NORTHERNER Tuesday, October 28, 2014 North Central University VOL. 55 ISSUE 3

THIS YEAR’S ONE ACCORD SHARES THEIR VISION FOR MINISTRY AS THEY PREPARE FOR THEIR SUMMER TOUR

As the semester winds down, One Accord gears up

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NCU Advancement Office Offers Easy Scholarship OpportunitiesThe Advancement Office is accepting student applications for donor scholarships for the 2014-2015 school year. The office just announced that due to the generosity of several individuals, North Central is able to offer more than $60,000 in donor scholarships. Accord-ing to the application webpage, each donor scholarship has spe-cific criteria in which the appli-cant must fulfill; however, there are over 100 donor scholarships available this year. In order to complete the appli-cation process students simply

write one 50-word response and select the donor scholarship(s) in which he/she fulfills the criteria. The entire application process takes approximately 5 to 10 minutes to completely, offering fast scholarship op-portunities for North Central students. Applications are due by March 28, 2014 and no late applica-tions are accepted.To apply for 2014-2015 Donor Scholarships visit http://www.nor thcent ra l . edu/award-day

Glass white boards return to classrooms this week

North Central’s glass white boards can be seen back in most classrooms after being removed last springAs students began to walk the halls of North Central again this fall, several no-ticed the missing glass white boards around campus.Executive director of busi-ness and information tech-nology (IT), Mike Cappelli stated in an email interview,

“The white boards were re-moved to increase the clarity and readability of the pro-jected materiel.”Last year the white boards were removed after North Central administration rec-ognized that the vinyl white board backing was reflective,

which made it difficult to see projected materials.Originally the glass board vendors promised that the improved white boards would be up and functioning before the first day of class. However, IT received a call

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Candidates profiles to know before voting

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Amy KlobucharIn 2007, Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar became the first woman elected to rep-resent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate. Before this position, Klobuchar served at several law firms and worked as the county attorney for Hen-nepin County. Her focus re-volved around prosecuting violent or career criminals.Since her induction into of-fice, Klobuchar promoted full funding for the Inter-state 35W bridge, ensured benefits for Minnesota Na-tional Guard members, and worked to pass the 2008

Farm Bill. She supports mid-dle-class families by leading the improvement agenda for America’s jobs and economy. Klobuchar currently leads in polls for the U.S. Senate race against Republican Kurt Bills.

Kurt Bills Republican Kurt Bills is cur-rently a member of the Min-nesota House of Representa-tives as well as an economics teacher at Rosemount High School. Bills attended Wino-na State University, where he received a bachelor’s degree in secondary social studies education and U.S. history. He also earned a master’s de-gree in education.“I’m running because I can-not just stand by while our national debt continues to rise as the purchasing power of our wages slowly decline,” Bills stated in a letter to the

people of Minnesota.

Chris Fields Republican Chris Fields does not have any political experience, but he served in the U.S. Marines for over 21 years. He grew up on welfare in the South Bronx of New York City. Fields was born to a 15-year-old mother and is the oldest of three children. His stepfather was a com-munity activist for 35 years and inspired Fields’ dedica-tion to the community. After moving to Minneapolis with his family, he looked for new ways to help. Fields noticed a need for leadership in Con-gress.

He stated in a phone inter-view, “This election cannot be about democrats or re-publicans; they must work together. The elected official must be able to work with both parties, valuing people over politics.”

Keith Ellison On Jan. 4, 2007, Democrat Keith Ellison became the first Muslim representative in the U.S. Congress. He was born in Detroit and moved to Minneapolis after earning a law degree from the Uni-versity of Minnesota Law School. Ellison has served in the 5th Congressional Dis-trict of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives., which includes Minneapolis and surrounding suburbs.He is a member of the House Financial Services Commit-tee, which helps monitor the nation’s financial services

and industries. Ellison’s phi-losophy includes generosity and inclusion. His priorities are to build prosperity for working families, encourage peace, attain environmental sustainability, and protect civil human rights.

Lorie GildeaLorie Gildea has been serv-ing as the incumbent chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court since 2010. Gildea grew up in Plummer, Minn. and attended the Uni-versity of Minnesota—Mor-ris. She received a bachelor of arts degree in political sci-ence and used this the next 20 years practicing law.Gildea’s responsibilities cov-er the Supreme Court and Minnesota’s Judicial Coun-cil. Throughout the years, she heard over 700 cases and wrote almost 100 opinions for the court. Gildea believes

that the main purpose of the Minnesota court is to protect the freedom and safety of law-abiding individuals, busi-nesses, government, and so-ciety. It is her job to maintain order in society through the law.

Dan Griffith Dan Griffith has served as a private attorney, assistant city attorney, and assistant county attorney for the past 19 years. He has handled hundreds of various cases and now Griffith is the chal-lenger in the political race for Minnesota Supreme Court Judge. He is challenging Lo-rie Skjervan Gildea’s position as chief justice.“Do we really think concen-trating the power to select an entire branch of government into the hands of one politi-cian will keep politics out of it? I trust people over a poli-

tician,” stated Griffith on his website.

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NEWS

Liechty Hall porch undergoes major renovationsCurrent construction at Liechty Hall includes a new porch, and more reno-

vations in the futureLiechty Hall, also known as the Mansion, is current-ly undergoing a renovation of the front porch. Several improvements to Liechty Hall have already been completed within the past year and more are to come next spring.Administrator of facili-ties management Jay Vet-ter stated in an email in-terview, “The porch is expected to be completed this fall, but the remain-der of the project will be completed in 2015 once the weather is conducive to resuming construction and landscaping.”The remodel of Liechty Hall will help Facilities Management move closer to accomplishing several goals from their Strategic Facilities Plan. Vetter not-ed that this plan includes eliminating water intrusion from all campus buildings, replacing exterior lights with LEDs, and up- grad-

ing building systems such as heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC).According to Vetter, the projects at Liechty Hall that Facilities Manage-ment are delegating inter-

nally are estimated to save North Central upwards of $200,000.“The work being done at Liechty Hall is composed of many parts and the (North Cen- tral) expert in

each area is taking owner-ship of their portion of work,” said Vetter.According to Vetter, full-time facilities maintenance employee, Bruce Nash, is the project leader for the

basement remodel as well as the current exterior re-pairs. However, the major-ity of the Facilities Man-agementDepartment is contribut-ing to the completion of the project in some way.“Marv Langmade oversaw the HVAC replacement, Daniel Berggren is lead-ing the landscaping over-haul, and Ken Huisinga is designing and implement-ing the new exterior light-ing system,” said Vetter. “Jordan Robertson, Marty Fox, Adam Robrahn, and numerous student workers have also played key roles in planning and executing the different aspects of this project.”Liechty Hall was built in 1887 and remains the old-est building on North Cen-tral’s campus.

The porch at Liechty Hall is supported with wooden posts as Facilities management works on renovations.

from the vendors two weeks before classes in which the vendors explained they were dealing with production is-sues. “IT has been partnering with our vendors to have the boards re-installed as quickly as possible,” Capelli explained.Capelli and his team took a few days working with other faculty to consider tempo-rary solutions for the missing boards. The goal was to find a low-cost board on which content could be erased and clearly projected. “This is when Facilities Man-agement recommended FRP boards as a quick alternative and tested a few with Faculty members to see if they could make it work,” said Capelli.FRP is a Fiberglass Rein-forced Plastic panel, which is used for a variety of build-ing projects and has operated as makeshift white boards around campus.“The white boards are in the process of being re-in-stalled,” said Capelli. “Ap-proximately 95% of the classrooms have a glass board available at this time.”IT’s vendors have assured

CONTINUED FROM P 1that all glass white boards should be completed and in-stalled toward the beginning of October.Capelli also mentioned that this project has taken longer than any of them had antici-pated. However, the Techni-cal Support Center, student workers and vendors have been working diligently to complete the task.“In my career, I have realized leadership often presents less than desirable circumstances. Our goal as Christian lead-ers is to take circumstances and make the best decisions with the current information and resources God has pro-vided,” said Capelli.Capelli mentioned that it was amazing to see Chris-tian leadership among North Central faculty as they col-laborated the possible ways to make a difficult situation workable.Capelli explained, “If we look only at the surface level, the boards may have reflect-ed negatively in our presen-tation; however, if we focus on what God desires in our character, this crisis may also be viewed as having positive outcomes.”

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MEMORIES FROM BATTLE OF THE FLOORS 2014

BATTLE OF THE FLOORS 2014 MAY BE

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MEMORIES FROM BATTLE OF THE FLOORS 2014

BATTLE OF THE FLOORS 2014 MAY BE

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One Accord’s vision for the semesterAlthough One Accord 2012-2013 has already led worship in chapel, a large bulk of the group’s live per-formance happens over the sum-mer. The band is just now in the midst of recording their original album and will begin training for camp worship in May.Current band members include: senior worship leading major Shelbey McKay (guitar and vo-cals), senior recording arts major Max Smith (electric guitar), junior music business major Peter Barnes (drums), sophomore music pas-tor major Stephen Witt (piano and vocals), sophomore recording arts major Taylor Heinzen (keyboards), and sophomore music pastor ma-jor Dean Jordan (bass).“Our goal is to let the Holy Spirit minister through us on and off the stage, especially through music,” said sophomore music pastor ma-jor Stephen Witt. “I am most ex-cited to accomplish this at summer camps.”Senior worship leading major Shelbey McKay also expressed ex-citement about getting on the road and touring over the summer.“Something different happens when you spend the majority of your time with the same people, doing life together, and I’m excit-ed to build those deeper relation-ships,” said McKay.Fine arts professor Jeff Deyo talked about how traveling gives

the musicians a chance to actually use what they have learned in class, practicing how to be successful on the road for long periods of time.“A lot of things happen in the classroom at North Central, but something happens when you go and do what you have been talking about,” said Deyo.Deyo serves as an “older brother” figure for the One Accord band members, pushing them to grow musically as well as spiritually. One Accord is encouraged to set aside weekly devotional time in order to enable them to lead spiritual dis-cussion and to prepare them to proclaim their faith on stage.“My passion is to mentor them spiritually; most musicians fail because they become prideful or lazy,” said Deyo. “I knew this group was extremely talented mu-sically, but they also have a spiritual maturity led by passion for God’s ministry.”Deyo teaches One Accord how to understand physical expressions of worship and how to “dig the well.” He claims that people try to get on stage and act spiritual, but they have not cultivated a private walk with God. In order to have a pow-erful authentic presence on stage, One Accord students learn how to first privately worship God.“Worship is anything in life that you do through the Holy Spirit,” said Witt. “It’s about the motiva-

tion of the heart.”One Accord views worship as a way to brag about God’s character through music, reminding them why they love the Lord and give Him thanks for His mercy.Musically, the current One Accord is different from the past. The band members avoid a “pop” ap-proach to worship, and instead use more complex music and combin-ing knowledge of different genres.The One Accord program is also set apart from other music groups at North Central by the intensity of the training and the length of the program.

“We just don’t show up,” said McKay. “We have road managers and jobs within our team, which build responsibility.”During the 18 months that they play together, band members have the opportunity to travel, earn scholarship money, build leader-ship skills and network. Network-ing also provides the students with job opportunities. Several past One Accord members have re-ceived two or three job offers even before they graduate.“One Accord builds connections with district directors and church-es that can help promote my career

after I graduate,” said Witt.The band currently practices for 75 minutes every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. In addition to this, group members have independent practices for two hours once a week. The group meets to record their album Tuesday and Thursday from 4 to 10 p.m. and Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.

The Harlem Shake Hi t s NCU

Latest trend shaking the nation makes an impact on campusIn a little over two weeks, one dance has swept the nation and created a new social trend that impacts even North Central – the Harlem Shake.The Harlem Shake was not a trend until a comic named Filthy Frank used the song “Harlem Shake” for a YouTube video. Frank and his friends suited up in Power Ranger costumes and did their personal moves to the Baauer’s electric dance music. Since that video aired on Feb. 2, the eclectic dance move has ex-ploded across America.According to Tech Crunch, the viral dance videos have mul-tiplied exponentially, until the Harlem Shake became the most-searched topic on Google.What does it take?Most hip-hop fans know that the dance renditions in recent vid-

eos are not true to the original Harlem Dance. In 1981, Harlem shake dancers were recognized through shimming shoulders, wild flailing arms, and random leg movement.Thirty years later, Harlem Shake videos follow a simple formula:1. One masked person shakes in a room, unnoticed by others2. The bass drops fourteen sec-onds in, and3. Everyone is flailing, flipping, running, shaking, jumping, fight-ing, and more….

More than 4,000 various Harlem shake videos are posted every-day, which combines to a total of over 44 million views. Even ani-mals are eager to participate.North Central has taken an inter-est in the Harlem Shake fad as well. The North Central Rams

created a Harlem Shake video in a local Wal-Mart. This first North Central contribution has over 1,000 views and features a cameo appearance by Jeff Grenell.Several floors have taken it upon themselves to create their own Harlem Shake videos, including Five West Carlson and Z-House.Other popular Harlem Shake videos include the Harlem Shake military and office edition.

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Above: A snapshot of a recent Harlem Shake video shows Jeff Grenell and other North Central stu-dents dancing to the song; Below: A clip of a Harlem Shake rendition performed by the Army

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Campus leadership strives to integrate

the student body

BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS ATTENTION TO THE TOPIC OF DIVERSITY AT

NORTH CENTRALNorth Central is known for its emphasis on enabling stu-dents to better understand diversity in the world around them, but is this commit-ment being fulfilled within the student body?In response to diversity at North Central, freshman un-declared major Joseph Cape-hart said, “There is more [diversity] here than other places, but I was surprised at how little there was. I guess I was expecting more because we are here in Minneapo-lis, but the average student is white. I wasn’t expecting that.”The North Central leader-ship staff has been working hard the past couple of years to promote diversity within the student body.“The leadership theme this year is Integrated, which fo-cuses on encouraging the student body to work with others within and outside of the North Central communi-ty,” said sophomore intercul-tural studies major and Miller Hall DL Michelle McKinley.Diversity at North Central has the potential to build the student body into a stronger community that is able to in-teract with life outside of the so-called, “NCU Bubble.”“[Diversity] gives you a taste of real life. You can get caught in your own friend groups in high school, but in an urban college in downtown Minne-apolis, we are surrounded by a bunch of different people and different races,” said freshman psychology major

Kaylee Burgett.Capehart believes that diver-sity goes beyond ethnicity and applies to each person’s background. Various back-grounds can give new per-spectives and broaden the chance for the student body to learn something new.Burgett has a similar philoso-phy: she believes that North Central can already be con-sidered a diverse school.“You hear people saying that we are not very diverse here and we are all a bunch of Christians, but I think it is very diverse. We are all a bunch of Christians, but we all have different stories,” said Burgett.Some students may feel un-comfortable or alienated because their voices are not represented, but North Cen-tral tries to offer a unique community-oriented atmo-sphere.“What is really cool is the fact that the students here are Christians, so for the most part they are extreme-ly including and loving. I’ve seen that this has been able to overcome that feeling of alienation,” said Capehart.One of the goals of North Central is to equip students to interact with various people groups. As stated on North Central’s website, stu-dents should be able “to ob-serve and interpret human behavior within the richness of social and cultural diver-sity.”

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office work, helping teachers with daily tasks, and delegat-ing student workers. She also organizes external activities such as contacting confer-ence speakers. Wenzel is looking forward to working with a dedicated staff and motivated students.“I want to help empower stu-dents to achieve godly goals,” said Wenzel.Wenzel has a passion for in-spiring people and reaching new potential. This year she would like to continue updat-ing the Center for Youth and Leadership, allowing the de-partment to progress.

New Hires at North CentralStaff members fill roles and enhance communityJustin EvansJustin Evans is the new stu-dent supervisor and Internal Library Loan Coordinator for the T.J Jones Library. He majored in cross-cultural studies at North Central Uni-versity in the late 1990s and after receiving his degree, he went on to teach Old Testa-ment and Hebrew classes at North Central for two years. He then received his master’s degree in the arts of the Old Testament in Boston, and further Old Testament edu-cation from Edinburgh Uni-versity in Scotland.Last year, Evans returned to the United States and fulfills the position of two staff members at the library. He believes that the T.J. Jones Li-brary can become the heart of studies at North Central. His goals for the library are to encourage lifelong aca-demics and create an invit-ing culture for students. In years to come, he hopes that the T.J. Jones Library will be-come a resource for a wider community.“We want to fill our role helping North Central stu-dents succeed academically

and in their Christian walk,” said Evans.

Marlana WenzelMarlana Wenzel is the admin-istrative assistant for the Cen-ter for Youth and Leadership at North Central. She grew up in Lake Geneva, Minn. and later studied history and political science at Vanguard University in Southern Cali-fornia. She was involved in her husband’s ministry when she heard about the admin-istrative position at North Central. Wenzel felt a calling to help hurting youth and thought this position would be a great opportunity.She is involved with internal

Justin Evans in front of the his new workplace, the library.

Marlana Wenzel relaxes in the CYL building

8 OPINION

Balance Community with Academics

As the fall semester winds down, I have noticed a lack of motivation from North Cen-tral students when it comes to the classroom. Students have seemed to become classroom “zombies,” unwilling to participate in discus-sion and answer simple questions. Therefore, I set out to examine why North Central students have lost the drive to pursue education and how that looks from a profes-sor’s point-of-view. North Central prides itself on community and leader-ship, developing the character of students in chapel, in resident life and in Lifecore. Such qualities set North Central apart from other establishments and equip students with useful life-skills. However, there seems to be a lack of con-

cern when it comes to academics. Involvement in student activities does build character, but at what point does the balance start to tilt and academics start to suffer?This trend has not gone unnoticed by the professors. The English de-partment chair, professor Dr. Les-lie Crabtree noted that throughout the past year and a half, students seem to lack energy. “This is dis-played in the classroom by a lack of participation, lack of eye con-tact, posture, and cell-phone use,” said Crabtree.Old Testament adjunct professor Justin Evans has experienced simi-lar issues: “Since I teach Block A at 7:45 a.m., it appears that students are tired, struggling to stay awake, nodding off, and unengaged.” Ev-ans explained that he tries to do classroom discussion and some students participate, but the major-ity of students seem to stay up too late. Student activities may be a large cause of suffering attention in the classroom. I am currently involved in student leadership and well aware of the amount of time I invest in my position; however, I know my own personal time lim-

its and only agree to participate in certain groups. Can this be said of the majority of the North Central student body? Dr. Crabtree raised simi-lar concerns: “When I see resi-dent hall meetings at 11 p.m. and I know I have 8 a.m. classes in the morning, I get concerned. I know this is an available time slot for most students, but I suggest for every hour in the class you should plan for two hours of homework. This is a nation wide higher learn-ing standard.” Evans believes that poor time management is another ma-jor issue among the student body. “Sometimes students need to re-prioritize their academic career here,” said Evans. “Many students go above-and-beyond, but I do see the struggles from poor time man-agement.” Some basic steps can be taken to balance social life and aca-demic life. First, get more sleep. This may take some reprioritizing, but it is important for students to appreciate the educational oppor-tunities they have at North Central and how getting a good amount of sleep will help this. Evans claims, “Students have a responsibility to develop a passion to learn; it’s great to have teachers that inspire them to do

that, but ultimately it is the stu-dent’s responsibility to get that mo-tivation. This comes from a more holistic view, not just about the spiritual side or what you can do with your hands, but also about de-veloping a mind as a gift that God has given you.”Other measures may help students reprioritize their time manage-ment. Crabtree gave this exam-ple: “I used to make my students monitor their time in 15 minute increments. After a few weeks you count up the time and see where it went. People will be surprised by how much the time disappears.”I will admit, time management is not always my first priority, but I

do care about the level of partici-pation I offer to class. I am paying a large amount of money to not only come to North Central and grow spiritually, but to also attend classes and grow mentally.Just two weeks ago guest speaker Eric Samuel Timm addressed this topic in chapel, emphasizing the importance of balancing emotion-al experience with educated intel-lect.In the words of Timm, “Your pas-sion has to be equal in your read-ing and your study, as well as your worship and gifts… Otherwise we become emotionally charged but intellectually shallow.”

North Central students excel in community but slack in academics

1. Get more sleep, Get more sleep, Get more sleep

2. Do not procrastinate: Putting off assignments can add un-needed stress to your already busy schedule

3. Manage your time: Don’t waste time on social media when you have assignments to finish – do homework first, then socialize

4. Know your limits: Don’t commit to too many responsibilities or too many classes if you will not be able to handle the work load

5. Give the same respect to your classes that you give to your community life

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