WINTER 2018–19 theClassic 18 Living Your Faith, a summer theology camp hosted by Northwestern, helps prepare high school students to be the next generation of church leaders. DOUG BURG DOUG Contents Classic People The Sounds of Our Times Editor 15 Separated by three decades, the members of the Westside Four and His Duane Beeson M.U.S.I.C. shared a love for music, the desire to entertain and uplift 712-707-7116 others, and a deep friendship forged through shared passions.
[email protected] Yeehaw! Staff Writers Duane Beeson 16 One day every fall, Raider Nation goes a little bit country when the Anita Cirulis Student Activities Council presents the Western Hoedown. Tamara Fynaardt Amanda Kundert Raider Nation in the Real World Juliana Pennings ’12 20 College can be the time of your life. But it should also prepare you for Designers the rest of it. We talked with nine 2018 graduates to see how they’re Roy Trevino managing their new “real world” responsibilities. John Vander Stelt ’83 Special Son. Super Dad. Web Editor 15 26 Looking for a superhero his son could relate to, Chip Reece writes the Meagan (Wells ’03) Wallinga fi rst graphic novel featuring a character with Down syndrome. The Classic is published twice a year for alumni and friends of Northwestern College. So named because it served what was then known as the Northwestern Clas- Departments sical Academy, the Classic was the On the Web school’s fi rst student newspaper, 2 Zwemer View begun in 1891. It has been an Your Turn alumni publication since 1930.