Th e Spectator October 3, 2014 Volume 99, Issue 3 October 3, 2014 16 Sports McPherson College 2 obtains Football team wins its fi rst game of season at home device for studying Reed Mac2Mac Scholarship Game. Evan fi rst-quarter momentum, the Bulldogs were mistakes and didn’t get to high on our suc- life in near-zero TERRANCE GRANT Clary, sr., defensive line, was presented the able to also get a score from Miles Balt- cess. We took it one play at a time and were gravity conditions Spectator Staff Blake Reed Scholarship during halftime. hazor, fr., running-back, right before the rewarded like we deserved with a big W.” In the fi rst quarter, Kansas Wesleyan end of the half, making the score 17-14. The McPherson College Football team is It was an exciting atmosphere when the University showed their offensive strength In the second half, McPherson College now 1-3 on the season and 1-1 in the con- SPECTATOR McPherson McPherson College Football team cel- as they moved the ball up the fi eld getting dominated the scoreboard with their earned ference. This win was big for the football College starts ebrated their fi rst win of the season with a ahead early 10-0. With about fi ve minutes points as the team scored 16 points to take team because the conference outlook is renovations score of 30-24 over Kansas Wesleyan Uni- left in the fi rst quarter, McPherson College the lead 30-24. With about a minute re- wide open and any team can get beat. 4 versity on Saturday, Sept. 27. The game got some points on the board as freshman maining, the Bulldog’s defense captured an The McPherson College Football team Football team takes victory at fi rst home game on Miller Library went back and forth as each team had good quarterback, Cody Groff, hit Michael Ra- interception to insure their victory. travels to Ottawa College Saturday, Oct. 4 and bad plays, but in the end, McPherson mos, sr., wide-receiver, with a long pass to Groff said, “The team played with pas- for their next conference game at 7 p.m. and Circle Drive College won. make the score 10-7. sion and enthusiasm. We wanted to go out This was also an important game for the The Kansas Wesleyan University scored and challenge ourselves and prove that we Students Bulldogs because it was the annual Blake early in the second. Carrying over their wanted it more. We never got down on our show off 7 knowledge of friends in game Rotaract hosts a week 9 of events raising awareness of poverty Despite popular 11 belief, weather doesn’t affect health Cross Country 14 team fi nishes well against Tabor Volleyball team ends Photo by Miranda Clark Ulrich losing Photo by Miranda Clark Ulrich Jimmy Wilson, a senior in physical education and health, tackles number 82 for Kansas Wesleyan University. 15 streak Miles Balthazor, fr., running back, dives for touchdown against Kansas Wesleyan University. The Bulldogs won their fi rst conference game at home, Saturday, Sept. 27. 2 Th e Spectator News October 3, 2014 October 3, 2014 Sports Th e Spectator 15 NEWS BRIEFS Students, faculty can now study plants in simulated low-gravity Students can submit JOEL STOCKSDALE behind the clinostat is not new, but the Frye said a variety of plants will be Volleyball digs deep to break losing streak News Editor unit the school now has is precise and studied that include plants that are local, comments to HLC high quality. agriculturally important or are often In December, The Higher Scientists have many opportunities Its computer controlled and can spin studied in other experiments. Learning Commission (HLC) of to study how plants and animals grow up to 90 times a minute. The spinning When students do research, they will Volleyball team now the North Central Association of and live on earth, but doing so in space motion functions similarly to a plane learn the process of experimentation, Colleges will come to McPherson in microgravity (near-zero gravity), is following a parabolic fl ight trajectory to and they will produce research that will College to determine whether the nearly impossible for many researchers. simulate weightlessness through free- be shared around the world. 2-5 in KCAC play college will still be accredited. McPherson College recently received a fall. NASA used planes to do this to Frye said the U.N. program was Part of the evaluation will tool to make the process easier. help train astronauts. designed to give researchers in countries include the college’s self-study, Jonathan Frye, professor of natural Frye said the clinostat will be used by without access to outer space resources TERRANCE GRANT which includes comments from science, wrote a proposal for McPherson students individually and in classes to a way to do microgravity research. In Spectator Staff people involved with the school, College to submit to the United Nations conduct research on various plant seeds. the McPherson College proposal, Frye including students, staff and Offi ce of Outer Space Affairs. The He explained that the clinostat spinning said he mentioned a willingness to work The McPherson College Volleyball team had a tough faculty. proposal was to get a clinostat through keeps starches known as statoliths with other researchers who received week playing three conference games in the span of People can submit their the Human Space Technology Initiative fl oating in the middle of plant cells. clinostats. This way everyone could four days. comments about the school to started by the U.N. The purpose of a In normal gravity, the starches fl oat benefi t from each other’s fi ndings. Coming out of their schedule, the volleyball team the Higher Learning Commission clinostat is to simulate microgravity. to the bottom of the cell to indicate Because the clinostat only arrived grabbed a win against Bethany College on Sept. 27 af- website https://www.ncahlc. A clinostat simulates microgravity how the plant should grow. Keeping a few weeks ago, no one has done ter having consecutive losses to Friends University and org/HLC-Institutions/third-party- by spinning a sample perpendicularly them fl oating in the middle may cause any research with it. Frye said he will Ottawa University earlier in the week. comment.html or to the following to the ground. Frye said that the idea different results. perform a trial run with it this month. In their fi rst game of the week against Friends Univer- address: sity, the McPherson College Volleyball team jumped out to a quick lead. A timeout by Friends slowed the Public Comment on McPherson Bulldog’s momentum as the Falcons were able to battle College Enrollment numbers show increased student retention back and eventually take the lead. The McPherson Col- The Higher Learning lege Volleyball team kept the set close but fell short Commission 25-22. 230 South LaSalle Street, Suite JOEL STOCKSDALE In the second set Friends University took the early 7-500 News Editor lead. McPherson College lost another set 25-19. Chicago, IL 60604-1411 In the last set of the match, the Falcons did not cease McPherson College’s enrollment to jump ahead quickly. The Bulldog’s fought hard again People should take note that numbers have been tallied and the results to keep the score close, eventually tying up the game. disputes and complaints should indicate a smaller student body, but an A 10-2 run by Friends was game over for the volley- be sent to a separate department improved retention rate. ball team as Friends defeated them in three sets, with a handling complaints. Details can A number Hartshorn highlighted was game-ending score of 25-18. be found in an email sent by Cari the college’s improved retention rate. Cortlyne Huppe, jr., middle-hitter, tied her career- Lott. This year, retention increased 3 percent. high in kills with 17 on 29 attempts. Phoebe Barton, sr., She said this is signifi cant and that many setter, tallied 15 assists while sophomore, setter Taylor schools would be very happy with a 2 Photo by Marissa Patton Johnson tallied 12. Sophomore, libero, Emily Warner percent increase. Part of McPherson College’s 666 on-campus students gather outside for class. lead the team in digs with 17. According to Christi Hopkins, vice Sept. 26, the McPherson College volleyball team took Photo by Miranda Clark Ulrich president of enrollment, she hasn’t had attending classes on-campus. Of these making up international and minority on Ottawa University. Taryn Lee, junior, middle-hitter, goes up to attack a ball against Ottawa University Friday Sept. 26. The Braves a chance to examine the reasons for the students, 580 are full-time, on-campus students is 30 percent this year. Despite leading early in every set, the McPherson vol- defeated the Bulldogs in three sets. retention improvement. students. Kansas is still one of the main sources of leyball team lost 3-0 to Ottawa University. This made “However, it is my opinion we have done Although the student body as a whole students for McPherson College. the Bulldogs 6-8 on the year and 1-4 in the KCAC. a better job across campus of identifying is smaller, the number of international Among other statistics are an increase Similar to the match against Friends University, assists. 31 of the team’s 58 kills. Johnson completed 41 assists, and addressing issues related to students students increased. in the number of transfer students, and McPherson was able to get ahead quickly in each of The McPherson College Volleyball team ended their dug 17 balls and also tallied fi ve kills.