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f music be the food of love, Pia On! Clara Giebel, staff writer Pantry and Wellspnng Ministries. Originally, these six had thought to Sometimes little class assign- support arts education for children ments can grow into gigantic projects in western NY, but as they continued that involve the whole school and planning, it became clear that nearest demonstrate our greatest purpose in to their hearts was helping people in life. Such was the case with six first their immediate vicinity. When Clara year music majors who were given Sanders and Alyson Shipman went to the assignment in their Music and the the Info Center to discuss various local Christian Perspective (MCP) class ministries with Kathie Brenneman, to plan and perform a service project they were touched to the core to hear involving themselves and their music. of children in Allegany county crying While many students fulfill this assign- in their hunger and were motivated to ment by helping with chapel services, aid the ministries in this area that are and playing and singing for the elderly working to meet these needs. Well- who live at the Waters nursing home, spring Ministries shares the gospel Clara Sanders, Emily Stuart, Dan Law- with those in Allegany County using son, Ruth Kenote, Jewel Buckwalter, words and actions. They operate a and Alyson Shipman stepped off of the soup kitchen, provide food and cloth- o beaten track to use music in a way that ing to needy families, and plan on would get the whole campus united in opening an area of temporary shelter service. for the poor and homeless, hoping in Out of this idea sprung "Play time to reintegrate the homeless into On!," a benefit concert supporting -continued on pg 3, PLAY The Play On! emblem above, drawn by Alyson Shipman, represents the power the Houghton Wesleyan Church Food of all different kinds of music to bring people together and to work for change in the world. The 2nd Annual Rothenbueler Treasure Hunt: The Hunt for Amazon

Danie\White, sta#writer the real grand prize, regrettably not tition "mind boggling," as Dutton put [was] not easy, but we got it done the million dollar grant but rather a it. "We wanted to make sure that all of eventually. Turns out that people were The second annual Rothen- one-hundred dollar gift certificate to the answers were ones that couldn't be just skipping over plot points to get to bueler treasure hunt was full of Amazon.com. found by just typing key words in at the next clue though. Oh well, at least surprises. Teams met together on a This year's hunt was organized Google and seeing it in the first·«search they were excited." dark and stormy Saturday night in by the Rothenbueler dorm council led result. I don't think any of them were Johnathan Reilly, Erik John- Schaller Hall to be briefed by the new by President Jimmy Dutton, Vice Pres- like that; some answers were found son, Andrew Lundeen. and Andrew. professor of Enigmatology at Hough- ident Michael Biele, and Roth Resi- on Google, but with much difficulty." Gent of Team "Cakebutt" certainly ton, Dr. Tobias Hunt. Unfortunately dent Director Gabe Jacobsen. Jacobsen Because Biele and Jacobsen had big were excited as they were the winners Dr. Hunt was detained, and Houghton says of Biele, "He's actually the one plans for this year's hunt, the organiz- of this year's competition. Just as any security guard, Ray Parlett delivered a that thought of and orchestrated the ers also tapped professors to create true team would do, Cakebutt decided pre-recorded message in his place. In faculty clues. He was also the one who nearly impossible complex questions that instead of divvying up the hun- the message the teams were told of a really had the inspiration to make it big that could realistically be solved with dred dollars amongst the four winners sinister mystery surrounding the early (I had hoped it would get to this point outside help. they would spread the glory around to years of Houghton College. According some day, but he was the one who took Dutton relayed that one of the their home floor, the first floor of Roth. to Hunt, a shadowy woman known as it and ran with it) and put together all longest tasks to finalize in preparation "We all decided that this victory was Veronica Amazon, a supposed resident of our website stuff...all that to say, was the storyline of Veronica Ama- more important to the entire floor than of Houghton, stole a valuable million without him, none of this would even zon and Dr. Tobias Hunt. "We knew to just the four of us. We decided that dollar grant intended for the school. have come close to what it was.- from the start that a storyline would because it was a floor effort, we would Dr. Hunt was at present hot on her According to Dutton, prepara- improve the progress of the hunt. Who buy four or five DVD's and hang out trail but desperately in need of help. tions for the hunt began over a month knows how many people got this, but as a floor and watch them. We'd let the His video message asked the teams to and a half before it actually took place. the 'Amazon' from 'Veronica Amazon' original members take a DVD home search around the Houghton campus A major difference from last year's was based off of the prize from Ama-. and have some kind of competition for to help him track down Amazon and event was the time it took for par- zon:com." The entire dorm council -' the fifth DVD so someone could win recover the stolen money. ticipants to complete the clues. While imagined this scenario into existence it," says Reilly, RA of First Roth. Armed with a starter page of the 2005 hunt was much smaller and in order to boost the sense of urgency Although not every team cryptic clues, teams of four ventured shorter, this year the dorm council and excitement for the competitors. -continued on pg 3, ROTH out into the damp night in search of worked very hard to make the compe- Dutton, lying the clues together 2 EDITORIALS Revenge of the Anabaptist? A response to Richara Mouw's lecture And I think the former wa, Call me perverse. but I happen to think Dr. Meic Pearse. ./aculn· H·riter ing the state in this or any other way. Similarly. he reflected how grateful apostate. Mouw gave us lots of cuddl> it a good thing they failed. Because Prof. Richard Mouw certainly he was for the U.S. police who keep quotes from Calvin's piety (Augustine that's not what Christianity is. And even Mouw can see that, raised some important issues during order. the health and education work- gets the same kid-glove treatment: his evening lecture in the Wesley Cha- ers who looked after his children when we stick to his Confessions). But try too. really. I agree with him complete- ly that, when we want to argue against pei on Thursday, Nov. 16th. He began they were small, the legislators who this one: "I shall never permit him to by telling us that he commenced his keep the roads safe, etc.. All of these depart alive. if my authority counts for legalized abortion. it's best not to fall back on Bible verses to do so. But Cal- student days at Houghton as a com- services, apparently, would be rejected anything." And, as we know, the her- vin and the Boston Puritans would've mitted Calvinist. and left as one. I can as 'Constantinian' by Anabaptists. etic Michael Servdtus did not depart identify with that: I went to his lecture Really? Well. the Amish might alive. banged us both into jail for our godless a theological Anabaptist - and left as do so, I guess. And granted, as a non- This is no mere cheap shot. approach.

one. pacifist Anabaptist, I'm a bit of an All of the Protestant Reformers - and And when, deep into injury But Mouw really did try. Ac- odd-ball at the other end of the spec- the Catholic and Orthodox authorities time, Mouw started arguing for human cording to him, Anabaptists encourage trum. But I doubt most Anabaptists - took the same view about killing rights, his Reformed heroes wouldn't disengagement from the wider culture: would refuse to work as schoolteach- heretics. But that's my point. Calvin's even have known what he meant by contrast. his own, Reformed tradi- ers, nurses or public officials (even remark was not an aberration or a - far less have agreed with him. At tion is. in Niebuhr's phrase, "cul- if they would be wary about joining one-off; it was the central meaning of this point, even I'm a better Calvinist ture-transforming". This phase of the the police because of the need to use his theological system. It was a blue- than Mouw! lecture (Anabaptist, bad: Reformed, firearms). Indeed, Pilgram Marpek, the print for running society-as-a-whole To be fair to Mouw, at least a good) took up the first 25 minutes or best sixteenth-century Anabaptist theo- - hence all those dodgy hermeneutics number of those who claim to speak so. And it was the best part. I found logian, served for many years as city of the OT. But the faith of Jesus is not for 'Anabaptism' today are guilty of myself in mere disagreement. But then engineer of Ulm, in Germany. whilst a pattern for running a society. Go read equivalent historical fallacies and it got worse. The end of the lecture and pastoring an underground church. Matt. 5-7 again, and try imagining misunderstandings to his. Pacifism his replies to the questions afterwards Whilst the issue of cultural how those commands could possibly is admirable as a personal ethic; the really left a large question-mark over engagement in the modern world is - ever - be made into a public law. original Anabaptists meant they were the coherence of his own position. So extremely important for Christians, it It can't be done. willing to pay the price of death rather let's attend to those first and last sec- should be said that the Reformed-Ana- The Reformers neither than offer violent resistance. But that's tions. baftist aspect of the debate can degen- preached nor practiced religious not what lots of self-styled Anabap- Mouw began by stressing that erate into mere pointless flag-waving toleration; they wanted to substitute tists now mean. Some of them want to the Constantinian alliance between all round. The uncomfortable fact for their own, 'right' religion for the make pacifism a policy of government. church and state was not all bad. He each side is that the central circum- Catholics' 'wrong' one. Puritan New which it can never be. (Well, only for pointed out that the Jewish people in stance that formed both traditions no England was established on Reformed about 20 minutes, anyway.) And if exile in Babylon were called upon longer holds good. The sixteenth cen- principles. That's why the Bostonians today's mere leftist whiners can't see to "pray for the welfare of the city" tury was not an open society in which whipped and imprisoned Baptists and that point, Menno Simons and the real where they lived - and that we should private individuals could participate on hanged Quakers. It was very 'holistic'. guys could, and said so. do likewise. That's good. Reformed their own terms, or where Mouw and I But, after the first few gen- The trouble for both Reformed appeals to the OT very often contain could ponder whether to be 'culturally, erations, even before the Revolution, and Anabaptists is the same: we're in an enormous exegetical fallacy (i.e, politically, and educationally engaged' America came to function on Ana- a different world now. So could we that there is a parallel between OT Is- or to paddle our own canoes - or to baptist principles, and has done so please stop being dishonest about the rael and the polity of the modern state, steer between those options. There was ever since. It happened by accident, real meaning of these two legacies, such as the U.S., where the exegete in an official church to which all inhab- of course. The country was too big to and check out how much is usable question happens to live). But ... exile. itants were required to belong; one enforce conformity. The people were in the present? And, pace Mouw, I OK; even we Anabaptists can wear either adhered to it, or dissented from too few - and way too diverse - to humbly submit that a believer's church that as a legitimate parallel. it and accepted persecution. If you did make persecution practicable in the adhering to all of the key doctrines of Even so, I began to wonder the former, then you perforce had to long run. The early Anabaptists' heroic pre-Constantinian Christianity is more whether a straw man was being set up. justi fy persecution of those dissenters repudiations are no longer quite so usable than a theological system that Mouw related happily how his friends and the enforcement of your religion necessary; the iron will of the Re- owes its origin and meaning to the had been given the opportunity by on the population. If you did the lat- formed to exert religious "discipline" attempt to obliterate the distinction Communist officials to practice their ter, then you shunned the instruments on the rest of us has long since corrod- between the Testaments in the interests counseling skills in China; Anabap- of state as hopelessly bound up in an ed to irrelevance. But, like Mouw on of creating a Christian state. tists, he then told us, would reject serv- apostate church. Thursday, the Puritans really did try. Review past break. When I got home, I dis- I do enjoy new takes on the The Inst Christmas -Eve covered that my mom had just bought sometimes repetitious originals) and transform them into Justin Hackett. sta#writer a copy of The Lost Christmas Eve anil we are blitzed with starting every De- epic rock ballads. I often have a hard I was elated. However, upon further cember...November, but TSO just feels time buying into hype because I think listen, I was less than impressed. so very much out of place. The Lost liking something just because every- I knew that TSO sang on a Christmas Eve is just a mixed bag. one else does is boring. The Trans- number of their songs, but I thought - Some may enjoy it all or some, like Siberian Orchestra (TSO) hype seems it would be better than this. Each of me, will tend to skip past the songs to grow annually and their popularity their Christmas is a mix of where there is singing. Instrumentally. strengthen. 1 know that they are doing songs and songs with however, they are incredible. I'm sure an arena tour this winter and one of vocals. The Lost Christmas Eve is no their non-Christmas singing that is not their last stops before Christmas is in different. 1 do not know what I was season-oriented is a better fit. Maybe Buffalo at HSBC Arena on December expecting, but it was much different it's because I'm not so much a fan of 23rd. Prior to this past Thanksgiving from what I was hearing. It sounded the genre that is stereotyped as lik- break l had heard a grand total of two like I was listening to an 80's hair ing spandex pants and using a whole songs by TSO. Their most popular band sing to me about Christmas bottle of hairspray a day. Call me old Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" bells and sleigh rides. I don't know fashioned, but Christmas music should can be heard all over the radio during about you, but I prefer to hear about be a far cry from this. I'll take a Bing For the past few years I've the Christmas season. The other song our marshmallow world in the winter Crosby with a side of Danny Kaye, been hearing all this hype about the was "" from their from Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin please. Trans-Siberian Orchestra around most recent Christmas outing The Lost or about the not-so-rocky "Jingle Bell Christmastime. What the Trans-Sibe- Christmas Eve. Both of these songs Rock" from Bobby Helms. I only Grade: C+ rian Orchestra does on their numerous are instrumental masterpieces in my wanted to listen to the instrumental Christmas albums is take traditional opinion. I wanted to hear more, but songs on The Lost Christmas Eve the Christmas carols (along with some never had the opportunity, until this second time around.

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Ruin a relationship in 10 easy steps -PLAY, continued from pg 1 if you're trying to dump someone. So extreme, but highly effective. If the families. churches and communities. next time that your soon-to-be ex- previous two attempts fail, then the Those on the committee or- lover says '1 love you" then react in next thing you do is fake your own ganizing Play On!. wanted it to be big one of the following ways: Pretend death. I know what you're think- enough that the whole college would that you lose your hearing every time ing. You're thinking. "Jimmyrthat's be influenced. Alyson Shipman has your Sig says it. Insist that you don't a good idea." Well. thank you. The high hopes for Play On! saying that. 0 want to talk about "elephant shoes." only downside is that you have to find -Big events are always a great way to Attempt to finish your entire plate of a way to go about your daily routine raise awareness about issues and to get food in one bite in the slowest amount without your Sig knowing it's you. My people into action about them together of time possible. Or, if you're too lazy favorite approach is the "twin with the as a community.' It is not only big Jimmy Dutton, columnist to complete the next nine steps, say "1 same name" approach. But feel free to events, but music also, has a special love you so much that I can't possibly be creative here. power in uniting people in a common Are you stuck in a relationship stay with you any longer." But that's a 4. This one is my personal fa- cause:-Eventually, the MCP assign- that you're just dying to get out of? COP-out. vorite. Every time your Sig leans in for ment, grades. and even the spark that ls your girlfriend asking for a wed- 2. Step 1 is a gpod softener; the kiss, pretend that you're about to started it all became less important ding ring after only one date? Is your it' 11 weaken your Sig to the point of sneeze or burp. This will usually stem than their communal goal of sharing boyfriend too comfortable with being insecurity. This next step is a little jab off the Sin Attack (akn "kissing"). It's the love of Christ through music. naked around other guys? Or is he a that will only help your cause. Ok. my favorite one because it's kind of The night of the concert complete nerd. but you didn't realize it here is what you do: Eat onions as fun to see the look on your Sig's face. was December 4th, and the acts held at first because you just thought he was much as you can all day, every day. but that's just me. everything from opera to avant-garde really super emo and now you want On top of that, insist that you go out 1 think that those four steps are jazz. because, says Clara Sanders, All to dump him? Well, fear no longer my for Mexican food every night and only good enough. lf your Sig still sticks kinds of music can work together for relationship-troubled Houghton peers. order beans. If they have onion beans with you after all of that crap then change in the world.- The Play On! the un-love doctor is in. The follow- that's even better! Obviously this will they're crazy. Officially. 1 also want committee sends many thanks to all ing are ten easy steps to dumping your drastically affect your breath status, to stop at four because I'm runnine who participated, by either perform- significant other (or, as I'm going to but there is also a bonus. Eventually, dangerously close to re-creating the ing or listening. Because it is·their. call them. "Sigs"). you will start excreting sweat and classic movie How to Lose a iii 10 -Hope that all the work that has gone 1. If you'ye been dating your eventually, you'll smeillike a Shen Days in writing form. And I just dbn't into this, each piece of music, and each Sig for a while and have gotten to the man on a skunk hunt or (to keep it bal- think I'm up to the challenge. It's like note performed will praise the Lord point where "I love you" pops up after anced) a Roth man in the presence of taking the Lord of the Rings books who deserves all praise!" exclaimed every sentence then this step is for a pretty girl. This step probably won't and trying to make them movies. It Emily Stuart. you. Typically when an "I love you- is lead to a break-up unless your Sig is just can't be done. Except for that one The title of this project comes said, an "I love you too" is supposed completely shallow and mean....so. in time. from Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. as to follow; it's what your Sig expects most cases, it actually willlead to a the opening lines of a lovesick duke. and it's what keeps the Sig happy. It's break up. "If music be the food of love, play not smart to complete this transaction 3. This next step is a little on!" The members of this group have placed these words in a greater mean- ing. invoking Christ's commandment Why HC needs to be more Amish to love our neighbors as ourselves. ing events? Celebrate homecoming? The reason for this elimina- with all that we have. including our Complain about the cafeteria food? tion of the Houghton identity is. in my lives our hearts and our music. -If I was struck by the lack of eyes, straightforward. The Houghton music is the food of love-the love Houghton student attendance at the administration spends the bulk of their of Christ- we have an eternal calling recent Jars of Clay concert, and this is time. when explaining the Houghton always to play on." what got my mind stirring about the community, focused on -Community so-called Houghton community that Responsibility." Students don't know why they can't drink or dance. they we all pledge allegiance to. But the -ROTH. continued from pg 1 truth is. we don't do anything commu- just know that they're expected not to. could relish in the glory of triumph. nity-like out of sheer choice. And the reasons given are based on the others certainly enjoyed the contest. Chapel is attended (by most), idea that Houghton is a "city on a hill." Marc Smithers, columnist Ryan Musser of Team -Two Ameri- and this is arguably the greatest extent - and the city that has been created here cans and a Brit" had this to say, - I just of communal gathering that occurs is superior to other communities that thought it was amazingly well-done. There have always been two on this campus. But even this could © allow ali of those atrocities to occur. There were always new.twists. and things that I admired about the Amish not be proved to be willingly attended Our allegiance has not been sought as I look back I can't believe that we (even though when I was in my teen- by all or even most. Koinonia seems after. but rather has been offered as a and all the other groups figured some age years, I had a slight fear of them to be widely attended by students, choice between Houghton's world and of those riddles out. They were hard! and their secrecy). Number one, they and this is an entirely voluntary at- - the other world. The whole thing was definitely hook- have the coolest beards in all the land tendance. But even these numbers If Houghton would like to ing! I couldn't find myself willing to - thus the reason why I now shave as continue to decrease as the semester 6 maintain, or more appropriately, regain give up. I didn't care about winning, an Amish person, and number two, progresses. Sporting eveots are the its sense of community, something ., I just wanted to succeed! Major props they do things as a community. When greatest disappointment in my eyes. needs to be done about its presen- tb the Roth dorm council on this one!' someone has a wedding, it seems as In high school. I loved when basically tation. Why should we associate One of the council's goals was to brini though everyone who is Amish at- the entire student body would show up ourselves, not just with Houghton Col- together students from different dorms tends. When someone needs their barn to support our school's sports teams. lege. but with the people who make although Dutton jokingly responded raised, they hitch up their buggies and And I thought that since college up the Houghton community - staff. that the real purpose of the hunt was ti aid their fellow Amish brother in his presents so much more communal- students, and alumni? What are -prove the awesomeness of Roth." time of need. type living, that spirit would be even community expectations, aside from All in all, the second annual I say this not to propose greater. But attendance is borderline alist of things we do not do? These Rothenbueler Treasure Hunt seems to that we at Houghton College should pathetic at most games, and at games are the questions that the administra- have been an enormous success. Muct eliminate the use of electronic appli- that would tend to draw even more of tion should respond to when trying to time and effort was put into this year's ances. Instead, I want to bring to light an audience (games involving a certain instill community identity within this competition and next year's only a dark evil that seems to go unnoticed Roberts UnWesleyan College), support campus. In no way am I saying that promises greater things. So start pre- by most on campus - the lack of is lacking to say the least. I think the rules of this college are paring not¥: because who knows: next community. In that fine staple of the Many other examples could ridiculous and should not be followed. year's prize may well be Amazon's Houghton College diet, FYI, students be given, such as the Homecoming It just seems that Houghton has been stolen million dollars. are barraged with claims that Hough- Parade's miniscule importance in the relying on these rules as the factors ton is a community of which everyone eyes of many, and the relative inexis- with which the Houghton identity will is a part and which everyone should tence of ShenBloc this year. All point be constructed. Rules maintain a com- respect. However, what do we really to the same conclusion - we've lost munity, but they do not build one. do as a community? Attend sport- our sense of Houghton identity. 0

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0 5. In order to reduce the use of Styroloarn, PoLaRiS when you go to Big Al's to eat, would you like to be asked if you war,1 your meal -for here" Con a plate) or "to go" (in a As you may already know. the SGA has been working on making our col- Styrofoam box)? lege more environmentally friendly. This week's PoLaRiS asked students, faculty and staff what they thought about this issue. c

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Left: Oliver (David Lopez) and Celia (Am\

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Right: William (Bennet Minchen) and Touchstone (David Mahan) light over the love of Audrey (Journey Osburn).

Right: Orlando (Ste- tan Sciavone) gets a lesson in love from Rosalind (Bryana Aleshia Ellingson . rues/ writer (director) Mahan).

Directing As You Like /t wa. role. Of course. there were people who not an easy task but it was one of the dropped out during the semester. but most memorable experiences I have I did not have a problem filling those had at Houghton. It was overwhelming roles. at the beginning of the semester think- The next step was 10 *ched- ing of all the things I needed to do and ule rehearsals. It became a Friday how long they would take. I started dght tradition to sit in one place for where every good director starts - the a couple of hour>, with the actors' assembling of a cast. We had three schedules and w hat scene> each peron nights of auditions and filled even -continued on pg 6. SPOTLIGHT

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; and the Houghton College Women's Ben fsujimoto, sports writer women have developed an efficient accurate shooting. Athletic guards new players, the Lady Highlanders half-court offense as well. Thus far. ,I Hillary Brower and Jody Tripler are are united by an emphasis on full- ad The Houghton College Coach Lord is pleased with the of- tenacious defenders off the bench. time Christian service. Coach Lord Women's Basketball team enters the fensive strategy: -We are excited about g, Despite the potential of the encourageN his player to serve Christ season with new faces and a revised 0, what we are seeing so far in terms guards, Houghton's success depends not only by helping a teammate off 1most system. Without a senior on the of good balance on offense. with as on the contributions of a blossoming the floor after drawing a charge. but roster, the Lady Highlanders turn to isful, many as four players coring in double frontcourt. Entering her third year. also in other areas of life. -We want week retumees Ashley Scudder, Cassie Mer- figures.- Ashley Scudder posses,Aes a soft touch our athletes to be their best spiritually. ked rill, and Rebecca Kallal for leader- Dictating the pace of this of- around the hoop and remains a solid' academically, socially and athleti- 111 ship and consistency. Although five fense is a backcourt of speedy point source of rebounding. The impact of cally, We talk daily about the min- f iat freshmen see significant minutes, do guards and powerful three-point three freshmen is encouraging; for- istry we want to have to those with how not mistake this as a rebuilding year. shooters. Lisa Skrypnik has eagerly wards Leah French. Erika Forland. and whom. against whom and in front of By taking full advantage of their accepted the daunting task of directing center Jessica Smith have performed whom we play.- the head coach states. strengths. particularly conditioning the offense as a freshman: the transi- admirably in three games against . Although this young squad may ex- and depth,'this underrated Houghton tion from high school basketball to formidable opponents. French, an perience growing pains. they remain squad may surprise powerhouses like the college level is challenging. not to small but athletic fonvard, often beats optimistic and focused on improve- n Geneva, Daemen, and Notre Dame in mention the additional demands of the her defender off the dribble and has ment each game. -Fans should not ht I the NAIA AMC North Division. point guard position. With her ability emerged as a lethal scoring option. be misled by what may appear to the this Through an emphasis on pre- to handle the ball and pressure oppos- Forland and Smith are double-double untrained eye as a slow start." says season conditioning, Coach Lord has ing guards. Skrypnik has already made threats. Forland posted 14 points and Coach Lord. "We have played three nd I installed a system to make the most of an impact and will improve with each 13 rebounds against Southern Wesley- very strong teams and have improved n the the team's stamina and bench talent. game. Joining the freshman in the an, while Smith tallied a team-high 17 with each game. This strong early und The Highlanders feature a 'controlled backeourt are juniors Cassie Merrill points versus Malone. Like Skrypnik, schedule should have us ready for how break;' expect Houghton to push the and Rebecca Kallal. Whether they are these freshman post-players will only J the upcoming stretch." AMC North ubly tempo and beat the opposition down hustling for loose balls, diving into improve as the season progresses. Division opponents should not take the the floor. If circumstances are not passing lanes. or calmly drilling threes, Despite the arrival of many Lady Highlanders lightly. ids conducive to a fast-paced attack, the these two provide smart defense and BU my It- Can't Wait Until March?

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Ben Tsujimoto, sports writer appear poised for another deep cent of Steve Fisher's Fab Five' , hesitate to enter the paint with his tournament run. at Michigan, Ohio State Coach 7'3 wingspan lurking nearby. More than eight months UCLA Bruins: Despite the loss Thad Matta presents the 'Thad e C , LSU: after and the Florida of star point guard Jordan Farmar Five.' Amidst these five contribut- 'Big Baby' shed twenty pounds this Gators snipped the nets in India- to the NBA, the Bruins will take ing freshmen, the Buckeyes have off-season- now he's a trim 290. napolis, NCAA men's basketball advantage of their athleticism and a 'Troy Smith' of their own, center Still a handful for opponents, Da- has returned. As memories of size to run Coach Ben Howland's . Denied entry into the vis' improved agility and quick feet Tyrus Thomas' rapid emergence, defensive system to perfection. NBA Draft because of a new age may prove to be unstoppable. J.J. Redick's sweet three-point Like the Gators, UCLA features limit, Oden will unveil his deft stroke, and Jordan Farmar's hero- many scoring threats; junior sharp- post-moves when he returns from Freshman Worth Watching: Paul ics begin to fade, a new group of shooter Aaron Affialo sinks open wrist surgery in December. Hyped Harris, Syracuse; , athletes yearn for their 'one shining shots, Lue-Richard Mbah-a-Moute as the second coming of legendary Texas, Chase Budinger, Arizona; moment' in the 2006-2007 season. returns after a tremendous NCAA Spur, David Robinson, Oden faces Darrell Arthur, Kansas; Greg Oden, Will another mid-major program tournament, and lightning-quick lofty expectations in his freshman Indiana. duplicate George Mason's impres- point guard Darren Collison adds season, Jikely his last at The Ohio sive Final Four run? What highly- energy and pace to the backcourt. State University. In the meantime, Honorable mention Diaper Dan- ranked team will fail to meet Fully recovered from a hip injury, Jamar Butler, , Mike dies: Hasheem Thabeet. UConn; 2xpectations? Can anyone the Josh Shipp will need to contribute Conley, and David Lighty need Wright, North Carolina, Thaddeus crown from those pesky Gators? if the Bruins wish to overtake the to overachieve to comjftensate for Young. Georgia Tech. Spencer Gators. Oden's absence. Hawes, Washington: Bill Walker. Here are some bold predictions for North Carolina Tar Heels: After Kansas St. this year: bowing out to 'Cinderella' George Ben's All-American PTPers Mason in the second round, the Tar (prime time performers): Ben's Probably Perfect Predic- Favorites: Four teams who are Heels will continue to develop their tions: expected to reach the Final Four young talent. Tyler Psycho T' PG: Dominic James, Marquette: in Atlanta: Hansbrough hopes to add a national This sophomore point guard is the Sweet Cinderellas: Butler. Wichi- title trophy to his hardware after most impressive player you have ta State. Missouri State Florida Gators: The defending earning national Freshman of the never heard of: expect great things Final Four: Florida. Kansas. Ari- champs return all five starters that Year last season. Fellow returnees from this electric Golden Eagle. 0 zona. UCLA. defeated UCLA last April. Led by , Bobby Frasor, SG: , Wisconsin: Final: Kansas vs. UCLA Noah, the rangy power forward and should continue to The next Josh Howard; Tucker Champs: Kansas Jayhawks. who Postponed his NBA career to progress, but will also shoulder the combines tenacious defense with pursue another collegiate title, Billy responsibility of mentoring an elite an improved offensive game. If the Saturday, November 25th Donovan's Gators boast a bal- recruiting class. , SF: , Boston Col- game between Florida and Kansas anced offense and a stingy defense. Tywon Lawson, and Wayne El- lege: is any indication of what's in store, , , and lington enter as Roy Williams' Plays with an uncommon nastiness; this year's NCAA tournament will S patrol the perimeter. blue-chip recruits; the Heels will he can fill it up on one end and shut be a memorable one. This early while Noah, , and Chris advance as far as Hansbrough and you down on the other. season gem proved to be the best Richard control the paint. With- the freshmen can take them. PF: Joakim Noah, Florida: college game I've seen in years. 0 out a glaring weakness, the Gators Ohio State Buckeves: Reminis- Ridiculous shot-blocker. ODDonents 0

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THE HOUGHTON ENQUIRER Christmas banned at Houghton Houghton, NY-- The new adminis- ing it to that festival of idolatry and conversations. The Student Life tration headed by President Shirley tree worship." I was eight." Stephan Harms Mullen announced yesterday that office is working hard to get several noted, "If you re-arrange the let- Campus Security is work- students outfitted with undercover Houghton is banning Christmas. ing closely with Student Life and ters, Santa spells Satan. Clearly cameras and microphones. These Citing concerns regarding mate- Tech Services to isolate breakouts that should be banned." The Dean rialism and greed, they released students will appear to be confused of the Chapel, who spoke on the of"The Christmas Spirit" in what visitors, but their blue folders will the following statement, "We have has come to be called "Operation condition of anonymity, said, "John be secretly recording offenders. deep concern over the increasing Bum the Tree." Tech Services Wesley took drastic measures in his The Houghton community influence of the pagan culture we launched a new monitoring pro- day and so must we." is surprisingly supportive. "I'm live in. We forbid anyone to des- gram this week designed to monitor all for it," said Wesley Dean. "My ecrate the name of Christ by link- the content of e-mails and phone mom taught me to trip Santa when Here's to you, Facebook In 2004, the world as we ed. In fact, this year I had freshmen der is that of the male persuasion, know it changed. No, I'm not talk- Editor-In-Chief inviting me to be their Facebook I guess he can be the best man in ing about the 2004 presidential - Lindsay Yandon friend! This is probably because I your wedding. election, in fact - lets be honest stood next to them in the salad bar You know what else is with each other - in retrospect the Managing Editors line and said "Sorry" when we both amazing about Facebook? People world should have changed much Katie Doner reached for the cucumber. Friend- can invite you to events! Its great; more in the American governmen- Emily Buckingham ships did not used to get birthed although my roommate and I used tal sphere. But the brainwashed out of such encounters. But now, to talk to each other, I now send her status of the Christian evangeli- Design Editor thanks to Facebook, they can! invitations via Facebook to things Rebecca Showvaker cal community aside, I am talk- Every single random encounter in like "Dinner at 5:30" or "Library ing about something far more life our collegiate lives can now lead to study session." Oh, and those Business Manager changing than mere politics. I'm deep, multifarious Facebook friend- geniuses at CAB are on to this too! Mary Royer 'talking about Facebook. In 2004, ships. Now that really weird kid I love having my mailbox filled Mark Zuckerberg of Harvard who pretends he's Gandalf who sits with invites to CAB events as if I Copy Editor University founded that internet Jaynee Vanwormer behind you in Lifetime Wellness haven't seen the 5 dozen posters confection of a social utility that is can be your friend ! Where normally for the CAB coffeehouse around Facet)ook and ...The whole world Staff Writers you could have completely avoided campus. So helpful ! changed. Where wouldwe be and ignored him, he now has a plat- Elyse Drum To close, my Facebook Justin Hackett without Facebook? What would we form in which he can befriend you. friends, how 'bout that news feed? do without those hours of tweak- Clara Giebel And then after you accept him as Who doesn't love that? Where I Daniel White ing our profile quotes and "about your friend (because you'll never me"s? How could anyone make used to have to painstakingly click say "no," as you pretty much have on people's profiles to see who Guest Writer judgments about what kind of to collect friends to prove your so- they've added as friends, now it's Aleshia Ellingson « person 1 was if they couldn't read cial status, right? Facebook friends, alllaid out for me from my first my achingly witty profile, see my the POGs of today), you two will click! From letting me know who Sports Writer picture I took hours to choose, or exchange awkward smiles in class has poked who or who has added Benjamin Tsujimoto ' see who I'm friends with? And how because well, do you speak to each pictures, friends, or maybe had a else could I prove to all my high Columnists now or not? Well, hopefully you change in relationship status orjust . school friends how hot and popu- Marc Smithers two start speaking about Facebook changed their underwear. Face- lar I am now at Houghton College James Dutton ;is a social utility which connects book has helped us all in turning (which chums out all that is hot and (con·nect (verb) 1. to create deep, stalking from a stereotypical, eerie popular, if I do say so myself). Faculty Writer life long friendship between two "Misery"-esque pursuit to a kinder, Back in 2003, when I was a people)you to people around you. Dr. Meic Pearse freshman, I had no friends. I have gentler brand of voyeurism which Heck, now you and Gandalf will we now view as "Facebook friend- reason to believe this is because Faculty Advisor probably end up getting married ship." Dave Perkins Facebook had not yet been invent- when you graduate ! Or if your gen- *This is satire... sarcasm... not true... it's ok to'laugh! Header Design - End this Lnny? Wantto write it? . Nicholas Bragg If you are interested in writing these satire pieces, please contact the Editor via . STAR@houghton. edu

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