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“What does it take to see it leave the walls of NNU?”

I recently met up with Campus Min-istry Coordinator Danny Atkins to dis-cuss his SGA position and his plans for this semester. It was a Thursday, less than a week before Winter Awakening was set to start and the day after the weekly Timeout - a busy time for the CMC. I had originally planned for this article to be almost exclusively on campus minis-try, but what Danny had to say left me little choice – the focus should be on the man running the whole show. As the in-terview progressed, a question emerged: “What does it take to see it leave the walls of NNU?” This question will be my point of departure.

As you probably noticed, the ques-tion is missing a subject. So, what is this “it” that we are talking about? I will an-swer this question momentarily, but for the sake of comparison, let’s substitute the word “skill” or better yet “brilliance” for “it”. What does it take to see brilliance leave the walls of NNU? Forgoing the ex-

pulsion of brilliant individuals, it would take talented dedicated educators, bright dedicated students, and no small manner of hard work to see a true “brilliance” leave the walls of NNU. The question template could be applied to athletics as well. What would it take to see athletic excellence leave the walls of NNU? Not being a student athlete I speculate it takes athletes, for one, and excellent coaching to guide them. In each case, a master/pupil,

player/coach relationship is required. The same goes for the spiritual formation on this campus, which makes Danny Atkins our coach, of sorts.

The “it” in the question then might best be filled with this phrase from the NNU Mission Statement: creative and redemptive agent[s]. What does it take to see creative and redemptive agents leave the walls of NNU? This is the question Danny is trying best to answer, and the

mission he is striving to ful-fill. Coming from a very Christ-centered background – growing up in a church of 2,000 and youth groups of hundreds – a Christian vision and worldview came natural-ly to Danny. He highlights his older brother, Young Life leader, and youth pastor as having key roles in his spiri-tual calling to lead. It began with reaching out to others in

his high school that didn’t know about Jesus’s love, and after his mom heard a radio ad about a small school in Nampa, Idaho; it brought him to us. Pe-

culiarly, NNU maybe wasn’t everything Danny was look-ing for.

Coming out of high school, he was ready to serve. He was ready to leave because he wanted the Word to be heard. As he said to me with a grin though, and I paraphrase: NOBODY here HASN’T heard the Word of Christ. NNU offered him an alternative, and that was to grow instead.

“We have so many tools here to pur-sue our faith,” he says and if we look be-yond the walls of this school, and of our hearts, we can be the creative redemptive agents in this place here and now. Nam-pa has struggles. There are those who need to know

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Knowing Jesus: Danny Atkins and his Mission for NNUWilliam Roemhildtwriter for The Crusader

ANGELA MONROE

Danny Atkins, Campus Ministry Coordinator

We have so many tools here to pursue our faith,”

Danny AtkinsCampus Ministries Coordinator

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Dr. Hay, Associate Professor of Biolo-gy, along with Dr. John Cossel, Professor and Department Chair of Biology, and Dr. Darrin Grinder, Associate Professor of English, are taking students on a trip

to Costa Rica this May so that they may immerse themselves in a different culture.

Although all three professors are taking this adventure together, they each have their own areas of study and goals in mind.

Grinder will be leading his Nature in Literature class to Costa Rica in hopes of helping them form a new perspective and setting in their writing, as well as to ob-serve endangered ecosystems. He wants students to walk away from the experience with a newfound sense of respect for envi-ronmental preservation. In regards to the writing aspect, Grinder noted that “to take a group of writers to a place they’ve never been before and to see it in a way they’ve never seen it does away with any assump-tions.” Essentially he believes it can be easy to simply write about what you know, but stepping out of your comfort zone and be-ing exposed to a new world can be very influential on your writing.

After sitting in on Cossel’s Amphibians of Idaho class, Grinder knew that he want-ed to teach with him. They were eventually able to collaborate with each other, as well as Hay, in order to set this trip into full fru-ition. Twenty-five people will be spending two weeks studying and learning in the se-rene majesty of the tropics.

Cossel and Hay are co-teaching Tropi-cal Ecology this semester; Hay is teaching one quad and Cossel is teaching the other. Hay, who has taken class and independent trips to Costa Rica, is passionate about what can come out of seizing such an op-portunity as this. When asked about what she was most looking forward to on this trip, Hay smiled and said, “Sharing God’s incredible creation of the tropics with our

students who have never traveled before and seeing their reactions when recogniz-ing that our God, our Creator made it all.”

Hay’s efforts in gathering data and footage of jaguars has kept her busy in Costa Rica over the years, which gives her an advantage to showing students around. Hay and Cossel plan to take students to six research stations, which will all be in different tropical biomes. They will be col-lecting data on wildlife, observing habitats, and looking into what may be threatening to the area. The collaborated classes will also be involved in an outreach program where they will be passing out shoes and school supplies to indigenous children in need. Students who are interested in stay-ing longer have the opportunity to involve themselves in one to two week internship type positions at either the Puma Refuge Center [Rescate de las Pumas], working with forest guards on various projects, or

sea turtle monitoring on the beaches.At the end of the day, each professor is

equally excited to involve their students in a different culture, whether that be writing in nature, collecting data on big cats, or learning about mammals and amphibians.

Hay left us with some good advice and that is simply, simplicity. She is excited to see her students interact with the friendly faces that she calls family in Costa Rica. “I love the outreach,” she said, “the simple efforts such as stuffed animals and note-books that we bring to them are priceless.”

While Hay explained that the com-plexity of tropical and wildlife ecology is extremely hard work, she noted that it’s important to remember just how many people you may positively affect. It’s clear that the students taking this trip will re-turn with many rewarding experiences and a different outlook on life.

DR. LESLIE HAY

Children at Las Alturas Village, Costa Rica with teacher administrator Maritza, Dr. Hay, Jesse Hay-Smith, and Scott Shively

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Andre, local garbage and recycling collector with horse leon, in Las Alturas Village

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editor for The Crusader

Eric Ostynwriter for The Crusader

Hay, Cossel, and Grinder Lead Students to Costa Rica May 2015

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the real Jesus. Wanting this campus to genuinely know Jesus might be Danny’s unofficial mission statement. He refer-ences J.I. Packers book “Knowing God “for a definition of what truly knowing Him means, and points to a key passage that delineates from knowing of him, and knowing Him personally: the question is, can we say, simply, honestly, not because we feel that as evangelicals we ought to, but because it is plain matter of fact, that we have known God, and that because we have known God the unpleasantness we have had, or the pleasantness we have not had, through being Christians does not matter to us.

Looking at Danny’s position as Cam-pus Ministry Coordinator, from my van-tage point at least, he really is taking on

the position with the highest calling for a student. He defines his position as a spiritual leader of the campus and a rep-resentative of the student body. This, of course, means so much more than those few words indicate. Like any position of leadership, it requires consistency and accountability; and with the added el-ement of spirituality, it also requires an unmatched authenticity. One would need to be a sort of superman to live out those virtues, and Danny is quick to point out that that is not him. In a year that he de-scribes as “difficult,” his relationship with Jesus has seen him through. Resting in the love of God and putting full depen-dence on His grace has led him through growing pains in the face of his own struggles and allowed him to be the spir-itual leader this campus needs.

So what does it take to see it leave the walls of NNU?

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Ah, Valentine’s Day. While most peo-ple are spending quality time with their significant other, the rest of us are left to wallow in self-pity and gorge on discount Valentine’s Day candy. As a single male, the constant reminder that I have no girl-friend to share this so called “holiday” with makes it all the more painful. Some of us have been less than successful in the dating game, so do your part by keeping your icky PDA to a bare minimum.

Alright ladies, listen up. Here’s how Valentine’s Day works to a guy: he is cul-turally pressured and obligated to go out of his way to do something romantic for his girlfriend simply because it is expected of him. Now ask yourself this: is it more romantic when he goes out of his way to impress you when you aren’t expecting it or when he joins the legions of boyfriends getting chocolates for their girlfriends all on the same day? Think about that.

Dudes, by giving in and buying val-entines paraphernalia, you are telling the gigantic corporations of this country that their investment was a smart one. Slap-ping a bunch of hearts on their candy wrappers sent their sales through the roof and you are doing your part to keep this holiday going year after year after year.

As you can see, Valentine’s Day is nothing more than a day that has simply been culturally accepted as an excuse to spend money and fulfill expectations. I didn’t even describe its convoluted or-igins, so go do a little research on that sometime. Enjoy your special day with your special someone!

Eric Ostynwriter for The Crusader

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Originating from Meridian, Idaho, Si-erra Zuberer is an NNU student who has a passion for being creative and helping others. As a freshman, Zuberer struggled to find the major that was right for her. She went from social work to communi-cations to graphic design, where finally, she had found her niche; she fell in love with the art department.

“The art students and professors are really like a family. It’s great,” Zuberer said.

Zuberer joined the art club and is now the secretary. Being deeply involved with the art department allows her to be around people and things that she loves.

But Zuberer hasn’t always been so happy.“I’ve had a lot of hurt and unhappi-

ness in my life. A couple of years ago I was diagnosed with borderline person-ality disorder.”

Although Zuberer had struggled for many years because of her illness, she was finally given a name to help explain why she was struggling. Trying to deal with her disorder while attending NNU, Zuberer found that there was little aware-ness and discussion about mental illness.To combat this issue, Zuberer and Emi-ly Burke created Non-Solo, a depression support group that meets once a week. They created this group with the inten-tion of offering a safe environment for those with mental illnesses to come and share their struggles with a group of lov-ing and supportive people. Each month

a faculty member shares his or her own mental struggles, encouraging student/faculty interaction in the midst of pain.

“I think that everyone has some form of mental illness or struggle, but often we are too afraid to talk about these strug-gles. That’s what Non-Solo is for,” Zuber-er said. “I would encourage anyone who is struggling to join us at 9pm Tuesday nights in Elmore Hall.”

Along with co-leading Non-Solo, Si-erra is also a crew trainer at McDonald’s, where she has worked since high school, and she leads a caravan class of second graders on Wednesday nights at Boise First Church. Being involved in many different atmospheres allows Sierra to interact with and help people from all walks of life.

“I love where I’m at right now. I don’t really want to think about what I will be doing in the future. The only goal I have is to be happy. I’ve spent too much time being unhappy.”

And Zuberer is doing just that. She

is a woman full of compassion, hope, and love. So if you ever find that you are struggling, whether it is mental or situa-tional, gather strength and join Zuberer on Tuesday nights. Meet Zuberer and let your voice and your struggle be heard.

campusStudent HighlightSierra Zuberer

Marina Roseassistant editor for The Crusader

The past few weeks in Senate were rather uneventful. No old business was discussed, no new business was presented, and meetings mostly consisted of listening to SGA Officer Reports, and passing the

daily agenda. A piece of old business that had been on the table since last semester was tabled again though - twice. SB 14-12-1 “Howard the Elk Mascot Costume” has been on the table since early December and has been tabled through winter break and into late January in an effort to give the Campus Life Committee more time to raise money for said mascot.

On a side note, Senator Watson from the freshman class of 2018 has resigned from his position. A replacement has yet to be determined.

William Roemhildtwriter for The Crusader

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Weekly EventsTimeout: Wednesday Nights 9pmBrickhouse: Thursday Nights 8:30pm

Dates to RememberAwareness Week: Feb. 9-13SGA Guys & Girls Event: Feb. 13Valentine’s Day: Feb. 14President’s Day (No Class): Feb. 16

Coming to college is like complete-ly starting over; you must make new friends, learn new routines, and put your-self out there. Many can attest to this, but even fewer can relate to being a transfer student. Although I have never been a transfer myself, I can only imagine the intimidation it must bring. Delving into a new school, especially a small university such as Northwest Nazarene University and attempting to merge into tight-knit social circles, your graduating class, and study groups can be daunting. But have no fear, the people here are awesome and want to welcome you with open arms to a great college experience!

While some transfers are venturing onto NNU’s campus for the first time, some are merely making their presence known again. Take Alex Reich, a junior studying Business Administration, for ex-ample: he’s a recent transfer this semester, delving back into NNU life after spend-ing a semester on Boise State University’s campus in the fall. Reich, who started as

a Freshman at NNU, was a member and competitor of the Crusader track team.

“I previously attended NNU for my freshman and sophomore year, but in an attempt to save money, I transferred to BSU because of the lower tuition fees over there. Despite the lower costs and state-of-the-art facilities at BSU, it wasn’t quite what I expected,” Reich stated.

Reich, commented that the bigger school size made it extremely difficult to connect with other students and faculty on a personal level. After experiencing the close knit community at NNU, he felt strongly that BSU was not where he was meant to be.

“It wasn’t until after I had finished a semester at BSU that I truly realized what made NNU such a special place,” Reich said, “which is the positive and uplifting commu-nity that everybody is a part of here.”

His ultimate desire for his personal college experience was to be in a commu-nity where staff and faculty have a passion to watch students succeed not only in the classroom, but outside of the classroom as well. So back to NNU Reich went!

If there is one thing he cares more about now, it would be getting involved

more with campus activities and events. Reich is determined to keep his eyes and ears open for whatever future events come his way. “I really want to create memories and form strong friendships with as many people as possible,” he stated.

Reich is just one of many transfer stu-dents with a story behind why they are back, or why they chose NNU as their

new home. So if you are a transfer stu-dent, don’t be afraid to throw yourself into the crazy yet fun community life NNU has to offer! This is a rewarding place with the potential to change your life. If you have been lucky enough to call NNU your home all throughout your col-lege experience, say hello to any new fac-es you see around campus. Chances are, they are waiting to meet people like you!

Transferring to NNU: Welcome Back and Welcome HomeAvery Russell


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If you’ve ever taken a walk around NNU’s campus at night, you have probably come to the immediate assumption that it’s not a dangerous place to be. While you may be right, it’s always bet-ter to be safe than sorry. Michael Winchester, senior black belt and owner of American Karate Kung-Fu Studio, based out of Caldwell, is the women’s self-defense teacher on campus. Yes, that’s right wom-en, you can take self-defense and get credit for it! Winchester, who has been studying Kenpo [Mar-tial Arts] since 1981 and teaching women’s self-defense since 1992, thinks it’s a good idea for everyone to know the basic defense mecha-nisms, especially women.

As a student currently enrolled in the class, I can tell you it is so much fun and definitely worth it! Do any of you ladies have aggres-sion that you are dying to let out

during the day? Women’s self-de-fense is the answer! You get to scream, you get to kick, and you get to punch; seriously, what could be better? Two days a week, the class gets to learn new self-defense moves, practice with partners (gently, gently), and scream “NO!” every glorious time! Talk about empowering!

Just ask Sarah Blum, one of the many women in the class, how she remembers each of the 15 pressure points we’ve learned. You will hear her say, “Oh, that one’s the kill shot, that one’s the bleeder, and THAT one is DEATH!” Folks, don’t get in Blum’s way, she’s bound to take you down in a matter of just a few seconds!

The final consists of the ladies being led around campus at night with Winchester as our guide. He has his male students from his school in Caldwell act as attackers, and we will be expected to think and act quickly, using self-defense moves to break away from the predators. No big deal…right?

Ladies, if I’ve convinced you to learn or brush up on your self-de-

fense skills, Winchester’s class is the way to go, especially if you still need a kinesiology credit! You may be thanking me in the future, when you find someone lurking behind you in the dark and you knock them out with a pressure point hit to the back of the head, or take them down using your stealth

ninja skills and a four finger eye-shot (or a roundhouse kick… you can get creative). I can only imag-ine that there is nothing more em-powering than walking away, the victor of an attack, thinking “I am woman, hear me roar.”

You’re welcome. You. Are. Welcome.

Lady POW(er)Avery Russell


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DON’T FORGET YEARBOOK PHOTOS!WHEN: February 12th & 13th, 11am-1pmWHERE: Sudent Center (Perk Lounge)PREPARE: What will you write on your whiteboard talk bubble?

P.S. However, if you have a class, clinicals, student teaching, or any other complication, Leslie’s of-fice hours are Tuesday and Thursday 12-1:30pm, and she can take your picture during those times!


world newsFRENCH TERROR ATTACKS

Probably the most prominent news story over winter break was the terror attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, and the events that unfolded thereafter in Paris and the surrounding areas. On Wednesday, Jan-uary 7th at about 11:30 a.m., two men, armed with Kalishnazov automatic rifles, entered the offices of Charlie Hebdo, one of France’s top satirical magazines. The men would later be identified as broth-ers Cherif [32] and Said [34] Kouachi; both radical Islamists. Coercing their way through the Charlie Hebdo headquarters, the men killed a caretaker and one visi-tor before finding their intended targets – editor Stephanie Char-bonnier and four cartoonists – in the middle of a board meeting. Calling them out by name, they shot and killed the targets, as well as a police body-guard and three of the editorial staff present at the meeting. As they fled the building, they shot and killed a police officer, who was one of the first re-sponders. Police efforts to block off escape routes did not come in time and the Koua-chi brothers escaped the city in a stolen vehicle. As they exited the building wit-nesses heard the men shouting, “We have

avenged the Prophet Muhammad!”Their trail would be renewed the next

day when they robbed a petrol station just outside Paris, setting authorities hot on their tail. The two men’s journey came to a stop on the 9th, at a printing works in Dammar-tin-en-Goele, about half an hour from Paris.

Meanwhile, on January 8th, a police-woman was killed and a civilian shot less than a mile from the Charlie Hebdo head-quarters. The incidents would not be re-lated until a day later when the same man took several hostages in a Paris supermar-ket. The man would later be identified as Amedy Coulibaly, a radical Islamist who knew the Kouachi brothers. In return for the hostages he demanded the brothers be allowed to go free; at the time the two were holed up in the Dammartin printing works. At 17:00 local time the two fugi-

tives came out “guns-a-blazing” and were shot on the spot. Two police officers were injured in the brief firefight. Less than 15 minutes later, Special Forces raided the supermarket where Amedy Coulibaly was holding hostages. Catching him in the act of evening prayer, Coulibaly was elimi-

nated and 15 hostages were freed. Police found that Coulibaly had killed four peo-ple. An alleged accomplice to Coulibaly in the January 8th killing of a policewoman, has fled the country, and is suspected to be seeking refuge in Syria.

The international community ral-lied around France in the following days and on Sunday the 11th, dozens of world leaders and an estimated 3.7 mil-lion people marched against terrorism. French officials say it was the largest gathering in the nation’s history. Signs reading “Je suis Charlie,” meaning “I am Charlie,” could be seen everywhere, as the city and the nation refused to give into the fear of terrorism. Attend-ing the event were world leaders such as British Prime Minister David Cam-eron, Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy, and an unlikely pair of leaders: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. A timely photographer captured a photo of German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaning her head gently on French President Francois Hollande’s shoulder – a photo that properly illustrates the mood of the rally.

BOKO HARAM IN NIGERIABoko Haram, an Islamic extremist

group linked to ISIS and Al Qaeda, has made considerable gains in Nigeria this past month, the most recent being their victory at the port city of Baga. Boko Ha-ram, literally meaning, “Western educa-tion is forbidden,” was founded in 2002 but not until recently have they grown into such a power. They captured ma-jor headlines for the first time last April when they kidnapped nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls. Their leader Abubakar Shekau threatened to sell the girls into slavery – a threat that was most likely carried out. As their name suggests, Boko Haram’s main targets were originally schools with Western education systems, but the inher-ent effect of such a statement encompass-es government institutions and cultural

practices also, as evidence of the caliphate they have carved for themselves in the northeast corner of Nigeria.

Now holding at least 7 Nigerian cities, the victory at Baga is most significant be-cause the city was the planned headquar-ters for a multinational garrison of Nige-rians, Chadians, Cameroons, and Nigers. In the weeks leading up to the January 3rd siege of Baga, Cameroon forces had withdrawn from the city and Chadian and Niger forces had yet to be deployed, leav-ing the defense of Baga to Nigerian forces alone. This proved fatal as the defense fell, undermining trust between the nations trying to oust Boko Haram in the bud. With every victory though, the extrem-ists get stronger and stronger; their force is estimated to be around 9,000 currently. Casualty numbers from Baga range any-where from 150 to 2,000, the Nigerian Au-thorities claiming the former number and Boko Haram the latter.

Boko Haram’s outspoken leader, Shekau, had this to say in a YouTube vid-eo posted January 20th after their victory at Baga: “ What you’ve just witness is a tip of the iceberg. More deaths are coming.” Frustrated with Nigeria’s inability to sup-press Boko Haram, many African nations have voiced their opinions on the matter. Here’s what Ghanian President John Dra-mani Mahama had to say: “Terrorism is like a cancer and if we don’t deal with it, it will keep going. It threatens everybody in the sub region.” There has been rumor of the African Union taking over military efforts to combat Boko Haram, but Ni-geria seems confident in their abilities to contain this problem despite their lack of success recently.

At the end of the January 20th You-Tube video, Abubakar Shekau left his opposition with an audacious challenge – “Kings of Africa, you are late, I challenge you to attack me even now. I’m ready.”

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My brothers annoy me, my peers are busy with their own group of friends, and I’m ravenously hungry! Okay, so this isn’t always what my days are like, but you can see how these common oc-currences can put me in a bad mood and later cause me to regret my words or ac-tions! But upon retrospect, I remember a phrase from Romans 12: Honor one another above yourselves. Sounds pretty straightforward, doesn’t it?

If you’ve grown up in the church (or attended chapel long enough), you un-derstand this idea. But as any red-blood-ed human knows, treating others bet-ter than ourselves is always easier said than done. Everybody, even Christians, sometimes struggles with truly honor-ing one another above themselves, un-less you’re madly in love or trying to get on someone’s good side, but even then…

From doing chores, to daily interactions with my classmates, it can sometimes be very difficult to remember how God says I should treat my family, friends, and anyone else around me.

Honor one another above yourselves. Obviously, this phrase - the entire chap-ter, actually - doesn’t have any loopholes about messy roommates, annoying fam-ily members, or general nuisances. In-stead, it commands me to live the way Jesus lived. Yes, life happens and God understands, but He still wants me to rely on Him no matter what.

As a Christian, I have a calling to re-flect God’s presence in my life through my words, attitudes, and actions. One way I can fulfill this calling is by remem-bering Romans 12:10 when my brother won’t stop singing TobyMac, someone interrupts my conversation, my car dies, or any situation that tempts me to be up-set or angry. Honor one another above yourselves. Are you fulfilling this part of God’s calling in your life?

Howdy Saders’! Hope ya’ll had a wonderful break and are now back in the swing of things. After having a month off, it is sometimes hard to get with the homework flow, so to relieve you of utter boredom and to keep you from your extreme desire to do home-work, here are some useless (kind of), pointless (or not), and hopefully funny (or hysterical) facts.

#1: In barrel rac-ing (for those of you who do not fol-low rodeo), the first barrel is called the “money barrel” and the pattern that is run around the barrels is a cloverleaf pattern.

#2: Procrastinat-ing is never a good idea… okay let me rephrase that… some-times never a good idea. If it does not make sense now, put it off, and think about it later.

#3: According to USA Today (via Ask.com), Starbucks sells 4 million coffee drinks a day. My guess would be that half of those are sold to college students....

#4: One of the Latin meanings for the word “random” is passim. Wow.

#5: If you even bothered to read this far, you’re awesome! If you didn’t, you’re still awesome!!

For my “inspirational” short story, I went snowboarding once, once being

the key word. I am not a very graceful individual when it comes to strapping something slicker than a banana peel to your feet and then flying down the hill with the whole purpose of trying to dodge other daredevils and trees for the fun of it. When I went snowboard-ing, I found out that terminal velocity does relate to this winter sport, even if you are not moving. I fell when I was just standing at the top of the hill, and my helmet decided to wear me for pro-

tection. Let me just say that a person’s head should not bounce off the snow. If you are a beginner like I once was and will always be, I also do not rec-ommend using your face as a brake. It does not end well, and your mother will probably freak out when she sees you. I am just saying. Finally, don’t stop at the top of a jump as I did due to fear of going over the jump…peo-ple behind you keep going and you become a speedbump. If you need any proof, watch anybody on America’s Funniest Videos.

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Who: All NNU students are eligible to enter.

Where: All entries must be placed in a contest box located in the English Department lobby.

When: The deadline for entry is noon, February 27.

What: You may enter as many as 3 total entries across the categories. All entries must be typed and titled, without your name on the entry itself. On a cover page, give the piece’s title, category of entry, your name, Permanent Address, and E-mail Address. All entries must be typed in Times New Roman or Arial font and should be labeled as one of the following category:

The NNU English Department and Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society are sponsoring the Bertha Dooley Writing Contest!

Depending on the quantity and quality of submissions, up to three selections from each category will be published in a literary magazine called The Literary Gallery. Along with publication, exceptional pieces may be awarded the monetary Bertha Dooley Prize.

For further information contact Dr. Ben Fischer in the English Department at [email protected]

Short Story: should be no longer than 1500 words. Manuscripts should be double spaced.

Essay: (critical or creative; explicit engage-ment with a topic) should be no longer than 1800 words. Manuscripts should be double spaced.

Poem: should be no longer than 30 lines and may be in any style.


Note: Similar to last semester, each is-sue of the Crusader will highlight one or two specific sports teams.

Warning: If the word “record” is used so much in this article that it begins to sound like a broken record… that’s because it is.

The indoor track team returned from winter break with a strong performance at the Ed Jacoby Invite in Nampa on Jan-

uary 16th and 17th. At first glance, NNU results might not have looked very im-pressive, with a lot of finishes in the 20’s, but in the proper perspective the Cru-sader track team actually performed very

well. The meet was dominated by sever-al Division 1 schools such as BSU, Utah State, University of Idaho, WSU, and UC Santa Barbara, but many NNU athletes were top performers among their Divi-sion II competitors. Coach Spatz com-mented that NNU athletes finished in great spots for the conference, and with the weeks coming up before the GNAC Championships they will be able to im-prove those marks even more. They put up a slew of PR’s, some great performanc-es in the finals, and—oh yeah—two new school records.

At the first indoor meet which took place in December, freshman Payton Lew-is broke the school pole vault record set by his cousin in 2005, putting the new stan-dard at 16 feet, 9 ¼ inches. At the Ed Jaco-by Invite Lewis broke another record in the Heptathlon with 5,075 points, break-ing the previous record set by Greyson Kilgore in 2012, and putting himself in the Top 10 nationally. Cole Hoberg, a sophomore, also set a school record with a height of 2.0m in the high jump.

Meanwhile, Caitlyn Curtis is prepar-ing to break a school record of her own. On January 17th she finished 7th in the women’s weight throw with a 15.07m toss, ranking first among her Division II competitors. The weight throw event is replaced by the hammer in outdoor track, but although she says outdoor track is usually athletes’ favorite, it is no surprise that Curtis prefers the weight throw, considering that she was last year’s conference champion in the event. Her goal for the indoor season this year? “To hit national provisional [marks] and to beat the school record—which I basically did in practice the other day.”

Other standout finishes from the first January meet include several 5th place finishes by John VanBeuren in the men’s weight throw (also first among Divi-sion II athletes), Susanna Fleming in the 3000m with a time of 10:38.88, which put her at No. 2 in the conference, and Chelsey Knott in the women’s 60m hur-dles. Micah Spatz and Kyle McLaughlin both made it to the finals in the men’s 60m hurdles.

McLaughlin, who placed 5th in the hurdles, also competes in the high jump and 400m race. He notes that indoor is a much different atmosphere than outdoor track, and in many ways preparation for outdoor. He says, “Outdoor I have to do a lot more harder events, so it’s nice to be able to work up to that. It’s nice to see what people can do [in indoor], and see that progress carry over to outdoor track.” If that’s the case, then things are looking very good for both indoor and outdoor, as McLaughlin makes his bid for the school record in the 60m hurdles. He says, “I hope

to break the school record, which is an 8.39, so I’m hoping to run an 8.35.”

In the first poll of the season, the NNU men’s team was ranked first in the West Region, and the women’s team will be a strong contender at No. 6. With prospects like these, the NNU track team may be gearing up for its best season yet. According to Coach Spatz, “The athletes are starting to understand, we have a good chance to do well this year, but we’re gonna need everybody to be all on board going full force…It’s shaping up to be one of the best indoor seasons in the GNAC.”

The Saders compete every weekend except Super Bowl weekend at the Idaho Center off Garrity, all the way through the GNAC Conference Championships February 20-21. There will be plenty of broken records to come.

sportsSarah Blum

writer for The Crusader

Indoor Track Setting New Standards

ANGELA MONROE

Drew Galbraith prepares for his race.

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NNU ATHLETICS

Men’s Basketball Blurb:Kevin Rima was named GNAC Player of the Week and men’s basketball earned

GNAC Team of the Week for their performances against Simon Fraser University and Western Washington University on January 15th and 17th respectively. The Sad-ers came back from 11 and 12 point deficits to earn victory, and Rima led the way with 18 points, 12 rebounds against SFU, and 29 points against WWU.

Intramural Blurb:Intramural basketball is in full swing for the guys, who play games Tuesday and

Thursday nights beginning at 8:30. Come to the field house to cheer on teams such as The Frat Pack or Fifty Shades of Play. The girls had a slow start due to a small number of teams signing up, but are now also competing. Following basketball sea-son, indoor volleyball will commence, so find some friends, get out those knee pads, and channel your high school self. Be all that you used to be, and if you can’t, spirit animals are available to help.

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Verse of the issueTop Ten Ways to Know Spring Semester is Upon Us

Sudoku: easy

“What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God if for us, who

can be against us?” Romans 8:31

10. The Valentine’s Day bashing begins.

9. The JSC is full of everyone trying to shed those holiday pounds.

8. The Bean is full because everyone’s Flex money is finally renewed.

7. Procrastination is already setting in… already.

6. Everyone is thanking God for the presidents and influential leaders who have unknowingly given us extra days off of school.

5. Everyone’s favorite excuse to shop: Black Tie.

4. It’s 40 degrees outside but everyone is wearing shorts because, “Spring is right around the corner.”

3. Facebook on Sunday is like Sports Center: a play-by-play of every football game over and over and over and over and over and over….again.

2. Wedding planning. Need I say more? (“Gold by cold” is the new “ring by spring”)

1. The countdown begins for GRADUATION!!! (96 days!)

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