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Digital Commons @ George Fox University "The Crescent" Student Newspaper Archives and Museum 10-25-2002 "The Crescent" Student Newspaper, October 25, 2002 George Fox University Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent Recommended Citation George Fox University Archives, ""The Crescent" Student Newspaper, October 25, 2002" (2002). "The Crescent" Student Newspaper. 1255. https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/the_crescent/1255 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives and Museum at Digital Commons @ George Fox University. It has been accepted for inclusion in "The Crescent" Student Newspaper by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ George Fox University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. ELECTIONS: REBECCA ST. WORLD SERIES: M a n n i x o r JAMES: October 19 Rally monkeys, tliun- Kulongoski? concert tilled Bauman dersticks, and wild- Facts on two main Auditorium with peo eyed fans make for an c a n d i d a t e s f o r ple, praise, and exciting World Series Oregon Governor. power. in MLB. News— page 2 A&E— page 8 Sports-- page 9 George Fox University. Ncwbcrg. Oregon Friday, October 25,2002 Issue3.VoI. CXIX Campus retreat: Personal growth SAC milestone: group worship TARED MEIDAL Sta ff Writer Sophomore Turkey Bowl to play in the game, they are Confirmation. BRANDON WALLACE Yes: Autumn has come, Staff Writer cncouniged to come spcctate. midterms are past, schedules are After flag "turkey" ball, stu dents will have the opportunity routine, sports are wrapping up... Saturday. Nov. 16. the Student Alumni Council (SA.C.) the semester is flying by. to di.scard their grubbies for Last weekend in Salem, w i l l b e s p o n s o r - ^ semi-formal attire. a n o t h e r s e r i e s o f c o n fi r m a t i o n s ing the third J "I honestly felt like V All students will dawned on students gathered at a annual GFU those involved went out of^ then head to the 4-H camp for the All-Campus Sophomore their way to make it a great F a w v e r C e n t e r Milestone f o r a Fall Retreat. event. The food was excel Yes: worship is inexpressible event, the Thanksgiving- and desirable, fellowship is nec Turkey Bowl lent. It really provided a style dinner and Semi- essary and sweet, peace and quiet sense of class spirit... with entenuin- arc possible, surrender is what it Formal 1 definitely recommend it meni provided all comes to...sometimes you Dinner, held to anybody who doesn't have T h e d i n n e r w i l l at Tilikum be served gotta get away. Retreat a life-shaking event going on 5:00 p.m. Many questions were posed at the same time." over the weekend, perhaps as Center. S t u d e n t s a r e The C H R I S K E L L E Y expected many questions as insights. JOHN PENNEWIT Leading the Worship Band, Turkey Bowl Junior provide their CHOWIN' DOWN AT THE CAMPUS RETREAT: has two major ^ ovvn transportation Kyle Welstad prompted- for dia Students Ben Hawkins, Lissa Stuewe, John Pennewit to Tilikum and the S.A.C. sug logue between song sets along components: the game and the the line of: "What is worship?" and Scott Burkhart wait in line for some camp food. semi-formal dinner. gests carpooling. The annual flag football If you are a sophomore and M a r k P o t h o f f a n d h i s w i f e into what became a weekend fellowship and worship are takes are interested in participating in Olivia enfolded their talks around journey of self-examination. It a whole lifetime, and is a joyous game, which is played with a frozen turkey, is the highlight of this annual event, sign-ups will the theme: "How do we have fel was a time for discovering each expression of what God has this annual event. Student partic be in the Bruin's Den during lowship with God and others?" other and themselves in deeper blessed us with during our lives. meal time.s from Mon., Nov. 4 to Both the band and the ways, and wondering how to For many of us it can also ipants will be playing two 20- minute halves, with a five- Pothoffs revealed a vulnerability make life different for the Thurs., Nov. 7. The cost for this minute break. The kickoff for event is $3 per person and is and realness that molded the ordinary and everyday. this game will start at 3:00 p.m. available to the first 100 sopho time. This plunged the gathering To discover what true see Retreat^ page 12 If sophomores do not wish mores who purchase their ticket. Where does your money go? Bon Appetit: Counting the cost to eat LISA DELZER university's administration deter janitorial services. operations manager. mines the actual co.st of the meal Staff Writer Lawrence said that the uni " W e ' l l k n o c k o u r plan to students. Bon Appetit versity determines the types of selves out to get some AMANDA KEATON presents an estimated total meal plans offered, and that in thing [a food item] for PERMISSION TO ENTER: Bon The money we pay for tuition expense, including food costs, response to this, food, meals, and the students. Even if is divided up in a myriad of way.s, Appetit employee "Jack" slides stu labor costs, and supply costs, staffing must be on hand at all it's just requested by some harder to identify than oth dent Marc BufBngton's IJ> through from which the university creates times in anticipation of hungry one student." ers. Bon Appetit, however, is a an amount for meal plans, he students. " C u s t o m e r s a t i s f a c a scanner, letting him enter Klages. very visible and direct use of our said. "With continuous dining, we tion is very important money that most of us see and Where does the money go? must be ready for a student to be to us, and the students "I don't receive all the money experience each day. here all the time, because there is are our customers," Depending on the point of students pay for their meal no way of knowing who and how she said. "That is real view, this money may or may not plans," Lawrence said. many will show up. We can't ly our number one be worth it. Denny Lawrence, The difference between the control which meals the students goal." Bon Appetit's general manager, actual cost of food service and cat throughout the week," said What about the offers some insight into the food the amount charged to students Lawrence. "It is totally up to the "card swipe" rumor service at Fox and everything for board includes operating student." stating Bon Appetit involved in putting food in our costs of the Student Union Responding to the AMANDA KEATON tummies. Building, such as utilities, cook suggestion cards is a high — YOU MAKE IT: Student Mirsade According to Lawrence, the ing equipment and repairs, and Bon Appetit, page 12 priority, says Mary Ortez, see Bejiqi designs the perfect sandwich. IssuelVol.CSI^I I PAGE 2 THE CRESCENT - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2002 OFF-CAMPUS NEWS N e w s E t h i c s Understanding the Isma ills Ousting Offshoot Shi'ite sect of Islam has strong influence in Middle Eastern countries Saddam from that cover a woman from head to BETH HERNANDEZ the seventh Imam and son of Isma'il (son of Ja'far al-Sadiq) toe, with a small screen for her Staff Writer eyes- under the Taliban, women CHELSI in Afghanistan had to wear Iraq: The In the Muslim faith, burkas in public). WILLIAMSON there are two main divi Some Isma'ilis believe that sions: the Shi'ites and the Staff Writer the Imamate never ended, and the only choice Sunnis (divided over the current Imam, Aga Khan III cur successor of the Prophet rently provides spiritual guidance Genocide. Such a bloody, senseless, evil word. Until 9-11 none Muhammad). to Isma'ilis worldwide. of us had ever experienced thai word, but now we've seen its tragic Within each there are effects on our own soil. smaller sects, or traditions, Because he is considered spiritu Imagine living under a government that not only allows such that differ on interpretations ally appointed by God, Aga Khan tragedy, but supports and actually orders it to take place! That gov of Quranic law as well as III is allowed to re-interpret the ernment is a threat to its people, along with the rest of the world. It lineage after the Prophet Qur'an and Hadiths (sayings of should be destroyed to stop further shedding of innocent blood. Muhammad's death. the Prophet), so this sect tends to In 1988 Iraq's leader Saddam Hussein had over 200,000 of his One group within the be much more liberal than other own people brutally murdered. (Newberg.ten times over, dead.) A S h i ' i t e s a r e k n o w n a s t h e Muslim groups in terms of the leader that has no moral issue with killing almost a quarter of a mil Isma'ilis.

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