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UPLAND POETRY READING

Tomorrow the Upland com-munity will host its annual poetry reading event in the Depot Park Gazebo in down-town Upland from 7-8 p.m.

Prizes of $50 will be awarded to the best original poem and the best poetry performance, dramatic or funny.

NEW COURSE OFFERING

After a decade of absence, the course Religion and Society will be offered this spring.

The discussion-oriented course explores religion as a social reality and defines the differences between faith and religion. For more informa-tion, contact Dr. Steve Bird at stbird@tayor.edu.

SERENITY HOUSE BENEFIT CONCERT

The Serenity House in Upland is hosting a benefit concert to raise funds tomor-row at 7 p.m. in the chapel, costing $3 for students and $5 for others.

The organization will use the funds to continue hous-ing women recently aged out of foster care, teaching them how to live independently.

Taylor student bands Stay the Shores and The Atlantic will play, as well as guest worship band Jesus Revealed, special singer Sarah McGibbon and drama team Soul’d Out.

HOPE COLLEGE MOURNS

Hope College continues to mourn freshman Joshua Boerigter’s death. He died this past Monday as he was walking along train tracks.

Officials are awaiting toxicology test results.

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Credit is a double-edged sword. It helps students gain inde-

pendence and adjust to life after college. However, when it

is misused, the repercussions can be devastating.“Credit cards are like fire,” said Economics Professor Had-

ley Mitchell. “They can be useful tools, or they can be deadly masters.”Of 143 students surveyed, 55 percent own at least one credit

card. To build a healthy financial history, students must learn to use credit properly.“If you’re able to master your credit card, then it’s a very useful

tool,” Mitchell said. “It establishes credit, so when you’re ready for a car or a house, banks recognize that you have

Taylor alumnus Jack Lugar (‘91) is running for Indiana’s 5th District of the U.S. House of Representa-tives.

“We have a lot of problems, but it’s not too late,” Lugar said. “I think the 2012 election is where we see what’s going to really happen with this country.”

With a degree in Communications Studies from Taylor and a masters from Regent University, Lugar moved to Los Angeles, Calif., with his wife Elisabeth VarnHagen (‘92) to be a writer for the sitcom “Love and War” produced by Warner Brothers.

“I was surrounded by diametrically opposite points of view (in LA), and some were really eye-opening in the sense of saying ‘they have some valid points there,’” Lugar said. “It really gave me an understanding of communicating, working worth and just understanding that we really have similar desires, we just have different points of view on how to accomplish those things.”

Running as a conservative republican, Lugar believes in a smaller

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the discipline to pay it off. On the other hand, if you run up a huge credit bill and default, they say, ‘I don’t want to lend you money now, or I’ll charge you a higher rate of interest.’”

What to ConsiderWhen it comes to credit cards, there’s no one-size-fits-all option. Different cards work better for different lifestyles. Credit card users should consider a card’s interest rate, grace period and annual fee.

Interest rates are determined by the amount of money borrowed and the duration of the loan.

“A higher rate of interest is a way of reflecting that you’re a riskier borrower,” Mitchell said.

According to HSBC Bank USA, “What you borrow, or what you spend, is called prin-cipal. For the privilege of using the principal, you pay the credit card issuer a finance

charge, which is the interest that accumulates on any unpaid balance.”A grace period is the number of days allowed before the credit card

company charges interest on new purchases. For those who pay their bills right away, a grace period might mean they never pay interest.

Senior Elementary Education Major Alyssa Fish is using her first credit card this semester. To keep her finances in check, she does not buy anything she cannot afford.

“I use my credit card like I would use a debit card,” Fish said. “I make sure I have the money in my checking account, and I like to pay it before. There’s no need to have interest on your credit card. You can pay it off on time.”

Different Cards for Different ReasonsAlthough using credit cards is simple, getting them can be difficult. Fish opted for a student Visa through her credit union because it was one of the only options that allowed her to

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and students and faculty across campus are doing their part to contribute to the cause.

Taylor is hosting events to support people with breast cancer and increase awareness about the disease. Fundraising in the Dining Commons and Grille will culminate with the

“Take a Shot against Breast Cancer” women’s basketball game on Tuesday, Nov. 15.

Many students and faculty feel strongly about breast cancer awareness because they were personally impacted by the disease through friends and family.

Women’s Programming is teamed up with the Grille to spearhead Taylor’s awareness efforts, putting together events to raise money for cancer patients and inviting the Taylor community to participate.

Vickie Rhodes, Retail Manager for The Grille, said the Women’s Programming will assist with flyer distribution to increase awareness. Rhodes, who lost her paternal grandmother to breast cancer, finds an active level of awareness among faculty and students already.

“Many lives have been touched and changed as a result of this disease,” Rhodes said.

Student Body President Reid Hutchison believes there is great potential to increase breast cancer awareness among students.

“Breast Cancer Awareness is a hugely impor-tant cause for Taylor students,” Hutchison said.

“It is one of many issues that is impacting stu-dents and needs to be brought to the forefront.”

Hutchison hopes collaborating with cam-pus events will make the cause more effective. Realizing this goal, Swallow Robin and Olson hall hosted presentations to promote breast cancer awareness this week.

This month Women’s Programming is also sponsoring several events to support breast cancer patients. They are collecting money to fund research and donate to a local chapter of Angels of Hope, a cancer support group.

Students can put money in the canisters in the Dining Commons and the Grille. Each canister represents a faculty or staff member. According to Rhodes, the four staff members with the most money in their canisters will participate in the free throw during the wom-en’s basketball game Nov. 15 in their annual

“Take a Shot against Breast Cancer” in Odle Gymnasium.

Dr. Connie Lightfoot is one of the partici-pants eligible to take a shot. Lightfoot said the threat of breast cancer became real to her when she was diagnosed with the disease in 2007.

“It’s a terrible disease and has ended the lives of many women,” Lightfoot said.

After undergoing radiation treatment and a lumpectomy, Lightfoot is now cancer free. Because of her experience, she is assisting with the Grille’s awareness efforts as her con-tribution to women who are battling breast cancer. She suggested several practical ways for students to become involved in breast can-cer awareness, saying that supporting friends and family members who have been diagnosed

“is a great way to start.”“Gifts and remembrances are a great way to

help someone through the difficult treatments for cancer,” Lightfoot said.

Shot-takers have the chance to win a $50 gift card provided by General Mills. Rhodes hopes the winners will “donate the cards back to the fundraiser or their favorite charity.”

Students can vote through Nov. 14.

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national government and putting more power in the hands of the states.

Lugar moved back to Indiana to receive his law degree from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis to understand bills and laws. It was there where he felt the call to run for office.

Discontent with the government, Lugar decided to run for Congress. He is running on the fact that he is not a politician but a small businessman. Lugar works as an attorney at The Foster Group in New Palestine and owns Lugar Real Estate, LLC with his

wife. He promises to use common business sense as a political leader.

Lugar has never held a public office, so to ensure his campaign is not lacking in experience, he plans to hire people well-versed in Washington, D.C., politics.

Lugar also promises to limit his time in office to 12 years to avoid becoming a career politician. He believes the longer politicians hold an office, the less drive they will have to do their best in that position.

“Somewhere along the way, your energy and your excitement and motivation, they wane a little bit,” Lugar said. “You can just imagine after you’ve done something over and over again, it becomes so routine

that there’s no extra energy put in it because you just kind of do things by route.”

He and his family will also live in Indiana and commute to D.C. Lugar argues that an elected official becomes out of touch with his or her constituents if not immersed in the community.

“We shouldn’t be career politicians,” Lugar said. “We are made to be in and about our community and truly be representatives of our area.”

Lugar also believes in a system in which the older, more experienced elected officials train the young people who will one day sit in their chairs. He hopes the new leaders might then do the same and continue

the cycle.“My desire is to raise up new leaders,” Lugar said.

“We should be, as we’re serving, keeping an eye out for people who can step in . . . and help them step into that role and lead.”

With a vision for a better future for America, Lugar hopes to bring honesty, integrity and trust to D.C. poli-tics.

“We just need to speak the truth, and we need to be accountable for our actions,” Lugar said.

For more information about Lugar, visit his website at www.jacklugar.com.

ounds of a guitar, drums and a piano blended

together to create a seemingly familiar sound Tuesday evening as students gathered to worship in the Recital Hall. Their words had the rich, earthy tones of a different language. This group gathered to worship in Spanish to celebrate Latino Heritage Week coor-dinated by the Latino Student Union (LSU).

Sept. 15-Oct. 15 is the official celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States. According to the National Hispanic Heri-tage Month government website, the dates of the celebration are significant. Sept. 15 is the inde-pendence day of several Middle Latin American countries. Sept. 16 is Mexico’s independence day, and Sept. 18 is Chile’s. The theme of National Hispanic Heritage Month across the country is

“Many Backgrounds, Many Stories…One Ameri-

can Spirit.”Junior LSU President

Maribel Magallanes said the purpose of celebrating Latino Heritage Month for a week at Taylor is to support Latino stu-dents on campus as well as provide awareness to the rest of the students.

“It’s the first time we are celebrating Latino Heritage Month at our school, and through it, it’s the first time that we’re bringing true aware-ness,” Magallanes said.

The celebration is from Oct. 24-29.“Our main purpose for this week is to celebrate

the cultures we represent and to enjoy the diver-sity of Latin culture we have around campus,” said senior LSU Vice President Ruben Alarcon.

He explained that they decided to plan a full week of events because one day would not be long enough for all the activities they wanted

to do.“We hope that through making a Latino Week

Celebration that it will raise Latino awareness and educate Taylor in what it means to be a Latino,” said sophomore cabinet member Aimee Morales. “It’s a time to express ourselves and our culture.”

Events such as Spanish Worship Night and the showing of the movie “Innocent Voices,” a drama about El Salvador’s Civil War in the 1980s, have focused the week on a variety of Latino groups.

But diversity comes from within LSU, as well. Eleven different Latino countries are repre-sented by Taylor students. The panel on Thurs-day hosted students from four Latin American countries: Spain, Puerto Rica, Cuba, and Bolivia. Topics discussed included how the students were treated as Latinos and what it has been like adjusting to the culture here at Taylor.

Magallanes said she enjoys the diversity of the LSU students.

“It’s been good for our campus and the group,” Magallanes said. “It has helped us understand that Latinos are diverse in their culture.”

As LSU recognizes diversity, they also want to celebrate the unity they have as Latinos.

“In Latin American culture, everything is a celebration, and we like to celebrate the things we enjoy,” Alarcon said.

Several of the Latino students have expressed their enthusiasm about the final celebration on Saturday night. Saturday’s event will con-clude Latino Heritage Week with a party in the Alspaugh rooms from 4-7 p.m. The celebration will feature a live DJ, a Spanish rapper, dancing, Latino board games and two piñatas.

“It’s the culmination of a great week,” Morales said. “It’s a party, and who doesn’t like a party?”

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independently sign for a card without previous credit.

“I had a huge problem this summer trying to get my credit card because I didn’t have enough credit—especially since my parents weren’t going to cosign,” Fish said. “Thankfully, once my credit union saw that I have a job and I have a checking and savings account with them, they approved me.”

Credit unions are non-profit financial institu-tions owned and controlled by their members. Fish selected a basic student credit card that she uses

primarily to pay for large purchases and online orders. For small purchases around campus and with friends, she prefers using cash.

Finding the Card for YouTo find the best credit card, Business School Dean Larry Belcher encourages students to be informed and shop around.

“Make sure you don’t take the first thing that comes along,” Belcher said. “I’d get a low credit limit like $500 and resist the temptation to change. Just think, ‘I have this here for emergencies.’”

HSBC Bank USA says students who have trouble

getting approved should consider secured credit cards. These cards are attached to a savings account, so when bills are not paid, the card’s issuer can pull money out of the card owner’s account.

Another option is a charge card, such as American Express, Diner’s Club or Carte Blanche, which must be entirely paid off at the end of each month.

Miller warns against using store brand credit cards because they increase the possibility of bad credit hits. She also recommends students keep track of their credit scores, or FICO scores, to diag-nose credit health.

“My husband and I have had mistakes on our

credit report that we had to get cleared up,” Miller said. “It’s important to guard that FICO score because all lenders look at it and place a lot of value on it.”

Despite the benefits of building credit, Belcher believes students should worry more about manag-ing their money wisely.

“I think the whole notion of establishing credit is overrated,” Belcher said. “If you’ve got stable employment, if you’ve paid your bills on time, and if you’ve got a decent down payment, you’re going to be attractive, and you’re not going to have a problem getting a mortgage.”

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SATURDAYMACDONALD FAIRY TALE DISCUSSIONled by Professor David NeuhouserRice Lounge10 a.m.

SERENITY HOUSE BENEFIT CONCERTStay the Shores & The AtlanticRediger Auditorium7 p.m.

MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND with opener Bro StephenRediger Auditorium$5 Tickets for Students8:15 p.m.

MONDAY CHAPEL - WORLD OPPORTUNITIES WEEKwith speaker Ms. Beth CopelandRediger Auditorium 10 a.m.

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On Friday, Oct. 14, faculty, staff and stu-dents attended the dedication of Wolge-muth Hall. Wolgemuth Hall is the newest off-campus apartment complex available to students. It was named after alumni Samuel and Grace Wolgemuth who have influenced thousands of young people in Youth for Christ International and through Taylor’s ongoing mission.

Dr. and Mrs. Habecker, the Board of Trustees, various students and approxi-mately 60 members from three generations of the extended Wolgemuth family attended the event.

Taylor alum (’63) Ruth Guillame is the eldest daughter of the honorees.

“My parents were very humble,” Guillame said. “There was never anything flashy about them. They just very quietly served the Lord . . . and in many ways influenced a lot of young people. (It’s) exciting that lots of people will continue to be influenced by their legacy here.”

The Woglemuth’s youngest son, Taylor alum (’77) and Board of Trustees member, Dan Wolgemuth, said the dedication was very fitting for his parent’s legacy.

“I knew them behind the scenes,” Dan said. “They lived the life they projected publicly.”

Much care is taken in the naming of new buildings on campus. The Advancement office begins conversations that lead to the President making recommendations to the Board of Trustees for naming build-ings. The Board of Trustees then votes and decides which name and legacy is most suitable for Taylor.

“Taylor has a special tradition of nam-ing buildings after people whose lives have honored our Lord,” said Vice President for University Advancement Ben Sells.

“We don’t just want names on our build-

ings,” President Habecker said. “We want names of people that you can build your life around, centered in the person and work of Jesus Christ.”

According to senior Ann Schuette in her reflection speech during the dedication, Taylor’s trademark intentional community thrives in off-campus apartments. Schuette says she has gone from knowing few of the people on the floor to being in pumpkin decorating competitions with them.

“There’s something special about Wolge-muth that encourages us to grow deeper in [our] relationships,” Schuette said.

Senior English major Hannah Ehrsam shares a similar experience.

“I’ve really enjoyed living in an apartment and cooking meals with my ‘apartment-mates,’” Ehrsam said. “If we run out of something, we just go across the hall or down the hall and ask.”

Wolgemuth houses 93 people, and it opened for use this August.

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“In America, we are suffering from materialism, and it’s harder because we don’t realize it. So by showing the other side of the persecuted church . . . we hope to shed some more light on how we

suffer in a different way.”

In the final moments of his life, Libyan dictator Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gadhafi left his accusers with the question: “Do you know what is right or wrong?” according to news.scots-man.com.

The plea echoed irony in comparison to his life. Gadhafi brutally dictated Libya for 42 years, killed thousands of his own people, was held responsible for several terrorist activities and lived an extravagant lifestyle while his country suffered in poverty.

Gadhafi was born into an impoverished Bedouin tent near the town of Sirte June 7, 1942. He attempted to get an education and drift away from his rural roots, but was bullied and mocked for being a Bedouin boy. Many credit this experience as an instigation of his long hatred of academics and authority in general, and he began down his path of rebellion.

The Israeli occupation of Palestine in 1948 enraged Gadhafi, and he gathered a group to protest Israel during the Suez crisis. He later staged his coup Sept. 1969, establishing himself as the man of the moment.

According to news.scotsman.com, “(Gadhafi) claimed to be act-ing on behalf of the people, and described himself as an Islamic communist who would give Libya its own riches by liberating its oil.” However, Gadhafi seemed to live only for himself, infatuated by his own image and power.

He also became a symbol of Arab terrorism and was branded as “the mad dog of the Middle East.” In 1986, Gadhafi bombed a

Berlin nightclub, killing two U.S. servicemen. He has killed thousands of his own countrymen within the last year, and was accused of raping several of his women bodyguards..

Gadhafi’s 42-year-long regime ended last Thursday, Oct. 20. His murder remains unexplained. Gadhafi was captured alive, but ended up dead.

Gadhafi’s hometown, Sirte, had been under surveillance. When Gadhafi and his supporters tried to flee west, U.S. drones and French fighter jets hit the convoy, splitting up the group.

Gadhafi was supposedly hit in the leg, but fled with a few of his man according to several news sources including CNN and Reuters. The revolutionaries found him hiding in a drainage pipe, and dragged him into an ambulance, which was caught in a crossfire.

The autopsy report from the chief pathologist showed that Gadhafi died of a gunshot wound to the head either during the crossfire, or inside the ambulance.

As the news of his death spread, celebrations erupted. According to Reuters, “People poured into the streets in jubilation. Joyous fighters fired their weapons in the air; shouting ‘Allahu Akbar,’” or God is greater. Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril declared, “It’s time to start a new Libya, a united Libya. One people, one future.”

Now that the lurking presence of Gadhafi is gone, the nation cel-ebrates its freedom, but a lingering anxiety of the future remains.

“My hope is that Libya will form a new democratic government,

rooted in the cultural tradition of Libya but giving new freedom and power to all the people irrespective of tribe or religion,” Dr. Kerton-Johnson, Professor of Political Science at Taylor, said. But Libya is rooted in Sharia law, and will likely become an Islamic state.

From an outside perspective, Michael V. Hayden, a CNN con-tributor, said, “If Libya is left to its own devices, it is not difficult to conceive of it becoming Somalia on the Mediterranean, an ungoverned space threatening the heart of Europe as well as critical international lines of communication.”

Question about Western intervention in the formation of a new Libyan government have arisen.

“I agree with Tony Blair that the West or NATO cannot inter-vene everywhere, but where interests and morality align, they should,” Kerton-Johnson said.

As CNN put it, “[Libya] will also have to make the transition from a war-torn country into a new society and building or creating all of the foundations to do so.” It will begin with elections, which should occur in the coming months.

According to the National Transitional Council leaders of Libya, the people will first vote for a National Congress that will draft a constitution. Then, parliamentary and presidential elections will take place.

Sonya Hepinstall from Reuters described Libya as, “a country hungry for stability and impatient to swap the bullet for the ballot box.”

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Turkey — A 2-week-old infant was pulled out from the debris of a col-lapsed apartment build-ing following Turkey’s devastating earthquake. Azra Karaduman was rescued alongside her mother and grandmother on Tuesday, and was later reunited with her mother. Azra remains a symbol of hope for the country despite a death toll of upwards 500 people.

Poland — Following Germany’s decision to reopen Nazi trials, Poland has decided to re-investi-gate crimes committed at Auschwitz, where an es-timated 1 million people were killed.

Taiwan — The Taiwan defense ministry will re-portedly pay $4.4 million in compensation for the wrongful execution of an air force private. Chiang Kuo-ching was convicted for the rape and murder

of a 5-year-old girl in 1997, but was found to be in-nocent by a military court in September of this year. This case has reignited death penalty debates in the country.

Thailand — Thousands are fleeing the capitol of Bangkok for fear of poten-tial flooding this weekend. Flood waters seeped into the city on Thursday, causing government officials to evacuate and declare a five-day holiday.

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An estimated 250 million Christians face violent persecution for their faith, with nearly another 150 million facing other forms of hostility world wide. World Opportunities Week (WOW) aims to educate the Taylor student body on the per-

secuted church and to encourage future involvement in missions. Junior Co-directors Ryan Caven and Josh Larkin decided on

the theme of the persecuted church due to a lack of knowledge surrounding fellow believers living in nations hostile to the faith. With a generation so focused on social justice, sometimes the issues surrounding fellow believers are pushed aside.

“I see students so passionate about Palestinians and human traf-ficking, but when you talk about persecuted Christians the fire in their eyes disappears,” Dr. Kerton-Johnson, professor of political science at Taylor University said. “I am not saying that we should not care about these other issues … but where is the outrage at 250 million Christians facing violent persecution for their faith?”

The goal of WOW this year is not to undermine the importance of social justice, but to highlight the issues facing Christians living in hostile nations. “I guess they are two separate issues,” junior Ryan Caven, co-director of WOW, said. “Social justice is more meeting the needs of those who aren’t necessarily Christians,

and focusing on the persecuted church is meeting the needs of those who are our own brothers and sisters in Christ.”

“One is not necessarily more important than the other,” Caven said.

Persecution is a powerful word, with varying definitions and forms that typically go unnoticed. “In terms of the traditional meaning, stu-dents may not be aware that in North Korea, Christians have been used as labo-ratory ‘rats,’ with whole families being gassed,” Dr. Kerton-Johnson explained.

The reality that many Christians are murdered for their faith is often forgot-ten and misunderstood. “The countries in which most Christians are killed are Nigeria and Iraq,” Kerton-Johnson said. “Many old Christian com-munities exist in relative peace within Islamic states, but converts from Islam to Christianity are always under the threat of death according to all major Islamic legal interpratations.”

“I’ve heard somewhere that the devil’s second largest tactic is persecution, and that his first is materialism,” Larkin said.

“In America, we are suffering from materialism, and it’s harder because we don’t realize it. It’s less tangible. So by showing the other side of the persecuted church, the oppressed in other nations and those who are facing death for their faith, we hope to shed some more light on how we suffer in a different way.”

Featured speakers Fouad Masri of the Crescent Project and Beth Copeland of Voice of the Martyrs will challenge the Taylor community to rethink their approach to persecution.

Masri currently works in Indianapo-lis, where he serves Muslims in America.

“Anything that happens over here effects what happens over there,” Larkin said.

“So, the more Muslims are converted to the faith, they’ll bring it back to their Muslim families in the Middle East.”

Other events during the week include a screening of an Invis-ible Children documentary Wednesday, mission representatives throughout campus and seminars on Monday, Tuesday and Thurs-day.

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S P O O K S C O R N E R :At this bridge located on S County Road 825 E, a busload of children once tragically ran off the road. Everyone was killed, and the bus still rests in a nearby graveyard. It is rumored that if you drive slowly enough over the bridge, you can hear the sounds of screaming children. A word of caution if you want to investigate this one: it may be wise to plan an alternate form of transportation, as it’s rumored that your car’s engine will die if you drive slowly enough.

O L D E A S T E L E M E N T A R Y I N G A S C I T Y :

All that remains of this abandoned elementary school on 4th Street in Gas City is an old, boarded-up building and a merry-go-round. If you want to visit this one, you won’t even have to push the merry-go-round, as it is said to spin on its own. As you enjoy the freely spinning merry-go-round, you may even be lucky enough to catch the sound of children laughing.

1 0 T H S T R E E T B R I D G E I N G A S C I T Y :

Eighty years ago, as the story goes, a worker’s body was carried away by the river after he fell from the bridge on which he was working. If you venture to this bridge on 10th Street off of IN-22 in Gas City, it is said that you may be able to see the worker hanging from the bridge, his eerie cries for help drifting in the wind.

D E V I L ’ S B A C K B O N E :

This stretch of road may be frequented by more than just runners and late night joy riders. According to legend, a carload of teenagers having a bit too much fun was going so fast that it couldn’t stop before crashing into the berm just beyond the stop sign. Next time you’re out cruising on a late, foggy night, double check your rearview mirror and beware of any phantom cars that may or may not be chasing you to the death.

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More than 35 million pounds of candy corn are produced each year. WashingtonPost.com

Dear Young Person,I’m not going to mention the Bible in my response

because you’ll just argue with me when I quote the verse that says “Don’t get tattoos.”

However, let’s discuss the logic behind getting a tattoo. People who get tattoos can be divided into two groups: those who get them for vanity, and those who get them for fulfillment.

Some people get tattoos to be showy. They want to convey a message about “who they are.” Sometimes that message is complex; it might be an effort to prove that they are unique and thus important. Other times it says little more than, “I am the type of person who will pay money to have a picture of conjoined mermaids drawn on my arm.”

If not for show then people get them so that they can fulfill a need: a need to feel cool, hip, modern, rebellious, edgy, and other graphic designer words. It’s at this place where vanity and fulfillment collide. A tattoo becomes an identifier, or worse, an identity.

“No,” you with a tattoo say. “I got this tattoo because it’s about something important to me. It has significance in my life.” Look, if you really have something important to remember you can write it on a sticky note. I’ve seen too many “meaningful tattoos” located somewhere on the arm that document, in large scripty font, the birth and death dates of beloved Grandma Frankfurter. Was she not important enough to remember with your brain?

Tattoos are also a medical hazard. Assuming the tat-too artist is talented enough to avoid poking out your eyeball or giving you a communicable disease, there is still the issue of having ink in your skin. Today’s tattoos aren’t made from the same high quality ingredients the Canaanites used. When ink is injected under your skin it is absorbed in your bloodstream and you could get a toxic infection or turn into an octopus.

If you have a tattoo or 50, please don’t feel convicted. Everybody makes mistakes! It’s just that yours is especially permanent. Hey, at least you don’t celebrate Halloween, right?

FOR ADVICE FROM RONNIE, CONTACT THE ECHO AT ECHO@TAYLOR.EDU

RONNIE WILLMARTH S T A F F W R I T E R

DEAR RONNIE,

Dear Ronnie,I’m thinking about getting a tattoo. What’s your opinion?

HALLOWEEN COSTUME DO’S AND DON’TS

Do be creative — How many more Halloween’s can you be a witch or use that scream mask?

Do find a costume buddy — Going is so much more fun with a friend (or as a couple)

Do keep it simple — Don’t spend the whole night explaining what you are

Do get inspiration from your child-hood — A character you loved as a kid will be recognizable to friends

Don’t wear bloody makeup — Gross

Do get wild like Gaga — Grab almost anything you can find and you will pull off one of this year’s most popular celebrity icon

Don’t forget clothes — The holiday is not an excuse to forgo half your costume

THIS YEAR’S TOP COSTUMES

iPhoneAngry BirdsToddlers and TiarasAmy WinehouseThe Royal Couple

DO THE CREEP EMILY LUTTRULLL I F E & T I M E S C O - E D I T O R

A sleuthing shutterbug has Taylor students on high alert. TUcreep.com operates under the motto, “We be steady creepin.’” The site uploads candid

photos of Taylor students, taken without them knowing. The paparazzi shots showcase students studying, walking the loop or hanging with friends.

Some debate has occurred over whether TUcreep.com or TUcreep.tumblr.com is the ideal creeping method. According to the tumblr, the two sites are not affiliated. Students may be loyal to one or the other, but both sites upload pictures daily. They also both take questions and submissions of amateur creepers.

The creepers behind both websites work hard to maintain anonymity. Clues from their ‘About Us’ and ‘Questions’ pages show that both are team-operated and dedicated to update the site several times a day.

Students have tried to find the source of the creepiness by looking up the site’s registration information, but to no avail. According to the TU Creep, the name on the registration is on a rotation from a list of 10 names from Taylor students and faculty, who have all been accused of creeping. Other personal information is from an online fake name generator. With the anonymity of both sites still protected, the creepers are still at large and roaming campus with ready cameras.

So hide yo kids, hide yo wife. Cause they creepin’ on everybody out there.

asks, mystery and music will create a whimsical evening of enchantment and entertainment this weekend as the

Taylor Sounds join the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra and Indiana Wesleyan University’s One Voice for a Masquerade Ball. Reminiscent of “The Phantom of the Opera” and an era long gone, this event will breathe new life into an elegant and charming theme. This evening of music and intrigue comes just in time for Halloween.

For anyone who wants to go, the Masquer-ade Ball will be held tomorrow at the YMCA in Marion. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. and the concert begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be bought in the music office and are $25 for the dinner and concert, $18 for adults for just the dinner or $5 for students. This event is open to all who are interested in coming.

To accompany the theme, masks and cos-tumes will be incorporated throughout the evening. While those who are performing are especially encouraged to wear a costume, anyone in attendance can choose to dress up as little or as much as they like for the evening, thereby, allowing others to participate in the fun and excitement as well.

Selected music from The Phantom of the Opera, Rogers and Hammerstein and Leonard Bernstein will fill the evening along with the Marion orchestra and IWU’s jazz ensemble.

“It is going to be beautiful music, beautiful Broadway music. It’s so popular and it’s fun to sing…” said Professor of Music JoAnn Rediger.

Also, to complete the masquerade ball theme, ballroom danc-

ing will accompany these musical classics for an enjoyable evening. Quality entertainment will not be in short supply.

While the Taylor Sounds have performed with the Marion Philharmonic in the past, this is the first time they will perform with Indiana Wesleyan’s small group.

“I’m excited about the collaboration with the Marion Phil-harmonic Orchestra and the Indiana Wesleyan small group,”

Rediger said. “I’m excited for our students to have this opportunity to actually perform with a great orchestra.”

When asked about the idea for the theme and their participation, Rediger said that although someone thought of a masquerade ball, the din-ner portion was inspired by the Taylor Sounds’ Valentines performance in Alspaugh each Febru-ary. The whole of the evening will provide the Taylor Sounds with even more exposure, and “a fantastic opportunity to perform with an orches-tra and to do things from Broadway and Leonard Bernstein.”

For those who attend, the Masquerade Ball is not only a way to support the local arts, but a way to support the Taylor Sounds as well. The Taylor community can enjoy an evening of fun and see the beautiful gifts of one of its very own groups.

“They will see that these students can sing any kind of music and sing it well. They can sing all styles of music, all different genres of music and sing it well,” Rediger said.

This evening promises to be filled with the gentle strains of music, angelic voices and ballroom dancing. It will be “a wonder-ful orchestra with a charismatic conductor,” said Wes Rediger,

Dr. Rediger’s husband. “It’s great music of Rogers and Hammerstein, great waltzes

and it will be great dancing. It’s open to all and all are encour-aged to come and hear our own philharmonic orchestra, in which our own Taylor faculty play and our own students sing. It will be a great Halloween night of masquerade fun and music and dancing.”

Waverly and Oliver enjoying the teacup ride on Waverly’s Make-A-Wish trip to Walt Disney World. Both have Sanfilippo Syndrom, a genetic disorder which deteriorates their hearing, speaking and motor skills.

To support Waverly and Oliver and their parents in purchasing a home, please come to the Taj Haunted House.

When: TodayTime: 9 p.m. to midnightWhere: 212 W. Wright Ave Entry Fee: $1.00 For more info: ahundredforahome.com

Haunted Happenings

Thriller- Michael Jackson

Don’t Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

Flying Purple People Eater- Sheb Wooley

Nightmare on My Street- Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Je�

I Put a Spell on You- Screamin Jay Hawkins

Zombie Zoo- Tom Petty

Disturbia- Rihanna

This is Halloween- Nightmare before Christmas

Dracula’s Wedding- Outkast

Monster Mash- Bobby Picket

Zombie- The Cranberries

Werewolves of London- Warren Zevon

Scary Monsters and Super Creeps- David Bowie

Poison- Groove Coverage

Themes from: The Ghostbusters and Psycho

Emily & Corrie’s Halloween Playlist

MASQUERADE MYSTIQUE

HAUNTED PLACES

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Peeling back The Onion’s layers

His face is bloodied and bruised. Deep gashes cover his chest, bits of shrapnel are embed-ded into his thigh, and

his cape is torn to shreds. He sucks in a deep breath. A light snow is falling as a winter storm approaches. To his back lies the Gotham City skyline, complete with towering giants, bright spotlights, and draped in yellow hues. Police sirens shriek in the distance, but they will be of no help where he is at.

He is alone — waging an all-out war against a never ending tide of murderers, psychotics and lunatics. There is no law here. It’s every-body for themselves — anarchy at its finest. A maniacal laugh causes his head to flinch. The time for rest is over. Batman and the player controlling him take to the skies once more knowing that even a moment’s hesitation can mean the difference between life and death.

Welcome to Arkham City. A walled-off section of Gotham transformed into a massive prison. It is within these walls that one of the great-est Batman stories ever told transpires and is executed to near perfection.

It manages to integrate polished gameplay with a blockbuster script, and the results are staggering. From the moody atmosphere littered with detail, to the adrenaline-laced combat, colorful characters and an engrossing narrative that will stick with you long after the credits roll. Arkham City stands as a staple of how richly awarding interactive storytelling can be when you get it right.

This is not just the best licensed game ever

crafted. Arkham City is an instant classic — a new benchmark by which other games must now ascribe to achieve.

Kevin Conroy (Batman) and Mark Hamill (Joker), along with a stellar cast of voice actors, deliver powerful performances. The musical score is solid throughout and never feels out of place. One thing that really hit me was hearing a person crying out for help. You race atop rooftops as the screams grow louder, pinpoint the mugging taking place in a nearby alley, and swoop down upon the unsuspecting foe, rendering him unconscious with a well-placed elbow to his face.

You are Batman. They have managed to cap-ture the essence of the character so well that it is mind-blowing. It is more than just beating down gangs and rescuing innocent bystanders from would-be assailants. Arkham City digs deep into the psychology of what makes the man tick. It succeeds making that connection between game and player that every novel attempts to spark between reader and char-acters.

There are the rare hiccups in framerate and the occasional camera glitch. However, these annoyances are few and far between. With a main story that’ll last you between 10 and 15 hours, dozens of engaging side missions, hun-dreds of collectables, incredible replay value and challenge maps nailed down to an art-form; Arkham City manages to surpass its predeces-sor (Arkham Asylum; itself a critical darling) in every conceivable way.

Printing lies since its 1988 beginnings, The Onion has shocked and offended countless innocent Americans caught off-guard by the bold, sensationalist headlines and eloquently-written, convincing articles ripe with inaccuracy, spin and slander.

But what these victim-readers fail to realize is — well — that’s sort of the whole point.

Satire news is not new to this country, nor is people’s gross misunderstanding of it. Great American humorist Mark Twain had to flee certain states where his less-than-truthful news accounts got taken a little too seriously, and “Huckle-berry Finn” has often been criticized as racist and offensive though its author clearly intended it to be satirical (he was an abolitionist).

So it often goes for The Onion, “America’s Finest News Source,” as chronicled on LiterallyUnbelievable.org, a Tumblr blog that posts screen captures of facebookers’ humorously earnest reactions to the news site’s satirical pieces.

For instance, “Sunken Oil Tanker Will Be Habitat For Marine Life, Shell Executives Say With Straight Face” received a response: “Typical warped sense of logic from idiotic executive!!!”

And the purposefully obvious headline “Scientists Trace Heat Wave to Massive Star at Center Of Solar System” was commented on by a user saying, “Wow, massive star in our solar system. This is literally insane.” Well, not really, but the Sun is pretty cool.

In the same satirical vein run Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,” and Stephen Colbert’s, “The Colbert Report.” Both assume the typical format and personas of mainstream political TV-journalism, but are perhaps better

understood only due to the audio-visual elements and ‘Comedy’ Central signifier. Print and online writing are left more subject to a reader’s interpre-tation and particular viewing context, and therefore

are more frequently misunderstood.A 1978 study conducted by social psychologist C. R. Gruner

found that the higher a student’s SAT score, the greater the chance is that he/she will understand a satirical essay. And though most theorists say comprehension of satire is largely dependent on intelligence and cultural acuity, an earlier Gruner study showed the possibility of satire to be enjoyed without complete understanding.

It’s important to note that with this century’s resurgence of satire media came the rise of the Ironic Class, as media expert Brett McCracken calls our generation. And while it’s definitely left some web surfers in a confused fog, it’s made insincere skeptics out of others.

Concerning the latter group, who McCraken claims has embraced satire to the point it’s become a lifestyle, Guardian columnist Darragh McManus wrote, “We’re sincere in our insincerity, thus confusing the matter to proportions so Byz-antine it couldn’t be teased out by an intellectual tag-team of Steven Hawking and King Solomon.”

So, to all the ironic brainiacs who find themselves too immersed in satire to accept anything at face value, perhaps it’s time to take a break and read something really earnest, to catch up on some “real” news to rebalance perceptions. And then make sure to check out LiterallyUnbelievable.org.

To the rest, as a general rule of thumb: Just don’t believe a single word you read on The Onion.

Review: ‘Batman: Arkham City ’

After getting your tick-ets, you finally find your seat in the crowded auditorium. The room is dark, with only enough light for

people to find their seats before the concert begins. People surround you on every side. Suddenly, the house lights go out. The noise is deafening as fans shriek and yell, unable to contain their excitement. Stage lights ignite and illuminate band members John and Korey Cooper and Seth Morrison as they walk across the stage. Jen Ledger sits at the drums, wait-ing to begin. John approaches the microphone. Strings, electric guitars and bass, drums, and voices all blend together in beautiful harmony as the band begins their first set.

Welcome to a Skillet concert.With Skillet coming to Ball State Univer-

sity’s Emens Auditorium in Muncie this Sun-day, Oct. 30, many Taylor students are looking forward to experiencing a Skillet concert for themselves. Tickets for this concert are cur-rently for sale online.

Junior Katharine Hogan said she is extremely excited to be going.

“My experience with music has always been that good music viewed live simply gets bet-ter,” she said. “The energy from the band and the audience makes it easy to lose yourself in the music completely.”

Skillet will not disappoint with their pro-pensity to use pyrotechnics and awe-inspiring effects as a backdrop for large, passionate performances.

After 15 years and multiple albums, includ-ing their two gold records, “Comatose” and

“Alive,” Skillet has become known for writing honest songs about the human experience from a Christian point of view.

“The drive and energy behind Skillet’s music is great, as well as their lyrical themes of hope, faith, tenacity and a longing for more than this material world has to offer (for example, in their songs ‘Hero’ and ‘Looking for Angels’),” Hogan said.

“The lyrics often describe situations I’m going through,” sophomore Alex Mellen said.

“Sometimes their songs are a big encourage-

ment for me when I’m sad.”Skillet is also known for

pushing the envelope of what is considered “Christian” music.

Guitar riffs, heavy bass and stirring string sections accompany tough subjects like eating disorders (“Never Surrender”), deep and per-sonal loss (“Lucy”), and pointing to Christ for being the reason for life (“Rebirthing,” “Coma-tose”). They have crossed over into secular music, with their singles “Hero” and “Monster” used as themes for WWE events and played on many secular radio rock stations.

“They’re one of the only Christian bands that can actually compete with secular music,” junior Ryan Dennison said.

Dennison makes a valid point. Christian music does not always live up to secular music with its vivacity.

Hogan says, “[With most Christian music], the music is sacrificed for the sake of seeing how many times you can fit the phrase ‘We praise you, Lord’ or some such platitude into a song,” Hogan said.

If you listen to modern-day praise songs, you might notice that the lyrics and themes get repetitive and preachy. Christian music is supposed to provide a good alternative to songs talking about sex and getting high from drugs. However, the quality of music seems to take a backseat to the lyrics, leaving believers who are fans of mainstream music dissatisfied with the Christian counterparts.

The struggle Christian musicians, as well as artists of all sorts, is how to appeal to the world without being “preachy,” while still showing truth. We must set standards in art, not just attempt to follow them. Groups like Skillet, Manafest and Seventh Day Slumber seem to do just that.

This Sunday, on Halloween’s eve, students from Taylor and fans from around the state will get the chance to “rock out” to music that allow them to worship while also quenching musical thirsts for intricate music and relat-able lyrics.

So let the lights dim and the night begin.

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“Anonymous”

Starring Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson

Who was the real author of the plays credited to Shakespeare? Experts and scholars across the world have argued on the true authorship of these classic works. Roland Emmerich (director of Independence Day and 2012) poses one possible answer; an answer filled with political intrigue and greedy schemes.

“Puss In Boots”

Starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis

“Long before he even met Shrek, the notorious fighter, lover and outlaw Puss In Boots becomes a hero when he sets off on an adventure with the tough and street smart Kitty Softpaws and the mastermind Humpty Dumpty to save his town. This is the true story of The Cat, The Myth, The Legend... The Boots..” - The official website.

“The Rum Diary” Starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Echhart, Michael Rispoli Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson, “The Rum Diary” follows Paul Kemp (Depp) as he travels to Puerto Rico to write for a local paper. Tired of the conventions of American life, he decides to adopt the rum-soaked life of the island. When his editor wants him to write favorably about an unsavory scheme, Kemp is torn between financial benefits and laid-back lifestyles.

Skillet coming to Muncie

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There is a dichotomy between the macroevolution of Taylor’s science department and the Christian theology of the rest of the school. Taylor insists on having Darwinism as fact in its science departments, without facing its implications. Whether or not macroevolution is validated by science is a separate matter for scholarly enquiry. The issue at hand here is that Taylor has taken the stand that mac-roevolution is certainly true.

As a Christian I find great inconsistencies resulting from such reinterpretation of Gen-esis — inconsistencies that Taylor ignores. This is curious in a university that holds “Integration of Faith and Learning” and

“Biblically Anchored” as two of its pillars. If this university were only suggesting mac-roevolution as probable, it would not be in such a state of contradiction. But because it enforces Darwinism as fact with absolutely no alternatives, it must accept all that fol-lows from a Darwinist Genesis. While entire books have been committed to the theologi-cal implications of Darwinian evolution, in my limited space I present two that alone pose significant problems for the traditional Christian theologian.

First, millions of years of human evolution mean the existence of death before the fall. This is problematic as it removes sin as the cause of death and suffering in the world. Romans says, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned . . . . Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.”

If evolution holds true, then man did not cause death — God did. In this light the entire pattern of Scripture is upset. Death and pain are no longer an evil, but rather a natural tool of God. But how then is the Christian to take New Testament verses such as the fol-lowing? “He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist anymore

— or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the for-

mer things have ceased to exist,” or, “while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened,

because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.” Scripture does not teach that death has always been God’s evolutionary ordina-tion. Rather, it consistently teaches death’s wrongness and God’s plan to redeem it — a plan culminating in the physical resurrection of Christ.

Second, the materialistic nature of evo-lution removes the absolute sanctity of all human life. One must ask, “At what point of evolution did man gain a soul?” As an ape, or caveman? When he had sufficient neurons to create the Internet? Evolution is a long line of nearly imperceptible changes — a process so gradual it cannot be said when man began. How is he truly different from his simian relatives except for a few DNA coding differ-ences? If there is a difference, some biologi-cal milestone past which man gained a soul, are those with genetic disorders in danger of being sub-human for falling below that line? What makes the mentally handicapped as human as the genetically whole? What is the standard for being human in a long line of evolution?

If Taylor University is going to continue teaching Darwinian Evolution as the replace-ment for the traditional interpretation of Gen-esis 1-3, it is going to have to bite the bullet and take all the implications that go with it. Chapel should be stricken of worship and speakers that speak negatively of death, as though death were not God’s plan for billions of years. Apologetic classes need discuss no further the source of pain and death: it is God. Teachers promoting the sanctity of life have no basis for their cause. Taylor must come to terms with the consequences of its teaching and have “Integration of Faith and Learning” by either teaching macroevolution everywhere, or nowhere. Any other course of action is insisting on inconsistency.

TAYLOR’S EVOLUTION

Once upon a time, you were here at Tay-lor. Yes, you. The athlete, the musician, the stellar student. You went about your day in the little town of Upland, complete with Handy Andy runs and

the occasional adventure to Walmart. You lived for Airband, pick-a-dates and Silent Night. Col-lege was “fun,” at least fun by Christian and Hoosier standards. But you longed for some-thing more.

Everyone in Taylor told stories of “The One” — a perfect person somewhere in the world who was made to complete you. Some dismissed these stories as myths that could never be, or legends that once were and are no more. But you (and the majority of Taylorites) chose to believe in these stories. Eventually, these stories became your obsession. Legend had it that if you did not find the perfect person by spring semester of senior year, you would be cursed to a life of celibacy.

As graduation quickly approached every year, you rejoiced with your engaged or married graduates. You also mourned for those who were destined to a life of misery, because they were leaving a place with a few hundred people of the opposite sex to go into a world with a billion of them. They would be insane to think that they could ever meet someone outside of the 0.39 square miles that is Taylor University.

Let’s get real. There are 1,993 students at Tay-lor. Forty-five percent male, 55 percent female.

For us girls, that means there are about 900 guys to choose from. But roughly half of them are already taken. Which brings us down to

450 guys. But half of those live in Wengatz. So that brings us down to 225 guys. I could share more of the extremely complex math that I did to finally determine that there is a possibility of only 28 “potential” guys per girl, but I am afraid most people would not understand the formulas that I used to arrive at such a conclusion. Guys, the math is about the same for you as well, only there are 200 more girls than guys on campus, so statistically, you actually have a higher chance of meeting The One at Taylor. But, considering

these numbers, finding The One at Taylor should actually be considered a rare occurrence, rather than an expected one.

But I challenge that, rather than pointing fingers at the opposite sex and blaming them for all of your relationship drama, we would begin by questioning our own motives. I know of several people who have based their decisions to not study abroad or to stay in college for an extra semester just because they don’t want to miss out on finding The One. I won’t even try to address the numerous problems with this

mindset, except to say we all need to gain a little self-respect. We are not half a person, incomplete until we meet our “other half.” We are complete and perfect in Christ, and we should beware of placing a person, or even an idea of a person, on a pedestal that is only rightfully deserved by the man who is Love itself.

We all long to have our lives be a perfect love story — and of course our idea of perfection is that every-thing will happen exactly when and where we want it. But think of your favorite books or movies. The ones that are the most epic, most remembered and the ones that are actually worth telling, are the ones where nothing goes according to plan. Where, just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, it does. And then, when you least expect it, something amazing happens. Who doesn’t love surprises? Don’t plan on meeting that person here at Taylor. Don’t plan on meeting them some-where else either. Plan to be surprised.

And part of that means that you will go out and live your life. You don’t have to go looking for The One. God will bring him or her to you.

Just do what you want to do, and go where God wants you to go. Live your life as a story. Chances are, there is someone who will jump in when you least expect it and will want to live your story with you. And you will indeed live happily ever after.

WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT...S A R I N A G L I C K , C O N T R I B U T O R

We don’t have to look very far to see it. Students huddled around DC tables, eating, laughing and conspiring with their fellow floor/wing mates is one example. Traditions carried out with either secrecy or fanfare is another. From residence halls to different groups and clubs, solidar-ity can be seen in one form or another across campus. Devotion to relationships with one another on multiple levels is a great character-istic about living on Taylor’s campus. But the question begs to be asked: can it ever be bad?

As surprising as it might seem, the answer is yes. Solidarity can be a great unifying pres-ence among people when kept in check, but the moment it becomes a status for status’ sake is when it starts to crumble. Why? Because at this point listening ceases and communication breaks down. Sure, we might hear what someone else has to say, but it no longer has any effect on us. An even bigger problem arises when we leave others out or shun them because adherence is more impor-tant. In reality, solidarity can be more harmful than helpful within community.

It is important to point out that while the words “intentional commu-nity” are thrown around enough to be cliché, community is not something we can escape. We live with people 24/7 in close proximity, and as such, are constantly involved with the needs that such a life entails. Even people who might try to isolate themselves cannot escape it completely. What kind of community are we upholding if we adhere to our floors/wings, groups and clubs merely for the sake of their standing and reputation?

Even though we live together in community, when interacting with someone one-on-one is less intimidating than interacting with them as a group, it might be time to reconsider what we are standing for. An individual should not act in a way that completely contradicts who

he or she is just because of his or her association with a particular circle. Groups should not be a

channel with which to prove superiority. Take for example, the Pharisees. I know

this might sound a little extreme, but please hear me out. In their day, the Pharisees were a highly-esteemed group of church leaders. They led the people in worship and obedience to God. They knew the law and administered it within their society. As such, a lot of power came with their position. They were listened to and respected. Pretty much what they said went.

Over time, they would say one thing and do another, because they could get away with

it. They enjoyed their ranking in society. At some point, their standing became noth-ing more than a name to fall back on, and a “get out of jail free card.” My point in all of this, though, is that a group, a name or a position, should not be just a cause to do any-thing and everything, especially when it neg-atively affects others. Respect, thoughtful-

ness, and taste should always be kept in mind.Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that

solidarity is a bad thing. It is good to be active and support our floors and wings, as well as our groups and clubs. I’m saying that like anything, if taken too far in the other direction, it can be harmful and problematic. A balance must be maintained. Having fun with the groups we are a part of is enjoyable, and it should be, but it shouldn’t get out of hand.

Solidarity should be something that is benefi-cial, not feared. It should never be at someone else’s expense. We have been blessed to be sur-rounded by many wonderful people and groups, through which we can bond and be ourselves. Let’s enjoy it for its good qualities and not take advantage of it.

MARK TAYLOR C O N T R I B U T O R

SOLIDARITY RULES, OR DOES IT?

RACHEL VACHON C O P Y E D I T O R

“WHAT KIND OF COMMU-NITY ARE WE UPHOLD-ING IF WE ADHERE TO OUR FLOORS/WINGS, GROUPS AND CLUBS

MERELY FOR THE SAKE OF THEIR STANDING AND REPUTATION?”

Inconsistency within Taylor’s teaching?

“We are not half a person, incomplete until we meet our ‘other half.’ We are complete

and perfect in Christ . . .”

Illustration by Rodrigo Carneiro

A 127-28 overal l record, 49 consecutive conference victories,

four Mid-Central Conference championships and numerous MCC and NAIA honors.

And they’re not done yet.That is the resume for the three Taylor

volleyball seniors, Kelsey Pritchard, Bethany Beck and Betsy Brown.

They added to their legacy Wednesday night, recording a 3-0 home victory (25-11, 25-23, 25-17) over Huntington (6-22, 1-16), improving to 23-5 (17-0 MCC), and clinching Taylor’s fifth straight MCC title.

“To go unbeaten in their four years of conference play is pretty phenomenal . . . . It really speaks to their emphasis on team first,” Head Coach Brittany Smith said of the seniors. “To have a team that’s so focused on serving each other and doing something significant together is a privilege and an honor to coach them.”

That team mentality showed up Wednes-day as the Trojans put on a dominant per-formance.

The first set started evenly for both teams, who were tied at 5 after 10 points.

Taylor then went on a 20-6 run to close out the set, aided by quite a few Huntington errors.

But things would get much tougher for the Trojans.

The Trojans kept a short lead for much of the second set, including an 18-16 lead late.

The Forresters took seven of the next eight points, however, and with the score at 23-19, it looked like Taylor would not get the sweep.

But the Trojans roared back to take the last six points, doing so on two kills by junior Elizabeth Luke and four Huntington errors.

“There’s gonna be moments of up and down, and we definitely experienced those tonight, but we also learned a great deal about covering each other,” Pritchard said.

If set number two was a down, set three was an up.

Taylor started off strong, jumping out to a 12-3 lead and never looked back. Pritchard fittingly got the final kill to finish the 25-17 third-set victory.

The victory also marked the return of Brown, who had missed time with an ankle injury.

“It definitely felt good to be back and be able to play,” Brown said. “It’s been good to learn some patience and just to see the game from a different view. It was great to see players step up.”

While the season is not yet over, the last home game of the year means the beginning of the end for the seniors.

“It’s kind of bittersweet,” Beck said. “You move on to the next part of your life, but it’s really sad because this has been my life for four years, and I play with my best friends every day.”

Taylor travels to Georgetown, Ky., this weekend for the Georgetown College Bone-yard Brawl.

The Trojans take on Walsh and George-town today before facing Olivet Nazarene and IU East Saturday.

The team then plays Marion in its final regular-season game Nov. 4 before beginning MCC Tournament play and then — if they qualify — nationals.

“I would love to see us match the defen-

sive effort of the teams that we’re going to play,” Smith said. “They are all very scrappy. When teams just continually bring the ball back, sometimes we lose our focus . . . . We’re used to having the ball get put down right away. We know that’s not going to happen this weekend.”

Regardless of how the rest of the season goes, one thing is clear: the seniors have left their mark on the program — and the pro-gram has left its mark on the seniors.

“It’s cool to come here and just continue that legacy,” Beck said. “I think it shows a lot about Taylor volleyball that we are con-sistent each year and that we rise to the challenge each year.”

The women’s soccer team played their sixth overtime game

Tuesday at Grace in the regular season finale.The Trojans fought hard against the No. 2

team in the MCC and the game ended in a 2-2 tie. Grace is the only team in the confer-ence to beat powerhouse No. 13 Spring Arbor.

Taylor needed a win to have any chance of hosting the opening round of the MCC Tournament, but got off to a rocky start. The Trojans lost freshman goalkeeper Kristiana Griffith in the 11th minute to a broken leg. She managed to stay in the game for eight more minutes before being subbed out. She finished with three saves and allowed one goal. Junior Corri Sehr played the rest of the game in goal and made four saves while allowing one goal.

In the 19th minute Grace’s Elizabeth Heuss scored a goal to give the Lancers an early lead.

The Lancers held the lead until just after halftime when sophomore Molly Drooger tied the game 1-1. Drooger’s goal was her ninth of

the season, and she has now scored in back-to-back games.

The score stayed tied until the 75th minute when senior Taylor Hale was able to give the Trojans a 2-1 lead. Sophomore Anna Mer-caldo made the assist on the play.

The Trojans were not able to hold the lead, though, and Grace struck back two minutes later when Heuss scored her second goal on an assist by Courtney Grant. The game ultimately went to overtime, during which neither team scored.

The Trojans outshot Grace 24-14 in the game and 20-7 after halftime, including over-time.

“The hard part to accept is that they’re sec-ond and were seventh, and there isn’t really any real difference between the ability levels

of the two teams,” Head Coach Scott Stan said Wednesday. “We outshot them yesterday. Their goalie had a couple of great saves. We lost our starting goalie in about the 12th min-ute to a broken leg, which was a real mental breakdown.”

Putting the ball in the back of the net has been a problem lately for the Trojans. Taylor has scored one or fewer goals in five of the last six games.

The Trojans next game is tomorrow in the opening round of the MCC Tournament. They will be the seventh seed and will again face Grace, the second seed in the tournament.

“I think we can go back in the tournament on Saturday, and we can win, but I think that our team needs to understand that Grace is also a great team, and you can’t under-estimate them or they will beat you badly,” Stan said. “And they’re the only team in our conference to beat Spring Arbor this year, so they have quite an accomplished group of young ladies there.”

The first round game will take place tomor-row at 1 p.m. in Winona Lake, Ind.

The men’s bas-ketball team is reloaded and

excited for their fast-approaching sea-son. The Trojans’ season opens Wednes-day in Odle Arena at 7 p.m. against University of Michigan-Dearborn.

Head Coach Paul Patterson says his team is stronger and more experienced this year. The Trojans’ starting lineup will be primarily upperclassmen who have a couple years of play under their belts. Taylor recently received eight votes in the NAIA Top 25 Preseason Coaches Poll.

Patterson is optimistic about the team’s freshmen and their abilities to contribute. The freshman players con-sist of Jesse Coffey, Ian Dutcher, Josh Forbes and Darayl Jordan. Among these, Patterson mentioned Coffey and Jordan as having the potential to see immediate playing time.

According to Patterson, these fresh-men have the benefit of learning from their older teammates.

“They’re really fortunate to be here with a bunch of experienced players,” Patterson said.

Seniors Kyle Hanaway and Jake Burkholder each started over half the team’s games last season, and both averaged over seven points a game. The junior is also very experienced with Casey Coons, Nate Kasper and Tommy Peller all seeing considerable court time last season. Coons led the team with a 17.1 scoring average.

Patterson said that the freshmen’s

roles on the team will expand as they gain thier own experience.

Last year’s team went 15-15 overall and 5-11 in conference. They finished the year ranked ninth in the MCC, but several conference losses were by five points or less, such as the games against Marian, Indiana Wesleyan and Spring Arbor.

“We weren’t far last year from being better than our record indicated,” Pat-terson said.

The 32-year head coach believes these trials have made his team bond together in what he calls “teamness.” Losses have taught the Trojans that they must pull together.

“Sometimes you need some adversity to really begin to understand what your strengths are and just what it takes to excel,” Patterson said. “The only thing worse than learning from your mistakes is not learning at all.”

The coaching staff would love for the team to be more physical in rebounding and more consistent in execution on the offensive side of the ball. They would also like to see the team compete on the national level by the end of the year. However, Patterson says the players need to make their own goals.

Taylor enters the season ranked fourth in the MCC, which will be a strong conference again this season. Rival Indiana Wesleyan will start the season ranked second in the nation. No. 9 Grace and No. 13 St. Francis are also ranked in the preseason polls, and Mar-ian is receiving votes.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

RESULTS10/22 at Great Lakes Invitational 14th of 35

SCHEDULE11/05 at MCC Championships 12:30 p.m.

REVIEWFreshmen Scott King and Zach Warner turned in personal best times Sat-urday at the Great Lakes Invitational, helping the men’s cross country team to a 14th-place finish out of 35 teams in attendance.

MEN’S SOCCER 16-0-1 (8-0-1)

RESULTS10/15 versus Huntington W, 5-010/18 at Indiana Wesleyan W, 2-010/22 versus Goshen W, 4-0

SCHEDULE10/29 MCC First Round versus Mount Vernon Nazarene 1 p.m.

REVIEWThe men’s soccer team wrapped up a MCC regular season championship with a 4-0 win over Goshen Sat-urday. Senior Tyler Beachler, sophomore JT Briggs and freshmen Danny Cawley and Tim Daniels all scored in the game. No. 18 Taylor will enter the MCC Tourna-ment as the No. 1 seed.

FOOTBALL 4-3 (2-2)

RESULTS10/22 at St. Francis L, 33-75

SCHEDULE10/29 at Walsh 7 p.m.

REVIEWThe football team fell to No. 1 St. Francis 33-75 Saturday. Freshman Jake Fidler led the Trojans with 14 carries for 73 yards. Sophomore Jared Perkins and seniors Matt Orvis and Colton Martinez all had receiving touchdowns in the loss. On defense junior Brett Currens had two interceptions and a fumble recovery for a touchdown. Taylor will play a non-conference game tomorrow at Walsh before returning home for Senior Day Nov. 5.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

RESULTS10/22 at Great Lakes Invita-tional 7th of 33

SCHEDULE11/05 at MCC Championships 11:30 a.m.

REVIEWFreshmen Allison Steinbeck and Jenna Norris led the women’s cross country team to a seventh-place finish at the Great Lakes Invitational Saturday. Steinbeck finished in 21st place and Norris came in 30th overall.

WOMEN’S SOCCER 8-5-4 (3-3-3)

RESULTS10/15 versus Marian W, 1-0 (OT)10/19 versus Indiana Wesleyan L, 1-210/22 versus Mt. Vernon Nazarene T, 1-110/25 at Grace T, 2-2

SCHEDULE10/29 MCC First Round versus Grace 1 p.m.

REVIEWBefore tying Grace Tuesday, the women’s soccer team tied Mt. Vernon Nazarene 1-1 Saturday. Sophomore Molly Drooger tied the game in the second half with the Trojans’ lone goal of the contest. The tie was the firts of two for Taylor this week. See article for Tuesday’s recap.

VOLLEYBALL 23-5 (17-0)

RESULTS10/19 at Bethel W, 3-210/21 at Mt. Vernon Nazarene W, 3-010/22 versus Grace W, 3-010/26 versus Huntington W, 3-0

SCHEDULE10/28 versus Walsh 4 p.m.10/28 at Georgetown 8 p.m.10/29 versus Olivet Naza-rene 9:30 a.m.10/29 versus IU East 1:30 p.m.

REVIEWBefore beating Huntington Wednesday, the volleyball team shut out Grace 3-0 Saturday. Freshman Kelsey Carr led the Trojans with 28 assists. See article for Wednesday’s recap.

VOLLEYBALL WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT MCC CHAMPIONSHIP

Senior point guard Kyle Hanaway goes up for a shot during a game last season. Hanaway started all but one of Taylor’s games last season and averaged 7.33 PPG, 3.87 APG, 2.90 RPG and shot 0.314 from behind th three-point line.

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TROJAN SPORTS

IN BRIEF

WES YOUNG C O N T R I B U T O R

MEN’S BASKETBALL BRINGS BACK EXPERIENCED CORE

TROJANS TIE GRACE, POSTSEASON REMATCH TOMORROW

YEAR: Freshman

LOCATION ON CAMPUS: Second East Olson

HOMETOWN: Cincinnati, Ohio

FUNNIEST TEAMMATE: Jenna Norris

FAVORITE PRO TEAM: Cincinnati Bengals

BEST PUMP-UP SONG: “Forever” by Chris Brown

FAVORITE SPORT OTHER THAN CROSS COUNTRY:

Football

FAVORITE TAYLOR TRADITION: Airband

FAVORITE TV SHOW: “Friends”

FAVORITE DC FOOD: Pasta

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WILL FAIRFAX C O N T R I B U T O R

Senior Kelsey Pritchard (12) attempts a kill during Wednesday night’s win over Huntington as fellow senior Betsy Brown (6) looks on. This year’s senior class has never lost a regualr season conference match.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Allison Steinbeck

JON STROSHINE S P O R T S W R I T E R

1-Taylor Trojans

WOMENʼS SOCCER

1 GraceLancers