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PAGE 3 babies and bibles PAGE 5 super sad true love story BEACON PAGE 6 Volume 83 Number 3 September 24, 2010 Grant, retreat Come home and ‘Spread Red’ reach end BY KATE WALLIN tournament, divided BY LINDEN FIGGIE CONTRIBUTING WRITER into male and female STAFF WRITER As the temperatures drop and brackets, takes place Providing a means for student the trees litter the Green with their Monday and Tuesday, growth, spiritual formation leaves, most campuses around ending Wednesday and community building, the the country begin the hibernation night with a final Black Hills Retreat, one of many process. But ask any current student championship at 10 campus ministry outlets, will be or alumnus and they’ll tell you, as p.m. commencing in the Black Hills of the days get cooler, Northwestern As Krystal Van Wyk, South Dakota for a final session this heats up! former Homecoming upcoming weekend. This Monday marks the start royalty and recent The Lilly Grant, a $2 million of NW’s annual Homecoming graduate, said, “If you’re contribution from the Lilly festivities. The celebration— looking for a student hot Endowment, has helped fuel beginning with the eagerly spot during the week, numerous campus ministry and anticipated dodgeball tournament go to the RSC gym for study abroad programs, summer and concluding Saturday night dodgeball! Everyone’s ministries, and discipleship and with the homecoming dance—is there!” multi-cultural internships. designed to further connect current While it’s true that After a five-year term and students while bringing together the the tournament gives second reinstatement, the Lilly NW alumni community. students a chance to Grant is coming to a close. “The The week is packed with unique compete, it’s also a grant has been very helpful to NW traditions that give students chance to have some NW in helping us to establish opportunities to celebrate our serious fun. It provides PHOTO COURTESY OF NW PUBLIC RELATIONS and enhance many programs— community—past and present. With an opportunity to Many alumni will strive to make it back to NW for Homecoming next week. many that will continue,“ said events such as the homecoming commune with other Barb Dewald, Associate Dean of football game, Spread Red Shoot students and even to squirt gun game ever.” The event, Homecoming football game. Spiritual Formation. Out, Medallion Hunt, Red Raider prove the proverb, “If you can dodge beginning Monday, pits student On Saturday night the The Black Hills Retreat, one Road Race, Morning on the Green traffic, you can dodge a ball,” made against student as they attempt to homecoming dance will start at program that will end with the and Northwestern’s Best Dance popular by a certain 2004 movie. outwit and outplay all others in 9 p.m. in the RSC gym. Its music, completion of the fund, focuses on Crew, there’s bound to be something New this year to the lineup of hopes of remaining dry. ranging from classic 90s pop to relational, spiritual and personal of interest for everyone. Homecoming events is the Spread Saturday hosts many of the current tunes, is sure to get your development with opportunities The week will kick off Monday Red Shoot Out. The Shoot Out is more established traditions, heart pumping as you celebrate to reflect, participate in devotions night at 6 p.m. in the RSC with the sure to keep students on their toes including Morning on the Green, with friends, old and new. and connect with other students. annual dodgeball tournament. The as they compete in the “craziest the Red Raider Road Race and the “I was able to pause and ponder where God was leading me,” Abby Janzing said. It is no question that the mission Theatre perfects ‘Asian Folk Tales’ of the retreat has not ceased to BY JULIA LANTZ same,” said Barker. “We value the encourage students to tell impact NW students. With an CONTRIBUTING WRITER same things; hopefully that will be their stories,” Barker said. overwhelming and stressful start to Senior theatre majors, Yuika Ida loud and clear.” “Most of the visuals will her freshman year, Jill Bird, now a and Huiyu Lin, will be featured The show begins with a come from the costumes junior, is thankful for the retreat. in the NW theatre production of Taiwanese folk tale called “The and the staging itself,” said She said, “For the first time since “Asian Folk Tales.” Frog in the Well.” “It’s about seeing Barker. “Also the lights coming to college, I was able to Ida is from Tottori-ken, Japan, how large the world is,” Barker will be pretty magical.” spend more time appreciating all and Lin is from Yilan City, Taiwan. said. “It is our hope that when all Sophomore Andrew Stam that the Lord has created.” Theatre professor, Karen Bohm the elementary students come to see has painted a map of the After both a mentally and Barker, wanted both girls to be the play, they will see the world is three Asian countries on physically strenuous climb up Mt. highlighted. Subsequently, a bigger than Northwest Iowa.” the floor of the performing Baldy, “Somehow I was able to make collection of folk tales from their The lobby is going to have center. it to the top,” Bird said, “And many homelands were selected. Folk tales a display that will hopefully “We are hoping the lack of the people who were in that from Korea were also chosen. emphasize how immense and of scenery works to our climbing group have remained my “It seemed to me it would be diverse the world is, with displays advantage,” Barker said. “It good friends to this day.” a waste of their resources, with of Asian-cultured decorations and helps the children see that it their cultural backgrounds and music. doesn’t take fancy stuff to tell their abilities,” said Barker. Ida is “We would love to see a good story.” acting in the production, and Lin elementary schools become T h e c a s t w i l l b e is designing costumes with both inspired by the performance and performing Oct. 1 at 7 traditional Asian and anime style start a Haiku unit in their school,” p.m. and Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. in for the cast. Barker said. the Allen Theatre’s Black A total of six stories will be The performance will end with Box. The production presented. The themes of the stories “Story Spirits,” a folk tale from is also being shown to presented are similar to folk tales Korea. This tale is about a man who schoolchildren every from Western culture. is haunted by spirits because he Tuesday and Thursday from PHOTO BY ANDREA OCHSNER “What parents are trying to tell never shared the stories he heard as a Sept. 30 to Nov. 11. “Asian Folk Tales” features traditional Asian and anime style costumes. PHOTO COURTESY OF REALADVENTURES.COM their children about morals is the child. “‘Story Spirits’ will hopefully 2 NEWS September 24, 2010 Record numbers spark NW prestige BY TYLER LEHMANN institutions in the U.S., students returning students. Monitor stays CONTRIBUTING WRITER are fortunate to be attending NW. Integrating faith and learning is BY JEB RACH One of the current options being With record-breaking numbers Freshmen may not yet be familiar fundamental at NW, and returning STAFF WRITER considered is an ice skating rink. It surrounding student enrollment, it with everything that makes NW students value this commitment. Winter activities, the TV in the has proven to be a popular activity is no wonder that Northwestern is special, but returning students have “Professors open classes with cafeteria, and continued student on other campuses, but it involves topping the charts. plenty to say about why they like to devotions…and I can talk about my center discussion were highlights a high level of maintenance, and This year’s retention rate of “spread red.” faith,” sophomore David Bruxvoort at the SGA meeting on Tuesday suitable space is difficult to come returning freshmen was second NW has garnered a reputation said. night. by. to highest in school history at 80 for excellence. “U.S. News & World Community also plays a role Probably the most discussed A game room in the RSC percent, along with the largest in returning students’ decision to and heated issue on campus is the continues to be discussed. entering freshmen class since attend NW. From meeting one-on- new monitor in the cafeteria, along Currently the largest concern 2006. one with professors to holding wing with the removal of the old TV. is whether there are enough “That shows we are providing Facts & numbers devotionals, the opportunities to The new monitor in the cafeteria open classrooms to house all the the kind of experience students Student enrollment: 1,243 become a part of the NW community is there to stay. Thought has been classes during the semester that anticipated they would receive,” Freshmen enrollment: 351 are endless. given, however, towards putting a would normally be held in that Ron De Jong, Dean of Enrollment Student-faculty ratio: 14:1 “Community is why I keep television somewhere else in the classroom.