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TAYLOR UNIVERSITY W E Coping mechanisms for no-shave November Page Basketball begins – season Y . W E. Page S V , I F /T , N - N , TEN. HEADLINES A Paul Ryan speaks of creating a clean slate in Congress to enhance bipartisan cooperation, but can he really bring balance to the divided House? Page S Jess Fankhauser, director of the Calling and Career O ce, tells of her experience with foster care. Page R Register with con dence this year by following a few simple tips. Page C Monday’s wind ensemble concert features a cultural presentation from Larry Helyer. Page O Where do commuters go for information? Page S Men’s and women’s basketball prepare for - campaign. Page The side of a barn near the construction site says “No CAFO” (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation) in protest of a potential mass poultry farm. Photograph by Jessica Nesselrodt Pencil shavings, sweaty gym socks for a poultry breeding facility feet more than , chickens. Because construction, many were immedi- WEEKEND WEATHER and half-baked pizza are all typical away from the school. But soon after, his facility would be just under that ately concerned. Upland resident smells in high school. The aroma the school board and local residents threshold, Swagger obtained a nor- Steve Bailey has two elementa- Today of twenty-eight thousand chickens voiced their concerns about the chick- mal building permit from the direc- ry-aged children who will eventually was almost added to that concoc- en farm’s potential odor. As of Tues- tor of Grant County Area Planning attend Eastbrook Junior/Senior high ° tion for Eastbrook Junior/ Senior day, construction at the Marion site commission on Oct. and broke school. Bailey was concerned about ° High School students. has come to a halt. ground soon after. the stench resulting from chickens This week, farmer Adam Swagger State and county law requires When parents of Eastbrook stu- cooped up in close proximity. Saturday broke ground across from the school a permit to construct a facility for dents heard about the preliminary Chickens continues on page ° “When we started the project, we ° began by talking to the local com- munity members about what policy Pre-K partnerships issues were relevant that we could re- Sunday search,” Selle said. “What kept com- ing up was child poverty and the need ° for increased early childhood educa- ° tion opportunities.” According to the group’s research, Grant County has the worst child FOLLOW US poverty rate in the state at percent. The students decided to focus on pre- @TheEcho_Taylor schoolers and the quality and quan- @TheEcho_Sports tity of education in the area. They went in expecting to delve almost ex- clusively into data and research, but soon found themselves advocating on Facebook.com/ behalf of children in Grant County. TaylorUniversityEcho To this end, they partnered exten- sively with Marion’s Early Childhood Photograph by Mindy Wildman Development Coalition (), as (L to R) Taylor Hughes, Nicole Walker, Charlie Richert, Lauren Pfeifer and Courtney Selle presented their research in Ayres last night. well as with community leaders. Delving into di erent facets of their @TaylorU_Echo Research team examines Lauren Pfeifer, Courtney Selle, Ni- Taylor . can achieve great things,” topic, the team discovered that Grant early childhood education cole Walker and Taylor Hughes pre- King said. “But (with this) we can do County already had a healthy commu- in Grant County sented their ndings to education something that’s going to move for- nity built around early childhood ed- department faculty with the goal of ward and (we’ll) be able to say, ‘We’re ucation. As they interviewed business Wren Haynes recruiting new students to continue making inroads, we’re making an leaders, local government o cials, TheEchoNews.com Sta Writer the work. achievement, we’re doing something pre-K experts, preschool providers Now, as the project winds down for that is not just theoretical, but it has and church leadership, they real- Some of us spent this past summer in the ve seniors, the suggestions they a practical application.’” ized that the problem wasn’t a lack internships, at camps or hanging out put into motion are just beginning to The ve seniors began work after of good ideas. at home with friends. But for several gain momentum. Stephen King, their King received a research grant from Community leaders simply weren’t SUBSCRIBE TO Taylor students, this summer was an faculty advisor and a professor in the the provost’s o ce. In January , talking to each other. Despite over- THE ECHO! opportunity to perform in-depth re- political science department, hopes the grant money came in and King lap in their goals to help preschool- search on early childhood education other professors and students will chose his interdisciplinary team, who ers, they had never met face-to-face P in Grant County. step in to carry on the work. began meeting during the spring se- to discuss a partnership. Last night, seniors Charlie Richert, “Undergraduate researchers at mester to brainstorm ideas. Partnerships continues on page ./- CONTENTS News ............................Pgs – World & National ........Pg Features ............................Pg Life & Times ...........Pgs – A&E .....................................Pg Opinions ...........................Pg Sports .................................Pg How debatable are the details of Adam and Eve’s story? Forbidden fruit for thought 2 TheEchoNews.com NEWS November 6, 2015 FRIDAY Molding young artists Art education majors choose themes for their grade levels Even though she isn’t sure how she teach weekly after- and develop lesson plans. ended up attending Art After School school art program “I walk around and monitor be- (“My mom just signed me up,” she haviors and things like that but the said), the 10-year-old reported a pos- Julia Oller teachers are left on their own to de- itive satisfaction rating. Co-Editor in Chief cide the things they want to teach,” “I’ve been making lots of new Herrmann said. friends,” she said. “(And) the teach- Seven Taylor students sprinkled In junior Amanda Felver’s fifth and ers are really n i c e .” throughout Metcalf classrooms on sixth grade classroom, the autumn Watching the students support Tuesday afternoons aren’t there to theme inspired oil pastel pumpkins and each other’s work is one of Herr- listen but to lecture. watercolor leaves. Other grades focused mann’s greatest pleasures when A part of the Elementary Methods on the ocean, story books and seasons. she moves through the Art After class required for all art education Besides tying individual projects School classrooms. majors, Art After School is a five-week into an overarching theme, Art After “Kids usually aren’t very concerned art program for local elementary School teachers also incorporate art about how great their art is. They’re school students. Taylor art education history and artistic styles into each not so critical about it like adults can majors instruct the approximately 45 project. When Felver’s class studied be,” she said. “They’re very accepting kindergarten through sixth graders in Edvard Munch’s well-known painting, of what they d o .” basic art principles and techniques. The Scream, her students recreated Herrmann’s desire to see as many This Tuesday, a one-day art exhibit the work with soft pastels, substi- Grant County students as possible Photograph by Shannon Smagala featuring the children’s work marks tuting photos of themselves for the tap into their inner creativity led Her- Sophomores Meghan Kammer (L) and Rachel Golliher (R) help their third the final day of class. painting’s distraught subject. rmann to create a summer art camp and fourth grade students create pictures of fish using old magazines. Kathy Herrmann, assistant pro- “We relate a lot of what we do to past similar to Art After School. She hires some scholarships available. children. I just think it’s such a nec- fessor of art education, started the artists,” Felver said. “So the kids can Taylor students to teach the week- “I started both of these programs essary part of their education, to be program over 10 years ago to give understand why we do this technique.” long camp, which had 115 students of for my students to have experience, able to think and see v i su a l ly.” sophomore and junior art educa- Art After School attendee Natalie all grades last summer. mainly for the elementary methods The Art After School art exhibit runs tion students field experience before Hammond gave her full attention to She tries to keep the cost low for class,” Herrmann said. “(But with) from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, they immersed themselves in student layering teal, black and orange paint both courses. Art After School costs the summer art camp I really felt like November 10. The exhibit, held in the teaching. She takes a hands-off ap- onto the rock she painted in her fifth $10 for five weeks and the summer there’s such a lack of art opportuni- Metcalf gallery, is free to the public. proach to the course, letting students and sixth grade class. camp cost $50 for the week, with ties in Grant County, especially for [email protected] from dust had more to do with our hu- identities, to be united as a new whole. man identity and less about our biolog- Whether the Genesis story is figu- Forbidden fruit for thought ical beginning. If that’s indeed the case, rative or literal, it still is the story of Wheaton professor’s seminar “I’m not here to persuade you into a cer- personal name of the man in Genesis 2. Walton said, Adam could have been fig- our origin.

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