The Echo: May 6, 2005
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A&E: On-screen Hitchhikers’ e strays from classic book h Opinions: Features: t Nuclear warfare Math majors hits close to encourage college T A EchoY L O R U N I V E R S I T Y home attendance S INCE 1915 - VOLUME 92, NO . 27 M AY 6, 2005 Faculty Hubbard honored votes to in Mitchell keep with J-term portrait BY CRYSTAL POLLOCK BY ASHLEY SMITH ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR NEWS EDITOR After a vote on Monday, a A new portrait honors Oliver recommendation is being made Hubbard, a torch-bearer of to the president’s office and Taylor University. president’s council to keep the The afternoon of April 29, 4-1-4 academic calendar. friends and family of the com- “This vote is the first step in munication professor dedicated addressing many of issues that Hubbard’s portrait at the top of will need to be considered con- the Mitchell Theatre. cerning the structure of the aca- The portrait shows Hubbard demic calendar,” said Edwin smiling and wearing a suit. Welch, coordinator of academ- The audience chuckled ic support services. when Dr. Steve Bedi, universi- All final decisions for the ty provost, asked where calendar will come from the Hubbard’s hat was. president’s office and council. Bedi read a statement which The vote began April 28 after Hubbard wrote describing his the eligible faculty were feelings about theater, which informed in a meeting on the Photo by Matt Wissman is now displayed next to pros and cons of a May term The junior men’s team hoisted their bike in the air after winning the annual Taylathon bike race Saturday. The sophomores came in second followed by the the portrait. versus a J-term. freshmen and the seniors for both the men and women’s races. President David Gyertson The results showed that of also spoke. the 187 eligible faculty, 143 “We could see God’s man- ballots were cast. Fifty-six per- ifestation in Ollie’s life,” cent were in favor of the 4-1-4 Gyertson said. “Like his, I structure while 41 percent pre- want mine to be one that ferred the 4-4-1 calendar. Juniors take Taylathon speaks truth in love.” The e-mail sent to all Upland Hubbard’s wife, Jackie, also faculty stated, “It is the recom- BY CHRISTIANNA LUY The women rode first with “We were plagued,” said “My great memory of addressed the audience. mendation of the faculty to STAFF WRITER senior Katie Baglien complet- sophomore Becky Beeh. “We Taylathon 2005 was watching “Your missing, loving and continue to adhere to the 4-1-4 ing the fastest time around the had one ACL torn, one hyper the best team by far losing keeping him alive in your academic calendar structure Both junior men and women course in 58.57 seconds. The extended knee, three people because of bike trouble ... just hearts is meaning more and and recommends to the walked away victorious men rode second and junior with the flu, a fever, a mono kidding, it was watching my more to me,” she said. administration and faculty to Saturday from the annual Lance Barnett left holding the emergency run and the list goes teammates, when our bike was Arlene Clester, a friend of the address the respective issues Taylathon bike race. fastest time at 52.75 seconds. on. But under the circum- working, fly by all the other Hubbard family, also shared and implications as revealed by The race began at noon on The race takes participants stances we rode so well and put teams on that back stretch,” how she gave Hubbard’s glass- the data collected.” Saturday, and the contestants past Nussbaum, back on the up a great race for the juniors.” said senior Andy Howard. es to a man living in Mexico. However, this does not were pumped and prepared for straightaway from Nussbaum Misfortune struck the senior men During the race, the metal Clester and her husband took complete the decision-making the long, grueling race. to Reade, behind Reade and out when their bike chain broke stand anchoring the bike seat Hubbard’s glasses to Mexico process. “The hardest part of the race to complete a circle. midway through the race. The broke through the junior’s seat on Taylor’s spring break mis- “This vote was only to is staying fast. It takes some Multiple teams experienced team continued to have prob- causing them to sit on a metal sion trip. The two sponsored decide if we stay with January gusto to floor it for eight laps,” frustrations before and during lems throughout the race and the group of nine students who as a distinct term or move to said freshman Cam Brennan. the race. never got it to fully function. See ‘TAYLATHON’ page 3 worked with the Lions Club to a distinct May term,” Welch distribute glasses to people said. “After this comes the who could not afford them. implementation issues that sur- Clester displayed a photo- round both options. This will New education software enters Nussbaum graph of the man wearing require further study and rec- Hubbard’s glasses, and Bedi ommendations to the faculty read a statement Clester had and administration.” DyKnow Vision opens communication between professor and student prepared. Later, Clester said Any other decisions or rec- ommendations will be sent to BY ROB KOLUCH The software offers pro- are able to annotate their own information.” See ‘HUBBARD’ page 2 the president’s office and the STAFF WRITER fessors the opportunity to more notes, and it offers professors Since they have begun using president’s council for consid- effectively relay information to the opportunity to more effi- the software in class, faculty eration. their students in class. It also ciently share information and members have begun to see the “The university looks to the Taylor University recently gives students the opportunity provide students an opportuni- advantages of DyKnow Vision. faculty for guidance and lead- purchased new interactive edu- to fully absorb information ty to gain a better understand- “I can poll students on ership in these areas and will cational software called from their professors. ing of the material.” whether or not they understand take the voice of the faculty DyKnow Vision to provide a DyKnow Vision allows stu- The DyKnow Vision soft- the material and get immediate into consideration as decisions unique learning experience in dents to have their own person- ware enables students to share feedback,” said mathematics are made,” Welch said. the classroom. al annotations added to the pro- their work or responses to professor Dr. Jeremy Case, Thirty Tablet personal com- fessors’ power point slides. The questions with the professor. It who has begun using DyKnow “This vote is the first puters featured in room 121 of classroom is essentially made also allows professors the Vision during parts of his Nussbaum Science Center more interactive, as students opportunity to formulate a class lectures. “As a teacher, it step in addressing contain the software created are able to build their own per- poll asking questions of the really enhances my ability to many of issues that by DyKnow, a leading compa- sonal electronic multimedia class and then view results of communicate with my stu- will need to be consid- ny creating interactive educa- notebook of class materials and the poll. dents, and makes the class tion products. their own notes. “A teacher can put a question itself more interactive.” ered concerning the Taylor is one of only a hand- “It is a wonderful tool,” said on the board and then pull Friesen believes this soft- structure of the aca- ful of colleges that are current- Gary Friesen, director of aca- up the answers of any of ware may eventually become Photo by Alisse Goldsmith ly using the software. The pur- demic technology at the ETC. the students,” Friesen said. “It more common not only in The portrait of Dr. Ollie Hubbard demic calendar.” chase was made possible by “The opportunity for interac- really serves to enhance the Nussbaum, but in other buildings Edwin Welch, academ- a grant from the Lily tion between student and learning experience and facili- will remain at the top of Mitchell ic support services Endowment Inc. teacher is enhanced. Students tate more freely flowing See ‘DYKNOW’ page 2 Theatre to honor all he did for TU. WTUR sponsors anti-alcohol campaign at Eastbrook The Seed, 89.7, encourages students to sign a petition to not drink after prom BY KRISTINA SATERN Kelly’s Flowers, Marion Floral On Tuesday, WTUR broad- CONTRIBUTOR Vice's, Johnny Carinno’s and casted live from Eastbrook, Damon’s Grille. and announced the raffle win- Taylor’s radio station, WTUR Stewart Goble, Fellowship of ners. The broadcast was the 89.7 The Seed, recently teamed Christian Athletes director at culmination of WTUR’s work with Marion’s Eastbrook High Eastbrook, and other volun- on the campaign. School and local businesses teers walked table to table to “[WTUR] played announce- to promote an alcohol-free promote the pledge. ments on the air thanking the prom night. “My hope is to get as many area businesses that had donat- Eastbrook students had an people as we possibly can, but ed different services to the opportunity from April 25 more than that, I hope the kids campaign,” Clupper said. through May 3 to sign a pledge who sign it mean it. I hope This is the first year that The to abstain from alcohol on the they’re not signing it to get in a Seed has sponsored such night of prom, May 14.