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LEE CLARION

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Tenn.

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LIFE EDITORMeagan Bateman

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quick The School of Religion’s De-

partment of Christian Ministries

will be offering a new pastoral

ministry degree with a voca-

tional track in fall 2012. The

new major will allow students

the advantage of learning skills

that can apply outside of min-

istry along with the traditional

ministry major requirements.

The Petar Jankovic En-

semble is performing Friday,

March 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the

Squires Recital Hall. Jankovic

is an award-winning classical

guitarist and a faculty member

at Indiana University Jacobs

School of Music.

The School of Music is

hosting Thomas Synofzik

as artist-in-residence from

March 12-23. Synofzik is

the director of the Schumann

Haus in Zwickau, Germany,

and he will contribute several

class lectures, music master

classes and a student recital

on March 23, at 6 p.m.

The Fourth Annual Lee

University Film Festival will

be held on Friday, March 23

at 7 p.m. The festival will be

held in the Rose Lecture Hall

in the Helen DeVos College of

Education.

Holocaust survivor Zoly

Zamir will be speaking in Al-

ternative Chapel in the Dixon

Center on Thursday, March

29. In the chapel service,

Zamir will share his story in

hopes of diminishing racial

and ethnic prejudice in society.

ISSUESGLOBAL

Israel vs. Iran: Te current (and urgent) crisis

Billy Graham Avenue ocially dedicated

Lent in thenew chapel

By Kelsie BowmanNews [email protected]

Lee University hosted Virginia“Gigi” Graham and esteemed Cleve-land community members in a lun-cheon to oicially dedicate the streetnamed ater Reverend Billy Graham.

The event took place on Friday,Feb. 24, in the great room o the Sci-ence and Math Complex on Lee’scampus, and it included remarksrom Virginia Graham, Cleveland

Mayor Tom Rowland, President o Lee University Paul Conn, Presi-dent o Lie Care Centers o AmericaBeecher Hunter, Tennessee StateRepresentative Kevin Brooks and aperormance by the Voices o Lee.

Virginia Graham represented her93-year-old ather during the dedica-tion service as Rev. Graham was notin good enough health to attend theevent himsel.

“I he were here today, he’d want totell you, God loves you and so doeshe,” Virginia Graham said during herspeech given at the luncheon.

The event was a result o MayorRowland’s wish to dedicate the streetto the amous evangelist, an under-taking that has been in the workssince as early as 2006.

“I wanted to do something to hon-or [Rev. Graham] in our community because he let such a big ootprinthere,” Rowland said.

In planning the event, Rowlandassembled and headed up a steeringcommittee, which was made up o Conn, Hunter, Brooks, Vice Presi-dent o Convention and Visitors Bu-reau Melissa Woody, Cleveland His-torian Bob George, Cleveland Daily Banner Publisher Stephen Crass,and President o the Bradley County Ministerial Association Reverend EdRobinson.

Rev. Graham did not only leave aootprint in the city o Cleveland; healso spent time on the campus thatis now Lee University, though whenRev. Graham lived as a student oncampus, a dierent school by thename o Bob Jones College com-manded the grounds.

“This is where he really irst hadthe calling to go into ministry,” Vir-ginia Graham said.

The ribbon cutting ceremony thatollowed the luncheon took place atthe intersection o Billy Graham Av-enue and Ocoee Street, in ull viewo Medlin Hall, where Rev. Grahamlived as a student on campus.

“It doesn’t really matter what youthink about Graham,” Conn said. “It’sthat he’s clearly one o the toweringpersonalities over the last 50 years,and the act that he lived in one o those little rooms ... in Medlin Hall is very interesting to me.”

Rev. Graham apparently also hadsome signiicant disagreements withthe then president o the college, BobJones. Conn explained that Jones be-lieved the inclusive Graham to be a“sell-out,” as Graham did not wish tooer people the undamentalism andlegalism that he elt Bob Jones Col-lege required.

“It was about inding a place thatmatched up to his sense o what thekingdom was,” Conn said. “I love the

act that apparently [Rev. Graham]had this decisive conversation herein this oice [with Jones] because itmakes my little oice a monument tothe overreach o great spiritual lead-ers predicting the uture o youngpeople ... it’s really a great story.”

Conn explained that though Rev.Graham only spent a short amounto time on what is now Lee’s campus,he eels that the choices Rev. Grahammade during his time here oered aglimpse o what his ministry wouldbecome.

“I believe that you can see, in hisdecision he made to come and hisdecision he made to leave, the largershape o his ministerial philosophy or which he was known as arguably the greatest religious leader o the20th century,” Conn said.

Per request o Rev. Graham, May-or Rowland said that Virginia Gra-ham took photographs o the placesat which her ather spent his time inCleveland, planning to show him thephotos upon her return to their homein North Carolina.

By Lauren GrossStaff [email protected]

Lenten relection servic-es are being held weekly inthe new chapel until EasterBreak. The services occureach Wednesday at noon,and are meant to be periodso thoughtul meditationduring the liturgical season.

The services include OldTestament and New Testa-ment scripture readings,homily, devotional thoughts,and they end with commu-nion.

Anyone on campus is in- vited to join in the services,and various people rom di-

erent areas o campus willbe helping to lead the weekly event.

Mitch Baker, leader o therelection services and assis-tant director o technology and degree completion andCAPS, explained that Lent isa 40-day period o relectionupon Christ’s time in the wil-derness.

Baker also serves as pastoro Emmanuel Fellowship, alocal liturgical congregation.

“It provides a time or usto relect upon where we areand recall the simplicity o our aith and hopeully sim-ply our lie during this time,”Baker said.

Lent is actually 46 days inlength, but because Sundaysare not counted, the time o relection and asting is re-erred to as the 40 days o Lent, Baker said.

“We are all encouraged topray, ast and give alms dur-ing this time, though it is bestto do it all the time,” Bakersaid.

Campus Pastor Jimmy Harper explained that theweekly relections cameabout because o Baker.

“This is something MitchBaker wanted to do, so hebrought the idea to us,”Harper said. “The adminis-tration sector and CampusMinistries joined in to helppromote and assist in any way possible.”

Those who want to pursuethe weekly services can joinin and can use the time todraw closer to God, relect onlie and relax rom the daily stress o school.

By Rachel DelvauxStaff [email protected]

Over the past ew weeks, the Is-

raeli struggle against suspected Iranianbomb threats has intensiied not only inIsrael but within U.S. territory as well.

The Obama administration has beenattempting to provide stability to Is-rael through conversing with the IsraeliPrime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.Netanyahu came to the White Houselast Monday, March 5, to discuss theU.S. stance and possible courses o ac-tion against Iran’s threats, according tothe New York Times.

Though this conlict centers aroundthe Israeli people, America has beeninevitably dragged into this war as theunoicial oense or the Israeli gov-ernment. But can this conlict be pro-

nounced a war? That is the question thatboth Israel and the U.S. hope to answer“no.”

The induction o a global war is a last

resort or both Obama and Netanyahu.“Both the prime minister and I preer

to solve this diplomatically,” Obama saidduring one o his conversations withNetanyahu at the White House accord-ing to the Associated Press.

However, many believe that the im-pending elections in November area contributing actor to Obama’s evi-dent hesitance in taking urther actionagainst Iran.

Though this is a present predica-ment, the Israeli-Iranian conlict hasbeen happening since Biblical times.Many argue that the prophecy concern-ing Ishmael (spoken by the angel o theLord) in Genesis 16 and the later enmi-ty between Ishmael and Isaac were thebeginnings o the Arab-Jewish conlictthat has so permeated the earth since.The Arab-Jew hostility stems back tothis prophecy, and according to scrip-

ture, there will always be a tension andstrie that cannot be leveled.

In modern times, when Israel be-

came a nation in 1948, they, soon ater,conquered much o Palestine. This an-gered Iran because they didn’t want theormer Muslim country o Palestine tobe dominated by Jews. Throughout thelatter years o the twentieth century, Is-raeli and Iranian conlict continued torage.

Concerning a war, the U.S. believesthat negotiations with Iran regardingtheir nuclear weapon will be ar moreeective than a ull land or air invasion,or in other words, declaring war.

Though both Obama and Netanyahupreer a peaceul solution, Obama said“all options are still on the table.” So itisn’t a matter o ceasing the conlict,though this is the preerred course o action; it’s a matter o ceasing any pos-sibility o war. Such a war could createglobal discord and urther the complex-ity o the conlict altogether.

For more inormation regarding theIsraeli-Iranian conlict, watch the night-ly news!

By Katie KreelStaff [email protected]

English speakers have the luxu-ry o having the Bible readily available to them. There are

about 7,000 languages around the globe,and English is one o only 400 that havetheir own translated Bible.

Linguist David Ross spoke at theJones Lecture Hall in Lee’s School o

Religion on Tuesday, Feb. 28, to addressthis problem.

“God wants everyone to have an ac-curate image o his love or them; that iswhy I am a Bible translator,” Ross said.

Ross lectured on the importance o being a linguist and properly translatingthe Gospel. In his lecture, he explainedthe keys to translation, revealing only aglimpse o its complexities.

Language is made up o phoneticsand orthography, or sounds and an al-phabet, and every language has its owngrammar and discourse, Ross explained.Most languages are tonal, thereore asentence in English could be a singleword with a tone in another language,

Ross said.The context o a story is also in the

hands o the surrounding culture. Rossexplained the challenge o translatingwords or concepts that cultures do nothave.

As an example, Ross compared

American culture and Asian culture.“Agape” love can be portrayed througha parent-child relationship in Ameri-ca, but, in Asia, the closest translationo that type o love can be portrayedthrough two boys who grew up togeth-er. The concept o unconditional love isnot a common part o that society.

Cases like this make translating thegospel seem impossible, unless revisedand the culture understood, Ross said.

Wyclie Missions was also represent-ed at the event. Linda Spire, a Wycliemissionary, connected Ross to ChrisBlake, assistant proessor o TESOL andlinguistics. Wyclie oers opportunitiesto students to serve in numerous ieldsthrough global and local trips andinternships.

“We’re very pleased Dr. Rosscould come speak,” Blake said.“For the students, it’s likea seed; this may be God’scall or them to work withWyclie to translate theBible, but unless someonecomes and plants a seed,they have no idea.”

This event served toreresh the issue o Bibletranslation in the minds o students and aculty alike,and demonstrated howmany dierent skill sets arewelcome in the area o trans-lation.

Linguist Ross sheds light on Bible translation

Lee Clarion photo by Gilbert Ruiz

Lee Clarion photo by Paul HowardPROMINENCE: Many important gures from the Cleveland community joined with Graham’s eldest daughter to dedicate the road.



LIFE 3March 16, 2012 | LEE CLARION

By Caroline EatonContributing [email protected]

Cleveland resident Toby

Stalker is making a name orhimsel as the Bicycle Doc-tor.

Since last April, Stalkerhas been reurbishing oldbikes with parts donatedor ound in the metal scrapyard. When the bikes arecompleted, he oers themback to the community or aminimal price.

“My business is calledSpokez Bicycle Restoration.Most o the time I do basicbikes that people can aord,”Stalker said.

Stalker is a sel-pro-

claimed people person andsays he enjoys working onbikes and seeing the smileson people’s aces when he o-ers them on a “whatever youcan give” basis. Stalker doesnot charge or his work, butinstead asks his customersor whatever they are able togive.

“I’m getting satisactionrom seeing the smile on thecustomers’ ace. I’m givingthem reedom, that’s why I’minto this,” Stalker said.

Stalker said he worksmostly with students rom

Lee University.“I love you guys; probably

about 40 percent o my work is rom Lee. I just tell every-one to share the word aboutmy business,” Stalker said.

Stalker, who is originally rom Michigan, has lived inCleveland or the past nineyears. Although he has beenreurbishing bikes or abouta year now, he just recently teamed up with Ron Weaverat Razzberryz Git Shoppe.Weaver helps to get the wordout about Stalker’s work, andeven sells some o his bikes

out o the shop.“Mr. Weaver and I really

got close in the last year. Iused to work at M&M Mars,

and he’s retired rom there,”Stalker said. “He’s or thepeople, I appreciate [what hedoes] a lot.”

Stalker said he loves togive back to the commu-nity. He donated 18 bikes toamilies in need when thetornado hit last year. He alsoenjoyed playing Secret Santaover the Christmas seasonand donated our bicycles tothose in need.

“I’m here or [the people],any publicity is just a eatherin my hat, but I don’t getthe credit,” Stalker said. “I

just want to keep a smile on[their] aces.”

Stalker said he enjoys thepersonal relationships he haswith his customers, whichsometimes includes just talk-ing candidly.

“I do a lot o counselingor young kids. I don’t comeright out with it, I just tellthem to talk to me like a bigbrother,” Stalker said.

Along with repair work,Stalker has experience ridingproessional bicycle, and saidhe enjoys working on antiquebikes. He is also currently

attending Cleveland StateCommunity College, wherehe will graduate rom EMTschool this May.

“Every morning I say:‘Lord, what can I do or you?’It’s so sweet,” Stalker said. “Iwrite Bible verses in the tireso the bikes, and I pray [ormy customers].”

Stalker’s workshop can beound at the intersection o 18th Street and ChamblissAvenue. However, he is o-ten at Razzberr yz’s Git Shop,where more inormationabout his business is avail-able.

By Charity YodisStaff [email protected]

Earlier in the spring semester,students and aculty alike saw “the-leek.com” written out in chalk allover the sidewalks. The curiosity over a student-led aux news websitebrought 5,866 views and 150 Face-book likes within the irst 10 days,and currently they have over 600Facebook likes and 20,000 views.

“I like reading The Leek becauseit’s unny,” senior Todd Basescu said.“The scenarios they come up withare completely ridiculous. It doesn’t

surprise me that this has really start-ed to catch on with a lot o students.”

The ive original writers underpseudonym are Georgia Eliot, Pel-ham Longellow, Publius Mane, Fal-lon Heller, and Grover Shirpstache.However, Shirpstache no longerwrites with the group.

Eliot said she conceived the ideao starting a ake news website whileeating pizza with the group in lateJanuary. That same night they cameup with 30 headlines.

At the time they were not surei their ideas would catch on or beunny to anyone other than them.Despite their doubts, the group went

to Eliot’s house the next day and be-gan launching a website, a Facebook page and a Twitter account.

The Leek received its irst big hitby Lee students back in February when they posted the very irst LeeUniversity meme, which collected670 likes and 304 shares on Face-

book. Not long ater, Heller postedan article about alumni TyroneJohnson, which scored the secondlargest hit to date.

“He [Johnson] reposted the ar-ticle on his wall and with all hisriends; that is like an entire smallcity,” Heller said.

The writers admit they are “a bitobsessed” when it comes to check-ing their stats.

“We check our stats all the time.When I get a lot o views on my postI walk around with a little moreswag in my step,” Longellow said.“I love walking around campus and

not have anyone know who the writ-ers are.”

Mane said they use pseudonymsnot only or humor’s sake, but be-cause o the way it allows studentsto receive the inormation.

“What we do would lose all valuei we were orced to disclose ouridentities. It is only inormative andonly unny because it comes roman anonymous source,” Mane said.“What we do, we do to help the university.”

Mane also said that because o aormer website that was shut downor lewd humor, he eels that many students were araid to speak up

about campus and The Leek has giv-en them the voice to do so in a saeand inoensive way.

“One thing I think is really im-portant about The Leek is that a loto humor has a lot o truth and thatis why I love satire,” Longellow said.

Eliot compared The Leek to al-

ternative chapel in the way shehopes their website can spark conversations amongst students.

All jokes aside, the writers o The Leek said they take what they do seriously. Mane said they in noway seek to go against the standardso Lee or the administration andwishes or the readers to know thatall the writers adhere to administra-tion’s standards.

“We do have this ver y serious col-lective choice about what we write,”Eliot said. “We never post some-thing the other hasn’t approved. Wetake it very seriously that we are not

just trying to be oensive or unny at the expense o the group’s integ-rity.”

Dean o Students Alan McClungoered his insight on The Leek andwhere they stand with Administra-tion.

“Everybody within the Admin-istration sector, as ar as my sec-tor is concerned, has looked at it,”McClung said. “We thought it waspretty unny, pretty creative.”

Although McClung said the ad-ministration has talked about thewebsite in an inormal way, he cau-tions the writers to continue in thesame vain saying they have some

“pretty good things to say.”“As long as they stay at that leveland don’t attack people personally,they’re going to be ok. Right now wethink everybody is really enjoyingit. We appreciate the creativity be-hind it,” McClung said.

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By Abby HasslerStaff [email protected]

From amateur photographers lockingto capture the site’s architecture to apart-ment seekers, the multi-building, three-city-block-long Old Woolen Mill is wellworth the venture.

Melissa Woody, the Vice President o the Convention and Visitors Bureau at theCleveland Chamber o Commerce, saidthat the mill is a signiicant building in

Cleveland.“That building is a wonderul exampleo brick industrial structures, they don’tbuild like that anymore,” Woody said.“The mill has a lot o potential.”

The complex known currently as theOld Woolen Mill began its operation onOct. 1, 1880. Christopher L. Hardwick and other businessmen o the time man-aged the mill, according to the NationalHistoric Register.

Over the next 24 years, the mill burntto the ground our separate times, butthey continued to rebuild and expandwith each rebuilding.

Ater Hardwick died in 1901, his sonGeorge L. Hardwick succeeded him asthe president and general manager and

rebuilt the building with a more perma-nent structure ater the mill burnt downor the last time in 1904, according to theRegister.

The mill was extremely successul orits time, not only creating a source o live-lihood or people o the community, butalso or going through an entire processo cleaning the raw wool that was shippedto the plant by railroad, dyeing the wool,weaving it, making it into abric, and thensewing the woolen abric into clothing.

In 1999, Dr. Ron Coleman purchased

the mill. His intention with the property was to create a community comprised o residential and commercial space.

“I want to maintain an appreciation orwhat the original builders created,” Cole-man said. “When you see what they cre-ated you cannot help but to appreciate it.”

When Coleman irst bought the space,it took several years to clean up all themess let behind by years o abandon-ment. Only ater this was complete was heable to begin to develop a plan as to howto proceed rom this initial start. Cole-

man said that his plan, even rom the be-ginning was to orm a tight knit commu-nity at the mill.

Coleman stated that his goal or theMill has always been “transorming theold to serve the new.”

It is this philosophy that becomes ap-parent as soon as one walks into struc-tures like the Weaver’s Room or the eventroom.

The buildings are strewn with rem-nants o the past, such as integrationso old pipe work into the designs in theWeaver’s Room bathrooms, or old stone-work used in the pathways betweenbuildings. The complex is still a work inprogress, Coleman said, because o the

diiculty o raising unds or the projectsunderway.

Coleman said he has uture hopes o adding more apartment complexes, shopsand restaurants.

As to the potential o the mill or LeeUniversity students, Dr. Coleman said hewill be building more lot style apartmentsintended or a more community-basedliving experience.

Through Dr. Coleman’s vision or theOld Woolen Mill, he is renewing a little bito the rich history and keeping it alive andwell or the Cleveland area.

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Obituary:Tanner Hixson

Caleb Tanner Hixson, 22, o Riceville,met the ace o Jesus on March 8, 2012.

While Tanner’s lie was too short,

the lie he lived was illed with love andlaughter and amily and many wonderulriends.

Tanner began playing baseball at theage o our with the Dixie Youth/DizzieDean Leagues and also played competi-tive baseball with “The Yard” in Knox- ville along with his twin brother, Taylor.

Tanner attended Walker Valley HighSchool graduating in 2007 where heplayed varsity baseball. Upon gradu-ation, he attended Bryan College on abaseball scholarship then later playedat Cleveland State Community College.Tanner was currently enrolled at LeeUniversity where he was majoring in Ex-ercise Health Science with uture plansto pursue an advanced degree in physical

therapy.Tanner, a devoted UT an, enjoyed at-

tending UT games as well as hiking andcanoeing. He also had a love or musicespecially the band, Umphrey’s McGee.He was a member o Eastanallee BaptistChurch and also attended The Churchat Grace Point o Cleveland while in col-

lege.He was preceded in death by his

grandmother, Mary Vest Hixson, o Cleveland and great-grandather, SamuelJones, o Athens.

Tanner is survived by his loving par-ents, Vicki and Zoot Hixson, his twinbrother, Taylor, and older brother, Tyler,all o Riceville. Tanner was the prouduncle o Karrera “KJ,” Aiden, and RylandHixson, o Riceville; the grandson o Faye Wilson, o Athens, and Q.L. Hixson,Sr., o Cleveland; and the great-grandsono Frances Jones, o Athens.

We invite you to send a message o condolence and view the Hixson amily guestbook at www.ralphbuckner.com.

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Lee Clarion photo by Torrey Peterson

Photo courtesy o Ralph Buckner Funeral Homes



4 LIFE LEE CLARION | March 16, 2012

Madi’s road-side adventures

Greek clubs undergo changes; heart remains


Unlike the thousands o people whohave only just become aware o the#Kony2012 movement, Lee University student Madeline McDonald has long

been aware and is acting on the need.McDonald has taken a semesteraway rom school, riends, and amily to travel the Tri-State area as a roadieor Invisible Children, raising awarenessabout the child soldiers.

Out o 1,200 applicants who appliedor the Roadie position with InvisibleChildren, McDonald was accepted thispast December. She promptly packedher belongings, said her goodbyes, andmoved to San Diego, Cali., or severalweeks o training in early January.

McDonald said she irst heard o theissue when she was 17 years old aterwatching the ilm “ The Rescue.”

“There was a certain image o ayoung girl my age that popped on thescreen. She had a mutilated ace and Iwas upset with mysel that I had beenso ignorant not to realize that genocidewas happening in my lietime and evenmore upset that 90 percent o the worlddid not know,” McDonald said.

She later attended a conerencecalled The Fourth Estate. At the coner-

ence, McDonald was truly inspired to join the Roadies, a group o college stu-dents who travel across America to raiseawareness about the warlord JosephKony and his child army. As a Roadie,McDonald would have to spend threemonths o her lie traveling and raisingawareness at various middle schools,high schools and colleges.

What McDonald said she did not ex-

pect is that lie on the road can oten bea struggle.“Just being on the road you realize

how diicult it is,” McDonald said. “Younever really get any sleep. And you justhave to keep going. I’ve never experi-enced anything like it. I put on two tothree screenings a day. Usually leavingthe house at like 5 a.m. and not gettingback till real late and then just having todo it over again the next day.”

Through the diiculty, McDonaldsaid she inds inspiration in the orm o a special Ugandan teammate, Boni.

“[Boni] was actually one o the boyseatured in the very irst documentary,”McDonald said. “Just getting to knowhim and hearing his story makes it re-ally personal and makes you realize why the war has to end and brings you a newmeaning about why you need to helpout the people a whole continent away.”

McDonald said she believes this touris extremely important because InvisibleChildren believe this is the year JosephKony will be brought to justice.

“Invisible children is a social, globaland political movement seeking to bringan end to the longest running conlictin Central Arica,” McDonald said. “For26 years, a warlord named Joseph Kony has been murdering, mutilating andabducting children or use as his childsoldiers.”

According to the Invisible Childrenwebsite, in the spring o 2003, ilmmak-

ers, Jason, Laren, and Bobby traveled toCentral Arica looking or a ilming op-portunity. They discovered Arica’s lon-gest-running war that involved childrenas soldiers. In 2005, the three youngmen made their irst documentary andit in 2006 Invisible Children became anoicial non-proit organization.

The Roadies hope to raise enoughawareness about the situation so thatwhen Joseph Kony is brought in ront o the International Court there will be astrong case against him.

Although McDonald is touring theTri-State region, a group o Roadies willbe coming to Lee this semester on April20.

McDonald is thankul or the oppor-tunity she has this semester working orthe non-proit.

“Everyday I wake up, and even whenI am running o o two hours o sleep, Ipraise God that I have this opportunity,”McDonald said. “I can’t wait to see whatHe has in store or me on the road thesenext three months.”


While Lee University Greek clubs havegone through many changes over the years,some things remain the same. Lee aculty share their observations on how the clubs havechanged over time and their experiences in theGreek system.

Coordinator o Academic Events AngelineMcMullin said she was tapped into Delta ZetaTau as a sophomore during the all o 1993.

“DZT was probably in a transition timewhen I got in,” McMullin said. “They werecoming o o the late 80s. A lot o the peoplein at that time were very athletic, not very girly.They were tough girls.”

Although DZT may have gone throughseveral changes, just like any club, they alsocontinue to go in cycles.

“I have seen a lot o changes through theyears,” McMullin said. “Times when they gota way rom the purpose and the heart o it be-ing service, and times when, that was again,the purpose. I think all clubs go through cycleslike that, o dierent personalities.”

When Vice President o Student Devel-opment Mike Hayes was tapped into Alpha

Gamma Chi in the spring o 1986, there werepredominately two types o guys in the club,Hayes said.

“One group o guys were in the Lee Sing-ers and the other group o guys came romHughes hall. It was very intriguing to see thatmix,” Hayes said.

Hayes said when he was in Chi there wereonly two guys clubs on campus and two girlsclubs. He said adding the additional sevenclubs to Lee over the years has changed thedynamic in Chi, but it has remained relatively the same.

“Internally I think [in Chi] there are still

a lot o the same traditions and dynamics,”Hayes said.

Hayes was also a big brother in Sigma NuSigma at same time as Vanessa Hammond, di-rector o grants. Hammond expressed a very positive experience in the club when she wastapped in the spring o 1988.

“There were a lot o girls in the club thatI would have never interacted with except orthat experience,” Hammond said. “It was a loto un. We did service projects. There was areal social aspect o course and a real spiritualaspect to it as well with scriptures we memo-rized then or induction.”

In Hammond’s opinion, Sigma has notgone through major changes since she was inthe club.

“Sigma changes in ways the university changes,” Hammond said. “A lot o it is thesame. Basically 18-22 year-olds are the same.Little details change, but essentially it is thesame.”

While clubs remain relatively the same,Hayes believes that the biggest change LeeUniversity Greek clubs have undergone are thechanges in inductions.

“I think down through the years, one o thebiggest changes that has occurred in the his-

tory o the Greek clubs has been the changesin inductions,” Hayes said. “We are really hon-estly wanting to do the right thing, developingstudents and keeping them sae.”

Administration has placed many rules onthe Greek induction to help students have ameaningul experience while remaining sae.Andrew Lee, assistant proessor o English,said he eels that when he joined Upsilon inthe all o 1987, inductions were worse thanthey are now.

“I was tapped on the club’s silver year, sosome genius came up with the notion o hav-ing one whole month o putting us throughinduction,” Lee said.

The rules administration placed on theGreek clubs were also signiicantly dierent,Lee said.

“We were never told [about inductionrules],” Lee said. “I guess there was a rule[in inductions] about letting us sleep. It wastough. It was a lot longer, deinitely, than it istoday. During my junior year we cut it to twoweeks. The changes began slowly.”

Hammond was in charge o the inductionor Sigma the year administration told themnot to do any physical activity. Hammond saidthis was a great opportunity or her to learnabout leadership because they had to come up

with new plans and work together as a club.Through all these changes, Hayes said he

sees the changes administration has put on in-duction as a positive reinement.

“One o the most ascinating things I haveseen now through all these changes o induc-tions is that the clubs haven’t suered becauseo it,” Hayes said. “I talk to Chi guys all the timeand they know the same lessons I learned.”

Even with the changes, aculty who havepreviously been involved in Greek clubs cansay with certainty that the undamental as-pects o the clubs are now and always will bethe same.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN?

But even Conn recognizes the lim-itations o preparing Lee’s campus orpotential emergencies.

“I [as an administrator] you’ve in-telligently thought through the regu-lations … or the dorms, and you areserious about enorcing them, andyou keep your equipment up to date,and you do drills on an up-to-date ba-sis, that’s about all you can do [to pre- vent emergencies],” Conn said.

What then would have happenedhad the tornado reached the Lee Uni- versity campus?

The LeeU Alert system would beutilized to send out a tornado warn-ing message.

“I have [Ashley Mew] set up to login and send that message himsel im-mediately,” Tucker said. I the director

o Campus Saety is unavailable orsome reason, Tucker or Jayson Van-Hook, the vice president or Inorma-tion Services, both have the ability tosend a mass text message.

Both unit and resident directorswould usher students, aculty, andsta to locations inside each buildingthat have been designated by the di-rector o Physical Plant to be the sa-est—oten the lowest loor away romwindows.

“What I’ve been trained to do [asan RA], especially or tornados, … [isto] make sure everyone is out o therooms, away rom the windows—make sure everyone is on the irst

loor in the cluster and also no one istrying to sneak out or leave,” Countssaid.

Once the tornados have passed,the Crisis Management Team, a col-laboration o administrators, direc-tors and deans, would assemble in thepresident’s oice to decide the mostappropriate response to a disaster.

Members o the team would haveindividual responsibilities, as well.Vice President o Academic AairsCarolyn Dirksen would determine thelocation o all academic employees,while VanHook would be accountable

or locating all students. Other teammembers would administer the emer-gency operations o Residential Lie,Sodexo Food Services, Campus Saety and Health Services.

I dorms or homes were damagedbadly enough, the Paul Dana WalkerArena and the DeVos RecreationCenter would be considered or shel-ter areas.

“I we [Residential Lie] needed to… re-house students, [we would be]possibly working with hotels … orother local universities and schools,”Carlson explained.

Health Services would likely usethe Walker Arena east lobby, KeebleHall north lobby, and the Health Clin-ic to care or the injured. Protocolwould be similar or other emergen-cies, such as ires or earthquakes.

This rightening scenario—a rare,ravaging natural disaster—is not, inConn’s opinion, the greatest threat tocampus saety.

“I think our biggest challenge is nota natural disaster, such as a tornado; Ireally think it is crime,” Conn opined.“We have a very open campus; thereis no way we could lock this campusdown i we wanted to.”

“The reason I think it makes …college campuses uniquely at risk isthat there is a sense o it being … asae place, … but in act, it’s not,” Connsaid. “The presumption o goodwillexists on a college campus o thistype … people who are not people o goodwill ind that a campus, I think,[is] pretty easy-pickings or thet, or vandalism … or violent crime.”

However, Conn continued to say,

“The homogeneity o our student pro-ile would cause someone to be no-ticed more readily that doesn’t it thecampus culture … That operates inthe interest o the saety o a campuslike this.” In act, Conn indicated thatthis phenomenon contributed to thequestioning and arrest o the arsonistsinvolved in the Ellis Hall burning.

Despite the potential or crimesor natural crises, sophomore Countstrusts in his RA training and the pre-paredness o other Lee employees. “Ican eel sae here, and I can eel likemy residents are sae here.”

CrisisContinued rom page 1

perormer and collaboratorCharise Jordan said.

No Fear aims to help

theater students becausethey can practice their cratin ront o a live audience.Jordan, explained that theneed or this night o per-ormances came about be-cause the theater departmentonly showcases two dierentplays per semester, and only asmall amount o students getto actually participate.

“It is essential or actorsand actresses to [perorm]as much as you can and asoten as possible,” Jordansaid. “Some talents were go-ing unnoticed and even un-

discovered by individualsdue to the limitations thereare put on the plays we areable to put on here at Lee.”

Jordan said that the irstNo Fear had its debut lastsemester and went so wellthat they are putting on twoNo Fear nights during thespring semester.

Other perormances in-cluded plays, movies, vid-eos and short stories. All o the perormances were un-usual in the sense that they were not the traditionalshows that Lee’s theater de-

partment produces, whichis why No Fear is special inthe theater community.

Up next or Alpha PsiOmega and No Fear is acall or a Broadway peror-mance. They hope not justsolo acts audition, but alsogroups that could do sing-ing and dancing scenes.They also hope that thisree theater will call to allperormers to realize theirpotential.

FearContinued rom page 1

Photo courtesy o Madiline McDonald



OPINION 5March 16, 2012 | LEE CLARION

By Richard YeakleyManaging [email protected]

It’s almost spring timeagain, and as a veteran se-nior at Lee University, I eelit is my duty to pass alongsome o the best Lee-esqueactivities, ranging romree to costly, that studentscan participate in to break up the monotony o Marchand April studying.

FREEThere are many ree ac-

tivities a student at Lee cando to take a break rom hit-ting the books.

My personal avoriteis driving up Chilhoweeand sitting and watchingthe stars. Not only is thisa great place to grow closerwith riends and signiicantothers, or only the priceo the gas, it can serve ashours o entertainment.You and some riends canmake a game out o it, see-

ing who can spot the mostshooting stars.

Also along Highway 64is the Ocoee river. Withthe Blue Hole, a “beach,”the Olympic section, andmany pull-o swimminglocations, Ocoee River is aseasonal avorite or many Lee students.

I you don’t want todrive, but need somethingto do, go watch an intramu-ral game or two. These arealways enjoyable and comewithout the high-pressureand ulcers that watching a

varsity team can create.

LOW COSTI you’re up or spend-

ing some money, but youare still not trying to break the bank, consider theseoptions.

There are many unusualtheaters within driving dis-tance including late release,movie taverns, and drive intheaters. Go see a movie inan new way or a relatively low price tag.

Also, consider a tripdown to Chattanooga. Forive or 10 dollars a studentcan participate in dancingclasses, and with amenitieslike the walking bridge and

Coolidge park, sometimeswith live concerts, this areais hard to pass up.

EXPENSIVEI irmly believe that stu-

dents should save the mon-ey and have some markedly un days while they are incollege.

Although it does nottake going on an expensiveactivity to have un, thereare several high-price localhighlights that are worthconsidering.

First, Six Flags in Atlan-

ta is antastic. It is one o the better Six Flags themeparks and can be great unwith the right group.

Second, say yes whenasked to go rating. Almostevery group on campusgoes rating on the Ocoee,but this is an expense thatis worth it every time.Don’t pass this up.

Finally, Chattanooga ishome o many great cultur-al events with its sympho-ny and the Tivoli theater.Drive over, hang out andbe cultured or the evening.

This is just a drop in thebucket o the ways to break up your spring doldrums;so, get creative, orm mem-ories and do somethingthis spring.

From the editor:A Lee Spring

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RICHARD YEAKLEY • KELSIE BOWMAN

MEAGAN BATEMAN • ZACH SOUTHARD

CALEB BELL • CHRISTINA TECHENTIN

LANCE BUCHANAN • JOSHUA CARLILE

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HEALTH

Eating the pyramidBy Lindsay ReedStaff [email protected]

When it comes to the human diet, maintaining ahealthy, balanced diet can seem quite challeng-ing. Our society, including Lee students, con-

sistently asks the same question again and again: What shouldI (or shouldn’t) be eating?

However, the greater question is not what people should or

shouldn’t eat, but rather how much should they eat.“Many people are overweight not just because o what they eat, but because o how much o it they eat,” Jamie Janiec,sophomore and psychology major and itness and wellnessminor, said.

While overall consumption is an important thing to pay attention to, portion control plays a huge role in regards tomaintaining a healthy, balanced diet.

The best way to maintain a healthy, balanced diet andmonitor portion size is by eating the pyramid, or eating ac-cording to the ood pyramid.

The ood pyramid was deigned to be a guideline or every-day eating, in order to help us maintain a healthy, balanceddiet needed or an active lie.

For Lee soccer player Leah Wilson, a healthy meal consistso just about every ood group, gathering nutrients rom al-most all sections in the ood pyramid.

”I’ve got to have a lot o carbohydrates because I burn loadso carbs when I’m working out daily or soccer. It’s importantto replenish,” Wilson said. “A healthy meal or me should havesome protein, usually ground bee or chicken, a vegetable andthen a starch or carbohydrate like rice, corn, mashed potatoesor bread.”

Both Janiec and Wilson said that it is important to eat andmaintain a healthy, balanced diet while also understandingthat it is healthy and normal to splurge every once in a while.

Instead o counting calories or going by how many sugarsor carbohydrates you intake, simply eat according to the oodpyramid.

Two the are some example meals that are lined up with theood pyramid. Follow these easy meals and insert or substituteyour own healthy avorites.

Leah Pyron

Contreal Foster

Breona Manning

Olivia Spuler

Alexis White

CENTSMY2

Expressyoursel in

30 words orless:

BREAKFAST»One to two eggs, scram-bled or in an omelette

-Add in fresh or frozen blend ofpeppers and onions or spinach,

cheese, and tomatoes (to get an

early morning vegetable serving)

-Top with salsa for more avor

»1 Serving fruit: apple,grapes, prunes (good

source of ber), peaches,strawberries»1 Cup oatmeal: use apple-sauce and cinnamon tosweeten (add your fruit inhere if you like)»1 Cup coff ee (withoutheavy cream and sugar) or1 cup hot green tea

LUNCH» Turkey Spinach Salad withlow-fat dressing

-Use toppings like sunowerseeds, craisins, apples, blueber-

ries, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions

and low-fat cheese.

»Side of hummus, with pret- zels, carrots, celery

SNACK» Pop-Smart popcorn, 100calorie pack» Apple & peanut butter» Trail Mix»Veggies

DINNER»Lean protein: lean chickenbreast grilled»Sweet potato»Vegetable blend: broccoli,cauliower, carrots»Small spinach salad

DESSERT»Sugar-free & fat-free pud-ding»Yogurt with granola

»One or two squares darkchocolate

FASHION

Fashion orward to all

By Megan GobbleContributing [email protected]

Despite the current springin our step, ashions or the2012 all shoes are abulous.I had the privilege to attendthe all 2012 Atlanta ShoeMarket where I was able toget a sneak peak at the up-coming all ashions.

Looking stylish this all

season will be comort-ably attainable thanks to thechunky heel trend. Fromclassy pumps to vintageboots designers were excitedto add the sturdy heel to theircollection. These heels rangein height rom 2in to 6in inall styles. The design o thisheel makes or a more casualand versatile shoe that can beworn or a variety occasions.

Designers are also creat-ing comort with ballerinasand other lat styles whichwill likely be popular this all.These sensibly chic looks are

being dressed up with buck-les and bows.

Ballerinas and other latsare best paired with skinny or cropped pants and jeans.These shoes also look elegantwhen paired with shorterskirts.

From square-shaped heels

to ballet lats, there is noquestion that the sixties styleis making a huge comeback.These styles are bringingsophistication and a certainconservative look to modernoutits.

Strappy sandals will alsobe a popular style. Due tothe cooler weather, designershave created these shoes insuede and other all/winter

materials. To keep your eetwarm, this look is best pairedwith tights.

While designers love todecorate our clothing in de-tails, they also love to detailour shoes. Some populardetails or all are buckles,lacing, and braided weaves.Although buckles and lac-ing have been trends in pastseasons, they will be moreprevalent and pronouncedor all.

“There are so many beau-tiul details designers haveused on the shoes or all,”

Callie Blyze, sales represen-tative or Fossil, said. “Thebuckle trend is deinitely abig one or all.”

The vast trend o colorblocking will be designed inour ootwear this all. In pastseasons ashionistas haveused solid color shoes with

this trend; however, design-ers have created shoes withcolor blocking designs orall. To create a new look tothe color blocking trend,some designers have addeda print to a color blockingshoe.

To wear this look, eitherbring out one color in theshoe and wear it as a solid orplace them with a neutral like

a black or tan ensemble. Youcan also continue the colorblocking look and pair yourshoes with a complimentary color. Avoid prints and out-its that distract rom theshoe.

Reptile leather will be very trendy or all. Dozenso designers opted to createtheir shoes in snake skin andcrocodile leather. Other styl-ish materials will be patentleather, suede and satin.

Instead o the many brightcolors we have in our currentshoe selection or spring,

all will have a much coolerlook. The popular colors orall will be black, white, dark blue, chocolate, deep violet,khaki, stone, metallic, beige,and red. Patterns you will seepopping up will be animalprints, like zebra and leop-ard, houndstooth, and plaid.

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Te Hunger GamesBy Charity YodisStaff [email protected]

The countdown until the March 23 premier

o The Hunger Games has begun. With only aew weeks let, some students are in eager an-ticipation o the movie, based on Suzanne Col-lins’s best-selling trilogy.

“I love that [The Hunger Games] are beingmade into ilms,” senior Natalie DiFerdinandsaid. “I can’t wait to see the story come to lie.”

With “The Hunger Games” being a numberone best seller in the New York Times, USAToday, and Wallstreet Journal, it is sae to say that DiFerdinand is not the only one lookingorward to the series hitting the big screen.

DiFerdinand said she began reading thebooks over the summer ater a riend recom-mended them. She said she loved the irst book so much, she went out, bought the other two,and inished them beore the week was over.

The irst book, “ The Hunger Games,” is also

the trilogy name. “Catching Fire” and “Mock-ingjay,” (in that order) are the sequels.

The trilogy begins when Katniss Everdeen volunteers to replace her sister in the deadly Games in the post-apocalyptic Panem. As heramily aces poverty and starvation, she mustbattle against 23 other tributes, two rom eachdistrict, in a twisted reality show conducted by the Capitol in order to demonstrate their do-minion over the districts.

The story ollows Katniss as she prepares orthe games with the help o her prep team, andights or survival against both the Capitol andthe other tributes.

According to a Q&A on the British Hun-

ger Games website, author Suzanne Collinsexplained that she got her inspiration or thestory rom the Greek myth Theseus and Mi-notaur. The myth tells the story o Athens pe-riodically sending send seven boys and seven

girls to Crete to be devoured by a monster.“Even as a kid, I could appreciate how ruth-

less this was,” Collins said in the article. “Cretewas sending a very clear message: ‘Mess withus and we’ll do something worse than kill you.We’ll kill your children.’ And the thing is, it wasallowed; the parents sat by powerless to stop it.Theseus, who was the son o the king, volun-teered to go. I guess in her own way, Katniss isa uturistic Theseus.”

Pulling rom her Greek myth inspiration,Collins said she originally got the idea to writethe Hunger Games while lipping throughchannels on her TV.

“One night I’m sitting there lipping aroundand on one channel there’s a group o youngpeople competing or, I don’t know, money

maybe? And on the next, there’s a group o young people ighting an actual war,” Collinssaid. “And I was tired, and the lines began toblur in this very unsettling way, and I thoughto this story.”

Although DiFerdinand is excited to see theHunger Games on March 23, not all students atLee share her enthusiasm. Junior James Turnerexpresses a contrary opinion.

“I just don’t care or the hype o it all,” Turn-er said. “I’m deinitely not going to read thebooks or go see the movie.”

Despite Turner’s eelings on The HungerGames, many viewers will be lined up and ea-gerly waiting on the night o the premier.

Photo rom Lee University Student Media Archives



SPORTS 7March 16, 2012 | LEE CLARION

sportsbriefs

The men and women’s bas-ketball teams will be lookingto advance in the 75th AnnualBualo Funds -NAIA DivisionI National Championships.The men’s team drew anunseeded at large bid againstNo. 14 seed Georgetown Col-lege (Ky.). The Lady Flamesreceived a No. 2 at large seedand will ace unseeded BiolaUniversity (Cal.).

The Lady Flames basketballteam was recently awarded theNAIA Five Stars Champion o Character award. The honoris given to the basketball teamthat displays exemplary char-acter on the court, on campusand in the community. Thisis the irst time that a Leebasketball team has been giventhe award.

Flames senior pitcher, KrisHall, was awarded the NAIAPitcher o the Week awardor his perormance duringMarch 4-11. This is the irsttime in Lee baseball that apitcher has been given theaward. Hall struck out 15batters in eight innings dur-ing the Flames 9-0 victory over Loyola University (La.)on March 9.

Freshman runner CayceBryan inished in secondplace in the 800 Meter Runat the NAIA Indoor Track &Field Championships. Bryanwas also named an NAIA All-American or her inish, all-ing only 0.45 seconds shorto winning the event. TheChampionships were held inGeneva, Ohio.

The men and women’s ten-nis matches against AuburnUniversity at Montgomery (Ala.) was postponed untilWednesday, March 21 at 2p.m. The women’s team willbe acing the undeeatedand No.1-ranked Warhawks,while the men’s team will bechallenged by a team that haswon six o the last 10 NAIANational Championships.

with

Michael Yokosuk

Michael Yokosuk is an

ambitious senior tennis

player with a double

major in mathematics

and chemistry with the

anticipation of graduat-

ing in May 2012. He

sits down and gives us

insight about his home-

town, tennis, and Lee.

By Kelsey LeffewStaff [email protected]

Q. What is your favorite

aspect of your hometown?A. Nashville includes

a lot of city life, especially with some country music.However, I’d have to say thatfamily time is the best thingin my hometown.

Q. Who’s your favoriteactress or actor and whatmovie?

A. Denzel Washingtonand Sandra Bullock are twoof my favorites, but it’s very hard to pinpoint. I also likethe comedic actors. Some fa-

vorite movies are the Harry Potter series of course, In-ception, etc.

Q. If you could be anoth-er person for one day, whowould you be and why?

A. If I could be anotherperson for a day, I’d probably want to be Andy Roddick,because he’s a professionaltennis player, or MichaelJordan or someone of greatimportance.

Q. When did you start

playing tennis and whathave you learned throughthe years?

A. I started playing tenniswhen I was 13 years old. I’velearned a great deal in ath-letics, but also off the court.Patience is a key aspect intennis. Also, hard work doespay off, you just have to keeppushing.

Q. What have been yourfavorite class and teacher atLee?

A. I loved Dr. Barnett’s

Recent American History class (I met some of my best friends in that class).I also enjoyed several of my math classes, includingcourses taught by Dr. Boulis.She pushes me to think inways that I have never beenpushed to.

Q. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A. I hope to see myself being out of school and insome sort of drug researchindustry.

JOCKTALK

Is Lee getting a wall?

Lee men’s greek club hosts annual Iron Man 2012

By Joshua EferigheStaff [email protected]

The possibility o a rock wallcaught the attention o many Lee University students in thisyear’s Ask the President chapel.A student asked the presidenton the possibility o having arock wall and the presidentactually gave signs o possibly giving two thumbs up in accor-dance to the demand shown inthe ollowing weeks.

A petition was placed inthe DeVos Recreation Center

where students could sign upto show interest in the rock walland show the president that thiswould be a good investment.Director o Campus Recreation,Kevin Hudson, said the recre-ation center received about 150responses and that the rock wallis in serious contemplation.

“In campus recreation we’retaking it very seriously and my experience has been with Dr.Conn that he takes student re-quests very seriously. There area lot o variables and a signii-cant amount o money in play here,” Hudson said.

Students who requently climb like Junior Grayson Mc-Conell will instantly beneitrom a project. McConell is ex-cited about the convenience o a ree, local place where he andhis riends can climb.

“Seriously, like three to ourtimes I have to go to Chat-tanooga to get any good rock climbing and I have to pay eightdollars and ive dollars or shoesi you need them adding up to$13 plus gas,” McConnell said.

Local Cleveland health club,The Rush, boasts a large rock wall as one o their amenities

to join, but costs o holding a

membership can be pricy tostudents with little to no in-come.

Chattanooga is home to Ur-ban Rocks Gym, a virtual rock climbing dream to aicionadoso the sport. Prices are more it-ting or students ($12 studentpass), but a lengthy drive toChattanooga and repeated costso going don’t suit students.

Kevin Hudson said campusrecreation is currently in theprocess o making the rock walla reality and are taking neces-sary steps to work with the right

people and make the best deal.“We’ve made some inquiries

to wall manuacturers to dis-cuss what our best options are.We’re also talking with otheruniversities that have walls/pro-grams to get an idea o the bestpractices,” Hudson said.

A rock wall poses a costly inancial risk, though. Rock climbing is not a mainstreamsport, which could result in aloss o money or Lee. Sopho-more Tiany Keyt insists thatpeople will catch on and that itsmore than un but a workout aswell.

“I recently went rock climb-ing or the irst time and it was aun way to exercise...” Keyt said.

I the decision to build a wallon campus occurs it would takesix months to a year to completedepending on the complexity o the project, Hudson said.

“We have all options on thetable right now, as Dr. Connmentioned in Ask the Presidentthis is a very expensive under-taking and we have challengeswith regard to the type and lo-cation o a climbing acility, butwe are working on it,” Hudsonsaid.

By Joshua EferigheStaff [email protected]

L

ee Greek club Alpha GamaChi kicks o their annual

Iron Man sotball tourna-ment on March 30-31, and the club isplanning on taking it to new heights.

The weekend long tournamenthosted by Chi, began more thanthree decades ago, and has included aGuinness world record-holding 101-hour game in 2005. Taylor Trotter, asenior, is helping head up this spring’sgame and has ambitious plans or thisyears tournament.

“Were trying to actually expandit this year to a bigger tournament,”Trotter said. “We’re trying to get

about 25-to-30 teams so we can raisemore money, and we’re going to ac-tually try and hold it at Tinsley ield,that way we can it more people.”

The purpose or the tournament isto ultimately raise money or charity.

This year the sotball tournament’srevenue will be geared towards theBradley County long-term relie e-ort, which is helping amilies that arecurrently in despair rom the torna-dos on April 27, 2011.

With plans or a game this big, alot goes into play and a lot o plan-ning is needed. Sophomore ElliotPotter is helping with the recruitmento teams and has already set personalgoals or himsel.

“I’m trying to get three teams reg-

istered and I’m hoping we raise ivegrand,” Potter said.

The club has raised several largedonations in the past, including$40,000 in 2005 or the HurricaneKatrina relie eorts.

Issues such as ield management,team management, umpires, etc. stillhave to be sorted out, but Trotter isconident it can be done.

“Logistics are still being workedout but we’re still part o the inter-mural program, so we can re and themajority will come out o that, and wehave umpires we already know thatwill get service hours there,” Trottersaid.

The game will be held on a Fri-day night depending on how many people register. I there are a lot o

teams who enter the ideal time tostart would be 5 p.m. and would lastuntil 1 a.m. Saturday morning. ThatSaturday would be the champion-ship games where they plan on doingsomething more special.

“The plan is to move the gamesrom Tinsley to Souther ield or thechampionships that way we can getthe campus involved and hopeully get some involvement with SLC tohave a mic and some music or thechampionship,” Trotter said.

Alpha Gama Chi is still accept-ing teams or $100 into the ield tomake this tournament a success orthe relie victims. The club is tryingto promote as much school and localbusinesses to sponsorship as possible.

Lee Clarion photo by Richard Yeakley

Courtesy o Lee University Archives

ROCK WALL: The Rush (seen above) and Urban Rocks Gym are the current locations forclimbing enthusiasts.

RECORD SETTING: The men of Alpha Gamma Chi have hosted the iron Man for many years including the world-record setting team shown above.



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Sofball StandingsSSAC East:

SSAC: Overall:

5 Brenau4-0 13-4

Brewton-Parker3-3 17-11

Southern Wesleyan2-2 6-8

Truett-McConnell1-5 2-12

Lee0-0 18-4

9 Shorter

0-0 18-4Emmanuel0-0 10-4

SSAC West:

6 Belhaven2-0 13-6

16 William Carey 0-0 18-2

22 Mobile0-0 14-2

Spring Hill0-0 8-7

Faulkner0-0 4-6

Baseball Standings

SSAC: Overall:

3 Lee12-0 25-2-1

8 Faulkner10-2 21-9

Shorter9-3 18-7

21 Southern Polytechnic8-4 19-9

13 Auburn-Montgomery 8-4 17-12

William Carey

7-4 17-915 Belhaven6-6 19-10

Brewton-Parker6-6 19-11

Mobile5-7 10-13

Truett-McConell3-8 11-14-1

Emmanuel3-9 15-13

Spring Hill3-9 11-13

Loyola1-11 11-15

Southern Wesleyan1-11 9-19

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Double ake: Women’s Rugby

Can you spot the differences? Find the 10 differences between the two photos of thewomen’s rugby team.

Photo courtesy o Sports Inormation

Lee Clarion Photo Alteration by Sara Kistner

HOME GAME SCHEDULE 3/16/12Men’s Tennis vs. Hiwassee College2:00 p.m.

3/16/12Women’s Tennis vs. Hiwassee College2:00 p.m.

3/17/12Men’s Tennis vs. Shorter1:00 p.m.

3/17/12Women’s Tennis vs. Tennis 1:00 p.m.

3/19/12Baseball vs. Freed-Hardeman 6:00 p.m.

3/20/12Baseball vs. Freed-Hardeman 4:00 p.m.

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Cheerleaders attempt tobecome varsity squadBy Shayne StubbsStaff [email protected]

The Lee University Flames cheerleading squad is seeking tobecome recognized as a varsity squad here on campus. Since

placing high in their last competition the squad eels nothingshort o conident that they can compare with other sports.

“We can win rings and banners just like the other varsity sports,” Jessica Rigsby, head coach, said.

Successul placing at competitions is pivotal to the squad’squest to becoming a varsity sport. This counts as another con-idence builder in proving their mettle in sti competition.

Should cheerleading become a varsity sport at Lee, they would be placed under the competitive cheer and dance inthe National Association or Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).The NAIA currently has 93 schools competitively cheering,including ive schools rom the Southern States Athletic Con-erence.

The NAIA does not currently have conerences or theircheerleading squads, however.

“Everyone [the squad] wants it. They have all worked hardto get this accomplished and it would be great to see it hap-

pen and the squad is excited to have this consideration o be-coming a varsity squad. Even being considered or becominga varsity sport is a huge deal or us,” reshman Clara Berghaussaid.

The 17-person squad placed ourth in their irst ever com-petition on Feb. 4 this year, second in their division behindShorter University (Georgia).

The second step or the squad to become a varsity is togo through the athletic department. This issue has been heldopen or discussion, but nothing has been agreed upon at thispoint.

In their most recent competition, the Christian Cheerlead-ers o America (CCA) Nationals in Concord, N.C., they in-ished second again in their division, and according to Rigsby,third overall out o ive teams.

Should the squad gain a varsity status it would open many doors or them where competitions are concerned. The loom-ing consideration is still being discussed and revised, but theteam still eels like they are being supported by the athleticdepartment regardless o their situation.

Men’s rugby entering fnal stretchBy Joshua EferigheStaff [email protected]

T

he men’s rugby ootball club iscurrently 1-1 on

the season withonly two games remaining inthe regular season to capturea playo spot. As the shortseason slows down, playersare recognizing that the teamis in vast need o a quick im-provement or they could beacing a second consecutivemissed postseason.

In order or that scenarioto become a reality the clubmust win or tie one o their i-nal two games or a chance togo to the conerence champi-onship game and then to theplayos.

“Our expectation this yearis to go win our conerencechampionship,” senior cap-tain Kyle Hudson said. “Wehave all the athletes and theskill, but we don’t have the de-

ensive continuity. I someonemisses the tackle we don’t letit roll o our shoulders, wetend to dog that person andwe down each other which iswhy we either beat a team like99-0 or barely lose a game be-cause we just ell apart.”

Junior veteran, AndrewAmburgey echoed a similartone to the lack o team sup-port on the various issues

keeping the team rom whatthe players believe could betheir potential.

“We have more speed andskilled players this year com-

pared to last, but we lost size,”Amburgey said. “We need tosettle down mentally. We getreal antsy and lustered in theheat o the game.”

In the Division II DixieConerence standings theteam currently is in third place

behind rival school TennesseeTech University (2-1) and irstplace Sewannee, University o the South (Tennessee), who is

4-0 on the spring season.This marks the irst year

that the team is in the DixieConerence as they movedout o the USA Rugby South.

This is also the irst yearwhere there will not be re-gional playos, meaning con-erence champions go straightto nationals. Should Lee winthe Dixie Conerence playosit would be the irst time intheir history they would play

in the national tournament.The next game will be on

Saturday March 17 at Tennes-see Tech and their inal home

game will be on Saturday March 24 against winless Bel-mont University (Tennessee).at 2 p.m.

“Our expectation this year is to go win our conerence

championship. We have all the athletes and the skill, but we

don’t have the deensive continuity.”

Kyle HudsonSenior Captain

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