TAYLOR UNIVERSITY Weekly Edition Intramural season is in full swing Page 4 Cross country teams dominate at Indiana Wesleyan Invite Page 8 You are the voice. We are the Echo. Since 1913 1 Volume 104, Issue 3 Friday/Thursday, September 16 - September 22, 2016 TheEchoNews.com HEADLINES of faculty, staf , students, parents, friends, alumni and donors. Re-thinking Upland Town Council President Reade Center John Bonham, a Taylor graduate, Students comprise the character said he works with the university of their new lounge Page 2 in various contexts. “Taylor has re- ceived this recognition on a nation- Bridging the gap al level as a university,” Bonham said, “but that same thing could be said of their involvement with the town. They’ve been intentional about be- ing a part of Upland.” The region’s top three rankings have included Taylor for the last 20 years. According to Jim Garringer, Taylor’s director of media relations, U.S. News solicits the university ev- Community members and students meet over a plate of sausages. Page 3 ery year with a survey and expecta- tion of participation. Taylor’s Of ces Aiming for success of Financial Aid, Finance and Insti- Archery range in nearby Hartford tutional Research each complete a City draws interest Page 3 section of the survey and general- ly submit their results during the What the haak? month of May. Life in the Village Tree experience Page 4 The report compares Taylor with schools of similar size—in terms of Learning from the endowment, number of students and professionals Photograph by Mindy Wildman Graphic provided by Jim Garringer Taylor has placed within the top three spots for 20 years. national prof le within its winning Taylor’s professional writing program plans category—not large state-run or pri- second annual writing conference Page 6 vate schools. Within the survey’s 2017 Best Re- Why I’m voting for gional Colleges-Midwest category Taylor takes No. 1 again and three other primary categories, a total of 1,374 schools were listed. Academic evaluation Best Colleges. The number one spot f nancial resources, graduation rate Garringer sees the ranking as a delivers excellent score is shared with Calvin College (Mich- performance and alumni giving are reminder of Taylor’s inf uence with- igan) in the category Best Regional some of the elements the report used in the larger network of academia. Annabelle Blair Colleges Midwest. to evaluate colleges. “This is a wonderful validation from News Co-Editor The schools tied due to an assess- President Lowell Haines released a very well-respected news organi- ment based on a composite weight- an email announcement shortly af- zation,” he said. “We praise God for For the 10th straight year, Taylor ed score. Graduation and retention ter midnight on Tuesday, informing that, and we don’t take it for granted.” ranked f rst in the 2017 U.S. News rates, peer assessment of excellence, the campus and expressing grati- [email protected] Gary Johnson & World Report survey, America’s faculty resources, student selectivity, tude towards Taylor’s community There is another option Page 7 Hall hauls team to victory Prayer Group Cross Country starts season of strong at IWU Page 8 Meeting Times CONTENTS Women’s prayer group: News ............................Pgs 1–2 Tuesday at 12 p.m. at the Musel- Local & Indiana............Pg 3 man House Persecuted church prayer group: Features ............................Pg 3 Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the Me- Life & Times ...........Pgs 4–5 morial Prayer Chapel Encounter: A&E .....................................Pg 6 Thursday at 8 p.m. at the top of the Opinions ...........................Pg 7 Hodson Dining Commons Sports .................................Pg 8 “OperationWorld”prayer group: Begins Monday, Sept. 19 (loca- tion TBD) WEEKEND WEATHER Prayer Room: Today (time TBD) at The Bridge Cafe Photograph by Katherine Yeager 83° The Tuesday Women’s Prayer Group meets in the President’s home. 67° Saturday 78° Passionate in prayer 63° Prayer groups meet The group became prayer advocates is open to all to pray for the perse- worship while others spent time from across campus for the whole campus, with wives of cuted church worldwide. journaling, praying or singing along,” athletic coaches, professors and oth- On average, f ve people attend the Sisson said. “Some mornings were Sunday Katherine Yeager ers from a variety of disciplines pray- Tuesday 10 a.m. group. One student, dedicated to communal prayer or News Co-Editor ing faithfully together in the midst of sophomore Rachael Rohwer, recently focused on praying for groups like 79° hard years. joined the group. the global persecuted church. I was 55° Taylor has a legacy of prayer, span- Davenport found the group to be “It is a time of asking the Lord blessed by that space and the Spir- ning decades, through prayer groups. a source of strength that guided her what His heart is for certain parts of it’s presence among that gathering From on campus gatherings such as through the early years of her faith. the world and partnering with Him of believers.” FOLLOW US the Tuesday women’s prayer group While she recovered from an acci- in having compassion and mercy for Taylor’s legacy of prayer groups at the Muselman House, persecuted dent, the prayer group stepped in these people,” Rohwer said. “Whatev- spans beyond current groups. Ed @TheEcho_Taylor church prayer group at the Memo- and helped watch her two children. er is burning on one person’s heart, Meadors, professor of biblical stud- @TheEcho_Sports rial Prayer Chapel, Thursday night “If anything drew me to that group,” the fire will spread to the rest of ies, remembers various prayer Encounter and “Operation World” Davenport said, “it was their love.” us. We all end up feeling more con- groups over his years at Taylor. prayer group to the Tuesday and Today, a similar prayer group nected to what is being prayed for “Throughout Taylor’s history, Thursday morning Prayer Room at meets at the president’s home, re-in- and . what the Lord is feeling and faculty have devoted significant Facebook.com/ the Bridge Cafe, the university and stituted three years ago by former desiring.” amounts of departmental meet- TaylorUniversityEcho surrounding community is steeped First Lady Marylou Habecker. Ac- During each meeting, the group ing time to praying for students,” in generations of prayer. cording to Davenport, Habecker de- spreads out maps and prays for the Meadors said. According to former University sired a women’s prayer group, so she persecuted church around the world, Every weekday for three years, Registrar and long-time Upland com- picked up the Thursday prayer group gaining information from mission Meadors led a time of prayer for the munity member Barb Davenport, a tradition. As the group developed, news and news outlets. Davenport nations of the world following the @Echo_TaylorU women’s prayer group has been host- Habecker transferred the group’s feels that concentrating on one top- prayer guidelines of the book “Oper- ed by Taylor’s First Lady on and of leadership to Susie Heth, wife of ic for prayer fosters like-mindedness. ation World” at the Memorial Prayer for many years, even before Daven- Biblical Studies professor Bill Heth. Beyond Taylor’s campus, prayer Chapel. port’s arrival in 1958. Recently, First Lady Sherry Haines at- groups meet throughout Upland. Meadors plans to restart the prayer Davenport and her family moved tended the group for the f rst time. Last year, the Bridge Cafe opened group on Monday, Sept. 19, using the TheEchoNews.com from southern California to Upland This Tuesday, 12 people, including its doors on Tuesday and Thurs- new abridged version of “Operation in 1958 where she went on to become Davenport, Haines, Heth and several day mornings to the community World” at 5 p.m. in the Memorial the Registrar, later holding a position students and faculty members from for Prayer Room, a time of worship, Prayer Chapel. The time will include in the Academic Enrichment Center. across campus, gathered with smiles prayer and reflection led by Ty- prayer for the world as well as the Davenport recalls Bonnie Odle, and laughter in the Muselman House ler Dresbach (’15) of Kingdom Life Taylor community. SUBSCRIBE TO wife of former Men’s Basketball living room. Church. The time for this year’s As classes and prayer groups pick THE ECHO! Coach Don Odle, inviting her to a In addition to the Tuesday wom- Prayer Room is yet to be established. up, Davenport encourages students Print and electronic women’s prayer group led by the wife en’s prayer group, Davenport and Sophomore Kelly Sisson believes to join together in prayer, to f nd of President Emeritus Evan Bergwall. Heth also attend a dif erent prayer the time brings refreshment and en- commonality and to foster deeper subscriptions available Mrs. Bergwall requested a prayer group at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays in the couragement at the start of each day. community amongst believers. at TheEchoNews.com group for women around 1955–1956. Memorial Prayer Chapel. The group “Ordinarily, someone would lead [email protected] “I kind of joke that (Reade is) the hipster building on campus,” Hammond said. “It’s got the retro vibe . and repurposed furniture now.” Re-thinking Reade Center 2 TheEchoNews.com NEWS September 16, 2016 FRIDAY The meaning of mooncakes The Story Behind the gained sympathy for Chang’e and Mid Autumn Festival gave their own sacrifices. Today, according to ASIA, fami- Katherine Yeager ly and friends gather together for News Co-Editor the “Moon Festival” in thankful- ness and hope for past and pres- Those visiting the LaRita Boren ent prosperity.