Tabor View Issue 7 May 10 2013

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Spring SportsRead wrap-ups of spring sports and find out All-Conference selections

Sports, pg 6-7

CommencementView a list of the graduating seniors of 2013 Features, pg 4-5

Taborstock 2013See pictures and find out more about the bands that playedCampus Life, pg 8

Dr. Richard Kyle and Judy Harder have both been teach-ing at Tabor since before the current student population was even born.

However, as another school year comes to its end, Tabor will be forced to bid them fond farewells as both will be retiring from teaching this year.

Professor of history and re-ligion Dr. Richard Kyle began teaching at Tabor 41 years ago in 1972. He hopes that he will be remembered as a good teacher and a credible scholar.

Currently, Kyle has pub-lished ten books on historical and religious topics as well as dozens of articles.

In addition to teach-ing, Kyle has been involved around campus in other ways. He spent 20 years as an assis-tant football coach at Tabor, and he has led 28 internation-al study trips, all but two of which were to Europe. More than 665 students have spent their interterm traveling with

Jared JanzenReporter

Judy Harder and Richard Kyle retiring from positions at Tabor

Kylie WilliamsReporter

See SENIORS, pg 2

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Above: Richard Kyle has served in a variety of position at Tabor for the past 41 years.Below: Judy Harder has directed over 70 stage productions in her 26 years at Tabor.

Photo by Nicole Tunks

Kyle over the years. Kyle plans to lead at least

one more trip to Europe dur-ing interterm of the next school year.

Although Kyle is not en-tirely sure how he will spend his retirement, he knows that he wants to continue travel-ing. Some of the countries that he would like to visit are Egypt, Australia, New Zea-land, and India. He has nev-er been to these places and would like to add them to the list of 55 countries that he has already explored.

Kyle also plans to continue writing after retiring. His next book will be published on Aug. 31 and is about the Scot-tish Reformation.

Kyle expects that the thing he will miss most about teach-ing to be the interaction with students and other faculty members.

“I’m going to miss being in an environment where think-ing and studying is impor-tant,” Kyle said.

Associate professor of communications Judy Harder

has spent a total of 26 years teaching and directing theater at Tabor. She first came in 1987 to direct theater produc-tions as an adjunct instructor before becoming a full-time faculty member two years later.

Harder has directed more than 70 main-stage cam-pus productions at Tabor. One thing that she will miss greatly after retiring is the re-warding experience of work-ing with casts and crews on drama productions.

“I knew I would retire one of these years, and I sensed this was the year to turn the corner and find others with the skills and vision to lead us to the next level of experienc-es with theater,” Harder said.

Harder’s goals for retire-ment are still uncertain, but she anticipates that she and her husband will be traveling and spending time with their grandkids. She also plans to continue supporting Tabor’s theater program.

Harder plans to return to Tabor to direct the homecom-

Seniors look ahead as graduation looms

Facing the future is a frightening business, and for our graduating Tabor seniors, this uneasy reality is upon them. Many people are trying to get jobs that relate to their degree to begin this summer. These jobs may become the careers they pursue for the rest of their lives.

Are seniors prepared to take on the “real world” and obtain careers to support themselves? This seems to be

the big question going around campus. To find out more, we asked several seniors what their career plans were for the summer, and how they intend-ed to approach these next few years of their lives.

Senior Tracie Kithcart plans to move to Wichita and rent an apartment with other Tabor graduates. Although this is a drastic move from her hometown of Boulder, Colo-rado, she believes this deci-sion will help to propel her career.

“I am going to work in the

management program at The Buckle,” she said when asked what career she was actively pursuing. The Buckle is a clothing store that sells de-signer fashion. Tracie hopes her degree in communications will facilitate her entry into the management program. Despite her qualifications, she expresses dissatisfaction with this career choice.

“This job will support me for now, but I have no plans on working at The Buckle forever. I want to go to cos-metology school and spend

my life with a career in that field.” This is not uncommon, but Tracie is happy to have a job and place to live this sum-mer, even if her true passion remains in another field.

Cortnie Killen is another senior who is in a similar situ-ation. She worked through college to obtain a degree in sports management, but will be working at a mental health institution shortly after grad-uation. When asked why she took this job, Cortnie spoke highly of the perks.

“I have health and dental included, and the salary is pretty substantial. With the

benefits I’m getting, I could care less that this career doesn’t relate to sports man-agement,” she said. Since the lack of connection to her de-gree wasn’t a problem, she said she plans on spending a long time working there.

Although Cortnie didn’t plan to work within the frame-work of her degree, senior Karen Harris has her road to becoming a physical therapist all mapped out.

“I got my degree in biolo-gy and am attending graduate school in the fall to continue

ing musical next fall, “God-spell.”

“I hope Tabor folks will continue to find value in the arts,” Harder said. “I’ll enthu-siastically applaud future cre-ative efforts and can imagine participating in standing ova-tions.”

As Kyle and Harder begin new chapters in their lives, Tabor wishes to thank them for the impact they have made on the lives of countless stu-dents and to offer them the best of luck in all of their fu-ture endeavors.

We are always looking for skilled writers with fresh pespectives to join our staff. As well as individuals interested in being hired for page de-sign or photography. Please contact the Adviser Sara Jo Waldron ([email protected]) if you are interested or have any questions.

Congratulations Seniors! To everyone else, have awonderful summer break. See you in the Fall!

News in brief

2 N E W S 5/10/2013

Teen’s Plan to Blow up Turtles Ends Very Badly Karma wasted no time in living up to her reputation Saturday in Texas. Police say a 19-year-old man made a bomb with which he planned to “blow up turtles.” Instead, as he car-ried it in his pocket on his way down to the bayou with a friend, he lit a cigar ... and the ashes apparently ignited the bomb as they fell near his pocket. It exploded, injuring the teen’s hand, lower extremities, and face. No charges have been filed at this point, KHOU reports.

Crammed Arlington Plans Controversial Expansions The iconic Arlington National Cemetery is running out of space and critics say it’s time to build Ar-lington Two instead of indefinitely tacking onto the military cemetery, the Washington Post reports. A co-lumbarium that can hold more than 20,000 cremated remains will open this week, and a 27-acre expansion will begin this fall, to be followed by a 38-acre addition that officials say will take the cemetery into the 2050s. But the expansion is taking place on land badly suited for a cem-etery, raising complaints about envi-ronmental issues as well as cost.

Man Swallowed by Hippo Lives to Tell Tale “Time passes very slowly when you’re in a hippo’s mouth,” says Paul Templer. He knows firsthand. Templer was attacked by a hippo years ago while paddling on a river in Zambia, where he worked as a tourist guide. “I seemed to be trapped in something slimy. There was a terrible, sulfurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pres-sure against my chest,” he tells the Guardian. “It was only then that I realized I was underwater, trapped up to my waist in his mouth.” The hippo chomped into Templer with its huge teeth, leaving 40 punc-ture wounds. “The bull simply went berserk,” he says. “Throwing me into the air and catching me again, shaking me like a dog with a doll.” He dragged him down to the bottom of the river where Templer, badly wounded and bleeding, believed he would die, but the hippo mercifully spat him out, and another guide was able to grab him and paddle to safe-ty.

Man Claims He Owns the Moon Calling it the biggest loophole in the world doesn’t quite capture its reach: Dennis Hope claims that he owns the moon—and our solar sys-tem’s planets—due to what the Outer Space Treaty doesn’t say. Mashable reports the treaty has been the guid-ing document on space law since 1967, and while it bars any coun-try on Earth from laying claim to a heavenly body, it makes no mention of private companies or individu-als doing just that. So Hope formed Lunar Embassy Corp, snatched up the property rights to the moon and more, and has been selling off one-acre lots since.

Source: newser.com

Campus renovations to be completed over break

Unusual spring weather complicates campus activies

SENIORSContinued from pg 1

Jared JanzenReporter

Zach BissellReporter

Above: The Tabor track team had difficulty practicing this spring after a thick layer of snow covered the track.


When Hillsboro received more than a foot of snow at the end of February, students had fun playing in it. When students returned from spring break in late March to find campus blan-keted in snow once again, jokes were made about the unpredict-ability of Kansas weather. When snow continued to fall several times throughout April, students began to grumble.

But when students woke up on the second day of May to find snowflakes once again falling from the sky, the general con-sensus was that the time for win-ter coats should have long-since ended.

This spring Kansas has ex-perienced a number of fluctua-tions between days of glorious, sunshiny warmth and days of miserable, snow-filled cold. The unusual weather patterns have resulted in the cancellation or postponement of various activi-ties on campus.

SP&D and SAB had each planned to hold bonfires on Apr. 10 and Apr. 12, respec-tively, which were canceled due to a winter storm that left trees

coated in a layer of ice. SAB and SP&D decided to combine forces and reschedule the bonfire for tomorrow, Sat. May 11 at 9 pm at the bonfire pit south of the practice field.

The Social Work Club’s Shanty Town on the night of May 4 was cancelled due to rain and cold temperatures. The event was intended to raise awareness for homelessness by giving stu-dents an opportunity to sleep outside for a night in cardboard boxes, but students will have to wait until next year to experience Shanty Town.

Rain on May 4 also caused Taborstock to be held inside the

chapel rather than outside. Sports schedules have also

been altered due to weather. Baseball, softball, tennis, and track and field have all had to cancel or postpone games or meets this season due to inclem-ent weather.

Head track and field coach David Kroeker said that re-scheduling Hillsboro’s two home track meets was “a major orga-nizational nightmare” due to the large numbers of people in-volved in coordinating the event.

Teams have also had to resort to indoor training on days when it was too cold.

“We have had to practice

in the CRC a significant num-ber of times and often when we have been outside the weather has been less than cooperative” Kroeker said.

However, Kroeker observed that regardless of the unfortunate weather, his athletes have shown resilience and much improve-ment this season.

Despite all the frustrations surrounding the never-ending winter and the ensuing cancella-tions, there’s not much students can do about it. So just in case we see yet another cold snap, keep that jacket handy, and may-be begin planning a summer va-cation to Florida.

Every summer the Tabor College campus goes through some sort of renovations or upgrades. This year is no dif-ferent.

Last summer the major up-grade that was made to cam-pus was Harms Hall which opened up more rooms for the men living on campus.

Upgrades have already begun here on campus. For starters go look at the men’s quad. Notice anything differ-ent? There are two new ce-

ment tables along with new scenery. These tables were placed on the cement slab that is located between Kan-sas Hall and Oklahoma Halls near the sand volleyball pit.

The men’s quad is also getting a new paint job. This renovation has been going on all year, but will continue into the summer. All of the win-dows are being panted a new coat of white instead of green.

The biggest upgrade and renovation coming to campus this summer will take place in the cafeteria.

They have already started the process by bringing in the new beverage stations over spring break.

The caf will still provide all the treats and meals that they offer now, but some of the locations of the food will be moving.

The centennial breakfast where you can make your own waffle, the pizza station, the traditional carving area, beverages, ice cream, cereal, soup and salad will all be in the same location that they are currently.

The deli bar will move from where it is currently to the area where the silverware goes after a meal.

The dish return has also been relocated to “better serve you.” The new location for the dish return will be on the same wall just a little closer to the kitchen where the dishes will have less travel time on the belt.

The new attraction that will be coming to the caf is the “Rotisserie Fresh.” The caf will have the rotisserie chick-en available for everyone to enjoy.

When you return next se-mester be sure to check out

Photo by Hannah Holmes

all of the new renovations and upgrades by eating at the tables while you and your friends play sand volleyball, or just enjoying the new look-ing caf.

Above: This display outlines the new layout and features coming to the cafeteria for the 2013-2014 school year.

my education towards physical therapy,” said Harris.

Karen will be moving back to Texas to live her parents. She will coach a summer ball team and hopes to work as an intern at Fit-N-Wise, a gym-like establishment geared to-ward physical therapy. After graduate school, Karen hopes to work full time at Fit-N-Wise.

“I may not have my career yet, but I’m working toward a clear goal, and graduate school is going to create a lot of opportunities for me,” she said.

They may not have ev-ery detail worked out, but it has become obvious that the 2012-2013 graduates are more than prepared for what-ever life will throw at them.

For a list of graduating se-niors of 2013, turn to Features on pages 4 and 5.

Editor-in-Chief, Opinion and Campus Life Editor:

Jessica Vix

Sports Editor, Features Editor: Zach Bissell

Reporters: Zach Bissell, Kelsey Unruh, Josh Trieglaff,

Kylie Williams, Jared Janzen, Jessica Vix

Photographer: Nicole Tunks

Adviser: Sara Jo Waldron

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Letters

OPINION 35/10/2013

Zach Bissell

Sports Editor

Kelsey UnruhReporter

As a big fan of the movie

Back to the Future, going back to 2005 when I attended College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. is not something I want to relive.

Eight years after I first started at DuPage I am still in college.

But thankfully I am almost done. Finally!

I learned many things along the way in these eight years.

The first thing I learned was to have a realistic goal of what I wanted to do.

I think I went through a bil-lion majors and minors to figure out exactly what I wanted to do

Senior Jacob Heil

JuniorPatrick Watson

Freshman Beth Nesser

“I would like Java Jay’s to be open longer/during the day.”

“I would make the Lohrenz wheelchairaccessible.”

“The computer labs would have new desktops or moniters that work on a

consistant basis.”

If money wasn’t a factor, what is one improvement you would make on

campus?

The View’s 2013 Senior Reflectionscareer-wise.

My level of motivation de-creased many times as my goals seemed to be more unrealistic than realistic.

I have come to understand that if you do not have a realistic goal that fits your direction in life that it will be hard to be motivated be-cause your expectations are im-possible to achieve.

The second thing I learned was to trust that God has something better planned for your life.

When I applied to Tabor Col-lege I was focused on wanting to major in Biblical/Religious stud-ies. Getting accepted here is defi-nitely something that encouraged me to trust God even more.

The last thing that I learned was to expect the unexpected. It was not my intention to come out of here with a minor in Psychol-ogy. God showed me that counsel-ing is a good direction for my life.

As difficult these eight years have been I must say I am proud with achieving my goal of gradu-ating this semester.

It’s almost here. It’s coming just around the riverbend. The day that everyone waits for their entire lives.

Graduating from college. My theory for this year was to

just take it one day at a time and not have to worry about where I was going to end up after gradua-tion so that I could focus on class-es.

I was planning on working a summer job that I was told I had at the beginning of the semester, but then was told that since I was graduating, I couldn’t work there, even though I was told that gradu-

Josh TrieglaffReporter

Expect the unexpected

After graduation:A much needed vacation

ating wouldn’t be an issue.Cue panic attack. This last semester I had 15

credit hours, band, choir (both of which included tours), the play, 12 hours of work per week, voice les-sons and Student Activities Board. The last thing I wanted to do was have to worry about a job on top of all of this.

Keeping up with all of that and having to worry about finding a job has made me come to this con-clusion:

I am in need of a serious vaca-tion.

I’ve decided I will use this op-portunity to take a couple weeks off from doing anything. I haven’t had a vacation longer than a week-end since last summer. I will still apply places, but I am not going to stress out any more over it.

So here’s my advice for seniors: while you should still look for jobs, don’t worry about it if you don’t find something right away. If you find something right away, good for you! But if you don’t, just enjoy the fact that you graduated and give yourself a much earned vacation.

The last four years have been an adventure to say the least. Coming in as a freshman with no one around that I knew was a big step, just like it is for everyone else.

Meeting some specific people during that first week was a big game changer for me. Meeting Pat Watson and Jacob “Puder” Kerschenske that first year will al-ways be one of the best times of my life.

I have remained friends with them for all four years and Puder

will be graduating this year while Pat will have to try and survive another year without us.

With these friends by my side, crazy things have happened on various trips out of town. The Drubers, Newell’s and movie trips will be lasting memories for me.

Friends are not the only thing that have made these four years so interesting. Baseball has been a huge blessing.

I was privileged enough to be part of the greatest team to play here at Tabor. In the four years I have experienced several different amazing moments including two conference championships.

I am glad that I was able to make so many lasting memories in the last four years.

I will always look back on these four years and know that coming to Tabor was the best decision that I have made thus far in my life. While there were several places I could have gone, I’m thankful to report I don’t regret that decision at all.

Making lasting memories

SophomoreRyan Jorgenson

“Build a domeover Tabor

to keep outthe snow.”

Rachel Marie Alberti Educational Studies

4 FEATURES 05/10/2013

Kady Dyan Albrecht Elementary Educa-

tion

Aaron Jeffrey AnnisHealth/Physical Education-Sport

Management

Jon-Michael Guy Bergeron

Business Adminstra-tion-Management

Zachary L. Bissell Communication-

Journalism

Andrea DelCarmen Bray

Health/Physical Education

Aaron Edward Dem-ing Brooks

Biochemistry

Jakob P. Brucks Graphic Design

Michael D. Cater Jr.Health/Physical Education-Sport

Studies

Ryan August Chip-peaux

Health/Physical Education-Sport

Studies

Benjamin Ryan Clark

Biology

Destinee R. Cogburn Communication-

Journalism

Kyleen Elizabeth Condon

Psychology/Social Work

Molly Elizabeth Coppadge

Elementary Educa-tion

Andrew Richard Curtis

History/Secondary Education/Social

Science

Julia Anna Dalavai Biblical & Religious

Studies

Rebecca Marie Friesen

Elementary Educa-tion/Special Educa-

tion

Max George Frise Business Adminis-

tration-Management

Whitney Kyla FriseHealth/Physical

Education

Abigail Rosemary Funk


Isain Garcia Biology

Tanner Jason Giffin Business Adminis-tration-Marketing

Sean Michael Giroir Athletic Training

Rachel Amelia Goering

Psychology

Dylan Ryan Janzen Business Adminis-tration-Marketing

Michael Wayne Janzen


Thaddeus Joesph Jarosz III

Business Adminis-tration-Management

Phillip D. Jimenez Health/Physical Education-Sport

Studies

Rae’shon Evette Johnson

Health/Physical Education-Strength/

Conditioning

Tricia KaethlerPsychology/Social

Work

Jacob Allen Ker-schenske

Athletic Training

Cortnie Renee Killen Health/Physical Education-Sport

Management

Stephanie Kay Lappin


Conditioning

Jeremiah T. Lauts Business Adminis-tration-Marketing

Bryant Michael Leinen

Biblical & Religious Studies

Bret Thomas Lentz History/Secondary Education/Social

Science

Korie A Lewis Health/Physical

Education-Strength/Conditioning

Tamara Lee Lio Business Adminis-

tration-Management

Aaron Lawrence Magee

Social Work

Moustapha Mbaye Social Work

Juan J. Oceguera Health/Physical Education-Sport

Studies

Andrea N. Pankratz Communications-

Organizational Com-munications

Nathan Keith Pant-taja

Biology/History

Yverdon Joe Penn Business Adminis-

tration-Management

Andrew D. Perez Health/Physical Education-Sport

Management

Jordan R. Perez History

Caleb Paul Phillips Social Science-

Social Work

Kristen Marie Pitschmann

English/Secondary Education

Anna Marie Richert Biology

Zachary Allen Richert

Business Adminis-tration-Sport Mar-

keting/Management

Tim Alan Roesch Biblical & Religious

Studies/Graphic Design

Timothy D. Rozzell Mathematics

Christopher David Sanborn Jr. Social Work

Kruze Kyle Sanders Christian Ministry-

Youth Ministry

Nikol Marie San-doval

Chemistry

Alisha Ann Schale Psychology

Koby Scott Temple Social Science-

History

Colby D. Tessendorf Health/Physical

Education

Joshua Edwin Trieglaff

Biblical & Religious Studies

Kelsey Leigh Unruh Communications-

Journalism

Andre T. Vestfahl Health/Physical Education-Sport

Management

Kaitlyn Nicole Vogts Business Adminis-tration-Marketing

Meredith Leslie Voran

Biology

Kyle Jacob Wallace Health/Physical Education-Sport

Studies

Graduating Class of 2013

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Brandon Jermeal Gooden

Psychology

Brittany Ann Hab-iger

Biology

Nathaniel Harrison Jr.


Jacob Andrew Heil Biology

Erin Jaye Heizelman Graphic Design

Tessa Leigh Hoduski Communications-

Journalism/English

Tynan Marie Honn Biology

Gina Dawn Hullet Health/Physical

Education

Elizabeth Anne King Chemistry

Tracie Elizabeth Kithcart

Communications-Communication

Studies

Michael Wayne Klaassen

Graphic Design

Keaton D. Kleiner Biblical & Religious

Studies

Shelby Elaine Koons Psychology/Social

Work

Cassie Lynn Kroeker Business Adminis-tration-Accounting/

Finance

Matthew Robbins Lambert


Jake R. LandersHealth/Physical Education-Sport

Studies

Derek Thomas McBride


Conditioning

Darien Patrice Mc-Collins

Social Work

Adam C. McCor-mick


Derek Robert Men-denhall

Social Science-History

Jessie Wesley Moody

Psychology

Ishmael M. Morris Biology

Melissa Danielle Mueller


Jonathan Lee Mur-ray


Management

Michael Thomas Polley

Mathematics

Emily Nicole Post Elementary Educa-

tion

McKenzie Logan Potter

Biblical & Religious Studies/Communica-tions-Organizational

Communications

Bradley C. Prescott Social Work

Spencer Putman Biology

Lindsey Marie Radic Health/Physical Education-Sport

Management

Logan Alan Reimer Chemistry

Jeremy P. Reiswig Chemistry

Caleb John Schmitz History

Cody Eugene Schro-eder


Paul Edward Sciacca Psychology

Clayton John Shewey

Business Adminis-tration-Sport Mar-

keting/Management

Mallory Brooke Shewey


David Simmet Business Adminis-tration-Sport Mar-

keting/Management

Aziz J. Spellman-Smith

Psychology

Rebecca Dawn Steketee


Lendon Ron Warkentin

History

Rachel Lynne Weaver


Matthew Burr Weger Business Adminis-tration-Accounting/

Finance

Aaron James Wiens Health/Physical

Education-Sport-strength/Condition-

ing

Alexa Joy Wilker Social Science-

Psychology

Trevor A. Wimer Business Adminis-

tration-Management

Jessica Lynne Wol-lenberg

Business Adminis-tration-Accounting/

Finance

Logan Scott Zielke Business Adminis-

tration-Management

Derick James Burkhard


Abigael C. Burns Christian Ministry-

Youth Ministry

Matthew George Cardona

Business Adminis-tration-Marketing

Loren M. Erway Business Adminis-tration-Accounting/

Finance

Kamron K. Ewald History/International

Studies

David Robert Ewert Humanities-Bible/

Religious Studies & Communications

James C Davidson, Jr.

: Business Adminis-tration-Accounting/

Finance

Nolan I. Dirks Christian Ministry-

Mission

Samel David Brucks Business Adminis-tration-Marketing

Ethan Wayne Bur-gess


Studies

Abigail Elissa Epp Psychology/Social

Work

Sally Epp Music-Piano Peda-

gogy

Brenda Kay Drake Elementary Educa-tion/Special Educa-

tion

6 SPORTS 05/10/2013

History of Tabor Athletics: 1957 - PresentIn 1957, Tabor College became the first

college in Kansas to participate in intercol-legiate soccer. Del Reimer was hired to coach soccer, basketball, track and tennis at Tabor. He would go on to become the athletic director in 1960, the same year the soccer team placed third in the NAIA na-tional championships. He retired in 1987.

During his time as coach, Reimer trav-eled to several states in the Midwest at-tempting to raise money to build a new gym which was dedicated in 1958. Tabor had also recently acquired fifteen acres of land on which was built a new football field and track complex.

Jessica VixEditor-in-chief

Reimer had hopes of joining the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference but Tabor did not yet have a varsity football team. He encountered the challenges of convincing faculty to support the idea of a team and, of course, funding it. After successfully gaining faculty support, the Reimer family business supplied uniforms for players of Tabor’s first football team.

Tabor was invited to join the KCAC in 1966 and in the next three years began participating in the conference in track and field, tennis, basketball and football. The football team had several coaches its first ten years, including history professor Rich-ard Kyle who will be retiring this year.

In 1972 Rolland “Bay” Lawrence be-

came an NAIA All-American in football before going on to play eight years with the Atlanta Falcons during which he was named Falcons Player of the Year in 1977. Lawrence also helped lead the track team to Tabor’s first KCAC championship as a sprinter and javelin-thrower.

In the next forty years, Tabor enjoyed success in athletics including KCAC championships in women’s and men’s bas-ketball and soccer, volleyball, baseball, tennis and football.

The Campus Recreation Center was built in 1992 and helped improve schedul-ing for team practices. The Tabor Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1999 with the first inductees being Lawrence for foot-

The Tabor College softball season came to an end on Saturday, May 4 in Hutchin-son.

“The most memorable moment this season was (junior) Megan Taylor getting nailed in the head with a softball during the Kansas Wesleyan game,” said junior Kyleen Condon, “and setting a Tabor re-cord of largest conference winning streak in Tabor softball history.”

That 11 game win streak started on April 6 against Sterling College and came to an end during the last game of the regu-lar season against Ottawa University.

Tabor finished the year 18-25, 11-7 in conference which placed them fourth go-ing into the conference tournament.

The Lady Bluejays opened the tourna-ment with a loss to the fifth ranked Ottawa Braves 9-3.

Tabor would win their second game, the first in the loser’s bracket, against seventh

ranked McPherson College Bulldogs 4-3.Second seeded Kansas Wesleyan Uni-

versity would knock the Bluejays out of the tournament with a 17-3 win.

Condon was perfect from the plate, go-ing 3-3 in the game.

“We fought very hard through many games, and came up short at the very end,” said Condon.

Senior Cortnie Killen led the offense throughout the year with an average of .443, while junior Katie Henning supplied the power with a team best seven home runs.

Condon led the pitching staff with a 5.05 earned run average and a 3-1 record.

Junior Sarah Massey was the only player to be selected to the First Team All KCAC team. Senior Karen Harris, Hen-ning and Killen were placed on the Second Team while freshman Chelsea Nutt and Condon received Honorable Mentions.

“God blessed us with a great season, and let us be able to raise the bar for next year’s team,” said Condon.

Zach BissellSports Editor

Photo by Vance Frick Photo by Vance Frick

Photo by Vance Frick

Softball comes to an end

Play some DefenseTop: Tracie Kithcart winds up to pitch the ball during a home game this season.Bottom: Cortnie Killen catches the ball at first base to record an out during a home game this year.

Spring sports KCAC awards

Tabor spring athletics have ex-celled throughout this season. Nine athletes have been voted to the First Team All Conference in their respec-tive sports while eight were voted to the Second Team and four were Honorable Mentions.

Tabor athletes have also recieved various other awards in their sports.

First Team All ConferenceWomen’s Tennis: Becky FaberBaseball: Art Corona, Alex Mann, An-

thony Mendoza, Kirk Rocha, Grant Silva, Josh Stone

Softball: Sarah Massey

Second Team All ConferenceMen’s Tennis: David SimmetBaseball: Tyler Kozlowski, Matt

Lambert, Wes Moody, Kevin SeegerSoftball: Karen Harris, Katie Hen-

ning, Cortnie Killen

Honorable Mention All Conference

Baseball: Keenan Chanin, Brian Kowal

Softball: Kyleen Condon, Chelsea Nutt

Gold Gove Winners:Baseball: Josh Stone, Wes Moody

Freshman of the year:Baseball: Jacob Webb

Pitcher of the yearBaseball: Josh Stone

Sportsmanship AwardWomen’s Tennis: Anna Friesen

Champion of CharacterMen’s Track: Jacob HeilWomen’s Track: Makenzie King

ball and Leroy Dick for basketball, soccer, track and field and baseball.

The year 2007 brought about the brand new Joel H. Wiens Stadium, a football, track and soccer facility shared with Hill-sboro High School. Bowling is the newest sport to arrive at Tabor, beginning during the 2011-2012 school year.

Since 1961, thirty-four students have been named NAIA All-Americans in bas-ketball, baseball, football, soccer and track. Tabor College athletics have come a long way from the days of intramurals in “The Barn.”

(All information found in A Century of Transformation, 1908-2008, a history of Tabor College.)

Take a hack!Brooke Tomten takes a swing at a pitch on a chilly day

at home for the Lady Bluejays.

Tennis wraps up first year with Ruder as coachJessica Vix

Editor-in-chiefThe 2013 tennis season came to a close

Saturday, May 4 as the men competed in the KCAC team tournament in Wichita. They fell to Bethany 5-0 which gave them a 6-10 finish overall, 4-3 in conference.

The women finished their season Satur-day, April 20 with a 5-4 win over Ottawa in a makeup game rescheduled from April 18. They then fell to Bethany 8-1. Overall, the women finished 5-9, 3-4 in conference.

Coach John Ruder has enjoyed his first year coaching at Tabor.

“It was a lot of fun and a lot of learn-ing,” said Ruder. He said both men and women played well but the women were plagued with injuries and lack of numbers.

Weather also had an adverse affect on the season, with three matches rained out that could not be rescheduled.

“We’ve had a lot of days inside with short practices because we just couldn’t be out on the courts,” said Ruder.

Despite the shortened season, three players won awards for their accomplish-ments this year. Sophomore Becky Faber made First Team All-conference, senior David Simmet made Second Team All-conference and sophomore Anna Friesen won the KCAC Sportsmanship award.

In addition to Simmet, seniors Nathan Panttaja, Jakob Brucks and Sam Brucks will all be graduating this year. Ruder is looking forward to building numbers with new recruits next year.

Photo by Vance Frick Photo by Vance Frick

Return to senderLeft: Tyler Dort returns an opponents shot during a match earlier this season at home.Right. Rebecca Faber keeps her eye on the ball ash she prepares to send it back over the net during a home match.

The season has come to an end for several of the men’s and wom-en’s track and field athletes here at Tabor College.

Tabor hosted the KCAC Conference track and field meet on Mon-day, May 6 and Tuesday, May 7.

On the men’s side of the meet, Tabor saw several great perfor-mances. As a team there were four first place finishes, five second place, five third place, and five fourth and fifth place finishers.

Senior Michael Klaassen led the way winning both the shot put and the hammer throw. Sophomore Garrett Daugherty won the 1,500 meter run with a time of 3:59.99 seconds, and was third in the 800 meter run (1:54.80), just behind second place finisher junior Nathan

Vogel (1:54.42). The other first place finish was the 4x800 meter relay team (7:43.72).

With all the good finishes the men finished in sec-ond place out of 10 as a team.

“It’s not all about winning or placing,” said se-nior Jonathan Gutierrez, “ it’s more about PR and giving it all to Christ.”

The women’s team was led by seniors Emily Post and Tynan Honn. Post, who set a new personal re-cord, also set new records for both the KCAC and Tabor as she won the high jump, the triple jump and the long jump.

Honn took home the first place medal in the shot put and the hammer throw, while placing third in the discus.

The women’s 4x800 meter relay team of junior Kristen Harris, junior Brielle Lund, freshman Ash-ley Kemling and junior Makenzie King finished second with a time of 9:43.42, just edged out by Southwestern.

As a team the women had five first place finishes, three second place, four third place and three fourth and fifth place finisher. With all the points added up the team finished third out of 10.

It is not completely over for the track team. There is one final meet before nationals: the Emporia State University Last Chance meet on Saturday May 11.

Tabor currently has four athletes and one relay team ready to go to the national meet May 23-25. Post headlines the group as she will compete in tri-ple jump, long jump and high jump. Honn will also be competing in the shot put.

Senior Jacob Heil and sophomore Joel Allen will compete in the marathon. The 4x800 meter relay

SPORTS 705/10/2013

Tabor hosts KCAC track & field meetZach Bissell

Sports Editor

Date BASE(38-14)

SOFT(18-25)

MTF WTF MT(6-9)

WT(5-9)

4/174/19 KU

RelaysTC Invite

KU Relays

TC Invite

4/20 (18) SCW 8-7L 4-6

SWCW 1-0W 2-1

(6) BCL 9-0OU

W 7-2

(6) BCL 8-1OU

W 5-4

4/21 (18) SCL 8-9W 9-3

USMW 6-2W 2-0

4/234/24 CCC

W 11-1W 10-5

4/25 OUW 4-2L 4-0

4/26 BCW 7-0

4/27 BCW 6-5W 6-1

SWC Invite

SWC Invite

4/28 BCW 9-1

5/3 KCACFU

W 5-2(18) SCL 4-3

KCACOU

L 9-3MC

W 4-3KWUL 17-3

KCAC(6) BC

L

5/4 KCACBC

W 9-2(18) SCL 6-0

5/6 KCAC Conf. Meet

KCAC Conf. Meet

5/7 KCAC Conf. Meet

KCAC Conf. Meet

For the second year in a row, the Tabor baseball team has blown everyone away by not only winning Conference but also by being one of the 45 qualifying teams to make it to the 2013 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Baseball National Championship Opening Round.

The victory against Friends University mid April paved the way to greatness as it built the team’s confidence and established their dominance in the conference.

The team then took on Sterling who was undefeated when they arrived in Hillsboro. Tabor quickly took away that title by split-ting with them. This boosted the team’s morale and gave them the motivation to split with them a second time.

“The entire Sterling series were the best games to be a part of because of the play-off type atmosphere,” said senior Jeremiah Lauts.

After the splits with Sterling, Tabor took on Bethany with a strong awareness of the importance of these games for con-ference placing.

“We played Bethany and swept them. That was key for our placement in confer-ence, because a few teams had really simi-lar records” said freshman Mikey Wager.

Mathew Lambert threw a no hitter at Tabor’s last home game. This accomplish-ment helped prepare the team to play in the NAIA national tournament.

The team flew to Santa Clarita, Calif. early Tuesday morning. They faced Con-cordia University of Portland, Ore. at 11 a.m. central time on Thursday. Results of the game were not available at press time.

Kylie WilliamsReporter

Baseball competes at National Opening Round in California

Take Me Out to the Ball GameTop: Art Corona lets the sterling first baseman have an earful during a heated game at home.Bottom: Matt Lambert makes a pitch during his no-hitter against Bethany college at home to end the regular season. Photos by Vance Frick

BASE=Baseball, SOFT=Softball, MTF=Men’s Track and Field, WTF=Women’s Track and Field, MT=Men’s Tennis, WT=Women’s Tennis, KCAC= Conference Tournament




I believe I can flyTop: Emily Post shows that she can fly as she easily jumps over the High Jump bar, one of

the events she will participate in at Nationals in the end of May.

There’s the gunTop: Bret Mueller takes off out of the blocks to start one of the

races during the KCAC Conference Meet.

Bottom: Michael Klaassen spins around as he prepares to release the

hammer. Photos by Vance Frick

The Score Board

team of Daugherty, Vogel, sophomore Phillip Magos and freshman Bret Mueller will also be competing.

CAMPUS LIFE

8 05/10/2013

[email protected] September 19, 2012 Issue 1

‘Cafe’ ChangesSee what is new and improved about the

Tabor Cafetieria

News, pg 2

Arts and Crafts Fair Photos

See some photos from last weeks

craft fair Campus Life, pg 8

Open Mic NightSAB hosts annual event with a great turn out

Features, pg 4-5

Each edition of the Tabor View will be put on Facebook as well as extra material and contests

Keep an eye on the page for photo contests throughout the rest of this year.

Two major positions have recently been filled this year in-cluding Student Success Coun-selor and Director of Campus Ministries. Both positions were filled with Tabor College gradu-ates.

Erica HaudeThere is a new face in the Stu-

dent Success & Career Services Office. Erica Haude is Tabor’s new Student Success Counselor. She is the supervisor of Andrea Batista, oversees students on academic probation and works on accommodations for students with disabilities. She also does counseling on a referral basis.

She has ample experience for her position. After graduating from Tabor in 2006 she went to Denver Seminary to get her Mas-ters in counseling, which she re-ceived in 2010. She has worked

Ben SchmidtReporter

as a youth pastor for First Men-nonite Brethren in Wichita and for the last two years at a resi-dential treatment center.

While praying for God’s guid-ance she received an e-mail from Directo of Admissions Lee Wal-dron and Vice President of Ath-letics and Enrollment Manage-ment Rusty Allen. She felt like God was telling her not to say no and accepted the job. She feels called to work with people who are, as she says, “on the fringes.” She loves being at Tabor and get-ting to counsel.

Riding her bike in the snow and chasing a possum out of a mod are among the memories Haude has of her time at Tabor. She also remembers being unde-feated in conference while she played during basketball sea-son. You could most likely find her and her husband at sporting events at Tabor.

Haude’s office is in the Stu-dent Success & Career Services

Office in the library. As she says, “I want to get to know people. I want to hear their story.” So go and visit her in her office or find her at a football game, she’d love to get to know you.

Jake SchenkYou may have seen Jake

Schenk around campus and wondered what he does. Schenk is our new Director of Campus Ministries. In this position it is his job to organize the chapels, oversee small group, and get to know and minister to students.

Schenk graduated from Tabor with a dual degree in Physical Education and Bible in 2006. After graduating he coached football. Two years at Tabor and Two at Greenville College Illi-nois, but he always felt called to sports and ministry. As he says, “God gave me football as some-thing to enjoy while He prepared

Photos by Zach BissellWelcome BackLeft: Jake Schenk sits at his desk thinking about several different things that are happening around campus as well as what God is doing.Right: Erica Haude takes a break from helping students to enjoy some company.Both Schenk and Haude are Tabor Grads that have come back to give back to the Tabor community.

One of the new additions to the Tabor College curricu-lum this year is Concerto Bella Voche, the women’s chorale that is directed by new coming professor Janie Brokenicky.

“It’s Italian for ‘a collection of beautiful voices,’” said Bro-kenicky. “Women’s chorale be-fore was a very universal name and you’d hear it and think it could be anyone’s choir. Con-certo Bella Voche will, after a while, become a familiar name for Tabor and help give the group identity.”

Brokenicky joined the Tabor music department after apply-ing for Assistant Professor of Choral Music at the request of Dr. Brad Vogel.

“I’m thrilled to have Janie here,” said Vogel. “When the position opened, I ran into her at the National Association of Teachers of Singing and I talk-ed to her and asked her to ap-

Kelsey UnruhReporter

New Women’s Choral group on campus

ply. There were 30 applicants.”One of the reasons Bro-

kenicky was picked for the posi-tion was because of her previous work records with other chorale groups.

“Getting the group re-estab-lished was the primary goal,” said Vogel. “The goal over 3 years is to have 40 voices in women’s choral. Janie is very good, and has a track record of building good chorale programs. She’s the perfect person for the position.”

Brokenicky is looking for-ward to what the school year will bring.

“I’m excited for the girls to have such a strong variety in musical performances,” said Brokenicky. “We will get to per-form on our own at the Thanks-giving concert and we are tour-ing, but we also get to sing The Messiah with the concert choir. I never got these opportunities in college, so I’m excited for all of these opportunities for the girls.”

Student Senate is planning to help students even more this year than in previous years. They are looking to start a “Ta-bor Proud Campaign.”

“Tabor Proud is a fundraising effort to raise money for students who experience a family cri-sis during the year” said Senate President Mike Klaassen.

Mission statement for the new

See SENATE, pg 2

Former students return to key staff roles

See STAFF, pg 2

Student Senate sets up new campaign

Zach BissellEditor-in-chief

Taborstock success despite rainKelsey Unruh

Reporter

This year, the bands at Taborstock didn’t let the Kansas weather rain on their parade.

Even though it was in the 40s and rainy, the Stu-dent Activities Board (SAB) still hostsed the annual music festival in the Lohrenz Chapel on May 4.

The first musical act was a familiar face on Tabor campus, junior Joshua Murphy.

Murphy has performed his original pieces at vari-ous talent shows and events at Tabor. He was invited by SAB to perform at Taborstock.

Murphy was a primary draw for many of his fel-low classmates to attend the Taborstock festivities.

The second act of the day was Robert Kelly, a na-tive of Texas who now resides in Nashville.

Kelly brought a fun and light mood with him and his acoustic guitar, giving off the coffee shop vibe, which was embraced by the students who listened to him.

Jake Ousley, Nashville singer/songwriter followed with an earnest and comfortable accoustic set.

“Jake’s accoustic tones were so clear. His vocals reminded me a lot of James Taylor or Brett Dennen,” said freshman Allie Jost.

The Broken Resolve went up next. Originally they were going to perform with their electric instru-ments, but decided to stick with the coffee shop feel and perform acoustic.

The mood of Taborstock turned a full 180 with the

last band of the night, who were far from acoustic.The most well-known band, Unspoken, had a big

impact on many attendees.“Unspoken was amazing. They treated us like old

friends” freshman Tristen Long said. “It was great to see artists play that you hear on K-Love and other ra-dio stations. I met them after the show. [They were] super nice and cool guys.”

The festival was brought to a close with the final performance by Shine Bright Baby, a female fronted pop-punk band from Ohio, took the stage and made it theirs.

With a sound that is awfully close to Paramore, but with more Christian-based lyrics, Shine Bright Baby drew the crowd in with their energy and spunk.

“I liked Shine Bright Baby. They were just fun and energetic,” said sophomore Carly Willhelm.

Campus Ministries Council also contributed to Taborstock, providing henna tattoos, cotton candy and hosting various games in between musical acts throughout the day.

SAB intends to host the event again in the spring of 2014.

Indoor Festivities Clock-wise starting at the left.Robert Kelly, Texas Native, sets the Coffee House vibe.The popular Christian band, Unspoken, performs for stu-dents in the chapel.Joshua Murphy participates in a hot dog eating contest hosted by the Campus Minis-tries Council.Jake Ousley engages listeners with his accoustic set.

Josh TrieglaffReporter

Responsible recycling on campus helps converse resources

The movie WALL-E is a good example of what will happen to our world if we stop recycling.

Our landfills will get bigger and bigger, filling the earth with trash.

The trash will increase the death of animals, cre-ate toxic chemicals that will get into the ground-water causing an increase in sicknesses and create fumes in the air to release chemicals that will make it difficult to breathe.

The reality is that the face of humanity would change if recycling ceased to exist.

This is what will happen to Hillsboro if we cease to recycle. Tabor College and the community would be filled with trash and lose its appeal for both students and residents.

Wilhelmina Witt, junior, is involved with help-ing our campus to be responsible recyclers. She wants students to be aware of the importance of recycling.

“[Recycling] is taking care of God’s creation. As Christians it’s important, ” Witt said.

The recycling center on campus is located in the Jay Wash. There are different bins for different materials such as newspapers, office paper, glossy paper, glass, plastic, aluminum, tin cans and batter-ies, which are all recyclable materials.

Witt explained that on the bottom of the plas-tic material there is a number that represents the lower and higher level of plastic. The numbers one through seven signify the ease with which the plas-tic will melt. The higher the number the more dif-ficult it is for the plastic to be melted.

Witt transports the recycled materials from the Jay Wash to the recycling center in Hillsboro which is then taken to a facility in McPherson.

Witt encourages students to recycle because it reduces the amount of trash. She explains that re-cycling is a selfless way to save and conserve the environment.

In a study she conducted on campus she discov-ered that about 20 percent of trash from the guys and girls quads are recyclable by weight.

Witt expressed that one of her frustrations that she has with students is that they like to mix the trash and the recyclable materials together.

“I personally dig out the trash with my bare hands,” she said.

Do the environment, and Witt, a favor and be responsible recyclers.

Taborstock Performers


Photos by Nicole Tunks

J-MurphRobert Kelly

The Broken ResolveJake Ousley

Shine Bright BabyUnspoken

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