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This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Beacon at NWCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Beacon, 2010-2011 by an authorized administrator of NWCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 4Friday Rainy 44 /33 Volume 83 - Issue 19 4 April 15, 2011 Saturday Partly Cloudy 57/ 33 4Sunday Few Showers 57/3341 beacon.nwciowa.edu Across Campus Students, professor remember Virginia Tech BY KATE WALLIN really graphic. I was a little bit It was happening right there hard thing.” never came. Everyone was Juried Art Show STAFF WRITER surprised by all they showed; on the Caf TV.” As classes resumed the walking around like we had Student-submitted artwork This Saturday marks it was really tough.” The tragedy hits home next week, the whole campus really bad sunburns. We were will be featured in NW’s the fourth anniversary of S m i t h c o n t i n u e s , in other ways as English felt “kind of like being at really scared.” 44th annual Student Juried the shootings at Virginia “Everyone from my high professor Weston Cutter, a rock concert that ends The memories hit harder Art Show, the final art Tech, which ended in the school in Roanoke goes to then a graduate student and abruptly. Everyone was now as Cutter reflects on exhibit of the year. Art violent deaths of 32 innocent Virginia Tech. Everyone teaching assistant at Virginia waiting for the encore that the progression he’s made selected by judge Shannon students and professors knew someone there. Virginia Tech, was minutes away from Sargent, the exhibitions/ before the gunman turned Tech has a big campus, but it’s the grisly unfoldings of that collections coordinator for the gun on himself. picture perfect, a place you Monday morning. the Sioux City Arts Center, See “Shooting” on pg. 12 L o g a n S m i t h , a would have never thought “I had canceled a class will be hung in the Te Paske Gallery beginning sophomore in Stegenga this would happen. It was teaching freshman English today. During tonight’s Hall, remembers April 16, the school to be at.” that Friday before. I wanted reception, taking place 2007, “like it was yesterday.” Erin Doyle, now a senior to conference with students at 7 p.m., Sargent will A recent transfer to Virginia nursing student, was a on their first draft that week. talk about the show and at the time, Smith was prospective student at the I remember waking up at 9, announce awards. wrapping up her freshman time of the shootings. 9:30. All these sirens kept year of high school. “ I w a s v i s i t i n g coming by,” he recounts. Deep Song Read “It happened in the (Northwestern’s) campus “That was the beginning and Christie Hodgen will be morning,” she recounts. that day. The girl I was the end of the day.” the year’s final guest reader “We didn’t do anything that staying with took me to Cutter describes feeling for the Deep Song Reading day. They told us we were breakfast, and we were “incredibly raw” as the Series. Hodgen is the free to leave if we had to. sitting with a group of reality of the tragedy set in: author of “Elegies for the There were people in the people I didn’t know. I was “We were all trying to get Brokenhearted,” “Hello, I office calling home. When watching the TV; I couldn’t a hold of our parents who Must Be Going,” and “A I got home I remember just believe what was happening. couldn’t get a hold of us. Jeweler’s Eye for Flaw.” She watching the news for days. They were talking, and I said My sister called crying. It’s PHOTO COURTESY OF KOPERTAIS8.ORG will be reading on Monday, I remember seeing bodies on something like, ‘Guys, do really something when your Virginia Tech students gather together with candles in remembrance of April 18, at 7 p.m. in the Te TV, people crying. It was all you know what’s going on?’ kid sister calls in tears; it’s a fellow students and citizens who were victimized in the 2007 shooting. Paske Gallery. Day of Service: NW unites for annual servant weekend St. John’s Passion BY EMILY GOWING embodies the heart, mind and attitude of Erin Projects (SSP), Miller understands the importance NW Heritage Singers FEATURES EDITOR Currier and her student service coordinators. of service. “The community supports us by will be joining the Sioux “I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke As a part of the campus ministry service team, sending us off to other places on SSPs, and County Oratorio Choir in and saw that life was service. I acted and behold: Currier is in charge of organizing this year’s the Day of Service tells them that we haven’t a performance of J.S. Bach’s service is joy.” Day of Service, which will be held on Saturday, forgotten about this community or the people “St. John’s Passion” on Palm This quote from the Bengali poet Tagore April 16. here.” Sunday, April 17, at 3 p.m. For the third annual Day of Service, there are From small business in Orange City to NW in Christ Chapel. The show slots for 250 volunteers to spend their Saturday partners like Justice for All in Rock Valley, is a choral portrayal of the volunteering their service to residents around Saturday’s volunteers will be serving in a wide narrative from the gospel of Siouxland. Students, faculty and staff who have variety of ways. “I realize how big service is John of the arrest, trial and volunteered to serve will be divided up according even living in a small community,” Currier crucifixion of Jesus. Tickets to the number of workers needed at each site. said. “We have a lot of churches sign up, but bought in advance are $7 for Groups are usually around three to seven people, also some elderly couples who want their yard adults and $3 for students, or but some sites ask for up to 20 volunteers. raked or their windows washed. It’s neat that available at the door at $9 for “People think it’s the whole day since it we’re able to help both big organizations and adults and $5 for students. says ‘Day of Service,’ but for you it’s only two single residents.” hours,” said student coordinator sophomore Not only should Day of Service be a fun CharissaThornton. Half of the volunteers will way to say “thank you” to the community, but Chapel work the morning shift, arriving downtown at “giving back [to the community] has never 9:30 for instructions and directions and setting been so easy,” Thornton said. “We make all of off to work from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. the arrangements. All the students have to do Monday A free lunch of Pizza Ranch pizza will is reply to an e-mail and show up.” wAmanda Schroder, ‘11, be served at Windmill Park for the morning Although it’s just for one Saturday of the year, volunteers returning from service and the Day of Service isn’t intended to be a one-time Tuesday afternoon volunteers before their shift starts. thing, but rather to show the students where Following lunch, the afternoon shift will be there might be needs so that they can become wMichelle Christy & from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. more involved in the community on a more Chapel Music Team “The Day of Service is an important reminder consistent basis. that there are needs in our own community, “I think this opportunity shows us that we that we don’t have to plan a long trip to a far can make service here in our own community a Wednesday PHOTO COURTESY OF KATHRYN MILLER Senior Kathryn Miller has participated in the Day of Service off place in order to serve other,” said senior more consistent part of our lives, because giving wPassion Week for three years and has signed up to serve yet again this Kathryn Miller up a couple of hours at a time is doable for most Saturday. As an avid participant of Spring Service of us,” Miller said. April 15, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Life & Science 2 Do you need physics to disc? BY KATI HENG OPINION EDITOR For anyone who has ever felt that they lacked sufficient knowledge or skill to be a good disc golfer, there is some good news. Watching a group of seasoned disc golfers can be rather intimidating. They seem so deep in thought before hurling their discs, as if they are visualizing and planning exactly where their disc will land. They look as if they have theories or rules that dictate the angle at which they throw. They seem to understand the wind and its power more than any human should. It may make you question whether one needs to be a mathematician or memorize advanced physics formulas in order to play with such finesse. For those of you who are not majoring in areas involving math or science, NW junior math major Aaron Appel offers some encouragement. Appel began playing disc golf during his freshman year at NW. Upperclassmen and other friends from West were already big into the game, so Appel decided to try it out. He reports that he is a much better player now than during his freshman year, but sincerely doubts it has anything to do with the math classes he has taken while studying at NW. “Math hasn’t affected how well I play,” Appel said. “I don’t decide, for example, the target is 231 feet away and then throw at a 33 degree angle.” Appel believes that practice, rather than physics, is the key to becoming a good disc golfer. Junior Aaron Appel aiming for the goal between the duct tape markings. Photo by BOB LATCHAW “It definitely takes at least a month of consistently playing disc golf to get to a decent level,” Innova, Appel’s favorite disc company, offers these explanations for the different Appel said. During the summer, Appel played almost every day, and believes this extra time types and weights of discs. really improved his game, even while on break from the math books. As a player practices more, he or she will get better at judging how far or hard to throw the disc, as well as how to account for obstacles in the way or the wind, according to Appel. Appel sees his love of the game as having both a positive and a negative effect on his math homework: “It does take time away from doing my homework, but at the same time, it gives me a break to refresh.” Despite all the hours you might see Appel outside playing disc golf with friends, he estimates that he still spends about 66 percent more of his time doing math homework than throwing discs. Appel does not believe his math skills are helping him out-skill his friends in disc golf, or other games for that matter. “Besides poker, in which you can count cards and things like that, most games you play Drivers Midrange Putters don’t generally involve a lot of math,” Appel said. These discs are made to A popular choice for With blunt edges and So if intimidation has prevented you from hurling a disc—give it a try. According to Appel, go the distance. the cash-strapped college a slow flight, these are the a man who knows, you can only get better with practice. Lighter weight drivers students who can’t afford most accurate discs a golfer will fly farther, making them to keep a vast collection of can carry. a good choice for long shots. different types and weights These discs are fatter and Northwestern’s Disc Golf Course Heavier drivers are more of Frisbees. fly straighter than the other Starting Tee Box: light pole in front of Hole 6: Light pole in front of Zwemer accurate, but will require Midrange discs are great varieties. Heemstra Hole. Tee Box: garden of NW College sign more strength to throw very for “in-between” or mid- As with drivers, a heavier Hole 1: Flag pole far. The heavier weights distance shots, or on short putter is more accurate in Hole 7: Light pole directly across the street also hold up better in harsh courses such as NW’s. wind conditions, while a Hole 2: Light pole in front of VPH benches from theater building winds. Unlike the drivers, lighter putter can float for Tee Box: center of green Hole 3: Light pole in front of DMH heavier-weighted midrange longer distances. Hole 8: Flag pole discs fly farther than the Hole 4: Light pole in front of LRC Tee Box: in front of De Vries cottage lighter discs. Hole 5: Light pole by NW College sign Hole 9: Light pole in front of Heemstra Hole Amazon Cloud Drive, your music hard drive in the clouds BY CALEB KESTER Drive, Amazon will help guide you through uploading your With an easy-to-use music player, Amazon Cloud Drive WEB EDITOR files. From here, you can access and download any of your does a good job of storing your files. It will be interesting to As our world is constantly becoming more and more online files any time and any place where you have access see what Amazon has in store for their Cloud Drive—like digitalized, many people are starting to look at ways to store to the Internet. whether it will decide to add a video player or a document data online. The biggest draw to Amazon Cloud is their Cloud Player. editor. Recently, Amazon released their online storage drive, Amazon Cloud Player will find all compatible audio files Amazon Cloud Drive, and their online music player, Amazon and add them to your cloud music library. Imagine Apple’s Cloud Player. Amazon’s Cloud Drive allows you to store your iTunes or Windows Media Player , but accessible from the music, videos, photos, documents and any other files worth Internet. With its simple interface, Cloud Player is an easy- storing on the Internet. to-use, easy-to-manage, portable music player. Amazon Cloud Drive is the company’s attempt at providing Some of the drawbacks to Amazon Cloud are due to its secure online file storage. They hope to entice users with five simplicity. Probably the biggest drawback is that only music gigabyte (about 1000 songs) of free online storage. If more files can be streamed. It would be beneficial if Amazon had an storage space is desired, Amazon offers tiered data plans, online video player or a document editor so that files wouldn’t which average one dollar per GB per year. have to be downloaded in order to view or edit them. Amazon is also offering a free year of 20 GB storage plan Another smaller drawback is that all songs and files are to customers who buy an MP3 album from Amazon.com, and uploaded to the drive as they appear on your hard drive. are giving free cloud storage space for each MP3 purchased This means that any changes to the songs have to be done from Amazon.com. Once you have set up your Amazon Cloud on your computer first, and then re-uploaded. beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu April 15. 2011 Arts & Culture 7 ‘Violence perfected’ in gory fighter BY MICHAEL GUTSCHE commit upon the undirected player. In a STAFF WRITER rather humorous twist on dismemberment, Toribash is a very silly game. It is also you retain full control over the limbs which an abstraction of the fighting genre, and have been removed. With the jaw-dropping somewhat satirical in its high-brow violence amount of modifications included, one can and presentation. It can be a bit unsettling find an almost unending source of violent when you realize just how comfortably shenanigans. Everything from Jousting to aggressive the game is, but it only takes one Buster Sword fights on top of buildings is match to realize that this somewhat-disturbing included, and it’s not hard to make your own. level of physical harm is not only abstracted There’s an automatic replay-saving function quite beautifully, but it's also completely that gives you the option of saving a record ridiculous. It is also one of those games that of the fight afterward, which is quite handy. you never know if you've gotten good at, The highly stylized visuals make the “blood,” because every time you think you're getting whatever color it may be, stand out on the there, someone else does something cooler- unending hospital-white floor and sky. looking and more effective. However, the true beauty of Toribash lies The brief tutorial—entitled Fight School— in its multiplayer. Upon peeking into the points you in the proper direction before multiplayer server lists, one is greeted by a few PHOTO COURTESY OF STEPHEN SMITH You may have heard Dan Bejar in his left-field role with The New Pornographers. His other project, Destroyer, tipping its hat and sauntering off. You manage dozen servers with initially incomprehensible has just released their ninth record, which keeps its wry, sophisticated air, but oddly adds elements of 80s easy the movements of the Toris from joint to joint, descriptions and room names, varied rules listening, which ends up working really well. each of which can extend, contract, relax and mods. Traditional martial arts are the and hold rigid. What effects these have are most common, such as Aikido, Judo, and displayed via a ghost that enacts what will Sambo servers. Word-geek musician goes jazzy happen as you make changes. With a basic The servers are organized so that only two grasp of how to make your bulbous little of the players are engaging at once, with the BY JORDAN LANGER that he recorded some of the vocals while man flail about in some semblance of attack, rest spectating. When you join the server, A&C EDITOR making a sandwich, and somehow it sounds creative ways of doing so start creeping into you’re placed at the bottom of the queue to “Is he kind of out of it?” she asked me. like one of the most caring things he’s done. your head. wait while the combatants above you are pitted And I have to admit that he did look a All of these swings, though, fit into the The depth of control presented with such against each other. Winner stays, loser goes little lost in thought—with his bookish muss sound of “Kaputt,” which takes its weird simplicity prevents the learning curve from to the end of the line. The tension thickens as and his suave, still lascivious gaze over our cues and horn cheese from ‘80s smooth jazz being too insurmountable, even though you observe the movements of the two current heads, and because he didn’t say much, just and New Age—the kinds you’d surely expect the unorthodox controls may still remain a fighters, waiting and watching as you rise in a few reticent thank yous. him to balk at. It’s a cheeky move—for most barrier for the less resolute. The damage and the queue, trying to glean what you can about But if he looked somewhat wane, as anyone else, undignified—but here gives scoring systems are physics-based, so if you the different fighters’ tricks, techniques and if in a white-powder comatose, I’d say it a newfound sensuousness that somehow land a solid hit, it’s not uncommon to damage opening moves. Then you’re finally thrust out was instead just another tic of his canny punctuates everything that Bejar’s about at yourself as well, sometimes even breaking into the ring. You extend and contract your meticulousness: same as the careful way this point. Through it, he sounds like he’s on off a limb in the impact. Plus, points! The joints as quickly as possible, setting up your he held the mic on his fingertips like a dart, the other side of sybarite, giving his “been more force you put on more important parts initial attack. The timer ticks until the moves or his calm way on the tambourine cues, or there” smirk. of the opponent’s body, the more points you are executed, your ghost enacting your future how he would scrunch down during sax- It’s also just very, very graceful, lush and get. And everyone knows points are good. movements. The other fighter stands stoically. slathered interludes to take a two-sip mix pulsating. Somehow these easy-listening You want lots of them. A solid kick in the Staring at you blankly in a vague simulacrum from his three-drink miscellany onstage—a vibes end up sounding, ironically, like the head will launch your score into the tens of of life, arms outstretched from the shoulders. whiskey, a high-end beer and a can of PBR. most rock band thing that Destroyer could thousands immediately. Decapitations and It waits for its puppeteer to deliver it to victory To get a sense of him: the Cedar Cultural have done, a credit to the balanced but bold dismemberments are worth even more. It’s or defeat. Center, a cozy, ex-aged-theater venue that sound mixing both live and on the recording. uncommon that the scoring system ever Suddenly, the two marionettes spring to has wood floors and brag-worthy chai, Each track has its own floaty dash of jazzy actually comes into play. But hey, points. life, flailing toward one another with terrible brimmed with the Twin Cities’ messy-wavy tricks and off-beat makeup (which generally The single-player is a limited endeavor, intent—arms grasping to rend the opponent haired literates—most of whom were bent on follow Dan’s ideation and wordplay then simply pitting you against an inanimate enemy before they can do the same. Then, with equal a shhh-ed bearing, leaving Destroyer’s Dan a verse-chorus progression). But, between for practice or experimentation. Despite the abruptness, everything is frozen once more. Bejar to mildly arrest the air with his poetic the bass thumps and sax sighs and Bejar’s fact that you can control the movements The grim timer reappears. Tick, tick, tick. It guile and underplayed droll and in-jokes. thorough cool, “Kaputt” also works together of both Toris, it’s often more enjoyable to smirks at you, knowing you’ll never “I think that’s just him—just the way he with as much sonic and thematic cohesion simply see what sorts of atrocities you can is,” I said back to my friend. as anything in recent memory. See “absurd” on pg. 5 At least that’s the smooth, lax Bejar of Each of the record’s nine tracks are these days. In “Kaputt”—his album put distinctly memorable, but I think that Bejar’s Check Out out earlier this year—I guess his words are intertwining lyrical slabs are suited best to just as vivid, punctual and witty as ever, longer songs, of which there are a couple and everybody can have their favorite. For on this record. instance, “love is a political beast.” Or, “I Especially “Suicide Walk for Kara sent a message in a bottle to the press. It Walker,” which is a collaborative piece with said, ‘Don’t be ashamed and disgusted with artist Kara Walker, whose work investigates yourselves.’” Or, “I write poetry for myself.” America’s racial history. With the extended But these word strokes (and much more form, Bejar’s lyrics take on a newfound tone high-brow ones) do get a much nicer space that’s especially disparate and dreamy. from each other when compared to some of Well, actually that last one’s a wasted his older stuff, in which his brainy strands, adjective, I guess: as my friend noted at Book: David Foster Wallace’s Video Game: Valve’s already hard to get at, got a little smothered Tuesday’s concert, he is in a world of his “The Pale King” “Portal 2” by how ongoing they were. own. “Sounds, smash hits, melody makers, Finally, we get the novel that The original Portal was a hilarious And his vocals have kind of chilled out, NME—it all seems like a dream to me,” he Wallace was working on at the re-invention of the puzzle genre, too. Where his voice was wry before, it’s says. And it’s enough to be there with him time of his untimely death. and the sequel runs with the idea. now set with a sexy, everyday laze. He’s said in it, whether it’s all understood or not. April 15. 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu rts & Culture 8 StartingA a finishable summer reading list BY ALENA SCHUESSLER STAFF WRITER The birds are chirping, the Frisbees are spinning, and the longboards are gliding across campus. Spring is finally here, and let’s face it: all you want to do is be done already. No more reading, papers or tests. I’m sure the last thing you want to hear about is a summer reading list. But if you’re an English major or a reader by hobby, you’re probably already thinking about what you’re going to dig into this summer when you finally have time to read “White Noise” for pleasure. Think of the fiction you could get through! by Don Delillo Last summer I put together a very long list of classics I bought this book to read. I’m going to get through the good ones, I thought. last summer, Title upon title of American and British classics filled the hoping I would page, and once I was finished with the list I was quite proud have the human of myself. It was the first summer I considered myself a decency to finish it. “reader.” How exciting: me, a reader. Getting through Honestly, I never

Hemingway and Steinbeck and Dickens. started it. So I’m PHOTO COURTESY OF FULLISSUE.COM Since the list was so long (way too long, I’ll admit now; giving it a “retry.” what was I thinking?), I didn’t feel up to even starting it. I came up with so many other things to do, much more Adele’s got a lot of soul for being ‘21’ important things. I’d look at that list and decide I needed to BY AARON BAUER it work most other times is the tremendous get a chai tea in the city. Just because I didn’t want to read. STAFF WRITER amount of layering they have done to some of By the end of the summer, I had read William Faulkner’s Adele’s “21” is, on the whole, at least the up-tempo tracks (“I’ll Be Waiting”). Each “The Sound and the Fury” and that’s it. I really liked two-years grown from her debut, “19.” And and every sound produced for this album Faulkner, but after finishing that title it was August. And its brand of blues and its deep feeling of is wonderfully marked with a hint of blues, summer was over, for all intents and purposes. contemporary roots music has caught the country, and a whole lot of soul. I brought the list to school and tacked it on my bulletin public attention—having sold over 200,000 As of Wednesday, “21” was back on top board. Now it was much easier to avoid my list like the copies in its first week, it was the biggest- of the U.S. Billboard charts after a two-week plague—I had real work to do. The list got no shorter; no selling January release in five years. hiatus. Having sold 88,000 copies last week, classics were experienced. I crossed off the “summer” in Adele’s latest opens with the definition of Adele reclaimed the top spot from Britney “summer reading list” so I wouldn’t look like such a failure. a powerhouse track in “Rolling In the Deep.” Spears, and is the first artist this year to reach But I don’t think I fooled anybody. The song skyrocketed into the top 10 on the the 1 million mark in sales. In her home A blogger I know from Minneapolis takes a different Billboard charts, no doubt because of the country, Adele’s latest album has been at the approach. Instead of throwing away all the rules, he “Light in August” way she lures you in with smooth, convicting top of the charts for 11 straight weeks and follows them to a T. He has created this blog called “The by William verses, then transitions into potent choruses. rightfully so. Year of Difficult Reading,” an accomplishment that, when Faulkner Although the opening track is probably This album has also gained a lot of he inevitably finishes it, will be incredible. He’s reading 12 Yes, a classic snuck my favorite on the album, the rest of the attention from fellow artists. In March, John novels this year, each infamous for its level of difficulty. He’s in there, but I really lineup does not disappoint. Every song Legend released an a cappella version of already made it through “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “The did like Faulkner. emphasizes the immense leap into more “Rolling In the Deep,” which is available Instructions” by Adam Levin, and “Pale Fire” by Vladimir I’ve heard that confident vocals, not to mention a range for free from his SoundCloud account. Nabokov. If you thought reading “Dubliners and Other “August” is his best of emotions that she can approach without Mike Posner has also covered the album’s Stories” was difficult, you had a walk in the park. novel, so I’m setting sounding like a sell-out pop artist. The song opening track. And for you all Glee lovers But if you English majors are feeling ambitious and want to see if that’s true. that feels most like a radio hit to me is “Set out there, watch for Gwyneth Paltrow’s cover a challenge, try something like this. You don’t have to pick Fire To the Rain,” but the formidable voice of “Turning Tables” on next week’s episode. the most “difficult” ones, but you can choose the ones you of Adele is far too developed to be lumped When it comes to female singers, I’m very know will be challenging for you. For you, this summer can into a group with the women on top 40 radio critical, so “21” was a truly astonishing release be one of those “stretching-changing-growing” summers. today. Also, if you remember that 1989 hit to get a hold of. Take a listen, and expect to What are my plans for this summer? I’m determined “Lovesong” by The Cure, you’re in for a treat hear more from Adele, a very young Brit with to go about things differently from how I’ve gone about because Adele offers a smooth, somber cover a whole lot more to show us in the future. them in the past. I’m going for a more spur-of-the-moment, on her new album. Whether her next album is “23” or “45,” the on-the-seat-of-my-pants kind of approach, without all the The instrumentation on “21” works growth and presence she will bring to the rules and structure. That’s what summer’s all about, anyway. remarkably well, even if it’s a little boring in table in the future is bound to surpass what Doing whatever you want because you can. Right? places (such as “He Won’t Go”). What makes we have heard from her thus far. Even if you’re not a reader, I encourage you this summer to grab a hold of a title or two that interest you. It’s your summer, so make this about you. If you’re browsing a bookstore and you see something that interests you, pick it up. Did you read something that you liked in your Intro to “A Good Man is Lit class this year? See if the author has written other works. Hard to Find” Not into fiction? Pick up a book of poetry or a historical by Flannery biography or some satire. (Doesn’t everybody love a good O’Connor satire?) Personally, I love a good political satire by Garrison A new novel, it’s Keillor or David Sedaris. written by critically- Bottom line: Read what you like. It’s summer, so you acclaimed novelist don’t have to live within the confines of “required reading.” Lutz and—get Make it your own this summer; you won’t regret it. this—her ex- boyfriend. Sign me See the side column for Alena’s smart, manageable reading up for that! list for the upcoming summer. beacon.nwciowa.edu April 15. 2011 rts & Culture 7 A glimpse into ‘It looks absurd’ Cont. from pg. 3 own bloody leg. This sort men’s fashion get everything perfect in of thing goes on until one GRETA FLODING time. You inspect the scene, of you loses or a certain CONTRIBUTING WRITER doing your best to prevent number of turns have gone I have been accused of writing a gender-biased column, your fighter from hitting by. If neither of you have which I have to admit, is completely true. My knowledge the mat, trying to keep all lost by rules, it’s a measure on men’s fashion is semi-limited. I used to think that they his limbs intact. Then the of score. didn’t have as many options as women. timer hits zero again. The After the match, the entire It appeared to me that males were confined to shirts and fighters contort and twist, thing is replayed at full pants in varying degrees of dressy-ness. I always found dodging and attacking speed, and it looks absurd. this to be a little sad, since there wasn’t as much room for at once. From among the The low levels of gravity PHOTO COURTESY OF BLOG.ALTERNATIVEAPPAREL.COM exploration except in accessories, until recently when I noticed Yes, guys can be mindful of their fashion choices, too. grunts and inexplicable and oft-indistinguishable a few variations to these staples. Ergo, here is a column whooshes comes a terrible fighters make for a horrible aimed at the other half of the population—specifically those all about equality, so I ask: why should women be the only ripping sound. One of the writhing mass of blood with Y chromosomes. ones who are able to wear V-necks? People are always bodies goes limp, all of the and headbutting. It looks It would seem that a whole new world is opening up for bending social norms and re-defining “masculinity.” The joints relaxing—including ridiculous. After a couple men. For instance, lapels on suit coats are changing color. male population should step up and break down gender the one that has just been replays, the next match I don’t know why people haven’t thought about this before, biases and stereotypes. Plus I know a lot of women who torn off. Either by impact or starts. but it looks fantastic. A gray suit coat with black lapels is so think V-necks on men are sexy. by simply being wrenched In the end, Toribash is a fresh and unassuming, and who doesn’t love clothing that The last thing I would like to address is the odd off by your opponent, you’re game that takes a good bit assumes nothing? Another example: the “club” collar is phenomenon of men wearing clothes that don’t fit their down one arm. of getting used to. However, making a comeback (“club” meaning rounded edges). This is bodies. It appears to me that some males think that baggier Your Tori triumphantly when you accidentally win a vintage throwback worthy of taking another look at. Even is better. Not always true. If you are a hardcore rapper I finishes the segment, your a match by throwing your more profound: men’s necklines are changing. could let this slide, but since the average male is not, we opponent’s leg firmly in own arm at somebody, then Necklines don’t get enough credit. People don’t realize should maybe look into this. Wearing clothes that are way his grasp. Now you are you realize that it doesn’t what showing some collarbone can do for them. I don’t mean too large for you make you look larger. Unless you really presented with a choice. matter how hard it is to that all men should get into the Fabio romance cover look, want to look abnormally disproportionate, don’t do this. Since even dismembered learn, because creativity and I’m not advocating for pirate shirts—since I’ve only seen The other thing is the length of T-shirts. A lot of you have joints hitting the mat counts and quick thinking is more a pirate shirt done well once in my lifetime. What should be really long legs, so if your T-shirt is showing off the top of as a loss, you could simply important than skill and considered, if you haven’t considered it already, is a good your jeans, this can make you look like your legs are taking hurl the leg at the ground, experience, and that panic V- or scoop neck. Unfortunately, anything but a crew-neck over the rest of your body. or out of the ring, and take and desperation can cause for men has been pigeon-holed as “indie” or pretentious. Men, you should not discredit yourself from the fashion the victory. Or, you could hilarity, and sometimes But don’t let that stop you. world. You are important, too. So to sum up this article for hit him in the face with his even victory. Different necklines create different “lines” in general, those of you who don’t get tickled pink by reading clothing which is the same thing for women. A V-neck lengthens you advice, vintage looks are nice, pirate shirts are usually bad, out, draws the eyes upward and can make you look leaner. wear clothes that fit your body, and to be honest, this is all Another plus: changing your neckline could be seen as just opinion anyway. Campus Quotes an act of social justice. I am myself, a social-feminist and

“Having opium injected into your veins is like Getting better sound out of old favorite tunes having hot fudge poured on your brain.” BY JORDAN LANGER unfiltered, mucky texture with those those white Apple earbuds, While most - Professor of History Mike Kugler. A&C EDITOR radio rips and low-bit leaks. settle for the thin, shrill, and bass-less With music, I’ve got an upsetting, And actually, you might not even sound of these freebies, there’s much “We don’t get to theorize that someone has near-servile craze for new music—a be getting as pristine or pure a sound better options out there, even for penny health problems. He was orange.” blog-like up-to-the-minute twitch. But as you could from your legal sources, pinchers. In fact, where a decent stereo - Professor of English Weston Cutter, discussing I’ll admit it: sometimes “this year’s either. While the ubiquitous acronym setup will easily suck you dry of $500, Boehner’s fake tanning mishap. model” isn’t all that great, and we’re “MP3” sounds as if it’d be just as an impressive pair of headphones can left parched and in want for some fluid chemically sound and well rounded as, be had for about a tenth of the price. sound to swim around in our bodies. say, H20, it’s actually a format designed Okay, so what’re some of the Send your Campus Quotes, with Or, I guess we can be another way, to abbreviate what you hear in order to important things to keep in mind when context, to [email protected]. too: the kind that’ll stream the same take off a little data weight from those seeking out headphones? First, don’t tunes over and over until there’s little outdated hard drives. Luckily, it’s a mistake the mirage of over-sized bass to lap up anymore—assumedly high post-terabyte world—by analogy, an for a natural, equal sound. Yes, you and dry, we move on to the next sound upgrade from canteens to Camelbaks— do want crisp thump, but it ought puddle to sap. and you don’t have to lose the fuller, to complement the high-end sounds. Either way, I’m going to argue that deeper variation of your songs. Also, you don’t have to go Bose to get there can be a lot of untapped good So, for those looking for a little more ones that are comfy and noise-isolating. in those old tunes, and that most of flavor from their tunes, look for the I wholly recommend Klipsch’s S4 us only get shallow, surface-level sips more palette-whetting audio formats earphones, whose oval shape better of the real thing. By changing up just like FLAC, WAV, and Apple Lossless. matches the contour of your ear, and a couple of things, we can all get a Also, if you’re importing from CD, which has clean quality that’ll have sound that feels less processed, more you can tell iTunes to switch to these you hearing things you hadn’t in your rich, vibrant and refreshing. from MP3 (visit Preferences > Import five years with such-and-such record. Which things, exactly? Settings). Even though your iPod’s The retail price on these is $70, but First, and most importantly, clear technically marketed as an MP3 player, there’s plenty to go around on the eBay out all those P2P files you’ve stockpiled that’s kind of a misnomer: it’ll play the marketplace for closer to the $45 mark. while Tina wasn’t looking. Why? Well, other kinds just fine. Sure, they’ll take Lastly, worn-out listeners, make even if you don’t hunger and thirst to up about three times as much space, a trip here and there to go see your be righteous before U.S. law, torrents but just think, then, about how much favorite bands. It’ll quench, and are the furthest thing from a sound sound gets sifted out of the other. invigorate later listens in the in- oasis you’ll find: you’re getting an Second, it’s time to be done with between times. April 15, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Features 6 Facebook may be hindering our ability to converse BY EMILY GOWING made it easy to rarely handle FEATURES EDITOR confrontation or even basic “One of the great uses of Twitter and Facebook will be to levels of communication in a prove at the Last Day that prayerlessness was not from lack personal way. of time.” “I think it’s easier to be With 250 million Facebook status updates posted daily, it more bold in talking about seems that Minnesota pastor John Piper may be a little too deep issues over the Internet optimistic for our generation. Status updates cover anything (like on Facebook),” Hollinger from attitudes about class assignments to quoting music lyrics said. “You don’t actually have and movie lines to a simple statement about one’s love of food. to look anyone in the eyes or acknowledge their presence.” FAR more valuable when it happens face to face as opposed And although they take no more than 15 seconds to update, Junior Isaac Hendricks stumbled upon the ongoing to two people hiding behind their keyboards,” Hendricks could that 15 seconds be put to better use? conversation late on the second day. He commented, “If you said. “The beauty of a face-to-face conversation is that Although many do, not all of Northwestern’s students use all agree with Kate, why is this conversation continuing in this conversation lends itself to lasting legitimate growth. the allotted 420-character limit this way. this venue? (This is rhetorical question and should not be One cannot simply walk away from a conversation of this On its homepage, Facebook asks its users, “What’s on answered.)” magnitude whereas in a comment list, or something similar, your mind?” Although many Northwestern students do Hendricks feels strongly about the influence Facebook is someone can make one comment, be confronted about that write exactly what’s on their mind, there have been recent having on our communication skills, but he’s not sure which comment and never have to respond to the confrontation.” status updates that have led to further discussion – maybe side he wants to take. “The idea of engaging in dialogue with Student after student—even those not originally involved even discussion that’s deeper than what’s had in Kinsinger’s another individual who holds differing beliefs than your with the discussion—stated their agreement with Wallin, theology class. own is a beautiful thing, but I think this conversation is far that the conversation should not be held over Facebook. Sophomore Gabe Harder posted a quote that he hoped Harder, whose original intent was for conversation like this would “get people talking about some deeper issues.” Starting to take place, then wrote, “Why do people blame Facebook with “the truth about Jesus,” Harder’s status was filled with – an inanimate mode of communication – and try to call off what seemed like biblical truth. “Believe this and you will be discussion as soon as a conversation gets heated and some in heaven, no matter what.” genuinely good thoughts have been expressed?” Although Harder later stated that his status didn’t directly Isn’t Facebook dialogue better than no dialogue at all? line up with his personal theology, he left the status open- Hollinger would certainly say so. “Can’t we embrace the ended. “I suppose my goal in posting [the quote] was to hear importance of face-to-face conversations without totally what people at school and back home thought about an issue, condemning Facebook discussions?” Hollinger asked. “I and to see if some cross-talk could happen between the two.” think it would be best if we took advantage of technology like He got what he’d hoped for. Facebook, while recognizing the shortcomings of it and the Throughout the remainder of the day, comments and other importance of communicating with each other in person.” posts were added – some that agreed with Harder’s post and Are those just empty words or are you intentional about others that challenged it. NW students and Harder’s hometown continuing the conversation in a personal setting? And if not, friends dialogued about repentance, atonement, the fear of then what’s the deal when it comes to your beloved social God and our need for salvation. “Some genuine thought took networks drastically altering your ability to communicate place,” Harder said, “and some of the participants really did in person? take the time to verbalize and think what they thought.” Are you more comfortable with a keypad at your The theological discussion on the world’s largest social fingertips than you are with a person sitting across from network was momentarily put on hold as many NW students you? Harder, who initially posted the quote in order to sat silently in their classes, watching their professors yearn for facilitate discussion, said, “I was surprised when people said, dialogue as engaging as what was taking place on Facebook. ‘We shouldn’t talk about this on Facebook,’ as if the mode When classes and homework had ceased for the day, freshman of communication stripped the conversation of meaning.” Josh Hollinger and sophomores Jesse Baldwin and Kate Wallin The news sources and studies seem to have it right. met up on Facebook to pick up where they’d left off. Social media isn’t a fad. It’s a fundamental shift in the way As the discussion got heated – as far as one can tell while we communicate. It’s not a question of whether or not you’ll reading words on a screen – the posts got more frequent, nearly use social media, it’s how well will you use it. Let’s prove minute by minute. Fifteen minutes in to the second night of PHOTO BY EMILY GOWING the pastor’s quote to be true. May our use of Facebook prove discussion, Wallin wrote, “I hate Facebook for becoming a Freshman Alena Schuessler and sophomore Kate Wallin, as it is with many that prayerlessness was not from lack of time. other students, use their computers during class, which makes professors means by which we have these conversations. Let’s sit in a fear that students are getting on Facebook instead of paying attention. room and really talk about this stuff. I think it’s a lot easier to love one another when we have to look at one another.” And that’s where Wallin nailed it on the head. Talking to people face to face and looking people in the eye has become almost a foreign form of communication to many students of our generation. E-mails, texting and Facebook have no doubt

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If Facebook were a country, it’d be the third largest in the world. beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu April 15, 2011 eatures 7 FormerF at-risk student makes at-risk art BY SHELBY VANDER MOLEN from “being isolated kind another.” and someone decided to take STAFF WRITER of off campus in a minimal That, and a sabbatical in a chance. His first two years Rein Vanderhill, creator of facility” to an integrated part ’82, prompted the beginnings in an undergrad program at ResLife countless beautifully painted of campus life. of the flowers. Vanderhill’s Hope College in Holland, white-petaled blossoms, is N o w t h a t t h e a r t journey as a painter and Michigan, were a struggle, an artist we encounter daily. department has more than artist began much before failing many of the classes This talented artist began his two faculty members, that, though. He recalls required to stay and graduate. stint at Northwestern all the Vanderhill has been able to a reccurring situation in Vanderhill said, “Finally face-lift way back in ’74, and now focus more on his specialties, second grade. Expecting no sophomore year, it hit me. I he’s ready to move onto to specifically painting. During more than a simple stick like making art. What do I bigger and brighter flowers, the days of less adequate figure, his teachers asked have to do to keep making perhaps. But Vanderhill facilities when program the students to draw their it?” Observing the life of has seen many things over growth was difficult to come families. Vanderhill was the his college art teacher, how the past 37 years prior to by, the smaller department kid whose pictures were he could make art and still retirement. enabled Vanderhill to better marveled at because they get a paycheck, Vanderhill Amidst personal growth discover his own artistry. looked so much like his actual realized, “I guess I better as an artist, Vanderhill also “The reason I started really family. It makes sense, then, get my degree.” Because saw the move from the old concentrating on painting that Vanderhill was connected he finally had a source of creamery building to the new was I’d been here since ’74, and active in galleries already motivation, Vanderhill Korver Visual Arts Center. and the art department was in high school. Though he’s started paying attention. He says the move from the so isolated and neglected. I spent the past 37 years as As a college professor for art building made NW’s art didn’t see much opportunity an art professor, academics more than three decades, department “more legitimate to grow it in relation to the didn’t appeal to Vanderhill Vanderhill has seen education now. Though some would say college.” So Vanderhill said for quite some time. change not only for himself we’re still not legitimate,” to himself, “Well, if the art In fact, he graduated high but also here at NW. When he said with a laugh. But department can’t grow well, school as an “at-risk student” Vanderhill arrived in ’74 and regardless of whether people then I need to grow as an with very low grades and only was hired by the late president find art worthwhile, reality artist. If I can’t get progress got into college because his Lars Granberg, he was told is that the art program went in one area, then I’ll get it in art portfolio was interesting that he wasn’t doing his job to challenge students unless the president had gotten “an irate call from a parent saying PHOTO COURTESY OF JORDAN STRAWSER my students are being led Future Fern RAs Emily Molko and Jordan Strawser and current Fern RA astray.” Whether it’s for better Sherry Runia fawn over sophomore Corrine Muyskens, who roleplays as or worse, Vanderhill now Justin Bieber. sees the department leaning BY JULIA LANTZ toward a more cautionary CONTRIBUTING WRITER approach, though he admits Next year is sure to bring changes in residential life with a “that’s just my opinion.” brand new men’s dorm, the readjusting of First South Stegenga Regardless, Vanderhill’s to its original gender of residents and lastly, the 2011-2012 life as a teacher has served staff of residential assistants. him well – especially since Ryan Rydberg, one of next year’s RAs of the North Suites, it saved him from fighting is eager to be a part of the first residential staff of the dorm. in the Vietnam War. After Rydberg admitted that what he is most nervous about is also completing only one year what he is most excited about – the fact that there are no of his MFA at Cranbrook established traditions or activities in the North Suites. “I’m Academy of Arts near Detroit, excited to try to establish these new things but, at the same Vanderhill was hired as a time, I’m scared that I won’t come up with good ideas.” In professor at a junior college in addition, Jason Katsma and Adam Verhoef will serve as RAs Michigan. This job as a teacher with Rydberg and will also be formulating the character of not only fulfilled a position for the suites through their leadership positions. a desperate school but also Meanwhile, Steggy will return to housing all six of its allowed a draft classification, wings with women. Lindsey Boulais, a two-year resident of protecting him from leaving the dorm and next year’s RA on First South Steggy, hopes to the country or going to jail if play a similar role to her previous RAs by encouraging and unwilling to fight. loving the girls on her wing. “Even a simple smile can alter Though he’s no longer someone’s day,” Boulais said. As to the changes she’d like to avoiding a draft or struggling make, Boulais said, “As far as activities go, I would like to do to stay in school, Vanderhill more with the wing and spiritual disciplines.” continues to mirror his Alongside Steggy’s fresh crew of RAs is a brand-new staff “depressive pessimist” in Fern, which will include a new resident director. Corrine attitude in most of his Muyskens, a two-year resident of Fern, will be the RA of artwork. Whether or not Second South. “Just watching the RAs do what they do made he always understands it me want to become [an RA].” Already having picked out completely as an artist, he her theme for next year’s decorations, Muyskens has a head has truly examined what start with her role as an RA. Beyond that, she’s mastered the motivates his imagery- skill of making delicious air-popped popcorn – a skill many making. Nevertheless, he a Fern RA needs to know. said, “My paintings are Similar to Fern, West will start the year with a completely

PHOTO BY ANDREA OSCHNER hopeful. I am not. I’ve never new staff of RAs and a new RD. Devon Cadwell will be Professor of art Rein Vanderhill watches as freshman Ann Calsbeek cuts her plate for printmaking class . really understood that.” See “Excitements” on pg. 8 April 15, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Features 8 Excitements and fears are one in the same for the new RAs Cont. from page 7 serving as the RA for the Micah Czirr will be next Hospers. Ho added, “I would first floor of West. “One of the year’s RA of First East Coly love to keep learning and main reasons I applied was to – formally known as the experiencing what different be in a position to ensure the ghetto. He is looking forward girls have to offer me to grow qualities of West Hall that I to learning the traditions of a and try to improve since I have grown to love,” Cadwell wing that will be new to him. have a second chance.” said. The West RA is hoping He also hopes to follow his Joining Ho next year in to interact with his wing by past RA by reaching out to the Hospers is Katee Wyant who casually hanging out, having freshmen. Czirr explained, has lived there for the past good late-night conversations “My RA this year really two years. Wyant is looking and floor meals every now helped me out when I was forward to getting a whole and then. “I plan on having new on campus, especially floor of girls together to just lots of coffee on my floor next since I come from Ohio.” hang out. She confided that year,” Cadwell said. “Sleep Next year, Hospers will her biggest fear for next year is for the weak.” have one returning RA and is quiet hours, because that Like Cadwell, Steven three new RAs. Wincy Ho, the means she will have to be Ehlers is going to take a current RA of the first floor, quiet as well. similar approach in Coly will return to Hospers to be It will be nearly a clean by making time to spend an RA of the third floor. As“ a sweep for the residential staff with his wing and getting current RA, I figured there is next year, but traditions and to know each of the guys on still more to learn even though memories will be passed on Second North. “I learned I have already done it,” Ho and upheld. Because, after all, PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW that being intentional is one said. She looks forward to how much can things really Sophomore Adam Van Der Stoep is currently an RA in Colenbrander and will continue that position next year on Second East Coly. Near the end of the first semester, the Coly Resident Life staff took a trip to Buffalo Wild Wings — of the biggest keys to being a returning to the staff with change in just one year? one of Second East’s favorite off-campus places of dining. successful RA,” Ehlers said. Brittany Caffey, the RD of Moon focused on students’ spiritual formation on and off the mission field BY ALYSSA CURRIER the Moons to The Office. CONTRIBUTING WRTIER “They would come over every It was a typical day at the home of Tommy and Sue Moon. Thursday to watch it, and soon A few students came by just to talk, while a couple of others it became an event,” Tommy drop in to snack on Sue’s famous tea and scones. This scene said. “Students that we had became increasingly bittersweet as the end of the academic year never met were showing up approaches, and the couple prepared to leave Northwestern at our door asking, ‘Is this to pursue God’s next calling in their lives. place where we’re supposed Years before their time at Northwestern, both Tommy and to come to watch The Office?’” Sue did short-term missions in Haiti. “That experience opened The highlight of Tommy’s our eyes to the needs around the world,” Tommy said. After year is always the SOS seven years of pastoral ministry, the two decided to become debriefing retreat. “It’s a full-time missionaries in Latin America. relaxing time, and I get to The mission agency appointed them to Puebla, a state in listen to all the stories of the the mountains of Southeast Mexico where they served for 18 students who just returned years planting churches and engaging in pastoral ministry. from the field. I never get They also spent the last nine years in theological education tired of hearing what God at the Puebla Bible Seminary training Latin American church is doing around the world,” planters and pastors. Tommy said. It is easy to see PHOTO COURTESY OF TAMRA FYNAARDT Tragedy struck when Sue’s brother died from an unexpected how deeply Tommy and Sue Along with his wife, Sue, Tommy Moon meets with Harlan Van Oort shortly after moving to Orange City to take heart attack and, shortly after, her mother’s cancer returned. care for the NW students with the position of Campus Ministry Director of Missions in 2007. On Wednesday April 13, 2011 the Moons moved to In order to be able to take better care of her mother, Tommy whom they’ve worked. They Oregon to pastor a church. and Sue felt the need to come back to Sue’s home state of still consider the team who to fit us.” Iowa. So, in September of 2007 the couple moved to Orange went on their very first SSP to Oklahoma as some of their However, they will miss the colleagues and students here City and Tommy became the director of missions at NW. The closest friends. at NW. “The people who work in the Franken Center are job was a perfect fit. Now Tommy and Sue are getting ready for a new adventure some of the most gracious and dedicated people I’ve ever One of Tommy’s favorite memories working at NW in Hood River, Ore., where Tommy will become the senior met. They are in love with God and they love the students. We happened during his first year when Nolan Hayes and pastor at Shepherd of the Valley Bible Church. He is excited also have some of the most amazing students in the country. Amanda Dengler, that year’s SSP coordinators, introduced about getting back into “that rhythm of regularly preaching They’re bright, articulate and incredibly spiritually sensitive,” and teaching the Bible.” The couple is also looking forward Tommy said. to working together and Beyond that, the Moons will miss the comfort and safety ministering to the surrounding Orange City has provided them for the past several years. “It Shear Advantage Call 737-3566 Students Hair and Tanning community that is 50 percent is a beautiful little town and wonderful and peaceful to just Hispanic. were showing up walk or ride a bike. We also like that everything is so close,” Katie, the Moon’s only Tommy said. “The Tulip Festival is also a perk.” $30 Highlights! daughter, is happy to see her at our door asking, Tommy and Sue’s final message for NW: “We have loved Remember your 10% off dad take a pastorship again. “Is this the place our years at Northwestern and we have been blessed to get to card for 10% off all other “Katie told me, ‘Dad, you know students who are so mobilized and motivated to look won’t be completely satisfied beyond themselves to the needs of others. This gives me great hair services, products we’re supposed until you’re back on front of hope for the Church in the U.S. And thank you to all of our and the pulpit,’” Tommy said. to watch friends and students here at Northwestern who were so kind tanning! Therefore, Tommy noted and supportive when Sue lost her parents. We will always that “the position just seems The Office?” appreciate your love to us.” beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu April 15, 2011 Opinion 9 Dear Iowa—give me freedom; let me smoke Letter to the Editor: Iowa, give me back my rights. You used to meet people from other dorms and other The ‘couple vibe’ If I feel the need to fill my lungs with carcinogenic apartments because you shared a common thread. If BY KEELY WRIGHT toxins, let me do so. Who are you to tell me what I can or someone needs a car jumped or pushed, there were smokers I have been with Brandon cannot do? around willing to help. Smokers were (and are) caring, (more affectionately known If my school sees the value in letting my brothers and me community-oriented people. as Og) for over a year and a sit on the Stoop in 20-below weather at 3:30 in the morning, To clear the air, smoking is known to cause cancer, and half. Since we started dating smoking a cigarette, why stop us? I chose to go to a private cancer can lead to death. There are also reports of people in the fall of 2009, a lot of school to get away from state politicking, Iowa. I’m not even developing cancer because of their constant proximity to things have changed, but one of your full citizens. smokers; their cancer can also kill them. However, in the one thing, unfortunately, I had the same hesitations about vast majority of these cases, these are people who have lived still persists—the infamous smoking as everyone else. Heck, when I in close and confined quarters with smokers. They are not couple vibe. was young, a significant number of cases of the random passerby, who Let me start by saying the couples who tend to say my brothers walks through a cloud of smoke and instantly develops that I hate the couple vibe. excessively long goodbyes, BY KEVIN WALLACE and I loved lung cancer. That just doesn’t happen. When we first started the nighttime walkers, the to yell out the I am not advocating that smoking cigarettes, cigars or dating, I always felt like couples who sit in the corner car windows tobacco pipes are healthful (although there is interesting Brandon’s friends didn’t like tables in Vermeer Dining a t p e o p l e , research out there that says smoking marijuana will reduce me or want to hang out with Hall with their backs to the i n f o r m i n g your risk of lung cancer), so do not misinterpret me. me. Whenever we were in rest of the cafeteria, and them of the dangers of smoking. So when Steve Mahr However, in all the years since I’ve started smoking, I have West, the other guys would the hanger-barely-keeping- walked to my window four years ago and asked if I wanted gone to doctors, and when they hear that I maybe smoke rarely ever stick around us. the-door-open couples. to have a Black (an old brand of clove cigarette that was one cigarette a day, they laugh and tell me to not let it get It hurt my feelings quite However, there are also the most popular brand on campus), I repeated, like the to be any more than that, and my dentist reminds me to a bit; I struggled for long plenty of couples who dutiful publicly educated boy I was, all of the evils and brush my teeth after (he also says that for coffee; I think he time wondering, “What just want to hang with dangers of smoking. just doesn’t want to work for his money). can I do to get the guys to everybody and feel like they Not a week later, I was out on the Stoop with my brothers As is the case with everything, the key is moderation. accept me?” have friends. talking about life for hours and drawing people in as they And if that moderation comes in the form of a few cigarettes I came to realize that Brandon and I are stopped for a quick smoke. during the Friday night poker game in Mori’s garage, or the guys weren’t avoiding one of the latter couples. It didn’t matter if you were at Heemstra, West or Coly— sharing a cigarette or two on the Stoop at 3 in the morning me because I was Keely, Sometimes I just want to you could stop and hang out with the smokers, knowing with four friends who won’t start homework until 5, so be it. but because I was Og’s hang in a group. I don’t see you would always be welcome. Smoking brings people together, whether they want to girlfriend. People seem why I can’t see my boyfriend But now, Iowa, you had to go and relegate us to hiding ridicule the smokers or to join an addictive community. to have the impression and all of my other friends behind Casey’s or huddling under the awnings of Jaycee Cigarettes make people stop and talk. that whenever a couple is at the same time. In fact, I Park, just to get a good lungful of smoke. We’ve become Have a cigarette or not, that doesn’t matter; but stay hanging out, whether it’s at bet many of the couples you the outcasts of NW’s community instead of being its and talk for awhile. a public place like the Hub know would tell you that community builders. or at a more private area they would love it if you sat like the dorm, they want at their table or joined them to be completely alone all in playing an intense round In favor of the fresh and smoke-free air the time. of Super Smash Bros. Since the beginning of elementary tobacco mixed into the combination While it is important for Please don’t give up on school, many of us have had the health of smells that already waft through BY JENNA WHITE couples to have their alone your friend just because hazards of smoking shoved into our the air here on campus? time, you can see how a she’s gone and gotten herself brains. Imagine tobacco’s odor on top of couple might begin to feel a boyfriend. Many couples There are people, like myself, who the manure on the surrounding fields, like they have some sort on campus are surprisingly took that information to heart and or on top of the meat-packing trucks of contagious disease by not nausea-inducing. And have been scared to touch anything that pass through Orange City, or on the way people constantly chances are, she misses tobacco-related. top of the odors that come from Vogel avoid them. seeing you as much as you While the health risks of smoking Paint Center. It seems that fresh air I know there are different miss seeing her. I bet that 9 have prevented me from taking up is already hard enough to enjoy here types of couples on campus. times out of 10, that “couple smoking, I can honestly say that on campus; why make the notion the past few years has been to increase You have the lobby dwellers, vibe” is just in your head. it is not the primary reason I have evermore fleeting? student enrollment, and I believe abstained from it. Out of respect The majority of NW’s student remaining a non-smoking campus is Any articles in the “Our for my friends and family who do body does not smoke. We all know a part of achieving that goal. Beacon Staff Take” section reflect smoke, I’m not going to try to convince the health risks of smoking, and we When smoking was allowed on the opinions of the anyone to quit smoking, nor am I have heard the hazards of secondhand campus in the past, it was done in Andrew Lovgren editorial staff. To submit going to lecture on the health risks of smoke. If NW prides itself on being communal settings. However, I Editor-in-Chief suggestions for the Beacon smoking; I merely want to articulate a safe and friendly environment, believe that there are different ways Linden Figgie or submit your articles, e-mail beacon@nwciowa. why Northwestern should remain a then the designated smoking areas we can encourage community that News Editor edu. The editorial staff smoke-free campus. should remain off campus. Students do not have to include smoking. For Kati Heng Opinion Editor reserves the right to edit Likely the main reason I have made should not have to find themselves example, a few months ago a student submissions for style, the decision not to smoke is because in uncomfortable and compromising initiated a campus-wide midnight Emily Gowing clarity and length. I have never been able to stand the situations. snowball fight, which also turned Features Editor For advertising rates smell of tobacco. Therefore, the Smoking has held a negative into a large game of “king of the hill.” Jordan Langer and submissions, e-mail first reason why I think NW should connotation for decades now. If All it takes is some leadership to A&C Editor Advertising Manager remain a non-smoking campus is NW wants to maintain its image find those ways to engage students Michael Simmelink Katlyn DeVries at Sports Editor because there are many people in our as a positive learning atmosphere, from all over campus. [email protected]. community who appreciate the fresh it should remain a smoke-free So Northwestern, let us find Bob Latchaw air. The smell of tobacco permeates environment. We would not want healthier, more creative ways to foster Photo Editor Online everything: clothing, hair, breath, our “red folder” students and their community here on our campus. Our Emma Lundgren beacon.nwciowa.edu E-mail carpet, furniture, etc. parents to get the wrong idea about experience is what we make it, so make Alena Schuessler [email protected] Can you imagine the smell of our community. The goal of NW for it a clean, healthy and a good one. Copy Editors April 15, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Sports 10 Baseball team goes 5-1, survives close games BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK with his command, and was credited three-run homer in that inning SPORTS EDITOR with the loss. Morris was the lone brought NW within one. The Northwestern baseball bright spot at the dish for the Down by one in their last time team had a successful week on the Raiders, going 2-3 with two RBI. up, freshman Cody Groskreutz diamond, going 5-1 in GPAC play. On Saturday, the Raiders hosted and Shields reached second and The run included sweeps of both Mount Marty. The home team third base on errors. Zoellner was Midland and Mount Marty, and a picked up two more wins to the intentionally walked to load up the split with Concordia. tunes of 13-10 and 6-5, with the late bags. Morris, who went 3-4 in the Coach Brian Wede noticed a game involving some last-inning game, came up to bat and singled steady effort in the field from his heroics. into left field to bring home a run. team, saying “Our defense this The first game had two big A Lancer fielding error on the season has been great. We are in the offensive innings for both squads. base knock brought the winning top 10 in the country in defense, and The Raiders banged in nine runs run across the plate. Junior Jesus that has really helped us maintain in the fourth, but also gave up Santoyo picked up his first win of consistency.” seven in the sixth inning. Zoellner the season. On Tuesday night the Raiders got knocked around a bit on the Last Friday night, the men won PHOTO BY ANDREA OCHSNER visited Concordia. They picked mound, giving up seven earned two hard-fought games by the Freshman Ryan Brasser, who is second on the team with a 3.32 ERA, fires a pitch towards up an 8-5 win. Sophomore Taylor runs, but still picked up the victory scores of 2-1 and 6-4. Morris was on the plate on the home mound in his start against Waldorf on April 6. The bats behind Morris picked up the pitching win to push his record to 6-0 on the year. the mound for the first contest, in Brasser cooled off as he took the loss in his last start against Concordia on Tuesday. after completing five innings and Sophomores Corey Van Gorp and which he threw all seven innings, pitcher Eddie Pantzlaff picked up his what Coach Boeve is teaching them giving up two runs. Junior Matt Noah Bohlmann both went 2-3 with allowing only four hits and striking first victory of the season. Negaard offensively, and we are starting to Negaard did well in the leadoff spot, two RBI each. Junior Mike Shields out five. Gingerich and Bohlmann went 3-3 with an RBI. Zoellner was see the product come to light. We’ve going 3-4 with two RBI. Junior Mike had five RBI in the contest, four of both went 2-3 at the plate, and in the outfield for this game, and he played enough games now for our Zoellner went 2-4, including a solo which came off a grand slam. Bohlmann knocked in the only two went 2-3 and also knocked in a run. guys to get comfortable in the box, bomb to right field. The back end of the doubleheader Raider runs. Shields went 1-3 but brought two and recently we’ve started to see the The bats couldn’t stay warm saw the Raiders dig themselves an The second game had more runs across the plate. results of that.” for the next game, as Concordia early hole that led them to be behind offense for both teams, but three big Wede said about the recent surge NW will play Morningside at sent NW home with a 6-3 defeat. 4-1 going into the bottom half of the runs in the top of the seventh inning of offensive output: “I think our home Friday night. First pitch is Freshman Ryan Brasser struggled sixth inning. Senior Clint Gingerich’s gave the Raiders the victory. Junior guys are really starting to buy into at 5 p.m. Tennis recovers with Women’s golf battles, big non-conference win earns fourth-place finish BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK The women couldn’t find BY NATASHA FERNANDO front nine with a solid 41 on SPORTS EDITOR a win in their two conference CONTRIBUTING WRITER the back. Senior Sara Horn T h e N o r t h w e s t e r n match-ups on Saturday. They O n T u e s d a y t h e carded an 89 and finished women’s tennis team fell to Nebraska Wesleyan 9-0 Northwestern women’s golf seventh out of 61 golfers for recovered from a rough and couldn’t fully recover team traveled to the Southern one of her best rounds of the weekend to pick up a 6-3 win for their afternoon matches Hills Golf Course for the year. Other top finishes for the at Buena Vista Wednesday against Hastings, going Hastings Invite, where they team were freshman Taylor night. home empty-handed after managed to secure a fourth- Kline,who who walked into Sophomore Kellie Korver a 5-4 loss. place finish out of the 11 teams the clubhouse with a 95, picked up a 6-2, 6-2 win in Nebraska Wesleyan competing in the invite. All and Hinz, who shot a 100. No. 2 singles action. Senior dominated on the court, with of the Raider golfers shot Sophomore Leigh Van Hove Nessa Summers dominated the closest matches being better on the back nine than salvaged a 109 after a 60 on 6-0, 6-4, and freshman Rachel Summers 8-6 defeat, and the front. the first nine. Nysetvold provided an Mineart/Korver dropping “We were excited about Rozenboom was also impressive 6-0, 6-3 victory. their doubles set 8-5. All the opportunity we had to awarded GPAC Player of Junior Julie Mineart was matches were eight-point see the course in an invite the Week honors, which were knocked off 6-3, 6-3 in the pro-sets, and Korver stated before we play it again on announced on April 7. She top spot. Senior Laura Starr that “Each player on our team Monday,” said junior Andria was awarded the honor after dropped her sets 6-4, 6-1, has been competing fiercely Hinz. “We definitely feel like winning the Sioux City Invite, and her partner, senior Kate . . . many of the games we PHOTO COURTESY OF NWCRAIDERS.COM we have a better idea of how which was her third win of Mannenbach, also fell by the played went into deuce, and Senior Kate Mannenbach uses her backhand to return a shot against to approach the course, and the season. This is also the score of 6-3, 6-2. the rallies were long. Morningside on April 7. Along with her partner, senior Laura Starr, the duo we can utilize the experience second time this season that won their last doubles match against Buena Vista. The doubles action was Coach Jeff Guthmiller we gained from Tuesday as the senior has been honored close throughout, but the added, “They are one of the of 6-2, 6-4. Starr brought her Guthmiller reflected we strive for better results with the award. Raiders prevailed in all three elite teams in the conference game to a third set, but fell on the mental side of the next week.” The Raiders will make matches. Korver and Mineart . . .We did some nice things; 7-5, 2-6, 10-8. Hastings match-up, saying, ”I The Raiders shot a 372 on another appearance at won 9-7 to start things off. Nebraska Wesleyan just has In doubles action, Mineart think we let our guards down the day, twelve strokes behind Hastings for the third GPAC Starr and Mannenbach also a very nice program.” and Korver teamed up for a little after playing quite well Dakota Wesleyan, who shot Qualifier on Monday. NW out-battled their opponents The afternoon match-up an 8-6 victory. Summers and in the morning. I felt we lost a 360 and won the meet. NW’s currently sits 11 strokes to win 8-6. Summers and with Hastings saw a better Yorchak made the final tally little of our aggressiveness in top golfer, senior Maggie behind leader Dakota freshman Missy Yorchak number on the scoreboard for interesting after winning their the Hastings match.” Rozenboom, led the Raiders We s l e ya n g o i n g i n t o improved to a striking 7-2 NW. Korver won her match match 8-5, but the four Raider Northwestern will play with a fifth-place finish with Monday’s match. The Raiders on the year after their 8-3 6-3, 6-0. Summers also was victories weren’t enough to at Briar Cliff this Tuesday a score of 88. She overcame will have one more qualifier victory. victorious, winning by a score secure an overall win. at 4 p.m. an uncharacteristic 47 on the following the match. beacon.nwciowa.edu beacon.nwciowa.edu April 15. 2011 Sports 11 Track & field host Red Raider Invite BY NATASHA FERNANDO In the 10,000-meter, senior Sara Hess respectively in the 100-meter with times of CONTRIBUTING WRITER pushed through to finish second with a time 10.88 and 11.47 seconds. Five athletes in individual events and one of 39:56.1, while junior Kylie Underwood Junior Parker Moore later joined relay team placed first at Northwestern’s placed eighth in the 5000-meter. Sophomores Dunk, Hammack and Selgeby to win the Red Raider Open on Saturday, April 9. Leah Dykstra and Corrine Muyskens 4x100-meter relay with a time of 42.73. Unfortunately, lightning caused the meet finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in In the 400-meter hurdles, freshman Kyle to be cancelled early. Both the men’s and the 3000-meter steeplechase. Heidebrink finished with a time of 57.58, women’s 4x400-meter relays were not run, In the women’s field events, junior earning a fifth-place finish. as well as the second heat of the men’s Elizabeth Stevens took first in the javelin In the field, sophomore Matt Huseman 5000-meter. Luckily, the meet lasted long with a throw of 127-03 while teammate and senior Logan Ogden won their enough for two Raiders to meet the NAIA junior Shannon Bowar, threw 103-05 for a respective events and met the NAIA qualifying standard. fourth-place finish. Stevens also racked up qualifying standard. In the high jump, For the women, freshman Dawn 3,967 points for third place in the heptathlon. Huseman leaped an impressive 6-09, Gildersleeve and senior Charity Miles led At the pole vault, sophomore Jana Olson resulting in a three-way tie for first and a the 1500-meter with first- and second-place took sixth with a season-high vault of 10- new stadium record. Ogden placed first in finishes, respectively. The two women 10, breaking the school record. Also, junior the discus with a throw of 158-02, securing finished with times of 4:41.8 and 4:44.4. Jackie Brooks vaulted 9-10 to a ninth place him a spot at the national meet. He also took Miles’s strong showing in the event came finish. In the long jump, freshman Kenzie fourth in the shot put (47-04) behind juniors right on the heels of being named GPAC Small made finals and placed eighth with Kiley Murra and Paul Lundgren who threw Runner of the Week. a jump of 16-05. 48-06 and 47-04, respectively. Junior Stacey Dietrich and senior Andrea Sophomore Brandon Hammack took the In the long jump pit, sophomore Mark Larson kept close together in the 100-meter lead in the men’s running events with a first- Johnson placed fourth in the long jump with hurdles, finishing with times of 15.1 and 15.2 place finish in the 200-meter with a time of a leap of 21-10.25 while sophomore Tyler for a first- and second-place finish. Dietrich 22.05 seconds. Freshmen Jeriah Dunk and Walker jumped to a seventh place finish PHOTO COURTESY OF HEIDI HILDEBRANDT Sophomore Tyler Vermeer rounds the turn during the later placed third in the 400-meter hurdles. Jesse Selgeby placed second and seventh at 21-09.25. open 200 last Saturday at the Red Raider Invite. Softball bounces back with win road wins over Sioux Falls BY NATASHA FERNANDO also won the first game 2-1 Lindsey Remien hit a single Johnson was the next to In game one, Vande Voort The lone run of the game CONTRIBUTING WRITER and improved to 4-6 in the to left field. Benson, Price walk, quickly followed by dueled in the circle in a true was scored when Vande Voort Northwestern’s softball GPAC. and sophomore Heidi Esdohr a single by freshman Lexy pitchers’ battle. She allowed advanced to home on an error team recovered from two In game one, freshman each had two hits that led the Maassen. With the bases 11 hits to be spread around, by the catcher. The Raiders losses at Morningside to Katie Vande Voort battled and NW offense. loaded, Hooper then hit a but managed to recover and were outhit in game two 11-6 earn two big GPAC wins at struck out seven while only With a tie in the game at two-run double to centerfield only give up one earned run resulting in Morningside’s Sioux Falls. giving up eight hits and one the top of the sixth, NW gave bringing in Price and Johnson and struck out one. 8-1 win. Fielding was also On Tuesday, the Raiders earned run. NW took the 1-0 up two runs in the bottom scored, giving the Raiders In the back end of the a problem for NW, as they rallied to sweep the Cougars lead in the third inning when of the inning, trailing once a lead. Freshman Keely doubleheader, senior Rachel committed five errors in six on their home field. Senior junior Glory Benson hit an RBI again at 5-3. Bracelin struck out the side Harris led at the plate with innings of defensive play. Jessica Hooper hit a two- single with two outs. The rally began with two in the bottom of the seventh. two hits in four at-bats while The Lady Raiders will run, two-out double to cap a The Raiders scored quick outs. Benson drew a The Lady Raiders were Vande Voort went 2-2 with make their way to Seward, three-run seventh inning to again in the sixth inning walk. Freshman Alex Price swept by Morningside on a run scored. Freshman Neb., to play GPAC leading help the Raiders defeat USF when Benson led off with a hit a double, scoring Benson Friday night’s GPAC matchup Alex Price and junior Kami Concordia in a doubleheader 6-5 in the second game of the single, advanced to second from first and bringing the in Sioux City. NW lost game Kuhlmann also had the two Friday night. doubleheader. The women and scored when freshman score to 5-4. Junior Shelby one 1-0 and 8-1 in game two. other hits for the Raiders.

Saturday. The improvement NBA Playoffs: changing of the (point) guard Men's team falls to fifth gave NW sole possession of BY TOM WESTERHOLM dogs slowly decline. This The competitiveness in BY MICHAEL SIMMELINK Michael Clark rounded out sixth place and a two-day CONTRIBUTING WRITER season has been the tipping the NBA is at an all-time SPORTS EDITOR the scorecard with an 88. score of 623. For years, teams like point, where they meet in high, in part because of the The men’s golf team Overall, Kiewiet is Kiewiet led the charge the Chicago Bulls and the the middle. And I, for one, ridiculous talent boom that returned to the links this the highest Raider on the again by shooting an eight Oklahoma City Thunder am immoderately excited to is about to be represented in week by playing at Buena leaderboard, tying for over 152, which earned him have been labeled as "teams watch how it ends. the playoffs. Vista over the weekend and seventh place. eighth place. Malenke was of the future," a slightly Will it be one last hurrah I know I sound like I’m in Lincoln, Neb., for the third Coach Aaron Aberson hot on his heels with his 153 backhanded compliment. and rubber match for the the Beacon’s version of Flava GPAC Qualifier. said, “The strength of our putting him in 18th place. The implication is that, Lakers and Celtics? Will Flav when it comes to the In Monday’s qualifier, team is our depth. Ryan, Kyle Stanek recovered from an while the teams have some likely regular season NBA, but in all seriousness, Northwestern shot a 330, and Neil have traded spots 81 on day one to finish with nice playoff caliber talent MVP Derrick Rose live this what we are in for this which was the seventh-best being our low player for our a 154. Dykema and Clark that might eventually up to expectations and postseason. Pure talent and scorecard of the day. That first three days of meets. I were also clustered together, morph into a something lead Chicago to its first athleticism. Rivalries. More round, combined with their expect we may have others earning a 164 and a 165, bigger, they can’t hang with finals since the Michael bad blood than a Quentin other two qualifiers, put them do the same as we finish up respectively. the big boys (L.A., Boston, Jordan era? Can the small- Tarantino movie. All packed in fifth place out of the 12 our spring season.” Kiewiet reflected on what San Antonio) at the moment. market Thunder provide into one smoking molotov GPAC teams. Last weekend, NW the team took from the last But all of that is about to championship dreams for of amazing TV ratings It was freshman Neil traveled to the Buena Vista two tournaments, saying, change. every low-budget team? and stories that would Malenke who led NW. He Invite to open their spring “I don’t think anyone was We are about to witness Will the Miami Heat make Shakespeare proud, shot a 78, which tied him for play. They placed sixth out happy with their play. We one of the most fascinating overcome the haters and assuming Shakespeare eighth place. Freshman Ryan of the huge field of 25 teams. need to use the last two meets playoffs in history, a get LeBron his first ring? would have liked basketball, Kiewiet carded an 81 and The Raiders shot a 315 Friday as a learning experience and changing-of-the-guard of No team is going to go and I think he would. Just sophomore Michael Dykema and were tied for seventh practice and get better.” sorts. The young pups have down without a serious humor me. shot an 85. Freshman Kyle place. The experience on The Raiders will return been gradually creeping up knockout punch, because Read more of Tom’s blog at Stanek brought an 86 into the the course was evident, as to action in Sioux City this the ladder, while the old nobody likes each other. gymratrants.blogspot.com clubhouse and sophomore the Raiders carded a 308 on Wednesday. April 15, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu ews 12 N proposal came first and but stated adamantly that drew immediate ire from deficits needed to be reined The votes have his democratic colleagues. in. The president affirmed Ryan proposed enormous his belief that the Bush tax slashes to the budget, cuts needed to expire, though been counted though many of his cuts said he would support the were unspecified. Perhaps extension of those which the most controversial tenet pertained to those in middle- of the plan is that it would class tax brackets. BUDGET BREAKTHROUGH slash Medicare and Medicaid One budget appropriation BY BRIAN BRANDAU & LINDEN Thursday afternoon, I“ want budgets. Medicare would which was addressed by FIGGIE to see this issue dealt with, be transitioned to a voucher neither plan, but which CONTRIBUTING WRITER & NEWS with a seriousness and the system by 2022 and Medicaid has been under fire, is the EDITOR intensity that it deserves,” would be administered by Federal Pell Grant program. A m e r i c a n s w a i t e d MSNBC reported. states, subsidized by federal The decision reached last EDUCATION TAKES NEW TURN anxiously last Friday Much of the funding block grants. His plan allows Friday initially included $500 BY JEBIDIAH RACH afternoon for Congress’s conflict revolved around for defense spending to be million in Pell Grant funding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER budget verdict, and despite federal funding of Planned reduced by $78 billion in the though sources conflict as Numerous reforms have been underway in the education g r i m p r o c e e d i n g s , a Parenthood, seen by many next decade, on track with to whether or not this cut sector, and discussions on Capitol Hill have continued to push consensus was reached and as one of the battlegrounds reductions already proposed will remain in place. The forward over the past few months, despite their relative lack budget plan agreed upon. for the persistent abortion by President Obama and Pell Grant program, which of coverage compared to the larger budget battle. The budget plan continues controversy. Republicans Defense Secretary Gates. provides grants for students The No Child Left Behind Act currently calls for every current funding levels for refused to consent to The plan would reduce under great financial need, student to be at a proficient level of math and reading skill by all government agencies continued support for farm subsidies, an item of would affect many students 2014, a goal that now seems unreachable, especially since it is through the end of the Planned Parenthood, while particular concern in a state at Northwestern. The end of expected that four out of five schools will not make adequate fiscal year on September 30, Democrats insisted it was a with such an agricultural base the program would do great yearly progress in 2011. except for nearly $40 billion non-issue. as Iowa. Other non-defense damage to small private Efforts have been underway to continue to reform education of cuts. The measure was Following the funding discretionary spending colleges like Northwestern. while keeping standards realistic and effective. passed in the House late on decision, Senator Patty cuts have been suggested Pennsylvania Senator Pat One of the first programs to reflect this change is “Race to Thursday, averting a looming Murray (D) attributed amounting to 30 percent of Toomey (R) addresses the the Top,” a grant program in which the federal government government shutdown. much of the sluggish non-mandatory spending, conflict in the proposition to pushes states to reform accountability standards and improve Numbers can be deceiving, pace of discussions to but Representative Ryan increase the debt ceiling. He schools, with the federal government giving monetary grants however. The Congressional the Republicans’ agenda did not specify what these said in a report from NBC to select states. However, funding for this has been cut for this Budget Office reported that with political posturing changes would entail. He Lauren Stephenson,”the big year, which may weaken its effectiveness. the savings will more likely in anticipation of the 2012 insisted that the Bush tax cuts divide here is between an Other proposals have included changing federal funding fall short of the $38.5 billion elections. Murray believed be extended past their current administration that wants based on student performance instead of student enrollment. goal—between 20 and 25 many of the conflicts would 2012 expiration as well as us to raise the debt ceiling This, in theory, would encourage states to work to improve billion for the remainder of resume as lawmakers moved a reduction of the upper with no conditions and no performance, achieving the goals of No Child Left Behind. this year. to debate on the budget for corporate and individual tax change in policy—and those Also in consideration is working with teachers’ unions to The current budget also next year. brackets. of us, like myself, who think reform the pay structure. The proposal would, in some states, continues funding only Coming into another President Obama echoed we should raise the debt include paying by performance rather than a seniority and through the 2011 fiscal year. election cycle, both parties Ryan’s cry to cuts of $4 ceiling, provided that we have tenure-based system. Over the summer, lawmakers were eager to position trillion over the next decade, some structural and process Although freshman elementary education major Kiersten will have to tackle the as yet themselves as fiscally but criticized Ryan’s plan, reforms.” Van Wyhe has not noticed a recent difference in her classes unresolved and far more responsible as a wearying saying, “There’s nothing Although a budget due to the evolving debate, her classes have discussed how contentious debate over the public becomes more and serious about a plan that decision was made in near issues are changing in the education sector, even over the 2012 fiscal year budget and more dissatisfied with trillion claims to reduce the deficit closing time, it doesn’t past few years. outlays in the next 10 years. dollar deficits. The two by spending $1 trillion on conclude the financial She does have a message for Congress: “I know that Despite mounting funding prevailing frameworks for tax cuts for millionaires and breakdown for the future. comprehensive education reform needs to be a priority. amendments, Republicans next year’s budget come from billionaires.” The president As students, remain informed Furthermore, in this area there is no room for petty party question whether the current Wisconsin Representative stated unequivocally that and aware that our own debates. We all agree that our education system is failing at decision is enough for Paul Ryan (R) and President he would defend continued financial circumstances least in part, and we need to work together to do something troublingly high deficits. Obama. Both foresee cutting investments in education and are equally vulnerable. about it.” Some officials feel a lack of $4 trillion over the next ten infrastructure development. Education, healthcare and urgency coming from federal years, but their strategies Obama made very few specific government programs leaders. Florida Senator differ immensely. comments as to what he felt will be challenged by such Marco Rubio (R) stated late Representative Ryan’s the budget could do without, compromises.

“Thank you” hardly seems sufficient to express our Shooting, tragedy not to be forgotten deep gratitude to the Northwestern Psychology Club, Cont. from pg. 1 windows. Then I thought, ‘I get it.’ But and Cutter both stress the importance students, faculty, and staff who sponsored, participated from student to graduate student to I didn’t. I think understand it more as of remembrance. in, and attended the fundraiser for Brittany’s assistance professor. “The motto was ‘VT: Never Forget,’” dog, Katie, on March 31. Brittany’s first words the next “As a student, I think I would have Smith said. “It was important then to morning were, “It was fun at the college last night!” And then Sunday morning at breakfast she stated, “That just figured it was one of those random “... it’s picture perfect, remember and now to never forget.” anomalies in the universe. You guys “After the shooting was the first was so cool…it was outstanding!” We are humbled that so many people, many of whom do not even know us, have no idea how glorious and safe a place you would time I understood on an emotionally would care enough to help us raise the funds to pay for and healthy and young you are. I think intuitive level the value of people have never thought Katie and her training. We were blessed by the entire the gravity of what happened will coming together,” Cutter commented. evening, and the singing of Amazing Grace brought increase the longer I am a professor. “It sounds so cheesy, but it’s true. The this would happen.” tears to my eyes. You all have been “salt and light” and There was a 77-year-old professor, a tears are actually doing something we are so grateful! Romanian immigrant and Holocaust here; we need to get this out. We need survivor who barricaded the doors years pass.” to remember.” ~Laurie & Brittany Bolluyt & “Katie” so his students could jump out the And as the years do pass, Smith