VOLUME 54 | ISSUE 8 ACR Homes Football Dance article, photo submition by ACR Homes Pg. 10 NEWS SPORTS ARTS & VARIETY OPINION Saying Goodbye to Res CSP Women’s Track Resistance, Protest, Resilience What Pro-Life Really Life's Sharon Schewe Goes to Nationals: Means to Me Burney and Ighovojah PG. 17 PG. 5 Achieve Lifelong Dream PG. 11 PG. 9 THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL CSP PUBLICATION AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY OR STAFF. SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS. THE SWORD NEWSPAPER 1 APRIL 2017 VOLUME 54 | ISSUE 8 CONCORDIA ST. PAUL’S OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER SINCE 1966. EDITOR IN CHIEF KATRINA BELL NEWS EDITOR that I have had the privilege BRIANNA HOLTMEIER of knowing, have been my SPORTS EDITOR mentors and will be for a MICHAEL LIMMEL long time. Their lessons ARTS & VARIETY EDITOR REEVE CURRIE don’t only exist inside OPINION EDITOR the classroom and I hope JAKOB KOUNKEL everyone recognizes that. PHOTO EDITOR The beauty of Concordia HD DOWNS is that it helps cultivate ART DIRECTOR BERT LEE the relationships that we FACULTY ADVISOR hopefully will value for the ERIC DREGNI rest of our lives. I pray that everyone leaving Concordia WRITERS will have found the people DALTON SIEDSCHLOG JULIE HAGERT at Concordia as wonderful BROOKE STEIGAUF as I have. JERRY FREELS Photo by Katrina Bell, MARA GRAU Editor-In-Chief My experience as Editor-In- RENEE CORTEZ Chief has been an amazing BRIANNA HOLTMEIER Letter from the editor Order Online at COLE RIEMER one. I am truly inspired, TANNER PETERSON N° 8 always, by my staff, and REEVE CURRIE am supremely grateful for AARON RONAYNE By Katrina Bell their hard work, even in this tOppers.cOm JORDAN PEISER stressful time. 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I have Editor-In-Chief met some of the kindest and WELCOMING THE NEW SWORD STAFF FOR 2017-18 weirdest people, and I now Editor-In-Chief: call them my friends. My Brooke Steigauf supervisors, my professors, Art Director: Danielle Gates and all the staff and faculty Copy Editor: Farha Ibrahim News Editor: Brianna Holtmeier Sports Editor: Tanner Peterson Opinion Editor: Jordan Peiser Arts & Variety Editor: Mara Grau Photography Editor: Hannah Downs 2 THE SWORD NEWSPAPER APRIL 2017 VOLUME 54 | ISSUE 8 NEWS Did You Do Your Taxes? No Fines Are Just Fine! The Truth Behind Tax to note that tax evasion with one exemption, which CSP Library Fine Policy helpful resource. The as done in the past. The and tax avoidance are two is kind of the worst case charges, referred to as “petty juvenile books will also Evasion very different concepts. scenario, especially if you Change fines,” are not income-based, be granted an increased By HD Downs While tax evasion is illegal, have dependents. Then the By Brooke Steigauf but are a mere incentive for check-out period, from tax avoidance is actually IRS will calculate your tax students to return books on two weeks to eight weeks. completely legal. Despite its liability with penalty and time. Roden decided that With the extended check- f you’ve ever had a job similar name, tax avoidance interest. If this still doesn’t oncordia’s library the fines are not worth the out period, the library is and gotten a paycheck, is a legitimate process that sound like that bad of an is anticipating a damage done to the patron/ hopeful that the students I chances are you’ve had to is approved by the Internal idea, there’s more. Not only C change in its policy library relationship and will be able to return the do your taxes. Perhaps you Revenue System (IRS) with will it take exceptionally on overdue book charges therefore, revoked the policy. books more responsibly, took to an online tax service the intent of minimizing longer and cost more to maintain positive for their own sake and that like TurboTax. Maybe taxes. Usually used by money, but you’ll probably relationships between it and Beginning June 1st, fines of the other users. Other you bribed your dad with businesses, avoidance often need to hire an actual tax the student body. In the past, will no longer be used to upcoming adjustments in cleaning the kitchen every consists of things like tax professional to help you books were fined twenty-five enforce timely book return. the library include a new day for the next six months deductions, deferral plans, clean up the mess you’ve cents and videos, a dollar, Instead, students will be system for finding books so that he’d do them. Or, and credits. made. per day past the prescribed given an eight-week check- in CSP’s library and the possibly, April 19th rolled due date. Reserves, since out period (as opposed to other participants in the around and you realized that As expected, the penalties Your credit history will also they are in higher demand the previous 6-week loan) Interlibrary Loan program. taxes were due yesterday. for tax evasion differ from likely be compromised and and have a shorter check- for general books, as well Now, what? At one point or your income level. For the the negative impact is quite out period, currently have a as two opportunities to Instead of Summon and another, we’ve all had the purposes of you as a reader, significant, affecting your fine of twenty-five cents per renew the book for an added CLICnet, the search question cross our minds: let’s assume that you aren’t ability to get loans. hour past late. 4-weeks each. In the future, system will be transferred what really happens if you a multimillionaire and that As a run of the mill middle students will continue to “CLICsearch.” All of the don’t pay your taxes? you’re a run of the mill, class citizen, jail time is Netanya Roden, the Access to receive the automatic forthcoming changes are middle class, Jane/John Doe. unlikely, but not something Services Coordinator in the reminder emails about their to ensure that the students Sure, you might have heard It starts out simply and not to be completely ruled library, observed these fines overdue books, however if feel encouraged and stories about people going as threatening as one might out. Most jail time for tax provoking anxiety in the they fail to return it within rewarded for the utilization to jail for avoiding taxes or think. If you fail to file in evasion is only awarded students. Often, the books the notified time limit, the of their school’s resources. about our President's lack of full or not at all, you will get to those who are wealthy would be returned, but the book status will convert The library is working tax returns, but what does a letter from the IRS that and could be seen by the fine would remain unpaid directly to “billed.” The on making its policies that even mean? Tax evasion basically files the taxes for government as purposefully and lingering on their standard billing fee remains as accommodating and can be defined either by the you. Actually sounds kind trying to defraud it. In the account. This discouraged at $65, which includes the supportive as possible for deliberate underpayment of sweet, right? Depending wise words of Nike: just library-users from checking average $60 book price and the success of its patrons. of taxes or the complete on the situation you’re in, do it. out more books and a $5 processing fee. Along illegal nonpayment of taxes. not really. The IRS will file counteracted the purpose of with this, a hold will be put However, it’s important your taxes as a single person the library as a convenient, on the patron's account, An Experience of Connections: Robinette was a St. Paul attended CSP for a short gal who began her dream time back in her college Concordia Service Trip by founding Robin’s Nest years and was ecstatic to see to Jamaica in 1997. Robinette stated, the Concordia team. “I did not have one doubt By Cydi Yang at that moment that this The other Minnesotan was God's will for my member of the team is ight Concordia life, to start Robin's Nest Daniel Straka, who served students and two Children's Home for those at the Nest for 16 months E faculty leaders spent children who were without a back in 2013 prior to their spring break in home.” Other directors have accepting the new position. Jamaica serving at Robin’s stepped in her place since Not only were the directors Nest Children’s Home.