Northwestern College, Iowa NWCommons The Beacon, 2020-2021 The Beacon student newspaper 9-11-2020 The Beacon, September 11, 2020 The Beacon Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://nwcommons.nwciowa.edu/beacon2020 BEACONNORTHWESTERN COLLEGE September 11, 2020 Volume 94 - Issue 1 We’re back on campus: now what? EXPECTATIONS OF As students returned to campus CHANGES ON CAMPUS knowing these restrictions, there was a lot of anxiety in wondering if KAITLYN VAN PEURSEM NW could still provide their valued WRITING AND RHETORIC community that students love. Freshmen have nothing to com- With the anticipation of a fall pare. This is their first semester at semester full of changes, many college, and many bring a sense of students and faculty had different positivity and optimism to campus. expectations of how the semester “I wasn’t sure what to expect. would turn out. I haven’t experienced a pandem- Last spring, the pandemic ic-free college year yet,” said fresh- abruptly halted all in-person ac- man Luke Haverdink. “The only tivities on campus and completely worry I had was that I wasn’t going changed how we interact with those to be prepared to go back to school around us. When Northwestern since I haven’t been in a physical reopened this fall, students, facul- classroom since early March, but so ty and staff had a new set of rules far, I’m having a ton of fun.” to follow, which included wearing Upperclassmen know different. masks in all buildings on campus They recognize the changes being except in one’s own resident hall, made and some feel anxious about creating six feet of distance in all how the precautions will affect areas possible, extending cafeteria their college life. With the first few hours and prohibiting self-serve, weeks of classes complete, they’re moving chapel and other large starting to adjust. PHOTO COURTESY OF NW MARCOMM events to the Rowenhorst Student “To me, all the safety chang- O-Staff leaders welcome new students to Northwestern’s campus for orientation. Center four-court area to incorpo- es seemed inevitable if we were rate more seating, and limiting fans to have class on-campus this fall,” masks, distancing and sanitizing thought out, and they’re actually as I first thought they would be at athletic events. said senior Jason Van Dyke. “The protocols all seem fitting and well not as intrusive to my normal life when they were announced.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 4 Unsung Heroes: Allison Cahill CAHILL IS INVOLVED within NW’s athletic department. AT NW IN MANY WAYS “The purpose of the position is to get women in the leadership roles ALLISON WHEELER within athletics,” Cahill said. GRAPHIC DESIGN Someone who has influenced her and led the way for women in Allison Cahill might be the best NW’s athletic department is Car- juggler on Northwestern’s campus. rie Krohn, assistant track and field That is, she might be the best at coach and assistant cross-coun- juggling several jobs. try coach. Cahill admires the way Cahill has worked as the athlet- Krohn is an inspiration for other ic facilities director and director women to be confident leaders in of recreational sports the past six years. As the athletic facilities di- male-dominated fields. rector, Cahill acts as a bridge be- “Carrie Krohn is such a woman tween the maintenance department of God. She is so inspirational,” and the coaches in the athletic de- Cahill said. partment to schedule reservations Cahill has also been busy this for the various athletic facilities. summer attending meetings, mak- She also manages 40 work study ing decisions, researching and students within the intramural making plans as a member of NW’s program and oversees the planning pandemic response team. As a staff of fitness classes and other wellness member of the athletic department, programs as the director of recre- Cahill’s main focus while trying to ational sports. navigate around COVID-19 was to This school year, Cahill added two more titles to the list: senior strategize and decide what was best PHOTO BY ALYSSA GLANZ woman administrator and pan- for the athletic department and Allison Cahill has been the athletic facilities director and also the director of recreational sports for six years. demic response team member. student athletes. The senior woman administra- The common thread and her fa- students. She said that NW stu- and they inspire and invigorate her. closely with is senior Erica Hulsing. tor position is a brand-new role vorite part of all these roles is the dents are great motivators for her, One student that Cahill has worked CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 beacon.nwciowa.edu 2|Psych 4|Enrollment 7|Volleyball Northwestern College - Beacon INSIDE 3|Res. Hall Rumble 5|Action Figures 8|Koinonia House @NWC_Beacon ARTS & CULTURE 2 Next on queue: Psych, Sherlock meets Brooklyn 99 TV SHOW REVIEW THE SHOW THAT officer than he was. This begins the budding HAS IT ALL Contrary to what his father relationship between Shawn would have, Shawn instead and the department as their VANESSA STOKES uses his eidetic visual mem- one and only psychic police WRITING AND RHETORIC ory and hyper-observance to consultant. call in tips to the Santa Bar- As Shawn puts it, “The best For lovers of crime, dra- bara Police Department while way to convince someone ma, comedy and sometimes holding a variety of jobs from you’re not lying to them is to even horror, “Psych” fulfills driving a hot dog truck to tell them that you are.” it all. Now that may sound like lofty expectations to put opening an acupuncture clinic Quotable lines like this on one show, but it does not with no experience. make up most of the show’s disappoint. But after tipping the police infamous script. Though The show first aired in July off on the true perpetrators most of the beloved lines by 2006 and continued until in a number of crimes, the fans are actually ad lib by the March 2014. From the start, department becomes suspi- actors. Throughout the show, the eight-season series was the cious. Shawn is brought into there are many quote arcs highest-rated U.S. basic-cable police custody and does the running from “I would rath- television premiere of 2006. one thing he knows how to do er…” and “Gus, don’t be…”. PHOTO COURTESY OF USANETWORK.COM “Psych” features main actors best: fake it. For example, “I would rath- James Roday Rodriguez and Shawn pretends he is a psy- er marry a vegan” and “Gus, point that the fans even have sode and film with an eye out porate pineapples into every Dule Hill as Shawn Spencer chic who has had visions of don’t be a rabid porcupine.” their own name: Psychos. for pineapples, the show sta- episode from Hawaiian shirts and Burton (Gus) Guster. various crimes and manages to But what the show’s follow- The following has allowed ple. This running bit started to pineapple smoothies. It is Set in Santa Barbara, Cali- convince almost everyone, in- ers appreciate most are the the 14-year running show to from the pilot when Roday de- just another reason to keep fornia, the eccentric nature of cluding the police chief. improvised aliases for Gus also produce “Psych: The Mu- cided to ad lib the line “Should re-watching the best episodes. the show starts from episode With the reluctant help of invented by Roday’s character sical,” “Psych: The Movie” and I slice this up for the road?” This show is for any audi- one. Shawn Spencer has been his practical, lifelong friend Shawn. Fan favorites include “Psych 2: Lassie Come Home.” in reference to a pineapple he ence, young or old, with an brought up by his police offi- cer father in the hopes that he Gus, Shawn decides the per- Lavendar Gooms, Ghee But- According to the show pro- found stocked in the set fridge affection for wholehearted, too would join the force. His fect way to continue helping tersnaps and, personal favor- ducer Steve Franks, there are of Gus’s apartment. The pro- sarcastic comedy and lov- father trained Shawn in visual and defying the police is to ite, Hollabackatcha. even three more movies still ducers loved it. able characters. It deserves and aural skills so that his son start his own psychic detec- All of these quirks have in store. Ever since, the cast has con- all five stars with a pineap- would be an even better police tive agency called Psych. made the show lovable to the Be sure to watch every epi- jured unique ways to incor- ple on the side. The Killers new album: “Imploding the Mirage” MUSIC REVIEW THE KILLERS burst in unforgettable and The record is not too dar- catchy choruses. ing or revolutionary, as the RETURN TO ROCK The many instruments band has clearly not taken blend seamlessly with each a step in any new direction MISAEL GONZALEZ other as climaxes are built but rather demonstrated ECONOMICS and layer upon layer is im- that they can still do what proved harmoniously with- they do so well. The record out drowning any sound. is, undeniably, just right in “Imploding the Mirage” The eruption of a grandiose all the right places. It confi- is The Killers’ sixth effort, chorus feels like an earned dently delivers 10 new clas- which feels like more than achievement and not like a sic songs for their already just a triumphant new re- forced part of a song. extensive roster. cord but a dazzling return to Lyrically, however, the al- The opening track, “My the familiar, glamorous indie bum fails to impress or im- Own Soul’s Warning,” sets the rock sound that came to de- prove on their repertoire.