e News: Gift drive gives boxes to needy children h A&E: t Features: TDO befriends local Former wrestler brings T A EchoY L O R U N I V E R S I T Y disabled athletes the fight to Marion S INCE 1915 - VOLUME 92, NO . 12 N OVEMBER 19, 2004 Photo by Matt Wissman My Generation Night sizzled with hot bands and cool acts Thursday night. The night began with Dr. David Gyertson playing Mr. Rogers and ended with senior Joe Darling’s rendition of “Don’t You Forget About Me” by Simple Minds. The audience sang along with the Family Matters theme song and enjoyed songs like “Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?” by Rockapella (above). My Generation Night is back ‘On the Air’ BY CRYSTAL POLLOCK night’s first skit. tion of “The Scientist” by Coldplay. a group of men from Brotherhood the performance. onstage and performed ballet ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Next, freshman Jeremy Miller “We felt people would know and and Penthouse dressed in “The most fun part was turning a moves while defending himself slid on his red hat before perform- appreciate the song. We did our best 80s grunge. Lesser said they per- one-guitar song into a three-guitar against ninjas. Family sitcoms, oversized plaid ing a piano solo to begin “Killing to capture the emotion Coldplay formed the song at Andrew song,” Hall said. At the end of the song, the peach shirts and old-school music, Me Softly” from the Fugees. had on their live album,” guitarist Hauser’s request. “It’s just exhilarating to get up stood in victory while everyone else represented “My Generation” “This is a song I wouldn’t have Pellerin said. “This is Hauser’s favorite song,” and play,” Halberstadt said. lay on the floor. Thursday night. normally done,” Miller said. “But it “Crashing the Shadows” will Lesser said. “He’s been begging us To end the first set, senior Marybeth Larson played the The night began when Joe is fun.” also be playing at Lori Berenson's to do it since I was a freshman, and Brandon Henderson and Celby piano and sang Mandy Moore's Arcano, Andrew Hauser, Simon The Fugees duo Sara Bonness benefit concert on Saturday, and in this year we agreed.” Hadley performed Dispatch’s song song “Only Hope.” Lesser and Joe Ringenberg of the and Bethany Riggs said this Kokomo Dec 3. The night then followed with “The General” before intermission. Later in the night senior Joe core band played jazz music as stu- song has always been one of After a reminiscent scene of sophomores Mike Ho, and Matt The singers dressed in camouflage Ozinga filled the room with energy dents streamed into their seats. their favorites. Family Matters where Steve Urkel, Hall and freshman Brandon to complement the song’s words. as he danced and jumped across the The band opened with “Epic” by Then pianist Sara Fuchs accom- played by sophomore Brandon Halberstadt’s song “Name” by the Next, the Presidents of the United stage to “Popular” by Nada Surf. Faith No More. panied “Crashing the Shadows,” a House morphed into Stefan Goo Goo Dolls. States of America, wearing plaid Conor Angell, Eric Miller, Isaac Mr. Rogers, played by Dr. David band of Taylor students with sen- Urquelle played by sophomore “It’s one of my favorite songs,” pants and barbershop quartet-like Belcher, Jon Chacko, Alex Frank Gyertson, waltzed onto the stage, iors Isaac Pellerin and Adam Cox Josh Canada, a group performed Ho said. hats performed the song “Peaches.” and David Hasenmyer while changed sweaters and sang “Won’t and sophomores Blake Sampson “Jeremy” by Pearl Jam. The three from Broho practiced During the act, a peach, played by You Be My Neighbor” in the and Justin Grassman, in their rendi- Senior Andrew Hauser sang with for over three weeks before junior Mark Grunden, appeared See ‘On the Air’ page 2 ECHO IN-DEPTH Where are your TU dollars going? Athletics show lack of funding any [recruits],” said men’s tennis 15 athletic teams based on regula- However, many in the athletic tuition as low as possible,” said Tim ference (MCC) schools, such as Coach Don Taylor. tions set years ago by the vice pres- department are finding it hard to Nace, assistant to the vice president Huntington, Bethel and Grace, do. Last year, Taylor’s Upland cam- ident of student affairs and the work with the funds given them. of student affairs. “We have to do more with less BY ASHLEY SMITH pus spent $1,445,000 on athletics athletic director. “Scholarships are an area where Other options for gaining more here at [Taylor],” Patterson said. NEWS EDITOR while in the previous year they Increases in department spend- we are probably lagging, and it is funds for scholarships and operat- “We can make a good financial aid spent $1,422,000. With the increase ing are due mainly to travel expens- hard to recruit with the money that ing costs include fund-raising. package to some people, just SHERIF MANSOUR in living expenses, the money need- es. Travel expenses have gone up we have,” said Assistant Athletic Coach Taylor actively cam- not enough,” CONTRIBUTOR ed for operating and scholarships due to the fact that TU now uses Director Amy Stucky. paigned for donor money this year. In recent years, both the men and stretched thin. buses for some sports instead of TU While Taylor University would “We’ve had some donor money, women's basketball teams, as well ith costs increasing across “We try to recruit young men vans for transportation. like to see an increase in the athlet- especially this year,” he said. as the volleyball, tennis, track and the nation and minimal and women who fit Taylor, [but] Out of last year’s spending, ath- ic budget, more funding is impossi- “Without it, we wouldn't have been cross country teams have had win- Wincreases in the athletic lots of times we are losing those letics used $719,000 for athletic ble at this point without an increase able to get everyone we got.” ning seasons, both in the MCC and budget, some coaches are finding it kids to other institutions,” said ath- scholarships which are split accord- in tuition or cuts in other programs. However, some university policies in other arenas. hard to compete. letic director Dave Bireline. ing to National Association of “Generally in the whole uni- also hinder athletic recruiting. The board of trustees is currently “We had one senior graduate in The yearly spending includes Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) versity, none of our specific operat- Basketball Coach Paul Patterson taking a comprehensive look at the last two years. That indicates operating dollars, salaries, benefits regulations and conference regula- ing budgets have seen increases in pointed out that Taylor does not the athletic department to determine two bad recruiting years. Financial and scholarships. The department tions. Donor grants of $31,000 the past few years, and that is allow full-ride scholarships but sev- if any changes should be Aid was a big factor in not getting divides the money among the were also given in scholarships. because we are trying to keep eral other Mid-Central College con- made financially. News NEWS NOVEMBER 19, 2004 PAGE 2 TWO gift drive brings joy to kid’s faces Kesler BY LAUREN SIEFER “We wanted to do a drive, and that delivers aid to hurting people defines CONTRIBUTOR then we thought about Real Life around the world. This Christmas, children in Third and how they get to give gifts, so Miller had the opportunity to World countries will receive gifts we wanted to pack boxes and have help pass out shoe boxes in a closed manhood from Upland, Ind. Millions of chil- an event,” said WCF co-director country. He shared the story of God dren in nearly 100 countries will Val Harle. "We really like children multiplying the number of boxes receive Christmas presents from a lot.” they had so that every child could BY ANDREW SLATE across the globe. Sophomore Austin Beer thought receive one. STAFF WRITER Wednesday evening, World the drive sounded like a good way “They knew they weren’t going Christian Fellowship collected shoe to get involved, so he organized an to have enough for every kid, but boxes filled with toys and hygiene Operation Christmas Child broth- they just kept passing them Dr. Jay Kesler defined manhood items for Operation Christmas er/sister floor even. On Nov. 12, out,”said junior Emily Jones. “In to 125 men Tuesday night. Child. According to WCF co-direc- more than 30 students from Second the end, they had more than enough “I think being a man is one of the tor Margie Davis, the drive Berg, Cellar and Third South for the kids, so every person who greatest privileges in the world." collected more than 150 boxes English got together to make boxes. wanted [a box] was able to This was how Kesler ended his talk from Taylor. “We went to Wal-Mart and the get one.” about “Defining Manhood,” the “This was the first year Taylor dollar store to get stuff, then we all Operation Christmas Child is an first of three in a series “Rising to has ever done Operation Christmas went to Cellar and put the boxes organization through Samaritan’s the Call” sponsored by men's min- istry cabinet titled Child. It's exciting that so many together,” Beer said. “We made 18 Purse that delivers brightly- Photo by Alisse Goldsmith boxes total.” Kesler’s talk covered many dif- boxes came in,” Davis said.