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TheEchoFebruary 25, 2011Volume 82 Issue 17

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Men’s Sooner Athletic Conference tournament previewDo you want fireworks? Do you want high fliers? Do you want some of the most intense and physi-cal basketball you’ve seen all year? Read more on page 7

SNU Design Professor receives ADDY awardsFor the past several years, Southern Nazarene University has had the privilege of having Professor Whitney Porch teach in the art department.Read more on page 9

In institutions containing a well-established hierarchy of leadership, there is often a com-munication gap that develops between those in power and the governed. Subsequently, the voice of the masses may go unnoticed or un-heard. To alleviate this problem at Southern Nazarene University between students and ad-ministration, there is the Student Government Association, or SGA. It is a student led and student serving organization that, apart from the described intercession, is responsible for pretty much every fun event that takes place for the student body, as well as spiritual out-reach events. Each year, the students in leadership positions are chosen in the form of election from the student body. The results for the upcoming year are exciting as each individual brings new ideas and characteristics to the school’s agenda. The positions elected were Student Body Presi-dent, Campus Ministries, Social Life, Student Relations, and Office Administrator. President-elect, Carson Calloway, described his new position as, “Bridging the gap between students and the administration, faculty, and staff. I essentially ensure concerns are voiced to the appropriate people.” Carson further expressed his excitement at his election to such an esteemed position and said, “I feel really good. I feel honored, though a little nervous, but I’m really excited, especially working with such a strong council.” Concerning his plans for the future year, Car-son articulated his interest in seeing events de-velop for student involvement: “I would like to see ways of involvement that are not necessar-ily SGA events. It would be cool to foster other activities like clubs and dorm activities that ev-

ery student can be interested in.”Current Student Body President, David Bond, voiced his approval of Carson’s election into office, stating, “I am so happy Carson won. He has good leadership qualities that make him very personable and excellent for the position.”The results of the election inspired mixed reac-tions for each winner. Campus Ministries Ex-ecutive Vice President-elect, Zach Bond, said, “As I ran against my roommate and one of my best friends, Jake O’Bannon, my initial reaction was a very bittersweet one, because I was both happy I won and sad that he lost, but I am ex-cited for what God has in store for me and the campus next year.”Bryan Poff, winner of Student Relations, said upon winning, “The reality of the whole sit-uation didn’t really set in. It was kind of like

I was in shock. It didn’t really slap me across the face.” He further explained his position in Student Relations as: “Essentially we organize and create events like the Night of the Storm, dodgeball, broomball, and whatever we call Powwow now. I’m also in charge of the se-nior council of student relations, in which each grade has a VP and we get to do stuff like eat candy.”The other winners were Courtney Roberts for Social Life and McCall Adams for Office Administrator, decided after a close run-off election between herself and fellow candidate Ashleigh Buchanan.With a strong council, the 2011-2012 academic year promises to be one full of campus com-munity fostered by the Student Government association.

Samuel Duce, Staff Reporter

Election results reveal 2011-2012 executive council

The week before elections, all candidates had the opportunity to campaign to reach the student body. Photo by Sarah Privott, Photo Editor

2 NEWS TheEcho

THE BAD JOB MARKET WAS GOOD FOR THE CENSUS BU-REAUThe nation’s high jobless rate may be terrible news for the economy, but it provided some unexpect-ed good news for the U.S. Census Bureau.

WRESTLER TELLS WHY HE FORFEITED TO A GIRLA high-school wrestler who forfeited a state tour-nament match to a girl says he would do it again. Joel Northrup’s dad, Jamie, said the decision was his son’s but that it reflected the family’s Christian con-victions.

NEWS BRIEFS

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GADHAFI HOLD WHITTLED AWAY AS LIBYA REVOLT SPREADS The scope of Moammar Gadhafi’s control was whittled away Wednesday as major Libyan cities and towns closer to the capital fell to the rebellion against his rule. In the east, now all but broken away, the op-position vowed to “liber-ate” Tripoli, where the Lib-yan leader is holed up with a force of militiamen roam-ing the streets and tanks guarding the outskirts.

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On Thursday, February 24th James K.A. Smith, author and professor of philosophy at Calvin College, visited SNU to speak in chapel. Smith’s visit is being spon-sored by Spiritual Development and the Zig Ziglar Center for Ethi-cal Leadership. One of Smith’s books, Desir-ing the Kingdom: Worship, World-view, and Cultural Formation, has sparked faculty conversations on campus, and is part of the rea-son there was so much interest in bringing Smith to speak. This book is also one of the texts being discussed this semester as part of the Ziglar Scholar Pro-gram. Dr. Ron Wright, professor of psychology and one of the faculty facilitators of the Ziglar Scholar Program, believes Smith’s message is important for all of SNU and that “he [Smith] would have a wide appeal for the whole campus.”

“[Dr. Smith] is one of the most important thinkers we have in the Church right now,” Wright states. As part of his visit to SNU, Smith not only spoke in chapel, but also ate lunch with the Ziglar Scholars and spoke to faculty at a dinner in downtown Oklahoma City. Dr. Tony Griffin, Executive Director of the Ziglar Center, explains that this dinner was “an add-on of sorts” after the chapel presentation and Ziglar Scholar lunch were already planned. Dr. Wright elaborates that they were trying to find the best way for Smith to have as much exposure on campus as possible during his short time here. Jordan Sloan, sophomore psy-chology major and Ziglar Scholar, also sees Smith’s message as sig-nificant. “Smith’s book Desiring the Kingdom is important because it challenges everything we know and understand about education,

practices and life in general…Smith propels the thinking behind our practices. Why do we do the things we do? What purposes do they serve?” Sloan explains, adding “Such a great read; I thoroughly enjoyed it.” The Ziglar Scholar Pro-gram has been meeting once a week in a colloquium format to discuss Desiring the Kingdom and a few other books as part of the larger theme of “Kingdom Lead-ership and the Wesleyan Imagi-nation.” Griffin, Wright, and Dr. Brad Strawn have been serving as the faculty facilitators for the pro-gram. Wright notes that benefits of the smaller class size (eight students and three professors) include good conversations, co-learning, and getting to know each other at deeper levels. Current plans are to have a Zi-glar Scholar Program with a new theme on a yearly basis.

Brad Crofford, Staff Reporter

Author Visits SNU, Speaks to Students, Faculty, Ziglar Scholars

Next Thursday, March 3, SNU students have a unique opportunity to make a difference by par-ticipating in Fink Fast. During Fink Fast, students have the oppor-tunity to fast one meal in the cafeteria in order to donate the money for that meal to a student ministry. This year’s proceeds will go to fund a Nazarene student ministry at the University of Nebraska. When college students across America come together in a unique way, a difference can be made and lives can be changed. Fink Fast will give stu-dents an opportunity to get involved in an easy way and make a huge difference in the lives of others. “Fink Fast is a way for students to honor a student body president who died the night of his graduation and for all the Nazarene schools to come together, fast a meal, and donate the money that would’ve been spent on a meal to an organi-zation or another school,” said David Bond, Stu-dent Body President. By participating in Fink Fast, students will be able to make a small difference in the lives of

those around them by simply not eating a meal. “Everyone getting involved, other schools getting in-volved, and being apart of all the Nazarene campuses all working together to do something better are what make this event so exciting.” said Bond. “The event’s purpose is to allow students the op-portunity to be able to give up stuff they have and use their resources and time to help students,” said Bond. The fast not only will provide students with a way to understand what other schools and students are going through, but it will help further the development of a student ministry program at the University of Ne-braska. “It will allow students to become aware of other schools, and all campuses across America that have al-ways had problems living in a secular environment,” said Bond. “It is going to give us the chance to be pray-ing for fellow brothers and sisters in Christ,” Bond added. “The main goal is to raise as much money as we can, as well as make students aware of other schools,” Bond said. Having done events similar to this last year with the Free for all Feast, which allowed students and the community to make food and donate it to Putnam City

Fink Fast provides unique ministry opportunityAbby Johnson, Staff Reporter

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“Eating on campus is part of being a community and inter-acting with others,” Scott Strawn, Head of Student Development said. Since last summer, SNU has been working on a new system for So-dexo, one that Scott believes stu-dents will really enjoy and benefit positively from. For those students who feel like they have no choices and that they are getting money ‘taken’ away from them when they don’t eat all the meals on their plan, Scott Strawn feels like he has the perfect solution. Students will now pay one price, with room and board and with four different choices of meal plans to choose from. Starting next semester, there will be four different plans to choose from. The first is twenty meals a week, with 200 dollars in flex. Secondly, fifteen meals are offered with 200 dollars in flex. Thirdly, ten meals a week are of-fered with 200 dollars in flex. The last option applies only to Apart-ment residents due to having proper cooking equipment; there are 5 meals a week with 150 dol-lars in flex. “Students have choices

n o w , it is a cheaper option, allowing them to choose w h a t benefits t h e m m o s t , without leav ing t h e m f ee l i ng r i p p e d o f f , ” S t r awn said. If stu-d e n t s reside in Bracken, Snowbarger, and The Hills, they are able to choose any plan they wish. Also, after 2p.m., students can choose a meal exchange day. This means they can swap a meal from upstairs and use their card in Pops for the same price. That meal in-cludes any entrée, a side and a drink. “Pop’s will remain open until 11p.m., and the full menu and coffee are available till close,” Strawn said.

With this change, late night will no longer be in service. Students can go to Pop’s now for late night food and games. This new system hopes to insure, value, quantity, and flex-ibility. It will become more user friendly to the community. “With this change, we hope to give students more hours and better service,” Strawn said. The biggest complaint Mr. Strawn and Student Development hears is that the students are get-

West, SGA hopes this event will follow in making a lasting impact. This event will allow students across the nation to become aware of other schools and the problems they face on a daily basis. Next week, students have the chance to come together and make a difference in their lives, as well as the lives of others. Fink Fast will make the idea of having a Nazarene Student Minis-try a reality instead of a possibility for the students at the University of Nebraska.

ting ripped off on all meals. With this new change ap-proaching campus life, and a posi-tive staff behind Scott Strawn, SNU is excited to see how much this will benefit these students life. “I’m excited to have choic-es now,” Sophomore Jennifer Huffhines said. “I live in the Hills and have some cooking equip-ment, to where I do not need to pay that much money for meals I do not use when I now have the opportunity to cook in my room.”

New meal plans seeks to meet student needs

Fink Fast continued

Jaclynn Gray, Staff Reporter

New meal plan options for students in the 2011-2012 academic year provide a wide range of new plan choices. Photo by Sarah Privott, Photo Editor

The buses will leave at 4pm TO-DAY from the Tennis Courts and head for Re-gency Church of the Nazarene in Tulsa and return around 2pm on Saturday!

OPINIONSTheEcho February 25, 2011 Page 4

“I would like a cup of sugar with some milk, whipped cream, chocolate, and if there’s room, add some coffee.” Sometimes I feel like that’s what I should say when I approach the counter at Starbucks. I wish I could say I was one of many Americans who drink their coffee black. I’ve tried. I can’t do it. I love the smell and even the idea of unaltered freshly ground, brewed coffee. Every once in a while, I think I’ll give it another shot. Each time, I’m reminded of why I put off the idea in the first place. I hear it’s an acquired taste, but I prefer just to take everyone else’s word for it while drinking my glamorized cup of sugar. I spent a good part of the last month sitting in a chair at Star-bucks. After a few days, I started to notice that I was going to have to become less high maintenance in ordering if I wanted to keep any semblance of a bank account. I started ordering a regular blend and added as much sugar and milk as I could from the counter to drown out any trace of bitterness. Clearly, I wasn’t spending my days at Starbucks for the coffee. I was studying for the GRE. I let the idea of a test begin to consume my schedule and my life. Every Saturday, I grabbed my flashcards, books, and computer and headed to my usual chair at Stabucks. I began to recognize regulars, and they, too, sat in the same spot and walked in the door at a generally consistent time from week to week. I forgot what it felt like to have a normal Saturday. More than that, I let the idea of and worry about a test take precedence in my mind.

Kelly Hall, Editor-in-Chief

Heavy on the sugar, and light on worryDon’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it was bad to study. The test is over, and I would like to think that all of those days made somewhat of a difference in my scores. However, look-ing back, I think that at least 50 percent of the time I spent studying was time spent worrying,

not just worry about a test but about my future. What if I don’t go to grad school? Where am I going to live? What if I can’t find a job? What if I don’t like the job I find? The list goes on and on. I apologize to anyone who had to listen to me the past few weeks. Now that the test is over (thank good-ness), the worry about that is gone, but obvi-

ously, worry is an ever-present battle in day-to-day life. The other day, I was reading with a friend out of a book written by Linda Dillow titled Calm My Anxious Heart. (I highly recom-mend it to anyone.) Dillow writes about her

own life experiences on her journey to find contentment in Christ. One part of the chapter we were read-ing really struck a note with me. It was the secret to contentment. Are you ready? Here it is: “Two women looked through prison bars. One saw mud; the other saw stars.” We all have a choice in how we look at the situations in our life. We can choose to remain focused on the mud or look beyond to see the stars that God has placed in our lives. The sugar and milk I put in my coffee drowns out the bitterness. Focusing thoughts on Christ and his plans drown out worry. Over the past few weeks, I have been more conscious about lessening the bit-terness of my coffee than I have been about lessening worry in my life. I have so many things to be thankful for and so many stars that God has placed in my life. I have been given a great education. I have the opportunity to make choices about my future. I am lucky enough to be debt free. God has a plan for my life. The mud in my life that I spent so much time staring at doesn’t

look so muddy anymore. I think the true secret to contentment is making a conscious decision to look at the blessings God has placed in our lives when we are tempted to be overcome with worry. It’s making a decision to escape the bitterness of worry and be thankful for the extra cream and sugar God gives us every day.

Photo taken by Kelly Hall.

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Right LeftVS

Tim Rice, Echo Columnist

Brad Crofford, Echo Columnist During the 2010 elections, Republicans took control of the House of Representatives, and while not taking control of the Senate, they did gain seats. This does not constitute a “mandate” to basically try to oppose Democrats at every turn and try to undo historic legisla-tion, though some Republicans have treated it as such. However, it should be a warning to Democrats that they must be very careful as they prepare for the 2012 presi-dential election. Here are my thoughts on what the Obama administration should do to try to keep the presi-dency in 2012: TREAT EVERY TOPIC LIKE THE ECONOMY. Until the economy has been at least re-stored to pre-recession levels and unemployment is down, talk about every program and topic in rela-tion to the economy; everything must be about savings. New programs will be frowned upon, and Pay-go should be adhered to as much as possible. To keep injecting money to stimu-late the economy, look for savings

How to win in 2012

elsewhere in the government (like changing the way bills are printed on Capitol Hill). BE BIPARTISAN. Bi-partisanship is something that is talked about in almost every presi-

dential election, but seems to be sorely missing. Former US sena-tor and current OU president Da-vid Boren has suggested that our system of sound clips and news interviews has reduced the bipar-

tisanship that used to be fostered over friendly meals and social en-gagements. With Democrats being truly bipartisan and looking for common ground with Republi-

cans, one of two things will hap-pen. If Republicans cooperate, which would likely improve the economy and improve the public’s perception of Congressional ef-ficiency, and if the government is

seen as operating well, this will re-flect well on President Obama and improve his chances. If Republicans refuse to be bipartisan, Democrats can more effectively paint them as a bellig-erent minority that is preventing progress; this argument is more effective now that Republicans control the House. This theme seems to have been emphasized by President Obama’s repeated calls for bipartisanship in the 2011 State of the Union Address. KEEP EXPECTATIONS REASONABLE. The Obama ad-ministration has only been in of-fice for four years. He has had to deal with negative aspects of the Bush legacy, such as simultaneous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, a mediocre education policy, nega-tive perception of the U.S. abroad, and possibly the worst recession since the Great Depression. Democrats need to look forward, emphasizing that any im-provement is success. It is important to note that four years is not long enough to fix all the problems left by the Bush administration.

Election season will soon be upon us, and we cannot afford to ignore this one. Let us hope that this time the candidates look more appealing. In response to my dear colleague further up on the page, here are a few sugges-tions I have for every brave soul planning to step into the terrifying process that is serving our republic. BE HONEST. If this nation chooses a candidate from either extreme of the politi-cal spectrum who will gladly work to drag us off their end, may it be because we the people knew what we were getting into. A candidate that goes back on his or her word to suit the audience they are in front of will be an elected official who follows the way of the dead fish,

always going with the flow. CONSTITUENTS FIRST. Every can-didate should remember that being elected is a game of human numbers, not dollars. AVOID BUZZWORDS. Like the Plague. Many politics nerds will remember the game created during the last election season where the viewer would take a swig of a bever-age of their choice on hearing the words “mav-erick” or “change”. Some friends and I briefly considered playing this game with Mountain Dew, but we soon noticed that doing so would guarantee renal failure. Using buzzwords will only invite ridicule later on. STAY ON TARGET. A major problem in today’s Congress is the obsession of many members to keep their seats as long as humanly

possible. Over time this has created Congress members who are more focused on reelection than legislation at hand. Every elected official must remember that his or her job is to serve the people, not to be a chair warmer. Appearance only goes so far, after all. We need candidates in this next election season who will place this nation and its people first. We need candidates who will not be swayed by herd-mentality. Most of all, we need candidates who will not be swayed by the corruption, even if legal, that has come to pervade our very own governmental institutions. Our job as voters in this nation is to pray that qualified, honorable men and women stand up to lead. On the subject of elections, have you registered yet?

Photo courtesy of the times-tribune.com.

STORMSPORTSTheEcho February 25, 2011 Page 6

ON DECK

SCORE BOARD

Men’s Basketball@ Rogers State L 60-73@ John Brown L 47-51

Women’s Basketball@ Rogers State W 73-70@ John Brown W 54-52

Baseball@ Northwood L 15-18@ York (Neb.) W 3-2 @ Hillsdale W 11-3vs. Northwood (DH) L 3-15, L 2-12

Softballvs. Bethany (Kan.) (DH) W 9-4, W 8-0vs. Kansas Wesleyan (DH) W 8-4, W 4-1vs. Oklahoma City (DH) L 9-10, L 4-5

Women’s Tennis@ Central Oklahoma L 3-6@ Arkansas Tech L 4-5 Men’s Golf@ Fort Smith (Ark.) 606 (3rd-of-8)

Women’s Golf@ Fort Smith (Ark.) 694 (4th-of-5)

MEN’S BASKETBALLvs. Oklahoma City

Saturday, February 263 p.m.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALLvs. Oklahoma City

Saturday, February 261 p.m.

Results and scores at sports.snu.edu

Sports Information

Storm knock off No. 19 York

MOORE, Okla. — Jake Bidelman and Jake Mitch-eltree (1-1) combined to allow just two runs while scattering nine hits. Mitcheltree picked up his first win of the year after he threw the final 6.2 innings of the game as he did not allow a run and gave up just three hits down the stretch. Bidel-man struck out six and gave up just two hits and no runs heading into the top of the fifth. York struck first with three straight, one-out singles to take a 2-0 lead. The Storm answered in the seventh on a Panthers’ error and a Ryan Williams single to tie it at 2-2. SNU then took the game in the first two at bats of the bottom of the 11th. Glenn led off with a single to right and then scored on Tunnel’s single to left score the first victory of the year. Austin Samulowitz went 2-for-3 with a walk and pair of singles in

the win. It was all SNU in the nightcap as SNU scored early and often. SNU scored one in the first be-fore Derek Glenn singled home Chase Glaum to make it 2-2 in the second. The Storm added two

more in the third on a Hillsdale error and a Derek Johnson sacri-fice fly to right before Ryon Butts put SNU up 5-2 in the fourth with a single to right that scored Tun-nell. Another error made it 6-2 in the fifth before the Storm broke the game open with a five-run sixth. Derek Johnson drove home the

first run of the inning before John Basnight cleared the bases with a bomb to right field to put SNU up 10-3. Samulowitz scored the final run of the inning on a Glenn sin-gle to right-center as SNU took an 11-3 lead.

Chris Eastham (1-0) went the distance throwing the complete seven-inning game. He allowed three runs on five hits and struck out seven. The Storm now get set to host Northwood (Texas), Tuesday, for a 1 p.m. doubleheader after the two teams combined for 33 runs, Thursday.

BASEBALL@ Lubbock Christian (DH)

Friday, February 253 p.m.

Saturday, February 261 p.m.

vs. Briar Cliff (Iowa)Wednesday, March 2

1 p.m.

SOFTBALL@ Northwood (Texas)

Friday, February 251 p.m.

@ Briar Cliff (Iowa)Saturday, February 26

1 p.m.

WOMEN’S TENNISvs. Arkansas Tech @ OKC

Tennis CenterSaturday, February 19

Photo by Sara Eguren

Favorite Quote/Verse2 Timothy 2:5-7

LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its fir LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its first meet of the year.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its fir LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its first meet of the year.

BASEBALLJake Bidelman

Celina, TexasSophomore

NicknameJ2S

Most Prized PossessionMy baseball glove

A Non-Athletic Talent I PossessCooking

Pet PeeveOklahoma Drivers

As A Child, I Dreamed to BeNolan Ryan

If I Could Have Any Superpower It’d BeTime travel

Interests & HobbiesHunting and fishing

Biggest FearLosing

What Motivates MeWinning

If I Could Be A Type of Food, I’d BeSteak

One Word That Describes My CoachPersistent

Do you want fireworks? Do you want high fliers? Do you want some of the most intense and physical basketball you’ve seen all year? Then make you’re way over to Oklahoma City University March 3rd through 5th for the Sooner Athletic Confer-ence Tournament, where the top eight teams in the SAC will be jockeying for the conference title. Last season during the SAC tournament it was the year of the upset. Both Rogers State and John Brown knocked out SNU and OBU in the first two rounds, both teams later went one to play in the champion-ship game. But this year, there is some bad blood that will look to possibly be settled in the tourna-ment. SNU comes into this week currently ranked 13th in the nation and second in conference standings. Though this season hasn’t been all ups for the Crimson Storm, who came into the season as the number two-ranked team in the nation, SNU is still one of the top teams who have so much to prove. SNU has one of the deep-est benches in all of the SAC with standout Jon West coming off the bench for SNU this season and having a huge impact every time

he steps onto the court. SNU has a big number of players who have experience in playing in this high-octane tournament. “I think we have the best shot to win the championship this season

because we are the experienced team in number of years played in the tournament, since we have a lot of juniors and seniors who have played in the SAC tourna-ment before, and hungry to win the title,” said Senior guard Kyle Boen. And there is nothing more that SNU would want to do in this tour-nament than to get another shot at OBU after their last matchup just

Men’s Sooner Athletic Conference tournament previewFoster Biggers, staff reporter

Sports Information

Best MemoryPitching at the ballpark in Arlington

FORT SMITH, Ark. — SNU men took third, women took fourth while placing one in the three on either side at the Lions Clas-sic. After running out ahead of the field on day one, No. 10 Southern Nazarene shot just

Three Words that Best Describe MeTall, loud, relaxed

four strokes worse with a 305, but watched No. 1 Oklahoma City and Newman (Kan.) shoot identical 288s to finish first and second at the Lions Classic at the Hardscrabble Country Club.

Closing fast

Photo by Sara Eguren

a couple of weeks ago when things got a little heated on the court. OBU comes in currently ranked ninth overall in the nation and sit at the top of the standings in the SAC. OBU is trying to bounce

back from an early exit in the tournament last year, and prove to the SAC they are still the team to beat. Though OBU might be on top of the standings cur-rently, Boen thinks another team could take the cake this year. “Lubbock Christian, they have beaten us (SNU), OBU, and Northwestern. They beat Northwestern and us on the road, and then beat OBU pretty handily at home this season. So they are a team looking to prove some-thing to the conference,” Boen said. Lubbock Christian and Northwestern Oklahoma State are two teams who look to give SNU and OBU a run for their money in the up coming tournament.

Lubbock has flown under the ra-dar this whole season, but like Boen said, they have the ability to beat the best team on any given night. Northwestern is looking to stay under the radar because that is exactly where they love to be. This whole season the Rangers have snuck up on teams and have deliv-ered loses to the top teams in the conference. The tournament is still a couple of weeks away, so teams still have time to prepare and try to place themselves in good seeding posi-tion going into the tournament. SNU and OBU would be the dream match up in the champion-ship game. but just like last year, don’t think that the underdog isn’t going to try and come fight its way into the title game. But we will all just have to find out on March 5th.

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8 SPORTS TheEcho

SOFTBALLJordan Jones

North Richland Hills, TexasFreshman

NicknameJJ, Baby J

Most Prized PossessionCar or phone

A Non-Athletic Talent I PossessQuoting Disney Movie

Pet PeeveGetting your clean socks wet after you’ve taken a shower

Three Words that Best Describe MeGoofy, tall, awkward

As A Child, I Dreamed to BeAn architect

Favorite Quote/Verse“Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go”

Interests & HobbiesI love to swim and be outside

Biggest FearDrowning

LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its fir LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its first meet of the year. St LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its first meet of the year.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its fir LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its first meet of the year. St LUBBOCK, Texas — Jackie Stevens kicked off her 2011 indoor track season in fashion as she captured first place with a 12.61-meter throw in the shot put as Southern Nazarene traveled to Texas Tech for its first meet of the year.

What Motivates MeWanting to be better

If I Could Be A Type of Food, I’d BeA fruit, preferbaly watermelon

One Word That Describes My CoachPassionate

Women’s Sooner Athletic Conference tournament preview

Sports InformationBest MemoryTubing with friends on the lake

If I Could Have Any Superpower, It’d BeDuh, to fly

The Sooner Athletic Confer-ence Tournament is right around the corner for SNU and the rest of the top teams in the conference. Only the top eight teams from the conference are invited to play, which always make for some of the best games of the year. Upsets, buzzer beaters, fast pace, hard knock basketball as teams are trying to win a conference title and trying to gain an advantage going into the national tournament. Southern Naza-rene is one of the top teams headed into the tourna-ment this season, but they aren’t the only ones coming into the tourna-ment hot and at the top of the standings. They are winners of four in a row and are currently ranked 23rd in the nation and third in the conference. SNU has one of the best benches in the whole conference. Whether it be Skim-bo, Mantooth, Durr, or Milster; anyone who comes off the bench for SNU could start at any other school in the conference. And it doesn’t help that SNU has junior, Abbey Marra, averaging a double–double every game. “Us (SNU), OCU, and Lubbock

will probably be the top 3 seeds. But in our conference, any given day someone could surprise an-other team,” said junior forward, Audra Skimbo, when asked who would be the top teams in the up-coming conference tournament.Oklahoma City University comes into the SAC tournament as the

defending tournament champs, ranked first over all in conference, and second overall in the nation. The Stars are easily one of the most dominant teams in the coun-try. These girls play some of the most physical basketball that any team can handle across the coun-try. Their transition game and stel-lar speed both on offense and de-fense could dominate some of the average guys teams in the NAIA. Lubbock Christian is one of the best teams in the nation as well. They are currently ranked second

in the SAC and 19th in the nation. It was just a few short weeks ago that the Lady Chaps torched SNU with their deadly beyond-the-arch shooting. Their depth coming off the bench is another threat that Lubbock brings to the table. They were able to substitute multiple players off the bench that had as

much as an effect scor-ing and play-ing defense than some of the starters did. Look for Lubbock to go far in the tournament. Don’t just look for the top teams to advance in the tourna-ment, even the average

teams in the conference can com-pete and upset teams on any given night. “There is never an easy game in the SAC, but some teams I would say to look out for are Rogers State and John Brown. Both teams have either shocked Lubbock or OCU,” Skimbo said. So when you make your way over to OCU on March 3rd through 5th, watch the tourna-ment, be ready for some upsets, and some of the best basketball you’ll see all year.

Foster Bigger, staff reporter

Photo by Sara Eguren

BETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene opened its women’s tennis season this last week dropping a pair of matches to NCAA Division II members Cen-tral Oklahoma, 6-3, Tuesday and Arkansas Tech, 4-5, Saturday. The Crimson Storm went near-

ly match for match in singles play against UCO as Olga Kozhevniko-va, Deisi Bolivar and Viktoriya Lukinova all scored wins in singles play. Kozhevnikova defeated Eli Abramovic, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1 while Bolivar knocked off Lacy Caldwell, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 3 and Lukinova

won 6-4, 6-1 over Anna Kochi-gina at No. 5. Marina Shipilova went the full three sets with Julia Shviadok at No. 2 falling 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4). Antonela Rossini swept Stef-fie Plaza at No. 4, 6-4, 6-1, while Rose Cabato did the same to Hil-ary Galbraith at No. 6, 6-3, 7-5.

Storm open tennis season

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Retreat

Community Work Day

Spiritual Life Retreat

Symphonic Band (Herrick) 5:30

p.m.

02/25: Rockin’ for a Reason: Battle of the Bands (The Pulse of OKC) 7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

02/25: Art With a Heart (Oklahoma History Center) 7:00 p.m.

02/26: Winter Jam 2011 (Oklahoma City Arena) All day

02/28: Free Admission Monday Oklahoma City Zoo 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Local Events

SNU Events

PK Retreat

Proposals Due - Research

Symposium

For the past several years, Southern Naza-rene University has had the privilege of hav-ing Professor Whitney Porch teach in the art department. While Porch has taught different courses throughout the year, her classes this spring include Graphic Design, 2D Fundamentals, Digital Imaging, Pro-fessional Practice, and Serigraphy (silk-screening). Already in 2011, Pro-fessor Porch has won three ADDY awards for the Oklahoma City University School of Law Alumni Magazine. According to their website, the ADDY awards are the adver-tising industry’s largest and most representa-tive competition, at-tracting over 50,000 entries every year in local competitions. Their mission is to recognize and reward creative excellence in the art of advertising. The local ADDY awards are the first of a three-tier national competition. Selection of the most creative entry in each category is af-fected by a scoring process in which a panel of judges evaluates all creative dimensions of

every entry. In each category, Gold, Silver, and Bronze awards are assigned based on the level of creative excellence. The awards categories the magazine was chosen for were the Best Magazine, Best Cov-er, and Best Magazine Spread. Near the end of

February, Professor Porch will find out which level of award she received for each cat-

egory at the Awards Gala. The ADDY award compe-

tition supports the whole advertising industry as the

American Advertising Fed-eration (AAF) uses the entry proceeds to enhance adver-tising through programs like public service, internships, advocacy groups, advertising

education and consumer awareness. Beyond the honor of being selected for

the awards in the first place, it is an incredible

feat of Professor Porch to have been nominated

for three. Held in high esteem as a part of Southern Nazarene University, she has greatly benefitted the educational experience of many students and helped them develop skills that will give them an advantage in their career field once they graduate.

SNU design professor receives ADDY awards Kira Roberts, staff reporter

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It’s finally here! It’s the weekend of the Spiritual Life Retreat, and SNU wants you there. The SNU buses will leave for Regency Church of the Nazarene at 4 p.m. today (Friday) and have you back by 2 p.m. on Saturday. Join the fun, get away from campus, and enjoy spending time relaxing and de-stressing with friends. Also, if you haven’t yet, now is a great time to start thinking about preparing a film for the Flicks Film Festival. The festival is to be held April 16, but film submissions are due March 25. If you’re an artist but film isn’t your medium of choice, consider submitting your original art or photography to the pre-show art exhibit (those submissions are due April 2). Speaking of the arts, make sure you head over to Herrick auditorium Wednesday to hear the symphonic band play a concert at 5:30 p.m. Whatever else you choose to do this week, get involved at SNU!

Get involved @ SNU

There are a lot of ways to get involved at SNU of which many people are not aware. One group that involves active ministry is the Messengers. Performing outreach through acts of service, the group has a strong vision for furthering the kingdom of God. Organizer Tim Rice describes the organi-zation by saying, “What the Messengers do is dedicate a few weekends of each semester to helping churches in the SNU district. What we normally do is leave SNU early on a Saturday to do a project with the youth of a church we are visiting. In the past this has been everything

Campus Messengers group reaches churches, communities through service

Samuel Duce, staff reporter from cleaning a campground to repairing part of the church building. Afterwards we have a service for the youth in the evening. On Sun-day we give the staff of the church a break by teaching Sunday school, leading worship and preaching the main sermon.” The group engages in the events described regularly, their last meeting a visit to Penn Av-enue Church of the Nazarene. According to Rice, they “are also planning a camping trip when the weather gets better, along with visits to other churches.” The group is simple to join and is always welcoming of new members. Rice explains, “To join one only has to show

up to the meetings every Thursday night at 7:00 in the choir practice room in the Fine Arts building.” If one is feeling a call to a ministry of some sort and has no feasible outlet for expressing this interest, or is simply wanting to do acts of service for the Christian community, the Mes-sengers offers a positive experience. Rice says his favorite part is, “knowing that I’m making a difference in the life of a church and showing high school students who many times don’t get very positive images of colleges that there are colleges dedicated to doing what is right.” Students in search of fellowship and a spiritually fulfilling ministry need only to join.

Following the adventures of an SNU student studying abroad in Quito, Ecuador, South for the Spring features selections from the blog with the same name. South for the Spring is written by and printed with permis-

sion from Marlene Smith, a sophomore Spanish-English translation ma-jor currently enrolled in the NILI program. Read more about Marlene’s Ecuadorian experiences at http://southforthespring.wordpress.com

On Sunday, all of the NILIs went to Carcelén Church of

the Nazarene. Afterwards, we loaded up the Sprinter and

started our trip east. We were going to Shell, or at least

that’s where we stayed and commuted to our different

activities. It’s about a five hour trip.

One of the most impressive sights we saw was Tungu-

rahua – an active volcano. (It last erupted in 2002!) Lucy

Shell – Thursdayposted: February 19, 2011 at 9:53 am

South for

the Springalso bought several guavas for us to try, since we’d never

had them before. Guava is pretty good. It comes in a really

long pod that you break open. Inside are the seeds cov-

ered in a pulpy stuff – which is what you eat (not the seeds

though, just the pulp.)

We also stopped at a place where there were two wa-

terfalls next to each other. We took a cable car from one

side to the other. We arrived at the hostel where we’d be

staying. There were several cabins, and we split up into

groups for the rooms. From there, we went for a walk – to

the home of some missionaries living here in Shell. We had

pizza at their house and stayed and visited for a while.

That night, we were getting ready to go to bed. I think we

were all in bed, and the light by Astrid’s and my bunk bed

was on because she was reading. The rest of us were kind

of half asleep, when suddenly there was this huge crash of

thunder and the light went out.

Yep, it was pretty intense.