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Positive. Always. painting by number I have too much homework. There are not enough hours in the day. Aramark sucks. My friends don’t spend enough time with me. I don’t have a boyfriend. My classes are too early. Chapel is a waste of time. CCS credits have no purpose. College is too expensive. Sectionals and dorm meetings take up my entire life. Why do I have to read the Bible for class? It’s so dumb my athlete roommate wakes up so early. I hate living on campus as a freshman and sophomore. The contract is so unfair. There is too much walking on campus. If any of these comments have come out of your mouth at some point, I would consider you a negative number. No one likes dealing with negative numbers. Let’s be honest: they’re a pain. All they do is
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make a confusing subject more them. In the world of math, that confusing. leaves you with a positive numRight when you understand ber. how to really add, subtract, mulI’m not here to tell you that tiply and divide your negative positive numnumbers aren’t as “Even bad weeks bers, the teachbig as others—or ers throw in the maybe I am. have good days. negatives. And I Even days have good thinkPersonally, above all else, Corban they drive me should be a cammoments. Even bad nuts. moments have great pus that is upliftIn the world of ing -- somewhere math, a positive hope. There is always that constantly number always reminds me of reason to hope.” cancels out a the hope that JeBo Stern negative numsus has given to a ber. The truth world full of crap. is, I could give you at least one I don’t know about you, but that’s thing positive that counteracts what I think. each one of those negative comRecently, an uncle of a close ments. In fact, most of the nega- friend was diagnosed with ALS. tive comments have well over If you don’t know what that is, one positive that can counteract look it up. It is a disease that pro-
vides little hope. Yet in such a negative time, and rightfully so, this man’s wife has continually held onto the blessing’s God has provided her. She doesn’t have to be jumping with joy every minute to see the positive that God provides, and, frankly, she shouldn’t have to. My friend told me these inspiring words her aunt, Bo Stern, said: “Even bad weeks have good days. Even days have good moments. Even bad moments have great hope. There is always reason to hope.” In a time of pain, she still manages to see the good--the good that God intended for man to experience. Do you even know how to recognize what blessings God has laid out in front of you? Prove it to me.
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Chick flick reality check Note Worthy The screaming. The crying. The jumping up and down. He finally popped the question! It’s a dream come true. A happily ever after. It’s just like the movies. Don’t get me wrong. It’s exciting. I’ve been there, and I loved every second of it. But it’s not like the movies. In fact, chick flicks have created unrealistic expectations for engagement and marriage. Earlier this year CNN released an article entitled, “Romantic films put too much pressure on guys?” In the article, Ryan Gosling, who played the male lead in “The Notebook,” tells a story of a future bride who asked her fiancé if he would build a house for her like Gosling’s character
By Jake Zufelt
did for his true love. When the fiancé replied that he didn’t know how, she called off the wedding. While that may be a little extreme, the chick flick expectation still thrives on other levels. I know one girl who was openly disappointed that her fiancé didn’t spend a lot of money on a ring, and another who called off her wedding only to get re-engaged a couple months later, this time with a bigger rock. Now, guys, don’t pretend this is just a girl thing. As a two-year RA, I sat in my room listening to guys talk for hours about how much better their lives would be if they only had a girlfriend or fiancé. Why wouldn’t it be? It’s in every movie.
Take 10 seconds and jot down the names of movies that end in a proposal or wedding … “The Notebook,” “The Proposal,” “While You Were Sleeping,” “The Wedding Planner,” “27 Dresses” … While these movies present compelling, heartfelt love stories, they forget to mention that when the wedding is over, it’s over. Teesha and I had a perfect wedding. Had our lives been a chick flick and the wedding the final scene, we’d have let the credits roll. But I soon discovered why romantic comedies end with the wedding. Before landing in Cabo, we visualized the perfect chickflick honeymoon, complete with
hours of sunbathing on the beach and a personal waiter. Instead, we spent the first three days repeatedly rejecting overeager timeshare salesmen and avoiding resort employees who required a $5 tip for bringing a glass of water. Shortly after our trip, I ended up in Urgent Care with a sun rash, and Teesha experienced an emergency wisdom tooth removal. Although our first three weeks didn’t quite meet the chick-flick expectations of wedded bliss, we’ve since learned to set aside our unrealistic expectations and have found contentment in the actualities of marriage. But how could we have known that life-after-wedding wasn’t perfect? The movies never got that far.
Hilltop News Editors: Kate Schell & Eriin Streckfuss Hilltop Online Editor: Adrienne Goodrich Hilltop Yearbook Editor: Jesse Belleque Photo Editor: DeAnna Thomas The J-Lab staff & freelancers: Hali Anderson, Kyle Anthony, Claire Richter, Audrey Engel, Ben Funkhouser, Whitney Harris, Katherine Jamerson, Rachel Jeffers, Lacy Ramirez, Megan Russell, John Shaw, Meredith Smith, Hannah Yocum J-Lab adviser: Christena Brooks J-Lab co-adviser: Ellen Kersey This publication reflects the views of the writers and editors and does not necessarily reflect the view of Corban University, its administration or trustees.