E H T Inside... Opinion U.S. military in Libya pg. 2 oncordia Campus Life Burrito uproar pg. 3 Sports Justin Johnson awarded pg. 4 Reviews Epic Mealtime pg. 8 ourierInvestigate. Inform. Ignite. Involve. Volume 5, Issue 12 Concordia University Irvine Tuesday, April 5, 2011 Seltz accepts LHM position Forensics success streak BY STEPHEN PULS Seltz’s philosophy SPORTS EDITOR involves planting seeds of the gospel through continues Dr. Greg Seltz, Director of Cross-Cultural media and having the BY ELYSSA SULLIVAN Ministries, has taken a call to serve as speaker for people of the church STAFF WRITER Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) in St. Louis. His complete the process first message will be broadcast on April 24. of evangelism. He used Within the last month, Forensics participated In his new position, Seltz will be focusing on an analogy of media in three national speech and debate tournaments— sharing the gospel through the means of modern as the Air Force and two of which they placed in. This was Concordia’s technology. the Church as infan- first year placing in national debate tournaments, “We have to reach a whole new generation, and try, coming in to finish beating out schools like UCLA, UCI, San Diego the demographics have to shift,” he said. Seltz plans the job. State and UC Berkeley. on strengthening The Lutheran Hour’s relationship “The means does At the National Christian College Forensics with a number of universities in order to incorpo- not make the message,” LANGDON MARGARET BY PHOTO Association (NCCFA) tournament, Concordia’s rate a younger crowd. Seltz said. He classi- four debate teams combined to place third over- The Lutheran Hour is not only the primary fied technology as an all, and the combination of 10 speakers placed media outlet for the LCMS but also the longest outlet of disseminating seventh overall. All scores considered, Concordia running radio program in U.S. history, dating God’s Word. placed fifth in the tournament out of a total of 27 back to 1930. The program is currently broad- He also hopes to universities and colleges. cast over 13,000 radio stations as well as the use the resources of Point Loma Nazarene University and Biola Armed Forces Network, Sirius Satellite Radio and Lutheran Hour Min- University were among the top five schools partici- online podcasts. istries as a way to fur- the next generation there is excitement in that.” pating in the tournament. They took first and sec- Seltz spoke about the challenge of keeping up ther establish the LCMS in major U.S. cities such The church becomes continually challenged in ond place in the debate category. Being a Christian with modern technology in a convocation titled as Los Angeles, New York and Chicago. This will dealing with the explosion of technology and how debate association, the theme verse of the NCCFA “Can I Get a Witness?” on March 30. He addressed be building on Seltz’s strength of urban outreach. to apply it to mission work. tournament was Colossians 4:6—“Let your conver- the struggle between technology being used to rep- He also looks to further the global scope of the Lu- “We need a Jesus reality show that makes our sation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so resent man’s authority and an opportunity to share theran Hour. reality better,” Seltz said. He stated that Lutheran that you may know how to answer everyone.” the message of Christ with others. He emphasized Seltz said he is already beginning to miss the Hour Ministries does the first part, but there is Not all teams from Concordia went to the how Christ challenges us to be his people in this Concordia community. still a need for an element of person-to-person NCCFA tournament though. Two debate teams time and place, going over ways to optimize the “There are some pretty special people here,” he contact. This is where the body of believers must participated in the National Parliamentary Tour- opportunities associated with modern technology. said. “When you are a part of training leaders for take action. nament of Excellence (NPTE). Joseph Laughon, junior, and Will Prier, sophomore, along with Stir- ling Mckenzie, junior, and Robert Maxwell, junior, were entered in this tournament. Graduating to graduate school? Although participating is a high honor, Profes- sor Konrad Hack, Director of Forensics, said he BY ANNMARIE UTECH Education,” recently wrote an article debating ton said. “If you love to learn, that would be the wishes he would have brought them to the NCCFA STAFF WRITER this issue. only reason I would say you should go. It’s a great tournament. If they had been there, it is a possi- “I have found that most prospective graduate opportunity to grow and be challenged, but you bility that they could have taken a few wins from students have given little thought to what will hap- need to love learning or else it won’t be fun at all.” Point Loma or Biola, which could have changed There are basically four options once you grad- pen to them after they complete their doctorates. Under the following conditions, Benton advises the outcome of the tournament. uate from college: Start a job, look for a job, crash They assume that everyone finds a decent posi- that graduate school is a viable option—especially Most recently, Forensics participated in the Na- on your parents’/friends’/relatives’ couch until you tion somewhere, even if it’s ‘only’ at a community for those in the humanities: tional Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) figure out what you want to do with your life as a college (expressed with a shudder). Besides, the You are independently wealthy, and you have tournament along with 51 other universities job or go to graduate school. completion of graduate school seems impossibly no need to earn a living for yourself or provide for and colleges. Given the current state of the economy, gradu- far away, so their concerns are mostly focused on anyone else. Concordia sent 10 debate teams. Of these 10 ate school has seen a huge rise in the number the present,” writes Benton. You come from that small class of well-con- teams, two advanced to but lost in the double- of applicants. Benton is not alone in his thinking. The “New nected people in academe who will be able to find octos round. Concordia placed tenth overall. They The Kaplan survey showed that 78% of gradu- York Times” also looked into the matter—specifi- a place for you somewhere. beat out schools such as the Air Force Academy, ate schools expect growth in the number of appli- cally in regards to graduate school for law degrees. You can rely on a partner to provide all of the Azusa Pacific University, Pepperdine, University of cants, maintaining the momentum of the 8% per- The “Times” discovered that those completing income and benefits needed by your household. Nebraska and the University of Texas. cent growth in the total number of applicants from their graduate degrees are still facing the same You are earning a credential for a position that Not only do these wins mean that Concordia 2008 to 2009. tough competition in finding a job. On top of that, you already hold—such as a high school teacher— is moving up in the debate world, but also that Although considered a great option for those most now have significant debts. and your employer is paying for it. students are looking to transfer to or choose to at- who want to continue their education, some edu- That is not saying that graduate school cannot Graduate school is a great opportunity to con- tend Concordia for Forensics. There is a possibility cators and writers are beginning to express con- be beneficial. Dr. John Norton, Assistant Professor tinue learning, but be advised. It should not be of having 12 new students—transfers and fresh- cern regarding the wide number of students that of English, attended Sheffield Hallam University in used as an escape in order to put off paying bills or men—on the team next year. This would nearly are considering graduate school. order to obtain his doctorate in English. finding a job. Experts agree that mentality will only double the current team. Hack’s goal is to reach Thomas H. Benton, of “The Chronicle of “It does build contacts and connections,” Nor- lead to further debt and frustration. 30 members. ‘A Night of Hope’ Recap BY KYLE INFANTE drawings were filled with many different prizes STAFF WRITER such as In-N-Out gift cards and a pass to 24 Hour Fitness. The event consisted of four types of per- The Concordia community gathered together formances: music, spoken word, comedy and in the CU Amphitheater for a benefit concert last live painting. Friday night to bring hope to the people of Kenya Musical performances were the bulk of what and Ghana. was on stage. Notable musical performers includ- “’A Night of Hope’ is a benefit concert in- ed Amy Van Buren, sophomore, and local indie spired by injustice, created for hope, enabled by folk rock band, “The Orange Effect,” who closed God, followed by students and presented to the out the night with a bang. community,” said Karen Carney, grad student and Spoken word was also performed. Professor “A Night of Hope” Coordinator. Thea Gavin, Associate Professor of English, was “A Night of Hope” started at 6:30 p.m., serv- particularly entertaining as she recited four po- ing Wahoo’s Fish Tacos. The Coffee Bean and Tea ems in a cow costume.