University and Bradshaw Fit-ness Center representatives gripped royal blue and orange ribbons on Feb. 29 as they prepared to cel-ebrate the grand opening of the Fit-ness Center.

Then President Robert B. Sloan Jr. gave the signal, and the par-ticipants cut the colorful ribbons,

marking the official opening of the 80,000-square-foot center located within walking distance of the cam-pus.

In addition to Sloan, the group of participants included two trust-ees, long-time Fitness Center mem-ber Elizabeth Reese, freshman De-nae Dreessen and Whit Goodwin, director of Student Life.

The University announced the purchase of the Fitness Center from Memorial Healthcare System last December and opened the facility nearly two months before the offi-cial ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“We wanted to give time to plan a good ceremony and to let people know about it so we could see a

great turnout, just like we did to-night,” Goodwin said of the event attended by a number of University representatives, students, volun-teers and members of the state-of-the-art Fitness Center.

Prior to the ribbon-cutting cer-emony, a dedication took place in which Goodwin introduced speak-

SPOTLIGHT

Dr. Jerry Walls, visiting pro-fessor of philosophy, won the 2012 Christianity Today Book Award in the Apologet-ics/Evangelism category.

He was 13 when he attend-ed that life-changing Sunday service led by

his evangelical, Bible-extoling uncle in Knockemstiff, Ohio, the impoverished hamlet of recent literary notoriety where many people were not encouraged to attend college and typically be-gan working at the nearby paper mill after graduating from Hun-tington High School.

It was during that service, as the congregation sang the hymn “Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone,” that he felt the call to preach that would forever change

By DANIEL CADISEditor in chief

Famed Christian apologist quietly begins teaching

President Robert B. Sloan Jr. announced on Feb. 27 that Dr. John Mark Reynolds, founder and direc-

tor of Biola University’s Torrey Hon-ors Institute and professor of philoso-phy, will be-come HBU’s new provost b e g i n n i n g at the end of June.

Sloan characterized the appoint-ment, which concludes an eight-month search for a new provost, as a move that will significantly impact the University’s future and boost its national standing because of Reynold’s reputation and suc-cess at Biola, a private evangelical liberal arts university located near Los Angeles.

“Dr. Reynolds is an internation-ally known scholar, and I look for-ward to the talented leadership he will bring to the University,” Sloan told the faculty and staff in a cam-pus-wide email. “It’s a huge deci-

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Cutting ribbons, pounds

President selects provost

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Amanda Golden, 26, a cheerleader for the Houston Tex-ans, was hired as the new cheerleading coach.

Junior Jasmine Harding, co-captain of the cheer squad, wrinkled her eyebrows as she described the University’s team as more of a spirit squad than a competitive team. Her fur-rows disappeared, however, when she men-tioned the University’s new cheer director: a Houston Texans cheerleader.

“I think she can transition this team into a Division-I squad that can compete with teams from other schools,” Harding said. “Instead of being an extracurricular activity, the cheer squad can now be more of an athletic team.”

Amanda Golden, 26, was hired in mid-

Cheerleader trades Texans for Huskies

see CHEER, page 6

By AYLA SYEDNews editor

Members of the Bradshaw Fitness Center as well as University representatives prepare to cut ceremonial ribbons for the official opening of the campus’ latest acquisition on Feb. 29.

The office of advancement, in a broader effort to reach out to alum-ni, raised more than $50,000 during its end-of-the-year campaign with the help of Royall & Company, a Virginia-based corporation that helps colleges reach fundraising goals.

Revenue for the annual fund, a tool for the University to gar-ner financial contributions from mainly alumni but also other mem-bers of the University community, jumped nearly $40,000 from the $10,028.31 raised during the same November-December period last

see FUNDS, page 4

SHOWTUNES ON CAMPUS

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PURSUING A NEW DIRECTION, THE DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC PLANS TO OPEN UP A GLEE CLUB FOR ALL MAJORS

TATTOOS FOR JESUS?

see pg. 7

‘JOHN CARTER’STANTON’S LIVE-ACTION DEBUT FAILS TO DELIVER ON COSMIC PREMISE

see pg. 9

By DANIEL CADISEditor in chief

By AYLA SYEDNews editor

End-of-year campaign brings in $50,000

Biola University’s Reynolds to fill chief academic role

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Campus highlights opening of nearby Fitness Center

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Boosting the numbers

2012

Total donations to the annual fund’s end-of-year campaign increased over last year’s financial contributions.

2011

$52,801.43Contributions

Donors

Total Solicited

345

19,688

$10,028.31Contributions

Donors

Total Solicited

27

≈10,000

Source: The Office of Advancement

By NAYELI CABRERAStaff writer

If a glee club can inspire stu-dents from television’s McKinleyHighSchooltosing,thenacampusglee club, the University’s choraldirector thinks, will also inspirestudents across campus to sing aspartof theSchoolofMusic’snewvocalperformanceclub.

Theclubwillbeginnextfallandwillfeaturetwodifferentextracur-ricularsinginggroups,Men’sGleeandWomen’sGlee,offeringallin-terestedstudentsanopportunitytosingmodernmusic.

The groups will meet once aweek for half an hour at a yet-to-be-determined time and will bedirectedbystudentconductorsandDr.JohnYarrington,directoroftheSchoolofMusic.

Yarrington said the idea forthe club arose last semester afterhe recruited non-music majors tothe school’s two existing choirs,Schola Cantorum and UniversitySingers,jointlyknownastheCho-ralUnion.ThiseventuallyledtoarestructuringoftheChoralUnion’srepertoirethatwillbeginthisfall.

ScholaCantorum,theadvancedchoir, will continue to perform

mostlyclassicalmusic,butUniver-sity Singers’ repertoire will mostlikely expand to include a greatervarietyofmusic,suchasworldmu-sicandspirituals,Yarringtonsaid.

“I think if people are going tocome together as a campus choir,theymightwanttodosomelightermusic,”Yarringtonsaidofthecho-ral restructuring. “I want tomakethe choirs more approachable fortherestofthecampus.”

The glee club idea was solidi-fied during the restructuring pro-cess and will incorporate a newdirectionof lyrical styling that in-cludes spirituals, popular music,show tunes, barbershop arrange-mentsandworldmusicgenres.

“Ithinkthereisaplaceforthison campus because there are somany students who want to singbutcannotaffordthetimecommit-ment required of choral classes,”Yarringtonsaid.

While Schola Cantorum andUniversity Singers are open to allmajors,theyremainchoralcoursesthat require students’ enrollment.Thenewclubdoesnotrequireen-rollmentandwillholdtoitsinclu-sivepolicy.

Yarringtonsaidhehopesfacultyandstaffwillalsofeelwelcometo

join thegroup, citing thepreviousperformance of Dr. Doug Hodo,nowpresident emeritus,who sangwiththeUniversity’sformermen’sgleeclubduringhistenureaspresi-dent.

Junior Jimmy Luong, a kinesi-ologymajorinUniversitySingers,theChoralUnion’sbeginnerchoir,said he plans to participate in thegleeclubandhopestoperformmu-sicsimilartothatofthepopularTVseries“Glee.”

“WhileinhighschoolIwantedtotrysomethinglikegleeclub,”hesaid,“butIwasabitembarrassed.”

Now, he says, he is more matureandwill takeadvantageoftheop-portunitythenewgleecluboffers.

The glee club may perform atcampuseventssuchasWednesdayConvocation and sporting com-petitions. Yarrington said anotheroptionwouldbeperformingat re-cruitingeventslikePreviewWeek-end.

“This isanopportunity tosendtheHBUmessageinsong,”hesaid.

A joint performance by bothglee groups and University Sing-ersisplannedforOct.21inBelinChapel.

State of the UniversityPresident Robert B. Sloan

Jr. will deliver the State of the University address on March 19 at 6 p.m. in Dillon II to discuss new programs and his vision for the future of the University at the Student Government Association-sponsored event.

SIFE’s Green EventStudents in Free

Enterprise’s green event to promote recycling, originally scheduled for March 18 at Tranquility Park in down-town Houston, has been postponed. An alternate date and time will soon be announced.

Intramural DodgeballThe office of campus rec-

reation has added the intra-mural sport of dodgeball. The new intramural sport started on Feb. 29. Its next game, which is open to all students, will be on March 8 at 7 p.m. at the Bradshaw Fitness Center.

Art Prize FinalistSenior Joel Stanulonis was

named one of the 109 final-ists for the Hunting Art Prize on Feb. 21. Finalists’ work will be critiqued to determine the 2012 Hunting Art Prize winner, who will receive a $50,000 prize. The winner will be announced at the Hunting Art Prize Gala on April 28.

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The glee clubs will meet once a week starting next fall for about half an hour to one hour to practice for upcoming performances.

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Dr. Sebron B. Williams, the former dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences who retired in 2004 after leading the college through a transformative period and starting several of its graduate programs, died Feb. 22 in Pasadena. He was 86.

The longtime leader of the College of Edu-cation and Behavioral Sciences, as the School of Education was then known, played an in-strumental role in expanding the college while serving as dean from 1982 to 1995, according to “An Act of Providence.”

He initiated the Master of Education, Mas-ter of Arts in Psychology and the Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling degree programs, but his most lasting impact may have been on the students and those with whom he interact-ed on a daily basis.

“He was a very special friend and col-league for many people,” said Judy Ferguson, senior administrative assistant to the president, who began working with Williams in 1993.

Dedicating himself to the betterment of fu-ture generations, Williams spent 59 years as an educator before retiring in 2004.

“It is time to look for another job with pay,” Williams said with a laugh before he retired, according to a Collegian article that commem-orated his 26 years of service to the University.

Williams was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II and served as a private in the Pacific Theater of the war that engulfed much of the civilized world. He first saw com-bat at the Battle of Okinawa, fighting for 59 consecutive days in the battle marked by the highest number of casualties on both sides of the Pacific Theater, and later at Leyte.

Before being discharged as a commis-sioned First Lieutenant, Williams earned a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart Award, rec-ognitions that would be supplemented by his Philippine Liberation Ribbon with an addi-

tional Bronze Star.He graduated from North Texas State Uni-

versity, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in government, a master’s degree in educa-tion and a Ph.D. in education in psychology counseling and guidance. His doctorate would make him uniquely qualified to lead the Col-lege of Education and Behavioral Sciences.

Dr. Randy Wilson, acting dean of the School of Education, said Williams influenced

his development as a faculty member of the University. “Dr. Williams was a wonderful voice of wisdom for me when I came to the University as a new faculty member,” Wilson said. “He had a wonderful sense of humor and so much rich experience. We all could call him a friend and cherished his wise counsel.”

Williams is survived by his wife Mary Jo; son Randy and daughter-in-law Crystal Wil-liams; grandchildren Stephen Williams and

Kristen and her husband, Marcus Villalovos; and great-granddaughter Madisyn.

A visitation was held from 5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 26 at Grand View Funeral Home in Pasadena. Funeral services took place at 11 a.m. Feb. 27 at Deer Park First Baptist Church with inter-ment following at Meditation Estates of Grand View Cemetery.

Ayla Syed contributed reporting.

Campus sCene

The cast of “Beware of Christians” laughs at a student’s joke about one of the cast member’s facial hair after the on-campus showing of the documentary in Dillon I on March 1. Three of the cast members visited the University to discuss the movie, which chronicles their trip to Europe to discover how to truly follow Jesus Christ.

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Steven Green, president of Hobby Lobby, will speak about faith in the workplace and discuss his substantial Bible collection at the second Prince-Chavanne Dis-tinguished Lecture of the academic year on April 16 in Belin Chapel.

The School of Business decided to have a second lecture when it was notified that Green would be available to speak on campus later this semester.

He will visit the University shortly after his trip to the Vatican, where he will pres-ent Pope B e n e d i c t XVI with a multimedia presentation of his Bible col lect ion.

The Hobby Lobby executive’s lec-ture at the University will include not only information on faith in the workplace but also details about his trip to Italy.

Dr. John Brooks, associate dean of undergraduate programs in busi-ness and Prince-Chavanne chair in Christian business ethics, said the School of Business has been trying for several years to bring Hobby Lobby speakers to campus to serve as examples to the students.

“The first thing that attracted our attention to Hobby Lobby was its Christian-based policies,” said Brooks, who is also the chair of the department of marketing and business. “We also like the fact that Hobby Lobby has scholarship programs for students and that they are a family-run business.”

Green’s father, David Green, CEO of Hobby Lobby, founded the Christian-based company in 1972 in a 300-square-foot retail space in Oklahoma City.

Green leads his business with the guidance of scripture, accord-ing to the company’s statement of purpose: “Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles.”

Senior Beth Bottom, a busi-ness major who plans to attend the lecture, said she respects the large company because it puts faith first.

“Companies such as Hobby Lobby seem to be more ethical when they are Christian-based,” Bottom said. “The fact that they are closed on Sundays speaks out that Christ is still important to their companies.”

The organization has 499 stores in 41 states, ranking 194th on Forbes’ list of America’s Largest Private Companies with $2.28 bil-lion in revenue last year.

The company originally provid-ed just arts and crafts but has trans-formed into a department store car-rying merchandise ranging from crafts, hobbies and fabrics to home accents and holiday supplies.

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ers Sloan, Reese and Dreessen to the audience.

Dreessen, who teaches Zumba classes at the Fitness Center, represented the student body at the 20-minute dedication. She explained what the Fitness Center signifies to her as a student.

“The center has opened up new opportunities for students,” she said. “We have more fitness pro-grams, employment opportunities and a new site for recreation. It’s a place to build a community and to hang out with friends outside of classes.”

Dreessen added that the new facility has rooms for larger Zumba classes and that she enjoys meeting new adults who attend the classes that are open to all members.

Sloan seconded her view about the benefits of interactions between students and other adults in the University community.

“I think it is very healthy for

our students to be around people of all ages,” Sloan said. “College is a very unusual time in that stu-dents are mostly around people their own age, but we really need intergenerational contact.”

After the dedication and rib-bon-cutting ceremony, attendees mingled as a disc jockey livened up the ambiance with music. Facility tours and demonstrations were also available to guests at the mid-afternoon event.

The Fitness Center current-ly offers access to four pools, strength and weight training equip-ment, an indoor running track, a full basketball court and group exercise classes.

These facilities became avail-able to all current students after a $100 charge was added to their accounts for the spring semes-ter. There are several additional features at the facility for which students must pay extra fees.

Although the Fitness Center

became available to students just two months ago, negotia-tions between the University and Memorial Hermann began several years ago.

“We approached Memorial Hermann Hospital about 4 1/2 years ago and asked its represen-tatives if they were interested in

negotiating with us, but at that time it did not work out,” Sloan said. “Then, about a year-and-a-half ago, they approached us and made us a great offer, so we pur-chased the Fitness Center.”

Sloan added that additions and improvements will be made to the center in the near future.

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Members of the Bradshaw Fitness Center as well as freshman Denae Dreessen and Whit Goodwin, director of Student Life, laugh after cutting a segment of ribbon for the official dedication of the center on Feb. 29.

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Hobby Lobby head to give on-campus presentation

CENTER: Campus celebrates official opening

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FUNDS: 345 donors give to end-of-year campaignyear. The number of donors rose to 345 from 27.

Charles Bacarisse, vice presi-dent for advancement, attributed this increase to a broader effort to connect with alumni through more mailings and follow-up emails.

“We have made a much more comprehensive effort this year,” he said, adding that the increased number of people reached in this campaign serves as a testament to the University’s broader effort to engage more alumni this year.

He added that he believes more alumni made donations this year because of the momentum created by some of the University’s his-toric announcements, such as the addition of football and the move to the Southland Conference. “As people see results, they want to become more engaged and want to do more,” he said. “We just have to ask them, which is what we have been doing more of this year.”

The office of advancement solicited nearly 20,000 members of the University community for the end-of-year campaign, almost doubling the estimated 10,000 reached last fiscal year.

R o y a l l & Company helped the Universi ty design a m a r k e t i n g strategy that includes a series of emails and m a i l i n g s

catered specifically to different audiences. Each mailing targets a specific segment of the University community based on a variety of criteria, such as previous donation patterns and personal interests. The office of advancement sent the holiday mailing to different groups within the University com-munity that included those who

had never donated; those who donated before but not in this fis-cal year; those who have donated this year; and faculty, staff mem-bers and trustees.

The targeted audience received two mail packages and four emails as part of the end-of-year cam-paign. The first mail package included a four-page letter, a story featuring a student scholarship recipient, personalized mailing labels, a notepad, two bookmarks, a reply certificate and a return envelope. The second, slimmer mailing included a two-page letter and a return envelope.

James Steen, vice president for enrollment management and a signatory on one of the letters, said the annual fund serves as a tool not only to raise money for the University but also to engage alumni in the University.

“We want more alumni to be engaged and active in the University,” he said, “Even if they

don’t donate right away, just get-ting them involved is enough.”

Most of the revenue raised through the annual fund helps provide student scholarships and bridge the gap between the opera-tional cost of the University and money raised from tuition, accord-ing to the University website.

Bacarisse said he hopes the concerted effort to engage mem-bers of the University community will continue to make a difference in the coming years.

“We are very thankful the University community responded so strongly to our request for sup-port and engagement over the hol-iday period and end of the year,” he said, adding that the annual fund effort focuses on involving people in the University, not just raising funds. “We look forward to continued growth in engagement from alumni, friends and parents of current students as well as our faculty and staff.”

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sion because the job of the provost is so important. I’m very excited. It’s a real plus for us.”

Reynolds, who earned a Ph.D. and master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Rochester be-fore starting Biola’s honors college program, will officially take charge of the office of the provost on June 25, a date he chose because it coin-cides with his 49th birthday.

“The chance to work with Rob-ert Sloan and the outstanding facul-ty at HBU to actualize the promise of the Ten Pillars is an honor,” the new provost said, according to the email announcement. “I look for-ward to listening and learning.”

In this role, Reynolds will report directly to the president as the chief academic officer and will oversee the individual colleges and major-ity of departments of campus. Cur-ricular, instructional and research affairs fall under his realm of di-rection, as will the Moody Library, University Museums and the as-sociate provosts. He will also par-ticipate in budgetary planning and accountability, strategic initiatives and other aspects of administra-tive policy, according to the official job description on the University’s website.

Reynolds will step into this se-nior leadership position at the be-ginning of a pivotal year for the University administration. The up-coming term will feature several academic benchmarks for this insti-tution of higher education, includ-

ing the second year of full Liberal Arts Core Curriculum implementa-tion, coupled with the launch of the new football program and entrance into the 11-member Southland Conference.

Reynolds designed, developed and administrates the Great Books program for honors students at the California-located university, a role he has held since 1995. During his 17 years at Biola, he has expanded the honors program to more than 400 students while also growing the faculty pool.

The prolific writer, who has published four books including one on the nexus of religious scholar-ship and technology, said he was not searching for a new job when he first spotted the advertisement for the provost position last fall.

“I wasn’t really looking for a job because I love my job directing Torrey,” Reynolds said, adding that he was drawn to Sloan’s plans for the University. “Houston Baptist has a strong program that I need to learn from and listen to, but it’s also a place that’s starting something.”

Reynolds, who met Sloan years ago, was selected for the position after submitting his application to the Provost Search Committee, led by Dr. Mohan Kuruvilla, dean of the School of Business. The com-mittee began searching for a new provost shortly after Dr. Paul Boni-celli, the former provost, resigned last summer. It received more than 30 applications for the position,

Kuruvilla said.The 10-member committee sift-

ed through the applications and, in the first stage of the process, inter-viewed promising candidates over the telephone. It narrowed down the applicant pool to three candi-dates, including Reynolds, by No-vember and invited them to visit the campus in early spring to deliver presentations before the faculty and staff.

Less than a month after Reyn-olds delivered his presentation in Belin Chapel on Feb. 1, Sloan made the final decision and sent the Biola philosophy professor a contract, which he promptly signed and re-turned.

The new provost said his first order of business when he begins in June will be listening and learning about the workings of the Univer-sity. “The work of the University is kind of an inherently quiet work,” Reynolds said. “It’s not very excit-ing and doesn’t get a lot of head-lines. Hopefully, one thing I’ll be able to do is provide real stability while some things are changing. Until I know what those things are, let’s provide stability.”

Reynolds has taught courses on a number of ancient works, among them Plato’s “Republic” and Dante’s “Divine Comedy,” while working on both the under-graduate and graduate levels at Biola. He regularly contributes to a Torrey Institute-affiliated blog and runs a Twitter account (@JMNR),

endeavors that he said are associ-ated with his goal of being a public intellectual.

He frequently lectures on an-cient philosophy, the philosophy of science, home-schooling and cul-tural trends. He has also appeared on radio talk shows, including the Hugh Hewitt Show, and he and his wife Hope have four homeschooled children: L.D., Mary Kate, Ian and Jane. The family expects to move to Houston by the beginning of June.

Sloan said he appreciated the work of the Provost Search Com-mittee and of Dr. Robert Stacey, dean of the Honors College, who has served as the interim provost since last summer.

“I also especially want to thank Dr. Robert Stacey for his service as interim provost,” Sloan said. “Bob has provided exceptional leader-ship and has continued to move the University forward in our Ten Pillars vision. He will continue to play a significant role as associate provost, as will Rita Tauer. Again, I appreciate the efforts of so many during this time of transition.”

Stacey will continue in his role as interim provost until June 25, when he will step down to make way for Reynolds. Stacey said he believes Reynolds will bring change and progress toward the University’s goal of revolutioniz-ing Christian higher education.

“I’m very excited,” Stacey said. “This will be a great year coming up.”

PROVOST: University hires Biola philosophy professor

Two alumni of the School of Business recently announced their plans to run for Sugar Land City Council this election year and are currently running unopposed for the two At-Large positions.

Himesh Gandhi, BBA ’95, and Joe Zimmerman, MBA ’89, are campaigning for, respectively, At-Large Positions One and Two, the only positions other than the may-or’s seat whose occupants will be determined by all Sugar Land vot-ers in the May 12 election.

Sugar Land’s four other city council members are elected from specific districts. The seven total officials manage the city of ap-proximately 84,500, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The city council is responsible for appoint-ing a city manager, establishing city policy and approving the bud-

get and acts as the legislative body of the local government.

Gandhi, a partner at the law firm Hrbacek & Associates, made his run official on Feb. 6 and, be-cause he is running uncontested, will take over for Thomas Abra-ham, a certified family counselor who has served for the maximum of eight years on the council.

Gandhi said he has been in-volved in community and civic af-fairs over the years and has aspired to serve on the City Council. He has held active roles in community organizations, including the Sugar Land Planning and Zoning Com-mission, the Sugar Land Exchange Club and the Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, where he has served as legal counsel since 2009.

Gandhi said his experiences at the University prepared him for future success, such as earning his law degree. “I have so many fond memories, but I truly enjoyed the

pre-law club and the mock trial ex-perience I had,” he said. “It really prepared me well for the rigors of South Texas College of Law and even to this day as a practicing at-torney.”

Zimmerman, a specialist in land acquisition and development, re-turned in March 2011 from Tripoli, Libya, where he had been working since June 2009 for a professional technical and management support services firm. He was evacuated due to the uprising that eventually toppled Libya’s dictator, Muam-mar Gaddafi.

Zimmerman has been involved in local civic affairs, serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission of Sugar Land in 2002 and again in 2011 after he returned from Libya.

His campaign began shortly after Jacqueline Baly-Chaumette, current At-Large Position Two councilwoman for the city, decid-ed to pursue a position as a state

representative.A good friend of Chaumette’s,

Zimmerman was asked if he want-ed to help with her new campaign. After talking to City Council of-ficials, including the mayor, he decided to become a candidate for her current position.

Dr. Chris Hammons, interim dean of the College of Arts and Humanities and chair of the depart-ment of government, explained the benefit of University alumni par-ticipating in politics. “It would be great to have a graduate serve on Sugar Land City Council,” he said. “The University is still a relatively young school, so we don’t have many graduates who serve in pub-lic office.”

Zimmerman said he is proud of the University’s progress since he attended. “The University’s repu-tation has grown,” he said. “It was great while I was there and is even better now.”

Alumni run for Sugar Land At-Large seatsBy NEBEYU MEKONNENStaff writer

February to fill the vacant position and lead the squad of eight, two months before her last event as a professional cheerleader for the lo-cal National Football League team.

The squad’s last director, who oversaw many extracurricular ac-tivities as the assistant director of campus recreation, resigned from the University at the beginning of this year, leaving the squad with no coach. Golden, who starts on March 28, will serve as the first cheer di-rector in recent years whose job is solely to work with the team.

Golden said she began applying for positions related to cheerlead-ing this year because she thought it was her time to move on from pro-fessional cheerleading and that she found the University’s job opening listed online. “Five years is a long professional cheer career,” she said, adding that she has worked with the Texans since 2007. “I will miss per-forming with them, but I’m excited to begin working here.”

The Houston native began her tenure with the Texans’ squad at the age of 21 and has served as the cap-tain for the last three years. Golden does not plan to reaffirm her posi-tion on the Texans’ squad as this year’s tryouts approach in April. She has instead begun preparing for the late-March University cheerleader tryouts that mark her official start date as a Husky and hopes to im-prove the campus cheer team.

“There is so much potential in the cheerleaders now,” she said. “They are so eager to learn. I want to help them strengthen their team.”

Golden plans to incorporate many aspects of professional cheer-leading, such as rules similar to those she follows on the Texans’ squad, into her work at the University with the goal of building a competitive team. The squad does not currently participate in competitions.

Harding said she and Golden have the same vision for the future of the cheer squad as a competitive team and that she looks forward to working with the new coach. “It’s been tough without a director,” Har-ding said. “I’ve been cheering for 10 years but still need a coach whom I can turn to for help.”

Golden began taking dance classes at the age of 2 and cheering at the age of 12, leading up to the start of her Texans career. She con-tinued her education while cheering professionally, graduating from the University of Houston-Clear Lake in 2009. She then began a part-time job as a commercial coordinator for Helix Energy Solutions Group, a Houston-based oil and gas com-pany, where she will continue to work part time while coaching the Huskies.

Whit Goodwin, director of Stu-dent Life, who hired Golden, said her background and experience will benefit the University team.

“Her experience on the Texans’ squad will help bring a better work ethic and level of professionalism to the squad,” he said.

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SUGAR LANDCITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS

MAY 12

ALUMNI BALLOT

Joe Zimmerman

MBA ‘89

Position Two

HimeshGandhiBBA ‘95

Position OneTwo alumni will run for separate positions in the upcoming election.

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his life and lead him to attend Ivy League institutions, publish 12 critically acclaimed books with another on the way this month and become one of the foremost Protes-tant apologists of his generation.

Remembering that moment still brings tears to the two brown, knowing eyes that peer out from the gray-bearded face of Dr. Jerry L. Walls, the Yale-, Princeton- and Notre Dame-educated Christian apologist and philosopher who cur-rently serves as the visiting profes-sor in philosophy at HBU.

Walls, 56, began working at the University last fall after conclud-ing a research fellowship at Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy of Religion and in December won the 2012 Christianity Today Book Award in the Apologetics/Evange-lism category for “Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality,” an argument for the belief in God on the basis of morality which he co-wrote with Dr. David Baggett, professor of philosophy at Liberty University in Virginia.

Baggett took classes taught by Walls at Asbury Theological Semi-nary in 1989 and praised his former professor whom he now describes as a friend.

“Jerry’s influence on students, body of written work, speeches through Tom Morris’s Institute for Human Values, and contributions at the highest levels to numerous areas of academic inquiry qualify him, in my estimation, as one of the most important living Christian philoso-phers today,” Baggett said. “When you combine that sort of intellec-tual rigor with warmth of heart and passionate conviction, you get quite a result. Houston Baptist is lucky to have him.”

The national recognition from the Christianity Today award is only the latest entry in a career that has made major inroads in the Ivory Tower, where Walls’ polemic texts have stirred interest and pas-sion, and the Christian community, where his works have been greeted with a similar reaction. His book “Why I Am Not a Calvinist” stirred controversy regarding the historic Arminian-Calvinist debate, and his trilogy on heaven, hell and purga-tory proposed and even answered decisive questions about these su-pernatural realms from a Protestant academic’s perspective.

“A good rule is if it doesn’t make someone mad, it isn’t worth writing,” the Christian philosopher said recently while discussing his life and career in his barebones of-fice tucked away in a corner of the University Academic Center.

PHILOSOPHICAL CONNECTION

He would stumble onto the field of philosophy, another one of his lifelong passions, almost by acci-dent while attending Circleville Bi-ble College, located near his Ohio home. His father brought home a work by Francis A. Schaeffer, the second-most influential Christian apologist in the 20th century. Its title, “Pollution and the Death of

Man,” caught Walls’ eye, but its content would spark a voracious engine of intellectual curiosity that propelled him to this career of na-tional renown as a Christian apolo-gist and philosopher.

“There are not many philoso-phers from Knockemstiff,” Walls said of the small Ohio community that gained its name, according to folklore and conjecture, when a preacher came upon two drunken women fighting over a man. The preacher said someone should “knock him stiff,” referring to the man, because he probably was not worth the trouble.

Schaeffer’s works would have a profound affect on Walls’ faith. “He helped me to think of my faith in a much more comprehensive fash-ion than I had done before,” Walls would later write about the influ-ential apologist. By the time Walls had graduated from New York-located Houghton College with a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy in 1977, he had finished reading every work by Schaeffer and was busy fusing his experi-ential-based Christian upbringing with the philosophical mindset his readings had produced.

After earning a Master’s of Di-vinity at Princeton Seminary, Walls pursued a Master of Sacred The-ology at Yale Divinity School, a top theology school in the nation. It was here that he would take a course, “Emotions, Passions and Feelings” taught by Dr. Paul Hol-mer, that would provide him with the tools to merge his experiential Christian upbringing with Schaef-fer’s doctrine-driven approach to theology.

“I think it’s very important for

Christians to know truth with their minds, bodies and soul,” Walls said, adding that he eventually saw emo-tions as a critical component for a holistic understanding of the faith.

WORDSMITH

This holistic view of faith has influenced him for much of his ca-reer, in which he has employed a skillful pen to defend and analyze key tenets of the Christian faith. He has invested time in examining the philosophical and theological un-derpinnings of C.S. Lewis and his influential “Chronicles of Narnia” heptalogy.

The physically active Walls, an avid sports fan, has also directed his quill toward examining basket-ball from a philosophical perspec-tive. He co-edited a 2008 anthology called “Basketball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Paint,” which included an essay that explained how basketball shooters “in the zone” embody Taoist principles.

His latest book, “Wisdom from the Hardwood: Seeing a Success Worth Shooting For,” based on a speech he has given several times, should be published later this month and will include a foreword by Bob Knight, the legendary Texas Tech men’s basketball head coach.

COMING TO HOUSTON

Dr. Robert Stacey, interim pro-vost and dean of the Honors Col-lege, described Walls as an influ-ential scholar and key player in the University’s expansion of the relatively young department of phi-losophy, which separated from the Christianity department four years

ago. “He added gravitas to the phi-losophy department,” Stacey said. “We were very providentially able to bring him on board this year.”

Walls began teaching at the Uni-versity last fall after his Notre Dame fellowship, in which he wrote the final book in the supernatural tril-ogy. This semester, his courseload includes a Philosophy of Religion course, an area in which he special-izes.

On a recent rainy Monday morn-ing during the 10 a.m. Philosophy of Religion course, Walls rapidly unspooled the core structure of the Irenaean theodicy, an ancient at-tempt to resolve the problem of evil in the face of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent deity. Wearing a T-shirt emblazed with the Texas state flag and rumpled bleached jeans, the professor walked back and forth in front of the 16 students in his class, delivering the key principles of the theodicy almost as quickly as he drives his beloved British-made, six-cylinder 1973 Triumph TR6.

“Paul says the sufferings of this time do not compare to the heav-enly rewards,” Walls said in his lecture, referring to a chapter in 2 Corinthians where the apostle dis-closes the amount of persecution — from beatings to being stoned nearly to death — he experienced while spreading the message of Christianity.

The professor explained to the students that, according to the Ire-naean theodicy, God utilizes these sufferings to allow humans to fully mature and reach their full spiritual potential, something that would not occur without the challenges of life.

After the class, junior Annette Taylor, a philosophy major and one of the 16 students in the course, said she was inspired by Walls’ teach-ings: “He makes you think about the overall problems with human-ity and our connection to God,” she said. “He’s very studied.”

‘EDUCATED EVANGELIST’

Walls said that, as a young per-son, he imagined himself becoming what he described as an “educated evangelist” and eventually decided that he wanted to pursue a doctor-ate and enter the realm of academia while attending Houghton. In this realm, the professor has met with remarkable success while devoting himself to defending the Christian faith and improving the world’s un-derstanding of its foremost religion.

The father of two — a son, Jona-than L. Walls, an aspiring filmmak-er who recently published a book and is married; and a daughter, Angela Amos, who is married to an Air Force sergeant and has a baby on the way — explained his success dismissively. “I’ve just had a lot of issues I’ve cared about,” he said. “When something grips you…”

His voice trailed off as if his mind was in another, perhaps more philosophical realm. For Walls, the learned scholar who felt the call to ministry so many years ago in that small Ohio town with the unique name, this would only be natural.

A pastor of a M o n t r o s e - a r e a church recently challenged mem-bers of his congre-gation to live out their faith in an

atypical way by getting tattoos that represent different Stations of the Cross, images of Christ’s journey from condemnation to resurrec-tion.

These faith-inspired tattoos are a great outward demonstration of a person’s inward faith.

Some Christians balk at this idea, saying that tattoos are con-demned in Scripture. Many cite verses that supposedly prohibit tattoos like Leviticus 19:28, which says, “You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves.”

It is important to understand the context of this verse. Pagan spiritual practices involved get-ting tattoos of a deceased relative’s likeness to show honor to that per-son and the pagan god he or she worshipped, according to “Spiri-tual Tattoo: A Cultural History of Tattooing, Piercing, Scarification, Branding and Implants” by John Rush. When God made this rule in the book of Leviticus, he was sim-ply protecting the Israelites from temptation by forbidding them to take part in anything resembling a pagan ritual or practice.

All tattoos are OK as long as the person has a positive and signifi-cant reason for wanting to repre-sent something on his or her body in this way. What matters most in the modern world is that the person is clear about his or her reasons for wanting the tattoo, whether that be to honor a loved one, remember a significant time in his or her life or profess an important religious message.

The Bible also seems to sup-port this act. Isaiah 44:5 states that those who profess Christ will one day show that physically on their bodies: “And another will write on his hand, ‘Belonging to the Lord.’”

Tattoos are becoming more ac-ceptable in today’s culture, and Christians can use this to help with ministry. These images can be used as conversation starters when people ask to hear the significance behind a person’s tattoo, and that might just lead to someone becom-ing a believer.

Tattoos are a great way for Christians to take part in a popular component of mainstream culture. The difference between Christians and others is the positive and up-lifting message presented by inked body parts.

Body art illustrates beliefs

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By ALEXIS SHELLYReligion editor

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WALLS: Influential apologist holds visiting philosophy professor post

Influential books by Dr. Jerry L. Walls

“Why I Am Not A Calvinist”

Publisher: IVP Books (1992) Description: Walls explores flaws in the Calvinist theological doctrine on how God expresses his sovereignty, focusing on humanity’s free will to love.

“Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation”

Publisher: Oxford University Press (2011)Description: The book examines and defends purgatory while explaining Protestant views on the topic.

“Good God: The Theistic Foundations of Morality”

Publisher: Oxford University Press (2011) Description: Walls argues that the existence of morality serves as proof that a transcendent source exists.

“Hell: The Logic of Damnation”

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (1992)Description: The doctrine of hell can be maintained when put through the rigor of intellectual study, according to this book.

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HB‘ZOO’Goats and alpaca and ducks. Oh my!

Student Programming Board hosted a petting zoo open to all students in front of the Lake House on March 5 as part of Daytime Distraction.

Marsha’s Petting Zoo, a rental service based in New Caney, Texas, brought a va-riety of farm animals, including chickens, ducks, goats and an alpaca, to the Lake House lawn for the SPB-sponsored event.

Sophmore Mady Doucet, SPB’s vice president of Daytime Distractions, pro-

posed the idea to other members of the organization last semester in hopes of providing a therapeutic experience for students the week before Spring Break.

“This is a stressful week for a lot of students,” Doucet said. “I think the soft fur and feathery love we got today makes the week a lot more enjoyable.”

SPB plans Daytime Distraction each Monday to entertain students between noon and 2 p.m. Future events will in-clude free snow cones and scratch art.

LEFT: Freshman Erica Coronado cradles a baby goat on March 5 at Daytime Distraction, a weekly event for rec-reation sponsored by Student Programming Board. The animals, including babies, were brought to the Lake House lawn for the two-hour period of diversion hosted every Monday afternoon.

ABOVE: Freshman Sergio Lopez laughs as a baby goat bites his finger.LEFT: Sophomore Nishita Rojani holds a baby alpaca.

MARCH 8, 2012

Design by Nathan CadisPhotos by Arsalan Rehman and Maryam Ghaffar

Dr. Seuss’ classic children’s story “The Lorax” comes to life in a vibrant new film of the same name that retells the enviornment-pro-tecting fable about the dangers of industrialization and the true beauty of nature. This whimsical film en-tertains right up until its disappoint-ingly stereotypical ending.

“The Lorax” revolves around Ted (voiced by Zac Efron), a spunky preteen who embarks on a journey to win the affection of the girl of his dreams, Audrey (voiced by Taylor Swift). Going against his home-town’s regulations, he ventures past the walls of his city of Thneedville

in search of The Once-ler (voiced by Ed Helms), a dark stranger who knows how to revitalize the tree-less city. When the two meet, the Once-ler tells the story of the Lo-rax (voiced by Danny DeVito), a grouchy yet charming creature who long ago fought to protect the forest of fur-covered Truffula trees.

Ted listens intently to the Once-ler’s story about how he invented the thneed, a blob of badly knitted cloth that passes for a sweater or a scarf, made of the fur from the tops of the Truffula trees.When his new business expands, the Once-ler recklessly chops down the forest to meet the increasing demand while ignoring the warnings of the Lorax.

With the help of Audrey and his

grandmother, as well as his willing-ness to save what is left of the for-est, Ted journeys to the middle of the city to convey a message about protecting nature.

The story clearly conveys this green-friendly message and is paced well until the ending, which feels cliche and far too abrupt for this Universal Pictures product. Every-one miraculously finds the moral of the story and lives happily ever af-ter, saving the planet as part of this candy-coated fantasy.

Despite the poorly executed end-ing, the film’s surreal computer ani-mation conveys its cartoony premise beautifully. Ted’s bright suburban world, for example, contrasts re-markably with the post-industrial-

ized world of the Once-ler. The settings also almost per-

fectly match the whimsical score by composer John Powell. The ambient noises and music complement the scenes, fading into the background of the sugar-high world.

Toward the end of the movie, Ted is given the last seed of the Truffula trees. Although small, it can restart the Truffula tree population and, like Ted, a small preteen, can spread the revolutionary ideas of environmen-talism and introduce a new type of ecological thinking for the world.

This underlying theme, though certainly inspiring for the film’s young audience, appears as jarringly outlandish as the movie’s cartoonish setting.

‘Lorax’ spins whimsical environmental tale

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By CHELSEA VOLKERAsst. news editor

FAILS ON BOTH PLANETSCARTER’

Mars, the rust-colored forth planet from the Sun, has long remained a cultural fixation due to its blaz-

ing orange hue and the long-held belief that the Red Planet was a cradle for life.

Perhaps its proximity to earth and com-parable size, as well as the lack of scientific knowledge, allowed this barren world to become a planet-sized playground for the adventurous minds of science-fiction scrib-blers in the last century, cultivating odd no-tions of lost civilizations of illustrious gran-deur in the fields of missing scientific data.

“John Carter,” Walt Disney Pictures’ new $250 million space adventure film based on the Barsoom stories published by Edgar Rice Burroughs beginning in 1912, flourishes in this blistfully ignorant vac-cuum, where astronomers have yet to fill in those nitty-gritty details of planetary habit-ability. Director and writer Andrew Stanton of “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E” fame em-braces this scientifically implausible world in his live-action directorial debut and pur-posefully avoids the distraction of “trivial” scientific data that would have upended his cosmic fantasy.

Unfortunately for Stanton, his latest film premieres during an age when those basic scientific details are common knowledge,

meaning many watchers may have a dif-ficult time suspending their disbelief to enjoy what is an overall entertaining film that remains encumbered by several serious drawbacks.

“John Carter,” a valiant but hollow effort to capture an aura similar to George Lucas’ “Star Wars” series, fails to deliver on its premise of a renegade Confederate soldier, John Carter (Taylor Kitsch), mysteriously finding himself transported from the United States to a lush, populated Mars, where he must quickly learn to survive against the stereotypical warring civilizations.

Driven by the death of his wife and daughter, this lost character finds himself empowered with Herculean abilities on the planet that, despite its barren appearance, actually teems with life. Its lower gravi-tational pull enables him to leap long dis-tances in a single bound and lift objects of immense weight, making him something of an icon with the locals.

Kitsch, best known for his standout role in NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” lacks the ability as an actor to lead this colossal production. He does, however, manage to convey the sense of loss driving his Civil War-era character.

When the leather-clad Carter finally de-cides to fight for one of the various Mar-tian city-states, his transformation from a man haunted by ghosts to a physical fero-

ciousness berserker is extremely believable in the face of an army of

green, six-armed humanoids. Sadly, Kitsch — who has the acting “prowess” to have played Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” films — is no Sam Worthing of “Avatar,” so this compelling moment quickly fades into the hazy rubble of what could have been.

Nearly every actor in this film matches Kitsch’s poor performance, but they are eclipsed by the work of Lynn Collins as Princess Dejah Thoris, the Snooki-colored Red Martian who jeopardizes her city-state’s survival so that she can avoid mar-rying a cruel antagonist. Her failure to de-liver lines in a convincing manner seriously detracts from “John Carter” and, in many cases, undermines the realism of the film.

In her defense, the script itself bristles with horrible dialogue. A handful of internal jokes, such as the Green Martians believing that Carter’s name is “Virginia” due to a miscommunication, loop endlessly within the film, prompting chuckle-worthy mo-ments that never reach the level of laughing out loud. The scriptwriters embraced the cheesiness of the original story and penned a tongue-in-cheek flick that wondrously made its way to screen.

They also draw from a repository of ste-reotypes for every character, every culture and every plot point on screen. If you have

seen a major sci-fi film in the last decade, then you’ve seen “John Carter.”

Stanton, who has earned two Academy Awards for “Finding Nemo” and “Wall-E,” does not live up to his own standards in his first live-action film. Disappointing on nearly every level, “John Carter” proves to be entertaining in the same desperate way that “Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace” was entertaining.

The director does succeed in delivering a film that will certainly spark the creative engines of 11-year-old children currently expanding their imaginations with an infu-sion of sci-fi. Stanton himself was around 11 years old when he learned of Barsoom and seems to have adopted an intense loy-alty to the source material’s core simplicity, which carries over into the new film.

But instead of updating the story for modern audiences, Stanton takes certain stereotypes, shakes them into a different formation and displays them with pride as if they were new creations fit for the con-temporary world.

The final product, an entertaining piece that fails to rise above these paltry stereo-types, sadly chooses the comfort of simple-mindedness instead of cultivating a garden of fresh ideas on the blank canvas present-ed by the Red Planet.

By DANIEL CADISEditor in chief

Q&A with Taylor Kitsch, star of ‘John Carter’

courtesy of UNIVERSAL PICTURES

The Lorax is the titular character in the new computer-animated 3-D musical comedy.

The Collegian: What were the physical challenges of this role?Taylor Kitsch: I think I battled exhaus-tion throughout. You are in so much of it and you’re working six-day weeks, which includes boxing and sword training. To top it off, you’re on a strictly protein diet. It is the most boring diet you can imagine.

C: What do you think was your greatest accomplishment with this film?TK: Just getting through it. The making of this film was so physically exhausting, and there were some days when you didn’t even feel like walking to the set. I definite-ly set the bar high for myelf, and I intend to keep it there for future roles.

C: What have you learned from working with talented actors like Liam Neeson on the set of “Battleship”?TK: It all goes back to surrounding your-self with great actors and playing these character-driven roles. I’m always em-powered by these guys, and I always feel I’m a better actor because of it.

‘JOHN

During a recent trip back home to my native state of Oklahoma, I watched for the first time “The Wizards of Wa-verly Place,” a Disney Channel sitcom,

while babysitting a cousin. Roughly 10 minutes into the show, it became quite

clear that today’s children’s sitcoms and cartoons are different from those that many ’90s kids grew up watching on Nickelodeon or early on Satur-day mornings.

While many modern chil-dren’s shows feature some of the biggest names in Holly-wood, some of these sitcoms and cartoons lack relatability to the lives of their audi-ence members.

“Doug,” a cartoon that debuted in August 1991, in-troduced America’s youth to Douglas “Doug” Funnie, a grade school-aged resident of Bluffington. Rumors, bul-lying and puppy love were common themes of the show as Doug pursued his school crush, Patti Mayonnaise.

“Rugrats,” another popular cartoon of the decade, garnered attention from toddlers and teens alike. Friend-ship and family rivalry dominated the plot as Tommy,

his cousin Angelica and his best friend Chuckie bickered over the simplest things, including who would get the last cookie in the cookie jar.

While many of today’s shows continue to offer simi-lar problem-solution scenarios to their viewers, many audiences cannot readily empathize with the lives of the main characters.

“Wizards,” for example, centers on a family with magical powers that discusses, well, magical things — hardly something children experience on a regular basis.

“Hannah Montana,” an-other Disney Channel sitcom, chronicles the life of a teenage pop star living in an upscale California community. With flashy designer clothing and weekly elaborate trips on her private jet, Miley Cyrus, who

plays the character of Hannah Montana, leads a double life: a normal teen who attends high school by day and a pop star by night. Her biggest problem is forgetting to take off her stage wig, which helps conceal her identity.

Although the show is a hit among today’s youth, its lack of relatability makes it inferior to the iconic televi-sion shows of the past.

This characteristic of relatability, one that colored the childrens’ shows of the ’90s, is unfortunately waning in many of today’s children’s TV shows.

Seven Bells releases chilling wall of sounds

Kids’ shows are unrelatable

Aaron Estrada . SophomoreChurch Music

Q: What led you to attend the University?A: I found out about the University during my freshman year of high school. After attending Houston Community College for three years, I went to Student Orientation, Advising and Registration and fell in love with the campus life.

Q: What holiday do you enjoy the most?A: Christmas is my favorite holiday because it represents the birth of my lord and savior, Jesus Christ. In addition to the gifts I get to give and receive, it’s two days before my birthday.

Q: Who plays the most important role in your life?A: My parents are the ultimate role models in my life. They did a very good job raising me in the ways of the Lord. Everything I do and believe is due in part to the influence of my parents, whom I love dearly.

Q: Where do you see yourself in five years?A: I see myself leading worship at a local church. I also want to write music, marry the woman of my dreams, raise our children and live my life for the glory of God.

Q: What five cities would you love to visit?A: I want to visit New York City to see a Broadway show and the fabulous skyscrapers; Washington, D.C., to visit the national monuments; Paris to see the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame; Rome to see the ruins of the Roman Empire; and finally Tokyo because of its unique culture.

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Ren and Stimpy

Angry Beavers

Sister, Sister

Kablam

Rugrats

Animaniacs

CatDog

Johnny Bravo

Hey Arnold

Earth, Wind & Fire March 8 - Jones Hall 7:30 p.m.

Grammy Award-winning country group Zac Brown Band will per-form at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo during the fair’s 83rd annual run.

The Houston-based MLK Parade Foundation will hold its 11th an-nual Battle of the Bands Compe-tition in honor of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The award-winning group Earth, Wind & Fire will perform March 8 at Jones Hall as a part of its 2012 tour promoting its new single, “Guiding Lights.”

Zac Brown BandMarch 12 - Reliant Stadium 7 p.m.

MLK Battle of the Bands March 16 - Butler Stadium 4 p.m.

’90s SHOWS SEARCH: Can you find these popu-lar kid’s shows in the word search below? Good luck!

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Alejandra Deheza’s soft voice, doused in icy reverb, immerses the listener in a cloud of echoes. Her alluring vocals simply complete one part of the ambient atmosphere that the latest album from School of Seven Bells, the New York alterna-tive rock duo, has to offer.

The sound created by guitarist/producer Benjamin Curtis and lead singer Deheza contrasts with that of noise pop duo Sleigh Bells.

While the latter band’s loud and catchy aesthetic requires heavy riffs, blast-beat percussion and bubble-gum pop lyrics, Seven Bells opts for a groovy yet detailed pal-ette with constructed bluesy guitar leads, arctic layers of synthesized, droning bass and Deheza’s chilling vocals.

Each track includes pockets

of intricate musicianship that im-ply the hand of a perfectionist, something evident in the brooding seconds that precede “When You Sing,” the electronic interlude on “Low Times,” or the mix of live and machine drums on “Scaven-ger.”

This allows the songs to tran-scend themselves, existing beyond grasp while remaining in full view, like the bright aurora borealis in a starry sky.

Deheza herself also bears the mark of perfection. She has a voice that fills every empty crevasse within a song while remaining dis-tinct among the proper instrumen-tation.

Her ability to exhibit passionate refrains from the end of words for long lengths of time feels captivat-ing and adds a wonderful shimmer to the album’s core sound.

Curtis’ production and Deheza’s voice come into communion like no other. The duo’s four-to-the-floor drumbeat patters underneath a cloudy, wafting synth and static drone that pervade the emphatic song “Lafaye.”

The song’s best part, the hook, is mesmerizing. Deheza ends one of the song’s vague stanzas: “You are a chain of indecision/into a cloud that followed you,” holding

on to the last syllable forever as the sound spritzes around her.

In contrast, the cavernous soundscape of “Reappear” sounds like a shapeless gas.

The song features two overtly sustained plucks of guitar as an am-bient fog of synth whirls, aided by no drums to set a course or rhythm. The lead singer momentarily mouths the mantra “You know it’s time to reappear” before her voice dissipates into the track’s thick at-mosphere.

The reverb in question does ac-tually remove consonance from the words, which makes certain lyrics hard to hear. This takes the fun out of listens, as the audible lyrics pur-port a riveting narrative of a long-gone relationship.

The effect, coupled with Dehe-za’s vocal style, was clearly a con-scious choice to attain the band’s ambient feel.

Seven Bells’ work on “Ghosto-ry” intrigues by achieving a distinct sound that has a wealth of versa-tility on each track and within the album.

These songs will ultimately play in concert venues and dance halls, but the level of artistry displayed on this charismatic breath of an album demands a listen in solitude with a good pair of headphones.

By FEMI ABORISADEAsst. entertainment editor

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Searching a term as common as “DNA” now produces nearly 3 million results through EBSCO Discovery Service, a comprehen-sive database search engine that the Moody Library is taking for a test drive this semester.

Using the free trial version of the search engine, visitors to the library can enter a key word into the EDS search box on the library’s home page to generate results from both the library’s electronic databases and its entire print archives.

“Sometimes it gives you a mil-lion results, but it works very hard at creating a relevancy factor so that the most important things come up first,” said Moody Library director Ann Noble, who compared EDS to a Google search for the near entirety of the library’s electronic and print resources. “This can put the two procedures together in one search.”

Based on user feedback gathered throughout the semester, Noble will help decide whether to purchase EDS for future use.

The search engine, created by EBSCO Publishing, compiles a uni-fied index of an institution’s infor-mation resources and grants access to the information from a single search box, according to the pub-lisher’s website.

The service provides full index-

ing for its own databases as well as its partner databases, which include Alexander Street Press and Lexis-Nexis, among others.

In addition to HBU’s recent ac-quisition of the service, EDS has also been launched at other Texas private liberal arts institutions in-cluding Rice University, St. Ed-ward’s University and Howard Payne University.

Dean Riley, professor in library science, said the Moody Library’s use of EDS demonstrates that HBU

is on par with other universities in terms of technology use, which would be further increased if the library purchases the search engine after this semester.

Junior Monica Yee, a pre-med student who has used the combined search engine several times, said she sees great potential in the ser-vice as being helpful to students. “It’s definitely a more useful and thorough search, so why wouldn’t someone want to use it?” she said.

Riley said that while library ad-

ministrators would like to see posi-tive feedback on the trial run, the honest opinions of the students are welcomed.

Students can express these opin-ions in a user survey that can be ac-cessed by clicking the “Read more about it!” link on the Moody Li-brary’s homepage at www.hbu.edu/moodylibrary.

Responses from the six-question feedback form will aid in the Uni-versity’s decision to purchase EDS for future semesters.

Constantly in the spotlight and admired by mil-lions, celebrities are often looked to as role models and examples of su-

preme health and fitness. But these prominent figures should not be held responsible for the public wel-fare despite the irrational ideology that shifts accountability to these famous individuals who have their own lives to manage.

The prolonged backlash to the recent announcement that Food Network icon Paula Deen has been living with Type 2 diabetes since 2008 is a testament to this unin-formed and unwarranted expecta-tion of celebrities.

The chef, famous for her butter-laden Southern cuisine, has since been criticized for promoting poor eating habits to an already obese nation and was even labeled as the most dangerous person in America by fellow culinary artist Anthony Bourdain. These types of exagger-ated accusations are not uncommon, as the public often finds easy targets in celebrities who appear to send negative messages to their fans.

Deen, like most popular TV per-sonalities, is an entertainer, not a health expert. As such, she should not be entrusted with the wellness of her audience because she does not have the credentials to give health advice nor is it her job to do so. Instead of looking to or blaming celebrities for the health of society, the public should choose which type of lifestyle to pursue based on infor-mation from appropriate sources —physicians and other health experts.

Stars ultimately cannot assert and often do not intend to condone their personal health habits. Their popularity often makes them sub-jects of emulation, but this does not make them good role models and certainly not health authorities. Deen should be praised for what she has to offer as a chef, not criticized for what she brings to the table.

Contrary to what its name indicates, dry clean-ing relies on the use of a liquid solvent. The pro-cess earned its name for its exclusion of water, immersing garments instead in a liquid chemical called perchlorethylene, or perc. When a customer drops clothes off at the cleaners, each article un-dergoes five basic steps: tagging, inspection, pre-treating, cleaning and pressing.

A motor-driven washer/dryer, which holds 20-100 pounds of fabrics, repeatedly tosses soiled garments to saturate them with perc. Because the washer and dryer are contained in the same ma-chine, nearly all of the perc used can be recovered, which is more economical and better for the envi-

ronment. As the clothes rotate in the machine, a constant flow of clean solvent is produced by the continuous filtration of dirty solvent through the filter.

The next cycle drains and spins the clothes to expel the solvent. Then, the machine enters a dry cycle by circulating warm air and condensing over cooling coils, during which time the distilled sol-vent is returned to the tank. Finally, the cleaned and dried garments are pressed, steamed, ironed or repaired as specified before being returned to their owners.

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ANSWER:Soiled clothing is immersed in an ethylene solvent inside of a combined washer/dryer to remove stains.

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Senior Brie Williamson uses a public computer at the Moody Library on Feb. 28. The EBSCO Discovery Service, a search engine that indexes all of the library’s electronic databases as well as print archives, is available to users on a trial basis for the semester.

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College coaches should not scout home-schooled athletes be-cause it is an inefficient use of the

school’s time and resources. Also, home-schoole r s often have less athletic experience and may lack social skills vital for ath-letic success.

Recruiting from high schools is less costly than searching out home-schooled athletes. The Uni-versity currently has no means for scouting home-schoolers, which is reasonable considering the lack of arenas in which home-schooled athletes can showcase their talent.

Home-schooled athletes are generally less capable in sports, since they have not played on public school sports teams. These students often have less athletic experience compared to their pub-lic school counterparts, who may have played on sports teams for most or all of their education.

Building vital camaraderie among teammates would be more difficult for home-schoolers who might not have developed social skills from constant interaction with others their own age.

College recruiters should not seek out home-schooled ath-letes since the coaches’ resources should be allocated to players with the skills essential to success in collegiate sports.

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The University’s end-of-year giving campaign performed well during the 2011-12 academic year despite the global economic crisis, a demonstration of greater commu-nity support for the University dur-ing this crucial transition period.

But the University needs more support from alumni, friends, fac-ulty and staff and parents of current students in the coming years as it strives to fulfill the Ten Pillars vi-sion and become a premier institu-tion of Christian higher education.

More than $52,000 was raised this year, a $42,773 increase from 2010-11, after the office of ad-vancement initiated a broader effort to connect with donors. More than 340 donors gave this year com-pared to 27 from last year, and this number should continue increasing because financial donations help the University achieve its long-

term goals.While greater than previous

years, HBU’s end-of-year giving falls short of other colleges. East Texas Baptist University, for ex-ample, raised $473,554 through its annual fund, according to the “2011 Book of Reports: Baptist General Convention of Texas.” Donations to the University may not reach this level in the next few years, but donors and potential donors should make a concerted effort to boost donations to this institution.

The University needs donors, especially alumni, to give finan-cially to provide scholarships for future students and fund the vast number of initiatives in the queue. The University can only improve if it has the financial resources to real-ize its goals.

While many people cannot do-nate large sums of money due to

the economic recession, everyone connected to the University should consider giving something. Even if it seems insignificant, the smallest contribution can help. With more than 15,000 alumni, for example, a mere $5 from each would finance a student’s tuition over four years.

The University also relies on gifts from other donors. Anyone who benefited from the University can give back by providing funds

to help accomplish goals like re-inforcing programs, establishing a football team and adding majors.

In order for the University to accomplish its goals, it needs more donors and alumni to give financial resources and help this institution remain “a Christian liberal arts uni-versity dedicated to the develop-ment of moral character, the enrich-ment of spiritual lives, and growth in Christian ideals.”

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College coaches should scout home-schooled athletes because those students may be as talented

as their peers, and skilled home-schooled athletes benefit their respec-tive universities.

The common phrase “athletes are born, not made,”

can be proven true in the case of home-schoolers. Although schooled at home, these students can possess just as much natural athletic talent as their public- or private-schooled peers.

Home-schoolers, like other high school athletes, have the ability to sharpen their athletic skills. Home-schoolers must use different yet effective means, such as private coaching, drills conducted in a backyard or coaching DVDs.

Former talented home-schoolers can also attract attention to their col-leges. Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow was home-schooled until he was scouted in high school. Tebow then played for the Univer-sity of Florida, becoming the first sophomore Heisman Trophy win-ner and leading the Florida Gators to their winning 13-1 record in 2008. His achievements prove that former home-schoolers can help make their universities famous.

Scouting home-schooled ath-letes not only benefits the athletes but the college team as well.

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Taking a leap of faithThis column is part of a series on living life fully during college.

There was only one thing on my mind as I peered at the ground 75 feet below my metal perch: “Don’t think. Just jump.”

As the mid-afternoon winds picked up, I lifted my gaze to-ward the hazy Dallas horizon and scanned the hilly cityscape through squinted eyes one last time before thanking the jumpmaster for his courteous but certainly not reassur-ing advice.

Then I jumped.I had driven more than four

hours to Dallas on Feb. 25 to expe-rience the nausea-inducing, death-confronting ancient fear of bungee jumping and to face my fear of falling from high places. I am not afraid of heights, but the idea of plummeting like a meteor from a lofty realm terrifies me.

I confronted that fear while standing on the ledge, one of the handful of bungee jumping loca-tions in Texas, with nothing but an elastic cord to keep me safe from likely paralysis or even death.

That moment on the ledge was an opportunity for me to see if I could hold true to my life motto, “Live for fear,” which means em-bracing moments and experiences — such as bungee jumping or sky-diving — that terrify me rather than shirking from them. Those who plan to jump can of course opt out, but I had resolved not to do that. I had to jump.

Perhaps that’s the worst aspect of bungee jumping: nobody forces the jumpers to take the leap. They have to face their own fears and take that leap of faith, even though every survival instinct screams against such an illogical action.

But I didn’t hesitate. Doing so would have only increased my anx-iety exponentially.

I kept my eyes open and locked on the safety mat during the 2-sec-ond free fall, but I was too scared to yell as the Texas earth rushed to meet me. The sensation of fall-ing did not leave me until the cord grew taunt, slowing my descent be-fore whipping me skyward, where the spinning Dallas horizon greeted my star-filled eyes.

I twirled around like a drunken Shaolin monk before descending once more. My body whipped back and forth, bucking in an uncontrol-lable manner twice more before ev-erything slowed and I was lowered to the air-filled safety mat.

After landing, my wobbly legs carried me away from the rusty crane off which I had just jumped. The derrick-like structure looked smaller after the jump than it had when I climbed the 96 steps to reach its top.

Now it was simply a monument to the fear that I had not vanquished but simply overcome for a brief, heavenly moment of free fall, an instance I am eager to repeat.

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The capacity crowd at Husky Field witnessed the softball team sweep Texas Southern University March 2 and boost its record back to above .500 after losing both games to Northwestern State Uni-versity on Feb. 29.

The Huskies beat the Texas Southern Tigers 3-2 in the first game of the doubleheader and run-ruled their opponents 9-0 in game two.

The University grabbed a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second inning of game one after an RBI on a sacrifice fly by sophomore third baseman Holly Webb and an RBI double to right field by fresh-man designated hitter Michaela

Granchelli. The Huskies stretched their

lead to 3-1 after an RBI single by freshman first baseman Melissa Herman drove in sophomore left fielder Rebecca Rademacher.

Junior pitcher Sarah Shotton maintained the lead for the Hus-kies for the final six innings and struck out freshman left fielder Jessica Miller on three pitches in the seventh to win the game.

Shotton, a Galveston College transfer who missed her first off-season with the University due to a back injury, improved to 2-1 on the season after pitching all seven in-nings and allowing one earned run on four hits with four strikeouts.

The pitcher said her success-ful pitching against the Tigers involved staying relaxed after be-

ing injured for months and her compatibility with junior catcher Kate Maddock. “I think just stay-ing calm, knowing I have the abil-ity to do it and feeling comfortable with who was catching me helped a lot,” Shotton said.

Junior pitcher Keely Shuler only had to pitch five innings in game two due to the run rule.

The Huskies took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the third before scoring six more runs on freshman pitcher Brianna Parker. The six runs came on only three hits and four walks, including a three-run triple down the right field foul line by Herman.

Shuler, who improved to 2-1 on the year after the shutout, allowed five hits while striking out two.

Softball head coach Mary-Ellen

Hall said she was impressed with how her two pitchers played in the doubleheader.

“I think they did a good job of managing the game and managing the mental part of pitching,” she said. “Keely did a great job of fo-cusing and getting out of jams, and that showed a lot of mental tough-ness on her part.”

Freshman shortstop Victoria Granchelli went 2-for-2 in the game with three RBIs and a walk. She said adjustments after going 0-3 in game one led to her later success.

“I was practicing between games on hitting outside pitches,” Granchelli said. “That was my main focus, and that is where I drove the ball in the second game of the doubleheader.”

C o n s i s t e n t television cover-age of sports on campus occurs as rarely as a cold winter in Houston. But all of that will

change once the University joins the Southland Conference in 2013 and becomes part of the Southland Con-ference Television Network, which televises games nationally. This in-crease in reach, however, could po-tentially hurt the local fan base by reducing home game attendance.

The University’s location in the nation’s fourth largest city will lead it to consider signing with larger networks in addition to being a part of the SCTN, which would allow the institution to broaden coverage of its athletics department. Either option would give sports addicts like myself a much-needed fix with coverage of University games.

NBC Sports, for instance, is strongly considering whether or not it should open a sports studio at the Houston Pavilions downtown loca-tion, which would provide 135 jobs for the city. The company would start televising Houston Rockets and Houston Astros games by 2013 and is willing to expand its potential coverage to local college and high school sports.

The downside to having such prolific coverage of local college games is that it forces University fans to choose between watching games on a comfortable couch at home or in raucous gyms, a choice that could result in lower attendance and cultivate passive esteem instead of a robust University community. And if everyone decides to stay home, no one will purchase food and merchandise at games, thereby hurting the University’s pocket-book.

So the question becomes whether or not televising University games outside of the SCTN is a smart move. Besides the conference’s net-work, the University should choose not to have extensive network cov-erage of games for at least a couple of years as it works to pack the bleachers for home games.

The opportunity to sign with a large network is always a possibil-ity in Houston, but Huskies should understand that national cover-age might mean fewer fans in the bleachers.

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Junior pitcher Keely Shuler pitches a five-inning shutout in the Huskies’ 9-0 game-two victory in the team’s doublerheader sweep of Texas Southern University. The Huskies won game one 3-2 after freshman pitcher Sarah Shotton pitched a complete game.

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What was the first sporting event you ever attended? I went to an Astros game when the team was still in the Astro-dome.

Who influenced you as an athlete the most? Alex Rodri-guez of the New York Yankees.

What is your favorite music? Rock ‘n’ roll.

Did you ever have to choose between sports? I played mul-tiple sports, but my dad told me that I was better at baseball, so I chose it.

What is the toughest stadium in which you have ever played? University of Texas UFCU-Disch-Falk Field in Austin.

What are your plans for after college? I would like to become a radiation therapist.

Funniest team moment? Whenever we tease the freshmen with the freshman walk-out songs.

Do you have any sports superstitions? If I had a bad game, I change my socks and compression shorts.

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By BRANDON PORTERManaging editor

By CHRISTOPHER JAMESSports editor

March 13 2 p.m. Lamar

March 20 2 p.m. Praire View A&M

March 13 2 p.m. Buffalo

March 13 4 p.m. Buffalo

March 21 2 p.m. Texas State

Seniors Joe Latas and Terry Bembry led the men’s basketball team to victory on Senior Night in Sharp Gym, with the Huskies outscoring the University of Texas Pan-American 65-58 on March 3.

The game began by recognizing the team’s two seniors, center La-tas and forward Bembry, who were joined by family in center court before the game and honored with plaques presented by men’s basket-ball head coach Ron Cottrell.

After tip-off, a layup by Bem-bry scored the first points of the two players’ final game at Sharp Gym. The Broncs responded by tying the game at six points, but a steal by freshman guard Tyler Rus-sell allowed Bembry to regain the

lead with a dunk.Cottrell said the team started

poorly offensively but maintained a good defense throughout despite playing shorthanded. “We didn’t have our full squad,” he said, “but other players were able to step up and do something for us.”

The Huskies shot 42 percent from the field and held UTPA to 37 percent shooting for the game.

Sophomore guard Jonathan Ev-ans managed to break a tie in the sixth minute with the first 3-point shot of the game.

The Huskies, trailing by six in the eighth minute, stopped an eight-point run by the Broncs with free throws by Bembry, cutting the Broncs’ lead down to 16-12.

The even matchup between the teams was close, with the Huskies leading 30-29 before halftime.

Bembry, who scored 14 points and eight rebounds for the night, said his team effectively shared the ball and maintained a strong de-fense. “It’s sad, but I tried to treat it like any other game,” he said, re-ferring to his last game on campus.

Latas started the second half strong with two consecutive layups

to start an eight-point run. With eight minutes left, the Broncs re-sponded with an 11-2 run to earn their largest lead of seven points.

An assist by Russell to junior guard Anthony Hill for a 3-pointer in the final six minutes of the game started a 16-5 run for the Huskies, which would end the match against

the Broncs.Latas, who recorded his final

double-double at Sharp Gym with 18 points and 10 rebounds, said he is proud of his time on the team and will miss playing in Sharp Gym. “I’ll still be here next year supporting the team,” Latas said. “I love the team and the coaches.”

(M) BASKETBALL (10 - 19) (3 - 7)

HUSKYSPORTS REWIND(W) BASKTEBALL (1 - 26) (0 - 10) BASEBALL (4 - 7)

Feb. 28 Texas 2-0 LMarch 2 Texas-Arlington 2-1 LMarch 3 Texas-Arlington 12-2 LMarch 4 Texas-Arlington 15-1 W

* Denotes conference game

Feb. 23 Utah Valley* 81-71 LFeb. 25 North Dakota* 66-62 LMarch 3 UT-Pan American* 65-58 W

Feb. 23 Utah Valley* 62-41 LFeb. 25 North Dakota* 57-36 LFeb. 28 Utah Valley* 71-36 L

SOFTBALL (6 - 7)

Feb. 26 Texas-Arlington 4-1 LFeb. 29 Northwestern State (DH) 4-3 L/ 3-1 LMarch 2 Texas Southern (DH) 3-2 W/ 9-0 WMarch 3 UH-Victoria (DH) 8-7 L/ 7-6 LMarch 3 UT-Pan American* 43-14 L

March 6 Sam Houston State 9-8 L

The men’s basketball team honors its two seniors, post Joe Latas and forward Terry Bembry, on March 3 before the Huskies’ 65-58 defeat of the University of Texas-Pan American at Sharp Gym.

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