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beauty, brokenness, the art in-between

By Charlotte Van Werven Managing Editor

Art provides a way to interact with truths about people and the world in a form that nothing else allows. Many students on campus make and appreciate art, and they have noticed the great value in it.

“Art communicates in a way data and logic cannot,” Dallyce Vetter said.

Many of the truths art discusses are deeper than the physical world, and this connects with people — people who were created in the image of a creative God. “Art is something that is at the core of our God,” Abigail Barnett said. “He is a Creator.

And our Creator wove into the fabric of humanity a desire to create things, express our experiences and explore beauty.”

The things people create have power to bring people together and to bring them closer to God. “Art can be bathed in prayer,” Barnett said. “Jesus wants us to bring our entire selves to Him, so art is no exception.

And think how much more the Holy Spirit can be in our art if we begin by inviting Him into it right at the beginning.”

Creativity can be used to reveal God’s glory, and some students emphasized the importance of using art to display brokenness and how that can lead to God’s glory as well.

“Why would God write the Bible if we were not supposed to interact with depravity?” Tim Ethell asked.

The Bible is full of art, and much of that art depicts the fallen nature of the world – and it is shocking.

“What about the rape of Tamar?” Ethell asked. “Or the murder of Abel? Or Abraham’s mistrust of God’s providence by siring Ishmael with Hagar? It is through interacting with these sad truths that God’s providence and wisdom drips off the page and into our hearts.”

According to Ethell, the Bible uses these stories of corruption to pave the way for stories of redemption.

“I have never read

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a book from which I have seen more depravity, death and destruction than from the Bible,” Ethell said.

“Similarly, I have never read a book that has spoken more about life, shalom and redemption into my life than the Bible.”

This, then, is a good example for how Christians can interact with art in meaningful and productive ways.

But not all brokenness should be depicted, and not all believers can interact with art in the same ways. Art depicting certain sins might tempt some believers but encourage others.

“Therefore, let us not pass judgment on one another any longer, but rather decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother” (Romans 14:13).

“Christians should use discernment and should appreciate truth and beauty,” Ryan Stark said. “And Christians should expect beauty to manifest itself in different ways.”

Several students noted that even art created by non-believers contains truth about humanity — truth that can be explored and honored.

“As Christians, our interactions with art should be based in the truth of the gospel, but we shouldn’t shy away from art that does not depict explicit Christian values,” Vetter said. “‘Secular’ art can be a vehicle of conveying truth, and sometimes does it more effectively than ‘Christian’ art.”

To Rachel Stadeli, the line has to be drawn regarding sympathizing with sin.

She said that art is deeper when it depicts depravity in a way that is self-acknowledging. However, art that depicts depravity in sympathetic ways is dangerous and “should be discarded.”

If approached appropriately, many students believe art can be a wonderful teacher.

“People, not just Christians, often shy away from art depicting the fallen nature of our world because it isn’t nice to look at or it doesn’t make them feel good — but often that’s the point of art,” Vetter said. “It makes us think and reflect on brokenness. Avoiding this reality while burying our heads in the sand isn’t a good way of dealing with this. If Christians truly want to be people who reflect God’s image to a broken world, we must be willing to engage with difficult topics, and art is one medium through which these things are addressed.”

“Great art teaches us how to live better lives,” Stark said.

Truth can be found in art, but Barnett warned that art is not the ending.

“We also need to recognize art in its rightful place,” she said. “[It is] a gift from God, not God Himself.

Many people find solace and strength in dancing, painting or playing a musical instrument. But if we try to find our identities here, we’ve missed the point.

Art reaches our souls in a unique, mysterious, divine way. But it cannot fully satisfy us. And it won’t have any meaning if we take the one who made it out of the equation.”

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Morgan Schmidt VP of Community Engagement Why are you passionate about serving through ASB? I am passionate about serving through ASB because I want to do everything in my power to enable and empower the students of Corban University to get out in the community and discover ways in which they can use all their individually unique gifts to serve the Lord and His people.

Editorial: Legislation can’t save us “Mom, I love you. There is a shooting at my school. If anything happens, I love you so much.”

This was the message a student texted his mom the day a shooter killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

The Parkland shooting has sparked the creation of the March for our Lives and #neveragain.

“Gun control” is a topic on the tip of everyone’s tongues. Mourning parents and students are demanding policy changes. Many are asking just how many shootings will take place before the government enacts stricter gun laws, but some see the potential of that imposing on their Second Amendment right.

At the Hilltop, we believe it is a gut-wrenching, heartbreaking and repulsive reality that mass shootings occur at all, but they are particularly devastating within schools. Policy change is necessary and important. Gun laws need to be evaluated and reconsidered. Each school should seek to improve its safety procedures – immediately.

However, we also recognize policy change is not enough to stop sin.

Sin is real and deadly, and we cannot trust that the government will always legislate morality. With every action we take, we must remember people need spiritual solutions — not just earthly ones.

So, yes. Policies are needed to protect children in schools. But we should also provide better mental health access for children, protect children who suffer from abuse and offer training in conflict resolu-

Staff Column: Rejecting femininity for womanhood

What is the most challenging aspect of your position?

My branch is very busy and complex, so the most challenging part of my position would probably be managing while also being a part of all the different areas in which my branch interacts with including commuters, missions and outreach.

What is the most influential advice you have ever been given?

By Charlotte Van Werven

The most influential advice I have ever been given is this: “It’s okay to not be okay.”

“Feminine.”

The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as “Having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women, especially delicacy and prettiness.”

Culture also defines femininity with things like makeup, shaved legs, trendy fashion and the color pink.

The word “feminine” puts unnecessary pressure on women to exist in a certain way. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard women say, “Your face would be really pretty if you wore make-up,” “It’s gross not to shave your legs,” or “Your hair would look prettier if you wore it down.” What does pretty even mean?

Why should I want it?

It’s so easy to yield to those little ideals culture gives us. Admittedly, in the picture of me right here, I am wearing my hair down because, when I got ready that morning last

What song would you sing at karaoke night?

Definitely “A Thousand Miles” by Vanessa Carlton or “Dancing Queen” by ABBA.

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tion and reconciliation. We should look at minimizing gun violence as a whole. We should not tolerate racism or hatred. The criminal justice system should be structured to limit recidivism and help prisoners successfully reenter society.

As important as it is to seek these changes, this is not the paramount thing God calls us to do. Jesus calls us to “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Mark 16:15). This is more important than any policy we could approve.

Our motivation to bring peace and change needs to come from wanting to serve and love God and all people. We should take preventative measures to limit and end these extremely wicked acts, but we must ultimately understand that only God can succeed in bringing perfection.

As the Church, we should take steps to address the spiritual needs people have. What are we doing to love high school students and welcome them into the church? How are we comforting those who have experienced school shootings or other tragic events? Are we arguing about guns on Facebook, but not sympathizing and mourning with those who are suffering?

We have to stop thinking school shootings are an isolated incident that can be solved by a single piece of legislation; instead, we should fight for policies that will address the many physical needs people have.

But we also have to stop trusting Congress to legislate its way to salvation.

We need Jesus first and policy second.

Managing Editor

August, I knew it was photo day, and I knew people would think I looked better with my hair that way. But I didn’t like it. The feeling of hair on my neck worsened my anxiety and made me less productive. Why did I do it?

For the past few years, femininity has been heavy on my mind.

Why do men say, “Don’t be such a girl” when another man is afraid? Certainly nail polish is considered feminine, but why? The skincare market is feminized. Is this because men weren’t supposed to have skin? Why does culture assume women care, or should care, more about appearance than men?

But this care for appearance is not historically feminine. It’s cultural, and it’s relatively modern. Take King Solomon. Are you telling me he didn’t spend time admiring his appearance?

Biblical femininity has nothing to do with delicacy or prettiness. In fact, hundreds of years ago, delicacy and prettiness were signs of wealth for both men and women. The richer people were, the more make-up and jewels they wore, regardless of gender. Back even farther, before pants really hit the “Vogue” trend list, male and female fashion were nearly identical.

Let’s go back to the beginning.

Can you imagine how strong Eve had to be to, with Adam’s help, raise the first generation of children? Do you think she sat in the grass while Adam harvested food or butchered animals? Do you think she had no hand in building their shelter or inventing new methods to

make survival easier?

Do you think Eve shaved her legs? Do you think Eve cared about the color of her lips? Do you think Adam ever thought Eve was delicate? Breakable?

I am not criticizing any woman who enjoys being dainty or likes to be called “pretty.” I am not saying it is wrong for women to like shaving or wearing makeup.

What I am saying is that it’s also very okay for women not to like those things. It’s not heretical to be culturally un-feminine. We have choices about how we present ourselves, and many of those choices can lead to glorifying God. In fact, when we suppress our God-given personalities, we reject the diversity of creation, which is an insult to God. Creation is crazy beautiful and doesn’t belong in the boxes culture creates.

And to the men out there, it’s okay to want to feel beautiful and even delicate. Biblical masculinity is not muscles, beards, low voices, hairy arms, gruesome scars or dirt-caked shoes. You have freedom to reject culture, too.

Femininity and masculinity are difficult topics, but the truth I rest in is this: cultural femininity is manmade, and I do not need to be intimidated by it. Biblical womanhood, which I’m still figuring out, is much more important.

I encourage you to work it out for yourself, to question why you dress or behave a certain way. I encourage you to go to the Bible for the truth about humanity and celebrate the differences you find in yourself and others.

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Guest Writers Hope Evans Whitney Ned Caleb Towers

Corban University’s Hilltop publications – newspaper, yearbook and website – serve as a student-led forum for the student body.

Their mission is to tell true stories that contribute to authentic Christian community at Corban.

Their staff seeks to practice journalism that is true, substantiated, fair and dedicated to Jesus Christ.

Hilltop publications do not represent Corban’s faculty, administration or trustees; rather, they provide a significant student perspective.

Letters are welcomed and will be printed on a first-received basis. They must include the author’s name and phone number.

Letters are subject to editing for space and clarity.

The staff can be reached at hilltopnews@corban.edu.

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Real-life romance: I’m too much or not enough

be single at 28 with her own well-meaning friends and relatives asking, “When are you going to get married?”

It’s an innocent enough question, but one that seems to imply that I’m opposed to such an idea because, if I was at all interested in marriage, I would be married.

Despite the fact that I’ve never actually been asked out on a date, they probably assume that I’m just not ready to settle down or that I’m too picky or have a fear of commitment. Those things seem much simpler and less shame-inducing than what I have accepted as truth.

In my mind, the only logical explanation for being in my late 20s and never having been

By Whitney Ned on a date is that there is something wrong Guest Writer with me.

I’m either too fat, too ugly or too dumb. I’m “Auntie, when are you going to have kids?” either not funny enough, confident enough “Maybe after I get married.” or talented enough. I’m too much and not “When are you going to get married?” enough.

“I don’t know. Maybe when Auntie meets a I’ve told myself this for years, and it left man who loves Jesus and is funny.” me desperate and with a hollow yearning. In My 5-year-old niece an attempt to fill the smiles and then provoid, I broke my own ceeds to tell me – for heart by giving it to Or maybe, like me, the umpteenth time men who didn’t ask she’ll be single at 28 – about her betrothed for it and thus didn’t and how they are gocherish it. Perhaps with her own welling to get married and they didn’t know how have lots of kids and, to cherish a heart like meaning friends and depending on whom mine. relatives asking ‘When you ask, live in a purGod is the only ple or blue house. For One who knows how are you going to get her birthday last year, to hold my heart. The the little guy from our only One who loves married?’. church brought her me uniquely, intipurple roses, an assortmately and personally. ment of chocolates and gummy worms and a The One who has chosen me and relentlessly toy fire-truck with a working siren. Just two pursues me. He is desperate for me, moving years ago she was learning to use a toilet for heaven and earth just to be close to me. the first time and now she’s planning her In Him, I am never too much or not enough. wedding. They really do grow up fast!

I am just right in the arms of Jesus. More For that sweet little girl, love, marriage and than anything, more than Sunday school kids are inevitable. loves and purple roses and gummy worms, I For her, that’s just the way the world works, want my niece — along with her brother and and I don’t have the heart to tell her other- sister — to grasp the inevitability of God’s wise. Maybe life will turn out that way for her love and that it is enough.

Maybe she will get married at 19 and have Because even if I don’t get married and it’s kids at 20 like her mommy and daddy did. just me and God for the rest of my days, that Maybe they will live happily ever after in their will be enough. I will be enough. multi-colored house. Or maybe, like me, she’ll

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Working to achieve rest lentlessly and diligently seeking God. It sounds like a paradox, and it is. You must work hard to achieve a state of rest. Our souls are at rest when we are spiritually connected with God. Rest is found when we set aside time to spend with him.

It is found when we are faithful in both the small and big things that he places in front of us in our daily lives. It is found in trusting God with our problems. It is found in prayer, obedience, and becoming more like Christ.

Hebrews 4:10-11 says, “For anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore,

By Hope Evans make every effort to enter that rest, so that Guest Writer no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.”

Rest is a rare commodity for college stuThe writer of Hebrews acknowledges that dents. I’m not talking about sleep-although, entering God’s rest is not a twenty-minute let’s be honest, we’ve all found ourselves task that we can check off our to do lists awake at 3 am on a school night with a cup when we’re feeling stressed; it is something of coffee in one hand while we furiously type that requires much effort. up that nine-page paper we procrastinated Entering God’s rest can be done in any seadoing with the other. son of life, whether we “Rest” is a term are flourishing, grievIt sounds like a paradox, thrown around so ofing, or walking through ten, but is so vastly something difficult. and it is. You must underacknowledged It is universal and work hard to achieve in society in general, achievable to any of us and especially among who wish to put in the a state of rest. Our Christian circles. necessary work to enter souls are at rest when As Christians, we into it. refer to Sunday as the This isn’t the only we are spiritually Sabbath, or the “day time Scripture tells us connected with God. of rest.” We sing songs how important rest is. and quote Bible versIn Luke 10:41-42, Jees about resting in God, but we don’t really sus explicitly tells Martha that resting with practice it. What does it even mean to ob- him is more valuable than working hard to tain God’s rest? There seems to be a common make sure her house is presentable enough misconception that rest is something we set for her guests. The passage says, “Martha, aside time to do, like washing the dishes or Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are wordoing homework. ried and upset about many things, but few When we are stressed, we watch Netflix to things are needed-or indeed only one. Mary rest. When we are tired, we take a nap to rest. has chosen what is better, and it will not be When we need a study break, we check Insta- taken away from her.” gram to rest.

Mary had her priorities straight, and JeSure, taking a break from work is rest- sus praised her for her decision to rest from ful, but that is only a small part of how we her work to spend time with him rather than achieve rest as a whole. It is important to set work alongside her sister. aside time for ourselves so that we don’t work So, by all means, take a nap if you’re feelourselves to death. ing tired. Watch seven episodes of Friends if God took a day of rest after six days of work- you feel like procrastinating. ing, and He commands us to do the same. But But make no mistake, true rest is only true rest, rest for our souls, is found by re- found in seeking God in our everyday lives.

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Inspired by young activists:

In disagreements we can still learn from those who take a stand especially young activists. I also am not some- media has never been used by our political one who has participated in a protest. I do not leaders to this extent. Love him or hate him, consider myself an activist. Although I think I but part of the reason for President Trump’s am politically and socially aware, I recognize won the election was a result of his Twitter that I could do more to support what I believe presence. in.

“Are you telling me that I can be an activYouth and student activism isn’t new. Look- ist on social media?” In a way, yes, I think so. ing at the political climate today, more and At least it can start there. Social media allows more young people are becoming involved in for conversations to take place and for ideas political change. When to be shared. I admit, I first got a Twitter seeing political post all We can criticize the nearly seven years ago, over my feeds can get the content I saw was annoying and even deyoung people who are drastically different pressing at times. It is leading marches and from what I see on sogood, however, to see cial media channels toyounger people care protest, but how are day. Now, I can’t scroll about things happening we responding? for more than a minute in the real world rather on Twitter or Facebook than just trivial things. without seeing a politiWe go to a conservacally charged post. tive school. Most of the conversations I’ve had You may be thinking that sitting behind a with peers regarding the students protesting keyboard and sharing political posts and me- the NRA have been negative. I’ll admit that mes is hardly activism. Obviously, it isn’t the I don’t agree fully with the arguments and same as getting petitions signed and protest- logic of the students. However, I don’t agree ing in the streets, but I think social media is a with people mocking the students and saying powerful platform. It connects people all over they are too young and inexperienced to know the world and messages are spread very rapid- what they are talking about. One may totally ly through its platforms. I mean heck, social disagree with what they believe, but I think we

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By Caleb Towers Guest Writer

Let me start with this: I respect students who actively advocate for gun control. Do I agree with everything that students who are going after the NRA believe? Not entirely but I do think that something must happen in respect to gun ownership. It’s inspiring to see young people standing for change in political policy and for what they believe in.

I want to applaud those who are activists,

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should respect their voice and listen to what they have to say before responding.

There are plenty of causes young people are advocating for. I agree with some- and disagree with plenty. The fact of if I agree with their stance or not is not important here. I stand with students and young people getting involved and standing for their values. At the end of the day, most people just want to see America improve in some way, regardless of if you are a liberal or a conservative.

We need to encourage the future generations to be politically aware and also aspire to be politically aware ourselves. I believe it starts there. Being complacent with political policy is dangerous. As Christians, we should take a stand for God’s will. We can criticize the young people who are leading marches and protest, but how are we responding? If you disagree with something and want it to change, educate yourself and take action.

One of the greatest things about living in America is our ability to speak freely and to have individual opinions and beliefs. While I’m not yet the activist I aspire to be, I will say that the young people who are not afraid to voice their opinion and are working hard for change have inspired me to do more.

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The Hilltop | Marchl 21, 2018

Campus Safety crack down: Enforcing parking rules, issuing more tickets

By Ashlyn Rollins Editor-in-Chief

President Sheldon Nord has asked Campus Safety to focus on enforcing parking rules more this semester, according to Mike Roth, director of Campus Safety.

“We’ve been sporadic in the past issuing tickets and are simply trying to be consistent,” Roth said.

The consistency means a notable increase of tickets and the use of devices called “barnacles” that immobilize vehicles.

Reasons students could be “barnacled” include “being a month overdue with ticket payment and failing to make payment arrangements with Campus Safety. Also a determining factor is the amount of tickets a student has,” said Erica Glavnik, Campus Safety Supervisor.

These devices cover the windshield of a vehicle and cannot be removed without paying a fine. If the car is moved without the removal of the barnacle, an alarm will sound.

Students were not directly notified of the change, although the handbook does state that failure to pay a ticket may result in vehicle impounding.

The first student who received a barnacle was Cole Foley. He said he was not directly told the barnacle would be put on his car.

“I received the barnacle because I had unpaid parking tickets,” Foley said. “I was confused initially because I was not sure what it was and what its purpose was. I understand why campus safety would use them, as well as their purpose to keep us as students accountable.”

Accoding to Glavnik, students do receive late notices for their tickets.

“The barnacle is classified as a vehicle impound device,” Glavnik said.

“That information is also stated on the ticket they originally receive, as well as a statement about how the vehicle can also be impounded.

Students with outstanding tickets receive a two-weeks late notice that states yet again that their vehicle can be impounded for failure to make payment arrangements.”

While he understands why the device was placed on his car, Foley wishes he had been given more information.

“The only thing I wish that happened differently was that I received either a warning about the barnacle prior to it being put on my car or something telling me what it was when it was first put on my car,” he said.

Before barnacles, car wheel boots are used. According to Glavnik, barnacles are more customer friendly because they are easier to remove.

To remove the device, students must call the phone number on the barnacle and pay a fine. If there is any attempt to tamper with the device or move the vehicle, the company will notify Campus Safety.

“The fine to have the barnacle removed was the total amount money owed for the citations, as well as a $100 fee that campus safety returns after the barnacle is taken off and returned,” Foley said.

Campus Safety is suspicious that some students are not registering their vehicles, and the department hopes that by cracking down on illegally parked vehicles it will benefit students who are abiding by the rules.

They also hope to release a clearer parking map for students.

“Students can know we are in the process of revamping our parking policy,” he said. “I want to make parking as simple as possible.”

‘Agribusiness’ about good stewardship: 15 students needed to begin new business concentration

By Lexie DiRezze Staff Writer

Business professor Griff Lindell makes an appearance in a suit. But students will be graduating with “mud on their boots” due to a new agricultural concentration being implemented at Corban for the year of 2018.

The global demand for food is rising, and this need will be more prevalent in the coming years. The agribusiness program has a solution.

“We have statistics that tell us by 2020, 57,000 jobs will be needed in agricultural business or management, but only 34,000 [graduates] will have an agricultural degree,” Lindell said.

With the world population estimated to quadruple over the next century, agricultural business major students will have the opportunity to meet the new desperate need, Lindell said.

Sitting in an abundance of rich soil, Corban is the perfect place for such a program to take place, teaching students to be good stewards in the land God created.

Lindell is excited for the program.

“We are in the Willamate Valley — this is God’s right place and time, and we are situated to meet a need,” he said.

The new degree concentration is practical. Lindell hopes the program will help students develop skills to cultivate land and produce food for the masses.

The new Hoff School of Business concentration will be available in the fall of 2018. Corban will be the only Christian university to offer such a program on the West Coast, hopefully making it a draw for prospective students.

The program requires students to gain six hours of internship credit along with in-class courses concentrated on science and business.

Lindell said students will take courses like advanced economics and marketing sales, as well as engage in internships in industries, such as ranch, forestry and farm management. These internships can be divided between management and production of agriculture in hopes of showing students both sides of the industry.

“We want students to have hands-on experience,” Lindell said.

Fifteen new freshmen are needed for the program to begin. Lindell wants current students to get in touch with their high school peers who are actively involved with FFA, FBLA and those who enjoy the business aspect of agricultural development.

While the search for the program chair continues, it is clear the position will be different than other department chairs. The duty of the program chair will include teaching students, as well as connecting with FFA and high school agricultural teachers.

Corban students who are interested in earning the concentration should talk to Lindell.

According to Lindell, the agribusiness program has been in the works for a while. Because agricultural business is an industry requiring large amounts of financial resources, university leadership wanted to make agricultural business a concentration and build it from there once funds are raised.

There will be three steps to the program — one of which has already been started. The first is to implement the program as a concentration within the business major along with the four concentrations already offered — accounting, leadership and management, marketing and sports recreation management.

The second step includes making agricultural business a sole major rather than a concentration, and the final step is implementing agribusiness as a new college of agricultural studies within Corban.

DO WHAT YOU LOVE Editor and assistant editor positions are available for “The Hilltop” print newspaper, online publication, yearbook and photography.

Each position is a year-long commitment and includes a scholarship.

If interested, contact Katrina Delamarter at kdelamarter@corban.edu no later than Wednesday, April 11. Applications are due Tuesday, April 17.

NEWS BRIEFS Multiple casualties after bridge collapse in Florida A pedestrian bridge that connects Sweetwater, Florida and Miami, Florida collapsed and trapped multiple vehicles on Thursday, March 15.

The bridge had only been installed five days prior at Florida International University, but it wasn’t yet open to the public.

The local Police and Fire departments participated in rescue efforts after the collapse. The six victims killed by the collapse were identified on Saturday, March 18.

Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking dies at 76 Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking died at his home on Wednesday, March 14. Diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when he was just 21, Hawking defied doctor’s expectations by living until 76.

Hawking will be remembered for many of his renowned achievements in his life such as his discoveries about black holes, proving that time had a beginning, and his advancements with physics.

Students demand gun control, mourn Parkland victims with National Walkout Students throughout the country gathered for National Walkout Day on March 14 to demand stricter gun laws and to mourn 17 students and faculty who were killed in the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The walkout occured on the one-month anniversary of the shooting.

The protest started at 10 a.m., with 17 minutes of silence — one minute for each person who was killed.

Students publicly protested with pinwheels, silence, political rallies and voiced their opinions significantly to listeners and legislators on social media. The hashtags #NationalWalkoutDay and #WalkoutDay flooded social media throughout the event.

Vehicle break-ins increase around campus Mike Roth, director of Campus Safety, sent out an all-campus email on March 16 advising students to be aware of vehicle break-ins on and off campus.

Students are advised to keep their vehicles locked as well as keep their valuables out of sight. If any students have information about the break-ins, they are encouraged to contact Campus Safety at 503-510-6430.

March 21, 2018| The Hilltop

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Saying goodbye to AMBEX after ten years

By Lily Shaver Staff Writer

After a decade, AMBEX, the study abroad program based in Regensburg, Germany, will no longer be offered to Corban students due to a lack of interest. English professor John Wilson, who taught AMBEX students five times, hopes the program will make a comeback.

“I’ve asked to be a part of any reforming committee,” Wilson said.

In addition to taking core classes, AMBEX students were immersed in the culture they were learning about. While this is the last semester AMBEX will be offered for students, its influence will live on for students and professors alike.

English professor Collete Tennant visited the program twice as an art instructor.

“We have gorgeous views in Oregon,” Tennant said, “but the views of the Italian Riviera are fabulous — like out of a dream.”

Italy is Tennant’s favorite spot because of “the warmth of the people, the beauty of the environment and, of course, the food.”

Once when she was on a stroll through Florence with students, she had one of her favorite meals.

“We saw this little Italian restaurant off the beaten path, and we went in and had the best meal ever,” Tennant said. “A white lasagna. [It was] really the best meal ever.”

Ministry professor Annette Harrison recently returned from a trip with the program, teaching Christian worldview. It was her first time teaching at AMBEX. “Germans really love order and cleanliness, and they love efficiency,” she said. “And they love directness. A lot of Americans would go along with these values, but Germans take it to another level.”

The first two times Wilson went, he taught History of Art and Modern European Literature. He preferred teaching art because he was able to spend a week in Italy.

Wilson would travel back to “Italy in a heartbeat,” he said, “because I love Italy and I love teaching the art,” Wilson said. “A lot of the cities in Italy and Regensburg were medieval cities, so the architecture was certainly unique.”

Wilson recommends walking around when people go abroad.

“You see more in a short period of time, but there’s a new wonder around every corner,” he said.

Regensburg is a favorite city of his.

“It was a medieval city,” he said. “It’s just the right size; it’s along this beautiful river; and it has so much of the medieval components, with a modern presence as well. I love Europe.

There are just so many things. It’s like a buffet of architectural cultural wonders.”

Crystal Reifschneider went to AMBEX in spring 2016.

Photo courtesy of Jade Pham Former AMBEX students pose for a picture in an empty frame while they explore the German National Museum in spring of 2016.

“My favorite thing Dr. Wilson did was spend time with us outside of the classroom,” Reifschneider said. “He would go into the town with us and allowed us to show him a fun bakery, and he would eat dinner with us every night, making an effort to connect beyond academics. He even took a face swap selfie with me, which turned out hilarious and showed his humility as our professor.”

The connection of studies and her surroundings affected her the most.

“AMBEX was so amazing and worth it, because of the travel experience paired with relevant academic studies,” Reifschneider said. “Dr. Wilson played a huge part in this because we were able to study literature from the countries we were visiting and relate this information to our travels. He brought the literature to life through the environment and experiences.”

Lisa White was another student who experienced AMBEX with Wilson. She attended in 2016 as well.

“He would love to talk about any of the pieces we were going

over,” White said, “especially ‘Dante’s Inferno’ because that’s Wilson’s absolute favorite.”

Kyrie Schroeder appreciated the way Wilson was present throughout her AMBEX experience.

“We would have dinner with him, and we got to go to the store with him,” Schroeder said. “The professors were involved in our everyday lives, not just the academic. That made Professor Wilson a really understanding professor, because he knew how busy we were, or he knew that we wanted to spend this day touring this place, so he was very flexible with deadlines and schedules because he was right there alongside us. He knew our lives for those two weeks.”

Now students and professors fondly have to say goodbye to the AMBEX program.

“It is a program that will be greatly missed,” Reifschneider said.

“It was a fantastic program, and, hopefully, something similar will rise from the ashes,” Wilson said.

Assesm ent day: Striving to improve

By Caitlin Connell Staff Writer

On March 14, the first “assessment day” replaced morning classes for students. The aim was to get accurate feedback about how our institution is doing as a whole. Students took different tests and surveys according to their year in school.

The goal was to “improve student learning” according to Felicia Squires, director of Assessment and Institutional Research at Corban.

“That’s the bottom line,” she said. “It’s a way to make us better.”

Freshmen and sophomores took two surveys. The first was the Student Satisfaction Inventory (SSI), which measured student’s satisfaction with the institution as a whole, and the Information Literacy Assessment Survey (ILAS) measured the students’ ability to identify sorts of information. Juniors and seniors also took the SSI. Juniors took the Educational Testing Service Proficiency Profile, instead of ILAS, which tested the quality of general education classes.

Seniors took the SSI, College Senior Survey, and a Major Field Test, which tested specific major departments.

“What assessment day does,” Squires said, “is it takes all those inventories and surveys that students were doing throughout the year, and it puts them all on one day, so we don’t have to hound you over email, and we get a better return.”

A few students voiced negative feelings, especially about the lack of communication ahead of time.

“The part of assessment day that makes it

frustrating and gives us no desire to go is that [Corban] didn’t inform us very well,” Julia Donner said.

Another concern was the lengthy time commitment.

“I find it frustrating that it’s four hours long when I don’t even have four hours of class that day,” Nicole Stone said.

There was a feeling of unpreparedness even during the scheduled time.

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“I think the assessment day is a good idea,” Taylor Peterson said. “But there was a lot of waiting time between surveys and tests. That was frustrating to me because I had no idea what to expect or that I needed to be prepared for those breaks.”

In the past, Corban has done institutional assessments in different ways, including during classes such as American Thought and Western Thought. Due to changes in core requirements, however, not all students were being included in that.

“If everybody can just have patience and grace, especially with me,” Squires said. “It’s new, and I’m an office of one.”

There were mixed reactions from students who attended the event.

“As a junior-senior student, taking a simple assessment really wasn’t too big of an inconvenience to anyone,” Mio Beard said. “I think some people were quick to overreact to the change of routine, but it’s nice being able to give honest feedback on our university as a whole.”

Some students made the most of the day despite a lack of desire to give up time in such busy schedules.

“I wasn’t against assessment day, and I thought it would be beneficial, so I went,” Alexis Gonzales said. “I like that Corban is seeking to hear our voices and being open to how they can improve or what they are doing well.”

Students also had the opportunity to participate in activities within their departments following the surveys.

“Assessment day was much better than everyone was building it up to be,” Brendan Fugere said. “Getting together with my entire department was enjoyable. We spent an extra hour debating the definitions of the terms and the ideals of libertarianism.”

“I really believe in it,” Squires said. “I haven’t always, so I’m very sympathetic to people who are skeptical.”

The idea was to include as many students as possible, and cancelling classes for an assessment day was the idea approved to do that.

“I think there really are positive benefits,” Squires said. “So I try to talk more about the positives. Improving student learning — that’s what we do. If we’re not doing that, then why are we here?”

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Middle Part

By Joshua Heisey She always had a middle part not quite in the middle.

Tall, thin, and poor form when lifting weights.

When we look at each other it’s blank faces and lips scrunched for comedic effect.

Every time a woman straightens her hair I think she got it cut.

I still ask if you cut your hair when I know you straightened it, just because it makes you laugh.

You aren’t mine like the stuffed cat I stole from my sister.

I gave you back this time.

Drew’s New York Cheesecake

By Drew Larabee

Handlettering

By Lauren Messmer

Makes one 9-in. cheesecake. Serves 14-16.

Crust 9 graham crackers, crushed 3 Tbs granulated sugar 4 Tbs butter, melted

Filling 4 8-oz packages cream cheese, softened to roo 1 cup granulated sugar 1 Tbs vanilla extract 1/2 cup sour cream 5 eggs 2 tsp lemon zest 1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped

Preheat oven to 325 F. Adjust rack to middle Place parchment paper cut to size and shape on of 9-in. springform non-stick pan.

Birth of My Eyes

By Tim Ethell

Artist’s note: Color is one of the most integral structures of our imagination. As humans, we often consume color. It is something I take for granted sometimes. Painted with acrylics atop gessoed tissue paper, on canvas, this piece dedicates the birth of my eyes; I wish to see the color in context of the blood of Christ. This piece was part of a vision that God

gave me. I saw chaos and the blood of God (YHWH) Himself, bringing color to the stark black, white and grey world I felt like I was living in. Through color, God comforts me.

Symbols: The snake symbolizes the temptation of the darkness in our lives when we listen to it.

The word written in blood, says YHWH, the word for God.

The Tennant of PV102

By Isaac Engle

Walking into the room like a cheerfully busy narrative paper, She stops like a sentence fragment at the desk.

Gold cats sprinkle her black shirt, Like specific details embedded into a paragraph.

Killing clichés, laughing and kindly Threatening to rap us on the knuckles For leaving out our commas.

Snappy intros grab our attention.

Then Laughing With all the energy of a free-write, She knocks us down with a punchy conclusion.

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Composition: This is Our Land

By Cody Pennington

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There’s a face of a clocktower that ticks all day long It watches and wonders at all the passers-by Bustle of Chapel Crackling warmth, of the first day of school Hard lessons First sights Warm hugs Ended relationships Dashed hopes Bottomless stress Mongolian Midnight walks Quiet friends Unearned love Deep conversations Unexpected joy Budding dreams Tick, Tick, Tick, Goes the clock face Thump, Thump, Thump, Go the hearts Make a Difference

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March 21, 2018 | The Hilltop

Aramark: ‘God needs Christians everywhere

Parker Hollingshead wipes down tables in the dining hall during her shift.

By Chiara Elena Romero Staff Writer

Student dining hall workers sweat. They hustle. They grind. Many students and staff might even take for granted the services provided each day in the dining hall from washing hundreds of dishes to upkeeping the maitenence around campus.

Ethan Miller first started working in the dining hall last semester.

With him, he brought experience working at a Christian camp for over a year.

Miller never chose dish washing; it simply fell into place for him when he first began washing dishes at a Christian camp and then on campus.

“When I first started dishwashing,” Miller said, “I hated it. It was very monotonous and not enough variety. If you’re not used to it and don’t have an active imagination, it can get quite boring.”

He slowly took on a neutral mindset of dishwashing in the dining hall.

“The people I work with are nice,” he said. “A lot of people give [Aramark] a bad rap in terms of food quality, but, compared to the food served at camp, it is of much higher quality.”

Rachael Young, a cashier, deals with tasks such as wiping tables, cleaning counters, restocking cereal and milk, restocking fruit and silverware and napkins. Young believes there is an aspect to her job that people often overlook.

“It can get pretty stressful when lots of people come in and I’m wip-

ing tables,” she said. “You have to go back and forth and make sure you are paying equal amounts of attention to each task; I even had to deal with a dinner rush before.”

Although the task can be daunting for Young, she is grateful for the financial help her job provides. “It provides me money,” Young said. “Without this aid, Corban might not even be possible.”

Parker Hollingshead, a dishwasher last semester and a cashier this semester, agrees with Young’s perspective of people overlooking details of student workers’ jobs.

“Cashiers fill salt and pepper shakers, little details not everyone thinks of,” Photo by Michaela Sanderson Hollingshead said. “One day I walked into work and the other cashier who worked the 7:30- 8:30 a.m. shift was filling up the napkin holders, the little details that cashiers do.”

Hollingshead could not think of anything she disliked about her job.

“Corban’s people are pretty awesome people,” she said. “I like the people I work for. People are authentically nice to you and genuinely care.”

What Hollingshead also appreciates about the job is acquainting herself with people. “You get to know a lot of people really fast because you are seeing the same people at the same time,” she said.

Despite the good and bad elements of the job, these students see God in their work.

“God’s taught me the joys of His labors,” Miller said. “When I started washing dishes at camp and Aramark, I was arrogant and God humbled me.”

Young sees God reflected in her work through conversations with people. “I witness fellowships of meals and having Bible studies,” she said.

In addition to God working through people, Young has experienced God working through her. “God gives me the strength to make it through my shift and get my tasks done,” she said.

Hollingshead shares Young’s perspective.

“We’re all here on this campus to celebrate Him,” she said. “God needs Christians everywhere. He needs people to rinse dishes, cut up fruit and vegetables, change salt shakers. We’re here to learn about God but, in order to do that, someone needs to feed you.”

A place to grow for both students and vegetables

By Megan Trahan Staff Writer

The Corban Community Garden is “a unique opportunity for students to get involved in an activity they don’t typically have at Corban,” Ben Pearson, associate dean of Community Engagement, said.

The garden was created in April of 2014 to cultivate produce for the hungry, and the majority of the food is donated to Marion-Polk Food Share. It also serves as a place where students can serve or simply enjoy through tasting and tending.

“I’ve always enjoyed working outside, and when there are other people who also like that, it’s pretty neat,” Eli Welter, a student who serves at the garden, said.

Pearson helped turn a field into a large garden. “[It was] me as a staff member having an idea and a student having an idea, and us coming together and collaborating and eventually being able to provide this for Corban students,” Pearson said, to explain how he helped turn a field into a large garden.

He attributed the success and creation of the garden to the students.

“The work of students and the curiosity of students manifested itself in a garden,” he said.”We want to make sure, as followers of Jesus Christ, that we are producing high quality food that is diverse in nature.”

They have cultivated heirloom varieties of tomatoes and other vegetables, some of which are almost extinct. These are varieties that you won’t usually find in supermarkets.

“Hopefully, by the food we grow, by the variety of food as well, we are communicating dignity to those in need,” Pearson said.

“One of the reasons we grow certain types of vegetables is to inspire awe in students,” Pearson said. “If people have awe, it causes them to worship the Lord and see Him differently or more richly; [to see] the uniqueness of His creation. I think that’s a good thing.”

Serving in the garden is also an option for a REACH project.

According to Pearson, students “get to serve with a lot of your peers in a different context than you usually do” and “partake in the abundance of the garden.”

In addition to fulfilling REACH credits, students find serving in the garden to be an enjoyable activity.

At the garden, students will “spend a lot of time with your feet in the mud,” Pearson said.

“A lot of it is helping plants thrive and helping improve the garden beds as well,” Pearson said. “[We] always seem to be constructing something, tending to something, repairing something.”

“My favorite part of the garden is the basic processes of life. It’s so simple but so complex,” Anne Marie Christensen, a student who spends her time in the garden, said.

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Photo by Megan Trahan Anne Marie Christensen spends her afternoon weeding the garden to prepare for spring planting.

“Life is really big, and there are always a lot of things going on: socially, emotionally, mentally, physically,” Christensen said, “but here, [at the garden] life is at its most basic, but it’s also really complex.

How Do You Say...?

“What is your favorite school subject?”

- Apa pelajaran kesukaanmu?

“It’s nice to meet you!”

- Senang bertemu dengan kamu!

“I love you!”

- Aku cinta kamu!

Jess sayin’

By Jessica Abbott Columnist

Last Thanksgiving, rather than going home for a few days, I stayed in town.

Instead of taking on the invitations of being with other people’s families, I had a house to myself for three or four days, and I had big plans of being alone and productive during all of it.

The semester had been overwhelming, and I needed time to reflect and process it all, and I could only do that on my own.

But, after spending half a day alone, I started craving people. Not in the cannibalistic sense of salivating for a hand, but in the social way of desiring others around me.

Long story short, I ended up filling my weekend of alone time intended for me to recuperate from the stress of the semester with anything but time to reflect.

I went to coffee shops. I visited friends. I had friends over. I didn’t go a single day alone.

It’s okay though. I’m an extrovert, I say ironically.

Clearly my refusal to be alone is because I’m so extroverted. I can’t even handle the thought of introvert-ing. My insistence on distracting myself with others during the time when I most needed to be focused on myself is just a part of my personality! I don’t need to try to address it because it can’t be a problem if I attribute it to a trait!

Spoiler alert: I did need to address it.

Because we all need to work to better ourselves, not remain stagnant because a personality test tells us we are something.

Your label of an “extrovert” does not place you in a box of socializing. It does not excuse your use of people as a distraction.

Your label of an “introvert” does not mean you need to keep yourself in your head. It does not excuse an unhealthy degree of isolation.

No label is ever, or should ever be, an excuse for harmful behavior or complacency. They may be explanations, but they should not be stopping points.

Also, stop turning these words into verbs as if you, as an introvert or extrovert, uniquely need time to do what the other does.

“I’ve been running around living life and interacting with people all day. It’s time for some introverting.”

“I’ve been alone in my room watching ‘Parks & Rec’ all day. Maybe I should extrovert.”

Wow! It’s almost like all people need to be around other people, but also need a break sometimes. It’s almost like we all have social and personal aspects to ourselves.

Stop giving these words more weight than they deserve. Stop giving the impression that people have to fit into a box,and anything they do or need outside of a few letters is contrary to their nature.

March 21, 2018 | The Hilltop

By Hannah Brumage Staff Writer

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The BARN

What you can do...

Woodshop: The Barn has a full-fledged woodshop. They are also equipped to do wood burning and nearly anything

The Gallery: Every month the Barn showcases a new local artist’s work in the gallery.

Painting and drawing: Lea Huizenga was initially drawn to the Barn because she wanted to try woodworking.

“When I found out what the vision was,” she said, “I was even more excited. I really wanted to be part of bringing those ideas to life.”

Huizenga believes the Barn is more than just a job.

“I really love the people I get to interact with,” she said. “The Barn brings together all types of students, some who would never have met each other otherwise.”

The Barn offers supplies for classic painting and drawing needs. They have watercolor paints, acrylics and plenty of brushes and pencils.

Buttons and beads: Photo courtesy of Brenda Roth The Barn started out as a storage shed before being turned into the creative space it is today.

How it all began...

By Lexie DiRezze Staff Writer

Brenna Brutscher, art supervisor, always wanted to do something artistic with her degree in studio art from George Fox. For the Barn, now in its third year, Brutscher has bigger plans.

“Art can be one thing by itself,” she said. “But it’s [also] that we’re connecting it to human experiences.”

Brutscher’s next goal for the Barn is to incorporate clay and ceramics.

“I’m working on getting a kiln to keep ceramic stuff going,” Brutscher said. “Clay is one of the most approachable mediums we can come in contact with.”

A space for students to craft art, a gathering place for thought and a hands-on learning environment, the Barn has come a long way from where it started.

It was once just a storage facility for milk and potatoes.

According to Brenda Roth, vice president of Student Life, there isn’t as much known about the first developments of the barn structure because it was here before it was Corban’s, when it was a tuberculosis hospital. Digging through the Oregon Historical Society archives, Roth came to understand more about the barn’s background.

A record dated back to 1911, determining inventory of milk, potatoes and horses, explains that the barn was built in the late 1800s.

“When I was a student at Corban, the Barn was a storage facility, and I never thought twice about it,” Savannah Nix, an alumna, said. “The building was a funky pale yellowish color and students had no purpose being there.”

Through years of hard work, an abundance of dreaming and a great deal of planning, the Barn has been transformed from a storage shed to a space where students can get in touch with their imagination and cultivate their curiosity.

The Barn has been cosmetically renovated throughout the years, and one renovation from 1940 would become the current Design Lab, where students participate in art workshops and discussion forums.

From a storage shed to a creative spot, the Barn has come a long way. In 2008, the idea for the current use

Sewing:

of the building was sparked with a question about curiosity.

“Are we allowing our students to become courageous through curiosity and creativity?” Roth asked herself.

“Our curiosity drives us,” Roth said. “With the right empowerment and support, curiosity is extremely powerful.”

Once these ideas were cultivated, Roth and the cabinet came to acknowledge that the old barn was the place where they could allow this creativity to grow, but it took seven years to go from dream to reality.

In the summer of 2015, Roth, along with some volunteers, cleaned, gutted and painted the barn in hopes that this would put them one step closer to opening a place for students to carry out their visions.

“We knew curiosity, creativity and courage were our three main motivators, so we just said, ‘join us,’” Roth said.

When the Barn was first opened in the fall of 2015, Roth first noticed that students loved the artistic workshops, the availability to paint the ideas in their minds and the opportunity to draw out their imagination.

“The Barn seems to be a place to get away from the hustle and bustle and a place to take time to create and engage,” Nix said.

Today, the Student Life team hopes the Barn will be a student-oriented space where any type of curiosity can be cultivated.

The Barn has come a long way from a storage facility, and Roth hopes it can continue to evolve. “[The Barn] is an intellectual curiosity space,” she said.

Where it is now...

By Jeslyn Pool Staff Writer

Four color splattered tables, the smell of fresh wood and paint, a whiteboard that refuses to erase easily and a regular stream of comforting chatter and chill music: the Barn is a sanctuary of sorts to many on campus.

“It’s perhaps the only place on campus where we encourage people to make a mess, make mistakes, wrestle with ideas or projects and focus on what you gain in the journey rather than the outcome,” Brenna Brutscher said.

The artistic journey is different for many people too.

With hand lettering classes, milkshed symposiums,trivia night, woodblock printing, watercolor demonstrations and oil painting demonstrations, there’s plenty to be learned from the Barn.

“To me, the Barn is a place to relax, take a break from homework, and get a taste of God’s joy for creating in the presence of good com-

pany,” Danielle Peterson, one of the shopkeepers at the barn, said.

“One of the most common reasons I hear of people not coming to the Barn is because ‘[they’re] not artistic,’” Brutcher said. “And, while I understand what they mean to say, I simply have to disagree.”

Brutscher, who graduated from George Fox University with degrees in studio art and Spanish, explained the term “artistic” has changed its meaning over and over, throughout history.

“All of this aside, I hope that our preconceived notions of art would not keep us from trying new things, exploring new media and perhaps arriving at a different place than we intended.” Brutscher said.

Brutscher hopes to see more and more people adventuring down to the Barn.

“I’ve been excited to see how many individuals come for projects, assignments, exploration or as a creative outlet,” she said. “I

hope to see a larger group of people become engaged in activities at the Barn or even utilize it as a space on campus that is viable for meetings, gatherings, team build-

Not only can you make cute buttons with their handy dandy button maker, but they also have beads you can use to create bracelets, keychains, etc.

ing. I also really want to start a night where people can gather to have tea. There should be more tea flowing in places like this.”

Photo by Michaela Sanderson The Barn appears in its current state on Corban’s campus.

If you want to create some fabric magic, the Barn has a sewing machine, thread and a large assortment of fabrics.

Odds and ends: There are boxes full of shells, Legos, pipe cleaners, old magazines, stones and more, allowing imaginations to run wild.

Gary Holzhouser, master shopkeeper, and Maggie, his black lab with gray around the edges, were with Corban before the Barn. When he heard about the project three years ago, Holzhouser jumped at the opportunity to be the master shopkeeper.

“I like being in an atmosphere of learning and instructing and asking questions,” he said. “I like stimulating thoughts and possibilities.”

Holzhouser loves the patrons.

“Even though I like working with wood, I enjoy the relationships,” he said. “The wood never says anything back.”

Maggie, a therapy dog trained to work with at-risk kids, comes to work with her owner nearly every day and soaks up attention from the guests.

Jessica Abbott doesn’t think of herself as an artistic person, but she knew working at the Barn would allow her to develop her more artistic side no matter how small it was. She often finds herself experimenting with the available materials on the many shelves.

“I just love trying different things,” she said. “I de-barked a log down there once.”

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The Hilltop | March 21, 2018

‘Alice’: Delightful reweaving of Wonderland

By Jeslyn Pool Staff Writer

“Lonely,” said the Griffin. “I know what that word means.”

Alumna Rachel Ost’s first original play, “Alice” was a delightful reweaving of a familiar tale full of heartwarming and heartbreaking life-like experiences and emotions. It was easy to see how she could have described the work as an interpretation of growing up in her 20s.

Thought-provoking questions were raised, surprisingly deep sayings were coined and real questions of identity were brought up as the audience experienced this coming-of-age story.

Heather Bellinger portrayed Alice as a sweet, thoughtful girl who feels very lost in a world full of bitterness, anger and harsh expectations.

“Where are you going, Alice?” and “Who are you?” were questions that seemed to pummel the young girl on every side: the real world and the fantasy one. Aren’t these questions many can relate to in this stage of life?

“Where are you going with your life?”

“Who are you going to be?”

It can seem quite overwhelming, and Bellinger portrayed that with a beautiful child-like innocence for her character.

“I don’t think I have enough courage to be brave,” Alice said in Act One. “What is brave?” the Griffin asked later in the act, and bravery was a theme evident throughout the play. Ost explores the concept of being brave while still fearful. Standing up to a nightmare doesn’t require that one be dauntless, just brave. Almost all the characters have to bravely face their fears at one time or another.

Identity, however, is perhaps the strongest theme woven within the work.

“Your hat is you and you are it,” the Mad Hatter said.

By using hats to represent identity, Ost gives the audience a visual representation of each character. Whether they’re mad and absurd, like the Mad Hatter, simple and not straying from what they know, like the March Hare, or soft, tender-hearted and flexible like the Dormouse, nearly everyone in this world knows who they are and anyone who looks at them

can tell.

For Alice, who still doesn’t know what or who she is, however, this is an intimidating concept that she’s not sure she likes at the beginning.

She doesn’t understand why she needs a hat, and she doesn’t quite believe that one is custom made for her. Like anyone who isn’t secure in their identity, she is defensive at first, but, when confronted by it, she finally accepts it.

The use of lighting and sound effects also added greatly to the play. Flickering lights, eerie chimes, blood red floodlights and a single white spotlight spoke as loudly as the memorable quotes themselves. The simple, movable set also seemed to make the ever changing environment that Alice was growing up in come to life and kept the audience unsure as well. The walls of the garden danced around the stage like the walls of Alice’s worldview, and beliefs were moving and shifting in her.

Mastering the art of anticipation, the Red Queen doesn’t enter the stage until the second act, and, when she does, Ost uses her to draw chilling parallels between the antagonist and

protagonist. A far more mature and violent creature, the Red Queen is still undoubtedly an outcome that Alice could lean toward.

Parallels are drawn throughout the play, between the March Hare and the White Rabbit in their fear of straying from the unknown, the King and the Cheshire Cat in their clever advisory roles to the opposing parties, and the Griffin and the Knave in their defensive and offensive positions. They all have identities that they have chosen or they are choosing to make for themselves. It’s clear that any of them could have turned out quite differently were they to have made different decisions.

Everyone knows what lonely means. Everyone knows what afraid means. But many are still learning what brave and noble and identity mean. As Alice learns what her place in the world ought to be, the audience is left questioning, “I wonder what my hat would be? I wonder who I’m supposed to be?” right along with Ost and her Alice.

Tay-ke it or leave it

By Taylor Shaw Columnist

What’s the best way to roast a marshmallow?

Well, I’m a purist, so I think getting it golden brown is best, but, when in doubt, stick to the basics of roasting: 1. Tell it that it’s stupid.

2. Make fun of its lack of ability to think for itself.

3. Tell it that it’s inanimate.

What is the best (or worst pickup line?

“Are you a snake, because SSssssSSSsssSSSsssssssSSSSss.” (This works with other animals and animal noises, too, but I find the snake the most charming.)

What’s a good way to relieve stress?

Photo by Michaela Sanderson The Mad Hatter, played by Luke Douglas, tries to find a hat for Alice, played by Heather Bellinger.

Photography, poetry, painting mix in art show

By Chiara Elena Romero Staff Writer

What do “Bright Lights in a Black Sea,” “City of Angels” and “Breakfast Bread” have in common?

More than you think. They are all titles of poems that appeared in this year’s Fusion Art Show, which had 54 student participants.

Each year, English professor Colette Tennant asks students in her creative writing class to choose one of their poems to be illustrated by other students. In turn, she asks other students with photographic eyes or a knack for painting to interpret those poems.

Some students have been participating for as many as five years; for others it was their first year. This was Timothy Ethell’s fifth Fusion Art Show presentation. His painting was based on Eli Welter’s poem, “Bright Lights in a Black Sea.” “I wanted to paint an impressionist style,” he said, “and get a feel for the texture, colors and melody of the poem.”

Holly Wiegand, an alumna was in the show again.

“I am grateful to Tennant,” she said, “for allowing me to participate in

Photo by Michaela Sanderson Missy LeDoux reads her poem, “Lies the weatherman told me.”

my fifth Fusion Art Show and extend my love and encouragement to my fellow artists, writers and friends.”

For basketball player Chris Martin, this was his first time writing poetry for the show. He wrote a poem based on his hometown, Los Angles, which is known as the “City of Angels.”

“While in Dr. Tennant’s class, I gained an interest in poetry,” he said. “‘City of Angels’ is special to me because I’ll never forget where I came from.”

Painter Roxanne Bodenbender interpreted Martin’s poem. She painted a classic red Mustang with a backdrop of blue sky and green grass.

“I painted it the way I did,” Bodenbender said, “because my grandmother used to take me and my siblings and ride in the back of this red Mustang in L.A. It’s important for people to not forget where they came from.”

Another first time participant was Rachel Stadeli, who wrote “Breakfast Bread.”

“It was written about my very large Swiss family,” she said. “I’m an English major, with a family filled with lawyers and business people, so I’m most like the black sheep. I don’t fit in, but I love them anyway.”

Students in Tennant’s creative writing class last semester voted on “Pitch the Sky” from Welter’s poem for the title for this year’s show.

“We chose the title ‘Pitch the Sky,’” Tennant said, “because it captures the eclectic, unpredictable, light-filled mixture of art that happens when those three genres (poetry, photography, and painting) are combined.”

Rachael Young and Sara Malesich thoroughly enjoyed the show.

“I thought it was amazing what the students came up with,” Malesich said. “Every poem had a story, and I loved seeing how the photographers and artists interpreted that story and expressed it through their art! It was great to see that creativity and talent among the student body here at Corban.”

“I enjoyed how unique each piece was,” Young said. “Each poem had a playful element. It was a nice balance between serious and playful.”

Overall, Ethell and Tennant appreciate the art show because various talents can be used to glorify God. “I love drawing beauty out of the word; bearing the weight of His glory,” Ethell said.

“The generosity of God in blessing our students with creativity never fails to amaze me,” Tennant said. “The Fusion Art Show is a meaningful way to celebrate God’s abundance on campus.”

I find a barbaric “yawp” to be helpful.

(Although I would suggest not doing it when surrounded by strangers or when your roommate is sleeping.) Other strategies could include stress-baking, watching Netflix while taking a bath, driving into the distance, planning campaign strategies for your iguana’s presidency, catfishing world leaders or reading Craigslist missed connections.

I’m thinking of getting a tattoo.

What should I get, and where?

Leviticus 19:28 on your neck. In comic sans.

How can I get that cute guy/girl to notice me?

There are two strategies you can go with: 1. Send them assorted memes and pictures of Nicolas Cage through the mail anonymously. Send the memes frequently, but not every day. Carry this on for months, never mentioning it in person. Then, abruptly stop sending the memes. Wait 12 days, 13 hours, and 47 minutes, then, go up to them, hand them the golden meme*, and say, I just wanted you to notice meme.

2. Play hard to get. Like really hard to get. Avoid classes together, being in the same room, even being on campus at the same time. Change names, dye your hair, unfriend them on Facebook and move to a different continent.

That’ll work for sure. *The golden meme is the meme greater than any other meme.

Students who want Taylor’s advice can drop their own questions in her box in the coffee shop.

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Q & A WITH

Kris Jackson & Jessie Isham 1. It was the game my dad played when I was growing up. He played softball. I would be the bat boy for his team, and I would warm up his teammates and him because I loved to play catch.

After that, I always liked to play baseball and told my parents I wanted to play in the major leagues.

3. My goal for the season is to make it to the conference tournament. I want to do everything I can to have this team win this season.

1. What led you to play baseball/softball?

2. My favorite memory of baseball is throwing a no-hitter in Bend two years ago. It was my first start in Bend, and it was against the Corvallis Knights.

4. The best thing is the small community that keeps track of us and asks how we are doing. All the teachers know who I am and love to hear how the baseball team is doing. Also, I like being a Warrior because I get to play for God and use the talents He has given me.

2. What is your favorite memory of baseball/ softball?

3. What are your goals for this season?

4. What do you love about being a Warrior?

Photo by Kira McClary Jocelyn Dacuag helps a high school participant during the coaches’ clinic March 17 at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem.

Warrior golf serves Salem-Keizer schools

By Danielle Morseman Staff Writer

1. I’ve been playing softball ever since I was little. My dad played baseball in college, and, ever since I could hold a bat, I loved the game. I always aspired to be like him, and softball was something we bonded over. My parents got me into softball when I was little, and, even though it could be really difficult to keep with it at times, I am so glad I did because God has led me to some great places with softball.

3. This season, our overall goal will be to win the national championship, but we have small goals along the way that we hope to accomplish as well. Something I love about Corban is that we can have a team goal, but we also have personal goals we bring to the softball field, like glorifying God in everything we do.

2. My favorite memory of softball actually isn’t even while playing softball. My favorite memories are easily the times that I get to hang out with my teammates, and we laugh until we cry: whether we are on the long bus rides or extended flights or playing bus karaoke or when our games get delayed and we get to play hacky sack.

4. When I think of warriors I think of fighters, people who persevere through any challenge life throws at them. I think of people with courage and honor and integrity and respect. Corban represents all of these aspects, and I think we can please God through our warrior-like efforts and actions. Being a Warrior has changed my life, and I thank God every day for leading me to this little slice of heaven on a hill.

Coach Charlie Marshall and the women’s golf team hosted the first annual coaches’ clinic in the Willamette Valley.

Free to Salem and Keizer school district coaches, participants learned more ways to better their athletes with different drills and skills. Coaches and players from West Salem High School, Salem Academy and Stayton High School attended the two-hour clinic on Saturday, March 17, at the Creekside Golf Club in Salem.

“I felt it went better than expected,” Marshall said. “I think for our first time, having a smaller group of attendees was perfect. Feedback from the coaches who came were very positive. Being able to give back to the com-

munity was my primary goal of this clinic, and I believe this was accomplished.”

Along with the schools that participated, Marshall also had four of his own players help out the entire time and some came later on to help with individual players.

Shawn Stanley, West Salem’s women’s golf head coach appreciated the clinic.

“I would encourage any coach and his or her players to attend,” he said. “I learned some great drills, and so did my girls. Most importantly, they interacted with the amazing young ladies from Corban University, [and] I think they came away from the clinic inspired.”

This clinic will become an annual event for the women’s golf team.

Eide to retire after years of major advancements

By Carol Sotoj Staff Writer

Director of Athletics, Greg Eide, finished his last month at Corban on March 23 before heading into retirement.

“Retiring to me just means hitting the reset button and slowing down a little at this stage and finding another passion,” he said. “It will provide me the opportunity to continue to impact people’s lives but with a little more time freedom and flexibility.”

Eide joined Corban in 2013 and has spearheaded major improvements and advancements for the athletics department by combining his knowledge of business and his passion for university sports. Eide said that President Sheldon Nord reached out to him to consider taking the position. He made a commitment to Nord to be at Corban for 3 to 5 years and would bring Warrior Athletics to the next level.

“I felt this is what the Lord had in store for me,” Eide said.

The conclusion of those five years coincides with his wife, Debbie’s retirement from teaching and the birth of their first grandchild.

Eide hopes to have more time with his family in his retirement.

When Eide came to Corban, his goal was to positively impact the community.

“I wanted to continue doing what I had been

doing my entire life — pursue excellence,” he said. “It felt important to create programs that had healthy cultures that would create positive long term lifetime memories for our student athletes that would be competitive and at the same time honor the Lord and represent Corban well.”

Eide has touched the lives of staff and students who have interacted with him.

“I knew of him since I’ve been here at Corban for a number of years,” Susan Roth, senior athletics administrator said. “He asked me to join this department and we conversed on how this could work out and it wasn’t until last year that it did.”

Roth believes that Eide was fundamental in improving the athletic program.

“He brought Corban from an athletically mediocre department to one that was all about the experience, all it could be for student athletes,” she added. “He has done an amazing job of bringing the athletic program into a program of excellence,” Athletes have personally benefited from Eide’s leadership.

“His love for sports is intense, and it can be seen in how he runs the office and how supportive he has been of the various sport codes we have here at Corban,” soccer player Annouscka Kordom said. “He will surely be missed both in the office and the gym, or out at the field somewhere. I wish him the best in

all his endeavors after retirement.”

Apart from him being an encourager to the various teams he has worked hands on in helping set up fields when need be.

“Greg has been a huge supporter of the softball program,” Naomi Harris, member of the softball team, said. “He has worked with us to get our field looking good and risked his life to put up banners around our field. He will be greatly missed.”

Roth explained how supportive Eide has been and is to each team recounting the time when Eide took every team to Mills City, his hometown, and told them his personal story about his relationship with God and athletics.

“He connected with every team by trying his best to be at every game and be engaged with each team,” Roth said.

In 2016-17 he was named the Athletic Director of the Year by the Cascade Collegiate Conference.

“It was nice to receive the recognition from my peers in the CCC,” Eide said. “But in my mind it was a team award to be shared with our outstanding coaches, athletes and athletic staff. I have been blessed to have outstanding people around me.”

“From a competitive standpoint, we’ve never been stronger, and from an academic standpoint, our student-athletes are excelling in the classroom,” Eide said as originally reported in a Corban Athletics press release. “Most impor-

tantly, we have a healthy culture in each of our programs that models a pursuit of excellence in a manner that honors the Lord.”

President Sheldon Nord thanked Eide in a school-wide email: “I am very grateful for [Eide’s] contribution in shaping Warrior Athletics at the leadership level, building and strengthening our athletic programs, and positivity influencing our students’ lives,” Nord said.

“This hasn’t been just a job,” Eide said. “It has been a very fun journey building relationships and memories through athletics. Thanks to all who had a part in making this such a time in my life.”

Photo by Kira McClary Greg Eide’s last day as Athletic Director is this friday, March 23. He leaves with a beloved reputation.

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H U M A N S of C O R B A N KARLES BARUSA

“The village I grew up in is very small, maybe five families.

We didn’t have any schools, so at 7 years old, I left my village to get an education. I walked with my father and siblings for two weeks through the mountains to get to the school. It was very tiring. Every night we would spend an hour making a hut to sleep inand then continue to walk in the morning. If I had stayed in the village instead of going to school, I might not know much about God because I wouldn’t be able to read. I wouldn’t have the same future, because in the village, daily life is always about basic needs like eating and sleeping. Life is about surviving. I also probably would be married with children by now. When we arrived after our journey to the school, it was very hard for me to say goodbye to my father, so he could go back to the village. The first time I visited my parents after that was in 2014 when I graduated from high school. During that visit, I experienced a miracle.

I was out in the forest looking for a type of wood that I could sell, and I got lost for an entire day. There were no people. Only animals. I thought I was going to die, and I was crying in the forest by myself. I prayed and said to God, ‘If I die tonight in this way, it’s okay, but if you have a good purpose for my life and you want to use me in the future, just show me the way.’ After I prayed, something was leading me, kind of like a GPS. I found my way back home.”

AMANDA DEWART

“It was Super Bowl Sunday 2018. I was going to a meeting after the party and I got a call from my sister’s mother-in-law. She had called twice. She never does that. There was definitely a feeling that something horrible had happened. People were gathering for the meeting, but I decided to her call back. She said, ‘It’s your sister. She’s gone.’ She was only 29. I ran to the bathroom and started screaming. It took me a long time before it sank in. If it had happened at any other time than during my time at Corban, I would have felt really alone. When something unexpected and tragic happens, it doesn’t make sense at all, so it’s hard not to question God. I think the worst moment of that day was realizing that the pain I felt was multiplied since each member of my family had lost someone too. My 11-yearold nephew’s mom is gone. My parents lost a child. The last time I saw my sister was when she was in jail. I see God’s timing in it all as I look back. The jail she was in was an hour away from home, and planning visits at the right time was always hit or miss, but one day my mom and I happened to be passing through that area during her visiting hours. My mom actually had a restraining order on my sister at that time and while my mom is usually someone who has trouble forgiving and forgetting, I was really proud that day of the way my mom found the courage to visit my sister. The way they interacted was good.

My sister and I held our hands up to the plexiglass, and that was the last time I saw her alive. It was a side of her that I hadn’t seen in years. My favorite memory of her is her singing me to sleep when we were little.”

HANNAH SPEEGLE

“I think it’s so easy for Christians to say ‘I’ve struggled with this thing in the past,’ but I want to say that it’s okay to still be struggling. I still struggle with having a hard heart toward God because I had to move away from my hometown when my dad changed jobs. I lost friends, many class credits and the ability to finish the forensic psychology program that I had me heart set on. I still have a hard heart toward my dad in some ways too. I still have a hard heart toward that educational process that I feel screwed me over. But God is gracious and He is healing my heart. I pray a lot for providence because I don’t really have a plan. For a long time my life plan was so structured, but now since my mom signed me up for Corban and I somehow ended up here, everything has been out of my control. I pray for things like affordable housing and He always provides. I lived in a van this term because I really had no other option. Last year I commuted from Oregon City every day and then to West Linn for work. I was driving about two and a half hours a day. It was physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially exhausting. I knew I would have to figure out a way to live in Salem, but for almost no cost. So I bought a van in pretty good condition and I added hardwood flooring, curtains and a bed. God provided for me in that way by allowing me to go to school without going into debt. It was hard, but I learned a lot from it. Every need that I had while living in my van was met by God.”