Northwestern College, Iowa NWCommons The Beacon, 2010-2011 The Beacon 2-25-2011 The Beacon February 25, 2011 Beacon Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://nwcommons.nwciowa.edu/beacon2010 This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the The Beacon at NWCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Beacon, 2010-2011 by an authorized administrator of NWCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. beacon.nwciowa.edu 4Friday Snow Showers 16 /9 Volume 83 - Issue 16 4Saturday Snow Showers February 25, 2011 22/17 4Sunday Partly Cloudy 36/21 Across Campus There’s no stopping this brain BY ANNA HENKE horrible—beyond any migraine blood vessels. successfully, he also preserved STAFF WRITER imaginable. Following the incident Devon is incredibly grateful to important aspects of Devon’s Dance Team Showcase “Sometimes, when I go to sleep this summer, Devon returned home his surgeon, Dr. Asforia. Not only it’s a blank slate,” said junior Devon to Springfield, SD, and the headache did Dr. Asforia perform the surgery Cont. on pg. 6 NW’s Dance Team eagerly Cadwell. “ Hence, I didn’t remember passed. prepares to take over the spotlight and own the dancefloor as their to meet you. I put the sticky note on When school started several showcase performance draws my desk and forgot all about it until weeks later, he felt ready to tackle near. Come see the ladies’ hard you texted me.” his third year at Northwestern. From work and skill pay off! It started out similar to an intense then he’s learned how quickly things migraine but quickly spiraled into can change. Monday, Feb. 28 a life-altering condition for Devon. Just a few weeks into the fall 7:15 p.m. The West Hall resident had major semester, the headache returned in Bultman Gym brain surgery in October of last year full force. He went to the hospital Cost is $1 for NWC Students and but is now back at Northwestern, and was diagnosed with the flu, Staff alive and regaining his short-term but because he was in such extreme memory. pain, he went to stay with a family Student Recital The night last semester was in Orange City, where his condition not Devon’s first incident with continued to decline. “Luckily, they The musical duo of junior Courtney Davis and senior these severe headaches. One of the took me back to the hospital. If they Chelsea Stanton will perform a first occurred last summer when hadn’t have done that, I wouldn’t selection of pieces Sunday, Feb. 27, he was returning to Iowa with be here.” at 3 p.m. in Christ Chapel. fellow Northwestern students When a CAT scan revealed a mass Come support our very own Joel Koster, Aaron Bauer, Jennifer in his brain, Devon was transferred exemplary musicians. Carlson and John Hellinga. Devon by ambulance to Sioux Falls. The pinpointed the headache to right doctors had found an arterial venus PHOTO BY BOB LATCHAW Campus Prayer behind his eyes and explained malformation and emergency Friends and peers are overjoyed and relieved to see junior Devon Cadwell back on campus that it was accompanied by acute surgery was needed to relieve the after he spent a semester away to have brain surgery for his condition. NW provides the opportunity to nausea. He described the pain as swelling and remove the mass of come into spiritual community. Before Praise & Worship every Sunday night at 8:30 p.m., all- Chapel: Mandatory attendance reaches necessary patrol BY KATI HENG wondered what was going on and if a great job.” In order to prevent When Hummel has sat in the campus prayer will be held in the OPINION EDITOR she should continue to speak. the same type of disturbances the balcony, he said he can “get a good choir room. Think some chapel services have “I didn’t know if I should have following week, a more obvious view of the students,” thanks to the been especially noisy lately? You’re stopped. I mean, what if there was “chapel patrol” was present in the design and angle of the seating. He Submit Events not the only one. a fire in the balcony?” said Langley. balcony. Hummel, along with John notices more studying and more “The morning that Marit spoke “It made me a bit nervous. Was it a Brogan, Dean of Students, sat up top chatter up there than in other areas Submit your campus happenings in chapel was the loudest I have reaction to me personally?” to keep an eye on things. of the chapel. and events to the Beacon for inclusion in this column. ever heard students being,” said The noise was very doubtfully Hummel, who generally “I refuse to sit up there,” said Submissions should be roughly 50 freshman Mackenzie Larin. “It was a personal reaction to Langley or “patrols” the balcony every once sophomore Logan Smith. “A lot of the words or less and be e-mailed to rude and obnoxious.” her speech. Students first reported in awhile, thought it felt very students up there are disrespectful.” [email protected]. Patrick Hummel, the Director of noticing too much chatter as senior “middle-school” to sit up there Staff and students still believe Residence Life agreed. “I had never and SGA member Wes Garcia every day last week. that those who choose to sit up there heard noise like that in chapel before. took the microphone to promote “The majority of our students are should be able to do so quietly. It sounded like people milling about the ConServe energy reduction good,” said Hummel. He hopes the “Even if you disagree with the and talking in a coffeehouse.” challenge before Langley ever staff patrol can diminish as more speaker, you can show some respect Depending on where they sat, appeared on stage. and more students “ask each other and show you value each other,” many students were upset after “I thought Marit’s speech was to show respect for their peers.” Monsma said. “You can sit quietly Chapel senior Marit Langley’s “I Have a really good,” said sophomore Sociology professor Dr. Scott for 25 minutes.” Dream” speech in chapel, but not Samantha Bender. “Well, the parts Monsma also sat upstairs for Most would agree that even Monday because of anything in Langley’s I could hear were, at least. They Monday’s chapel, but for reasons having the need for any type of wBecca Hurley ‘11, speech. Noise from the balcony missed out on some really good of curiosity rather than discipline. “chapel patrol” is somewhat sad. “I have a dream” spread down to the main level, and things she was saying.” Monsma was quick to dismiss “I would hate for Patrick and was so loud that even people in Langley was disappointed after rumors that he was a member of Brogan to have to be that,” Monsma Tuesday the first few rows had a hard time chapel when several students and the “chapel patrol,” which he sees said. “They’re great people and w hearing what Langley was saying. professors congratulated her, then as an inherently negative role for shouldn’t have to have that job.” Jacob Peterson ‘11 Langley heard the noise for asked to read a copy of her speech a professor to have. “I don’t want “I don’t think a chapel patrol Wednesday herself as she was speaking, but since they had missed parts of it. people to look at me as the bad guy should be necessary,” said Langley. wDr. Michael Yoder, did not know if the level was out “I put time into writing that about to slap your hand,” he said. “It’s half-an-hour. Even I can sit still of the ordinary. speech,” said Langley. She also faced After sitting in the balcony for for that long.” Sociology “I honestly didn’t realize nerves speaking in front of such a the first time during Monday’s Hummel does not want his role Friday the noise was that unusual,” large crowd and wondered why chapel, Monsma decided that it is to become a permanent thing. He said Langley. However, after she she had to go through that if many in fact harder to pay attention up hopes more students stand up, talk wHarlan VanOort, saw people turning around and could not hear her anyway. there: “It’s so far removed from the to and call each other to a higher level Chaplain President Greg Christy looking “like “Marit’s speech was definitely rest of the chapel. You’re looking at of respect for one another. he was going to explode,” Langley worth it,” said Hummel. “She did the top of the speaker’s head.” February 25, 2011 beacon.nwciowa.edu Words 2 Indian cooking Springtime comes to Pinching the mustard seeds from Some Cardamom and the mouse Bear its bag, are the Orange City (finally) Delightful touches to this delicacy. She throws them into the pan love Last week, I felt my toes for the does LOST, Paris Hilton’s status with hot oil… Pop. There he sits, faking, first time in four months. It was as a celebrity, National Candied bang… All sad and lonely. a wonderful. Most of us are now Orange Peel Day (May 6) or Si.i.i…z…z…z…ll…e… the seeds shizzle… Waiting, hoping waiting in eager expectation for political parties. jumped with joy, kaaaboooom…. And longing for embrace. the arrival of spring. 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