The Little Prince Comes to Geneva’s Stage

The Geneva CabinetOctober 26, 2012 • Volume 136 • Issue 9 • The Student Newspaper of Geneva College

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Adam Rowe and Gwyneth Gamble star in The Little Prince, Geneva’s latest theatre production. (The Geneva Cabinet/Jessie Beck)

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The Little PrinceWeekend

Maybe it was the new set-up in the theater or the intricate design on the backdrop or the actors’ col-orful and sparkling costumes, but as I watched a dress rehearsal for The Little Prince, I was transported into a new world. It was a world full of planets and intriguing characters and fantasy. The sense of excitement and mystery that flowed through the atmosphere can only be attrib-

Adelaide GreenStaff Writer

uted to live theater.Geneva College Theatre’s produc-

tion of “The Little Prince,” directed by Mindy George, opens in The Stu-dio Theater on October 25 at 8:00 p.m.

Stage manager Lindsay Bern-heisel, sophomore psychology ma-jor, has been impressed with the scope of the production: “It’s a short play that focuses on the visual pre-sentation. So, there is lots of ornate

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The Geneva CabinetThe Student Newspaper of Geneva College since 1878

Joel Shannon Editor-In-Chief

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Jordan Watson

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consideration of issues and events; to ex-

pose injustice on any front; and to develop

in the readers an appreciation of Christian

values by approaching all duties in the

spirit of love, justice and responsibility that

Christ showed in all his dealings on earth.

Honestly, Joel ShannonEditor-in-Chief

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The views expressed in The Geneva Cabinet are not necessarily the views of Geneva College.

Perspectives

I made a promise to myself when I was hired as Editor of The Geneva Cabinet—that I would never bring up the dancing policy.

It’s a stupid fight that happens every year. Some student sudden-ly realizes that it would be against the rules to have a homecoming dance on cam-pus. This strikes them as very ar-chaic, and they set out on a wel l-mea n i ng but complete-ly pointless cru-sade to change the 100-year-old policy.

There are a lot of very complex reasons that the dancing policy simply is not going to change. Both financial concerns and moral considerations are com-pounded by the reality that the pol-icy has become a kind of hallmark of Geneva—a traditional part of our identity. And it’s going nowhere fast.

And yet, I’m going to bring up the subject. I don’t want to address the policy itself, but I do want to talk about the off-campus dance that was held last weekend. Because I think that whoever was behind

this year’s (unofficial) homecoming dance hosted at College Hill Presby-terian Church is brilliant.

First, a few disclaimers.I didn’t actually go to the dance.

My family was in town for the week-end, so I spent most of the night waiting in line at an Olive Garden in Cranberry.

And in all honesty, even if I didn’t have family obligations, I wouldn’t have gone.

Dances are a perfect storm of “things Joel hates”: loud noises; people crammed togeth-er in a sweaty, miserable mass of humanity; ter-rible pop music; widespread faked happiness and joy. To me, it’s all just awful.

But some people are into that kind of thing. And I, as a trendy, postmodern man, appreciate and respect people who like things that are dumb.

Regardless, I think that the dance was a phenomenal idea, because it’s a great example of students be-ing proactive—of fixing a problem rather than complaining about it.

The organizers deserve a pat on the back. What they did goes against what we’re programmed to do as members of the millennial generation—sit back, whine, and re-

main useless. Maybe it’s technology’s fault.

Maybe because it’s so easy to vent our frustrations on Facebook and Twitter and Pinterest (or whatev-er 16 year old girls are using nowa-days), we never get to use that ener-gy for something productive.

Maybe if Newton had an iPad where he could tweet “an apple fell on head. Life sucks,” he’d never have thought any further on the subject.

But whatever the reason, our gen-eration’s chain of thought when it comes to problems seems to be: “if we complain obnoxiously about something we hate, someone will eventually get annoyed enough to do something. Then I don’t have to.”

When you get down to it, that’s why there have been millions of sta-tus updates about Kony and Ron Paul and Facebook’s timeline fea-ture—it’s easier to vent your frus-tration than actually do something

meaningful.Whether you love dances or hate

them; whether you went to this year’s off-campus homecoming dance or not, give the organizers a high-five next time you see them. Because they fought that trend.

They saw a problem, and they did their best to fix it. And they did so without receiving class credit or putting it on their resume.

What I’m trying to say is, if more people took a cue from the home-coming dance organizers, I think our campus would be a better place. And if our whole generation adopt-ed that mindset, there’s no telling what could be accomplished.

Ask AngelinaDear Angelina,I really want to submit a letter to you. How would I go

about doing that? Uninformed

Dear Uninformed,I’m glad you asked. All you have to do is write a letter or

note (depending on your mood), address it to Box 2616, and send it off. And I love mail, seeing as I don’t get much. So send me lots of it. I’d better be hearing from you.

Angelina

Bad Directions

“They saw a problem, and they did their best to fix it.”

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Perspectives

I’m writing to you right now from the library—a place that I’m willing to bet most of you have never entered. Actually, that might be a little unfair; I’m sorry, I forgot how often person-al printers run out of ink. So, I’m writing to you from a place that I’m willing to bet most of you have never entered past the row of computers in the East Reading Room. And I’m going to write to you about the library itself, or rather, the people within it.

You should know that the five of us that have been in the library every day since the be-ginning of school know exactly how much time you spend in the library the minute you walk in. This is partially due to the fact that people-watching is one of the most satisfactory means of procrastinating homework and that it’s impossible to not un-consciously keep tabs on who’s in the library at all times. But what it really all comes down to is one’s library etiquette…which also happens to determine how much we despise you as a hu-man being.

Let me explain a few things to you. First, if you’re only in

The Cynic’s CornerJordan WatsonFeatured Columnist

the library to get on Facebook…just leave. Second, if you’re only in the library looking for a copy of Twilight…just leave. Essen-tially, only come if you actually have something productive to do—and something that will take more than five minutes to accomplish. And if you’re just there for the coffee, don’t even come in, you’ll have better luck in the Brig.

So once you’ve passed the initial gauntlet of intent into the library, please abide by the fol-lowing unspoken rules:

Don’t talk in the stacks. No matter how quiet you think you’re being telling your bestie your darkest secrets, everyone else in every other row can hear you. In fact, if you’re whispering, we’re more likely to pay attention to what you’re saying.

On the other hand, don’t get annoyed at people talking in the periodicals or media center. They’re allowed to and have most likely been there for too many hours, so any human in-teraction should be encouraged.

Third, don’t slurp any of the 37 cups of coffee you get. Don’t slurp any drink ever; it’s gauche-ly gross, especially in a quiet environment.

Letters to the EditorGrateful for GratefulnessTom SteinDirector of Alumni Relations

On Saturday, October 20, Ge-neva celebrated another delightful Homecoming. Members of the Alumni Council handed out face stickers and lip balm at the foot-ball game, and they were amazed by the gracious and enthusiastic response of the students. Thanks for your thankfulness!

What is Your

Favorite Geneva

Play?

“Enchanted April”Becca Wistrom-Sr.

Political Science

“Mishaps and Mis-Communications”

Anjelica Farino -So. Human Services

“Back here instantly”Nathaniel PockrasClass of 2009

Turn your phone on silent —nobody likes hearing your new iPhone going off every 30 seconds. You don’t have to prove to us that you have it; we see enough of it when you wave it in front of everyone’s face.

Don’t eat chips.No matter how much you

enjoy studying Freud in every single class ever, you don’t need to don empty spaces above desks with phallic illustrations, no matter how realistic or impres-sive their appearance and range may be.

Be nice to the librarians— you’re the only interaction they have with the outside world for a long time. Don’t further kill their faith in humanity.

In theory, the library is a qui-et place. You don’t have to make Marcus Mumford sing through your earbuds so loudly that he can be heard four aisles away. So for the sake of courtesy and the rising prices of hearing aids, turn it down.

I could go on and on. What it really all comes down to is not being an idiot. Do unto others and all that. Be in the library for a reason and be quiet while you’re actually doing it. And don’t take the spot of any of the regulars—it won’t go over well for you.

Dear Editor, I greatly appreciated the “Stick-

ing Around” cover story; if I had the chance, I’d be back here instantly. I also couldn’t help but smile at the Thumbs on page 8 of the 19 October “Cabinet”. As a graduate student at Indiana Uni-versity, I’m happy if I can find a

parking spot that’s just a mile away from campus; I often long for the parking situation at Geneva. And yes, when I was a student, I was of-ten annoyed about where we had to park.

Humor

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Driving down the long stretch of turnpike cars zip by: Minne-sota, Virginia, New Jersey and sometimes even Colorado license plates. Then usually another car comes close to rear-ending my tailgate, so I am forced to drive faster or merge into a different lane. “What was his problem?” is something that I would usually think to myself as I scowled at the passing vehicle. But today, I thought something different.

“You know what…maybe he’s having a bad day.”More often than not we are quick to judge. Someone gives us a

snide remark or our roommate is avoiding us and automatically we assume that they are being a jerk to us or that we did some-thing wrong. It is selfish thinking on our part. “What did I do?” “Why are they acting like that to me?” We are the first to assume that it is all about us.

We need to start reconsidering why people might be doing the things they do. Everyone leads a difficult and different life in varying aspects; that snide remark may have been the result of bad news from family or a bad grade on a test, and the avoidance we received from a roommate may be because of extreme stress and a feeling of being overwhelmed. We need to thoroughly consider our neighbors’ burdens and remember that everyone is only human.

How would we want to be treated in those situations? Do you remember that old golden rule “treat others the way you want to be treated”? Shouldn’t we love our neighbors as ourselves?

Galatians 6:2 tells us to “carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Instead of asking “What did I do?” we should be asking “What can I do?”

Alysha MumauMulticultural Student Services

From the Desk of MSSRoad Rage

fabric, colorful scarves, and glitter.” She notes that the production has

made use of better lighting, cos-tumes, and movement. In addition, the theater has been completely re-arranged to create a shallower but wider stage. Bernheisel remarks, “This is for the sunsets. Just you wait!”

Impressive sets are a hallmark of The Little Prince. Julie James, Gene-

va alumnus and the director’s assis-tant, commented that “imagery was a huge part of what attracted us to the script.”

Last year’s production of Alice in Wonderland influenced the de-cision to continue with a journey-themed series of plays, according to James. They enjoyed the world of imagination too much to come back, she explains.

According to several actors and production members, this play en-capsulates a child’s imagination and helps the audience rediscover the excitement of childhood innocence and curiosity. They emphasized that the play is an enchanting journey and they gladly welcome the Ge-neva community to participate in their adventure.

Gwenyth Gamble, junior creative writing major, plays the lead role of the little prince and remarked that “everything is coming together well.” She also mentioned that their

version of the play emphasizes Ara-bian culture.

Rehearsals started for actors dur-ing the second week of the semes-ter, and Gamble feels that the play is now coming to life.

The Little Prince will play Thurs-day through Saturday for two week-ends: October 25-27 and November 1-3. Shows start at 8:00 p.m. at the Studio Theater next to Sheetz, with an 2:00 p.m. matinee on Saturdays. Tickets cost $3 for students, $5 for general admission, and $3.50 for se-niors, faculty and staff.

Sean Campbell spent part of his break with his family in Sarver, PA, where he snapped this photo of Velvet the dog stealing a bite of Sean’s 3 year-old cousin’s hotdog. (Per-sonal Photo/Sean Campbell)

Fall Break Photo Contest Winner

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CampusTaboo Tattoos

Chris Strangfeld/Staff WriterOpinion Editorial

Cliques at GenevaPamela MatteoStaff Writer

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Geneva’s social scene has never been clique-free. But that might not be a bad thing.

Even though the word “clique” tends to have a negative connota-tion, the reality of any social envi-ronment is that there will always be groups of people who share a com-mon bond.

But many students at Geneva feel that these social groups peacefully coexist; some do not even see dis-tinctly formed cliques.

Caleb Leibee, a junior biolo-gy major, has met a wide variety of students in his classes thus far. He believes that friendships are not formed based off of majors or extra-curricular activities.

“I have never witnessed a divide.

There is a member of the Ge-neva Track and Field team who has a tattoo of a running shoe with a verse that reminds him to glorify God each time he runs, but, for some unknown reason, that tattoo was “photoshopped” off of his arm in his appearance in the athletic department’s media guide.

The decision to photoshop the tattoo is an example of a common aversion to tattooing. As a school, we are too afraid of what people will think about us. Let’s display the truth and live in reality.

In doing some research, I have determined that tattoos are as acceptable as any other form of self-expression.

In arguing against this, some-one might refer to Leviticus 19:28 which says “Do not cut your bod-ies for the dead and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the Lord” (NLT). It seems pretty clear if left at that, but I want to take this a bit deeper.

Moving into the New Testa-ment, Ephesians 2:14-15 states this: “For Christ Himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in His own body on the cross, He broke down the wall of hostility that separated us. He did this by ending the system of law with its

commandments and regulations” (NLT)—further supporting scrip-ture may be found in Romans 7:6.

Simply put, we, as Christians, are not under the law code set in place by Moses which talked about tattooing of the flesh. In a sense, Christ wanted to move us past the technicalities and focus on our prompting from and obedience to the Holy Spirit.

Another issue that might be raised against the morality of tat-tooing is idolization. Yes, it is quite possible that a person would idol-ize a tattoo; after all, it is a perma-nent fixture, so why wouldn’t that person like their tattoo? Liking isn’t the problem, the problem is focusing on anything more than we focus on Christ.

One way to avoid idolatry is to think about intentions. I think that there are some admirable reasons for getting a tattoo. One reason could be to celebrate artis-tic expression and beauty. Tattoos require much skill on the part of the artist, and I’ve seen many beautiful tattoos.

Another admirable reason would be motivation. I personally know people who bought tattoos of things that point them to Christ. Adam Klevenhagen, a student ministries major, has a tattoo of a cross and Romans 3:23. He said, “I had a rocky past, and my tattoo is a

reminder of what God did for me.”Now, you might be thinking

about other issues that come along with tattooing. These issues might include the permanency of tattoos, professionalism, and cost. Here’s the deal, take it or leave it:

• Tattoos are forever, so they should be bought with good intentions and motives. You should also make sure to get a good artist.

• You could get a tattoo in an area of your body covered with clothing, but my personal philosophy is that if your creativity and freedom of expression (your tattoo) affects hiring decisions, the institution

doing the hiring is too focused on appearance anyway. You should work for a more real and down-to-earth institution.

• And as far as cost goes, art is expensive. I mean, you could go to the zoo, have an elephant throw some paint on a canvas, and sell that for hundreds of dollars, so of course a tattoo is going to cost you.I would implore you to search

yourself and discover your aver-sion to tattooing, if you have any, and deal with those aversions with great prayer and consideration. Tattooing can be a great form of expression and symbolism, but the decision to get a tattoo must be made with the right intentions.

It’s all about the personality differ-ences and not the activities that the cliques are associated with,” Leibee said.

Any divide that does exist may simply be a function of extra cur-ricular activities. “When you are an athlete, it is natural for the team to become friends with the team. You spend a lot of time together which allows friendships to start,” said

Dan Martin, a sophomore soccer player.

He feels as though there is not a strong divide between majors, but there is a difference between ath-letes and those who are not involved in sports. This is not because of great differences, but more because of a common bond that athletes share.

Like Martin and Leibee, junior

Tattoos at Geneva. (Robert Jinks Photography/Rob Jinks)

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Campus

Banana Waffles• Take one banana; mash 3/4 of it with a fork and plate.• Fill cup half-full of vanilla waffle batter; mix banana with

batter.• Cook (don’t forget to spray waffle-iron profusely!)• When cooked, spread thin layer of peanut butter on

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mix in apple.• Cook.• Spread butter on

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World & LocalMonday’s Debate a Win for Romney

Josh Carback/Staff WriterOpinion Editorial

Upon the conclusion of the third and final Presidential box-ing match this past Monday night, Americans will come away with two basic conclusions: 1) Regard-less of how well they perceive President Obama performed, his execution in no way recovered his campaign from the thrashing it took from Mitt Romney after the first debate and 2) Romney is far more presidential in his demeanor than the President himself.

Check the numbers. Before these debates began, Romney definitely trailed Obama. Now they are neck and neck, with the President losing ground in many critical areas, including among women overall—by five percent over the last 12 months according to a CBS Poll released Monday. His lead is just below two percent, and Florida is stretching beyond his grasp.

To argue that Obama was the clear winner in Monday night’s festivities is not at all evident; in fact, Romney was far more poised in his answers despite Obama’s constant bickering and interjec-tions. To the public, interrup-tions normally appear to be more motivated by desperation than righteous indignation. And more often than not Monday night, Obama’s rebuttals to Romney’s thrusts were only about as robust as a block of Swiss cheese.

For example, during the duel

over the issue of terrorism in the Middle East, which was perhaps the most significant clash of the night, Romney’s point about the expansion of terrorism was right on the money. True enough, over the past four years, al-Qaeda ele-ments in Afghanistan and Paki-stan have been heavily weakened. But, in other parts of the Middle East, al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations have been getting stronger.

In Yemen, for example, an af-filiate of al-Qaeda, the AQAP, has been behind multiple suicide bombing attempts since 2009, and continues to harass the local government. The Iraq branch of al-Qaeda, the AQI, has a small but gradually increasing influ-ence in Syria. If that threat is not countered by the increased weap-ons assistance Romney proposes, its effect could be gangrenous. Somalia, Libya, and Mali are also experiencing upticks in terrorist activity as well.

In regard to alliances, Obama only mentioned Africa, Asia, and Europe—he said nothing about Latin America. Romney mean-while astutely declared Latin America to be a prime ground for improved trade. As the Heritage Foundation correctly points out, an opportunity to forge an FTA agreement with Brazil would be an indubitable blessing to both nations. Brazil’s classification as one of the four B.R.I.C. nations (a

term coined by Goldman Sachs for a group of the fastest rising econo-mies in the world) certainly merits more investment.

Finally, the subject of economics and putting Americans back to work popped up again and again in the last debate, a result which had unequivocal benefits for Rom-ney. Romney has centralized his campaign around his proposition that he can get Americans work-ing again, and to make Obama address once again his failures to motivate significant economic growth over the past four years was a massive plus.

Obama’s invective against nation-building that it is a con-servative distraction from the key issue of employment was totally unconvincing for two reasons:

One, Romney repeated over and over again that he had no intention of putting boots on the ground in Libya or Syria. Second, Obama has had four years to “nation-build at home,” and so far, as many Ameri-cans realize, building bridges and roads hasn’t seriously mitigated joblessness.

Common sense tells Ameri-cans that doing more of the same with funds released from military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan will only generate more commute routes that will go unused by the unemployed.

Rather than discussing ideas, the President wanted to discuss Romney, and this bellicose strat-

egy did not work well for him. Romney has put Obama’s conduct in jeopardy by criticizing his re-cord, not his background. One of the most telling indictments of the night was Romney’s assault on the President’s famous apology tour, which the President dismissed as a false accusation. Of course the President was wrong. Obama has apologized for America in a whole slew of incidents including at the Summit of Americas, the G-20, and before the Turkish parliament.

Obama’s aggressive posture eerily mimicked John McCain’s losing routine in the 2008 election. After Romney initially kicked the President off balance in the first debate, the President wrongly adopted a hostile tone which Romney successfully blocked with the notion that to attack him does not substitute for the President’s failed policies. This was a far more mature position to take: the public wants a choice, not a mud bath.

Personal attacks constantly fail on the President’s part, and Mon-day night would have been a good opportunity to shift gears, and to calmly defend his record. His ef-fort, however, was anything but calm. He was belligerent and in-accurate. Perhaps he should have taken the time to apply skills with which he has had more practice in the past four years. Perhaps he should have apologized.

Genevans FlashMobs

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Entertainment

Madagascar 3 on DVDJulia SchademanStaff Writer

Invisble Children’s new movement in the fight for justice in Africa. (Dreamworks/madagascarmovie.com)

The “Madagascar” cartoon comedy series has been entertain-ing all ages since the first movie came out in 2005. Hitting the box offices in June 8th and retail Oct 16th, Madagascar 3 brought in over $681 million, making it the highest-grossing Madagascar film yet.

The movie is the third in the series thus far and features four zoo animals who are best friends: Alex the lion (Ben Stiller), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), Melman

the giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith).

Picking up from the last movie, the third film takes off with the four friends stuck in Europe where they purchase a traveling circus bus in efforts to make it back home to New York while being relentlessly pursued by an Animal Control Officer. Meeting the cir-cus crew on their newly purchased train, the New York natives find out what a life on the road is like with a circus group.

To stay on the good side of the

Cliques

circus animals, Alex tells them that they too are a circus act and can perform together, with hys-terical results. Bonding with the circus group, Alex and his pals find themselves developing a new life. After complications during a show, the truth is uncovered that they are not circus animals and tension arises as trust is betrayed.

This 93-minute long, PG film was directed by Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath and Conrad Vernon. This movie appeals to children and all comedy-lovers.

Artistically, the movie contains

well thought-out graphics pro-duced by DreamWorks Anima-tion. The circus characters and performances include a wide va-riety of the imagination, holding the viewers’ attention through the whole film. A significant amount of special effects and animation was produced at DreamWorks Dedicated Unit, an India-based unit at Technicolor.

The movie is appropriate for all audiences and reflects moral values like honesty and friendship. Audiences who enjoy films with little suspense but a lot of comedy and a storyline will enjoy Mada-gascar 3.

is a great common bond within the student body. While it is more likely for a student to become friends with those they share a common interest, there are many groups of individu-als with eclectic personalities and backgrounds.

Public Relations major Kati Camp-bell believes that while students have differences, they tend to get along quite well. She believes that athletics and major do not play a large role in the way cliques are formed. “I have many friends with different majors! That has never affected our friend-ship.”

Many students feel that there is no such thing as clique divide at Ge-neva. In fact, they believe that there

Theatre and Theaters

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Sports

Down With Violence?Lynsey AuellStaff Writer

When it comes to collision sports like rugby and football, how much violence is too much?

The injuries that results from these sports are undeniable and of-ten life-threatening. In contrast, the benefits that arise from participat-ing on a sports team simply cannot be swept under the rug.

Our faculty and student body take opposing stances on this issue of ethics in high-risk sports.

This year, the longstanding de-bate on the morality of violent sports was once again thrown into the spotlight when the New Orleans Saints’ Bountygate Scandal was un-covered. Several defensive players on the NFL team allegedly earned bonuses—paid by coaches no less—

for purposely inflicting injury on their opponents.

Intentionally inflicting harm on another is against what sport stands for, clearly unethical and without a doubt unchristianlike. But again, whether violence is intentional or not, the fact that our bodies are a temple of the Holy Spirit has many questioning collision sports alto-gether.

Dr. Copeland, Professor of Politi-cal Science and Humanities, sound-ed off on rugby—a club sport at Ge-neva and one of the most violent on the planet. He said, “Playing rug-by is definitely a high-risk sport. A number of students have not only suffered a number of badly broken bones, but serious concussions that have led to a loss of memory, having to leave or even not complete col-

A football warzone? (Geneva College Public Relations /Joel Shannon)

lege.” Copeland went on to say, “I

wouldn’t call (rugby) unchristian, but it is allowing people to take se-rious long-term risks without may-be thinking about the consequenc-es. To me, it’s a strange anomaly that we allow a really unsafe sport to continue.”

Junior Andy Koch, a member of the Rugby team, combated Cope-land’s opinion and said, “You can be hurt in anything that you do athlet-ically, whether it is a contact or non-contact sport. As a Christian, I feel that teamwork and fellowship and the team’s Christian values greatly outweigh the small chance of a se-vere injury.”

Golden Tornado head football coach Geno DeMarco echoed Koch’s stance and explained,“Injuries are a part of football and we try to deal with these things. However, inju-

ries have often opened up opportu-nities to present the Gospel and in other cases simply show that Christ loves them.”

“Because of the fall of man, any-thing man does can be sinful,” said DeMarco, “but it is up to us to choose to rise above and not to alter the intent of the game by purpose-fully inflicting harm on another. It is an opportunity to join together in competing in a sport that is widely enjoyed and loved, regardless of the potential risks it poses.”

In the case of high-risk sports, the negatives always seem to be brought to the public’s attention first. But de-spite the risk of injury, the benefits of participating in an often-violent sport should not be overshadowed by the casualties that can occur within any athletic competition.

COLLISIONSPORTS:

Are They Ethical?

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SportsNHL Lockout

Jason StoffelStaff Writer

NHL fans are still waiting to see their favorite teams play. The own-ers have locked the players out for over a month now while they ne-gotiate a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with the Players’ Union.

The lockout began after the old CBA expired on September 16th. The regular season was supposed to begin on October 11th, but not a single game has been played.

For years, the NHL has set re-cord amounts of profit and estab-lished itself as one of the top leagues in North America. Its fan base has grown consistently, but an extended lockout is sure to hurt the league’s recent growth.

Weeks after the negotiations began, the two sides remain at a standstill. The main disagreement is about how to split the record amounts of revenue between the owners and players.

57% of the league’s revenue used to be received by the players. The owner’s latest proposal has the sides splitting the revenue about 50-50. That would be a large pay cut for the players, but the owners claim that, in order for the league to be success-ful, it is necessary.

Another disagreement is over whether there should be revenue-sharing between teams. The top three teams in the league had more profit last year that the rest of the league combined. Small-market teams have barely made any profit in recent years and the players want to help them out.

The owners proposed a new CBA on Oct. 17th that included a near 50-50 revenue split as well as $200 million in revenue sharing. A few days later, the Player’s Union sub-mitted three different proposals for the owners to choose from, but the owners immediately declined them.

Talks have stalled ever since with

no scheduled plans to meet again, despite the fact that both sides have said that they are willing to negoti-ate. This does not bode well for the rest of the season. 135 games have already been canceled with more ready to get the ax at a moment’s notice.

If a deal is not struck within a few days, the NHL will not be able to fit a full season in before summer. The Winter Classic, which is supposed to be held at Michigan Stadium on January 1, is also in jeopardy.

This is the third time that players have been locked out under Com-missioner Gary Bettman. The first was during the 1994-95 season. In 2004-05, the NHL missed an en-tire season which was the only time a complete campaign has been lost to CBA negotiation in any of the top four professional sports in America.

It seems as though the players have the league in their best interest while the owners are just trying to make money—and the fans know it.

The longer the lockout drags on, the less likely fans will be to sup-port the NHL upon its return. Se-nior Nicholas Melillo, an avid NHL fan, said, “They should just come up with a solution and play hockey.”

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•Few look forward to the NFL Pro Bowl nowadays—fans and players alike—and that’s why the tradition is in jeopardy. Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to eliminate the exhibition from the league’s schedule. Not that you would tune in anyway.

•The 2012 World Series is underway. While the American League is represented by the Detroit Tigers, the San Francisco Giants, who’ll attempt to win their second title in three years, fought their way out of the National League. Detroit hasn’t won it all since 1984.

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