beacon.nwciowa.edu 4Friday Mostly Sunny 35 /22 Volume 83 - Issue 16 4Saturday Partly Cloudy February 11, 2011 38/29 4Sunday Mostly Sunny 40/30 Across And that’s a “Bingo!” Public hearing Campus BY TYLER LEHMANN two upperclassmen shared words one-year Netflix subscription, a fuels opinions CONTRIBUTING WRITER of wisdom. Livescribe Smartpen with extra BY JEBIDIAH RACH Bingo Night One more square and you will “I think the secret is not trying notebooks and ink cartridges, an CONTRIBUTING WRITER go home a winner tonight. As each too hard,” senior Aleah Stenberg unlimited pass to the Holland Plaza In 2009, the Iowa Supreme SAC will host Bingo night Friday, Feb. 11 at 9:30 in the RSC mini- number is called, your heart leaps, said. “If you make it a big deal, you for the rest of the semester and Court ruled that the Defense of gym. Student ID required to and you hold your breath while scare the Bingos away from you.” more. You and a friend may even Marriage Act passed by the Iowa enter. Come dressed as an elderly others stamp their cards. Time is “My secret is getting in touch be heading on an all-expenses-paid Legislature was unconstitutional, person for seven bonus cards. running out. with my inner grandma,” said senior airline trip to the U.S. destination of which opened the door to gay The next number is called, and Heather Craven. your choice. marriage throughout the state. Day of Learning time suddenly freezes. This surreal Senior Courtney Drenth, the Along with those suspenders However, this ruling was met Princeton scholar Dr. David moment has put you in a stupor. SAC member overseeing the event, and pantyhose, don’t forget your with large controversy. In 2010, Miller will be the keynote speaker Snapping out of it, you jump up, said the night would have “some Northwestern student ID. It is citizens voted to not retain the three at NW’s fourth annual Day of flailing your arms like a madman, entertaining surprises.” required to play. judges on the Iowa Supreme Court Learning on Feb. 16. More than 30 and triumphantly shout, “Bingo!” Prizes will include an iPad, a who were up for retention in 2010, sessions are available to students This could be you as in protest to the gay marriage ruling in lieu of classes. Northwestern rallies once in 2009. Gala Auction Success again for the annual blast Over the past few weeks, the forward in age. Bingo Iowa legislature has taken up The annual Gala Auction raised $33,000 this past Saturday. Night will be held Friday, a bill that would propose this The money will fund $1,000 Feb. 11, at 9:30 p.m. in amendment to the Iowa State Alumni scholarships, the $1,500 the Rowenhorst Student Constitution: “Marriage between Northwestern College Teaching Center gym. one man and one woman shall be the Excellence Award and student life Students who arrive only legal union valid or recognized programs. dressed as senior citizens in this state.” w i l l r e c e i ve s e ve n If passed through both the House Chicago Semester additional Bingo cards, so and Senate, the bill would start the Chicago Semester will be on don’t forget your walkers, process for this amendment to be campus on Thursday, Feb. 17 to dentures and fanny packs. on the ballot in 2014. meet with interested students. “You’ve gotta dress This proposal has been met with An informational meeting will be for success,” junior Steve much debate. A hearing on the held at 5:00 p.m. in RSC 130. Ehlers said, a member of the issue brought hundreds of people Student Activities Council, wishing to voice their opinion. The Usual Suspects which is sponsoring the One of these was Zach Wahls, Northwestern professors, John event. a college student at the University PHOTO COURTESY OF MEGAN OTT Hubers and Joel Westerholm, For students wishing to along with blues harpist Gary Sophomores Megan Ott, Adam Van Der Stoep, Emily Peterson and Katie Raab got into the sharpen their Bingo skills, Bingo spirit and went all out for 2010. Bring your same game to Bingo Night. Cont. on pg. 12 Reinders will perform at the Old Factory coffeeshop Saturday, Feb. 12, from 7 to 9 p.m. Day of Learning: Wrestle with faith, life and work BY KATE WALLIN a youngster; “I always wanted to of the workshop presenters, all well- frustrations as well as joys it goes Submit Events CONTRIBUTING WRITER live overseas. I was really inspired known faculty and staff at NW, to a long way.” Submit your campus happenings Growing up, Weston Cutter, by the missionaries. I had dreams of ask them their advice to students “Don’t stop wrestling,” urged and events to the Beacon professor of English, wanted to be living in the jungles of Africa, the reimagining what it means to be a Barber. “The process is important for inclusion in this column. a great many things: a basketball rainforests of South America or the Christian in the workplace. and the long term results will yield Submissions should be roughly 50 player for Duke University, a thief, Australian outback.” “I feel like our faith is connected good things for you and the people words or less and be e-mailed to a misfit a la “Atlas Shrugged” and Rebecca Alsum, RD of Stegenga to everything we do: moments with you work with. Be present and open [email protected]. Bon Jovi. Jon Bon Jovi. Hall, wanted to write about such those that are hurting and need a to other ideas and ways of living. “I think at age nine or so I adventures. “I wanted to be a writer. listening ear and hug, moments Seek understanding.” Chapel would’ve done anything to be Jon – Or a forest worker.” where there is conflict or frustration Edman pointed out that, “Our not be like him, but actually be him,” In another life, Lisa Barber, and grace and mercy becomes real,” culture and our own proclivities pull Monday said Cutter. Fern RD, dreamed of an illustrious said Alsum. “These are what make us toward self-absorbed lives that Other members of your favorite cosmetology career. “I remember up our lives and our work.” are focused on living ‘The American wDr. Jennifer Feenstra, Northwestern faculty cited other wanting to go to Yale to be a Dr. Edman agreed, “It is clearer Dream.’ I think we need to seriously Psychology ambitions. As a lad, Dr. Laird hairdresser. I don’t believe that’s and clearer to me as I grow older: my interrogate that tendency. God is not Edman, professor of psychology, even a major at Yale!” faith is my life, and to try to live any calling us to a life of self-obsessed Tuesday had astronomical aspirations. “I was And while hairdressing might part of my life disconnected from mediocrity. And so to our students wRyan Achterhoff ‘83 dedicated to being the first human not have worked out as she dreamt, my faith, or not in concert with my wrestling with this issue: please, Wednesday on Mars. I was going to be a space Barber is among the presenters at faith, is to live a disintegrated life.” please, keep wrestling.” w astronaut. It has only been the last this Wednesday’s Day of Learning When wrestling with questions of “Don’t let the angel go until Dr. David Miller, few years when it has become clear in Community. This year’s theme faith within the workplace, Currier you get your blessing,” Edman Princeton to me that isn’t going to happen. It – Faith at Work – aims to provide suggests finding accountability advocated. “Even if it means you Friday has been a traumatic realization.” a day devoted to presentations and support from others. “Find a are injured. Faith and work: these Some of our fearless Residence and workshops that delve into community that can support you, are good things to wrestle with.” wDrew Nonnemacher Life staff dreamed of pursuing questions of spirituality, success and even if it is just one person. When ‘11, “I Have a Dream” noble professions. West RD Seth satisfaction within the work world. you have someone with whom Currier dreamed of adventures as This week I caught up with some you can share your struggles and February 11, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Words 2 Color Me Love Dead Dog BY SHELBY VANDER MOLEN Wafting smells of sausage BY EMILY GOWING moving object and – at just the right, home to relay the incident to my STAFF WRITER And egg white frying FEATURES EDITOR unfortunate moment – found itself mom, I decided to politely nudge Big buttony brown eyes In Omaha morning air It was just starting to drizzle but underneath my bicycle tires. I don’t the thing with my foot, which, to Stare longingly at the blue balloon “’Scuse me, ma’m. Where I was adamant on riding my bike to know if my bike went over the dog some, might have looked like a {Heart in my hands} Did you get that balloon?” the bank to withdraw some money. or if my tires squeezed the dog out gentle kick, but I assure you it was Bright orange tights hug her I heard her mother ask me, The bank was only about 15 blocks of the way like a banana popping not. Whimpers emerged once more Twiggy legs, scrawny and straight As I eyed the little mass of from my house so a bike-ride was out of its peel, but by the time I from the furball beneath me, so I ran like yellow number two pencils Purple, orange, brown, definitely doable. But, because it rain had screeched to a halt and turned to the front door of the yellow house One hand wrapped in folds Yellow longing. was on its way, I decided to make to look at it, I knew it wasn’t good. only to be rejected by its emptiness. Of a purple jumper the trip as fast as possible. I hopped Now, you have to know that I I hopped on my bike and peddled The other clinging to her mother I spun to point to the on my bike and zoomed down the don’t particularly like dogs. By no home. Not daring to ask for my treasure. The gray man’s spot street. I live at the top of a gradual means did I run over it on purpose; The dog? Never saw it again. But wanting it all the same. But found it empty as downhill so I was picking up speed it’s just an unfortunate fact that I the blue latex pressed with each passing house. I got four wasn’t going The scraggly gray man Air pressure against my blocks down from my house and to be picking Had sat on the streetside Pale white fingertips. before I had time to register what it up to cradle “Tips are typical but Before objection could was happening, the dog was already it in its last {Not necessary} .” Blacken the moment, lying and whimpering on the street. m o m e n t s He’d assured. {Heart in my hand} That’s right. Bike. Dog. Death. of life. As a I had hesitantly taken it from him Became her heart in Ok, it didn’t die – that just had a matter of fact I Hoping he’d had his vaccinations Her hands, small and strong journalistic ring to it. couldn’t tell if And dropping a green bill Once full of yellow longing Anyway, I had seen it – a small it was already Tentatively into Blue latex heart now clinched little mangy thing – leave its dead or not. His hairy brown hand. There in green disbelief. resting place in the front yard of I t w a s n ’t the yellow house and excite itself moving; it Red flower petals winked to chase after an object moving at a had stopped From shop windows whoppin’ 25 mph. Unfortunately, whimpering. Photo submitted by Austin King. 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Send your pitch hockey, cardigans, walks in she knew it was him through My dearest Meerkat, evening, you may be the one to [email protected] the snow and art museums. the din of the traffic, the Since you have been in Oman for me. My idea of a perfect wind in the trees, the chatter date is dinner followed by a Want a physicist to help me I love my Broncos and am my life has not been the among the Frisbee golfers on walk through the icy tundra understand my favorite TV looking for a Chiefs fan to be same. The sun does not shine the green. She teased him by that is Iowa, ending with show on Thursday nights. my love. Not only me, but my as brightly, the snow is not as not turning around. “Honza!” cuddling while watching one My perfect date is April 15, roommate “Ryan” could use a white and even the pudding he shouted. Now she was of my favorite Disney movies, and I’m a Capricorn, which friend also. My Broncos may in the caf does not taste the embarrassed and slipped into “Hercules,” “Lady and the means I’m a lady, no tramps have had a bad season, but same. But each and every a building. She loved him so, Tramp” or “Peter Pan.” If need to respond. My life you can be my winning team. day you are away, the jungle philosophy is, “All it takes but somehow she had been of my love grows more trees. interested, please e-mail me taught to wait for him to say at [email protected]. is faith and trust, oh, and a My most darling, beloved: I Love Dee Dee the words first. For his part, little bit of pixie dust to get see you every day. Every day I love to sing and play my he was saying the words in Dear Kelsey Leonard, I think my ring by spring.” If you I wish you were mine. Every guitar late into the evening. the hundreds of ways artists you’re super great. I’m so glad can help my Valentine’s Day day I long for your touch I am looking for a girl who say words without being so to know you. Let’s have a dreams come true, shoot me upon my skin. Every day I would love to listen to my cliché as to say the words. coffee date sometime, okay? an e-mail at sarahvanvos@ covet your every look. Emma taco bell song. Please be Call me :) hotmail.com Cress—be mine. All mine Hey, my name is Jeremy mine! joshua.hollinger@ --Ashley Wright and no one else’s. Forever. Bork. Date me. nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu February 11. 2011 pinion 3 O express her love. I realize that feelings of love can Can’t buy me love be fleeting, and what we feel today From me to you Valentine’s Day is a special day the right intentions, or because we may not be what we feel tomorrow. Whether it is the themed thought put into the things you do once a year in which we will send are expected to give our girlfriends I once heard that a person needs Valentines bought in bulk along that counts. Cliché I know, but isn’t an estimated 1 billion cards around chocolate and our boyfriends, well, eight hugs a day to feel loved and with lots of artificially-colored that part of Valentine’s Day fun? the world. whatever it is you give guys on accepted. If this holds true, we have candies that we have all handed out Holidays are a chance to celebrate According to Retail Advertising Valentine’s Day? a lot more to do, and not just on to classmates in elementary school, and do things that might normally and Marketing Association, an In a society where our feelings Valentine’s Day. or old married couples who take be considered a little foolish or estimated $15.7 billion will be spent seem to be bought more often than Love is supposed to be constant, the day to spoil one another, I think overly extravagant. Instead of being on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. The earned, what does Valentine’s Day steady, and based on more than Valentine’s Day is wonderful. bitter towards this, embrace the National Retail Federation estimates actually mean to us? Is spending and just the things we buy each other. Although I can’t remember a opportunity to do something a little that men will spend an average gift-giving what love is supposed The kind of love we exchange on Valentine’s Day that I didn’t enjoy, out of the ordinary. of $158.71 on to be about? Valentine’s Day seems like a very I do understand the frustration that As with every holiday, we need to their special Does buying shallow, cheap and a easy cop out. some people have with this day. Yet, beware of letting the commercialist s o m e o n e , your special Maybe The Beatles say it best: even as a young, single girl who side of things affect our thinking. It is while women BY KRISTIN TREASE lady or guy “Tell me that you want the kind of has never had a a pity though if we decide to dismiss w i l l s p e n d a large box things that money just can’t buy/I boyfriend, I still holidays altogether simply around $75.79. of chocolate don’t care too much for money, think it can be because of the Over half a equate to you money can’t buy me love.” enjoyed. It is so w o r l d ’s billion dollars much lovelier distortion. will be spent on man’s best friends, loving them? celebrating BY HANNAH BIERNACKI I n s t e a d , and roughly the same amount is Please, do not Valentine’s we should estimated to be spent on children’s interpret this the instead of celebrate cards, like the ones little Jimmy will wrong way. I am not setting it in a way give to his third grade friends and against showing love aside as a that brings classmates. in the form of gifts; day to feel sorry for myself. glory to Christ and encouragement In all the numbers being thrown after all, we all love in Christ told us that the greatest to others. around, I seem to have missed the different ways. Some commandment is to love. I think it Have fun with it. If we focus on statistic that mentioned the very feel most loved when is beautiful that we have set aside a the price of what we give and receive thing Valentine’s Day claims to be they get a gift from day to celebrate this gift of showing or on our lack of being in a romantic all about. Something called love, someone special. our appreciation, respect and care relationship, it is no wonder we maybe? I’d rather have a about one another. grow bitter toward this day. Instead, I am not against showing your hug show me I’m Obviously, the emphasis of the look around at the people in your love in any way you choose to do loved. My roommate day is on romantic love. I believe that life whom you love and who have so. But where is the love coming needs written words God gave us romantic desires for our been a blessing to you. Thank God from on Valentine’s Day? Can we to feel appreciated. benefit. Song of Solomon is a perfect for those people and cherish them. honestly say we give and receive My friend Chantalle According to The Beatles, all you need is example of this. I recognize that this We forget how impactful a any more love on February 14 than would rather spend love. Yet, the average consumer will spend is mainly thought of as an analogy simple word of encouragement we do on any other day? And if we half an hour in good over $100 on Valentine’s gifts this year, of God’s love for His people, but I can be. Celebrate and be joyful for do, are we giving that love with c o n ve r s a t i o n t o believe He also meant for it to be a the friends who have that special literal picture of the beauty of the someone and be reminded that a love between a man and a woman. solid relationship centered on Christ As humans, we strive to answers can shatter foundations and This is something to be celebrated. is worth the wait. Let’s not waste put our lives in comfortable Omani Ovations traditions. We might even start to Granted, I am a hopeless our time as single people living places—places we can think differently from our parents. romantic, but I love the fact that with hardened hearts, or missing relax and be at peace. Places where Many of these principles relate Learning is like a child clinging to Valentine’s Day provides the perfect out on things because of what we we fit in and where things make to us. Coasting through ideas and her mother’s leg. She is safe there, excuse to express your love for don’t have. Enjoy what Christ has sense. It is human nature. But questions is easy in comfortable but is missing out on experiences the people in your life in ways for you in the here and now. there is another side to this nature. places. Northwestern can easily the world offers. Leaving that place that you might not on an average Bake some cookies with a friend Living in a stasis can only get us so become a place of stasis. It is a of comfort is difficult but necessary day. I do not think that this means or spend some time reflecting on the far. Questioning and breaking that familiar place. The problem arises for discovery to begin. The fear is spending an excessive amount of One who loves you more than any stasis is essential to interacting with when we stop being bothered, real, and it is challenging. Fear is the money is necessary; in fact, I think human ever will; spread the love to our world and ourselves on any thinking critically, exploring, beginning of learning. We cannot let that is a bit ridiculous. It is the those around you. Celebrate. deeper level. learning. Of course, Northwestern the fear be a brick wall, but rather While reading Ray Bradbury’s is a college with classes designed Jell-O. It is difficult and messy to get Beacon Staff Any articles in the “Our Take” Fahrenheit 451, I was struck by a for these challenges, but often we through, but not impossible. section reflect the opinions of Andrew Lovgren the editorial staff. To submit few lines the main character, Guy do not engage. We become like It took coming to Oman for me Editor-in-Chief suggestions for the Beacon Montag, says: “We need not to Montag’s wife, following the current to be bothered by something real. Linden Figgie or submit your articles, e-mail be let alone. We need My faith is being bothered. My News Editor [email protected]. The to be really bothered ideas of Islam are being bothered. Kati Heng editorial staff reserves the right to once in a while. How My understandings of the world are Opinion Editor edit submissions for style, clarity long is it since you were BY KAMERON TOEWS being bothered. My perceptions of and length. WRITER ABROAD Emily Gowing really bothered? About people are being bothered. I needed Features Editor something important, a new physical place before I became For advertising rates and Jordan Langer submissions, e-mail Advertising about something real?” bothered. I had to remove myself A&E Editor Manager Katlyn DeVries at Montag is a man just from anything comfortable and be Drew Nonnemacher [email protected]. starting to question and is realizing of expectation without asking why. placed in a new situation where the Sports Editor that the world he knows is not right. We do ourselves a disservice by rules are changed. Bob Latchaw Online He begins to learn and search and shying away from bothering ideas. I have a long way to go before Photo Editor beacon.nwciowa.edu ask and move. Conflict and obstacle Like Montag, conflict and I break out of my Jell-O questions, E-mail Emma Lundgren [email protected] are not far behind as Montag obstacle accompany questioning but I am in the Jell-O and I am being Alena Schuessler Twitter wrestles through understanding his and learning. Fear is not far behind. bothered. It feels good. It feels scary. Copy Editors beaconnwc world in new contexts. Questions and their resulting February 11, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Features 4 What does your e-mail greeting say about you? BY EMILY GOWING emails? Prof. Lundberg.’” When I email my but the line between knowing take off the pearls.” FEATURES EDITOR Freshman Kori Heidebrink advisor or another teacher, I usually professors and just meeting them Be cautious of all of your word It seems to be that “Dear Abby” separates her e-mail greetings into email them by their first name or for the first time becomes murky choices in emails you send, whether is a thing of the past. three categories according to whom nickname like, ‘Hey Scorza’ or when deciding what email greeting it is greetings, body or sign-offs. It’s true that snail mail is now she’s writing: friends, faculty she Hello Lila.” is most appropriate. Broke-Smith admitted that “we more fun to get than emails just works with and faculty whom she’s “I think the most common As a rule of thumb, greet a faculty are losing the art of letter writing. because it happens so infrequently, never met. “When I write emails to greeting I use is a simple ‘hello,’” or staff in the same manner in which E-mails are becoming like texts. If but do we need to keep the formal my friends, or maybe even a group said junior Glory Benson. “This they have signed their e-mail. This we don’t get a handle on it, future greetings of a letter when we of people in a project, I usually try would be used when the person I’m compose an email? to make it pretty informal by saying emailing is an authority figure, but The spokeswoman for US something like, ‘Hi all’ or ‘Hey!’” I haven’t necessarily met them in Congressman Ed Markey emailed This seems to be the general person. Otherwise I use ‘Dear [insert a group of reporters and started consensus on campus for student- name]’ which is used when there’s off saying, “Hey folks.” The Wall to-student messages. The first e-mail still some formality to the e-mail Street Journal was taken aback by may even be the only one that – someone that deserves respect.” her informal greeting of people requires a greeting or introduction Senior Ross Fernstrum would she’d never met but realized that as sophomore Tyler Zeutenhorst agree. When it’s not someone he’s her greeting could be the sign of an pointed out. “I usually say ‘hello’ if comfortable calling by their first ending of the centuries-old written I’m talking to my friends but I don’t name he typically uses “Professor. tradition. “Across the internet, the say ‘hey’ until we’ve replied back I just stick to what I feel offers use of ‘dear’ is going the way of old and forth several times.” respect.” As an RA in the Plexes, he sealing wax,” the newspaper wrote. Sometimes students in a back- likes to have fun with the students “‘Dear…’ is a bit too intimate and and-forth correspondence can even he looks after and change it up connotes a personal relationship,” get to the point of just typing the every once in awhile. “I also send PHOTO COURTESY OF ROSS FERNSTRUM spokeswoman Giselle Barry told body of the message – with no “hi” out emails that begin like this: Senior Ross Fernstrum opens his e-mails in a very “in your face” manner. the paper. In her career she finds it or “bye” used at all. ‘Dear Beloved Residents of CYSV important to maintain “the utmost When students approach faculty (Courtyard Village South).’ This is only becomes a problem when you generations won’t be able to spell and highest level of professionalism” and staff via e-mail, the greetings a more comical greeting. I use it for need to make the initial contact. In at all.” and as such, sees no need for old- depend on the relationship as well a change of pace for myself more that case, we can heed the advice of Take opportunities of fashioned graces. as what the professor expects to be than anything.” etiquette guru Jean Broke-Smith. She communication to impress your We may not be to the stage of called. Heidebrink said, “When I It seems clear that we have free said, “Introducing an e-mail is a lot professors rather than upset them. professionalism, but does our status email a professor or someone I plan range with our greetings when we’re like arriving at a party. Better to be as students affect how we begin our on interviewing I usually say, ‘Hello e-mailing friends or classmates, overdressed. Then you can always

BY KAYLA ARNDT & EMILY GOWING a “better paper because God helped she lost most of what she’d written. CONTRIBUTING WRITER & FEATURES me notice some of the areas where What she found when her computer EDITOR my arguments were weak.” His started up “was definitely not my ow to: All students know the feeling. advice? Besides using technology finished paper. I had to put more Your homework is due in less than the proper way, “eat breakfast if time and effort into it to finishing avoid late-night freak-outs five hours, but you no longer have it. you didn’t get sleep, because you it – not something I was planning H Technology has beaten you actually have to do stuff the next day. on doing that night.” 1. Use online backup. again. Learn from these freshmen It was the only way I stayed alive.” Although Price knew that her Online backup programs like SugarSync are instant and secure and heed the points above in computer was acting ways of protecting your PC, Mac or mobile device. There’s a 30-day order to (hopefully) finish your up, she took the chance free trial with 30 GB of storage. After the first month it’s $4.99 a month. year off strong. of using it for homework Technology shows no and ended up kicking 2. Save when you start. mercy. herself for it in the end. Save the document before you even type the first word. That way, In early November, Micah The lessons she learned in case of a crash, Microsoft Word can automatically recover your file. Czirr had a paper due for were save, save, save. Biblical Studies. Knowing it’d And if your computer 3. Work with a friend. be the smart thing to do, he doesn’t work, switch to If you’ve got to stay up late working on an assignment, find saved it to his flash drive as one that does. someone on your wing or in your dorm that is up also. This way, he worked on it throughout Frustrations were you can keep each other motivated and, if computer problems occur, the day. Unfortunately, as rising but she knew you’ll be able to think more rationally than if you were alone in your we’re all guilty of from time technology was no excuse room at 3 a.m. to time, he simply pulled the for not completing her flash drive out of the computer assignment. Her advice 4. Send to e-mail or use a school computer. without “safely removing it” sounds simple but it’s This gives you the opportunity to access your paper or homework from the desktop first. The file something to take into from any computer. Plus, your dorm’s computer lounge is an incredible crashed, alerting him with an consideration. “If a place to be in the middle of the night. “encrypted error” message computer is broken, the next time he opened his PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW you should get it fixed.” Senior Andrew Squire strains his eyes and pulls his hair as he 5. Avoid late nights. memory stick. His five-page re-writes his paper in the middle of the night. Computing Services If at all possible, get your homework done early so the “late-night paper was due the next day. is open each weeknight freak-out” isn’t even a possible problem. As Chaplain Van Oort He stayed up to rewrite until 3 a.m. Ask for help before it’s too late. until midnight. Brace yourself for said, “There’s a problem with lack of sleep on this campus.” Be as and woke the next morning at 5:45, Alex Price was writing a the bitter walk over and get some responsible of a student as you can. completing his paper in time for paper for Basic Writing. She’d computer help if you need it. class and learning a very valuable been experiencing those beloved lesson in the process. “technical difficulties” but kept He admits that, although it was working until her computer had just a tough lesson at the time, he wrote had enough. It shut down on her and beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu February 11. 2011 Features 5 From ministry to minestrone: “It’s like a love story on ice.” the Keiths care for the campus BY SHELBY VANDER MOLEN BY ALYSSA CURRIER Students who work with Luanne STAFF WRITER CONTRIBUTING WRITER describe her as “very caring and a Jenni Kahanic slips on her ice It’s the season of love and love good communicator.” skates for the first time in over a year is in the air - all over the campus. Both Don and Luanne help to try out the make-shift campus Northwestern staff members with and attend SSPs which makes rink. Memories flood over her as Don and Luanne Keith met at the spring an extremely busy time for she thinks, “this is how it used to student union of Jacksonville State the couple. This year, they will be.” For Kahanic, ice skating is more University in Mississippi. Fifteen be traveling to South Carolina to than just a casual winter activity, years later, married, Don got a job volunteer with students at Miracle it represents nine years of her life. as head of food services at NW, and Hill. The energy and passion they Kahanic began skating at age the couple moved to Orange City. demonstrate at work spread to all nine. “I started because all of my Later, NW hired Luanne as well, and areas of their lives, including their other friends could stand up on the she became the Campus Ministry marriage. ice but I couldn’t,” she remembers. Assistant and Publicity Specialist. “We like to get away for the What started as group lessons “The position came open and weekend, to celebrate and take a for hobby’s sake became a passion. Within a year, Kahanic passed out of the eight beginning levels of basic skills, and, seeing her natural PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW Sophomore Jenni Kahanic is thrilled with SGA’s decision to build an ice rink on campus. abilities, her coach advised her to pursue further lessons. “stop skating now and walk when Just a few years later, however, Soon, Kahanic was spending I was thirty or keep training and she says it really doesn’t cross her 2-5 hours a day on skates, training pushing myself and risk some mind anymore. In some ways, she at the Sioux City and Sioux Center serious injuries.” Kahanic chose the says it’s nice to “not have pressure rinks. Except for weekends when her first option. to be on top of my game every day.” “body needed a rest,” skates became Looking back now, Kahanic She’s even appreciated being free second nature for to find herself outside Kahanic as her days of the pressure to train were filled with and compete. “I’m Jenni home schooling regardless of the sport and training. or activity I’m in. My Triple toe loops, relationships to others jumps, camel spins and to God define me, not and double axels my placement at some became part of competition,” Kahanic Kahanic’s daily said. routine. By age But that’s not to say 16, Kahanic was Kahanic will ever forget. competing with her As she flips channels and freestyle and short pauses to watch a figure programs at 5-7 skating competition, she competitions per said “I’m right back year. Beginning her there.” But the difference competitive season today is that “in the end, e a c h J a n u a r y, I turn off the TV, and I’m PHOTO COURTESY OF DONNA KEITH Don and Luanne Keith have worked together at Northwestern for half of their married life. Kahanic said the right back here.” goal was to “pique T h o u g h h e r PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW it’s something I love doing, so I breather before things get busy,” by regionals in the Showing off her skating skills, Kahanic feels at home on the ice. competition days are accepted,” Luanne said. said Luanne. fall.” Competitions over and life has moved The majority of Luanne’s time is The couples’ ideal date consists took her and her three sisters across remembers being really lost. “When on to new and different seasons, spent working out the logistics for of going to Minneapolis for a nice the Midwest to Detroit, Chicago, I quit, I was just about piquing in Kahanic still remembers. “It’s like a Spring Service Projects (SSP) and dinner, ice-skating and people- Dallas, Denver and Colorado my competitive career. The USFSA love story on the ice. It’s just you and Summer of Service (SOS) trips. She watching in the Mall of America. Springs. was going to send me to a different the ice,” and nothing else matters. also oversees work-study and on- “Sometimes, Don will have By this time, Kahanic had just country to compete against other campus publicity. flowers sent to our hotel room. tested into and begun competing kids. It was very hard to have that “She’s always looking for ways Not always; he likes to keep me at the junior level, only one level no longer be an option,” she said. to increase student involvement,” guessing. But when he does there’s from that of Olympic-caliber figure said freshman Megan Rustad, who just something about them. They are skaters. Anticipating a trip to works with Luanne. so gorgeous,” said Luanne. California for a big competition and Because the couples’ job The Keiths have four children and soon an international assignment, descriptions are so different, they will celebrate their 35th wedding Kahanic had high hopes for the do not normally interact with the anniversary on Sunday by taking a future. same students. trip to San Diego. About a month before she turned “Don knows way more students “God has to be in the center,” seventeen, however, everything than I do, and he remembers them Luanne said of making a marriage changed. Prone to over train and very well,” said Luanne. Still, she last. “Marriage is a three-stranded battling a torn Achilles tendon and believes her favorite part about cord with God in the middle. And a stress fracture on the opposite foot, working at NW is “getting to know love covers a multitude of sins, Kahanic “ended up on crutches for the students and watching them including your own.” the second time because of skating.” grow and mature during the four After a visit to the doctor, years that they are here.” Kahanic was told she must either February 11, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu eatures 6 TheF Packers won the game but the commercials won your heart BY HOLLY STEWART & EMILY GOWING half-time show because it meant that STAFF WRITER & FEATURES EDITOR I didn’t have to listen to the Black For many Americans, the Eyed Peas anymore.” commercials aired during the A commercial isn’t very Super Bowl are just as enjoyable as memorable if it’s only liked to the game itself. clear your mind of something else, In the case of Super Bowl XLV, but according to other students many Northwestern students were on campus, there were some passive about the game, cheering very memorable commercials for Green Bay only because it was throughout the game. the “lesser of two evils.” With Sophomore Felicia Maas and the two teams not spurring many junior Samantha Mahler said that students on to outlandish actions, the Doritos commercial entitled the commercials may have been “The Best Part” stuck out to them as what drew viewers in the first place. memorable and funny. A FoxNews Maybe you were disappointed reporter stated, “With a creepy by the results of the game, the half- finger-licker, a resurrected grandpa time show proved to be less than and a puppy getting the best of a bad PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW Students in Colenbranders gathered together to watch the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pitsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. satisfactory to you or the beautifully man, Doritos was the clear fan out sung, albeit wrong, national anthem of many advertisements.” entitled, “The Imperial March” completely relate to Volkswagen’s story-telling. You must have strong only heightened your frustration Doritos won three spots in the which featured a little boy dressed ad.” characters and a well-developed with pop culture; but did the Top Ten commercials, but each in a Darth Vader costume who Some even called for an plotline. And since you only have commercials live up to your high commercial appealed to adults tried to “use the force” on many explanation or statement of apology 30 or 60 seconds to do so, that standard? more than younger viewers. The household items. from their company. Why is it can be a very challenging task,” When asked what his favorite one commercial that seems to have In talking about Volkswagen’s that some TV advertisements just explained Media Life Magazine. Super Bowl commercial was, stuck out that most – and that commercial, however, junior don’t work? “Advertising is like Since simplicity is the key to making sophomore Nathan Mastbergen appealed to viewers of all ages – Nate Fischer said, “I think the said, “I liked the one right after the was the Volkswagen commercial commercials in general weren’t that 9473_4x7:Layout 1 7/30/10 9:59 AM Page 1 funny. They were just kind of cute.” They may not have pulled viewers off their seats in hysterics, but they were memorable. A reporter from Media Life Magazine explains why. “The ads that seem to resonate most with viewers were those that were able to connect a truth about the brand to a human truth. In other words, the ads that were able to strike a chord with the viewers were the most well- received. For example, anyone that has ever been around kids could PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA LIFE The best commerical? Professor Weston Cutter put it best: “The kid, obviously.” Master of Social Work and a commercial successful, Jenna Van Oort nailed it on the head Graduate Psychology Programs when she said, “I liked the Carmax commercial. It was clever, simple and funny.” The idea that the retailer’s no- Azusa Pacific University’s graduate programs empower hassle car sales makes you feel like you to put compassion into action. Prepare to make a kid in a candy store was a “simple a difference. pitch,” as James Poniewozik put it in his New York Times reviews of Master of Social Work the Super Bowl commercials. Internships in the Greater Los Angeles area Other favorites were the Best Buy Integration of faith and social work practice buy-back program that featured Full-time and part-time options Ozzy Osborne and Justin Bieber For more information, visit www.apu.edu/explore/msw/. and the Pepsi Max commercial where the “wife hits an innocent Graduate Psychology Programs girl off of the park bench,” said APA-accredited Psy.D. Program sophomore Rebecca Reints. M.A. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Depending on which channel Family Therapy you watched the Super Bowl on, Alignment with current California licensure requirements you may not have been able to see For more information, visit www.apu.edu/explore/graduatepsychology/. all of the commercials that were aired. Many local channels opted to use local commercials instead of national ones. Thanks to YouTube, however, anyone can review all of the Super Bowl ads. (www. 901 E. Alosta Ave. Azusa, CA 91702 youtube.com/adblitz) 9473 beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu February 11. 2011 rts & Culture 7 AJust when you’re building a fortress, the zombie elephants attack BY MICHAEL GUTSCHE extinguished. Sometimes giant, Oh, sorry, were you trying to figure STAFF WRITER monstrous creatures lead entire out how to make your dwarfs dig Dwarf Fortress is a very old game. countries on crusades for their own a hole in the side of a mountain Dwarf Fortress is a very new game. interests only to abandon them later. so they could live in it? Too bad, I don’t really know what Dwarf This is all before you even start zombie elephants have destroyed Fortress is. It’s kind of a simulation, playing the game. An entire world, everything. like The Sims, but in a deep, horrible complete with history, legends and Now armed with the knowledge underground city where every myths is generated for the player. from the Dwarf Fortress Wiki’s one of the characters is an insane You scroll through the map and Beginners Guide, you begin again. Tolkien-esque dwarf. It’s like Sim choose a site that looks fitting for a (Why is there no tutorial for this City, but instead of natural disasters fortress—lots of trees nearby, not too game?) New world, new fortress, and tax rates, you deal with massive, many wild animals, plenty of natural new dwarfs. Another chance. bloodthirsty orc invasions and resources, a supply of water, that You’ve dug out a decent area in the PHOTO FROM SOUNDONSIGHT.COM randomly generated mega-beasts. sort of thing. Then you pick seven hillside—bedrooms, workshops, smashing things? charge of the fortress for set amounts Dwarf Fortress is an dwarfs and go try to survive. farming areas—and suddenly Congratulations, you’ve had of time. It makes for some great extraordinarily complicated game, Your dwarfs are dumped 14 new dwarfs arrive from the a tantrum spiral. One dwarf did stories, both epic and hilarious. and has little in the way of graphics unceremoniously into the mountainhomes. Three of them have something or saw something that Due to its relative insanity and or audio, which keeps a lot of people wilderness, given meager resources absolutely no skills whatsoever. made him really upset, and now he’s sometimes ridiculous levels of from ever getting into the thing. and little organization. It is up to Following closely behind is an gone and broken this other dwarf’s player failure, Dwarf Fortress has a However, what a thing it is. the player to ensure their survival invasion force of 50 goblins, mostly favorite table ever. Now that dwarf is motto—losing is fun. And it’s true. The first task that the game by delegating certain tasks to be armed with whips. mad as bricks, too, and is smashing The first time you get a Tantrum undertakes is to generate an entire completed like mining out areas So everything’s dead again. New other dwarfs’ things. It goes on and Spiral or a catsplosion (an infamous world. It first creates terrain and to live, chopping down trees, fortress, and you’re going to actually on and everyone’s mad forever and and much-feared situation when geographical features, and then fills or planting farms—tasks left to train an army this time! Those S&M nothing gets done, and oh, here cats breed out of control and the out the biomes with appropriate dwarfs of an appropriate skill set goblins ain’t nothing but a thang for come the goblins again. dwarfs are too busy loving and flora and fauna - which could mean or professions. your battle-hardened axe-dwarfs. That’s Dwarf Fortress, in a cuddling them to get anything anything from rampaging skeleton The dwarfs themselves are no You survive for a while, drawbridges nutshell. You’re confused and done), you panic and try to save elk to bloodthirsty carp. simpletons, either, as each one has and guard dogs preventing the panicking trying to figure out how to your fortress, but most of the time Various natural anomalies, a complicated set of relationships, goblin invasions from having too survive, and some crazy nonsensical it’s all for naught. such as bottomless chasms and religions, habits, likes, dislikes, much of an effect. randomly-generated beast from Boo hoo, go generate a new world volcanoes, populate the world. personality quirks and sometimes You’ve gotten several waves of beyond time and space arrives and or try to reclaim the fortress. Start The continents and natural world, pets or objects to which they feel immigrants, and your fortress is destroys all your work. Sometimes again; learn from your mistakes. now complete, are filled in with attached. They may enjoy a certain flourishing. You’ve been trading you’ll make it further than others. Dwarf Fortress teaches us a valuable various civilizations, from the food or drink and will be unhappy with the notoriously tree-loving The harshness of the world and lesson in dealing with our failures, traditional fantasy humans, dwarfs if they go without it for a long time. elves, and you’re making quite a the incredible complexity with because you will fail. And fail. And and elves to more bizarre ratmen It’s all very mind-boggling name for your little fort. Wait. Why which it is simulated are charming fail again. and mer-people. They fight wars, at first. You’ve got some dwarfs. are there all these red exclamation enough to keep a lot of people It’s free, so try it out. It’s cruel, rise to power and fall from it; Gotta build something. Something marks on the screen? Why are all hooked on the game, with some but losing is fun. heroes and legends are born and that resembles a fortress, hopefully. the dwarfs running around and players putting multiple people in Fashion: vintage prints and the tailored look GRETA FLODING A throwback to the forties, it alternative to stripes, it gives your with ruffles. CONTRIBUTING WRITER makes one think of war torn times wardrobe a fresh-fun look. Besides And for goodness sakes, don’t try At first glance it might be the when people kissed randomly in that, those patterns are usually used a crew neck with this kind of print ugliest thing you have ever seen, or the streets, and that awesome red in dresses that are tailored to flatter unless you are going for an Amish, at least a little outdated, but there’s dress Kate Beckinsale wore in “Pearl any body type. choked by fabric look. Your collar something hot about the vintage Harbor.” Don’t get me wrong, I love a good bones are lovely, show them off, print frock. Why like it? Not only is it a great sheath dress or shirt, but when you and by doing that you will draw have clothes that have a built-in attention to your face. waist, it makes you look like you One more thing that we can glean have, in fact, a waist. The rest of from our ancestors: shoulder pads. your curves follow suit and show This might have you reeling back in Campus Quotes up nicely, but if you don’t have any horror, but shoulder pads on a good it creates a nice illusion. dress can give your body structure. “I got a cactus once. It died. I was really depressed because Another great thing about this Clean lines. An hour glass I was like, ‘Dang, I’m less nurturing than a desert.” style: you don’t have to match it figure. It’s basic science really; if - Senior Curtis Ver Mulm’s original quote. with everything; red shoes with a your shoulders are wider, other blue dress are great! Red shoes with parts of you look narrow, plus they “I don’t understand why people post ads about missing ID red dress? Not as great. Contrasting look sweet in a blazer. Gone are cards. If someone finds it, they know it belongs to.” accessories are wonderful, especially the days when you could only wear - Junior Jon Holm. metallics. dresses to church and when jeans If you decide to embark on this were considered casual. Clothes are “Sorry, that’s butter from popcorn.” fashion adventure not just any print meant to be fun, so have fun. - Sophomore Tyler Zeutenhorst, in a note apologizing for a stain on will do; have fun with this. Create If you are a person who says to PHOTO FROM MODCLOTH.COM his accounting homework. some contrast with your hair and yourself “I could never pull that is a gender biased column, here is skin tone. Also, look at your body off,” get rid of that idea. Right now. my advice to you. You might be Send your Campus Quotes, with context, to type. Do you have a full figure? Get Pulling something off is just a matter thinking that flower print in a flow-y [email protected]. a smaller print so that people aren’t of putting something on and going type Hawaiian shirt might now be fully affronted by the large flowers. with it. acceptable since it’s in for the women If you are petite, maybe try a dress If you are a male feeling like this folk. No. It’s not. February 11. 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Arts & Culture 8 Pulitzer-prize winning author visits Sioux Center BY ALENA SCHUESSLER [magazine], and they edited out if they are anonymous. Marilynne STAFF WRITER the word ‘matrix.’ ‘Matrix!’ If the says it works well, because they’re Pulitzer Prize. PEN/Hemingway word is slightly unrecognizable by not worrying about how they as Award. Orange Prize for fiction. the general public, they’ll omit it. writers sound. “Then you say, ‘This National Book Critics Circle Award. We’ve impoverished our culture’s is good,’ and they feel accomplished Ambassador Book Award. With vocabulary.” about their writing. It seems to work three superb novels and three solid Marilynne’s two most famous very well.” works of nonfiction under her belt, novels, “Gilead” and “Home” are When asked how she got the Marilynne Robinson has proven a being woven together into a movie. ideas for characters in her novels, talented author. Her numerous Marilynne said, “I have to awards are certainly nothing assume they’re pieces of to sneeze at. Not only does people I’ve known.” Fiction she write, but she also teaches writers often unintentionally at the University of Iowa’s take small things from reality nationally-renowned Writers’ or imitate styles of previous Workshop. So when I heard authors, she says. “Any she was coming to speak in educated author can’t help but Sioux Center, I was elated. echo those who came before. PHOTO FROM DAVIDBORING.TMBLR.COM Daniel Clowes’ “Wilson” is his first graphic novel that was not first released non-serially. Marilynne gave two It happened to the classic lectures at Dordt College on authors, too; but now we just Monday. Though I couldn’t have a lot more literature out make it to the first lecture, I there.” She explained that A sad man in seventy scenes did have the chance to attend when she writes, she always BY AARON BAUER This ranges from monochromatic a special dinner at which has something for the reader to STAFF WRITER colors to cartoon-esque to complete Marilynne was the guest of “view.” If this isn’t a scene, it is On a typical day, I would not caricatures. I couldn’t find a common honor. Though she is brilliant often a landscape or a setting. sympathize with someone who theme of pages that were in similar and could be intimidating, PHOTO FROM GETRELIGION.ORG “If there isn’t anything in front carried themselves with extreme art forms, but the change between Marilynne Robinson’s work includes the Pulitzer prize- Marilynne has a way of winning “Gilead,” and “Housekeeping,” which is included of the reader, the style becomes self-centeredness and cynicism pages was quite refreshing. putting a group at ease with in Time’s Best Novels of the Last Century. more essayistic.” beyond my own high levels. Eventually, the “hate” began her charming disposition. Marilynne grew up in Then I met a middle-aged man to dwindle between Wilson and When asked about her favorite She has turned down several offers Sandpoint, Idaho before she went from Oakland named Wilson. He’s me. He got older, had some life- authors, Marilynne said, “My tastes for movies, but only said yes to this to college on the East Coast. She unemployed, without a family changing events occur, and finally are severely classic. I like Melville, group because “they understand moved to location after location (except for his dog), and in search makes a realization about his life. Falkner, Hawthorne and Dickens.” my books. And I have a contract before she settled down in Iowa of a connection with his ex-wife. His Now, I’m not sure if Clowes was She also commented that when she with them; I can say no to anything City, where she’s been for the past language is sometimes offensive, writing in a specific ending to this has her students read classics like I don’t like.” 20 years. “Sometimes I wonder what blatant and childish, but it is always novel, but I also can’t say he wants to “The Sound and the Fury,” they The author spoke about methods it would be like if I had stayed in funny. leave room for interpretation either. seem resistant. Marilynne doesn’t she uses teaching her students at Idaho. I might not have written a As is his witty character in Nonetheless, the final page, in my know why this is, but she feels it may the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. If manuscript that might not have been general, which serves well Clowes’ opinion, was the start of something be the changing American culture. students are stuck in the middle sent to a publisher, and probably intent of embodying a downbeat beautiful for Wilson that you will “I wrote a piece for Harper’s of writing, she has them write as three of my books would not have social commentary. definitely have to see for yourself. happened. I’d probably be just as Naturally, then, I have mixed “Wilson” represents Daniel happy,” Marilynne said with a smile. feelings about Wilson’s character. Clowes’ latest full-length graphic At her evening lecture, Marilynne For example, the first thing he tells novel since “Ghost World,” which spoke about writing as a Christian. us is, “I love people! I’m a people was widely praised, and was Her Calvinistic upbringing and person!” My first thought was adapted into an Oscar-nominated beliefs help her create characters “Okay, maybe he’s a good guy,” screenplay for the 2001 film of the better, she said. Instead of putting but he promptly shows otherwise same name. characters into stereotypes, she by yelling at a woman for talking “Wilson,” selected among Time simply writes them as humans too much. Magazine’s Top 10 Fiction books of showing both strengths and In reality, Wilson could simply 2010, is also set to be adapted; Fox weaknesses. “People come up to be labeled a jerk; he only looks Searchlights has already purchased me after readings and say, ‘Jack [a out for himself and his dog, turns the rights, and it will probably be character in her novels] is my father,’ everything into a personal pity- directed by the Alexander Payne or ‘Jack is my uncle,’ or ‘Jack is my fest, and desires an attention that (“About Schmidt,” “Sideways”). brother.’ And they’re so relieved sometimes made me want to just It’s a good match, as the two use a because they feel like they’ve been shut the book and stop listening very similar brand of pessimistic, given permission to love someone. to him. dark humor. Judge not, but perceive, perceive, His is definitely a strong In the meantime, the printed perceive.” personality, and a well-presented story of this peculiar character is Marilynne offered words of one at that. This novel consists of 70 worth a look for anybody who’s advice to other Christian writers. She one-page vignettes that at first feel willing to laugh at the repulsive encouraged writers to put elements like a collection of Sunday comic and tender parts of an idiosyncratic of their faith in their writing, not strips. After about 10 pages, you can personality—one that may not worrying about to the “secular start to see the entire work as a full embody a generation, but who also environment” that Christian writers story with inventive techniques in causes one to consider the strange seem to fret about. “Write in good storytelling. ways in which we all interact. faith, and people will accept it.” One of my favorites is the art. The first page is very realistic, but as you move through the story, every page becomes a new style of artwork. beacon.nwciowa.edu February 11. 2011 rts & Culture 9 StammeringA Englishman becomes the voice of the people Of all we know about Hitler, articulately. proficient personality. He is well- tells him parts of his personal life there is one initial reel of data, one In the opening scene, the soon-to- read, well-versed in English as a friend would—a somewhat profile picture in our minds when be-king Albert (Colin Firth) stands manners and dignified. In an older profane relationship by the terms we think of his character: at the before a microphone in the stoop era, where the English hierarchy was of monarchical etiquette. He even podium with his vigorous gestures of a dank, fogged stadium trying to veiled from the public appearance, takes it further in some cases: for and his charismatic diction of he’d have been a model stand-in. instance, by sitting, shrugged, on the already assertive Germanic In the second scene, he is the throne seat. It’s important to be tongue. BY JORDAN LANGER treated by what is supposedly open, he says, because a stutter is a A&C EDITOR It was a time in media the last in a long line of therapists developed trait, not an inborn one. where political address was, and a variety of procedures—for His irreverence proves more or less, the only real instance, he’s made to do a kind rehabilitating, as Bertie comes to viral. In the radio days, when of “chubby bunny” routine, only realize that it is the collective weight young, draft-qualified men, their clear the air in his throat, trying to with marbles. But each method of expectations—from his father, in sweethearts and mommas and hard- deliver his words. The equestriennes proves unsuccessful, and he’s left competitiveness to his brother, in the working fathers, all clustered before stand solemnly, aligned in the field’s to smoking cigarettes to ease his halls of a statured royal lineage— a crackling stereo to hear, over the center, one horse giving an ill-timed outworn patience. that has taken away his voice, and wavelength, what it would mean to gruff to interrupt the sputtering If not for his strong-willed wife, essentially his personhood. be virtuous, where one could find English noble. A red light, indicating Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), These themes of collaboration, PHOTO FROM SOUNDONSIGHT.COM hope and how each of them would that the BBC broadcast was live, who anticipates an increase in his equality and humility are continued “The King’s Speech” was nominated for 12 Oscars—more than any other film released come to define themselves under glares threateningly. His words are speaking demands and latent public from Tom Hooper’s last directed this year. the circumstances. never formed. disgrace, he might have given up. In film, “The Damned United.” There, It’s into this era, where politicians This is the first staging of what is fact, to find the aid that is ultimately a smug, crass soccer manager forgets the space between his words has a became performers of the people’s the film’s main antagonism: Albert’s of any help, she must travel to a his dependence on his recruiter. sort of dignified eloquence. conviction, that the stammer-prone monologues, in which there is ramshackle district of London. While “United” is worth seeing “The King’s Speech” will be in George VI—impromptu heir to the suspense at every broken, attempted Logue (Geoffrey Rush), the on its own merits, “King’s Speech” contest with “The Social Network” English crown and to an empire word. The thrill in this risky center eccentric, low-class Australian vitalizes the aforementioned ideas for Best Picture—they are the two that, at the time, accounted for a is Firth’s performance: his quivering whom Albert reluctantly comes with its historical context: here is a most likely to be recognized by quarter of the global populace— lip, the frustration under his eyes, to consult, uses some so-called world that needed a leader that had the Academy, and are probably the was summoned to be a voice in a his tensed muscular frame and his “controversial” methods. In his encountered his people, especially best films. war-bound world. An unnerving fragmented delivery make the role seemingly impulsive program, the lowliest. And his ultimate I find their reciprocity riveting. position. painfully convincing. he prompts a series of speech- confidence in self comes from the Fincher’s “Social Network” couldn’t “The King’s Speech” seizes Of course, this disability is set improving exercises. In one, Albert confidante of persons, not tiered be any more modern in subject the drama of his impediment so against the character’s otherwise is made to read Shakespeare while ordering. matter or in theme—that is, though wearing a headset that plays In this sense, the film is consistent our generation can create networks classical music at full volume and even in its aesthetic choices. For and vast mediums for interaction, it does not allow him to hear himself. being mostly domestic, the sets are is at a loss for what to say and for the Other times, he must sing his lines. less decorous than you’d expect self. It’s a story that seems most real. And in another practice, he utters a from the typical historical drama. “The King’s Speech,” on the other hilarious strand of foul language to Instead, many scenes have as their hand, recalls a more romantic time give his pronunciations a bit more backdrop a grungy, if vibrantly when there were listening ears, feistiness. decayed, palette. Logue’s office is when the self existed in more than More importantly, though, is especially sparse in its furnishings. a digitized form and mattered. If Logue’s insistence that they be But the realness of it makes it all the it’s an ideal vision for the future, treated as equals: that they call each more lovely. it’s at least a comforting one: Is other by name rather than status; In the final moments, Bertie there something on the tip of your that they meet in his thrifty, grungy, does something similar with the tongue? Say it. unfurnished office rather than at brokenness of his voice; rather than a royal estate; and that “Bertie” form a distracting decomposition,

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Cookbook: Music: The Smith Westerns Website: “One Big Table” “Dye It Blonde” “Foursquare” Subtitled “A Portrait of As young as most of us, The Foursquare is a social American Cooking,” this Smith Westerns’ sophomore network site that connects massive book collects 600 effort has been a blog you and your friends based recipes and stories from every sensation for its synthesis of on the places you are and the odd corner of the country. feel-good Brit-pop sounds. places you’ve been. February 11, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Sports 10 Lady Raiders dominate Track team has some great BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK their 30-point domination. times at Dennis Young Invite CONTRIBUTING WRITER Junior Val Kleinjan drained 21 No. 2 Northwestern went into points, including five treys, to lead BY NATASHA FERNANDO up first in the shot put and Wednesday night’s matchup against the Raiders. Senior Becca Hurley put CONTRIBUTING WRITER met the automatic qualifying No. 3 Morningside with national in 15 points and dished out seven Senior Krystina Smith and mark after tossing 51-04 1/2. attention on the outcome. The Lady assists. Sophomore Kendra De Jong Junior Kiley Murra set the bar Smith led the college’s Raiders seemed unfazed and beat added another double-double to her high as they finished first in their women’s team with her first the visitors with a striking score season total by dropping 10 points respective events at the Dennis place finish in the 400 meter of 76-46. and grabbing 13 boards. Junior Kami Young Invite in Storm Lake last with a time of 1:01.2. In the NW forced the Mustangs into 25 Kuhlmann provided a well-rounded Saturday. All in all, the Raiders one mile, Dawn Gildersleeve turnovers and held them to only 29 effort by dishing out five assists and compiled 24 top five finishes, placed second and met percent shooting on the night, while scoring eight points. She also added two NAIA provisional qualifying the provisional qualifying the Raiders overcame 28 turnovers four steals. standards and one new school mark with a time of 5:12.5. of their own by shooting 53 percent The Lady Raiders will be action record. Freshman Brianna Hobbs from the floor. next on the 16th when they travel to The school record was set took third place in the 600 The much-anticipated battle Dakota Wesleyan. by freshman Jeriah Dunk in the and Teresa Schloten finished started out close until the 55-meter dash. He finished with a second in the 800. In the Raiders pushed ahead to time of 6.46 seconds in the prelims 55-meter hurdles, Junior their largest lead of the and third in finals at 6.54, meeting Stacey Dietrich provisionally first half, 30-15, with four the provisional standard. Dunk qualified with a second place minutes remaining until also finished second in the 200 with finish and time of 8.69. The halftime. Heading into the a time of 22.94. In the 600, Austin Raiders will make their next locker room, NW’s lead was King finished second at 1:25.34, appearance this Saturday at PHOTO COURTESY OF WWW.NWCRAIDERS.COM closed to 34-23. while high jumper Matt Huseman the Dordt Invite. Austin King, as well as the rest of the track and field team, has been successful so far in the Slowly forcing turnovers placed second with a jump of 6-08 indoor season. and converting their own 1/4. Thrower Kiley Murra snatched shots, the Raiders built their advantage to a game-high 71-39 with 5:25 left in the second half before finally closing out the game with GPAC Champions

PHOTO BY NICOLE PERSON BY DREW NONNEMACHER Kendra DeJong and Allison Hulst provide the trap on SPORTS EDITOR defense against Morningside. Congratulations are due to our men’s and women’s basketball teams on clinching the GPAC regular season Men defeat Morningside championship. BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK remainder of the game was filled Both teams clinched with wins over Morningside on CONTRIBUTING WRITER with the Raiders cooling the hot shot Wednesday, Feb. 9. The women have a perfect conference The Northwestern men Mustangs to 28 percent shooting on record of 16-0. This is the first outright conference title for overcame a halftime deficit and sent the half and sustaining their lead. Coach Woudstra and the women’s team since the 2000-01 Morningside home empty-handed NW only shot 45 percent on the season. The men stand at a solid 14-2, and have won their by a score of 87-80 on Wednesday game, but held a 42-31 advantage fifth conference title under Coach Korver, first since the night. The win clinched the GPAC on boards in the game. 2004-05 season. The teams each have two games remaining regular season championship for Sophomore Daniel Van Kalsbeek before tournament time, both games within the conference. the Raiders. dominated down low by scoring On Wednesday, Feb. 16, they travel to Mitchell, S. D. Fueled by shooting 70 percent 27 points and grabbing eight to take on the Dakota Wesleyan Tigers. On Saturday, Feb. from the field in the first half, the rebounds. Sophomore Ben Miller 19, the Bultman Center will play host to the final regular Mustangs took it to the Raiders and put in 14 and senior Ryan Hoogeveen season double-header as the Sioux Falls Cougars come didn’t surrender after the first five added 12. Sophomore Stu Goslinga to town to square off with the Raiders. Come out to the minutes of the half. Poor shooting contributed 10 points plus leading games next Saturday and cheer on your GPAC champion and letting in easy baskets put NW the Raiders in rebounds with nine. Northwestern Red Raiders. down 51-41 at the half. The Raiders next game is on the th Slowly building up their charge, 16 when they travel to Mitchell, PHOTO BY NICOLE PERSON NW regained the lead at the midway S.D. to take on Dakota Wesleyan. Ryan Stock lauches a three from the corner against Morningside. point of the final half, 61-60. The Scoreboard Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Wrestling Track & Field 2/5 vs Hastings - W 101-92 2/5 vs Hastings - W 83-64 2/5 @ Briar Cliff Open 2/5 @ Dennis Young Invite 2/9 vs Morningside - W 87-80 2/9 vs Morningside - W 76-46 Coming Up Coming Up Coming Up Coming Up 2/16 @ Dakota Weslyan @ 8 2/16 @ Dakota Weslyan @ 6 2/11 @ Midland Lutheran 2/12 @ Dordt Invite 2/19 vs Sioux Falls @ 8:30 2/19 vs Sioux Falls @ 6:30 beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu February 11. 2011 Sports 11 continues to sit atop the conference pace by netting 20 of her own. Junior Raiders with a perfect 15-0 record in the Val Kleinjan went 3-5 from behind GPAC and 24-1 overall. the arc to score 11 points. Senior handle The game started out close until Allison Hulst provided a spark a 12-0 run by the Raiders gave them off the bench with her 10 points. Broncos a 25-11 lead, and they never looked Freshman Mackenzie Small dished back. They held a 42-29 cushion at out four assists on the afternoon. BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK the intermission. The second half CONTRIBUTING WRITER saw the Raiders maintain a double- Even an inspired effort by the digit lead until the final buzzer. visiting Broncos and a slow start Sophomore Kendra De Jong by Northwestern couldn’t keep the dropped 24 points and added nine GPAC-leading Raiders from picking boards to lead the Raiders in both up an 83-64 win. Northwestern categories. Senior Becca Hurley kept

PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW Allison Hulst battles a Hastings defender under the hoop during their recent matchup. The Raiders defeated the Broncos by a score of 83-64. Baseball and softball seasons begin BY DREW NONNEMACHER SPORTS EDITOR The Rowenhorst Student Center has been in a flurry of activity since the return of students and athletes after Christmas break. Much of that activity can be contributed to the baseball and softball teams. Both teams are back to work after their respective off-seasons, and they are working hard to be PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW ready for their first games. The Sophomore Dan Van Kalsbeek tries to muscle up a shot against Hastings at the Bultman Center on Feb. 5. The Raiders prevailed over the Broncos 101-92. baseball team opens up first, with games scheduled in Joplin, Mo, the weekend of Feb. 25 and 26. They had games originally scheduled for this weekend in Fayette, Mo.; however, cold temperatures and Men win shootout large snowstorms cancelled those from the slate. In Joplin, the Raiders PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK 19 points and 10 rebounds got him will be facing Graceland, Culver- Hastings, and Doane round out Mike Zoellner throws with power. CONTRIBUTING WRITER his second double-double of the Stockton, and Viterbo. Following the the top five. Shooting 59 percent from the season. Fellow post and sophomore weekend trip to Joplin, the baseball The softball team will also be field got the Raiders into triple Stuart Goslinga netted a career- team will practice for a couple weeks looking forward to their season ever by a Red Raider softball player. digits as they knocked off the guests high 19 points. Junior Jon Kramer before flying off to Phoenix, Ariz. for opener on March 7 at the Tucson She had a batting average of .449, from Hastings, 101-92 on Saturday. came off the bench and scored a spring break. They will play a total of Invitational in Tucson, Ariz. Despite which led not only the team, but the Northwestern improved to 20-5 career-high 17 points. He served 10 games in Arizona against a variety the longer wait, they will be ready entire conference. Harris racked up a overall and 13-2 in the GPAC. up six assists as well. Sophomore of teams, including 11th- ranked to play in warm temperatures, and total of 57 hits, 4 of them triples. She A key run in the first half gave the Ben Miller dropped 14 points of his Madonna University of Michigan. will play a total of 10 games on their earned first-team All-GPAC honors, Raiders the lead; and they did not own. Junior Walker Seim and Ryan The ball-club is looking forward spring break trip. After Arizona, and also received All-American give it up for the rest of the game. Hoogeveen scored 12 and 11 points, to the season, as they are receiving the Raiders will begin conference honors from the NAIA. The Red Northwestern went into the locker respectively. votes nationally and picked to play against Nebraska Wesleyan Raiders are hoping to rebound from room with a 51-42 advantage. A Northwestern held a significant finish second in the conference after on March 19. The softball squad is last season, and will be looking quick start to the final half allowed advantage in three-point percentage winning the conference tournament picked to finish at ninth place in the forward to starting their quest in the leaders to maintain a comfortable (50 percent to 38 percent) and and advancing to the National conference this season. Last season, just under a month under the sunny lead and pick up the victory. rebounds (41-23) on the afternoon. Tournament Opening Round they finished 12th with a conference skies of Tucson, Arizona. Sophomore Daniel Van Kalsbeek’s last year. Defending conference record of 5-19. Individually, the champion Mt. Marty is picked to Raiders were led by Rachel Harris. win the conference. Sioux Falls, She enjoyed one of the best seasons February 11, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu News 12 Around Implementing faith at work: Purpose, success The Globe BY JULIA LANTZ and 3 p.m. in Christ Chapel. His conversation, involving God and Miller said. CONTRIBUTING WRITER morning presentation will explore the workplace. Miller has found that through all Penn. gas blast With the “real world” just whether faith in the workplace is Prior to Miller’s involvement in his work with executives and CEOs, around the corner, Northwestern a short-term trend or the future. this movement, he spent 16 years life becomes more purposeful ALLENTOWN, Penn. - A natural gas line exploded on students will soon have to In the afternoon, he will present working in international business through the implementation of Wednesday, Feb. 9, killing one confront a very different attitude “Faith at Work: From Idea to and finance. His experience includes faith at work. Work becomes more person and injuring five more toward ethics than they may have Implementation.” sales and marketing for IBM and satisfying and more natural. Miller in a residential area. encountered within the campus Miller is a fervent leader of the executive positions in finance, articulates that implementing circle. Faith at Work movement. This including international investment the two does not make work Congressman quits Princeton business ethics effort addresses the urgent need for management, corporate finance necessarily easier, but Jesus WASHINGTON D.C. - Just scholar, Dr. David Miller, will men and women to integrate their and mergers and acquisitions for empowers us to a healthier way hours before a report broke that be the keynote speaker on that faith with their work. Through his a private equity firm. of living even as we struggle married N.Y. Rep. Christopher very topic on the fourth annual experience in business, academia Miller had no desire to leave the every day about how to do it in a Lee sent a shirtless photo in Day of Learning in Community and the church, Miller writes about business world and had a “lengthy truthful way. response to a Craigslist dating Wednesday, Feb. 16. how these worlds overlap in his wrestling match with God over Miller has a real interest ad, Lee anounced that he was Miller will speak at 9 a.m. book, “God at Work.” it,” according an interview with in bringing together the often quitting his elected post. He starts his book Christianity Today magazine. separated worlds of work and faith with a quote from an Miller stated, “It became clear and is passionate about his career. Jobless claims down e m p l o ye e t r a i n i n g to me that God’s plan was first “I get to swim every day in my three WASHINGTON - The course which he recalls to equip me to understand the favorite swimming holes: business, number of applicants for from ‘79, “Whatever language of the business world and academics and the church.” unemployment benefits else you learn here, just then to learn ‘God Talk’- theology- His greatest reward comes dropped by 36,000 last week to don’t forget, religion and fluently move in and out of the from “helping other people—both its lowest point since July 2008. The numbers show not only and business simply boardroom and the Bible.” business people and clergy—have number of layoffs, but also the don’t mix. Customers Miller left the marketplace their moment of illuminations to willingness of companies to want solutions to their to help bridge the gap between integrate faith and work.” hire. business problems, church-mode on Sunday to Currently Miller’s effort with not their spiritual work-mode on Monday. Miller the Faith at Work movement Mubarak steps down problems.” recalls after graduating from lie in his roles as director of EGYPT - Egpytian President Miller believes that college he was a “quintessential Princeton University’s Faith and Hosni Mubarak stepped down this may have been compartmentalizer.” Work Initiative and teacher of his Thursday night after 30 years true a couple of decades “I focused on my work and my signature business ethics course, of ruling the country. The ago, but thinks that we career, and never in my wildest Succeeding Without Selling decision comes after a meeting PHOTO COURTESY OF CSUFRESNO.EDU stand today in the midst dreams did I think faith might Your Soul, at Princeton and Yale with military officials. Newly Author and professor Dr. David Miller seeks to implement faith into the workplace. of an era with a new have something to do with it.” universities. appointed vice president Omar Suleiman will take over. Second storm strikes Gay marriage law back in discussion MIDWEST - Record snowfalls have been recorded across the Cont from pg 1 Emma Reeves, a student at so polarized and nuanced. country, however; this winter of Iowa who was raised by two Hamline University in St. Paul, As Christians taking up the issue weather has shown little mothers and is against the proposed Minn., could see marriage in Iowa of legalizing gay marriage, there are Where is gay sign of letting up. The most amendment. being defined as between one man a few things we are encouraged to recent storm, with below zero In an interview with him, and one woman until a national law keep in mind. marriage legal? temperatures and two feet of he states that the experience of supporting gay marriage is enacted. Wahls states that America does snow, hit around Oklahoma. being raised by two mothers is Norris sees the issue staying not base its laws on any one religion, Prime Minister may overwhelmingly similar to what his contentious in Iowa for some time, and that Christians have differing Massachusets friends experience with having one perhaps until a national law is views on what the Bible says about Connecticut face more charges mother and one father. He still has homosexual relationships. male role models, as “it’s not like Norris encourages us to research New Hampshire ITALY - Italian Prime Minister you can exist in America knowing the issue fully, as the issue is not as Silvio Berlusconi is facing Washington, D.C. three court cases in the coming only adults of one gender.” black and white as it may seem. Iowa months for bribery and tax Many students on campus also Jeff VanDerWerff, a political evasion allegations. seem to be against the proposed science professor at NW, points Prosecutors also want charges amendment. Blake Norris, a senior, out that there are differences in Argentina brought against the PM notes, “I don’t see any social, how people view the lawmaking Belgium in response to his alleged political or cultural reasons to process and what role the law plays. prostitution of a 17-year- put a ban on gay marriage. I don’t He goes on to say, “As the 1978 Canada old girl. The legal age for think that two men or two women report by the RCA Commission of Iceland prostitution is 18 in Italy. marrying has any bearing on Theology noted, approval of the Verizon + iPhone those who are not the two getting homosexual orientation or acts is married.” not a prerequisite to firm support Netherlands United States- After weeks of hype, Verizon’s iPhone went Brian Brandau, a junior, sees for basic civil rights for gays and Norway on sale Thursday, Feb. 10. legal marriage (in contrast to lesbians.” PHOTO COURTESY OF PROGRESSILLINOIS.COM Anticipating long lines and sold- religious marriage) as nothing more And finally, Brandau has a Portugal out venues across the country, than convenient social arrangement passed. Brandau and Wahls both wish for those over-concerned Verizon employees and family supporting social stability. predict an inevitable trend, which about the issue: “Wouldn’t it South Africa members have been asked to Despite this, there are wide- will eventually result in federal be nice if we could all move refrain from purchasing until ranging views on what will happen endorsement of gay marriage. on to more pressing issues?” Spain after demand has decreased. with the issue, from both residents However, the short-run remains of the state and outside the state. unpredictable while views remain Sweden