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Leon Neal, head women’s bas-ketball coach, was inducted into the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame Sept. 25.

Neal is the third Evangel in-ductee into the hall. David Stair, director of intercollegiate athlet-ics, and Steve Jenkins, head men’s basketball coach, have previously been inducted.

Stair said that he was one of the people that pushed Neal’s induc-tion. “I don’t think there’s any-body in Springfield that deserves it more than he does. On top of everything he does athletically, as a player and as a coach, he’s been so involved in the Springfield area for so long. He’s a person that needed to be nominated for something like this.”

The women’s basketball team was there to see Neal receive

the award. “It’s very humbling,” said Jessica Lessman, guard and freshman. “It makes me want to give him all that I can as a player. I’m so honored to have him as a coach.”

Robert Spence, president, was also there to watch the ceremony. “I was extremely proud of Coach Neal because I know the criteria for this kind of induction, and we know he does a great job, but when his work and record come to the attention of the larger com-munity, that is significant,” said Spence. “It’s a real honor for the ladies who play on the team and have played on the team and for his dedicated service through the years. It’s a great honor for him, and a great honor for Evangel.”

Neal said he was very humbled to receive this kind of recognition. “There are a lot of people more deserving than I. The way I look at it, the credit should always go to the players more than anything because they’re the ones that do all the work. I’m honored and humbled by it. It’s a lot of people that this award is for. It’s not only for me; it’s also for the school and everybody that’s here at Evangel.”

BY MOLLY BUESKINGStaff Writer

Students and alumni will gath-er Thursday through Saturday to participate in what Evangel is call-ing The Original Social Network.

Homecoming is the annual op-portunity for friends, classmates and professors to reconnect. “There’s nothing like being with classmates and engaging them face to face,” Chuck Cox, direc-tor of alumni relations, said. “So-cial networks are great tools, but there’s nothing like face-time.”

Homecoming will return this year with some fresh changes for both current students and alumni while keeping with old traditions. One change made this year was to have Ron Harris, alumnus, speak in the Alumni Association’s cha-pel Thursday instead of doing an alumni panel like last year. Ron Harris and his wife Monique Har-ris are recipients of the Alumni Association President’s Award. Cox said the couple has a unique story and are great contributors to Evangel’s community activities and development.

Another change is the tailgate party location at the homecoming football game. Cox said the plans are to move the tailgate party into the stadium and add inflat-able games for children. “Alumni families who have young children will have the ability to linger in that area; parents will be able to watch their kids and have a view of the football playing field,” Cox said. “We feel this will be a great service to our alumni who have young families because the home-coming game is the most attended game of the year. It’s hard not only

for them to find seats, but it’s hard for them to connect with one an-other.”

Cox said the new events are good additions to older home-coming festivities. “We like to try to do things a little differently to expose our students in particular to the great alumni we are pro-ducing and the wonderful stories they have to share,” Cox said.

Gabfest will return as EUface-time in keeping with homecom-ing’s social network theme. A photo booth will be available at this event, and pictures will be posted on the alumni Facebook page.

EU’s Got Talent will also be re-turning the homecoming sched-ule. Other returning events in-clude a 5K run, athletic games between alumni and current stu-dents, and an alumni guest lecture series.

Current students will receive a schedule for Spirit Week in their campus mail boxes, and adver-tisements for each day’s dress-up theme will be displayed through

chapel announcements, posters and TV monitors located around campus. A complete schedule for homecoming events can also be found on Evangel’s website.

BY CHELSEA KOWALSKIStaff Writer

Chuck Cox hopes to improve ontraditions

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The Business Department re-ceived a great leap forward with the establishment of the Schmid-gall Endowed Chair for Busi-ness Excellence in the amount of $500,000. Bernie Dana, Business Department chairperson, said, “The endowed chair will eventu-ally give our department the abil-ity to invest in faculty and pro-gram development to achieve our vision for excellence” .”

An endowed chair is estab-lished for the purpose of recruit-ing and recognizing a distin-guished faculty member. The one established for the Business Department is an “administra-tive” chair that will normally be awarded to the department chair. The investment earnings from the endowment will go to the chair to be used for faculty and program development. Dana said that the donated $500,000 will be invest-ed, and the principal will be left untouched, but the gains on the investment will be utilized annu-ally in the Business Department.

If the $500,000 investment yields a four percent annual re-turn, the Business Department could potentially have $20,000 every year for faculty and pro-gram development. This is the same principal as Endowed schol-arships which are awarded in a similar fashion.

According to a statement re-leased by Evangel Publications, after five years, the investment earnings from the Schmidgall En-dowed Chair for Business Excel-lence will be used to recognize a distinguished leader and profes-sor in the Business Department. The endowment will provide funds to the endowed chair hold-er to support activities and pro-grams that enhance leadership, teaching, faculty development, scholarly pursuit and professional service.

Rebecca Rhoades, associate professor of accounting, said the endowment will “be a great boost for our faculty.” Rhoades men-tioned an opportunity of possibly attending a conference in St. Lou-

is in the near future. Dana said he is grateful to God. “We have been blessed so much this year. Thanks to the generosity of many of our alumni, we have expanded our capacity to better serve our students. We received nearly $100,000 worth of stock from one of our alumni for student scholar-ships when money was tight. God has blessed us more than I could have ever expected.”

Dana said the endowed chair is not being given in a single lump sum. It will be donated over the course of several years. However, the donor offered to also fund a portion of faculty and staff ’s training programs for the next five years until the endowed chair has been fully realized. Dana said the donor’s gift “is an extremely thoughtful way to express confi-dence in and to continually en-hance what we are doing in the Department of Business.”

Business department receives endowed chair

“ “ God has blessed us

more than I could have ever imagined- Bernie Dana

Neal is honored for his achievements in his basketball career, coaching

Top: Leon Neal shakes hands with David Stair, director of athletics.Bottom: Neal smiles with the women’s basketball team. This is his nineteenth season coaching the team at Evangel.

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Below: Performing in the first EU’s Got Talent, Aaron Crews, senior, plays the tympanies for the crowd during the finals round.

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I don’t think there’s anybody in Spring-field that deserves

it more than he does.

- David Stair

Above: Alicia Doran, senior, shows her pride for last year’s homecoming game by waving her foam finger.

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The ScoopEU County FairAB hosts the second annual EU County Fair today. The fair is from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Mabee Center.

Crosswalk OutreachCrosswalk will participate in The Pregnancy Care Center’s annual fundraiser 5k run/walk for life at Jordan Valley Park Saturday. Help is needed from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Contact Chelsea Brookbank for car pool information.

EU’s Got TalentStudents that are interested in competing in EU’s Got Talent need to turn in their registration forms today at noon in the Music Department. Round one will take place Monday in the Barnett Recital Hall, semifinals will take place Thursday in the chapel and the top five will compete in the chapel Friday. There are cash prizes for the top five finalists.

AIDS WalkThe Red Umbrella Walk will take place Saturday at Phelps Grove Park. Registration is at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m. Anyone who raises $25 will receive a free red umbrella.

The Politically Informed ChristianThe Politically Informed Christian conference will be held at Central Bible College’s chapel today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Students can pick from many seminars to attend. Registration is available online at CBC’s website.

EOA Arkansas HikeEvangel Outdoor Adventure is off-trail hiking Sunday at Hercules Glades Wilderness. Students going need to meet in front of Spence Hall at 12 p.m. and will return by 8 p.m. The cost is $15 and that includes gas and food.

France TripStudents who are interested in going to France in the summer of 2013 can contact Robert Turnbull in the Humanities Department.

Skating does a 180 for ministry

CROSSwalk recently started a new ministry, EU Skate Outreach, in hopes of reaching out into the Springfield skate scene.

EU Skate Outreach will be led by Brittni Sechrist, freshman. Sechrist has been skating for five years and was involved with a skate ministry that travelled throughout Pennsylvania and Ghana, Africa. “We want to work with the kids one on one and work on building relationships with them, which eventually leads to sharing the Gospel,” Sechrist said. She hopes that the

members of the group can be an example of what it means to be a Christian.

Chelsea Brookbank, junior and assistant director of outreach for CROSSwalk, explained why CROSSwalk is

doing this ministry. “The skater culture is one that’s usually not sought out,” Brookbank said. “So that makes them prime candidates as a group to love and minister towards.“

Anchor Skate Church, a Bible study, meets Wednesdays at 8 p.m. in the skate park. EU Skate Outreach has helped out twice with the Bible study and is working on setting up a regular schedule of going to the skate park. Sechrist said that in the future the ministry is looking to team up with other skate ministries throughout Missouri to reach different cities.

Meagan Ward, freshman, is a part of EU Skate Outreach and

helped create a skate ministry in her hometown of Lebanon, Mo. Ward, who does not skateboard, has a heart for sharing the Gospel with the skater culture. “The goal of this ministry isn’t to throw Jesus in the kids’ faces, but instead to love them and act in a way that shows them what Christianity is all about,” said Ward.

EU Skate Outreach is open to all Evangel students, whether they skateboard or not. Students involved in the ministry encourage everyone that has a heart for teenagers to get involved.

BY RYAN PATTYStaff Writer

Brittni Sechrist, freshman, shares her testimony to people at Anchor Skate Church Bible study.COURTESY OF JONATHAN JONES

Opportunity available to teach overseas

This semester, students with a heart for missions and a desire to experience another culture will have the opportunity to apply for a teaching position abroad.

With a requirement to teach 30 hours in a Georgian public school and three one-hour English lessons to their host family per week, students in return will receive free airfare, housing and food, as well as a monthly salary of $300.

The Republic of Georgia, located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, requires every child enrolled in the public school system to begin studying English in the first grade. As a result, the Georgian government continues to hire native English speakers to fill teaching positions throughout the country for either six months or a year, Ali Fontaine, Crosswalk and Intercultural Studies Global Connections Program assistant, said.

“The Assemblies of God has

created this opportunity for at least 100 students to come over and start teaching in August 2013,” Fontaine said.

During orientation, students will connect with their host family as well as churches in the surrounding area that will engage them in ongoing outreach and ministry opportunities.

Orrie Sielaff, Evangel alumnus, is currently teaching in The Republic of Georgia. “The experience has been amazing here in Georgia. The culture is much different than in the States and the people here are very

friendly. Anyone interested in teaching as a profession should

consider coming here,” Sielaff said.

Sandy Friesen, coordinator of Service Opportunities and Intercultural Studies, urges students to take advantage of this opportunity in order to develop cultural awareness in the current global society. “Cultural awareness will help them in every aspect of their life.”

For more information on teaching in The Republic of Georgia visit teachenglishingeorgia.org or contact Sandy Friesen.

BY ERIN-RAE DONALDSONStaff Writer

Taste of Springfield invites community to experience local restaurateurs, music

The Taste of Springfield welcomes everyone in Springfield to enjoy local restaurant food and live music. This event is an annual event that will take place tomorrow starting in Park Central Square in Downtown Springfield.

Sarah Hough, Springfield’s community events coordinator, is in charge of preparing for The Taste of Springfield. Hough said that this year, the Taste of Springfield features 30 restaurants that are locally owned. These restaurants will serve sample size portions of different menu options that will be available for the public to

taste. Tickets to sample the food are $10 and include 10 sampling tickets that each vendor will accept. All portion sizes are 4 ounces. “This is a great event for college students to come to,” Hough said.

Apart from the food being offered, the event also offers live music. “This year we’re having The Seed, Pearl, Hillbenders and Speak Easy perform, with a few others,” Hough said. All of the bands performing are native to Missouri. Hillbenders won the 2009 Telluride Bluegrass Band Competition.

Admission to the Taste of Springfield is free. The Taste of Springfield will be from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow. This is the sixth year for the event.

BY MICHAELA SMITHNews Editor

Event showcases local talent and food

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The goal of this ministry isn’t to

throw Jesus in the kids’ faces, but

instead to love them and act in a way that

shows them what Christianity is all

about- Meagan Ward

“ The experience has been amazing here in Georgia. The culture is much different than

in the States and the people here are

very friendly. Anyone interested in teaching

as a profession should consider

coming here.- Orrie Sielaff “

The Republic of Georgia is offering compensation for teaching English

Left: A women serves a hungry customer a freshly steamed tamale at the fifth annual Taste of Springfield event last year.Right: A young boy traded in tickets for cake from Maria’s Mexican Restaurant. The dulce de leche cake from Maria’s cost four tickets.

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Ministry Schedule

Oct. 6- Biscuit Jam Skate/BMX Competition in Bentonville, Ark.Oct. 10- Springfield Skate Park, 7 p.m.Oct. 17- Meeting in Joust, 9:30 p.m.Oct. 24 - Springfield Skate Park, 7 p.m.Oct. 30- Autumn Ramp Skate ramp and youth facility in Joplin, Mo.

CROSSwalk creates outreach ministry geared towards skaters

For more information search EU Skateboard Ministry on Facebook.

Five million sheets of paper pass through the campus every year and a new recycling initiative hopes to make sure less of those papers end up in the garbage.

Senate passed a resolution in April calling for the purchase of 20 recycling bins totaling $550 dollars, according to senate’s proposed resolution. Evangel’s Board of Administration approved the resolution and bins were purchased with money from the Special Projects Fund. The fund is available through student fees.

Senate will work with Duplicating Services to shred the paper and take it off campus. Andrew Breault, Duplicating Services coordinator, said that only five percent of 5 million papers make it back to Duplicating to be shredded — so it is likely that most of the remaining sheets are ending up in a landfill. He said that the new bins would lead to more paper being recycled. An industrial shredder was purchased for around $10,000 so that shredding can be done throughout the year.

After the paper is shredded, Breault said that with help from the Physical Plant, the paper is delivered to Nestle Purina Pet

Care Co. in Springfield. The plant makes the recycled paper into cat litter. Nestle Purina does not pay Evangel for the paper, nor does Evangel pay Nestle Purina to drop the paper off — Breault said it is an even trade.

Bins were first placed on campus a few weeks ago, Blake Petersen, Music Department senator and senior, said. Petersen was one of the resolution’s proposing senators, along with Amber Brantner, last year’s Walther Hall senator. The bins are located in the residence halls, academic departments, the two main computer labs in Trask and Zimmerman and the ESGA Lounge. The bins have not been placed in the computer labs yet, but Petersen said he will try to remedy that soon. Petersen said senate has yet to decide where to put the last bin.

Each department or residence hall is responsible to bring their full bins to Duplicating for shredding, however, Breault said Duplicating can pick up bins if a work study is unable to.

Lori Warning, administrative assistant to the Social Sciences Department, said the recycling program is a simple process. Paper is simply put in the bin and delivered to Duplicating as needed. Warning said her department has nearly two reams of recyclable paper every couple weeks. Breault said that he does not require paper to be separated between shredded and non-shredded because he shreds all of it. He said this will make the process easier.

Petersen said it is now the

standard for campuses to have recycling. He said that he has heard many students ask why there was no recycling on campus, so he thought this was an important issue for students. Petersen said he hopes this will lead to more recycling — like glass and plastic — on campus.

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Watching the first presidential debate, students gathered in the Social Sciences department Wednesday to take notes and critique what each presidential candidate had to say. There are two more presidential debates and one vice presidential candidate debate that will occur before the election on Nov. 6.

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This Week:

Here she is, Miss Evangel

BY RACHEL DELANEYCopy Editor

For the first time in Evangel history, one lovely lady will be crowned Miss Evangel. In addition to automatically competing at the Miss Missouri competition in June, Miss Evangel will also win $1,000 in scholarship money, Pam Richter and Susan Fiedler, co-directors of Miss Springfield, said.

The Miss Evangel pageant is directly affiliated with the Miss America Organization, the largest scholarship awarder for young women nationwide, awarding 30 million dollars a year at city, state and national pageants, Fiedler said.

Fiedler said the Miss Missouri pageant offers even more scholarships – over $30,000 a year. Richter said the Miss Missouri title alone can win $10,000 to $15,000. Contestants can also win scholarships if they win a preliminary round or win overall in a given category. Regardless of place, every Miss Missouri contestant walks away with $250, Richter said.

Sydney Friar, alumna, won Miss Springfield, Miss Branson and Miss Missouri during her time at Evangel. She said she was drawn to these competitions because of the scholarship opportunities. She gained $30,000 in scholarships during her five years of competing.

Contestants in the Miss Evangel competition, as well as Miss

Missouri and Miss America, receive scores in four categories: swimwear, evening wear, talent and interview. Interview and talent are the highest scoring categories, Richter said, because the Miss America Organization is looking for articulate and intelligent young women to be outstanding representatives.

These representatives are spokeswomen for charity organizations of their choice. Children’s Miracle Network is the Miss America Organization’s main platform, but title winners may also promote and fundraise for other volunteer groups, Richter said.

Friar said she also competed because she wanted outlets working in the community with “things bigger than myself.” As a title winner, Friar said she was automatically given an audience in the public eye to promote charity organizations. As Miss Missouri, Friar made 300 public appearances, more than any other Miss Missouri.

Miss Evangel must be a resident of Missouri for six months prior to October and a current Evangel student. There is no fee to participate in the pageant.

Miss Evangel will be Oct. 20 at Hammon’s Heart Institute. Interested contestants can visit missspringfield.org for more information. Applications are due Oct. 13. Anyone may contact Richter via the website to assist with the event.

Grass Buffalo hopes to enrich community

BY CHRISTINE TEMPLEEditor-in-Chief

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Blake Petersen, Music Department senator and senior, uses a recycling bins to set an example for the campus. Recycling bins are now available in dorm halls and academic buildings.

Tonight Evangel students and members of the community will visit galleries in Springfield for Art Walk, which takes place the first Friday of every month. One gallery in particular, The Grass Buffalo, not only focuses on art but also on enriching the community.

Christa Rea-Willard, co-owner, said, “The Grass Buffalo is a local co-op formed for local artists, designers and collectors to collaborate, work, create, sell, inspire and teach.” It features work from 60 artists from ages 7-90 years old.

Its main purpose to is to help artists advance, Rea-Willard said. The Grass Buffalo wants to help artists get noticed by displaying the work of both accomplished and beginning artists.

Stephanie Cushwa, co-owner, said she wants people to hangout, learn and inspire each other said. The Grass Buffalo offers a coffee bar, library and classes. Local musicians and writers provide entertainment on Friday and Saturdays. “We dreamed up our own environment,” Rea-Willard said.

“I was really impressed by the unusual aesthetic,” Abby

Michalowski, sophomore, said. “It’s a really good place [for people] looking for resources and trying to get their work shown.”

Weekly workshops are offered to teach the community. On Oct. 17, a crocheting class will be offered, and there will be a Halloween movie night Oct. 31. The Grass Buffalo also offers children’s weekend workshop and a teen group called Say What You Want began Oct. 1.

In the future, the owners plan to form internships for surrounding colleges. “People enjoy seeing the work of a young mind,” Rea-Willard said. They also plan to have sections of the gallery feature artwork from local schools, Rea-Willard said.

Rea-Willard said other art galleries charge artists to display their work or have waiting lists. At the Grass Buffalo, artists can sell their work through consignment or by renting a space. The smallest space available costs $30 with a 15 percent commission to the gallery. With consignment, a 25 percent commission is required. The artists are asked to volunteer at least five hours a week.

The Grass Buffalo is located on 320 W. Walnut Street and is open Monday through Saturday, hours vary by day.

BY HALLIE KILAVOSStaff Writer

Grass Buffalo is located underground in a building located downtown. The store offers more than a viewing experience.

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Wanting to help amateur artists, the Grass Buffalo opens its doors in downtown Springfield

Paper recycling now offered

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Senate resolution places 20 bins around campus

Petersen said he hopes this will lead to more recycling — like glass and plastic —

on campus.

Like most of the campus, we at The Lance were enthralled by the football win over

Benedictine, 54-44. In addition to the football

team’s victory, many other sports at Evangel have been performing with excellence. The tennis team qualified for nationals. Doubles Jenna Elliot and Amy Grossklag and Grossklag again for singles will compete in Alabama. Aus-tin Jacobs, senior cross country runner, took 12th out of 206 run-ners last meet. Also, Christian Bechard, senior golf player, took first at the most recent tourna-ment in Fulton, Mo. In addition, volleyball is 5-1 in conference.

More good news comes from senate: after several years of promising, the campus is getting substantial recycling. All 20 re-cycling bins purchased by senate will go out on campus within a

few weeks. Recycling is something everyone can get behind, and it is something that our campus and our community could greatly benefit from. As Christians, we are charged with stewardship over the Earth and this new initiative is helping us with that command.

Additionaly, we were pleased to see Javier Rodriguez, ESGA presi-dent, speak in chapel about being called by God to greatness. We are, however, saddened that this will be the last State of the Cam-pus address. Due to a decision from Spiritual Life, all chapels must now spiritually enrich stu-dents. So this would exclude all promotional chapels, like State of the Campus. It is understandable that many past addresses have been somewhat time consuming; we simply hope that future ESGA presidents will be given an oppor-tunity to address the student body

in an easy and effective forum like chapel. Rarely do students attend senate meetings, so this chapel platform was one of the main ways that students could stay con-nected with happenings in senate and meet their representatives.

The Lance recognizes that stu-dents are doing great things across this campus. We are excited to see what the rest of the semester has in store.

Just Sayin’

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CORRECTIONS: The September 28 article “Service trips cancelled, disc golf under review” contained a sub-head that misidentified the region of the two cancelled service trips. The Lance regrets this error. The Lance corrects all confirmed errors. Please contact Christine Temple, Editor-in-Chief, at 417.865.2815 ext. 8634 or email [email protected] to report a cor-rection. The Lance is committed to fair, accurate and objective journalism.

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Jessica Nunley is a junior studying journalism and photography.Athletics, recycling deserve praise;

new chapel policy needs review

You may have heard that over three-fourths of our interpersonal commu-

nication is nonverbal. This is made clear when that cute girl you asked on a rollerblading date pretends to have a limp, or when your boo keeps glancing down at his phone as you ramble on about your Hello Kitty collection from third grade. Words are simply not necessary.

But what about the type of com-munication that takes nonverbal to the extreme, the kind where the other person is not even in the same room as you?

See, my roommate and I have drastically different schedules. I’m taking 18 credits while I work for the Communication Department and as a photographer on the Excalibur yearbook staff. She’s a senior in her final semester and a running fanatic who also nannies every weekday till the late eve-ning. Needless to say, our paths do not cross very often.

We usually catch up later at night, but during the day, our sys-tem to keep track of each other requires some intense detective work. Amidst the crop circles of old worksheets and musty socks, I look for clues in our room to de-termine her whereabouts.

The room is locked; maybe she left to nanny already. Nope, her car keys are in the room. But her running shoes are gone, so she could be at the gym. Ah, but her prox and jacket are lying on the bed, so perhaps she just ran up-stairs for some ice.

At that point, I typically hide in my closet and scare her pants

off as she walks through the door. Then clean up all the ice.

This ancient method of track-ing and observation works per-fectly on most days. That is, until room checks role around. Twice per month, when the room is scrubbed and spotless, I com-pletely lose touch with my room-mate. For at least 24 hours, I am unnervingly in the dark as to her physical location, personal safety, mental health, spiritual wellbeing, moral reserve and educational competence. The room is just too clean. Fortunately things shift back to normal before my cool is fully lost. The clutter aliens begin their spiraled handiwork once more and the nonverbal commu-nication flows like caf soft serve ice cream at dinner.

You’re wondering why I don’t just text her? Yeah, as if.

The headline of a newspaper story has historically indicated the contents of the news contained within. A well written headline can either draw in readers or re-pel them – or, in the case of two recent Lance headlines, confuse them entirely.

The September 14 edition of The Lance had a banner headline that read “U.S. Senator comes to campus for Constitution Day events”; however, any student who expected either Roy Blunt or Claire McCaskill to appear must have wondered at the planned vis-it of Missouri State Senator Bob Dixon; this was a case of sloppy reporting and even worse editing.

Again on September 28 a ban-ner headline read in part “Service trips cancelled” without noting that this affected only two trips, as twenty-eight trips are still planned

and ongoing; this headline in ef-fect proclaimed that all service trips had been cancelled – no doubt causing a certain amount of concern for the many students planning to take a service or mis-sions trip next spring or summer.

As a student of newspaper his-tory, I can assure you that these are not the worst examples of poor headlines that I have encountered (such as “Dewey Defeats Tru-man”), but they are certainly not up to the high standards set in the past by the editors of The Lance. I would urge that the advisor and editors of our campus newspaper redouble their efforts to improve this broadsheet – and to not al-low it to become a laughingstock in the community because of silly errors.

-Timothy Trower, freshman

Tracker Jackers

“Playing Minecraft inside with friends.”

Andrew Klepel, junior

“I like pumpkin carving.”

Brittany Bowman, sophomore

“My birthday and the leaves changing color.”

Kara Walla, freshman

“The temperature is bear-able.”

Benjamin Gutowski, sophomore

“Do they even have a fall here?”

Benjamin Holtzman, sophomore

“Corn Maizes and pump-kin farms.”

Katy Miller, sophomore

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Sarah Morris, freshman, is competing in the 2012 World Ka-rate/Kickboxing Council World Championships in Montreal in four divisions.

This week Morris has advanced to the finals in two categories in weapons and Kata, that will take place Saturday. Morris has been to this competition once before, but she never dreamed of competing

on this level. She said, “It’s really a work of God that I have been able to get here; it’s really overwhelm-ing.”

Morris started learning martial arts after her brother got involved. That was three and a half years ago. Morris said, “I have a very determined and slightly stubborn spirit and personality, so I like the fact that to be a fighter, or martial artist, you have to keep going and keep pursuing your goals regard-less of how much it hurts.” She

said that she puts in at least an hour of training a day or more.

Greg Morris, Sarah’s father and professor of music at Evangel, said, “She has always put her spir-itual life and academics ahead of martial arts. She is exceptionally disciplined in her time manage-ment.”

Morris said that her favorite thing about martial arts is the people. She said that martial arts have given her the opportunity to

meet people she would not other-wise meet.

When in smaller competitions, Morris said she has a feeling of confidence and “an attitude of fun about it.” She said she expects to go out and enjoy the competition. Morris said that larger competi-tions, however, are slightly over-whelming because there are so many highly-qualified competi-tors. She said it is a nerve-wrack-ing but exciting opportunity.

Greg Morris said that he whole-heartedly supports Sarah in her involvement in martial arts. “I’m a strong believer in the value of athletic competition in teaching certain life lessons, and martial arts has been great for all of us.”

The WKC World Champion-ships started Tuesday and ends Sunday.

Expectations for “Hotel Tran-sylvania” were pretty much mid-dle-of-the-road in every sense. With a voice team including Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and Selena Gomez, and with writ-ers like Robert Smigel, the film certainly had potential. However, early viewings produced less-than-thrilled reactions from crit-ics and audiences alike.

In fact, middle-ground antici-pation wound up being just about right. Those expecting a charm-ing but ordinary children’s flick will be satisfied, but those looking for something a bit edgier, such as the works of Tim Burton, will be disappointed.

Some of the film’s moments are truly charming as Sandler, Sam-berg and Gomez’s animated alter egos have chemistry to spare. The smaller, character driven mo-ments are where the movie really takes off. There are no surprises on their emotional journey, but it’s difficult to resist rooting for them nonetheless.

However, the movie stumbles significantly in its delivery. It is impossible to watch the film with-out being reminded of the scores of Halloween-themed cartoons that have come before. Some situ-ations and characters seem to be lifted directly from “The Night-mare Before Christmas,” “Mon-sters Inc.,” “Corpse Bride” or the hoards of similar movies that have been released over the years.

“Hotel Transylvania” is es-sentially a sweet little movie and will certainly appeal to children. However, there is very little to please adults, especially those who have seen this genre of film before. Rather like Frankenstein himself, this film is merely an assortment of the half-living, re-animated parts of things that have come and gone before it.

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Springfield hosts a variety of worldly flavors, including a large assortment of oriental restau-rants. One such restaurant, Thai Peppers, has a long history of serving traditional Thai dishes and a fusion of other American-oriental meals to the Springfield area.

The Thai Spring Rolls, $4.95, had a rather strong mustard taste that overpowered the rest of the roll. Not that the mustard is com-pletely at fault. The other ingredi-

ents were rather tasteless and did not balance with the mustard very well. Also, the spring rolls were so sticky that they never wanted to leave my fingers. Eating them quickly used up most of my nap-kins.

The Garlic Chicken, $8.95, was a spicy take on a Thai staple. The

chicken was well-seasoned and left an aftertaste that begged for more. Unfortunately, it was a little cold. The chicken rested in a large bed of vegetables. Having been in Thailand for an extended period of time myself, this was a little un-expected. In the traditional Thai dish, much more focus would have been on the chicken. Overall it was rather disappointing.

One of the most encouraging facets of my visit was the boun-tiful portions that were served. Coupled with really friendly and attentive service, it helped create a rather pleasant visit. If you are

looking for food that satisfies the Thai craving you have, Thai Pep-pers might be an option for you. I might suggest, however, putting your feelers out a little further and finding a higher quality venue for such a visit.

Restaurant Review

Thai Peppers: Big portions, low prices, good service BY BRANDON CADWELL

Contributing WriterWHERE: 1411 Sunshine Street HOURS: Monday-Friday 11 A.M.- 9:30 P.M.Closed SaturdaySunday 5:30 P.M.-9:30 P.M.COST: $9-$15

Movie Review

Less than impressive monster mash-up

BY ANDY HENDERSONSocial Media Editor

COLUMBIA PICTURES

WHERE: Hollywood SHOWTIMES: 2D: 6:30 P.M.3D: 4:25 P.M., 9:05 P.M.

BY SEAN WHITEFeature Editor

The Barnett Fine Arts Center will display the work of Linda Hoover, University of Missouri alumna, Oct. 5-31 in the Barnett Art Gallery.

Approximately 20 paintings will be shown, including sev-eral that were inspired during Hoover’s recent mission trips to China and Russia with her hus-band. Hoover’s painting, “Snow-pocalypse” just earned a People’s Choice Award in the Cole Camp Fair. “We chose to exhibit Linda’s work based on the quality of the work” Stan Maples, professor of

art, said. Many of Hoover’s paint-ings will be for sale during the exhibit.

Nearly 30 years ago, Hoover participated in a Bible study that included reading the book of Proverbs every month for a year. The woman in Proverbs 31 appealed to her. “Being a Bible-reading Christian,” Hoover said, “I was familiar with the Lord’s story about the talents and knew that we should use ours.” She had five children living at home at the time and knew that she wanted to be able to stay at home with them. She felt that if she could somehow market her paintings, she would be able to exercise her passion

while staying home to be with her kids. As Hoover found out, the market was there.

This year Hoover had an op-portunity to do caricatures for two high school graduation

lock-ins and the Missouri state fair. Recently, she spent the day at Sedalia’s Queen of the Prairies Festival doing caricatures.

After earning her master’s de-gree, Hoover was hired to teach art in her local school just four miles from her house. “As it turns out, the school lets me paint on the walls anytime I want, and I’ve done murals inside and outside both our high school and elemen-tary school,” Hoover said.

Maples said Hoover’s work will be “a learning tool for our art majors and the EU community.” Hoover hopes that her artwork will touch viewers. Based on a similar concept from C.S. Lewis’ “Good Work and Good Works,” Hoover believes that Christians should do whatever they do with excellence. She wants to remind young and aspiring artists to al-ways seek direction from the Lord first, and once he has shown them what to do, they should do it with all of their hearts.

Award-winning artist displays work

BY ELLIOTT SCOTTContributing Writer

Freshman fights to the top

Linda Hoover uses experience to create pieces and inspire students

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- Sarah Morris

WHEN: Oct. 5-31WHERE: Barnett Art Gallery

Below Left: “Georgia Sunlight” The gallery opening today will be open to the public.

Below Right: New American Graf-fiti on Mo. State Fairgrounds. Hoover also did caricatures at the Missouri state fair.

As it turns out, the school lets me paint on the walls anytime I want, and I’ve done

murals inside and outside both our high

school and elementary school.

-Linda Hoover

I’m a strong believer in the value of athletic competition in teaching certain life lessons, and

martial arts has been great for all of us.

- Greg Morris

Above: Hoover’s piece “Snowpocalypse” which won Peoples Choice Award.

Javier Rodriguez, ESGA presi-dent and junior, addressed the campus in chapel Tuesday dur-ing the last scheduled State of the Campus chapel. Instead of introducing ESGA members and activities, Rodriguez preached a sermon. This approach to the State of the Campus chapel is a new modification to how chapels are going to be conducted from now on.

At the beginning of the school year, the Spiritual Life team met with John Plake, campus pastor and director of Spiritual Life, and other administration members to

discuss how chapels are conduct-ed. The team and administration agreed that all chapels must be centralized towards the spiritual edification of Evangel’s students.

This chapel was the last official State of the Campus chapel, and

ESGA is considering different ways to inform the campus on events or proceedings that affect the student body. A few ideas in-clude podcasts or separate speak-ing events.

Rodriguez stuck with this se-

mester’s theme for chapel with his sermon called “Faithfully An-swering the Call.”

He made a three-point presen-tation based off of Samuel from the Bible. Rodriguez related each point to events recorded in 1

Samuel: God calls us, God calls us to achieve greatness and we may not always understand the call. The chapel’s call to action was submitting to God’s direction, just as Samuel did.

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Javier Rodreguez, ESGA president and junior, spoke to the student body Tuesday and delivered the last official State of the Campus address. STEVEN McALLISTER | THE LANCE

ESGA president preaches on callingFinalState of the Campus address focuses on answering God’s call

BY CAYEN HOINGStaff Writer

This chapel was the last official State of the Campus chapel, and ESGA is consid-

ering different ways to inform the campus on events or proceedings that affect the student

body.

GRAPHIC BY JORDAN SJOSTROM , PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE TEMPLE AND SEAN WHITE | THE LANCE

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Volleyball takes on Baker

First tennis All-American since 1981

Golf team places third in fall invitational

Fans gathered on Sept. 25 in the Ashcro� Center to watch the volleyball team defeat Baker 3-1. Baker has not lost a conference tournament since 2010 until the Crusaders stopped them in their tracks.

� e team lost the � rst set to Baker 25-17. A� er that set, the Crusaders came back together and dominated the next three sets. “We had to step up on de-

fense a� er the � rst set,” Brittany Eppright, right side and senior, said. � e defense stepped up and allowed Kaley Lyons, middle blocker and senior, to lead the team with 20 kills.

� e Crusaders had a rival match Sept. 27 at the College of the Ozarks. “What makes the transaction so di� cult is forget-ting about a great win and refo-cusing on preparation for the next match, which is one day apart,” Shana Ramsey, middle blocker/right side and senior, said.

� e volleyball team played at the College of the Ozarks Sept. 27, defeating the team 3-1. “C of O was a rougher game than Baker. � ey picked on weaknesses and played much faster than Baker so we had to adjust,” Eppright said. � e girls learned and strength-ened through this match up and will take it to the MidAmerica match.

“College of the Ozarks plays a game similar to MidAmerica;

this was a good match up to help prepare for MidAmerica,” Denae Johnson, right side and sopho-more, said. “MidAmerica is quick and we will have to keep up com-munication and execute to come out with a win,” Johnson said.

� e Crusaders played MidAm-erica Nazarene University on Tuesday at the Ashcro� Center.

� ey went into the conference match 16- 8 in their season and 5-0 in the HAAC. � e team’s next home game is Oct. 16 against Peru State College.

Amy Grossklag, sophomore, is a student athlete on campus who is doing exceptionally well in both categories. Grossklag is a social work major with a concentration in biblical studies. Grossklag is probably most known for her work on the tennis court. Last year she was named an honorable mention NAIA All-American. Grossklag is Evangel’s � rst ever NAIA All-American selection in women’s tennis and the � rst Evan-gel women’s tennis player to win national honors since 1981.

In just her second season with the team, she is raising the abili-ties and expectations for every-one. Debbie De Almeida, head coach, said Grossklag is “the strongest recruit that we have ever received at Evangel.” De Al-meida said Grossklag has raised the team’s work ethic and desire to win. � is is no surprise from someone that was recruited by the likes of UCLA during high school. Her doubles partner and teammate Jenna Elliott, freshman,

said, “I don’t want to let her down because she is someone that you look up to on the courts.”

Grossklag said she loves play-ing for the Evangel tennis team and wouldn’t have it any other way. She chose to come to a small Christian university because of what it o� ers o� the courts. While nearing the end of her high school career, she knew that she loved tennis and owed it to herself to play in college, maybe not at a division one level, but at least in a smaller setting where she could just enjoy the game.

Behind the racket, Grossklag is excelling in her school work. Her favorite professor William Gri� n, professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, said that she is an excel-lent student. He said she is friend-ly and diligent and that he would love to have her in more classes. De Almeida said that Grossklag is hilarious, an enormous cat lover and has an outstanding heart for the Lord. Grossklag said, “I am a huge cat person, and my cats Til-lie and Toby are my pride and joy.”

She will compete in Nationals in Ala. Oct. 11-14.

BY KELLY BUSHStaff Writer

Grossklag performs with excellence on the court and in the classroomBY BRANDON CADWELL

Staff Writer

Cross countrychallenged at meet

BY RACHEL DELANEYCopy Editor

Saturday’s meet brought some discouragement to both cross country teams. Jessica Bear, women’s co-captain and junior, said most of the runners were dis-pleased with their performances. Austin Jacobs, men’s captain and senior, said the course was the most di� cult one they would face this season. � e course “served as a wake-up call for us,” Jacobs said. “We have our work cut out for us.”

However, some good did come out of the meet. Lynn Bowen, head coach, said Jacobs broke his personal record at last year’s Cow-boy Jamboree by about 40 sec-onds, placing 12 out of 206 run-ners. Although Jacobs feels good about being 12th, he is unsatis� ed knowing that eleven competitors beat him. “I knew from the time the gun went o� that they [other competitors] were going to go to the front, that they were going to lead the race, that I had to be able to go with them.”

Jacobs said, “Everything you put in [to cross country], you will get out.” Cross country is one of the most objective sports for that reason. It is also a cumulative sport. “If you didn’t start over the summer putting in miles, doing work, then it’s not going to pay o� ,” Jacobs said. “But, that having been said, there are some things that we can work on in the middle of the season.” Bear said practices will provide more challenge, spe-ci� cally by increasing mileage.

Uncertain of her time, though possibly faster, Bear is still not where she wants to be. One month a� er her surgery though, Bear said, “I feel � nally back to normal.”

� e next meet, Bowen said, will be smaller with seven to nine teams competing rather than twenty or thirty. Bowen hopes each runner will continue im-proving, especially as both teams work towards conference in No-vember. Jacobs said tomorrow’s meet will be good for building con� dence and shattering per-sonal records because of its small-er attendance and faster course. “We can be really competitive at this one.”

Bear hopes runners beat as many conference competitors as possible, as well as return to their Joplin meet times.

� e Gary Stoner Invitational is tomorrow in Fayette, Mo. � e women will run at 10:30 a.m., and the men will run at 11:15 a.m.

STEVEN MCALLISTER | THE LANCE Amy Grossklag, sophomore, prepares to return a hit during practice.

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10/6Cross CountryGary Stoner Invitational Fayette, Mo.JV BaseballOrioles Scout Team Crusader Field11 a.m.FootballGraceland University Lamoni, Iowa2 p.m.

10/9VolleyballGraceland UniversityLamoni, Iowa5:00/6:00/7:00 p.m.

10/10Varsity BaseballLabette Community CollegeCrusader Field1 p.m.

10/11Women’s TennisITA National Small College ChampionshipsMobile, Ala.

BY BRANDON HOFFMANManging Editor

� e golf team � nished a strong season with a third place � nish at the William Woods Fall Invita-tional in Fulton, Mo.

Christian Bechard, senior, had an outstanding showing by win-ning the individual tournament. Steve Jenkins, head coach, said, “Christian [Bechard] is a very

talented golfer. We’ve been ex-pecting this for about three years now.“ Jenkins said Bechard bat-tled a previous All-American for � rst place at this tournament.

� e golf team managed to beat all HAAC competitors and pro-vided a good showing against two highly ranked schools, Wil-liam Woods, ranked eighth in the country, and St. Xavier in Chica-go. � e golf team shot their best

score of the season with a 302-300 � nish. Tim Wagaman, senior, said, “It was a good meet to end on. Going into the second day we were in fourth place behind Central Methodist University. We managed to beat Central Method-ist by 6 six strokes – pretty good achievement.”

Jenkins said, “Golf is a game of recovery because no one has a perfect round. � e goal is to be as

consistent as possible.” � e team will continue practic-

ing throughout October for the full season in the spring. Jenkins expressed a goal for the team to average below 300. Wagaman said, “We’ve come more together as a team and better understand our strengths or weaknesses. We’re more prepared for confer-ence.” � is is the last tournament for the fall.

Left: Chloe Hadley, freshman, serves the ball against Baker University.Above: The team watches as Mallory Sidwell, junior, volleys the ball.Below: Crusaders block against an incoming spike.

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Team halts Baker’s two-year conference tournament winning-streakFocus pays o�

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EU’s Got TalentBACK BY POPULAR DEMAND — Last year’s event, showcasing the talent of our students, was a huge Homecoming success. Like the popular NBC TVshow, the competition will be open to all types of talent—music, drama, comedy and more .

• SHOWCASE for Top Five: Friday, Oct. 12 (Preliminaries: Oct. 8; Semifinals: Oct. 11) • CASH PRIZES for Top Five: $500, $400, $300, $200 and $100 • ENTRY FORMS: Available in the Music Dept., Barnett Fine Arts Center • ENTRY DEADLINE: Noon on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, to the Music Dept.

Participation counts toward your “Spirit Week Competition!”

Football upsets BenedictineFirst time in 11 years since Crusaders defeat top-ranked team

BY JOCELYN COXStaff Writer

Records were broken as Evan-gel defeated Benedictine no. 6 in the NAIA, 54-44

� e Crusaders kept their mind-set the same as they do going into any game, and that mindset is to play to the best of their ability, Brenton Illum, head coach, said.

� e last four times that Evangel played Benedictine they lost. Last year when the Crusaders met up with Benedictine, they were de-feated 38-0.

� is year Evangel came out on top winning the game 54-44. “We all knew what the game meant to us, and we knew that we had to get the job done. I could see it in all our faces,” Jesse Vaughn, wide receiver and junior, said. “� e team’s energy was high, which helped the o� ense and defense feed o� each other,” Zach Reed, linebacker and junior, said.

Drew O’Cain, kicker and senior, broke records this game. With a 53-yard � eld goal in the last 14 seconds in the � rst half, O’Cain gave the Crusaders the lead of 26-

21. He also tied a school record for made � eld goals in a career – 32.

O’Cain said, “� e guys were very helpful because I am only a small part of the puzzle. Without one part of the team out there that kick wouldn’t have been possible.”

Evangel is now 3-2 and 2-1 in conference, while Benedictine had their � rst loss this season, making their record 4-1 overall and 2-1 in season.

� is is the � rst time in 11 years that Evangel has beaten such a top ranked team, and it has been � ve

years since Evangel has beaten a top 10-ranked team. “It was a big win for us but it proves that we can play anybody in our confer-ence as long as we play our game,” Reed said.

� e Boys and Girls Club bussed approximately 160 children to the game to cheer on the team. � e players loved having the children there, O’Cain said. “It was great having the kids there and a fun thing playing for them.”

Evangel will play Graceland University tomorrow in Lamoni, Iowa, at 2 p.m.

Boys and Girls Club cheers on Crusaders

� e Boys and Girls Club bussed approximately 160 children to the Evangel foot-ball game against Benedic-tine.

Volunteers from the stu-dent body came to eat, play and socialize with the chil-dren before the game. At kicko� , the children sitting with the volunteers cheered on the football team. � e children yelled and screamed for the men that they play basketball with on Mondays.

Drew O’Cain, kicker and senior, said, “It was great having the kids there, and a fun thing playing for them.”

During the game multiple children pointed out their favorite players and told stories about when the play-ers had come to play with the children at the Boys and Girls Club. � e presence that the children brought was a positive one.

“Seeing the smiles on kids’ faces made me happy, be-cause they felt like they were a part of the win that night,” Katelyn Tolle, junior and vol-unteer, said.

Jesse Vaughn, wide-receiver and junior, runs the ball down the field during the game Saturday. The Crusaders faced no. 6 ranked Benedictine. The final score was 54-44.STEVEN MCALLISTER | THE LANCE

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Above: Drew O’Cain, senior and kicker, kicks the ball to score a field goal. During this game, O’Cain tied the school record for made field goals, which is 32.Right: Kirsten Stricklin, junior, carries one of the many children from Boys and Girls Club Saturday. Many volunteers gave their time to hang out with the children during the football game. Approximately 160 chil-dren came to the game.

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