the sounding board | november 17, 2011
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the voice of Grace College students since 1953Volume 58 Issue No. 10 Winona Lake, Indiana
November 17, 2011
Grace Brethren International Missions (GBIM) will be mak-ing a couple of new changes in the coming months and years. Wayne Hannah, the organiza-tion’s regional director for Asia, said that there will be two major shift s: a change in the name of the organization, and the opening of another location.
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, they announced the new name—En-compass World Partners. Plans are also in the works to move the core of the organization down to Atlanta, Ga. Th is move won’t take place in its entirety for an-other couple of years.
Dave Guiles, the executive direc-tor for Encompass World Partners, said, “We are rolling out a number of really big
changes [and] we want to be sure that we explain ourselves clearly.”
Hannah said there are three reasons for the recent name change. First, some churches within the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches (FGBC) no longer use the term “Brethren” in their name—so it could be confusing to have that term in the organization’s name. Second, the word “mission” has become a “fl ash word” in certain countries where missionaries are not wel-come, so the former name could be a hindrance to spreading the Gospel, or even a dan-ger for the missionaries. Fi-nally, Hannah said the former name was not complimentary to the next generation; it
was a name that could turn some away.
Hannah said there was no doubt that change had been com-ing for a while; the choice was whether or not to “respond to change or to embrace it.”
He said that while debating over the options, the organiza-tion was able to re-examine its main goal to “make disciples of every nation”—to carry out the Great Commission. “Anytime you examine who you are, it al-ways prompts you to do bett er,” Hannah said.
In addition to the name change, Encompass World Part-ners is planning to branch out and move the core of the organiza-tion to Atlanta, Ga. Hannah said that the reason for this also stems
from the Great Com-mission and how the organization’s goal has always been to
reach unreached peo-
ple groups for the Gospel. Ac-cording to Hannah, numerous unreached peoples live right in the U.S., many in Atlanta.
“Since we are the cross-cul-tural disciple-making arm of the Fellowship of Grace Brethren Churches, why are we in Winona Lake, Ind.?” Hannah asked.
Th e move will start this spring
with a few families transferring to live in Atlanta, but won’t be com-plete for another couple of years.
Even though the core of the organization will be in Atlanta, there will still be offi ces in Wi-nona Lake indefi nitely. “We un-doubtedly will still have a strong presence [in Winona Lake],” Hannah said.
GBIM makes big changesby SARAH KRAUS
Staff Writer
Grace Brethren International Missions to change name, open new location
INDEXvolume 58, issue 10
The RedZonepage 2
Photo Briefspage 3
Student Seminarspage 4
Florida Boundpage 7
SUBMITT ED PHOTOGBIM will open a new location in Atlanta, Ga.
Conference on Mission featured Taste of the World on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Capoeira, a Brazilian Arts and Dance team performed in the Gordon Recreation Center.
OCTAVIA LEHMAN | Sounding Board Photo
TASTE OF THE WORLDTASTE OF THE WORLD
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CAMPUS NEWS
InBriefPlay On! The hilarious
story of a community
theatre group trying to
desperately put on a play
continues its second
week of performances on
Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7:30
p.m. Other performances
are on the Friday, Nov. 18
at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,
Nov. 19 at 1:30 p.m. and
7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for
students ($7 for adults)
and can be purchased at
the door or at Tree of Life
Bookstore, or at Jazzman’s.
Laura K. Balke will release
her new album, “Rumors
and Legends” at the Old
Train Depot in Pierceton
on Friday, Nov. 18, at 8
p.m. with special guests
Ryan Kerr and John Davey.
Admission is $5. Visit
laurakbalke.com for more
information.
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the voice of Grace College students since 1953
The Sounding Board is a weekly publication of Grace Student Organizations and the Journalism Classes at Grace College. The Sounding Board exists to glorify God by impacting people’s lives with relevant and timely news that connects them with the campus and the greater com-munity, by providing excellent education in the field of journalism and by acting as a medium of student expression. Editorials and opinions are those of student journalists and do not necessarily represent the official view of the administration of Grace College. All copy, art, and photog-raphy are property of The Sounding Board and cannot be reproduced without the permission of the editor. Letters/replies are encouraged and must be signed. Letters are limited to 250 words and The Sounding Board reserves the right to print and edit for length and content as neces-sary. The Sounding Board is a member of the Associated Collegiate Press and is printed in cooperation with The Papers, Inc. Please send emails to: [email protected].
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Q: What do you hope to do through the RedZone?A: Th is year for the Red Zone we want to make more students aware of the Red Zone. We want to get many students standing in the section for each game and have it be like it used to be when the section was called the “Grace Crazies.”
Q: What kind of events can we expect the RedZone to do this year? A: We plan on possibly doing a crazy hat night, red out or black out nights, costume night, gang-ster night, and lumber jack/jill night. Th ese are all possibilities. Keep up on night themes on the “Grace College- Red Zone” Facebook page. If students have other ideas, they can post them on that page.
Q: What’s the purpose of the RedZone?A: Th e purpose of the Red Zone is to cheer on and sup-port our great basketball team. We want to be their sixth man. I have talked to many of the play-
ers and our loud cheering on the side line is what gets them going during the game.
Q: Why should students get involved in the RedZone?A: It is a blast being crazy and gett ing into the game. When you really get into it, you feel like you are another member of the team. If we continue to get more and more students to commit to stand with the Red Zone, I feel that the group will gain more hype and the section’s numbers will increase.
Q: How have the events gone so far this year? A: Th e only event that we have had so far is at the last game Coach K bought the Red Zone free pizza, but there were very few students that showed up. We are proud of the members that have so far committ ed to joining the Red Zone and hope to see more and more join us in our support for our fantastic basketball team as they contin-ue to go undefeated.
“The Mask”“The Mask”Q: What do opponents fear most about you?A: First and most obvious is the intense and angered look of my mask. Th e second would be what they imagine lies under the mask, kind of like Chuck Norris’ third fi st behind his beard.
Q: Why not wear a Lancer outfi t?A: My intent is to make the opponents run in fear or just
miss a shot, and a lancer is not all that scary without a real lance or his horse. Since Grace would not let me have either of them due to its weapons policy, I decided to go with the mask instead.
Q: What do you eat before games?A: Several cups of coff ee and meat (mostly IWU wildcat meat). I am considering step-ping it up to Monster Energy drinks soon.
Q: What made you decide to wear the outfi t?A: Th e thought that if I go out and just go crazy for the game, then maybe there will be others that do the same, or at least join me by standing with the Red Zone.
Q: What’s the best part about your costume?A: My hair. Th e ladies love my hair.
Q: Why do you love Lancer basketball? A: It’s exciting, crazy, intense, exhilarating, frightening, and deadly!
Q:Will you ever reveal who you are?A: No, the only ones who have fi gured out my true identity are buried behind the OCC near the railroad tracks.
The Sounding Board talks with Ryan Stork - leader of the RedZone
On Thursday, Nov. 17,
McClain Auditorium will
host a poetry slam from
7-9 p.m. and a movie from
9-11 p.m.
SAB’s Coff eehouse will
take place on Sunday,
Nov. 20 at Martin’s
Supermarket. The fi rst 15
students to arrive and re-
ceive a FREE tall beverage
from Starbucks. The next
40 students will receive $1
off any drink they’d like.
Local musician Hannah
Bushong, and Kohavis will
perform. The event begins
at 8:30 p.m.
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CAMPUS NEWS
PHOTO BRIEFSclockwise from top
“PLAY ON! “- The play cast presents the third
act where everything that can go wrong does
go wrong, featuring Ian Stephenson, Trishelle
Rusinack, Jessica Zeiger, Jessica Taylor, Brock
Rhodes, and Ian Christensen.
GAME ON- Ryan Stork and the mysterious red
suit man cheer on the basketball team in the
RedZone.
GOAL!- Kaitlan Wiles scored in the second half
against Cedarville University as the women’s soc-
cer team won 2-0 on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Check out the Sounding Board’s photo gallery on our website at gcsbnews.com
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4THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 07, 2011
PERSPECTIVES
As Christians, we should be men and women aft er
God’s own heart, just as David sought aft er God through all of his mistakes and sins. We serve the same God as Da-vid did, and other powerful characters in the Bible such as Moses, Daniel, and Elijah. Just as God used these men, He is also waiting to use us; however, we must make sure to incorporate three focuses into our daily lives.
We must fi rst have an upward fo-cus, in which we realize that we can-not hide our sins and must yearn to be humbled and corrected by God. We must also have an inward focus. Th is fo-cus demands that we constantly search within our hearts for sins we have com-mitt ed or mistakes we have made. We must pray to God to reveal them to us, then confess and pray for His forgive-ness. Our last focus should be an out-ward focus, in which we engage those
around us by sharing our testimonies, lessons, and mistakes and by illuminat-ing our brokenness through praises to the Father.
Although we are men and women of God, we commonly believe three diff erent lies that are told by the world around us. Th e fi rst lie is this: that peo-ple defi ne who we are. Th is lie is shot down by the simple truth that God defi nes you, and you must throw out your self and fi nd the person you are in Christ. Th is is easier said than done; however, you “don’t know who you tru-ly are until you know whose you are.”
Th e next common lie states that we cannot be forgiven because our past list of mistakes is long and ever growing. We need to stop this mindset. God will always be faithful in forgiving us. As hu-mans, we are going to keep on sinning. And as God, He is going to continue
forgiving us. Th e last lie of the seminar revolved around the defl ating thought that God cannot use us. Th e truth of this lie can be seen in Romans 8:28, that certifi es that God has a plan for all His children. He will do work through you, no matt er your “qualifi cations.” God doesn’t call the qualifi ed. He quali-fi es the called.
Th e last emphasis of this semi-nar solidifi ed itself in the strength and power of God, that He is truly bigger than what the modern way of thinking contains Him to. We need to trust Him with everything and in everything. And through that trust in Him, we must be the salt of the earth. However, we can-not be the type of salt that sett les at the bott om of the water. We must be will-ing to allow God to “shake us up” so that we can dissolve into the waves of the world.
Th ose of us who have been Christians since our AWANA
days, or since those early Sunday school class days, tend to think we have heard it all when it comes to the Bible. Maybe we have heard a lot of the same things over and over again, but as Christians, we can always be learning something new from God’s Word.
Jonathon Henry shared his heart surrounding that topic during last week’s student seminars. Jonathon is a senior and majoring in counseling. He says the reason he decided to sign up for a seminar is “because God was laying strong convictions in my life and I knew that it would be a big mistake no to share them with other believers.”
Key points in Henry’s seminar included service and forgiveness. He shared that God was convicting him in the area of service and that he is trying to learn himself what service is really about. Sure, Christians can go out and serve the community a couple days a week and go on mission trips every now and then, but Henry feels that isn’t what Christ meant when He challenged His followers to serve.
Christians adore those who spend their lives in true service to God, yet many fail to answer the call to serve. Henry challenged those in the seminar to really take a look at the Bible and see what Christ truly meant by asking us to live lives of service.
Henry also shared his heart with the group in the area of forgiveness. He says that this is an area he has struggled in himself. He intensely reminded the group of the fact that Christians oft en fail to understand the impact of what Christ did for us; that Christ did things we – humans – could never deserve.
Henry shared an impactful story of his mom’s batt le with cancer and what that incident taught him. His mother made an incredibly humble decision to forgive a nurse who had made a horrible mistake in her pain medications while she was in the hospital.
“Never before have I ever been so extremely impacted by a tiny, tiny example of what Christ’s forgiveness is. I saw it in my mom that day, and will never forget it” Henry says.
Henry closed with a fi nal reminder and challenge of what the story of Christ washing the disciples’ feet truly means. Th e disciples could not even comprehend having their Lord Jesus Christ humble himself to such a level as to wash their feet. But Christ washed every single one of His disciples’ feet, even Judas’.
Christians need to remember what Christ’s love and sacrifi ce really looked like, so that we may challenge ourselves to love and forgive in the way Christ has called us to.
Missions week at Grace College is a great and in-sightful event. Students’ eyes are opened to other parts of the world and we get a
chance to hear some of the miracu-lous testimony of what God’s been doing through the missionaries.
One hears so many uplift ing stories and encouragement to get involved, that a sense of guilt can
come over some. What if I don’t want to be in missions? What if I don’t feel called? Am I a Christian if I don’t? Th e answer to that last ques-tion is yes. Missions work all across the globe is groundbreaking, and it is God’s footprint on the world, but it is not the only way Christians can shine their love for God.
Th e defi nition of mission is “a specifi c task or duty assigned to a person or a group of people.” Th is defi nition pertains to a lot more than taking three diff erent planes and a Jeep to a village of mud houses with straw roofs. God has created these missions so everyone on earth can be told about Him, but there are so many other “missions” a Christian
can undertake. And there are plenty of ways right here in Warsaw.
Several students, including my-self, participate in the Awana pro-gram for kids at Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church. We help kids re-member weekly verses and witness the Christian life to them through interactive stories and lessons. You think training up the future genera-tions of God’s people isn’t an im-portant mission? God rejoices at those tasks just as He rejoices at the lost people being reached through-out the world.
But Awana is just the tip of the iceburg. Th ere is “We Care Warsaw” day, where booths are set up in the GRC to bring a litt le Christmas to
the poorer folks of the community. Th en there’s the diff erent Grace Serve teams, FunFest, the Heart-line center, each dorm’s Growth Groups… the forms of outreach are unending! And every one of them is just as important to a Christian’s tes-timony as missions.
In Romans 12, Paul reminds us of our bodies, which have many diff erent members that all work together. He parallels this with all Christians being members of the body of Christ… “We have diff erent gift s, according to the grace given us”(v. 6). In a nutshell, not everyone is cut out for international missions work and that’s the way God likes it. Th ere are endless opportuni-
ties to share your faith right here in America, right here in Indiana, and yes, right here in Warsaw/Winona Lake and at Grace College. Never going on an actual missions trip, or never feeling called into missions doesn’t make you a lesser Christian. God has created some people whose strongest point is missions work and He’s created others who are the bett er choice to deal with the local problems. Sometimes it can be hard to fi gure out which category you fi t in to, what your life for Christ should involve, but I promise, God won’t leave you hanging. He’s got the right plans fi gured out for us. Big or small, they both matt er to Him if you’re right where He needs you to be.
by HALEY BRADFIELD
Staff Writer
. . . . . . student seminars student seminars
You’re still a Christian even if you don’t go overseas
Why people can’t stand Christians
Th e modern world has distorted the defi nition of “confession,” surrounding it with
dark and negative connotations. Contemporary culture has people picturing confession as one of those cop or investigation shows, falsely claiming that confession always brings about guilt, alienation, bondage, fear, intimidation, forcedness, hurt, anger, and a lack of forgiveness. As Christians, we must throw out this negative connotation and disband our following of this worldly theme.
“From a Biblical and truthful standpoint, confession is truly an amazing act, full of purifi cation, freedom, forgiveness, cleansing, promises, faithfulness, fellowship, steadfastness, and restoration.”
Looking at these two contrasting lists of adjectives, we may ask ourselves why we att empt to hide our sins and keep from confessing. Why would a person rather be in bondage than experience freedom, or feel hurt rather than restoration? Th e answer comes in the way we have allowed the world to shape our defi nition. We believe
that confession makes us vulnerable and allows people to judge us or see who we really are. We possess a fear of rejection and feel ashamed or hypocritical in the fact that we call ourselves Christians yet still sin. We feel the need to appear perfect, untainted, and strong. However, many of these feelings are prideful and overshadow the true cause of our fear of confession: our lack of faith that we will be restored from our sin.
Ironically enough, the warped defi nition of confession keeps us bound to our sins. We fear that confessing will lead us to things such as fear, alienation, and bondage, when in reality, hiding our mistakes and failures leads us to these same destinations! We must realize that confession allows us to experience freedom from the chains. It kills pride, humbles us, and shows our weakness and need for Christ. Confession brings people together in our brokenness, providing accountability, encouragement, and support. Confession allows us to be honest with ourselves, others, and, most importantly, God. We should run to God, off ering our mistakes and sins up to him and asking Him for his grace, mercy, and help. Unlike the rest of the world, God knows how and has defeated sin.
Being men and women of God
ConfessionConfession
Written by Alex Lerner
Written by Megan Getts
Written by Megan Getts
led by Kaala Pauley, Stephanie Perik, and Mike Reitz
led by Colin Horne
led by Johnathon Henry
5THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 17, 2011
PERSPECTIVES
“I am too tired to go to church this morning so I think I will just sleep in.” Th is is a phrase that many Chris-tians use on Sunday morn-
ings (especially on college campus-es). Th is, however, is a phrase that
would rarely be heard by Christians in most countries around the world. Around two-thirds of Christians in the world are persecuted for their faith, and Christ is worth far more to them than catching a few extra hours of sleep on a Sunday morning. Th ere is no room for mediocre Christians who only go to church when it is convenient in places where going to church or even being associated with the name of Christ means risk-ing life or death.
On Nov. 4, 2011, a radical Islam group killed more than 150 people and bombed 11 churches in Dama-tura, Nigeria. Th ough the press
stated that it was an att ack targeting police, Christian sources say that the majority of victims were Chris-tians who were deliberately targeted for their faith. In an interview with International Christian Concern, one source said, “It was a direct at-tack against Christians. Th ey asked, ‘Are you a Christian or a Muslim?’ and if you said Christian, they killed you. Th ey were selective. Th ey at-tacked 11 churches but not a single mosque. Aft er the incident, I saw someone slaughtered like a lamb in front of a church.”- Idris Garba, Yobe State Chairman of Christian Associ-ation of Nigeria.
Nigeria is not the only place where Christians are being heavily persecuted. Last September, a 17-year-old teenager in Somalia was be-headed for his faith. Th is past Sunday (Nov. 13, 2011) Christians in Indo-nesia had to worship in the home of a parishioner because all roads to their church had been blocked and anti-Christian extremists fi lled the streets, ready to kill anyone who tried to get by. In Egypt, churches are being bombed, burned down, and the people within the buildings shot at by soldiers. In North Korea, Christians are sent to concentration camps, where they are either execut-
ed or worked to death. Others in all areas of the world are being thrown in prison, hung by their feet, beaten and tortured for following Christ.
If we are part of the body of Christ, it is time that we started living like it and joining with our brothers and sisters around the world in radical Christianity in ac-tion and in prayer for those who are suff ering for Christ.
“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreat-ed, since you are also in the body.” –Heb. 13:3.
When stu-dents think of Conference on Mission week, they may think they suddenly have to go out into the world and become missionaries. Students may
also change their viewpoints of what missionaries actually do and what mis-sionary work is all about.
A Grace College student, sopho-more Elizabeth Guinter took a few
things away from Conference on Mis-sion week. She learned about mission and what it is, more in depth. Guinter had a diff erent viewpoint before the beginning of the mission week last year that changed aft er the week occurred.
“I am certainly more passionate about people and sharing the Gospel. I changed my major and am looking to see what God wants, whether that is in the US or in a diff erent country,” Guint-er said.
Each student is called to something diff erent. According to Guinter, “Even if students aren’t mission majors, we are called to be sharing Christ and what he has done for us. Th is week is a great re-minder to everyone regarding that, but it is also a passion builder for those seri-ously interested in being missionaries to
a diff erent culture or place.”Another Grace student, sopho-
more Michael Humphrey took some-thing diff erent away from Conference on Mission. Humphrey said, “I’ve learned that the Lord’s cause for the gos-pel is greater than my own litt le bubble. Whether it’s through prayer, fi nancial support, short-term or long-term trips, we are all called somehow to be world Christians.”
Before the beginning of the mis-sion week, Humphrey had an unsure approach of how the week would apply to him because he didn’t feel led to full-time ministry. “God soft ened my heart and showed me how I can still be in-volved. People are defi nitely needed to give money, but there are so many more ways to be involved in missions, even
if you’re not seeking full-time,” Hum-phrey said.
Going into the Conference on Mission week, students can have vari-ous opinions about it. Humphrey add-ed, “Mission week is as benefi cial as students allow it to be. If a student goes into it with a cold att itude and thinking it’s going to be boring, then it probably will be. But if a student is eager to learn and to grow then the week can be life-changing.”
Junior Mary James likes when Conference on Mission takes place at Grace. She said, “It gives the college students information about all the dif-ferent types of missionary groups out there and what they do.”
During the week, the missionary groups that visit Grace set up booths
with information about their work. James said, “Th e booths are really cre-ative in how they represent and show the work of the missionaries and what they are trying to achieve.”
Another Grace student, junior Katie Strine learned something from Conference on Mission week as well. She said, “Th e people who present want to show other people the need in that culture. If your heart is to help that cul-ture, then the people show how you can do that best.”Conference on Mission is a time for students to gain a bett er un-derstanding of mission work and what it means to be a missionary. Grace stu-dents leave the Conference on Mission week with a changed viewpoint and a changed heart.
by ASHLEY MAZELIN
Staff Writer
by EMILY GRUBER
Staff Writer
Students share the impact of missions week
Remembering the persecuted Christians
Over the years, Grace College students have scatt ered across the globe as foreign missionaries. But what about those alumni who have returned to their home areas?
A former student, John (last name omitt ed for relationship rea-sons), and his wife Marlene provide one case study.
John and Marlene, who origi-nally met as missionaries in Turkey and feel called to the Islamic com-munity, currently live in Fort Wayne, Ind., a city with a much sparser Mus-lim population than Turkey, to say the least.
However, Fort Wayne was not the home John and Marlene initially intended.
“Aft er John’s graduation from Grace College, we expected to leave this area--maybe also the United States,” they commented.
Yet the couple sees even this Hoosier city as a mission fi eld.
“We had been praying for awhile for God to show us where His spot for us would be,” they said. “God did not open doors anywhere else, but provided one opportunity in this area. It was a combination of a job op-portunity and the relationships that we had built [with Muslims] here al-ready.”
John and Marlene have met Muslims within the Fort Wayne com-munity in a variety of ways: through work, friends, and friends of friends.
“Relating to people from other nations within the United States is a great opportunity,” they commented. “Th ese are not their normal surround-ings, family and structure and, there-fore, oft en lead to more openness to discuss questions about Christ, the Bible or even their own religion.”
Experientially, how do John and Marlene view the idea of “doing missions where you are.”?
“Everyone is called to represent Christ,” they said. “It always starts where you are, wherever you are. We cannot always choose where we are or who we are with, but no matt er what our calling may be, we are al-ways called to share Christ’s love with those around us.”
Of course, there are struggles involved with ministering in an all-too-comfortable sett ing.
“Because we are familiar with the culture, surrounded with family and friends and involved in a local church, it is easy to get busy and in-volved with everything else besides what we are actually here to do.
“We have found it is easy to start to rely on ourselves more than God. Practically speaking, it is eas-
ier to have a movie night with some friends from church or to spend a cozy evening as a family than to have someone over for dinner that we might not know as well.”
Intentionally seeking opportu-nities to witness is its own challenge. However, John and Marlene have found prayer to be a wonderful way to keep their hearts open, focused, and prepared.
“Spending time with the Lord, being aware of Him and His work throughout the day is what keeps us focused,” the two said.
“Sometimes we pray for God to simply bring someone to us to meet and get in a conversation with and for His Spirit to lead the conversa-tion. Sometimes that promptly hap-pens. And oft en God brings someone along totally unexpected, open to hear about Him.”
“We continue to feel that God may have us move to another nation at some point,” they said, “but we know that he does not want us to wait until then to follow his calling on our lives to minister to Muslims.”
John and Marlene’s desire to serve overseas has not waned. Yet they feel that the best preparation for that kind of ministry is to be faithful with what God has given them to do right here and now.
Doing missions
as a tentmaker Grace alumnus learns that missons is
on the home front too
by SARAH LEICHTY
Staff Writer
John and Marlene serve alongside Muslims in Fort Wayne, Ind.
6THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 17, 2011
ARTS & CULTURE
This movie’s premise is downright dumb. It goes
like this: let’s get revenge on the wall-street jerk who swindled hun-dreds of people out of millions of dollars by breaking into his apart-ment, which has the most advanced security system of any apartment building in the world, relying only on the thieving expertise of a re-cently bailed-out con who prefers to steal from people’s balconies (thereby breaking as few laws as possible) and never any items in ex-cess of $1,000 in value, and crack-ing into his safe which we’re fairly sure is there somewhere and we’re fairly sure has some money in it.
Great plan. Th ere’s no way this could go terribly wrong and be saved by three or four or eleven strokes of blind, dumb luck.
And let’s face it. Director Brett
Ratner’s well-earned reputation of making awful movies (“Rush Hour 3,” “X-Men: the Last Stand”) makes anybody who goes to see this mov-ie expecting to see a Best Plot of the Year Oscar Winner a bonafi de crazy person.
On the other hand, I encour-age you to have fun with this movie anyway. It’s one of the funniest movies I’ve seen in a very long time. Ben Stiller, as building man-ager Josh Kovacs, tones down his usual performance to something
that actually resembles acting – and it’s hysterical.
Eddie Murphy shows up as the inept thief known simply as Slide. And the moment we’ve all been waiting for has fi nally arrived. Ed-die Murphy is funny again. Some of the best moments in the fi lm are provided by Slide, and at certain points he had me laughing so hard I actually stopped breathing.
Th e rest of the characters are brought to life by comedic vets and newcomers alike, including Mat-
thew Broderick (“Th e Producers”), Michael Peña (“Crash”), Casey Af-fl eck (“Good Will Hunting”), and Alan Alda (“M.A.S.H.”). And the characters are the real gold of this movie. Th ey make the heist so fun, and I’ve never wanted a group of thieves to succeed more.
If you like any of these actors, or any Brett Ratner movies, or ac-tion-comedies in general, let your brain take a short nap and check out this laughfest.
Tower Heist
#stuff myprofsays#stuff myprofsays“I like baby food when I need jars.”- Prof. Young, Art
“So, if there is ever a problemo, for those of you who
speak Spanish, there is an air force base right here.
So they can just go drop some candies.”- Dr. Tiberius
Rata, during Global Perspectives
“You know it is going to be a bad day when the blue
light is up on the screen.”- Dr. Lemler, Business
“Change is constant; you can look at it either as a
threat or an opportunity. History has looked kinder
on those who have treated it as an opportunity.” - Dr.
Mark Norris, History
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7THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 17, 2011
SPORTS
Grace’s women’s soccer team scored two second-half goals against Cedarville University to assure itself a spot in the NCCAA National Cham-pionships in Kissimmee, Fla.
Th e Lady Lancers (12-7-2) used goals from freshmen Kaitlan Wiles and Kelsey Christner to take their NCCAA Regional match with Cedar-ville, 2-0.
“Th e women played out a full match today and stayed composed. I was pleased with their Biblical re-sponses,” said head coach Michael Voss. “We really turned a corner with
our commitment to play good futbol regardless of the variables.”
Th e fi rst half was a defensive deadlock with only fi ve shots com-bined between the two teams. Ryann Casciari nearly struck fi rst for Grace when she rocketed a volley off the gloves of Cedarville’s goalkeeper Keri Sachtleben and off the crossbar.
Both sides picked up the off en-sive intensity in the second half, es-pecially the Lady Lancers. Grace took seven shots in the second half and di-rected four of those shots on goal.
Jocelyn Evans orchestrated Grace’s fi rst goal when she gained advantage on the endline and sent a cross into the box. Elizabeth He-uss headed the cross initially, but it
was Wiles who managed to fi nish the loose ball from close range at the 77:07 mark.
Grace added their insurance goal in the 87th minute from a corner kick.
Christner used the wind to her advan-tage to bend a right-footed corner kick too high and too hard for anyone to stop and into the back of the net at the 86:39 mark.
“It was good to see a unifi ed de-fensive eff ort that seriously limited any real scoring opportunities,” Voss continued. “Our att acking was strong as well. CU’s keeper made a few huge saves that kept the scoreline close into the 70th minute.”
Kristin Yocum nearly added to Grace’s goal count with a breakaway att empt just before Christner’s cor-ner-kick goal, but Sachtleben made a tremendous eff ort to save the goal with her feet.
Carmen Barnhill earned the
shutout in goal for the Lady Lancers. She made four saves in 90 minutes of action.
Th e Yellow Jackets (7-9-2) were limited to four shots on goal and sev-en shots overall. Grace held an 8-1 ad-vantage in corner kicks overall.
Cedarville was whistled for 14 fouls compared to only three for Grace.
Th e 2011 NCCAA Women’s Soccer National Championship will be held from Nov. 30-Dec. 3 at the Austin-Tindall Soccer Complex in Kissimmee, Fla.
Grace’s last appearance in the NCCAA tournament was in 2009 when they fi nished in a tie for seventh place.
from Sports Information
Staff Report
Grace punches its ticket to NCCAA NationalsOCTAVIA LEHMAN | Sounding Board PhotoTHE RUNDOWN- Kristin Yocum and Jalisa Th ayer go aft er a loose ball. Th e women’s soccer team defeated Cedarville 2-0, on Nov. 12.
“Th e women played out a full match today and stayed com-posed. I was pleased with their
Biblical responses. We really turned a corner with our com-
mitment to play good futbol regardless of the variables.”
-coach Michael Voss
OCTAVIA LEHMAN | Sounding Board PhotoTwo Grace players collide with a Cedarville opponent, drawing a foul.
8THE SOUNDING BOARD | NOVEMBER 17, 2011
SPORTSKNOW YOUR
- Sports Information
6 the number of vol-leyball players to receive postseason honors from the MCC.
14 the number of fouls Cedarville Uni-versity committed against the women’s soccer team on Nov. 12 in their 2-0 loss to the Lady Lancers.
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8 the rank of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, whom the men’s basketball team de-feated 82-73 on Nov. 12.
GUESS WHAT
Men’s Cross Coun-try finished eighth for the second year in a row out of 30 teams at the NCCAA Championships.
Duke Johnson, men’s basketball, was named the KCCCF Tournament MVP after averaging 20 points and 7 rebounds in two games.
Dana Johnston, volleyball, has now led the MCC in hitting percentage two years in a row.
- Sports Information
2001 the last year the volleyball team made the NCCAA tournament. The Lady Lancers will compete in the NCCAA Regional Tour-nament this weekend for a chance at a tournament berth.
Sam Cole never wanted to play soccer at Grace.
Growing up in the Warsaw area, Cole had watched Grace play soccer since his youth. Th ough only a sophomore in high school, Cole was already being recruited to play at Grace. Yet Cole saw this as a sign of desperation and want-ed to play elsewhere.
Litt le did he know that some-thing would happen that would test Cole’s resolve and alter the course of his life and his soccer career.
One day during the summer between his sophomore and ju-nior years in high school, Cole, his brothers Jacob and Th omas, and his dad were taking down their family’s television antenna. Due to age, it had slipped to where it was leaning against their garage. As they were moving it, Cole’s fa-ther was cutt ing away at the bot-tom. As soon as his father cut it free, though, all Cole remembered was blacking out.
“Th e entire world went dark, but I felt like I was burning any-way,” Cole said. “When I woke up I could not move anything and I thought I was paralyzed.”
What Cole did not know was that he had been electrocuted. When the antennae came down, it fell on the power lines above, throwing off his father, who pulled Th omas off , but electrocuting Sam and Jacob. Had the breaker not overheated and shut off the power to the lines, Sam and Jacob would not be around to tell about it.
Aft er a series of blackouts, Cole fi nally slipped into a coma as he was rushed to urgent care in a helicopter. Th ough Cole would wake up three days later, he was only beginning a long struggle to try to recapture what he lost.
Cole would spend the next two weeks in the hospital recover-ing from severe burns on his legs and damage to his left hand that
left doctors scrambling to try to save it. Cole had to go through the painful process of gett ing skin graft s, but that was not all. For seven weeks, Cole had his hand att ached to his stomach through a fl ap cut out of it to try to get blood fl ow back to it. Where his hair should have been, it looked “like [he] had another head” as doctors pumped saline into the bald spot on his head. 164 staples later, Cole had hair again.
Th ough Cole would never be able to use his left hand again, al-ways have burn marks on 14 per-cent of his body, and be haunted by the pain from his damaged nerves the rest of his life, Cole was lucky to be alive.
“Back then, I was upset with God and wanted a reason, but now I look back and see how God didn’t have to save me then,” Cole said.
Cole’s survival, though, was not without consequence. Aft er not being able to do any physical activity all summer, Cole’s weight hit 270 pounds—80 pounds off his current weight. Someone who used to stand out was now fi ght-ing to get in any shape to play soc-cer. But Cole would fi ght indeed.
“What made me so deter-mined to get back was seeing where I was before and wanting it back,” Cole explained. “I did not want people to see me as a broken person that gave up because I lost something. I did not want to be remembered as the person that just gave up because of one small setback.”
Th e improvement would come in doses—fi ve minutes in his fi rst game his junior year, 15 minutes the next, and adding more and more playing time un-til he could manage a full game his senior year. Slowly but surely, Cole began to resemble the player he was before the accident.
Although he was gaining interest from colleges his sopho-more year as one of the best play-ers on his club team, no one would
recruit a slow and overweight forward now. Cole was surprised anyone would be interested in him in the condition he was in, but he managed to catch the eye of the only coach who saw home play in person--Grace head coach Matt Hotchkin.
Th e college he wanted to go to the least was now the only one giving him a chance.
Disappointment continued, however, as Cole could not fi nd a way to contribute signifi cantly at forward with his skill set. Despite his size and shooting skills, Cole still lacked the breakaway needed to score. Playing time was hard to come by his fi rst two years in col-lege for Cole, who played sparing-ly at forward for 17 games in his fi rst two seasons. Yet Cole, never one to quit, patiently waited for his chance.
Th at chance would come this season, when Cole was moved back to defense—his position in high school before the accident. It was there he has excelled again, proving to be instrumental in one of the soccer team’s biggest wins against Indiana Wesleyan Univer-sity—a game where Grace played short one man for 60 minutes due
to a red card, relying heavily on their defense.
“Cole might not have good speed, but he is great in the air and has good possessing skills,” Hotchkin said. “With the switch of positions, we gave him the op-portunity to play to his strengths.”
For those who know Cole, his return to soccer is not surpris-ing. In fact, it was almost predict-able to one of his teammates--his brother.
“I never doubted he would play soccer,” said Jacob Cole, Sam’s brother, who also has burns from the accident. “You could tell his love for the game was going to keep him going. It’s just Sam—he’d fi nd a way to do it.”
In the face of constant adver-sity, Cole never gave up. Although Cole will never be the same physi-cally, he still considers himself blessed.
“I still don’t like looking in the mirror and seeing how messed up [my arm] is, but it has changed my outlook on how every day is a blessing,” Cole said. “I know I can trust God even when things aren’t going the way I want them to.”
Cole did not just beat the odds, he embraced them.
Cole beats the oddsby ZANE GARD
Sports Writer
WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Af-ter leading the Lady Lancers to an outstanding 27-10 record and a third-place finish in the Mid-Central College Conference, six of Grace’s players were honored in the MCC postseason awards.
Dana Johnston and Stephanie Lawson headlined Grace’s awards with First Team All-MCC selections, and Alicia Gosney was named the MCC Freshman of the Year as well.
Seniors Rachel Bult and Enrica Verrett capped off their MCC sea-sons by being named to the Second Team All-MCC, and Calah Kruse earned a spot on the All-Freshman Team alongside Gosney.
“I couldn’t be prouder of our ladies for these awards. These indi-viduals put in a lot of time and energy to get where they were today, and I’m glad they were honored for such ter-rific seasons,” said head coach Andria Harshman. “In order for these play-ers to be honored, other players had to step up and do their jobs, so this is a tribute to our entire team.”
Sophomore middle hitter John-ston led the MCC in hitting percent-age for the second straight year as she pounded out 320 kills on a .355 per-centage. Her percentage ranked 20th in the NAIA. She also recorded 19 solo blocks and 44 block assists.
Senior outside hitter Lawson was named First Team All-MCC for the first time in her career. She was valuable to the Lady Lancers’ success in all areas of play with a team-best 382 kills (fourth in MCC), 45 service aces (second in MCC), 322 digs, 16 solo blocks and 23 block assists.
Bult and Verrett both earned spots on the MCC’s Second Team in their final campaigns. Bult estab-lished herself as one of the premier setters in the nation with 1,364 as-sists. She ranked 10th in the NAIA in total assists and second in the con-ference. She tallied 14 matches with at least 30 assists, 9 matches of 40 or more assists and 5 matches with 50-plus assists.
Verrett continued to be a domi-nant hitting and blocking force for Grace. Her 329 kills and .217 hitting percentage were second on the team. She led the team with 79 total blocks
(43 solo, 36 assist).
Gosney and Kruse made up one-third of the MCC’s All-Fresh-man Team. Gosney, the Freshman of the Year, finished in the top 25 in the MCC in kills with 227, and her .202 hitting percentage was 16th in the conference.
Kruse, on the other hand, served up 27 aces on an impressive .943 percentage and also tallied 349 digs (12th in the MCC).
Six volleyball players earn MCC postseason honorsby JOSH NEUHART
Sports Information
Sam Cole’s (far right) perseverance has paid off , as he is now is a strong defen-sive presence on the fi eld for the Lancers.
18 hours (by car) to Kissim-mee, Fla., where the women’s soccer team will compete in the NCCAA National Championship Tournament.