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Wiesenthal: The Jewish James Bond

Tom Dugan, who wrote and stars in Wiesenthal, tells the story of an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. Photo: Carol Rosegg

TORI SANDERS at the same time. Wiesenthal has been and one character, Wiesen- plays presented on campus, more intimate layout. Staff Writer The playWiesenthal is the nicknamed “the Jewish James thal himself. This gives the as well as casts many staff The script is composed of first Artist Series program of Bond” as he brought over impression that the audience and students for various many of Wiesenthal’s true The story of Simon Wi- the 2017 spring semester at 1,100 Nazi war criminals is sitting in Wiesenthal’s of- roles. adventures woven together esenthal, the Holocaust sur- Bob Jones University. Tom across the globe to justice fice, located in Vienna, and Wiesenthal, however,STUDENT is in order to give an overview vivor whose efforts led to the Dugan is both the playwright after approximately 22,000 simply listening to his many being directed LEADERSHIPby Jenny Sul- of his life. arrest of more than 1,100 and the sole actor in the en- spread out across the globe. stories. livan while Dugan, the play- While the play has dark Nazi war criminals, came tire performance, Wiesenthal. To tell the story of Wie- Wiesenthal is unusual for wright, stars as Wiesenthal.COUNCIL themes, it has a balance to Rodeheaver Auditorium The play tells the true senthal’s adventures, Dugan BJU because it comes en- Rodeheaver Auditorium, that helps relieve the ten- Thursday at 8 p.m. and will story of Wiesenthal, a Jew- wrote the story with only one tirely from an outside source. the venue for Wiesenthal, was sion. There is humor found be presented again tonight ish survivor of the Holocaust. scene, Wiesenthal’s office BJU often directs the chosen because of its smaller, See WIESENTHAL p. 3 » USpeak provides students platform for change

IAN DYKE submission within 48 hours. Staff Writer USpeak originated as an idea for a class project. Launched at the beginning Former SLC representa- of the fall semester, USpeak al- tive Daniel Herr is partially lows students to anonymously responsible for presenting the give an idea, ask a question, idea to Dr. Pettit. report a problem, offer praise Herr along with other SLC and participate in multiple on- members worked with Stu- line polls about campus issues. dent Life and IT to prepare USpeak serves as the com- the idea for the 2016-2017 munication portal between academic year. students and the administra- Herr said USpeak gives tion. Students can access the university students the same online resource through the platform he enjoyed as an SLC link on the intranet or directly representative. at uspeak.bju.edu. “[The student body] is All student feedback is now in the room with us when seen by a member of the we’re talking to Dr. Pettit, es- STUDENT Student Leadership Council sentially,” Herr said. before being compiled and The student body em- LEADERSHIP presented to President Steve braced USpeak last semester COUNCIL Pettit and Dr. Eric Newton, with thousands of online sub- dean of students. missions. The USpeak homepage “The SLC was blown away promises that an SLC repre- by how much use [USpeak] sentative will respond to each See USPEAK p. 3 » 2 The Collegian . Jan. 27, 2017

COLUMN OPINION

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IAN DYKE Staff Writer

ABBY SIVYER Editor

Have you ever pulled up to a drive-thru window to find All contacts © 2016 that the person in the car in front of you had already paid HARBIN JORDAN COMIC: for your order? The Collegian Editorial When I worked at Star- bucks, I was always surprised When winter blues begin to set when someone would start a EDITOR “pay-it-forward” chain. in, find purpose in the Light Abby Sivyer The next person would [email protected] pull up to the window, try January is nearly over. The Your purpose to succeed in the darkest days. tally understand.” to hand me their money and newness of the New Year has college, and your purpose to The dark times may not These highs and lows are COPY EDITOR then usually stare at me in worn off. The excitement of succeed for Christ. always make sense to us. But not random but have a purpose Melody Wright shock when I told them the Christmas past has already Luckily, we go to a univer- that’s okay. that sometimes God chooses to person in front of them had faded into memories. sity that allows us to fulfill these In his book Mood Tides: reveal to us, and other times He paid for part of or even all of No more ornaments to two purposes simultaneously. Divine Purpose in the Rhythms chooses not to. STAFF WRITERS Ian Dyke their order. hang, wreathes to place or pres- Christ calls us to do all that of Life, BJU professor Ronald Through the many emo- Tori Sanders The initial surprise would ents to wrap. we do for His glory—college, Horton wrote, “I believe that tional states in our lives, we can Katie Jackson then morph into a smile and No more casseroles to bake, careers, ministry, relationships. emotional highs and lows are find peace in knowing there is Luke McCormick they’d usually offer to pay for parties to attend or fireworks at Sometimes you have to get structured into us by our Cre- one constant we can run to— Rebekah Anderson the person behind them. midnight to enjoy. out of your head and into your ator for reasons we do not to- Jesus, our Light. Elisa Crawley Sometimes this would go What next? heart. Silence the voice in your on for an impressive 15 or With the most celebrated head that complains about the more cars, until one person holidays behind us, the next cold, the dark, the homework SPORTS WRITER would inevitably respond best thing is Valentine’s Day— and the homesickness. AJ Papagno with, “Oh really? That’s nice,” not nearly as exciting. Listen to the voice in your grab his order and drive off. We’ve just come off an heart that says, “Christ loves PHOTO EDITOR I share the same self-cen- emotional high, the holidays, me. He promised not to leave Stephen Dysert tered nature as Mr. End the and now comes the emotional me. He called me to be where I Chain, so I get it. low, the cold, dark winter days. am. I will rejoice in Him!” I understand that the To be completely honest, Sometimes all it takes is a PHOTOGRAPHERS world is fallen and that hu- January through March can be prayer to God, a meditation on Rebecca Snyder manity is sinful. And because a rather depressing time of year. His Word or an admiration of Ian Nichols Rebekah Mierta of that, selfishness is the norm But it doesn’t have to be. His Creation to make us realize and kindness is the exception. When you feel like staying how silly we are to feel down. So why did all those cus- in and sleeping the dark times We can rejoice in know- LAYOUT EDITOR tomers willingly pay for a away, think about your purpose ing we have the Light of the Jacob Clipperton See COLUMN p. 8 » in life. world as our closest friend in

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senior junior junior freshman sophomore SCARLET VALENZUELA KAYLA BALDWIN OLIVIA SCHNEGELBERGER NATHAN BARNHOUSE CARLOS CARDONA “Marketing social “Ice cream taste tester.” “Speech language pa- “Own a Christian din- “Music pastor in a for- media stategist for thologist.” ner theater.” eign fi eld.” Sephora.” SNYDER REBECCA PHOTOS: The Collegian . Jan. 27, 2017 OPINION 3 »USPEAK p. 1 Student body presidents dents can up-vote or down- got,” said Emily Weier, student Weier and Nate Hudson now vote. Ideas that receive a sig- body president. compile student feedback to nificant number of up-votes “We thought it was a great discuss in a meeting with Pet- are further considered. SNAPSHOT platform and a great opportu- tit and Newton each month. At present, students are nity, but I did not expect the One of the most used of participating in eight online volume it was going to get.” USpeak’s capacities is the abil- polls, including votes to install Originally after being vet- ity to submit ideas. Students printers in the residence halls, ted through the SLC, feed- can submit ideas that they refurbish the tennis courts and back from USpeak was sent to believe are worthy of consid- replace the sand in the out- Newton since many submis- eration by the administration. door volleyball courts. sions involved student life on Some particularly good Up-votes on the polls for campus. But President Pettit ideas, or ideas that are fre- Rubi café vending machines personally asked to see every quently submitted, become (like the one in the library) submission as well. online polls that other stu- and for locks on residence hall rooms have triggered the administration to further re- search the advantages and cost of both projects. Similarly, students voiced their idea on USpeak to ex- tend the wifi hours for up- perclassmen which led Pettit to finalize plans with IT. Now upperclassmen can enjoy pro- longed wifi usage. Hudson said the changes PHOTO: IAN NICHOLS PHOTO: brought about by USpeak evidence a needed shift to- wards better understanding LINDSEY MASON // SENIOR // ELEMENTARY ED and communication between the BJU student body and the administration. “I went into [college] as a business major...I didn’t real- He described USpeak as an appropriate and effective way for students to express their ly know what I wanted to do with it, and I just had this needs and ideas. Student Leadership and feeling that I needed to give my major up to God. And Organizations Coordinator Matthew Weathers echoed Hudson’s sentiments. I wasn’t doing that before. I had [gone] into business “We want your feedback,” Weathers said. “[USpeak] is a student to make money. I prayed about it and prayed about it platform: students bring ideas to the administration. I want and prayed about it, and I really feel He was leading to see the increase of quantity and quality of ideas and feed- back,” he said. me [to become] a teacher. Daniel Herr collaborated with classmates to create USpeak. Photo: Stephen Dysert “I dedicated my life to God in ninth grade and I just

had this feeling that He wanted me to be a teacher, 2 6 3 but I kind of pushed it back. And it was funny because 6 9 4 right when I gave that up to God and I went and talked to my adviser to switch my major, I had this ultimate 8 9 1 3 5 8 4 1 peace.” 6 9 »WIESENTHAL p. 1 the audience a peek into Wi- been known to halt perfor- throughout the story, says esenthal’s life and shows that mances in order to instruct 2 7 6 8 Darren Lawson, dean of he was a true character. an audience member to put the School of Fine Arts and “[Wiesenthal] had a life his phone away. 2 1 7 6 Communication, who saw of purpose out of adversity,” Many people in the local 8 3 the show in Dallas. Lawson said. “Everyone can community have made plans Lawson was so impressed connect to his story.” to attend the production, in- 8 7 4 2 by the production that he was Because of the solemn na- cluding members of the local inspired to bring the play to ture of the story being told, Jewish Federation, a group BJU. Dugan is very strict about particularly interested in the 6 2 3 Lawson said the play gives cell phone usage. He has subject matter. 4 NEWS The Collegian . Jan. 27, 2017 Go Greenville 2.0 to connect students with ministry KATIE JACKSON Greenville this semester is tive or experience that we Vowels said. Staff Writer partnering with these estab- have, and it’s a nonacademic “That is why God gave us lished nursing home, Bible activity [that is an] overall the Holy Spirit. [But] most Go Greenville 2.0 will be club, Juvenile Detention building experience for stu- people are far more equipped held Jan. 27-29 and Feb. 3-5 Center and street-witnessing dent development,” he said. than they feel like. You will and will have a variety of out- outreaches. “Simply being fearful is never really know until you reaches—including nursing The goal is for students really not a New Testament try,” he said. home, Bible club, Juvenile to have a better understand- excuse. Every human being Students who would like Detention Center and street- ing of where their gifts can can push themselves,” Vow- to sign up to participate in witnessing opportunities. be used most effectively and els said. this semester’s Go Green- Matthew 28:19-20 com- continue with that estab- “It all comes back to what ville outreach can stop by the mands Christians to go out lished ministry after the ini- you really care about and CGO office inside the Alumni into the world and spread the tial Go Greenville activity what you really believe in.” building or email Nick Mauer Gospel. The Center for Global has ended. Vowels encourages at [email protected]. Opportunities wants to help “We want [Go Green- students who do not feel Go Greenville event dates students fulfill this great com- ville to] foster in students a equipped to still get involved. can be found on the BJU aca- mission. love for a type of outreach “Nobody is adequately demic calendar. The CGO is launching that will then translate into equipped [for ministry],” this semester’s GO Green- a long-term commitment to ville outreach program to that outreach,” Mauer said. be an avenue for students to Mark Vowels, director of reach beyond themselves and the Center for Global Op- share the love of Jesus with a portunities, urges students dying world. to sign up. Nick Mauer, Go Green- “Part of our identity as ville coordinator, invites ev- followers of Christ is to be ery available student to par- reaching beyond ourselves ticipate. to give the good news of “Go Greenville is primar- the Gospel and to make ily an opportunity for stu- disciples,” Vowels said. “Go dents at the University to get Greenville is an organized one-time experience in an avenue of doing that.” outreach without a long-term Go Greenville is impor- commitment so that they can tant because of “the nature experience a variety of differ- of Christianity,” Vowels said. ent outreaches and figure out “It gives us experiences which one would best suit outside of campus meeting them,” Mauer said. people who don’t have the CGO director Mark Vowels, left, meets with students to discuss outreach opportunities. Photo: Anita Goodman Unlike last semester, Go same worldview or perspec- How to make your New Year’s resolutions last all year REBEKAH ANDERSON resolutions. Cruze echoes Now, Billiu doesn’t panic Staff Writer the classic goal system, when he misses a day. In- which requires goals to be stead, he shrugs it off and Only about 40 percent of specific, measurable, achiev- resumes his goal the next day. Americans make resolutions able, relevant and time-bound His goals for 2017 include each year. However, accord- (SMART). journaling daily, reading 10 TOP 10 FOr student ing to StatisticBrain.com, 40 He also recommends new books and blogging once percent of those people aban- scheduling time to complete a week. Resolutions don their resolutions by the your daily goals. Some people, however, TIPS end of January. Chloe Chelli, a sopho- don’t wait until January to If you’ve made it through more music education stu- set long-term goals. the first month of 2017 and dent, applies this principle David Ware, a junior busi- Improve Your Grades managed to keep your New to her own resolutions. ness administration major, 1. Year’s resolution intact, con- She places sticky notes takes a different approach. gratulations! throughout her planner as “When someone always Get More Sleep You’re among 60 per- reminders to get things done. makes their resolutions in 2. cent of Americans who have She also keeps herself January, there can be a ten- Be More Health Conscious maintained their resolution accountable by sharing her dency to put things off until 3. throughout the entire month goals with friends and fam- the new year rather than ad- of January. Only 11 more ily members. Chelli’s resolu- dressing them when they be- 4. Broaden Your Horizons months to go! tions for this year include not come apparent,” he said. These statistics can be slouching, drinking more wa- Instead of waiting for a Money Matters: Find Financial Stability daunting, even defeating. Af- ter and spending more time new year, Ware said he sets 5. ter all, setting goals is often far in prayer. resolutions as soon he sees Get a Part-time Job easier than following through Establishing this “one- something that needs to 6. with them. day-at-a-time” mindset is change. But how do you overcome helpful for accomplishing This semester, Ware said 7. Learn New Skills the temptation to quit? How your goals. But what happens he wants to pursue more op- do you actually keep your if you miss a day? portunities to serve his local Find Balance resolution? CJ Billiu, a sophomore church. 8. Kevin Cruze, contribu- journalism and mass com- Philip Arcuri, a sopho- Volunteer tor at Forbes.com, wrote munication student, said he more humanities major, 9. an article titled, “7 Secrets used to get discouraged when said, “Treat every day like a of People Who Keep Their he broke his resolution. new year and resolve to get Make Plans for the Future New Year’s Resolutions.” His “As soon as I missed a day done what you resolved to 10.

first secret is to make specific or two, I’d quit,” he said. that day.” source: www.georgebrown.ca DESIGN: CIARAN CRAWLEY mlk service day Hope Baptist Church, Nicholtown Projects included raking and bagging leaves, pulling vines and disposing of garbage on the Greenville County Juvenile outside of the building, in addition to cleaning baseboards, windows Detention Facility and floors on the inside. TWENTY-TWO Undergrad and graduate students, including ten Chorale members, presented a Gospel- centered interactive musical program. Volunteers also played a 3v3 basketball tournament with the juveniles, making connections and laying a relational foundation that will help the students who regularly interact with the juveniles throughout the semester.

Cherokee County Rescue Mission, Gaffney TWENTY-ONE volunteers helped deep clean the rescue mission’s kitchen, sweep and mop the bathrooms in the men’s and women’s quarters and organize clothing and canned food at the Meals on Wheels mission’s thrift store. Greenville THIRTY-FOUR volunteers delivered hot meals to needy people throughout the Greenville community. Papa John’s on Miracle Hill Children’s Home, Pickens Howell Road graciously loaned BJU After touring the facility and learning about “hot bags” to keep the meals from its mission, FOUR Students helped organize the cooling off during the trip. proceeds from the Bob Jones Academy food drive (which had been donated to Miracle Hill) and sort school supplies and other items.

Miracle Hill Boy’s Shelter Greenville FOURTEEN men cleaned the inside of the facility and raked leaves. One student in particular had a vision to make the day special for the boys by providing a really nice meal. Utilizing know-how from the BJU culinary division, he prepared a fantastic lunch of gourmet tacos, which the boys and workers shared.

Phillis Wheatley Community Center, Nicholtown seventy-three volunteers enjoyed a meal with local residents of Nicholtown After hearing from Mark Vowels, Jonathan Parker and Darian Blue (Executive Director of the Phillis Wheatley Association) as they addressed race, service and prejudice. The volunteers also mulched, landscaped, cleaned, removed trash, organized a library and painted a workout room and a computer lab. A dump truck load of mulch, donated by Landscaper’s Supply of Greenville, was added to the facility. Lowe’s deeply discounted painting supplies and Sherwin-Williams donated over $10,000 of paint. DESIGN: AMY SHEETER TEXT: NICK MAUER PHOTOS: BJU MARKETING/JOHN SMOKER, BEN KNOEDLER PHOTOS: NICK MAUER TEXT: SHEETERDESIGN: AMY 6 The Collegian . Jan. 27, 2017 Afghan CuisineNEWS at Aryana adds downtown diversity

ELISA CRAWLEY different traditional dishes “It’s like going into your Staff Writer daily from scratch, and guests mom’s kitchen,” Vaughn said. can purchase a plate featuring “At Aryana we want our Located on East Coffee a portion of all six for $9.60. guests to feel welcome and Street downtown, Greenville’s Dishes vary depending on leave full and satisfied.” first and only Afghan restau- the day. Some traditional dishes rant is about a 10-minute drive Why six? Employee Sum- include chicken kabob, sweet from the BJU campus. mer Vaughn said that in Af- potato burani (sweet potatoes Aryana Afghan Cuisine ghanistan, a family will usu- with a yogurt sauce), adas opened about three months ally prepare three dishes for (lentils), kabuli palau (a va- ago on Nov. 4 but has already meals: a vegetable, a starch riety of rice pilaf), and more. made it to No. 5 on Yelp’s 10 and a meat dish. Except when Dishes are flavorful and Best Restaurants in Greenville. guests arrive, then the family diverse and come with pita The owner of the self-de- will prepare six, two of each, bread. Another unique menu scribed cafeteria-style restau- because guests are a blessing item is the traditional carda- rant, Nelo Mayar (originally and the family wants to bless mom green tea. Aryana offers a variety of authentic Afghan dishes. Photo: Rebekah Mierta from Afghanistan), makes six its guests with food. See ARYANA p. 8 » Graphic design seniors’ artwork shines in Spectrum

LUKE MCCORMICK each other on display design. Staff Writer The seniors chose the Four years of work by theme “Spectrum” to reflect graphic design majors gradu- both the status of the class as a ating in May was on display whole and as individuals. for friends, family and po- Matthews said light pass- tential employers Saturday as ing through a spectrum is seven graphic design students refracted into seven different finish the last months of their colors, and the seven colors undergraduate degrees. represent the seven seniors The show opened Jan. 21 in the show. and will be left on display un- “There are seven individu- til Feb. 9 in the Sargent Art als in our graduating class,” Building. Matthews said. The showcase includes at “Although we have all least 20 prints per student been through the same [ex- from projects each student perience], we have all been has completed in their years refracted seven different ways. at BJU. We have emerged very differ- The participating se- ent people with very distinct niors—Jessica Saravia, Joan- styles,” she said. na Daniels, Lindsay Bullock, Freeland said the process Luke Zockoll, Matthew Free- of putting the exhibit together land, Olivia Matthews and was more work than originally Sarah Kuzmic—have done expected, including work ex- BJU – The Collegian the planning and organizing tending late into a few nights. for the showcase themselves. He said that overall plan- Jay Bopp, chair of the ning was an enjoyable experi- Division of Art and Design, ence and a good team-build- said that the show has taken ing exercise for them. place for more than 25 years Daniels said her experi- to give students a chance to ence in planning the event has display their portfolios to the given her a greater apprecia- community and to work with See SPECTRUM p. 8 » Spectrum reflects the seven designers’ unique styles coming together as one. Photo: Rebecca Snyder

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AJ PAPAGNO and 16 women’s teams. Lanier will be seeking a Sports Writer Last spring, the Alpha return trip to the playoffs, Theta Pi Razorbacks de- where they lost on a game- The spring semester feated the Pi Gamma Delta winning buzzer beater to the brings many new opportu- Royals to win the intramu- Royals in the semifinals. nities in intramural sports. ral championship for men’s The Tornadoes, who While soccer and flag basketball. reached the semifinals last football are among the only “Alpha is going to be one season only to lose to the intramural sports played of the teams to beat this Razorbacks, are looking to during the fall semester, the year,” Nathan Augustus, ath- repeat last season’s success spring semester offers many letic director for the Epsilon and make it to the champi- different sports including Zeta Chi Tornadoes said. onship game this season. softball, volleyball, badmin- Augustus said the Lanier Augustus said he is ex- ton and water polo. Falcons will also be another cited to have Chandler But of all the intramural team to watch out for this Stephens as the Tornadoes’ sports played during the basketball season. basketball coach this season. spring, none is bigger or has “I’m sure they’ll be one of “I’m really excited to see a longer season than basket- the better teams this semes- how he helps our team de- ball, with 24 men’s teams ter,” Augustus said. velop throughout the sea-

Levi Horner of the Pi Gamma Delta Royals dribbles the ball down the court. Photo: Ian Nichols son. I know he’s got some ral basketball championship. The Cardinals, who were good ideas when it comes to The Classics, along with eliminated by the Alpha basketball,” Augustus said. the Colts and the Beta Ep- Gamma Tau Eagles in last Augustus also said some silon Chi Cardinals and the year’s semifinals, are look- key players for the Torna- Tau Delta Chi Kangaroos ing to their key players to does on the court this sea- will be among the teams to lead them to the champion- son will be Colt Scheifer, beat. ship game. Gershon Ho and Stephen “The Classics always “Our president, Charis Roth. have a strong team and the Byrd, is a key player and a For women’s intramural Colts have a couple of ath- natural leader in our soci- basketball, the Pi Delta Chi letic freshmen on the team,” ety. Another key player is Classics defeated the Theta said Allyse Yorgey, Beta Ep- Bekah Misiura, our former Epsilon Chi Colts last year silon Chi Cardinals athletic athletic director,” Yorgey to win the women’s intramu- director. said. Katie Dingeldein powers toward the basket as Rebecca Williams defends. Photo: Ian Nichols 2017 Intramural Sports THE COLLEGIAN IS LOOKING FOR TALENTED, MOTIVATED & DILIGENT ntramral Sort Season Start Season n STUDENTS TO JOIN OUR STAFF. Men’s Basketball Jan. March Women’s Basketball Jan. March Men’s olleyball March April Women’s olleyball March April Men’s Softball April May Women’s Softball April May Women’s Water Polo Jan. March Badminton March March

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»COLUMN p. 2 They do a good deed in To be kind? To be humble, But between classes, work, My heart dropped a little good about yourself and not stranger’s order? And what hopes of one being returned unselfish, longsuffering and coffee runs and QT trips, I every time I heard one of my to check off your “good deed about the person who started to them down the road. forgiving? interact with hundreds of coworkers comment on how of the day.” the chain? As a follower of Christ, The obvious answer is that people each day. And you ironic it was that churchgoers But because you love Jesus He made the biggest sac- my love for others should not our flesh is strong. And that’s probably do too. Translation? could be so rude to others. and He loves you. rifice by paying for another’s be tainted with selfishness. true, but there’s more to the Lots of opportunities to love. Those instances always If every single one of us order in addition to his own. My motivation should freely story. God’s love has set us Some of the crankiest reminded me that even brief actively searched for ways to I sometimes hear people flow from the daily, unrelent- free. Despite our flesh, we are customers I encountered at interactions have the power spread Christlike love each cite “good karma” as a mo- ing outpouring of love that I free to choose to love. Starbucks were the impatient to turn someone toward or day, think of how much influ- tivation for performing ran- receive from my Father. In my experience, lov- families well dressed in suits away from Jesus. ence we could have on both dom acts of kindness. But Most of us know pas- ing others takes a great deal and skirts coming through Look for ways to love our family in Christ and those even karma’s supposed “cause sages like I Corinthians 13 of conscious effort. And to the drive-thru on Sunday others, not because you’ll who’ve yet to experience Je- and effect” is rooted in self- by heart, so why do we find be completely transparent, I mornings, clearly on their get anything in return, not sus’ love. ishness. it so difficult to be patient? don’t always make that effort. way to church. to be recognized, not to feel How will you love today?

»ARYANA p. 6 Mayar does all prepara- tion and cooking herself and in the past has taught classes on Afghan cooking at Furman University. The restaurant is on the first floor of a renovated house and is open, bright, clean and spacious. Guests collect food, choose a table and pay when finished. Restaurant staff is friendly and take drink orders and check in to make sure guests are satisfied. Bright traditional and popular Middle Eastern music plays, and the walls are deco- rated with vibrant pictures of Afghan landscapes. With warm staff, a colorful restaurant and homemade food, Aryana Afghan Cuisine stands out as a unique and interna- tional addition to Greenville’s restaurant community. The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday Aryana is conveniently located 3 miles from Bob Jones University. Photo: Rebekah Mierta Aryana is No. 5 on Yelp’s 10 Best Restaurants in Greenville. Photo: Rebekah Mierta through Saturday.