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Dr. Gresham’s LegacyAbby Felter, Photographer For a quarter of a century Southern Nazarene University has thrived under the leadership of President Dr. Loren Gresham. As we celebrate this huge milestone with our fearless leader, it’s helpful to put things in perspective by looking back twenty-fi ve years ago at what was going on in our world.Twenty-fi ve years ago, Bart Simpson made his television debut, Taylor Swift was born and Sir Tim Berners-Lee pro-posed an “information management” system that would allow people to ac-cess pages hosted on computers across the globe and the world wide web came into being. 1988 was a politically active year with indictments handed down in the Iran-Contra affair, a presidential election in which George HW Bush beat out Michael Dukakis and the elec-tion of Sonny Bono as the new mayor of Palm Springs. America’s Most Wanted

aired for the fi rst time, and Steel Mag-nolias was a huge hit in the box offi ce, along with The Little Mermaid, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Rain Man, and When Harry Met Sally. The Nintendo Game-boy hit the market, and folks started using Microsoft Offi ce and found their work routines drastically impacted by the software. Yes, right in the mix of big hair and Calvin Klein jeans, Dr. Gresham became the president of Southern Nazarene University. Although he had never really seen himself becoming the president of a university, he respected and admired the model of the Christian colleges, and he still fi nds them advantageous in higher education. Up until the time he was president, there had been very few presidents through all the Nazarene colleges that were not ministers. When he received the job offer, he was surprised. Point

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Ashlynn McGuire, Guest Contributor“Our Father who art in Heaven, hal-lowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.” Some may start their prayer time with this prayer, but others start it with a prayer for someone

else in mind. The SNU Alumni prayer team is a group of people who go out of their way to do just that. “I was contacted by Ken-dra Loper late summer of 2013. She said that she felt that God was leading her to have a group of alumni pray and wondered if I would help,” said Claudine Henry, originator of the Alumni Prayer Team, about how the prayer team

“[We meet] every Wednes-day at noon on the second fl oor of the Marchant Center. Any-one is welcomed to join in on the prayers,” said Rick Green, another member of the prayer team. “We also have a Facebook group. Look for the SNU Alumni Prayer Team. It is a closed group so you do have to request to be added. Beginning in January, we will be sending out monthly and/

started. “I met with her the next week and the prayer team was start-ed just a few weeks later - I think late August. The basic idea is that alumni and students can send in confi dential requests and know that their prayers are being lifted, by name, to God.” Praying for alumni, stu-dents, and faculty is what the Alum-ni prayer team does every Wednes-day.

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or weekly requests that are specific to what is happening on campus and also for staff and faculty,” said Henry. The prayer team is made up of more than just Claudine and Rick. “It varies from week to week. We started with three and have had as many as five. Almost always, Rick Green or I are pres-ent. It is open to anyone who longs to make a difference with their prayers and who loves SNU,” said Henry. The amount of people who make up the team is not as important as the reason for why

the members are there. “If you are answering the call to a ministry of prayer then you can’t bother yourself with who is or who isn’t there when you are pray-ing. Your number one concern is to pray. After all, Jesus said it is where just two or three are gathered,” said Green. The team is also asking that alumni, faculty, staff and stu-dents set their clocks for Wednes-day noon and pray at the same time they are. They want it to become a habit to pray for the school. When one does something over and over, it begins to have an impact on him or her because of

being in the prayer team is that they are responding to the need of prayer in the campus community.“I love SNU and I feel called to prayer. For me, it is an easy combi-nation to put together,” said HenryParticipating in a task such as pray-ing can affect one’s spiritual, physi-cal and emotional wellbeing.“Spiritually, it requires that you have a relationship with Christ, a belief that prayer makes a differ-ence and a burden and love for Southern Nazarene University. Physically, it takes an hour out of your week. Emotionally, some days, it can break your heart. There are many hard situations and strug-gles that both alumni and students are facing. However, knowing that we are helping carry their burdens gives us a great sense of purpose and promise,” said Henry. Along with Henry, Green agrees that it takes a sincere belief that prayer actually makes a differ-ence. “No use in showing up if you don’t honestly believe that prayer works,” said Green. “I can’t speak for every-one else, but there are many weeks when I carry the requests home. They stay with me and I pray for them often [and they leave] a bur-den in my heart,” said Henry. Henry sums up her love for being a part of the team with a quote from Watchman Nee that reads, “Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it can’t reach us without rails.”

the repetitiveness of the action. This happens to the members of the prayer team. “I gain two things from being a part of the team. I gain a sense that God is listening and an-swering our prayers, which is the promise of scripture. I also gain from being part of the team that makes SNU community work,” said Green. Henry believes that prayer is the most important thing we do as Christians. “Praying for SNU, a place three generations of my family have loved, is an honor. I have history here. Being a part of the prayer team allows me to still feel a part of its mission,” said Henry. In all tasks, there is an im-portant factor or part of that task that makes it worth doing. “People need prayer and want to be prayed for. Having the team gives them an opportunity to express their needs. We pray for all kinds of needs ranging from failed marriages to financial needs. It seems there is always someone in the nursing program that is fac-ing a difficult exam. We’re gladly praying for each and every one,” said Green. “For me, the reason I do it is because I believe it works. Prayer changes people and circumstanc-es. It can change this campus. It is a mystery how it works, but God allows us to partner with Himself in this work called prayer,” said Henry. Green’s favorite part of

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Life Decisions: Switching Majors at SNUSummer Howard, Staff Writer According to recent stud-ies by Liz Freedman from Butler University, 75 percent of students will change their major during their college career, and anywhere from 20 to 50 percent of students are undeclared in their first year of college. While these numbers may seem shocking, one only has

to take a look around at Southern Nazarene University to realize that these statistics are true. Kayla Fe-land and Heather Finch are a part of this growing majority. “When I came to SNU, I didn’t know what I wanted to do or where God was leading me in my life,” said Feland, sophomore. “I declared business because I

Feland understands the fear people have toward the idea of switching majors. “It’s a scary thought to switch because if you do you’re technically already behind, and if you are too far behind you face the prospect of financing another year of college,” said Feland. “Switch-ing majors is never something to

thought, ‘No matter where you go you’ll always be working for some kind of business even if it’s your own.’ So I started my college ca-reer freshman year with a bunch of Gen. Ed. [classes] and a Com-puter Applications for Business class and realized business was definitely not for me!” Now a psychology major,


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Dr. Gresham’s Legacy cont.Loma Nazarene University had offered him a job, and he had only been there for 2 weeks when he was elected President of SNU. The year Dr. Gresham took office the university celebrated its 86th commencement. After graduating from col-lege at the age of 21, he spent 10 weeks in Asia that helped shaped the person he is today and the per-son that we have all come to love. He had been accepted to Vander-bilt to study American History, but his time in Asia had made him re-consider his decision. He switched to the University of Southern California to study international relations, and then he went on the acquire his doctorate in Political Science at the University of Okla-homa. Before becoming presi-dent, Dr. Gresham had taught in the Political Science department at SNU for 22 years. Surprisingly enough, coaching basketball at SNU from 1979 to 1986 was the thing that most prepared him for his job as the president of the school. Coaching taught lessons on how to make decisions under

pressure and the importance of having people in the right positions that best help the team as a whole. During his time, he has made it his goal to stay true to the mission statement of Southern Nazarene University:Our mission is to transform lives through higher education in Christ-centered community. As a Christian community of scholars, we model the hospitality of grace, the pursuit of truth, and the practice of dis-cipleship, all within the Wesleyan-holiness tradition, as we prepare graduates who think with clarity, act with integrity, and serve with purpose. In addition to staying true to the mission statement, Dr. Gresham has strived to maintain good relationships with the Church of the Nazarene, keep a balanced institutional budget and to know as many students as possible by name. Dr. Melany Kyzer, one of SNU’s faculty members, said that, “Over the years Dr. Gresham has taken the time to get to know students. He has an incredible memory and can call alum by their name. I don’t know how many college presidents

charge as well. When decisions need to be made, Dr. Gresham tries to hear out all sides and come to a plan that most if not everyone can agree on. When recruiting faculty, Dr. Gresham feels it is important to have people that believe in the mission statement and motto and will be examples to the students in their own personal lives. At SNU, Dr. Gresham wants the faculty and students to have a deeper relation-ship. He wants everyone to live their lives together and know each other on a more personal level. The students have had a drastic impact on the lives of the Gresham Family. Dr. Gresham and his wife Linda are a fixture around campus and know many students by name. Dr. Gresham and Linda have been a part of the life of Southern Nazarene Univer-sity for a quarter of a century, and they have certainly left their mark! Thank you for impacting so many lives and for investing so much to make Southern Nazarene Univer-sity the academic mainstay it has become.

you can say that about. Over the years, students have felt his love for them and his investment in them, and he is now doing the same with their children.” Dr. Gresham has had tre-mendous impact on many students at SNU. One of these students is Jordan Leibold, SNU’s student body president. She said, “There are many times when I find my job difficult and question if two-terms was a good idea. Sometimes I think I just might quit. Then, I am reminded of the twenty-five years Dr. Gresham has served as University President, and I am quickly put in my place. I’ve got nothing on that!” ‘Character, Culture, Christ’ is the university’s motto. Dating back as early as the 1930s, this motto has shaped and guided the university’s standards and goals. It is important to Dr. Gresham that the faculty and students know this motto, and it continues on to fu-ture generations. One of the many talents of Dr. Gresham is the ability to lead this campus, but also empow-ering those around him to take

be taken lightly, but it is not the end of the world if you do.” When asked why she

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thinks college students change ar-eas of study so many times, Heath-er Finch thinks it is not about “a

fear of commitment” to a certain field of work. “I think the main reason people switch majors so many times is because they have a fear of being trapped in something they hate,” said Finch, junior. “I like to think of picking a major as a process, a journey of self-discov-ery.” Finch, who switched her major four times and ended up in the English department, believes it is natural to change majors at least once. “I don’t think every major can be assessed at face value be-cause it’s only when you’re in the major you can determine whether you do or don’t like it,” said Finch.

“I changed because I decided to just dabble in different areas that I am passionate about and find things that I’m good at. In the end, I found my favorite field.” Changing majors is an ever-increasing trend in colleges across America, and the decision to switch has had a positive ef-fect on many students even here at SNU. If you are thinking about joining this trend, your advisors are available to help you with this decision. For more information on college students changing majors, go to: http://dus.psu.edu/men-tor/2013/06/disconnect-choos-ing-major/.

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Byron Crouch, Staff WriterWith the news of late droning on about Ebola, The Echo decided to interview Dr. Ami Siems from the Southern Nazarene University’s nurses office to get some tips and ideas about what would happen if Ebola came to SNU.

Interview in a nutshell: If you don’t want to get Ebola, don’t go where people have it. If think you have it, get a reality check because you most likely do not. And, if you do actually have it, check into the nurses office immediately.

I asked a few questions about Dr.

Siems background and history as doctor:

Q: When did you decide to be-come a doctor?A: The first time I decided to become a doctor was in fourth grade. The second time was when I came to college. The third time was when I was in a PhD program in biochemistry.

Q: How long have you been working as a doctor?A: Twenty-three years.

Q: How many of those years have you been working at or af-

A: A reality check. There is no chance, so they shouldn’t think they have it.

Q: But for the sake of the inter-view, would a student go to an emergency room?A: No, because they would be turned away. Well, they wouldn’t be turned away, but they could come here. Yes, if a current student thinks that they have it, they should come to the nurses office. Then we will do their reality check.

Q: If a student was to catch Ebo-la here at SNU, would SNU have to do something? A: Yes. The student would be iso-lated, and if they really had it, they would be taken to a hospital. Then we would call the state health de-partment and they would take over.

Q: Is there anything else that would like to tell SNU students?A: Come get their flu shots. We can’t prevent Ebola; we can’t do anything about it. But, we can definitely pre-vent the flu, so come get their flu shots. They are fifteen dollars.

filiated with SNU?A: Seventeen years.

I then asked about how to avoid Ebola and what would happen if a student caught it:

Q: For SNU students, what are some practical tips for avoid-ing Ebola?A: Stay away from people that have it. And do not travel to countries where it is prevalent.

Q: What are the chances of someone catching Ebola here at SNU? A: Zero. Well, there is probably a 00.1 percent I guess. Because who knows? Weird things hap-pen.

Q: What are some symptoms that students should look out for?A: Fever that is over 100.4 de-grees fahrenheit, severe head-ache, muscle pain, weakness, di-arrhea, vomiting, stomach pain and unexplained bleeding or bruising.

Q: If a student thinks they have Ebola, what steps should they take?

How to Not Get Ebola at SNU

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Herrrick Auditorium: A HistoryIn those early days of Bethany Peniel College (BPC), very few students had cars, so many simply walked across campus to attend church; this also truly made it the College Church. This build-ing had a profound impact on those who experienced worship there. Today the only visible thing that re-mains from this original structure is the roof. In 1946, a three story educational unit was added to the north side of the original church building. This section of the building added much needed Sunday School classroom space as well as space for church offices. Today, this section houses the Speech and Com-munication, Education and English Departments of SNU. As the City of Bethany grew, the

Corbin Taggart, Archival DirectorFrom church to chapel to classroom, Herrick Auditorium has proven itself to be a trusty old plow horse of a building, ever morphing to serve the campus. Believe it or not, Herrick was built in 1925. This was just sixteen years after the founding of the City of Bethany. The young church known as Bethany First Church of the Nazarene built the building with a seating capacity of 1000, rather ambitious at a time when the city’s population was scarcely 600. Originally, the structure was only an auditorium with a great u-shaped balcony, basement rooms for Sunday school and an ambitious seating ca-pacity. Photo provided from the Fred Floyd Archives


church and college also grew. In 1959, BFC launched a $300,000 building pro-gram to renovate, expand and modern-ize the building. During this time, the old brick parsonage that sat next to the church was removed. This space was used to create more church offi ces and classroom space. Today, this area houses the Informa-tion Technology department. This renovation sought to make the building more accessible and to do so required the removal of the old brick façade, re-moval of the towers, steep stairs and balcony. This was replaced by the cur-rent ground level entrance and a mez-zanine within the building.In the mid 1960s, Bethany Nazarene College’s enrollment was at such a boom that it had started using BFC for its chapel as well as classroom space for the English, Speech and Educa-tion departments. In 1965, the college launched a $450,000 campaign to pur-chase the building from Bethany First. In 1969, Bethany First was also grow-ing as fast as ever, and a new church building was built across Asbury Lane where the congregation has met since.

That same year, the college purchased the building. After the building was purchased, an extensive remodel was carried out. This remodel was funded largely in part by Mr. and Mrs. James Herrick, wheat farmers of Johnson, Kansas. This building was named in their honor and now serves the campus of Southern Nazarene University as Herrick Auditorium. In 1974, the stage area was again reno-

vated using wood from the old gymna-sium which sat behind Bresee Hall. In 1997, the north wing, former Educa-tional Unit of BFC, was renovated and modernized again, and an elevator was added. Today, this building houses the Speech and Communication, Education and English Departments of SNU, as well as chapel and other musical and social events. At almost ninety years old, Her-

rick Auditorium stands in testimony to those church members, faculty, staff and students who have come before us. It is also a reminder of those who have sacrifi ced and given to this cam-pus and help make it what it is today. I am certain Herrick Auditorium will continue to serve our beautiful cam-pus for many years to come.

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Grace Willaims, Editor-in-Chief Crimson Storm Soccer won the regular season championship. Last weekend, Crimson Storm wom-en’s soccer team lost 0-1 in the GAC championship game.

This was the first GAC champion-ship in school history, and SNU was able to host the tournament. Crimson Storm was the first seed in the tournament. The Crimson Storm (10-8, 8-2 GAC) entered the GAC tournament with a 4-2 record against ECU, Harding and Ouachita Baptist this season.

In the Championship game, Southern Nazarene put ten of their 28 shots on goal but were un-able to score. The Crimson Storm

controlled most of the second half in possession as they attempted 20 shots compared to only two for the

successful for our first year in the NCAA.”

Southern Nazarene is ranked highly within the GAC in a couple of categories. They are second in goals with 33, second in assists with 23 and second in points with 89. SNU had three players named to the All-GAC First Team, Breana Harris, Mallary Pineda and Bekah Stewart and three players named to the All-GAC Second Team, Alyssa Glitzke, Hannah Robinson and Grace Self. The Crimson Storm also received the Freshman of the Year award for Hannah Robinson and the Coach of the Year award for Julie Duncan.

Tigers. They put eight of those shots on goal and had a couple of chances to tie the game through-out the second half.

Breanna Harris, Senior Graphic Design major, said, “This week-end and making it to the tourna-ment was such a great accomplish-ment for us. No one expected us to get as far as we did, especially with it being our first year D2. We worked really hard and it showed.”

In the first game, SNU beat out ECU 4-1 with penalty kicks. Both teams scored in regular play. Then, the Tigers controlled the first overtime period and did not al-low the Crimson Storm to attempt a shot. The script flipped in the second overtime period as South-ern Nazarene did not allow East Central to attempt a shot. They at-tempted five shots but were unable to put any on goal. Mallary Pineda, Breana Harris, Bekah Stewart and Grace Self scored, giving SNU the win.

Katy Crawford, Sophomore Psy-chology Major and number 23 on the women’s soccer team, said, “It was just awesome to get to that game. Even though it sucks to lose, I’m really proud of us as a team because we worked re-ally hard all season and were very

Women’s Soccer Regular Season Champs:GAC Conference Runner Up

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Amy Calfy, Editor Do you like playing sports? Okay, we can make it simpler. Do you enjoy playing as part of a team and having fun? Have you played, or considered playing, intramu-rals?

At SNU, there are Intra-mural sports offered throughout the year. If you’re a student, I can guarantee you’ve received doz-ens of emails about sign-ups for intramurals. Maybe you’ve read some of them; maybe you’ve just ignored them. Or, perhaps, you might be one of the lucky students who play SNU Intramural sports.

This year, two of the intra-mural sports that have already tak-en place are Sand Volleyball and Softball. The champions of Sand Volleyball were the Brotherhood team. Team 6, led by Cameron Hobson and Matt Wellman, won

the softball championship. The re-sults and any current information about the intramurals going on can be found at snu.uintramural.com. Jenae Acre, a junior, has played in-tramurals throughout her time at SNU. This semester, she’s played sand volleyball and is looking for-ward to playing football and indoor soccer. Scheduled during the spring semester, indoor soccer is Acre’s fa-vorite intramural sport.

“I enjoy intramural sports because it is a chance to compete with and against friends. And, it’s also a way to make new friends,” said Acre, who plans to keep play-ing intramural sports until she graduates.

For those who worry about participating in intramurals because of a lack of athletic skill or expe-rience, that shouldn’t stop anyone trying out intramurals.

Brown chose to become an I-captain because of her love of sports competition.

If you’re competitive and get a thrill from participating in competitions and you haven’t played intramurals, you should definitely check them out. If you’re non-competitive but enjoy being part of a team, you should check out intramurals too. Regardless of how great or terrible you are at sports, participating in intramurals is one way to get involved and to meet new people at SNU.

“My favorite thing about intramurals is the involvement op-portunity it provides for students and the effect it has by drawing people together through sports competition,” said Brown.

Not to mention, if you happen to be on a winning team, you get a pretty neat Intramural Champion shirt. And hey, what’s not to love about that?

If you’re interested in knowing more about the intramu-rals going on, be sure to check out snu.uintramural.com.

“Intramurals are a great way to compete as well as fellow-ship with other people. Regardless of skill level or experience, intra-murals are fun for everyone to come out and participate in,” said Haley Brown, a junior at SNU.

During Brown’s sopho-more year, after she had stopped playing college basketball, she dis-covered intramurals as a great way to still be able to play sports on a team. This year, Brown is one of the I-Captains who help to run in-tramurals.

“As an I-captain you help draft teams for the all upcoming Intramural sports events and make sure they’re running properly. You are a leader on the team, so every action on the field and how you handle yourself in every situation is important,” said Brown.

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Marina Shipilova, Staff WriterSome of us struggle with losing weight and being in a good shape. Also, only a few of us know how to achieve the desired result. Well, now it is time to know. Did you know that there are great personal trainers at SNU? If you need their help to set a goal, write exercises for you and help you with nutrition, you can ask them. One of them is Alec Laffoon, who explains a successful way to achieve a healthy body.There are a lot of challenges and as-pects along the road that everyone may face. There are differences in workouts for women and men. First of all, there is a difference in body structure. For instance, men have tes-tosterone, which changes a lot in the nutrition and exercising for men com-pared to women. Women are more pe-tite, and there is not as much they can do to gain muscles but get fit.“Many of us mistakenly think that physical activity is the main tool for weight loss, but in fact, only 30% of success in weight loss depends on

exercising and the other 70% of suc-cess is all about what we eat,” said Alec Laffoon, student at SNU and personal trainer at Rockwell Plaza YMCA.Advice from Laffoon is that first of all it is necessary to set a goal. It is very important to know what you want and work toward it. Next advice would be to have a workout written down on the paper. Many of us, who never workout, beginners or even those who are ath-letes, might “get lost” in a gym. The reason for that is we don’t have a work-out written down and there is a great variety of equipment at gyms. After goals are set, there is time to write the workout down day by day. Watch out women of late dinners. It is important to remember that one prov-erb says that you need to eat breakfast as a queen, lunch you need to share with a friend and dinner give to an ene-my. One of the reasons for weight gain among women is eating late meals. In order to avoid it, don’t eat after 7 p.m.For the first month it might be enough to visit a gym about 3 to 5 times per week to let your body kind of get used

snack is around 10 a.m. and it might be fruit, which gives you natural sugar, or a protein shake. Then, it is time for lunch. Grilled chicken, spinach, and rice would be a perfect meal for lunch. After that, the next meal would be a protein shake around 3 p.m. Finally, it is time for dinner, and basically it might look like lunch and include meat, greens and water.“I would like to see the service of per-sonal trainers here at SNU,” said Kari-na Kotova, junior at SNU.Would you like having such a service here at Southern Nazarene University? Would you think it would be benefi-cial? It would definitely be a good idea to have this service to help those who struggle with this and get qualified help from professionals.One of the main challenges that people face on the way to a healthy body is get-ting motivated and eating healthy. It is never too late to change your habits. Eating healthy and exercising is more expensive, but it is worth it.

to the exercising. However, after 4 to 8 weeks, the body will adjust to the same exercises, and they will need to be changed up to keep seeing results. Also, 3 sets of exercising would be most appropriate for the beginners.Another thing that you need to be aware of is metabolism, which is purely individual. Men’s metabolism is most likely faster than women’s. For instance, we can witness a man who doesn’t have time for workouts and loses weight, and at the same time a woman gains it. If you have a slow metabolism, it is not is the end of the world because there are ways to speed it up. The way to do so would be eating 6 meals throughout the day. Attention, whenever choosing 6 meals you need to make sure that each meal is not as big as it could be with 3 meals a day. For example, here is the schedule for a day that you might use for yourself.

Approximately, the time for breakfast would be from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. You may choose to eat oats, fruits and water. Then, the time for the first

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What if SNU was Hogwarts?Celeste Forrest, Staff writer (Disclaimer: I do not own any rights of the Harry Potter world. All credit goes to the amazing J.K Rowling. Please do not sue me) Forget football games, Heartpal and midterms. How about Quidditch, the Yule Ball and OWLs? Have you ever wondered what Southern Nazarene University would be like if it magically turned into Hogwarts? Is it just me? Well, if you have or have not thought about it, or if you’re not familiar with the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling at all, keep reading any-ways! I am about to let you in on what it would be like if SNU was actually Hogwarts. First things first. In the beginning of the school year, we spend hun-dreds, if not thousands of dollars on our textbooks, some of which we do not even use in class! Imag-ine if instead of spending $400 dollars on the complete set of the Norton Anthology, we can spend our knuts, sickles and galleons on

more riveting schoolbooks such as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander and History of Magic by Bathilda Bag-shot. I know that when I’m shop-ping for supplies for school, I start to feel a little bored when I’m filling my cart at Walmart with notebooks, pens and binders. Often, I just can’t wait to get the school shopping over with. How exciting would it be if instead of buying college-ruled paper and journals, we had to buy our own wizarding robes, quills, parchment and, most importantly, our own wands? It is most likely that the Sodexo workers would be house elves, the Shoe Tree would be the Whomp-ing Willow (which would whomp students with shoes, of course), homework and moodle would be the equivalent of dementors and the Chamber of Secrets would be located in the dark, mildewy base-ment of Herrick.

Now, if you’re a Potterhead, you would know that one of the most

“I feel that Ministry Majors would most likely be housed in Huf-flepuff,” said Taylor.

Calfy agreed, “Yes, ideally, I think that most Ministry and Theology majors should have Hufflepuff qualities.”

What about Business majors and Bio-Chem majors?

important parts of being a Hog-warts student is knowing what house you belong in. If SNU was Hogwarts, I believe that the the sorting hat would place you in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Huf-flepuff or Slytherin according to your major. To figure out exactly what major would be considered what house, I asked a couple fel-low juniors (i.e. third-year) stu-dents for their opinions: Amy Cal-fy (Ravenclaw) and Aaron Taylor (Hufflepuff).



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Casey Myers Major: Theology and Ministry Hometown: Maitland (FL)Fun Fact: I like milk.

Ryan HannayMajor: Theology and MinistryHometown: Bethany (OK)Fun Fact: I stood in the eye of a tornado... In my dream last night.

Andrew Leahey Major: Pre-PT

Hometown: Ardmore (OK)Fun Fact: I can cook Minute

Rice in 57 seconds.

Tyler Lloyd Major: Bio-ChemistryHometown: OKC (OK)

Fun Fact: Is a relentless minister of nocturnal affairs.

Tim RiggsMajor:Theology and MinistryHometown: Seminole (FL)Fun Fact: N/A


Jordan LeiboldMajor: Urban MinistryHometown: Broken Arrow (OK)Fun Fact: N/A

Victoria BaileyMajor: Psychology

Hometown: Pflugerville (TX)Fun Fact: I have a twin brother

who goes to Texas Tech.

Holly Willard Major: Early Childhood/

Elementary EducationHometown: OKC (OK)

Fun Fact: My favorite food is chicken and waffles.

Kate Srader Major: Nursing

Hometown: Nacogdoches (TX)Fun Fact: I love fireworks and anything

with the American flag on it.

Allison PardueMajor: NursingHometown: Austin (TX)Fun Fact: I know all the words to ‘Teach Me How to Dougie’.


O P I N I O N SThe Echo • November 14, 2014 •

Rachel Whatley, Staff writerStress is an all-too-familiar phe-nomenon to us as college stu-dents. We cram, we stay up too late (or don’t go to bed at all), and wonder how much longer we can keep juggling everything. Work, classes, homework, extracurricu-lars, double majors, general edu-cation classes… all these increase the amount of pressure put on us. When we feel like we can’t meet

all these expectations, or even our own for that matter, that’s where stress comes in. How do we deal with this onslaught of stress when it hap-pens? Sophomore English-writing major Dianne Wade found priori-tizing to be helpful. She said, “I’ve learned to break up what I need to do by what is due immediately, what needs to be started and what is still a little ways in the future.

ing stress. Know your limits. If you know you were drowning with 17 hours that one semester, maybe it’s time to cut back. If you go to ev-ery single event and find yourself running out of time for homework or papers, then limit the number of events you go to (that is, if you want good grades). One thing I’ve found to be helpful is to use every bit of

That way everything is organized, and I don’t feel overwhelmed with assignments.” Another tip, obvious but rarely implemented, is don’t pro-crastinate. I know, the struggle is real, guys, but you can do it. You can get that paper done early so you don’t have to pull an all-night-er. Learning to say “no” can also go a long way toward manag-

Stress Management for College Students

Prof. Jim Wilcox, Guest Columnist OK, so occasionally we all drive over the river and through the woods back to the campus of our sordid youth, which happens to be known by surviving classes as “Bethany-Peniel College” and “Bethany Nazarene College.” Through natural attrition (aka “homegoing”), however, “B-PC” is less and less frequently the des-tination of Homecoming. Bethany-Peniel College was named in 1920 under the presi-dency of Dr. Archie Kay Bracken, who, himself, was named after a future cartoon character and his mother, Mary Kay. Dr. Bracken was not the last president born in the 19th century. From 1928-1930, Stephen S. White filled the post while Dr. Bracken concluded his career as second basemen for the New York Yankees. He knew “the Babe” as George Herman, who I don’t think was ever the president of this university. Hard times faced the nation and the state especially at this time. The New York Stock Exchange

collapse had plummeted the coun-try into The Great Depression, and Oklahoma’s untimely drought blew in the grueling and too often fatal Dust Bowl that was to last through most of the decade.

cafeteria, which lasted all the way to last night’s dinner -- dust-free, I’m sure. Most of today’s homecoming guests will enjoy an SNU basket-ball game in the state-of-the-art

Coming to the rescue one morn-ing during these dark days (liter-ally) was the entire educational zone of B-PC in the form of a 16-car motorcade, delivering 17,091 pounds of food for the campus

Home is Where the Mortgage Is

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What if SNU was Hogwarts? Cont. Celeste Forrest, Staff writer What about Business ma-jors and Bio-Chem majors?

“Slytherin,” said Taylor, “because they have to be both ambitious and cunning in order to stick with their careers.”

Who are the Gryffindors of Southern Nazarene University?

“Anyone with a Fine Arts major, because Gryffindors are expres-sive and live life to the fullest. A lot of Music and Theatre majors do the same,” said Taylor.

Finally, Calfy was certain she knew who the Ravenclaws are.

“English majors,” she said, “be-cause I know a lot of English ma-jors who love to learn.”

Have you ever looked at one of your professors and thought to yourself, “Wow, my professor reminds me a lot of Professor

Snape”? I know that I have. Some of our professors here at SNU certainly remind me of Hogwarts professors. So, if SNU really was Hogwarts, I would think Dr. Lewis would make a great Professor Mc-Gonagall with her stern but fair style of teaching and obvious care for students. Again, students of-fered their opinions about who our professors would be if SNU was Hogwarts:

“Professor Montgomery would

definitely be Snape,” said Joseph Blissett, a Gryffindor. “He’s pretty cynical.”

“I definitely think that Prof. Wil-cox would be Professor Tre-lawney,” said Calfy.

When I asked why, she replied: “He’s pretty crazy. Just like Tre-lawney.”

And who would be the “Dumb-ledore” of our school?

time that you have. If you’re a little early to class, spend those few minutes catching up on text-book reading or whatnot. If you have long breaks between classes, get a head start on that paper. As a commuter, I’ve learned that I have to put every hour of my day to good use, but this tip works for the rest of us as well. Another suggestion I would have is to get some sleep. I know that seems near-impossible most of the time, but you’ll actu-ally function better if you’re rest-

ed. Just some food for thought. Finally, do some experi-menting and find out when your peak hours are, if you don’t already know, and then do the majority of your coursework then. For me, I don’t identify with night owls or ear-ly birds, so I like to do my work in the early afternoon. Circumstances and timing don’t always let you do homework when you want to, but you’re not going to be productive if you’re a morning person and you stay up late. Or maybe you will. To each their own.

Stress Management for College Students cont.



“Loren Gresham. He’s the presi-dent, so he has to be Dumb-ledore,” said Calfy.

Taylor disagreed. “No, I think he would be the Minister of Magic.”

Though I highly doubt Southern Nazarene University would ever become a school of witchcraft and wizardry like Hogwarts, it’s pretty fun to imagine, “what if ?”


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arena, the Sawyer Center. The suc-cessful basketball program began in the 1930s, but players had to wear long pants, not only for modesty’s sake but for the morality of “tri-fling with the world.” (Do you remember the shorts basketball players wore in the l980s? They might as well have been wear-ing Speedos. Those immoral britch-es pretty much ended my career as a neighborhood driveway basket-ball icon in Yukon-home-of-Garth-Brooks. Children were not allowed outside if I was wearing my hot pink pants.) The sole school bus of our col-lege in the 1930s sometimes took

Home is Where the Mortgage Is cont.

B-PC students to Mexico to watch the bull fights. (The bulls were re-quired to wear long pants as well.) Under the capable leadership of college President Roy Cantrell, starting in 1947 and ending in 1972, (please see bronze bust, campus bronze art piece #127, on east side of Cantrell Hall, where Dr. Mark Reighard currently col-lects golf frisbees that have sailed through his office window) B-PC became Bethany Nazarene Col-lege. President Loren Gresham re-members the financial distress that plagued BNC in the mid-70s as the opening of Mid-America

Nazarene College in nearby Olathe, Kansas, pulled 700 students from BNC’s population. Some faculty and staff worked without salaries for months at a time. It was nearly two decades before the school’s coffers stabilized. In celebration of balanced books, a cabal of students traveled up I-35 in the middle of the night to pilfer the silverware and food trays from rival MANC. In retalia-tion, I think some MANC students snuck into Commons and stole all five copies of my book, “Giant Footprints,” the story of Tyranno-saurus Rex Tullis in his early years as a member of “Heaven’s Angels”

motorcycle gang. And now, SNU (see “The War of 1986”) is well into its second centennium (not a real word), and you’re here to celebrate all you’ve ac-complished as alumni. Congratula-tions for all of those successes, and don’t forget your contributions to the general scholarship fund so your kids can celebrate their homecom-ings in a couple of decades. (A lot of the facts of this column came from “From Many Came One, in Jesus’ Name,” authored by the fa-ther/son historians, Paul and Loren Gresham, 1998. A lot of the other column bits came from my mental illness.)



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Erin Ramsey, Guest Contributor About a month ago, I read an article about the concept of the “coffee nap” that a friend shared on Facebook. The general idea of this coffee nap was that by drink-ing a cup of coffee right before a twenty minute power nap, you could somehow reap the positive effects of both the caffeine from the coffee and the restfulness of the nap and would be energized and rejuvenated in a brand new way. To be honest, the source was not all that reliable, so I did not think much of it. I just figured it was an-other silly idea that would spread across the internet and be de-bunked by a more reliable source in the future. That is, until I actu-ally experienced a real coffee nap.

About a week ago, I was sitting in my room on a Monday, my only day off during the week, trying to get some homework done. I was struggling to stay awake, so I de-cided to make myself some coffee, and shortly after drinking the cof-fee, I fell asleep. I woke up from my unplanned nap, and I felt oddly awake and energized. My accidental coffee nap had done just what the article said it would; so, obviously, I had to figure out why.Here’s how it works: It takes about twenty min-utes for the caffeine in the coffee to do its job. By drinking the cof-fee and then sleeping immediately after, you are allowing your body to rest and giving it time to get the caffeine through your body to your brain. Therefore, since twenty min-

ly but not too quickly. You don’t need to be trying to sleep feeling sick from chugging your drink. Step 3: Set your alarm. Make sure to set your alarm so that you don’t oversleep. Sleep-ing more than twenty minutes might have a less enjoyable effect Step 4: Take your nap. Fall asleep, and fall asleep quick. The more quickly you can fall asleep, the better.

Hopefully, you will wake up feeling better than ever.

So, you should try out a coffee nap some time. It could be a brand new way for you to survive the crazy weeks full of projects and exams that we all know are on the way.

ute power naps are proven to al-low certain chemicals in your brain to dissipate and boost energy, the combination of this and the caf-feine kicking in allows for a new kind of rejuvenation. There is not much scien-tific research done on the concept of the coffee nap, but it worked for me. Maybe it will work for you!So, here’s how you should take a coffee nap: Step 1: Find a good place to sleep. You need to be able to sleep well and to get to sleep quickly. If you get woken up easily, make sure you are in a good, quiet spot so your power nap won’t be disrupted. Step 2: Drink your coffee. This step is pretty straight-forward. Drink your coffee quick-

The Coffee Nap



Arts EntertainmentThe Echo • November 14, 2014 •

Mike Vierow, Editor Being the ripe old age of twenty, I feel entitled to criticize what “kids these days” are into. Some of these trends are diffi cult to understand, despite the fact that sometimes I am a participant. Taylor Swift’s new album is heav-ily infl uenced by her target demo-graphic. So, in order to understand “1989”, we must understand what teenagers are interested in. “Kids these days” are ob-sessed with the past. However, this obsession only goes so far. For example, young people love making their Instagram posts look old and worn, but they can’t be bothered to load real fi lm into a camera. They love listening to mu-sic from the 1980s, but wouldn’t know how to fi x a cassette if the tape came unwound. I know all of this because I am involved with this movement. So, here we have a record released in 2014, being created as if it were produced in the 1980s. The songs reject modern pop tropes, instead channeling classic pop music as inspiration (hence the album’s title). Even the re-cord’s packaging reeks of nostal-gia. Every copy of the CD comes with thirteen “photos from Tay-lor”, which are simply pieces of glossy cardstock featuring faded and scratched pictures of the sing-

er. W h i l e I was writing this review, it was an-nounced that “1989” had al-ready become the top selling album of the year, as well as having the largest sales week for any album since 2002. Granted, “1989” had quite a bit of hype built up around its re-lease. How-ever, I believe the massive surge in sales can be attrib-uted to the fact that Taylor Swift has created an outstanding record. Each song is catchy and unique, full of the pounding synths and cheesy one-liners one would expect from an eighties throwback album. The lyrics don’t stray far from the typical love-and-loss style that Swift is known for. However, compared to previous albums, the artist takes a much less direct ap-proach to her songwriting. Instead of writing deeply personal and di-

ages and multi-instrumental pop music in favor of recreating grainy fi lm and listening to much simpler tunes? While kids from the 80s were obsessed with the future, we fi nd ourselves today obsessed with the past. It is almost as if time is a mirror, with each side wishing for what it can’t really have. Decades from now, when today’s albums are faded and scratched, lying dor-mant in a dusty bin at a thrift shop, where will “1989” be?

rect songs, she instead creates lyr-ics that are more vague and poetic. Complementing this is the instru-mentation, which gets its unique face from the artist’s new-found love for days past. To be extremely brief, “1989” is a beautiful pop re-cord. While the songs sound great now, my thoughts always drift back to how an album from 2014 that glorifi es the 1980s fi ts into our culture. Why are young people rejecting crisp digital im-

Album In Review: 1989

Photo by Mike Vierow

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