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Senate passes second bill of yearSenate passed the Scott Hall

basement renovation bill in the last meeting of the year, which makes ESGA responsible for $3,620 of the renovations pending board of administration approval.

Seniors Justin Ncezypir, Scott Hall senator, and Brandon Caldwell, Scott Hall president, were the proposing senators.

Since the Scott Hall basement renovation has been passed, the basement will now receive a new ceiling, paint, fire alarm system and lighting. All present senators and the senate executive board were in favor of this bill, except for Riley Anderson, Krause Hall president and sophomore. Ander-son said during the meeting that he was opposed to the renova-tion because he thinks that ESGA should not give that much money to a project that will only benefit one residence hall.

Scott Hall’s basement is currently only available to students with

permission from the resi-dence direc-tor. Once the

renovation happens, the basement will

be open again to use as a second floor lobby. Ncezypir said in a senate meeting that he would like to see the basement used by all residence halls especially because the basement can hold an entire hall.

Javier Rodriguez, ESGA presi-dent and junior, said he would like senators and students to par-ticipate in donating to the “Do Good, Feel Good” campaign sponsored by Rare Breed. Rare Breed ministers to the homeless in Springfield. This campaign is working with Missouri State Uni-versity, Drury University, Ozark Technical College and Evangel to supply clothing items such as hats, scarves and gloves. Dona-tions can be placed in various lo-cations around campus today.

In the spirit of the holidays, ESGA donated $250 from its be-nevolence fund to help students on campus that struggle finan-cially. This money was donated by

request from Evangel’s ad-ministration.

Following the passed bill of HDTV, Paul Bayer, senate president and junior, said that he has heard positive remarks about the change. “I knew this

change was going to come sooner or later, and it will make it easier for students on campus that work in the Communication Depart-ment that are already working with high-definition equipment,”

Bayer said. Although negative re-marks have been made to the Stu-dent Portal shout-out page, Bayer said he had not heard anything negative himself.

David Bundrick, vice president

for Student Development, was present during the meeting. He said in open forum he will stand in favor of the HDTV bill when the BOA votes during its next meeting.

Alyssa Amen, senate secretary and senior, calls the senators’ names and tallies the votes while the senators voted on the Scott Hall basement renovation bill.The final vote was 24-1.

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BY HALLIE KILAVOSStaff Writer

Choir, band perform at SDC

The choir signs along with the song as it performs at Silver Dollar City Saturday. The marching band also performed during the Gifts of the Holiday Christmas parade.

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The smell of wassail emanated from the shops as the crowd bus-tled around the gazebo to hear Evangel’s concert choir perform. Thousands of lights and decora-tions captured the true essence of Christmas while the carols filled the crowd. The concert choir’s performance concluded their se-mester.

For more than 15 years, the choir has performed at Silver Dollar City. “It’s always a wonder-ful opportunity for us,” Sharon Wilkins, concert choir director, said. “The audience is made up of people all over the world.” The choir performed the prelude to the tree lighting ceremony Satur-day afternoon.

Practicing for two months paid off, Anna Davey, junior and choir member, said. “I enjoyed seeing the lights and the happy children running around,” Davey said. This was Davey’s second year as a part of the choir’s tradition.

The crowd lined the paths to watch Evangel’s marching band lead the Gifts of Christmas Holi-day Light Parade. Eight floats with more than 100,000 lights were led with enthusiasm. Chil-dren stepped on their tip toes in anticipation to catch a glimpse of the performance. “It gives us a sense of pride,” Serenity Rentsch, sophomore and band member,

said. “People have been so excited that we’re here.”

“Performing in the parade al-lowed us to spread the love of Je-sus,” Rentsch said. Michael Kols-tad, marching band director, said the band enjoys performing in the parade because of the community

outreach it provides.“It’s a great way to end the semester,” Kolstad said. Before performing, the band and choir students spent the day enjoying the entertainment the park offered, Wilkins said. “We enjoy spending the day seeing the lights and decorations.” Blake Pe-

tersen, senior and concert choir member, said the trip is a reward for all the hard work throughout the semester.

“We work together and have fun together,” Petersen said. The Springfield parade is the band’s last performance until fall 2013.

Silver Dollar City invites marching band to perform in a parade, choir to carol during Christmas season

The Music Department will host its annual multi-group christmas concert, featuring the university choir, the university or-chestra, the jazz band, the drum line and special guests tonight at 7:45 p.m. in the Chapel.

The event will be hosted by KY3’s Brandon Beck and Steve Grant, who are both Evangel alumni, and the concert will ben-efit the Salvation Army located in Ozark.

Beck said that this is the fifth year that he and Grant have em-ceed the event. “I keep coming back because I believe in Evangel and its Christ-centered approach to everything, and the music is excellent. Each year I come away with awe at the quality of the mu-sic,” Beck said.

This is the 29th year that Evan-gel has put on a Christmas concert that will have over 350 Evangel students participating, Michael Kolstad, chairperson for the Mu-sic Department, said. “Highlights will be the Boys Choir of Spring-field and the performance of the ‘Little Drummer Boy’ by Evangel’s drum line,” Kolstad said.

The students and staff have pre-pared for the concert by having several rehearsals and by figuring out the logistics of each musical piece.

The concert involves several music teachers including Tom Matrone, professor of music; Lar-ry Dissmore, university orchestra

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I knew this change was going to come sooner or later, and it will make it eas-ier for students on campus that work

in the Communica-tion department.

- Paul Bayer

I enjoyed seeing the lights and the

happy children around.

-Anna Davey

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Fundraiser created for CROSSwalk

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The ScoopAdopt-a-Teen DriveDisciplineship administrators and residence hall directors are hosting a clothing drive for teenagers in need in the community. Donations are being accepted through Tuesday in the first floor of residence halls. Commuters can drop off their donations in the commuter lounge.

Christmas ConcertThe Music Department will hold its annual Christmas concert tonight at 7:45 p.m. in the Chapel. Admission to the concert is a non-perishable food donation or cash. Donations will go to the Salvation Army.

Downtown Christmas ParadeThe marching band will perform in the Downtown Springfield Christmas Parade Saturday at 2 p.m in the Park Central Square. This event is free to attend.

Higgins Christmas PartyKrause Second North will host its annual Christmas party Thursday from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event is free.

FMX SpecialThe Mabee Center is offering a deal: Monday through Friday FMX classes, plus a free t-shirt for the spring semester for $10. Spring FMX classes start Jan. 14.

Christmas Flute ConcertThe Music Department presents the Christmas flute concert Wednesday. This concert is at 7:30 p.m. in the Barnett Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Second SightEU Films will premiere “Second Sight,” Friday in the Barnett Recital Hall, with showings at 5:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. Admission is $1 for students and general admission is $2.

CROSSwalk adopts teens to bless for Christmas, students make donations

BY CHELSEA KOWALSKIStaff Writer

Bins have been placed in other residence halls to hold donated materials from students for Adopt-a-Teen program.

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CROSSwalk partnered with Ambassadors for Children to provide Christmas gifts to teens in the foster care system through an outreach called Adopt-a-Teen. Ambassadors for Children is an operating agency

of the Council of Churches of the Ozarks, according to the council’s website. Ambassadors for Children provides resources for teens and children who have been neglected, abused or are in the foster care system in Greene County, Mo. The agency also helps families in need.

Evangel students have the

opportunity to provide teens in the Greene County foster care system with Christmas presents. Each dorm was given the names of teens and their Christmas wish lists. The teens’ ages range from 13 and older. Students can donate gifts and cash donations are acceptable as well.

Chelsea Peebles, discipleship

administrator for commuter students and senior, said each teen has a separate wish list, and she encourages students to partner together to buy gifts. “Students should know that this outreach is for our immediate community,” Peebles said. “These teens live right here in Springfield, just outside our Evangel world, and we have an opportunity to make their Christmas wonderful.” Commuter students were assigned two teens, and a donation box wrapped in Christmas paper is located in the commuter lounge.

Logan James, residence director for Burgess Hall, said this outreach is an opportunity for students to show generosity toward teenagers in need. Burgess is collaborating on gifts per floor. “This is a great way for our students to tangibly bless teens who otherwise may not get much for Christmas,” James said. “Students often go above and beyond in their generosity towards others.”

Informational posters about Adopt-a-Teen are posted around Evangel’s campus. Ambassadors for Children will be accepting donations until Thursday.

Professor volunteers at resource fairBY MOLLY BUESKING

Staff Writer

Winter run/walk raises money

L-R: Rebekah Ross, senior, and Alex Wade, sophomore, ran the track at Evangel University. A 5K consists of 3.1 miles.

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The brisk winter months and running outdoors are not usually associated with one another, but Saturday these two things came together in the spirit of giving Saturday. The Jingle Bell Jog run/walk started at 8 a.m. on Evangel’s track and continued around the entire campus twice. Alex Wade,

sophomore and participant in the jog, said it was fun to do the jog and help out.

Brena Swanson, senior, said she picked this Jog as her capstone project because she “wanted to raise awareness that there are different ways to raise money for a good cause.” Swanson also said that she has taken an interest in being healthy and fit and have been involved in many 5K runs

recently. Swanson started advertising

for the Jingle Bell Jog a month before the actual event. She used posters as a way to draw students’ attention. She also created a Facebook page that would give people who were interested more information on the jog. She met some opposition from her public because of the early hour and time of year.

Seven people jogged the 5K, and they raised $37.10. There were also four volunteers to help the jog run smoothly. The money that was raised went to the CROSSwalk team for their campus-wide Christmas outreach, said Emily Orr, director of CROSSwalk and senior, said. The money will go to the Adopt-a-Teen program to bring Christmas gifts to children and teens from underprivileged families in the local area.

Swanson said she was glad about the outcome the jog received and believes it gave her a glimpse of what it would be like to plan another event like this one.

Peggy Reed, associate professor, volunteered on Nov. 14 at Convoy of Hope’s resource fair in Springfield. Convoy of Hope puts on this annual event in various places across America to give out free groceries, job and health services, as well as activities for children, according to Convoy of Hope’s website. The fair is directed towards homeless families and individuals.

“We have always enjoyed it before when we worked in the Kids Zone and played with the children,” Reed said. “Last year when we went, we helped with the lunch. They fed the clients lunch, and we helped serve.”

The Kids Zone is where children can enjoy supervised

fine and gross-motor activities while their parents participate in other areas of the fair. Each child who attended the fair received a tote bag containing a blanket, toothbrush and toothpaste, a small stuffed animal and a book. Childcare Aware provided the bag. The children were also given fun play items and toiletries.

The Community Partnership of the Ozarks puts the event together. Some of the major partners were Convoy of Hope, United Way and Mercy Hospital. This year’s fair had 496 guests and 244 volunteers. “It’s basically a time when non-profits and for-profit companies and people from this community band together for one day to help the homeless in this community,” Jeff Nene, Convoy

of Hope’s national spokesperson, said. “It’s Springfield focusing on Springfield.”

Nene provided an example of one woman who was particularly touched by the outreach. The woman received a haircut, a voucher for the Salvation Army and help finding a job. She also

received several shots, an eye exam and glasses. At the end of the day, she received a bag of groceries, socks and hand sanitizer.

The outreach also includes shelter for families, budgeting and GED classes, resume assistance, children’s books, clothing and many more services. “We’ve had reports of people coming as guests and needed that help and needed the services and come back the next year as a volunteer,” Nene said. “That’s what you love to see because then you can truly see the impact that you’re having.”

Nene said, “I think giving the products and the services are good for them, but the overriding benefit is they feel, at least for that one day that people care.”

L-R: Amber Bratner, junior, Alex Wade, sophomore, and Rebekah Ross, senior, took first, second and third place in the 5K.

director; Susan Smith, associate professor of music; and Joel Griffin, assistant professor of music and director of jazz studies.

The Music Department has partnered with the Business Department in collecting cans. Entrance into the concert will require guests to bring in a canned food item or to give a cash donation.

All of the donations collected from tonight’s concert will go the Salvation Army, who will distribute the donations amongst the local community. The Salvation Army has partnered with Evangel

for three years said Maj. Norman Grainer, Ozark Area Salvation Army coordinator, said. , and each year they look forward to the partnership; they look forward to the concert and the amount of donations that come in, Grainer said.

Top: A student in university orchestra plays the cello in last year’s concert.Above: Riley McBrien, senior and far right, plays the baritone saxophone at the Christmas concert last year.

PHOTOS BY JESSICA NUNLEY | THE LANCE

I wanted to raise awareness that

there are different ways to raise

money for a good cause.

- Brena Swanson

I think giving the products and the services are good for them, but the overriding benefit they feel, at least for that one day that people care.

- Jeff Nene

I keep coming back because I

believe in Evangel and its Christ-

centered approach to everything,

and the music is excellent. Each

year I come away with awe at the quality of the

music.-Brandon Beck

What is your favorite part of the Christmas concert?@evangellance

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Austin Crews, junior, was purchased for $100 by Stephanie Deal, junior, during the date auction. Krause Second South hosted a date auction to raise money for their annual Christmas party called Higgins. The date auction raised close to $800 for their event. Higgins is Thursday, and admission is free.

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This Week:

NCATE up for review, results soon

Teams support Salvation Army by bell ringing

BY ERIN-RAE DONALDSONStaff Writer

BY ERIN-RAE DONALDSONStaff Writer

The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education visited Evangel’s campus Nov. 11 through Nov. 13 to review and assess the Education Department’s programs for possible reaccreditation.

Colleen Hardy, chairperson for the Education Department, said that the department will receive NCATE’s reports within the next couple of weeks, and although the department will not know until the spring semester whether or not it has been reaccredited, the department’s faculty members were greatly encouraged by the visit.

“The visit formally started Sunday at noon, and we welcomed the team and made sure they were comfortable on campus. That afternoon we had people from other institutions and from Springfield Public Schools that came in and met with the team and talked about our partnerships with them,” Hardy said. “We had about 40 people including students, people from MSU, Drury, BBC, Springfield Public Schools, teachers and principals.”

Hardy said that NCATE interviewed all of the Education Department’s current student teachers as well as alumni from the program. “We also had an open candidate session where any student in education could come and speak,” Hardy said.

Becky Huechteman, professor of education, said that it is very important that students’ voices are heard. “We can say

with documentation and in writing that certain things are happening, but it’s the interviews with the students, faculty and the administrators that verifies that what we say we are doing or what our strengths can be seen in the interviews with all of the different groups of people involved,” Huechteman said.

Meghan McDonald, senior, was among the many students interviewed at the forum. “It was really cool to be a part of it and to put in my input as to how the Education Department is doing and how it has impacted my life.”

McDonald was also one of the few students from the Education Department to serve as an assistant to NCATE during their visit. “I took them around campus and gave them a tour and made sure that if they had any extra questions that needed to be answered they could come to me,” McDonald said. “It was interesting to hear them talk about how they would handle things in the classroom and to really learn and soak in their knowledge. It is exciting as a new and upcoming teacher.”

“In our exit interview, which was conducted with the president and the dean and all the team leaders that were there, they recommended us for a pass on all six standards,” Hardy said. “I really feel that this was a rigorous review of our program by knowledgeable peers. To have had that and then done well just affirms truly the ministry that we do in training teachers.”

The education department will receive results next semester.

Monica Harlan, senior, writes a letter to the 303 Military Police Company in her Child Psychology class Tuesday.

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Class sends letters, package to Afghanistan

Over 200 students, athletic personnel will participate in Red Kettle Campaign BY BRANDON HOFFMAN

Managing Editor

Zach Sinclair, junior football player, rings a bell for the Salvation Army last year outside of the Battlefield Mall as a local Evangel alumna donates money.

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The Red Kettle Campaign, hosted by the Salvation Army, was founded in 1891 by Army Capt. Joseph McFee. McFee’s strong desire to feed the poor prompted him to begin a massive fundraising endeavor, inspired by a similar idea he witnessed as a sailor in Liverpool, England, by spreading kettles all across the city of San Francisco for donations to be dropped in, according to the Salvation Army’s website.

That tradition is carried on by athletes on this campus. A press release stated, “More than 200 students and members of the Evangel University Athletics Program will give back to their community by participating in the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign [today].” The Evangel Athletics Ministry, T.E.A.M., participated in this event last year.

Nick Hestand, alumnus, and several other members from the track and cross-country teams went up together and manned many kettles scattered across the mall that are famous during the

holiday season. Hestand said, “We went up to Battlefield Mall and asked for donations. That day it was very cold, but it was very rewarding.”

Lynn Bowen, head track and cross-country coach, said “[The Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign] is a great way for Evangel to get involved for the community. The track team had quite a few kids participate as did all the athletic programs.”

Caleb Voth, sophomore track runner, is participating this year in the kettle drive. “It gives me an opportunity to give back at a time of the year that some people may be struggling rather than receiving.” Voth said that the kettle drive “represents Evangel and Christ very well.”

Chad Gehring, coordinator of T.E.A.M., said, “The Salvation Army was particularly complimentary of our athletes and their desire to serve our community in such a collective and dynamic way.”

During this Christmas season, many Evangel students have gathered together as dorms, departments and classes to participate in numerous fundraisers to share in the true joy of giving.

On Tuesday, Child Psychology students gathered in Trask Hall room 305 at 11 a.m. to pack a care package that would be sent this week to a platoon in Afghanistan in order to arrive before Christmas.

Jordan Bishop, senior, said that his brother is in the 303 Military Police Company stationed out of Jackson, Mich. which was deployed to Afghanistan back in May and will be returning the end of January.

After praying for Bishop’s brother and platoon as a class throughout the semester, Debbie Bicket, assistant professor of guidance and counseling, said she came to Jordan with this idea. “It was near the end of November when I felt the Lord was prompting me to do this because I

had never done anything like this before, “ Bicket said.

“Miss Bicket asked me about doing this as a class, and I thought that it was a great idea. My family sends him gifts quite often, but as a class sending things to a whole platoon is a lot more sentimental,” Bishop said.

Bishop said that while some soldiers, like his brother, do receive regular gifts from family members and friends, others receive very little to none. “The soldiers really appreciate the fact that my class is able to do this because it just shows them that there is a huge support from their country and family back home,” Bishop said.

With Bishop’s help, the class was able to get the names of all 26 members of the platoon, giving each student the opportunity to write a personalized letter to a soldier and provide the platoon with small gifts.

Bishop said that they all donated small gifts such as Bibles, playing cards and candy. “Nothing huge but little things for the soldiers to have fun with and get their mind off of their current situation,”

Bishop said. Barbara Ripley, freshman,

participated in the packing event and wrote to two soldiers thanking them for their hard work and telling them that we are praying for them and hopeful that they will enjoy their gifts.

Kearsten Craig, junior, also participated by purchasing starbursts and fruit snacks and writing her assigned soldier a letter of encouragement. “In it I included Joshua 1:9 which says, ‘Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go,’” Craig said. “It is important to take part in things like this because we can become so selfish about what we want and about making our Christmas lists, and Christmas is really about giving and showing love to even those that are sacrificing overseas. “

Bicket said that as a professor she hopes that this experience will encourage students to become more conscious of those who are sacrificing so much for them. and to contribute in little ways.

Do you have plans to volunteer this season? @evangellance

Looking back as the semester ends, fall sports’ athletes have

made names for them-selves by performing ex-cellently, breaking records and sending athletes to na-tionals.

Our football team ranked No. 23 in the na-tion thanks to the con-tinual improvement and hard work of the players over the past season. Bren-ton Illum, head football coach, said that the players “are taking more and more ownership, and the pro-cesses that lead to winning are starting to take care of themselves.” Illum said that the team is striving to cre-ate for themselves a “very unique, all-encompassing football experience.” Not only was this season the most successful in his ca-reer at Evangel, but Illum said that this is the best the Crusaders have been in seven years.

Evangel also claimed vic-tories in tennis and cross-country, sending several

athletes to nationals this season. Sophomore ten-nis player Amy Grossklag picked up a fourth-place trophy at the ITA-NAIA National Championship Tournament in Mobile, Ala., making her the only player in Evangel ten-nis history to finish with that high of a placement. Grossklag then teamed up with freshman Jenna El-liott in the doubles match. The pair placed fifth in the doubles tournament. El-liott said she “was very ex-cited for the opportunity to play and represent Evangel tennis at nationals. Placing fifth was a huge accom-plishment.”

The cross-country team proudly sent senior captain Austin Jacobs to nation-als in Vancouver, Wash., rounding out the fifth year in a row of Evangel’s repre-sentation at that level. This was Jacobs’ second time running in a national meet. Lynn Bowen, head cross-country and track coach, said that Jacobs

“has been an outstand-ing leader on the team; he leads by example. The guys look up to him and respect him very much for his peer leadership as a captain of the team.” Even as Jacobs

graduates this December, Bowen said that he looks forward to seeing the other leaders who will step up and lead the team. Beyond nationals this season, Bow-en said that the whole team “improved their personal bests and dropped their times. It was fun to watch.”

All of Evangel’s sports teams represented the uni-versity well this past sea-son, and the entire Evangel family looks forward to seeing what our athletes will do next.

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Cheers for fall sports

“I don’t.”

-Brandon Kirchgessnerjunior

“I lock myself in my room and listen to loud rap music.”

-Kevin Acevedojunior

“Go to the second floor of Lewis and socialize.”

-Yesica Goblirschsenior

“Study guides, baby.”

-Hayley Martinjunior

“A cold drink.”

-Neal Sanderssophomore

“I like to take a bath and turn all the lights off.”

-Caleb Owenssophomore

Letters to the Editor

The Scooter ChroniclesJESSICA NUNLEY

Jessica Nunley is a junior studying journalism and photog-

I don’t appreciate this HDTV bill senate wants approved. We should spend mon-ey on more eternal things like missions. There are people dying in the world, spiri-tually and physically. All senate can man-age to do is spend $8,400 on clearer TV? I urge senate to seriously reconsider their priorities and decide what really matters.

We shouldn’t have TV service at all. It hinders spiritual growth. I know from experience as a former porn-addict that exposing myself to things like provoca-tive women on TV increased the tempta-tion to view pornography later. Countless struggle with sexual sin. Even the “good” channels objectify women.

In a documentary about TV, a man said: “Televisions are Satanic family alters.” Lat-er, he said, ”I will not expose my children to TV until they are mature enough to withstand the corruption process.”

This wasn’t a brother in Christ: this was Satanic High Priest, Anton Lavey.

I’m aware that not everyone watches filth on TV. However, the money used to support the good channels is used to sup-port the bad ones. Evangel should not support this in our society. Jesus said, “Love not the world.” What we spend our money on is a reflection on what we love. I also don’t find it fair that I have to help pay for HDTV when I don’t allow it in my room.

Consider my argument as an opportu-nity to grow stronger in our faith and help lost souls receive the Good News.-Michael Powerfreshman

Letter in response to Power’s letterThank you for sharing your opinion in

regards to the HDTV Bill in senate. While you bring valid points to the discussion, I would like to point out that Evangel sen-ate’s purpose is to directly impact students on Evangel’s campus. Senate usually ab-stains from handing out large portions of money to missions because it is easy to see that lots of money can be spent on mis-sions alone instead of campus develop-ment.

If you felt this bill was not a proper use of money, I urge you to speak to your sen-ators before the bill is voted on in a Senate meeting. You are also more than welcome to attend senate meetings on Monday nights at 8:15 p.m. in Trask 102.

With regards to your abstinence of tele-vision, I would say that if that is spiritually beneficial to you then by all means I would encourage you to practice that. However, many students in the Communication Department feel that it is their mission to impact the world through this medium. I would argue that the world would be a better place if Christians became more dy-namic in media rather than absent from it. The Communication Department is building up solid students of faith to go into these areas that are saturated by cul-ture and not foundations of Christ. This bill allows ECTV to be broadcast in HD, where almost all EU student projects are publicly shown across campus.

Please talk with your senators before bills are voted on to make your opinion heard so we can accurately represent all students on campus.-Jonathan JarosinskiHDTV proposing senator and senior

Between Thanksgiving Break and the return of $3.50 movie Tuesdays at Hollywood Theater, I’ve seen

quite a few new films recently, and that’s just counting whole films. If you want to count movie trailers, then I’ve seen a hun-dred new movies in the past month.

Before I throw my money at the big screen, I usually hit up movie review sites or watch the trailer of a movie to deter-mine if it’s kosher. Naturally, if it turns out that the film was not blessed by a Rabbi, I choose a different flick. As you can imag-ine, this happens almost constantly, so I watch a lot of trailers.

But trailers are terribly unfortunate in themselves, falling into two distinct cat-egories, each of which is completely de-plorable. The first is the worst: the spoiler trailer. This three-minute waste of time guides you step-by-step through every major plot point the movie painstakingly took months to film. By the end of the spoiler trailer, most breathe a sigh of relief for having just saved $10 on tickets and 10 extra pounds from eating popcorned butter.

The second kind of trailer can be just as frustrating as the first: the mystery with-out a hook. These videos leave the would-be audience scratching their knees in con-fused hives of befuddlement. Who was the main character? Is it an action thriller or an indie rom-com? The intention is to splice scenes together quickly enough to throw the viewer into a seizure, jingling the money right out of their pockets and into the box office. Viewers often wake up from these episodes with less knowledge of the film than when they began.

The little known third trailer is the perfect hook, sneaky in its delivery. The best example I have is from real-life ex-

perience. I remember waiting months in excited anticipation for the film “Know-ing” to hit theaters. Yes, I know, Nicholas Cage is a second rate actor without any discernible emotions, but the trailer was too intriguing to pass up! It had been so mysterious and dark, tantalizing to be-hold. So I go to watch it and BOOM, the aliens turn out to be angels or something and the little kids become Adam and Eve with pet rabbits. Definitely not kosher.

After seeing the movie, I found a de-scription of “Knowing” in the local paper which, I kid you not, read, “Nicholas Cage is a professor of college who discovers clues about the future, devastating clues, about a future that’s devastating.”

Ten dollars. Gone from my life.If I hadn’t seen the trailer, I probably

wouldn’t have bothered with the movie. Learn from my tragedy, folks. Don’t watch movie trailers.

Pitfalls of movie trailers

Both letters were originally posted as comments on The Lance’s website and edited for print.

Big Momma’sQuietest Place217 E. Commercial St Comfy couches and chairs make Big Momma’s a perfect place to study, especially alongside one of the coffee shop’s many drinks – caffeinated or not. Be warned, however, that Monday nights, Big Momma’s boasts open mike nights. While this event may inspire your studying, you may also find it distracting ,despite the roomy location.

Hong Kong InnCheap Food1645 N Glenstone Ave Trying to save money for that long trip home? Hit up Hong Kong Inn for a cheap but tasty Springfield-Asian feast.

The HubCaffeine Kick811 N. BoonvilleIf you’re looking for an extra burst of energy to get you through studying for finals, stop by The Hub and pick up a cheap cup of coffee on the go. Every cup isbrewed individually and is guaranteed to befresh. Its brick interior, a cross between acoffee shop and a bike shop, is sure to getyou in touch with your inner hipster.

Price CutterMidnight Snack Run1901 E. DivisionRegular Hours: 6 am – midnight

Need a break for food but not enough time for a sit-down meal? Stop by Price Cutter just across the street from campus for study snacks to go. Just don’t go at night, lest you run into some sketchy characters.

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With Thanksgiving Break now two weeks in the past and finals right around the corner, many students on campus can begin to feel overwhelmed and anxious by the amount of work they have left. To most, it seems as though all assignments, tests and papers are crammed into a two week pe-riod. To fight these emotions and deadlines, students must be able to keep a clear head and have an organized plan for the rest of the year.

Laynah Rogers, director of the Academic Support Center, ad-vises students to start early when preparing for finals. “Students should focus their attention on the information from classes, such as notes, texts or handouts, and plan multiple review sessions throughout the day,” Rogers said. “Study groups that are effective will use their time wisely by pre-dicting and answering questions.”

Caleb Fritz, junior, agrees with Rogers. “Depending on the exam, I usually try to have an outline of the material made a week before,” Fritz said. “I will break down defi-nitions, lists and essays and then learn it well enough to be able to teach it.” As for studying in groups, Fritz said, “It is good for tests with a lot of questions; that way you can quiz each other.”

Aaron Taylor, sophomore, takes a different approach and studies for exams while listening to clas-

sical music. “Although it might seem weird to some people,” Taylor said, “it actually calms me enough where I can focus and learn what I need to for the test.”

All three agreed that rest, a healthy diet and exercise are vital in the days leading up to exams. “Anything to relieve stress can help performance on a test,” Fritz said.

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Fixing finals slump

May the points be ever in your favor

BY RYAN PATTYStaff Writer

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JOANNA FORD AND JORDAN SJOSTROM | THE LANCE

With finals less than a week away, many students are beginning to feel the pressure.

JORDAN SJOSTROM | THE LANCE Hot spots for studying, refueling in Springfield

Study groups that are effective will use their time wisely by predicting and an-swering questions.- Laynah Rogers

It’s that time of the year again when Christmas music can offi-cially be played, when local coffee shops have made available their own unique Christmas brews and when the Christmas classics such

as Charles Dickens’ “A Christ-mas Carol” and Tom Hanks’ “The Polar Express” are deemed a necessary holiday watch. The Christmas holiday comes with no shortage of fes-tivities and tra-ditions.

Many of the students in the residence halls have taken hold of the Christ-mas spirit by decorating their rooms for the holidays. Before heading home for Winter Break, Collin McCage, sophomore, celebrates Christmas by decorating his room “with at

least a string of lights.” Along with the lights, McCage said that he also gets the Christmas blend cof-fee from Starbucks.

There’s no dispute that family is an essential part of Christ-mas. “I love to blast the Christ-mas music and just spend time with my fam-ily and friends,” Aria Morton, freshman, said. When Mor-

ton goes home to Michigan for Christmas, her family opens the presents on Christmas Eve and then her cousins and her go

snowmobiling on Christmas Day. The Christmas experience

never seems to end without long stories that need to be told. “Each Christmas is a funny one in my house,” Mc-Cage said, “but I can remember the year the Wii came out, and I really wanted it.” McCage said he remembers every detail from that Christmas; more specifically, he remembers being fooled by his parents when they led him to believe that he wasn’t going to get the Wii that he want-ed. To his surprise and his parent’s

clever wit, they unveiled his gift later that Christmas night.

Along with white Christmas lights and a warm fire, Morton

said that keep-ing Jesus at the center is the most impor-tant thing to do during the holidays. “We would have nothing to celebrate if it

weren’t for him,” Morton said.Some Christmas traditions are

passed from generation to gener-ation. McCage said, “I would love to keep the tradition of seeing my family every year.”

BY ELLIOTT SCOTTContributing Writer

Student Christmas traditionsSOURCE: THE HUFFINGTON POST

Tips for Finals:

1. Study in chunks

2. Make it interesting

3. Manage your time

4. Form a study group

5. Prevent test anxiety

6. Try different places

Family memories meet the true meaning of the season

I love to blast the Christmas music

and just spend time with my family and

friends.-Aria Morton

Each Christmas is a funny one in my

house.-Collin McCage

As finals week is a stressful time,

getting off campus can relieve stress and prevent burning out.

Here you can find places to blow off steam, relax and

study up for finals.

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Even with the semester com-ing to a busy close, students make time to decorate and enjoy the Christmas season. Halls are over-flowing with decorations to make students miles away from home feel like family .

Raegan Miller, freshman, and her roommate love Christmas so much that they made an en-tire day of decorating. They hung dangling lights and colorful orna-ments to add Christmas spirit to their dorm room, and they put up a mini Christmas tree and decorated stockings. “Our family decorates at home,” Miller said. “I thought it would be fun to bring the Christmas magic into our dorm room.”

They even researched how to make Martha Stewart’s perfect snowflake. Miller wasn’t the only one busy decorating in Burgess Hall. The Hall Council decorated Burgess’ lobby. Nine hall council members led by Katy Miller, vice president of Burgess and sopho-more, spent the afternoon Nov. 18 making the lobby feel more like home for the residents. “We wanted it to look cozy,” Miller said. “Having the hall decorated prepares the students for the end of the year and makes them ex-cited for the holidays,” Miller said.

Spence Hall makes a hall-wide event of decorating for Christ-mas. Since Annie Bailey, Spence Hall residence director, was hired,

there has been a hall decorating competition. “When I first came, we wanted a Christmas party and realized the girls are competitive,” Bailey said.

This year, each floor decorated to a theme which will be judged tonight based on creativity and detail. Some of the judges will include Bailey; Gina Rentschler, Community Life director; and Wendy Buttacy, Walther Hall RD.

The winning floor wins points which are carried towards the an-nual Spence Hall Christmas party which also takes place tonight.

During the party there will be a series of activities, all of which carry points. At the end of the night, the floor with the highest score will receive floor funds.

“It is super fun and a great bonding experience,” Bailey said. The girls start planning in August with their resident assistants and floor councils.

The competition provides unity and gives them a fun activity to do together, Bailey said. “It provides a tradition away from home and gives a family atmosphere,” Bailey said.

The family-movie market makes up a huge portion of the film industry’s profits every year. In 2011, three of the top 10 high-est-grossing films were specifical-ly aimed at children, and six were part of family-friendly franchises. Only one had an R rating.

Because of the marketability of these kid-friendly flicks, the num-ber of kid-oriented films has been increasing. It seems like nearly every week a new animated goof-fest is hitting the screens to divert children and bore their babysit-ters to tears.

This has the interesting side ef-fect of making every truly enjoy-able animated film that is released just that much more exciting.

Thankfully, that is exactly what moviegoers are offered with “Wreck-It Ralph.” This film has a lot to offer. The colors and

characters are bright enough to keep kids entertained, while the dialogue and vintage pop-culture references are smart enough to keep adults engaged as well.

The work of writer/director Rich Moore, of “Futurama” fame, is funny, charming and touching. The voice talent features some surprising choices (Sarah Silver-man as the sweet-and-adorable Vanellope, especially); however, the cast pulls off their respective roles with excellence.

Unfortunately, the story never becomes as unique as it could have been. Much of the concept seems to be lifted from other films. With its premise of vid-eogame characters who come to life when no humans are present, comparisons to Pixar’s “Toy Sto-ry” films are especially unavoid-able.

The themes of self-acceptance are certainly to be applauded, but they feel a bit tired when preached as blatantly as they are here.

Ultimately, “Wreck-It Ralph” isn’t perfect, but it is good. It will never garner a significantly adult fan base the way some recent kids movies like “Rango” or “The Ad-ventures of Tintin” have, but the combination of fun and nostalgia make “Wreck-It Ralph” an enter-taining piece of cinema nonethe-less.

After over 27 years of faith-ful service Randy Tate, professor of humanities, is retiring. Tate served as a professor in the Theol-ogy Department for 12 years and in the Humanities Department for over 15 years.

Tate earned his Bachelor’s of Science in Math at Georgia Southern University. He went on to earn a Master’s of Divin-ity from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary and a Doc-torate of Philosophy from Florida State University. Tate has taught several classes over the years, in-cluding senior seminar. He has also been a part of the creation of two Frameworks courses.

Tate said, “When I came here, to Evangel, I decided it was an ethi-cal issue that if I was going to re-quire my students to research and write that I should model that.” That he has: Tate has published articles and an edited volume that is now in multiple editions.

Tate said that after some years, he began to gain an interest in literary methodology and herme-

neutics. His book, “Interpreting the Bible: A Handbook of Terms and Methods,” is in its second edi-tion. He said that over the years he has come to value the variety of approaches that can unlock text in many different ways. This inter-est has, he said, opened the door for him to work for the Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpre-tation.

He said, “I have always enjoyed writing and being at Evangel has afforded me the occasion to write.”

He said that Evangel has pro-vided him with some summer research grants as well. Tate also teaches a course on modernism and post-modernism.

He said that the course is not only about philosophy but also about how the ideas of post-mod-ernism are displayed in things like art, literature and music. He said, “I think the study of literary theory propelled me in that direc-tion.” He said, “Most people don’t

understand how broad and com-plicated the idea of post-modern-ism is.” He said, “Most people as-sociate it with relativism, and that

really has nothing to do with it.”Nathan Nelson, chairperson for

the Humanities Department, said, “I am stricken to lose him as an every day colleague.” Nelson said, “I will really miss his humor and his serious consideration of the issues in the profession, particu-larly literary criticism.”

Nelson said that he and Tate

sometimes play golf together. He said, “I really enjoy playing golf with Dr. Tate. He’s very competi-tive, but that’s fine. I have a soft-ball player’s swing, so, when I take out my driver, we both know that some kind of humorous, long-distance event involving trees is likely to happen. He probably secretly chuckles inside, but he’s

philosopher-good at keeping a straight face.”

Now, with office shelves nearly empty, Tate described a herme-neutics class that he had in years past. Tate said, “As I recall that was one of the most gifted classes I had.” He said, “To keep those students challenged was a chal-lenge to me; they were so smart.”

FEATURES6 | Friday, December 7, 2012 | The Lance

Fun, family-friendly flick

Movie Review

BY ANDY HENDERSONSocial Media Editor

Dorm decor for holiday season

A well earned retirement for TateA professor, published author, golfer, Tate models behavior for his students to follow

BY SEAN WHITEFeatures Editor

WHERE: Hollywood Theater FRIDAY SHOWTIMES: 3:50 p.m., 6:30 p.m., 9:15 p.m.

‘Wreck-it Ralph’: not quite a classic, worth the ticket priceBY HALLIE KILAVOS

Staff Writer

Students decorate their rooms in various ways for the end of the se-mester.

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE Entire floors may choose to decorate their doors or have door decorat-ing competitions.

SEAN WHITE | THE LANCE

Randy Tate, professor of humanities, teaches a frameworks class yesterday. Students discussed literature.

When I came here, to Evangel, I decided

it was an ethical issue that if I was

going to require my students to research

and write that I should model that.

-Randy Tate

After some years, he began to gain an

interest in literary methodology and hermeneutics. His book, “Interpreting the Bible: A Hand-book of Terms and Methods,” is in its

second edition

We wanted it to look cozy. Having the hall decorated prepares the stu-dents for the end of the year and

makes them excit-ed for the holidays.

- Katy Miller

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Evangel begins conference playEight of 10 teams in HAAC begin season .500 or better, men’s basketball record

BY CHARLIE WILLIAMSContributing Writer

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE Victor Agbasi, senior guard, dribbles around a defender during Evangel’s 80-39 win over Baker University Tuesday.

Women’s team loses at Benedictine, Oral Robers

Conference play begins for the Crusaders with the HAAC being more competitive than what it has been in recent years.

At the beginning of the con-ference season last year, three of the teams in the HAAC claimed a record .500 or better. This season, eight out of the 10 teams began conference play with a .500 re-cord or better.

“The conference determines where we are seeded for the na-tional tournament,” Victor Agba-si, senior guard, said. ”We want to play good during the season and in the conference tournament so we get a good seed in the national tournament.”

In the Crusaders’ first HAAC game Nov. 29 they lost to Central Methodist University 56-59 in the Ashcroft Center. Evangel led al-most the entire second half, after six lead changes in the first half, with a 56-53 lead with just over three minutes remaining before their offense was shut out the rest

of the game.“We came out overconfident

after beating Roger State, and we felt like we were going to whoop up on them, but they brought us back,” Agbasi said.

Central Methodist took their first lead of the half with 30 sec-onds remaining and held on to win as the Crusaders continued to miss shots and turn the ball over. “In our last five possessions we had three turnovers. It’s hard to win a close game when you miss shots at the rim and turn the ball over. We couldn’t shake them and wrap the game up,” Steve Jen-kins, head coach, said. “It doesn’t mean our season is over, but in February we hope we don’t have to look back at that loss and won-der what if.”

The Crusaders turned things around after the Central Method-ist loss and beat Benedictine Col-lege 71-58 on Saturday. Evangel forced 24 turnovers, and Bene-dictine’s top-ranked defense in the HAAC wasn’t enough to stop the Crusaders.

“The loss to Central Methodist

put more pressure on us to win against Benedictine. We felt like we had backed ourselves into a corner,” Jenkins said. “We missed an opportunity to put space be-tween us and the conference with the loss.”

Last season the Crusaders beat Baker University both meetings during the season before Baker knocked Evangel out of the con-ference tournament in the semi-final round. Tuesday night the Crusaders got their revenge as they shot 62 percent to beat Baker 80-39 and moved up to sixteenth in the NAIA rankings.

Evangel plays an exhibition to-morrow against Livin’ the Dream, a Christian organization ministry team, before traveling to Point Lookout on Tuesday for a rematch against College of the Ozarks. The Crusaders won the first matchup this season 68-64 in the Ashcroft Center going on a 12-2 run to end the game.

“It’s hard to win up there and a big game in terms of our rivalry,” Agbasi said. “We need to come to play.”

The women’s basketball team returned Wednesday from Oral Roberts University with a disappointing loss. Emily Akins, sophomore guard, said, “We didn’t do perfect tonight, but there were times that we ran our stuff, and that’s when it matters the most.”

The Crusaders have had a difficult open-ing season, facing-off mostly against Divi-sion I and II schools. Akins said, “We are

known for our tough pre-season schedule, and it has always prepared us really well. So, we may not have the best record, but it’s great preparation for us going deeper into the season.”

Akins is coming off a concussion. “It’s been really hard sitting on the bench. It’s been great cheering for my teammates, but I was ready to play again. Sitting on the sidelines really made me want to get back

into the game. I look forward to training over Christmas break.”

The Crusaders did win their first con-ference game against Central Methodist University Nov. 29. According to a press release, Sierra McSpadden, senior forward, scored 24 points and Akins hit free-throws down the stretch and finished with 16 as Evangel handed Central Methodist their first loss of the season with a 63-57 win in the Ashcroft Center in the first conference game of the season for both teams.

The women’s basketball team’s next game is Wednesday against Arkansas-Fort Smith in Fort Smith, Ark.

BY BRANDON HOFFMANManaging Editor

Evangel and Central Methodist go up for a jump ball during Evangel’s 63-57 win.

COURTESY OF WILLIAM GRIFFIN

We are known for our tough pre-season schedule, and it has always prepared us really well. So, we

may not have the best record, but it’s great preparation for us

going deeper into the season.”

- Emily Akins

After two wins at home, Crusaders lose twice on road

SPORTS8 | Friday, December 7, 2012 | The Lance

Five national competitors to golf for Crusaders in springBY RACHEL DELANEY

Copy Editor

Although men’s golf is a two-se-mester sport, the team’s main sea-son is in the spring. Nonetheless, men’s golf participated in four tournaments this semester, one of which included winning their home tournament, Steve Jen-kins, head coach, said. Christian Bechard, senior and co-captain, said, “� is past season we had a pretty strong showing.”

A� er men’s golf won the confer-ence tournament last spring, the Crusaders quali� ed for nationals for the � rst time in the program’s history. Jenkins said the team set a standard for the golf program. � e Crusaders � nished 29th at nationals, a press release stated.

� e team’s performance at na-tionals was not good, Jenkins said, due in part to the rainy and windy weather during each round. “We’ve always had a fairly competitive team,” Jenkins said, so the team hopes to return to nationals next semester and im-

prove performance. All � ve athletes who went to na-

tionals are still here to compete in the spring, Jenkins said: Bechard; Tim Wagaman, senior and co-captain; Tyler Spencer, junior; Cole Johnson, sophomore; and Casey Williams, sophomore. New and returning players proved themselves during each fall se-mester tournament and will con-tinue improving their abilities.

Aside from winning the confer-ence tournament again and get-ting back to nationals, Bechard and Wagaman hope to win tour-naments individually. Wagaman said he enjoys the sport and wants to get back to playing with his teammates. Bechard said, “I think we’re just excited to play again,” especially considering the long break between seasons.

During the spring semester, men’s golf usually plays six tour-naments over the course of � ve to six weeks, Jenkins said. Practice resumes when the weather warms up a� er Spring Break, Wagaman said. Bechard said the team’s � rst

tournament will be in March.Jenkins named some notable

newcomers with high perfor-mance during this semester. Hunter Leichner, freshman, � n-ished third at the Missouri In-

tercollegiate Tournament and won the team’s home tournament individually. Freshmen Taylor Smith and Travis � ompson also showed promise this semester, Jenkins said.

Jesse Vaughn named HAAC Player of the Year

BY JOCELYN COXStaff Writer

“Jesse’s attitude toward the game and the level of competition that he plays at makes him such a great o� ensive player. No matter who we are playing he just kinda takes it to a whole other level,” Andrew Brimhall, junior quarter-back, said.

Jesse Vaughn, junior wide re-ceiver, received o� ensive HAAC Player of the Year for the 2012 season. � is is the � rst time an Evangel student has received this award since 2002, stated a press release. Brenton Illum, head coach, said Vaughn also received First Team All-American recently. � is is the � rst time for that honor to be given to an Evangel football player. “I am just really proud of him, and I think he is just begin-ning to take o� in his level of play.

He is a savvy player, and he excels in the technique at his position,” Illum said.

� is has been a great turn around a� er Vaughn was sus-pended mid-season last year a� er the Spring� eld police issued him a citation for allegedly shopli� ing. “I used the whole o� -season as motivation to come back harder with a better attitude,” Vaughn said. Vaughn said, “I feel like I’ve matured a lot more since last year, and I have come to understand that there are consequences to what you do. Everything happens for a reason, and that was just my wake up call to focus even more on this year.”

Vaughn said he took a business approach to preparing for this season. “I knew if I put my mind to it I would be well prepared to play at my best. I was preparing myself so that there wouldn’t be any surprises,” Vaughn said.

In this season alone Vaughn gained the school record for single season for receiving yards with 1,258 yards. He was aver-aged 114 yards per game and, according to a press release, is ranked fourth nationally in the NAIA. Vaughn ended the season with eight touchdowns which was the third most in the HAAC for wide receivers.

Regarding pre-game rituals, Vaughn, said, “I have a certain playlist that I always listen to, and I will always text my mom right before the game and just be like ‘I

love you, Mom.’” Vaughn was not the only player

on the team to have his achieve-ments recognized. Eighteen other players on the team were put on conference teams as well. “Its great recognition for Jesse and our team,” Illum said. “In this kind of a team sport, everybody has to do their job for him to do his job.”

“� is was another year under our belt for us to build that chem-istry that helps us out there on the � eld. It says a lot for a QB to al-ways be able to trust the guys to catch the ball,” Brimhall said.

Vaughn said, “[I’ve] got one more year, just got to close out on a better note. I feel like we have all the pieces to do what we did this season, next year and more.”

Wide Receiver Vaughn named � rst team HAAC All-American, sets new receiving record

Good things come in threes

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Calendar12/8Men’s BasketballLivin’ the Dream ExhibitionAshcroft Center4 p.m.

12/11Men’s BasketballCollege of the OzarksPt. Lookout, Mo.7:30 p.m.

12/12Women’s BasketballArkansas-Fort SmithFort Smith, Ark.7 p.m.

Evangel is holding a three-on-three basketball tournament in the Mabee Center that began Monday. � e tournament features 12 men’s teams that will compete until � ursday, and eight wom-en’s teams that will compete until Monday. Russell Brand, director of intramurals, said the winner receives championship t-shirts, and the title of three-on-three champion. Brand also plans to hold more games next semester. “In the spring we will have � ve-on-� ve basketball, volleyball and soccer.”

Blake McKnight, senior, is overseeing the games on the court. “� e teams sign up by � oor, and some � oors have more than one team. It’s a double elimi-nation tournament, so each team

is guaranteed at least two games. � e point of the tournament is to give the students some extra friendly competition before the end of the semester and before the spring basketball intramural season begins,” McKnight said.

� e rules are simple: McKnight said that fouls are called by play-ers, there are no three-point shots, all scores are equal, and each game is 20 minutes in length.

Karah Ludwig, junior, plays for Lewis Second North and said she enjoys the competition because she loves to play. “I love playing sports and especially with the awesome girls on my � oor.” Lud-wig said that the competition gets them to work together while hav-ing a good time.

� e next round for the women’s teams begins Monday at 8 p.m. and the men’s teams at 9 p.m.

TOUCHDOWNS:

RECEIVING YARDS:

RECEPTIONS:

AVG. YARDS PER GAME:

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS:

KICK RETURN YARDS:

PUNT RETURN YARDS:

STATS AT-A-GLANCE8125859114164427870

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First team All-American Jesse Vaughn, number one, leads the Crusaders onto the field.

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BY JEFF MELTONSports Editor

Jesse’s attitude to-wards the game and the level of competi-tion that he plays at makes him such a

great offensive player. No matter who we are playing he just kinda

takes it to a while other level”

- Andrew BrimhallFrom the fall 2012 season

December