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Grace College, Winona Lake, INMarch 28, 2013Volume 59, Issue No. 21

President of Grace College & Seminary Dr. Ron Manahan has announced that Com-mencement 2013 (May 11) will conclude his 20 years as president. Provost Dr. Bill Katip will accept the role of president for the institution following gradua-tion on May 12, 2013.

Katip brings 39 years of higher ed-ucation experience to the presidency and has been invaluable in guiding Grace Schools through many inno-vative changes since 2007. “We will continue to grow and adapt,” said Katip. “But as always, there will be no change in our mission, core beliefs and dedication to Scripture.” Katip earned his B.A. in Bible and Psychology from

Grace College, M.S. in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University and Ph.D. in High-er Education Administration from Michi-gan State University. Katip is a member of the Breakfast Optimist Club, currently sits on the board of directors for the Koscius-ko Economic Development Corporation (KEDCO) and is a member of the Strategic Advisory Board to OrthoWorx in Warsaw, Ind.

Dr. Manahan began his service to Grace in 1977 and has served as president since 1994. His visionary leadership helped ad-vance the institution through the develop-ment of new programs, the construction of new facilities, the expansion of global out-reach and increased tuition affordability for students and families. Because of the efforts of Manahan and his leadership team, enroll-ment has more than doubled and is current-ly at its highest in history.

Manahan’s first position at Grace was as the chair of the division of religion and philosophy. In 1982, Manahan received the Grace College McClain Award for Excel-lence in Teaching and in 1985, became the assistant academic dean. Two years later he served the college as the vice president for academic affairs and in 1990 became Grace’s first provost.

Manahan’s vision was to involve Grace College & Seminary in the local commu-nities, which resulted in the renovation of Westminster Hall in 1996 and the building of the Orthopaedic Capital Center in 2007. He was also a key initiator and facilitator in working with BioCrossroads on the grant

from the Lilly Endowment resulting in Or-thoWorx and the Orthopedic Capital Foun-dation.

Additionally, Manahan oversaw the pur-chase of Mount Memorial Hall and the building of Kent Hall, Indiana Hall, Gam-ma Nu and the Gordon Student Recreation Center. During his tenure the Prison Edu-cation Program greatly expanded, and the Distance/Online Education Program and the Korean Studies Program began in 1996. The Water Quality Project (KLAS) launched in 2007 and the Degree Completion (GOAL) Program in 2009. More recently, Manahan helped implement the ORCA program (the Graduate Program for Orthopaedic and Reg-ulatory Affairs) and the Henry and Frances Weber Schools (multiple locations). He also has helped engineer collaborations with CE National for Youth Ministries, Bethel Col-lege for Nursing, GBIM (Encompass World Partners) for a D. Min. in Central African Republic and Trine University for Engi-neering. He also formed collaborations with Ancilla College (GOAL Program) and the Christian University Global Network (on-line MA in ministry). During Manahan’s presidency, Grace received several profes-sional accreditations in counseling, busi-ness, teacher education and theology.

Because of Manahan’s leadership, Grace College was one of the few public or private universities nationally to develop and offer a three-year degree program for all its ma-jors. Grace’s program innovation attracted the attention of Congress, state legislators and national media. In 2011 Manahan rep-

resented Grace Schools nationally and championed higher education afford-ability and transparency to the Con-gressional Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training in Washington D.C.

Manahan has also served on the board of directors of Kosciusko Coun-ty Chapter of the American Red Cross, Committee to Commemorate Dr. Mar-tin Luther King, Jr., Inc., Foundation Ministries Inc., Lakeland Christian Academy and Symphony of the Lakes.

He currently serves on the board of di-rectors of Kosciusko County Community Foundation, OrthoWorx and the Orthopedic Capital Foundation. Additionally, Manahan has served on the board of Independent Col-leges of Indiana (ICI), the Council of Chris-tian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and on the Accountability Committee of the Na-tional Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU). He was award-ed the Winona Lake Bill Reneker Memo-rial Community Service Award in 2000 and named the Warsaw/Kosciusko County Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year for 2010.

Manahan will assume the role of senior advisor to the president this summer and serve during the academic year 2013-14. “Developing and advancing the mission of Grace College & Seminary has been my calling and my honor over the past two de-cades,” explained Manahan. “I am grateful to have served for so long at such a place as Grace. I am confident in the excellent lead-ership skills of Dr. Bill Katip as president. I know he will hold fast to the mission while continuing to adapt the methods as neces-sary to ensure we effectively educate future generations to answer God’s call.”

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Dr. Ron Manahan Concludes 20 Yearsas President of Grace College & Seminary

Leadership is something we should all strive to achieve in some fashion during our lives. It consists of doing something or being someone that God sees as exemplary. Many of us do not see ourselves as leaders. Others just do not real-ize how much of a leader they really are or can be. Grace College values leadership and the Of-fice of Academic and Student Affairs strives to help others in that aspect through a class called Leadership. This class, taught by Aaron Crabtree and Peter Wolff, has enabled students and even teachers to learn more about the great value of leadership.

I have heard nothing but great things about this class and many people are thankful for it as well because true leaders have arisen. While in-terviewing several people about the class, I no-ticed that it has really satisfied students. Carolyn

Duong enjoyed the class stating, “I thought the activities the class made us do were really inter-esting. My favorite part was writing the letter to my future self because I know that when I read it after I graduate, things will be so different. The class taught me that there are so many different parts to leadership.” Leadership is not one de-fined thing. There are many different types of leaders; even the most introverted of people can be great leaders.

Above all, the leadership class teaches stu-dents to learn how to lead their own lives before becoming a leader for others. We need to know what strengths we have and how we need to im-prove in order to become true leaders. One must practice a form of humility first. Andrew Schnur described the class this way: “It was extremely good. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is serious about growing in their faith and as a leader. It is so practical and it really stresses the importance of leading yourself well before you can lead others well.”

Leadership is something we all need to seek as believers. God calls us to be leaders of men and to be shining lights for Him, and I believe the first step toward becoming leaders of men is to seek God’s will first and foremost in our lives. Without God leading us, we cannot lead others.

The class also enables many people to have a good time of fellowship and helps them get to know each other better. Gershom Tadesse stat-ed, “It was a pretty okay class where you got to learn more about yourself. Overall, it was a de-cent class where you got to get closer with other potential leaders at Grace.”

Students appreciated the class and thought it was worthwhile. Many students recommend it to others and see it as a valuable class because of how much it teaches about the value of leader-ship. We should all strive to be leaders in our own lives and find what aspects of our lives we need to improve in order to truly impact others.

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Andrew PepeStaff Writer

Becoming Leaders

As students and visitors of Grace College entered the dinning commons on March 21 and 22, they were met with the sight of stu-dents holding up signs and standing in the coat room of Alpha Dining in support of International Justice Mission’s (IJM) Making Freedom Possible Project, a project to raise awareness and money to help end sex trafficking. Jessica Taylor, a senior at Grace, was the head of this event with the help of Mi-chal Humphrey, Sydney Pritchard, Grace Sarris, Sarah Leichty, Ashley Mazelin, Bradee Smith, and several others.

Taylor had attended the Passion Conference, a Christian Confer-ence challenging college-age stu-

dents to make God the focal point of their lives, in Alanta, Ga., where IJM asked college students across the nation to participate in the Making Freedom Possible Project. After rallying a group of students behind her, they worked on getting students to work single hour shifts over a 27-hour period of time to represent the 27 million people cur-rently being slave trafficked.

The students spent time praying, taking donations, singing worships-songs, and dancing for this event. The group ended up raising $800 after two days.

After the event had ended, a cel-ebration took place over in West-minister Hall where Tannor Joy led worship before Matt and Rachel Litzinger spoke on their calling to Thailand where they will help Des-tiny Rescue in their efforts, and Ashley Mazelin spoke on slave

trafficking in Indiana.Mazelin has also been stepping

out from the group at Grace Col-lege and working on her own with Trafficking in Indiana specifical-ly. Before the Stand for Freedom event, Mazelin raised support for a petition to change the Safe Harbor Law.

The Safe Harbor Law protect-ed anyone up to the age of 16 who had been sex trafficked from being prosecuted for prostitution. Ma-zelin gathered signatures to petition that this law be rewritten to protect anyone who had been sex trafficked up to the age of at least 18.

She accomplished gathering 233 signatures. The law was passed on March 14 with a 12-0 ruling. The Law has a second and third read-ing still to face, but dates for these events are unknown.

The Safe Harbor Law is a pro-

tection law for those forced into sex trafficking, but this law is not a national one. IJM is pushing for President Obama to step up and end the slavery of humans in our coun-try. You can sign a petition to help this cause at: freedomcommons.ijm.org/action-alert/ask-president-help-make-freedom-real.

IJM is also asking that if you suspect human trafficking, call: 1-888-373-7888. For ways to rec-ognize sex trafficking, visit: www.polarisproject.org/human-traffick-ing/recognizing-the-signs.

When asked what is next for Grace College and the stand against sex trafficking, Mazelin answered, “I’ve been asking myself that ques-tion all day. I don’t know. We’re just waiting to see where God leads us next.”

Stand Up!Whitney Worthen

Staff Writer

Zoyo Frozen Yogurt is a self-serve shop that’s located in front of the Khols on St Rd 15 N, War-saw. This yogurt buffet constantly changes to different flavors and has, or had in the past, apple pie, blue-berry blast, cake batter, candy cake, cheesecake, cherry cordial, choc-olate, coffee, cookies and cream, crazy cappuccino, dolce, vanilla, eggnog, Georgia peach, Hawaiian pineapple, Island banana, mint, oatmeal, orange, peanut butter, pistachio, pomegranate raspberry

sorbet, pumpkin pie, razzle daz-zle raspberry, red velvet, root beer, snicker doodle, sorbet berry, straw-berry banana, tangomango, tart, va-nilla, white chocolate macadamia nut, zoyo punch (tropical fruits and vanilla), salted caramel, choco-late dipped pretzel, banana bread, “be my lemontine” (lemonade fla-vored), and graham zentral station (graham cracker.) All these flavors are on their website www.zoyogurt.com, but not all at the same time in the store, of course. They are con-stantly changing flavors of the yo-gurt that is available.

A variety of toppings and sauces

make this yogurt yummy. The top-pings consist of sprinkles, choco-late chips, coconut, and all different types of candies, fruits, nuts, and cereals. Their options of toppings are definitely a highlight of the shop. Sauces include marshmallow, fudge, strawberry, raspberry, man-go, honey, peanut butter, lemon, caramel, white chocolate, and more. Since the shop is a self-serve place, you get the chance to look around, check out all options, and pile in your cup how much you want!

The yogurt shop has free wifi, punch cards that offer special deals after a certain number of purchases,

and some gluten-free, diary-free, and sugar-free options. These op-tions aren’t many but that’s to be expected from a little yogurt shop. The price depends on the quantity of yogurt and how many toppings you get, but the yogurt is 39 cents an ounce. You can test the yogurt for free, though. Just ask for sample cups and try the different flavors.

The store times are Sun-day-Thursday at 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday-Saturday at 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Check out this yogurt shop if you need a break from Ritters and Culvers! It might just become your new go-to place.

Alisha GomezStaff Writer

ZoYo: A Chilly Treat for Chilly Days

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The MinutesSenate Meeting: March 25, 2013

Who do you know who has a love for God, volleyball, and bicycles? The answer to that question would be Kyle May. May is a freshman here at Grace College. He lives off-campus at a church camp in Syracuse, Ind., where he stays with his brother, who is also the camp manager. May had previously worked at Quaker Haven for three years prior to attending Grace, and he “chose Grace be-cause I could live at a church camp and serve while going to a Christian college.” May is an accounting major who “enjoys structure and applying information when it can be use-ful and necessary.” May took a few classes in high school and decided to continue on with it. He is going for his MBA in four years and eventually hopes to obtain a CPA.

May also enjoys playing volleyball. May started his volleyball career during his junior year at Carmel High School. He said, “I want-ed to do a school sport, and a friend of mine who was on the volleyball team was required to bring three recruits in for the callout. I

didn’t think I was actually going to play, but I gave it a shot and ended up with a varsity spot by the end of open gym.” His junior year, his team won the state championship, although he blew out his knee the game before the champi-onship, ending his volleyball career.

Another aspect of life that May enjoys is bicycles; however, it isn’t riding bikes that he enjoys so much; he prefers working on them. May believes that “a bike is a simple machine that can take new meaning when you start on it; once you go past riding and you understand all the little parts, you appreciate it better.” Although he would rather work on bicycles, he does enjoy the occasional bike ride; he just doesn’t like to use a bicycle to push himself and work out. “It’s for leisure and enjoyment, not working out and pain,” he says.

Lastly, May strongly believes and lives by the quote, “Hustle beats talent any day.” He says, “You can’t get anywhere without work-ing hard and sometimes getting a little bit of dirt under your fingernails.” These are just a few qualities of Kyle May, and if you don’t know him yet, you should get to know him. It is definitely worth your while.

Cally ArnettStaff Writer

Kyle May: Jack of all Trades

Communitas was a little different this year; both a performance by the Remnant drama team and a senior art show were added to the program. It has been a desire of the Communi-tas board to add a variety of media to the events planned.

Three years ago, a group of professors were brainstorming ways to better integrate faith and learning on Grace’s campus. Dr. Nate Bosch, Dr. Jared Burkholder, Dr. Mark Norris, Jac-queline Schram, J.D. Woods, and several other professors launched Communitas on Grace’s campus.

Communitas was designed as a place where students could present research, scholarship, and creative displays to a greater community than just the classroom. Scholarship, as Dr. Burkholder says, is just an “output of what we do.” Communitas is a place to express who we are and what we are interested in, even if not explicitly Christian. Integrating Communitas and Day of Worship was intentional and em-

phasizes the belief that students are to praise and honor God through learning and sharing knowledge.

In order to present research at this event, a student’s work must contribute to a field of study, as well as contribute to the greater com-munity at Grace. This type of research and scholarship is purposed to sustain and maintain a student’s curiosity for learning and digging deeper.

Alayna Robinson, a new member of Rem-nant this year, was excited about the perfor-mances added to this year’s events. “It’s an-other aspect of creativity and passion that we can add to [Communitas].” Remnant’s perfor-mances are based on the members’ passion for drama and spreading Christianity through this art form. One of the skits Remnant performed, called “Prayer Therapy,” was about communi-cating with God.

Tenli Andersen’s art display depicted the current struggle in Mexico, a result of the drug trafficking problem. The colors and symbolism integrated into the four gouache paintings were strong and vibrant. As a missionary kid grow-

ing up in Mexico, Andersen has seen much of the distress firsthand.

This year was Sarah Hobbs’ last Day of Wor-ship and Communitas; she was sad to see the day fly by so quickly. “It’s great having more time to sing and hear messages,” said Hobbs, “I love hearing from so many different people. We worship God when we put our energies and strengths into something – it’s like an offering to God.”

All students are encouraged to submit pro-posals for papers and presentations at the be-ginning of each school year. Proposals are to be unique, interesting, creative, and fit well with the Grace culture. By the middle of the follow-ing February, students who are accepted into Communitas will be notified.

Communitas is a place to showcase individ-ual abilities apart from the usual areas, such as drama or sports. It was designed for movement, growth, and community. This event is full of unique and understated, yet outstanding, minds and hearts of fellow students.

Rachel J. MinerContributing Writer

Communitas 2013: In Review

Senate is considering invest-ing in a message board that would sit right outside Philathea. The board would contain information for GSO events, a campus calen-dar, and any other pertinent infor-mation. If you think this is a good idea, or if you have a creative idea as to how the board could be

used, talk to your representative.The music committee had the

necessary funds approved for a concert at Rodeheaver on April 27, at 7:30 p.m. Auditions will be open to both faculty and students. More information will be avail-able in the near future.

Senate also discussed the pos-sibility of the Red Bus Project making an appearance on campus this fall. The project was founded

by Christian singer Steven Cur-tis Chapman to raise money for orphan care. The “Red Bus” is a double-decker bus that moon-lights as a thrift shop. The do-nated clothes are sold on college campuses around the country to raise money for the cause. For more information, you can read more about it on the project’s website.

Finally, Senate approved the

formation of the Blue Notes Jazz Band. The band exists as a way for Grace students to perform and experience jazz. If you are inter-ested in auditioning or simply want more information, contact Jason Wilkinson.

Remember, all Senate meet-ings are open to the public! The next meeting will take place on Monday, April 15, at 10:30 a.m. in McClain 103.

Ashley BrewsterEditor-in-Chief

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Memories from GoEncounter: Brazil

Kali MillerContributing Writer

Brazil holds many memories for me. I spent some time learning the cultural norms and even more time accidently going against them. Even though I like to

claim myself as half-Brazilian now, my skin color counteracts that

claim. Nonetheless, I love the Brazilian culture and would love to go back to the heat at this very mo-ment (nothing says hot mess more them the humid-ity in Brazil).

One very memorable experience of the trip was my group’s six-hour bus ride to the airport. We woke up in the morning to enjoy a simple breakfast with our host family: Bruce, Lisa, and Jonathan Triple-horn. From there, Bruce and Lisa Triplehorn got us to the bus station. We boarded the bus with our Por-tuguese-speaking driver and fellow Brazilian pas-sengers. The bus backed its way out of the parking spot as Bruce and Lisa Triplehorn waved goodbye. Yes, my eyes were watering a little bit and I think it might have been worse than the scene in “Air Bud.” You know the scene where Josh tells Buddy he can-not come home and feeds him pudding while yelling at him to go away? Just search “Air Bud sad scene” on YouTube if you do not remember, and cry a little. Okay, so it was not as dramatic, but leaving Bruce and Lisa Triplehorn was a bittersweet moment. I

then took a Dramamine pill and slept while listen-ing to Dominic Balli. For a person who gets motion sicknesses very easily, a bus is not the best form of transportation. I then woke sometime later with the bus at a stop on the side of the road. We literally had no clue what the problem was; we just knew our bus wasn’t moving. We could see our driver run-ning back and forth from the bus to an auto repair shop. The other passengers were talking frantically in Portuguese. It was one of those moments when they knew something we didn’t. Kristin Cassidy sat next to me talking loudly in English as she be-gan to a have a minor meltdown. Shannon Mazelin kept accepting mints and water from her Brazilian friend next to her. We were on the real struggle bus. This was not a figurative struggle bus, but the literal one. Fortunately, we made it to the bus station alive without having to get off in a sketchy neighborhood. How many of you can say you have ridden the real struggle bus in the middle of Brazil? Maybe you could have the chance next year!

Every year scores of students will spread out from the Grace campus and visit places far and wide: Cambodia, Romania, Iceland, Bra-zil, and Fiji to name a few. Our experience at Grace is unique in that each of us will have lived in and/or traveled to another culture –

domestic or international – before graduation. My hope for our campus is that as we take these trips, we do not simply view them as one more step to graduation, but we change.

The amount of traveling that our student body does should have a major influence on our campus culture. However, sometimes I fear that the amount of traveling our campus does actually makes us take the trips for grant-ed. After a brief week or two of travel, we go back to our routines, to our schedules, and to our same way of thinking, often not reflecting long enough to make our experiences mean-ingful for life back home.

Seeing the world through another cultural lens deepens one’s understanding not only of the global village in which we live, but also expands one’s perception of God, His people, and His kingdom.

We must connect our trips to life at home. In order to best steward our recent trip to Brazil, for example, our team should be asking some questions. For example…

Having seen many Brazilians blindly mix-ing folk religion and Spiritism with Christian-ity, what cultural layers and traditions do I add to my Christian beliefs and assume they are all biblical? Do I hold any cultural norms as equal to or as standing above Scripture?

Having heard that five of the six church bodies struggled to maintain their tight-knit community after constructing a church build-ing, do I notice how my own perceptions of “church” can either contribute to or distance myself from true community with believers? Do I commune with my church or do I go to church?

Having listened to our Brazilian brothers

Bringing it Home

Ashley HouseContributing Writer

What They Would SayStephen Hartman

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then took a Dramamine pill and slept while listen-ing to Dominic Balli. For a person who gets motion sicknesses very easily, a bus is not the best form of transportation. I then woke sometime later with the bus at a stop on the side of the road. We literally had no clue what the problem was; we just knew our bus wasn’t moving. We could see our driver run-ning back and forth from the bus to an auto repair shop. The other passengers were talking frantically in Portuguese. It was one of those moments when they knew something we didn’t. Kristin Cassidy sat next to me talking loudly in English as she be-gan to a have a minor meltdown. Shannon Mazelin kept accepting mints and water from her Brazilian friend next to her. We were on the real struggle bus. This was not a figurative struggle bus, but the literal one. Fortunately, we made it to the bus station alive without having to get off in a sketchy neighborhood. How many of you can say you have ridden the real struggle bus in the middle of Brazil? Maybe you could have the chance next year!

We must connect our trips to life at home. In order to best steward our recent trip to Brazil, for example, our team should be asking some questions. For example…

Having seen many Brazilians blindly mix-ing folk religion and Spiritism with Christian-ity, what cultural layers and traditions do I add to my Christian beliefs and assume they are all biblical? Do I hold any cultural norms as equal to or as standing above Scripture?

Having heard that five of the six church bodies struggled to maintain their tight-knit community after constructing a church build-ing, do I notice how my own perceptions of “church” can either contribute to or distance myself from true community with believers? Do I commune with my church or do I go to church?

Having listened to our Brazilian brothers

and sisters share their testimonies of coming to faith in Christ after having already studied the Word with another believer for months or years, what do I think of the Word of God? What do I think of evangelism? Is the study of Scripture for the believer only? Is evangelism a 20-minute presentation of the gospel and then a call to make a decision?

What are the questions you could create from your experience? The deeper you wres-tle with what you saw and heard, the greater the value you add to your trip. Don’t just go. Come back different. When your trip becomes more than stories and pictures, but new val-ues, perspectives and beliefs about yourself, others, and God, you have truly gone and “en-countered”…not just traveled, but changed.

Bringing it Home

On Friday, March 22, the Veteran Affairs Student Asso-ciation hosted an event to mark the end of the Grace Scavenger Hunt: Intelligence Mission. The event took place in the Veteran Affairs offices in the GRC.

The scavenger hunt was masterminded by Veteran Af-fairs Professional Scott Shaffer. Schaffer, also an army chaplain, is head of all things veteran-re-lated at Grace College. He is in charge of processing military benefits for veterans and depen-dents, raising money for schol-arships, and planning events to raise awareness about the asso-ciation. There are approximate-ly 40 veterans and dependents that are a part of the Grace com-munity.

For this particular event, par-ticipating students were given a set of “orders” -- made to look like actual military orders --

each containing a riddle. Each riddle led participants to a veteran on campus, such as Coach Kessler and Prof. Alan Grossnickle.

“We wanted them to see how the campus

community is con-nected to veterans,” said Shaffer. Of

the 15 participants, eight com-peted all the orders.

The scavenger hunt was concluded by a prize ceremo-ny where contestants had the opportunity to spin a wheel to see what prize they would take home. The possibilities in-cluded a military backpack, an MRE (“mule-ready-to-eat”), gift cards to places like Zoyo and Culvers, and an iPad. Con-testants who landed on the iPad had to participate in a military trivia quiz to determine a win-ner -- and student Bekah Rich-ards ended up walking away with the prize.

Shaffer is excited to see how events like this work together to make the campus more mil-itary-friendly. He is pleased to see just how much the climate on campus has changed.

“We have a lot of veterans on campus,” he said. “A lot of faculty and staff have served in the military.” In the end, Shaf-fer wants students to understand how the impact the military is universal.

“Everywhere, people are be-ing affected by veterans and war -- even on Grace campus.”

Ashley BrewsterEditor-in-Chief

Intelligence Mission: The Veteran Affairs Student

Association Scavenger Hunt Lands Big Prizes for Students

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Freshman Bekah Coolman stated, “I refuse to sit complacently just because these children can’t personally tug on my hand and ask for help.” Before attending Grace College, Coolman got licensed for cosmetology. Now, she cuts hair in her dorm room, earning money to sponsor a child. “It’s one of the most incredible things in my life,” Coolman said.

Bekah Coolman sponsors Jose A. from Bolivia. Speaking with and getting to know Coolman reveals her love for both this child and the opportunity to sponsor him. “This is my first child sponsorship,” she explains. “I’ve never had the means to sponsor a child, but once I realized I could afford it, I knew in my heart that it was something I needed to do.”

She only began sponsoring Jose this January, but her passion and love for him is growing quickly. “I am so excit-

ed about the first letter I sent him that I just had to email him about it! I wrote to him all about how I’m sponsoring him and that I am so honored to be doing so and how incredibly anxious I am for his letter. I check the mail every day!” Cool-man said.

Bekah Coolman said that sponsoring Jose impacts her life in a very important way. “Everything I do, I think about how it will or will not help him and his com-munity,” she said. Coolman is working to focus on spending her money not on her own selfish desires, but instead on something – or someone – bigger than herself. “I have a place my money needs to go first, as well as my love and de-votion. Jose’s needs are higher and more urgent than mine.”

What amazed me most about Bekah Coolman was her insight. She was so easily able to put herself into not only Jose’s, but other children’s shoes. “Why should I save up my money for a futon

when hungry children go to bed starv-ing each night? If I were their mother, I would be livid that no one cared enough to take a look around. I wouldn’t be able to sit by these children in their huts and watch them starve, knowing I’ve got a table full of food back home and a dollar in my pocket. If I were right there with them, I’d give them all I had. So even though I’m not sitting right beside them, watching them starve and hearing them cry, that doesn’t change the fact that it’s happening. I do my best to spread around my time, love, and resources as if I were actually there.”

Though Bekah Coolman is working hard to reach out to Jose, she doesn’t stop there. “I’d love to sponsor both of Jose’s siblings, if I can ever be at the point fi-nancially that it would be possible,” she said. “I just love that little guy! He just turned five, and he is the most precious person to me. He is nearest to my heart, and he is always in my prayers.”

Julia MarshStaff Writer

Bekah Coolman and Sponsoring: A Life Changed

On April 30, current and former CEOs from around the United States will be on Grace’s campus to partici-pate in the CEO forum, pro-viding a unique opportunity for students to hear some of our country’s most successful business leaders discuss how to succeed in tough economic times.

The lineup includes key-note speaker Bill Yeargin, the CEO of Correct Craft; moder-ator; Pat Miller, WOWO’s po-litical analyst; and a panel that includes John Bachmann, For-mer CEO of Edward Jones; Tobias Buck, current CEO of Paragon Medical; Sheryl Con-ley, CEO of Orthoworx; Kev-an Johnston, HyVac Group President; and John Zeglis,

former CEO of AT&T. In addition, over 400

local and regional business owners will be in attendance, providing students with an ideal networking situation.

“Think of it as an at-home job fair,” said Ryan Ramey. Ra-mey is one of several students selected to help Grace prepare for an event of this magnitude. Professors in the business de-partment have organized sev-eral student-led committees in charge of making sure the event runs smoothly. Ramey is head of the promotional committee. Committee mem-bers Luke Denlinger, Stephen Hartman, and Michaela Mar-tin are working to design a program book and compile giveaway bags for the forum’s participants to take home with them.

“We want our name and

logo to go home with them,” explained Ramey.

The program books will in-clude a schedule of the event, a notepad, biographies of the CEOs, and information on Grace.

“We want to incorporate our biblical basis for leader-ship,” said Ramey.

The giveaway bags will contain gifts showcasing the talents of Grace students -- for example. one of the gifts will be a product of Scott Hoff-man’s woodworking skills. In a way, according to Ramey, the entire event will be show-casing Grace’s talented and driven students. The entire event will be planned and ex-ecuted by students, with pro-fessors providing a “guiding hand.” The students’ duties correspond with their major. As for Ramey, he sees the

opportunity as a way to give back to Grace.

“College goes by so fast,” he explained. “I find myself asking, ‘What did I do?’ I want to take as many oppor-tunities as possible. You learn more by experience -- you’ve got to jump in head-first.”

While the promotional committee won’t be done un-til the event is over, they are finalizing their ideas for the program books and have near-ly finished compiling the give-away bags. They are looking forward to seeing the finished products -- and the attendees’ reactions.

Ramey urges all students, regardless of major, to take advantage of the event. “This is an opportunity to network with potential future employ-ers,” he said. “Make the event work for you.”

Ashley BrewsterEditor-in-Chief

Students Prepare for CEO Forum in April

Grace’s track and field team got the outdoor season off on the right foot at the IWU Polar Bear Invitational on Saturday.

Nine different marks for the Lancers met the NCCAA national standard on a chilly Saturday.

Sabrina Whitaker and Zach Speckman show-cased their versatility by qualifying for NCCAA Nationals in two different events. Whitaker’s 5-foot-2 in the high jump finished third, and her time of 17.09 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles also met the NCCAA mark.

Speckman finished in 16.40 in the 110 hur-dles and 57.91 in the 400 hurdles to highlight the men’s team.

“We had NCCAA qualifiers in nine events, so it was a decent start to the outdoor season,” said Grace head coach Jeff Raymond. “I think we learned, however, that we still have a long way to go to be prepared for the big meets at the end of the season. Fortunately we have several weeks to get to that point.”

For the women’s team, Heather House (100 hurdles), Kaitlyn Mikel (hammer throw) and Re-bekah Younkin (hammer throw) each qualified for NCCAA Nationals with a strong performance.

On the men’s side, Lance Taylor reached the NCCAA mark with his second-place finish of 51.32 in the 400. Seth Booker was the final qual-ifier with his 58.13 in the 400 hurdles.

The men’s 4x400 relay team of Taylor, Book-er, Speckman and Donovan Graham ended in second place at the meet with a time of 3:28.32.

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Josh NeuhartSports Information

Florida Gulf Coast’s Sherwood Brown celebrates / AP Photo - Matt Rourke

Upcoming Home Sports Events

BaseballMarch 30- vs. Huntington (DH) (1 p.m.)

April 4- vs. Spring Arbor (DH) (2 p.m.)

April 9- vs. Goshen (DH) (2 p.m.)

April 13- vs. Marian (DH) (1 p.m.)

April 18- vs. Saint Francis (DH) (2 p.m.)

SoftballMarch 29- vs. Cornerstone (2 p.m.)

March 30- vs. Roosevelt (1 p.m.)

April 2- vs. Siena Heights (DH) (4 p.m.)

April 3- vs. Indiana Tech (DH) (3 p.m.)

April 5- vs. Mt Vernon Nazarene (DH) (3 p.m.)

April 6- vs. Taylor (DH) (1 p.m.)

April 12- vs. Madonna (DH) (3 p.m.)

April 13- vs. Saint Francis (DH) (1 p.m.)

April 16- vs. Bethel (DH) (3 p.m.)

M/W TennisApril 6- vs. Cornerstone (1 p.m.)

Come out and support Lancer Athletics!

Sabrina Whitaker, Track

Sabrina is the Player of the Week with her perfor-mance at the IWU Polar Bear Invitational. She finished third in high jump and seventh in the 100-meter hur-dles, reaching the NCCAA qualifying standard for each event. She looks to continue her success at the second meet of the Outdoor season at the Goshen Invitational.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

This year’s NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Cham-pionship Tournament is living up to the hype. Multiple upsets, brack-et-busting games, and great perfor-mances have permeated the tourna-ment known as March Madness. It surely has seen its share of madness over the many years of existence, and this year is no different.

The first two games that cap-tured the audience’s attention this year were the games between sixth-seeded Memphis and elev-enth-seeded Saint Mary’s, and third-seeded Marquette and four-teenth-seeded Davidson. Both games came down to the wire with Saint Mary’s just falling short of an upset in a 54-52 loss and Mar-quette barely escaping with a vic-tory 59-58, thanks to Vander Blue’s game-winning layup with one sec-ond left.

The first day of play con-

tinued with impressive upsets by twelfth-seeded Oregon over fifth-seeded Oklahoma State, twelfth-seeded California over fifth-seeded University of Nevada at Las Vegas (UNLV), and four-teenth seeded Harvard over third seeded New Mexico. The first day ended with a few upsets, only a precursor to the madness that fol-lowed Friday.

Upsets were by twelfth-seed-ed Ole Miss, thirteenth-seeded La Salle, fifteenth-seeded Florida Gulf Coast (FGCU), tenth-seeded Iowa State, and eleventh-seeded Minnesota. Overall, there were eight upsets by double digit seeds. By the end of the first round, two ninth seeds, one tenth seed, one eleventh seed, three twelfth seeds, one thirteenth seed, one fourteenth seed, and one fifteenth seed advanced to the round of 32.

In the round of 32, Oregon (12) upset Saint Louis (4), Wich-ita State (9) upset Gonzaga (1), FGCU (15) upset San Diego State (7), and La Salle (13) beat Ole Miss

(12). Heading into the Sweet 16, there will be a ninth seed, a twelfth seed, a thirteenth seed, and a fif-teenth seed. A quarter of the teams in the Sweet 16 are ninth seeds or higher.

When asked about their reac-tions to the tournament so far, Zane Gard said that it was “March Mad-ness at its finest.” Tre Fowler called

it “unpredictable,” and Jordan But-ler added that it is total “insanity.” Only one thing is for certain: that if the first two rounds are any indi-cation of what is to come, then the Sweet 16 will certainly be surpris-ing and total madness. Tune in next weekend to see the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight.

March Madness is Back!

Nine Reach NCCAA Standard in Outdoor Opener

Seth MillerSports Editor

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Grace Got Talent

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Dance-a-thon

Tournament nightJr/Sr Table Tickets

Housing Lottery World Record @ 6 p.m.

Block Party @ 6 p.m.

Hall Meeting @ 10 p.m.

Earth DayApplied

Learning Fair @ 10:30Senior “grams” in Alpha

Murder Mystery sponsored by GoEncounter

Thailand

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Study Break

Jr/Sr Tickets: Seniors only

Housing lottery informational

meeting @ 9 p.m. in McClain