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The annual Partners or Progress Banquet took place on

Oct. 28 at the Historic Depot in downtown Minneapolis toreect upon the past, present, and uture o North Central.

Partners and riends o North Central were invited totake part in the banquet celebration to remember what the

university was in the past and to look orward to what it will

be in the uture.The theme or the 2010 Partners or Progress Banquet

was Where Heaven & Earth Collide.Guests in attendance were able to reconnect with riends

and associates, enjoy ood and music, and nancially investin the uture o the university. Around 500 total guests were

present at the banquet, making this years banquet one othe largest attended in North Central history.

Ater a time o ellowship with music and appetizers,

a corporate prayer o thanksgiving was given by VicePresident o Advancement Paul Freitag. During the

meal, North Central ne arts adjunct proessor Peter Shu

perormed music. Ater dinner was served, Artistic Directorand Associate Proessor o Fine Arts Larry Bach led theChorale in inspirational music and banquet guests wereinvited to sing along.

A number o special guests, including North Centralalumni Reggie Dabbs and Je and Kristie Kerr, also shared

their vocal and instrumental talent. A time o worshipollowed, led by Je Deyo.

I thought it was really cool to see some o the olderalumni and current students and sta celebrating whatGod has done through North Central. I love the idea o

getting together and celebrating the passion o North

Central, which is raising up passionate and talented

students or God while giving God all the glory, said Deyo.The North Central Board o Regents also attended the

banquet. The Board meets twice a year to discuss thecurrent events o North Central such as policies, budget

approvals, and new majors. According to Bach, the Board

strives to maintain the vision and integrity o North Centraland retain the schools purpose or its students, since every

decision made aects the college. These members arein place to protect the honor o the institution o North

Central.The Board o Regents is composed o 46 members,

owned and operated by 11 districts. Members includeChairman Rev. Ron Bontrager, Secretary Rev. Larry Griswold,and Bishop Fred Washington rom the Church o God in

Christ. Most districts have one district superintendent,one district youth director, one district pastor, and one lay

representative. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,

Northern Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota,Wisconsin/Northern Michigan, Midwest Latin America, AtLarge, and By Virtue o Oce are the districts composingthe Board. The Executive Committee o the Board meets

our times a year and is made up o eight o the 46members.

The banquet was great this year, the ne arts was verygood and blesses the soul, said Jun Rogado, Illinois lay

representative or the Board o Regents. We are raisingPentecostal leaders o tomorrow.

This years Partners or Progress Banquet ocus was on

the North Central Fine Arts Endowment. The $1 million goal

o the Endowment will be used to urther the quality o

education and resources or the Fine Arts Department andto increase the quality o music and ministry.

The Fine Arts Endowment was started two years ago byBach. Expected by this May is the $1 million goal reached

through commitments. He expects that by the end o the

2010-2011 school year, $500,000 o this amount will beraised.

Bach is excited about the progress.A lot o people out there really believe in North Central,

he said. The success o this endowment is evident o that.People dont give to things they dont believe in.

The endowment consists o our unds to achieve theten-year goal o reaching $1 million, and will continue aterthe goal is reached.

The Chair o Worship Fund, named in honor o donatorArvid Kingsriter, is or $350,000 and will provide students

with rst-rate artists and proessors as guest instructors.

The Fine Arts Technology Fund o $300,000 will permit theMAC lab and recording studio to be maintained and up-to-date.

The Missions Fund, in honor o donators Roger and

Ann Lane, is or $200,000 and will allow the Chorale totravel overseas every other year on ministry outreaches.

The W.O.V.E.N. Fund, in honor o River Valley Church, is or$150,000 and will help North Central students teach inner

city children piano, vocals, guitar or drums.Bach is very passionate about North Central and wants to

make sure the Fine Arts Department continues to strive or

excellence.

Partners or Progress 2010 Where Heaven & Earth CollideBy JACLYN TRIEB

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On Oct. 15 and 16,

2010, North Central hosted the Overow Conerence.The topic was equipping people to reach others or Christ.

Some eatured speakers were Don Piper, William Fay,Lisa Bevere and Reggie Dabbs, with music by Sheila Raye

Charles.The conerence consisted o workshops, presentations,

worship, and hands-on approaches that helped train the

attendees how to earlessly tell others about Jesus.Evangelist Tom Elie, author o One-Minute Witness, and

president o Oasis World Ministries, led the conerence.Overow was the rst conerence ocused solely onevangelism sponsored by the Minnesota District Council o

the Assemblies o God.My passion is to help people see sharing their aith as

normal New Testament Christianity, said Elie.Elies book eatures witnessing tools or Christians. He

prompts Christians to ask, Whats the best thing thats everhappened to you? and Can I tell you the best thing thatsever happened to me? while witnessing.

On Friday night Don Piper, author o 90 Minutes inHeaven, spoke about how his memory o Heaven is his

motivation to witness. Piper said he died or 90 minutesand went to Heaven in 1989. When he rst arrived in

Heaven, he was greeted by people in his lie that helpedbring him to salvation.

Piper prompted the audience to think about the people

they will greet ater they have died and gone to Heaven.I we greet people at the gates o Heaven that we

helped get there, who will you greet? Will you greetanyone?

Piper explained that Christians need to turn their

mess into their messageand their test into their

testimony. Christians haveto use their unortunate

circumstances and helpthose in similar situations,instead o getting angry

and eeling sorry orthemselves.

Its not what happensto you, Piper said in an

interview. Its what you dowith what happens to you

that matters. Heaven is real; Jesus is the way.

Evangelist and author o Share Jesus Without Fear,William Fay taught the audience practical ways to

evangelize to anyone they meet. According to Fay, the

biggest ear or Christians that prevents them rom sharingtheir aith is rejection.

Its not about success or ailure, its about obedience,said Fay.

He said the key to keeping peace in a witnessingconversation is to ask lots o questions and to listen to the

response. In his book, Fay has a specic series o questionsto present while sharing the Gospel. For example, i the

person who is being witnessed to does not want to discussJesus any urther, he advises dropping the subject.

Fay stressed the importance o not orcing your belies

onto a person.

Jesus never healed anyone who didnt want to behealed. Love is never orced. I the Holy Spirit cantconvince them, then you sure cant.

Sheila Ray Charles, the daughter o the late jazz legendRay Charles and ounder o One Way Up Prison Ministry,was the musical guest at the conerence.

I would love it i I could make every person realizethe importance or evangelism, said Charles during an

interview. Theres no reason why they cant be tellingeveryone about Gods Word.

Charles gives God the glory or everything, but lie wasnot always easy.

As the daughter o Ray Charles, Sheila had manyexpectations to live up to.It was hard to live up to the expectation o who he was,

she said. People asked why I wasnt more like him. Thishurt me because I wanted to know too.

Regarding her musical career, Charles said God toldher that i she gave her career to Him, He would bless it.

As a successul musical artist, Charles believes the joyand gratication o spreading Gods Word is better thananything.

Lisa Bevere, an international speaker, best-selling authorand the host o television program The Messenger, spoke

on Saturday about topics rom her new book, LionessArising.

Bevere said she received a vision rom the Lord years agoabout a lioness. God told her that the lioness representsthe Bride o Christ.

We are the Bride o Christ, but we are not in thewedding yet, explained Bevere. We are in a ght. There is

nothing more dangerous than lions ully awake. We need

to be up and awake to what God is doing. We need tounderstand why we are waking up.

Its time or the Bride o Christ to become the Lioness,she said in an interview. We need men, women, young and

old to come together.Bevere told the audience that this is the time or the

children o God to pray powerul prayers or people tocome to know Him because this is Gods year to act. Each

Christian has to realize how much the world and the Bodyo Christ needs them to obey the Lord and evangelize tothe lost. She added that Christians need to be spiritually

awake to evangelize.

People with eyes to see dont see crowds, they seeindividuals.

National youth speaker and North Central graduate

Reggie Dabbs compared Noah and the Ark to the churcho today. Dabbs said Christians have to obey the Lord evenwhen it seems impossible and ridiculous. Outside o his

amily, Noah couldnt convince one person to go on the arkwith him, but his obedience resulted in saving mank ind

rom eternal destruction.Dabbs said obeying the Lord is better than gaining a

number o people you helped bring to salvation.Whatever God puts on your heart, do it, he said. Quit

asking why and just do it. How can God bless you the wayHe wants to when all you have is a rubber rat when Hetold you to build an ark?

By JACLYN TRIEB

North Centrals Elliot Park Ministry team, a branch o the North Central StudentMinistries Board, hosted the annual Halloween Outreach on Sunday evening.

According to junior intercultural studies major Sarah Kiiskila, one o the Elliot ParkMinistrys directors, about 350 people rom the community attended the outreach.

Many North Central students also attended.

We invited students to come and help, but to also enjoy themselves and makeconnections with our neighbors, said Kiiskila. I believe the Elliot Park neighborhood

is the closest mission eld to us. There are so many hurting children, teens, adults, andelderly who need us to beriend them with the love o Christ.

The compassion and hard work o North Central students did not go unnoticed.

One o the student volunteers told me someone came up to them and said, Thankyou so much or this; i it were not or this, my children and I would have stayed at the

shelter all night, added Kiiskila. There were many good comments and thanks romattendees.

Volunteers rom other StudentMinistry Board teams and the North

Central womens soccer team assistedthe Elliot Park Ministry team in hosting theoutreach.

Oering ve dierent games with candy prizes, an inatablebounce house, ace painting, balloon animals, and Captain Cooks Kitchen, the event

oered un activities or both adults and children.The children loved the inatable bounce house, and the adults were very excited

about the rafe, said Kiiskila. We had Pirates o the Caribbean movies and candy as

prizes.Kiiskila expressed appreciation or contributions to the outreach.

The candy drive was very successul. Everyone loved the candy! Thank you, NorthCentral students.

By AMANDA DAVIS

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About one year ago, North Central alumnus Perry Dissmore set out to break the record o

the most ree throws made in one hour or the Guinness Book o World Records.The previously held record was 1,663 ree throwsabout 28 shots per minute and

one every 2.16 seconds. Breaking this record would be dicult, but the current pastor o

Hartord Assembly o God in Illinois had both the skill and passion to make it happen.Dissmore developed a love or basketball when he was in second grade. He said that

he always had a great shot, but just needed more condence. Since he always loved achallenge, he practiced regularly.

We didnt have a television, so I practiced a lot. I I didnt have anybody to play with, Iwould make up games by mysel, Dissmore said. This love or the game continued as heplayed or junior- and high school teams, developing his talent.

The basketball player recruited sponsors to support a ree throw undraiser or hischurchs renovation project.

Shortly ater this successul undraiser Dissmore and his wie went on a missions tripwith Boys and Girls Missionary Challenge (BGMC), a missions-ocused childrens undraising

endeavor. It was then that Dissmore accepted the challenge to attempt breaking the world

record o ree throws to benet missions.He started practicing in February 2009. About six months later, on October 9, 2009, he

made 1926 baskets. This shattered the old record by 263 baskets (averaging one ree throw

every 1.57 seconds).This new record was entered into the 2010 edition o the Guinness Book o World

Records. This past all Dissmore was invited to appear on Live! With Regis and Kelly.On September 14, 2010, on national television with his wie cheering or him and his

ormer North Central basketball coach passing him the rebounds, Dissmore broke hisormer record. He made 1,968 ree throws42 more baskets than beore.

Dissmore said through both experiences, he learned he could not do this without

teamwork. My name is in the record books, but everyone who helped me was just asimportant.

His new record will be conrmed and put into the 2011 edition o Guinness Book oWorld Records.

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Going rom good to great means to build endowments. Mydream is to see every area o the school build endowments.

Bach stressed that God spoke to him directly about startingthe endowment. Out o obedience he listened to God, and

now God is blessing North Central through the unds. Hesaid he gives all the glory to the Lord.

While partners and riends o North Central attended thebanquet, student body president Ian Stachowicz and vice

president Katrina Schierl were also in attendance to greetguests.

The banquet was super neat, it was a really good time

to meet people and make connections with alumni and

supporters o North Central, said Stachowicz. I wasimpressed with the level o ormality and have a bettersense or the bigger picture o North Central.

It was a great experience, Im glad that Ian and I had

the opportunity to go to it, said Schierl, in reerenceto the banquet. It was great to hear the chorale and

musicians who came out o North Central and it was a coolopportunity to meet other people who believe in NorthCentral and are willing to support it and the work we do

here.

Stachowicz and Schierl spoke with previous student bodypresidents and gathered new vision and inspiration or this

year. Bill Svoboda, the 2005-2006 student body president

and creator o North Central event The Week, passed hisoriginal vision o The Week to Stachowicz and Schierl.

Along with speakers and music, awards were giventhroughout the evening to a ew honored guests.

The Distinguished Service Award was given to D.H. Mapson,

a member o the North Central Administration rom 1962to 1971; Ernest Moen was recognized as the Chair orPentecostal Preaching; and Arvid Kingsriter was recognized

as the Chair or Pentecostal Worship.

To donate to the Fine Arts Endowment, visit www.northcentral.edu/donate. To learn more about the Fine Arts

Endowment, please contact the Advancement oce at

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Graduate Bill Svoboda gets down to businessBy JOSH HARSHBARGER

North Central students slowly closing in on graduation may know all too well the stressthat comes with guring out what to do in the real world ater college.

North Central alumnus and business administration major Bill Svoboda oered insight into

his journey since graduation in May 2006.He started working with his major in his own dorm room.

Back in college, between sophomore and junior years, I started an online custom T-shirtcompany www.coedmonkey.com - and ater graduating tried to get a real job in marketing

and advertising; but when I sat down with one big Twin Cities marketing executive he lookedat my resume and saw that I owned my own company. He asked why I wanted to work orhim and basically told me that I should keep doing what I was doing with T-shirts, so I did,

Svoboda explained.Svoboda shares a story about his dorm room business:

I remember an interesting voicemail that I got one day back in college. It was someonerom Augsburg College. It went something like this: Hello, Mr. Svoboda. Wed like to order

about 50 Polo shirts embroidered with the Augsburg logo. I know you are very busy, so

please give me a call back at your earliestconvenience. Talk to you soon! I was abusy man, but my busyness consisted o

class, chapel, lunch, oor meetings, andhomework. When I called them back, I told

them that I had just gotten out o a meeting,which was probably the class that I had just

gotten back rom.Since then, his company has been serving people

nationwide.

Other than running his own business, Svoboda leads asubgroup at Substance Church called Taste o the Twin Cities. It

draws about 60-100 people together or un ellowship. He is also working on his rst bookor small business owners called I am the Boss, which he hopes to publish nationally by the

rst quarter o next year.

Ater weeks o practice and preparation, the cast members o the all production,

Into The Woods, nally get to share what their hard work and dedication has produced.Ater seeing the production, I can say that the North Central student body is in or a veryintriguing story.

The play opens with the narrator introducing some o the storys main characters:Cinderella, Jack, the Baker and his Wie, the Witch and Little Red Riding Hood. Beyond

these, many more classic airytale characters debut throughout the story, includingRapunzel, Princes, Stepsisters, Giants and a hungry Wol.

Each character has a unique background and motivation. This inuences theirdecisions throughout the story. These desires lead them all into the woods at some point,sometimes separately and sometimes together.

As each character searches out what they are looking or, and seeks the answer to their

wishes, their lives become quickly intertwined, making or a complex story that is not a

typical airy tale. While watching this play, the audience gets to know the characters on adeeper level and understand what makes them unique.

The story is at times un and lighthearted, and the musical numbers add to this.

However, it does not shy away rom themes that expose the darker sides o humannature. While audience members will not necessarily leave eeling warm and uzzy, they

will leave with the important reminder that their actions have consequences, and whenpeople are motivated by selsh desires, they will quickly lose sight o the things that truly

matter.This production was well done. I applaud the cast members and the technical crew or

all o their hard work and talent. The play continues in the small chapel Nov. 18-21, and I

would highly recommend that you go see it i you havent already.

A Review o the WoodsBy FAITH HARSHBARGER MARY BETH OAKES

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Married students suer judgmentBy CONNIE ZIMMERMAN

Being married at North Central is almost like having the plague,

stated senior psychology major Tiany Waskey. She and her husbandJacob Waskey, senior English major, were married this past summer on

May 22, 2010.

Waskey explains an issue she runs into oten as a married woman: All

o your riends who arent married think youve innately changed and

single people you meet or the rst time think youre too dierent to be

riends.

One common judgment Waskeys encountered at North Central is that

people believe she rushed into her marriage.

People tend to think that you rushed into getting married here at

North Central. This is very rustrating since I know that I got married or

the right reasons.

Waskey and her husband did meet at North Central. They dated orthree years beore their engagement. Once engaged, the planning

began or their wedding several months away.

The biggest thing Waskey has learned in her marriage is that It is the

best thing in the world and the most dicult. I

wouldnt trade it or anything.

She shares another lesson learned rom

marriage: Living together is not like dating

or being engaged. It takes a lot o giving.

When asked i she had any advice or

dating couples at North Central, she oered

this piece:

For the love o all that is good, get o campus to make out. Dont doit in the atrium; that will haunt you because no matter what you think,

someone is watching you. Consider this: maybe youll date and get

married, but maybe you wont, so think about what you are doing with

your head and not your antasies.

Student Senate plans or positive impactBy REBEKAH JACOBSON

The voice o the student body is important at

colleges and universities. Without it, the campus

environment would lack lie and color. At North

Central, six individuals in Senate lead the way

to improve the quality o living or its students.

They attend meetings, work oce hours and

discuss current issues with aculty. Through this

dedication o time and service, changes are

made on campus.

We put together improvements around

campus and ormulate those into projects we

can move up the ood chain to higher branches

o the school, said Carlson Hall senator and

sophomore youth development major Aaron

Biddinger. Then we take the necessary

steps to make [those projects] into

something tangible on campus.

Senate continuously works

on several projects, but

they are dispersed

to each member by

residence hall. Some

o the current tasks

senators are tackling

include: changing the

piercing policy, creating reserved overnight

parking spaces or Zimmerman House residents

and providing more ans and tinted screens or

the remaining rooms in Carlson Hall.

Everything that we work on is what students

want, said Phillipps Hall senator and sophomore

youth development major PeggySue Imihy. We

either nd a solution or we have to explain to

[the student] why we cant do anything about

[the issue]. Everyones suggestion is valid and we

always try to work on whatever were given.

Because senators take each project they are

handed seriously, they are always 100 percent

committed to its completion. However, many

students are unaware o the role their senators

play. Senate is an organization still emerging

rom its shadow, but the members are pushing

or more notoriety through open houses and

oor meetings.

Were working on getting Senate more well-

known, said Miller Hall senator and junior youth

ministries major Caitlyn King. I denitely eel like

we need to thrust ourselves out there, and once

that happens well be able to do more or the

student body.

Senate is working hard to make a positive

dierence at North Central. Its goal is to shape a

modern environment relevant to the students.

Through hours o commitment each week, every

senator has been impacted in some way.

[Senate] has helped me learn how to connect

the student body with the school better and

see both sides o the story, said Carlson Hall

senator and reshman music business major Seth

Cunningham. Ive also learned you can build o

o others strengths and weaknesses, no matter

what kind o leadership. Ive seen not only what I

needed to improve as a senator, but as a man o

God as well.

What is your favorite

Thanksgiving food or tradition?

My moms homemade brownie pecan

pie Its as good as it sounds- maybeeven better.

Levi Kooistra

SeniorPastoral Ministries

My avorite ood is cranberry sauce. Mymom gives me a whole can o it cause I dont

like turkey- it makes me sleepy. Too muchtryptophan in it.

Molly PlautzSophomore

Elementary Education

My avorite Thanksgiving tradition would

be watching the Macys Day Parade. Myavorite ood is mashed potatoes.

Joel Nelson

JuniorBusiness

When my sister and I were in sixthgrade, we made these turkey napkin

holders. My avorite tradition is that weuse those.

Kristin Mindeman

SophomoreEvangelism

I like to stu the turkey. My avoritethanksgiving ood would be the turkey

stung that I stued.

Taylor Molenda

SeniorMath

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OpinionRead more opinion stories online by loggingon to www.NCUnortherner.com.As the colorul leaves all to the ground and the cold

begins to creep up the sleeves o our coats it only meansthat its that time o the year again: Thanksgiving. Mom

makes a trip to the local convenience store and overloadsher shopping cart with the traditional roasted turkey,

mashed potatoes, stung, cranberry sauce and yams.As Thursday aternoon approaches, driveways either

become ull or empty and the aroma o pumpkin pie drones

the air while the grandchildren argue over who gets to

crack the wishbone. Once mealtime arrives, amilies crowdthe kitchen and ll their plates with mountains o ooditsobvious that their eyes are bigger than their stomachs.

An hour or so passes by, and then the moms, auntsand grandmas begin the dishwashing process while theirhusbands watch NFL ootball on the big screen TV and the

children scramble outside to play. The day is complete bythe time Eli Manning completes his nal touchdown against

the Broncos.Thanksgiving is a time when amilies can reunite and

share memories together. Long-distance amily memberscatch up with each other across the dinner table, and

board games suddenly become a popular source oentertainment. But rarely do we sit down and think aboutwhat Thanksgiving really is about.

Its more than just a holiday; its a time to encourage

one another and share what were

thankul or. This can easily beoverlooked by the media

thrown on TV, and the stressinvolved with bringing

a amily together. But iwe just took 10 minutesout o our busy schedule

to talk seriously about

everything that God hasgiven us, the true purposeo Thanksgiving would be

ullled.Just three years ago,

my parents started a new

tradition during Thanksgiving.Beore saying grace at the

dinner table, we go around and listve things were thankul or. This could

be anything rom my stepdads excitement or therecent Dallas Cowboys win over the Minnesota Vikings,

my younger sisters love or Hershey chocolate bars, or mygrandmas thankulness or my grandpa ater 60 years omarriage.

Whatever it may be, its important to dedicate time to

ocus

on everything God hasgiven us.

This Thanksgiving take time to think about

everything God has given you. Think about how ortunateand blessed you are compared to others in the world. Then

maybe i you do this, youll become humbled and discoverthe true meaning o Thanksgiving.

The Turkey TraditionBy REBEKAH JACOBSON

Go to any campus across the country and youll nd political

views ranging rom the apathetic and uninormed to thepassionately over-involved. North Central is no exception. Othe many students I spoke with on the issue however, most

agreed that it is our duty, not only as citizens, but as Christians, tobe involved and inormed to some degree.

Je Whiston, a reshman childrens ministries major, says,

God places us under the authority o government, butin the system we have set up, we put ourselves over them

and we should take advantage o that.Other students take a much more withdrawn approach.

Lets be honest, being inormed takes time and eort,which we as college students dont always have to spare.

For some, the idea o being involved in politics is nice, butunrealistic.Kayla OBrien, a junior ASL Interpreting major, says, I

just dont have time to be as inormed as Id like to be.Still others are disenchanted with the system as a

whole. With all the ghting and bickering going onbetween the two major parties, it seems hopeless thatour small voices could actually make a dierence.

What are we to do then? The rst step is being aware.Know what is going on around you. Even i this means just

stopping in Carlson Lobby or a ew minutes to watch the newsater lunch, its a small step on the way to becoming more

inormed. Check out some o the news articles on Yahoo or CNN.com, or pick

up a newspaper and read an article or two as a break between homeworkassignments.

Its also important that you do some o your own digging. News sources

are biased. This is a act that we have to deal with. Get your inormation rommultiple sources and i it is an issue that you nd important, do some

web research on the topic to nd out more about it.

Once you have an idea o current events and whatsgoing on in politics, start a discussion about it with

someone. Not everyone will agree with your side butthats because there are dierent viewpoints to take

into account.Someone else may have more acts about a topic

that you were unaware o. Healthy discussion anddebate are both good things. This doesnt meanresorting to name-calling or base accusations, but

rather really listening to what someone has to say andunderstanding why they believe what they do.

We have a wonderul privilege o living in a timewhere getting involved in politics is easier than ever. With all

the social medias attention placed on politics, you can hardly open

up the Internet without being bombarded with it.Take advantage o this.

Being inormed in what is happening in the world is benecialand will help make a dierence.

By DEBORAH HOPKINS

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Though politics are very important, it is alsomy least avorite thing to discuss with people.

I can honestly say I have never seen anythingpositive come out o people discussing politics.Every time I have heard people discussing

politics, at least one person ends up hurt, upset,or conused.

Another thing that makes me really rustratedis when people do not ully understand what

they believe or why the believe it, but yetcontinue to speak out about it. Though thisdoes not only happen with politics, it is

when I notice it most. I think manypeople tend to stick to the belies

o the people who inuencethem- amily, riends, teachers, etc.

Sometimes we assume the belieso these people as our ownwithout evaluating whether or

not we truly agree with it. Wetend to stay in our comort

zone, assuming it is betterthan the other options out

there, even i wehave

not looked at what the other options are. I thinkit is important or us to gure out what we

personally believe.However, that being said, another reason I

do not like discussing politics is simply because

I do not understand a lot o what is out there.So, I am just as guilty as the next person when

it comes to knowing what I believe. I knowthere are general things I believe, and

things I do not believe, but I also know it isimportant or me to learn more about

politics as I grow up.

I do not mean to say politicsare not important. I just think it is

really important or each personto know what they believe,

and why they believe whatthey do beore they get tooinvolved with discussing

politics. However, thatbeing said, I still do not

like to discuss politics.Does the word

politics soundexciting? I thinknot.

By AMANDA DAVIS

Not my cup o tea

In the Old Testament, the Bible is very clear about the laws the Israelites

needed to adhere by and the political philosophy which the government issupposed to be built upon. However, the New Testament moves on romthe theocracy that God created in the Old Testament and changes theocus o salvation less rom national identity and more towards individual

conviction. This change o ocus leaves a void in religious governmentalstructure and a relative reedom in regards to orms o government.

Because o multiple trials and ultimately ailures o government in history,

our country uses a orm o democracy, a valid and ree orm o governmentwhich, at its best, adheres to the wishes o the majority o the people. Thisorm o government leaves room or multiple philosophies which serve as

the oundations to the way a nation unctions.

The basest philosophy o Social Conservatism is that the government hastwo purposes in society: to protect its citizens and to provide inrastructure

or society. Beyond that, personal conviction, social establishments, and theree market are the governing actors in society.

In other words, the government should provide a police orce and a militaryto protect its people rom inside and outside threats; and roads, dams,

bridges, etc. or inrastructure. These types o services are essential to aproperly working economy and government and provide multiple positive

externalities (benets that aect everyone.)

This list o services and programs is a ar cry rom what the United States

government is currently doing or its citizens. One would think that a nationcould not survive on this small o a government. What about welare?

Dont we need the Federal Drug Administration? Can a person even retirewithout Social Security? Does Social Conservatism simply ignore the needs

that those programs address?Yes and no. Social Conservatism arms that hunger, drug saety, and

geriatric needs do exist and that those needs do need to be met. However,Social Conservatism denies that the government can address those needs

best and instead oers the solution o individual choice and the ree marketas more ecient and quicker acting competitors.

New Ideas

Lately, people have been on mymind. Not a person or a group opeople, but people in generalpeo-

ples personalities, interests, culturalbackground, amily dynamics and so

on.

The thought o how unique we are as in-dividuals has become so apparent to me theselast couple o weeks.

Each day, I ocus on the dierent people I interact with

and try to understand each individual or who they are.For example, consider each individual: my roommate,

mentor, and proessor. Each one has a specic role they lland vary in their relationship to me. During my time with

each o them, I constantly think o how much I can learnrom them.

The experiences they have encountered all dier and

they are all in various stages o lie. Each time I interact

with them individually, I tryto view my time with them asan opportunity to learn, to be

enriched.I honestly eel privileged to

develop relationships with each

o them, because I know God hasa plan or my lie and is using these

relationships to develop me or my uturein ministry.

But it can be tough to navigate through college withouta precise plan.

Last spring I ound mysel uncertain with my major. Iwas nishing my third year as a music major and only had

seven credits let to nish my program. I began to seek theLord through that uncertainty, and allowed mysel to bemore receptive to Gods will.

Near the end o the semester, God revealed to me thatmy major was going to change rom music to pastoralstudies. Immediately, I thought, how can this be, Im

almost done? I asked God or some conrmation becauseI neededor perhaps wantedto be certain. He clearly

conrmed it and I ully believe in the new direction my lie

will be heading toward.Even though it was a dicult decision, I know that being

obedient to God is more important than the number oyears I will be in school.

I truly believe God strategically places people in ourlives, and with those relationships we have the ability to

grow and develop our relationship with God.I am condent in those relationships, because they are

playing a vital role in my pursuit o my calling.My thought or you is this: how valuable are your rela-

tionships, and how much do they urther your intimacy

with God?

By RUBEN PRIETO editor-in-chief

Lie with people

By MITCHELL CHAMBERLIN

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TODD WOLD

Quirky. Strange. Exotic. Disco. Schlocky. Hole-in-the-wall.

These are words that will enter the mind as one steps intothe interesting hideaway located a mere block rom theNorth Central campusEast Village Grill. Or at least the

exact words that entered my mind as I entered this quaintsite.

Strong words. Fighting words.

There is a reason that these words jump into my mind--thedecoration o the venue alone is enough to reason that

something exploded in the style department. Picture thisscenario--perhaps you really love grape soda, turkey dinner,

chocolate cake, French ries, mushrooms, apples, milkshakes, and

goulash. One day you decide to put all o your avorite things intoa blender (what a great idea--all o your avorite things togetherin one spot) and drink the resulting mush. Not the best idea youever had.

When you enter East Village Grill there is a disco ball hanging

rom the ceiling, a water eature on your immediate right, apartition to separate women rom men (i thats your religion--it

shouldnt be a problem or North Central students), a countriedwallpaper border that lines the room, a vibrant red zigzag walleature, and an anchor that might once have been a clock but

instead is home to a really random patriotic picture.

Good thing we dont judge books by their covers. Cough.

Whether you wait to be seated orblindly walk in and seatyoursel, just know that

the sta will quietlyand unassumingly

wait on you. Notthat this is a

bad thing--just be sure

to speak upi you wantsomething.

Also, on aside note,

i you wantsalt bring yourown shaker.

The biggest thing to remember when

embarking on this little adventure is to be prepared to besurprised. Despite all o its estivity and ridiculous decorations,

despite its very quiet wait sta, and despite the act that you willbe orced to experience another culture, the ood is delicious.

Their gyros are amazing and they oer ries as a side (or thosewho are eeling less adventurous) and they also have a delicious

rice side. Each meal also gets a precursor appetizer o soup at noextra charge. Just make sure you ask or it! This is the key--ask or

things!

So really it all boils down to whether you eel like immersing

yoursel in an entirely dierent eating experience or walkingurther to go to Chipotle. On a scale o one to magical

leprechauns Id give this about a six.

By MO HENKELMAN

East Village Grill Thrill

I you haventheard all

the buzzabout JuanWilliams,

o NationalPublic Radio

(NPR), gettingred because o

his eelings beingsaid on Fox News, thenyoure missing out.

Let me give you a quick run down

o what happened. Basically, Williams

went on Fox News Bill ORiely andgot into a heated debate. As most oORielys guests do. Williams endedup saying that he would still eel

uncomortable i he was on a planeand saw a Muslim on the plane. Soon

ater NPR red him. NPR is supposedto be a air news source. They stated

it was opinions being thrown outthere.

However, Juan Williams had been

a guest on Fox News many a times.He has denitely said some prettyliberal statements, and not once a

threat or warning o being red. Butonce he deviates rom NPRs politicalcorrectness, he gets red. Ridiculous?

Denitely.

Lets not orget to mention howWilliams was red. The CEO called

him up and red him over the phone.Its not like he at least deserved the

decency o it being in person. Thenthe CEO says over an interview aweek later that Williams needs a

psychiatrist because o the wayhe eels about post 9-11. Are we so

sensitive that we cant even say howwe eel? Just so all o you know,eelings are NOT opinions.

America is supposed to stand on

Freedom o Speech. Yet somethinglike this happens? Where does it

stop now? Are we never going to beallowed to say how we eel aboutcertain, real, issues still going on?

This may not concern you as much

as it does me, however, just thinkabout it. When does this stop? When

will it not be okay or all o us not toshare our eelings? Just a ood orthought.

Free SpeechBy AIMEE CORNELIUS

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The North Central volleyball season is wrapping up and

Regionals are just around the corner. The team started theseason with a ull batch o reshmen and just three return-ing players.

Another addition to the team this year is new assistantCoach Alaina Klein. Kleins spunk and ambition compli-

ment third year Head Coach Ryan Schlangens vision orthe team.

The seasons games and practices quickly brought themtogether as a tight-knit team, thanks largely to the return-ing captains, senior psychology major Lindsay Larson, ju-

nior ICS major Danielle Anderson and junior English major

Andrea Grandstrand.

I also see (sophomore worship leading major) MariahSimonson as a leader in her skill level, said Grandstrand.Grandstand was also impressed with the teams persever-

ance.I have been encouraged by the work ethic o this years

team, especially with the challenging game schedule wehave endured, said Grandstrand.

Ankeny, Iowa hosted the NCCAA Regionals this year onOct. 29 & 30. On Friday, the Rams played the home team,the Faith Eagles, and the game went back and orth all ve

sets. North Central pulled out a tough win, giving them-

selves a competitive edge against their next opponent,

Canadian Providence Freemen.The tough ght yielded a loss, however, and the team

ended the day with a record o 1-1.

Saturday brought a new day and a win against theFaith Eagles once again, making the record 2-1. The girls

couldnt pull out a win against two time National contend-ers, Providence Freemen.

North Central took second place in the region, withawards or the All Regional Team going to Lindsay Larsonand Mariah Simonson, and Coach o the Year going to

Ryan Schlangen.

Volleyball RecapBy Kyle Morgan

This years cross country team is the astest in North Central History, a act that Head

coach Trey Meadows shared with a sense o pride. North Central cross country hasperormed well in all their meets this season.

The last update on the Runnin Rams was beore one o their biggest meets o the year,the Upper Midwest Athletic Conerence (UMAC) Championship. For the past several years,North Central has ared well at the UMAC Championship and this year the teams did not

disappoint.Going into the UMAC run, Coach Meadows expectations were that the teams will run

hard, and compete well.Run hard and compete well is exactly what the Runnin Rams did at the UMAC

Championships. The womens team ran right into third place. North Central placed withthree runners in the top ten. Senior intercultural studies major Catherine Mead placed

highest or the Rams in ourth place. Sophomore elementary education major, MichelleHubbell ran in right behind her or a th place nish. Freshmen urban studies major, KaraMontanez nished in eighth place. All o these women were named to the UMAC All-

Conerence team.The mens team also placed third at the UMAC Championships. One o the men placed

in the top tensenior business major David Calhoun, in seventh place. Freshmen worshipleading major, Josiah Miller ran in or an 11th place nish with Junior youth ministries

major, Je Winkelman nishing on Millers heels or a 12th place overall nish, giving North

Central the necessary points to nish in third.With the UMAC Championships nished, the Runnin Rams have been ocused on

training or the National Christian College Athletic Association Nationals which were heldthis past weekend in Cedarville, Ohio.

All their hard work paid o at NCCAA Nationals where the men and womens teams both

took rst place. All seven o the women who ran placed in the top ten. While ve o theseven runners or the men placed in the top ten.

Mead was the overall winner o the womens race, with Hubbell about 40 seconds behindher. Montanez was not ar behind coming in at ourth place. The women rams went on to

take sixth, seventh, ninth, and tenth place. All o the women ran within our minutes o eachother.

For the men, Winkelman running hard to place rst or the men, beating Calhoun insecond place by a mere nine seconds. The men also took third place with Miller rightbehind Calhoun. The top three were all seconds apart.

The Runnin Rams are now done or the season, but have once again brought back thecoveted Nationals Banner. Now we look towards the uture o this great team at North

Central.

Cross Country Amazes AgainBy Connie Zimmerman

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At the beginning o August this year, the North Central men and womens tennis program received a new

head coach, Jessica Tonder. She returned to North Centrals athletics department as head coach this yearollowing her season as assistant coach under Brian Pingel last spring.

Tonder loves the sport o tennis or many reasons, such as its aspect o

individuality combined with its intense team collectivity. What wassurprising to her, however, was her immediate love or coaching.

Being able to coach has been so much more rewarding thanI ever would have guessed. I credit all o this to my team though,

said Tonder. I couldnt have asked or a better team to share thisexperience with. This is denitely a learning process or me as

well, and they have been very patient with me.Tonder is also very enthusiastic about the growth o the North

Central tennis program as a whole.This is our third season as an ocial team at North Central,

explained Tonder. Because tennis is a relatively new program

here, I eel that each year will bring more interest rom

prospective players.We have players with quite a bit more experience,

so we are really expecting to compete and surprise a lot o

our competition, said junior youth ministry major andmens tennis captain Josiah Tonder. We want to

make it a competitive program that draws players

to us in the uture as well.The teams plan to begin practicing early

February and have its rst match in March. It isclear that there is a new excitement in the tennis

program with Coach Tonders love or the gameat the helm.

New ace to North Central TennisBy Stephen Krist

The name Jake Smith is quite common around thiscampus. Most oten it is in reerence to our Dean o

Residence Lie or in reerence to the proessor o LeadershipDevelopment I. However, the same Jake Smith is also theHead coach o both North Centrals Men and Womens soccer

teams.Smith has been the Head coach o the womens team since

all 2006, and two years later took over the mens team as well.Since 2006 when Smith took over, the teams have grown and

competed better each year. Under Smiths coaching, the womensteam has won the National Christian College Athletic AssociationRegional tournament the past three years. With regional

tournament win, Smith has been named the NCCAA Coach othe Year as well.

This year Smith led the Womens team to a thplace nish at the NCCAA National tournament in

Kissimmee, FL.

Coach Prole: Jake SmithBy Connie Zimmerman

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The college basketball season got o to its ocialstart at North Central on Oct. 15 with Midnight Madness,a late night event where the mens and womens teams

participated in their rst practices.This will be the rst time that both teams enter the

season as NCAA Division III programs. Coaches Jon High(men) and Matt Callahan (women) each discussed their

goals or their teams.Obviously we want to win as many games as possible,

and now that were D3 this year we want to compete well

against other D3 schools, said coach High.Our goal is to continue the oundation laid by last years

team to become a solid NCAA D3 basketball program and

to represent ourselves, NCU, and our Savior to the utmost oour ability, commented coach Matt Callahan.

Both teams are young this year. The men have ourreturning players while the women have only two.

When asked about how this might aect the men,Coach High responded, I think well be somewhat at adisadvantage because o experience, but we have good

talent in the new reshman. They should be able tocontribute right away.

Coach Callahan expressed similar optimism or the

women.They are playing together extremely well or it being

their rst year together. They are unselsh, and our ocus isabout serving each other and making each other better on

a daily basis.Students can support the Rams on Nov. 16 as both teams

host University o Minnesota-Morris to kick o the season.

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