Nov. 11, 2011

GLIMMERGLASS.OLIVET.EDU NOVEMBER 11, 2011 VOL. 71 NO. 5

GlimmerGlassO L I V E T N A Z A R E N E U N I V E R S I T Y ’ S

IN THIS ISSUE

Dr. Bowling

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EconomyThe president of Olivet addresses those who are visiting during Homecoming.

Homecoming affects more than Olivet; It also benefits local businesses.

WeatherThe weather for Homecoming weekend should be sunny with no rain.

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Past QueensOlivet takes a look at former Homecoming queens and one heart-felt story.

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Gaithers bring back memories

Fall showers bring Homecoming flowersSydney Young & Megan

[email protected]@live.olivet.edu

Shelbi Miller crowned queen

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Special

Homecoming

Edition

EventsA map of campus and a schedule of events helps guests get around Olivet.

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Alex [email protected]

Centennial Chapel has been filled with the melodies of many different musical genres since its construction, yet to be filled with the sweet sounds of southern gospel – until now.

This Saturday, to celebrate Homecoming, the Gaither Vo-cal Band’s performance will mark the one-year anniversary of the Centennial Hawkins Chapel.

The Gaither Vocal Band has been a staple in the Christian music scene since the early 1980s. What started as just a few friends harmonizing to-gether, before Bill Gaither Trio performances, evolved into an award-winning legacy.

While at Olivet, the Gaith-er’s may meet an old friend. Communication professor Jer-ry Cohagan once worked with the Gaithers.

Before Cohagan became a fulltime faculty member, he was apart of the Christian comedy duo ‘Hicks & Coha-gan.’ From 1984 to 1989, the pair toured with the Gaithers.

“You are not an opening act for Bill Gaither. You are part of the Bill Gaither program,” Cohagan said of Gaither’s at-titude toward his work. “He doesn’t really care who hits the home run, as long as someone hits it out of the park.”

Cohagan remembers learn-ing that one of the three Gram-mys Elvis Presley won was for the gospel song “He Touched Me,” which Gaither had writ-ten.

“[Gaither’s] impact and his influence has had a far reach on many,” Cohagan said. “It will continue for a long time.”

Now, instead of hearing Cohagan’s jokes, the Home-coming audience will listen to Olivet’s choir programs as they accompany the Gaithers.

Olivet’s Proclamation Gos-pel Choir will preform at 7:10 p.m. before the Gaither Vocal Band takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. The “O” Award will be presented in between at 7:25 p.m.

The band’s stop in Bour-bonnais is part of the “Gaither Homecoming Tour” that be-gan earlier this month and will run until May. Tickets for the event were sold out months in advance.

There’s more than one queen on campus.

Dr. Beth Patrick-Trippel might not be the

Homecoming queen, but she has ruled over the flowers and décor of Homecoming for the past 16 years.

Prior to coming to Olivet, Pat-rick-Trippel, a professor in the Department of Communication, planned and coordinated wed-dings and special events. Because of her experience and creativity, Olivet now relies on her to arrange flowers and decorations at differ-ent events.

Olivet used florists before Patrick-Trippel began decorat-ing. However, florists are her pet peeve. She believes the goal of a florist is to make a profit, so their flowers are substantially more ex-pensive than those a wholesaler sells.

Olivet does occasionally use a florist, but arranging flowers in-house saves the school money, leading to more resources and a better product.

Quality and elegance are what Patrick-Trippel strives for when she plans arrangements. “Her at-tention to detail is amazing,” said sophomore Daley Schimmelpfen-nig, Patrick-Trippel’s assistant.

Flower choice varies based on

where the arrangements will be used. This year, table arrange-ments consist of a modern display of purple orchids, inspired by the reality show, “Flowers Uncut.” Bigger arrangements stick to tra-ditional roses, Patrick-Trippel said.

Because of Patrick-Trippel’s commitment to quality, she avoids using “cheap flowers,” such as carnations, and filler material.

Schimmelpfennig helps her with organization by planning work teams and schedules. Or-ganization is necessary to Home-coming due to the large number of events, and because the big ar-rangements have to be reused at the large events like chapel, the Gaither concert and the prayer breakfast, she said.

Sometimes unexpected events interrupt the planning process. During these times, it is vital to be able to improvise and adapt, Patrick-Trippel said.

“Plan all of the things that you can, and improvise when some-thing goes wrong.”

Her first Homecoming at ONU was full of last-minute adjust-ments. The main roses for the arrangements failed to arrive on time. Patrick-Trippel was forced to position the other flowers for the arrangements in advance, and then insert the roses when they fi-nally arrived.

Last year Patrick-Trippel also faced difficulties when one of the arrangements was destroyed

on the way to its destination. The flowers were part of large twin arrangements meant to flank the ONU-crested glass podium in the chapel. Patrick-Trippel always orders extra flowers for emergen-cies, but not enough to create a full arrangement. The remaining assortment was simply placed in front of the podium.

There is a lot of behind the scenes work to prepare for Home-

coming, and Patrick-Trippel es-timates only 10 percent of guest attending any function under-stand the work that takes place behind the scene. She views this small percentage as a good thing, because guests are able to relax without being aware of the hours of work that took place.

“Any event where people don’t see the work that goes into it, I’d consider a success,” she said.

Dr. Beth Pat-rick-Trippel, communica-tion professor and Olivet’s floral designer combines simple flow-ers to create the arrange-ments seen at Olivet events.

PHOTO BY ETHAN BARSE

Shelbi Miller was named Olivet’s 2011 Homecom-ing queen Nov. 9. Miller was escorted by Michael Bishop.

PHOTO BY ETHAN BARSE

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Homecoming issue

contributors ExEcutivE Editor

Cathy Schutt

NEws Editors

David TimmMatt Dahlberg

Photo Editor

Cassie Shattuck

writErs

Ethan BarseAustin Brink

Adrian CalhounMatt DahlbergCrystal Fleck

GJ FryeKammy Goedhart

Amber HawleyJordan LewisMegan LingleLydia Linsner

Seth MajorMorgan McCririeDestiny Mitchell

Aaron NelsonJake Neuman

Andrew OliverColton ParkerDonte Payne

Cassie ShattuckSamantha Starner

Alex SwickardDavid Timm

Jennifer WielandHannah Williams

Sydney Young

PhotograPhErs

Ethan BarseMorgan McCririe

Donte Payne

graPhic dEsigNErs

GJ FryeCarolyn Goettsch

Stephanie Williams

coPy Editors

Rachel KearneyAutumn KeissAndrew Kriz

Meagan RamsayLuverta Reames

Tyreze TaylorJenny White

PagE dEsigNErs

Justine EspersenGJ Frye

Rachel KearneyAutumn KeissAndrew KrizNicole Lafond

Meagan RamsayLuverta Reames

Jenny White

Coming home

John C. BowlingUniversity President

Regardless of one’s age or circumstances, there is something special about

going home. Therefore, Home-coming is an occasion which radi-ates meaning in several directions.

First, for Olivet alumni who re-turn to campus for the weekend, friendships are renewed, memo-ries are rekindled, plans and com-mitments made years ago are re-visited. The Latin phrase, Alma Mater, which means “nourishing or fostering mother,” gets it right. The University provides a particu-lar kind of nurture – academic, so-cial and spiritual – at an important point in life.

Second, this weekend also has meaning for the University-at-large beyond its individual mean-ing for alumni. It is a time which demonstrates the significance and influence of the University in gen-eral. The presence of alumni from across generations and around the world gives evidence that the im-pact of Olivet goes well beyond the four years a person may be en-rolled as a student.

Third, I also think Homecom-ing can have a special meaning for today’s Olivet students. The ac-tivities and guests on campus bear witness that the real measure of one’s university experience may not be fully realized until later in life. Students are reminded that they are part of a long line of indi-viduals who have passed through this campus on their way to the future.

I came here to college from a little town in western Ohio. I have made that drive back and forth many times across the last forty-five years. There was not, and still is not, a direct route to my home in Ohio. So, for me to get home, I have to go the old fashioned way on two-lane roads, navigating lots of twists and turns and pass-ing through countless little towns along the way.

I have made the trip home so many times that I know the way by heart. I don’t need a map. I don’t have written directions. I don’t use a GPS.

I know the way by heart.Several times during those trips

alone I have experienced an inter-esting phenomenon: suddenly, it seems, I find myself almost home, yet I cannot really remember mak-ing the trip, not in detail anyway. Whatever this experience says about me, and some of you may be thinking to yourself – “I am not riding with him,” it seems to indicate that deep down, at a sub-conscious level, in spite of all that goes on around me, without think-ing, my inner person knows the way home.

I know the way home ... by heart. What a grand thought. I hope that same phenomenon is present for alumni, friends and present students who think of Olivet as “home” on this Coming Home weekend.

Lydia [email protected]

Initial nurses to be honored

Walking into Dr. Susan Draine’s office is like coming home.

Not just because of the family pictures on her desk, the humor-ous placket that reads, “Nurses Call the Shots,” or the jar of pep-permints on her conference table. It’s because of the welcoming, warm manner Draine brings to her position as the Olivet nursing de-partment’s newest chair.

The Michigan native graduated from Olivet with a nursing degree in 1976 and went on to graduate school in Gadsden, Ala.. Draine never imagined she’d live in Illi-nois, but God opened and closed doors and led her back to Olivet in 1983 to teach critical care nursing. Over the 28 years that followed, Draine taught almost every course in the nursing curriculum with the exceptions of obstetric nurs-ing (pregnancy and newborns), mental health and pediatrics. She accepted the position of nursing department chair in April 2009.

Stepping into the role of depart-ment chair was like being a stu-dent.

The nursing department is cele-brating the 40-year anniversary of its first graduating class this year at Homecoming.

To celebrate the anniversary the department is hosting an affinity dinner for nursing alumni from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Weber Leadership Center prior to the Gaither Home-coming concert on Saturday, Nov. 12. Entertainment for the dinner will include a photo slideshow ti-tled “Through the Years” to high-light past students, faculty mem-bers and nursing uniforms.

During the dinner, there will be a special auction of nearly 150 fig-urines. Each of the pieces, wheth-er ceramic, porcelain or wooden, relates to the field of nursing, and all were donated by a nurse with no previous connection to Olivet. What makes the figurines unique is what they represent.

“Whether the bidder pays $6, $600, or $6,000, the value of these figurines is not their sticker price,” said Dr. Susan Draine, nursing department chair. “Their value comes from the love of the original giver. These figurines were given to the donor from pa-tients and people whose lives she touched.”

“It’s a learning experience,” Draine said. “It’s also very hum-bling.”

Relationships Draine built with other nursing faculty helped her transition into the new role. “You have to know your people in lead-ership,” Draine said. “[Working as chair] has allowed me to try to bring out the best in the nursing faculty.”

Draine’s responsibilities in-

Lydia [email protected]

Faculty and staffResident assistants

Students in the OaksOther students

Please park on the east side of the Centennial Chapel.

During chapel on Wednesday, Nov, 9, please park in the back half of the lot at the Shine.FM radio station.

Please park in the back half of the College Church parking lot.

Those who park in the Ward lot, please move to the north lot in order to free up room for visitors to park during the football game and other festivities.

**These parking regulations will be in effect on Friday, Nov. 10, and Saturday, Nov. 11.

Parking guidelines for Homecoming weekend

A warm home with a solid chair

Dr. Susan Draine has served Olivet with her teaching in nursing for 28 years and is the nursing deparment chair.

clude keeping the department properly accredited and oversee-ing various changes to the depart-ment, such as the recent addition of the family practitioner track to the nursing Master’s program. However, Drain’s main goal is to help equip the nursing faculty to teach and minister to students.

“Everything [the students] read and we [as faculty] share, they will need to know and more,” Draine said.

In addition to equipping teach-ers, Draine directly impacts stu-dents through her hiring of ad-junct faculty. Adjuncts fill the gaps between teaching needs and the schedules of current faculty, Draine explained. They are espe-cially vital to the nursing depart-ment, whose faculty well outnum-bers its students. In her search, Draine looks for people that can provide a high level of expertise in one specific area, can clearly communicate their knowledge and will love the students. Ultimately, she trusts God for the staff she needs.

“Whenever we’ve needed teachers, the Lord has provided,” Draine said. “This is His work.”

The donor wanted to support a nursing program whose students reflected God’s genuine care and love for their patients. Proceeds from her gift will go toward nurs-ing student scholarships.

Alumni will also have a chance to take tours of the nursing de-partment’s simulation laboratory, called the Virtual Learning Center, during Homecoming weekend.

“[The tours] will give alumni a chance to see how the department has changed over the years,” said Dr. Paul Dillinger, nursing profes-sor who headed up Homecoming plans for the department. Students from the Nursing Students in Ac-tion club will lead the tours.

Olivet’s first class of nursing students graduated in May 1971.

PHOTO BY LYDIA LINSNER

PHOTO COURTESY OF ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT

Homecoming 3 November 11, 2011 glimmerglass.olivet.edu

1907East central Ilinois starts

Miss Mary Nesbitt’s grammar school in

a house in Georgetown,

Ill.

Deserving alumni now have double the chance to be recognized.

The new Young Alumni Award was created this year in addition to the “O” Awards to “recog-nize those alums that are making an impact even in their relative youth,” said Jeremy North, assis-tant director of alumni and uni-versity relations. The award is for alumni who graduated no more than 10 years ago.

The first recipients of the ONU Young Alumni Award are 2003 graduate Lauren Seaman and 2006 graduate Jessica Swanson.

Seaman currently works for the International Republican Institute in Washington, D.C. He works to advance democracy in Nigeria, Libya and Mali. Swanson works for The New Teacher Project’s DC Practitioner Teacher Program as an operations manager.

These two recipients were cho-sen because of their strong leader-ship skills and their Christ-honor-ing perspective life perspectives.

Sacrificing all for educationCathy Schutt

[email protected]

In 1907, Olivet was founded as a symbol of a new type of religion based on holiness.

But it was not until 2007, at the school’s centennial celebra-tion, that all of the founders who shared this dream were publicly recognized. Until then, cofounder Francis Edward Richards had fall-en through the cracks.

This is his story.Richards was born in Indiana in

1867. His family moved to Illinois in 1870, according to his grand-daughter, Sara Richards Frank.

As an adult, Richards worked as a broker, selling land to farmers and coalminers. At the time, there was a rift within the Methodist church regarding entire sanctifi-cation. The church did not want Richards to share his “experiences of holiness,” Frank said.

As a result, Richards, along with his brother Will and good friend Orla Nesbitt, decided to create a school that would teach holiness as its core principle.

In 1906, Richards inherited plots of land in Georgetown, Ill., which he then sold so he could have enough money to purchase land for the campus in Olivet, Ill.

Once the land was purchased, Richards drew up the first curricu-lum plans for the university with Will and Orla. They decided to name it Illinois Holiness Univer-sity and dreamed for it to become the “finest holiness school in the Midwest,” Frank said.

After the school was estab-lished, the founders each gave out of their own pockets to keep it go-ing. Richards gave a particularly large portion, mortgaging his own house and farm to make it happen.

In 1912, the university joined the Nazarene church. As a re-sult, people expected the church

to finance the school, but money was scarce. Richards organized fundraisers for over 10 years, but it was not enough to reverse the debt. The university declared bankruptcy in 1925.

During the early years of the school’s life, Richards had prayed, “O Lord, give us a school if it takes the roof from over our heads.” Little did he know that his words would come true.

Because he gave everything to finance the school, Richards lost his house and farm when it went bankrupt. He died a pauper in 1938.

In November 1939, the campus at Olivet burned down, destroying many important records, includ-ing the deed.

When the building crumbled, so did the memory of Francis Ed-ward Richards.

Six months later, the university, then named Olivet Nazarene Col-lege, moved to Bourbonnais and occupied buildings previously be-longing to St. Viator College.

Frank said she did not know her grandfather was a founder until she found a box of documents 10 years ago. The box contained the original deed to the school, with Francis Edward Richards, Orla Nesbitt and J.F. McCoy, an archi-tect hired to design the original campus, named as the university’s

‘O Lord, give us a school if it takes the roof from over our heads.’

founders. Frank then called Bowl-ing to inform him of the discov-ery. Bowling also was unaware that Richards was a founder.

“Nobody knew these papers were out there,” Frank said.

Richards was officially rec-ognized as a founder during the school’s centennial in 2007.

Frank said her grandfather’s story reminds her of Hebrews 11, which lists a number of people with unyielding faith.

“Some see their sacrifice pro-ducing [results], and others die without ever seeing it,” she said. “I count [my grandfather] in that half … He never saw the fruit of what he did.”

Today, over 100 years later, a member of Richards’ clan is final-ly reaping the benefits of the in-credible sacrifice he made for the sake of Christian education.

Senior Emily Walters is the first student to come from the Richards family. Bowling said she will be recognized at commencement as the first descendant to attend Olivet.

Frank is glad her grandfather’s story is finally being told. She said he was a fervent man who gave everything he had to what he be-lieved in – the school.

“He had so much passion that it drove him to lay everything on the table, in one way or another.”

Francis Ed-ward Richards and his wife Minnie gave thousands of dollars to help fund Illinois Holiness University, according to a 2007 book titled “To Alma Mater, Olivet.”

Olivetians earn more awardsJake Neuman

[email protected]

Dr. Robert C. Wall, a

1957 grad, will receive the Lay “O”

Award for his work as presi-

dent of Wall Investment

Group and his involvement in church or-ganizations.

Dr. Neil Wiseman, a 1955 grad,

will receive the Ministe-

rial “O” Award this year for his work as

an author, educator and pastor. Wise-man recently helped devel-

op “GROW” magazine.

1908Cofounders Francis Ed-ward Rich-ards, Orla Nesbitt and J.F. McCoy acquire 14 acres in the village of Olivet, Ill.

1909Becomes

liberal arts college and

is named Illinois

Holiness University

and the first president is

A.M. Hills

1912Founder and trust-ees offer to give their educational work to the Church of the Naza-rene

1915School is renamed

Olivet Uni-versity

1923School is renamed Olivet Col-lege

1926Olivet’s fi-

nancial base is eroded

significantly, and trust-

ees declare bankruptcy

and Dr. T.W. Willingham, college trea-surer, buys

the school back and is

later elected president

1938Olivet adds 42 acres to the campus

1939A devas-tating fire destroys the main campus building. Officials purchase the present campus in Bourbon-nais, Ill.

1940Campus moves to

Bourbonnais in the sum-

mer and “Nazarene” is added to

the college’s name

1953Dr. Willis Snow-barger is appointed dean and areas of study are grouped into cur-ricular divisions

1986School is renamed Olivet Nazarene University

1991Dr. John C. Bowling is appointed president

2004Dr. Bowling announced plans to construct the Centen-nial Chapel

2005North

Central Association

grants ONU accredita-tion for a

maximum of 10 years

without conditions

2010Construc-tion of the Centennial Chapel is complete

In addition to this new award, the “O” Awards have been an an-nual tradition at Homecoming for years.

The “O” Awards have been presented since 1957 to “some-one who has a lifetime of service in their profession,” North said. Alumni nominated for this award must be 15 years graduated. This year, the two “O” Awards will be presented to Dr. Robert C. Wall, 1957 graduate, and Dr. Neil Wise-man, 1955 graduate.

Wall, who will receive the Lay award, is currently the president of Wall Investment Group and is involved in many church organi-zations in his community. Wise-man, who will receive the Minis-terial award, is an author, educator and pastor who recently helped develop “GROW” magazine to connect pastors and church work-ers. Both of these men were cho-sen based on outstanding service in their respected fields and their continual service to Olivet.

The four awards will be pre-sented on Saturday Nov. 12, and will serve to honor past students and encourage present ones to honor Christ, in all work fields.

Olivet’s history

PHOTO FROM “TO ALMA MATER, OLIVET”

Francis Edward Richards:

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT


Meet the queen candidates and escorts

Michael Bishop is a man who can drink ten glasses of milk in one sit-ting. But that’s not the only thing that makes him stand out. Bishop is known for his friendliness. “He is that guy who says hi to every-one,” Carolyn Goettsch said. And he’s a busy guy, too. He competes in three varsity sports: football, cheerleading and track.

Bishop, a recreation and leisure studies major, was born on June 17, 1989, in Kankakee, Ill. His father is a professor and the direc-tor of Public Safety at ONU. His mother worked at Olivet in previ-ous years and his brother graduat-ed from the university last spring.

Bishop views being on Home-coming court as an honor and he is pleased that his classmates voted for him. This isn’t his first time being in this situation, though, as he was voted Homecoming king in high school.

After receiving his degree,

Since coming to Olivet, Shelbi Miller has kept busy. She par-ticipates in track and leads Bible studies, plus she also works with teachers and tutors in America Reads and works with local busi-nesses for Students In Free Enter-prise. The 21-year-old from Bloom-ington, Ill., is a resident assistant (RA) for females in Nesbitt. Last year she was an RA in Grand apartments.

“I absolutely love being an RA and working with girls,” Miller said.

Miller enjoys meeting new peo-ple and building strong relation-ships. Close friends describe her as humorous, encouraging and always willing to listen.

“She is an amazing RA and friend, and I am very happy that I have gotten the chance to get to know her,” Leah Saunders said.

She is majoring in business ad-

Kyle Lowry, ONU’s student body president, is happy to be in his final year at Olivet. He admit-ted that during his freshman and sophomore years at ONU, he didn’t know what Homecoming was all about or why the school held it each year, but now he sees the purpose behind the activities.

Jana Pierce is a social work major who plans to work as a counsel-or overseas after graduation this spring.

“I feel honored to be a part of the Homecoming tradition and to represent the women of the senior class of 2012. It is humbling to realize that Homecoming is not

ministration and finds it “incred-ibly interesting.”

Last year she was an education major, but it wasn’t her passion. Before her senior year she found a growing interest in business.

In her spare time she enjoys baking, making crafts, running and having fun with the people around her.

Shelbi MillerBusiness Administration

Michael BishopRecreation and Leisure Studies

Bishop later plans to pursue his Master’s at Olivet in Christian Ministry, so that he can become a missionary one day.

“I’m going to use the gifts God has given me to show His love to the world,” Bishop said. His favorite verse is Jeremiah 29:13, which gives him strength in times of need.

Jana PierceSocial Work

necessarily about our class alone, but (about) many generations of alumni who revisit their college years,” Pierce said.

Pierce grew up in the small town of Mason, Mich. She attend-ed Mason High School and Mason First Church of the Nazarene. She came to Olivet to pursue a social work degree because of her strong passion for people.

During her time at Olivet, she spent three years as a member of the Associated Student Council, served as a resident assistant for McClain, and ran varsity cross country. She also participated in mission trips through Missions in Action.

Pierce is a third generation Olivetian; her grandparents grad-uated in the early 1960s and her parents in 1981. Pierce’s mother also was elected to Homecoming court and was crowned queen.

“By far the best part of my Oliv-et experience has been meeting in-credible people who will truly be my lifelong friends,” Pierce said.

“The little moments with friends that I love are the ones I am going to remember in the years to come.”

Kyle LowryChristian Education

“Homecoming is a really cool time to learn about what Olivet was like in the past, how far we have come and the changes that have been made through the years,” he said.

When Lowry was a freshman in high school, if asked where he wanted to attend college, Olivet would not have made the list. Right after high school, Lowry took a year off to work, and then he started college ready to focus on academics. But as time passed, his passion grew for pastoral min-istries, so he started to pursue Olivet.

After getting involved as the VP for Social Life during his ju-nior year, his passion for student government grew. By Christmas break of that year, Lowry had decided to campaign for student body president.

Lowry said he has enjoyed serv-ing as the students’ voice and put-ting on events around campus. Many students speak highly of him.

“I think Olivet will really feel the loss of such a great leader when Kyle graduates,” said soph-omore David Timm.

Mitch JohnsonMarketing

Mitch Johnson, 21-year-old mar-keting major and management mi-nor, was born in Loves Park, Ill., a suburb of Rockford. In addition to being on Home-coming court, Johnson is also the VP for Social Life. He has been involved in intramural sports, served on class council and was junior class president.

Growing up, Johnson attended Christian schools where he played soccer and golf. He also co-cre-ated a bowling league at his high school, complete with the “cliché bowling shirts.” Johnson has always been close to his family, so much so that they became the reason he chose ONU, where he only came after his mom pressured him to apply and visit. “My choosing ONU was ran-dom. Nothing really clicked for me until I got here, then I realized

this was it,” Johnson said. During his freshmen year, Johnson declared an engineering major but soon realized after he attended an engineering expo that it wasn’t his field. After deciding on a marketing major, he chose graphic design as his concentration because, “I didn’t have to take another ac-counting class.” As for the future, Johnson says he’s still waiting to figure out what God has planned for him.

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Bryan Stevens is known as a hard worker and will continue to work hard beyond his college years at ONU. After graduation, this 21-year-old from Janesville, Wis., hopes to move to Colorado and work with patients with diabetes, as he has had personal experience with the disease. He would also like to work with people that are prone to get-ting diabetes. Stevens hopes to teach peo-ple how to prevent diabetes and be available to answer ques-tions. This medical condition can be maintained with the proper amount of knowledge and atten-tion, he said. While at Olivet, Stevens has participated in the ministry Evan-gels for four years, co-led the group for three years and partici-pated in class council his junior year. In his free time, he enjoys run-

Karyn Nichols’ first choice was not Olivet – until her first visit. Everything “just clicked,” Nichols explained. “You just never know where you’re going to end up,” she said. Nichols has been dancing for 11 years – hip-hop, jazz and even tap. She loves Olivet and the Lord has been important in her life here, she said. Nichols is VP of Woman’s Residential Life and is an exercise science major. She was surprised when she found out she would be on Homecoming court. She helped plan Homecoming events in the past but did not expect to be on the court. She is happy her fel-low seniors voted for her, though. Nichols, who was born in Bensenville, Ill. 21 years ago, has an older brother and younger sis-ter. Her brother graduated from college last spring and her sister is a sophomore at ONU. One word that would describe

Nichols is “active.” As VP of WRL, a member of the Associ-ated School Council, playing in-tramural sports and having a 17-hour workload, Karyn’s days are packed. She gets approximately four to five hours of sleep per night during a busy week. She is also a big Packers fan, despite having lived in Illinois her whole life.

Karyn NicholsExercise Science

Bryan StevensNursing

ning, hiking, rollerblading, danc-ing, playing tennis and searching YouTube for the next greatest vid-eos. He describes himself as being incredibly social, or as he likes to say, gregarious. One of his favorite quotes comes from Kyle Lowry: “I like to fly by the seat of my very well-planned pants.”

Austin Patrick Hill, a 22-year-old from Muncie, Ind., is very excited to be selected as an escort for this year’s Homecoming court.

Hill said he has never been nominated for something so pres-tigious as Homecoming before. “[Being chosen as an escort] means that my peers think very

Angela Rivas, a 21-year-old from Newton Grove, N.C., brings her desire to help others to Olivet and Homecoming court. Rivas grew up an hour-and-a-half from the East Coast in a very tight knit family. She has a younger sister who she is very close to and her dad is a Nazarene pastor, so com-

Angela RivasHistory and Intercultural Studies

ing to Olivet seemed like the natu-ral choice.

Rivas said that once she arrived at ONU, “I just knew God wanted to me go here, and He provided for me.” While at Olivet she has been actively involved in her col-lege experience.

In addition to double majoring in history and intercultural stud-ies, Rivas has been involved in several different ASC positions on class council. She has also been on color guard for three years and sang with gospel choir for two years. Rivas also had the chance to take two different MIA trips to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and to Rwanda.

With graduation coming quick-ly, Rivas has begun to look at graduate schools specifically on the East Coast. She would like to work in an area of religious con-flict, such as the divide between Christianity and Islam.

She gave some advice for Olivet underclassmen: “Meet new people every day. I never stop meeting people and getting involved.” She believes that making friends was a key component in making her Olivet experience special.

Austin HillYouth Ministry

much of me,” he said. “It is an honor to stand up with the people in court.”

Hill is a youth ministry major at Olivet. In his free time, Hill loves to read and write, and he holds Bible studies in his apartment. He also enjoys working outdoors with his dad.

“I love mowing lawns and land-scaping properties with my dad,” he said. “My dad owns his own company and I been working with him for 10 years now.”

Hill is a sociable person who loves to meet new people and hang out with friends.

After graduation he plans to pursue his Master’s degree in family ministry from Olivet. He is leaving what he does from there up to God.

“Wherever God takes me, if that means working as a youth pastor or with a nonprofit organization,” Hill said.

He most loves the environment at Olivet and how genuine the stu-dents and faculty are.

“I love the spiritual connection everyone has with each other and with God. And they’re open to sharing that with you.”

Sarah SinnNursing

When she came to Olivet four years ago from a turkey farm in the tiny town of Tremont, Ill., Sarah Sinn was a quiet girl. But not for too long. “Olivet has brought me out of my shell and made talk to and meet more people,” the 21-year-old said. “The people and experi-ences I have encountered here are

equally important to me as a per-son.” And Sinn is a caring and love-able person, said Chad Hemphill, a friend. She loves playing any kind of sports, especially ultimate Fris-bee, and takes part in intramurals to stay active. Sinn, a nursing major, used to do gymnastics, as well. She plans on getting a job as a scrub nurse in the operating room after graduation.

“Next year – my plan is complete-ly up to the Lord at this moment,” she said. Until then, Sinn is determined to gain the best education she can get. She is excited to be a part of the Homecoming court tradition this year. “It really is an honor...There are so many good and godly peo-ple that make up our class, and it is so great to be a part of this jour-ney with everyone.”

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Colton Parker, Donte Payne, Jordan Lewis, Austin Brink, Amber Hawley, Meagan Ramsay and G.J. Frye contributed to these pages.

Dorothy Diehl

Marcia Teiemer

Linda Foulks Lemen

CarolynSchrader

1960 - 1961Linda Manville

Molly TaylorTeresa Ulmet

Alison Krock

Kari Newsham

Queens of 1990 - 1991Laura SwinehartSherry Fortado

Kim CherryJill Seider

andCindy Langdon

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Olivet likes to stick to tradition. Ollies Follies al-ways kicks off the beginning of the fall semester, University President John Bowling always welcomes the new freshman class, and come December the mu-sic department will perform Händel’s Messiah.

Homecoming coronation is one of many tradi-tions. For the class of 1991, though, tragedy changed the course of events.

Exactly one week before the festivities began in the fall of 1990, one of the nominees for queen, Cin-dy Langdon, died in an automobile accident along with two fellow Orpheus Choir members while on their way to perform in Indiana.

The tragedy impacted the entire student body and the final decision on whether coronation would hap-pen was a difficult one.

Voting for queen was scheduled for the day of the accident, but was canceled.

“No one cared at that point,” Sherry Fortado, a nominee that year, said. “That week was one funeral after another.”

After careful thought and consideration, the other four nominees were told that there would be a coro-nation; however, rather than celebrating victory of one queen, this ceremony would be a celebration of Cindy’s “Homecoming coronation in heaven.”

Fortado said the ceremony was short and simple. As usual, each homecoming nominee was recog-nized, including Langdon. The audience, which in-cluded Langdon’s parents, listened to the testimo-nies of Fortado, Kim Cherry, Jill Seider and Laura Swinehart. Langdon’s testimony was taken from her resident assistant application.

“It was a beautiful thing to hear her love for God in her own words,” Fortado said.

Then the girls each laid a rose next to a candle and photo where Langdon would have stood.

Putting on the ceremony was not easy for the nom-inees.

“We were all still wounded,” Fortado said. “It re-ally hurt to lose Cindy after spending so much time with her.” The five women had already been a part of countless photo shoots, excited about their chances of becoming queen.

“I thank God that we had that time together. You never know why God puts you in a certain place at a certain time, but I think that He had something to teach all of us on campus,” Fortado said. “I count it a privilege that I was given that opportunity.”

Fortado wanted to encourage this year’s nominees to stop and “consider why God has put them in this position.” She stressed that being a nominee is much more than a popularity contest. The student body should look at how each woman demonstrates her life in Christ.

“This experience is just one step forward in God forming them into a person that He can shine through.”

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The sun is expected to shine over most of Homecoming weekend. Temperatures will be in the mid- to high 50s on Friday and Satur-day, while there will be some clouds and temperatures in the high 40s on Sunday.

What does Homecoming mean to you?

It’s that time of year again: the celebration of current students and returning alumni. To find out what the campus thought, journalism students asked their peers what Homecoming brought to mind.

ONU grads succeed in careers

“It is a reminder to me about the generations of my family that were here before me and what it means to them that I am here now,” junior Megan Radcliffe said.

“Classes have the opportu-nity to bond through events like Powder-Puff and the football game,” senior Allison McGuire said.

“It is more of a time for alumni to celebrate Olivet’s past, present and future,” junior Kelsey Nelson said.

“I always enjoy the musical groups they

bring in. I’m es-pecially excited for the Gaither

Vocal Band this year,” freshman Matthew Jones

said.

“Homecom-ing is a time

to honor and celebrate our

great tradi-tion ... and the

many specialty groups that

make us great, like Spoons for Forks,” senior

Jonathan Shreves said.

“Homecom-ing is a time

for family and alumni to come

together and celebrate the

Olivet tradi-tion,” junior

Joe Schindel said.

Phyllis (McKnight) Batra, class of 1961, has spent the 50 years since her graduation working in education.

After completing her Bachelor of Science degree in education at Olivet, she taught elementary school in Steger, Ill., for five years. Batra then taught overseas for the U.S. Department of Defense and was stationed in Tainan, Taiwan; Hamura and Yokota, Japan; and Schweinfurt and Wiesbaden, Ger-many.

After five years overseas she returned to the United States and completed a Master of Science de-gree at the University of Illinois at

Jeanne Drake-Bruce graduated from ONU in 1986. She is mar-ried to David Bruce, also an Olivet alumnus. After graduation, she was a stay-at-home-mom and raised four children: Jenna, now 22, Alyssa, 19, Michaela, 15, and Cameron, 12.

Between 2005 and 2010 she

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“I enjoy Homecoming because it’s a time for me to

see my fam-ily and to see them reunite with their old classmates,” junior Taylin Frame said.

“ Homecom-ing provides school spirit,” junior Tyler Hamilton said.

earned a teaching degree, a Mas-ter’s degree, an Education Special-ist degree as well as a Doctorate in Education. She currently works as a special education teacher and an adjunct instructor at Trevecca Naza-rene University in Nashville, Tenn.

Looking back, her most memora-ble experience was dressing up on Halloween and trick-or-treating in the guys’ dorm rooms. Drake-Bruce also cherishes her experiences at football and basketball games, class competitions and Homecoming. The person who influenced her the most during her years at Olivet was Dr. David Kale.

“I looked forward to every class with him. He helped me to ‘to think outside the box,’” Drake-Bruce said.

Urbana-Champaign. Following the completion of her Master’s degree, Batra began her career at the Uni-versity of Wisconsin-Whitewater as coordinator of the tutorial center in 1984. She later became the di-rector of developmental education and retired in 2011.

Batra is married to Harish Batra and has two sons, Scott and Jason.

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Rules relaxed from past years

The 1962-1963 University Life Handbook states, “It is undesirable for students to be married during the school year. In no case will a student be permitted to marry without permission of the president of the college.”

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Some returning alumni may re-member the good old days when secret societies were prohibited, dinner cost 35 cents and social events had to be over by 10:15 p.m.

Olivet Nazarene University is known for some strict rules, but compared to 1942, students today have it easy. They can see movies, they don’t have to ask permission to date or go off campus for the day and they definitely use more than 125 watts of power in their dorm rooms.

Until the early 1960s, the Uni-versity Life Handbook was a book of principles on how to survive college with several firm rules. Most rules found in the old handbooks were not set in stone. Instead, they were social expec-tations. For example, the 1915 handbook encourages, “every boy to be a gentleman and every girl

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to be a lady, and to always act like it.”

Many principles haven’t re-ally changed, such as being con-siderate to your roommate. For example the 1942 handbook advises students to always “use soft-soled bedroom slippers” in order to avoid disturbing one’s roommate(s). In the same way, students have quiet hours today.

However, some policies have seen significant changes, such as the dress code. Over the years, the dress code has gone from pro-hibiting students to wear jeans, to allowing jeans after dinner on school days, to allowing students to wear jeans anytime. Also, dressing up on Sundays had been enforced in the dress code as late as the 1990s. During that time, women were required to wear a dress or skirt and men a suit and tie until after Sunday evening service. While today’s handbook encourages students to dress up during the Sunday noon meal, the rules are more relaxed.

Curfew hours have also been altered. During the 1940s, every student must be in his or her dorm

room by 10:30 p.m. and must be quiet. Teachers also used to en-force study hours “during which time quietness shall prevail in all living quarters and through-out campus.” Today, curfew for freshman is midnight and for up-perclassmen is 1 a.m. Quiet hours begin at 10 p.m. across campus.

Things have changed socially as well. For example, the 1942 hand-book states, “social privileges are not in order in the library. It is not a place for social contact, but for individual study.” Today, stu-dents use Benner Library both for studying and for social purposes. Also, as late as the 1990s Olivet students were not allowed to go to the movie theater and their sourc-es of entertainment were mostly found on campus. Today students may go to movies and attend other entertaining events off campus as often as they please.

Though some students may complain about Olivet’s rules, university policies have relaxed significantly in the school’s 100-year history.

Teams expect challengesin Homecoming games

Adrian Calhoun [email protected]

As the 2011-2012 season be-gins, both ONU basketball teams are anticipating the Homecoming games on Friday, Nov. 11.

The women’s basketball team will play Davenport University at 5 p.m. in McHie Arena.

Last season, the Lady Tigers fin-ished with a record of 27-7 overall and became CCAC regular season co-champions and NAIA National Tournament participants. Daven-port is also coming off a strong season, having been NAIA nation-al runner up with a 37-1 record.

Head coach Doug Porter ex-plained, “[Davenport is] a very strong opponent and it will be a great challenge for us.”

Davenport comes in to the game

against Olivet with a record of 2-0 this season.

The men’s basketball is also gearing up for its Homecom-ing showdown against nationally ranked University of Saint Francis (Ind.) at 7:30 p.m.

The Tigers are coming off a successful season, as they were participants in the 2011 NAIA Division I National Tournament, ending last year’s season with an overall record of 21-12. St. Fran-cis is coming off a NAIA Division II championship season.

Players are excited for the matchup.

“We know that we can play with them, it’s just a matter of whether we bring it to them or not,” said guard and junior Ben Worner. “When we play with a big fan base … We tend to play better.”

Guard and junior Nikki Dier shoots a three at the women’s team’s home game against Judson University Nov. 7.

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No room at the dorms for studentsSeth Major

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Study rooms are for studying, right? Well, not anymore.

The current fall semester has marked a significant time in resi-dential living at Olivet Nazarene University. A record-setting fresh-man class, that included a large number of female students, has brought on changes that the univ-eristy’s campus has never experi-

enced before.Although originally built for

women in 1959, Nesbitt Hall has been housing male freshman for years. This year however, female students reside on the first floor. Additionally, sophomore girls have been placed in Olde Oak apartments and some are currently living in dormitory study rooms – two things that have never hap-pened before.

Although enrollment numbers

have continued to grow over the years, Olivet has never had hous-ing problems before this semester. Aside from Chapman Hall (origi-nally built in 1909 by St. Viator

College), every on-campus dor-mitory that is used today was built between the years 1951 and 1970, according to the archives depart-ment in Benner Library. The Uni-versity Place apartments were acquired in 2001, in addition to Grand and Olde Oak apartments. It is not until 40 years later that the university has run into housing is-sues.

Just 10 years ago, Olivet had a little over 1,400 residential stu-

dents; that is roughly 34 percent fewer residents than the university has now (2,127 students), accord-ing to the archives. This is very substantial growth for a campus that did not reach the 2,000 resi-dent mark until 2006.

Though housing is currently an issue, the administration does not have plans to put a cap on enroll-ment at this time, according to VP for Student Development Woody Webb.

Excitement for Homecoming reaches beyond just Olivet’s alum-ni and friends. Local area busi-nesses were in a frenzy leading up

to this weekend as they prepared for the influx of cus-tomers they would receive, doing ev-erything from re-arranging sched-ules to preparing their stock.

Area hotels are booked for the event. Andy, an employee at the Hampton Inn who asked to keep his last name unknown, and Nan-cy Gagnon, an employee at Super 8 Motel, both said they are booked for the Homecoming event. The local Holiday Inn Express, which usually fills its rooms with travel-ing businessmen, has “been sold out since the announcement of Homecoming,” according to em-ployee Daniel Walz.

“We make sure we have more people working on [Homecoming weekend],” he added.

Local restaurants also prepare

for the surge in customers.“[We] make extras of every-

thing,” said Haleigh Boatright, manager of a local Subway.

McDonald’s manager Emily Toune said employees have heavi-er work schedules during Home-coming weeked. Laura Coyne, who has worked at Jimmy John’s for two years, estimated a 10 per-cent increase in the restaurant’s business during this time.

Local residents also notice a dif-ference during Homecoming.

Longtime resident Georgette Betourne said Olivet has an eco-nomic impact on the area, noting that when Olivet has events like this people go out into the com-munity to spend their money.

“I don’t mind Olivet being in the community,” she said.

Randy Paulis-sen, who lived in the area for 25 years, said Olivet brings in “more commerce” to the Bourbonnais area.

‘I don’t mind Olivet being in the

community.’

Recent campus housing events break historical trendsOlivet has never

had housing problems before

this semester.

1951: Williams Hall (for women)

1959: Nesbitt Hall (originally for women)

1962: Hills Hall (for men)

1967: McClain Hall (for women); Howe and Gibson (for men)

1970: Parrott Hall (for women)

2001: University Apartments acquired

How Olivet housing grew

What does Homecoming mean to you?“Homecoming means a time of excitement as alumni return to see their alma mater. So many great events and concerts bring out the best aspects of Olivet,”

“A cold marching band perfor-mance and football game and a fun basketball pep band game,” freshman Ethan McCallister said.

“It is a statement of loyalty to [our] school and declaration of one’s pride for the school while attending or after graduating,” sophomore Clarissa Tawel said.

“Well it’s a chance to see the graduates of Olivet and how they are living out their lives in Christ,” junior Julie Carlson said.

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What does homecoming mean to you?

Football fact box

Football and Homecoming usually go hand in hand, but football was not the focus during Olivet’s early his-tory. Before football was the prime event at Olivet, bas-ketball was the big game that

happened during Homecoming. This was the game that everyone went to see. Football did not be-come prominent among the sports at Homecoming until the mid-1990s.

The school’s football program began in 1977, when the team went 4-2-1. For the next few years, they struggled, but in 1982 they went 7-3, making it the best

“I think it’s a special time, a time to get back with friends … and see the campus.”

- Greg Harrell,1987 grad

Williams, Richie Richardson and Ben Colling.

The induction ceremony will be held during halftime of the men’s basketball game Friday, Nov. 11.

Ben RichardsonBen Richardson’s football

achievements earned him a spot in the Hall of Fame. He is a two-time National Association of In-tercollegiate Athletic (NAIA) All-American, playing free safety. Richardson has played on two Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) championship teams and had individual tryouts for both the New York Jets and the Houston Astros.

Brenda WilliamsBrenda Williams, a graduate of

the University of Alabama Bir-mingham, is being inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame for 14 years of coaching achievements.

At Olivet, Williams has had over 736 wins with 12 winning seasons. She is currently ranked fifth active NAIA coach. She re-ceived the NAIA Regional Coach of the Year five times and the Na-tional Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Coach of the Year twice.

“I feel honored that my peers feel that way about our program,” Williams said in response to her nomination.

Richie RichardsonRichie Richardson is the coach

of Olivet’s softball program. Richardson hails from Tennes-see, where he played baseball for Lincoln Memorial University. He was inducted into the Lincoln Me-morial University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009 for his athletic achievements in baseball.

Richardson has been coach-ing for Olivet since 1995, and his teams have won over 700 games. Under Richardson’s leadership, the Tigers have claimed five NC-CAA National Championships and seven trips to the NAIA World Series. He has received numerous coaching awards.

In 2010 Richardson and his as-sistant coaches were awarded the NAIA Great Lakes Region Coach-ing Staff of the Year. Over the years Richardson has learned that success comes with “continuously adapting to the times.”

Ben CollingBen Colling earned a spot in the

Hall of Fame for outstanding per-formance in baseball.

He received the award for Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) All Confer-ence in 2000 and was team MVP in 2001. Colling was an Aca-demic All American in 2003 and his team won NAIA Region VII Champions and NAIA World Se-ries Participant in 2003 and 2004.

Olivet athletics have taught Colling the importance of hard work and that “anything worth do-ing is worth doing well.”

Olivet’s Athletic Hall of Fame originated in 1982 with its first inductee,

C.W. “Butch” Ward. Ward Field is named after this

former coach and athletic director, according to current Athletic Di-rector Gary Newsome. Currently, 87 members have been inducted into ONU’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Each inductee must comply with certain criteria, which in-clude at least eight years demon-strating exemplarity meritorious for coaches and two years of out-standing performance for players. Inductees are selected by a com-mittee of head coaches, Newsome, Alumni Director Gary Griffin and Faculty Athletic Representative to the Registrar Jim Knight.

This year’s inductees into Oliv-et Nazarene’s Athletic Hall of Fame are Ben Richardson, Brenda

Athletic Hall of Fame gets new inductees

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Colton [email protected]

Important dates in ONU’s football history:• 1997, 2004, 2005: NCCAA Victory Bowl Championships • 1998: NAIA runner-up • 1998, 2000: NAIA National Playoffs • 1999, 2003: MSFA Midwest League Championship • 2008: last win at Homecoming game

year in ONU’s football his-tory. Over the next 16 years the program had only six winning seasons until 1998, when the Tigers went 11-4 and finished second in the country.

The program has had its ups and downs. Since the team began, Olivet’s overall record has been 160-187-2.

PHOTO COURTESY OF NICK BIRKEY

Ben Colling steals a base in a game during his days at Olivet.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT

“Homecoming was always a special day, because I was on the basketball team and that was the start of our season ... and it’s just a chance to meet up with old friends.”

- Zach Birkey,2006 grad

“Homecoming is a perfect time to recon-nect with friends, faculty and current students. It’s the one thing every year my wife Amy and I look forward to.”

- Joshua Koch,2007 grad


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