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Three weeks ago freshman Bethany Saxe tried to connect to Taylor’s wireless network. Unfortunately she received an ominous notice: Campus Manager had quarantined her computer. Saxe’s laptop was one of about 15 percent of student PCs unnecessarily quaran-tined when Taylor’s Syman-tec server failed. The server could not tell Campus Man-ager, an online component that verifi es virus protection on student PCs, whether students’ Symantec Antivi-rus programs were working. Campus Manager therefore quarantined the computers in question. “It was very inconvenient,” Saxe said. “Thankfully, [In-formation Technology (IT)] fi xed it themselves.” T.J. Higley, client services manager, said IT staff re-sponded by manually allow-ing quarantined computers network access. Staff also re-moved the antivirus require-ment for computers register-ing to the network. Ordinarily, Campus Man-ager verifi es the correct in-stallation of Symantec Anti-virus on student PCs. It scans computers for perceived spyware and viruses. After the scan, Campus Manager quarantines infected PCs, without Symantec Antivi-rus, with the wrong version or with a corrupt Antivirus program. Rob Linehan, associate vice president for informa-tion technology, said Cam-pus Manager is still scanning for virus activity. The failed server means students’ anti-virus programs are not auto-matically updating. "A student’s antivirus will work today, but it’s not checking in with the man-aged server to get updates,” Linehan said. Students should run Live Update weekly to download recent virus information. The new Symantec server will arrive in a few weeks. Until then IT is using a tem-porary server, testing re-confi guring all campus PCs when the new server arrives. Higley is encouraged by the success the tests that in-volves running a 30-second utility attached to an e-mail. Students will receive this e-mail when the new server ar-rives and will need to recon-fi gure PCs for the server. Linehan emphasis on guarding PCs from viruses is a new trend. “Five years ago, we didn’t spend this kind of money in virus protection,” he said. The prevalence of new vi-rus strains, created for rea-sons that range from chal-lenge and notoriety to malice and espionage, has caused universities to safeguard computers. “We’re trying to focus on the vast majority of students that don’t have problems,” Higley said. “We’re trying to protect them.”

Although this weekend seemed ordinary to most Taylor students, it was a time to remember for hundreds of alumni. “Homecoming is a time when Taylor alumni return to their beloved campus to reminisce and reconnect with their Taylor classmates,” Paula Davis, associate direc-tor of alumni relations, said. “That’s exactly what hap-pened last weekend.” During Homecoming Weekend alumni returned to Taylor for 13 class reunions. Traditional events included the Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, an alumni brunch, a 10-year chorale and sounds reunion, a football game and the Bell Tower Classic. Unlike years past, howev-er, this year’s events includ-ed a parade. The parade’s theme was “Catch the Spir-it.” Twelve groups followed Vayhinger Circle, distribut-ing candy to eager bystand-ers along the way. Senior Jess Cuthbert organized the parade for the Homecoming cabinet. “It was exciting to be a part of the fi rst parade in over 30

years,” Cuthbert said. “We are hoping that this will be the fi rst of many parades at Taylor and that many more

students and alumni will par-ticipate in the coming years. I know it could develop into a great Taylor tradition.”

Another main event, the 5K walk/run, started at the Zondervan Library. Students won prizes at a raffl e held

during the event. “I think one of the best parts was seeing alumni run the 5K and recognizing how much they truly enjoyed be-ing with fellow alumni,” sophomore Tamara Shaya said. “It was really neat to be a part of that and to know one day I’ll have the oppor-tunity to do the same.” Alumni enjoyed meeting the Habeckers, who are also Taylor graduates. A welcome home concert was held on Friday in honor of the Ha-beckers. “More important was the excitement felt across the campus from all areas for our new president, Dr. Eugene Habecker, and his dear wife, Marylou,” Board of Trust-ees member Don Jacobsen (‘53) said, “Their warmth, spiritual commitment and leadership capability, even after a very short period of time, has had a very positive impact on the entire Taylor community.” Those in the alumni offi ce expressed excitement for this weekend’s success. “God truly poured out his blessings on Taylor Univer-sity during Homecoming 2005!” Davis said.

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SINCE 1915 - VOLUME 93, NO. 8OCTOBER 14, 2005 T A Y L O R U N I V E R S I T Y

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BY STEPHANIE SNIDERASSOCIATE EDITOR

CHOResnet weathers storm BY CHRISTIANNA LUY &

JORDAN ZANDI

BY CHRISSIE THOMPSONCONTRIBUTOR

Photo by Allise GoldsmithThe Habecker's homecoming reception Friday night included a recitation of the Gettysburg Address. The evening was a success with performances by the Taylor Chorale, Sounds, Jazz band, and Ringers. Dr. Habecker and other alumni also performed.

Alumni fl ood campus

Saturday morning was not an average morning at Tay-lor University’s Fort Wayne campus. Instead of sleeping past noon, students in Schul-tz Residence Hall awoke at 5:45 a.m. to a fi re. Thank-fully, only 22 of the 35 male residents and one staff mem-ber were in the dorm. All es-caped unharmed. “There’s heavy fi re dam-age on the fi rst fl oor, which is a sub-basement level,” Fort Wayne Fire Department’s Bob Amber said. “The sec-ond fl oor has moderate fi re damage and heavy smoke damage. The third fl oor has heavy smoke damage.” Currently, the start of

the fi re has not been deter-mined. “It was crazy because may-be two to three minutes after we had all gotten out, we saw fi re coming out of the top of the door where we had just come through,” Schultz resi-dent Jeremiah Larkin said. Sherri Harter, associate vice president for advance-ment, said, “God’s hand of protection was on the resi-dents of Schultz Hall. We are extremely thankful he guid-ed the campus safety offi cer and residence life staff to discover the fi re early, before any personal injury was suf-fered.” Later in the day students were allowed to grab only personal items. These in-

cluded wallets, keys and medicines. By Saturday afternoon resi-dence life staff had identifi ed places in other residence halls for students to live. Students' personal pos-sessions are not covered by Taylor’s insurance. Taylor's student handbook states stu-dents need their own insur-ance policy. This is true for the Upland campus as well. In fact, the Red Cross has generously provided stu-dents with vouchers for clothing and toiletries. Also, the Taylor University Fort Wayne bookstore is work-ing with students to replace classroom materials and text-books. The damage done to the

building was extensive, but the insurance policy pro-vides for restoration of the building to full use at current building code requirements. “We are cooperating fully with all aspects of the inves-tigation,” Dean of Students Dr. Randall Dodge said. It could take up to four weeks before the insurance evaluation is complete. Pres-ently a target date for the re-building can be made. Wednesday's chapel offer-ing amassed $1,134 for the 35 residents. According to Dodge, the donations will be go to the student emergency fund. In addition, a van full of clothing donated by Up-land students was delivered Thursday evening.

Schultz residents met with Dodge and other student development staff on Thurs-day to explore solutions for students without insurance. They also discussed whether deductibles should be sup-ported to meet immediate material needs. Everything is on a case-by-case basis. Campus offi cials are still unclear about whether it is better to renovate the dorm or rebuild it. Dodge said the fl oor and wall joists appear to be in fairly good shape for a 100-year-old building. Renovating the dorm would require a massive overhaul, potentially requiring handi-capped accessibility, new room sizes, closet sizes and doors.

Photo by D.J. HortonJunior Christy Morgan runs in the annual Homecoming 5K walk/run early Saturday morning. Alumni, students and staff gathered in front of the Zondervan Library at 8:00 a.m. Some were dressed in professional running gear while others came in a simple T-shirt and shorts. During the event door prizes were given away through a random drawing.

Photo by Amy WoodBrother and sister wings Third East Olson and Third East Wengatz march in Saturday's Homecom-ing parade. Their parade attire consisted of matching green jackets the wings designed together. The parade was the fi rst of its kind at a Taylor Homecoming. Twelve parade entries included campus professional departments, dorms, extracurricular activites and sports teams.

Fire destroys dorm

Extra! Extra!

Set for success

Seniors' Disneyset goes togood use

X-Gamesprove

exciting

Retired Wal-Mart Vice Chairman and Chief Operat-ing Offi cer Don Soderquist spoke to students about busi-ness ethics on Monday. He discussed how the practice of ethics and values relates to our faith and the way we live our lives. Soderquist’s lecture, en-titled “Ethical Leadership in a Rapidly Changing Society,” expounded on the funda-mental breakdown of ethics and morals in our society. He showed how the line be-tween right and wrong has become blurred. “In America today we have become so confused about what is right and what is wrong,” Soderquist said. “There are absolutes in this world. It is wrong to lie, cheat or steal.” Soderquist drew much of his presentation from his experience working for Wal-Mart. He shared the importance of Christian principles within the business world. “You have to put strict

boundaries and guidelines to the way you conduct busi-ness,” Soderquist said. “Eth-ics involve doing what is right.”

He likened values to fenc-es, saying values are the ve-hicle that help us determine how we conduct ourselves. In business we need to op-erate within these values, or fences, in order to conduct our business in a morally and ethically sound way. “Every company has a cer-tain set of values,” he said. “When you are entering the work force and looking for a prospective company, you should look for companies

that have values based on your own set of values.” Soderquist also encour-aged students to be mindful of Christian values. Sophomore Jessica Wit-tebols said, "He stressed the importance of Christians making the right decisions in the workplace and conduct-ing business in the way that they live their lives.” He emphasized the impor-tance of being a missionary wherever God places you. “Every Monday morning there are millions of mission-aries who go to work and can be missionaries. That is what I call you to be,” Soderquist said. He called on Christians to express God's love in the care and concern they show fel-low workers. Soderquist recalled an in-stance in which he lead a co-worker, and life-long Mus-lim, to Christ. Now retired from Wal-Mart, Soderquist is the founding executive of the Soderquist Center for Leadership and Ethics in Arkansas.

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News

BY ROB KOLUCHCONTRIBUTOR

OCTOBER 14, 2005

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X-Games score big This week students par-ticipated in the X-Games, a long-standing Taylor tradi-tion. The Student Activities Council hosted sand vol-leyball on Monday night, ultimate Frisbee Tuesday, street hockey and wiffl eball Wednesday and dodgeball Thursday. Students signed up in the dinning commons in order to participate. Around one hundred students chose to play. Each winning team

took home free X-Games T-shirts. Senior Mike Harrell was in charge of the events this year. “[The goal of the games is to have] fun and exciting games that will help bring the student body together,” Harrell said. The variety of the games this year added to the X-Games’ allure. People were able to play a sport they loved. Sophomore Matt Harrell participated in the sand vol-leyball competition. He was

happy with the way the games progressed. “It was really organized with line judges, allow-ing the games to go a lot smoother,” Harrell said. The brevity of the games was also a plus, allowing students to participate with-out taking them away from other commitments. “The stakes are high and the season’s short,” senior Kevin Dufendach said. He was excited about the ultimate Frisbee game. “It’s only the best game ever invented,” he said.

Photo by Amy WoodFreshman Nate Toldt and Junior Sean Moriarty play in the fi nal round of dodgeball.

Former Wal-Mart executive explores business ethics

“In America today we have become so confused about what is right and what is wrong. There are no absolutes in this world. It is wrong to lie, cheat or steal. " Don Soderquist

BY JOE PATTONCONTRIBUTOR

Last week student body pesident Matt Mancinelli passionately pleaded with students to get involved and support three ministries. Mancinelli called students to support a City Life concert, an AIDS fundraising cam-paign and an AIDS house in Thailand.

Rapping for Jesus

Marion youth danced to the hip-hop of Christian rap-per Lecrae last Saturday. The concert was sponsored by City Life. Although only a third of the projected 150 youth attend-ed, they were very receptive to Lecrae’s message. The small crowd discour-aged co-director sophomore Julie Heth. She had a set plan, but God changed it. “God taught me a lot about his plan,” she said. “God had something else in mind.” Indeed he did. Because of the small showing, the ap-proximate 60 Taylor students in attendance were able to spend time with every one of the kids. Event coordinator junior Matt Murray met one group of youth that reeked of smoke. He prayed they would stay

to hear Lecrae’s message. All but one left when he came on stage. Murray noticed, however, the one who stayed seemed very affected by Lec-rae. A few of the youth respond-ed to the altar call. Some talked to Lecrae, the other rappers or City Life about the ministry. “It was a great concert,” Murray said. Like any other free event, the funding had to come from somewhere. City Life looked to Taylor students to each pay one dol-lar to cover the costs. They were still $700 short a week before the concert. Provi-dentially, more than $700 in donations poured in a few days beforehand. Heth hopes the concert will be the fi rst event in an annual ministry. “We want Christ to be glo-rifi ed through everything,” Heth said. “I just pray that He continues to use us to love the kids.”

A call to sacrifi ce

The gauntlet is thrown; the challenge is set. SBP Matt Mancinelli believes Tay-lor has $1 million to give to AIDS relief. He has called each student and faculty member to give

$500. Giving $500 takes sacrifi ce, but Mancinelli has ideas to make it work. “I don’t fi nd it unreasonable for people to get extra jobs or sell their cars or other things to save lives and bring the gospel to people around the world,” he said. Citing the example of the Good Samaritan, Mancinelli said he wants to see Taylor learn what giving means. He does not want Taylor to follow the example of the American church that passes by the needy. “Giving is crucial in our Christian lives; where our treasure lies, there also is our heart,” he said. “I want to see that money go to change the world.” Mancinelli wants to offer opportunities to give, while relying on God to make things happen. He hopes the world will be changed for the better, but he also hopes givers’ lives are ir-revocably changed. He hopes this generation will be self-less givers, giving 30 percent of their income rather than a single digit percentage. “That sounds crazy because of the way we are raised,” he said, “but who set the stan-dard so low? It’s not worth working our lives away just for us and then giving a little on the side.”

Acting on AIDS

Sixty thousand dollars may seem like a drop in the buck-et in the fi ght against AIDS, but it is just enough to save a few lives. An AIDS ministry in Thai-land named “Home of the Open Heart” cares for AIDS orphans in its community. The ministry does more than care for children. It also teaches the community en-trepreneurship as a means to support orphaned infants whose parents die from AIDS. When the community is unable to care for the chil-dren, the center takes care of them in small group homes. The children stay there until they either die of AIDS or are cured and put up for adop-tion. Scarcely fi ve years old, the ministry currently cares for eight orphans. It needs a new building to house the grow-ing number of orphans. To fund the building, Man-cinelli is selling 1,000 pins at $60 each. It is a small token of a commitment to some-thing higher. “I believe that most people can come up with $60,” he said. “With this we can make a huge impact on the lives of some kids … which is a pret-ty sweet opportunity.”

FEATURES

Features

OCTOBER 14, 2005 PAGE 3

Although the seniors did not win Airband, senior DJ Horton celebrated a differ-ent victory. After performing their second-place routine to a Disney medley at Airband, Horton, and fellow seniors donate a crucial aspect of their act, the set. Horton’s 14-by-20 foot set was purchased for an undisclosed amount that matched the production cost. Horton was already reimbursed for his set by his fellow seniors, so the money was donated to the Taylor AIDS fund. Freshman Brianne Dubuque's mother, Ronda Dubuque, bought the set. Ronda is the choral director of Southwood High School in Wabash, Indiana. The set will be used for the school's Spring Spectacular, which has a Disney theme. The set itself is separated

into fi ve 4-by-8 foot pieces that are all labeled for easy assembly. The castle is made of one half inch of foam board with metal elec-trical conduit pipe bracing. The shooting star arc is one inch plastic PVC conduit with rope lights attached. The set is an exact replica of the Disney castle logo.The set took three workers about 30 hours to build. Along with Horton, seniors Jamie Heth and Luke Bur-ket built the set. The rest of the senior cast helped paint it. Horton was thrilled when he found out Ronda was interested in buying his creation. “I felt a bit surprised and proud at the same time," Horton said. "Since the sets normally get thrown away after the show, selling it gave a sense of accomplish-ment, such as the hours spent weren’t solely for the show, but were being used for a better cause also.”

By Nate BaggettFeatures Editor

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Relay for Life Kickoff

Thursday, October 27

8:15p.m.

in the Union

Everyone is invited to come learn more about Relay for Life and opportunities to

get involved.

Enjoy food, fun and prizes!

Relay for Life will take place

February 17 & 18

For more information about the kickoff, helping out on the committee, starting or joining a team, e-mail turelay4life@yahoo.com.

By Erik KielischStaff Writer

Fundraising blitz hits Taylor Seniors sellAirband setProfi ts to benefi t AIDS fund

Photo by Alisse Goldsmith

At Airband the seniors show off their creative Disney set, creat-ed by seniors DJ Horton, Jamie Heth, and Luke Burket. A local choir director bought the set for her school's Spring Spectaclar.

Photo by Alisse Goldsmith

SBP Matt Mancinelli and sophomore Tamara Shaya, center, sell AIDS pins for $60 each in the DC. The ribbon-shaped pins benefi t an AIDS orphan shelter in Thailand. Mancinelli hopes to sell 1,000 pins.

A previous article (Why do we attend chapel?) discussed the purpose of chapel, its at-tendance, and whether or not chapel provides suitable con-ditions under which one is taught, among other things, biblical exegesis. The author took issue with the fi nal element: the quality of instruction in chapel with regard to unearthing deep biblical teaching through ex-egesis. It was written that, “Will Chapel ever be instru-mental in curing the biblical illiteracy of…today?” In my estimation, the struc-ture of chapel is such that it

is not designed for this. Our classes, instead, are. It is required of each Taylor student to take Biblical Lit-erature I, Biblical Literature II, Historic Christian Belief, and Contemporary Chris-tian Belief. The sum of these courses results in two years of illuminating the broad and fi ne points of Scripture, along with delineating the framework of Christendom. This amounts to approxi-mately 150 minutes per week for four semesters, particu-larly in Biblical Literature I and II, that are dedicated to presenting an opportunity for students to learn under

professional oversight. This, I think, is quite a remarkable thing. Referring to cha-pel, the article said, “What is meant by ‘instruction’?” Chapel, as I view it, is obvi-ously not intended to serve the purpose as outlined in the previous article, or else there would be more in depth instruction in the fi eld of biblical exegesis.; consistent themes would be frequent-ly implemented, spanning more than just a few days; and the reason for the afore-mentioned classes would be emaciated. In other words, students would come to cha-

pel and think it was nothing more than another rendition of what they do in class. At-tendance would very quickly lose its appeal. I believe chapel should be regarded as sup-plemental material, or, as al-luded to in the title, a crutch. The classroom is where professors escort students through the complexities, the doctrines, and the signifi -cance of Scripture – that, in a sense, is the gurney. An enormous amount of time specifi ed to assail the religion that is Christianity. Chapel is our support, and it helps ground us more fi rmly

in the efforts already started in the classroom. Applying even the smallest amount of blame to chapel for “our biblical illit-eracy” is misguided. It does not seem that the creators and sustainers of chapel have promised to address this is-sue in any way that is not to be addressed within those two years of study. If anyone holds that chapel frustrates those who seek biblical ex-egesis, then don’t attend. In-stead, delve rigorously into the subject from 10:00-10:50 am.

OPINIONS OCTOBER 14, 2005 PAGE 4

Opinions

Unless you live in a box or a cave or a giant box in-side a cave, you’ve heard all about the new iPod Nano. I’ve never actually seen one in real life, but these mythi-cal Mp3 players are rumored to be as small as three ciga-rettes taped together. They are roughly one-fi fth as big as those little fun-size Gide-on Bibles. When I fi rst saw the myste-rious Nano on http://www.apple.com, I was struck by its beauty. “How beautiful,” I said to myself. “So small, so delicate! So many songs in such little space!” I was captivated by its miniature dimensions and slic, sexy design. “I must have one,” I told myself, casting a side-long glance at my own big, fat, ugly, stupid, fat, ugly regular iPod. Why was I cursed with such a stupid fat iPod when much cooler peo-ple walk around with such snazzy ones? As I continue to refl ect on my unfortunate Nano-less condition, I wonder what my outdated, oversized iPod tells me about my manhood. Today it seems like every-thing is getting smaller and sexier. Cell phones are get-ting thinner and can take pictures. Flat-screen TVs, laptops and supermodels are getting thinner too. With the media hyping these new products and the super-cool elite rushing out to buy them like hotcakes, it’s very easy to feel left in the dust. Back in the good old days, men knew they were men by how big their guns were. Cowboys with big guns could wave them at other cowboys and Indians. This way, every-one would know how manly they were. As the decades rolled on, however, the sym-bols of manhood became less tough. Even in the 50s, when guys were comparing engine sizes on hotrods, they still had the basics right: bigger things correspond to more virile manhood. Today it seems we have it all backward. Since when were the cool guys the ones with tiny accessories? Hav-ing many foxy little gadgets is about as manly as being a good listener or talking about your feelings. The same thing goes for personal appearance. Forty years ago the guy who spent 20 minutes doing his hair be-fore school got called a sissy as he was punched in the kidneys. Now he's the cap-tian of the football team! Since when did being more girly make guys more manly? What’s the deal with fellows wearing sexy styl-ish clothes, carrying around dainty little digital cameras and using coupons for free manicures? We need to get back to the basics, when you could tell a real man by the size of his axe or how long he went without washing his cutting-down-trees shirt. So down with the iPod Nano! Down with moistur-izing lotions and accessory bags. Down with tiny phones and little things of all sorts. Real men like their beards bushy, their cell-phones bulky and their clothing ill-fi tting and slightly rank.

JOE RINGENBERGOPINIONS EDITOR

Say no to nano

BY MARC BELCASTRO

Chapel: a crutch or a gurney?

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Letters to the Editor

In response to Laura Harts-horn’s article about e-mail for Taylor graduates, it is ob-vious that she is uninformed, and it occurred to me that many other Taylor students might be uninformed as well. Taylor does have e-mail for graduates, and our program is almost identical to the e-mail system at Harvard that Ms. Hartshorn described. Taylor offers e-mail forward-ing to graduates, provided the alumni offi ce knows your current e-mail address. This is the e-mail for-mat: instead of fi rstname_lastname@taylor.edu it is fi rstname.lastname@alumni.taylor.edu. So, if you know Joe Ringenberg went to Tay-lor you can contact him at joe.ringenberg@alumni.tay-lor.edu and, if we have been notifi ed of his current e-mail address at (for example) ya-hoo.com, then e-mail will be automatically forwarded to

that account. One of the primary pur-poses of offering this format is that students can use it on resumes and applica-tions, and, after they gradu-ate, their Taylor-formatted e-mail will forward to their account. If they use this ac-count as a student, it will for-ward to their student e-mail account. Keep in mind that student accounts are active after graduation until Au-gust or September, at which time forwarding will go to the individual’s newly-es-tablished e-mail account at gmail, yahoo, etc. As for email that is saved on a student account, it does not automatically forward to the alumni account. That does need to be done manu-ally. I hope this information helps and that students will utilize this continuing e-mail service.

Lately I’ve been wonder-ing about the Taylor commu-nity. What does Taylor have that other places are missing? Because the more that I think about it, and the more I ex-perience life at Taylor, I don’t see Taylor as a unique insti-tution among the masses. In talking to my P.A. and some other friends, I was struck with the realization that the outside world is not the scary place that some Christians imagine it to be. In my work environment this summer, I was accepted and befriended by total strang-ers. These people truly de-sired to get to know me. The same thing went for my P.A. and for numerous friends in secular work environments. So why is it that the world outside of Christendom, which doesn’t share our be-liefs, is more ready to accept and build relationships with “outsiders”? I would venture to say that its because the culture doesn’t have a strict defi ni-

tion of what is acceptable, and therefore is less con-cerned with what you do and more concerned with who you are. Within Christianity, I see a tendency to let our be-liefs rule our friendships and interaction with others. We, who are called by Christ to love others, are instead the people that are being showed love, and not by other Chris-tians, but by people outside of our belief system! I know that all people are capable of love, regardless of religion, but can you see the great extent to which the church is failing itself and others? How are people, Christians or otherwise, go-ing to realize and accept the love of Christ if they never see it? I have the overwhelming feeling that Taylor students are content with mediocrity. If we don’t step out of our boxes, if we talk to our group of friends who share our interests and our political views and our background, we’re safe. Since when was

being safe the ultimate goal in life? Safe is boring, safe is tired, safe is unsatisfying. Who would consider being called “safe” a compliment? Are we called to be safe? I would say no. Feeling safe within groups of friends, or feeling safe on campus is not the same thing as being con-tented within a timid com-munity. Some synonyms for “community” are “kin-ship” and “neighborhood” – community evokes familial thoughts, friendly disposi-tions, and love. Let us realize that the Taylor community is fl awed, and, instead of doing nothing, act to change it for the better. Act in love – say hello, smile, don’t be afraid to show interest. Why do these things scare us? Look people in the eyes when you pass them on the sidewalk instead of staring at your wrists as if they’re the most fascinat-ing things you’ve ever seen. Our campus won’t grow like it could (and should) unless we are willing to take steps to facilitate that growth.

As a Christian at Tay-lor University I have been troubled with the men and women on this campus for quite some time now. As Christians we are called to show the love of Christ to the world. We hear this every single day at Taylor whether in chapel or in class or dur-ing small group time. So what does this mean exactly? I would like to challenge the men and women on this cam-pus to become more broken, informed, and knowledge-able about issues that con-cern our brothers and sisters around the world. At the beginning of the school year, Hurricane Ka-trina hit the southern coast of the United States. To date over 1,100 deaths have been reported. The news cover-age has expanded over the past month and will contin-ue for a long time to come. The American people have stepped up and poured out their lives upon the suffering they have encountered on our own soil.

It has been an amazing time of brotherly love that is so incredible to witness. Yesterday, there was a level seven earthquake in Pakistan that took over 20,000 lives. I have heard not one word on this campus about this trag-edy. I would dare to say that few know it even happened. It boggles my mind that peo-ple break and mourn over a thousand deaths from hurri-cane Katrina (and rightly so) but don’t even fl inch (or are even aware of this catastro-phe) when thousands upon thousands of our brothers and sisters abroad die on a daily basis. This is an incredible uni-versity fi lled with many wonderful men and women who truly love God and their neighbors. However, I want to challenge all of us to become more aware and equally break for the victims Hurricane Katrina and the tens of thousands who were killed by the earthquake in Pakistan. We need to expand our love and concern to ev-ery region on the planet.

Letters to the editor

Taylor e-mailfor graduatesBY MARTY SONGER

Questioning communityBY LAUREN HARTSHORN

In the long summer days, the ole’ group and I would often times go to the lake, get a campfi re going and watch the warmth of the sun recede into the cool of night. The only thing half as good as the fellowship was the beer. Yes, that's right: beer. I don’t think there’s any-thing better than sliding that wedge of lime down the neck of a nice cold Corona and mulling over life, love, phi-losophy, and movie quotes. Forget dancing. Why are we so caught up on dancing? If we are going to get a revision to ‘University Expectations’, let it be the drinking policy. And I quote: “The commu-nity recognizes the dangers to one’s physical well being in use of certain products.

Therefore we are to refrain from the use of tobacco, al-cohol, hallucinogenic drugs, and substances...” (more or less). Of the “substances”, to-bacco and alcohol are legal. Now, tobacco in itself has no redeeming qualities. At all. There is nothing that could justify smoking. As for alco-hol, I can name a thousand redeeming justifi cations, but for reasons of space, I offer one. Alcohol makes us live longer. Yes, it’s true. The an-tioxidants in wine along with resveratrol, a naturally occur-ing substance in wine, make it heart-healthy and can even help you live longer. All googling aside, I think responsible drinkers should be allowed to drink. I don’t think alcohol is a hill to die on, nor do I think it’s a big

issue, but c’mon, what’s the big deal? Those of us of age should be able to order a beer at dinner (take note of this DC and Grille-new menu items), go to a professor’s house and bring them a bottle of wine, or even just sit back and relax with a nice Long Island Iced Tea without the fear we’ll get punished for something that is neither illegal nor immoral. In short, I am not advocating drunkenness – not at all. I’d like to think I’m just advocat-ing that responsible Jesus we saw at the wedding, keeping the party going with a little wine-treatment, lest the fi -esta sizzles out. Leave dancing to Wheaton; I’d rather have a Samuel Ad-ams anyway.

BY ADAM DOLCE

Suds in campus bubble

BY KAITLYN DUGAN

Avoid apathy

Goofus tells lewd jokes and watches the OC.Gallant reads Wild at Heart and

discusses it with his accountability partner.

by Brad Johnston

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A & E

“Thumbsucker” tells the story of a teenage boy, Justin (played by newcomer Lou Taylor Pucci), who is in the last throes of awkward ado-lescence. The movie diverges, how-ever, from the coming-of-age genre. It portrays people as real and dynamic charac-ters. In other films of this type parents are inconsid-erate monsters. Teachers are rigid and draconian. In “Thumbsucker,” they begin this way, but gradually reveal their own human intricacies. Vincent D’Onofrio and Tilda Swinton play Justin’s parents. They insist their chil-dren call them by their first names – Mike and Audrey. Mike hoped to enter the NFL until he injured his knee in college. Audrey, a nurse, harbors an unrealistic crush on a television actor. Mike does not see much of his own athletic prowess

or manliness in Justin. Justin is quiet, physically awkward and rail-thin. To his father’s chagrin, he compulsively sucks his thumb when under stress. His stress comes not only from his dad, but from other authority figures in his life. Vince Vaughn plays his debate coach, Mr. Geary. Dressed in a sweater-vest and owlish glasses, Vaughn looks like a frustrated nerd grown into a bitter adult. Keanu Reeves plays Justin’s New Age orthodontist. Reeves exaggerates his real-life image as a flaky pseudo-mystic to great comic effect. These introductory scenes comprise the first third of the movie. The marketing cam-paign for “Thumbsucker” promises an unattractive pile-up of recent indie com-edy successes. I was led to expect a liberal dose of “I Heart Huckabees,” a little “Garden State” and a dash of “Donnie Darko.” True to

its advertising, the film suc-cumbs to mere imitation at times. “Thumbsucker” is inter-esting, however, because of

its secret desire to be a full-fledged family drama. Take out the needless surrealist fantasy sequences and the Elliott Smith songs on the

soundtrack and this could be a more innocent version of Robert Redford’s intensely moving “Ordinary People.” On second thought, leave

the Elliott Smith songs alone. Three of the dearly-missed folksinger’s unreleased songs emerged from the vaults for “Thumbsucker.” His cover of Big Star’s “Thirteen” alone is worth the admission price. “Thumbsucker” looks and feels like a hip comedy for misfit 20-somethings. Pucci should get plenty of work playing misfit 20-somethings because he does it awfully well. Overall, however, the story is not suited to this navel-gazing style. Swinton, Vaughn, D’Onofrio and Reeves give stellar perfor-mances. They guide their characters through tectonic shifts in perspective as Justin begins to understand how adults’ minds work. “Thumbsucker” concerns more than one boy’s last bout with teenage angst. It is about how an entire fam-ily goes through adolescence together.

BY JARED BANEA&E EDITOR

Walter Hill’s 1979 street epic, “The Warriors,” became a cult classic. It did so on the strength of its camp value. Despite gang fights breaking out around the country at several of its original screen-ings, today’s audiences are far too savvy to see it as any-thing besides ridiculous fun. In the movie, Cyrus is the leader of the largest and most powerful gang in New York City, the Griffs. He calls a meeting of all the city’s street gangs to be held in the Bronx. Cyrus’ goal is to unify the gangs and take over the city. Luther, the crazed lead-er of the Rogues, rabidly opposes the idea and shoots Cyrus. Seeing the Warriors’ leader standing nearby, he circulates the story that the Warriors are responsible for Cyrus’ murder. The Warriors' leader, Cleon, is killed by the angry mob. The eight remain-ing Warriors find themselves many miles from their home

territory. Every other gang in the city is after them. The movie’s campy charm is clarified by a new intro-duction and comic book-style scene transitions in the director’s cut. Movie produc-ers in 1979 may have been reluctant to release a film so clearly inspired by the look and feel of comic books in 1979. Today, of course, the market is oversaturated with comic book-style mov-ies. This puts “The Warriors” ahead of its time. The movie’s real triumph, however, is its art direction. The black and rainy streets reflect the hard lights of neon signs. Cars bear more resem-blance to distressed military transports than civilian vehi-cles. Every gang is given its own memorable uniform, taking the gangland dress code presented by Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange” to gloriously silly extremes. A gang called the Furies wears baseball uniforms and

multicolored makeup. This makes them look somewhat like the members of KISS. The effect is oddly menacing. The Rogues look a lot like the Ramones. The Orphans look like the Sweat-hogs from the 1970’s sitcom “Welcome Back, Kotter.” Why did this film's release on DVD make me so happy? It is not a good movie. Despite a faint attempt at social com-mentary late in the film, the film muddles its already thin message. I remember seeing the movie on TV as a child. “The Warriors” inspired countless G.I. Joe battles in my home. The movie’s appeal, how-ever, cannot be explained by mere nostalgia. The images and motifs presented in the film stick with the viewer long after the ludicrous plot and terrible dialogue have faded from memory. A video game based on “The Warriors” also comes out this month. Perhaps in this medium, the film can finally be what it always

wanted – a flashy vicarious thrill. It is a costume party offering more lavish sets and costumes than substantial

artistic merit. “The Warriors” is a fasci-nating piece of pop culture and nothing more. As Cyrus

bellows during his opening speech in the film, “Can you dig it?”

Last April Neil Young was treated for a brain aneu-rysm. The folk rock legend was recording a new song, “The Painter,” when he was diagnosed. “The Painter” is the first track on his new album, “Prairie Wind.” The album was recorded before, dur-ing and after his life-threat-ening medical treatment. The song is patient and wistful. The lyrics “If you follow every dream, you might get lost,” sound like the words of a man who believes he has a lot of time left in this world. The next song is an indict-ment of post 9/11 politics called “No Wonder.” Young sings, “Tick, tock. The clock on the wall. No wonder we’re losing time.” This drastically changing per-spective on life makes the record a fascinating por-trayal of a stressful time in the artist’s life. Young produced one classic after another in the 1970s, including the multi-platinum “Harvest.”

Throughout the ‘80s, however, he was a musi-cal chameleon. He released puzzling albums with sty-listic left turns in an attempt to get his record label to free him from his contract. This produced the much-maligned electronic album, “Trans,” and the scathing anti-corporate song, “This Note’s For You.” Young resurfaced in the ‘90s. He returned to his folk roots with the successful comeback album, “Harvest Moon.” “Prairie Wind” has been billed as his best album since “Harvest Moon.” This record seems less like a comeback and more like a valediction. In “Falling off the Face of the Earth,” Young whis-pers in a falsetto higher than his usual tenor. His voice cracks in places, pro-ducing an emotionally res-onant and human sound. His voice has not aged like Bob Dylan’s has. Young still sounds relatively youthful. The vulnerability his voice shows now is comparable to the slight slur in Johnny

Cash’s voice at the end of his life. In “Far From Home” Young sings, “Bury me out on the prairie where the buffalo used to roam, where the Canada geese used to fly, and then I won’t be far from home.” The chorus alludes to all of his major themes – the mistreatment of Native Americans, Canadian heri-tage and farming imagery. In the past, Young sang elegies for fallen friends , including “The Needle and the Damage Done” and “Sleeps with Angels.” In “Prairie Wind,” Young spends more time ponder-ing his own death. “Prairie Wind” is a con-scious effort to show the artist contemplating his mortality. Bob Dylan’s most successful album in the last 20 years, “Time Out of Mind,” did the same thing. Young made a full recov-ery from his aneurysm treat-ment. The result is a com-pelling album that looks at life and death from both sides of the divide.

BY JARED BANEA&E EDITOR

Teen tests family in 'Thumbsucker'

Young's 'Prairie Wind' Alasdair Gray rose to fame in the literary world in 1981 for his Joyce-ian mas-terpiece, Lanark: A Life in Four Books. His most recent collection of short stories, The Ends of Our Tethers, is a much faster read. Gray sets the tone with the first story, “Big Pockets with Buttoned Flaps.” It is droll, irreverent and surprisingly brief. It tells the story of an old man in a park. He has an absurd fixa-tion on military-style cargo pants. A group of teenage ruffians threatens to mug him. Surprisingly, he turns the tables on his would-be assailants with a simple rev-elation about his past. Gray conveys simple and profound truths in his short fiction. At times his stories are funny, as in “Big Pockets with Buttoned Flaps.” “Swan Burial” tells the story of another old man’s inability to embrace changing tech-nology. “No Bluebeard,” the lon-gest piece in the book, begins humorously. The narrator says, “Before talking about Tilda, I’ll mention earlier

wives.” For the next 40 pages, he makes excuse after excuse for why his first two wives left him. He also excuses why his third wife, Tilda, is about to leave him. At first, the reader can only laugh at him. The man finally sees the truth about himself though, in the moving final scene. Gray’s stories are full of wit. He is at his best, howev-er, when his humor is work-ing toward a quietly dev-astating climax, as in “No Bluebeard.” “Job’s Skin Game” relo-cates the biblical story in modern times. The narrator is afflicted by chronic ecze-ma and loses his sons in the 9/11 attacks. Gray's retelling faithfully preserves the irony and redemption of the oldest book in the Bible. Although “Sinkings” is bitingly sarcastic, it is so for good cause. The tone is per-fectly suited to this story of unconscionable social sabo-tage. Gray eventually reveals that the events in “Sinkings” actually happened to his friend during secondary school. Gray does not stray very far from what one imagines he already knows well as an esteemed author and pro-

fessor of creative writing at Glasgow University. His main characters are often middle-aged men facing the minor crises of getting older. His stories, however, pos-sess truth and sophisticated observation found where a writer is intimately famil-iar with his subject matter. The vividness of his stories redeems their somewhat parochial outlook. The best story, “Aiblins,” is about a pompous know-it-all writing student named Luke Aiblins. His teacher is never able to school him in humility. In the following years, the teacher begins to fear that Aiblins was truly a genius. He fears he sim-ply failed to give his former student the admiration he deserved. A surprising visit from Aiblins, now a piteous and lonely adult, changes his mind. The visit, however, leaves him with a new set of questions about his own life. The Ends of Our Tethers is 176 pages in length and set in large type. It is a brisk sat-isfying collection of stories. It is also a fine example of Glasgow’s rich cultural tra-dition. It is ripe for discovery by the rest of the world.

BY JARED BANEA&E EDITOR

Gray's tales impress

Cult classic receives director's cut DVD revivalBY JARED BANEA&E EDITOR

Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

Justin (Lou Taylor Pucci) tries to kick his thumbsucking habit while dealing with school, parents and girl trouble in “Thumbsucker.”

Photo courtesy of The Warriors Movie Site

The elaborately dressed Furies keep the Warriors from getting back to Coney Island in “The Warriors.”

Rock legend undeterred by aneurysm

Sports

Freshman Jenny Peterson (4) attempts to block a kill in the team's early October match against Illinois-Springfield. Sophomore Stacey Jackson waits for the return. The Trojans won 3-0.

SPORTS OCTOBER 14, 2005 PAGE 6

Volleyball breaks hot streak

Photo by Amy Wood

Taylor's exceptional deven-sive play was not enough to help the football team overcome its poor offensive execution on Saturday. The Trojans lost 30-17 to the 18th-ranked Blue Knights of Ur-bana. Looking for their fi rst win of the season, the Trojans came ready to play in front of the homecoming weekend crowd at Jim Wheeler Me-morial Stadium. Taylor responded to an early Urbana touchdown with two touchdowns of its own. Anthony Lee found a gap and went 51 yards for a touchdown. The second score was a 38-yard touch-down pass from quarterback Wes Krider to Mike Simon, who caught four of Krider's passes for a total of 81 yards. Still, the Blue Knights stayed in the game. They took advantage of Taylor’s mistakes, including two fumbles that gave Urbana excellent fi eld position.

Taylor was leading 17-14 near the end of the second quarter. The Trojans, how-ever, lost the lead when Urbana’s quarterback, Ryan Gehlert, found receiver Will Thompson for a 40-yard touchdown reception. In the second half the Tro-jans defense did all it could to keep the game close, hold-ing Urbana to only three fi eld goals. Taylor’s offense, however, was never able to fi nd its rhythm. Krider threw three intercep-tions. His receivers dropped multiple passes that would have resulted in fi rst downs. Simon realized the offense’s ineffi ciency cost his team the game. “The defense stepped up and played phenomenal,” Simon said. “If we had exe-cuted better, we would have come out on top.” Despite the loss, Taylor head coach Steve Wilt was pleased with his team’s per-formance. “I’m really proud of the team effort, especially our defense,” Wilt said. “We

preached team unity this week, and we just keep try-ing to improve.” Todd Murgatroyd, Ur-bana’s head coach, knew his team was in for a fi ght against the Trojans. “You’ve got to be ready to play every Saturday, no mat-ter what,” Murgatroyd said. “We’ve got great respect here for what Coach [Wilt] is do-ing with this program, and we know they always play hard.” The loss brings Taylor’s record on the season to 0-5 and 0-2 in their conference, the Mideast League of the Mid-States Football Associa-tion. Urbana moved to 5-1 on the season and 2-0 in the con-ference. “I want the team to play beyond the scoreboard and its record,” Wilt said. “You grow a lot as a football team as you move through the season, and we just need to focus forward, win or lose.” Taylor’s next home game is tomorrow at 1:30 P.M. against Walsh.

Strong defensive effort falls shortBY ANDREW NEEL STAFF WRITER

Sophomore defensive back Jeremy Lochner returns a punt in Saturday's game against Urbana. The Trojans lost 30-17, despite a strong second-half preformance from their defense.

Photo by Alisse Goldsmith

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SEASON AT A GLANCE

WOMEN'S SOCCER (5-10-1, 2-3-1)Tomorrow 7:00 at Indiana Wesleyan*Wednesday 2:00 Bethel* VOLLEYBALL (16-12, 2-3)Today 3:00 Fall Break TourneyTomorrow 10:00 A.M. Fall Break Tourney

MEN’S TENNIS (5-6, 3-4)

Season ended

Tomorrow 1:30 Walsh*

Home games in bold, * denotes MCC match

WOMEN'S TENNIS (9-3, 6-2)

Season ended

October 22 11:30 MCC Championship

MEN'S SOCCER (8-5-1, 3-2-1) Tomorrow 1:00 at St. Francis*

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

October 22 10:00 MCC Championship

Season ended

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

FOOTBALL (0-5, 0-2)

MEN'S GOLF

The Trojan women’s vol-leyball team is developing a reputation as comeback team. The Trojans rallied twice in consecutive days last week to win two matches. First at home against St. Joseph’s College. Next, they played on the road against Marian College. In both matches Taylor fought to win three games to two. The two victories lifted the Lady Trojans to an over-all record of 16-11 and a Mid-Central Conference record of 2-2. In the match against St. Joseph’s College, the Lady Trojans came out strong. They won the first two games of the match. It appeared that Taylor would come away with an easy three-game vic-tory. But St. Joseph’s rallied to win the next two games and forced a deciding fifth game, played first to 15. The two teams were tied at 6-6 when the Pumas went on a 5-0 run to take control of the game by a score of 11-6. However, the Lady Trojans did not give up. They put together a furious rally to run off five straight points of their own to tie the game at 11-11. From there, it was a back and forth, point-for-point battle. The Trojans finally emerged victorious, winning 16-14 after the Pumas’ final shot landed out of bounds.

“It was a great win men-tally for the girls,” Taylor head coach Brittany Smith said. “To be down that much and come back is huge, espe-cially in a fifth game.” In the match against Marian College the next eve-ning, the Lady Trojans came out strong. They won the first game fairly easily. The Trojans lost the next two games, however, and found themselves down 2-1. But the Lady Trojans were not to be denied. After fall-ing behind in the fourth game, they rallied yet again to come back and win 30-28. This forced a game five in which the Lady Trojans came out and controlled from the start, winning 15-11. Smith credits great defen-sive intensity and senior leadership for the two come-back victories. “Our defense was key in helping us to regain the momentum,” she said. “Everybody did a great job of rising to the occasion.” After hovering around the .500 mark for the early part of the season, the Lady Trojans have won six of their last seven matches. “The girls know they can come back if they find them-selves behind,” Smith said. “What we are emphasizing now is being more consistent as we start playing tougher conference matches.” Taylor did not have to wait long for a tough confer-ence match. On Wednesday night the team traveled to Fort Wayne to take on the

Lady Cougars of St. Francis. They hoped to continue their current hot streak. The team, however, left Hutzell Athletic Center on the receiving end of an embarrassing loss. The Trojans fell to St. Francis three games to none, 31-29, 30-11 and 30-21. After getting off to a fast start 21-13, the team let the Cougars back into the first game. The Trojans had game point at 29-27, but St. Francis managed four straight points to take game one. In game two, things wors-ened for Taylor. Passing remained an issue and the defense struggled. The Trojans were never able to establish any sort of offen-sive rhythm, something they can usually count on. This helped the Cougars stay on the attack, recording big kills and precise blocks. The Trojans managed only 11 points in the game, losing 30-11. Game three played a bit better for Taylor, but St. Francis rallied late. Taylor fell 30-22. The match was one of the worst this season for Taylor because they were uncharacteristically error-prone. The loss dropped the team to 16-12 on the year, 2-3 in conference play. The Lady Trojans will see action today as they kick-off the six-team Fall Break Tournament hosted at Taylor. Match times are 3, 5, and 7 P.M. on Friday, and 10 A.M., 12, and 2 P.M. on Saturday.

BY ROB KOLUCH & TREVOR KIGHT