February 10, 2017 The Houghton Volume 113, Number 13 Houghton College's Student Newspaper t STAR Since 1909 HOUGHTONSTAR.COM | [email protected] | FACEBOOK.COM/THEHOUGHTONSTAR | TWITTER.COM/HOUGHTONSTAR | |NSTAGRAM @HOUGHTONSTAR MOVIE REVIEW: BEARING WITNESS AT THE WHY I MARCH FOR WHAT DO WE DO WITH ARTIST OF THE WEEK: SHYMALAN'S SPLIT I MARCH FOR LIFEA REGUGEES POL/77CS? 1 MEREDITH GUFFEY I FEATURES, P. 4 FEATURES, P. 5 OPINIONS, P. 6 OPINIONS, P. 7 FEATURES, P. 8 Track to Compete at Championships Buffalo Musicians I 11. , The team is in high spirits 4641=L 11 going into the meet, accord- Kick Off ing to team chaplain Melissa Bell ' 17. Bell commented, "This past week we had Artist about 90% o f the team [reach personal bests], and hitting 4 that again or surpassing that Series would be an awesome way to send the team into nationals." MICAH CRONIN Kasey Cannister ' 17, one of the women's team captains, concurred. She stated, "Our The Spring Artist Series meet this past weekend, re- will commence tonight in ally demonstrated how strong the Wesley Chapel, featur- we are becoming with so ing the band Wooden Cit- many personal records oc- ies. Adjunct music profes- curring." sor Megan Kyle plays the Bell also noted men's oboe in the ensennble and pole vaulter Leland Roberts will be performing tonight ' 19 is currently ranked first in as well. HOUGHTON.EDU the conference. "It would be The group has gained The men's and women's indoor track and field teams will compete in the NCAA Empire 8 Conference a huge win if he could onto regional acclaim since their Championships tomorrow at Utica College that spot," she said. Roberts inception in 2011, perform- broke the Highlander record ing in venues throughout MICAH CRONIN in the National Christian director, Harold "Skip" Lord, in men's pole vault earlier Buffalo including the Al- College Athletic Association track and field athletes must this season with a vault of bright Knox Art Gallery, The Houghton High- (NCCAA) indoor track and place in the top six of their 4.42 meters. He held the pre- Silo City, Hallwalls Art landers Indoor Track and field championships. event at the Empire 8 cham- vious record as well. Center, PAUSA Art House, Field teams will compete "Right now, we plan to pionships, or the top four in Sprinter and long jump- and the State University of in the Empire 8 conference have 9 women and 7 men relay events, to participate in er Malik Bullock ' 19 said, New York at (SUNY) Buf- championships tomorrow at competing [at the NCCAA the national championships. "I'm really excited to see the falo. Utica College. Outcomes championships]," said head In addition, athletes must of the meet will determine track and field coach, Patrick meet NCCAA qualifying eligibility for competition Hager. According to athletic standards. See TRACK page 2 See SERIES age y President Mullen And Gospel Choir Hits The Road Students ANNA SHILKE 0 - Participate In D.C. On February 12, the Houghton College gospel Conference choir will travel to Roches- ten and join the Browncroft Community Church worship JORDAN TRAUTWEIN team for all three oftheir ser- vices. In the past, the School of Music and the Houghton Students Colleen Shan- Symphony Orchestra have non ' 17 and Becca First- collaborated with Brown- brook ' 18 travelled to Wash- croft's worship team to or- ington with President Shirley chestrate events such as the Mullen to attend the Student annual Christmas Prism Leadership Conference, Concert. "This is an excel- sponsored by the National lent way to bring our visions Association of Evangelicals. and our goals into fruition," The conference, which commented Jerome Bell, took place at the end of Janu- Leader and Director of gos- \1 ary, was centered on "faith- pel choir. Browncroft's wor- ful advocacy". While there, ship pastor, Jason Harris, will be leading worship. they had the opportunity to RAHEEL DHINGRA witness the inner workings The gospel choir, created The gospel choir, created in the late 90's, features a variety of African-American music. This Sunday, the of the political system and in the late 90's, features a group will assist in worship at Browncroft Community Church in Rochester, NY. voice their own policy con- variety of African-American cerns. music. Students who are a Shannon shared her im- part of gospel choir have the is considerably casual, the choir is open to anyone who tain occasions, such as the pression of the work she ob- opportunity to learn about choir learns not by music, is interested, with practice Homecoming college con- served. She stated, "Despite the deep, passionate genre but by listening along until taking place every Sunday cert have yielded an addi- of gospel music. Practice, the words are memorized. night from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m, though said to be managed Currently there are almost and occasionally Thurs- See see D.C. page 3 efficiently and productively, forty members, but gospel day night for an hour. Cer- GOSPEL page 2 2 1 NEWS FEBRUARY 10, 2017 /ntemationa/ U Kenyan Wildlife Reserve Invaded herders returned with spears Mwangi Kiumuri, it was ex- Another issue that the set- On the other side, Max and automatic weapons, pected that 1.3 million Ke- tlers are taking with this case Graham, CEO of Space For which they used to burn down nyans would be affected by is the indiscriminate killing of Giants, attempted to explain huts, and slaughter animals on the drought. The National wildlife. According to reports, these killings in a state- the way. Drought Management Au- the herders have gone so far ment he gave last week. He Laikipia, a Kenyan county thority (NDMA) confirmed as to kill animals from Big said,"First, the herders are planted northeast of the Great this estimate, and added that Five, including six African coming into conflict with el- Rift Valley, is home to con- the Samburu and Pokot com- elephants, lions, decapitated ephants at water points, and servancies, private properties, munities were among the zebras, and even household shooting at them to scare and endangered wildlife. most vulnerable, which is dogs. them away. Second, sorne f Tensions between pasto- where the invading herders "Twenty years of time, of these herders now in Lai- ralists and settlers are nothing come from. effort, sweat, money... it's kipia, but not indigenous to new to the Kenyan county. However, after the attacks fallen apart in two weeks, de- the area, are traditionally However, some hold the be- this week, some are starting stroyed," says conservation hunters: to kill an elephant lief that the invasions are to believe in an underlying manager, Josh Perrett. is a rite of passage in their ANTHONY BURDO thought to be a direct result of motive. In 2008, Kenya ex- "Before, you would see el- culture." MELISSA MACLEAN a drought that Laikpia experi- perienced a violent political ephant, a few hundred head of However, despite the re- enced last year. episode between the current buffalo, Jackson's hartebeest, location and devastation to This is the perspective of president, Mwai Kibaki, and oryx, Grant's gazelle, impala. wildlife, residents are also Matthew Lempurkel, Laiki- the opposed candidate, Taila Now you see thousands of being injured in the process, Last week, over 30,000 pia's North MR "People are Odinga. One of the landown- head of cattle, a lot of sheep including one death reported cattle fiooded the conserved struggling over the available ers believes that this invasion and goats." last week. plains o f Laikipia, Kenya, as water and pasture for their is a result of the political ten- One of the larger wildlife President Kenyatta has armed semi-nomadic pasto- livestock, which is our liveli- sion spilling over. "This was conservancies, who depends since ordered all invading ralists stormed tourist huts hood," he reported in Kenya's all planned years ago, and is on donor funds to safeguard herdsmen to leave the Laiki- and grazing fields. The Star this week. Pastoral- designed to peak in the run- its wildlife, has already can- pia area, but the government In early January, around ists depend upon fertile graz- up to the elections...Votes in celed a $5 million invest- has yet to successfully halt 10,000 nomadic herders ing fields for their livestock's exchange for grass and land ment due to fears about the the invasions. * took their first attempt to survival, and when water be- grabs, the seizure of Laikipia future of its wildlife. Another Melissa is a senior commu- drive their cattle into the comes scarce, grass becomes by outsiders and the expul- sanctuary for the endangered settled land. However, the scarce as well. According to sion of rival tribes, ranchers black rhino is also under seri- nication and international big hit came last week when Kenyan cabinet secretary, and conservancies." ous threat. development double major. ; TRACK from page 1 relay team who received All- American honors last year at the NCCAA nationals. Garns and white will be "key run- -. ners" at this weekend's meet according to Cannister. Garns 1 will race in the 60 meter dash kSarouRF.'9940-b,4-0.Ij men's and women's distance and 200 meter run, and White 8*r'I ' -v'.......R"li...u....79/ :-.L medley relays. Coach [Hag- will race in the 800 meter run. ' .1 er] has put together a solid Cannister noted, "In our set of athletes." He contin- field events, we expect strong ued, "I'm also interested in performances in High Jump, ..79 ./ i 'lisiwimp,2,2/LI'll.,9//9/VillillillilifiA,Ji'illifi,f.lilizilillirl the rnen's 4x200 relay be- Pole Vault, and Long Jump '11 All cause we competed all day by Gwen Stokes '20, Fiona un 9///////A [before running the relay] at Daloia ' 17, and Kalei Braut- Ithaca and did pretty well, lacht '20, respectively." so it'11 be interesting to see White, Garns, and Daloia what we can do well rested "continue to be athletes who and eager to compete." compete at a high level" said Hager remarked, "Our Hager.