, - • < it ■ > “Never in the field of human conflict was so much novem owed by so many to so few.” -Sir Winston Churchill Defining patriotism these days is white crosses. And much to my own difficult. Though the word is often surprise, I began to cry for this man I used as a bltuiket American sentiment, had never met, but whose sacrifice had honoring it seems varied in degrees relative to suddenly become very real to me. There generation. It can never mean to me I was closer than I have ever been to what it meant for my grandparents. imderstanding the magnitude of what vetera Both my grandmother, who served as that generation experienced. And from an Army nurse and my grandfather, that I gained a new sense of pride about who fought in the South Pacific, what the men and women, who serve experienced |)atriotism at a level that our country have died for. And that I can not understand. However, in memory will hopefully be enough to honoring those who served and still remind me forever. will sing,_^ri serve our country, I can gain better In this Crusader, Tiana explores understanding. local celebrations of Veterans Day. fo n « 9^ Ironically, my experience with Although, the holiday has now passed, such sentiments came while I was in we felt that its importance warranted , >o backpacking in Europe last summer. discussion. I hope that as you read, you I knew of a l^loved relative who had are reminded of those who served - and been killed in Italy during the later part perhaps even moved to call a veteran of World War II, and who was buried you know, it is never too late to say in the American Military Cemetery thank you. in Draguignan, France. Having heard stories of this person most of my life, I had to take this opportunity to pay insuli my respects. And so I left my traveling partners and took a train to the little town to find his cemetery. Alison Brown After some searching, I found his grave, one among hundreds of rows of Managing Editor matrimay gui'ty.slEyiiarge Views expressed in theCrusader do not necessarily reflect the s opinions of the Crusader staff, Student Government Association, or the institution of Northwest Nazarene University. □ olC R U S A D E R >3 by Sarah Arendt Thousands of college students each year live ESSAY CONTEST 2004 with diabetes. Chances are, you probably know someone with diabetes. What is it? Diabetes is T he E lie W iesel a life-long disease that targets the levels of sugar in the blood. Prize in E thics The instability o f the blood sugar levels is caused by too little SUGGESTED TOPICS insulin, a resistance to insulin, Reflect on the most profound, moral dilemma you have encountered or both. Insulin is a chemical and analyze what it has taught you about ethics. produced by the pancreas to How can human beings move beyond hate and violence? regulate blood sugar. 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Do you think our school is going to pot? Did be on a strict diet that allows for you think a student was right to speak out and address and issue we have all been thinking about? Do not just talk about it. Write it. It is easy to send an less sugar in the blood, and each opinion to the Crusader. An editorial or letter to the editor does not have to be person should definitely be on an long. Jot a paragraph or just a couple of sentences,'we are interested in what exercise program. you think. Please fill the opinions page with things that matter to you, the As college students we are too students. The page is entitled “I Hear Voices,” which is a silly pun for a page quick to assume that we are safe that the Crusader staff takes very seriously. Let us hear your voices, we are from ever getting diabetes. But tired of our own. the fact of the matter is, we are To send a letter to the editor please e-mail it to alsalisburvfgjnnu.edu or not safe from it at all. Take steps acbrownfa:nnu.edu or drop it in campus mail to Crusader, Box C. now so that you can enjoy a life that allows for snickers bars and ice cream (sparingly) twenty years from now and beyond. I hear voices^’alTlSrovimlSrah saiisDury e [email protected] • ] • 111 By Kristen Kellogg Have you instances where Albertson’s and NNU’s Albertsons and came up with a name for ever had a time in your life when God staff have tried to unite the schools in our concert, the time, and how we were has spoken to you? Well God has never different activities. The problem was the going to make it all work. The crew been more evident in my life than right burden of being rivals always became from Albertsons was amazing and put now. This summer, whenever I was in too strong and the plans would fall together most of the concert, I could not a deep quiet time with God, or even through. Never before had two students have done it without them. So I have a if I was worshiping, I would have an from different schools tried to unite the challenge to all of you who read this, idea/vision of what God wanted to do schools. People were skeptical but I was go to the concert. Meet some people at NNU. It all started when I visited sure that it was what God wanted. from an awesome campus that is so the very first church of the Nazarene It was amazing when about a week close to us, and enjoy listening to three in L.A., California and learned that the later, a student from Albertsons, Jeremy wonderful bands that are playing for basis of the Nazarene church was to Johnson, contacted me first. He told free to help reach the community and reach out to the poor and show them me that he had a vision of joining with present Christ through wonderful music. Christ. So I thought to myself, NNU is NNU in an outreach and wondered if Nazarene and I cannot recall any big we wanted to participate. I was shocked; “And I can’t stop! If I say I’ll never outreach activities or ways that we are was this really happening? I could mention the Lord or speak in his currently reaching our community. At not believe that God was speaking so name, his word hums in my heart like that, God placed a vision on my heart to clearly to me. Here was my assurance a fire, It’s like a fire in my hones! I am join with our old rival school and create to go on with my plans for a concert. weary of holding it in!” Jeremiah 20:9 some sort of an outreach program to I met with Jeremy and his crew from get back to the heart of what God really wanted us to do. All summer I was filled with different ways to reach out to our communities and colleges. God would The “3 Alive” concert includes Grand Prize, not let me forget what I had learned. When I returned to school, I met Go for Broke and Broken Ground. The concert with Gene, our chaplain, and told him is in Jewett Auditorium at Albertsons College. about what God had been talking to me Doors open at 7 on Saturday night.