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The Hipster Church Preaching The Gospel Before It Was Cool
3 Things Christians Can Learn From Mormons
The Brewing Battle Of Coffee Culture
Student Spotlight:
Gracie Snyder “I have never grown so close to people so quickly.” NOVEMBER 2013
Slice Of Life Interesting Inks
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3 Slice of Life 4 NUpdate 5 Student Spotlight Gracie Snyder 6 The Hipster Church Preaching The Gospel Before It Was Cool 8 Faculty Voice Rock Rumination In The Key Of Frost 9 Student Life Light In The Dark 10 Sports Go Long!
11 Entertainment Top Shots 12 Pop Culture 3 Things Christians Can Learn From Mormons 13 Entertainment Eleven Things To Be Thankful For 14 Editorials The Brewing Battle of Coffee Culture 15 Letter to the Editor
Northwest University’s Student Magazine The Talon November 2013 Issue • Cover Photo by C.Brown • Editor in Chief: Heather Karnes • Assistant Editor: Marlene Pierce • Adviser: Dr. Kara Heinrichs • Senior Writers: Peter McMurray - Kaylnn Martell - Maritza Lino • Writers: Erika Franke - Crista Greenwood Zachary McGuirk - Siobhon McManus • Head Photographer: Matthew Zwicker • Photgraphers: Cameron Moore - Colton Brown • Layout Desinger: Rachel Brewster • Web Manager: Austin Carney
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NUpdate
Erika Franke
NUpdate Tis The Season
As the semester comes to an end, come support NU students in Concert Choir and Choralons by attending their Christmas performances. On Tuesday, December 3 at 7:30 pm, Concert Choir will perform in their annual Christmas Traditions at Benaroya Hall concert. Tickets are available through the NU Music office or Benaroya Hall. This will be an incredible night of music. Don’t miss it! On Monday, December 9 at 7 pm in the chapel, come and enjoy the Choralons perform as they kick off their season before touring in the spring. It will be an evening of great voices and music with a message you will not want to miss!
Jazz Concert And Recitals
The Music Department also wraps up the semester with recitals from the jazz ensemble and voice and piano students. The voice recital will be on Thursday, November 21 at 7:30pm and the piano recital on Tuesday, November 26 at 7:30 pm. Both recitals will be held in the chapel. If you love jazz or listening to music in general, the jazz concert is on Friday, December 6 at 7:30 pm also in the chapel. Tickets for this event are available through the NU Music office or at the door. Start off the holiday season by attending any or all of these performances!
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Roomies Get ready, guys: it’s your turn to ask the girls! Roomies is back and will be happening November 15-16. This time your roommate must ask the girl for you! Not sure of what to do on your date? Here are some ideas: go to dinner, a movie, skating or check out The Comedy of Errors at 7:30 pm in Millard November 7-9 and 14-16. Stay tuned for more information on Roomies from NUSG!
New NU Security Chief
NU recently welcomed a new security chief on campus, Robert Brown. Brown has over 28 years of experience providing security and making each location he encounters a safe place. He recently was the Director of Security at Westlake Center in Seattle. As he is a member of the Professional Disc Golf Association, Brown also hopes to see a disc golf club started at NU. Contact him regarding any security concerns or if you are interested in seeing disc golf on campus. Welcome, Robert Brown!
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Siobhon McManus
Gracie Snyder From the Cascade Range and the mosaic cathedrals of Spain, to Israeli boulevards and French cafés, Grace Snyder’s cultivated love for the arts has propelled her into a world of thrilling diversity.
Long before her theatric pursuits at Northwest University, Snyder began as a young girl in a practice room among fellow toddler ballerinas and tapdancers. She recalls many nights in her living room performing little shows for her family. “I wanted to be so many things,” Snyder explains, “but I didn’t think I had the talent to pursue all of those professions. Instead, I found joy in portraying them. I could celebrate different stories, pay tribute to these character’s experiences and do them justice by playing them well.” With eight years of acquired dance experience as she transitioned into high school, Snyder’s growing affinity for theater became an ambitious passion. A true eclectic, she reveled in the humorous candor of
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Charlie Chaplin and studied a wide range of musical talents from Billie Holiday to Regina Spektor. Such icons became her mentors, and Snyder would go on to play a myriad of roles in over 20 large productions throughout her teenage career. Yet, as she neared the end of her senior year, Snyder realized that she longed for something more than the conventional movement of her peers into higher education. Instead, she would find herself 6,000 miles distant, travelling across the Eurasian continent, immersed in an artist’s Mecca. For a year and a half, Snyder lived and taught acting in Spain and trekked to Jerusalem where she confided with buskers in Davidka Square. Her invaluable experience abroad catalyzed a newfound zeal for her professional endeavor into the arts. Snyder’s return to the states would eventually lead her to a quaint, beautiful campus conveniently located near Seattle’s epicenter of aesthetic culture. On her first year at Northwest University, Snyder says, “I’ve lived communally before, but NU was a true culture shock. I have never grown so close to people so quickly, in a way where I feel I can express myself freely. These people, they really care about me.” Snyder has since become heavily involved in NU’s fine arts, starring in last year’s Learned Ladies of Park Avenue, End Scene Improv, and an upcoming role in this fall’s The Comedy of Errors. Professor Chrystal Helmcke, the director of Errors, said it well, “Snyder’s audition for Learned Ladies was one of the most impressive I’ve ever seen at NU. Grace has such a sense of joy, curiosity, compassion, and intensity. She takes risks and displays a natural hunger for growth. I can see the light of Christ that comes from her on stage.” Although Snyder has flourished as an artist, her journey is far from resolved. With humble grace,she continues to pursue life through discovery.
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Preaching The Gospel Before It Was Cool
Ask NU
Name the “hipster” churches in the area: •City Church (Kirkland) •Mars Hill (Bellevue) •Other (Seattle area)
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The Hipster Church
Rachel Brewster & Marlene Pierce It’s a phenomenon spreading the nation: You’ve seen them everywhere on campus – starting with the hippest of faculty and trickling down to an abundance of students. Those iPadtoting, skinny jean-wearing, Starbuckssipping individuals. Many have called it a look. More have called it a trend. Those who embody it have named it a lifestyle.
generation or the next generation reshaping the church.
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culture with its “hip Christianity.”
Reflection Of The Congregation “You have to understand and be wise to the culture,” Pastor Phil Rasmussen commented. “Mark Driscoll’s church is an urban church. It is an inner-city Ballard church, so it is drawing people that have that Seattle vibe…Mark Driscoll himself has that look.”
This “hip” form of religion has been recently successful, however, in the congregational youth as pastors intermix pop culture and Christianity. Video promos for upcoming events and the way pastors dress do have an impact on how adolescents think, act, and dress.
“I think church culture is very real; He then continued to comment on The every church has a culture…I have no problem with people that want to be City Church and Judah Smith. “There are more millionaires surrounding our cool and hip and be a hipster, but if area than any other… [Smith’s] method that’s not your thing, well, be you, and be who God wants you to be,” said is appropriate to the culture.” Judah Smith, lead pastor at The City Image To Identity Repeatedly, students at NU have Church. “I think that the best way to [define classified Chapel services as hipster hipsters] would be a group of younger over the years. Chapel reflects the Jesus Did It Before It Was Cool people who dress a specific way,” Kirkland culture in appearance and If Jesus were here today, he’d appear commented Kramer Rasmussen, NU caters to the students’ interest with up-to-date with the fashion of the alumnus and a youth pastor at The City current time. In short, Jesus might fit “cool,” contemporary services. Church. into the hipster subculture. The overall idea of “hipster” starts with Mainstreaming Hipster In Biblical times, Jesus dressed a look: someone, between 20 and 30, According to Brett McCracken, author accordingly. He fit the culture and of Hipster Christianity: When Church portrayed to his or her peers in the and Cool Collide, Seattle ranks number didn’t try to persuade anyone to look geek chic fashion of today. It’s about like he did…on the outside. seven of ten on the list of cities standing out by fitting in – how you Jesus called us to walk in his name as make a first impression, the coffee you with Christian hipsters. Among the description of the Seattle culture, Mars a representation of him and to make drink, the technology you use – and Hill and Mark Driscoll made the list disciples in doing so. How else can how one is individually accepted. specifically. Christians reach out to people lost in Nonetheless, this image is quickly this world if they can’t first relate to becoming an identity for many college Since the 1970s, McCracken argues them? that contemporary Christianity has students and recently has found its prioritized ideas like “cool,” “relevant,” The hipster church isn’t looking reflection in the modern church. and “countercultural.” to stand out and make a scene by This hipster ideology has undeniably being different. These churches are Unfortunately, these notions have crept its way into local churches. The attempting to reach a demographic by never been anything more than debate remains as to whether or not using what’s available and appropriate it is the church appealing to a younger nice ideas – the church has been to the culture. unsuccessful in influencing the local NU hosts a variety of Christian hipsters all belonging to different churches. These churches can be divided up by denomination, but what exactly is a hipster church?
Talon: Has the church changed to a cooler, more appealing form of worship? K. Rassmussen: “Each person is going to have a different perspective on worship style--and message delivery, for that matter. I don’t believe there is one “right way” to do church.”
Talon: Do you think Talon: Does the modern Christians give in too much church change the way to the latest trends? the message is given? Smith: “As leaders and P. Rassmussen: “The spiritual teachers (in the method will always community) we have to change, but the message stay commmitted to the essence of the gospel never does. We should embrace change, no matter what the cultural trends may be. and we need to change as long as...the message stays.”
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Faculty Voice
Rock Rumination In The Key Of Frost
When I was twenty, I played in a mediocre rock
band. Our primary virtues were volume, 7/4 time signatures, and a trove of effects pedals that coiled around the stage like a digital leviathan. We drew inspiration from The Beatles and The Ramones, the sonic ennui of Radiohead and Sunny Day Real Estate. We performed in nearly every venue in Eastern Washington: living rooms, coffee shops, barns, churches, WSU, even The Met in downtown Spokane. We played until fingers bled, leaving Rorschach streaks on Telecaster pick-guards. We wrote songs with titles like “There’s Too Many Kids in the Tub” and “Wandering Selkie.” We were, in short, your typical garage band. Creating music with those guys was sublime, my first artistic adrenaline rush, but it didn’t last. After college, the band broke up. Visions of Thom Yorke stardom were replaced with other dreams, better dreams: marriage, vocation, and eventually children. This progression is quite normal, but it brings to mind a poem that I often use in my literature courses here at Northwest. “The Oven Bird,” by Robert Frost, is interested in
“The question he frames in all but words,/is what to make of a diminished thing.” - Robert Frost know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.” Human beings are hardwired for redemption; we can’t help it, which is why death is so pernicious and idolatry so seductive. Sehnsucht fulfillment is often pursued through relationships, life work, technology, art, etc., rather than through our Creator. Looking back, I’m keenly aware of how music could have become my identity, my idol, apart from Christ. If I’m sounding too much like Kierkegaard here (either / or), so be it. Just as Bob Dylan once sang, “You gotta serve somebody,” I believe my pet preferences, my Facebook “likes,” my lame attempts at hipster irony, potentially keep me from the things of God: His commands, mercies, and promises. A poem like “The Oven Bird” is a reminder not just to anticipate the “diminished things” that life will bring, but to embrace them as avenues for God’s redemptive work. This is one of the great paradoxes of faith. My wife and I will be welcoming our second child into the world any day now. I have no idea what she will look like, what joy or sorrow she might bring to the Webster family, but I do know this: it will be impossible to imagine life without her once she arrives, and if need be, I will happily sell all of the guitars and gear I own to take care of her. That, I think, is the essence of God’s redemptive narrative. Feeble, terrestrial efforts, indie-rock misadventures, can be put in service of the eternal, into a goodness that, in the words of Simone Weil, is “always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
“My pet preferences...potentially keep me from the things of God.”
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hopes, desires, and ambitions left by the wayside. The poem recognizes that life, more often than not, is a process of learning how to endure loss, how to come to terms with what Langston Hughes once called the “dream deferred.” The surest foothold for despair is to dwell on the might have been rather than what God has done and continues to do in our lives. “The Oven Bird” is an appeal to the athlete who experiences a debilitating injury, the artist who can’t find her niche, or the individual in the throes of unrequited or lost love. We live in a world of diminished things. How we decide to respond to this reality is the essence of Christian discipline and maturity. As Paul reminds us in his epistle to the Corinthians: “now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I
Dr. Webster is a professor of English. photo credit: Jeremiah Webster
Light In The Dark
MaritzaLino
Student Life
NU’s Homeless Ministry
Lighthouse, NU’s homeless ministry and the source for these stories, focuses on sowing goodness in the lives of the homeless. For several years, Lighthouse has not only given NU students an opportunity to share with homeless people about the hope of Christ, but also the opportunity to offer a listening ear, a gift Jesus so generously provides for us. The last time that I offered a homeless person a peanut butter sandwich, I regretted not putting enough peanut butter in it. The sandwich must have tasted stale; I had not put much thought into preparing it. As the man took a bite, he realized that the fact that the peanut butter was not oozing out of the sides only meant that I had scarcely spread it over the bread.
Real Problems Homelessness is often ignored. Going about daily life, it is easy to walk past a cardboard sign reading “Food, or anything else will help. God Bless” and dismiss the plight of the person behind the message. Stopping could be intimidating, embarrassing, or make you late for that meeting you are trying to reach. So why should we care? I’ll give you 8,830 reasons. 8,830. In King County alone, that was the number of homeless counted in the 2012 ‘One Night Count.’ The actual number is estimates to be somewhere around 11,000 individuals. Half of that is comprised of families with children. (Graphic?) That means roughly 1 in 360 people go to sleep each night without somewhere to call home. Real People Cassie, a homeless women living on the streets of Seattle, is the owner of the aforementioned cardboard sign. “People out here do not like to give,” she said when asked if her sign was effective, all the while shaking her head in disappointment. Men and women wearing sharp, clean suits look at her and keep walking as if they’ve seen nothing, while the people covered in dirty rags and with little money are the ones who often offer to buy her some food. The chilly air quickly dried the tears that were beginning to flood my eyes as she told her story, and I could not help but notice tears rolling down her face as well.
Sometimes, it can be easy worry about “running out of peanut butter,” giving away too much. The reason for the action can get lost, but people need to realize that you can never sow too much goodness in God’s Kingdom. Real Progress Presently, Northwest University students are working on several projects to reach out to the homeless community in Seattle. “Hoodies for the Homeless,” an NU bookstore is sponsored event, is working to collect and then distribute sweatshirts alongside Lighthouse. For every gently-used sweatshirt a student donates, the bookstore offers a 25% discount off of a new sweatshirt. The student who brings in the most sweatshirts will even receive a free Northwest University sweatshirt. This year, NUSG has coordinated a hygiene kit build in which students will participate. Previously NU has teamed up with World Vision in order to build similar kits that were then sent to Asia, Africa and Latin America. Students would assemble caregiver kits including photo credit: darrendean petroleum jelly, water purifying tablets, and other needed items to equip volunteer AIDS caregivers. This year, however, the efforts have been expanded and kits will also be delivered by students to the local homeless in Seattle. Lighthouse is another way students can get involved in homeless outreach. Meeting every Friday at 6:30 p.m. in the Pecota building’s commuter lounge, Lighthouse is an opportunity to sow goodness among the homeless population and witness Christ transform not only the lives of those on the streets but your own as well.
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Sports Crista Greenwood
Go Long!
What’s Ahead For Sports At NU What does the future of NU athletics look like?
“NU athletics future looks great!” says NU Athletic Director Gary McIntosh. “These athletes have committed themselves to be the best athletes they can possibly become and they want to do that here at NU.” McIntosh is not only proud of his athletes spending hours in practice, in the weight room, and watching game film, but also in their dedication to being people of character who represent the “Lord and NU in the highest possible way.” When McIntosh looks to his coaching staff, he sees the best staff in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). They spend countless hours preparing for the seasons, recruiting nation-wide, attending camps and clinics, and watching game film. They also do their best to choose athletes not only with outstanding skill but also exceptional character.
There are rumors of a golf team in the future. Is this true?
McIntosh states that he would love to see a golf team arise in the next few years. However, at the moment, the biggest road-block is a lack of facility space and resources.
What are your goals and dreams for the program?
McIntosh’s dreams for the sports program include new facilities for locker rooms, a gym, coaches’ offices, a training room, and more. He desires to add many more sports and assist in the growth of the department. His dream is to see NU become conference contenders in every sport every year, and even to become national contenders. McIntosh, however, understands the true focus of athletics at NU: “We are Christ followers and we will serve him in all we do.”
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Things Christians Can Learn From Mormons
When I mention Mormons, you might picture those kids on bikes in slacks and ties going doorto-door. Or perhaps you might recall a time when you saw a bus drive by with a normal-looking person saying, “And I’m a Mormon.” Or maybe you just think of the Broadway musical which pokes fun at the Church of Latter Day Saints. Whatever you picture, you know exactly what I’m talking about. And although there are many unsound beliefs within their church, Mormons have some valuable skills and systems that Christians could learn from.
1. Christians can learn from their unity. When you think of Mormons, you think solely of Mormons. You don’t think of the First Reformation Methodist Mormons or the church of holier Presbyterian Mormons. You think of the one single entity. The Church of Latter Day Saints puts emphasis on unity within their religion, and it ultimately makes them more effective. The Christian church is divided in hundreds of ways between endless denominations. How can we, the church, reach those who don’t believe when we’re too busy bickering among ourselves? So long as we remain preoccupied with fighting one another, we can’t be productive.
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2. Christians can learn from their marketing and PR. Mormons are marketing masters. They remain up to date with current modes of communication and present a professional image. When the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon was released in 2011 in New York, it became a hit almost immediately. The musical was designed to make fun of the religion, but the church used it as a marketing opportunity. “Anything that raises awareness of the Book of Mormon is a good thing,” said the church president Thomas S. Monson when asked about the musical. Soon, they began running ads for the church in the musical programs. They spun the negative musical into a positive opportunity. “Whatever you think of Mormonism, it’s hard not to be converted to the church’s approach to PR,” said Simon Usborne in his article about Mormon marketing. The religion certainly knows how to grab your attention. journey. Some Christian men never even leave their hometowns throughout the course of their lives. Christians can often be selfish with their faith and only do the bare minimum so that they can qualify for heaven. I’m not saying that Mormons have it all right, because they certainly have their share of faulty beliefs and systems. But I will say that if Christians could be more like Mormons in these three areas, the church would be significantly more effective at spreading the Gospel.
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1.The reminder of the joys of singlehood that Roomies brings about.
2.Soon stores will be offering huge sales
so people can celebrate Christmas. Nothing says “Happy Birthday, Jesus” like increased consumerism.
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3. Christians can learn from their outreach. You can probably recall a time when two young men in nice shirts and ties arrived at your door and asked for five minutes of your time. You might have turned them away or perhaps you invited them in to talk. Either way, you’ve probably had Mormons come to your door. Here’s the question: when was the last time you had a Christian come to your door? Probably never.
3.Looking outside at the beautiful
colors of the trees and having the sudden realization that the trees are better dressed than I am.
4.Enjoying the views of No Shave
November until you walk past your roommate and realize that women celebrate it, too.
5.A newfound appreciation for the only flavor available anywhere during this season: pumpkin spice.
6.Winter is coming. 7.The increased interest every politician suddenly has in my life.
Not to say that the door-to-door approach is the best way to outreach; many people find it more annoying than helpful. But the Church of Latter Day Saints makes outreach a priority.
8.An upcoming holiday where it is socially
It is required for all Mormon men to spend a year and a half in missions as a part of their religious journey. Some Christian men never even leave their hometowns throughout the course of their lives.
9.Ring by Spring? Just around the corner,
Christians can often be selfish with their faith and only do the bare minimum so that they can qualify for heaven. I’m not saying that Mormons have it all right, because they certainly have their share of faulty beliefs and systems. But I will say that if Christians could be more like Mormons in these three areas, the church would be significantly more effective at spreading the Gospel.
acceptable to give thanks by gorging yourself with enough food to feed a small African country. ladies.
10.I have enough chapel credit to pass! ...Not that I’m counting.
11.You shall not pass! But in other news,
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug is coming!
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Editorials Kalynn Martell & Zachary McGuirk
The Brewing Battle Of Coffee Culture photo credit: Cole Brown
Kaly--
Coffee is destroying my life. I am a full-time student with a part-time job, a husband, an apartment, a position on the Talon, and a future. But all I can think about is when I can get my next cup of coffee. My coffee maker wakes me up in the morning. I walk into my first class with a second cup in my hand then get my third at Starbucks or Mercury’s before heading to work. At ten or so at night, I warm up my Keurig before I start my homework. Then, I drink the “special occasion” coffees. Before church? Coffee. Dessert? Can’t have sweets without coffee. Company? Time to plug in the pot! That is over four cups a day. Not only do I get cranky and deathly weary without my beverage of choice, I get physically ill. Headaches, nausea, and lethargy wrack my body. Even disregarding my physical dependency on the Elixir of Life, I spend so much money on coffee. I spend at least six dollars a day on my habit. That’s $42 a week that I could be spending on buying healthy food, new clothes, or gifts for my husband. Coffee is my drug of choice. I feel fulfilled when I drink it, but then I feel guilty about spending so much time and effort getting my fix. I’d argue that my caffeine addiction doesn’t conflict with my relationships or my duties as a student and employee, but coffee does interfere with my time and thoughts. I need my time and thoughts to be successful, and coffee is destroying my ability to be a successful person.
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I think I just convinced myself to stop drinking coffee.
Zach--
Every region has something that makes it special. Eastern Washington has wine, So Cal is known for its surfing culture, and we Seattleites have coffee. We’ve analyzed it, imported it, brewed it, and redefined it. Sure, the Arabians may have invented coffee, but we Seattleites took it and made it our own. With the rise of Starbucks and the recent trend of smaller, independent cafes, coffee has become a unifying cultural symbol for Seattle citizens and residents. Coffee is more than a cultural symbol, though; it is a healthier alternative to energy drinks for college students on a budget—or with the desire to keep our bodies intact into adulthood. Some studies, as a matter of fact, have indicated that casual coffee consumption can decrease chances of mental sicknesses like Alzheimer’s and dementia, and in 2012, the rumors that coffee could cause heart disease were debunked. While buying coffee drinks at Starbucks can get expensive, learning to brew your own is easy andinexpensive. “Brewing coffee isn’t some secret art like coffee snobs make it out to be. I brew my own a few times a week in five minutes,” said former Starbucks employee and NU student Cameron Moore. Students like Cameron value coffee for its taste, health benefits, and help in staying up when he has a midterm the next morning and a study guide to work through. Whether you drink coffee for the taste, the energy, the health benefits, or the joy of brewing your own, it’s impossible to deny what it means to this city and the people in it. It has become a part of our public identities and should be cherished! photo credit: Matthew Zwicker
Dear Talon Staff, Thank you for highlighting a current issue on our campus in your latest (September) Talon Magazine. While your article was an editorial, we feel as though it would do just service for our community to hear a more accurate representation of our policy. The goal of Campus Ministries is not to enforce Chapel attendance but rather to facilitate spiritual formation in the NU community. The overlooked truth is that we are a university that must abide by collegiate standards in order to maintain our accreditation with the Alliance for the Assemblies of God Higher Education. These requirements are national standards for many Christian universities, including Northwest. With those standards in mind, we have created a chapel policy that gives students the option to engage in different spiritual components of their choice. Campus Ministries recognizes that the students of NU are on different spiritual journeys, and with the help of a student/faculty committee, we revamped the Chapel Policy to create broader opportunities for spiritual formation. In years past, the policy was primarily based on showing up to chapel services. We recognize that attending services is not the end all of spiritual formation so we have changed the policy in order to include service opportunities and small groups as a greater means to this end. If you have questions regarding chapel policy, feel free to email CampusMinistries@northwestu.edu or refer to our policy posted at http://www.northwestu. edu/numa/policy/. Sincerely, NUMA
Letter to the Editor Dear NUMA, Thank you for sharing your thoughts with the Talon! We love to hear feedback and are immensely grateful for your contribution. We certainly did not intend to misrepresent the current chapel policy. Many students are thrilled with the news changes. Our primary goal in presenting the article was to highlight the necessity of spiritual growth for every member of the Northwest community, not simply those with a mandatory chapel attendance policy. Thank you, once again, for your comments. If you have suggestions for future editorial topics or any other further concerns or questions, email me at taloneditor@ northwestu.edu. Sincerely, Heather Karnes, Editor in Chief
From the Editor:
In future issues, this page will be devoted to answering questions readers (YOU!) send to me. These questions can be about anything - my opinion, advice, and of course appreciation and grievances are welcome! I hope to hear from you soon! Contact me at TalonStaff@northwestu. edu, Facebook (/NUTalon), or Twitter (@TalonMagazine).
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