Scripture reading, tweeting sermon content and responding by text message to the campus pastor or guest preacher when asked to do so.

Although the policy changed, John Plake, campus pastor and director of Spiritual Life, said it was an unenforceable rule before. “We wanted to make it a constructive way to participate in chapel. Do I think people will abuse the privilege? Yes, I do. Some will. Some did any way,” Plake said. “The point is to allow people to engage in the same way they engage in church.”

YouVersion is one Bible app that can be utilized for note-taking and following along with scripture readings. The Twitter hash tag that students can tweet to is #euchapel.

Taylor King, residence assistant and junior, is happy the policy is

in effect. “I’m able to engage in chapel more with the new policy. However, I don’t know if that’s the case for everyone,” King said. “I think it’s a little more difficult to make sure students aren’t texting or on the Internet.”

Clara Heider, sophomore, said, “I think that most students probably like this change. I think electronics can be a distraction during chapel, but hopefully people will only use their electronics when it’s appropriate.”

Austin O’Regan, RA and junior, said the policy is a good thing and takes away the feeling of having to hide electronics being used for chapel interaction. “For the most part,” O’Regan said, “People who are here for the right reasons are going to use [their phones to engage] because they want to enhance their lives.”

The Career Center, formerly LifeWorks, recently expanded its online presence. The Career Cen-ter teamed up with Optimal Re-sume to create Crusader Careers, a new job database complete with advanced career management tools.

Sheri Phillips, assistant pro-fessor of psychology and direc-tor of Career Development, said, “[Optimal Resume] is really the gold-standard in online career management systems, and we are very excited to be able to offer it to students and alumni this year.”

The new online system offers students access to job listings, both local and nationwide, and powerful career preparation tools including tutorials on how to cre-ate paper resumes, cover letters, web resumes, skills assessments, mock interviews and video re-sumes, said Scott Kirby, associate director for Career Marketing.

Kirby said that the new system

is a move in the right direction from College Central Network, the old system, which was only a job database. He also said the new software will help the staff reach and meet with more students than was previously possible. Kirby said, “Ideally, students will begin to utilize these tools by the time they are second-semester fresh-men or sophomores.”

Phillips said, “Career Services has been an integral part of the services offered to students for a number of years. Our vision is to assist students in pursuing their vocational callings.” The Career Center is also responsible for hosting senior etiquette dinners, the spring career fairs and career week.

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Marching band practices long hours to prepare for its second year

BY HALLIE KILAVOSStaff Writer

During the year, Evangel’s marching band performs at foot-ball games and school events. Nearly 100 students practice at least four hours a week to learn new music and routines, Michael Kolstad said, chairperson of the Music Department and director of the marching band.

Before most students arrived after summer break, the march-ing band trained a total of 48 hours within eight days, Kolstad said. The hard work from last year is reflected in the band’s per-

formance, said Kolstad. Aurdra Stephenson, color guard member and sophomore said, “Marching band has taught me the impor-tance of teamwork. I’ve learned how to work with others to ac-complish things while being cau-tious of limitations.”

Desy Harmon, sophomore, said, “We’re able to learn chal-lenging music faster.” The quality of the band has grown, said Har-mon. The freshmen came from successful high school bands, and the returners have continued to put in a lot of effort. The group is stronger this year, Stephenson-said.

Kolstad said he wants students to know that education can be enjoyable. The band will be per-forming at the Silver Dollar City Christmas Parade for the first time this year. “At least 20,000 people will attend the parade and get the chance to hear about Evangel,” Kolstad said. In the fu-ture, Kolstad hopes to take the band on a trip.

Kolstad said, “It’s been a lot of fun. Out of everything I’ve done professionally, it’s been the most gratifying experience I’ve had. We started from scratch, and it was about a four-year process to get it going.”

PHOTOS BY JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

The marching band performs for the first time this year at the football game Saturday.

BY CHELSEA KOWALSKIStaff Writer

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE Students are free to use cellphones during chapel due to a recent change in policy.

Career Center offers helpful tools to students, alumni

BY JOHN MOWERYStaff Writer

STEVEN McALLISTER | THE LANCE

This Week:Cassie DeClerc, quarterback and junior, receives the ball from Hannah Keeth, senior. They are both on Burgess Third South and played in yesterday’s game of intramural flag football. Powderpuff runs from the end of September through the first part of November.

Electronic devices now allowed to enhance chapel experience

A drum major conducts the marching band during halftime.

Sheri Phillips

The Career Center proves to be a valuable resource for students post-graduation

Let us know what you think about the new policy@evangellance

We at The Lance are intrigued by the new pro-technology policies of chapel that allow students to use their electronic

devices during the service. However, the ques-tion arises, while the new policy is refreshingly current, is it accomplishing the purposes it set out to do? The policy intends to allow students to better engage in chapel sermons.

John Plake, campus pastor and director of Spiritual Life, said the new chapel twitter hash tag is “a place where people can process chal-lenges they may have. I’ve been pleased with the kinds of engagement we’ve had from students.”

Our concern is that some students will likely abuse the new policy under the guise of proper chapel uses.

Several resident as-sistants have mixed emo-tions on the subject. Shelby Davis, a Burgess RA and senior, said, “I think it is a positive change. It’s very good for taking notes. However, there’s a negative side to it because people can be tex-ting or playing games. They could be using the excuse that they’re using it for chapel purposes.”

Matt Sparling, a Lewis RA and senior, said, “I think the policy is good. It makes chapel a lot easier on RAs. People were always on their phones before and we [the RAs] were constantly saying, ‘Hey put that away.’”

Sparling and Davis both believe that the amount of people using their phones in chapel is mostly unchanged compared to previous years. Sparling said, “It’s about the same. I don’t know how much of it now is dedicated to chapel re-lated activities though.”

Is it really possible for RAs to be able to iden-tify who is using his or her phone appropriately or inappropriately? Sparling said, “I suppose it’s possible, but it would be very difficult.” Davis said, “I can only see girls that are on either side of me. There’s fine line between people using it for recreational activities or chapel purposes.”

David Bundrick, vice-president for Student Development, said, “I sat in the back of the cha-pel on the main floor yesterday and noticed a number of students who were using electronic devices but were obviously not engaged in that activity for the purpose of being engaged in the sermon.”

We at The Lance propose that there needs to be some kind of evaluation to see if the new pol-icy is having the intended effect. Bundrick said, “I think that we will have to do some follow up after we’ve had some experience with it. We’ll be talking with the campus pastor and other cam-pus leadership to reevaluate this after some ex-perience.”

We recognize that the policy has many ben-efits, so we would hate to see it be abused and in turn revoked.

Just Sayin’

Welcome, freshmen and trans-fers. Here is a quick piece of Evangel University trivia for

you — refills in the Joust used to be free. Believe it! Ask any returning student who possesses an appreciation for third-world sized meal options, and they’ll tell ya.

Yes, merely one semester ago, any stu-dent could take total control of his meal plan and return to the bubbly station until his heart was content and his stom-ach full. This unspoken pact of respect between students and Aladdin seemed only fair considering the scant $3 worth of a meal students receive for nearly $6 via bogus meal plan codes.

That silent trust disintegrated mysteri-ously over the summer, leaving return-ing students in a state of shock. How could it be that the Joust, once a place of laughter and beverage-related merri-ment, had become a stingy wishing well for student cash, allowing money in but never out?

Perhaps the Star Trek-like renovations depleted Aladdin’s generosity fund to the extent that student thirst-quenching tumbled unceremoniously off the prior-ity list. Mysterious, indeed.

This new perplexity comes with a warning. Whatever you do, don’t try sneaking back to the fountain for a crafty top-off. Your jacket will surely catch flame due to the wrath streaming from Ms. Daisy’s intimidating circular perch.

“Captain’s log, stardate 2012. The same hooligan continues in his daily attempt of pop pinching. My roars of contempt gradually decrease in effectiveness. I un-waveringly stand my ground, though I feel the undulations of rebellion seeping around the chairs and up through what booths remain. — Captain Daisy.”

But the entirety of the blame cannot be placed on Daisy’s fragile shoulders, however menacing they may be. No, before kicking a field goal of revolt, we must take a few steps back and consider exactly what is being threatened here.

Especially during this Citizenship Week, it could not be more obvious that your life, liberty and pursuit of carbon-ated beverages are under attack. Will you manage to accept that new obstacle, or will the seepage of mutiny spill over into Riggs Hall, resulting in a restoration of normalcy?

Whatever the case, it’s up to you. I don’t drink pop.

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The Scooter ChroniclesJESSICA NUNLEY

Jessica Nunley is a junior study-ing journalism and photography.

BY ABIGAIL MICHALOWSKI

“To not have hamburg-ers and hotdogs every-day.”

Caitlin George, senior

“Substitute carbonated drinks for beverages we don’t already have.”

Tyler Barnes, freshman

“I love my fries, but less carbs. Please.”

Josh Smith, sophomore

“They should serve hot breakfast longer for people in 8 a.m. classes.”

Nathan Elleson, junior

“More healthy op-tions.”

Megan Lindsey, senior

“More assortment of fresh fruit, like peach-es, mangos and kiwi.”

Anna Pageler, freshman

New chapel policy invites abuse, needs to be evaluated

Dishing out oppression one serving at a time: Give me refills or give me death

Dress code discrepancies

This week, “Finding Nemo” joins the long list of re-released films that have hit theaters in re-cent months. It has been a trend recently for studios to bring some of their most popular material back into theaters for a victory lap in 3D. Critics and consumers alike have expressed very con-flicting opinions of this practice. Some see it as an opportunity to relive old favorites on the big screen, while others see it as a nothing more than an irritating cash-grab by the big studios.

It is into this commercial en-vironment that Disney Pixar re-releases its 2003 hit “Finding Nemo” as a 3D film.

The film stands just as strong in 2012 as it did nine years ago.

The plot, the visuals and the char-acterization all stand up to the test of time, and the movie is as charming as ever.

Since most people have seen “Nemo” before and have already formed an opinion about the film, the question this time is a ques-tion about whether the 3D release lives up to the original version or if the 3D effects spoil the original’s already spectacular visuals.

Fortunately, and somewhat

surprisingly, the answer for the most part is yes. The original film contained some of the most stunning filmmaking of its time, and this new release showcases that spectacularly. However, there are none of the classic fish-swimming-into-your-face effects that one would expect. Instead, the filmmakers have used the 3D rather sparingly to flesh out set-tings and landscapes. This im-mersive take on the 3D film genre is surprising but not altogether unfortunate. The absence of flash-ier 3D effects allows the story to tell itself, which was a wise deci-sion for this film.

This re-release will be a wel-come diversion for fans of the original film, but don’t expect the 3D effects to change your mind if you felt this ocean adventure lacked depth the first time around.

ReRico Brazilian Grill could be Springfield’s most interesting restaurant. Voted the best res-taurant in the city consecutively from 2007 to 2010 by Springfield’s News-Leader. The restaurant is de-scribed as an authentic Churras-caria style of dining. Churrascaria translates roughly from the Por-tuguese word for barbeque. It is a traditional South American style of rotisserie that has been warmly received here in Springfield.

If you’ve never been to a Bra-zilian grill before, it works a little differently than most traditional restaurants. When you sit down, the waiter will bring you various starters. At ReRico these consist of chips, sushi, fried bananas, and traditional Brazilian cheesy bread. If you’re looking for outstand-ing sushi from a Brazilian grill, you’ll obviously be disappointed. The cheesy bread, however, is ex-

cellent and incredibly flavorful. The cheese in the middle of the bread is very thin and seems to be threaded into the bread instead of being a clump inside of a roll.

Next is the cold bar. ReRico hosts a cold bar featuring over 30 items. There are various cold pastas, salad options and even shrimp. The cold bar is large, ex-quisite and sure to accommodate everyone’s taste.

The next step is to enjoy the plethora of meat. ReRico has 18 variations of beef, lamb, pork and poultry. Some of the noteworthy meats are the house special rump roast, filet wrapped in bacon, chicken breast with bacon, K.C. strip, pork loin, parmesan filet and many others.

These succulent meats are juicy and have a distinct flavor. No two dishes taste the same. The horse-radish sirloin has a light horse-radish taste but displays great bal-ance of flavor. Perhaps the most interesting part of this particular dining experience is that all of the

meat is carved table-side.I recently dined here for dinner

during a weekday night. Because it was slower, many of the meats never made their way to my table. I estimate that I had about eight different kinds. It was rather disappointing to need to con-tinuously request different meats when they were all theoretically available. That evening, the meat was available at medium to medi-um-well. If that wasn’t your pref-erence of doneness, then you were out of luck.

Overall, ReRico lives up to its expectations. Your best bet is to dine on a Friday or Saturday and be part of the crowd if you would like good service, options in how your meat is cooked and ready availability to the full selection of meats. For the $20 you are about to spend, you get a much larger variety and larger amount of meat than you would at a traditional steakhouse. Make sure to try out Springfield’s only Brazilian grill, ReRico.

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With the presidential election looming in the future, many col-lege students who are eligible to vote still are not registered.

Students can register to vote in many different ways. Richard Struckhoff, Greene County clerk, said one way is “to vote on cam-pus in the registrar’s office.” Evan-gel’s registrar’s office, the office of Records and Registration, is in Riggs Hall room 104. Students can also register to vote in state office buildings, the DMV, public libraries and many schools. They also have the option to register online on websites such as got-taregister.com.

Out of state students who wish to vote in their home state can request an absentee ballot, which can be obtained on their home state’s website. Sherry Man, Greene County clerk’s secretary, said, “Students living away from

home can go to any library, de-partment of revenue or city hall in Greene County if they would like to vote in Springfield.”

Joy Qualls, professor of Politi-cal Communication, believes it is important for students to vote. “Elections are always important for students. Voting is both a right and a privilege and if students don’t begin that process when they are young, then that habit won’t form for when they are old.” Qualls wants students to see the benefits of getting involved as a citizen. “Very few of us will ever get to serve in Congress, but we all get to participate by virtue of our voting,” Qualls said.

Anna Obermesik, Pi Gamma Mu president and junior, said, “It’s our civic duty to vote, and if students don’t vote they shouldn’t complain about what’s happening with our country’s officials.”

To be eligible to vote in this year’s presidential election, stu-dents need to be registered in Greene County or send off for an absentee ballot by Oct. 10.

Students voting: ‘Our civic duty’BY RYAN PATTY

Staff Writerand MICHAELA SMITH

News Editor

STEVEN McALLISTER | THE LANCE

College Republicans sat outside the cafeteria this week to encourage students to register to vote in Greene County. The form required a half page of information to register.

ReRico delivers flavor, varietyRestaurant Review

Juan Gonzalez, junior, and Alexis Geurink, junior, enjoy a meal at ReRico Brazilian Grill.

STEVEN McALLISTER | THE LANCE

WHERE: 3371 East Montclair St. HOURS: 11 p.m.- 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m.- 9 p.m.COST: $10-$30

BY BRANDON CADWELLContributing Writer

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BY ANDY HENDERSONSocial Media Editor

The original film contained some of the most stunning filmmaking of its

time, and this new release showcases that spectacularly.

WHERE: Hollywood Theater FRIDAY SHOWTIMES: 3:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:15 p.m.

Rarely do athletes and hardcore gamers become great friends. Even more rare is when they are one in the same. This is the case for Zachery Jackson, freshman theatre and accounting double major. Jackson plays defensive end for the football team and plays StarCraft II professionally. Jackson said, “I would consider gamers to be athletes. It takes a lot

of skill and multi-tasking.” StarCraft II is a military, sci-

ence-fiction strategy game for the computer. It is the sequel to the wildly successful StarCraft that

was released in 1998. Jackson is one of the millions from across the globe who hop online and play the game with mainstream and cult audiences.

The first time that Jackson made money playing StarCraft II was at age 16 after the game was recently released. He entered tournaments about a year after the game came out. Jackson knew that he was onto something when he first won money. Jackson said at that point he knew he could have some sort of future in the professional gam-ing world.

His largest single win was worth $7,500, and he has earned around $15,000 during his profes-sional career. Some of this money has even gone towards paying for his education at Evangel.

A match of StarCraft II can last anywhere from five minutes to an hour and a tournament can last from a single day to a month long, Jackson said. Small tournaments can award around $1,000 in prize money; bigger tournaments, however, can be worth $150,000.

Sponsors pay for a gamer’s flight to Texas where Blizzard Entertainment is located, and the professional gamer will play on its custom computers.

Jackson has sponsors such as Monster, Best Buy and Razor. Jackson went to the tournament in Texas, and his sponsors sent him to New York City and Maine

to compete. During competition, Jackson’s sponsors cover his trav-el, meals, hotel accommodations and all equipment needed for the tournament.

While balancing his schedule with football and school, Jack-son said, “I also try to get in two to four hours of StarCraft in per day to stay up-to-date with the updates.”

Jackson also finds time to help new StarCraft players, some of whom are international. Sixteen-year-old Mac Perry from Ontario, Canada, has been a student of Jackson’s for about six months. Jackson volunteered to teach him and has mentored him regularly ever since. Perry said, “Zach re-ally goes out of his way to help.” Tyler Blanchet, another student of Zach’s, said, “Zach is the best

mentor I’ve ever had.” Although the football team

does not currently know that Jackson is a professional gamer, he believes that it will be well re-ceived.

This semester is going to come with a whole new set of challeng-es, including but not limited to research papers, group projects and speeches. For any student this is a stressful time, but the re-search must be done. The library may seem like a simple answer, but it could be the best place to start for any student with any aca-demic inquires.

The library is constantly grow-ing with new recourses for re-search. The library is continually aquiring new books and journals. The library has its own website within the school website which can be found through the pro-grams tab. This site provides students to password protected access to online eJournals and

eBooks, databases, Google Schol-ar, Credo and citing resources. Its research databases are hosted by EBSCO. The library cut its spending by $8,000 on journals by switching to Internet subscrip-tions this year.

Behind all the large amounts of database and research programs available to students are the help-ful library staff. Dale Jensen, li-brary director, said, “All of the

library staff is here for you and to help you with whatever you need, and you should feel free to inter-rupt them at any time.”

If students can’t find it at Evan-gel’s library, they can always visit the library to acquire the current year sticker, which gives free use to any of the other libraries at universities in Springfield. The library staff is also able to come and visit classes to educate stu-

dents on how to conduct research and all of the resources the library has to offer, upon request of the professor.

Students that have residency in Greene County or live on-campus can get a free library pass from the Springfield - Greene County Libraries. Kathleen O’Dell, com-munity relations director for the Springfield - Greene County Li-brary District, said that there are

10 branches in the district, but there are two close to Evangel: Mid Town Carnegie Library on 397 E. Central, and the Library Station at 2535 N. Kansas Express Way.

There are many resources avail-able to the students and faculty of Evangel. Reliable sources are available for those daunting re-search papers, group projects and speeches.

FEATURE6 | Friday, September 21, 2012 | The Lance

The library is ever expanding; staff members are available to help any who need it

Library offers more resources than just books

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

The library is more than just a place for books, it is a place where students can study and use multiple resources for homework.

BY CAYEN HOINGStaff Writer

The Gridiron GamerSTEVEN McALLISTER | THE LANCE

Zachery Jackson, freshman, plays StarCraft II for profit. Professional gaming has earned him as much as $7,500 for one tournament.

BY BRANDON CADWELLContributing Writer

Doing more than classes, football, one student earns money through online gaming

I would consider gamers to be athletes.

It takes a lot of skill and multi-tasking.-Zachery Jackson

His [Jackson] larg-est single win was worth $7,500, and

he has earned around $15,000 dur-ing his professional

career.

All of the library staff is here for you and to help you with what-ever you need, and

you should feel free to interrupt them at any

time.-Dale Jensen

Regent Dean speaks on modern slavery

Slavery is thriving in the United States and in the world today.

Jeffery Brauch, dean of Regent University Law School, spoke to students about modern slavery and what students can do to fight it. “Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal trade in the world,” Brauch said. He said that 17,000 people are brought into the U.S. every year for the purpose of use as slaves.

The lecture held on Tuesday morning gave details of Regent University Law School’s efforts to combat human trafficking through the avenue of law. Br-auch started the meeting by shar-ing the story of Mina, a girl who was trapped in sexual slavery in India. She was taken at 11 years old and kept in a brothel. Dur-ing her time there, she had two children. After 12 years someone bought her freedom and paid to rescue her. Brauch used statis-tics from the Polaris Project, a group which Brauch said the U.S. government uses to gain accurate information on human traffick-ing.

In the world today there are approximately 27 million slaves, according to the Polaris Proj-ect, which Brauch said is more than any time in human history. According to the Polaris Project the human trafficking industry generates $32 million a year. Br-

auch said that human trafficking will soon replace the drug trade in terms of international illegal trade. The U.S. Department of State released the trafficking in persons report in June. This report gives details on human trafficking all over the world, including statistics and stories.

At the release of the report, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “These victims of modern slavery are women and men, girls and boys, and their sto-ries remind us of what kind of inhumane treatment we are still capable of as human beings.”

Brauch also talked about an organization called Truckers Against Trafficking, which works in the trucking industry rais-ing awareness and rescuing girls from sex trafficking. He also talked about several other indi-viduals who work in restoration homes, film or as attorneys.

“Combating human traffick-ing is incredibly complicated,” Brauch said. He outlined five areas where people must engage to make a difference on this issue: prevention, detection, rescue, restoration and policy reforms.

The end of the presentation focused on the efforts of Regent University students and how students can get involved in combating human trafficking from many different angles, such as legal prosecution and rehabili-tation. He said, “God can use you to make a difference.”

Brauch has been the dean of Regent University Law School for 12 years. Before that he served as a clerk to a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and later practiced for five years specializing in com-mercial litigation. At Regent Uni-versity, Brauch teaches a course on international human rights, among other courses.

CROSSwalk has a Project Res-cue outreach team for those who are interested in working with human trafficking.

BY SEAN WHITEFeatures Editor

Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal trade in the

world- Jeffery Brauch

Everyone can play a role in bringing jus-tice to the op-pressed

Combating human trafficking is incredibly

complicated.- Jeffery Brauch

Cross country’s season opened Saturday in Joplin, Mo. Despite rain making the course di� cult to navigate, Lynn Bowen, head coach, said the team did well. � e men’s team � nished 18th out of 21 teams, and the women’s team � n-ished 15th out of 23 teams, stated a press release.

Austin Jacobs, men’s captain and senior, was pleased with the men’s team’s results. “We all met or slightly exceeded our expec-tations for the � rst meet,” Jacobs said.

Jacobs � nished the course with a time of 26:10 minutes, placing him 12th out of 195 runners. Al-though he was 15 seconds away from his goal, Jacobs said he was “right where I expected to be.”

� e men’s team also had a few personal records, Lynn Bowen, head coach, said. Caleb Voth, sophomore, � nished in 28:23

minutes and Junior Ruckdeschell, junior, � nished in 28:36 minutes. Tyler Barnes, freshman, � nished this meet – his � rst race ever – in 29 minutes.

� e women’s team set some personal re-cords of their own, Bowen said. Lindsey Mead, sopho-more, � nished in 20:30 min-utes. � e press release stated that Mead � n-ished 78th out of 196 run-ners. Victoria Schmitt, wom-en’s co-captain and senior, � nished in 20:36 minutes. Jessica Bear, women’s co-captain and junior, said that Emily Perona, freshman, ran in 20:38 minutes – 45 seconds less than her personal record from high school.

� ree other conference schools competed in the invitational. Ja-cobs said that although Evangel beat Graceland University, three runners from Baker University beat Jacobs’ time. Jacobs hopes the men’s team can close the gaps between their times before con-ference begins on Nov. 3.

Getting third or better in con-

ference is Bear’s goal for the team. She also wants one of the women at nationals.

Bowen said the team will con-tinue training to build speed and endurance, especially to prepare for the next meet. Bear expects just as much competition at the next meet and hopes the women’s team will score in the upper half. Taking practices and meets one day at a time, Bowen said, is his plan. “Every meet is di� erent be-cause of the weather, the venue, the type of course and terrain,” but “we look ahead to the chal-lenge of the next meet.”

� e next meet is the Cowboy Jamboree in Stillwater, Ok. on Sept. 29.

On Aug. 30, Bear had surgery on an orange-sized mass of tissue attached to one of her fallopian tubes. Almost one week earlier, she experienced some pain in her side, though the source at the time was unknown.

When the mass turned the day before school started, Bear experi-enced a great deal of pain. Before she could � nish moving into her dorm, she had to visit the emer-

gency room. � e mass, though benign, was removed through her

bellybutton two days later. Less than three weeks a� er her

surgery, she competed in Satur-day’s meet. Until last week, Bear didn’t set any speci� c goals be-cause of her rate of recovery, and she was uncertain that she would even be able to compete.

A� er about four practice runs, however, Bear set an overall goal to � nish the race. “I had no idea where I was,” she said. “I had no idea what time I was going to get.” However, she did complete the race with a time of 22:28 minutes. She has recovered from most of the e� ects of the surgery, and she is ready to bring down her time.

� e volleyball team competed Sept. 11 against Avila University. � e Crusaders came out victori-ous with another conference win in three straight sets. “We have a really young team in compari-son to previous years, but we are growing together and solidify-ing our individual roles,” Shana Ramsey, middle blocker/right side and senior, said.

Last weekend, the women took their game on the road to play in the John Brown University Tour-nament. � e Crusaders played Friends University, South West Assemblies of God, Huston-Tille-son and Oklahoma Baptist – 11th ranked in the NAIA coaches poll.

“When we go into tournaments like John Brown there is no real winner. It is more or less on how your team performed and the individual team record. Tourna-ments like this are really bene� -cial to our game because it allows us to focus on being consistent, and disciplined, while playing higher ranked teams like Okla-homa Baptist,” Brittany Eppright, right side and senior, said.

On Friday, the volleyball team defeated Friends University 3-2 and South West Assemblies of God 3-1. On Saturday the Cru-saders played Huston-Tilleson (Tex.), defeating them in three straight sets.

� e closest match up was against Oklahoma Baptist. � ey came into the tournament with

a 9-3 record and the Crusaders with a 9-4 record. � e Crusad-ers played hard and executed well but came up short, losing in the fourth set.

“We were actually up 22-20 in the second set but just couldn’t hold on,” Mary Whitehead, head coach, said. “We played great de-fense but we still need to work on our own adjustments,” Whitehead said.

Whitehead said the team is heading in the right direction and can be successful in the season if the women keep progressing. � e Crusaders are now 12-5 and 3-0 in the HAAC.

� e team goes on the road again this week with a tourna-ment at MidAmerica Nazarene University this weekend.

� e tennis team travelled to Lindsborg, Kan., last weekend to compete in a NCAA-II tour-nament at Bethany College. � e Crusaders won 25 of their 32 matches and most of the women won their single matches or dou-ble matches.

Alissa Sivinski, freshman, went undefeated in � ight B. “I stayed patient during my matches,” Siv-inski said. “I also stayed calm if I didn’t do something too well.” She said she would like to work on de-feating her opponent early in the match for the next tournament.

In the � ight B backdraw match-es, Jenna Elliot, freshman, won. She lost only her � rst match. “I just focused on my own game,” Elliot said. “I tried to be as relaxed

as possible too.” Amy Grossklag, sophomore, won the tournament in her � ight A matches.

In � ight A doubles, Sivinski and Grossklag made it to the � -

nal round, only to be defeated by a pair from Washburn University. Kelly Bush, senior, and Elliot won their � ight B doubles matches against a pair from Fort Hayes State University.

Debbie De Almeida, head coach, is proud of what the wom-

en accomplished this weekend. “� e Crusaders had the strongest showing of teams at the tourna-ment,” De Almeida said. “� e tournament also gave the girls re-ally strong players to play against.” Even with the wins, De Almeida said the women can still improve with some areas. “� e girls need to develop a game strategy to avoid long matches. � ey also need to try and not give their op-ponent a big lead.”

� e tennis team’s next tourna-ment in Wichita, Kan., started yesterday and ends tomorrow.

SPORTS The Lance| Friday, September, 21 2012 | 7

9/21SoftballCoffeyville Junior CollegeCrusader Field3 p.m.

9/22SoftballEU Fall FestCrusader FieldAll Day

9/25VolleyballBaker UniversityAshcroft Center5:30/7 p.m.

9/26Junior Varsity BaseballDrury University Junior VarsitySpringfi eld, Mo.5 p.m.

9/27Varsity BaseballNorth Arkansas CollegeCrusader Field1 p.m.

BY KELLY BUSHStaff Writer

PHOTOS BY JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

Left: Haley Watson, outside hitter and freshman, blocks the ball to avoid a point.Above: Denae Johnson, right side hitter and sophomore, sets the ball to allow a player to spike.

BY MICHAELA SMITHNews Editor

First meet brings heat for cross countryCross country team knows what to improve from tournament

BY RACHEL DELANEYCopy Editor

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

Kailey Roland, sophomore, hits the ball to another player in practice for an upcoming tournament in Wichita, Kan.

Team travelled to Lindsborg, Kan., to compete against many teams in the Midwest Tournament

For more tennis coverage visit us online

Tennis wins 25 of 32 matches

““

The Crusaders had the strongest show-ing of teams at the

tournament.- Debbie De Almeida

Volleyball dominates, 12-5 this season

Bear works hard to be successful a� er surgery

““

We all met or slightly exceeded our expectations for the

fi rst meet.- Austin Jacobs

““

I had no idea where I was, I had no idea what I was going to

get.- Jessica Bear

Austin Jacobs

For more cross country and sports coverage visit us onlineus online

SPORTS8 | Friday, September 21, 2012 | The Lance

EU’s Got TalentBACK BY POPULAR DEMAND — Last year’s event, showcasing the talent of our students, was a huge Homecoming success. Like the popular NBC TVshow, the competition will be open to all types of talent—music, drama, comedy and more .

• SHOWCASE for Top Five: Friday, Oct. 12 (Preliminaries: Oct. 8; Semifinals: Oct. 11) • CASH PRIZES for Top Five: $500, $400, $300, $200 and $100 • ENTRY FORMS: Available in the Music Dept., Barnett Fine Arts Center • ENTRY DEADLINE: Noon on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, to the Music Dept.

Participation counts toward your “Spirit Week Competition!”

Golf looks forward to its next matches a� er break

Football is 2-1 a� er this week’s gameQB Brimhall earns a career high of 415 yards, two interceptions, four touchdowns

PHOTOS BY JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

Above: Zach Reed, line backer and junior, takes a grab at the ball, knocking the other player down.Left: Crusader fans show their pride at the game Saturday.Below: Drew O’Cain, kicker and senior, gives last minute instructions to his teammates before punting the ball.

BY JOCELYN COXStaff Writer

� e Evangel Crusaders defeat-ed Culver-Stockton 45 to 23 mak-ing their record 2-1. � is game had a slow start, ending the � rst half with the score of 10-3, Evan-gel leading. Tremaine Jackson, defensive coordinator, said, “� e � rst half we just weren’t focused. We were doing things that we just don’t teach here at Evangel. We have a lot of youngsters that are just getting used to the game.” � e half time locker room speech was very motivation to the team, ju-nior Cam Bru� ett, defensive back and junior said.

Andrew Brimhall, quarterback and senior, reached a career high of 415 yards with two intercep-tions and four touchdowns. Jesse Vaughn, wide receiver and soph-omore, ended the game with 191 yards and two touchdowns. Odis Brown, wide receiver and sopho-

more, was put into a new position for this game. Brown is normally a wide receiver, but due to circum-stances he was moved to running back. Bru� ett said, “Odis held his own especially when Tommy got hurt. He did his job on the � eld.”

Ell C. Teycer, defensive line and sophomore, said, “First half we started slow but when we stepped out on the � eld for the second half, we actually started playing Evangel football.” Multiple play-ers mentioned how they lacked focus for the � rst half of the game and how they were ready to pick up the game and come back twice as hard in the second half. � e Crusaders were a di� erent team in the second half of the game. Jackson said he was proud that his defense only gave up 97 yards out of the 28 carries that Culver had.

Tomorrow’s game will be at Nicholls State University in � ibodaux, La. at 6 p.m.

BY BRANDON HOFFMANManaging Editor

� e golf team is prepping for their upcoming Baker Fall Invitational in Mayetta, Kan. Tim Wagaman, senior, said that the Baker Fall Invitational will be

one of the most di� cult tourna-ments they face. “� ere will be a lot competition. � is is one of the bigger invitationals of our season.”

Wagaman is con� dent that the golf team will pull out a strong showing. “We’ve been training

hard and have had a very good season so far. Our goal is always to win every tournament we attend.” � e golf team took � rst place at the Evangel Invitational last week.

� e Baker Fall Invitational will be at Baker University’s course

called Firekeeper. Wagaman said, “Firekeeper is one of the more challenging courses we’ll see in the fall.” � e golf team will push to keep their lead in their confer-ence.

� e invitational will be Tues-day and Wednesday.

““

We’ve been training and have had a very good season so far. Our goal is always

to win every tourna-ment.

- Tim Wagaman