SNU Storm baseball senior Teapioca Lounge: bubble weekend tea heaven Read on page 4 Read on page 9 April 23, 2014 Volume 85, Issue 26 echo.snu.edu 6612 NW 42nd St. Bethany, OK 73008 (405) 491-6382 SNU students Spring break at NASA Grace Williams, Business Manager told us about the competitions and Over spring break, Angela the work they do that is funded by Rhodes, Director of Career Ser- the Alabama Space Grant.” vices, and Mary Jo Galbraith, ju- The next day, they went to nior physics major, attended the the U.S. Space and Rocket Cen- NASA workforce development ter which houses exhibits on the trip to Huntsville, Alabama for space race, rocket development, universities participating in the construction and demolition and Oklahoma NASA Space Grant military equipment of the future. Consortium (OSGC). Trip partici- Galbraith and Rhodes got to see pants included students interested an IMAX film about deep space in aeronautics, space science and exploration. technology and related fields. Galbraith said, “My favorite On day one, Rhodes and Gal- part of the day was the giant game braith toured the Marshall Space of jenga that was played by a few Flight Center and later the Univer- of us in the construction/archi- sity of Alabama to see their Space tecture exhibit. We may or may Hardware Club. not have broken the record for the Galbraith said, “We toured sev- tallest tower built with their build- eral different labs and heard from ing blocks.” scientists working on projects for The final day of the trip was the Space Launch System, materi- a morning hike to Burritt on the als manufacturing, environmental Mountain which was Huntsville’s testing and so much more. Stu- first museum. In the afternoon, dents from the club took us on a they went to Huntsville Museum tour of all of their facilities and Continued on page 3 Photo by Angela Rhodes SNU choir students travel to Eisenstadt, Austria Brett Smith, Staff Writer influenced by cultures outside of Festival, which takes place around cal Era to the Romantic Era in One thing that is often applaud- the United States. This summer, the beginning of August. music history. ed by many is Southern Nazarene many SNU music students will The choir, which is composed “There’s so much depth and University’s push for students to have the pleasure of traveling to of SNU students as well as indi- breadth of Haydn’s career, and obtain a new cultural experience Eisenstadt, Austria with Professor viduals from the University of this piece in particular is one during their studies. Different or- Jim Graves, choir director at SNU, Oklahoma, will perform Joseph of the later pieces that Haydn ganizations and volunteers are and Dr. Richard Zielinski, Head Haydn’s Schöpfungsmesse, or wrote,” says Professor Graves constantly involved in making this of the Graduate Choral Studies at Creation Mass, in St. Stephen’s Ca- when asked about the place in happen. A big player in this is the the School of Music at University thedral in Vienna, Austria. Haydn history that the Schöpfungs- music department at SNU, par- of Oklahoma. This trip is part of composed this piece in 1801, very messe holds. “There’s so much tially because music is so heavily the 39th Annual Classical Music close to the shift from the Classi- Continued on page 2 04.23.14 NEWS 2 Effects of the Earthquake in Chile Stephany Reyes, Staff Writer In Chile there are frequent earth- quakes and volcanic eruptions. A massive earthquake of a magnitude of 8.2 hit Northern Chile, causing a tsunami on April 2, 2014. Accord- ing to CNN, the earthquake and tsunami did not cause much dam- age to the city and there were not a lot of deaths. According to the authorities, there were six deaths. Officials said four of those deaths were blamed on the quake late Tuesday that triggered landslides, power outages and a tsunami suf- fered heart attacks, while the two other people were crushed. John Bellini, a Denver based geophysicist at the U.S Geological Survey mentions that Chile is very good at implementing its building code. He also told CNN, “Because of that, you would see less dam- age than in other places that have poorer building codes…. that’s probably one of the reasons there haven’t been as many casualties as there could have been from a mag- nitude earthquake of this size.” There were at least 928,000 people who were evacuated and more than Photo used under the Creative Commons License 2,500 homes sustained structural damage. in an adequate manner and follow Steven Godby, who is an expert in approaching. Several tsunami drills President Michelle Bachelet plans that have been established in disaster management at Notting- have taken place since the tsunami toured around the area and was the region, they work well. ham Trent University in England, that killed an estimated 500[-plus] thankful to the authorities for re- Since Chileans are very familiar “The government of Chile has Chileans in February 2010 and re- sponding to the situation in an with temblors, they know what to been working hard to improve the cent earthquakes in the region have excellent manner. Bachelet said it do and the nation has implement- awareness of people living along helped to keep the threat firmly in should be a great example to all of ed strict building codes and rigor- the coast to the threat from tsu- people’s minds.” In Chile’s case, them that when they work together ous evacuation plans. According to namis and on what to do if one is greater awareness has saved lives. Don’t miss Mercy Me with guests Jamie Grace + Citizen Way WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2014 - 7:00PM Southern Nazarene University 6729 NW 39th Expressway, Bethany Oklahoma Sawyer Center 04.23.14 NEWS 3 SNU students Spring break at NASA cont. telling us about how he and his de- of Art. partment had developed sensors Rhodes said, “I found the trip to assist the space shuttle with au- very enjoyable and beneficial. tomated docking to the ISS. The There was an opportunity to visit same technology has been adapted with students from other Oklaho- for many other uses, both in space ma universities that participate in and here on earth. I really look the NASA Space Grant. It was a forward to being able to make great networking my own impact opportunity.” “‘We may or may in the scientific Galbraith community.” said, “This trip not have broken After com- helped to rein- pleting the NASA force my desire the record for the workforce devel- to be a scientist. tallest tower built opment activities, Recently, I had participating stu- been questioning with their building dents are eligible my career/school blocks.’” for NASA intern- choices, but our ships. visit to Marshall encouraged me Southern Nazarene Univer- to continue on my path, knowing sity has been a member of the that there will be jobs out there OSGC since 2002 and has granted for physics graduates, jobs that more than 120 financial awards to seem exciting and actually affect SNU students totaling more than people’s lives. For instance, in one $150,000. Photo by Angela Rhodes of the labs at Marshall, a man was SNU choir students travel to Eisenstadt, Austria cont. of this piece that begs Romanti- cism, and he really composed it like a symphony, to a large degree. Performing this work really gives us a look into Haydn’s Romantic language and everything in his bag of tricks.” This piece will not only be performed in St. Stephen’s Ca- thedral but also at the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt. This palace was constructed in the 13th cen- tury and was later obtained by the Esterházy family in 1622. It was later converted in a baroque castle and has stood in the hands of the sic was written. Having studied And it’s Europe, so there’s that.” sical into the Romantic Era of family for over 300 years. Profes- and paid attention to the history The SNU Concert Choir and music. When true appreciation sor Graves touched on the history of this music, it will be very inter- Chorale will be performing this is given to something like this, it of this music and how it can come esting to experience it in the halls piece at Oklahoma City First can really become awe-inspiring alive when sung in its original set- that Haydn was imagining when Church of the Nazarene on April to think about. This trip is a once tings. he wrote it. Just to get a glimpse 24 at 7:30. This is truly a spectac- in a lifetime chance for these “It’s going to be incredible to of what he would have heard, I ular piece of music that was writ- students, an adventure they will sing in the places where this mu- think that’s going to be really cool. ten right at the turn from Clas- never forget. STORMSPORTS TheEcho April 23, 2014 Page 4 SNU Storm baseball senior weekend Carlos Font, Staff Writer The 2014 baseball season is coming to a close. For the Storm, it’s been a roller coaster since day one, when the team reported for their first work out in late August. The start of a new season rep- resents new goals, expectations and hopes but for some, the start of the new season might mean the start of their last col- legiate season. I’m talking about the Baseball Senior class of 2014.