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Musical gives actresses new look Page 3 A&E: No objections to “Michael Clayton” Page 6 Opinions: Incoming call: The iPhone debate continues HE CHO Page 7 TOCTOBER 19, 2007 ET AYLOR U NIVERSI T Y SINCE 1915 - VOLUME 95, NO. 9 Gerig highlights Airband 'Tradition' 'Fiddler' performance wins first place for both shows BY ANDREW NEEL Airband to have two planned NEws EDITOR shows, after last year’s 8:15 p.m. showing oversold tick- It was only a bottle on a ets, forcing ICC to run two hat. performances for the first Well, actually it was six time in Airband history. bottles on six hats, but the in- Echo Airband awards: tense choreography of the six dancers in Gerig Hall’s per- Best Costumes formance of “Tradition” cata- “One Short Day in the pulted the act to first place in Emerald City” Airband 2007. by Second West Olson Gerig’s “Fiddler on the Roof” tribute placed first in Best Background Set both shows of the Discov- The Rice Bell Tower ery Channel-themed event, “What Is This Feeling?” which featured nine perfor- by Swallow Robin mances, most of which came from musicals. Best Faculty Cameo Second East Wengatz “I want him dead.” claimed second place for a -Skip Trudeau rendition of “Greased Light- as James Darjeeling ning.” The act included -and- throwing performers into Jessica Rousselow-Winquist the air while senior Andrew and Jerry Cramer Miller and sophomore Jeff trashing the WTUR studio Hubley rocked out on their Guitar Hero controllers. Best Pop Culture Reference Second West Olson’s per- The use of the song formance of “One Short Day “Come Clean” by Hillary Duff in the Emerald City” took in the commercial third place overall. The act “Out of Tune” from the musical “Wicked” featured an elaborate back- Best Cross-dressing Photo by Timmy Huynh ground set, vibrant costumes Mark Heydlauff in “Hairspray” Sophomore Luke Larson, junior Brandon Jacob and sophomores Peter Kuehl and Ben Anderson from Gerig Hall dance while wearing hats and a cameo from President by Third South English with bottles on top during their fourth performance of "Tradition" Thursday night at Airband 2007. Gerig's act from "Fiddler on the Roof" Eugene Habecker. and First Bergwall won first place overall, marking the second time in three years Gerig has won top honors. This marks the first year for Want to talk about Airband? Critique the judges? Class of 1957 gives $300K for prayer chapel Hear the songs? Check it out this week on BY BRITTANY HOSFORD CONTRIBUTOR The Loop 10 p.m. Tuesday One of WTUR 89.7 FM’s 10 radio programs. It takes $1.7 million to WTUR 89.7 FM build a prayer chapel. Thanks Access it on the network: to Taylor’s Class of 1957, the portal.taylor.edu/wtur/stream memorial prayer chapel is al- most there. The Class of 1957 has Taylor hosts hunt to pledged $300,000 to fund the memorial prayer cha- pel, which represents a sig- reduce deer on land nificant and generous com- BY MAKENZIE DOEPKE cient method,” he said. mitment, Vice President for STAFF WRITER The committee considered Advancement Ben Sells said. other options, such as contra- The gift brings the pledge to- Taylor is spearheading a ception, feeding and fencing, tal to $1.3 million. deer herd reduction cam- but all proved ineffective in Upon celebrating their paign planned for November herd control, he said. 50th-anniversary, Taylor and December on the land Taylor is inviting qualified classes traditionally donate bordering the Randall Envi- staff and faculty, as well as monetary gifts to the univer- ronmental Studies Center. members of the community, sity. But this gift represents Taylor is selecting eight to apply to participate in the the biggest ever donated by individuals to participate in lottery which will choose the a 50th-anniversary class, said an archery hunt in specified eight hunters. Four hunters Nelson Rediger, associate di- areas. will come from the staff and rector of the William Taylor The over-population of faculty pool and four appli- Foundation and coordinator deer is causing severe dam- cants from the community of all 50th-anniversary re- age to the flora in the land pool. union activities. behind Randall, said Facili- For legal and safety rea- Five years ago, Rediger ties Services Director Greg sons, students may not par- started planning this gift Eley, a member of the New ticipate in the herd reduc- with a committee from the Land Use Committee. tion. class. President Eugene Ha- The committee unani- Taylor has chosen to use becker will receive a check mously approved hunting archery as the sole hunting worth more than $1 million on the land because some of method in this herd reduc- Saturday morning, including these plant species are rare tion, stating this reduces the $300,000 donation, the and are slowly disappearing safety risks. cash goal set for the prayer due to an influx of deer. The herd reduction will chapel last year. The hunting during this take place during deer hunt- The driving force behind time period is not for rec- ing season and remains with- the idea of a class gift is al- reational opportunities but in Indiana state laws. lowing alumni to show ap- rather to control a problem The committee is asking preciation for all they learned that has persisted on the Tay- each hunter to harvest three at Taylor and to help provide lor campus for two years, deer per person. a way for future students Photo by Andy Marston Eley said. According to the plan, to get a Christian education The Class of 1957 has contributed $300,000 to the construction of the memorial prayer chapel. Hunting is the only meth- hunters will donate any deer and to share that with others, od that will solve the prob- meat they do not use to either said alumna Joan Gilkison, lor and its students reach full even better things than we Gilkison said, and the class lem of the deer over-popula- the national organization one of the 50th-anniversary potential in Christ. did,” Gilkison said. chose the project by voting. tion, Eley said. Hunters Against Hunger or class committee members. “The class gift is our gift to The idea of giving to the More than 90 percent of “Lethal hunting is the most the Grant County Commu- Gilkison said she hopes this school and the future of prayer chapel was on a lot the class contributed to the practical and most cost-effi- nity Food Bank. her class’ gift will help Tay- the students, so they can do of the class members’ hearts, project, Rediger said. News EWS OCTOBER 19, 2007 PAGE 2 TUN network helps publish Iraq journal BY AUDRA GUSTIN English hired a fellow STAFF WRITER alumna and friend to copy- edit the book. And recently, Alumnus Wesley English a Taylor marketing class be- serves as an example of how gan developing a marketing helpful the Taylor communi- strategy for the book as a ty can be after graduation. group project. English (’04) worked with “I really love the Taylor more than six different cur- community,” English said. “I rent students and graduates think of Taylor naturally for to help self-publish a friend’s a lot of things.” book, entitled “Boredom by English has primarily used Day, Death by Night: An Iraq his own contacts from his War Journal.” Taylor years: Ashley Haag The book presents the jour- (’07), who designed the cover, nals of Seth Conner, a former was friends with both Eng- Iraq soldier who was a high lish and his wife, the former school friend of English. And Maria Baptista (’05). For the when English learned of the letterhead and business card prospect of editing the book, design, Haag recommended he turned to his Taylor net- asking another student, Erik work to see if he could fi nd Newby (‘07), who still need- assistance. ed a project for his pro-bono assignment. “It was a win-win situa- “It’s a great tion,” English said. Newby agreed, saying the opportunity to project added a nice element to his portfolio. work outside of “It’s a great opportunity to work outside of Taylor and gain experience on a project Photo by Andy Marston Taylor and gain Taylor University alumnus Wesley English speaks to professor Thom Satterlee's advanced writing class on Wednesday evening. that is more than just a class experience on a assignment,” Newby said. Liz Boltz Ranfeld (’05), pus by talking with people The class functions as an gives a graduate an edge in English’s example of interac- project that is more who became a copyeditor of and distributing copies of the alternative to an ad agency today’s market. tion with the marketing class the book, was also a friend new book. or promotion fi rm, giving English and Hirschy if he had the need for promo- than just a class of English. Ranfeld is in the Audrey English had the students invaluable real-life agreed that future collabo- tion. midst of setting up her own idea to ask Marketing Pro- practice of marketing skills, rations between alumni and English said he was able assignment.” editing business, and Eng- fessor Jody Hirschy to have Hirschy said. Taylor resources were an to work well with Taylor lish became one of her fi rst the principles of marketing Students need to apply appealing prospect. Eng- because of how his own per- -Erik Newby- clients. class develop an advertising their learning because it lish said he may hire some sonal connections have ben- “I like the idea of keeping concept for the book.