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VOLUME 67, ISSUE 10MARCH 28, 2013

L E E U N I V E R S I Y S S U D E N - R U N N E W S P A P E R C L A R I O N

Tirteen months.Tirteen months away rom

his new bride, amily, riendsand the country he calledhome.

Tirteen months to redefnehis perspective o Americans,civil responsibility and what itmeans to truly be blessed.

From March 2011 to May

2012, senior Josh Wical wasdeployed to Aghanistan.

Te military changes yourview on what normal lie really

is, Wical said. Te amount odiscipline and the amount oregiment and sel respect andall that goes hand-in-hand.

When you come out o boot

camp and AI, you cant goback to the way you were.

Wical enlisted in February2009 afer watching a riendssister graduate rom basic

training. Initially, his riend

said he would join, too, butwhen the time came to sign,

it was only Wicals name onthe dotted line.

He marches with the 49th

Civil Afairs Battalion o the

Army Reserves, and the timehe spent overseas has alteredhis perspective on normalAmerican lie.

We are arrogant. We are

blessed. We are very ortunate.

We are, he paused, looking or

the right word. Narcissistic,maybe. heres a desire to

reach out but not get dirty. Ithink with the military you

are almost orced into thatrole. ... I think being in a warzone gives you that much moreo an insight to the worldsproblems.

As a member o the civil

afairs unit, Wical went into

villages and towns to build

wells, university dormitoriesand interact with thecommunity.

Now stateside, Wical said

that the students have been

supportive o his role in themilitary.

Students have been veryreceptive and supportive, andI havent had any negative

experiences there, he said.

More males than emales,when they nd out Im in themilitary, theyre like, Oh, cool.

What have you done? Youllget the occasional, Have youkilled anybody? and thats a

little annoying sometimes.Wical is one o 108 soldier

students present on Leescampus.

continued on page 12

By Jessilyn Justice,Editor-in-Chief

Pictured: Josh Wical. Lee Clarion Photos by Shane Tretheway

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Skywalker Sound Designer toJoin Comm Arts FacultyBy Jessilyn JusticeEditor-in-Chie

he swivel o a robot.

he patter o cockroacheet. he shrill o windthrough cubiied trash onan abandoned planet. Its thebeginning o Wall-E and each

sound was careully produced

by Hollywood sound editor

Dustin Cawood.Cawood, who is known

or his work on Lincoln, oyStory 3, Star Wars: he Clone

Wars, Up, among other ilms,

has signed a contract to jointhe digital media studiesaculty this all.

he Cleveland native isreturning to the area withhis wie Patti, a Lee alumna,and their children, three

boys under the age o our.Cawood learned about theproessorship through his

wies connections at Lee.When I moved to

Caliornia, I had a 10 yearplan, Cawood said. Wedidnt want to stay out here

orever. Nows a good timeto move back because o ourgrowing amily.

He worked his way up

through the sound-editingworld with companies like

Pixar and Skywalker Sound,though he got is start at theUniversity o ennessee atChattanooga, and beore that,

Bradley Central High School.

Im excited about allaspects o digital mediastorytelling, C awood said.

hats what I ell in lovewith and why I want to

be a proessor in the ilmbusiness.

Digital media studieslecturer Mary Dukes saidthat Cawoods MFA in ilm

making rom Florida State

University set him apartduring the application

process.When the position came

open, Dr. Kailing knew thathe had the correct academiccredentials, which is always

the challenge when youre

dealing with someone in theproessional world, Dukessaid. He applied, and heaectionately became known

as the Pixar dude when

he did, though hes nottechnically rom Pixar.

Cawood will join theCo mmunica t io n ArtsDepartment as a ull-time

aculty member in August.He hopes that the wealth o

knowledge hes accumulatedthrough his experience,

as well as the contacts hesmade in the ilm industry,will beneit his students.

My intent is to be anapproachable proessor,and I dont want [students]

to be intimidated, he said.

Im just little old me romCleveland, ennessee, and Iwant to be open and have a

mentorship relationship andgive back.

Cawood said that he isready to hit the groundrunning, and students likedigital media studies senior

Daniel Howat are ready or

Cawoods arrival.o get Dustin Cawood is

a huge deal, Howat said. Inthe past three years, ilm at

Lee has blown up, and to getsomeone like Dustin whos atthe top o this ield is crazy.

Cawood climbed through

the ilm industry in what hedescribes as a traditional way.

Ater his UC graduation,he pursued his masters andconnected with a antasticsound proessor with a longhistory in the business, who

kind o took me on in a

mentorship role, and madea phone call or me in time

or graduation.In the 10 years since,

Cawood has taken advantageo nearly every opportunity

thrown his way.he academic calendar

will allow time or Cawood

to work on sound editing

remotely, and he wont giveup his connections in the

industry any time soon.For the new proessor, it

all comes back around toteaching students how to tell

a great story in all aspects omedia.

Do that, and they can

succeed in any crat in theilm business, Cawood said.

uUniversity o ennesseepulled unding or its

rst-ever Sex Week aerreceiving criticism romconservative lawmakers.Chancellor Jimmy Cheekannounced that the schoolwould remove tax moneyunding or this event,which totaled $11,145.Students have been ableto raise $7,000 throughundraising. PlannedParenthood donated$1,000 to their Sex Week.

uA line-up o ennesseeLawmakers on March 20complained about SheriJim Ruths accusations thatthey were in the pocketso druggists and meth-makers. Ruth wishesto make medicine likeClaritin-D that have meth-

producing chemicals nolonger available or over-the-counter purchase.

uDolly Parton ociallykicked o the 28thseason o her theme parkDollywood in Pigeon Forgeon March 22.

uTe Hamilton Countyschool board approved a

new busing agreement thatwill save taxpayers nearly$2 million. On March 22,they accepted an agreementwith Durham SchoolServices that will provide184 buses to county schoolssaving about $500,000 peryear.

uCleveland Utilities areproposing several projects

or the coming scalyear. On March 21, theydiscussed the budget andmade plans.

NEWS LEE CLARION | MARCH 28, 20132

Te Lee Clarion is a student-

produced and university-sponsored publication

o Lee University inCleveland, enn.

EDIOR-IN-CHIEF

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NEWS EDIORCharity Yodis

LIFE EDIOR

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2013 Lee UniversityStudent Media

All opinions expressedherein are those o the authorand do not necessarily refect

the views o Lee Universityor the Church o God.

P.O. Box 3450Cleveland, enn. [email protected]

www.leeclarion.com

Local Bries


3/24

New Nursing Program to Come to Lee

Students Surprised to Bring Home Addys

By Liz RoddyStaf Writer

An executive decision tobring in a nursing program

has altered the uture oeducation at Lee.

Buzz began with a statement

made on witter by President

Paul Conn. Lee has oicially

decided to pursue a nursing

program: target date, August2014,Paul Conn tweeted. Many

steps beore state approval,

but we have begun!

According to the newsarticle on Lees oicial

website, the program willoer a Bachelor o Sciencein Nursing. Carolyn Dirksen,

vice president o AcademicAairs, began the search ora new director o nursing.

Were doing two things

right now, Dirksen said.One is searching or the

director, and the other oneis we are preparing our

proposal or the state boardo nursing. hey have to giveus their approval beore we

can move ahead with it.Dirksen said i the proposal

is approved in May, the planis or the program to start inthe all o 2014. For the irsttwo years students in this

program would completegeneral studies and duringthose two years a acility

would be built.Dr. Conn has committed

to raising the money to builda nursing building. Dirksen

said.Phil Cook, vice president

or Enrollment, shared a link

on witter to the job postingor the position.

Many students are currently

enrolled in health scienceor other pre-proessional

science degrees at Lee.Junior Brittany Scott said

she came to get her bachelors

degree in science beore

going on to nursing schoolelsewhere or a masters, in

hopes o later acquiring abetter job.I think it would be a

good idea to have a nursingprogram because it would be

all here in one and be moreconvenient, Scott said. I

think it would draw a lotmore students to Lee.

Junior Caitlin Smith also

came to Lee or pre-med.Nursing is such a big

career now that I think itwould be a good investmentor Lee to actually bring thatto the plate,Smith said.

Look or updates on thecoming program this all.

By Charity YodisNews Editor

he American AdvertisingFederation gave eight Addy

awards to a total o 20Lee students or design,photography or logo pieces

or either individual or group

submissions this spring.Senior Randi Vasquez won

a gold and a silver Addy orher personal submissions.

She also won two more silverand one more gold award ora collaborative eort withmembers o the Oice o

Publications.

I was very surprisedto have placed in so many

categories but especiallyexcited to receive the goldenAddy. here is nothing moreexciting than seeing your

hard work pay o, Vasquezsaid.

Altho ugh Va s q uezsaid she eels a sense oaccomplishment, she also

said it motivates her to pushharder and never settle.

I still have a lot to learn,but its good to see how ar

Ive come in the past ewyears, she said.

Junior Jason Moore alsowon three Addys with

the collaboration o otherstudents -- one gold and two

silvers.Moore jokingly recalled his

15 seconds o ame when he

had to choke down a bite osalad and run up to the stage

to receive his award.We were competing

against a lot o really goodpieces, so it was reallysurprising. It was a huge

honor, Moore said.Other winners include an

11-member team rom Leesadvertising campaigns class,a three-member team (Josh

Wical, Jordan Dickenson,Nathan Bivens) and HannahAlamo with a silver award.

he number o studentsw i n n i n g h a s r i s e n

signiicantly since studentsirst started submitting to the

Addy awards in 2007. hatyear, three students won a

total o ive awards.Comparing the Addy

awards to the Oscars or

ilm, Associate Proessor oCommunication Megan Moesaid that winning an Addyaward is a signiicant honorthat can help students get

jobs.It deinitely would go on a

resume; it would be one o the

top things listed. here arevery ew students coming out

o college that will have an

Addy listed on a resume, sowhen an employer is looking,

that is one o the things thatwill help them separate the

resumes to rank them, Moesaid.

Moe said she encourages all

the students to submit theirwork because many o Lees

students place irst or second

prizes (gold or silver).he students here have

really have turned out someincredibly ine work. A

lot o students are dedicated.hey work, they practice,they create posters and theybecome proicient in the

skill, Moe said.I think their prowess is

noticed by the judges, she

concluded.

Photo courtesy of Regenia Collier Photo courtesy of Randi V.

To AAF Website

MARCH 28, 2013 | LEE CLARION NEWS 3

National Bries

uWASHINGON, D.C. Te U.S. Air Force will no

longer do public fyoversat unerals, graduations,air shows, or sportingevents because o the newsequestration budgetcuts. Although the decisionwent into eect March1, the Pentagon issued asimilar decree that will beeective April 1.

uCHICAGO Schoolocials said they plan toclose down 53 elementaryschools and one highschool due to a gaping holein the educational budget.Tis is the largest schoolclosing in the nationshistory.

uMARYLAND OnMarch 4, the Federal

Appeals Court ruledin avor o the state lawthat requires applicantsto demonstrate a goodand substantial reasonor needing to carry aweapon outside theirhome or business to beconstitutional. Othersargue that the right tobear arms is not limited tothe home and is thereore

unconstitutional.

uBIRMINGHAM A10-year-old boy waskilled at the Birmingham-S h u t t l e s w o r t hInternational Airport onMarch 22, aer a large fightdisplay toppled over him.Tree others are currentlyin the hospital injured.

uCALIFORNIA CheDavid Viens at the Tyme

Contemporary Ca atLong Beach was sentencedto 15 years to lie in jail. Heis convicted o murderinghis wie, boiling herremains, and eating them.


4/24

For students torn between the comort o

home-cooked meals and the reedoms oon-campus, ast ood dining the Deacon

Jones Dining Hall opens its welcomingarms. From commuter students tostudents without meal plans, manynd varing degrees o solace within thedining hall doors.

My avorite meal here is the lasagna.-Logan Meacham, sophomore, he

Classics, not on a meal plan, not aregular.

I like going to the caeteria bec ausethe ood is good and well prepared.

-Rosalyn Small, sophomore, Te Grill,commuter meal plan.

I go to the caeteria because it is agreat place to hang out with riends,since guys and girls cant both hang outin the dorm rooms together. -Ashlei

Digiovanni, reshman, Te SandwichBar, 10 meal plan, good because shenever runs out o meals.

I come to hang out with my riends.

-amara Malakhov, sophomore, Internalcommuter meal plan, she likes her mealplan because it is convenient.

I come to the caeteria because Ivegotten tired o eating just at Chick l aand Subway. Te portion sizes could bebigger, but its ne. -Brittany Harris,sophomore, Vegetarian, 10, meal plan.

I live in Norah and I like to make

my own ood in the dorm sometimes.

But I am very busy sometimes and it iseasy to use my meal plan. I come to thecaeteria to be with riends. I think meal

plans are helpul or underclassmenbecause eating in the caeteria helps

you transition rom being at home to

being completely on your own. -AubreyMeeks, sophomore, Salad Bar, 10 mealplan.

I dont eat breakast here except orSundays, so it works or me. Te meal

plan and the caeteria is my main sourceo ood so I like it. Especially when it isreally good on Deke Day and Frontline.

-Nick Pullum, sophomore, Te Grill, 15meal plan.

Students

thoughts onDeacon Jones

Dining HallBy Abby HasslerStaf writer



5/24

Why Do Students Choose Lee?

By Caleb Pankey,Staf writerand Liz Roddy,Staf writer

As anticipation escalateson campus or Lee Day,students recount the eventsand thoughts that led them toenroll at this school.

Education. Family. Faith.Environment. Arts. Sports.Scholarships. Community.Location.

Whether through a simple

circumstance or a series oevents, each student can recalla list o reasons why they chose

Lee University.Freshman Bibek Poharel,

an international student romNepal, came to Lee because

o scholarships and interestin learning about religion.I chose Lee just because I

researched everything and saw

that its a Christian Universityliberal arts college, Poharelsaid. I had been raised in anon-religious background, and

I am not a religious person soI wanted to experience what

religion is all about and whatLee provides me.

Poharel said that he hasound great communityon campus, and people areriendly.

Last time I was in somebig city, and they didnt even

smile, Poharel said. Im romAsia. We smile at everybody!

Tey smile here.He added that the proessors

understand struggles withinternational students andgo out o their way to helpnot only with issues in theclassroom, but outside theclassroom as well.

Te main actor that makesLee a good university is theproessors, Poharel said.

S o p h o m o r e G r a c e

Weisenburgs new ound aithdirected her to choose Lee eventhough it was not originally her

rst choice.I had a Naval ROC

scholarship and was going toCornell, Weisenburg said. I

had a ull ride Nothing wasgoing to change my mind.

Weisenburg said she saw

Lee Singers perorm whenshe visited a riends church.She inquired about the grouprom the pastor, which led herto Lees website to compare thetwo schools.

Aerward, a aith decision

trumped the inormation shegathered.

I just really elt a calling to

come here, and its really paido, Weisenburg said. I eellike Ive grown a lot spiritually,and Im getting closer to God.

French international student

Samuel Urban, a junior, choseto come to Lee because o itsopportunities.

American studies are veryvaluable; they look good onyour resume, Urban said.

Urban attended Emmanuel

College in Franklin Springs,Ga., when he discovered Lee.

Urban watched a tennismatch where the schools werecompeting. Aer the match,he researched Lee and laterchose to attend because o theaccounting program.

hey didnt have anaccounting program, Lee does,

and they have similar prices,Urban said. Lee is bigger, andI wanted to see how dierentit was,.

Freshman Collin Massiessister attended Lee beore him.Aer experiencing lie at Lee,she shared her thoughtsabout the school and thepeople with him.

Massie said she toldhim it was a goodenvironment withnice people and thatit was a good placeor aith.

Massie decidedto enroll, as well,and now has his own

perspective to share

towards the end o hisrst year.

[Lee University] hashelped me understand myaith better, Massie said.

My avorite thing about Lee

is the acceptance o people orwho they are, he concluded.

53 countries

arerepresented.

48 majors

areoffered

There are

more than30 studyabroad

programs

There are

more than70 clubs on

campus

All 50 States

arerepresented

Student

teacherratio is17:1

Current

enrollmentis 4,411students



6/24

North Cleveland COG Picks Up Dance PerfomanceBy Charity YodisNews Editor

Te Unity Dance roupe willperorm their popular creation

story production Te Veil--renamed Created or Glory

-- or the North ClevelandChurch o Gods Easter services

that will be broadcast to COGlocations across the nation.

Senior Alexis Ziarkowski,Unitys president, said she hadthe vision to do a creation story

dance when she was 14 yearsold.

However, at the time, she did

not have a troupe and had noclue that she would start herown dance company at Lee.

When Unity started inJanuary 2011, it had 10

members. Since then, it hasdoubled in size every year.Te troupe now consists o

60 members, but only 30 willperorm or the Easter service.

Te production cost $12,000

to perorm at Lee. Te moneywas raised primarily throughundraising and donations. Yet

Ziarkowski says it was the Lord

who provided all the money.

I the Lord gives you a vision,hell make sure it comes to pass,

and you dont even have to try.

You put in good work ethic,and you put your heart intoit, and he makes everythinghappen, she said.

NCCOG is paying Unityan undisclosed amount toperorm Te Veil on theirstage. Te money is going topay or a ew sta members and

production cost, and anythingle over will be saved or theollowing production. All

dancers work on a volunteer

basis.For Ziarkowski and her

team, it is not about themoney; it is about ministryand showing the heart o God.I do this because this is my

heart, and I eel like theseshows really portray the hearto God, Ziarkowski said.

She said she eels that this

dance is a very poignant andsimple way o presenting the

gospel without words.Ziarkowski said that

when NCCOG pastor MitchMaloney approached her aboutperorming in their church, she

was a little hesitant.I eel like a lot o times

instead o worshiping the onewho gave us the vision, wecan worship the thing. So Iwanted to make sure Unity orTe Veil wasnt the thing that

everyone was raving about,she said.

Beore agreeing, Ziarkowskispent time in prayer and madesure that the rest o her troupe

had their hearts in the rightplace as well.Honestly, this is about Jesus;

this is not about the troupeor our company or aboutthe show. Its not. Tereis a purpose or what we do,and I will not let it be about

perorming, she said.Our talents are a gi, and

I will treat it as a gi, sheconcluded.

Despite all the hard workand preparations, Ziarkowskisaid she is really thankulthey get to do the show again.

Sophomore Natalia Valencia,

who has been a member oUnity since the all o 2012,said she and her team are all

really excited.Although Valencia said

she is nervous about doingthe show in ront o so manypeople, she said she is trusting

God.God is the one who is going

to give us the talent to do thisbecause he has been the one

preparing us or this, she said.

Photo Courtesy of Chase Hall



7/24

Registering Vehicles onCampus Could Add MoreParking

In Loving Memory: TaddGrider

By Caleb PankeyStaf Writer

Available parking on campus

is hard to come by, especiallywhen many parking spacesare occupied by unregistered

vehicles and students who arenot parked in their designatedlots.

o ensure that studentsollow the parking regulationsand vehicle registration,Director o Campus SaetyAshley Mew said that campussaety oicers address thisissue by policing the lots andhanding out parking tickets.

I students dont register

their cars, it can sway thedecision to add more parking,Mew said.

Mew also said thatsomewhere between 2,800 or2,900 students had registeredtheir vehicles this semester and

that there are approximately

2,700 spaces or parking.Mew said that the campus

generally discouragesreshmen rom having carson campus. According to thestudent handbook, it is due togrowth in demands or campus

parking.Freshmen who live o

campus with their amiliescould be one solution toovercrowded parking.

However, not all o thestudents in that situation havethe luxury o a amily memberto provide transportation or

them.Mew said, We realize in

todays society how important

it is to have transportation,especially in a place likeCleveland.

Marcus Wiles is a reshmanrom out o state. He disagreesthat class ranking shouldactor into having a vehicleon campus.

Its not like my necessityor mobility is going to changewhen Im an upperclassman,Wiles said.

He added that indingparking on campus haspresented its share ochallenges.

A lot o times when Imrunning late to class, Ill needto drive, and I wont be ableto nd a parking spot becausethey discourage people livingon campus rom using theircars, Wiles said.

Freshmen are not alone in

the challenge to nd parking.It also proves to be an issue orupperclassmen.

Junior Igor Popov said that

the biggest struggle he hasaced is nding open parkingspaces during the day.

Rarely will there be a spotopen rom the morning to theaernoon, Popov said.

He also brought updesignated parking lots.

Tey give you a stickerthat shows where you areallowed to park, but it seems

that nobodys ollowing that

rule, said Popov. Maybe ithey enorced that more therewould be more parking spotsor people.

hough students haveoered complaints aboutthe parking arrangements,Mew said that Lee oersaccommodating parking and

that students and aculty areencouraged to park in the First

Baptist Church Annex lot.

Mew said that parking isalways considered with theaddition o new buildings oncampus.

Te construction o the newcommunications buildingwill provide new parkingopportunities.

By Charity YodisNews Editor

He called in sick that day. Itwas nothing serious ... until his

heart gave out.add Grider, a soon-to-be

graduate education major,passed away at home with hiswie and two daughters onMarch 12.

add really did have aservants heart. He always putothers beore himsel, and Ithink that he would want tomake sure that everyone just

stopped and thought aboutChrist and what a servant Hewas to us. And just to thinkabout others and love others,wie Amanda Grider said.

Grider was student teachingat Ocoee Middle School.According to Debbie Murray,dean o the Helen DeVosCollege o Education, hisstudentsalready loved him very

much.He had a great ability to

connect with students, Murray

said.Murray described Grider as

a rising star in teaching anda great person.

He was warm and had a bigheart. Tere were no rills; hewas just add, she said.

Grider was a member oFirst Baptist Church. He grewup in Cleveland, graduatedrom Bradley High School,started working and began a

amily.He originally elt called to

teaching when he was 14 yearsold. wo years ago, at the ageo 37, he had the opportunityto make his childhood dreama reality and came to Lee as anon-traditional student.

His passion or teaching only

grew during his time studyingat Lee.

In a letter to one o histeachers in August 2012,he said it was a humblingprivilege to be called to teach.

I hope to be able to makea dierence in the classroom

and provide every child thatis entrusted to me everyopportunity and tool tosucceed, Grider said in theletter.

Tose who knew him sawwhat an impact he made on

the lives o those around himthrough his desire to serve and

put others rst.His heart was just so big.

Whenever anyone needed help

with anything, he was there. I someone needed prayeror a couch moved, he reallythought about others rst, shecontinued.

His uneral service was heldFriday, March 15.

Tey had to delay the serviceby almost an hour because a

couple hundred people came

to greet the amily and say their

goodbyes.Robin Grider, adds mother,

wrote a post on Facebookthanking everyone or thesupport they have shown inresponse to this tragic event.

Greg and I want to thank

each and every one o you

who have ministered to ouramily during this time osuch great loss, she said onFacebook. We cannot begin to

express how much the prayers,words o support, meals and

abundance o love have helpedus.Tadd Grider. Photo courtesy of Debbie Murray.



8/24

By Toni ParsonsStaf Writer

he Helen DeVos College

o Education welcomedennessee native DeliaPrice this Spring as thedepartments newest assistant

proessor o education.Although new to the

Lee community, Price is

no stranger to the Eastennessee area. Born inLawrenceburg, enn., Price

said she spent most o her liein Chattanooga, where sheearned her undergraduatedegree in secondary

education with an Englishproiciency at ennesseeemple University. She also

has two minors in vocal

music and Bible.Price received her

Master o Education

in administration and

supervision rom reveccaNazarene University.

Recently retired rom

a principal position in

Hamilton County, Price said

she chose to come to Lee soshe could return to her irstpassion: teaching students.

Every student is a type opuzzle. he more you get toknow them, the more piecesto the puzzle and the betterI can teach them, Price said.

Prices avorite part o Leethus ar is the relationships

she continues to build with

the students, sta and other

aculty.I appreciate the relational

ocus o teaching here and the

collegiality with the aculty

and sta, Price said.According to Ali Arbogast,

one o Prices educationstudents, Price shows passion

or not only her students

education, but also or theirgeneral well being.

She has been my

encourager and mycheerleader, Arbogast said.

She prays with me and or

me, and I thank God or

her place in my lie. She has

gone above and beyond anyteacher I have ever had.

Another student Price hasbuilt a close relationship with

is Kayla Ann Luckie, whois currently in her student

teaching semester. Luckiesaid Prices encouragementand mentorship helped her

overcome her ears and make

steps towards her calling:teaching in urban education.

his semester, Priceis teaching courses inElementary Methods,Middle Grade Methods, as

well as seminars or studentteachers, interns and thoseon a transitional license.

Price said she strives to bethe most eective teacher and

mentor possible by gettingto know her students asthey enter the proession

o teaching. Her advice tostudents is to live out theircalling.

By Mitchell CappsContributing Writer

Lee University serves as amusical milieu or a variety

o local bands.A ew groups who have

a chieved reco gni t io namong Lee students are heMailboxes, Sinai Vessel and

Sounds o Light.Senior Jillian Spears, the

musical savant responsibleor he Mailboxes, decided

on her bands unusual nameor reasons as poetic as her

songs.

I love the idea o songsbeing like letters that youwrote to people and how

mailboxes are the vessel,Spears said.

Between a ull lengthalbum titled Red Flags andan ever-expanding repertoire

o shows local and elsewhere,

he Mailboxes greatest

claim to ame at Lee was theparticipation in Lees devised

theater production Lessons.I experienced more

collaborative creativity thanI have elt in a long time,Spears said. My main jobwas to write songs or it.

For Sinai Vessel rontmansophomore Caleb Cordes,the identity o his band

came ater playing a show inFlorida.

An attendee described our

music as punk or sissiesin the best possible way, so

weve taken that and ran withit since then, Cordes said.Im a sot dude inluenced

by hard stu.Cordes started the band

himsel at the age o 16 but

has always ound the band

dynamic to be important tohis art.

Im extremely thankul

to have worked with andborrowed the time o some

very unselish and talentedpeople, Cordes said.

he band has a ull-lengthalbum called Labor Pains

available or ree download

at their Bandcamp site and

are nearing the completiono a new EP.

Junior Kirsten Seeberger,

the lead singer o Sounds o

Light, was inspired to starta band when she attendedthe Gungor U-Church lastspring.

I started talking to anyone

who would listen about the

concert, Seeberger said. Myguitarist was at that same

concert, and we decided tostart a band that would meshour styles.

According to their

Facebook page, Sounds oLight strives to create art that

relects the original Creatorsspark o imagination by

blending elements oclassical, alternative andspiritual music together to

create its sound.Lee Universitys School

o Music proesses itselto be deeply invested in

encouraging the musical

development o all interestedstudents in an environment

that nurtures creative

expression.Whether or not Lee can

take credit or the growth othese groups is a matter or

debate.Deinitely Lee has kick

started he Mailboxes in

a way, Spears said. Myscholarships here have helped

me und the record, and wegot to play in the gazebo orone o the ater events oU-Church.

However, Spears did sharewhat she thinks Lee lackswhen it comes to independent

bands.I wish there were more

events where bands hadplaces where they elt there

was more collaboration

instead o each band orthemselves, Spears said.

Cordes also noted a need

or a central venue thatwould allow musicians to

reach their ull potentialas members o a vivaciousmusical community.

As ar as I have seen,Lee has an awully strangeand disappointing ratio o

musicians to music projects,

Cordes said.Another need, noticed

by Spears, was a lack o

recording equipment.People told me to record

an album, and I wanted to,

but I didnt know how, Spears

said. You dont realize howmuch a recording is going tocost.

Despite some areas o need,

Seeberger recognized the

support rom Lees aculty.So many are so

encouraging or us,

Seeberger said. One o ourproessors ended up comingto one o our shows and

supporting us.

Education Has a Price Building the Band

Lee Clarion Photo by Shane Tretheway

Sinai Vessel

Courtesy of Caleb Cordes

Sounds of Light

Courtesy of Kirsten Seeberger

The Mailboxes

Courtesy of Jillian Spears

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he Lee heatre program

will be perorming theirve rs io n o th e st ag eproduction Sabrina Fairon the weekend o Lee Day

and the proceeding weekendin the Dixon Center.

he play, a romantic

comedy, tells the story oSabrina Fairchild who isthe daughter o the wealthy

Larrabee amilys chaueur.Ater a stretch in Paris,

she returns, not as the nigh

invisible young girl she let

as, but as a charming andsophisticated woman.

While her desire was onceor young, irresponsible

playboy David Larrabee, shesoon inds hersel captivatedwith the elder and seemingly

stoic Linus Larrabee.

o act as the glue betweena gripping plot and engagingcharacters, junior Garrett

Boyd was chosen as the stagemanager.

Boyd described his job asdoing whatever the director[Associate Proessor o

heatre Christine Williams]says to make sure everything

is unctioning properly.When I dont wake up orpractice, he is responsible,senior Jacob Shrimplin,who plays the role o Linus

Larrabee, Sr., said. He is the

contact or everyone.In preparation or the show,

the cast and crew work closely

to assure the outcome lives up

to what Lee audiences have

come to expect rom on-

campus perormances.One aspect this production

brings with it is the challengeo memorization.

Its what I call a

conversational piece,junior Natalie Brouwer, whobrings lie to the protagonistSabrina, said. All the actioncomes rom the undercurrent

o the dialogue.o commit the lines to

memory, the cast membersutilize many dierent tactics.

Sophomore Nathan ullos,who plays David Larrabee,said he usually covers his line

with his inger when trying to

memorize.Shrimplin said he preers to

write down his lines over andover in order to memorize

them. Brouwer; however,likes to work with her ellowcast members.

Were all riends, so wecan get together anytimeto run lines, Brouwer said.

Sometimes pacing helpsbecause we are all movingthe whole time in the play.

For Natalie Woles

character, Maude Larrabee,memorizing was made easy

due to her connection withthe character.

I just get her b ecause shesvery maternal, Wole said.So Ive always known the

direction I was going to takeher.

A conversation with herdirector was also key in

Woles ull grasp o hercharacter. Williams ask her

to explain her characters

motivations and how shewould eel about othercharacters in the play.

here is no room or

mistakes in the delivery othe lines.

Ad-libbing is out o the

question when dealing with

plays which are copyrighted.Because this is a work

o art, to change it isillegal, Shrimplin said,

though scholastically wehave a little leeway because

its a university, and it is

educational.his leeway comes in

the exclusion o certaincontent which may not be inkeeping with the communitycovenant.

Realistically, however,

mistakes could be made.heres no planned ad-

libbing, but one should beprepared to do it, Shrimplin

said.Wha t ma kes th i s

production such a team eort

is the equilibrium which isdemonstrated in the plays

nature.Even those who are acting

on Lees stage or the irst time

experience the communitycorroboration which makes

this production distinct.I am excited that my irst

production at Lee is SabrinaFair, sophomore EvelynBarnes, who characterizesDavid Larrabees ex-wie,

said. It is an incredible cast,and I am having a blast just

being a part o it.ickets or the show can

be purchased at the DixonCenter box oice rom 3 to

6 p.m.

By Toni ParsonsStaf Writer

Students across campus are

taking their study sessions atlocal coee shops rom bland

to bold by inviting a proessor

to join them.D i s c u s s i o n s r a n g e

anywhere rom deeper

clariication on topicscovered in class and careerguidance to personal storiesshared rom both sides o thetable.

Always willing to meet

up over a cup o tea or java,James Wilkins, proessor o

French said meeting withstudents both individuallyand in groups helps themto get to know one another

better.he group meetings and

individual meetings help

students to know more about

me as a human being, not justthis weird French-speaking

guy, Wilkins said.For some students,

building a relationship witha proessor makes it easier

to approach them, leading toconversations that can change

the course o their lie.hat was the case or

alumni Jarred Corley, whosaid he never elt comortable

talking with proessors untilhe learned that they are realpeople, too.

During his enrollment in

Skip Jenkins introductionto theology course, Corley

met up with Jenkins in theDeacon Jones Dining Hallto discuss theology rom theOld estament.

We talked about it or

probably 15 minutes. Fromthere we ended up talkingabout his experiences at Lee,like meeting his wie and

programs o study, Corleysaid.

Some proessors, such asCoral Norwood, who saidshe much preers ace-to-ace

conversations, strive to getto know their students better

outside the classroom.In order to ensure this

happens, Norwood makes ita requirement or some o her

courses to sit down or a c upo tea with her in her oice.For her classes, having a cupo tea is worth 10 percent othe students inal grade.

Caroline Kindiger, who

is currently enrolled inNorwoods class, said that the

required tea gives the student

and proessor an opportunity

to build a relationship thatextends past the end o the

semester.Its enjoyable because

the conversation is lexible,Kindiger said. It doesnt

eel like an interview. Wetalk about our amilies and

interests.What exactly does a student

have to do to meet up with aproessor?

Invite them. Proessorsare usually willing to meet

up either on or o campusdepending on the time and

place.Next time you have urtherquestions on a topic coveredin class or need personalguidance, just remember that

proessors get thirsty, too.

Sabrina Fair Comes to Dixon Center Stage

Using Coffee to Connect Outside of the Classroom

Photo courtesy of Christine Williams

MARCH 28, 2013 | LEE CLARION LIFE 9


10/24

By Marshall PickardCopy Editor

On-campus o ices

were shut down. Classescancelled. Students spentmost o the day crowded

together, uncertain o whatwould happen next.

his scene was not osome emergency or naturaldisaster but o a revival that

broke out on Lee Colleges

campus during the spring

semester o 1950.Participating in all-day

services and late-nightconsecration events, Leesstudent body o over 600

students came togetheror approximately 100

hours during one week ospontaneous meetings Feb.12-20, 1950.

According to a LeeCollege Clarion rom June5, 1950, A ervent, God-ordained revival surge,unparalleled in the annalso Lee, ... swept over the

entire college body.Editor-in-chie o the

1950 Vindagua, Vivian

urpin still remembers theimpact o this phenomenon.

Sometimes when theyhad prayer beore class, it

would develop into where

they would just pray anddidnt have class, urpin

said.he Clarion article

continued to say that this

week-long movement a l t e r e d o t h e r w i s e

unchangeable scheduleswith services that usuallybegan at eight in themorning and lasted until

the early hours o the nextmorning.

Students packed outthe altars ater messages

delivered by acultymember Rev. David duPlessis. Rev. J. S. Brinsield-- a name synonymous with

on-campus apartments to

students today -- helped

lead the revival, and so didthe colleges president.

he intense ocus on Godduring this time apparentlywas universal across

campus as the Clarionarticle stated, o conine

the eects o the ire to

some select ew would be agross misrepresentation, or

it has swept over the schoolin its entirety, student andteacher alike.

While most students

today likely have neverheard about this revival

in Lee Universitys history,the legacy o this event stillinspires others students topray or such a movementtoday.


Campus prayer groupConvergence held a student-

led gathering that includedUnited Pursuit Band in alot behind the Pentecostalheological Seminary -- all

outside, under he ent.

Four services with thetheme awakening untocommissioning were held

on March 22 and 23. Serviceswith United Pursuit andspeakers rom the School othe Circuit Riders, a brancho Youth with a Mission,ministered at this event thatConvergence leaders hoped

would launch revival acrossLees campus.

I believe that the studentscaught the vision and jumped

on board, ConvergenceDirector Emmaline Elliottsaid. I believe that studentsnow are equipped to believethe big dreams that God hasput on their heart and go dothem.

Many members o worshipgroup United Pursuit Bandplayed the irst night;however, Will Reagen --

known or singing Set aFire with the group -- was

not present.Other guests included Brian

Brennt and Lindy Conantrom YWAMs School o theCircuit Riders, a ministrythat exists to establish

and equip a generation toobey and ulill the GreatCommission.

Convergence directorEmmaline Elliott had theidea or the tent gathering inprayer two years ago. Ater ayear o praying about it, shebegan telling riends and

the Convergence leadership

group and eventuallyplanning the event.

E v e r y t h i n g d i d n tgo smoothly, however.Elliott encountered manyproblems but she credits

the Convergence group orhelping her pray through thediiculties.

I think the most diicultaspect was that somethinglike this had never really been

done beore, so there werent

really other events to look atand see how it was done andthe process o getting thingssettled, Elliott said. Almosteverything possible wentwrong.

Dierent groups o students

dedicated themselves to

praying or the event orcommitting their time toplay worship music sets in

the Lee Prayer Room, eventhroughout the night. hePrayer Room was open 24/7or a week beore he ent.

For Michael Pierce, amember o Convergencesleadership, the stakes couldnt

have been higher. He elt

that he ent was the starto Americas hird GreatAwakening.

I believe it is going to bethe tipping point o nationalrevival in America, Piercesaid.

Although Lee Universityis a Christian campus, Piercepredicts this event will helpalter the dynamic o lie at

Lee.I think the culture o Lee

University is going to change

... even more to be like theactual culture o the kingdom

[o God], Pierce said.Some students were unsure

about what kind o event he

ent would be.When I irst heard about

it, I was like, ent revival?

And in my head, I pictured

camping tents e verywhere,

sophomore Roberto Vigo

said. I thought it was somekind o Greek club thing.

Although reshman KateClements attended Saturday

night, she expressed hesitancyprior to the event aboutthe attention he ent wasdrawing on campus.

Do we need a giant tent?Do we need a big gathering o

people to make it an oicialrevival? Clements asked. Idont see how he [God] couldwork through this anymore

than he could work throughanything else just because its

a big planned thing.Hundreds o students

showed up or the evenings

services, and many reactedpositively to the event.

Its the greatest thing thatcould have ever happened

to Lee University, juniorBrittany Anton said. God ishere, and God is real, and heis opening the eyes o Lee,

which needs to happen.hree services were held

on Saturday. At 10 a.m., Brian

Brennt discussed reedom.On Saturday Vice President

Walt Mauldin, CampusPastor Jimmy Harper,

Residential Lie employeeslike Medlin Resident Director

Reagen Daniels and Sharp-Davis Resident Director

Stephanie Elliott, proessorslike Skip Jenkins and Arlieagayuna, various Greek club

representatives, ensemble

members and communitypastors attended.

here were so many

people here that were very

passionate, wanting tosee change come here tocampus, wanting to see

awakening happen. I justthought that was really coolto be surrounded by that,sophomore Michael Allen

said.he event closed with a

session on Saturday night

eaturing speaker BrianBrennt ollowed by dancing

and a commissioning prayerrom an Arican minister,

Pastor O bi.According to Elliott, Pastor

Obi is a part o one o Aricas

largest prayer networks. He

came to Cleveland 20 years

ago and has been praying or

a move o God since then.Even beore Elliott knew

him, Obi had been prayingin the Lee Prayer Room or

ive years.I met with him beore our

event asking or partnership/prayer and then told him the

vision on my heart, Elliottsaid. [H]e, with tears in hiseyes, said, his is what Ivebeen praying or.

Junior Austin Arnwineplayed guitar or the Saturday

evening service.God really moved

tonight. We had dierent

bands come up and dierentministers come up that reallyprayed or the nation and

really prophesied over thisgeneration, Arnwine said.

Did he ent live up to

its expectations? For Elliott,the event accomplished the

purposes o her vision or it.A new hope was released

that the harvest is ready,

Elliott said.

Revival Revery: Looking Back at a1950 Clarion Article

Convergence Hosts Student-Led Tent Services with

United Pursuit, YWAM

Lee Clarion Photo by Japeth Carter



11/24

By Richard ByrdContributing Writer

his summer, humanitiesproessor Mary McCampbell willbe leading her irst cross-cultural

trip to Great Britain.McCampbell will be taking a

small contingent o ive studentsto experience and study the

contemporary culture o GreatBritain.

Students will immerse themselvesin lectures and tours given by localguides; venture o the beaten path to

areas o artistic interest in London,Glasgow and Newcastle; travel by

train; stay in the homes o Newcastle

locals and inally spend 10 days atLAbri Fellowship, a Christian s tudy

center in a Hampshire manor house.

I lived in Newcastle, England,

or six years studying or my Ph.D.and working, McCampbell said. Iwant to take students so they can

experience the things that I did --things that were enriching to mylie.

Some cross-cultural trips runinto problems because the trip

has not been done beore, and thetrip leader must plan and preparestudents or an experience that theleader has not taken.

Any irst time trip director acesthe challenges o navigating the tripapproval process, creating a trip

rom scratch and recruiting or atrip that has no history, Director

o Global Perspectives Angeline

McMullin said.McCampbells experience living

in the area where she is takingstudents gives her a unique insightinto challenges that a student mightace when experiencing a newculture.

Ph.D. McCampbell, having livedin England beore, will be able to

show them a great insider view othe culture. She has contacts therethat will enable students to have adierent experience than many othe other trips, McMullin said.

While on the trip, students will

have the opportunity to learn aboutBritish ilm, art, literature, popularmusic, the British class system,multiculturalism and cultural

theology.he study ocus o this trip diers

rom other European cross-culturaltrips both past and present.

We will be ocusing more oncontemporary culture, whereasother European trips have primarily

ocused more or less on Europeanhistory, McCampbell said.

McCampbell also said that she

wants students to be able to relecton the cultural engagement provided

on the trip and urther theirunderstanding o the relationship

between the arts, culture and theirown spiritual development.

Its great or students to learn onthis trip, but more than that I wantthem to put what they learn intoaction while they are immersed inBritish culture, McCampbell said.


he chapel is illed with

the still hush o students and

proessors.hey are asked to rise

by the oiciating priest to

repeat prayers and scripturein unison.

here is a song, a briemessage and participation

in the Lords Supper.his is not a typical chapel

with which students areamiliar.

hese unique gatheringstook place ever y Wednesdayat 12 p.m. during the Lentenseason. hey were held in the

Chapel each week precedingEaster to commemoratethe season o asting and

repentance.While Lent is not generally

observed in the Church o

God, the diverse religiousbackgrounds o Lee students

warranted a response rom

campus ministries.

Father Mitchell Baker, thecoordinator o technologysupport in the Division o

Adult Learning and a priestat Emmanuel Fellowship in

downtown Cleveland, tookit upon himsel to oiciate

these services at Lee.I elt like students needed

encouragement between Lent

and Easter, so I proposedit, Baker said. I wanted to

let them know theyre notalone and that were in this

together.Campus Ministries at Lee

not only sanctions theseservices but oers any

assistance necessary.We help acilitate, resource

and help with whatever weneed to help with, CampusPastor Jimmy Harper said.

Student responses to these

Lenten services were mostlyavorable.

Sophomore Jennier Shreve

said the style o service

oered a valuable way ohonoring God not normallypresented at Lee.

She reers to high church,

which adheres to a traditionemphasizing ritual, priestly

authority, sacraments and

an observance o historicalconvention.

here is somethingabout [it] that seems more

respectul and shows you a

dierent side o God, Shrevesaid. I really appreciaterespecting the Lord in a

liturgical and ormal way.Shreve also enjoyed taking

communion at each service.In addition, the services

eatured a dierent acultymember speaker each week.

hey tell what God is

speaking to them aboutduring the Lent season, said

Baker.

McCambell Leads New European Cross Cultural Trip

Ancient Tradition Finds New Life in the Chapel

Photo Courtesy of Boaz Goudzward



12/24


According to KennethCoomer, the Veteran Aairs

representative at Lee, thatnumber is down romprevious semesters.

Coomer is an army veteranwho served three dierenttours -- Korea, Kuwait andIraq --over the course o eightyears.

As the VA rep, Coomersjob allows him to connectwith student soldiers on adaily basis by helping themsort through registration,withdrawals and connectionswith campus services like

Academic Support and theCenter or Calling and Career.

He said that it can be adicult adjustment or soldier

students to migrate between

the academic and militaryworlds.

Te struggle that soldierstudents ace every day goes

largely unnoticed, unseen bytheir classmates, Coomersaid. Teres an internal kind

o man versus his situationstruggle that solider studentshave to deal with on a daily

basis that other studentsdont see, dont recognize, andcertainly dont acknowledge,

though Im not sure I wouldwant them to. Its there, and

its happening ever y day.One struggle is navigating thespecics o GI Bills, as well asthe ramications o the tuition

assistance cuts that were made

in early March.Lee is a yellow ribbon

school, which means thatthe university has voluntarilyentered into an agreementwith the VA to und thetuition expenses that exceed

the highest public in-stateundergraduate tuition rate,according to the UnitedStates Department o VeteranAairs.

Coomer said that the tuitionassistance cuts are a big deal,and some students will notbe able to return in comingsemesters because o them.

However, he said that Lee

has a high graduation rateor the soldier students andpointed to the way campusorganizations help themconnect.

I believe its because we

ocus on that transition romsoldier to student, Coomersaid. We really make a sincereeort to plug those students

into all that Lee Universityhas to oer, whether its theAcademic Support or service-oriented clubs and Greek clubs

and things like that.Sometimes, though, the

transition isnt soldier tostudent, its student to soldier.

Alumna Colleen Akers

enlisted in the Navy lastNovember and is preparingor a ship date in April.

I enlisted or all theopportunities, jobs, travelingand benets, Akers said. Igrew up Army, and I knew Iwanted to join the military,and the Navy seemed like the

best choice because o the eld

promises.Tough she graduated with

a degree in environmentalscience, shes now pursuing

advanced electronics. Shebroke it down by saying thatshe would operate either theweapons or electronic systems

o a ship.Akers said her best riend

inspired her to enlist.Akers warmed up to the

idea slowly, and she began

altering her liestyle to t thato a soldier.

She started working outwith a local Navy group led byRyan Donahue and dropped

50 pounds.he recruiters back in

Maryland wouldnt talk tome because I was overweight,

Akers said. When they toldme that, Donahue told me tomove back down here, and hewould help me out. At thatpoint, I think thats when that

hit me that he has condencethat I can do this.

Aer joining the workouts,Donahue asked Akers to try

or enlistment, and she signed

on Nov. 29.Her immediate goal is just

to make it through boot camp.

Aer that, she said that shedlove to turn the military intoher career.

Im okay with not being aSEAL, Akers said. I just want

to be a sailor.

soldierup contined from pg. 1

Photo Courtesy of Colleen Akers


13/24

Ole RoyBy Caroline EatonLie Editor

A toothless grin, spiritedlaugh and kind word will greetanyone who runs into Roy: Lees

biggest an.Roy, a Cleveland owers

resident, takes walks around

campus on a regular basis andloves interacting with students

while on his excursions.Im 84 and good-looking,Roy said. Every time I gowalking, women holler at me.

Roy has lived in the Cleveland

owers or the past eight

years; however, he has lived inCleveland since he was 7 yearsold.

Besides walking, his avoritepastime is cheering on thewomens soccer team: he attends

all o their games, watches thempractice and whoops andhollers or them louder thananyone else.

hats my sport. Oh Lordy,

every time they have a ballgame, they let me know, Roysaid.

He is not only a an o the

team, but a riend.Senior soccer player Leah

Wilson said that the team

appreciates his support and doeswhat they can to support him.

For the past two years, theteam has thrown him a birthday

party complete with a birthdayhat, sugar-ree dessert and Leesoccer gear as his git.

He was so excited, Wilson

said o the irst party they threwhim. We gave him this big cone

hat, it said happy birthday onit, and he was wearing it or a

couple days aterward. Heloved it; he elt so special.

Wilson also described her

interactions with Roy outsideo the team.

She enjoys taking walks withhim and learning rom his

perspective.It provides an opportunity

or us to bring the worldtogether, Wilson said. Hes just

there, and hes there to listen iyou need to talk to him, even iyou dont know him, hes thereto talk to. He just likes thecompany; its simple.

For senior Carly Zehr, Roywalked into her lie at the

perect time.She met him during hersophomore year, and they began

taking consistent walks aroundcampus together.

My grandparents both passed

away [that year], and he kindo illed that void, Zehr said.Hes easy to ta lk to. He honestly

just meets me where I am, and I

meet him where he is. Hes thesweetest old man ever.

Zehr met Roy when sheattempted to volunteer at the

Cleveland owers and wasturned away. As she was leavingthe building, she ran into Roy,who comorted her and invitedher to start walking with him.

Ater two years, the pairstill takes walks and meets orbreakast at the Diner on FirstStreet, where Roy is a avorite

customer.

We talk about everything,Zehr said. Its almost peaceulor me because we dont [always]

have to talk. [S]ometimeswell just walk or a long time,and well be quiet, and othertimes well talk.

Roy spent his adult lie

working on arms and sellingproduce. He attends NorthCleveland Church o God, loveslistening to gospel music and

working in the lowerbeds at theCleveland owers.

His avorite activity, however,is walking.

When I get a chance, I walk.I walk all over town, Roy said.

Lee Clarion Photos by Travis Sturgeon Photo Courtesy of LeahWilson



14/24

By Jason MooreDesign Editor

It used to be something un.It was on every single classroom

newsletter, handout and test inelementary school. It was likeone o those Barney songs thatmade us all hold hands in acircle while cute rabbits andsquirrels rolicked along in thebackground, indulging in themerriment.

Now, most people seethrough its puy marshmallowends, seeing it or what it really

is. Tere have even been a ewdocumented cases o peoplegoing blind aer seeing it.

Well, I dont actually knowi thats true, but it wouldntsurprise me.

Im talking about theMedusa o the graphic artsworld:Comic Sans (as a violin

screeches in the background).Im really sorry it had to

come to that. Just dont look

directly at it.I know what youre thinking.

Great, the design guy isgoing to ramble on about onts.

Hear me out. It is worthwhileto know you could potentiallysave innocent civilians romthe use o these lethal weapons.

Unortunately, I have seen

lyers around campus thatpractice unsae ont use. Iyou are one o those people

that produce these or yourorganization or club, dont beinsulted or ashamed. Just think

o this as divine intervention

and Gods avor is shiningupon you this day.

Te ollowing are ve ontsthat should never be used.

Its no surprise that this

one is at the top o my list.According to the creator oComic Sans, Vincent Connare,

this ont gets a bad wrap rominappropriate use. When asked

or his thoughts on those whosimply hate the ont, he said, Iusually say choose somethingelse, ... go out, get a girlriend/

boyriend and a lie. Designerscan be pathetic. Some dontunderstand being practical.

Yes, hes deensive, but hes

also got a point. When usedin the narrow avenue it wasdesigned or, Comic Sanscan prove eective. However,unless you are an eight-year-

old girl writing a poem abouta unicorn, Comic Sans is notan acceptable choice.

I never want to make ascene, but when I see this one

everything in me wants to fipthe nearest table and scream,Pharaoh, let my people go!

Tere was a reason or the

10 plagues o Egypt. Not onlywould the pharaoh not let theIsraelites go, but also all o hismanuscripts were printed onpapyrus in the Papyrus ont.

You only thought you knewthe whole story.

First o all, I dont knowLucida, but i I were to evermeet her, I would casually askor her autograph, and then atthat precise moment, I wouldslap the pen out o her hand. Iwould then repeat this processuntil I elt better about howmuch I dislike this ont. Itsoverused and overrated.

I swear, i I see one moreemale-centered eventadvertised in this ont, theyare going to have to strap meup and throw me in a paddedcell.

I dont understand theinatuation with this ont.Whenever I ask someonewhy on earth he or she pickedthis ont, the answer is alwaysas certain as Miss Americaproclaiming why she wantsworld peace: Because its cute.

I dont see cute. I see aur ball coughed up by Mr.winkles, the cat, who isironically wearing a nametag

engraved in Curlz. It makeshim sick, too.

Tis one crawls out aroundHalloween time to scare littlechildren and graphic designers

alike. I personally believe thatit is dripping with the blood

o anyone who has ever hadthe misortune o using it.Although its an enticing choice

or your next bone-chillingevent, its just not worth therisk.

Your ont choice can really

make or break the message youare trying to portray to your

audience. Next time you arescrolling through your ontlibrary, try to make sure yourmessage and your ont agree.

Tere is nothing worse thanyour words saying one thing

and the ont is screaminganother. I along with the resto the visually conscious will

orever thank you.

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Dear readers,I eel it only air to warn

you that Im crating thiscolumn while under anallergy-induced haze. Tebeautiul thing about Lee is

that it is, well, beautiul, butsometimes, that beauty is a bit

bi-polar.On a recent weekend, I

wore shorts during my runon one day, and I was bundled

up in a sweater and scar onthe next. Needless to say, thealmost blooming o all theseplants has wreaked havocon my sinus cavities and mywallet as I shell out or moreallergy medication and tissues

and lock mysel in my roomwith only my pillow andNetfix account to accompany

me.Even beore the allergies,

though, I ound mysellooking orward to spendingthe weekends by mysel.

Im an introvert at heart,and ater working andspending time with thoseI love during the week,

Saturday rolls around, andI really just want to eat and

watch Diners, Drive-ins, and

Dives with my roommate.Almost without a plan, well

wake up within hal an houro each other, and one personwill start the coee (okay,thats my priority), while theother will cook (and shesreally much better at Frenchtoast, anyway). Well then

sit at our breakast bar, loadup those DD&D episodesand virtually indulge as GuyFieri samples dishes thatare guaranteed to kill you i

consumed too oen.his unspoken routine

has somewhat become the

highlight o my weekends.Not because I dont have other

riends or dont enjoy going

out, but because its one o theew times that my roommateand I can just appreciate ourriendship.

Were both graduating ina ew weeks, and neither ous really has a plan or aerMay 5. Weve both evaluatedour options and have tentative

plans, but I know that myoptions can change just asquickly as I check an email.

College is this crazy placewhere you spend everywaking moment searchingor answers. How do I make

riends? When should I startstudying or that exam? Whatclasses do I take? Who should

I date? Where should I go onmy cross-cultural trip?

Tose questions multiplyby approximately 923874345percent when you rapidlyapproach graduation.

Im slowly learning that itsokay to not know the answers.

I you know me, you also

know that I am still not totallyembracing this conclusion,as I am the girl who always

reads the back o the bookrst. Im also discovering thatmost answers are temporaryanswers.

No, I probably wont getmy dream job straight out ocollege, but who says I cant

get it in a ew years?

Tats all or now,Jessilyn

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I got out o class, so I checked

my phone.Waiting in line at Dunkin

Donuts, I scrolled throughInstagram.

Heading to my next class, Iused weet Deck to send aninspirational status updateto Facebook and wittersimultaneously.

When I sat down in class,I whipped out my laptop andchecked to see who had liked

my status ... that I posted threeminutes ago.

So when Jason Steenhagenmentioned Lent duringthe uesday night DixonCenter Convocation service,I immediately knew how Iwanted to participate.

I had never participatedin Lent beore, so 40 days o

orbearance rom the socialmedia scene seemed especially

daunting.Even though my decision

was or Lent, my sacricewasnt incredibly spiritual: I

just realized that I was way tooconcerned with the (digital)opinion o man.

How could I go that longwithout constant updates?Would people know I am stillalive? How would my adoringan base (just kidding) keep up

with me?What I discovered is that

staying totally unconnectedis practically impossible.

I made three provisions:1. I could still post links to

my new blog posts or Clarionarticles.

2. I allowed mysel to useInstagram during my NewYork City spring break trip.

3. I could use my Facebookmessenger app.

Even with those exceptions,I still managed to missmajor announcements,honor society meetings,work expectations and evenhomework assignmentsbecause Facebook especiallygroups is a primary modeo communication in todays

world.

Tis in-the-dark eeling wasespecially rightening since Iam a communications student.

In my eld, I am expected toutilize social media oen andresponsibly to prove to utureemployers my competency

with the growing medium.Shucks, social media is such

an integral player in my uturethat Im taking an Innovations

in Social Media class thissummer.

Tis new technology, despite

my best eorts, is almostinescapable.

But Im not alone: manyo my generation coness tostruggling with nding socialmedias balance between auseul tool and a hinderingobsession.

According to Gallup, only

18 percent o American adultsclaim they overuse sites likeFacebook and witter, but 48percent o my generation (ages

18-29) admit that they spendtoo much time on socialmedia.

I personally only know oneperson in that age category that

doesnt at least have a Facebookprole, and according to the

survey, almost hal o that

group thinks they use thistechnology excessively.

Im not advocating giving up

social media totally because Ibelieve it is an incredibly useul

technology that has beenintegrated into our society toenable better connection withthe world around us.

As humans, i we areobsessing over our digitalproles, it probably wouldnt

hurt our mental health to takesignicant steps to lessen ourdependence on social media.

But as Christians, i we ndsocial media has too tight o

a grip on our time, we shouldtake the problem to the crosso Christ and ask him how tobest manage our online lives. I

anything, social media shouldbe a positive connection withothers, not strangling our timeor placing too much o ourworth on the opinion o others.

However, I must say thatI am very much enjoyingreturning to the digital world with resh perspective and

renewed purpose.

By Mark PaceSports Editor

Oscar Pistorius captivatedour hearts through trial at the2012 London Olympic Games.

Now, Pistorius will ace anew trial. Tis time, he willace it in a court o law.

Te South Arican runnerdrew in record viewers when

he ran in last years OlympicGames. He became the rstdouble amputee to competeon the track in the Olympics,and he was the rst amputee to

ever make an Olympic nal.He aced much scrutiny,

however, when many raisedquestions about his prostheticlegs and brought orth evidence

to show that the blades gavehim a competitive advantage.

his argument that hasollowed Pistorius throughouthis entire competitive career

should now be the least o hisworries.

Pistorius was charged with

the murder o his girlriend,Reeva Steenkamp, a SouthArican model, aer he shotand killed her in his home.

Steenkamp was ound deadin the bathroom o Pistoriuss

home aer he shot her multipletimes through the bathroom

door. Pistorius claims that hebelieved that she was a burglarand shot her in sel-deense.

Tis story, though illogical,does hold ground. Burglariesare very common in the areao South Arica that Pistoriuslives, and Pistoriuss house wasbroken into several times.Shortly aer the Olympics,New York imes writerMichael Sokolove went toSouth Arica to write an article

on Pistorius. According tothe New York imes article,the night beore he arrived,Pistoriuss home was brokeninto.

Pistoriuss story seemslogical at rst glance, but thereare many details that do notline up.First, why would an intruder

lock themselves in thebathroom?

Pistorius shot his girlriendthrough a locked bathroomdoor. He claims that theburglar got scared and locked

themselves into the bathroomaer having broken into thehouse.

According to Pistorius,he believed that Steenkampwas asleep in bed. He heardsomeone making noise rom

the bathroom.He then grabbed his gun and

went to look into the situationurther.

When he arrived at the

bathroom door, he wasrightened because he didnot have his legs on and elthelpless.

He then red through theclosed door and murdered hisgirlriend.

Tere are several obviousholes in his story.

Second, Pistorius claimsthat he was in bed when heheard the noise, which means

he would have noticed thatSteenkamp was not in bed withhim.

Also, the shots were redrom an elevated position. Tis

means that he would have hadto have put his legs on. I he

lied about such a minor detail,he would not hesitate to lieabout the story in its entirety.

When police arrived on thescene, they ound needles anda substance that they originally

believed to be testosterone.Tey have sent the substanceo to be tested.

estosterone increasesaggression, which could havealtered his decision making ina heated argument.

Pistorius has not seemed tolack aggression in the past.

Sokoloves New Yorkimes article pointed outthat Pistorius had a thrill ordanger and was anadrenaline reak at a level Ihave never seen beore.

He owned ast cars that hewould consistently drive over100 mph.

Police have looked into callso domestic disturbance severaltimes involving Pistorius. He

has suered injuries whenhe wrecked his speedboatinto a pier, has owned severaldangerous exotic pets and haswrecked his car at a speed o140 mph.

Te prosecution has a strong

case to put Pistorius away orlie. However, when police

arrived on the scene, the leaddetective was Hilton Botha,who did not ollow standard

police procedure.Botha is acing charges or

an incident in which he andtwo other ocers red into aminibus. He has since beenremoved rom the case, butlook or the deense to use thisto their advantage.

Pistorius seems to be guilty

and all signs point toward that.With holes in the story,and Pistoriuss checkeredpass, I believe he is guilty.However, with mishandlings

in his case caused by the policedepartment, he may walk ree.

he act that he is oneo the biggest celebrities inhis country will work to hisadvantage in a country thatseems to be screaming to be

noticed.He will likely meet the same

ate that O.J. Simpson did inhis murder trial and walk away

with minimal punishment.

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Off the Grid: Sacricing Social Media From Olympic Trial to MurderTrial: The Blade Runner Faces the

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By Brianna Bentley

Contributing Writer

Divergent, the rst book o

the Divergent trilogy, could bethe answer to the prayers o allTe Hunger Games ans outthere who are le still craving a

novel with cataclysmic sciencection and tender, youthulromance.

Te author o Divergent,

Veronica Roth, is an inspiring

and creative young woman o24. Commenting in her blog,Roth reveals that she in actbegan writing Divergent asan undergraduate studentstudying creative writing atNorthwestern University,neglecting her homeworkin the process. Tis was adecidedly good choice that will

unortunately make it dicultto someday lecture my uture

children on how important itis to get your homework done,Roth said jokingly.

Much like Suzanne Collinsversion o the post-apocalyptic

United States, the world oDivergent takes place in adystopian Chicago, in whichthe people are divided into ve

actions, each valuing a certain

character trait: Abnegation (thesel-less), Candor (the honest),

Erudite (the intelligent), Amity

(the peaceul), and Dauntless(the brave).

In the community, it istradition that once every year,children o 16 must ascendinto adulthood and choosewhich action they will joinand devote the rest o theirlives. Tey each have a choiceto either stay in the actionin which they were born, orleave their amilies behind and

embark upon a new lie in aaction more suited to theirpersonalities and belies.

For some, the choice is easy.But or Beatrice Prior, she hasnever been more torn. Born

in Abnegation, Beatrice wasraised to be sel-less and always

put others beore hersel.

Although she is devoted to heramily and action, her ache or

the adventure and adrenalineo the Dauntless outweighs her

eelings o obligation.Just beore she is to make

the lie-changing decision o

choosing her action, Beatriceis given an aptitude test todetermine her true character,gauging which action she bestbelongs with. Upon taking

the aptitude test, Beatriceuncovers more than just hertrue aptitude and character.She also discovers a dark anddangerous secret, which coulddetermine more than just theate o her action; but the ateo her lie as well.

As she embarks upon herjourney to sel-discovery,Beatrice not only unearthswho she is, but also the

ominous truth about the worldwhich she thought she knew.Impetuously, she stumbleshead rst into her long-awaited

adventure, discovering thetrue meaning o courage and

alling in love. Tough, most

importantly, she discoversthat she and the actions bothneed to nd a balance withinthemselves i they are goingto survive. Aer all, a housethat is divided will not be ableto stand.

he Divergent trilogycontinues with the secondbook, Insurgent, and theupcoming inale, which isyet to be named, but soon to

be released on Oct. 22, 2013.Plans are also in motion or amovie to be made, with actressShailene Woodley as BeatricePrior, Kate Winslet as hermother, and Luke Kleintank as

her brother. However, urthercasting is still in progress tond the perect actor to ll therole o obias, the love interesto Beatrice.

With the nal book nearing

its publication, and the motionpicture now in the making, itis the perect time to beginreading this epic trilogy and

immersing yoursel in theworld o Divergent.

Jessilyn JusticeEditor-in-Chie

Welcome to Lee, andspecically, the Lee Clarion.We at the newspaper wish toinorm you about all thingsCleveland and universityrelated through this quiz.

We might be capitalizingon inside jokes here, and iyou want to truly nd yourway inside the Lee bubble, itsprobably best that you seek out

the answers to each o thesequestions.

Ready? Lets go.1. Who was the original

sponsor o the club eventParade o Favorites?

2. Beore this particularlocation was Lee College, it was

the home o what university?3. Which dorm did Billy

Graham live in?4. What building is currently

being constructed?5. When did Lee College

become Lee University?6. What was the original

name o the college when itwas ounded in 1918?

7. Our college president is

constantly praised or whatacial eature?

8. Which athletics teamhas the most NAIA National

Championships and howmany?

9. Which choir celebratedtheir 50th Anniversary thisyear?

10. What was our oldmascot? Answers to be postedonline at leeclarion.com

Lee LingoEmbracing the Lee bubble

means understanding theterms thrown around on

campus. Heres the breakdowno just a ew.

1. Sodexo: Te ood serviceprovider across campus.You can catch their originalrecipes in the Deacon JonesDining Hall or you can go orsomething more amiliar withChick-l-A, Subway, Dunkin

Donuts and Einstein Bros.Bagels.

2. Ring by Spring: Ah, everyemales dream. Te idea is that

you catch a man (or woman) in

the all semester and put a ringon it in the spring. Lee likes tohelp you along by hosting theFreshmen Dating Game and

Marriage Symposiums.3. Lee Bubble: Given that

weve already said this a ewtimes, you mightve deduced

its meaning. I not, you mightbe the only one. While youreat Lee, it might seem like thisis all the world has to oer, and

you dont branch outside o it.4. School o Music: Arguably

the most terriying place oncampus. Its where great

musical talent breeds, andour alumni have been eaturedin the U.S. PresidentialInauguration, American Idol,win Grammys and covetedopera contracts.

5. McClung Coee Mug:Tere are staples o Lee culture

that every student appreciates.One o those is Dean oStudents Alan McClungstrolling aross campus with

his ormidable coee mug.He might be the only personwe know who doesnt worryabout spilling his coee downhis tie even though he doesntuse a travelers mug.

6. Te Greenway: Spendany amount o time outside

on a pleasant day, and youll

nd yoursel surrounded byrunners. Lees fat comparedto the hills o ennessee thatGood Bless the U.S.A. boasts,

and less than a mile away is acontinually growing walking/running/biking track that begs

or outdoor activity.7. PConn Bobble Head:

Students love or Paul Conn

may all under a violationo second commandment,especially i you have one o his

coveted bobble heads. Rumorhas it that they are no longerbeing created, so possession oone may guarantee your status

as a legend.8. Eternal Flame: You sneaky

little prankster, you. You put

soap in the eternal lameountain. How original. Tisprank happens at least oncea semester, and watchingthe not-so-eternal fame beextinguished isnt as exciting

as it might initially seem.9. Ernestine: he most

precious woman on Lee

campus. Shes the star oSodexo, so be sure to strikeup a conversation when sheswipes your card at the dininghall.

10. Overheard at Lee/Lee University Memebase:Students say the darndestthings. I you dont believe us,log onto Facebook and checkout this group that oreverimmortalizes the words

o students and proessorswho didnt quite think outthe repercussions o theirconversations. On that samenote, the memebase is anexcellent way to indulge in thesel-deprecating humor o lieas a Lee student.

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Veronica Egger

It wasnt a gorgeous dayoutside. It wasnt raining;it was bucketing. Our tour

group sloshed along theempty sidewalks past a prettywhite gazebo foating on asea o grass. It stood out inthe hal-light. Once or twice,

I heard the toll o the bells.Tat was the rst time I

strolled onto Lee Universityscampus. Now, Im a junior here.

As I prepare to enter my nalyear at school, Im refecting

on what drew me here, and

what has kept me here.It certainly wasnt the weather

that initially enticed me.Honestly, what got me

here was a eeling. It justeltright. Tey say to gowith your gut, dont they?

I think my gutwas pretty dead-on.

My time here has beena window o opportunity,even on the rainiest day.

I have proessors here whonot only make me work hardand make me smarter, butcare about me enough to prayor me when I miss class.

At Lee Ive had theopportunity to servecommunities all over theworld rom Clevelandt o J o h a n n e s b u r g .

Lees given me two jobs Ilove that are preparing meor my career, and some o

my best riends in the world.Heck, I can think o at least

ve Cleveland coee shopso the top o my head where Ihave the opportunity to go and

experience a good cup o joe.What Im trying to say is

that Lee is making me better.When I graduate, Ill get

more than a degree and a joboer. Ill be a little bit smarter,a little bit wiser, and a little

bit kinder than I was beore.Even i its raining.

Charity Yodis

Im not rom the South,but Id heard about Leethrough a amily riend who

went to my grandparentschurch in Knoxville. Myparents scheduled a tour andwe drove down or a visit.

his riend had nothingbut great things to sayabout the school, andI was excited to see it.

Te whole tour was kind o a

blur. It seemed like we walkedaround this large campusorever. Once, we passed the

Upsilon clock tower and our

guide said that many studentschoose to come to schoolbecause o the Greek lie.

What the heck is a Greekclub? I thought. And whydid they build a clock,shouldnt they be buildinglittle acropolis or something?

Aer my visit, Im sad to saythat I did not want to cometo Lee. What will I do in theSouth? And besides, Im scared

o Pentecostals, I thought.However, the Lord had

dierent plans in store orme. Aer I had my depositand a scholarship to goto Liberty University, Isuddenly elt that God wascalling me to come to Lee.

hats how Im here.Youll be happy to know

that I love the South, and Iwas even brave enough tohang out with Pentecostalswhen I joined Campus Choir.

I know that despitewhatever plans we build or

ourselves, walking in Godswill is the best choice andultimately the most ullling.

Jessilyn Justice

Te highlight o my collegecareer was not at Lee. It was

hundreds o miles away inWashington, D.C., whereI ound mysel challengedacademically and sociallybeyond anything this quaint

university had prepared me or.I was a sponge, trying to

absorb as much knowledgeand culture as the semestertime rame would allow.

And then I came back.I went rom Smithsoniansto SteaknShakes, rom

monuments to monumentalissues o trying to ind aparking space at Wal Mart.

I went rom a city where

25 people knew my name todozens smothering me in hugs.

When I came back toLee, I returned to serenity.

Te best thing about thisuniversity is the comort thatencompasses it. Te comort

o wizened proessors,riendships and even theguidelines or a sae campus.

I chose Lee because Iwanted to attend a reasonably-

priced Christian college thatwasnt too ar rom home.Had I selected a university

based on my major, Leewouldnt have been aorerunner. hat beingsaid, Ive spent these pastour years embracing theopportunities Lee has to oer.

I got involved insomething I loved, studiedo campus and climbedthe Great Wall o China.

I pray weekly withmy roommates. headministrators know who I am.

My riendships breed creativity

as we explore what thesurrounding area has to oer.

I love Lee because itsconstantly improving andstriving or greatness. I loveLee because it gave me thetools necessary to live mylie and appreciate my roots.

Mark Pace

Te story o my journey toLee was not the typical taleyou hear rom many students.I chose my dream collegewhen I was in seventh grade.

I was passing throughCleveland on my way to aproessional cycling race inGeorgia when my amilydecided to stop at Lee.

We had a amily riendthat attended the schooland we wanted to visit her.

While I was here, we setup an ocial visit with theadmissions oce. Once wearrived, I immediately ellin love with the campus.

I loved the beauty and the

weather. I wanted to attenda school away rom home to

get a new experience, andI also liked the Christianatmosphere that Lee oered.

It just so happened thatParade o Favorites wasscheduled to go on thenight we were in town,so we decided to attend.

Parade o Favorites isa campus-wide pageanteaturing the ladies romvarious campus organizations.

Seeing all the beautiulcollege girls in the event and

being the seventh grade boythat I was, I looked at my mom

and told her that this was theplace that I wanted to be.

Six years later, I ull

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