SOUNDING BOARDTHE

the voice of Grace College students since 1953Volume 58 Issue No. 076 Winona Lake, Indiana

October 27, 2011

INDEXvolume 58, issue 7

Go Encounterpage 2

Photo Briefspage 3

MudLove Potterypage 5

Face-off page 8

Last year the rugby team was litt le more than a bunch of clueless rook-ies running around, tackling guys and grunting while retraining their minds to play rugby diff erently than football. Th is season, however, it is clear that the rugby team, which is now ranked sec-ond in the state for their division, has grown in size, ability and overall fi erce-ness.

On Saturday, Oct. 22, the team played their last home game of the sea-son and lost 25-5, making their record 2-2. It is still very clear, however, that the team that once knew nearly noth-ing of the European sport now owns the fi eld with expertise and teamwork. According to the players, there are a myriad of reasons that the team has grown and changed so much in just one season. According to Jay Hinkle, “Everyone came together to hold each other accountable and push each other to grow.” Timon Nimtz said, “As we got tougher, everyone got over their initial

fear of not knowing what they were doing and of playing other teams.” An-other benefactor in helping the team grow was the Warsaw High school girls’ rugby coach Trevor, who came and taught the team more about the sport and how to play it. In other words, the confi dence gained by experience and the unity of the team itself is what made the rugby team what it is today.

Not only has the team grown in knowledge and ability to play since it fi rst started last year, it has also grown in size. When they started the team last year, 18 guys signed up to play. Th is year there are at least 24, which leaves an ample number of subs to go in if someone gets hurt. Th ere are several reasons why so many guys wanted to play rugby. Among the list of reasons was “to connect with other guys and hit people” (Paul Jones), “to channel my manly aggression” (Timon Nimtz), “to get all the girls” (Travis Th omas). Th e reason why the rugby team exists, however, is to bring glory to God. Paul Jones said, “Th e goal of rugby is to glo-rify Christ. We pray before and aft er

the games to glorify God and to wit-ness to the other teams. Th is is why we decided to have a food drive for our last home game - so that we could get the campus involved in outreach that glori-fi es God.”

Th e food drive that the team held during the last home game of-

fered T-shirts to the fi rst 40 people to donate a canned good. Th e team then donated the items to Combined Com-munity Services, which goes to the unprivileged in the area. Not only did the rugby team help get the students of Grace College involved in this out-reach, they also enlightened the rest of

campus about what the sport of rugby is. What used to be a crowd of people saying, “What’s going on?” or “I don’t understand!” is now a crowd of people using words like “scrum” and “try” and “rucking.” As the rugby team has grown in knowledge of the game, so has Grace College.

by ASHLEY MAZELIN

Staff Writer

Sounding Board Photo | Cassie Gareiss

Rugby season comes to a close

Th e rugby club fi nishes their season with a 2-2 record.

Food is something people tend not to overthink. It is

essential to survival and exceed-ingly enjoyable, but still potentially dangerous in excessive quantities.

Grace College’s Taco Bell Night is an annual eff ort made by our college community to combine food with fun in a somewhat ex-treme manner. During this highly att ended event, each student pays just one dollar to the school’s Stu-dent Activities Board offi cers in order to receive fi ve of Taco Bell’s tacos.

For those of you doing the math, that reduces the unit price of one taco to just twenty cents, a frac-tion of the usual cost. Th e event is popular since college students are

typically low on cash and naturally love a great value. Needless to say, the students’ collective taco con-sumption is absolutely astonishing.

Th e total sales have been cal-culated, and it has been revealed that 940 tacos (soft and hard) were handed out this past Sunday night. A hard taco weighs in at 170 calo-ries while a soft taco is 200 calories. Assuming all tacos served were eat-en, this means the potential range of calories taken in by all students was between 159,800 and 188,000. In addition, it is worth noting that the vast majority of students or-dered the higher calorie soft taco, so the second fi gure is a more ac-curate estimate.

Th e number of students in at-tendance at the event was approxi-mately 150, which means if all of those tacos and their calories were evenly distributed, then each stu-

dent consumed an average of 1,253 calories. Th at is a lot of eating for one night.

Such a feat is certainly not easy to pull off from an employee’s per-spective, especially considering the fact that once SAB arrived at Taco Bell, it was discovered that the store manager was expecting the event next week. “Th ey didn’t know we were coming,” confi rmed Kearstin Criswell, SAB Coordinator.

Totally unprepared in terms of staff and product, Taco Bell rose to the challenge, picked up the pace, and prepared enough food to keep up with students’ relentless orders all throughout the night. Serving up 940 tacos without advance no-tice or the opportunity to take a break for nearly two hours is im-pressive to say the least.

Fortunately, their eff orts were clearly not in vain. “Taco Bell night

was excellent,” said Jonathan Rex, a sophomore at Grace, “It was defi nitely worth my dollar.” Even students who don’t contribute to the massive calorie-count by tak-

ing part in the feasting of tacos still enjoy socializing and participating in the light-hearted atmosphere created by the gathering of Grace’s student community.

by MATT HIESTER

Staff Writer

Students consume 159,800 calories at annual Taco Bell night

“How many calories in a taco?”

Taco Bell served 940 tacos to Grace students in two hours.

Sounding Board Photo | Cassie Gareiss

2 CAMPUS NEWS

“I am not ashamed of the gos-pel because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes” – Romans 1:16. Th is verse is the inspiration for the name of the Unashamed Serve team. Th e Serve team is co-lead by Sean Truesdale and Jeff Volz, both juniors, who also co-founded the team. Unashamed is a group that goes out into the local community to evangelize.

When Truesdale came to Grace College as a sophomore, he had the dream of reaching every house sur-rounding Grace with the gospel. To some, it seems like a far-fetched dream, but not to Truesdale, who has been evangelizing since he was 15 years old. Aft er thinking up the idea of Unashamed last year he is working to make his dream come true now.

Th e team, made up of 14 mem-bers, spends their meeting time evangelizing in the community. Th ey meet every Th ursday from 6 to 8 p.m. in Philathea 10. Typically, members start with giving prayer requests and praying. Th en the team splits up into

groups of two or three, each group with a pad of paper, and heads out into the surrounding neighborhoods. With no professor or faculty member leading the team, they end up evan-

gelizing on feet. Each small group takes a street and begins knocking on doors. When someone answers,

the members simply state who they are and ask if anyone has any prayer requests. Sean hopes to let the com-munity know that Grace cares. Off er-ing to pray for locals is one of the best

ways of doing this. Truesdale said he gets a positive reaction about 90 per-cent of the time.

Aft er the small groups spend nearly an hour in the community going door to door, taking prayer re-quests, they come back to Philathea to share their experiences. Truesdale then reads a passage from the Bible. Th e team breaks into small groups again and prays for the homes they have reached.

Truesdale and Volz have big plans for their team. Th ey hope to move from prayer requests to surveys to eventually evangelizing in the way of the master. At some point they hope to team up with a local church that they can lead those reached by Unashamed to. When asked if the team had brought anyone to Christ yet and if they had any goals for the coming year, Truesdale replied, “If we can save just one life this year, then I’ll be happy.”

Unashamed also plans to team up with the Chicago serve team for a trip to Chicago to spread the gospel. Th ey hope to get the opportunity to work with the Muslim Outreach serve team also. It is going to be a good year for the Unashamed serve team. If any students would like to get involved all they have to do is att end a meeting.

SOUNDING BOARDTHE

the voice of Grace College students since 1953

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Staff Writers:Ashley Mazelin Christopher Tulley Emily Gruber Matthew Hiester Sarah Kraus Haley BradfieldJonathan Haag Jordan Woodruff

Serve focus: Unashamed to share the gospel

THE SOUNDING BOARD | OCTOBER 27, 2011

Imagine you’re lost in a foreign city. You have no idea how to get back to where you need to go. You must rely on strangers who may or may not speak your language. Th is is the fi rst time you’ve ever had to experience something like this. Is it scary? Sure. But is it worth it? Most defi nitely.

Th rough its “Go Encounter” program, Grace off ers its students a vast array of opportunities to be-come immersed into a culture other than their own.

Twelve trips are available throughout the spring and sum-mer. One trip, Ireland, has already reached maximum capacity. Howev-er, students still have an opportunity to sign-up for eleven other trips.

Carlos Tellez will be leading a group of 8-10 students to Brazil from March 8-18. Students have the opportunity to share Christ’s love with fellow believers and those who don’t know Christ in the area of Belem. Th e team will work to touch

the lives of the needy and build last-ing relationships with all the Bra-zilian people they come in contact with. Cost is $800 plus airfare.

From March 7- 18 Jeff Buriff will take a team of approximately 10 students to the beautiful country of the Dominican Republic. Th e team will have many opportunities to touch the lives of the poor and be encouraged by the lives of other be-lievers. Cost is $1,700.

If you want to see and learn about signifi cant historical places, England is the trip for you. Dr. Pau-lett e Sauders will take 10 or more students to England on March 8-18 to visit London, Oxford, Bath, Strat-ford and more. Students will also connect with a Grace alumnus mis-sionary in London. Cost is $1,600 plus airfare.

If France is more intriguing to you, then you have the opportunity to join Jaqueline Schram and a team of 9-11 students on a trip to Paris from March 7-18. Th e team will work closely will missionaries in touching the lives of the French people. Cost is $1,380 plus airfare.

Students can also stay a litt le

closer to home, yet still make a huge impact by joining T.K. Kurtanek on a trip to Philadelphia, Penn., from March 7-18. Students will join the ministry of the Urban Hope Center. Cost is $600.

Deposits for March trips are due by December 5.

On May 21-28 a team of 20 students will travel to Dearborn, Mich., and join in mission outreach with Angel House. Islam and Arab Muslims are all around the area, and students will join Angel House in reaching these people. Cost is $900.

Dr. Tammy Shultz and approxi-mately 10-12 students will travel to the tropical island of Fiji on May 21-June 2. Students will have many opportunities to minister to the Fiji people on this trip, as well as gain many new experiences. Cost is $1,050 plus airfare.

Students may join Dr. Matt Har-mon on a trip to Greece and Turkey on May 21-June 2. Students will learn all about the ancient Biblical history of the area. Cost is $3,600.

Ken and Sina Locke will take a group of 10 students to Iceland from May 20-30. Students will un-

doubtedly see and learn about many historical sites on this trip. Cost is $900 plus airfare.

From May 21-June 2, Aaron Crabtree will take a group of 10 stu-dents to Papua New Guinea for life-changing lessons on missions. Cost is $600 plus airfare.

Last, but not least, Dr. Tiberi-ous Rata and Dr. Michael Harstine will take a group of 12 students to Dr. Rata’s home country of Roma-nia from May 20-30. Students will spend a lot of time with orphans throughout the trip. Cost is $600 plus airfare.

To secure a place on a team, de-posit $200 into the Global Perspec-tives account in the business offi ce.

Deposits for Brazil, Dominican Republic, England, France, and Phil-adelphia are December 5.

Deposits for Dearborn, Fiji, Greece and Turkey, Iceland, Papua New Guinea and Romania are Feb-ruary 15.

Join a team of your choice this year to make an impact for Christ and gain an experience of a lifetime.

by ALEX LERNER

Staff Writer

by JORDAN WOODRUFF

Staff Writer

Sean Truesdale and Jeff Volz lead the evangelism serve team. Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo

From Fiji to France, Go Encounter trips span the globeInBriefThurs. Oct. 27

Fri. Oct. 28

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Sun. Oct. 30

Mon. Oct. 31

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Halloween

Creepy Boooling9:30-11:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. IU-Southeast 1 p.m.

Cabaret9:30 p.m.- Little Theater

FunFest @ The GRC6 p.m.

Cabaret7:30 p.m.- Little Theater

Day of Rest

Westy Masquerade9 p.m.

Royal Bonfi re @ Alpha Fire Pit9-10 p.m.

Pep Rally @ the OCC9 p.m

Dodgeball Tourney7:45 p.m.

Women’s Volleyball-Senior Night 7 p.m.

3THE SOUNDING BOARD | OCTOBER 27, 2011

CAMPUS NEWS

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo

Clockwise from top left:

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo

Love Rocks- A student showcases MudLove rocks from the

Block of Love party.

Superfl uous Tacos- Students show up for a night of cheap

eats: fi ve tacos for only $1.

Last Try- The Grace rugby club closes out its season on Oct. 22.

Photo Briefs

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CAMPUS NEWS

Last May, a group of 17 students and professors traveled to Italy on a GoEncounter trip. Th e team was largely made up of art students. Th ese students are currently working on projects in response to the trip and will be exhibiting their artwork in the Mount Memorial Art Gallery from Nov. 14 to Dec. 16 in a show called “Italy: A Student’s Perspective.”

A gallery reception will be held in Mount Memorial on Nov. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m., giving other students and faculty the chance to meet those who entered a piece in the show.

Stephanie Johnston, one of the students who traveled to Italy, said that “the show is artwork produced by the students who went on the trip and the art is

inspired from our experiences in Italia. It’s basically our interpretations of Italia rendered into visual forms.”

Janna Lodwick, another student who was on the trip, talked about how there will be various mediums represented at the show. “Most of us are doing charcoal renderings of statues or monuments that we saw when we were there. A few people are doing photo prints and I know that two or three people have done paintings.”

Lodwick said that the project she is working on will involve a collage of photos from the trip combined with other elements, creating a romantic-themed piece.

Johnston said that the trip to Italy was fantastic. Th e team traveled to various cities including Rome, Assisi, Firenze, Bologna, and Venezia. Th ey saw able to experience history and

art fi rsthand in various ways. “We had the chance to see

many historical sites, such as the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, [and] the Catacombs,” Johnston said. Th ey were also able to see many diff erent styles of architecture and ancient structures, including Assisi, an entire town built into the side of a mountain and the Uffi zi art gallery.

Th roughout the trip, the team was also able to meet various local people, including some Italian college students and a guide at the Basilica of St. Francis named Sister Th eresa, who challenged the students to share their faith oft en.

“Ultimately, it was a fantastic trip fi lled with lots of learning and a chance to get to know the people of Italia and their culture,” Johnston said.

Grace College’s Student Vet-erans Organization (SVO) hosted Nocturnal II: Military Edition at Miller Field on Saturday, Oct. 22. Th e event was hosted by SVO to help support the military fund at Grace and a local family in need.

Matt Metzger, with Metzger Outdoors, was in charge of the event and said his motivation was “to get people outside together and let people see Jesus through us.”

Before the fi rst race began, a Samaritan’s Helicopter landed at Miller Field. People who came out to the event had the opportunity to look inside the helicopter. Dur-ing the aft ernoon, people could participate in three races. Th e races consisted of the 10-Mile Mountain Bike Trail, the 5K Evening Trail Race, and the Ridiculous Race.

Th e fi rst race of the aft ernoon was the 10-Mile Mountain Bike Trail, which started at 4 p.m. Be-fore the participants could begin the trail race, they fi rst had to go

through a series of obstacles in or-der to reach their bicycles.

Aft er the 10 miles and ap-proximately 40-45 minutes, the fi rst racer came across the fi nish line. Th e fi rst race included three divisions of expert, sport, and be-ginner with a winner for each divi-sion. 110 bikers participated in the 10-Mile Mountain Bike Race.

Th e second race for this event was the 5K Evening Trail Race. Th is race included divisions for each age group and male and fe-male divisions. Th ere were winners

from each age group along with the overall male and overall female winners. 150 people participated in the 5K Evening Trail Race.

Brie Cremean, a senior Grace student, ran in the 5K Evening Trail Race. Cremean has two sib-lings in the navy and wanted to support them. “I admire Metzger Outdoors for taking this on and organizing it,” Cremean said.

Another Grace student par-ticipated in the 5K Evening Trail Race. Sara Stayton, a junior, heard about this event through all the posters around campus. “I did a 5K a few weeks ago and wanted to see if I could beat my time,” Stay-ton said.

Th e third race for the evening was the Ridiculous Race. Th is race was all in the dark with obstacles and surprises along the way. Th e divisions for this race included

family, male, female, and co-ed. More than 200 people participated in this race.

Richard Pott s, a sophomore at Grace, participated in the 5K and in the Ridiculous Race. His favorite was the Ridiculous Race. “Th e hay bales were the best part of the race and I cleared the bales fl awlessly like nobody’s business,” Pott s said.

Jordan Wodetzki, a sopho-more at Grace, participated in all three races. Wodetzki’s favorite race was the ridiculous race. His fa-vorite obstacles in the “Ridiculous Race” were the hay bales and the rope of death because they were the most challenging. “Th is was awesome; I loved it. It would be awesome if they would do it again,” Wodetzki said.

by EMILY GRUBER

Staff Writer

Students participate in Nocturnal Military event

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board Photo

by SARAH KRAUS

Staff Writer

Bringing home a piece of ItaliaBringing home a piece of ItaliaStudent art gallery inspired by Italy GoEncounterStudent art gallery inspired by Italy GoEncounter

Grace Student Veterans Organization hosted Nocturnal II: Military Edition on Saturday, Oct. 22.

Contestants gear up for the 5K race.

5THE SOUNDING BOARD | OCTOBER 27, 2011

COMMUNITY NEWS

Reaching the nations

When I graduated with an M. Div. in 1995 I told my seminary friends and faculty that we would not be stick-ing around the area. I knew that God wanted our family on the mission fi eld. While we love this area, I did not believe that God wanted us here.

Even while I pastored a litt le country church in the area, I kept long-ing for people in a distant land.

However, God kept us here in Winona Lake. Aft er Seminary I took a full-time job in agricultural seed sales so I could have income, and I pastored the church part time. Aft er some health issues, I left the pastorate and concen-trated on seed sales. I eventually took a job that required me to travel across 35 states and found that my time for ministry was greatly reduced. We were involved at our new church home at

Pleasant View Bible Church…but I wondered, is this what God had in mind when we went through Semi-nary? We were doing all of this kind of ministry without an M. Div and I kept longing to minister to people in a dis-tant land. But God was at work…I just did not see it.

During and since Seminary my wife and I had fi ve more children (we have seven children altogether). We had a busy life at home, at my job, and with our teaching at PVBC. We felt good, we felt blessed but not complete. Th en we met Diana and her family. Sally taught Diana and her sis-ter Gabby at Hispanic VBS nine years ago. Th en I coached their litt le brother Hugo in soccer at the YMCA. We were really starting to love these Hispanic children.

Two years later we met a mission-ary from Spanish World Gospel that said he needed a couple to work with the youth at Iglesia Bíblica Hispana in Warsaw. Within a few weeks we were working with Hispanics, the people that God had been preparing us for. Sally is a stay-at-home mom and leads the Hispanic children’s ministries (in-cluding a large Hispanic VBS). I work a full-time job (70+ hours/week), and I work with the Hispanic teens where we have 25-30 mostly unchurched Hispanic teens coming weekly to hear the Gospel. Our whole local family is involved in missions work with the Warsaw/Winona Lake Hispanic com-munity. We work and live in the com-munity just as Paul did in his area, and we work to support ourselves so we can bett er minister.

God has given us a tremendous love for the Hispanic community and He provides fi nancially for our family and ministry through my income. We did not travel to a distant land to reach a community that needs to hear about Jesus…we travel down the street. God brought them here.

Grace graduate, Dave Robison shares how his idea of ministry changed fr om a global mindset to serving locally

Dave and Sally Robison work with Iglesia Bíblica Hispana that meets at Pleas-ant View Bible Church. Th ey are blessed to have had several Grace College students help in their youth ministry. If you have interest in helping the Robisons reach the Hispanic community, please contact them at dsrobison07@embarqmail.com.

Aft er being cancelled once due to poor weather, MudLove Pott ery host-ed a Block of Love Party in Th e Village at Winona to celebrate their second year anniversary of being in business in Winona Lake.

Warm weather enveloped those in att endance who also had the oppor-tunity to hear live music from Abram Galvin and Laura K. Balke, play corn-hole, purchase craft s, and eat grilled hot dogs and burgers.

MudLove has reason to throw a party.

Owner Luke Wright started MudLove two years ago with a mis-sion bigger than himself and his small garage pott ery studio behind the Vil-lage Barber.

Part of that mission is to provide

clean drinking water to those in Af-rica.

Wright has partnered with Inte-grated Community Development In-ternational, more commonly known as ICDI, to give 20% of all MudLove profi t to this Winona Lake organiza-tion. Part of the mission of ICDI is to provide clean and safe drinking water to those living in the Central African Republic.

A $5 purchase from MudLove gives someone in Africa clean drink-ing water for a year.

Th e sheer number of individuals who stopped by the MudLove Block of Love Party gives an indicator of how well this mission is succeeding.

MudLove’s product line and mis-sion has struck a cord with many stu-dents at Grace.

Trent Croft s, a Grace Seminary student loves MudLove because “Th ey have a great cause and great quality.”

Brooke Surgeon, a Grace College student loves MudLove because “of the story behind how it got started and hearing Luke’s passion for making art and how he kinda stumbled into that and how he turned it into a business.”

Surgeon also added that, “Having a place to buy something made locally is really awesome.”

From a technical perspective Grace College student Dave Ferrier said, “I love MudLove because he is a really good pott er. When I go into his shop I’m always inspired. His design is simple but functional and really beau-tiful in that way.”

Th e product line in the Mudlove Studio has grown with its age. In ad-dition to the popular bracelets, you can purchase mugs, vases, necklaces, rocks, and T-shirts.

MudLove is located in the Vil-

lage at Winona in the garage behind the Village Barber at 804 G Park Av-enue, Winona Lake, Ind.. You can visit

MudLove online at mudlove.com and on twitt er at @MudLovePott ery.

Sounding Board Photo | Cassie Gareiss

by JONATHAN HAAG

Staff Writer

MudLove Pottery celebrates its second birthday

Last Saturday, Mudlove Pott ery hosted a Block of Love Party to celebrate two years of business. Mudlove Pott ery is located at the Village of Winona.

Indianapolis musician, Laura K. Balke plays during the Block of Love party. Sounding Board Photo | Cassie Gareiss

SAB offi cer Matt Hiester handed out $5 tokens to the fi rst 50 Grace stu-dents. Th e tokens could be used to purchase food, craft s, or pott ery.

Sounding Board Photo | Cassie Gareiss

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ARTS & CULTURE6THE SOUNDING BOARD | OCTOBER 27, 2011

#stuff myprofsays#stuff myprofsays“Taxes are like vampires. The only way to get rid of

them is to stab them with a lance or shoot them with

a silver bullet. If you don’t get rid of them they will

continue to haunt you.”

-Dr. Lemler

“We have a reality more real than the reality we are

in.”

- Kip Cone, during Exploring the Bible.

“You are living in Acts*, baby! It’s a good place to be.”

*Acts, as in the book of the Bible. -Kip Cone during

Exploring the Bible, explaining our place in the Bibli-

cal story.

“I just bought a Mac and I am going to make it my

slave.”

-Dr. Peugh, talking about using technology and not

letting it rule us.

“It’s not about what you do, but who you are (in

Christ).”

- Professor TK (Kurtaneck) while discussing fi ve areas

that college age students seek

Submit your quotes to soundingboard@grace.edu

Beginning with “Michael Clayton” in 2007, George Clooney has turned in one lackluster performance aft er anoth-er, culminating with the hugely under-whelming fi lm “Th e American” last year. Th ough his role as Governor Mike Mor-ris in this year’s “Th e Ides of March” is by far his best performance since “Ocean’s Eleven” was released ten years ago, he’s still the least impressive of all the major players in the fi lm.

Th e fi lm’s main character is brought to life by Ryan Gosling, who, with this fi lm, has off ered up his third powerhouse performance this year alone. Th e cast is wonderfully rounded out by four veteran character actors: Philip Seymour Hoff -man (“Doubt”), Paul Giamatt i (“Lady in the Water”), Jeff rey Wright (“Th e Man-churian Candidate”), and Marisa Tomei (“Th e Lincoln Lawyer”).

Evan Rachel Wood (“Across the Universe”), a relative newcomer in this crowd, adds life and credibility to the role of the young and dumb intern, a role that could have been obnoxiously fl at and trite.

Th e Ides of March tells the story of Gosling’s character Stephen Meyers, a

sharp and upcoming staff er on Governor Morris’ presidential campaign. Th ough Meyers hopes and dreams to run this campaign on strict morals and ideals, he quickly learns that Morris is not the last hope for integrity in politics, and the world he’s living in is not as clear-cut as he may have thought. Bombarded by be-trayal and lies from every angle, Meyers must adapt – or die.

Gosling’s eyes, in many scenes, really steal the show. Th e man looks downright crazy in one scene, as though he might break out into a rage and start ripping apart desks and doors with his bare hands. Yet somehow he manages to pull it off with honesty, and the audience is actually nervous that, somehow, they might be next.

But in spite of being surrounded by all of these clearly more talented actors, this movie remains a towering bastion, an unshakeable monument dedicated to the proposition that George Clooney still matt ers in the movie business.

In his fourth eff ort behind the camera as director, George Clooney has created one of the best movies this year. Soundtrack buff s take note: this movie

should be seen based on its score alone.One enthusiastic viewer noted,

“Th at movie was really creepy. I found myself turning around and looking over my shoulder even though nothing really scary was happening on the screen.”

Clooney achieves this through an insightful combination of a masterful score, provided by Alexandre Desplat (“Th e King’s Speech,” composer), and even bett er cinematography from Phe-don Papamichael (“Th e Pursuit of Hap-pyness,” director of photography). In a political thriller, it is hard to care about the dealings of and double dealings of a world so far removed from that of the audience. But what’s scary to the charac-ters in the Ides of March jumps off the screen and terrifi es anybody in the near vicinity.

Th is is the second best movie re-leased this year. It has the full package — great actors in front of the camera and great fi lm makers behind the camera. It’s taut, edgy, and wicked smart, all the way up to the fi nal shot, when Ryan Gosling opens his baby blues to the audience and bares his soul. If you can handle a movie this good, you should.

by PAUL MORALES

Arts & Culture Writer

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SPORTS 7THE SOUNDING BOARD | OCTOBER 27, 2011

The Lancers’ basketball team enters the 2011-12 season with expectations as big as its front court.

After finishing second in the highly competitive Mid-Central College Conference at 11-5 last season, the Lancers reached the NAIA Division II National Tournament for the third time in four years. How-ever, a first-round exit ended the men’s basketball team’s na-tional title aspirations with a record of 22-11.

But optimism abounds for the 2011-12 campaign, as near-ly every piece returns for a deep run in Branson, Mo. , helping the team earn the No. 9 in the Preseason Top 25 Poll.

“Are we optimistic? You bet,” said head coach Jim Kes-sler. “Everyone is aware of our potential this year.”

Junior guard Bruce Grimm Jr. and senior center Duke John-son highlight a solid returning core for the Lancers. A transfer last year, Grimm made an im-mediate impact, averaging 13.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.9 as-

sists and 2.1 steals per game en route to being named the MCC Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-MCC to go along with an honorable mention to the NAIA All-American Team.

Johnson led Grace in scor-ing and rebounding last year. The 6-foot-1l-inch center post-ed 15.7 points and 7.1 rebounds per game and was named to the Second Team All-MCC.

In the back court the Lanc-ers will look to replace gradu-ated guard David Henry (a 43-percent 3-point shooter and All-MCC Defensive Team

member) with a num-ber of returners.

The Lancers will boast depth and ver-satility at every posi-tion that should prove advantageous during a long season. Senior Ja-cob Peattie and junior Elliot Smith bring ex-perience and 3-point shooting ability to the guard position, while senior Dayton Merrell and junior Tannan Pe-ters bring strength and athleticism at forward.

The Lancers will also be able to showcase a variety of starting line-

ups this season, allowing them to exploit matchups with a big lineup or use a smaller, faster lineup to utilize the Lancers’ transition offense.

Grace has the luxury of six players who stand 6-foot-6 inches or taller, including three centers who are 6-11 or bet-ter. Dennis Williams (7-0) will hope to continue the improve-ment he saw in his freshman campaign last year, and fresh-man Adrian Makolli (7-0) will also look to contribute when needed.

Sophomore forward Greg Miller proved to be a reliable commodity last season, aver-aging 10.0 points and 6.0 re-bounds per game while shoot-ing 55 percent from the field and nearly 30 percent from be-yond the arc.

Three incoming freshman guards will look to contribute valuable minutes for the Lanc-ers. Karl Columbus (South Bend, Ind./Riley), Niko Read (Aurora, Colo./Valor Chris-tian), and Judson Yoder (Gos-hen, Ind./Clinton Christian) will look to figure into the rota-tion behind Grimm and Elliot.

The Lancers’ experience and depth will be heavily relied upon as they set their sights on

an MCC title and another trip to Branson, Mo.

“It is a blessing to have sev-en or eight guys who could get 20 points on any given night,” Kessler said. “We have all these facets of the team that can shine if the light hits them.”

Consistency, however, will be essential for the Lancers to make a deep postseason run this year. Kessler stressed that living up to expectations means focusing on winning one game at a time, saying: “If we take care of the little pieces, the big pieces will work themselves out.”

The Lancers’ nonconfer-ence schedule should help pre-pare them for grueling MCC games, as they host Embry-Riddle, Missouri Baptist, and Missouri Valley in the Koscius-ko County Cancer Care Fund Tournament on Nov. 11-12. Though Grace is ranked second in the preseason, they will cer-tainly be tested in conference play as the MCC is routinely one of the most competitive nationally in the NAIA.

Grace will open their sea-son away against Trinity Inter-national at 7 p.m. on Oct. 29. Their home opener is Nov. 3 against UC Clermont at 3 p.m.

Men’s basketball looks to repeat successby ZANE GARD

Sports Writer

Women’s basketball ready for historic year

Optimism has never been higher for Grace’s women’s bas-ketball team entering the 2011-12 campaign.

Th e Lady Lancers are coming off their best conference record in school history and their fi rst .500-season since 1992.

Grace, who fi nished 17-17 and 7-9 in the highly competitive Mid-Central College Conference, fi nished the season receiving votes in the NAIA Top-25 Coaches Poll - a fi rst for the program - and ad-vanced to the NCCAA National Tournament (held at Grace Col-lege) for the third straight year.

Head coach Scott Blum has slowly but surely built the pro-gram, increasing the team’s win to-tals in nearly each of his previous seven seasons. He enters this year with one of his most experienced teams ever (10 upperclassmen) and hopes the team can reach its goal of fi nishing in the top three of the MCC - a goal which would

most likely result in an appear-ance in the NAIA National Tour-nament.

“It’s going to be a fun year. Our team knows our system, and they have the confi dence know-ing they can do it,” Blum said. “We have most of our pieces back and will have one of the deepest teams in the MCC. Th e girls have a lot of experience and hungriness com-ing into the season.”

Senior co-captains Hay-ley Cashier and Hannah Lengel spearhead Grace’s team and lead a balanced squad. Cashier enjoyed a breakout season a year ago with 12.9 points and 8.1 rebounds per game while nailing 39.2 percent of her 3-point att empts. Th e forward was named First Team All-MCC.

Lengel has been a crucial part of Grace’s back court since her freshman year. Last season, she averaged 7.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game and shot 38.2 percent from beyond the arc and 82.3 percent from the free throw line.

She will be joined in the

guard rotation by senior Kiera Gray and soph-omore Juaneice Jackson. Gray is an experienced scorer who en-ters the season ranked No. 9 on Grace’s all-time scoring list with 1,059 career points.

J a c k s o n was named the MCC’s Fresh-man of the Year aft er tallying 7.3 points a game off the bench.

Other guards in the mix in-clude juniors Jayla Starks and Rianne Aguilar. Both players, ac-cording to Blum, have worked hard in the off season to improve their play and have the ability to contribute both off ensively and defensively this year.

Th e post rotation was one of the team’s strengths last year and fi gures to only improve. Cashier

is joined by fellow seniors Dani-elle Boykin (9.6 ppg, 4.3 rpg) and Kate Ball (3.4 ppg, 32.4% 3FG) and junior Emily Bidwell (5.6 ppg).

“We’re too good in the post not to score down low, but we also want to run the ball when we get the chance,” Blum continued. “Our strength is probably inside, but you have to have a good in-side-outside game to make a run in the national tournament, so that’s how we’ve built our pro-

gram. If you take away one aspect, we can go with the other.”

Two freshman forwards from Fort Wayne, Ind., also hope to contribute right away in Lindsey Schaefer (Carroll HS) and Allison Kauff man (Blackhawk Christian).

Th e Lady Lancers opened their season on Oct. 26 on the road against Holy Cross College. Th eir home opener is Oct. 29 against Indiana University-South Bend at 1 p.m.

by JOSH NEUHART

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Seniors Haley Cashier (left ) and Hannah Lengel (right) will lead the Lady Lancers this year.

Th e Lancers return All-MCC players Duke Johnson (left ) and Bruce Grimm (right).

Imagine going on the Michael Phelps’ Diet—eating only mere 12,000 calories a day—and put-ting on muscle instead of pounds. Why? Because you were swim-ming off those calories.

Swimming would be the per-fect sport to add to the Grace Col-lege Athletics program. Th ough successful in 13 other varsity sports, Grace has never had an offi cial swim team or club of any kind. It is time for that to change.

When thinking about starting a new sport or club, the fi rst thing to factor in is always logistics. Are there resources or the ability to put it all together? When it comes to indoor swimming, Grace cer-tainly has the ability to put a team, whether varsity or club, together.

With a growing undergradu-ate enrollment, there will be a larger number of students want-ing to take part in a swim team. If the swimming program started out as a club sport, there would be no need to work through the com-plexity of swimming scholarships and budgeting for a new program.

Another benefi t for Grace in bringing a swim club together is the availability of facilities. Th e Warsaw YMCA and Warsaw Community High School both have top-notch swimming pools that could be used for practices and meets.

In addition to being a great potential sport, swimming is also a solid recreational activity for

college students. Th e possibility (though not likely now) also ex-ists that Grace could construct a swim facility that would be open for student recreation use as well. Either way, a club swim team would get students active.

One other reason that Grace is prepared for a new swim club is the diversity it would provide the athletic department. Th e athletic program currently does not have any sport like swimming. Adding swimming as a club sport would att ract prospective students who may want to participate in college sports without the stresses of be-ing a scholarship athlete. Even current athletes could join the swimming club to stay in shape.

Adding swimming as a club sport would take plenty of work—including fi nding a coach, organizing practice and meet schedules, and purchasing offi cial swim uniforms—but the benefi ts outweigh the cost.

Th e growing popularity of swimming in high schools and colleges across America now is evidence that Grace should dive into the opportunity for a swim club.

Perhaps it is time to start fi g-uring out how many slices of Al-pha pizza it takes to get to 12,000 calories.

“Long-pong” has become an infamous part of Beta Hall. Tour-naments, smack talk, and intense games put a new twist on a favor-ite game–ping-pong.

Yet beside “long-pong” and a few tables in Westminster Hall and the Gordon Student Rec-reational Center, there is not an organized way to play ping-pong on campus. Th is should not be. Grace needs to start a ping-pong club because it would benefi t stu-dents who wish to play, have fun, and build community.

For some students at Grace, it is diffi cult to fi nd people to play ping-pong with who are at a simi-lar skill level. Having a ping-pong club provides a venue for those students who want to develop their ping-pong skills or play com-petitively to do so. Th is would al-low students to play against a vari-ety of others who have experience as well.

Students who want to develop their ping-pong skills would ben-efi t from the organization and ac-countability present in a club. Th e organization would help them to practice regularly and effi ciently, while the accountability would help them to be consistent in de-veloping their skills. It would also encourage inter-student bonding and help to develop the strong sense of community at Grace.

Yet skill level is not of the ut-most importance. Ping-pong is a sport that does not require exten-sive exertion and can be played

casually—regardless of skill level.

“Ping-pong is one of those sports that, whether you’re good at it or not, it’s just a lot fun,” said Grace student Clase DeGraff . “It is a great opportunity to get to know people you might not have met otherwise.”

A ping-pong club would provide an avenue for Grace stu-dents to get off -campus and meet students of other colleges. Th is would encourage gett ing outside of the “Grace bubble” and interact with those around them, prepar-ing students even more for life aft er college. It would also allow Grace to be exposed to a greater range of prospective students, po-tentially increasing enrollment.

Even if Grace does not get a ping-pong club, intramural ping-pong would be a great addition to the intramural sports already off ered at Grace. It would give those who want to get involved in intramural sports, but cannot participate in the current sports, a chance to play and bond with their hall-mates.

Grace should work on putt ing together some kind of organized ping-pong for the students. It will only help further Grace’s goal of building a strong, supportive community among its students and faculty.

SPORTS8THE SOUNDING BOARD | OCTOBER 27, 2011

KNOW YOUR

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9 the rank of the men’s basketball team in the NAIA Division II Pre-season Top 25 Poll.

24 the rank of the women’s baskeball team in the NAIA Division II Preseason Top 25 Poll.

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25 the number of miles to Goshen College, where the cross country MCC Championship will be held on Nov. 5.

10 the rank of Spring Arbor University, whom the women’s soccer team defeated on Oct. 15.

GUESS WHAT

Cross Country finished fifth out of nine MCC teams at the Great Lakes Challenge on Oct. 22.

Rachel Bult, vol-leyball, was named the NCCAA Player of the Week on Oct. 19.

Ben Bassous, men’s soccer, scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes left in the game to defeat Mount Vernon Nazarene on Oct. 22.

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1,210 the number of assists this season for senior R achel Bult, good for fourth in NAIA Division I Volleyball.

Dana Johnston, volley-ball, is first in the MCC in hitting percentage at .354 percent.

Carmen Barnhill, women’s soccer, has 81 saves on the season, third best in the MCC.

Player of the WeekKelsey Christner, Women’s Soccer

WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Grace’s volleyball team swept the weeky awards from the Mid-Central Col-lege Conference.

Stephanie Lawson was named the Player of the Week and the Hitter of the Week, Rachel Bult was the Setter of the Week, and Bethany Whitcraft rounded out the awards with the Libero of the Week.

Lawson averaged 11 kills in six wins on the week for the Lady Lancers. She amassed a match-high 17 kills in a three-set victory over Union (Ky.) and also tallied six service aces and turned in 18 digs in a 3-2 win over Shorter College.

Bult has been a key factor to Grace’s current eight-game winning streak, including a perfect 6-0 record this week. She had a tremendous 41 assists in a three-game set over No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan and also recorded 57 assists against Shorter College.

Whitcraft tallied double-digit digs in three of Grace’s wins, helping the Lady Lancers to a perfect week. In their win over Shorter College, she tallied an incredible 30 digs (a new career high).

Grace is currently in the heart of the MCC season with away matches on Friday (Bethel, 7 p.m.) and Saturday (Goshen, 3 p.m.).

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by JUSTIN HOFFMAN

Sports Writer

by BEN HYDE

Sports Writer

Freshman midfi elder Kelsey Christner is this week’s player of the week aft er scoring two goals, one of which was the game-win-ning goal in overtime, to upset No. 10 Spring Arbor University.

For her eff orts, she was named Player of the Week by the NAIA, NCCAA, and the MCC.

Christner has three goals and three assists on the season, signifi -cantly contributing in her fi rst sea-son as a Lancer.

WINONA LAKE, Ind. – Lancer athletics made headlines this week with both basketball programs earning preseason poll rankings.

Aft er its third trip in four years to the NAIA Division II National Championships, Grace’s men’s basketball team has been ranked No. 9 in the Preseason Top 25 Poll, which was released on Oct. 24.

Th e Lancers, a year aft er fi nishing 22-11 and 11-5 in the Mid-Central College Conference, have four of fi ve starters returning.

In women’s basketball, for the fi rst time in the history of the Grace’s women’s basketball team, the Lady Lancers were nationally ranked by the NAIA coming in at No. 24 in the Preseason Top 25 Poll, also released Oct. 24.

Grace fi nished last season receiving votes in the NAIA poll. Th e team fi nished 17-17 overall and 7-9 in the Mid-Central College Conference, making their third straight trip to the NCCAA National Tournament.

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