Because of the generosity shown by the North Central community, around 25,000 meals will be donated to Feed My Starving Children through Hope for Dinner–a program that gives students the opportunity to sacrifice their meal and eat only rice and beans in exchange.

Hope for Dinner returned to North Central after a success-ful week last school year where about 20,000 meals were donat-ed, doubling the original goal. The goal this year was to beat that amount, which they did by almost 5,000 meals.

When a student scanned his or her card to use a meal, that individual was asked if he or she would like to donate that lunch.

For everyone who said yes, Pio-neer, the catering company that oversees food services at North Central, donated $2 to the Hope for Dinner fund.

Curtis Vaughan, the execu-tive director of external minis-tries, has been overseeing the program at North Central these past two years after Paul Hurk-man, executive director of Ven-ture which Hope for Dinner is under, wanted to partner with a student organization. Hurkman approached Vaughan who was one of the directors of Release last year, which is an anti-traf-ficking organization on campus.

“It’s a way that North Central students can actually, tangibly get involved and help those in

need overseas without actually having to leave our campus,” Vaughan said. “It’s hard to have an effect on refugees physical-ly on the Thai-Burmese border, but this is just one small way where we can really make a dif-ference.”

Although most living in the apartments do not have meal plans, they were also given the opportunity to participate in Hope for Dinner. Lunch was given to apartment residents who wanted to eat rice and beans for a reduced price of $3.25. Pioneer donated $2 for every student who elected to participate.

Another avenue in which students were given the oppor-tunity to participate was when Brittany Wipf, the resident director of the apartments, or-ganized for Chipotle to donate rice and beans for apartment residents to partake of that Monday. Residents were asked to donate what they would usu-ally spend on dinner that week and that money was given to Hope for Dinner.

“The main goal was to ex-pose apartment residents to Hope for Dinner and

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Junior forward, Isaiah Rustad goes up strong against Northwestern. North Central will be squaring off against their rivals for the first time on January 2.

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Recreating team identity Opportunity awaits the emerging stars of the men’s basketball program BY CALEB CONVEY

North Central men’s basket-ball has been presented with the challenge of reformulating team identity and chemistry, due to the exit of several veterans and the influx of many newcomers. The Rams said farewell to three pivotal players at the end of last season: guard Luke Chafin, cen-ter Jordan Harrell and forward Clarke Mossman.

“Jordan and Luke contributed

to a significant portion of our scoring,” head coach Jon High said. “Clarke scored maybe sev-en or eight points a game, with maybe five or six rebounds, but he was consistent and he an-chored our team defense.”

Despite the recent absence of these venerable leaders, High believes this team has the poten-tial to be better than they were last year, thanks to an improved

capacity for team balance and depth.

“We are not asking anyone to go out and be Luke Chafin,” High explains. “Rather than having someone who can score 25 points a game, we can have four or five guys posting double figures.”

Police shut down fourth precinct protests for safety reasonsProtesters forced to leave after an 18 day occupationBY REBECCA THOMAS AND CHRISTIAN MORRIS

Police and firemen tearing down tarps, extinguishing week long campfires, and working to-gether to gather remaining sup-plies is the scene that unfolded on Dec. 3 at the 4th precinct in Minneapolis.

The Black Lives Matter pro-testers were evicted by authori-ties after an 18 day occupation at the 4th precinct. Minneapolis

Mayor Betsy Hodges spoke at a press conference citing “the safety needs of the precinct” as a major factor in the decision to evict.

“The increasing safety risks and impact on the neighborhood and impact on our ability to pro-vide services to the city made this morning the time,” Hodges said.

“I do want to make notice to future protesters that we will continue to support and facilitate your first amendment rights and freedom of speech,” Minneap-olis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said. “But we will also support and enforce the ordinances of the city of Minneapolis, and the laws of the state of Minnesota.”

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North Central community prepares Hope for DinnerStudents help donate meals for Feed my Starving Children; beats goal from last yearBY MATT MARCINIEC PHOTO BY MATT MARCINIEC

Greg Andrews, the director of food services, and a stu-dent worker hand out rice and beans to students giving up a meal so money could be donated to Hope for Dinner.

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Protesters were staked out for more than two weeks in response to the police killing of Jamar Clark. The police shut down this occupation on Dec. 3. PHOTO BY MATT MARCINIEC

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New fine arts professor boosts music education programAllan Hawkins joins fine arts faculty

Entering a small quaint office space, there is a sense of comfort but also of uncertainty, a sense of sophistication upon hearing a piano being played with such soft eloquence. Singing voices of such splendor echoes throughout the hallway outside gives defini-tion to the atmosphere surround-ing the office. Music is in the air.

Associate Professor Allan Hawkins, 60, is an exciting new addition to the Fine Arts Depart-ment this fall semester of 2015. Hawkins works closely with oth-er staff and faculty who work in Mensing, the home of the fine arts department. His office is lo-cated in Room 103, on the first floor of the building.

When asked in an interview what led him to decide to take a position at North Central, Haw-kins said that it was the school that had to decide on him. He heard about the position and sent in his resume.

“I will say that, I was more than a little intrigued from the beginning.” Hawkins said.

Hawkins is excited to work in a Christian filled environment at North Central and currently works alongside professor Larry Bach, Dean of the Fine Arts De-partment. Hawkins did not know of Bach personally, before com-ing to North Central, but he had met him at different times and knew of his activity around the country.

The development of the mu-sic education program at North Central is needed and Hawkins’ goal is to help grow the program in order to see it succeed and to impact the community. Hawkins works closely with the education department as the assistant pro-fessor of choral music education.

“I’m really excited to just be-come more and more a part of the community here at North Cen-tral,” Hawkins said. “The major reason for this position that I am in and for me being here has to do with really develop the music education program, that degree is pretty young here.”

Hawkins earned his under-graduate degree as a double music major in both vocal and instrumental from Gustavus-Al-dolphus College in St. Peter, playing both the tuba and the guitar. He then taught music at a high school level for about six years. He received his master’s degree from the University of Il-

linois: Urbana-Champaign later on in the early 1980s.

Hawkins has been involved in musical performances and music education for more than 30 years. He is also a lifetime member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA).

“I’ve taught in…five differ-ent high schools over the years, mainly in Minnesota, but one in Indiana,” Hawkins said. “The longest stint was in New Ulm, Minnesota, which is my home town.”

Hawkins, along with his wife Kim and their family, moved to the Twin Cities in 1999, where they made their home in Plym-outh, Minnesota. They are ac-tively involved at Fourth Baptist Church in Plymouth. He has three kids and 12 grandkids. His oldest daughter is a missionary to Tanzania and his son currently lives in Vietnam. Hawkins filled a position at Robbinsdale Arm-strong High School and stayed there for three years.

Hawkins is also heavily in-volved with a music ministry in the Twin Cities called Deo Can-tamus. It’s something that both he and his wife are passionate about.

“It really is a big part of my life,” Hawkins said. “I intend to grow that [Deo Cantamus] as much as the Lord allows.”

Since the early 2000s, Haw-kins has filled the role of adjunct at Crown College, as an interim at St. John’s University and also did some work for St. Cloud State University’s men’s choir for the last four years before coming to North Central University.

At North Central, Hawkins teaches a music pedagogy class for music educators and a meth-ods and music class as a gener-al education class for education majors. The methods and music class is designed to help elemen-tary teachers to better use music to educate students in the class-room. Hawkins also does private voice lessons for students.

Hawkins has already made an impact on students at North Cen-tral. This can be seen in class or in his one on one voice lessons he gives to students.

“I’ve only had three or four lessons with him,” freshman Drew Poole said. “He was in-timidating, but I felt like he was going to be really knowledgeable and he was going to push me to do better.”

Hawkins and Bach want to start a casual men’s choir next semester. The plan is to create a relaxed, fun atmosphere with men on campus who want more opportunities to sing.

“We want every guy on cam-pus singing!” Hawkins said, and then emphasized the low time commitment for those who might be interested.

Students from all over North Central are welcome to become involved in the fine arts depart-ment at North Central through joining a choir, taking voice lessons, or taking a class that furthers the education of music across the community. Opportu-nities to engage in the fine arts are continuing to grow.

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Allan Hawkins is the newest member of the Fine Arts fac-ulty after being hired on to teach in the music education program.

North Central forms department of communicationNancy Zugschwert has been hired as new department directorBY KATIE LAPINSKI

Nancy Zugschwert began her first day as the director of communications, a new depart-ment formed this year, on Nov. 4, 2015. The department was created, working alongside the marketing department, to assist in university relations inside and outside the campus.

The new Vice President of University Relations, Andrew Denton, recommended the cre-ation of the department in order to fill needs that were seen on campus. Denton is a newer ad-dition to the North Central staff, filling the position that used to be held by Michael White.

The new department of com-munications will focus on inter-nal and external communications, public relations and social media.

“There are opportunities that we have to tell the North Central story, and there are people here, both inside the walls and outside, who need to hear that story,”

Zugschwert said.With the addition of the de-

partment of communications, there will be some adjustments in the marketing department as well. The marketing department focuses primarily on, but is not limited to, enrollment marketing aimed towards new and prospec-tive students.

Zugschwert believes the new department will help market to current students, staff, and fac-ulty as well as alumni, news sources and the general public as well. The two departments are “intentionally separate,” but share a “symbiotic relationship,” says Zugschwert. “We’re better together and yet we’re each oper-ating in the strength of what were being called to do.”

Zugschwert’s main goals in the next 90 days are to work on assessing the communication climate and to put systems and processes in place that contribute

to the “missional goal” of North Central. She is working on put-ting together communication plans for the most effective way to “tell the stories” that the uni-versity has to offer.

Zugschwert is the only em-ployee in the department at this time but there are attempts being made to fill a full-time social me-dia position. The job is posted, and Denton and Zugschwert are hoping to have an active employ-ee in place in January.

Prior to her move to North Central, Zugschwert worked for the University of Northwestern for just shy of ten years where she worked in a similar capacity as a communication specialist in the marketing and communication department. Zugschwert grad-uated with her bachelor’s from St. Catherine’s University with a double major in communications and Spanish.

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Jamar Clark TimelineNov. 15 Jamar Clark is shot by the po-lice, and dies the next day. Police say Clark had been interfering with para-medics called in to aid his girlfriend who they believe he had assaulted.Nov. 16 Mayor Betsy Hodges calls for a civil rights investigation. Protest-ers shut down the westbound lanes on I-94, leading to the arrest of 42 individuals. Nov. 17 The Hennepin County Medical examiner confirms that it was a shot to the head.Nov. 20 A vigil is held for Jamar Clark outside of the 4th Precinct.Nov. 23 Four individuals, who many believe to be white supremacists, shot and injured five protesters.Nov. 24 More than 1,000 protesters march from North Minneapolis to City Hall. The case was moved from the Hennepin County Court to the U.S. District Court.Nov. 25 Jamar Clark’s funeral is held.Nov. 26 Prosecutors charge all four men involved with the 4th Precinct shootings with second-degree ri-oting and one also is charged with second-degree assault.Dec 3 Minneapolis police clear occu-pation at the 4th precinct and move protesters out at around 3:45 a.m.

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However, the protestors were not stopped by this evacuation. The movement took their pro-test on the move and relocated to City Hall at 4 p.m. on Dec. 3 to continue their efforts. The new rally united about 300 par-ticipants to demand answers regarding the shooting, and lat-er death, of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.

“Justice for Jamar,” the slo-gan of the protestors, has been used on social media, painted on banners, and written on win-dows. In retaliation on Wings Financial and their support of the police union, protestors were seen painting the words on the bank’s windows. Outside the bank, the protestors spoke out about the justice they believe is being withheld from them.

“The people are tired,” said Alexander Clark, Jamar Clark’s cousin. “It’s time for people to fight back.”

As the rally came to a close, the protestors began to march once again, this time toward the Northeast Minneapolis Police union headquarters. No damage was done.

The protests at the 4th pre-cinct began after Clark was shot by police around 1 a.m. on Nov. 15. The Hennepin County medi-

cal examiner said that Clark died of a gunshot wound to the head, and that the manner of death is homicide.

Police officers were called to North Minneapolis at 12:45 a.m. on Nov. 15 for a reported assault. Details about what hap-pened after the police arrived remain vague.

Nekelia Sharp, a neighbor, told the Star Tribune that an am-bulance was called after Clark and his girlfriend got into an argument. According to Sharp, Clark tried to talk to his girl-friend while paramedics were treating her, after which he was handcuffed and shot.

On Nov. 15, Harteau said that her department’s preliminary information indicated that Clark was not handcuffed when he was shot. Lt. Bob Kroll, presi-dent of the police union, claimed that the shooting happened after Clark tried to grab one of the re-sponding officers’ guns.

At a press conference on Nov. 17, Drew Evans, the superinte-dent of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said that there are videos of the shooting, but none show the en-tirety of the incident. The sourc-es of the video include: an ambu-lance, a public housing building, bystanders’ cellphones and a po-lice mobile video station. There

is no video from a police car or officer body cameras.

“Releasing the videos would compromise the integrity of the investigation, witness state-ments, and of the eventual pros-ecutorial review process,” Jill Oliveria, public information officer for the Minnesota BCA, said in a statement. “The videos will be released when the case is closed.”

A grainy 59-second video was posted to the Black Lives Mat-ter Minneapolis Facebook page on Nov. 21. The video shows bystanders yelling at police of-ficers standing over the body of Clark, one of which has a fire-arm drawn. The post claims that the video was taken moments after Clark was shot.

“At the 29-second mark you can see Jamar’s body appears

to be lifeless on the ground with his hands in handcuffs, just as numerous witnesses have re-ported from day one,” the post says.

The original demands of Black Lives Matter Minneap-olis were to release the videos depicting the shooting of Clark, prosecution of the officers in-volved, and an independent in-vestigation of the incident. The officers involved have been put on paid leave. The FBI and the Minnesota BCA are currently investigating.

“It is time to pivot to a mo-ment of working together on the issues that we all care about to create ‘One Minneapolis’ and move forward together,” Hodg-es said.

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Signs such as this one could be seen outlining the 4th Precinct in North Minneapolis in response to the killing of Jamar Clark.

let them know of some ways that they can get involved throughout the week,” Wipf said in an email. “Because most apartment residents do not have a meal plan, I wanted to offer something to them that didn’t require a meal plan to partici-pate.”

Vaughan and his eight-per-son team of students involved with leadership believe one of the challenges that Hope for Dinner faced this year was the fact that Hurkman was not able to speak in chapel until the Tuesday of that week. Last year, he was able to speak the Friday before, allowing students to be informed and to anticipate the upcoming opportunity to raise money for those in need.

“I can’t guilt anyone into it,” Vaughan said. “It’s their own heart. I would say it’s the

easiest way to help. You aren’t giving up your food. You are giving up a taste.”

The team believes they can improve next year by having a donation jar, which would add to the amount of meals do-nated, with $1 equating to 10 meals. A donation jar was not made available to students until Friday. Seventy-seven dollars were raised in addition to the money provided from students eating rice and beans beacause of the donation jar.

Vaughan hopes that this be-comes a tradition at North Cen-tral and hopes to beat their goal every year.

“I want to encourage the stu-dents to realize that this is the easiest possible way to make a life-changing difference,” Vaughan said. “It’s such an easy way to help people.”

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HCMC breaks groundMinneapolis hospital adds new buildingBY ERICKA SURA

Hennepin County Medical Center broke ground on their new clinic and specialty build-ing Nov. 12 on the 700 block of South Eighth St. The 377,000 square feet, $220.8 million proj-ect is expected to receive its first patient in January 2018.

HCMC administrators planned the new building to make care more centralized and accessible to the increasing population in the downtown neighborhoods. The new building will bring to-gether 40 clinics and specialty services that are currently locat-ed within nine different build-ings. Primary care, specialty care, physical and occupational therapy, same day surgery cen-ter, cancer center, outpatient imaging center and women’s imaging are some of the clinics and specialty services that can be found in the new building. Along with six floors housing the clinics and specialty ser-vices, there will also be two lev-els of underground parking for patients and families.

Along with the new building, HCMC also added a new $3.8 million helipad that received its first flight on Nov 12. The new helipad is located on the roof of the main hospital in close proximity to the emergency department. With this new he-lipad, HCMC now has a faster and easier entrance for complex trauma and critical care patients that arrive by air. The helipad is raised above the building, allowing the pilots to have bet-ter access to the landing. It is also heated so that ice melts off the helipad during the winter months. By adding this helipad, HCMC doubled its capability to receive trauma patients by air and reduced transport time to the hospital according to HCMC in a project information statement.

The first person to fly in and land on HCMC’s new helipad was 6-year-old Reagan Lennes. Lennes was a patient at HCMC last year after she was flown in to HCMC’s level 1 Pediatric

Trauma Center from Alexan-dria. Lennes and her 4-year-old sister, Hayden, were playing at a friend’s house which conti-nained an in-home elevator. The Lennes sisters and their friend were riding the elevator when Reagan’s head became stuck in the elevator. Lennes sustained injuries that tore her scalp from ear to ear and broke every bone in her face except for her nose.

“She doesn’t remember her helicopter flight last year, but we’re hoping this ride is one she’ll never forget,”said Dr. An-

drew Kiragu, medical director for HCMC’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, in a press release from HCMC. Reagan was greet-ed on the helipad by her family, Bernie, HCMC’s mascot, and her doctor.

The community came togeth-er and celebrated the ground-breaking at HCMC with speech-es by project partners, hot drinks and a tour. Visitors also enjoyed a live stream of the inaugural landing on the helipad.

The first hellicopter landed on the new $3.8 million heli-pad on Nov. 12.

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“Who would have thought I’d end up here?” laughed Professor LaToya Burrell as she leaned an elbow on her well-organized desk. On a shelf along the wall, multiple frames are filled with the face of a smiling child, Bur-rell’s son, Grayson. “He’s an absolute joy,” she said with a smile.

Burrell, who is in her thirties, is the new lead professor for business administration, the lon-gest running program within the school of business.

Burrell graduated from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana with an undergraduate degree in busi-

ness administration. She earned her law degree from Southern University Law Center, a law school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. With her law degree, Burrell is licensed in both Loui-siana and Minnesota.

Burrell has been involved in numerous academic organi-zations. While in college, she participated in Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) and was in-volved in the Beta Gamma Sig-ma Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. In law school, she was involved in multiple organizations in-cluding the Moot Court Board,

The Journal of Race, Gender, and Poverty, and the American Inns of Court as a Pupil. Burrell believes her experiences within these organizations shaped her law skills dramatically and have prepared her for the teaching ex-perience she has enjoyed for the last eight years.

Her discovery of North Cen-tral is a story Burrell often finds herself telling. She has even giv-en it a headline, entitling it “the wrong turn, turn right.”

After moving to Minneap-olis two years ago because of a job opportunity for her hus-band, Gregory, the Burrell family found an apartment in downtown Minneapolis, strate-gically locating themselves to avoid long commutes. One day on the way home from Rose-ville, Burrell’s husband made a wrong turn; meaning to take 11th Street, Burrell’s husband accidentally took 11th Avenue.

“We passed in front of North Central, and I turned to my hus-band and said, ‘Did you know there’s a university right here?’” Burrell said. He had never heard of it, and they continued nav-igating their way home. That night, she went to her comput-er, looked up North Central,

and saw not only a posting for a business professor, but more specifically for a business law professor.

“Very few times in my life have I made a big leap without praying about it,” Burrell said, “but I didn’t. I just applied. I really felt that it wasn’t by chance that I drove right past the school.”

Living within walking dis-tance of the school, Burrell had even played tennis on the old tennis courts, but hadn’t noticed North Central. Regardless, she embraces the timing of events, as it is a very exciting time for the school of business. “There is already great leadership estab-lished,” Burrell said. “I feel that a solid business administration program is already here.”

While finding identity in a new community can often times be difficult, Burrell describes her introduction to North Cen-tral as more of a homecoming. “Here, there is such a sense of family, a sense of sincerity. This is the first time in my life I’ve had a job where I know it’s okay to pray for my students. I don’t have to figure out how to approach them with my faith so I don’t offend them,” Burrell

stated.Having practiced law for the

last six years, Burrell brings a unique new perspective to the business faculty. She hopes to not only strengthen the business administration program, but also bolster the pre-law program and establish a network for students interested in law.

Burrell is still affiliated with her previous law firm, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, located in Louisiana, as she believes it is important to stay fresh with is-sues within her field. “I plan to keep my licenses active and con-tinue to learn about my profes-sion. My job is to teach students to think. I want to stay fresh so my students know I’m constant-ly learning,” Burrell said.

Burrell also takes delight in coaching and mentoring oth-ers. “I find it is beneficial to give of myself and not to be all about myself. It’s important to be a light to others in whatever capacity that may be,” Burrell said. She also considers it im-portant to allow others to speak into her life in mentorship ca-pacities. She hopes to use her new position of influence at North Central to speak into the lives of potential-filled students.

“If someone has a desire to spend time with me and do life together, I’m more than willing to do that. We can talk about all aspects of life. I’m thankful for people who have taken time to do that for me,” Burrell said.

Coming from a traditional Southern Baptist background, Burrell now embraces non-tra-ditional ways of doing church. Along with her husband and son, Grayson, the Burrell family attends Corner Church, located in Minneapolis where services are centered on dialogue and community.

Above all, Burrell is grateful for the opportunities God has continually placed in her life. “I started writing all my favor-ite quotes and verses down and put them on my wall,” Burrell said. One prominent verse that has been significant in her life is Psalm 46:10, which says, “Be still and know I am God.” Burrell applies this verse to ev-erything from her work to her parenting. “It reminds to take time to be still before the Lord,” Burrell said. “It’s a reminder we all need.”

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Hunter Baugh, a senior En-glish major with an emphasis on creative writing, is the Senior Class Poet of 2015-16. Baugh submitted three of his poems for the award. According to the North Central website, the Se-nior Class Poet “is a life-long honor that many universities be-stow.” A recognized poet would judge all the submitted poems. In addition to being the Senior Class Poet, the selected student will get the opportunity to recite his or her poem at several uni-versities.

Even with a busy schedule, Baugh was able to explain his writing process and the mean-ings of his poems through an email interview.

What are your poems about?

B: The poems I submitted, and the poetry I typically write,

covers a wide range of subject matter. There is no sorrow like the banjo is about music and depression. Doubt, in the morn-ing is about admiring nature and wondering about the cosmos. September 29 is a love poem.

How did you get inspired to write your award-winning poems?

B: Each of these poems came out of something I found com-pelling in the world. What spe-cifically is compelling tends to change, from the banjo, an in-strument that is widely consid-ered to have a happy sound and yet is used for a genre of music that expresses deep heartache, to a painting put online by one of my favorite illustrators, to the sonnets of Shakespeare.

Was there anyone who helped you? What was your process like during this time?

B: For Senior Class Poet, Jo-seph Capeheart helped me de-cide what poems to submit. He’s one of my best friends, and a trusted colleague when it comes to writing.

Did you expect to be the Se-nior Class Poet?

B: I didn’t expect it so much as desperately hope. :)

What is the Senior Class Poet?

B: The idea of a Senior Class Poet is an old one, done by uni-versities all around the world. At NCU, the Senior Class poet is someone considered having a particular dedication to the craft of poetry to the extent that it makes them stand out among the rest of their graduating class. Previous winners like Victoria Pyron or Britta Jenson were absolutely stand-out writers in their class, and I’m ecstatic to

be included in that group. What does it mean to be the

Senior Class Poet to you?B: This award comes in the

middle of what feels like an endless, exhausting scramble to make ends meet. I work over-nights, and so because of that I am often walking sleepily from class to class to chapel to work. Aside from the emotionally up-lifting gift that getting the award means, this will help me with grad school applications and is a great boost for my resume.

What/How is the process for being the Senior Class Poet? (steps you had to take, certain majors)

B: The senior class poet is available to all graduating se-niors at NCU. The submitters turn in three poems and these documents are forwarded to an off-site judge who critiques the

poems without our names and selects a winner. This judge also has to be an active and pub-lished writer of poetry.

What are your plans after graduation?

B: I am working on a graphic novel, and a chapbook of illus-

trated, sequential poetry that I hope to publish soon after grad-uation. Aside from that I intend to try my hand at freelance writ-ing for a living and considering graduate programs to continue my studies.

Senior Class Poet: Hunter BaughBY STEPHANIE SHOEMAKER

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New professor brings life wisdom to business programLaToya Burrell joins developing business team adding law experience to the collegeBY KRISTIN WILEMAN

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Traditionally, North Central University has been known as a ministry preparatory school. The School of Business is chal-lenging that, and has more than doubled in size this past year with the introduction of new majors. Currently, there are about 145 students in business programs including 20 students in the entrepreneurship major. Bill Tibbetts, the director of the school of business, attributes this in part to business and en-trepreneurial students being attracted to the city as opposed to other local programs out in the suburbs such as Bethel and Crown College.

With the continued growth of the School of Business, North Central is starting new major programs including marketing and entrepreneurship. The en-trepreneurship program is large-ly taught by Tibbetts as well as Brian Stewart, both of whom have previous business and en-trepreneurship experience in or-ganizations of various sizes with different business models.

Tibbetts and Stewart are both excited about the entrepreneur program. “The thing that per-sonally brings life to my soul is when I see a student not dis-tinguish between secular and sacred and they view correctly what they are doing as kingdom work,” Tibbetts said.

The classes to be taught in-clude topics such as marketing, entrepreneurship and small business management and so-cial entrepreneurship and eco-nomic development, as well as an entrepreneurship incubator program. North Central has a strategic partnership with Re-store Collaborative, a co-work-ing group located in the North Loop, where entrepreneurs can work alongside other like-mind-ed individuals. Entrepreneur students are immersed in this environment and are able to further develop their businesses with mentors. Students have the option to develop their business for the non-profit, for-profit, or social sectors.

Tibbetts said that they strong-ly believe in the hands on co-hort model where students will take the same classes together through the four years of their program. The hope is to create a community among students. Research has shown that entre-preneurs are more successful when they are with other entre-preneurs.

Entrepreneur students “tend to be hyper-practical,” said Tib-betts. “Because of that, it’s chal-lenging us to think of this pro-gram in a way that in the future is very hands on.”

Of the students in the pro-gram, about half have ideas or

are currently running business-es. The other half have not yet decided. Many students are cre-ating product driven business-es, others are working to create businesses that would help them fund non-profit activities such as missions.

Examples of students who have created businesses include Jon Burd, Shayna Fowler, and Seth Barribeau. Around the time of Lego’s resurgence among fans, Burd started Minifigures Plus, a company that sells mini figures (the people figurines in Lego sets). Beginning in May of 2007, Burd started his com-pany at only 12 years old. It started small, buying individual sets of Legos and reselling them piece by piece. The company has since expanded and is now grossing over $1 million each year. Minifigures Plus does most of its business through eBay.

When Burd first started, he would research for hours each day, looking at trends, best products, and selling prices. He initially did this for fun, but he said it was this passion that led him to create Minifigures Plus.

Now a junior entrepreneur student, Burd, while still a full owner, receives help in running the business from both his par-ents and sister so he can attend school. He is currently working on starting Silex, a bookkeeping

and consulting business, with fellow students Eleanor Holm and Ben Murphy.

His advice for people looking to start a business is to create something with as few start-up costs as possible and to take advantage of free business ser-vices, such as online programs and advice. “Know that there will always be new challenges, risks, and threats,” Burd said. “You are never free and clear, but that’s what makes business exciting.”

Seth Barribeau, a freshman entrepreneur student, is in the process of developing Kidzips. The idea first came to him and his uncle when he was in his senior year of high school. The company will be selling back-packs that are filled with school supplies to students in elemen-tary, middle, and high school as they go back to school. Instead of having to look through the required material lists needed for class and going out to pur-chase each item separately, par-ents can purchase the backpack and have everything they would need.

Barribeau and his uncle will be launching the business this upcoming spring. They hope to partner with schools in the Hennepin, Ramsey, and Ano-ka county areas and have their product featured so families can

be made aware of its offerings. Barribeau is a full-time student and works on his business when he is able to. He said he hopes to grow the business to a sta-ble point where he can use the profits to support his missionary endeavors.

Shayna Fowler, a sophomore transfer student from Ohio, started her business when she was 15. One day, she noticed other female classmates talking about themselves in a self-de-grading way on Twitter. This led to her realization that there was a need for students to be-lieve that they are “valuable and lovable.” After talking with her mentor she came to the deci-sion that something needed to change. The Butterfly Project was created with this in mind.

In 2012, the Butterfly Project partnered with Marlene Carson, an authority on human traf-ficking, and the first school as-sembly was held. During these assemblies, speakers would share with students that they are someone valuable.

Not long after the first assem-bly, the phone at Butterfly Proj-ect began to ring with other lo-cal schools desiring to have the same type of influential events take place at their school. Since then, the Butterfly Project has spoken to thousands of girls in grades 5-12 in Ohio, Michigan,

other states, internationally and has even made an appearance on Good Morning America. Fur-thermore, the group has rescued nine girls from sex trafficking. The company is currently in the stages of transitioning from a team model, where speakers are brought in to each school individually, to a product mod-el, where schools can purchase videos and worksheet materials for their students.

Although she is a sophomore student and has three years left, Fowler said that no matter the age or current situation, students who desire to start a business or organization should not put it off, but that they should start it as soon as they can. “The net-working, the resources, and the access to the city that we have, and the people that North Cen-tral has partnered with, it’s sec-ond to none,” she said. “Nobody else that I know has opportuni-ties like this.”

Both Stewart and Tibbetts say they desire to come alongside students to help them fulfill their purpose in life. Stewart wrote in an email, “I love being a small part in helping students make decisions that have the potential to impact the rest of their lives; and not just their lives, but de-cisions that further the kingdom of God.”

School of Business doubles in sizeEntrepreneur students utilize skills to create new businessesBY KEEGAN COUILLARD

It’s that time of the year again; students all over NCU are bus-tling to get their final projects and papers complete and cram-ming in all their studying for fi-nals. For one class in particular, the student’s projects will bring entertainment to the North Cen-tral community. In Theater Di-recting, taught by Wayne Mat-thews, students are required to direct a 15-minute excerpt of an existing play. They are allotted about a month to complete this project. The students have to hold auditions for their play and work with their cast to complete their project. They use props and existing set materials to cre-ate the scenery of the play. This time around, junior theater and English literature major Joseph

McLaughlin is helping out his peers by acting in one of their plays. His director is junior theater major Talon Sanders. Sanders chose to direct the last act of the play Our Town. He chose this play and scene be-cause he believes it has a cool message of how people do not spend enough time paying atten-tion to each other and the world around us.

“I think being reminded to slow down, look around, and really get to know the people around you is essential to both Christian faith and living a suc-cessful life,” Sanders said.

The directing students learned the behind the scenes of what it looks like to direct a play. They faced challenges of

holding auditions, organizing rehearsal schedules, directing and designing a set.

The most challenging part for Sanders was learning to do administrative work. He had to learn how to balance all of his cast’s schedules so that they could meet to rehearse their scene.

“I think this experience has been a huge learning experience for me on how to organize peo-ple,” Sanders said.

The project is due next week for the students and the plays are scheduled for Dec. 11th and 12th at 7pm. NCU students are encouraged to come and support their fellow peers and see all of their hard work performed.

Pictured (left to right): Joe McLaughlin (Simon Stimson/Mr. Webb), Saorsa Enget (Emily Webb), Mikayla Vetter (Mrs. Webb), Alex Joson (Mrs. Soames), Tyler Burr (Stage Manag-er), and Talon Sanders (Director).

PHOTO BY SHANE CHRISTENSENBY HOLLY PIEPER

The Final Scene - ending the year with a showOne of North Central’s theater classes performs their final projects

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Philosophy Corner: Black and BlueBlack lives matter because all lives matterBY BRANDON TEMMEL

As a white person, I believe that all lives matter. I believe that all lives matter because everyone values human life re-gardless of their skin color. To put it nicely, All Lives Matter is a poor response to Black Lives Matter (BLM). Such a reaction is, at the very least, a reflection of the effectiveness of the BLM movement. All Lives Matter should not be dismissed without reform. This touchy subject has been a minefield for conversa-tion, but this is too important to stay quiet, so: let’s take a walk.

There is a problem with Unit-ed States police departments’ treatment of black people. Ac-cording to research done by The Guardian, there are 2.65 white people killed by police per million people. Yet for black people, there are 6.32 killed per million, over 230% higher than white people. Freddie Gray, Mike Brown, and Trayvon Mar-tin are all just poster boys for the problem that is this statistic. The hope of Black Lives Matter is that this can be changed.

Before we look more close-ly at this problem, though, we

must acknowledge that even this evidence is not absolute proof of a problem. There is one valid in-terpretation of this higher death rate of black people by cops that does not implicate the po-lice officers. It is possible that a higher percentage of black peo-ple are more violent, therefore cops need to use lethal force a higher percentage of the time. While this is possible, anyone who holds this dark stereotype should challenge themselves to prove its merit. If you want to believe that black people are 230% more violent than white people, I would first be dis-appointed in your pessimism, and second, need to see your evidence not to support, but to prove your claim.

While some people dismiss BLM with harsh stereotypes, some people have valid rea-sons that they have not joined the movement. If you watch the news, you’ll quickly become overwhelmed with tragedy. It’s impossible to see every horri-ble act and join the movement to stop it—even if it genuinely upsets us. We have to choose

which tragedies in the world we want to fight against. For some people, that means choosing to empathize with BLM, offer ver-bal support, and then do nothing to change things.

Perhaps a more prominent feeling is a lack of direction. The general outcry of BLM is that of institutionalized rac-ism and oppression, yet there is rarely ever any specificity to

these sins. It’s like walking into a doctor’s office and shouting that you’re sick and dying, but then refusing to disclose your symptoms. For people to join a movement, they want to help fix a problem. If there is no clarity of the problem, people won’t join because they have no hope of fixing what they can’t see. We are all deeply saddened by the now frequent mass murders happening in our country. Yet as upset as we are, there is no movement to end mass murders because we don’t know how.

Valid though these reasons may be, there remains a lot of ignorance to the state of blue on black violence in America. The Department of Justice has been investigating various city police departments over the past couple years and their pub-lic reports confirm the need for the BLM movement. Investiga-tions in Ferguson, Philadelphia and Cincinnati all had similar results: a need to reform and improve. Each report called for more accountability of the ac-tions of police officers, stron-ger de-escalation techniques, a

far less liberal use of force, and measures to eliminate bias and racial profiling. There is obvi-ously a problem with the cur-rent operations of many police departments across the country.

I don’t know how to solve this problem. All I know is that things can’t stay the same, and the conversation right now has grown stale. For those who are in the BLM movement: con-tinue to support your cause. Help those who don’t under-stand BLM by being patient, articulate, and clear. Make noise until people smarter than myself come up with solutions and put them in place. And for those who are not in the BLM movement: these are American citizens. These are fellow hu-mans. This is injustice. Instead of looking for every small thing the BLM movement gets wrong, empathize with the struggle, curse the injustice, and support the solution. BLM should not be considered a black movement; it should be considered a hu-manitarian movement. All lives matter, so I support Black Lives Matter.

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The North Central women’s basketball team is starting the new season off with a fresh mentality and intensity. Al-though the team has started off the year with more losses than wins, the coaching strategy and extreme intensity that the new head coach Paul Brunner has brought to the table is a good foundation for heading in a win-ning direction.

With a new coaching phi-losophy behind the purpose of

the game, the women’s team is trying to focus on the real life application that basketball can bring to their lives and the cul-ture of North Central University.

“It’s not for us. It’s not about basketball. It’s about the culture of the program and what we want it to be about,” Brunner said. “Our program is about our faith, our academics, and then basketball.”

By no means is this new men-tality taking away from the in-

tensity and hard work that the team is putting toward this sea-son. In fact, a handful of veteran players told Brunner that this is the hardest that they have had to work in a long time.

“The big thing that we’re try-ing to get across is getting (the players) to believe that they are great basketball players,” Brun-ner said. “They are capable of winning and beating teams.”

Picked last in the coach’s poll in the UMAC, the lady Rams

have big shoes to fill in order to prove themselves. The intensity and discipline emphasized in practice is a step up from years past.

Each day, the team is on the court for almost an hour and a half. Depending on the day, the team also spends time in the weight room working out. Aside from physical training, the team has been spending every day in the classroom studying game film. Each player is required to have a notebook with them at all times where they constantly take notes and receive different handouts in order to study for their upcoming games.

Not only is there a team GPA goal, there is a new emphasis in discipline as a whole. The players are expected to be at practice, dressed and ready, at

least fifteen minutes prior to the start of practice. In the past six weeks, not one person has showed up late to a practice. According to Brunner, the team rule is, “you’re late if you’re on time; you’re on time if you’re fifteen minutes early.”

The mentality behind the dis-cipline goes beyond the court. Brunner believes that by prac-ticing the discipline of being punctual, the players will see major benefits in the real world when they start applying these habits to their daily lives.

Aside from studying and training for basketball, the wom-en’s team has been doing their very best to build relationships, continue in their faith, and work hard as a team. Brunner strong-ly believes that “rules without relationship leads to rebellion.”

Even though the new coaching staff is bent on discipline and hard work, the new mentality of building relationships and the concept of basketball be-ing bigger than the game itself is pushing the team to a whole new level.

“We’re practicing with a pur-pose and it’s really showing. Coach is making us work re-ally hard and it’s exactly what we need,” senior captain Jamie High said.

As the underdogs, the Rams look forward to proving the UMAC wrong, and trying to come out on top during this new refining season.

The team’s discipline and hard work on and off the court is one step closer to a historical season.

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Recreating team identity Making mark on athletes New athletic trainer, Karmen De Zeeuw, impacts athletic program BY CALEB CONVEYBY JOSH HIGH

This core of experienced con-tributors includes senior guards Cody Martin and Josh High, ju-nior wing Isaiah Rustad, sopho-more post player Joel Cline and sophomore guard Travis Voi-gt, who High expects to be “a next-level player.”

However, with Voigt’s re-cent Achilles injury, freshman wing Jared High has stepped in and proven to be a threatening shooter. He has tallied an admi-rable three-point percentage that has peaked around 60 percent. Although new to the college game, Jared High also has an es-tablished basketball IQ that can be attributed to his experience playing 4A basketball at Buffalo High School in Buffalo, MN.

In assessing Jared’s skill set, Coach High says Jared “plays to his strengths. He’s shooting the ball well, and he hasn’t been forcing threes.”

With Jared High excelling from the outside, freshman post player Austin Bulthuis has been providing an option down low.

“Austin knows how to use his body and get good position-ing,” Coach High said. “He’s just learning how to adjust to the strength of college basketball.”

Additionally, Coach High said that senior wing Cam-eron Cummings, sophomore post player Hunter Roeder, and freshman wing Ross Anderson all have a lot of potential down the road, as they continue to learn the team’s system and style of play.

With a roster of 20 players, Coach High is charged with the task of discovering and organiz-ing the most productive com-binations of player ability and team chemistry. Junior varsity games are one of the tools he uses to do this, as they are “im-portant to help the new guys get some game experience.”

As the season progresses, Coach High will continue to develop his players while so-lidifying his core leaders. Play-er-to-player cohesion and in-game execution will come, but Coach High admits that this can take time, especially with a new team and a new season.

This relative inexperience could be a primary factor in the team’s offensive inconsistency — a measurable weakness ac-cording to High.

He references the Rams’ first four games in which they had four different leading scorers — Martin, Jared, Rustad, and Cline. Although this scoring di-versity is a positive, Coach High notes that these same players also had equally low scoring games, so there is room for an overall consistency in perfor-mance.

On the other side of the ball, Coach High notices a need for better team defense, especially in the post.

“We are just giving up too many points,” Coach High said. “Our goal is to try and keep the other team to within 70 points, and we have had around 80

points scored against us in our first several games.”

The Rams’ low-post defen-sive struggles are likely cor-related to a more competitive list of big men that includes five 6’4” players and two 6’5” players. Last year, the Rams had three 6’4” players and one 6’5” center in Harrell. The difference this year is the lack of an expe-rienced and well-established big man like Harrell, although the likes of Cline and Bulthuis are working their way toward that level.

Coach High is also hoping to utilize selective defensive trap-ping and more zone defense to provide greater defensive stabil-ity. These tactics will be needed in regional play against teams like Faith Baptist College and Trinity Bible College who re-turned a lot of their core players. If the Rams can combine more resolute defending and rebound-ing with well-balanced scoring, they should have an open shot at the UMAC playoffs. They have certainly been converting their open shots thus far, with a three-point percentage around 40 per-cent, and an average number of game points in the mid 70s.

Although it seems a prefer-able problem to have, “We got to make sure we don’t shoot too many threes,” Coach High said. “We are just figuring out how to put all the pieces of the puzzle together, the right way.”

Head Coach, Paul Brunner, applies principles of discipline and hard work to practice.

PHOTO BY CURTIS VAUGHAN

Discipline shaping women’s basketball With a new coaching staff, the North Central women’s basketball team is working harder than everBY CURTIS VAUGHAN

The 2015-2016 school year brought many changes to the North Central University Ath-letics Department. One of those changes came in the summer when Karmen De Zeeuw was hired to be the new athletic trainer for the Rams.

De Zeeuw’s job description entails helping all North Central athletes in the prevention, reha-bilitation, and care of injuries during their athletic season, but she would tell you that is just one aspect of her job.

De Zeeuw grew up in Iowa and excelled as an athlete, re-ceiving a scholarship offer to play Division I volleyball for the University of Minnesota, but turned it down and decided to play for Division III Bethel University of Arden Hills, Min-nesota.

Initially, De Zeeuw studied biology and medicine, looking to work in the medical field, but a serious injury early on in her collegiate career changed all of that.

After spending hours upon hours in the training room re-habbing her injury, De Zeeuw found a new passion for the work of an athletic trainer.

“I discovered that athletic training was the absolute best way I could serve others,” De Zeeuw said. “And that is ulti-mately what I want to do with my life, is be a servant.”

De Zeeuw’s desire to serve others, mixed with a passion for athletics, created the perfect

mixture for her to become an athletic trainer. After graduating from Bethel and receiving her certification, De Zeeuw spent the next three years at Twin Cit-ies Orthopedics working with athletes.

Then, this summer, out of a number of different job oppor-tunities, De Zeeuw specifically chose to come to North Cen-tral. The chance to work in a Christian environment, and the ability to work closely with stu-dent-athletes was her rationale.

“She really does a great job communicating and talking me through what I need to do to get healthy,” said sophomore bas-

ketball player, Travis Voigt, who is currently rehabbing an Achil-les injury with De Zeeuw. “You can tell that she really cares about us, on and off the court.”

De Zeeuw would say that the second, and perhaps most important aspect of her job, is the time she spends with stu-dent-athletes.

“I love my job so much be-cause of the time I get to spend with the athletes and pouring into their lives,” De Zeeuw said. “I literally cannot wait to get to work each day.”

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New athletic trainer, Karmen De Zeeuw, has embraced her new role by serving others with great communication and passion.