The Sounding Board | April 19, 2012

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Two students saved Lamp Post dorm from burning on Saturday, March 31. Lady Lancer Basketball teammates Danielle Boykin and Hayley Cashier worked as a team to put out the flames of a grease fire in the apartment down the hall from their own.

Both had prior training in putting out fires and used a nearby fire extinguisher to contain the fire until the Winona Lake Fire Department arrived. Only one student suffered minor burns and everyone else escaped unharmed.

Assistant Resident Director Lyndsay Hayes lives at Lamp Post and had just returned to the dorm after a spring retreat with Resident Assistant staff. Realizing that the alarm was not a drill, Hayes was on the scene to call 911 for help, as well as Resident Director Peter Wolff, who was on call that week-end.

“Peter, we have a legit fire in a Post apartment. Fire trucks are coming. Two of my girls are trying to put it out,” Hayes said as she re-counted what she told Wolff over the phone.

Having heard the fire alarm

go off on that Saturday evening, Cashier and Boykin had checked outside to see if the alarm was a drill. But upon seeing smoke at the end of the hall and fellow residents asking for help, they responded quickly. “Instinct just took over,” Cashier said. “[We] went in to only see lots of smoke and a fire in the sink. I knew the fire extinguisher was right outside of the door, so I went for it.”

Cashier had received training in using a fire extinguisher while working at a Michigan Parks de-partment. Boykin had received CERT training during her time at Grace, and both she and Cashier used their training efficiently. Us-ing the buddy system to enter the room that was thick with smoke, Boykin pulled out the pin from the fire extinguisher and Cashier sprayed the flames.

After leaving the smoke-filled apartment for ventilation, the two entered once more to spray the fire. “By this time we thought it was under enough control and could hear the fire truck, so we ran out-side,” Cashier said.

Wolff was just down the road and arrived in a few moments, along with Campus Safety, the Winona Lake Police and Fire

Departments, followed by Resi-dent Director Dan McNamara. McNamara, Resident Director of apartment-style housing, was able to approach the scene after the fire had been put out and was able to speak with Fire Department of-ficials concerning the work of Boykin and Cashier.

“I spoke with the Fire Depart-ment officials and they specifically informed me that whoever put the fire out with the fire extinguisher essentially saved the building from burning down. Boykin and Cashier were able to put the fire out before the fire reached the wooden trusses in the ceiling. I found out from one of the firemen that had the fire reached the trusses, it would have been hard to contain the fire.”

Hayes and Wolff were told by the WLFD that had the two girls not acted quickly, “the flames would have quickly traveled up through the vent system, into the attic, and across the roof, catching the entire thing on fire in a mat-ter of minutes. The firemen would not have arrived in time to prevent that from happening and would have spent hours trying to contain the roof fire.”

Wolff emphasized the impor-tance of taking fire drills seriously.

“I know people don’t always take the rules/policies we have regard-ing fire safety seriously, but I hope

this serves as a reminder that we have those policies in place for a reason,” Wolff said.

Lamp Post saved from going up in flames

BY KATELYN MITHOEFERStaff Writer

INDEXvolume 58, issue 21

EDUCATION FOCUSLearn more about your professors page 2

MUSICAL NUMBERSarah Kraus reviews the Spring Musical page 4

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding BoardOn Saturday, March 31, two students saved Lamp Post by stopping the spread of a grease fire.

Two basketball players respond quickly to extinguish the flames

Cassie Gareiss | Sounding Board

Haley Cashier and Danielle Boykin worked as a team to put out the flames from a grease fire in Lamp Post on March 31. Both had previ-ous experience with fire safety.

SORRY ACTPolitical apologies don’t do any good page 5

LAST LAUNCHDiscovery Shuttle takes off for last time page 6

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“Over the past 30 years I have sold hun-dreds of photographs, colored pencil draw-ings, water color, acryl-ic, and oil paintings on commission to meet the needs of clients, but the pieces that are most dear to me are those which I have created as a personal reflection of my relationship with

my Creator.” –Prof. Cynthia Bryan Meet new art department adjunct pro-

fessor, Cynthia Bryan. Students who leave her classes leave feeling blessed to have been given the opportunity to know her. Her love for using art as a form of worship and passion for teaching students to see their potential to influence the world around them is evident every time she walks into the classroom.

Prof. Bryan spent the past thirty years teaching art at Wawasee High School. “I became an art teacher because my favorite teacher was my art teacher. He died in a sled-ding accident when I was in high school. He was such an incredible man that I remem-ber wanting to follow in his footsteps,” says Bryan.

And so she did, and continues to do so today. Bryan met her husband during her ju-nior year in college. Her husband, Joe, is also a teacher. Joe teaches at the Warsaw Career Center, and has taught for the Warsaw Com-munity school system for 30 years.

Bryan was introduced to Grace College by Grace grad Jenny Flowers, who student taught one of Bryan’s classes at the high school. When art department chair, Prof.

Kim Reiff, was observing Flowers, Reiff ap-proached Bryan about teaching a class, and Bryan, who retired from teaching high school last spring, gladly accepted.

“Teaching college students is something I’ve always wanted to do,” says Bryan.

Bryan’s favorite part about teaching is the energy she feels from the students and having the opportunity to empower them with the knowledge to see their true poten-tial. Students who meet Prof. Bryan immedi-ately feel the sense that they can talk to her at any time, and that she always has an open door. Prof. Bryan goes out of her way to make sure her students have every possible oppor-tunity to learn and experience new things.

Outside of teaching at Grace, Bryan had a passion for nature. Any free time she has, she loves to spend it wandering through the woods. Bryan has captured some of her most brilliant photos during her time hiking and exploring God’s beautiful creation.

Prof. Bryan also participates in the jail ministry at Kosciusko County Jail. She loves the people she ministers with, and loves spending time ministering and showing God’s love to the inmates. She also is actively involved in Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church, helping out with the Steven minis-try, where she becomes a support system for individuals going through difficult times.

Prof. Bryan has a huge heart for people and is an extremely talented artist who de-sires to show everyone she meets the love of God. She is truly a blessing to the students of Grace College and would love to meet any student who walks through her door. So if you’re ever in Mount Memorial, be sure to stop by on the first floor and say hello.

College students never truly enjoy wak-ing up early to attend an 8 a.m. class. How-ever, Dr. Joe Graham is always ready to go at that time, energized and excited about teaching his classes. Standing at 6 foot 7 inches tall, Dr. Gra-ham is hard to miss. Nonetheless, many

Grace students have yet to meet him.Dr. Graham came to Grace College at the

beginning of the fall semester as the new direc-tor of the student counseling center. Along with his duties overseeing the counseling center, Dr. Graham spends his time teaching a few behav-ioral science courses.

Though Dr. Graham is new to Grace College, he is certainly not new to the Warsaw area. He has spent the past eight years direct-ing the counseling center at Warsaw Commu-nity Church (WCC), where he remains actively involved. “I really have a passion for church counseling ministries. I just think it’s such an awesome opportunity to reach people in need,” Graham said. Although he loved his work at WCC, Graham was excited to make the transi-tion to Grace.

Originally from the Fort Wayne area, Dr. Graham first came to Winona Lake to attend Grace College. His undergraduate degree is in speech communication and psychology. Al-though Graham had studied psychology in col-lege, it wasn’t until his summer as a youth pastor that he realized his true interest in the field.

After graduating from Grace in 1988, Graham moved out to Simi Valley, Cal., to take

a position as a youth pastor. A teenage girl came into his office as he was unpacking his books and said, “If you don’t do something, I’m going to kill myself.”

“I had no idea what to do besides follow her around all day and inform her parents, but that event led me to realize I had a passion for psychology and counseling,” Graham said.

Shortly after, Graham was invited to play professional basketball for a team in Bra-zil. When he returned, he attended Colorado Christian University, where Dr. Larry Crabb was a professor. There he received his master’s in Biblical counseling.

With his master’s degree in hand, Graham moved back to Warsaw in 1994 and worked as an assistant coach for the Grace College men’s basketball team, as well as working in a local juvenile delinquency center.

Graham met his wife during this time, and became a therapist at the Bowen Center. After a few years’ experience at Bowen Center, Graham moved his way up to being director of one of the Warsaw Bowen Center offices. Graham spent a total of eight years working for Bowen before he went on to be director of the WCC counseling center.

Graham loves teaching and building rela-tionships with students. Anyone who sits under his teaching feels his energy and passion for the behavioral science field.

As he continues his time here at Grace, he hopes that students will realize that the coun-seling center is here to help anyone who simply needs to talk. “I don’t want the stigma that’s associated with the counseling center to con-tinue. We’ve got amazing people ready to listen. I hope students will start to come in sooner and not be so afraid to do so,” says Graham.

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CAMPUS NEWS

PHOTO BRIEFSGAME DAY- The men’s club rugby team opened its first game of the season against Earlham College on Saturday, April 14. Phil Lehmann leads the charge.

SENIOR SHOW- The final senior art reception celebrated the last senior exhibit of the year, “Imagination In Context” on Friday, April 13. The exhibit continues until April 20.

GAME NIGHT- The Circle K Club sponsored a Euchre Tournament on Friday, April 13. Jason Bolt and Shelbi Gut-wein compete.

SHAKE IT UP- Hundreds of students waited in line for $1 shakes at SAB’s Milkshake Night. Some students waited up to three hours, and Steak n’ Shake ran out of shakes.

photos by Cassie Gareiss and Scott Schloss


CAMPUS NEWS

“Dracula: The Musical?” may not be a particularly common show, but it is wonderfully unique. From Count Dracula’s spooky songs “Alone!” and “Don’t Be Afraid” to the hilarious “We’re Havin’ a Par-ty!” sung by the residents of a mad-house, “Dracula: The Musical?” has less to do with the classic book by Bram Stoker than most tales of the well-known vampire.

The show is meant to have a comedic take on the story, con-sequently eliminating the horror aspect normally present in the leg-end of Count Dracula.

The set and props for the show are fairly detailed and ex-tensive, and include a living room area, a stone castle, a coffin, and a few flickering torches.

In the show, Boris (Kyle Ste-venson) is one of numerous mental patients living in the Seward fam-ily madhouse. He has a condition that causes him to sing “travel-ogues” every time the name of a place he has visited is mentioned.

In the middle of each “travelogue,” everyone on stage is compelled by some strange force to get up and dance, which leads to a few laugh-out-loud numbers. Stevenson does a great job of playing a mental pa-tient, even to the point of pretend-ing to live on a diet of bugs.

Staring intently, springing out of nowhere and flying away in a puff of smoke as a bat, Count Dracula (Karl Johnson) can be spooky on occasion, but also generates much laughter. Johnson plays the part eerily well. However, his charac-ter is eventually triumphed over by Stevenson and the other villagers in the end.

The characters of Sophie Seward, Bubu Padoop and Nelly Norton (Bekah Noack, Allison Hagedon, and Jessie Sterner) add hilarity to the show. In the be-ginning, they swoon over Count Dracula, but finally realize he is dangerous when Dr. Van Hels-ing (Tyler Umpleby) shows up and warns them multiple times. Umpleby does a great job of playing the doctor, attempting to convince the family of Dracula’s identity as a

vampire. As the song “How Out-rageous” puts it, Count Dracula finally goes from “enthralling” to “appalling” in the women’s minds.

Dr. Sam Seward (Ian Steven-son) is the pragmatic, no-nonsense owner of the Seward family mad-house. His Victorian mustache definitely adds to his character.

Mina Seward ( Jessica Taylor) is Mr. Seward’s charming daugh-ter, who quickly becomes in danger as Count Dracula sets his red-eyed gaze on her, compelling her with his eyes and wooing her in song. She soon falls prey to him and is rescued only in the end.

“Dracula: The Musical?” is riddled throughout with jokes, in-cluding one about a phone call—before telephones were invented. It is a fun show, slightly spooky yet hilariously entertaining.

The remaining show dates are April 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m., and April 21 at 1:30 and 7:30 p.m., in the Little Theater. Tickets are available at Jazzman’s, Tree of Life, and at the door. They cost $7 for students and $9 for adults.

BY SARAH KRAUSStaff Writer

clockwise from top

A CONFRONTATION-Tyler Umpleby stars as Dr. Van Helsing, the man chasing down Dracula, and Alison Hagedon as Bubu Padoop.

BIG NUMBERS- For a small stage, more than 20 students are involved in the production from acting, to lights, set design and costumes.

WE MEET AGAIN- Karl Johnson stars at Count Dracula, and Jessie Sterner as Nelly Norton, the Seward’s maid.

photos by Scott Schloss

Dracula: The Musical? a photo review

Dracula: The Musical? - A Review


PERSPECTIVES

I’ve found that one of the most frustrat-ing situations I’ve been in as a student is be-ing preoccupied with an idea.

An idea that won’t move over so I can ac-

complish the essay due tomorrow.An idea that, starts jumping up

and down, stealing my focus as I try to pay attention to a lecture.

An idea that as I attempt to go to sleep, keeps my mind racing.

You’ve been there and know exactly what I’m talking about.

Could it be possible that these ideas that keep stealing our atten-tion from what we “should” be do-ing could be our biggest blessing?

I’m beginning to believe so.I’m beginning to believe that

instead of suppressing a preoccu-pying idea in our mind, maybe we should allow it to stay.

Maybe we should nurture the idea in the midst of the essay that is due tomorrow.

Maybe we should foster the growth of an idea during a lecture.

Maybe we should allow an idea to keep us up at night.

Surely, I’m stepping on some toes right now, because what I am advocating for is that students be fully engaged with their ideas and allowing their ideas to run freely around their minds. This is in stark contrast to the suppression of ideas that often takes place to learn to-day’s lesson.

Why am I advocating for this?Because I believe that ideas are

a gift. A truly extraordinary gift at that.

Ideas imagine a different world, a new product, or a new way of doing something. Simply stated, ideas hold power.

These are easy statements to make on paper, but the moment you stop reading this you are thrown back into a world where:

The essay, that your idea is in the way of, is due tomorrow and it has a grade attached to it.

The lecture, that your idea is stealing your focus from, you will be tested on next week.

The sleep, that your idea is keeping you from, is pretty nec-essary because you have an 8 a.m. class tomorrow.

Fostering the growth of an idea today, especially in our system of education, is not easy. A major-ity of people are pushing aside the ideas that are preoccupying their mind.

Schools are failing, the econo-my is tanking, and violence is over-whelming, because we’ve failed to allow the ideas that offer solutions to these problems to fully take up residence in our minds.

We live in a time when it is more important than ever to pursue your idea at whatever the cost.

Be encouraged. Let the idea that is preoccupying your mind have a little more space.

Interact with it. Get to know it. Understand it. Pursue it.

An idea is a gift. It is unique to you. Give it the care it needs to flourish. Others are needing it.

Korean Life: Crossing the relationship divideBY CHANWOO MOONGuest Writer

I had d i f f i c u l t y with shak-ing hands for a while last year. I met with my advi-sor Carlos when I first arrived in the United

States. He gave me his hand. I knew he wanted to shake my hand, and I felt uncomfortable because this was something I had never done in Korea. Now, I am familiar with shaking hands, so I give my hand first. Today, I want to discuss the difference

between relationships in the United States and South Korea.

Koreans think deeply before they speak their opinion. In Korea, people consider what they say before they say it, so people do not misunderstand them. People check their speaking thoroughly before they say it. Koreans also express their opinions indirectly.

Americans usually speak directly. An American normally says his opinion at the beginning, and reasons later. However, a Korean will start talking about an unrelated topic, and will say his reasons before saying his opinion. Then, he will say his opinion at the end.

Next, Koreans respect the group’s decision thoroughly. Koreans do not like to show

their opinion before hearing the group’s opinion. Koreans will share their opinion after hearing the group’s opinion because they are afraid to go against the majority.

For example, when they go to a restaurant, a Korean will order the same food that other people ordered because he is afraid to go against the majority of the group. He would not order a different food even though he preferred something else. He does not want to be rude to the other people.

Respect is very important in Korea. Koreans call a person with job or position by the position and the name. People think it is rude to call people without using their title. For example, we say Pastor Kim,

Teacher Moon, or Doctor Lee. Koreans use ‘Nim’ a lot at the end of the position. It makes the word of the position more polite.

People are formal when they talk with an older person. “Hello” is “An-Nyung” in Korea. People say “An-Nyung” between the same ages, but people should say “An-Nyung-Ha-Se-Yo” to older people. That is just one example of how much Koreans show respect to their elders through words. People use many different words when speaking to an elder.

It would be difficult for Americans to build relationships in Korea without this background. The lack of knowledge of the differences creates a gap between Americans

and Koreans. They should build knowledge of each other’s culture in order to make the gap smaller between Americans and Koreans.

What is an apology? Is it merely an in-sincere attempt to inveigle for-giveness from someone, or is it a real admis-sion of wrong-doing and re-pentance?

Hopefully, we can all agree that an apology should be the latter—an acknowledgement of failure and willingness to make things right. Unfortunately, there is an epidemic of the former among America’s po-litical elite. For many, the apology has degenerated into an insincere political tool, used only to quell a storm of dissatisfaction from a shocked public.

I have no doubt we have all heard some form of these half-apol-ogies, whether the “What I meant to say was noble, but I miscommu-nicated” apology, or the “I’m sorry if what I said offended anyone” apol-ogy. Neither of those apologies con-tains any admission of wrongdoing.

There are a myriad of examples of this in politics today, but the most recent occurrence is Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen’s comments on CNN that Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s wife, Ann Romney, had “never worked a day in her life,” and thus was not qualified to help her husband address women’s is-sues.

Ann Romney is a 63-year-old mother of five and grandmother of 16. She graduated from Harvard

University in 1975 and was director of the inner-city youth charity Best Friends, and served on the board of United Way of America and partial-ly founded United Way Faith and Action, which encourages high-risk Massachusetts Bay-area youth to participate in faith-based activity.

After appearing on CNN several more times, Rosen finally apologized on camera. “I should not have chosen words that seemed to attack Romney’s choice in life,” Rosen said, adding that she hoped Romney knew that she “didn’t mean it personally.”

This apology was an example of general public outcry all but forc-ing a public figure to apologize for offensive remarks. The only thing people seem to be forgetting is that life is offensive. Each one of us holds political beliefs which would be of-fensive to someone else in the world. Judging by the general public’s reac-tion to Rosen’s relatively mild com-ments, the general public would be shocked into coma if they learned of any actually radical ideology.

I would not appreciate being forced to apologize for a political principle that I hold dear, so why should Hilary Rosen? Demanding apologies only obscures and obfus-cates politics, and is hurtful to the marketplace of ideas and Democ-racy.

Maybe we would all be bet-ter if we allowed political figures to broadcast their deeply held prin-ciples. After all, what exactly are we afraid of? If we are offended by a certain politician’s ideology, we can simply make sure that he or she is not elected.

Let that persistent idea take center

stage

Political apologies harm those who

demand themBY JONATHAN HAAGWeb Editor

BY ETHAN SHECKLERCopy Editor


WORLD NEWS

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — After three decades of space service, NASA’s oldest and most traveled shuttle, Discovery, began its new life as a museum relic Tuesday with one final takeoff.

Discovery departed Florida’s Kennedy Space Center at daybreak Tuesday aboard a modified jumbo jet bound for Washington, where it will become a Smithsonian exhibit.

Nearly 2,000 people — former shuttle workers, VIPs, tourists and journalists — gathered along the old shuttle landing strip to see Dis-covery off. A cheer went up as the plane taxied down the runway and soared into a clear sky.

The plane and shuttle headed south and made one last flight over the beaches of Cape Canaveral — thousands jammed the shore for a glimpse of Discovery — then returned to the space center in a final salute. Cheers erupted once more as the pair came in low over the runway it had left 20 minutes earlier and finally turned toward the north.

A similar flyover was planned over the monuments in the nation’s capital, later in the morning.

Discovery — the fleet leader with 39 orbital missions — is the first of the three retired space shut-tles to head to a museum. It will go on display at Dulles International Airport in Virginia, taking the place of the shuttle prototype En-terprise. The Enterprise will go to New York City.

Endeavour will head to Los Angeles this fall. Atlantis will re-main at Kennedy.

NASA ended the shuttle pro-gram last summer after a 30-year run to focus on destinations beyond low-Earth orbit. Private U.S. com-panies hope to pick up the slack, beginning with space station cargo and then, hopefully, astronauts. The first commercial cargo run, by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., is set to take place in just another few weeks.

For at least the next three to five years — until commercial pas-senger craft are available in the United States — NASA astro-nauts will have to hitch multimil-lion-dollar rides on Russian Soyuz capsules to get to the International Space Station.

South Sudan-Sudan clashes spreading, officials say

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Work to destroy the U.S. Army’s remaining stockpiles of chemical weapons in Kentucky and Colorado may take longer and cost about $2.5 billion ex-tra, Defense Department offi-cials said Tuesday.

The latest projection add-ed two years to the estimated schedule to finish each job and was described by one watch-dog group as a “worst case” es-timate. It also raised the total possible cost for the two proj-ects to $10.6 billion, compared to $8 billion previously.

Under the revised time-line, work to destroy chemical weapons at Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado might take until 2019.The project at Blue Grass Army Depot near Rich-mond, Ky., might take until 2023.

Federal officials said in a statement from Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland that the revisions reflect a more “conservative and realistic as-sessment” of operational issues that might arise during the

complex process of destroying the aging stockpiles.

“This may include any-thing from hiring qualified personnel, testing or equip-ment issues, to acquiring sup-plies and materials,” said Con-rad F. Whyne, program ex-ecutive officer for the Defense Department’s chemical weap-ons destruction program.

But he said the work could be completed sooner if certain operational issues don’t occur. Regardless, he said, authori-ties would seek to conclude the work on a shorter schedule in compliance with safety and environmental considerations.

In January, the Army had destroyed about 90 percent of its chemical weapons stock-piles as it wrapped up work at a chemical depot in Utah’s west desert, where its largest cache had been stored.

The U.S. is part of an in-ternational treaty to rid the world of chemical weapons, a campaign taking place with mixed success worldwide. That ambitious goal, originally tar-

geted for completion by April 29, is now expected to take years long to achieve.

In the U.S., the Army has finished destroying chemi-cal weapons at depots in An-niston, Ala.; Pine Bluff, Ark.; Newport, Ind.; Aberdeen, Md.; Umatilla, Ore.; and a Pacific atoll where the work started decades ago, according to the Army’s Chemical Materials Agency.

That leaves a stockpile of mustard agent at Pueblo., Colo., and a mixed inventory of mustard and nerve agents at Kentucky’s Blue Grass Army Depot.

Craig Williams, direc-tor of the Chemical Weapons Working Group in Berea, Ky., an advocate for safe disposal, said the new revisions reflect prudent planning by the De-fense Department. Due to the complexity of the process and the long time frame, “it’s really impossible to predict with any kind of precision,” he said.

But he said he doesn’t ex-pect the Kentucky and Colo-

rado projects to take as long or cost as much as the newest projections reflect.

“Depending on a number of variables we could see the schedule, and thus the costs, reduced significantly,” Wil-liams said, calling the new pro-jection extremely conservative.

U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was briefed on the revised estimate that could extend the life of the project at Blue Grass de-pot, said his spokesman Robert Steurer.

“Sen. McConnell’s main concern has always been that disposal efforts at the Blue Grass Army Depot are con-ducted in a safe manner,” he said. “By all accounts, this conservative revised schedule places a premium on the safety of the community.”

Construction is about half finished on the plant in Kentucky that will destroy the chemical weapons stock-pile there, said Katherine De-Weese, a spokeswoman for the chemical weapons destruction program.

Construction is nearly fin-ished on the plant to destroy the chemical weapons at the Pueblo depot, she said. The next step there will be a years-long testing phase.

Space shuttle Discovery takes off

for a final timeKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Clashes have spread along the border of Sudan and South Sudan, officials said Monday, with Sudanese officials claiming to have seized an area sympathetic to South Sudan.

A South Sudanese mili-tary official said the clashes are a “terrible escalation” of the border conflict that stretches back before South Sudan broke away from Su-dan last year.

Fighting along the north-south border has been near constant over the past two weeks.

Southern army spokes-man Col. Philip Aguer said Monday that Sudan’s air force killed five civilians in aerial attacks over the dis-puted town of Heglig.

The Sudan Media Cen-ter also reported Monday that Sudan’s army took con-trol of Mugum, a stronghold of the southern army in Blue Nile state, which is near South Sudan’s border.

The government news service quoted an “informed” source of the command of the 4th Division as saying the division raided Mugum on Sunday, killed 25 rebels and seized a large quantity of weapons and equipment.

Troops from South Su-dan on Wednesday captured

the oil-rich border town of Heglig, claimed by Sudan.

Aguer, the southern army official, said the aerial attacks over Heglig also seri-ously wounded nine people and hit oil wells. He also said that the town of Bentiu in South Sudan’s Unity State was hit and that the conflict has spread to several south-ern states bordering Sudan, including Western Bahr el Ghazal.

“There has been contin-ued bombardment by Sudan Armed Forces,” Aguer said. “Our forces are now on max-imum alert.”

Fighting erupted in the disputed region of Abyei in May of last year, just months before South Sudan formally declared independence.

Rabie Abdelaty, a spokesman for the Khar-toum government, ruled out peace talks with the south, saying it would hurt national pride if Sudan did not take back Heglig by force. Sudan earlier this month pulled out of scheduled talks.

“Our people are angry,” he said Monday. “This is not a time for diplomacy. This is a time for pushing them and letting them know that they are irresponsible.”

He added: “This is war. Our forces want to teach them a lesson.”

By the Associated Press

As of Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at least 1,810 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an As-sociated Press count.

The AP count is five less than the Defense Department’s tally, last updated Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.

At least 1,510 military ser-vice members have died in Af-ghanistan as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.

Outside of Afghanistan, the department reports at least 111 more members of the U.S. mili-tary died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, 12 were the result of hostile action.

The AP count of total OEF casualties outside of Afghanistan is two more than the depart-ment’s tally.

The Defense Department also counts three military civilian deaths.

Since the start of U.S. mili-tary operations in Afghanistan, 15,672 U.S. service members have been wounded in hostile action, according to the Defense Department.

Date to destroy chemical weapons pushed back

U.S. military deaths in

Afghanistan at 1, 810


SPORTS

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Player of the WeekZach Speckman, Track

Freshman Zach Speckman is this week’s Player of the Week for his performance in the Little State Championships. Speckman set two school records and qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Championships last Sat-urday, April 14.

Speckman became the first member of Grace’s track and field team to

qualify for the NAIA Nationals by running a 54.45 in the 400 hurdles, placing third in the meet and establishing a new school record in the process.

He also set a school record in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.60, breaking a school record that stood for nearly 20 years.

SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – Grace’s baseball team played neck-and-neck with Spring Arbor but couldn’t put together the runs they needed, falling narrowly 4-0 and 3-2 on Tuesday.

The Lancers (12-25; 9-17 MCC) and Cougars totaled 12 hits apiece in the doubleheader, but it was the Cougars who turned their hits into runs.

Jeff Himes, Josh Petry, Dennis Kan and Brook Vosler each recorded a hit in the team’s first loss, while Brent Easterday finished 2-for-3 from the plate with a double in the second game.

Grace baseball misses chance to take down CougarsThis week in Lancer athletics...

Robert Griffin (QB)Baylor

Melvin Ingram (DE)South Carolina

Dontari Peo (DT)Memphis

Ryan Tannehill (QB)Ryan Tannehill

Justin Blackmon (WR)Oklahoma State

Morris Claiborne (CB)Louisiana State

Trent Richardson (RB)Alabama

Michael Floyd (WR)Notre Dame

Riley Reiff (OT)Iowa

Matt Kalil (OT)USC

Quinton Coples (DE)North Carolina

Luke Kuechly (ILB)Boston College

Seth MillerMike Blevins



Matt Kalil (OT)USC



Matt Kalil (OT)USC



Matt Kalil (OT)USC



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Dontari Peo (DT)Memphis








Fletcher Cox (DT)Mississippi State

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Record:2-14 TeamNeeds:QB,WR,DL,CB

WASHINGTON REDSKINS Record:5-11 TeamNeeds:QB,S,RT,ILB

MINNESOTA VIKINGS Record:3-13 TeamNeeds:3-13

CLEVELAND BROWNS Record:4-12 TeamNeeds:QB,RB,WR,RT

MIAMI DOLPHINS Record:6-10 TeamNeeds:QB,WR,DE,T/G

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS Record:CB,RB,LB,SS TeamNeeds:4-12

ST. LOUIS RAMS Record:2-14 TeamNeeds:WR,OL,CB,OLB

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Record:5-11 TeamNeeds:DE,WR,CB,RT

CAROLINA PANTHERS Record:6-10 TeamNeeds:DT,CB,DE,WR

BUFFALO BILLS Record:6-10 TeamNeeds:LT,WR,OLB,CB

Lady Lancers come up short to HuntingtonWINONA LAKE, Ind. – Grace’s softball team lost an early lead in both of their games against Hunting-

ton, falling 5-2 and 5-1 on Tuesday.Olivia Winget had a no-hitter going through four innings before the Foresters got on the scoreboard

in the fifth inning. Huntington used a double, a single and a sacrifice fly to go in front 2-1 and held the lead for the remainder of the game.

In the second game, Huntington was scoreless through three innings before breaking loose with a five-run fourth inning, highlighted by a grand slam. Genevieve Benson finished 2-for-3 in the second game to lead Grace’s offense.




Quinton Coples (DE)North Carolina


Fletcher Cox (DT)Mississippi State



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WINONA LAKE: The Grace College Lancers will be taking to Miller field with a lit-tle more style this year. Coach Hotchkin and his squad seek to step on the pitch with style and elegance this season. According to Hotchkin, this starts before the kickoff. “Soccer is an ex-tremely mental game. You have to be able to out-think your op-ponent if you want to win. Be-cause of this mental aspect, we are looking at ways to raise the self-esteem of our team.”

The coach believes the best way to raise the team’s self-es-teem is by looking good. Along with his knowledge of the game, Hotchkin introduced the lancers to the 3/4 pants, more common-ly known as “man-pris.” “Man-pris are completely underrated in soccer. Not only are they comfortable and practical, they are stylish and trendy; that is the really important aspect of the game,” said the coach. Since the introduction of man-pris, many other grace athletic teams have taken notice.

This year the men’s soccer team is looking to accessorize with matching man-purses, or ‘murses’, if you will. “As a team we firmly believe that if we a going to take over the MCC, then we need the right equipment. These ‘murses’ will, of course, be practical. They will hold cleats, tape, pre-wrap, Tide to-go pens, and hair gel. Some people may argue that the Lanc-ers are simply adding the word ‘man’ to common female items, in belief that it will make it permissible.” In response to the doubters, Hotchkin says, “We know there’s more to life than being really, really ridiculously good looking; we just haven’t found out what that is yet. Be-sides, we didn’t add the ‘man’ to manicure...it was already like that.”

Head baseball coach Josh Bailey had this to say, “We are seriously considering replac-ing our yearly preseason trip to Florida with a preseason spa trip. The better our cuticles, the better our batting!”

Crazy Prophet | Natalie Huebner

The Grace College Com-munity Wind Ensemble will present an evening of music titled “A Tribute Concert” on Friday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Rodeheaver Auditorium in Wi-nona Lake. The concert is free and open to the public and will present music that displays the versatility of the wind band.

The concert will feature eight pieces: “Toccata” by Gi-rolamo Frescobaldi, a piece that was originally written as a solo piece for the organ and was later improvised; “Theme from Schindler’s List” by John Wil-liams, featuring Gert Kumi on the violin; “Albanian Dance” by Pjeter Gaci, also featuring Gert Kumi on violin; “Divergents op. 49” by W. Francis McBeth; “Overture on an American Folk Hymn” by Claude T. Smith, a

piece based on the hymn “My Shepherd Will Supply My Need”; “People Who Live in a Glass House” by John Philip Sousa; “Paper Cut” by Alex Sha-piro, a piece which has the mu-sicians not only performing on their instruments but also creat-ing paper sounds and movement gestures to an electronic track; and lastly “Americans We” by Henry Fillmore.

The featured soloist, Mr. Gert Kumi, is an Albanian native and has performed as a violin so-loist and recitalist across North America, Europe, China, South Korea and Africa. Kumi was a scholarship student of Stephen Clapp in the Master’s Program at The Juilliard School. Kumi has served as an adjunct profes-sor at Nyack College in New York City and the artist in resi-

dence at Grace College in Wi-nona Lake. Kumi is currently on the faculty of the Masterworks Festival for Christian Perform-ing Artists in Winona Lake and was recently appointed assistant professor of music at Anderson University. He performs as con-certmaster and soloist with Sym-phony of the Lakes in Winona Lake and plays regularly with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and Anderson Symphony.

The Grace College Com-munity Wind Ensemble, con-ducted by Martin Becker, has been presenting concerts under Martin Becker’s baton for the past ten years. The band is made up of Grace College students, community members, and pro-fessional musicians.

Winona Lake’s own Sym-phony of the Lake presents its final concert of the 2011-2012 season on Saturday night 7:30 p.m., April 28. This free perfor-mance is entitled “Musicals and More!” and will take place at the Rodeheaver Auditorium.

The program offers a fasci-nating mix of the old and the new. Musical history is por-trayed by single movements

from Haydn’s “Surprise Sym-phony,” Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 7“(the piece used for “The King’s Speech”), Mendelssohn’s “Reformation Symphony” and Stravinsky’s “Firebird.” These works are then followed by mu-sicals of the 20th century. The orchestra will play suites from “The Sound of Music,” “My Fair Lady” and “West Side Story.”

The finale adds the vocal

talents of tenor Arturo Oso-rio and soprano Amy Barker. The selections from “West Side Story” that they will sing are “Maria,” “One Hand One Heart,” “Somewhere,” and “To-night.” The performance is free of charge; an offering will be taken to help defray costs. For further information, please call 574-267-1888.

Two free concerts coming to Rodeheaver

Symphony of the Lakes presents its final concert, “Musicals and More!” on April 28

Grace College Community Ensemble presents “A Tribute Concert” on April 20

The Sounding Board | April 19, 2012

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