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Dr. Gresham’s Legacy
Abby Felter, Photographer
For a quarter of a century Southern Nazarene University has thrived under the leadership of President Dr. Loren Gresham. As we celebrate this huge milestone with our fearless leader, it’s helpful to put things in perspective by looking back twenty-five years ago at what was going on in our world. Twenty-five years ago, Bart Simpson made his television debut, Taylor Swift was born and Sir Tim Berners-Lee proposed an “information management” system that would allow people to access pages hosted on computers across the globe and the world wide web came into being. 1988 was a politically active year with indictments handed down in the Iran-Contra affair, a presidential election in which George HW Bush beat out Michael Dukakis and the election of Sonny Bono as the new mayor of Palm Springs. America’s Most Wanted
aired for the first time, and Steel Magnolias was a huge hit in the box office, along with The Little Mermaid, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Rain Man, and When Harry Met Sally. The Nintendo Gameboy hit the market, and folks started using Microsoft Office and found their work routines drastically impacted by the software. Yes, right in the mix of big hair and Calvin Klein jeans, Dr. Gresham became the president of Southern Nazarene University. Although he had never really seen himself becoming the president of a university, he respected and admired the model of the Christian colleges, and he still finds them advantageous in higher education. Up until the time he was president, there had been very few presidents through all the Nazarene colleges that were not ministers. When he received the job offer, he was surprised. Point Continued on page 3
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Not Just Another Email: The Alumni Prayer Team Ashlynn McGuire, Guest Contributor else in mind. The SNU Alumni started. “I met with her the next
“Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Some may start their prayer time with this prayer, but others start it with a prayer for someone
prayer team is a group of people who go out of their way to do just that. “I was contacted by Kendra Loper late summer of 2013. She said that she felt that God was leading her to have a group of alumni pray and wondered if I would help,” said Claudine Henry, originator of the Alumni Prayer Team, about how the prayer team
week and the prayer team was started just a few weeks later - I think late August. The basic idea is that alumni and students can send in confidential requests and know that their prayers are being lifted, by name, to God.” Praying for alumni, students, and faculty is what the Alumni prayer team does every Wednesday.
“[We meet] every Wednesday at noon on the second floor of the Marchant Center. Anyone is welcomed to join in on the prayers,” said Rick Green, another member of the prayer team. “We also have a Facebook group. Look for the SNU Alumni Prayer Team. It is a closed group so you do have to request to be added. Beginning in January, we will be sending out monthly and/ Continued on page 2
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The Alumni Prayer Team cont.
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or weekly requests that are specific to what is happening on campus and also for staff and faculty,” said Henry. The prayer team is made up of more than just Claudine and Rick. “It varies from week to week. We started with three and have had as many as five. Almost always, Rick Green or I are present. It is open to anyone who longs to make a difference with their prayers and who loves SNU,” said Henry. The amount of people who make up the team is not as important as the reason for why
the members are there. “If you are answering the call to a ministry of prayer then you can’t bother yourself with who is or who isn’t there when you are praying. Your number one concern is to pray. After all, Jesus said it is where just two or three are gathered,” said Green. The team is also asking that alumni, faculty, staff and students set their clocks for Wednesday noon and pray at the same time they are. They want it to become a habit to pray for the school. When one does something over and over, it begins to have an impact on him or her because of
the repetitiveness of the action. This happens to the members of the prayer team. “I gain two things from being a part of the team. I gain a sense that God is listening and answering our prayers, which is the promise of scripture. I also gain from being part of the team that makes SNU community work,” said Green. Henry believes that prayer is the most important thing we do as Christians. “Praying for SNU, a place three generations of my family have loved, is an honor. I have history here. Being a part of the prayer team allows me to still feel a part of its mission,” said Henry. In all tasks, there is an important factor or part of that task that makes it worth doing. “People need prayer and want to be prayed for. Having the team gives them an opportunity to express their needs. We pray for all kinds of needs ranging from failed marriages to financial needs. It seems there is always someone in the nursing program that is facing a difficult exam. We’re gladly praying for each and every one,” said Green. “For me, the reason I do it is because I believe it works. Prayer changes people and circumstances. It can change this campus. It is a mystery how it works, but God allows us to partner with Himself in this work called prayer,” said Henry. Green’s favorite part of
being in the prayer team is that they are responding to the need of prayer in the campus community. “I love SNU and I feel called to prayer. For me, it is an easy combination to put together,” said Henry Participating in a task such as praying can affect one’s spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing. “Spiritually, it requires that you have a relationship with Christ, a belief that prayer makes a difference and a burden and love for Southern Nazarene University. Physically, it takes an hour out of your week. Emotionally, some days, it can break your heart. There are many hard situations and struggles that both alumni and students are facing. However, knowing that we are helping carry their burdens gives us a great sense of purpose and promise,” said Henry. Along with Henry, Green agrees that it takes a sincere belief that prayer actually makes a difference. “No use in showing up if you don’t honestly believe that prayer works,” said Green. “I can’t speak for everyone else, but there are many weeks when I carry the requests home. They stay with me and I pray for them often [and they leave] a burden in my heart,” said Henry. Henry sums up her love for being a part of the team with a quote from Watchman Nee that reads, “Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it can’t reach us without rails.”
Life Decisions: Switching Majors at SNU Summer Howard, Staff Writer
According to recent studies by Liz Freedman from Butler University, 75 percent of students will change their major during their college career, and anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of students are undeclared in their first year of college. While these numbers may seem shocking, one only has
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to take a look around at Southern Nazarene University to realize that these statistics are true. Kayla Feland and Heather Finch are a part of this growing majority. “When I came to SNU, I didn’t know what I wanted to do or where God was leading me in my life,” said Feland, sophomore. “I declared business because I
thought, ‘No matter where you go you’ll always be working for some kind of business even if it’s your own.’ So I started my college career freshman year with a bunch of Gen. Ed. [classes] and a Computer Applications for Business class and realized business was definitely not for me!” Now a psychology major,
Feland understands the fear people have toward the idea of switching majors. “It’s a scary thought to switch because if you do you’re technically already behind, and if you are too far behind you face the prospect of financing another year of college,” said Feland. “Switching majors is never something to
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Dr. Gresham’s Legacy cont. Loma Nazarene University had offered him a job, and he had only been there for 2 weeks when he was elected President of SNU. The year Dr. Gresham took office the university celebrated its 86th commencement. After graduating from college at the age of 21, he spent 10 weeks in Asia that helped shaped the person he is today and the person that we have all come to love. He had been accepted to Vanderbilt to study American History, but his time in Asia had made him reconsider his decision. He switched to the University of Southern California to study international relations, and then he went on the acquire his doctorate in Political Science at the University of Oklahoma. Before becoming president, Dr. Gresham had taught in the Political Science department at SNU for 22 years. Surprisingly enough, coaching basketball at SNU from 1979 to 1986 was the thing that most prepared him for his job as the president of the school. Coaching taught lessons on how to make decisions under
pressure and the importance of having people in the right positions that best help the team as a whole. During his time, he has made it his goal to stay true to the mission statement of Southern Nazarene University: Our mission is to transform lives through higher education in Christcentered community. As a Christian community of scholars, we model the hospitality of grace, the pursuit of truth, and the practice of discipleship, all within the Wesleyanholiness tradition, as we prepare graduates who think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with purpose. In addition to staying true to the mission statement, Dr. Gresham has strived to maintain good relationships with the Church of the Nazarene, keep a balanced institutional budget and to know as many students as possible by name. Dr. Melany Kyzer, one of SNU’s faculty members, said that, “Over the years Dr. Gresham has taken the time to get to know students. He has an incredible memory and can call alum by their name. I don’t know how many college presidents
you can say that about. Over the years, students have felt his love for them and his investment in them, and he is now doing the same with their children.” Dr. Gresham has had tremendous impact on many students at SNU. One of these students is Jordan Leibold, SNU’s student body president. She said, “There are many times when I find my job difficult and question if twoterms was a good idea. Sometimes I think I just might quit. Then, I am reminded of the twenty-five years Dr. Gresham has served as University President, and I am quickly put in my place. I’ve got nothing on that!” ‘Character, Culture, Christ’ is the university’s motto. Dating back as early as the 1930s, this motto has shaped and guided the university’s standards and goals. It is important to Dr. Gresham that the faculty and students know this motto, and it continues on to future generations. One of the many talents of Dr. Gresham is the ability to lead this campus, but also empowering those around him to take
charge as well. When decisions need to be made, Dr. Gresham tries to hear out all sides and come to a plan that most if not everyone can agree on. When recruiting faculty, Dr. Gresham feels it is important to have people that believe in the mission statement and motto and will be examples to the students in their own personal lives. At SNU, Dr. Gresham wants the faculty and students to have a deeper relationship. He wants everyone to live their lives together and know each other on a more personal level. The students have had a drastic impact on the lives of the Gresham Family. Dr. Gresham and his wife Linda are a fixture around campus and know many students by name. Dr. Gresham and Linda have been a part of the life of Southern Nazarene University for a quarter of a century, and they have certainly left their mark! Thank you for impacting so many lives and for investing so much to make Southern Nazarene University the academic mainstay it has become.
Life Decisions: Switching Majors at SNU cont. fear of commitment” to a certain field of work. “I think the main reason people switch majors so many times is because they have a fear of being trapped in something they hate,” said Finch, junior. “I like to think of picking a major as a process, a journey of self-discovery.” Finch, who switched her major four times and ended up in the English department, believes it is natural to change majors at least once. “I don’t think every major Phote used under Creativc Commons can be assessed at face value bebe taken lightly, but it is not the thinks college students change ar- cause it’s only when you’re in the end of the world if you do.” eas of study so many times, Heath- major you can determine whether When asked why she er Finch thinks it is not about “a you do or don’t like it,” said Finch.
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“I changed because I decided to just dabble in different areas that I am passionate about and find things that I’m good at. In the end, I found my favorite field.” Changing majors is an ever-increasing trend in colleges across America, and the decision to switch has had a positive effect on many students even here at SNU. If you are thinking about joining this trend, your advisors are available to help you with this decision. For more information on college students changing majors, go to: http://dus.psu.edu/mentor/2013/06/disconnect-choosing-major/.
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How to Not Get Ebola at SNU filiated with SNU? A: Seventeen years.
A: A reality check. There is no chance, so they shouldn’t think they I then asked about how to avoid have it. Ebola and what would happen if Q: But for the sake of the intera student caught it: view, would a student go to an Q: For SNU students, what are emergency room? some practical tips for avoid- A: No, because they would be turned away. Well, they wouldn’t be turned ing Ebola? A: Stay away from people that away, but they could come here. Yes, have it. And do not travel to if a current student thinks that they have it, they should come to the countries where it is prevalent. nurses office. Then we will do their Q: What are the chances of reality check. Photo used under Creative Commons
Siems background and history as With the news of late droning on doctor: about Ebola, The Echo decided to interview Dr. Ami Siems from the Q: When did you decide to beSouthern Nazarene University’s come a doctor? nurses office to get some tips and A: The first time I decided to ideas about what would happen if become a doctor was in fourth grade. The second time was when Ebola came to SNU. I came to college. The third time Interview in a nutshell: If you was when I was in a PhD program don’t want to get Ebola, don’t go in biochemistry. where people have it. If think you have it, get a reality check because Q: How long have you been you most likely do not. And, if working as a doctor? you do actually have it, check into A: Twenty-three years. the nurses office immediately. Q: How many of those years I asked a few questions about Dr. have you been working at or afByron Crouch, Staff Writer
someone catching Ebola here at SNU? A: Zero. Well, there is probably a 00.1 percent I guess. Because who knows? Weird things happen.
Q: If a student was to catch Ebola here at SNU, would SNU have to do something? A: Yes. The student would be isolated, and if they really had it, they would be taken to a hospital. Then Q: What are some symptoms that we would call the state health department and they would take over. students should look out for? A: Fever that is over 100.4 degrees fahrenheit, severe head- Q: Is there anything else that ache, muscle pain, weakness, di- would like to tell SNU students? arrhea, vomiting, stomach pain A: Come get their flu shots. We can’t and unexplained bleeding or prevent Ebola; we can’t do anything about it. But, we can definitely prebruising. vent the flu, so come get their flu Q: If a student thinks they shots. They are fifteen dollars. have Ebola, what steps should they take?
Herrrick Auditorium: A History
Photo provided from the Fred Floyd Archives
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Corbin Taggart, Archival Director From church to chapel to classroom, Herrick Auditorium has proven itself to be a trusty old plow horse of a building, ever morphing to serve the campus. Believe it or not, Herrick was built in 1925. This was just sixteen years after the founding of the City of Bethany. The young church known as Bethany First Church of the Nazarene built the building with a seating capacity of 1000, rather ambitious at a time when the city’s population was scarcely 600. Originally, the structure was only an auditorium with a great u-shaped balcony, basement rooms for Sunday school and an ambitious seating capacity.
In those early days of Bethany Peniel College (BPC), very few students had cars, so many simply walked across campus to attend church; this also truly made it the College Church. This building had a profound impact on those who experienced worship there. Today the only visible thing that remains from this original structure is the roof. In 1946, a three story educational unit was added to the north side of the original church building. This section of the building added much needed Sunday School classroom space as well as space for church offices. Today, this section houses the Speech and Communication, Education and English Departments of SNU. As the City of Bethany grew, the
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church and college also grew. In 1959, BFC launched a $300,000 building program to renovate, expand and modernize the building. During this time, the old brick parsonage that sat next to the church was removed. This space was used to create more church offices and classroom space. Today, this area houses the Information Technology department. This renovation sought to make the building more accessible and to do so required the removal of the old brick façade, removal of the towers, steep stairs and balcony. This was replaced by the current ground level entrance and a mezzanine within the building. In the mid 1960s, Bethany Nazarene College’s enrollment was at such a boom that it had started using BFC for its chapel as well as classroom space for the English, Speech and Education departments. In 1965, the college launched a $450,000 campaign to purchase the building from Bethany First. In 1969, Bethany First was also growing as fast as ever, and a new church building was built across Asbury Lane where the congregation has met since.
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That same year, the college purchased the building. After the building was purchased, an extensive remodel was carried out. This remodel was funded largely in part by Mr. and Mrs. James Herrick, wheat farmers of Johnson, Kansas. This building was named in their honor and now serves the campus of Southern Nazarene University as Herrick Auditorium. In 1974, the stage area was again reno-
vated using wood from the old gymnasium which sat behind Bresee Hall. In 1997, the north wing, former Educational Unit of BFC, was renovated and modernized again, and an elevator was added. Today, this building houses the Speech and Communication, Education and English Departments of SNU, as well as chapel and other musical and social events. At almost ninety years old, Her-
rick Auditorium stands in testimony to those church members, faculty, staff and students who have come before us. It is also a reminder of those who have sacrificed and given to this campus and help make it what it is today. I am certain Herrick Auditorium will continue to serve our beautiful campus for many years to come.
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STORMSPORTS The Echo • November 14, 2014 • Page 6 Women’s Soccer Regular Season Champs: GAC Conference Runner Up Tigers. They put eight of those shots on goal and had a couple of chances to tie the game throughout the second half. Breanna Harris, Senior Graphic Design major, said, “This weekend and making it to the tournament was such a great accomplishment for us. No one expected us to get as far as we did, especially with it being our first year D2. We worked really hard and it showed.”
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Crimson Storm Soccer won the regular season championship. Last weekend, Crimson Storm women’s soccer team lost 0-1 in the GAC championship game. This was the first GAC championship in school history, and SNU was able to host the tournament. Crimson Storm was the first seed in the tournament. The Crimson Storm (10-8, 8-2 GAC) entered the GAC tournament with a 4-2 record against ECU, Harding and Ouachita Baptist this season. In the Championship game, Southern Nazarene put ten of their 28 shots on goal but were unable to score. The Crimson Storm
In the first game, SNU beat out ECU 4-1 with penalty kicks. Both Photo by Abby Felter teams scored in regular play. Then, controlled most of the second half the Tigers controlled the first in possession as they attempted 20 overtime period and did not alshots compared to only two for the low the Crimson Storm to attempt a shot. The script flipped in the second overtime period as Southern Nazarene did not allow East Central to attempt a shot. They attempted five shots but were unable to put any on goal. Mallary Pineda, Breana Harris, Bekah Stewart and Grace Self scored, giving SNU the win.
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Katy Crawford, Sophomore Psychology Major and number 23 on the women’s soccer team, said, “It was just awesome to get to that game. Even though it sucks to lose, I’m really proud of us as a team because we worked really hard all season and were very
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successful for our first year in the NCAA.” Southern Nazarene is ranked highly within the GAC in a couple of categories. They are second in goals with 33, second in assists with 23 and second in points with 89. SNU had three players named to the All-GAC First Team, Breana Harris, Mallary Pineda and Bekah Stewart and three players named to the All-GAC Second Team, Alyssa Glitzke, Hannah Robinson and Grace Self. The Crimson Storm also received the Freshman of the Year award for Hannah Robinson and the Coach of the Year award for Julie Duncan.
SNU Keep up with results and scores at snuathletics.com
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SNU Intramurals Amy Calfy, Editor
Do you like playing sports? Okay, we can make it simpler. Do you enjoy playing as part of a team and having fun? Have you played, or considered playing, intramurals? At SNU, there are Intramural sports offered throughout the year. If you’re a student, I can guarantee you’ve received dozens of emails about sign-ups for intramurals. Maybe you’ve read some of them; maybe you’ve just ignored them. Or, perhaps, you might be one of the lucky students who play SNU Intramural sports.
the softball championship. The results and any current information about the intramurals going on can be found at snu.uintramural.com. Jenae Acre, a junior, has played intramurals throughout her time at SNU. This semester, she’s played sand volleyball and is looking forward to playing football and indoor soccer. Scheduled during the spring semester, indoor soccer is Acre’s favorite intramural sport.
“Intramurals are a great way to compete as well as fellowship with other people. Regardless of skill level or experience, intramurals are fun for everyone to come out and participate in,” said Haley Brown, a junior at SNU. During Brown’s sophomore year, after she had stopped playing college basketball, she discovered intramurals as a great way to still be able to play sports on a team. This year, Brown is one of the I-Captains who help to run intramurals.
“I enjoy intramural sports because it is a chance to compete with and against friends. And, it’s also a way to make new friends,” said Acre, who plans to keep play“As an I-captain you help ing intramural sports until she draft teams for the all upcoming This year, two of the intra- graduates. Intramural sports events and make mural sports that have already takFor those who worry about sure they’re running properly. You en place are Sand Volleyball and Softball. The champions of Sand participating in intramurals because are a leader on the team, so every Volleyball were the Brotherhood of a lack of athletic skill or expe- action on the field and how you team. Team 6, led by Cameron rience, that shouldn’t stop anyone handle yourself in every situation is important,” said Brown. Hobson and Matt Wellman, won trying out intramurals.
Brown chose to become an I-captain because of her love of sports competition. If you’re competitive and get a thrill from participating in competitions and you haven’t played intramurals, you should definitely check them out. If you’re non-competitive but enjoy being part of a team, you should check out intramurals too. Regardless of how great or terrible you are at sports, participating in intramurals is one way to get involved and to meet new people at SNU. “My favorite thing about intramurals is the involvement opportunity it provides for students and the effect it has by drawing people together through sports competition,” said Brown. Not to mention, if you happen to be on a winning team, you get a pretty neat Intramural Champion shirt. And hey, what’s not to love about that? If you’re interested in knowing more about the intramurals going on, be sure to check out snu.uintramural.com.
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Personal Trainers
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at SNU! Marina Shipilova, Staff Writer Some of us struggle with losing weight and being in a good shape. Also, only a few of us know how to achieve the desired result. Well, now it is time to know. Did you know that there are great personal trainers at SNU? If you need their help to set a goal, write exercises for you and help you with nutrition, you can ask them. One of them is Alec Laffoon, who explains a successful way to achieve a healthy body. There are a lot of challenges and aspects along the road that everyone may face. There are differences in workouts for women and men. First of all, there is a difference in body structure. For instance, men have testosterone, which changes a lot in the nutrition and exercising for men compared to women. Women are more petite, and there is not as much they can do to gain muscles but get fit. “Many of us mistakenly think that physical activity is the main tool for weight loss, but in fact, only 30% of success in weight loss depends on
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exercising and the other 70% of success is all about what we eat,” said Alec Laffoon, student at SNU and personal trainer at Rockwell Plaza YMCA. Advice from Laffoon is that first of all it is necessary to set a goal. It is very important to know what you want and work toward it. Next advice would be to have a workout written down on the paper. Many of us, who never workout, beginners or even those who are athletes, might “get lost” in a gym. The reason for that is we don’t have a workout written down and there is a great variety of equipment at gyms. After goals are set, there is time to write the workout down day by day. Watch out women of late dinners. It is important to remember that one proverb says that you need to eat breakfast as a queen, lunch you need to share with a friend and dinner give to an enemy. One of the reasons for weight gain among women is eating late meals. In order to avoid it, don’t eat after 7 p.m. For the first month it might be enough to visit a gym about 3 to 5 times per week to let your body kind of get used
to the exercising. However, after 4 to 8 weeks, the body will adjust to the same exercises, and they will need to be changed up to keep seeing results. Also, 3 sets of exercising would be most appropriate for the beginners. Another thing that you need to be aware of is metabolism, which is purely individual. Men’s metabolism is most likely faster than women’s. For instance, we can witness a man who doesn’t have time for workouts and loses weight, and at the same time a woman gains it. If you have a slow metabolism, it is not is the end of the world because there are ways to speed it up. The way to do so would be eating 6 meals throughout the day. Attention, whenever choosing 6 meals you need to make sure that each meal is not as big as it could be with 3 meals a day. For example, here is the schedule for a day that you might use for yourself. Approximately, the time for breakfast would be from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. You may choose to eat oats, fruits and water. Then, the time for the first
snack is around 10 a.m. and it might be fruit, which gives you natural sugar, or a protein shake. Then, it is time for lunch. Grilled chicken, spinach, and rice would be a perfect meal for lunch. After that, the next meal would be a protein shake around 3 p.m. Finally, it is time for dinner, and basically it might look like lunch and include meat, greens and water. “I would like to see the service of personal trainers here at SNU,” said Karina Kotova, junior at SNU. Would you like having such a service here at Southern Nazarene University? Would you think it would be beneficial? It would definitely be a good idea to have this service to help those who struggle with this and get qualified help from professionals. One of the main challenges that people face on the way to a healthy body is getting motivated and eating healthy. It is never too late to change your habits. Eating healthy and exercising is more expensive, but it is worth it.
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What if SNU was Hogwarts? Celeste Forrest, Staff writer
(Disclaimer: I do not own any rights of the Harry Potter world. All credit goes to the amazing J.K Rowling. Please do not sue me) Forget football games, Heartpal and midterms. How about Quidditch, the Yule Ball and OWLs? Have you ever wondered what Southern Nazarene University would be like if it magically turned into Hogwarts? Is it just me? Well, if you have or have not thought about it, or if you’re not familiar with the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling at all, keep reading anyways! I am about to let you in on what it would be like if SNU was actually Hogwarts. First things first. In the beginning of the school year, we spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars on our textbooks, some of which we do not even use in class! Imagine if instead of spending $400 dollars on the complete set of the Norton Anthology, we can spend our knuts, sickles and galleons on
more riveting schoolbooks such as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander and History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot. I know that when I’m shopping for supplies for school, I start to feel a little bored when I’m filling my cart at Walmart with notebooks, pens and binders. Often, I just can’t wait to get the school shopping over with. How exciting would it be if instead of buying college-ruled paper and journals, we had to buy our own wizarding robes, quills, parchment and, most importantly, our own wands? It is most likely that the Sodexo workers would be house elves, the Shoe Tree would be the Whomping Willow (which would whomp students with shoes, of course), homework and moodle would be the equivalent of dementors and the Chamber of Secrets would be located in the dark, mildewy basement of Herrick. Now, if you’re a Potterhead, you would know that one of the most
important parts of being a Hogwarts student is knowing what house you belong in. If SNU was Hogwarts, I believe that the the sorting hat would place you in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin according to your major. To figure out exactly what major would be considered what house, I asked a couple fellow juniors (i.e. third-year) students for their opinions: Amy Calfy (Ravenclaw) and Aaron Taylor (Hufflepuff).
“I feel that Ministry Majors would most likely be housed in Hufflepuff,” said Taylor. Calfy agreed, “Yes, ideally, I think that most Ministry and Theology majors should have Hufflepuff qualities.” What about Business majors and Bio-Chem majors?
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Homecoming Court Tim Riggs
Major:Theology and Ministry Hometown: Seminole (FL) Fun Fact: N/A
Tyler Lloyd
Major: Bio-Chemistry Hometown: OKC (OK) Fun Fact: Is a relentless minister of nocturnal affairs.
Andrew Leahey
Major: Pre-PT Hometown: Ardmore (OK) Fun Fact: I can cook Minute Rice in 57 seconds.
Casey Myers
Major: Theology and Ministry Hometown: Maitland (FL) Fun Fact: I like milk.
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Ryan Hannay
Major: Theology and Ministry Hometown: Bethany (OK) Fun Fact: I stood in the eye of a tornado... In my dream last night.
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Jordan Leibold
Major: Urban Ministry Hometown: Broken Arrow (OK) Fun Fact: N/A
Holly Willard
Major: Early Childhood/ Elementary Education Hometown: OKC (OK) Fun Fact: My favorite food is chicken and waffles.
Victoria Bailey
Major: Psychology Hometown: Pflugerville (TX) Fun Fact: I have a twin brother who goes to Texas Tech.
Kate Srader
Major: Nursing Hometown: Nacogdoches (TX) Fun Fact: I love fireworks and anything with the American flag on it.
Allison Pardue
Major: Nursing Hometown: Austin (TX) Fun Fact: I know all the words to ‘Teach Me How to Dougie’.
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OPINIONS The Echo • November 14, 2014 • Page 12
Home is Where the Mortgage Is Prof. Jim Wilcox, Guest Columnist
OK, so occasionally we all drive over the river and through the woods back to the campus of our sordid youth, which happens to be known by surviving classes as “Bethany-Peniel College” and “Bethany Nazarene College.” Through natural attrition (aka “homegoing”), however, “B-PC” is less and less frequently the destination of Homecoming. Bethany-Peniel College was named in 1920 under the presidency of Dr. Archie Kay Bracken, who, himself, was named after a future cartoon character and his mother, Mary Kay. Dr. Bracken was not the last president born in the 19th century. From 1928-1930, Stephen S. White filled the post while Dr. Bracken concluded his career as second basemen for the New York Yankees. He knew “the Babe” as George Herman, who I don’t think was ever the president of this university. Hard times faced the nation and the state especially at this time. The New York Stock Exchange
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collapse had plummeted the country into The Great Depression, and Oklahoma’s untimely drought blew in the grueling and too often fatal Dust Bowl that was to last through most of the decade.
Coming to the rescue one morning during these dark days (literally) was the entire educational zone of B-PC in the form of a 16car motorcade, delivering 17,091 pounds of food for the campus
cafeteria, which lasted all the way to last night’s dinner -- dust-free, I’m sure. Most of today’s homecoming guests will enjoy an SNU basketball game in the state-of-the-art Continued on page 14
Stress Management for College Students Rachel Whatley, Staff writer
Stress is an all-too-familiar phenomenon to us as college students. We cram, we stay up too late (or don’t go to bed at all), and wonder how much longer we can keep juggling everything. Work, classes, homework, extracurriculars, double majors, general education classes… all these increase the amount of pressure put on us. When we feel like we can’t meet
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all these expectations, or even our own for that matter, that’s where stress comes in. How do we deal with this onslaught of stress when it happens? Sophomore English-writing major Dianne Wade found prioritizing to be helpful. She said, “I’ve learned to break up what I need to do by what is due immediately, what needs to be started and what is still a little ways in the future.
That way everything is organized, and I don’t feel overwhelmed with assignments.” Another tip, obvious but rarely implemented, is don’t procrastinate. I know, the struggle is real, guys, but you can do it. You can get that paper done early so you don’t have to pull an all-nighter. Learning to say “no” can also go a long way toward manag-
ing stress. Know your limits. If you know you were drowning with 17 hours that one semester, maybe it’s time to cut back. If you go to every single event and find yourself running out of time for homework or papers, then limit the number of events you go to (that is, if you want good grades). One thing I’ve found to be helpful is to use every bit of Continued on page 13
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What if SNU was Hogwarts? Cont. Celeste Forrest, Staff writer
What about Business majors and Bio-Chem majors? “Slytherin,” said Taylor, “because they have to be both ambitious and cunning in order to stick with their careers.” Who are the Gryffindors of Southern Nazarene University?
Snape”? I know that I have. Some of our professors here at SNU certainly remind me of Hogwarts professors. So, if SNU really was Hogwarts, I would think Dr. Lewis would make a great Professor McGonagall with her stern but fair style of teaching and obvious care for students. Again, students offered their opinions about who our professors would be if SNU was Hogwarts:
definitely be Snape,” said Joseph Blissett, a Gryffindor. “He’s pretty cynical.”
“Loren Gresham. He’s the president, so he has to be Dumbledore,” said Calfy.
“I definitely think that Prof. Wilcox would be Professor Trelawney,” said Calfy.
Taylor disagreed. “No, I think he would be the Minister of Magic.”
When I asked why, she replied: “He’s pretty crazy. Just like Trelawney.”
Though I highly doubt Southern Nazarene University would ever become a school of witchcraft and wizardry like Hogwarts, it’s pretty fun to imagine, “what if ?”
And who would be the “Dumb“Anyone with a Fine Arts major, because Gryffindors are expres- “Professor Montgomery would ledore” of our school? sive and live life to the fullest. A lot of Music and Theatre majors do the same,” said Taylor. Finally, Calfy was certain she knew who the Ravenclaws are. “English majors,” she said, “because I know a lot of English majors who love to learn.” Have you ever looked at one of your professors and thought to yourself, “Wow, my professor reminds me a lot of Professor Photo used under Creative Commons
Stress Management for College Students cont. time that you have. If you’re a little early to class, spend those few minutes catching up on textbook reading or whatnot. If you have long breaks between classes, get a head start on that paper. As a commuter, I’ve learned that I have to put every hour of my day to good use, but this tip works for the rest of us as well. Another suggestion I would have is to get some sleep. I know that seems near-impossible most of the time, but you’ll actually function better if you’re rest-
ed. Just some food for thought. Finally, do some experimenting and find out when your peak hours are, if you don’t already know, and then do the majority of your coursework then. For me, I don’t identify with night owls or early birds, so I like to do my work in the early afternoon. Circumstances and timing don’t always let you do homework when you want to, but you’re not going to be productive if you’re a morning person and you stay up late. Or maybe you will. To each their own.
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Home is Where the Mortgage Is cont.
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arena, the Sawyer Center. The successful basketball program began in the 1930s, but players had to wear long pants, not only for modesty’s sake but for the morality of “trifling with the world.” (Do you remember the shorts basketball players wore in the l980s? They might as well have been wearing Speedos. Those immoral britches pretty much ended my career as a neighborhood driveway basketball icon in Yukon-home-of-GarthBrooks. Children were not allowed outside if I was wearing my hot pink pants.) The sole school bus of our college in the 1930s sometimes took
B-PC students to Mexico to watch the bull fights. (The bulls were required to wear long pants as well.) Under the capable leadership of college President Roy Cantrell, starting in 1947 and ending in 1972, (please see bronze bust, campus bronze art piece #127, on east side of Cantrell Hall, where Dr. Mark Reighard currently collects golf frisbees that have sailed through his office window) B-PC became Bethany Nazarene College. President Loren Gresham remembers the financial distress that plagued BNC in the mid-70s as the opening of Mid-America
Nazarene College in nearby Olathe, Kansas, pulled 700 students from BNC’s population. Some faculty and staff worked without salaries for months at a time. It was nearly two decades before the school’s coffers stabilized. In celebration of balanced books, a cabal of students traveled up I-35 in the middle of the night to pilfer the silverware and food trays from rival MANC. In retaliation, I think some MANC students snuck into Commons and stole all five copies of my book, “Giant Footprints,” the story of Tyrannosaurus Rex Tullis in his early years as a member of “Heaven’s Angels”
motorcycle gang. And now, SNU (see “The War of 1986”) is well into its second centennium (not a real word), and you’re here to celebrate all you’ve accomplished as alumni. Congratulations for all of those successes, and don’t forget your contributions to the general scholarship fund so your kids can celebrate their homecomings in a couple of decades. (A lot of the facts of this column came from “From Many Came One, in Jesus’ Name,” authored by the father/son historians, Paul and Loren Gresham, 1998. A lot of the other column bits came from my mental illness.)
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The Coffee Nap Erin Ramsey, Guest Contributor
About a month ago, I read an article about the concept of the “coffee nap” that a friend shared on Facebook. The general idea of this coffee nap was that by drinking a cup of coffee right before a twenty minute power nap, you could somehow reap the positive effects of both the caffeine from the coffee and the restfulness of the nap and would be energized and rejuvenated in a brand new way. To be honest, the source was not all that reliable, so I did not think much of it. I just figured it was another silly idea that would spread across the internet and be debunked by a more reliable source in the future. That is, until I actually experienced a real coffee nap.
About a week ago, I was sitting in my room on a Monday, my only day off during the week, trying to get some homework done. I was struggling to stay awake, so I decided to make myself some coffee, and shortly after drinking the coffee, I fell asleep. I woke up from my unplanned nap, and I felt oddly awake and energized. My accidental coffee nap had done just what the article said it would; so, obviously, I had to figure out why. Here’s how it works: It takes about twenty minutes for the caffeine in the coffee to do its job. By drinking the coffee and then sleeping immediately after, you are allowing your body to rest and giving it time to get the caffeine through your body to your brain. Therefore, since twenty min-
ute power naps are proven to allow certain chemicals in your brain to dissipate and boost energy, the combination of this and the caffeine kicking in allows for a new kind of rejuvenation. There is not much scientific research done on the concept of the coffee nap, but it worked for me. Maybe it will work for you! So, here’s how you should take a coffee nap: Step 1: Find a good place to sleep. You need to be able to sleep well and to get to sleep quickly. If you get woken up easily, make sure you are in a good, quiet spot so your power nap won’t be disrupted. Step 2: Drink your coffee. This step is pretty straightforward. Drink your coffee quick-
ly but not too quickly. You don’t need to be trying to sleep feeling sick from chugging your drink. Step 3: Set your alarm. Make sure to set your alarm so that you don’t oversleep. Sleeping more than twenty minutes might have a less enjoyable effect Step 4: Take your nap. Fall asleep, and fall asleep quick. The more quickly you can fall asleep, the better. Hopefully, you will wake up feeling better than ever. So, you should try out a coffee nap some time. It could be a brand new way for you to survive the crazy weeks full of projects and exams that we all know are on the way.
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Album In Review: 1989 Mike Vierow, Editor
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Being the ripe old age of twenty, I feel entitled to criticize what “kids these days” are into. Some of these trends are difficult to understand, despite the fact that sometimes I am a participant. Taylor Swift’s new album is heavily influenced by her target demographic. So, in order to understand “1989”, we must understand what teenagers are interested in. “Kids these days” are obsessed with the past. However, this obsession only goes so far. For example, young people love making their Instagram posts look old and worn, but they can’t be bothered to load real film into a camera. They love listening to music from the 1980s, but wouldn’t know how to fix a cassette if the tape came unwound. I know all of this because I am involved with this movement. So, here we have a record released in 2014, being created as if it were produced in the 1980s. The songs reject modern pop tropes, instead channeling classic pop music as inspiration (hence the album’s title). Even the record’s packaging reeks of nostalgia. Every copy of the CD comes with thirteen “photos from Taylor”, which are simply pieces of glossy cardstock featuring faded and scratched pictures of the sing-
While I was writing this review, it was announced that “1989” had already become the top selling album of the year, as well as having the largest sales week for any album since 2002. Granted, “1989” had quite a bit of hype built up around its release. However, I believe the massive surge in sales can be attributed to the fact that Taylor Swift has created an outstanding record. Each song is catchy and unique, full of the pounding synths and cheesy one-liners one would expect from an eighties throwback album. The lyrics don’t stray far from the typical love-and-loss style that Swift is known for. However, compared to previous albums, the artist takes a much less direct approach to her songwriting. Instead of writing deeply personal and di-
Editor-in-chief: Grace Williams Content Editor: Amy Calfy Photographer: Abby Felter Layout, Business, and Social Media Manager: Hannah Bean Video Producer/Editor: Mike Vierow Adviser: Jim Smith
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rect songs, she instead creates lyrics that are more vague and poetic. Complementing this is the instrumentation, which gets its unique face from the artist’s new-found love for days past. To be extremely brief, “1989” is a beautiful pop record. While the songs sound great now, my thoughts always drift back to how an album from 2014 that glorifies the 1980s fits into our culture. Why are young people rejecting crisp digital im-
ages and multi-instrumental pop music in favor of recreating grainy film and listening to much simpler tunes? While kids from the 80s were obsessed with the future, we find ourselves today obsessed with the past. It is almost as if time is a mirror, with each side wishing for what it can’t really have. Decades from now, when today’s albums are faded and scratched, lying dormant in a dusty bin at a thrift shop, where will “1989” be?
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