The Yellow JacketMarch 30, 2017 Howard Payne University . Brownwood, TX Volume 107, Issue 11

Smashing Debut

Howard Payne last weekend hosted its 22nd Annual Spring Sing Competition – with only three organizations participat-ing, all local sororities. Even though the number of entries was lower than usual, Spring Sing was still memorable.

Opening night began with a surprising and unexpected “Lip Sync Battle” between emcee’s senior Chad Anders and junior Aimee Orozco, both Communication majors.

Anders opened by singing to Kelly Clarkson’s “Since U Been Gone” while Oro-zco interrupted halfway with the catchy summer tune “Call Me Maybe” made fa-mous by Carly Rae Jepson.

This year’s theme was simply “Spring Sing.” Chi Alpha Omega took the stage first with its show titled “Dancing Queen.”

“My last Spring Sing was a great way to end my semester with my Chi Alpha sisters,” said senior Ivon Mendoza. “Although we may have not won first place, I think we def-initely performed the best we could. We worked hard and long hours, and at the end of the day that’s all that matters.”

Pi Theta Chi made its

Spring Sing debut as a new sorority with the show “It’s All in Your Head.”

“Spring Sing is like having a baby, at first, experiencing childbirth is both challeng-ing and painful,” said sopho-more honorary Pi Theta Chi member Alex Bingham. “But in the end, you ultimately love the outcome of things.”

Finally, Delta Chi Rho closed the night with their show, “Delta Chi Rho Live!”

“We always love a friendly competition, and I love see-ing girls step out of their comfort zones to break

out into a fun dance,” said MaryClaire Swallow, a se-nior and president of Delta Chi Rho. “This was prob-ably my favorite show I’ve participated in, so I’m glad to have left on a great note.”

New head football coach Braxton Harris was fea-tured as a judge Friday night along with Business and Hu-man Resources Coordina-tor Katrina Lynn, and HPU Class of ’67 Alumni Joy Ivy.

Guest judges for Sat-urday’s performance in-cluded Communications Professor Sidni Carruthers,

HPU Class of ’73 Alumni Marilyn Johnson, and Biol-ogy Instructor Amy Kresta.

At the completion of Saturday’s performances, first, second and third place shows were announced. Third place, including a $300 prize provided by HPU Stu-dent Activities, was award-ed to Chi Alpha Omega.

Second place, including a $500 prize provided by HPU Student Government, was awarded to Delta Chi Rho.

The remaining spring editions of the Yellow Jacket newspaper will be available

online at www.hputx.edu/yellowjacket.

InsIde thIs

edItIon Hammock Hotel...............4

A hammock culture has emerged on campus.

Service Dogs....................5A look at what the multiple services dogs on campus

are doing.

Health Fair........................6A look back at the Health

Fair.

Singing in Spring..........7-8A photographical look at

Spring Sing.

In the Zone.......................9Step back in time into “The

Twilight Zone.”

Personal Time................10Taking alone-time with God on mission trips helps you

help others.

Doubting Christians?....11Having occasional doubts doesn’t make you a bad

Christian.

On a Roll.........................13The HPU baseball team

has extended its win streak to seven games.

No Off-season................14HPU volleyball and tennis

player Callie Molloy doesn’t have an off-season.

Photo by Ryan MilesPi Theta Chi with their winning check after Spring Sing.

Spring Sing→ Page 7

Aimee Orozco

staff writer

New sorority Pi Theta Chi wins Spring Sing in its first attempt

Just over a month ago, Howard Payne seniors Jo-siah Horton, Alex Atkinson, and Timothy Emery re-ceived news that no one ever wants to hear. Their apart-ment complex was on fire.

For the first few days at the fire at the Camelot Apart-ments in Brownwood, the three students experienced nothing but chaos. But since then, the ashes have settled.

There was a massive out-reach to the three students from the HPU community. They have all been wel-comed back into the men’s dorm, which will serve as their home for the re-mainder of the semester.

But that’s not all. The uni-versity has created a disaster relief fund not only to help in this situation, but also to be a standing fund that will be ready to spring into action in the future when any of our fellow Yellow Jackets find themselves in a time of crisis.

“All the help that came to us through the relief fund has helped us so

tremendously get back to the status quo of our lives [and] school,” Atkinson said.

The helping hands didn’t just come from HPU. The citizens of Brownwood have hosted several fund-raisers for the families who lost their homes in the fire. Many items have been do-nated to Horton, Atkinson and Emery to replace their lost belongings, includ-ing clothing and furniture.

“We are so grateful for the people in Brownwood that have helped us re-place a lot of our belong-ings that were unusable [af-ter] the fire,” Atkinson said.

Adjusting hasn’t necessar-ily been easy for the three students, but they express

their appreciation for their RA’s and RD of Jennings Hall that have welcomed them with open arms. They

are excited to finish out the spring with a successful se-mester and a senior recital presented by each of them.

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NewsNews Briefs

CampusWalker Memorial Library, through the Friends of the Library group, will host a book sale from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today (March 30) and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday (March 31).A selection of books, in-cluding duplicate titles and books the library does not traditionally carry in the academic collection, will be available for purchase. Paperbacks and hardcover books will range from 50 cents to $1, with rare books varying in price. Additional items include VHS tapes and duplicate HPU yearbooks.

StateThree storm chasers were killed Tuesday in Spur, lo-cated just east of Lubbock. DPS troopers say severe weather did not directly cause the two vehicle colli-sion, but the storm-chasers were driving toward a torna-do and ran a stop sign. The chasers were identified as Kelley Williamson, 57, Ran-dy Yarnall, 55, and Corbin Jaege, 25. Williamson and Yarnall were contractors for The Weather Channel.

National

National Football League owners voted 31-1 this week to approve the Oak-land Raiders’ move to Las Vegas despite a plea from the California city’s mayor to delay the vote over a po-tential last-ditch stadium deal. The Raiders likely will play two or three more years in the Bay Area be-fore their $1.7 billion sta-dium in Las Vegas is ready.

What’s the Buzz?To submit items and events to this HPU campus calendar, email yjacket@hputx.edu.

March 30-31: Friends of the Library Book Sale, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Walker Memorial Library.April 8: HPU Fest, 3-9 p.m., on campus outdoors weather permitting.April 8: Fest Fling Street Dance, 9 p.m., between Veda and Jennings halls.April 10-12: Resurrection Week services, 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, 10 a.m. Wednesday, Mims Auditorium.

Disaster relief fund started to assist HPU students during crisis

Courtesy PhotoAlex Atkinson (left), Josiah Horton (center), and Timothy Emery are shown before the 2016 fall semester Concert Choir perfor-mance. The three students were displaced after their apart-ment was destroyed earlier this semester, but have since been able to move back on campus.

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The Howard Payne Uni-versity speech and debate team competed at the 20th an-nual National Christian Col-lege Forensics Association Invitational National Cham-pionships, held in March at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. The team won numerous awards for their performances in both individual events and debate.

Freshmen Erin Haley, com-munication major from Ma-son, and Brooklyn Britton, theatre major from Brown-wood, were awarded novice national champions in dra-matic duo interpretation for their rendition of “Fat Camp.”

“I am thrilled that Erin and Brooklyn won the title of novice national champions for their outstanding perfor-mance,” said Dr. Julie Welk-er, Student Speaker Bureau speech and debate team coach and chair of the department of communication. “These two young ladies have worked all year to perfect this piece, and it certainly paid off for them.”

Senior Gabby McWhirt-er, theatre major from Brownwood, and junior

Reagan Grisham, commu-nication major from Arling-ton, won fifth place over-all in open dramatic duo.

“This is the first time in several years that we have duo competitors do so well. It was exciting to have them place in both novice and open divisions,” said Welker.

In parliamentary debate, the HPU team won third place overall debate sweepstakes.

The junior varsity team of Christopher Freeland, sopho-more biochemistry major from Bangs, and Tyler Olin, sophomore social science

jurisprudence and Guy D. Newman Honors Academy major from Howe, advanced to the final round. The team lost on a 2-1 decision to Col-orado Christian University. Olin was named 4th top JV speaker, and Freeland was named 7th top JV speaker.

The junior varsity parlia-mentary debate teams of Mor-gan Ashmore, communication major from Brock, and Rea-gan Grisham, junior commu-nication major from Arling-ton, advanced to semifinals.

The novice parliamentary debate team of Madi Neal,

freshman communication and social science jurisprudence major from Chandler, and Isabelle StahrFisher, fresh-man communication major from Fort Worth, advanced to the semifinals round.

Other students compet-ing in the tournament were Braxton Clark, senior social science global studies major from Southlake; Aimee Oro-zco, junior communication major from Sheppard; Isaac Sommers, senior social sci-ence jurisprudence and Guy D. Newman Honors Acad-emy major from Boerne; and

Haylee Williams, freshman communication major from Bellville. Sidni Kirby, in-structor of communica-tion, assists with the team.

This year, 23 universities from across the nation partici-pated in NCCFI. All schools are members of the Council for Christian Colleges and Uni-versities. Over 250 students competed in the tournament.

“Having nine of the 13 HPU students advance or win some type of speaker award is success by any measure. We were competing against some of the best debate and individual events schools in Christian higher educa-tion. Our HPU students did a fabulous job,” said Welker.

While in Phoenix, the team traveled to the Grand Canyon National Park for sightseeing.

“These trips are about more than just competing. We want our students to have a well-rounded education through travel and experi-ence the culture of each city we visit. While competition is our primary focus, getting out and about and network-ing with alumni is an impor-tant part, too,” said Welker.

SWELL graduate program seeking second cohort

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News

Howard Payne is seek-ing applicants for the second cohort of graduate students in the university’s Master of Education in Sport and Well-ness Leadership (SWELL) degree program. The second group will begin classes in August, and the first cohort of 18 students will finish de-gree requirements this spring.

The SWELL program seeks to prepare future

leaders for the $4-trillion sport and wellness industries. The program consists of 10 classes over 20 months, most of which are held on Monday evenings. Courses include instruction in event planning, public relations, legal foun-dations, leadership and more.

“We are seeking another fine group of future leaders who are committed to en-hancing the quality of life for those impacted by the sport

and wellness industries,” said Dr. Graham Hatcher, SWELL program director. “Several of our program participants are in new careers that have become available by par-ticipation in this program.”

A distinctive feature of the program is the two-week travel course in June 2018, which will enable students to engage sport and wellness industry leaders throughout the United States.

“Last summer, we visited

more than 20 venues includ-ing the National Collegiate Athletic Association offices in Indianapolis, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Support Center in Kansas City, the Center for Disease Control offices in Colorado Springs and the National Wellness Insti-tute’s annual meeting in Min-neapolis,” said Dr. Hatcher.

The coursework, trav-el and HPU’s Christ-centered academic

community make the afford-able SWELL program a unique offering among master’s pro-grams in the United States.

For more information about the program, e-mail swell@hputx.edu or call 325-649-8966. Applications for admis-sions and consideration for graduate assistantships in in-tramurals, outdoor recreation and department administra-tion/instruction are available online at www.hputx.edu/swell.

by HPU Media Relations

Speech and Debate fares well at NCCFIHaley, Britton win novice title in dramatic duo interpretation

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Courtesy PhotoHPU Speech and Debate team at the Grand Canyon.

Hammock Hotel P A G E 4 M A R C H 3 0 , 2 0 1 7

Features

It is not uncommon to walk down Center Avenue and see hammocks staggered in the trees by the gazebo or along Clark Street across from TAC. Within the past few se-mesters, a hammock culture has emerged on the Howard Payne University campus.

In the fall semester, Stu-dent Body President Syd-ney Spencer noted that other college campuses have built hammock ho-tels and suggested that SGA sponsor one on campus.

A committee was formed to research and implement the idea. It was headed by SGA Senior Senators Caitlin Wood and Rebeca Puente. Freshman Senator Justin Hughes also served on the committee and various SGA members contributed to the project through discussion, planning and preparation.

The committee first met with Dean of Students Dr. Ma-gen Bunyard and Terry Pritch-ett, assistant vice president for facilities and planning. The administration offered suggestions for the planning and implementation phase, providing insights regarding location as well as contact information for materials.

A team of SGA members mapped three potential loca-tions on campus and commit-tee members sought project price estimates as well as researched hammock pole configurations and other

logistics. The committee engaged in three weeks of detailed research before presenting their findings to SGA, drafting a pro-posal for the administra-tion and allocating funds.

“It was very rewarding to be a part of a project like this and contribute to adding to the improvement of campus while providing something students wanted on cam-pus,” said Puente, commit-tee member and senior sena-tor. “We cannot say thank you enough to the facilities staff for their contribution and hard work in getting the hammock hotel finished.”

SGA has developed a close relationship with

facilities to ensure that im-provements the student body requests are addressed.

“It was a pleasure work-ing with SGA; they did a great job. We hope the ham-mock hotel gets great use and that the students will enjoy it for years to come,” commented Pritchett. “In ad-dition, we look forward to future projects with SGA.”

One of the next major proj-ects facilities will be working on is fixing the chairs in the Newman conference rooms. This is a result of students voicing their concern to SGA. If you have any campus im-provement ideas, please con-tact SGA at sga@hputx.edu.

SGA helps to bring hammocks to the heart of campus

Jaclyn Bonner

Staff Writer

Photos by Rachel HughesOn March 3, the HPU Student Government Association hosted a grand opening ceremony at the newly built hammock hotel.

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Features & News

Service dogs, therapy dogs and emotional support animals – no they are not all the same.

Differentiating between ser-vice dogs, therapy dogs and emotional support animals is not a matter of splitting hairs or political correctness. Each of these dogs has a very differ-ent job from the others and the terms are not interchangeable.

Service Dogs are individu-ally trained to perform tasks and do work that compensate for their handlers’ disabili-ties. Service dogs are much more than highly trained companions. Working as part of a team with their disabled partners, service dogs help them attain the safety and independence from which their handlers’ disabilities would otherwise limit them.

Therapy Dogs also

receive extensive training, but have a completely dif-ferent type of job. Their re-sponsibilities are to provide psychological or physiologi-cal therapy to individuals other than their handlers – who are usually their owners.

These dogs have stable tem-peraments and friendly, easy-going personalities. Typically, they visit various institutions such as hospitals, schools, hospices, psychotherapy of-fices, and nursing homes. Un-like service dogs, therapy dogs are encouraged to socialize and interact with a variety of people while they’re on-duty.

Emotional Support Animals, on the other hand, are not re-quired to undergo specialized training. Their primary roles are to provide their disabled owners with emotional com-fort. Emotional support ani-mals can benefit a disabled in-dividual, psychologically. The seemingly basic gift of com-panionship and unconditional

affection can be just the right therapy to counter a condition like debilitating depression.

There is a no pet policy on campus both in the dorms and Newberry Apartments, but these special compan-ions are the exceptions.

HPU freshman Devin Men-delson has a mini Australian Shepard Catahoula mix named

Cobalt Blue, who functions as an emotional support dog. Devin has struggled with anxi-ety, depression, and separa-tion anxiety, but has now had Cobalt Blue for over a year and can attest to the impact he has had on Devin’s life. “He knows when I’m upset or going through stuff, and he makes it his mission to cheer me up,” said Mendelson.

There are a few other stu-dents around campus that may have a special friend like Co-balt, but now knowing who they are and their responsi-bilities, it is our job to be un-derstanding and respectful.

Courtesy PhotoDevin Mendelson and Cobalt Blue.

Gabriella Diazdeleon

staff writer

HPU alum named men’s athletic chaplain at TechBy HPU Media Relations

Howard Payne alumnus Corbin Young was recently appointed by the Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes the new men’s athletic chaplain at Texas Tech University. In this position, Young serves the seven men’s sports teams at Texas Tech by encourag-ing and equipping the coaches and athletes through Christ.

“I’m excited and humbled beyond words by this op-portunity to represent Christ, through the ministry of FCA, at one of the largest state schools in Texas,” Young

said. “Serving in this capac-ity, as a college sports chap-lain, has been a ministry dream job for me since I first surrendered to God’s calling on my life at 18 years old.”

Young said college stu-dents, particularly male student-athletes, are among the church’s most unreached people groups in the nation.

“Consequently, I see this as one of the most strategic and vital ministry opportunities for advancing the Gospel in our sports-obsessed culture,” he said. “As I seek to earn the trust of these Red Raiders, my role will be all about building rela-tionships and making disciples by encouraging and equipping them in their faith, character and leadership through the loving ministry of presence.”

Young, a former HPU student-athlete, earned his

bachelor’s degree in practi-cal theology in 2010 and a master’s degree in theology and ministry in 2014. He was a four-year letterman in foot-ball (2006-2009), team captain (2009), American Southwest Conference all-conference slot receiver (2009), three-time academic all-conference selection (2007-2009) and a collegiate national cham-pionship qualifier in Olym-pic weightlifting (2007).

“Corbin was a model stu-dent-athlete while he attended HPU,” said Hunter Sims, the university’s athletic director. “We are extremely proud of his service to the Kingdom and

to have him as an alumnus.”Young began working with

the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in 2010 as the Big Country area representa-tive based in Brownwood. In 2013, he became the founding area director for the organiza-tion in Midland where, under his leadership, the FCA staff and ministry rapidly grew around the Permian Basin.

He is a licensed and or-dained Baptist minister and has served on staff at churches in Brownwood and Paradise as well as in Saskatchewan, Canada. Most recently, he served as the lead pastor at First Baptist Church of Tarzan.

Corbin Young

Support animals can fill different roles for those they help

Health Fair enjoyed a healthy response

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Features

On March 7, several cam-pus organizations and stu-dents gathered together for the annual Health Fair.

There were several booths set up by various organizations to promote campus wide health and well being. Each different kind of health was represent-ed: physical, emotional, spiri-tual, social, and intellectual.

There were door prizes

given away by some local businesses, street tacos pro-vided by Sodexo, Knocker-ball, a Prayer Maze, games, visual representations of the kinds of foods we con-sume and the things in them, and even puppies to hold.

Mrs. Cavitt even stopped everyone and had several students join her in a line dance. It was a wonderful time enjoyed by students and faculty, and it gets better ev-ery year. You won’t want to miss this event in the future.

emily selman

Staff Writer

Photos by Cheyenne Hill and YJ Staff

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Features

From Page 1: Spring Sing

First place, including an $800 prize provided by HPU Alum-ni Association, was awarded to Pi Theta Chi in the group’s first-ever Spring Sing appearance.

“We were excited and mostly shocked about placing first,” said script writer sophomore Lainee Hasty, “Being a new sorority, we had no idea what we were getting ourselves into with Spring Sing. We’re just glad all of our hard work paid off and now have a clearer idea of everything that goes into this for the future.”

Spring Sing

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Features

Photos byDillon Wesley and

Josiah Hughes

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Entertainment

In just a few days, the How-ard Payne Symphonic Band will set off on its annual spring tour. This trip is a big part of the spring semester for the band, and something the students and their director, Mr. Corey Ash, look forward to every year.

On Saturday, the band will depart from Brownwood and head northeast toward Cor-sicana and Whitney, where they will play in both Sunday morning and evening church

services. Ash said that an im-portant part of tour is to take part in those kinds of services.

“[Band tour] is definite-ly designed to try and stay connected with our Baptist churches throughout the state since many of them do a great deal in support of the greater HPU community through their giving to the coop-erative program,” Ash said.

On Monday and Tuesday, the band will be perform-ing at McGregor and Wall high schools, with the pur-pose of recruiting future Yel-low Jackets. There will be the opportunity not only for recruitment, but also for con-

nection with alumni and, of course, some great music.

Some of the band’s favor-ite pieces include the fast and furious “Wedding Dance” and the 2003 composition “Ban-dancing.” When asked about his favorite pieces, Ash said, “One of my all-time favorites is ‘Elsa’s Procession to the Cathedral.’ Its huge ending brings out the goose bumps for everyone every single time.”

The purpose of tour isn’t just for recruitment or for connecting with alumni. “It allows us to have time to spend together as a band fam-ily to help create camaraderie and fellowship.” Ash said.

The band members are definitely excited to spend that time together.

“I think that the best part of tour is just getting to share the art we love with each other and with those who will hear us,” Ash said. “There’s a cer-tain kind of satisfaction that I’ve found nowhere else as that of a well-played concert before a group of people who are obviously and genuinely touched and are grateful for the effort made in preparation.

“I believe music is a gift from God. Hopefully, we can always treat that gift with the respect and care that it deserves.”

‘The Twilight Zone’ withstands the test of time

Too often the value of older movies and televi-sion is discounted. This is understandable since little can compare to current Hol-lywood productions because of how far filmmaking has developed technologically.

However, just because media is filmed in black and white, has outdated ter-minology in dialogue, and clunky special effects, this shouldn’t necessarily mean it isn’t worth watching.

There are hundreds of ex-amples to be found of classic films and television that do justify the modern viewer’s time. One excellent televi-sion show bridging the gap between sleek special effects and dazzling camera work and aged film techniques

is “The Twilight Zone.” The original series, pro-

duced from 1959 to 1964, has seen several more con-temporary iterations, but these do not hold up to the first originating series.

Created by iconic writer and producer Rod Serling, the show drew upon other science fiction stories of the time to become an incredibly influ-ential thriller/science fiction series. Many of the movies, TV shows, and even novels today owe a great deal to the creativity of “The Twilight Zone.” See “The X-Files,” “The Sixth Sense,” “Polter-geist,” “Star Trek,” and much of Stephen King’s writing as just a few examples of “The Twilight Zone’s” influence.

The now iconic introduc-tion music helps to transport viewers to the titular “Twilight Zone,” with narration by Ser-ling playing over the series of surreal images. To quote Ser-ling, “it is the middle ground between science and super-

stition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge.”

Who wouldn’t be en-ticed by this monologue if instead it was paired with slick, modern Hollywood production? Therein is the quality of “The Twilight Zone.” The value is substan-tive rather than superficial.

Using an anthology for-

mat – each episode involves a new story and characters – every installment weaves an enticing web. The tone varies from the lighthearted, to deep and contemplative, and, on occasion, ventur-ing into the downright scary.

This variation is part of what makes the show so enthrall-ing. In “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” viewers see a young William Shatner play a man terrorized by a monster that no one else aboard the plane can see. While in “Enough Time at Last,” the tale of a book-worm who pines for the free-dom to read when he pleases and what happens when he receives his wish is told.

Also worthy of mention, Serling and the writers of the series intentionally used their creation for making so-cial commentary, which is only somewhat dulled being some 60 years removed from its subject matter. The mes-sages of de-escalating con-flict between nations, treat-

ing others peacefully, and embracing the differences between individuals are core to “The Twilight Zone,” and can still have impact today.

As noted, the series is an anthology so episodes can be seen out of order with-out missing any informa-tion. Some good starter episodes when watching “The Twilight Zone” are the aforementioned, “Night-mare at 20,000,” “Enough Time at Last,” “The After Hours,” “To Serve Man,” and “The Eye of the Beholder.”

If you can get past admit-tedly antiquated special ef-fects, every episode of this TV series offers a whole world full of thrilling twists, insight, and the occasional scare. Be-fore you know it, you’ll have entered the “Twilight Zone.”

“The Twilight Zone” is currently available for streaming on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

Carissa Cromer

Music columnist

Seth Rainey Movie Columinst

YJ File PhotoDirector of Bands Corey Ash at the spring concert.

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Religion

There is something about going on a mission trip that magnifies what God is stirring in your heart. Whatever He has been teaching you sudden-ly floats so quickly to the top and begins to grow even more, sometimes exponentially.

Over spring break I had the incredible opportunity to go to Juarez, Mexico, for six days. While there, our team of nine had the privilege to part-ner with an amazing mission-ary family and various pas-tors and believers in Mexico. Through dramas, testimonies, worship, speaking on the ra-dio, and evangelism, we were able to plant a lot of seeds and see other seeds blossom into salvation that were plant-ed long before we arrived.

God is doing something great in Mexico. In a small piece of that process, the nine of us were able to see magni-fied what God was and is doing in each of our own lives along the way. For me, there was a light bulb that switched on in my heart about doing minis-try from a place of fullness.

Every morning of the trip, we started with a least an hour of worship. We prayed, sang, and read the Word, sitting to-gether in the living room and fixing our eyes on Jesus before starting our day – being still and listening to His voice, de-claring our love for Him and thanking Him for His grace.

I hadn’t realized before I was “full” that I had been minister-ing from a place of emptiness.

What I mean is this: You cannot pour from an empty

cup. While this phrase may be a cliché, the truth of it is still becoming clear to me. Why was I trying to fuel a 12-hour day with 30 minutes of fidgety “quiet time” in the morning? Why was I some-times speeding through or skipping altogether my daily time with the Lord and won-dering why ministry was hard?

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not about time. I had given the Lord an hour of my time plenty of mornings before this. It’s not about clocking in for an hour so that God will bless your dutifulness. It’s about seeking God’s face. It’s about lying at His feet and truly worshipping Him, filling up the spiritual well of your heart with truth from the

Word and His voice so that you’re able to share His love with others from overflow.

You can’t pour from an empty cup. You can’t lead oth-ers where you haven’t been.

This isn’t just on a mission trip or when you’re actively involved in a ministry posi-tion. For a follower of Jesus, life is ministry. Every day is an opportunity. We need to be filled to overflow with Christ daily, seeking Him for our dai-ly bread and praising Him for who He is. It seems so simple, but we need to be firmly rooted.

Matthew 5:6 says, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”

God will fill your cup to over-flowing when you seek His face.

Mission trip also offers a chance to see what God is doing in our lives

Photos by Lydia HeinrichsAbove: The group painted a church bright green for a pastor and his wife.Top Right: Two of the group members performed a drama out-side of a hospital.Bottom Right: The team enjoyed leading worship services at various churches in Juarez.

lydia heinrichs

Editor in Chief

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Religion

It seems like everywhere I turn, I hear how college students are leaving the church more and more each year.

Once people come to college, they are inundated with different ideas. Some are good. Some are bad. They aren’t in their hometown with their sphere of in-fluence away from their pastor or youth pastor to help guide them through this process of discovering new ideas.

Many Christians are afraid to ask difficult questions. How can a good God allow evil in the world? If God really created everything good, why would he send people to hell? Where is God when I can’t feel him?

Coming from a Christian Stud-ies major, I can say that everyone has dealt with these questions before, in-cluding myself. These questions are nothing to be ashamed of. There’s room for doubt in the Christian faith.

In the biblical narrative, we see many haracters who have doubted God. For instance, in Psalms David writes, “How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day af-ter day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?”

The prophet Habakkuk writes an account of him questioning God’s acts when the Israelites were in ex-ile. Job questions God when most ev-erything is taken away from him and his friends question God’s motives.

Questioning God in this manner isn’t something new. People over thou-sands of years have had their questions. Many times there aren’t any easy an-swers. There are mysteries about God that might be better left unanswered. In fact, if someone were to say, “I have all the answers,” I would have some serious concerns about their theology.

I believe asking these hard ques-tions can really deepen one’s faith.

Holding on to God in the hard times when it seems like there are no answers is an act of faith in itself. I personally don’t have the answers to the questions above, but I still hold on to what I know is true, that is that God created me and He loves me. As an act of His love, He sent his son to live a human life and to die for the sins of the world to be resur-rected on the third day. This I believe.

There may be questions unanswered as someone goes on their journey of faith. There are mysteries about God that he has, for whatever reason, decided not to reveal to us. In hav-ing doubt, we can find deeper truth.

People don’t have to give up their faith just because they start asking the harder questions. I’d say that in my own life, I’ve strengthened my faith by asking questions I didn’t even know existed until I came to college. It can be lonely and terrifying, but you’re not alone. Find others who can go through this with you. Find others who have asked these same questions.

Just because someone doubts doesn’t mean they are a “bad Christian” or they “don’t have any faith.” Rather, they are going on a journey like many others before them. It can deepen one’s faith opening up new truths about God they have never even thought about before. It can be scary, but worth it in the end.

It’s something we all go through.

Be ready for life’sunexpected turns after graduation

I had a chip on my shoulder and something to prove. That’s what I told my soon-to-be Area Manager interviewing me at the time. Nev-

ertheless, I was afforded the opportunity and haven’t looked back.

As a 2011 Howard Payne alumnus, I finished driven. I had big plans, ready to attack the world and pursue a career in journalism,

sports information or media broadcasting.

Fast forward five years, I’m managing the largest Waco branch for En-terprise Rent-A-Car, which includes 12 employees, 300-plus units and

involves customer service and sales.

After graduation, I planned to pursue a master’s degree, but took an unexpected turn. I was living in Abilene with no job. After selling cars

for a year, a co-worker helped me connect with Enterprise.

My work with Enterprise has led me all over Texas, including Abilene, San Angelo, Austin and now Waco. Enterprise has rewarded my pro-ductivity with positions that require more responsibilities and mul-

tiple promotions that make it all worth it.

The end game is that I want current HPU students to know more about this avenue after college than I did. Enterprise hires as many

college graduates every year as any other company. There’s an Enter-prise in Brownwood, not far from HPU.

The position you would be hired on to hold is called a Management Trainee. Salaries are extremely competitive, and benefits include ev-

erything from a 401(k) match program to a profit share from the com-pany that adds to the 401(k) every year as a privately owned company.

Enterprise stands behind two things – customer service and employee development. With those directions within the company it creates a

progressive, competitive and teamwork-driven environment.

Feel free to reach out to me at Marcus.L.Garrett@ehi.com or at (325) 227-5857. I would love to speak with you, see if you have a back-

ground for the position and ultimately refer you as a fellow Yellow Jacket alum.

Lane Garrett | Enterprise HoldingsBranch Rental Manager1601 Jack Kultgen FreewayWaco TX 76706254-714-1131 office254-714-1123 fax

Daniel Harris

Religion Columnist

Having occasional doubts doesn’t make you a bad Christian

Thomas Taylor, HP’s 12th president, Part 3

The following is an excerpt from FOR HOWARD PAYNE MY ALL: 125 YEARS OF CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDU-CATION AND SERVICE 1889-2015, AN ENCYLCOPEDIA, by Dr. Robert G. Mangrum.

In an earlier column, the ascension of Thomas Taylor to the presidency of How-ard Payne in 1929 was noted. Taylor’s presidential adminis-tration would span 26 years. Academically, the foreign language requirement was re-duced from four to three majors – the current term is semester hours – and as many as four majors could be offered in mu-sic, painting and public speak-ing. In addition, students could substitute Greek for math.

A Bachelor of Science de-gree was offered; evidently it was intended for the home economics major. It also was the intention to add other practicable courses as soon as possible. The 1929-30 catalog noted that any student who took pre-professional work and completed at least 28 majors would receive, upon completion of their work, the B.A. degree from HPC with a major in that profession. As all courses were offered as correspondence courses except lad science, and a stu-dent could take up to one-third of the course work for a degree by correspondence.

A new emphasis was made in the catalog concerning Bible. Included were “Bible in the Curriculum,” chapel,

church services, revival meet-ings, and a discussion on the “Place of the Christian Col-lege.” It was noted that at HPC “the center of the col-lege objectives was the train-ing of the Baptist ministry and the training in Christian character of all the students.”

In the 1930-31 aca-demic year the number of trustees was expanded, al-most doubling the board.

A College of Fine Arts was listed. By 1932, the Great De-pression was making itself felt and most of the academic program remained unchanged. There was no longer any mention of the HPC Busi-ness College; there was quite a bit of material on the new dam and lake that was being built north of Brownwood.

In 1933 the term “majors” was replaced with semester hours and honor points were given on the basis of a plus or minus, with A-plus carrying nine honor points. The fac-ulty were required to report weekly absences from both class and chapel as well as stu-dents failing in the classroom.

A Department of Biblical Literature as well as a De-partment of Commerce were established. A great deal of space in that fall’s catalog was

devoted to teacher certification. The library was hailed with holdings now reaching 15,000 books. Mention was also made of a museum consisting of sci-entific and historical materials.

The curriculum was further modified in 1934 with expand-ed course work in education, physical ed, public school mu-sic, and sociology. Extra-cur-ricular organizations remained essentially unchanged but an activity fee of $10 per semester was charged for financial sup-port of athletics, public speak-ing contests, library usage, the Lasso and the Yellow Jacket.

The college library was expanded again with the ad-dition of the John D. Robnett collection, the Wade Vinson sociology and theology col-lection, the Betty Shelton his-torical collection, and others. With 20,000 volumes, and a complete file of the Pecan Valley News – forerunner of the Brownwood Bulletin – as well as the Brown County Baptist associational minutes.

In 1935 the Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education was added to the catalog. A major in physi-cal education was possible. Alpha Chi an honorary schol-arship society was replaced with a local organization the Lincoln Scholarship Society.

During the next academic year there was renewed in-terest in a museum. This was prompted by a considerable gift from Albert Boenicke, a pioneer citizen of the county, who presented the college with several hundred mounted specimens of natural history and ethnology as well as Indian relics. This was joined by Dr. C. G. Schurman’s collection of Indian relics from the up-per Mississippi Valley region.

In 1938, the duties of the college president reached the point where Taylor could no longer perform those duties and those of dean of the facul-ty. Consequently, Dr. Z. T. Huff was named dean of the faculty.

Academically, civics was no longer required as an entrance requirement from high school and a “D” grade became a passing grade. For graduation the students were required to complete 120 hours of liberal

arts course and have a mini-mum of 118 honor points. A new degree, the bachelor of business administration, was also added. Speech was part of the English department while fine arts was again a separate department. The Home Economics Department obtained a “model” cottage.

By 1938-39 the Taylor ad-ministration had stabilized the various areas of the college.

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Features

The college is stabilized in the aftermath of the Great Depression

Dr. Robert Mangrum

university historian

Thomas Taylor

It’s Time to File Financial Aid

Applications for 2017-2018

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for 2017-2018 can be completed at

www.fafsa.gov.

The HPU Financial Aid application is available in the Financial Aid Office, Room 109 of the Packer

Administration Building.

If you need with your Financial Aid application, contact the Financial Aid

Office at 325/649-8015 or go by the Financial Aid Office.

Jackets extend streak to seven wins M A R C H 3 0 , 2 0 1 7 P A G E 1 3

Sports

By HPU SPortS InformatIon

The Howard Payne baseball team extended its win streak to seven games and improved to 7-2 in American South-west Conference play with a 6-1 and 16-10 doubleheader sweep Saturday over LeTour-neau at Don Shepard Park.

The Yellow Jackets, 14-7 overall and 7-2 in conference, will host Concordia in a three-game series this weekend. Friday’s game is scheduled for 2 p.m., with Saturday’s doubleheader set for 1 p.m.

HPU’s win streak also in-cludes a rare three-game sweep of Hardin-Simmons on March 17-18 in Abilene. The Jackets haven’t lost since a March 4 nonconference game at the University of Dallas.

After taking Friday series opener 7-4 from LeTourneau, the Jackets used 25 total hits on Saturday to claim 6-1 and 16-10 wins from to complete their second consecutive three-game sweep of an ASC opponent. Howard Payne tal-lied 18 hits in the series finale.

In Saturday’s game one, the Jackets jumped out to a 4-0 lead after scoring two runs in the second inning and two more in the third. Le-Tourneau’s only score in the game come in the sixth on a solo homerun to right field.

HPU answered in the bot-tom of the inning scoring on a Blake Null RBI single to left center and a Benjamin Lewis walk that was a wild pitch that allowed Brett Quack-enbush to score from third.

Kyle Ramon picked up his first win (1-0) of the year in the start, pitching 6 innings and allowing one run on just three hits and striking out four. Xavier Haines threw

the final frame of the seven-inning game allowing just one hit and striking out one.

Benjamin Lewis fin-ished the game 2-for-3 at the plate with a RBI. Leadoff man Joshua Gerig walked in all four of his plate ap-pearances, scoring twice.

After giving up three runs in the first two frames on game two, the Jackets used a five-run third to gain the lead for good. The five-run frame was highlighted by a two-run homer by freshman Michael Nowak, the first of his career.

HPU scored multiple runs over the next three innings to lead 15-7 at the end of the sixth inning. The Jack-ets added another single run in the seventh and cruised to 16-10 victory posting 18 total hits in the game.

Joshua O’Conner picked up his first win of the season in relief after the Nathan Wey-rauch start. O’Conner threw 2.2 innings allowing two runs on three hits. Weyrauch in the start went 4 innings allow-ing four runs on three hits.

Chandler Clark saw .2 in-nings of work allowing three runs on three hits. Welsey

Smih finished out the game going the final 1.2 innings allowing one run on one hits and striking out two.

Six Yellow Jackets record-ed multiple hits in the game – led by Noah Payne, Brett Quackenbush and Benjamin Lewis’ three hits each. Da-vid Groves, Michael Nowak and Cliff Linceford each had two hits in the game. Nowak led with three runs batted in.

7-2 HPU hosts Concordia this weekend at Don Shepard Park

Photos by Josiah Hughes

Being a student-athlete requires a juggling act. You must find a way to bal-ance school and sports with the hopes you can get your GPA high enough during the off-season so you can fo-cus on your sport during its season.

That’s not the case, though, for Howard Payne senior Callie Molloy. She doesn’t get an off-season as she not only captained the HPU volleyball team, but also does some work on the concrete of the tennis courts as well.

“I’ve always been involved in a lot,” Molloy said. “Whether it be in sports or other organizations. When I was in high school I played volley-ball, tennis, basketball, ran track, was a cheerleader, and I was also in band, FFA, 4-H, and my church youth group.

“Coming from a small town, do-ing everything was just normal. It kept you busy and out of trouble. Plus, there was nothing else to do.”

While Molloy has now limited herself to only two sports, she’s still very involved on campus and in town. She attends church at Coggin Avenue Baptist, spends her Sunday evenings there in the college ministry, Genu-ine, and is also very active in HPU’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Being so busy, sometimes it’s hard to stay focused and motivated. That doesn’t seem to be an issue for Molloy.

“The love of the game I think is what keeps me motivated,” said Mol-loy. “I fell in love with these two sports a long time ago. I truly love every aspect of the games I play.”

She also says her family has a huge part in her wanting to be suc-cessful in everything she does.

“One other huge component is my parents,” Molloy said. “They always told me I could do anything I set my mind to and once you start, you don’t stop.

“A saying in my family is ‘If you are going to be a bear, you better be a grizzly.’ So, if you’re going to

do something, you better do it the best you can and you don’t quit.”

And a grizzly she has been. Mol-loy helped lead the Jackets’ vol-leyball team to its first conference tournament berth in over a decade, along with being named Ameri-can Southwest Conference Tennis player of the week earlier in March.

To top it all off, she over-achieved in the student aspect of being a student athlete by earning a 4.0 GPA during the fall semes-ter – when volleyball was in season.

Being successful at one sport is difficult enough for most athletes, but the fact that Molloy has been able to succeed in both up to this point demonstrates her ability to preserver and overcome obstacles.

What’s the training dif-ference in each sport?

“The main difference in train-ing is that during volleyball sea-son we focused on building and maintaining strength while also

incorporating agility and endurance. For tennis, we focus more on agil-ity and endurance,” Molloy said.

The biggest difference may-be in the way she prepares for matches in each sport.

“I feel like all athletes have a cer-tain pre-game routine no matter what sport they are playing,” said Molloy. “You just have your own way of getting zoned in on what you need to do. So the biggest dif-ference would have to be, I have to put sunscreen on for one sport.”

Molloy is a solid example of some-one who plays for the love of the game, and does everything to the best of their ability leaving the results up to the Lord. After she graduates in May, she will be joining our friends up the road in Abilene at Hardin-Simmons, where she has accepted a graduate assistant job within their volleyball program.

“I’m excited for this next step in my life,” said Molloy. “I can’t wait to see how God is going to use me.”

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SportsHPU SPORTS UPDATE

BaseballRecord: 14-7, 7-2 in ASC

March 17: HPU 5, HSU 1March 18: HPU 6, HSU 4March 18: HPU 13, HSU 11March 24: HPU 7, LeTourneau 4March 25: HPU 6, LeTourneau 1March 25: HPU 16, LeTourneau 10March 31: Concordia at HPU, 2 p.m.April 1: Concordia at HPU, 1 p.m.

Softball Record: 5-21-1, 3-18-0 in ASC

March 24: HSU 6, HPU 2March 24: HSU 4, HPU 0March 25: HSU 5, HPU 2March 31: HPU at UT Dallas, 2 p.m.April 1: HPU at UT Dallas, 12 p.m.

Women’s TennisRecord: 3-10, 0-0 in ASC

March 10: HPU 8, LeTourneau 1March 11: HPU 6, TLU 3March 11: Hendrix 8, HPU 1March 23: HPU 7, Friends 2March 24: Schreiner 6, HPU 3March 31: HPU at HSUApril 1: HPU at McMurry

Men’s TennisRecord: 0-9, 0-0 in ASC

March 10: LeTourneau 8, HPU 0March 11: TLU 7, HPU 2March 11: Hendrix 8, HPU 1March 24: Schreiner 9, HPU 0March 31: HPU at HSUApril 1: HPU at McMurry

Men’s Golf

HPU’s Reed Shelley finished tied for third overall, shooting a 151 over the two-round Texas Cup tournament hosted by UT Dallas last weekend. Shelley finished the second round with a 73, earning All-Tournament honors. HPU’s Andrew Errico and Guy Ekstrom each finished tied for 37th with a 161. Errico recorded an eagle during the event. As a team, the Jackets finished six out of nine teams.

No off-season for MolloyHPU senior plays volleyball in the fall and tennis in the spring

chad anders

sports Writer

Courtesy Photo Callie Molloy serving in tennis.

SGA introduces 2017-2018 candidates M A R C H 3 0 , 2 0 1 7 P A G E 1 5

News

Tuesday night the Howard Payne Student Government Association hosted a chapel session in which SGA candi-dates gave speeches. These cadidates are running for posi-tions on the SGA in the upcom-ing 2017-2018 academic year.

Current SGA president Sydney Spencer briefed the audience on this year’s ac-complishments for the school, such as hosting a dance in the fall and plans for anoth-er after HPU Fest, planning Homecoming alongside the Alumni Association, build-ing the hammock hotel, and most recently, working with maintenance to fix the chairs in the Newman building.

The uncontested presi-dential candidate for next

year is current SGA vice president Isaac Sommers. His runningmate for vice president is Titus Brown.

Juniors Andrea Balderas and Djimonni Jackson are running for senior senator positions next year, while Jenna Underwood is run-ning for the position of presiding senior senator.

Sophomores Kade Kahanek and Spencer Wolverton are both running for the position of presiding junior senator.

Freshmen Haylee Wil-liams and Jordan Hahn are running for positions as sophomore senators.

There are still openings in each class, which can be applied for at the begin-ning of the fall semester.

Voting will be held later this semester so check your emails for more informa-tion on how to vote online.

Sydney Spencer Isaac Sommers

Jenna UnderwoodDjimonni Jackson

Rachel Hughes

staff writer

Andrea Balderas

Spencer WolvertonKade Kahanek

Jordan Hahn

Haylee Williams

Photos by

Rachel

Hughes