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opinion news eature sportsColumnists share points o view
on todays issues rom within theNCU community and beyond
The latest news and inormation,
as well as eature stories byNCU journalists and writers
The dynamic NCU student
community engages the cultureand entertainment o the Cities
The latest on NCU Ram sports,
rom the coaches, teams andathletes competing
N o v e m b e r 1 7 , 2 0 1 1 N O R T H C E N T R A L U N I V E R S I T Y M I N N E A P O L I S , M N
Dale Houghton
Fine Arts DepartmentGodspell production
continues or a second
weekend, page 6
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Last Monday, Ireceived a phone
call rom a riendto join them in
attending TylerPerrys production,
The Have andThe Have Nots;the perormance
would occur atthe Orpheum
Theatre locatedin downtown
Minneapolis.The Have and the Have Nots is a story about two amilies
that experience a variety o diculty, including amily
dynamics in struggles, income inequality, and their belie andaith in Christ.
The blended dynamic o the amilies captures the story oa aith journey o the character Rose, and how she remains
a woman who keeps aith in God through the weight odicult circumstances, as well as being a loving support tothose surrounding her.
Tyler Perry is known or incorporating Christian themesand messages through his production company, as well as his
portrayal o the character o Madea throughout most o hisproductions.
I elt the play captured the Christian message in a morecompelling way, which let me eeling encouraged whilebeing challenged in my aith. During intermission, I was so
moved that I began using my phone to search or dates topurchase tickets or my parents as an early Christmas present.
Fortunately, the tour cast was perorming inChicago, IL at the Arie Crown Theater that same weekend,
ater the show I called my parents to conrm their plans orthe weekend, to see i they were able to attend. Later thatnight I purchased the tickets and talked to them about the
show, they inormed me they both loved it.Tyler Perry typically incorporates original compositions in
his productions, and most pieces could be either interpretedas worship or are worship songs. During the production, I
gazed over the crowd or reactions to a characters salvationexperience that a leading character was experiencing, and a
eeling o connectedness rushed over me because a numbero spectators began worshiping in their own waythis wasthe reaction o some audience members a very powerul
public experience.Music is powerul and can strike people to evoke a variety
o emotions. More importantly, music should be recognizedas a git rom God and as an avenue that we are able to utilize
to connect to Him. I began thinking o how unexpected andunique this experience was to me. This public experience oChristians worshiping, in a setting that some people would
only view as to ll solely entertainment purposes, was anastonishing moment o cohesiveness to experience.
Regardless o the setting, we can worship God, with orwithout music. Being open to have the heart o a worshiper, I
believe, includes having the ability to receive and participatein new worship experiences. This is to include when weare worshiping when old or less amiliar worship songs are
played, when guest speakers that bring a message that youdislike, and regardless o what current season you are in.
Worship is ongoing and a lie-long learning process shouldnever be assumed as being gured-out, and remaining
active in pursuit o new horizons or both personal andcorporate settings. This type o behavior is to be expected orall participants o the kingdom o God.
My recommendation would be to watch a ew o Tylersmovies and/or plays. Perrys productions all contain thought-
provoking Christian messages leaving me challenged withhaving much more gratitude or my blessings and driven
to ocus on how I can personally contribute to be more o ablessing to my surroundings.
I there is onething I have
learned romwriting orthe North-
erner, it is
that peopleappreciatehonesty, so
let me beginby sayingthat ater two
and a hal very long, stressed lled years at North Central, Istill do not know what to make o you. I consider many o my
peers to be my riends; close riends that I hope to keep longater I leave this place. There are sermons rom each youth
pastor that molds lives in a certain way that a traditionalgure o authority does not.
Gossip is one o those sermon topics every youth pastorshould have in their arsenal o Wednesday nights. While weall know gossip is wrong, we have heard how its ruined a
persons lie, and more importantly, their social status; there isnot a shortage o it going around school.
Im no saint. I have struggled with gossip, and on occasion,still do. I know most o the secrets hidden within the walls oNorth Central, and I know you have heard some things about
me. Whether theyre true or not is a dierent story. It is airlysae to assume what you have heard about me: inappropri-
ate behavior and language, consumes alcohol, or not a realChristian come to mind. Most o the gossip at North Central
nds its way to me one way or another.What you might not have heard about me is exactly what
I have wanted to keep rom you. I dont beg or attentionlike many that will read this article. In act, that is the exact
reason as to why I do not want mysel to be seen in such alight. How many have heard that I donate 60% o every pay-check I receive? What about the t wo middle school students
I talked out o killing themselves this past summer? I do not
need that kind o attention. I am the last person you will ndstanding on a soapbox preaching on the corner o 14th andElliot, but hopeully this clears the air as to how bad I actually
am. Yes, I like bathroom humor, and wearing a cardboard boxon my head or Halloween, but that shouldnt put my salva-tion into question.
People gossip around these halls all day. Its not right, butits a part o college lie. Talking about the lie and times o
a riend is dierent than pulling second hand inormationabout a stranger out o nowhere. I am in no position to call
anyone out or their imperections, or throw Bible verses atan isolated incident, but there is a need to change the way
we speak about our peers when they are not around; thosewe claim to love, even though we do not know anythingabout them.
Beore moving to 2 West, I made the typical stereotypes like:vanity, substituting aith or material things, and a overall lack
o maturity. Ater my time with them, I couldnt have beenurther rom the truth. I consider my assumptions a mistake,and consider them brothers. Every one o us has made poor
character judgments, whether it is a certain individual, afoor, or an entire building. Simply getting to know each
other as brothers and sisters can stop this, and while I rarelygive a serious answer when it comes to deep concerns, I will
say that stepping out o your personal bubble and meeting anew riend really wont hurt.
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OpinionThe stage is set with two microphones, three
guitars and a piano. The lights dim down, thecrowd starts to cheer as two gures make theirway onto the stage. As the lights slowly brighten,
the light picking o a guitar lls the historicalState Theatre. The sweet sound o a emales
voice dances alongside the picking o the guitar,creating the wonderul beginnings o the Civil
Wars concert.A Caliornia-to-Nashville based band, created by the musical talents o Joy
Williams and John Paul White, The Civil Wars is a unique group due to their lack
o a back-up band. They work with only the bare essentials o guitar, vocals,and, i the song calls or it, piano.
This duo is ull o energy that is ed through their music. While on stage, themusic has an eortless pull on Williams. Her body sways to the rhythm o the
music, making her emotions overfow into a rhythmic melody fowing rom hersoul.
White and Williams have a connection to each other onstage that; music
pulls them together in a firtatious way; drawing the audience into their world.The light touching and swaying beside each other oered a sneak peek into
what they are eeling during their songs.This incredibly talented duo nds themselves silent in between songs, only
using their voices to sing. It would be a nice change rom the music to hear
about who the Civil Wars are behind the music. At times it elt that they werehiding and only interested in playing music.
Surprisingly, it has only taken the Civil Wars three years to get to wherethey are today. This duo has ound what works well or them and their voices.
However, there is one thing that is lacking rom this unbelievably talentedgroup. Civil Wars are in need o an assortment o music. Even though their
songs are incredibly beautiul, they sound alike. There are a ew reasons whythis could be a case: it could be due to their lack o a band, and only eaturingguitar in their songs. Another reason could be that every song has the same
eel to it. Most o their songs are love songs, and they have the same patternin which the song is written. Whatever the reason behind it may be, it is
something that can be changed, ultimately making the Civil Wars a moreversatile band.
The Civil Wars are talented musicians, an entertaining act and a band tokeep your eyes on. As time continues on, their music will reach the ears o newlisteners and will stay in the minds o present listeners.
The Civil Wars Set the MoodBy KELSEY MARRIN
Changing the way
baseball has been run orhundreds o years. Not an
easy task but the new movieMoneyball shows how two
men and some crazy ideashave changed modernbaseball. Moneyball has
received some high praiserom moviegoers and high
praise rom ans o sports andbaseball, however this movie
is not one or only sportsans. The movie stars Brad Pittas the main character Billy
Beane, a middle-aged ailedbaseball prospect turned general manager that must deal
with assembling a team rom scratch. The movie co-starsJonah Hill as Peter Brand, an assistant with the Cleveland
Indians when Beane meets him, who is so impressed with
Brand that he hires him and uses his new system o statisticalanalysis to change the game.
Moneyball is the story o the 2002 Oakland Athleticswhen Beane was running the team. The story involves
Beanes struggle to try to eld a competitive team with therestrictions o running a team with a small budget. Beaneand his newly acquired assistant GM Peter Brand attempt
to use a dierent approach to the business o baseball.Beane and Brand use a sophisticated and new statistical
analysis approach to scout and analyze players. This newway o approaching the game is met with anger and strong
objections rom the other scouts. Brand uses an approachbased on OBP (on base percentage) to nd out what playerswill t together. Using this approach, they are able to eld a
team that is competitive, as well as aordable. The Athleticsand Billy Beane changed how scouts and teams look at
players that year and started a revolution in the baseballworld.
I would recommend this movie to all, even i you do not
care about baseball. This is an onion movie, constructedpurposely to be entertaining on many levels. It can be
watched purely as an entertaining account o modernbaseball history, or how player statistics became one o
the most important actors determining nancial successin modern baseball. For the more sentimental audience,it tracks the journey o a man, orced to embrace change
and disappointment as he wanders aimlessly throughlie, etching out an unremarkable career rst as a ailing
proessional player, then small-time scout, then washed-outGeneral Manager, only to nally wake up and nd himsel
becoming one o the greatest living innovators o the game.Finally, or the abstract-at-heart, and or those who mightnot care as much or the baseball story, this is a tale o an
industry under irreversible changea documentary othe confict between innovators who brave the trials and
struggles to map out the new ways and the old scouts whogo all out to protect their crumbling tur.
Moneyball ScoresBy DEVIN LEHNOFF
As you move into anew city, there are phasesin which you explore
your surrounding area.You may be content with
visiting a place only once,or it could turn into a
avorite hangout. There
are certain places thatjust beg to be discovered
by the culture-curiouscollege student, and the
vibrant; eclectic area oUptown, Minneapolis is
just one o those spots.I you nd yoursel exploring Uptown or
the rst time, or have only hit the standard
places like Chino Latino or the two-level UrbanOuttters, be excited, because there is so much
more to do. Riding bikes around Lake Calhoun,
discovering the cheap nds at Heartbreakerclothing, and visiting the numerous coee shopsare some o my avorites.
When given my assignment to explore
Uptown on a Saturday, I decided to search ornew nds to add to my mix o Minneapolis
repertoire. In the days leading up to my outing,I did some research on Uptown activities that I
had not yet discovered and made a mental listo what I wanted to nd and do on my autumnSaturday.
I woke up Saturday morning to a brisk but
beautiul day and headed o with a riend toFrench Meadow Bakery and Ca or brunch. Theca was bustling with many trendy Minneapolis
citizens starting their day with resh, organic
grub so my riendand I ollowed suitand ordered one
delectable breakastcroissant and one
hearty breakastburrito. Ater nishing
up, we headed o to
enjoy the changingleaves around Lake
Calhoun and skiprocks into the water.
The aternoon oundus exploring the
many thrit stores o Uptown, with EverydayPeople Clothing being our avorite. The entirestore is chock-ull o reasonably priced brand
name clothing and accessories or both menand women. Ater we were shopped out, we
wandered into Magers and Quinn Booksellers
and got lost in our avorite reads until ourstomachs reminded us it was dinnertime. Dinneround us at Stellas Fish Ca, a contemporarychoice or classic seaood, oysters, sushi, and
steak. The decor was a rustic collection o oldboating artiacts and high-backed wooden
booths, making you eel as i youre on a seavoyage.
My day in Uptown was a mixture o enjoyingthe sites, immersing mysel in new oods, andexploring places I had not yet seen beore. The
hip and trendy culture will always provide a day
o un or those willing to explore all it has tooer. Whether Uptown is old news to you, or anew, exciting experience, there will always be
new culture to discover.
Discovering Uptowns Trendy CultureBy JESSICA TRAUDT
Jessie Traudt
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StartUp is an extension o the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conerence and will
be launching this Fall, in partnership with the School o Business at North Central University.In 2010, the need or a resource or the small businesses o Elliot Park neighborhood came
to the attention o the North Central Students In Free Enterprise organization. Ater twosuccessul conerences, the need is only growing.
To ensure that our community has the best opportunities or economic growth and smallbusiness development, SIFE students have decided to create a year-round resource or smallbusiness owners, dreamers and entrepreneurial spirits o the entire Twin Cities area. SIFE
provides support, mentorship and guidance entrepreneuers need while enduring tougheconomic times to make their dreams come true.
StartUp Twin Cities was originally the Small Business and Entrepreneurial Conerence(SBEC). The North Central SIFE team held this conerence or two consecutive years in latespring. Last year, the attendees o SBEC communicated to the SIFE team that they wished
the conerence would happen more oten, and the idea to expand SBEC into a year-roundprogram was born.
We had our rst event October 6th, with 31 attendees, which was a huge turnout or ourrst event, said SIFE member, Elisabeth Johnson.
The tag line or StartUp Twin Cities, is a community based resource or small business
owners and those interested in gaining knowledge about business
practices. This includes entrepreneurial spirits, those in the businessworld who have a vision to expand, and individuals who need an
idea o how to make their business ideas a reality. StartUp TwinCities oers networking opportunities while targeting areas o
business knowledge.There was a networking event on Thursday, Nov. 3rd, which had
a great turnout. The purpose o these meetings is to share StartUps
goal to help make the Twin Cities a thriving community or smallbusiness while giving the owners a resource to grow and network
(not be sold to), so at each month we bring in a keynote speaker and instructors to teachbreakout sessions related to various aspects o business. Then there are breakout workshopswith omit titles such as; Small Business Accounting, Marketing/Brainstorming, and
Starting Your Business.Johnson went on to say, It would be great i North Central students could help us, either
by promoting the events, liking our Facebook page; StartUp Twin Cities, or i they know oanyone who would be interested in sponsoring or speaking at one o our Thursday events.
We would love to have students attend and/or volunteer!
StartUp: A Small Business Launching Pad in the Twin CitiesBy RACHEL KRUK
Impacting more than 250,000 college studentsa year, PULSE Ministries is a movement o
young adults running ater Gods heart or thisgeneration. The ministry has expanded across the
Midwest to over 30 campuses.It all began with a simple journal entry: My lie
exists to put Christ at the pulse o a generation.
Nick Hall, the ounder and chie communicator oPULSE ministries, scrawled this in his notebook
during his reshman year at North Dakota StateUniversity. Two years later, in the all o 2004, he
handed in a proposal to his English proessorentitled PULSE. It became the boiling point or
the ministry.The 15-page assignment outlined a student-led
initiative that could positively change campus.
The proposal swept across NDSU, and duringthe next school year students led prayer groups,
training events, and outreach gatherings.Students really caught onto the vision. They
got excitedand so they took that idea andsaid, Hey, can you bring PULSE here [to othercampuses]? said junior media communications
major Camden McAee, the inormationtechnology associate or PULSE Ministries.
Since its rapid start in 2005, PULSE hasimpacted multitudes o young people through a
our-step process: Prayer, Meetings, Movement,and Donate. The ministry centers on unitingand empowering young people to proclaim the
message o Christ to their peers.Events are typically set up as concerts, where
PULSE brings in the most well-known Christianrock bands to a large university venue. Beore the
headliner, Hall presents a clear message o theGospel.
We want to appeal to this generation and howthey are entertained they like loud music, so
well be as loud as legally possible, McAee said.Currently, PULSE has 14 sta and six interns
among its many volunteers. Their two most recent
events were at universities in Winona, Minn.,and Milwaukee, Wis., where over 1,000 students
responded to the Gospel message.The PULSE process is similar to that o a pulse
in the human body. Like blood in the humanbody, the body o Christ was not intended to be
stagnant.I your blood goes out without returning, it
will lose the nutrients that make it useul. I your
blood goes in without leaving, it will never servethe purpose it was created or. The pulse o a
heart gives evidence that its lie-giving mission isbeing accomplished. As PULSE unolds, believers
are called in and out.The vision o PULSE is still beating strong. This
Christmas season, PULSE will be hosting seven
presentations o The REASON. Each night willeature music and stories rom Sara Groves and
Leeland. During the winter o 2012, the ministrywill be touring with Winter Jam throughout the
United States.PULSE is hosting a massive outreach event
at the University o Minnesota Field House on
Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:00 p.m. U o M students willbe given rst entrance rom 6:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m.,
and aterwards students rom any college arewelcome to attend with a valid student I.D.
Beating Vision or This GenerationBy REBEKAH JACOBSON
Josh Gregory
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Last spring, a new student organization created specically or socialwork majors was launched at North Central. The new organization is
known as S.W.A.T. or Social Workers Actively Training. S.W.A.T. was ormedout o a classroom project in Generalist Practice II, a social work class.
Although it is the result o the collaboration o senior social work majors,it is open to students in any major.S.W.A.T.s purpose is to educate North Central students on these various
organizations that are right outside our doors and in the very communitywe live in, said Director and senior social work major Gabe Olson.
This year S.W.A.T. will be oering volunteer opportunities within North Central as wellas outside o campus. These opportunities will revolve around educating students and
providing resources to the community.We eel that there are many students who have a heart or the outside community butwho may lack the knowledge o how or where to get involved. They may eel that there
is just too much they do not know about the community surrounding North Central and/or the people living in it. My prayer is that S.W.A.T would help to create this knowledge or
students and enable them to share their passions with the outside community, said Olson.Although nothing has been announced yet, the members o S.W.A.T are working on events
that they will oer or the entire student body. Their goal is to give students multiplevolunteer opportunities with various organizations in the community. Volunteering
opportunities will most likely be group-oriented, although students will be able to
volunteer on their own i they choose to.Our plan is to bring urther educational encounters beyond the classroom throughvolunteer opportunities, guest speakers, and collaboration with other organizations on
campus and in our community, said Treasurer and senior social work major HarmoneeWampler.
Some organizations that S.W.A.T. will partner with could include: Hennepin County MedicalCenter, Augustana Health Care Center, Project or Pride in Living, Urban Ventures, Little
Brothers - Friends o the Elderly, Feed My Starving Children, Salvation Army, etc. Many othese agencies rely heavily on their volunteer support and would not be able to providetheir services i it were not or volunteers.
Our goal or this year and or the uture is to bridge the gap between students in socialwork classes and experiences ound outside the classroom setting We want to make
ourselves known to students here on campus as well as organizations outside o NorthCentral, said Wampler.
Turning Passion into ActionBy BEN PIRIE
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is
an organization that strives to see ameasurable impact on community. Theydo that by impacting three areas: people,
planet, and prot.
SIFE gives students an opportunity toapply classroom knowledge to real lie.Some o the benets o being involved
in SIFE includes building your resume,networking with business proessionals,participating in projects to reach the
campus and community or business,learning how to become a leader,
attending career airs, and opportunitiesto secure internships and jobs, said
Executive Director and senior businessadministration major Jamie Welsh.
Bill Tibbetts, assistant proessor o
business and Sam Walton Fellow oSIFE, added, It also gives students
opportunities to ulll Gods calling ontheir lives by making an impact on the
Kingdom through our local community.Last year, the North Central SIFE team
was successul at both the Regional and
National Competition. As the rst runner-up in the rst round at Nationals, North
Central is one o the top 30 schools.This year SIFE started out strong with
Elliot Parks Night to Unite bringing in
1,640 people. SIFE partnered with local
non-prots to begin organizing the eventa year in advance. They provided reeood and medical testing including: STD,
HIV, cholesterol, and lead testing.
SIFE is the organization behindOperation Lunch, where students candonate lunch on Fridays to charity.
Through Operation Lunch, SIFE helpslower the operational costs o non-prots.
NCU Green is also through SIFE.Their motto is the three Rs: Repurpose,
Reuse, and Recycle. The recycling binsthroughout campus are there because o
SIFE.One o the main ocuses o SIFE is
Project SOS. There are multiple activities
included in this, such as Limbo Luau,Financial Challenge, Ring By Spring, and
other events. The main goal o ProjectSOS is to reduce students debt beore
they graduate, as well as increase resumebuilding and interviewing skills.
SIFE also does multiple other projects
throughout the year including: StartUpTwin Cities, Interview Me, Net Ca, and
Clothe the Community. New students, aswell as new ideas, are welcome year-
round.
By AMY LAMBERT
Real Lie Training Grounds
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Moments beore Godspell began, sophomore youth
ministry major Dave Ritter surveyed the set with excitement.Its going to be awesome, he said, predicting the
characters would unite and evolve, connecting with theaudience like never beore.
As the cast opened with a song and launched the audience
into the world o Grant High School, Ritters predictions cametrue.
For opening night, they really started o on a great note,
said reshman English major Jamie Hollins.North Central alumna Hannah Peyton echoed Hollinssentiments, calling the production abulous due to thevariety o talent throughout the musical, mentioning the
acting, singing, and dancing. Godspell presents the parablesrom the Gospel o Matthew in a modern-day setting o a high
school.A large contributing actor to the avorable eedback rom
the audience is the connection between the characters.Director and Assistant Fine Arts Proessor Wayne Matthewscommented that one o the main ocuses or this years
production was character development and how Jesus reallyknew the characters stories. In the early days o rehearsals,
a cast member suggested that to truly get into the minds o
their characters, they should each come up with their own
back-story. In addition, each cast member individually metwith Jesus, portrayed by junior secondary education major
Ben Schrade.Only Jesus knows the ull story o each character on the
stage, said Matthews, a 2003 North Central alumnus. This
has changed the way the cast interacts with each other. Theyhave become closer and more invested in the musical as they
connect more with each o the characters.
Freshman music business major Matt Allen agrees with thisassessment, saying that the innovation and bonding has reallyhelped the cast make Godspell their own unique production.
We have so many creative people and we have really been
able to make it our own, said Allen.The parable o the prodigal son, as told in the style o
comedian Bill Cosby, showcases the unique, high-spunenergy. Allen mentions this as his avorite part o the musical,
stating that it was un to do and represents much o thecreative process o the cast and crew.
Based on the reaction rom opening night, the extra work
paid o. Various audience members repeatedly stated thatthe cast chemistry truly made the story come to lie, while one
also added it made or a high energy show rom beginning to
end.
Although the musical is ull o many playul and humorousmoments, it is also lled with moments that provoke thought
and deep emotion. Senior secondary education major RileyOBrien expressed this in describing his avorite part duringthe Sermon on the Mount scene.
I dont want to give it away, said OBrien, but there is thispoignant moment where the truth o what theyre saying
suddenly hits you and you walk away with something to think
about.Godspell is well worth the time and money, accordingto sophomore youth ministries major Kymberli Tute. Shesummed up many o the cast and audience members
opinions.Its not at all what I expected it to be like, but it was a
pleasant surprise. I thought the best part was how theyinterpreted the characters. It really came to lie or me, said
Tute.The cast has our more per ormances in the North Central
Small Chapel. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.
17 Saturday, Nov. 19 and 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20.Tickets are available or North Central students or $10, seniors
and children under 12 or $12, and adults or $15.
Godspell Puts a Creative Spin on the GospelBy LISA HAWTHORNE
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Dale Houghton
(Far let) Freshman Music Business
major Matt Allen portrays John The
Baptist in Godspell.
(Center) Characters range rom the
jock and the prom queen to the
odd girl and the hillbilly.
(Let) North Centrals production
oGodspellis flled with many
humorous moments.
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Protests are appearing all over America in many major
cities. New York, Cincinnati, Madison, St. Louis and Oaklandare a ew o the dozens o cities that have banded together
to occupy their cities main streets and major parks.Since Oct. 5th, Minneapolis has joined the ranks o
protesters, coming together in solidarity or the 99
percent. Dozenssometimes hundredso people can beseen rallying together or the 99 percent in the government
plaza downtown Minneapolis.In Minneapolis the protests cover a large spectrum
o social issues. According to http://www.occupymn.org/about, Occupy Minneapolis webpage, the issuesrange rom privacy rights to every conceivable orm o
oppression. Most o the Occupy Together movement agreeson one large issue: major changes need to be made to the
banking industry and the stock marketthe one percent.Whoor whatexactly is this 99 percent? According
to the Congressional Budget Oce, rom 1979 to 2007there was an uneven gain in income (based on salary raisesand infation rates) among six income brackets. The gain
is almost 100 percent or the richest quintile o the nation,
but somehow, the top one percent has gained a nearly 300percent increase in their annual salary. The remaining 99
percent are let in the dust in comparisonhence the 99percent.
Why is this important to North Central students? The data
provided by the CBO (and the above graph) only date to2007. In the past our years this gap has grown larger and
shows no sign o stopping without change. Some sources,like Vanity Fair magazine, who published an article our
months beore the Occupy Wall Street protests, say this is avery big deal or any person living in America.
An economy in which most citizens are doing worse year
ater yearan economy like Americasis not likely to dowell over the long haul, said Vanity Fair.
A common voice against the protests urges the Occupiersto look past their world and view the issue rom a global
perspective. By comparison, America embodies the top onepercent o the world. By deault, i someone makes morethan $34,000 a year, they t in the top one percent o the
income bracket o the world.
However, some nancial experts worry. I the incomegap continues to grow at the rate it has been over the last
20 years then America could soon nd itsel below the onepercent line on a global scale.
As the rich get richer the poor get poorer, and i the
income gap increases, the value o the dollar will decreasebecause the majority o Americas money will remain
dormant in bank accounts and investments rather thanbeing circulated through America. While there are many
other actors to this concept, it may make a large impact inthe decline o America.
Occupy Minneapolis is just one small piece to a greater
picture as America clamors or reorm. For many thismay be an opportunity to join in and exercise their First
Amendment rights. For others it may just serve as aconstant awareness o the world outside o North Central.
For all, the Occupy Together protests will serve as alandmark in history as they watch America choose whichturn to make at this proverbial ork in the road.
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In the spring o 2009, North Central had to send o into
the world one o its best and brightestRyan Leak. Forthose who dont know him personally, they might still
recognize him as the ace o Alumni and Friends on NorthCentrals home page at www.northcentral.edu. For thosethat have had the pleasure o knowing him, they know what
a legacy he let behind.
Ater graduation, Leak stayed in Minneapolis or severalmonths trying to gure out what God had or the next stepo his lie. What opened up was a perect tHelp Sta Me.
Help Sta Me is a company in Dallas, Texas that seeks to setup great churches and ministries with the right person orthe job.
Being the natural networker that he is, Leak thrived atHelp Sta Me by connecting people rom all across the
country (including many North Central students) with greatministry opportunities. When the time came to transition
out o Help Sta Me, Leak chose to do what he loves: churchconsulting and entrepreneurialism. Nonetheless, he still
utilizes his large address book o a mind and links churches
looking or new personnel with suitable candidates that hesmet over many years and rom many states.
In January o 2011, Leak started Park Bench Productions, acompany dedicated to creating relevant messages directedat the average consumer.
We work with many secular companies, non-prot
corporations, churches, and ministries to create engagingvisual media that illustrates the necessary message, saidLeak.
The pieces theyve been hired to make have been airedor all sorts o events and purposesrom websites toyouth conventionsincluding a piece or North Centrals
website.On top o the steady stream o clients fowing through
the Park Bench inbox, Leak still nds time to do what hedoes best: connecting and consulting. He does creative
church consulting or a number o ministries. His knackand insight into modern church culture helps churches all
around grow their potential.
I specically consult with stage design, serviceproduction, video, and lighting encouraging church
ministries in ways to engage an ever-distractedcontemporary audience, said Leak.
Leak has also spent a little more than a year as one o the
creative directors at The Oaks Fellowship in South Dallas, led
by Senior Pastor Scott Wilson. Leaks job is to acilitate liveproduction during services. This means that he is in chargeo everything that the camera and live switching teams are
doing. Every part o The Oaks online experience has hadLeaks hand on it.
As i that werent enough, Leak also teaches video
production and scriptwriting at Christ or the Nationsregularly, travels and speaks to churches and youth groups
on occasion, and blogs.When asked what else he possibly has time or, his
response was, Im trying to get in the NBA right now buttheres a lock-out. Leak is clearly a man who does it all.
North Central Alumnus Ryan Leak is Connecting and ConsultingBy STEPHEN KIRST
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Out o the array o campus organizations and
programs at North Central, WOVEN is one o theleast known. Not many students know about it,except or music majors.
WOVEN stands or With One Voice Energizingthe Neighborhood, and provides opportunities
or successul music literacy and per ormanceor the children o downtown Minneapolis.
The children are able to build sel-esteem indeveloping their artistic gits. The program also
acilitates the leadership o North Central studentsthrough the mentoring and teaching involvedduring lessons.
It is WOVENs vision to see the artistic gitso children in the downtown Minneapolis
community developed.This program is ultimately designed to teach
music with the sole purpose o demonstrating
success through music, said co-director o WOVENand 2009 alumna Phebe Yeo.
Along with teaching children, this program alsohas an amazing vision. WOVEN believes people
are born with a desire to be the best they can beto bring glory to the Lord. Through the disciplineand determination o learning music, long-term
and short-term musical goals can be achieved.Amanda Densieski, junior worship leading
major, has participated in the program and saysit gives music majors a great experience to teach
students.[WOVEN] reaches out and gives to the
community, allowing inner city students ree
lessons and also introduces them to music and aninstrument as well as theory, said Densieski.
WOVENs theme verse is Colossians 3:23:
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,as working or the Lord, not or men, since you
know that you will receive an inheritance rom theLord as a reward. It is the Lord Jesus Christ you are
serving.The program and its directors truly desire to
see a change or the good in this community andbelieve that by sharing the gits God has blessedhis people with, they can bless others.
Rebekah Rogado, junior music perormancemajor, got more out o it than she thought she
would.When I would look through my students
books, I would think o ways ahead o time how
I would teach the lesson dierently rom whatthe book said. I would think o my own ways
o teaching it to her. Now that I teach piano, Idenitely can see that WOVEN has helped and
infuenced me in that area, said Rogado.Kids ranging rom ages 7-14 rom allneighborhoods are welcomed and encouraged
to participate. WOVEN is always looking or andin need o more teachers. Currently there are 25
students and 23 teachers. I you are interestedin learning more about the program or have any
questions, e-mail Phebe Yeo at [email protected].
One Voice Energizing the Neighborhood
By SARAH MACK
For most
students wholive on campus,
a necessary parto their day-to-
day lie involvesa meal plan
which meansrequenting thecaeteria.
WithThanksgiving
coming up,Greg Andrews,the Director
o PioneerCatering Food
Service, plans to add new and special items. Students can
experience a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 17.Ideas or the dishes served in the caeteria come rom a
wide variety o sources.Pioneer has a recipe catalogue, and students and
aculty have ideas, said Andrews. Some o our best comerom employees; we make a small batch, and i people like
it, we turn it into production.Andrews personal avorite dish is turkey a la king overrice.A seasoned turkey and gravy dish over rice, with
chopped vegetables.Andrews also has suggestions or students trying to
eat healthy in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving andChristmas.
The salad bar is always a good place to starteven the
deli bar is pretty good too, said Andrew. At lunch, Mondaythrough Friday, we usually have a vegetarian dish, but
that doesnt necessarily mean healthy. We try to have one
entre as a healthy alternative to the others.For students searching or a job in preparation or next
semester, Andrews oered advice or these students.Usually two to three weeks beore the end o semester
[would be an ideal time to apply], but jobs can be availableany other time, said Andrews.
Andrews is pleased with the work ethic o manystudents who currently employed in the caeteria, thisrefects well on North Central.
When asked i there were any North Central studentwho worked in the caeteria or deli that he would like
to recognize or an outstanding eort and a job welldone, Andrews replied, There are a lot o them. Andrewsmentioned the support o students and their direct impact
to accomplish set goals or the caeteria. Andrews notesthat employed students, make what we do possible.
A Caeteria Thanksgiving With a Side o Job OpportuntiesBy HANNAH J. ONEY
(Above)The
students practicing
or their Christmas
choir perormance.
(Let) Alumnus
Phebe Yeo teaches
her student,
Immanuel, how to
play piano.
Im very excited
or our recital
coming up in a ew
weeks. Everyone
is practicing really
hard.
-Phebe Yeo
Dale Houghton
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Senior vocal perormance major Alan Bach has participated in many shows
and church musicals throughout his lie, perorming in his rst production in rstgrade at the age o six. His most recent role as a boy named Lea Coneybear in the
production, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee o Theater Latt Da atthe Ordway Theatre has taken his theater career to an exciting new place.
The Tony Award-winning show is about an odd, yet charming group o outsidersthat are brought together by a spelling bee the only place where they can trulystand out and t in at the same time. As the show goes on, the audience soon
realizes there is a lot more tak ing place besides the competition or the title ospelling bee champion.
One o the challenges Bach and the other actors encountered during each showwas having three volunteer participants rom the audience on stage competing in
the spelling bee. These volunteers were chosen hal an hour beore show time and
the actors had to be ready at all times i one o the participants would get out whenthey werent suppose to or i they turned out to be better spellers than anticipated.
Founded in 1994 by Peter Rothstein and Denise Prosek, Theater Latt Da is aproessional theater company based out o Minneapolis. Bach auditioned in June
or the company and received a callback in July or Spelling Bee. A month later, heound out he had been chosen or the role o Lea Coneybear.
I have always loved perorming, whether it be singing a concert to my parents onmy impromptu coee table stage, using a turkey baster or a microphone, or beingin real staged productions, said Bach.
Since rst grade, Bach has perormed in various church musicals and communitytheatre. In middle school, he played a role in A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie
Theater and was also a part o a company called Youth Perormance based in
Minneapolis.Bach attended Apple Valley High School and was involved in music and theatrethere, while also gaining training in dance. For the past ve summers, he had theopportunity to sing in a variety o shows at Valleyair Amusement Park. Since being
at North Central, Bach has perormed in a number o productions including: TheSecret Garden, The Fantasticks, Into the Woods, and Our Town.
Two years ago, North Centrals Chorale traveled to New York City and spent timeserving while also using their talent to sing. There, Bach had the opportunity to meet
Laura Kelly, who recently played the role o Mary Poppins in the Broadway musical,Mary Poppins.
She was such an inspiration to me, and is a Christian working in the musical
theater world. It was then that I knew that I had to pursue my dream to perorm inproessional theater, said Bach.
Once he graduates rom North Central in December, Bach hopes to land a job asa production singer on a cruise line. Ater that, he plans to use the money he saves
rom the ship and audition in New York.His advice or students who have a heart or theater and are looking to go into it
proessionally is simple: audition.
The only way to get better at it is to do it as requently as possible. Work hard andreally do the most you can with the talent that God has given you. I we want to be
a light or the Lord, it is so important that we are ready to be great at what we do,otherwise we will have no respect rom our colleagues. That, I think, is essential in
being able to show the love o Jesus, said Bach.
Branching Out in the Theatre WorldBy SARAH MACK
In a building that has stood in signicanceor nearly 150 years, Westminster PresbyterianChurch has been working on ullling its
mission o becoming a telling presence inthe city. This church that now has a largecongregation started with a gathering o only
eight people in 1857.Bi-weekly town hall orums are held at
Westminster Presbyterian Church. Their orumsare a way to get the publics view on certain
current issues rom an ethical perspective. OnNov. 8, the church had the honor o having Tom
Brokaw as their main speaker.The evening started with a beautiul hal-hour o worship beore Brokaw took the stage.
Ater the band stepped o the stage, attentionshited to the podium as elderly Tom Brokaw
took the stage.Tom Brokaw is best known or his years
o being the anchor and managing editor o
NBC Nightly News rom 1982 to 2004. He hasreceived numerous awards and honors and is
the only person who has hosted all three majorNBC news programs: The Today Show, NBC
Nightly News, and Meet the Press.
Brokaw sparked his presence on stage bybringing humor to the orum by talking about
his mother.This is the ulllment o my mothers lie-
long dream; her son is standing in ront o apulpit with a ull congregation, said Brokaw.
Ater sharing a good laugh with everyone,Brokaw switched topics to America. He statedthat America as a country works best when
everyone is working together. The dierentreligions, jobs, or cultures dont matter.
Its that act that we are a country and that
at one point and time the United States use towork together, said Brokaw.
Brokaw stated that we have lost theAmerican Dream and we are now searching or
possible solutions to this by looking back toearlier generations.
Brokaw spent a good part o the evening
talking about his new book, The Time o OurLives: Past, Present, Promise. The book is thenewest addition to his ve bestsellers and is an
examination o changes in American lie sincethe Great Depression and is a refection on
Americas uture.Brokaw took the audience through dierent
stories included in the book. Many o thestories dealt with dierent veterans that he has
come into contact with throughout the years.One o the stories was about a U.S. Marinethat he met at a convention. The solider had
served in three tours during the War on Terror.During his last tour, the solider and his unit
were ambushed. When the heroic marinerealized that three o his soldiers were missing,he went out looking or them. While searching
or his comrades, he was hit by an explosiveand shot eight times.
Ater two-and-a-hal years o rehab, therapy,and absence rom his wie, the marine set out
on a new mission. His next assignment was
not to go back to the Middle East, but to helpellow wounded comrades continue the ght in
the United States.Ater this story was told, Brokaw gave his
nal thoughts or the night.One hundred years rom now people are
going to make a judgment about how we[Americans] acted towards our troops, saidBrokaw.
He continued to state that Americans donot show enough respect or their troops
and everything that they do or the American
people.Stand up and let them know that youre
thankul or them risking their lives or you,your amily, and your country, said Brokaw.
Tom Brokaw Speaks at Town Hall ForumBy KELSEY MARRIN
Tom Brokaw visited Minneapolis in 1999. During his visit in 2011, he spoke to a packed house about his upcoming book.
(Let) Alan Bach
(center), senior Vocal
Perormance major,
perorms in The
25th Annual Putnam
County Spelling
Bee at the Ordway
Theatre.
Ordway Theatre
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Anderson, originally rom Aurora, MN,was 7-years-old when she began playing
volleyball and she has been playing eversince.
What makes the North Central teamdierent is the Christian infuence. Wevetalked a lot about how our source is
ound in Christ. Its been an amazing ouryears being a part o a team that strives to
gloriy God on and o the court.
She also loves sotball and has been apitcher since she was 6-years-old. Atershe graduates, Anderson hopes to still beinvolved in both sports.
Sotball is my rst love and I hopeto play or years to come and possibly
become a coach just like my dad.Due to knee problems, Anderson is
unsure o how much longer she willbe able to play volleyball. Her years oplaying volleyball or North Central are
valuable to her and she eels that she haslearned a lot.
Ive learned that no matter how manyobstacles and challenges we ace, Gods
love never ails. We have aced so manyhardships, and a lot o teams would
just give up, but not this team. We havecontinued to pray or each player and Imalways amazed at how aithul God is to
us.As an intercultural studies major,
Andersons ultimate dream is to work with
kids overseas or in Minneapolis. To her,being a graduating senior eels surreal.I eel like I just came to NCU last year
and now Im about to leave. Im sad about
being done with my volleyball career,but I am at peace with it because I know
all good things must come to an end.Over the past our years I have had the
chance to be a part o such a great groupo teammates and coaches who love theLord. Its going to eel weird not playing
volleyball in the all, something Ive doneevery year since second grade.
Grandstrand, originally rom Karlstad,MN, began playing volleyball her junior
year in high school.The North Central team is dierent,
because while we like to tease each otherand have un, at the end o the day weresolely there to support each other on and
o the court.Grandstrand eels like she has learned
valuable lessons through her our years on
the North Central team.Ive learned to push mysel arther than
I ever thought imaginable. Ive learned torely ully on God or my strength when I
know my body has no more strength. Ivelearned how to be a verbal leader, rather
than just leading by example. Ive alsolearned that some people are in your lives
or just a short period o time, but they canhave a huge eect on who you are today.And yet others will stay in your lie orever.
She hopes to stay involved in sports inthe uture. She is involved with her three
younger siblings athletic careers, eveni its just to cheer them on. Grandstrand
would love the opportunity to be a coachsomeday.
We had a great season this year and I
am so proud o the girls. Im excited to seewhat the team does next year and they
better bring their A-game or the alumni
game next year, because Ill be there.Grandstrand is graduating in May and isgetting married in her hometown on June9. She hopes to work at one o the local
universities and eventually teach English atthe college level.
My dreams include: going to gradschool, traveling to England, Norway, and
Sweden with my soon-to-be hubby, buyinga home, starting a amily, and loving my
job (whatever that may be in the end).
Andrea Grandstrand, senior english-writing major Danielle Anderson, senior ICS major
North Central Volleyball team won ve games in their regular season, which qualied them or regionals,but did not make it to nationals this season.Volleyball: Graduating Seniors
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It was two
losses and a
win or theNorth Centralmens soccer
team at thislast weekendsNCCAA DII
Nationaltournament in
Flordia.At the
beginning othe season
head coachJake Smithmade a
statementmore prescient
than herealized when he spoke to the Northerner twoweeks ago - a ew days beore district nals in
Canada, and beore knowing the team wouldadvance to nationals ater an 8-year dry spell.
Our past disappointments are behind us. We arenow set to begin a new era in NCU mens soccer,
said Smith.When asked i this still rang true, Smith said theteam started stronger than they had nished. Not
exactly receding but not dubbing it literal trutheither, Smith explained that injuries and tougher
competition had made a dierence.According to Smith, a couple o the injuries
included a torn ACL and broken jaw - the
circumstances o the latter seeming a bit hazy.
All this contributed to the teams then record o
2-11-2.We had some very disappointing losses, said
Smith, [But] I still think its the best team weve had
in our years.No matter the outcome, the teams theology o
soccer is that God is omnipresent.
We try to play a game that Jesus Christ wouldlike to watch. But we dont play sissy soccer, said
Smith.According to Smith, team captains Zach Claussen
Jolly and Kaleb Graham Cheddar, have led well.The team had a ew compliments or their coach as
well. Junior pastoral studies major, Nevin Alexander,calls Smith the man.
He denitely adds spice to my lie, said
sophomore pastoral studies major, Alex Sanjari.Although we are very dierent, he always
aims to pull the best out o me no matter howuncomortable it makes me. He has never given upon me and Im thankul beyond words or that, said
Sanjari.Freshman worship leading major, Braden Dressel,
says the entire team respects Smith and thinks he isdenitely the man or the j ob.
As it was his rst year on the team, senior childrenand amily ministry major Jordan Brokaw says heappreciates how much time Smith spent helping
him improve.With ve players graduating and more games
scheduled in next years season, Smith welcomesprospective players to the team the best one in
the region.
Mens Soccer Makes it to NationalsBy ERICA WENIG
Mark Sonntag
Mark Sonntag
Dale Houghton
(Let) The soccer team loads
the bus or the long drive to
Florida or nationals.
The best part about the
drive was when it was over.
You had to choose your
seatmate wisely, becauseyou were going to be sitting
next to them or the next 30
hours.
-Jordan Brokaw, orward
(Below) Excited or Nationals.
(Right) Mens soccer captains
Cheddar (Kaleb Graham,
let) and Jolly (Zach
Claussen, right) helped
the Mens team make
their frst ever appearance
at the NCCAA National
Championships this year.
For the past ve years, North Central has had a mens
gol team. Out o those ve, this is the second year beingan ocial NCAA sport. There are currently seven memberso the team.
The team practices twicea week at Mississippi Dunes
in Cottage Grove, as wellas individual practices on
their own time. The teamhas been doing well thisyear.
Coach Spencer Huttonsays that the scoring
average is the lowest sincehes been on the team.
They have been in sometournaments this year, andcompeted in the U-Mac
conerence. The teamhopes to win a Conerence Championship, and then move
on to compete, and hopeully someday win a NationalChampionship.
Aside rom playing the game well, the team also has a
unique goal that is not always the case in sporting events,which is to gloriy God through their skills.
We play
as a team, not orour own glory, but
or Gods, which iswhat sets us apart
rom how gol isnormally played,said Hutton. This
philosophy was alsoheld by the teams
previous coach,Todd Monger.
The teamlooks orwardto continuing in
upcoming years,with the hope o recruiting athletes who not only have a
love or the game, but who also share the teams mindseto using their athletic skills as an act o worship.
Golng to Gloriy GodBy BRIAN JONES
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