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TABORSTOCKSee what bands will

be performing for Taborstock 2012

Campus Life, pg 8

Spring break is over and so is the only Spring Serve trip. This year saw a group of 15 Ta-bor College students under the direction of Dr. Karol Hunt go to Joplin, Mo. to help rebuild after the tornado in May 2011.

“You could tell something horrible when through just by looking at the trees,” said soph-omore Aaron Garza. “The trees told the story, they were still mangled.”

The tornado that ripped apart Joplin was classified as an EF5 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale which rates the strengths of tornados by the damages they inflict. An EF5 is the high-est tornado ranking.

The group left for Joplin Mar. 18 in two vans provided by Mennonite Disaster Relief.

While in Joplin, the team tore down roofing, did some in-sulating work, painted, put up dry wall and prepared a drive-way for concrete.

During one of the days of

Students serve in Joplin, Mo.work, Garza and freshman Joe Cannon took down a wall. Ac-cording to Garza, they were taking out dry wall and the framing in the house to leave just the outer shell of the house.

Toward the end of the day, they were told they had 15 minutes left, and they had a wall in front of them.

“Joe started on one side and I started on the other,” said Garza.

Garza said he has a photo of the wall on his Facebook page for anyone that wants to see Cannon and his work.

“We were spoiled with food,” said Olsen. “It was awe-some.”

The group stayed with sev-eral other Mennonite-based groups and families in Joplin, and the food was home cooked according to Olsen.

As a whole, Olsen said the entire group was a good one.

He said, “We got along with other groups that were helping out, and they enjoyed the time with us as well.”

Many renovations and addi-tions to the Tabor College library are either in the works or near-ing completion to ensure that the best possible resources and work place can be provided.

Robin Deich Ottoson, asso-ciate professor and director of library services, said that the li-brary recently purchased a new listening station to replace the old one formerly located up-stairs. It is located in the music alcove, created two years ago on the first floor, near the copier.

Library opens new listening station “We needed a good listening

station, not only for music stu-dents (who frequently listen to classic recordings on LP albums, in addition to CDs), but also for anyone interested in taking a break, previewing a new album or wanting to preserve a favorite cassette that is not available as a CD,” she said.

“The listening station’s cen-ter piece is an all-in-one unit capable of playing the most popular forms of sound media,” added Library Assistant Aaron Ratzlaff. “Housed in a compact retro-styled wood cabinet is a compact disc player, a cassette

deck, AM/FM radio, and a turn-table for our large collection of LP records. There is even an in-put for iPods and MP3 players. The unit has stereo speakers, but the library recommends the use of headphones, which are avail-able for checkout.”

Ottoson said that the unit is meant to provide the best library possible for a liberal arts college. This unit is only one example of the many additions and progres-sions being made to guarantee a work space best able to serve Tabor students.

DemolitionAbove: The group of Tabor students who went on the Spring Serve trip to Joplin, Mo. pose for the camera in front of one of the houses that they were helping to renovate.Below: Freshman Joe Cannon and sophomore Aaron Garza demolish a wall in one of the houses to help in the rebuilding project in Joplin.

Photos courtesy of Carly Wilhelm See LIBRARY pg 2

Grace Churchexpansion in Hills-boro, first service during Easter Sunday

News, pg 2

Top 25 in NAIATabor baseball is

nationally ranked for the second year

In the spring drama, “An-other Antigone,” the plot re-volves around a college senior, Judy Miller, (played by senior Ashley Bird) must pass Profes-sor Harper’s (Dr. Chris Dick) course on Greek tragedy who in order to graduate. After his many years of teaching, Profes-sor Harper is hardly surprised when yet another student wants to rewrite Greek masterpieces to reflect the current social and political affairs.

When Judy Miller an-nounces that she plans to sub-mit a more “current” version

of Sophocles’s “Antigone” in-stead of the formal paper that was assigned, Professor Harper stubbornly refuses to let her do so. Though Judy must pass this class in order to graduate, she is equally as stubborn as her pro-fessor and insists on turning in her project anyway.

In the conflict, Harper ap-pears as Creon, the symbol of authority, and Judy represents Antigone, the ultimate rebel.

Though the play is not near-ly as profound as Sophocles’s “Antigone,” Director Judy Harder said that is a clever piece that both students and faculty will enjoy.

“It references college issues

Theater to present ‘Another Antigone’that never go away and deals with some of the issues that are ongoing on college campuses,” said Harder.

David Appleton, Judy’s boyfriend, will be played by Nolan Dirks and Maria Loewen will play Diana Eberhart, the academic dean of the humani-ties department.

Performances will take place in the Tabor College Theater Lab located in the lower level of Lohrenz at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26 and 7 p.m. Saturday, April 28. Seating is limited. Call the Student Life Office 620-947-3121, extension 1033 to reserve tickets. General Ad-mission is $5.

Destinee CogburnReporter

Social work club eventThe new Social Work Club will be hosting Shantee Town on Wed., April 25 from 8:30 p.m. to 7 a.m. on the Dakota Lawn. Questions? Ask Brad Prescott at [email protected].

Zach BissellEditor-in-chief

Jordan GiffinOpinion & Campus Life

Action!Seniors Maria Loewen and Ashley Bird, English Professor Dr. Chris Dick and junior Nolan Dirks rehearse for the upcoming spring drama, “Another Antigone.”

Sports, pg 6-7

Photo by Nicole Tunks

Grace Community Church in Newton has decided to branch off in order to have a church plant in Hillsboro.

2012 Obliterating US Heat RecordsIf you found yourself thinking last month, “Wow, it’s awfully hot for March,” you weren’t wrong. Tem-peratures were 8.6 degrees higher than normal last month in the con-tiguous US, and 6 degrees above average for January, February and March, the AP reports. According to the National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Administration’s calcula-tions, that’s much higher than past temperature records. Why? Weather patterns including La Nina have come together in unusual ways, me-teorologists say, and many are con-cerned climate change is a factor.

Why Woodpeckers’ Brains Don’t BurstAfter jack hammering their heads into trees all day, how is it that wood-peckers don’t head home with the mother of all headaches, much less brain injury? The key is an astonish-ingly strong skull, say researchers in Beijing. Scientists discovered that the birds’ skulls are insulated with a remarkably thick, spongy bone that protects their brains. Woodpeckers bang their head into wood at a force of 1,000 times the force of gravity—way more than the maximum 46 or so G’s that humans can endure, re-ports LiveScience.

Gas Prices Level Off, May Have PeakedGas prices are holding steady at $3.92 a gallon, and that could be on the verge of coming down, reports USA Today. With a key benchmark falling to a two-month low yester-day and growing signs of a global economic slowdown, experts think pump prices will fall short of the most dire predictions, as well as short of last year’s $3.99 high and the all-time record of $4.11 set in 2008. Already in pricier markets, such as Chicago and Los Angeles, prices have dropped as much as 20 cents per gallon.

Baboon ‘Readers’ Pick Out Real WordsDon’t expect him to pick up a novel anytime soon—but Dan the baboon and five buddies know real Eng-lish words when they see them. For instance, if Dan sees the letters BRRU, ITCS, and KITE, he’ll pick out the last one as the real word, even though he doesn’t know what it means, the AP reports. After doing 300,000 tests in France, the animals were able to pick out real words some 75% of the time.

Google Splits Stock as Profits SoarGoogle has unveiled a stock split that will double the number of shares while keeping co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin firmly in con-trol. The company is creating a new class of nonvoting shares that will be distributed to existing shareholders in a 2 for 1 split. The move will al-low the company to make long-term investments using its shares without the co-founders’ power being dilut-ed, Bloomberg notes. The split also allows Google to hang on to its $49 billion cash pile instead of paying a dividend to shareholders.

Source: newser.com

News in brief

2 NEWS“We want to reach out to the commu-

nity and be a part of it,” said head pastor Adam Utecht, “really care for people’s needs and share the good news with peo-ple.”

Utecht was the head worship pastor at the Newton branch but was selected to be head pastor in Hillsboro.

The church became interested in planting a church a while back.

“The head pastor at Grace was sens-ing God leading him towards smaller communities,” said Utecht. “There are so many churches in small communities that are dying and closing their doors.

“There’s a need for new churches to be planted in small communities.”

Several of the core beliefs of the church are very similar to churches around Hillsboro, such as the deity of Christ, the bodily resurrection of Christ and the authority of scripture.

“Our goal is common with the church-es that desire to preach the gospel,” said Utecht. “That Jesus died for your sins and wants to transform your life.”

The church planters became inter-ested in Hillsboro after finding out some

Grace Church opens satellite campus in Hillsboro

Scott MorrowReporter

Kony 2012 is a short film that Invisible Children created. The film was first released on March 5, 2012.

The film has grown in popu-larity since it was released gain-ing over 87 million views on YouTube alone.

The film was created to make Joseph Kony, an Ugandan war criminal and International War criminal, known to the world. The film is hoping to see Kony arrested by Dec. 2012 which is when the campaign ends.

“KONY 2012 has been spreading like wildfire all over the web and is quite a controver-sial topic,” said sophomore Syd-ney Coughlin, “so I think it was really good for students on our campus to be able to ask ques-tions and get more specific de-tails about KONY 2012.”

Invisible Children came to

campus on March 27. Dur-ing their time on campus they showed a video, followed by a time for questions said Cough-lin. One of the men that was on campus actually lived in Uganda and saw both his father and uncle abducted. He also gave his life story to the crowd that night.

“Our little pocket of the world in Hillsboro, KS isn’t the only reality that’s taking place, there’s more than just us” said Coughlin when reflecting on what she has taken away from the event. She also talked about how the event reminded her that the world is bigger and smaller than people think at times.

Junior Abbey Burns, sopho-more Meredith Voran, senior Shelby Koons, sophomore Meli-sa Cruz and sophomore Nicole Tunks were the students who contacted Invisible Children to see if they would come to Tabor. This was part of their Christian Ethics class.

Invisible Children bring KONY awareness to Tabor campusZach Bissell

Editor-in-chief

Reformations have been made to the upcoming school year’s schedule, which are meant to provide a more efficient school day for students.

Not only will students be reg-istering for a full year of classes, rather than by each semester, but they will also have an 11 a.m.

class period on Mondays and Wednesdays, which is currently the time slot for chapel.

Deanne Duerksen, Tabor reg-istrar, said she sees these chang-es as positive.

“We hope that having an addi-tional class time in the morning will help eliminate some class conflicts and will prevent ath-letes, in particular, from having


Changes impact registration for 2012-2013 academic year

“Over the past five years, we have continued to update, weed and add to the (music) collec-tion, added information literacy tracks to courses across the cur-riculum, and refurbished the physical aspects of the library,” Ottoson said.

More examples of current and future improvements include “creating better seating, a variety of quiet and collaborative spaces (some full-spectrum lighting), an atrium where students can enjoy food, better exhibit spaces with more variety and repainting study individual rooms,” Otto-son said.

Ottoson said she and the rest of the library staff wish to pro-vide a library experience that the students will enjoy.

The staff has provided a “wish list” that students and faculty may add to that includes pro-spective books that they would like to see added to the library, located at www.amazon.com.

To guarantee the best library experience, the staff must know what it is that the students want.

Therefore students must let them know by participating in their surveys so that they may continue to add to, change and fix different aspects of the li-brary.

Stop by and vote today.

LIBRARYcontinued from pg 1

to miss so many afternoon class sessions because of competi-tion,” she said.

The Division Chairs proposed having a new class period during the 11 a.m. time slot last year, but it was not approved.

However, after more negotia-tions with different departments this year, the faculty approved the change.

Students need to pay attention to when classes will be accessi-ble now because “there are a lot of changes of when classes will be offered,” said Aleen Ratzlaff, professor of communications.

One example of these changes is the band’s new rehearsal time of 3 p.m. on Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays.

Also, students will now get

to choose which chapel section they attend when they register for their next full year of class-es.

Duerksen said there were several reasons as to why the spring 2013 semester was al-ready opened for registration, such as, “to help students so-lidify their schedules the year before so they have a better feel for where they are as they prog-ress toward completing their degrees.”

She said letting students al-ready decide helps the college better understand what cours-es are needed and how many sections are needed for each course. Also, it “begins to move us (Tabor College) toward stu-dent online registration.”

of their existing congregation in Newton was coming from Hillsboro.

“Doors were just opening and the Holy Spirit was leading us,” said Utecht.

The church currently has a lease agreement with the elementary school to meet in their cafeteria on Sunday morn-ings.

The first service was held Easter Sun-day at the fairgrounds.

“We’re open to wherever God wants us to meet and it doesn’t matter as much as what we’re doing,” said Utecht. “The church isn’t just a building, it’s the com-munity.”

Overall, the church is focused greatly on others and community outreach, time will tell if Hillsboro will reach back.

“We want to love people no matter who they are or what they’ve done,” said Utecht. “That’s a heart-beat of ours: to care for people and have a compassion for one another.”

Services will meet at Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in the elementary school cafeteria.

“We want to grow in our walk with Christ and with others and do it sincere-ly,” said Utecht.

Easter SundayHead pastor Adam Utecht preaches at the opening service for Grace Community Church’s new satellite campus in Hillsboro on April 7.

Photo by Nicole Tunks

Editor-in-Chief, News & Sports Editor: Zachary Bissell

Features, Opinion & Campus Life Editor: Jordan Giffin

Reporters: Jordan Giffin, Zachary Bissell, Destinee Cogburn,

Scott Morrow

Photographer: Nicole Tunks

Adviser: Sara Sigley

The View Staff

Whether you’re on Face-book, YouTube, or simply checking the news, you can-not leave the Internet without having heard about Joseph Kony.

No matter your views on the subject, you have to ad-mit that the Invisible Children have made an utterly effective campaign to bring down Jo-seph Kony.

Most people would say that the cam-paign to bring the Ugandan war leader down is a positive thing. I am one of them, but there is a small faction of minds that are just plain tired of the coverage.

They are tired of the Kony talk because Uganda has so many problems that Kony is probably on the lower side of the Ugan-da’s top ten worst things list.

Whether they have visited Uganda or are simply follow the major problems in the world, there is growing resentment

towards the Kony 2012 cam-paign.

I have to say, there is some-thing to what the detractors are saying. There are many things wrong in the world that need more focus from our country and others.

But should that prevent us from being accepting towards the projects that get selected

by the national media or even are virally popular?

No, not at all.Uganda’s Kony problem is something

that needs to be recognized and changed in a delicate manner. The fact that this cause has gotten so popular has given me some hope that our generation is con-scious of at least some of the problems in the world.

There are also a lot more important and long lasting issues that Uganda faces.

Food, water, and shelter are huge

Columnist says Kony 2012 is “like” worthy

Jordan GiffinPage Editor

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Student Senate Minutes: April 4, 2012

Cares and Concerns MeetingnStacey Warkentin: Request

for floor reservations in the women’s quad for upperclass-men with upperclassman Resi-dent Assistant.

Action taken: Forwarded to Student Life.

nJordan Costa: Possible use of room by maintenance office for storage of sound equipment.

Action Taken: Forwarded to Maintenance for assessment of space. nHanna Vogel: Faculty be-

ing able to drink in public. They do not have a lifestyle contract, and the concern among other students is that they feel that the faculty and staff should not enforce the rule of alcohol con-sumption if they are not held to

the same standard. Action Taken: Forwarded to

Student Life. Jr. Sr. Banquet Update: Michael Klaassen: Photo

booth acquired along with DJ, dry bar, and prizes to give away. Wichita Boat House will be the site of the dance.

Elections: nPossible candidates to con-

sider and to recruit: David Ewert (Senior VP), Andrea Pankratz (Senior President), Jesse Todd

Student senate hosts campus cares, concerns meeting

From the Wire

Did You Know...n March 20 marked World Social Work Day, and to celebrate, several Tabor Students traveled to Topeka to do their part in pro-viding help to others.

n Pioneer College Catering recently held a question-and-answer session where students, faculty and staff could voice comments and concerns to improve the cafeteria efficiency and experience.

What band would you most like to see at Taborstock?

Brandon GoodenJunior

Kaylan Blumanhourst

Freshman

“Switchfoot.”

Ben HeyenSenior

Public discourse over hy-draulic fracturing or “fracking” seems to have taken precedence even beyond the exclusive envi-ronmental news realm.

Adding to its salience is criti-cal speculation that fracking contributed to the recent East Coast earthquake, which reached an impressive 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale. However, in casual discussion regarding cur-rent events, there seems to be a misunderstanding of the actual fracking method and the contro-versy surrounding it.

Hydraulic fracking, also known as “HF,” involves the procedure of extracting natural gas after horizontally drilling

into primarily shale gas-based resources.

Sand and water fused with chemicals are pumped into well bores sometimes as deep as 7,000 feet below surface. It is done at an astounding pressure rate in order to force openings in the shale and release natural gas through the cracks.

The technique of HF is an-ticipated to minimize depen-dence on foreign fuel. It is also expected to boost the economy several notches as a result of creating more jobs related to the technology.

There are also conjectures around the fact that less carbon dioxide will be liberated into the atmosphere by enforcing the practice of hydraulic fracking. Horizontal drilling, which oc-curs before the actual “fracking”

process, is also seen as more cost-effective.

HF controversy stems from its environmental impact. There is concern that aquifers could be chemically contaminated in the process of recovering shale gas. Chemicals released into the fresh water supply may range from harmless citric acids to the carcinogenic benzene. Methane is also suspected to affect drink-ing ground water.

Although 98% percent of materials used in fracking are sand and water, the remaining percentages may be occupied by radioactive materials and harm-ful toxins.

The Environmental Protec-tion Agency is currently in the midst of highly concentrated research regarding hydraulic fracturing and its environmental

Ashley CooperFrom The Beacon via

SNCW

needs in Uganda and these people are scared that when the media coverage fades, we’ll simply see Uganda as another African country.

These needs are not only needed in Uganda though.

There is a lot of wrong in the world. There is a lot that needs to be addressed even in America.

People all over the world are in need, including the homeless and needy in America.

So what are we supposed to do? There is so much need in the world, are we as followers of Christ supposed to take these huge problems on? It seems impossible.

I think the Bible’s pretty clear that we are supposed to help or sacrifice in every single way we can.

So when you stop hearing about Kony and think back on what happened, re-member there is a lot to be done in the world and there is a call to help in a mul-titude of ways.

effects. On their website, the En-viromental Protection Agency assures that a finalized report of HF impact will be completed by 2014.

In the meantime, various health and water boards within the nation are proposing the en-forcement of not only hydraulic fracking, but creating job op-portunities in the field of water treatment post-fracking.

It almost seems too early to solidify an opinion on HF based on limited research. In the past, rushing into science while ne-glecting the consequences has proven to be detrimental. We know that.

The question seems to arrive with where our best interests lie: in the economy rehabilitation or in environmental and health pro-tection.

Hydraulic fracking controversy intensifies

“A gospel group would have been nice. Like Mary Mary or Fred Hammond.”

“Justin Bieber. He’s my fave. ”

(Sophomore President), Kendra Fleming (Sophomore VP).

Schlict UpdatenOpening delayed due to

manufacturing problems with the ping pong table. New table to be ordered.

Creation Care nTessa Hoduski, Anna-Ma-

rie Richert: Inquiring about pay. Action Taken: Classified as a

campus club, but not organiza-tion. No salaries allotted for this year.

Scott MorrowStaff Column

4 FEATURES

Theme houses provide the opportunity for stu-dents to live together in a different and dynamic living situation that offer a more unique experi-ence apart from traditional campus housing.

A group of students that choose to live in theme houses, craft their own theme based on their unique interests, hobbies or ideas that they feel will offer something that the campus doesn’t already have. The house is expected to put on a minimum of two programs per semester that re-late to their theme, but often they do more. Each house also has a connection with a faculty or staff advisor who helps to guide them in their theme and provide mentoring through monthly meetings with the house.

Next year, there will be seven theme houses on campus. The following themes have been lined up for next year’s houses:

Faith, Film and Culture: Adams VIIIThis house is a continuation of this year’s Film

House. Next year however, it is expected that they will take it to the next level. The guys of the Film House have built a following of students, and even some staff and faculty, who attend their movie showings in their specially made theatre.

Additionally, they will be seeking to engage students more in conversations after film show-ings to ask pertinent questions about the film’s story and its interaction with the Christian faith. The group is also trying to include some more challenging conversations around the subject of culture as well. They plan to have faculty speak-ers present to help with these discussions. Their faculty advisor is Chris Dick.

Male Leadership, Integrity and Discipleship House (Man House): 608 E. D Street

This house is also a continuation of a current house this year. The men of the Man House will be seeking to continue and improve upon their desire to provide Bible studies and other activi-ties to encourage students toward a growing rela-

tionship with Christ. Part of their activities will involve more MAN

church events and accountability groups. Their staff advisor is Joe Wuest.

Latinos Outreaching Various Ethnicities

(LOVE): Adams VIThis new house will be seeking to expose and

involve students in various cultural experiences. The house members plan to provide things like Brazilian food nights, samba food festival night, Cinco de Mayo celebrations and possibly even Latin dance lessons.

This group wishes to bring opportunities to ex-perience more culture and history than what stu-dents currently see on campus. Their desire is to promote intercultural awareness. Aleen Ratzlaff is their faculty advisor.

Service House: Adams IIIThis is a new house comprised of men who

wish to build a culture of servanthood on campus. They are seeking to accomplish this by volunteer-ing their own time at various service projects, as well as help to organize activities for other stu-dents to serve on campus or in the local commu-nity. Their staff advisor will be Mike Ball.

Scholarship and Athletic House: Lincoln VIThis will be a continuation of the current Ath-

letic house. They wish to involve other students in gathering together and breaking down the bar-riers that sometimes exist between various sports on campus. They plan to accomplish this through inviting students to their house, encouraging them to attend games and provide strong team spirit against opposing teams. Their faculty advi-sor is Karol Hunt.

Ladies of Leadership: Lincoln I This house is a new house made up of indi-

viduals who wish to provide more activities for women on campus. Their desire is to build re-lationships and fellowship that will deepen the faith of women on campus. They plan to bring in

speakers and host various “girls’ nights” at their house. Their staff advisor is Coleen Ball.

New International Carson House: Hiebert House

This is a new house purchased by Tabor this past fall. It will house a group of female stu-dents interested in partnering with the Carson Center (located on campus in the back hall of the library) to provide a focus on missions and ser-vice. They will be seeking to bring in speakers and host events that lead students to examine how missions are important to their faith. Their great-est desire is to expose the students of Tabor to missions as a way to deepen their faith and reach the world. Their faculty advisor will be Joanne Loewen.

Theme Housing: in generalPatrick Masar’s, director of housing, advice

to students who would like to consider applying for a theme house in the future is to start early. He suggests seeking out the group of people you wish to live with starting in late fall, then work-ing together to come up with a theme to promote on campus.

“It is not just a chance to live with your friends in a house,” said Masar. “We expect students to really follow through on their themes, and even provide some small funding towards that end. They can also request extra funding from student senate each semester that is available just for theme houses and their programs.”

Each house seeks to bring something unique to Tabor’s campus experience through the events that they host. The events are fun and seek to broaden your experience and faith outside the classroom. Masar encourages all students to at-tend several theme house events. “If you are new to your faith or just wondering what this faith thing is all about, these are students who are ex-cited about bringing you into conversations to explore that,” said Masar. “Theme houses are a dynamic and exciting part of Student Life, and just waiting for you to participate.”


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4. Adams III Hall

6. Adams VI Hall

7. Adams VII Hall

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Hiebert houseMale Leadership, Integrity

and Discipleship HouseNew InternationalCarson House

Faith, Film and Culture Scholarship andAthletic HouseService House

Latinos Outreaching Various Ethnicities

Ladies of Leadership

(LID House) (LOVE house)

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Graphic from Tabor College web site; legend by Ted McFarland

FEATURES 5

Tabor hosted Compassion International musician and speaker Shaun Groves on April 2.

Groves lead worship and spoke about the im-portance of giving away what you have to the poor during Chapel.

Later that evening, Groves played a special con-cert in Java Jays.

Groves’ purpose was to increase awareness of the ministry of Compassion International.

He also encouraged students to consider spon-soring children around the world who desire to be a part of Compassion’s work.

Compassion International’s main focus as an or-ganization is the bringing of aid to underprivileged children across the globe from monthly gifts from people who have more than enough.

Susan Paine, the academic affairs office man-ager, is currently the advocate for Compassion on Tabor’s campus.

The purpose of Compassion’s child advocates, according to their web site, is “to use your gifts and

“In response to the Great Commission, Compassion International exists as an advocate for children, to release them from their spiritual, economic, social and physical poverty and enable them to be-come responsible and fulfilled Christian adults.”

www.compassion.com


influence to raise awareness of the needs of impov-erished children and encourage others to respond to the biblical mandate to love the poor.”

“It’s a good way to connect with kids across the world,” said Paine, who has been volunteering for the position for five years. “Be your own little mis-sionary, in a way.”

Compassion works with organizations, churches and individuals to sponsor children through donat-ing money that goes towards food, clothing and education.

“It’s really important because it’s people speak-ing up for the children that can’t speak for them-selves,” said Paine.

American society is considered to be one of the more privileged countries in the world and, as the organization’s mission statement suggests, Com-passion has a Christian outlook on an international society.

“A lot of what everybody has, even the poor in America, is excess and we need to give from our

Students, faculty share experiences as sponsors, advocates with Compassion International ministry to children

excesses,” said Paine about the importance of Com-passion in American society. “Whether to Compas-sion or to something else you have a passion for, it’s important to give.”

Brittany Hofer, a sophomore, is currently spon-soring a child in Ghana, Africa with her boyfriend, freshman Trenton Wilker.

“I’ve always had a heart for (missions) and a heart for children,” said Hofer. “Especially after I’ve been to Africa and seen them go through things first hand.”

The child’s name is Freda and she is six years old.

Compassion offers the chance for communication between the children and their sponsors through ex-changing written letters.

Translators are used to translate the child’s letter into the language of the sponsor.

“We’ve gotten one so far and we need to write back,” said Hofer. “She asked me about myself and awkwardly, wonderful questions like that.”

“She’s happy for us and praying for us.”Hofer grew up in a household that sponsored a

couple children over the years.“Noella in Tanzania is about my age now,” said

Hofer. “It was cool growing up with her and being able to write her, like a pen pal I guess.”

Another opportunity given to sponsors is that they can meet their sponsored child if they desire to and have the funds.

Hofer said she probably will not be able to but if she ever goes back to Africa the longing to do so would be huge.

“I just want everyone to be aware of the incred-ible opportunities like this,” said Hofer. “We some-times want to help but we don’t know how and this is such an accessible and professional organiza-tion.”

She went on to talk about how she started spon-soring the child in November after feeling the call to do so at a Winterjam concert.

“Trent and I are splitting (the cost), so there re-ally isn’t an excuse that you don’t have money,” said Hofer. “You can find someone or a group to do it with.

“I’m glad I am though; it makes me feel like I’m helping in some small way.”

Photo by Nicole TunksCompassion concertShaun Groves, speaker and sponsor for Compassion International, spoke to the campus about the importance of helping others during Chapel on April 2. “Shaun is a humorous speaker and gifted musician,” said Mike Brouillette, campus pastor and director of spiritual formation, in an email inviting students to Groves’ concert in Java Jays later that night.

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A lot of what everybody has, even the poor in America, is excess and we need to give from our ex-cesses. Whether to Compassion or to something else you have a pas-sion for, it’s important to give.

Susan Paine

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6 SPORTS

With a 16-4 record in conference, 32-8 overall, the Tabor Bluejays are continuing to have a successful baseball season. Fri-day and Saturday April 13-14, the Blue-jays played a conference series against Kansas Wesleyan. On Friday the team lost both games at home 12-13 and 7-5. On Saturday the team traveled to Kansas Wesleyan to play 2 more games against the Coyotes. The Jays won the first game Saturday with a score of 5-2. After a weather delay, due to tornado storms in the area, the Bluejays lost the second game 8-0.

The team also had victories against Ottawa University on April 7, and Baker University April 10.

“It’s been a good season,” said senior third-baseman Adam McCormick. “We just try to take it game by game.” Mc-Cormick describes the team as “laid-back and happy-go-lucky” saying that he thinks that their more laid back attitudes add to the team’s success. Apparently it does, as the team is currently ranked 17th in the nation.

McCormick has also been awarded in-dividual honors, being named the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) Baseball Offensive Player of the Week, as well as National Association of Intercol-

legiate Athletics (NAIA) Baseball Player of the Week for the week of April 2.

McCormick says that the team’s ul-timate goal for the season is to make it to the NAIA World Series, and hopes to see the fans continue to come out to the games to show their support, as they help cheer the team to more victories.

The team will continue to play confer-ence games against Friends University, Thursday, April 19 at home, Saturday, April 21 at Friends, and against Sterling College, with games being played Friday, April 27 at home and Saturday, April 28 at Sterling.

Following the end of the regular sea-son, the conference tournament will start Tuesday May 1 and conclude Saturday May 4. The tournament will be held in Hutchinson.

Tabor will also be hosting the re-gional tournament, which will be played in Hutchinson Friday May 11 through Monday May 14. By hosting the tourna-ment, The Bluejays will automatically be granted a spot in the regional tournament, placing them one step closer to the world series.

Baseball in top 25, hosting regional tournament

Track and field looking to conference meet

The track and field season is well under-way and has already seen several promis-ing events happen.

Junior Dominick Eastman was awarded the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Association Male Track and Field Athlete of the Week after he won the 110 meter hurdle race at the Baker Relays hosted by Baker Univer-sity in Baldwin City, Kan.

“We are working hard and reaching our goals,” said junior Emily Post.

She went on to talk about how the hard work is paying off with the amount of per-sonal records that are being set, and the amount of people finishing in the top spots of their respective event.

The latest track and field meet took place on Sat. April 7 at the Hutchinson Night Relays in Hutchinson Kan.

In the men’s track and field events, Ta-bor had a good showing.

Tabor placed first in six events includ-ing junior Jacob Heil in the 3000 meter steeplechase, freshman Joel Allen in the 1500 meter run, and Eastman in the 110 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles. The other first place events were in relays. The team of freshman Garrett Daugherty, freshman Phillip Mangos, sophomore Dylan Crawford, and sophomore Nathan Vogel won the 4x800 meter relay, while Crawford, Allen, Heil, and Mangos teamed up to win the 4x1600 meter relay, and ju-

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nior Brandon Gooden, Eastman, Daugh-erty and Vogel won the 4x400 meter relay.

Other top three finishes for the men in-clude freshman Jake Nachtigal, third in 110 meter hurdles, freshman James Dotson, third in the 400 meter dash, junior Michael Klaassen, third in the hammer throw, and the relay team of senior Collin Mainord, sophomore Sam Castro, freshman Alex Salazar, and sophomore Joshua Taylor, third in the 1600 meter sprint medley.

On the women’s side Tabor had another good showing.

The women only took home two first place awards. Post won the triple jump while the team of sophomore Yvonne Brubacher, freshmen Kaylin Barnhardt, freshman Kaitlyn Lowry, and sophomore Makenzie King won the 4x400 meter relay.

There were another eight top three fin-ishes for the women including Lowry, third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase, freshmen Brielle Lund, second in the 1,500 meter, King, second in the 400 meter dash, se-nior Samantha Van Ranken, second in the hammer throw and second in the javelin, senior Jasmine Peggese, third in the ham-mer throw, junior Tynan Honn, third in the shot put, Post, second in the high jump, and Brubacher, second in the pole vault.

“We are a few weeks from the confer-ence meet,” said Post “and we are seeking a conference championship.”

The next meet for the team is today, April 18, at the Tabor Invitational right here in Hillsboro.


Jump and ThrowAbove: David Loewen shows his vertical in the high jump during a meet last year.Below: Kruze Sanders preforms a hammer throw dur-ing a meet last season.

Pace yourselfBrielle Lund paces herself as she passes another runner during one of her events last season in a home meet. This year’s home meet is being hosted today on the track.

Photo by Vance Frick



Pitch and CatchTop Left: Matt Lambert pitches during a home game against McPherson CollegeTop Right: Cody Wheeler holds a Morningside Col-lege runner at first base while the runner gets his lead.Bottom: Art Corona and Bret Lentz celebrate with a hug during a home game against McPherson College

Photo by Vance FrickPhoto by Vance Frick


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The softball team’s current season is a back and forth whirlwind with wins and losses remaining relatively close in the re-cord. The team holds a current record of 17-15, 6-5 in the KCAC.

Head Coach Suzanne Unruh’s says her goals for the season have been “building a winning program for the future of Tabor Softball, getting better every game and playing well as a team.”

Each game is proving to do just that: improve the team’s cohesiveness and build a winning program.

Unruh said that every team in confer-ence play is tough and very competitive so the women must strive to be tougher and to ensure victory in the KCAC bracket.

The team’s first conference game, against Bethel College, proved to be a close game with extra innings “and both teams were playing great the whole game,” said Unruh.

Fortunately, Tabor was able to pull ahead for the win in both games against Bethel, which proved to be a confidence booster for the team.

Skills that the team have been trying to step up that may have attributed to the wins over Bethel are “thinking a play ahead and always communicating on the field,” Un-ruh said.

After back-to-back wins against Bethel, the team split with both the University of St. Mary on April 3 and then McPherson College later that week.

Compared to previous years, the team is finding more talent on the team, said Se-nior Amanda Howe. “However, we need

to learn to make it consistent and put it all together every game.

“With smart decisions as a team and consistency in our lineup we are going to be a top competitor in the conference,” Howe said.

“I think we are right there,” Unruh said. “We have great talent on the defense and some of the best hitters in the conference. The players have worked so hard all year and strive to become better every day we are out there.”

The team was scheduled to play MidAmerica Nazarene University but the games were postponed due to weather con-ditions.

They are scheduled to play Southwest-ern College at Southwestern tomorrow, Thursday April 19. The first game is sched-uled to start at 2 p.m. Their next home game is Saturday April 21 against Kansas Wesleyan University.

Softball experiences sea-son of ups and downs

Return to senderAbove: Jake Brucks returns the ball in the match against Baker University Below: Anna Friesen returns a hit during her set against Emporia State University


On April 28, Tabor College will be hosting its second annual Spring Sports Showcase.

At this event, several of Tabor’s sports teams from both the spring as well as fall, will either play a game or a scrimmage, giving supporters the op-portunity to see a little bit of everything in one day.

“Last year was the first year that we’d done this, and the idea kind of grew on us,” said Vice President of Athletics, Rusty Allen.

The day will begin at 7:30 a.m. with the alumni golf tournament at the Hills-boro golf course, followed by the foot-ball scrimmage and alumni volleyball scrimmage at 11 a.m. From noon till 1:30 p.m. there will be a picnic lunch located at the Joel H. Wiens stadium concession stand for $5.

Mary Bostic and her crew will be grilling sausages, sandwiches and hot-dogs.

The cafeteria will close for lunch, and all students will be invited to enjoy lunch at the stadium.

At 1 p.m. the women’s softball team will honor their seniors during their se-nior day double-header against the Ot-tawa University Braves.

The women’s soccer alumni scrim-mage will begin at 1:30 p.m. and the men’s alumni soccer game will follow at 3:30.

“I think it will be a great day for the campus,” said Amy Ratzlaff, head volleyball coach and organizer of the showcase. “I would love to see this grow into an event that would feel like homecoming, but in the spring. It would be a time to reconnect with friends and the campus community.”

Weather permitting, spectators can look forward to a fun filled day of Ta-bor athletics.

Second Annual Spring Sports

ShowcaseDestinee Cogburn

Reporter


Hit and runTop: Sarah Massey is in the middle of swinging at a pitch thrown by a Central Christian University player in a home game earlier this seasonMiddle: The team awaits Kyleen Condon to celebrate her home run in their home game against Central ChristianBottom: Taylor Funk prepares to catch a pitch during the game against Central Christian University

Over the next week, the Tabor tennis teams will play four games against confer-ence rivals.

The women’s tennis team is currently 7-3, 2-0 in conference, after losing to Okla-homa Baptist 1-8, beating Southwestern 7-2, and beating McPherson 7-2.

“We’ve been doing really well, I think our team has shown a lot of improvement,” said sophomore Meredith Voran. “I think we have a good chance of doing really well in conference this year.”

After a tough injury, Amanda Brown is also back at the top of the roster for confer-ence play.

“When she was out, several of the line-up had to play up a little so that give us all some good experience,” said Voran. “I think we’ve all improved from that experi-ence.”

The men’s tennis team is currently 5-7, 1-1 in conference, after losing to Oklaho-ma Baptist University 0-9, beating South-western 8-1, and losing to McPherson Col-lege 0-9.

“We’re not doing too bad, we’re still kind of trying to figure out who to place where in the lineup,” said sophomore Ke-lyn Vix, placed third on the men’s lineup.


“Overall we’ve been doing good, we’ve won about half of our games.”

According to Vix the goal of the coach is to take third in conference.

“We really need to step it up and play our ‘A’ game,” said Vix. “It’s been tough, we’ve had some tough losses but also some good wins.”

Both Vix and Voran emphasized that there has been great improvements throughout the season from both teams.

“I was playing the seventh spot last year, which doesn’t matter for score,” said Vix. “It’s a little different playing third be-cause I start playing people better than me.

“Playing people better than me is help-ing me improve though.”

Voran also said talked about the experi-ences of improving through challenge.

“I think the bottom of our lineup has shown a lot of improvement and I think we have a strong team through the entire lineup,” said Voran.

With a lot of important games coming up, the pressure is on to put out the best tennis they’ve played.

“I think it’ll be one of the most excit-ing seasons in Tabor women’s tennis that we’ve seen in a long time,” said Voran.

The next match is today against Betha-ny College here at Tabor.

Week full of matches for TC tennis teams


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