SOUNDING BOARD THE the voice of Grace College students since 1953 Volume 58 Issue No. 086 Winona Lake, Indiana November 3, 2011 by ETHAN SHECKLER Copy Editor FunFest held over the weekend O n Friday, Oct. 28, hundreds of children and parents from the Warsaw and Winona Lake community gathered at Grace’s Gordon Recreation Cen- ter for FunFest. e event was organized by Serve’s FunFest team, which is led by Caleb Sanders, a sophomore Grace student, as a fun and safe Halloween alternative for local families. e event featured a country and farm theme this year, although the 300 children in aendance were en- couraged to dress in any costumes they preferred. Cos- tumes such as ninjas, pirates, and princesses were popular this year, just as they have been in the past. Serve organizes the event as one of the many ways the group reaches out to the community. According to Sand- ers, the event is an excellent way to show members of the Warsaw community what Grace students are really like. “I definitely think it’s neat because the parents who come here are very comfortable,” Sanders said. “ey don’t just see us as a bunch of college students, but they feel comfortable bringing their kids and dropping them off. According to Sanders, the event also presents a min- istry opportunity to Grace volunteers. “It’s a great way for us to spread the gospel without actually saying ‘God’ or ‘Jesus,’” Sanders said. “We can just do it through actions, and it’s working.” Approximately 30 Grace students volunteered at the event, running games and various other stations set up across the Gordon Recreation Center’s field house, as well as greeting children at the door and handing them bags in which to hold the candy they accumulated at the various games and stations. e games included corn hole and bean toss, as well as face-painting, craſt tables, and many other activities for children. e event was free for area families. Winona Lake | Community News Musicians lack quality practice space On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Senate issued a propos- al to administration to place a higher emphasis on music. In their general meeting, Senate addressed the concerns of many student musicians on cam- pus. Common concerns were lack of practice space, lack of available pianos, and lack of aware- ness about music programs. Student body president Jonathan Haag re- ceived various emails from students about the concern over music practice space and brought the need before Senate. Since the music program was transitioned out in 2010, many changes have leſt space for stu- dent musicians lacking. According to Aaron Crabtree, the associate dean of students, “this summer the Beyer Music Hall was renamed east hall and preparations were made for housing the new engineering programs (with Trine). Much of the music equipment was auctioned off, but not all.” With Beyers gone, stu- dents no longer have practice rooms to use. e Grace College Student Government has recommended that Grace College adminis- tration make a higher priority of accommodating the needs of student musicians. In their proposal to administration, Senate highlighted that stu- dent musicians were led to the understanding that music options would be made available fol- lowing the transition of the School of Music. Senate stated that “music provides an es- sential component of a liberal arts education and adds to a rich campus life.” For freshman Daniel Moore, the lack of pianos on campus is a concern. Currently, only three pianos on campus are available for practice. Moore plays the piano for “Hymn Sing,” a Serve team at Grace Village, and has had trouble secur- ing a piano to practice. e three pianos are located in Ashman Chapel, Westminster basement lobby, and Lile eater. e piano in Westminster basement lobby is located in a common public space, where other distractions such as the television and the game room are nearby. Senior Ma Litzinger, who has released his own independent music album, stated in his let- ter to Haag, “dorm space is not ideal for engaging with music in a productive way. Just as it is dif- ficult for many to study effectively in the dorms, by OCTAVIA LEHMAN Editor-in-Chief Senate sends proposal to administration to address the issue See PCTICE SPACE, Page 6 Directed by Mike Yocum, the fall play features the antics of a maddening playwright and a community theater group trying to make it work by HALEY BRADFIELD Staff Writer I t’s that time of year again! As the temperatures cool down, the anticipation heats up for the annual fall play. And students can look forward to an evening of laughter as director Mike Yocum presents the comedy, “Play On!” “e show is basically a play within a play,” explains Yo- cum. “In other words, the ‘Play On’ cast is puing on a commu- nity production of a play wrien by a local woman. Her play is fine, but there’s a problem… the author keeps making last min- ute changes to it. So many changes that by the arrival of opening night, things are bound to go wrong. Question is, how wrong?” One of Mike Yocum’s reasons for choosing “Play On!” was the well-mixed cast it required. e cast features ten in various roles: the community theater director (Octavia Lehman), the stage manager (Chloe Guess), the novice playwright (Allison Hagedon), the scene technician (Kate Nowels), and the local theater actors (Brock Rhodes, Ian Stephenson, and Ian Chris- tensen) and actresses (Trishelle Rusinack, Jessica Taylor, and Jessica Zeiger). Stephanie Johnston, a senior graphic design major, is the master set designer, and Rachel D. Miner is in charge of cos- tumes. “Play On!” opens on Fri., Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for student. ey can can be purchased at the Tree of Life Bookstore, Jazzman’s , or at the door. Students can also use FLEX for tickets. “Play On!” will also be showing on Nov. 12, 17, 18, and 19. All performances are at 7:30 pm. with a 1:30 matinee on the 19 th . “Play On!” will be performed in the Lile eater. “is show is a lot of fun,” said Yocum. “A lot of fun for the actors and I know the audience will have a great time too.” Ian Stephenson “Henry,” Jessica Zeiger “Polly,” Brock Rhodes “Billy,” Jessica Taylor “Violet,” and Ian Christensen “Saul” star in “Play On!” Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo “Play On!” opens next week “Play On!” opens next week Dan Ng volunteers at FunFest, a Halloween alternative for local families.
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SOUNDING BOARDTHE
the voice of Grace College students since 1953Volume 58 Issue No. 086 Winona Lake, Indiana
November 3, 2011
by ETHAN SHECKLER
Copy Editor
FunFest held
over the
weekend
On Friday, Oct. 28, hundreds of children and parents from the Warsaw and Winona Lake
community gathered at Grace’s Gordon Recreation Cen-ter for FunFest.
Th e event was organized by Serve’s FunFest team, which is led by Caleb Sanders, a sophomore Grace student, as a fun and safe Halloween alternative for local families.
Th e event featured a country and farm theme this year, although the 300 children in att endance were en-couraged to dress in any costumes they preferred. Cos-tumes such as ninjas, pirates, and princesses were popular this year, just as they have been in the past.
Serve organizes the event as one of the many ways the group reaches out to the community. According to Sand-ers, the event is an excellent way to show members of the Warsaw community what Grace students are really like.
“I defi nitely think it’s neat because the parents who come here are very comfortable,” Sanders said. “Th ey don’t just see us as a bunch of college students, but they feel comfortable bringing their kids and dropping them off .
According to Sanders, the event also presents a min-istry opportunity to Grace volunteers. “It’s a great way for us to spread the gospel without actually saying ‘God’ or ‘Jesus,’” Sanders said. “We can just do it through actions, and it’s working.”
Approximately 30 Grace students volunteered at the event, running games and various other stations set up across the Gordon Recreation Center’s fi eld house, as well as greeting children at the door and handing them bags in which to hold the candy they accumulated at the various games and stations.
Th e games included corn hole and bean toss, as well as face-painting, craft tables, and many other activities for children.
Th e event was free for area families.
Winona Lake | Community News
Musicians lack quality practice space
On Tuesday, Oct. 1, Senate issued a propos-al to administration to place a higher emphasis on music. In their general meeting, Senate addressed the concerns of many student musicians on cam-pus.
Common concerns were lack of practice space, lack of available pianos, and lack of aware-ness about music programs.
Student body president Jonathan Haag re-ceived various emails from students about the concern over music practice space and brought the need before Senate.
Since the music program was transitioned out in 2010, many changes have left space for stu-
dent musicians lacking. According to Aaron Crabtree, the associate
dean of students, “this summer the Beyer Music Hall was renamed east hall and preparations were made for housing the new engineering programs (with Trine). Much of the music equipment was auctioned off , but not all.” With Beyers gone, stu-dents no longer have practice rooms to use.
Th e Grace College Student Government has recommended that Grace College adminis-tration make a higher priority of accommodating the needs of student musicians. In their proposal to administration, Senate highlighted that stu-dent musicians were led to the understanding that music options would be made available fol-lowing the transition of the School of Music.
Senate stated that “music provides an es-sential component of a liberal arts education and adds to a rich campus life.”
For freshman Daniel Moore, the lack of pianos on campus is a concern. Currently, only three pianos on campus are available for practice. Moore plays the piano for “Hymn Sing,” a Serve team at Grace Village, and has had trouble secur-ing a piano to practice.
Th e three pianos are located in Ashman Chapel, Westminster basement lobby, and Litt le Th eater. Th e piano in Westminster basement lobby is located in a common public space, where other distractions such as the television and the game room are nearby.
Senior Matt Litzinger, who has released his own independent music album, stated in his let-ter to Haag, “dorm space is not ideal for engaging with music in a productive way. Just as it is dif-fi cult for many to study eff ectively in the dorms,
by OCTAVIA LEHMAN
Editor-in-Chief
Senate sends proposal to administration to address the issue
See PRA CTICE SPACE, Page 6
Directed by Mike Yocum, the fall play features the antics of a maddening playwright and a community theater group trying to make it work
by HALEY BRADFIELD
Staff Writer
It’s that time of year again! As the temperatures cool down, the anticipation heats up for the annual fall play. And students can look forward to an evening of
laughter as director Mike Yocum presents the comedy, “Play On!”
“Th e show is basically a play within a play,” explains Yo-cum. “In other words, the ‘Play On’ cast is putt ing on a commu-nity production of a play writt en by a local woman. Her play is fi ne, but there’s a problem… the author keeps making last min-ute changes to it. So many changes that by the arrival of opening night, things are bound to go wrong. Question is, how wrong?”
One of Mike Yocum’s reasons for choosing “Play On!” was the well-mixed cast it required. Th e cast features ten in various roles: the community theater director (Octavia Lehman), the
stage manager (Chloe Guess), the novice playwright (Allison Hagedon), the scene technician (Kate Nowels), and the local theater actors (Brock Rhodes, Ian Stephenson, and Ian Chris-tensen) and actresses (Trishelle Rusinack, Jessica Taylor, and Jessica Zeiger).
Stephanie Johnston, a senior graphic design major, is the master set designer, and Rachel D. Miner is in charge of cos-tumes.
“Play On!” opens on Fri., Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for student. Th ey can can be purchased at the Tree of Life Bookstore, Jazzman’s , or at the door. Students can also use FLEX for tickets. “Play On!” will also be showing on Nov. 12, 17, 18, and 19. All performances are at 7:30 pm. with a 1:30 matinee on the 19th. “Play On!” will be performed in the Litt le Th eater.
“Th is show is a lot of fun,” said Yocum. “A lot of fun for the actors and I know the audience will have a great time too.”
Ian Stephenson “Henry,” Jessica Zeiger “Polly,” Brock Rhodes “Billy,” Jessica Taylor “Violet,” and Ian Christensen “Saul” star in “Play On!” Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo
Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo
“Play On!” opens next week“Play On!” opens next week
Dan Ng volunteers at FunFest, a Halloween alternative for local families.
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THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Westminster Hall, aff ectionately referred to by students as Westy, started out as a twentieth century ho-tel. But that all changed in 1994 when Grace adopted it as a residence hall. Ever since then, Westy has housed more than 120 women.
A New Tradition
For the fi rst nine years Westy was the home to mainly upperclass-men, most of them student teach-ers. As the years went by, younger students began to integrate into the Westy family, along with a whole new assortment of majors and interests. Eventually, men also began living in Westy; in fact, 2011 is the fi rst year there are enough males, 23, to be con-sidered Westminster residents rather than primary housing residents.
Dave Lantz, assistant residence director for Westy, said living there gives the men a unique opportunity to experience community, not only with their male hallmates, but also with their sisters in Christ.
Breaking Stereotypes
Westy has been stereotyped as the quiet dorm on campus. It is the furthest from every other building. Th e trek to Alpha simply to get din-ner stretches half a mile. To live in Westy, one should enjoy long walks or at least have strong legs. Because of this distance, Westminster is oft en discarded as the mute residence hall, but Westy residents contend that this is far from the truth.As Westy’s Resi-dent Director Janelle Ditmer put it, “Westy is in the business of breaking stereotypes.”
Th e Social Life
Westy is the only dorm to throw an event in which all of campus is invited. Th e Westy Masquerade is put on by the Westy student aff airs staff . Also, Westy is the only dorm to have a game room. From impromptu hang-out sessions to Crepe parties to spending the night watching movies or football games, Westminster is full of life.
Encouraging One Another
Westminster’s hall theme re-volves around one act. Jesus’ act of
sacrifi cing His life so that all sins are forgiven started a spark. Now it is up to us to build the fi re by spreading the word and encouraging one another. “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another
to love and good works, not neglect-ing to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another,” Hebrews 10:23-25 ESV is where this theme is drawn from.
Diversity Abounds
Westy is diverse in its residents and its residents’ interests. People like Paulina Hwang, from South Ko-rea and keyboardist in chapel band, are what make Westy unique. Tabitha Yahr, missionary kid, comes all the way from Alaska. Marcus Krider serves as a growth group leader in Westminster and comes from Chica-go, not far but a completely diff erent culture. James Kind, Westy RA , has traveled to India, Germany, Domini-can Republic, and Kingston Winston. Westy residents partake in every-thing from volleyball to basketball to chapel band to rugby to acting in Remnant to writing for the Sounding Board. Th e diversity of Westy is what makes it a dorm worth recognizing.
Doors are so thick that fi re alarms are nearly impossible to hear.
Westy is half-a-mile from Alpha.
Janelle Ditmer is the RD and Dave Lantz is the ARD.
Every room is diff erent.
Only dorm that has prayer rooms.
23 guys and 120 girls live in Westy.
Westy was a hotel in the 1900s.
Residents are not al-lowed to open win-dows because it will af-fect the temperature of their neighbor’s room.
Westy is the only dorm that puts on events that all students may attend.
This year is the fi rst year men in Westy were ac-knowledged as resi-dents and not primary housing.
Westy is the only dorm to have a game room.
Dorm Life: Behind the scenes in Westminster Hallby JORDAN WOODRUFF
Staff Writer
Eleven things Eleven things
you should you should
knowknow
FACTS:WESTY
Th e women of Westy 3 West enjoy an evening of playing “Cranium.”Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo
Students take advantage of Westy’s gameroom to play Bomb.
Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo
3THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 3, 2011
CAMPUS NEWS
WestyMasquerade
Great Costumes and Fun Times
Westminster Hall leadership held the annual Westy Masquerade on Saturday, Oct. 30. In the theme of
“Th rough the Decades,” students came dressed in vari-ous costumes from the “Last Airbender” to “Where’s
Waldo?” Even the Blues Brothers made an appearance.
Photography by Scott Schloss
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Victoria Casey, encouraged and challenged by Grace
Victoria is from Tega Cay, S.C., and is majoring in counseling. Some of Victoria’s favorite pastimes include coff ee dates with
friends, having good conversations, watching totally predictable mov-ies, gett ing to speak Spanish, indoor soccer/beach soccer, pick-up bas-ketball, reading and journaling. During her time at Grace, Victoria has been involved in the women’s soccer team, the ambassador team, the campus grounds crew and Go Grace trips to the Dominican Republic and Peru. Some of her favorite memories while at Grace are going to the NCCAA tournament in Florida with the women’s soccer team and studying abroad in Argentina. Victoria says that she feels Grace has impacted her through her development of friendships that she hopes will last for the rest of her life. She has also been impacted by profes-sors, coaches, and mentors who have encouraged her during the hard times and challenged her to grow during the good times.
Genevieve Benson loves anything sports related
Genevieve is from Egg Harbor City, N.J., and is double ma-joring in sport management and business administration.
Aft er graduation Genevieve plans to fi nd a job in sports minis-try, sports camps, sports training facilities, or the Red Cross. A member of the soft ball team, Genevieve also has helped coor-dinate the Red Cross blood drives, and has been a part of the Grace Sports Management club. She has also been involved in the Orthopaedic Scholars Institute, and Alpha Chi. Some of Genevieve’s favorite things to do are playing sports of all kinds, and playing the guitar. Some of Genevieve’s most memorable experiences include: her Go Grace trip to Uganda, and spending quality roommate or friend time playing dumb games, watching movies, or making ridiculous videos together.
Jordan Gillett e plans for the ministry
Jordan is from Covington, Va., and is double majoring in Biblical studies and youth min-
istries. Aft er graduation, Jordan hopes to work at a church, hopefully with kids. Jordan might also go on to Seminary in a small town in In-diana. Some things Jordan enjoys doing in his free time are hiking, climbing trees, playing hockey, reading comic books and avoiding watching movies with his roommates. While on campus he enjoys sitt ing and talking to people anywhere on campus, playing video games even if he never wins, climbing trees, and playing basketball at the GRC during really late hours. Jordan’s most memorable experiences at Grace come from when he was an RA in Beta. “Th e memories range from incredible spiritual moments to complete baffl ement at how stupid people are,” says Jordan. He has been involved in residential life, chapel, rugby club, and throw-ing cookies at the Philathea sign, while at Grace. Jordan says while he had a diffi cult time in high school, Grace has deeply impacted him through providing a safe place with awesome friends to help him fi gure out his “junk.”
Hometown kid Justin Evans goes international
Justin is from Warsaw, Ind., and is double majoring in marketing and international business. Aft er graduation, he plans to serve the Lord
wherever He might take him, and if the Lord wills, Justin jokes, “Find myself a wife!” During his time at Grace, Justin has been involved in the men’s varsity soccer team, as well as the Orthopaedic Scholars Institute. Some of Justin’s favorite things to do on campus are to go “Ghost Ridin with some GCATS at the OCC!” Justin has enjoyed working on the Orlando Project, going on mission trips to Haiti, and his most recent adventure, studying abroad in China. Justin will never forget all the crazy and fun times along with Dayton Merrell in room 220 in Indiana Hall. According to Justin, “Grace has truly impacted and changed my life in many ways, forever.”
Dan Ng wants to use art as a tool for the Gospel
Dan is from Vestal, N.Y., and is double majoring in illustration and graphic design. Aft er graduation, Dan hopes to search
for something in the graphic design fi eld and hopes to fi nd a sus-taining job that allows him to use his creativity and meet new peo-ple. Ultimately, Dan wants to use art in serving the Gospel. While at Grace, Dan has been involved in cross county, track, SERVE teams, and served as a Growth Group leader. When on campus, Dan enjoys painting in the art studio, hanging out with friends, being involved in chapel, playing board games and making food. Dan’s favorite memories from Grace include all the times he was able to pray with a group of friends. Grace has impacted Dan’s life by allowing him to run fast, live on less sleep, make any type of meal in a rice cooker, be less introverted and love Jesus more.
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Bethany Michalski is motivated to share God’s love
Bethany is from Xenia, Ohio, and is majoring in secondary mathematics education. Bethany enjoys being outside,
talking with friends, cooking, playing sports, pulling pranks, having dance parties and spending time with her four younger siblings. Aft er graduation, she aspires to serve others in Jesus Christ and make Him known throughout the world. Although her exact plan may be unknown, she wants to continue to fall in love with God and share His love with others. Bethany says that some of her favorite memories at Grace College are “all the con-versations I’ve had with my roommates, teammates, and close friends when we end up laughing our heads off , crying, laugh-ing some more, and then praying.” Bethany has played for the women’s volleyball team all four years at Grace.
Brie Cremean impacted by friendships
Brie is from Sandusky, Ohio, and is majoring in counseling. Aft er graduation Brie would
like to either teach English in South Korea for a year or continue on to graduate school to obtain a master’s degree in school psychology. Brie enjoys playing piano, traveling to new places, meeting people from other cultures and reading classic fi c-tion. During her time at Grace, Brie has been an RA for three years, played keyboard in the chapel band, was an ambassador, and a member of Alpha Chi. Some of Brie’s favorite things to do on cam-pus are playing intramural soccer and volleyball, att ending awesome SAB activities, and supporting Grace athletics by going to sports events. Some of Brie’s favorite memories are from Go Grace trips to Romania and Israel. Grace has impacted Brie’s life by providing opportunities to see who Christ is, how Christ has infl uenced her life, and how to bring Christ glory now and in the next stages of life. Th e friendships she has made as well as the instruction of professors have strengthened her relationship with the Lord.
Niki Barlow realizes it’s not all about head knowledge
Niki comes all the way from London, England. She is double majoring in information systems and management, and Bible.
Niki enjoys reading, watching TV shows with friends and gaming. During her time at Grace, Niki has been actively involved in Senate, leading growth groups, and this year she is an RA in Alpha. Some of her favorite memories have come from her freshman hall and the friendships that came from it. Some of the campus activities Niki enjoys are walking through the Creation Center and gett ing sand-wiches at Sub Co. or gett ing drinks at Tree of Life with friends. Niki says that Grace has impacted her life by “giving me the opportunity to take a lot of head knowledge that I learned as a kid and turn it into heart, experiential knowledge. Th ings like God’s grace, humility, and the purpose of my life have all been areas where God has done major work in my life through my time here at Grace.”
Friendships have pointed Dayton Merrell towards Christ
Dayton is from Fort Wayne, Ind., and is majoring in math education. Aft er graduation, Dayton plans on gett ing his
teaching license. Dayton enjoys family get-togethers, playing Puerto Rico with his dad and brothers, playing with his nieces and nephews, playing Spikeball and reading books that chal-lenge him. His favorite things to do on on campus include play-ing Spikeball, grilling out with “the fellas”, smoothie runs to Jazzman’s, and having theological discussions with his friends. During his time at Grace, Dayton has been a part of the men’s basketball team. Dayton says that he has had too many memora-ble experiences to count, but that they all happened in his dorm room, 220, in Indiana Hall with his roommates and friends. Grace has impacted Dayton by providing him with lifelong friends that have pointed him towards Christ.
Karl Johnson plans to work in marketing
Karl is from Winamac, Ind., and is majoring in public relations. Aft er graduation, Karl hopes to continue working at Maple
Leaf Farms (located in Milford, Ind.) in the communication or marketing departments. While at Grace, Karl has been involved in theater, chorus, student leadership, and intramural soccer. Karl was in the production of “Litt le Shop of Horrors,” as well as “Curtains.” During his junior year Karl studied abroad in New Zealand. Th is year, Karl is the RA of Delta House. Some of his favorite memories are from the Beta 1 North hair bleaching in 2008, where the entire hall bleached their hair. Grace has impacted Karl’s life by teaching him the things that Grace truly focuses on: character, competence, and service.
Homecoming Court 2011g Court 2011Words by Alex Lerner
ARTS & CULTURE6THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 3, 2011
Let’s get one thing straight, for the record: Puss in Boots is the single greatest animated character in history. Antonio Banderas (“Spy Kids”) brings him to life with vig-or, charisma, and great fun. His an-imations are priceless, and he’s got some of the best dialogue around, animated or otherwise.
But Puss in Boots has played fourth fi ddle to Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona for far too long now. Now, I love Eddie Murphy as much as the next guy who is actually old enough to remember when he was still funny. But of the three char-acters besides Shrek, this kitt y is the one who really needed his own movie.
Now that he’s got it, so far, it seems that a lot of people were disappointed with it. I’m going to
guess that that’s true for one of two reasons.
One: audiences were hop-ing for cameos from well-known Shrek characters. Th at’s a reason-able complaint, though, in my es-timation, not enough to discount the quality of the whole movie. It would have been smart (if, maybe, a litt le expensive) to tie this movie into the Shrek fi lms more directly by bringing in characters and locations familiar to fans of the franchise. On the other hand, the movie functions perfectly well as a stand-alone piece without them.
Two: audiences were expect-ing Shrek Five. Th e thing about se-quels and threequels and so on is that you have small narratives con-tained within a larger narrative. In spite of the fact that every fi lm will contain its own beginning, rising action, and climax, there are also a separate beginning, rising action, and climax that span the length of
the whole franchise.Th is fi lm isn’t part of that
narrative, though. It’s a separate, original story from a character contained in that narrative. As such, this fi lm can’t reasonably be expected to maintain the momen-tum from those other stories. It’s going to be a litt le slower, it’s going to be simpler, it’s going to have less at stake. And that’s okay.
Seen as what it is, a founda-tional story establishing a charac-ter, “Puss in Boots” is a blast and then some. Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek (“Once Upon a Time in Mexico”) light up the screen as Puss and Kitt y Soft paws, who team up with Puss’ old friend Humpty Dumpty (Zach Galifi anakis, “Due Date’) to steal the magic beans of Jack’s beanstalk and kidnap the ex-tremely lucrative Golden Goose. It’s a thrilling adventure and a ten-der love story, and it’s truly a great time for the whole family.
“Puss in Boots” is not another “Shrek” movieby PAUL MORALES
Staff Writer
“Puss in Boots” was released nationwide on Friday, October 28.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Kosciusko Lakes and Streams (KLAS) hosted an event called Water Quality Day or Fall Field Day. Th e event took place at Lucerne Park on Pike Lake in Warsaw and was sponsored by Indiana American Water, the Breakfast Optimist Club, Louis Dreyfus Commodities and Th e Papers.
KLAS is a community wa-ter quality program centered at Grace College that includes pro-grams for K-12 graders.
Th e Fall Field Day was one of two fi eld days that takes place each year, one in the fall semes-ter and one in the spring.
Education students and a few biology majors from Grace College taught and ran demon-strations at the event, and stu-dents from the Methods of Science and Social Studies class and from Teaching in America were also involved.
More than 360 fourth graders came to the event from Claypool, Leesburg, North Webster and Syra-cuse elementary schools, as well as Sacred Heart School and various homeschools.
Molly Meuth, a student who was involved with the pro-gram, talked about the purpose of the day. According to Meuth, it was like a “fi eld trip with a group of fourth graders from
various schools.” She said that there were a few diff erent sta-tions the fourth graders could stop by throughout the day to
learn about “water conservation, and how to preserve lakes and streams.”
Meuth said that she really enjoyed “just hanging out with the kids, and gett ing experience and interacting with diff erent
groups of kids we don’t know, having to teach them.” As an elementary education major, Meuth said she valued the op-
portunity. Kate Ball, another
student involved in the event, said that there were three specifi c sta-tions: one demonstrat-ing why water conser-vation is important; one conducting water quality testing; and one
for students to go fi shing. Th e fi eld day helped “to inform the area 4th graders how to keep our water safe,” Ball said. Th ey ... “learned a lot by engaging them-selves in the information being taught to them by the Grace Stu-
dents.” Stephanie Owens, another
education major, said that “it was a time for local 4th graders to come and learn...a litt le bit about the environment.”
Owens’ particular project for the day was to be at the sta-tion for water conservation. She demonstrated how leaky faucets can waste a lot of water, and cal-culated how much money could be saved in a year if the faucet were fi xed.
“I loved this experience. It was a time for me as a future ed-ucator to work with fourth grad-ers and teach them about things that are important to keep God’s creation what He intended it to be,” Owens said.
by SARAH KRAUS
Staff Writer
Fall Field Day: How to preserve lakes and streams
Practice Space: continued from front pageDog Dayz By Stephanie Johnston
“KLAS is a community water quality program
centered at Grace College that includes programs for
K-12 graders.”
it is also diffi cult to engage your creative mind in the midst of distraction and com-peting noise.”
Litzinger also said that even though those students (music majors) would be unable to advance musically in an aca-demic sett ing (when the music program was phased out), there was a sense of se-curity that students would have space to practice and create.
Moore and Litzinger are not alone in their concern over student music. Rachel Nesbitt plays the French horn in Grace’s Wind Ensemble. Nesbitt states that most students don’t even know that the wind ensemble exists, and that the majority of the ensemble is community members. Nesbitt has also stated that countless vo-calists she has talked to are frustrated that Grace has no choir.
Scott Schloss, a freshman living in Beta, brought his keyboard with him, but has found it to be diffi cult to fi nd adequate practice space. “Being in a three-person room, there is no practical or comfortable way for me to get a cumbersome and large keyboard with decent sound quality to be set up in my room,” said Schloss.
Since the School of Music was tran-sitioned out in 2010, Grace has made op-tions for students who want to be involved in music. In August, music opportunities were offi cially moved into the department of Student Aff airs and specifi cally under the supervision of Aaron Crabtree.
Crabtree has spent much of the fall understanding what is currently available for students, encouraging participation in those opportunities, and assisting the directors of these groups. According to
Crabtree, student participation is up in both pep band and wind ensemble. Stu-dents who are involved in pep band are also paid.
Crabtree acknowledges that lack of practice space is a problem. “To date, we have considered space on campus that could be utilized for this purpose and even looked into an option of purchasing some portable “practice pods” from an-other college campus,” stated Crabtree.
Additionally, a choir, “Lancer Cho-rus,” has been desired by administration since the school of Music closed but has not yet come to fruition. According to Crabtree, “An interest and information gathering meeting is being planned for later this month to learn from interested students what they are looking for in a chorus and director.”
Daniel Sanchez is a winner.
And ever since he started play-ing tennis at age ten, Sanchez has been adding accomplishments to his resume. Whether it was in Venezuela, where Sanchez is from, or at Grace, his new home, Sanchez has played tennis - and played it well.
Sanchez, though, was not the fi rst one in his family to play tennis. In fact, if baseball practices had not been so boring to Sanchez, he might have never ventured to pick up a ten-nis racquet. Aft er wanting to watch his sister play tennis to see if tennis looked appealing, Sanchez decided he would give it a try himself.
Within a month of starting out at the beginner’s court, Sanchez was playing at the court for the top-rated players. Th is was the start of a career that would make Sanchez the top-ranked player in Venezuela this past summer for players 18 years old and under - when Sanchez was only 17.
During his playing time in Ven-ezuela, Sanchez was able to rack up many other accomplishments. Play-ing club tennis, Sanchez made fi ve regionals in singles, making the semi-fi nals once, and won nationals for doubles twice. It was because of this success that Sanchez became a top recruit from Venezuela.
Yet despite his success, Sanchez could not really continue his tennis career in Venezuela. Wanting to learn English bett er, live on his own, and study in the United States, Sanchez started looking at colleges to play for. A sports agent gave Sanchez some suggestions on where to begin, and one of those was Grace.
Maybe it is ironic Sanchez is at Grace. Aft er all, tennis head coach Larry Schuh has taught Spanish for 13 years. Maybe it was because San-
chez did not take the ACT in time to secure a scholarship from Taylor Uni-versity. Or maybe everything lined up for a reason. As Schuh put it, “God, for whatever reason, wanted him to come to Grace.”
When Schuh started emailing Sanchez about playing for Grace, Sanchez could tell he was diff erent. Sanchez could tell Schuh wanted him the most, but that was not what stuck out the most. What Sanchez noticed was Schuh’s short signature on every email that said, “Prov. 3:5-6.”
Sanchez quickly pointed it out to his dad, a pastor. It was, aft er all, his favorite Bible verse, and one that ce-mented Sanchez’s interest in Grace.
Still, Sanchez wanted to major in engineering - a degree that Grace did not off er.
One day last Janu-ary, Schuh had not heard from Sanchez or his family in three weeks, when he received an email from Sanchez’s dad saying that Sanchez was still thinking over his choice of major: business or engineering. Schuh knew what that meant. If Sanchez chose en-gineering, he was going to Taylor and Grace would lose a top recruit.
Later that day, Schuh received an email that would change the men’s tennis program - except it was not from Sanchez.
Instead, it was from Grace athlet-ic director Chad Briscoe, who did not know about Sanchez’s pending deci-sion. He informed Schuh that Grace was going to add an engineering pro-gram. Schuh quickly told Sanchez, and later that day Sanchez committ ed to Grace. Th is was one fi nal miracle in Sanchez’s direction to Grace.
“Th ere were answers from God,” Sanchez said. “He was opening doors.”
Now at Grace, Sanchez has be-come a fi xture on the tennis team, as his tennis success has now stormed through his collegiate play.
Not many freshmen make it to the quarterfi nals of the Intercol-legiate Tennis Association Tourna-ment. Sanchez can. He actually could have done bett er, too. Aft er defeating the No. 8 seeds and one of the host school’s (Aquinas College) top play-ers, Sanchez fi nally lost in his eighth grueling match in two days to the No. 3 seed.
Still, in only his fi rst year, San-chez was named to the MCC All-Conference team aft er going un-defeated in singles competition. Sanchez was also 11-1 in doubles competition, with his only loss com-ing in the MCC championship. Un-fortunately for Sanchez, his doubles partner, Aaron Blevins, had broken
his toe the night before the cham-pionship, signifi cantly hindering
their chances at winning.
Sanchez’s success on the court can be traced back to his intelli-
gence - intelli-gence that
w i l l help Sanchez p u r s u e his dream of starting his own company af-ter graduation. Schuh says that Sanchez has a knack for always hitt ing the best shot at the best time - not bad for someone playing against foes that could have been fi ve years older he is.
When he fi rst toured the Ortho-paedic Capital Center, Sanchez found his number one goal at Grace. When Sanchez looked at the men’s ten-nis plaque, he saw that the last time Grace won the MCC conference was 1989. Shocked, Sanchez vowed to change that.
“I want to add some new num-bers to it,” Sanchez explained with a laugh.
Sanchez will certainly do his part. Aft er a great freshman year, San-chez should only get bett er. Schuh said “he could see” Sanchez breaking some records and fi nishing with one of the most successful careers in the history of Grace’s tennis program.
Regardless, Sanchez has already left a mark on Grace, simply by be-ing here. His addition to the men’s tennis team cannot and will not go unnoticed. And if the past is any in-dication, Sanchez will leave an even bigger mark on Grace.
Good thing Sanchez ended up at Grace - as “fate,” of course, would have it.
SPORTS 7THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 3, 2011
KNOW YOUR
- Sports Information
5 the number of seniors on the volleyball team who were honored on Nov. 2.
101 the minute junior for ward Elizabeth Heuss, women’s soccer, scored at to defeat Taylor University in the MCC Quarterfinals on Oct. 29.
94 the number of points scored by the men’s basketball team in their season opener against Trinity International on Oct. 29.
3 the time (p.m.) for the men’s basketball homecoming game Saturday against UC Clermont.
GUESS WHAT
Jake Peattie, men’s basketball, scored a game-high 21 points on 6 of 10 shooting in Grace’s season opener on Oct. 29.
Meredith Hollar, women’s soccer, became the first recruit to sign in the Grace class of 2013.
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1 the time (p.m.) for the women’s basketball homecom-ing game Saturday against UC Clermont.
Juaneice Jackson, women’s basketball, scored 21 points off the bench to help defeat IU-South Bend on Oct. 29.
Grace College has announced the hiring of Bill Barr as the As-sociate Head Baseball Coach and Assistant Athletic Director starting Jan. 1, 2012.
Barr comes to Grace from Al-derson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W.V., where he experienced tremen-dous success over the past two years as head baseball coach.
Overall, Barr’s résumé includes 22 years of experience coaching baseball, including 14 at the colle-giate level, and seven years of experi-
ence as an athletic director.
“I am extremely excited about joining the Grace College coaching staff . Th e opportunity to mentor young men for Christ is at the core of my desire to join the Lancers,” Barr said. “I appreciate the sup-port of Dr. Manahan, Dr. Katip and Coach Weathers for their decision to bring me on board. Th e chance to join such a great Christian college is both humbling and exciting.”
In Barr’s fi rst season coach-ing Alderson-Broaddus in 2010, he directed the Batt lers to one of their most successful seasons in program history.
Barr was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year as a result, and the Batt lers were ranked in the top 10 of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association for the Atlantic Region during the season.
“Coach Barr has built great pro-grams based on excellence through baseball fundamentals and building character in the young men on his teams,” Weathers said. “It is rare that you can add this type of individual to an already successful staff . We are really looking forward to his leader-ship both with the baseball program and for the athletic department as a whole.
Prior to his work at Alderson-
Broaddus, Barr coached the baseball team at Oklahoma Wesleyan Univer-sity from 2005-09.
In the year before Barr arrived at Oklahoma Wesleyan, the team fi nished 4-51. In Barr’s fi nal season at Oklahoma Wesleyan, the team broke the school record for wins with a 29-26 season. Barr also nearly doubled the baseball roster during his tenure.
“I understand the challenges the baseball program is currently facing in the MCC, but I am confi dent that Grace will be able to compete favorably within the upper tier of the conference,” Barr continued. “[Current head coach] Josh Bailey has laid a superb foundation for this
team, and I am excited to be a part of the continued development of this program.”
Barr, who is nearing 300 career wins as a head coach at the collegiate level, had a successful stint at Indiana Wesleyan University. Overall, Barr took the Wildcats to four consecu-tive appearances in the NCCAA National Tournament and set the school record for wins when the team fi nished 32-21 in 1994.
While at Indiana Wesleyan, his teams averaged 22 wins per season, and he was awarded as an NAIA Dis-trict Coach of the Year once and an NCCAA Regional Coach of the Year twice.
by ZANE GARD
Sports Writer
As Fate Would Have ItFreshman tennis star Daniel Sanchez makes it to Grace
Barr Hired as Grace’s Associate Head Baseball Coach, Assistant ADby JOSH NEUHART
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Only a fr eshman, Daniel Sanchez is already making history for the men’s tennis program.
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Shane Barthuly, men’s soccer, has six assists in conference play, best in the MCC.
Elizabeth Heuss, women’s soccer, needs one more goal to tie for fourth in career goals in program history.
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