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Grace College, Winona Lake, INAugust 30, 2012Volume 59, Issue No. 2

The Student Veterans Organiza-tion (SVO) has a simple mission: to ease the transition of military stu-dents into college. Not all those clas-sified as military students are veter-ans. Since the newest GI Bill benefits

began, some military family mem-bers are also GI Bill beneficiaries. SVO is here to help any military student attend Grace College suc-cessfully.

Grace’s SVO was founded in 2010. Three of us student veterans on campus met to discuss our back-grounds and share some experiences from our military careers that may not have been as easily understood by most students. The powerful connection formed between service members, regardless of branch, was evident that day as an Army vet, Air

Force vet and a Navy vet all talked together. In November of that year, a VA Resource Center and Lounge was constructed, giving us all a place to find new information while being able to connect with other veterans.

During the summer of 2011, Metzger Outdoors, a company known throughout the Warsaw area for their adventure races, contacted our Veterans Affairs Professional, Scott Shafer. Through that conversa-tion we learned of their deep love for the Grace College mission and pro-found respect for military veterans.

Together, we decided to use one of their current race formats to help benefit Grace’s military students. Naturally, the SVO sponsored this event, helping with setup, race day logistics and next day breakdown. Over the next several months I con-tinually met with Matt Metzger, Scott Shaffer and Tina Herschberger to hammer out details.

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On August 23, 2012, Grace students casually check-ing their inboxes in the afternoon found an email titled “Important Information from President Manahan.” Upon opening that email, students discovered that earlier that same day, Grace joined Biola University in filing a law-suit against the Department of Health and Human Ser-vices (HHS), deeming unconstitutional its mandate requiring faith-based employers to provide insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs at no cost to em-ployers. Noncompliance with the mandate could result in penalties, potentially in the hundreds of thousands of

dollars annually.Joining with institutions including Wheaton Col-

lege, Geneva College, Colorado Christian University, and Louisiana College, Grace will challenge the Obama administration on the grounds that the Affordable Care Act contraceptive mandate assaults the freedom of faith-based institutions to practice their religious beliefs.

Corporations that have filed similar lawsuits include the Seneca Hardwood Lumber Company in Pennsylva-nia, Triune Health Group in Illinois, and Hercules In-dustries in Colorado. Hercules Industries won a federal injunction suspending the mandate.

In the press release issued to students and the media, Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Gregory S. Baylor is quoted as saying, “Christian colleges should remain free to operate according to their deeply-held be-

liefs. Punishing religious people and organizations for freely exercising their faith is an assault on our most fun-damental American freedoms.”

While the mandate does exclude churches, it does not exclude other religious organizations such as col-leges or hospitals, regardless of the fact that the religious convictions of those organizations may stem from or be identical to the convictions of the churches excluded.

“To determine that Grace College and Seminary is not ‘religious enough’ to qualify for an exemption from this mandate is an affront to the religious freedom and free conscience of dedicated Christian organizations across America,” says President Manahan.

The lawsuit, Grace College and Seminary v. Sebel-ius, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.

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Aid for Students, Community Motivates

SVO’s “Mission”

Wayne ThomasVA Student Services Team Member

Ashley BrewsterEditor-in-Chief

College to Contest HHS Mandate

If you venture into the Global Offices this year, you’ll find that not only has Carlos moved offices, but there is also a new Director of Glob-al Initiatives: Kimberly Kim.

A few short weeks ago, Kim was checking Facebook from her family’s home in Long Beach, Calif.

when she received a message from Carlos Tellez, a call, a job descrip-tion, and an offer to apply as the Di-rector of Global Initiatives at Grace College, all within one day. “That was a Friday; Wednesday, I flew out; Thursday and Friday, I interviewed; Friday, I flew back; Saturday, Car-los called and said, ‘We want you to start next Monday.’”

Within two Mondays, she ar-rived at Grace. “That’s how life has happened for me a lot.”

After receiving rejection letters from several schools in California, Kim spent a brief month shadowing a missionary doctor in Kenya, before contracting typhoid and malaria.

“After that, it was clear that I needed to go to college.” Kim had by then received her acceptance to Grace. “I didn’t know anything about Grace or if I even wanted to go to Grace… It was like, ok, I’m going, and I didn’t even visit; I just came.”

While at college, Kim spent five months in Spain, four studying and one month for adventure. Uncertain where to travel, Kim Googled “pil-grimage,” and found the Camino de Santiago. With her backpack and hiking boots, Kim headed out to the French side of the Pyrenees Moun-tains.

“As I was hiking, sometimes I would be really tired and need a nap, and here, this patch of beautiful grass under a tree, will be my bed for the next hour. That was the lightbulb moment, ‘This is how I inherit the earth. This earth was created for me. This is a gift from God for place of rest.’ ...It was just so full. Full of God, and full of holiness. It’s like a good picture of heaven that I can have for now.”

Kim Kim knew that God’s hand was in her journey. “I knew that God had planned this trip for me. There was no doubt; I knew I was going to be safe. ...It really taught me that

God provides. No matter what.” After graduating from Grace in

2010, Kim went on to work for the American Red Cross and the De-partment of Natural Resources.

In the coming years, Kim hopes to be advising students and possibly working on a Ph.D. in order to teach. “When I read the job description I thought, ‘This is something I would love to do.’ I love working with stu-dents and learning how to develop leadership skills.”

Even if you’ve already taken your cross-cultural field experience, stop by Kim Kim’s office to chat. “Even though I was a student here, I’m still all new again.” Kim is ea-ger to meet students and to hear their stories. If you’d like to hear more of Kim Kim’s adventures, she’d love to share!

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Kimberly Kim, Grace Graduate, Becomes Kim Kim, Global Director

You may already know Jon Yeh as the men’s bas-ketball associate head coach. Or maybe he hired you for Phonathon in the Advance-ment Office. Upperclass-men likely attended one of his Professionalism seminars last year. Though Jon Yeh already wears many hats on campus, he added another hat last month, becoming direc-tor of the Millennial Scholars Academy, or MSA.

Just what is MSA? Aside from being one of many Grace-culture acronyms, it is a small scholarship pro-

gram for promising leader-ship funded by a grant from the Woolley Foundation. The Admissions Office invites high school seniors who have leadership experience and a 3.0 minimum GPA to apply.

MSA values real life ex-amples of leadership, regional and academic pride, network-ing and service in the church and community, and alumni interaction. Its primary pur-pose is to equip high-achiev-ing students to lead and serve in the community, and poten-tially remain in the state of Indiana.

Says Yeh, “Obviously, not every student is going to stay here afterward, but we want

them to understand what’s happening here--there are a lot of cool things going on.”

Students who receive MSA scholarships are re-quired to attend three Per-sonal Development seminars (out of 6-8) per semester. Each seminar focuses on some aspect of leadership, networking opportunities or personal testimonies of com-munity leaders. For example, earlier this month the Millen-nial Scholars enjoyed dinner at the house of Dane Miller, founder of Biomet, Inc.

“This was a special thing to enjoy dinner at Dane’s house,” Yeh enthused. “I think we were squeezed in

between a Speaker of the House and a U.S. senator.”

Many of these new and exciting speakers are prompt-ed by Yeh’s desire for students to receive enlightening perspec-tives from a variety of influential people. Throughout the year, all of this learning results in students finding consistent volunteer or leader-ship positions on or off campus. Previ-ously, student leader-ship was merely encouraged. Now, under Yeh’s direction, it is required.

“We want (students) to re-ally understand what they’re passionate about, so we don’t necessarily have an MSA group that goes and serves at a soup kitchen, because we realize that a soup kitchen may not be the passion for every MSA student.”

Yeh is responsible for or-ganizing MSA events and so-liciting speakers to meet the needs of the 106 participants.

“It’s a lot of work. I’m looking forward to hiring an assistant to help with all of these different as-

pects, but part of why I work at Grace is to help students. This gives me a lot more stu-dent interaction...that’s what excites me.”

Yeh’s heart for MSA is to equip leaders for continual service.

“There’s a John Maxwell quote that I’ve been using as an example,” explains Yeh. ‘“We want [MSA students] to ‘know the way, to go the way, and to show the way.’ Part of that means that they have to learn the way first.”

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Annual Fall Trip to Stratford, Canadato see Shakespeare Plays!

Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 22-23, 2012To See:

Much Ado About Nothingand

Henry VCost: $165

Includes: Round-trip transportation,Overnight accommodation

BreakfastTickets to two plays

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Zane Gard, this year’s Grace Intra-mural Program Di-rector, is a senior from Brownsburg, Ind. He is majoring in Sport Manage-ment with a minor

in Youth Ministry who, surprisingly, has never actually won an intramural season or event. When asked about GIP’s vision, he said, “We want to honor Christ through athletic competi-tion. Playing sports is only the surface level of GIP. Any par-ticipant can love sports, but do they live out their faith when they play and do they share it with others who don’t?” Zane wants students to get involved with GIP. “It doesn’t matter what you are good at, we can use you!” For more informa-tion, email Zane Gard (gardza@grace.edu) or sign up on their Facebook page (Grace Intramural Program).

Zoe Rozsa, a se-nior from Chelsea, Mich., is the head of Mosaic, an “umbrella organization” over culture-related student groups. She is an El-ementary Education major, has a 12-year-old goldfish named Secret and speaks Hungarian! She aims for Mosaic “to provide opportunities for cultural involvement for all Grace students, desiring to have a role in “transforming students into glob-ally minded Christians who change their world.” She fondly remembers last year’s Mosaic trip to Chicago to see the Blue Man Group, saying “Most of us were terrified for an hour and a half; it was a completely new sort of culture shock.” To be-come involved in Mosaic, join one of the existing groups by contacting their leaders on their Facebook page (Grace College Mosaic) or email Rozsa (rozsaza@grace.edu) about starting a group of your own.

Sydney Pritchard, editor-in-chief of the Heritage Yearbook staff, hails from our very own Winona Lake, Ind. Pritchard is a junior majoring in Elementary Educa-tion. She went to Ro-

mania this summer and loves cheeseburgers! Her vision for our yearbook is “to create a legacy and to provide an opportunity for reflection to the student body by capturing the memories and values of the Grace College community throughout the year.” Her favorite yearbook memories are hilarious fun with other staff members. “It’s always a party in publications!” she says. “If you are interested in graphic design, photo editing, or writ-ing, we could use your skills!” Email heritage@grace.edu or like them on Facebook (Grace College Heritage Yearbook).

Brock Lee Rhodes, the Student Activities Board Director, hails from Sherwood, Ohio, is a senior Elementary Education and Middle School Social Studies major. He claims to be a pathological liar who likes to sneeze. “Stu-dent Activities Board exists to enrich the cam-pus community by providing opportunities for the student body to connect with each other, staff and faculty, and the surround-ing neighborhood through innovative and affordable events and recreational fellowship,” he explains. One of his favorite SAB memories is when all the officers saw Batman together. “We were making fun of the theater for not starting the movie on time. Then we realized we accidentally showed up an hour early. Team bonding!” He wants you to know that SAB loves their job, but, “It can be very difficult and stressful, so your patience dur-ing events is GREATLY appreciated.” To join with SAB, email either Rhodes (rhodesba@grace.edu) or Kearstin Criswell (ke-arstin.criswell@grace.edu).

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FACES TO KNOW: This Year’s Student LeadersLiz Palmer Staff Writer

Photo used with permission by Brock Rhodes

4 ARTS & CULTUREAugust 30, 2012

“The Early Bird Gets

the Worm”

We’re starting our senior year at Grace College, and thought it was time to give something to the campus besides laughs. We’ve been around the block and feel we are in the position to pass on some senior words of wisdom.

Today, we want to discuss the elephant in every freshman guy’s room--girls. As you know college is the only place to meet your spouse.

A wise man once told us, “The early bird gets the worm.” We didn’t know exactly what he meant at first, but now we do. He simply meant to date as early in life as possible.

If you didn’t have a girlfriend in elementary school, go back and get one. If you only had one in ju-nior high, go back and get another. Continue this trend throughout high school. Have as many girlfriends as possible. (See also: Solomon.)

The framework is laid. Now: how to attract a female. To attract females, one must understand fe-males. To understand females, one must BE a female. Gentlemen, this is grave news, but before you start making appointments with weird doctors, please consider this advice:

A woman wants to be seen as strong. Therefore, never open a door for a lady. Nor should you give up your seat for a pregnant woman. She already has a man, so attempt-ing to attract this one is futile.

If a woman is struggling with groceries, do not even think about helping her. She will think that you see her as weak. It is best to slap the groceries out of her hands, tell-ing her she is as strong as a man, as hairy as one too and can pick them up herself.

She may begin crying at this point, but don’t be dismayed: this is a trick. She wants to know if you have feelings--don’t. Girls hate guys with feelings.

Once she is crying with a bag of smashed groceries and struggling with the door, it is time to ask her on a date. However, one does not simply ask a girl on a date. Girls want to be pursued…take this liter-ally. Jump out from behind bushes or dark corners and let the pursuit

begin!Having secured a date, you

should begin planning. Dinner and a movie is the classic choice, but of-ten overused. The goal of the first date is to gain a second date. You don’t want to set the bar too high on first date. Otherwise, she will expect a lot out of you for the rest of your relationship. You should purposely make the first date horrible.

We suggest the dinner and a movie idea, but with a Brock and Brunner twist: Take the lady to your parent’s house. It is crucial that you make absolutely certain that your parents WILL be home. They will supervise that date, talk about how cute you were as a baby and do vari-ous other parent-y things.

Choosing the right food is equally important to choosing the right female. Pick something which is sure to make a mess. Women like disorder, messes, and all-around chaos. We suggest preparing two frozen burritos in a dirty microwave and watching “Cops.”

Don’t make conversation, but if talking happens, be sure to talk only about yourself. Resist the urge to compliment the girl. If she realizes how great she is, she’ll certainly date someone better.

Regarding pick-up and drop-off--don’t. Make her come to you. However, if she insists, make sure to get a junker and drive it like a Fer-rari, peeling out at every corner and making all the other drivers fear for their lives. Girls love this.

Again, set the bar low. Disap-pointment equals success.

With this sure-fire plan, you will find your spouse in no time. Don’t forget to invite us to your wedding, and remember, “The early bird gets the worm,” so date it up, gentle-men.

Brock and BrunnerFormer Members of Her Majesty’s Secret Service

It’s a little different walking into your dorm and smelling a distinctive ‘old’ smell. Even odder is the 82-year-old hall mate who greets you as you unlock your apartment. You look out your window and see a chirping bird on one of 97 birdhouses surrounding your window. As you stretch out on your couch, one thing springs to mind quickly--this sure isn’t Alpha.

I may have been exaggerating the smell, but living in Grace Village is definitely an adventure. After ad-justing to the clock which seems to chime every ten minutes, the building starts to feel very cozy. My neighbor Bobette is an adorable woman (She even invited me to Bingo on Friday nights!) The residents are all excit-ed to see us students. I may hear the same story twenty times, but hey--at

least I can still hear! The halls have green and burgun-

dy carpets and are loaded with pic-tures of flowers. There is even a hair-dresser here where I can get my next perm! If blue hair isn’t your thing, there is a library, a fitness center and even a bank. Once I find a good wreath to hang on my door, I think I’ll really love it here at the Village.

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“Old Smell, New Stories”

Katie VanSlotenRA of Grace Village

#stuffmyprofsays“I have no home, I’m an alien”

-Dr. Norris

“Prof. Young can’t live forever!”-Prof. Bryan

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“42 pages for one syllabus is not ok. It broke my stapler.”

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Photo used with permission by Brock Rhodes

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5ARTS & CULTUREAugust 30, 2012

What They Would Say Stephen Hartman

This summer, America faced a wildfire of tragedy as a series of homicides reignited national discussion on societal violence.

On July 20, in Aurora, Colo., James Holmes, 24, opened fire at a midnight screening of “The Dark Knight Rises,” kill-ing twelve and wounding 59 others. Given its connection to one of the summer’s most pop-ular films, news of the shooting blazed throughout the United States in both traditional media and social networks.

The sting of the tragedy in Aurora had barely begun to pass from public consciousness when news of another mass ho-micide emerged from suburban Milwaukee. On Aug. 5, Wade Michael Page entered the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Park, Wis. and killed six, criti-cally wounding three others before being shot and killed by local police.

As the month of August drew to its close, tragedy struck once more at the foot of the Empire State Building in New

York City. Out-of-work fashion designer Jeffrey Johnson shot and killed a former co-worker. As he was apprehended by the NYPD, nine bystanders were wounded and Johnson himself was killed. It remains unclear whether those injured were shot by Johnson or the police involved.

In this climate of violence, how will members of the Grace College community respond? Are we even aware of the death and suffering all around us? Various faculty and staff mem-bers have weighed in on the tragedies, providing perspec-tives on the Christian response to violence.

Carlos Tellez, Dean of the Chapel and Global Initia-tives, acknowledges that there is likely a spectrum of aware-ness among Grace students, ranging from the “intentionally informed” to the “unintention-ally ignorant.” Navigating the media can be a challenge, he says.

“I was kind of shocked by 24/7 coverage,” Tellez said, re-marking on the differences be-tween American and Colombi-an media. Having information constantly available can create “a sense of involvement or ur-gency” in the lives of others and can fuel morbid curiosity.

This sense of urgency ought to be replaced with a sense of empathy, Tellez says. The Christian’s best response to violence is “the gift of pres-ence.” When others suffer, Christ calls us to suffer along-side them, walking with them through their pain.

“I think there’s more vio-lence in America than most ever recognize,” says Dr. Jared Burkholder, Assistant Profes-

sor of American and World History, drawing a contrast be-tween “sensational” and “pri-vate” forms of violence. He notes that many crimes go un-reported or simply unnoticed by most.

The very structure of soci-ety can often perpetrate hidden tragedies, Burkholder argues. “Desperate situations do vio-lence to the soul.”

Seeing this desperation ought to motivate us to reach out to our neighbors, Burkholder says. “Christian love compels vulnerability and genuineness” in relationships, even with peo-ple from other religions. While our response to tragedy should “include sharing our faith,” Burkholder believes that true love goes beyond “witnessing” as an ulterior motive.

The Christian response to violence, says John Sloat, As-sistant Resident Director of In-diana Hall, “needs to be filled with an understanding first of who God is” and who we are in relation to Him. “If there is an understanding that God is holy...and that all humans are sinful,” then we also under-stand that we share the same sin problem of the murderers.

Sloat urges us to remem-ber that a “holy, gracious God sent His son to be murdered” to reconcile us to Himself. When Christians hear stories of vio-lence, they ought to be led to “forgiveness of that violent person,” recognizing that we were once in the same need, but for God’s grace.

“We have been forgiven a great debt; therefore forgiving others must be a priority.”

When Tragedy Strikes, How Will You Respond?

Connor ParkCopy Editor

Cassie Gareiss Sounding Board Photo

Have you noticed that campus is full? I mean, really full! Everywhere I look, I see new faces that I hadn’t previ-ously known. There are even 42 students in newly tripled rooms! That may not seem like many, but walk onto the halls of Alpha or Beta and you will understand.

Welcome Weekend was a busy time to be at Grace.

There are almost 900 students living in on-campus residence halls and about 90 students in perimeter housing that Grace has rented or leased. Aaron Crabtree, the Dean of Stu-dents, said this amounts to an increase of about 125 on-cam-pus students.

Crabtree was very in-volved in the planning and execution of Wel-come Weekend. Fac-toring in how many people were actually going to set foot on campus was a big un-dertaking. They had to take into consideration that if each student brought both parents and a sibling, that is a

surplus of three more people on campus per new student.

“It was a lot more looking at details and saying ‘Are we covering our bases?’ and wel-coming people well,” Crabtree said. He also stated that the whole intent of the weekend was to show people who Grace College is and the vision that is in place here: character, com-petence and service.

Communication is some-thing that can always be im-proved. Crabtree admits that there were some glitches in communication with people that were in some of the new 3-person rooms, but he plans to resolve those issues in time for next year’s arrivals.

One of Crabtree’s favorite memories of this past Wel-

come Weekend was the wor-ship meeting on Sunday. Get-ting to meet with his breakout group was another highlight. “I always like getting to meet my breakout group, to place faces to stories to names.”

Many students may not realize par-ents met dur-ing Welcome Weekend while their freshmen were off tran-sitioning to college. This year, instead of a panel of par-ents answering questions, a

panel of students shared how their family relationships changed. Crabtree remem-bers many heartfelt conversa-tions with a diverse group of parents. “The opportunity the faculty had to meet with the parents for breakfast was a re-ally good experience that we shared.”

Overall, Crabtree was pleased with this year’s Wel-come Weekend, and has reason to believe parents were too. “I received a couple of really amazing emails from parents sharing how good their tran-sition was and how confident they were in bringing their stu-dent to Grace.”

6 CAMPUS LIFEAugust 30, 2012

All around campus ban-ners announce Grace’s 75th anniversary, but how many students know what has gone into creating the college we attend today? It comes as no surprise that the school has changed in many ways since it was created in 1937. In fact, for the first 11 years, the school was only a semi-nary with no college at all. In those days, Grace Seminary was housed entirely in the top floor of Mount Memorial Hall, which was then the Free Methodist Publishing House.

Despite the transforma-tion we have undergone over decades, Grace College and Theological Seminary still retains a strong grip on its heritage. To emphasize this fact, a collaborative effort by a number of professors and administrators on campus will result in a book on the his-tory of Grace to be published within this school year.

Dr. Mark Norris, Dean of the School of Arts and Sci-ences and Chair of the His-tory Department, is heavily involved in the new book and has been researching the his-tory of Grace this summer. When asked about the val-ues he saw carry over from Grace’s past to today, Norris had this to say, “When I look at us the last 75 years, and frankly going back even to the last 200 years or more, there’s

a sense that we are a com-munity that is following the Christ of the Bible in today’s

culture...I think it’s unique because it’s an emphasis on truth as well as application.”

Dr. Jared Burkholder, another Grace College his-tory professor and published author on American evan-gelism, corroborates this thought by pointing out that Grace, drawing from our heritage in 17th century pi-etism and Anabaptism, asks the question: “How do we live separate from the world but still engage it in meaning-ful ways?” Burkholder also listed some of the notable characteristics of Grace at its founding, including “A high view of scripture and God’s sovereignty, a concern to be relevant to the church and a desire to be connected with other evangelicals.”

As an institution, we have grown immensely from the

small seminary that began after a split with Ashland Seminary in Ohio. There were struggles along the way as we sought to be both a principled Christian body in a secular world and a respectable institution of higher learning. Accreditation was gained, much-needed donations were received and properly equipped buildings were constructed only after pushing through the obstacles in our way.

After 75 years Grace still stands for the biblical integ-rity and academic innova-tion under which the school was founded. With the school growing larger and making new strides in higher educa-tion, we can expect to contin-ue forging ahead in the same manner that has kept us alive these many years.

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Weekend a Success

Hillary BurgardtStaff Writer

On race day 2011, nearly 400 people showed up to enjoy the festivities. The US Navy sent a truck with four videogam-ing systems, the Army National Guard brought an Army Humvee, volunteers painted faces and everyone enjoyed deli-cious barbecue.

This year’s event will be held Octo-ber 27, 2012, at 2 p.m. It includes three

races--a 10-kilometer bike race, 5-kilome-ter trail race and the main attraction, “The Mission.” Each participant may compete in as many or as few events as he or she chooses.

Each event has its own unique quali-ties. The bike event will feature both a trail and a road race. 5k participants are permit-ted and encouraged to race alongside their leashed dogs and cats. “The Mission” will be a one-of-a-kind race consisting of teams and team challenges, with a prize given to

the fastest team from any Grace College dorm. Students participating will receive a discount on price, and early registrants get sneak peak details about “The Mission”

Proceeds from this year’s event ben-efit programs to ease our military students’ transition to college. Additional money raised will be donated by Metzger Out-doors to help a local family in need. Last year, there was a very sick child in the area, and after the final race, money was given to the family. We did this anony-

mously, not to promote either organiza-tion, wanting simply to act out of Christian love. If you are interested in being part of this year’s effort, stick around after the fi-nal race.

For further information, contact the Veterans Affairs Student Services Office next to the Post Office in Mount Memo-rial, email the SVO President, Marshall Vondy (vondymw@grace.edu) or check out the Metzger Outdoors website, http://www.metzgeroutdoors.com.

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Mallory Rondeau, Woman’s Soccer

Mallory is this week’s player of the week with her performance in the Lady Lancers game against Cincinnati Christian University. Scoring three goals in a 17-minute span, Ron-deau was stellar with an inspiring performance, worthy of acclaim.

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With the stands packed, fans crowded onto the Mill-er Field bleachers and lawn Saturday afternoon to watch a historic game between the

Lady Lancers soccer team and the Haiti Women’s National Team. No Grace College ath-letic team had ever played a national team at home.

Fans did not have to wait long to see action as Haiti quickly jumped ahead 2-0 in the first 13 minutes of play. From that point on, the Lady Lancers settled into a groove and played very competitive-ly. In the 23rd minute, Kait-lan Wiles nearly cut the lead

in half, but was whistled for being offside. Mallory Ron-deau and Em-ily Hickerson

provided two more excellent scoring opportunities.

Haiti’s stout defense proved to be indomitable, as their defense stifled ev-ery offensive scoring op-

portunity by the Lady Lanc-ers. This match was not about the result, however, as the meaning of this game went far beyond winning and losing.

Head Coach Michael Voss put it this way, “Part of our vision is that we do not focus on winning; we fo-cus on being our best.” He desires to “gain the respect

of the Haiti Wom-en’s National Team as soccer players. Then, that will open the door for us to

share the Gospel. We want to live out Christ through our play on the field.”

Co-captain Carmen Barn-hill added, “This game is the fulfillment of our program’s mission. Since Voss has been coaching our team, he has as-pired to get the program to a certain point, and we, as play-ers, are fortunate enough to be a part of that. We get to be the ones who are sharing the Gospel to these Haitian girls, building relationships with them and showing that life is much more than just soccer.”

Going into this game, min-istry became the ultimate goal. Coach Voss has transformed the Lady Lancers into a team, which has a goal of disciple-ship and relationship with oth-ers.

“I feel like it has chal-lenged my prayer life, know-ing so far in advance that Grace was going to play Haiti,” said Co-captain Jocelyn Evans. “I spent time not only reading the Word, but also praying for this team. I do not want to boast about what we are doing as a team, but what Christ is doing through us. I want peo-ple to realize that we are do-ing this so that we can boast in the Cross. To see how the Grace community has rallied together to cheer both Haiti and us shows how great of a community that we have.”

Seth MillerSports Editor

Lady Lancers Face Haiti, Achieve Vision

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Stout Goalkeeping Propels Lady Lancers

Led by great defensive play, the Lady Lancers rolled through the week with three decisive victo-ries. With a home crowd behind them, the Lady Lancers beat Il-linois Tech in the home opener 4-1.

Going on the road, the Lady Lancers cruised through their next two games against Cincinnati Chris-tian and Marygrove College, 4-0 and 2-0, respectively.

Junior Goalkeeper Carmen Barnhill was stellar in the three wins, compiling 10 saves on 13 shots, allowing only one goal. The Lady Lancers (3-0) look to continue their success this week.

Cone Saves 10, Lead Lancers to Victory

Marygrove-- Led by stellar keeper play and the emergence of freshman Steven Fiema, the Lancers romped to victory with a 2-0 victory over Marygrove Col-lege.

Fiema broke through for the Lancers in the 23rd minute with a resounding goal, assisted by sophomore Shane Barthuly. The Lancers added a second goal in the 61st minute with an own goal against Marygrove.

Goalkeeper Collin Cone was fantastic with 10 saves to shut the door on one of Marygrove’s chances. The Lancers (1-0) look to keep their season rolling this week.

In Lancer Athletics

THIS WEEK...

Jocelyn Evan defends against Haiti’s high-powered offense

Faith Voehringer shadows opponent during Hati game

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A mere four miles separated the top two Premier League clubs. Traf-

ford and City of Manchester Stadium stand tall as Manchester seems to be the destination for the Premier League Trophy. Despite the fact that Wayne Rooney and Samir Nasri have already been injured, most EPL fans would agree that Manches-ter City or Manchester United are still the odds-on favorites for victory.

There are obvious factors in favor of both clubs. Manchester City broke their 44-year title slump in exciting fashion last year, one upping their Manchester counterparts. They return a core of solid players across the board. Manchester Unit-ed, on the other hand, re-loaded its offense, sign-ing 2011-2012 top goal scorer Robin van Persie.

Yet two other clubs may join the race for the EPL title. Arsenal, with a third-place finish last season, is young and can surprise, but probably not this year. Chelsea, fresh off its Champions League title, is already atop the EPL standings after replacing the departed Didier Drogba with

Eden Hazard. However, Arsenal lacks an elite scoring threat after losing van Persie, and Chelsea seems unlikely to pull out another title run.

Neither City nor United are without flaws, though. Van Persie further loads the front line, but is not a solution to a weak midfield. Rooney and Van Persie will have no adjustment year to fig-ure out how to play together. New signee Shinji Kagawa will have to mesh immediately for Man-chester United to avoid a detrimental slow start. Manchester City often barely manages to beat (or tie) opponents, despite the amount of talent on the squad. Chemistry will also be crucial as City looks to defend its title.

One team’s title hopes rest with headcases (Mario Balotelli and Carlos Tevez), while the others’ is on 30-somethings legs who are moving past their prime. There are still many unanswered questions. Is David De Gea ready in goal yet? Can Van Persie (who has had less healthy seasons than he does feet) have consecutive healthy seasons? Will Balotelli make the jump to an elite striker af-ter his Euro 2012 performance? Is City for real on the big stage after a poor showing in the Cham-pions League? Can Chelsea complete a transfer for Hulk and make it a three team race?

History seems to be on Manchester United’s side. It is often said that repeating a championship is harder than winning the first title. In fact, only one club has achieved

the feat since the inception of the Premier League in 1992. (Though that club--United--has repeated four times.) Additionally, eight teams who were runners-up the year before won the title the fol-lowing year.

No one likes a team who buys a champion-ship. See: Yankees, New York or Heat, Miami. This year Manchester City will, in all likelihood, try to buy another title through its trillion-dollar owner.

Sentiments aside, since the 2001-2002 season, the club with the top scorer of the year has always had a top-three finish. City possesses two elite strik-ers and plenty of other pieces surrounding them. Talent wins out…or in this case, $325 million wins out. Manchester Ci ty will claim the title again

Zane GardGIP Director

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Contributing Writers:Matt BrunnerZane GardBrock RhodesWayne ThomasKatie VanSloten