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Exit poll shows youth vote had major impact on election results

Matthew Jimenez, Evan-gel freshman, shows his ID at Cooper Tennis Complex. This was his first time voting in a presi-dential election. Jimenez is from New York, but de-cided to vote in Missouri.

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Voters react to Presi-dent Barack Obama’s re-election by chant-ing “four more years.” Hundreds gathered at an election watch party at the Howard Johnson hosted by the Greene County Democrats.

U.S. President Barack Obama stands on stage with first lady Michelle Obama after his victory speech on election night at McCormick Place Nov. 6, 2012 in Chicago. Obama won re-election against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

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Barack Obama was re-elected to a second term as president with 50 percent of the popular vote and 303 electoral votes. As in 2008, the youth vote was decisive in electing the president. An analy-sis released Wednesday said that Mitt Romney would have won the presidency if he could have split the youth vote in swing states.

Obama won 60 percent of the youth vote, people ages 18 to 29, and Romney captured 37 per-cent, according to the analysis by CIRCLE, an independent re-search center at Tufts University that measures youth engagement in politics.

About half of eligible people ages 18 to 29 voted this year, to-taling 19 percent of voters, up one

percentage point from 2008, ac-cording to national exit poll data.

First time voter Matthew Jimenez, freshman, said it was important that he voiced his opin-ions through voting. “Opinions don’t matter if you don’t vote,” he said. Jimenez said he watched the presidential debates and felt that he voted for the right people. Jimenez said he felt prepared for the presidential vote, but plans to research the state and local candidates better for upcoming elections. Jimenez was one of nearly 140 students who rode a shuttle van from campus to the polls Tuesday, Keith Mackie, ad-junct professor and volunteer van driver, said. The van ran for near-ly eight hours.

A survey conducted by The Lance reported that 82 percent of students who planned to vote this year were voting for Romney

and 10 percent for Obama. Those percentages were much different elsewhere, with Romney showing less than half that support from youth voters on the state and na-tional level.

Javier Rodriguez, ESGA presi-dent and junior, said he thinks the biggest reason for the contrast is that Evangel has a lot of socially concerned students. Rodriguez referenced abortion and same-sex marriage as two issues he said Evangel students are concerned about.

Dale Garrett, associate pro-fessor of gov-ernment, said Evangel students are value-based voters, and not all youth age vot-ers are. Garrett said he voted for Romney, which was the candi-date he believed aligned closest to biblical prin-ciples. He said

that decisions made across the nation, including Maine, Mary-land and Washington state that legalized same-sex marriage, has made him “fear for the future of my country.”

Joy Qualls, assistant professor of communi-cation and humanities, said, “There is no one political party, platform or candidate that embod-ies an entirety of bibli-cal values.” But, she said that Evangel students tend to align themselves with Evangelical political views, which have been staunchly Republican this election. Qualls, who supported Obama, was excited by the election re-sults, especially the addi-tion of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D.; and Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.

Nathan Elleson, junor, said that Obama does a good job of relat-ing to youth, but he didn’t sup-port him this election. Elleson said that he talked politics with a lot of people this election sea-son, hoping to encourage debate. “This is the most crucial election of our lifetime,” he said. Elleson was among nearly 30 Evangel stu-dents, professors and staff at the Ramada Oasis Convention Cen-ter Tuesday night for a Republi-can watch party.

Chinesa Rusch, senior at Mis-

souri State, said Obama winning the election was a huge relief. She said, “Nothing in my life would have benefited under Romney.” Rusch said that teacher’s rights, women’s access to contraceptives

and affordable student loans were the most important issues for her this year. Rusch attended the Democratic watch party at the Howard Johnson.

Qualls said that the American people have expressed that the Republican and Democrat parties need to work together to build the country. “There is a mandate on both sides that the nonsense we have seen carrying on for the last four years has to stop,” she said.

“ “This is the most crucial election of our lifetime.

-Nathan Elleson

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The ScoopHarvest FestActivities Board is hosting Harvest Fest tomorrow at Remington’s Entertainment Complex. Tickets are $5 in the bookstore and will be sold for $8 at the door. The theme is Face-Off.

Power of the Student-AthleteCareer athletes will hold a seminar series about being prepared for life after college athletics. The seminar is Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Barnett Fine Arts Recital Hall.

Senior Etiquette DinnerThe senior etiquette dinner will be Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. For ticket information stop by Career Services. Students must have a ticket to attend and seating is limited. Tickets cost $5.

Rabbit HoleEvangel University’s theater program presents “Rabbit Hole” Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Meals-A-Million Pack-a-thonMeals-A-Million will pack 1,111,111 meals for people on the East Coast, Springfield, Haiti, Mexico and El Salvador. Volunteers are needed from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. The pack-a-thon is at the Springfield Exposition Center.

University Orchestra ConcertThe University Orchestra will hold a concert in the chapel Tuesday at 7 p.m. Admission is free.

See something, say something

BY CHELSEA KOWALSKIStaff Writer

Policies that promote a Christian response to negative choices are set in place to provide students with an environment conducive to spiritual growth.

The Community Accountability Program encourages students to hold each other accountable. According to the student handbook, the goal of the

program is “to assist in the social, behavioral and spiritual development of students through self-discipline, peer accountability and community accountability in the context of an Evangelical and Pentecostal Christian worldview.”

The policy states that a student with first-hand knowledge about another student violating Evangel’s community standards is obligated to submit an incident report. Gina Rentchler, director of Community

Life, said confronting peers can be difficult for students. “It takes you thinking of the other person more than yourself.” She said, “As we draw close to the Lord, we see the responsibility we have in other people’s lives.”

Annie Bailey, residence director of Spence Hall, said that Evangel values grace in dealing with students,. “It takes quite a bit to get kicked out,” Bailey said. “When students are being kicked out, there are multiple violations of something, there’s

unwillingness to change or an attitude of disrespect of authority

or the process.” Bailey said the policy serves a greater purpose. “I think [this policy] is important because this isn’t just about Evangel,” Bailey said. “This is

about living a life following Christ. Whether you’re a believer or not,

you will be held accountable by an employer, spouse or whomever.”

The Community Accountability Program is found in the student handbook.

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Pack-a-thon offers relief for community

BY MICHAELA SMITHNews Editor

Evangel students along with Missouri State, Drury, Southern Baptist University and possibly Ozark Technical College students will join together to partner with Meals-A-Million to feed families in need this holiday season. Meals a Million is a nationwide organization that unites with local schools and organizations to fight hunger locally, nationally and worldwide. The goal of the joint service project is to pack 1,111,111 meals for families in need.

Chelsea Brookbank, assistant director of outreach for CROSSwalk, is organizing Evangel’s participation in the outreach. Brookbank said 285,000 meals will go to the East Coast to help relieve families of the devastation of Hurricane Sandy; 185,000 meals will be distributed to families in Springfield. The remainder of the meals will be sent to Haiti, El Salvador and Mexico.

Meals-A-Million is a branch of Friends Against Hunger, a national organization that works toward eliminating hunger globally. Brookbank said she is excited for the opportunity for

Evangel to participate. “I see the need just in Springfield. The food pantries’ stock piles are decreasing, and we’re running out of food.” Brookbank said that sports teams such as the baseball and softball teams are also volunteering their time for the outreach, along with the RAIN Impact Team. In total, Brookbank said she is hoping for 65 or more students to volunteer.

Donna Trower, volunteer opportunities coordinator, also said she is looking forward to seeing the volunteer work Evangel students will do this weekend. Trower said that when students come together and work alongside one another, “It helps give us a sense of community, and students will also build relationships with students from other colleges and not just one another,” Trower said.

She also said that she sees the need for meal relief in Springfield. “My husband and I are foster parents, so we work with social workers and see the poverty that is in Springfield. We want to be an aid for the homeless, people in poverty and support networks for families. This outreach is great because it will also help the need in Springfield.”

Trower also said outreach is great because students are meeting the needs of people physically, and then students are able to speak with people on a spiritual level, just as Jesus did.

Evangel will serve tonight from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and tomorrow from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. The service opportunity is at the Springfield Exposition Center.

“ “It helps give

us a sense of community.

-Donna Trower

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Students have a new way to earn a scholarship through the Worship Heritage of the Modern Pentecostal Church course that is being offered to students of all majors. Students who are accepted into the class after applying and earn a grade of a C or higher will be awarded a one-time scholarship of $500, Michael Kolstad, chairperson for the Music Department, said.

This class began last year and is being offered again this spring. Although the class is open to students of any major, “It helps if they have some music background,” Linda Ligate, music professor, said. Kolstad and Ligate both teach the class. Guest speakers such as George Wood, general superintendent

of Assemblies of God, and Amos Yong, Pentecostal theologian, have also lectured.

“The class is split 50-50 between music majors and non-music

majors,” Kolstad said. The class explores the Pentecostal heritage of worship. Ligate said that there is an introduction to the

theological and worship legacy of the Assemblies of God. The class looks at hymns and events like the Great Awakening and the Azusa Street Revival. Students will watch

videos about class material and then will give an oral report on the lyrics and the musical composer that was just studied.

Students learn about key events and figures from Pentecostal history, Kolstad said. They also look at what it means to be a part of the Pentecostal church.

Bama Dills, junior, is taking the class this semester and said she is more aware of what she believes and is gaining more knowledge about the Assemblies of God and Evangel. “If students want to know more history of Evangel and the Assemblies of God they should take this class,” Dills said.

Kolstad said he enjoys seeing the students teach each other in the class.

Ligate said some of her favorite things about the class are the explorations of the material, the historical roots and the spiritual hunger of students looking for something more.

Applications can be picked up in the Music Department.

Music class offers scholarshipBY SHANNYN WONG

Staff Writer

Pentecostal music class available to students by application, scholarship to students with a C grade or higher

“Students learn about

key events and figures from Pentecostal history. They also look at what it means to be apart of the

Pentecostal church.Michael Kolstad

Studentsgain credit, work with children

BY ERIN-RAE DONALDSONStaff Writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF SHONNA CRAWFORDThe Language Development course assists kindergarteners every Thursday afternoon at Willard South Elementary.

While some courses are primarily taught through lecture and in class activities, others provide students with an authentic learning experience both on and off campus.

Language Development, a course required for both early childhood education and special education majors, gives students the opportunity to not only learn in the classroom, but also to take part in the facilitation of an after school program at Willard South Elementary in Springfield.

Shonna Crawford, assistant professor of education and instructor of Language Development, said that the primary focus of the class is to learn about normal and abnormal language development, the different things that affect language development from birth and speech and language production.

Students not only attend lecture, but they also prepare for their every-other week visits to Willard to work with Kinder Kubs, a program dedicated to kindergarten students in need of extra support and assistance academically.

“We each get assigned a student, and we analyze their DIAL scores, and we get the opportunity to make lessons for them that fit their need,” Andi Ford, junior, said. “I think that that extra time to love them and to care for them individually is just a way that we can lavish them in the Lord’s love

but also to help them succeed in the future with reading,” Ford said.

Lauren Liberty, senior, said that it has been an incredible experience implementing what she has been learning in the classroom and working with students individually to develop their literacy skills. “The teacher might not have the time to devote an entire hour to a student and their needs, but it’s really awesome because we get that time with them. We not only get to help them with reading but we are also building relationships with them,” Liberty said.

After half an hour with an

Evangel student, kindergartners reunite for a group activity taught by Crawford. “It gives me an opportunity to model for my students too while interacting with kindergarten students,” Crawford said.

Crawford said that Willard’s faculty and administration have been positive about the improvements they are seeing in their kindergartners’ performance in reading, critical thinking, letter recognition and phonics skills.

“For me personally, it is really rewarding to see students work hard to apply their learning in a way that meets the needs of a kindergartner,” Crawford said.

Policy that requires students to report behavior that is against campus’ code of ethics, found in handbook

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When students are being kicked out, there are multiple

violations of something. there’s

an unwillingness to change or an attitude of

disrespect. -Annie Bailey

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This is the first semester that incoming students are required to workout nine times in the Mabee Center over the course of three weeks. The changes came with the new wellness program.

Mallory Lawson, Student Wellness coordinator, said, “It will benefit all new students and non-athletes because they will be able to use functional movements in their everyday lives. They’re going to get stronger. They will do a lot better because they won’t be sick. They’ll be all around healthier and stronger.”

Athena Lester, freshman, said that the program was hectic at first, but she continued coming to the workouts after fulfilling her requirements. “I’m sure it’s good for us. I mean, everyone’s going to gripe and complain about it, but it was definitely good because if you come and you’re not a body builder, at least you’re familiar with the place.”

Lawson said last semester’s program was different: all students who had not taken Lifetime Fitness classes had to log 45 hours of physical activity during the semester. Lawson said that she changed the program because she thought a hands-on method would be more beneficial. “We really wanted to see [students] be able to use a gym and not be afraid of the gym.”

Lucius Howington, Mabee Center supervisor, said, “I’ve seen students come in and not be able to do push-ups, and at the end of the weeks, they are able to do pushups.”

“It was a good experience. I wouldn’t say that I enjoyed it, but it was a good experience,” Lester said.

“I’m very passionate about students being able to live with the best quality of life that they can,” Lawson said. “They’re learning how to stay healthy throughout their college years.” The workout program runs through the end of the semester.

STEVEN McALLISTER | THE LANCE

Completing push-ups in the first day of the freshman and transfer workout program, Seth Cook, freshman, works to complete the circuit. Each student participating in the program has to complete nine workouts.

Wellness program required for freshmen, transfers

BY HALLIE KILAVOSStaff Writer

Fall film workshop counting down days for film release

Each semester, students in Film Workshop contribute nearly 100 hours to produce an independent film, Cameron Pace, executive producer and faculty advisor , said. “Second Sight” will premiere to the public on Dec. 14 in the Barnett Fine Arts Recital Hall.

“Second Sight” is based around the character Aaron Hawkins, an orderly at a facility for the mentally ill who takes drastic measures in an attempt to remove the dissatisfaction of his ordinary life. He discovers an obscure book that changes his life, but the change affects the lives of people around him in dangerous ways, Pace said.

The story was originally presented by Jonathan Jones, junior and film major, and adapted by Caleb Campbell, senior and broadcasting major.

“The script is the essence of this film,” Campbell said. “It’s what controls early development and pre-production.” Campbell said his favorite part of production was writing the story.

“When we are disappointed with our life, we do desperate things and look in the wrong places out of that desperation,” Pace said.

Producing a film and

completing a story is very complex, Pace said. “My goal is to see that the film workshop students are challenged with something that has not yet been accomplished.” As faculty adviser, his job is to guide the students through the process of film-making.

Pace challenged the students to choose themes that advance film-making into an art. Campbell said the movie has a lot of subtle references to scripture. “The theme to our story is brilliant,” Campbell said. “There are loads of irony and symbolism.”

“I want the people involved in the production to know of all the time and effort needed,” Pace said. “I want them to feel accomplished and gain all the lessons they can.” Pace said the students constantly evaluated what they were doing and worked to improve. Campbell said the biggest challenge was realizing

the amount of work needed. “You don’t appreciate the film until you’ve seen the amount of work poured into the final product.”

The crew has put a lot of work into the production, Elijah Austin, junior and director, said. “I love being able to work with the actors and crew,” Austin said. He said it has been a learning experience for everyone, and he has enjoyed it.

“They will say the story had a great message,” Campbell said. ‘Second Sight’ can apply to anyone. It will make you think.”

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BY MOLLY BUESKINGStaff Writer

““ You don’t

appreciate the film until you’ve seen the amount of work poured into the final product. ‘Second

Sight’ can apply to any-one.

- Caleb Campbell

Students face-off with music, skits, videos

BY MOLLY BUESKINGStaff Writer

Students will get a chance to display their talents, compete for most creative costumes and be entertained by a variety of acts at Harvest Fest, Activities Board’s annual event that will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. in Remington’s Entertainment Complex.

“The theme is Face-Off, so basically the idea is anything opposites,” Christy Rowden, student activities director, said. “Heroes and villains, things that oppose each other or anything versus anything.”

Junior Ruckdeschell, AB director and junior, said he is excited to see the different kinds of costumes. “I’ve heard some really funny ideas. I’m expecting to see a lot of heroes and villains. I’m also expecting something political since that’s relevant right now.”

“Just seeing everyone dressed up is one of my favorite pieces because everyone takes the theme in different ways, and they can bring their own personality to it,”

Rowden said. “I’m excited about our

costumes,” Emily Taylor, freshman, said. “I’m going with a group of six people, and we’re going as ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ people. I’m Violet Beauregarde. I’m not going to paint myself blue, though, because I have to dance, but otherwise I probably would.”

Rowden also said that she loves seeing the variety of talent in the student body. “This year we have 13 performances. One of my favorite things about Harvest Fest is seeing the amount of talent in the student body, from the skit writing to video writing to filming, bands and dancing. The variety is one of the big things that is offered.”

Collin McClendon, freshman, is one of the students who is performing. “I’m very excited to sing because it’s what I love doing. I’m singing ‘Be Alright’ by Justin Bieber. It was one of those things that I wasn’t very thrilled about, but when you start listening to it, it’s not childish. I wanted something acoustic and

something that you don’t have to get a whole band to play. I actually took a poll on Facebook and everyone said that song.”

CROSSwalk’s Fusion 2:10 dance group will also perform. “I’m nervous,” Taylor said. “We just finished learning the dance several days before auditions, but tryouts went well.”

Harvest Fest tickets are $5 in the bookstore until noon tomorrow. Tickets are $8 at the door.

Above: L-R, Ben Blevins, junior, Austin Crews, junior, Ryan Marquez, junior, Jonathan Lane, junior, and Nick Bearden, sophomore, perform for the judges at the Harvest Fest tryouts. The groups said they have an added twist in their song. Left: Austin Crews, junior, and Caleb Shook, sophomore, act out a performance while singing. Crews and Shook will perform at Harvest Fest.

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I’m very excited to sing because it’s

what I love doing.

- Collin McClendon

Is there something you don’t like about Evangel? Consider student handbook policies,

classes, furniture, chapel, parking and whatever else you can think of.

There is an organization on campus called senate and its job is to represent student opinion in making policy changes and cam-pus projects.

In the past senate has extended curfew hours, started a recycling program and added open dorm nights. But so far this semester, senate has yet to propose or vote on any bills.

Paul Bayer, senate president, said this is because there are many new and inexperienced senators this year. Javier Rodriguez, ESGA president, had the same opinion, and added that it can be intimi-dating to be the first person of the semester proposing a bill.

While it is reasonable to suggest that senate might have some delay in proposing bills because of inex-perience, the delay of initiative is troublesome.

Some ideas have been tossed around, but with senate meetings

lasting less than 30 minutes every other week, there’s been little to no activity. It’s sad when the high-light of each senate meeting is a recap from another meeting—the board of administration’s.

Both Bayer and Rodriguez ex-pected to see more action in sen-ate by now. With senate’s respon-sibilities for homecoming over for nearly a month, we’re frustrated with senate’s activity as well.

Another concern with this year’s senate is its lack of commu-nication with students. Rodriguez based his presidential campaign on wanting to better connect sen-ate with the student body. Other than an informal survey taking place just yesterday on the idea of a north side volleyball court, sen-ate has made no attempt to con-nect with the student body.

Senate needs to take its com-mitment seriously and work hard to listen to the student voice and act upon it.

Just Sayin’

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What is your ideal Harvest Fest theme?

Our VoiceThe Lance

Senate needs to shift from ideas to action

“Hollywood”

-Ashlyn Edmisten, freshman

“Favorite movie charac-ter”

- Bobbie McDaniel, junior

“Decades”

-Jasmine Howard, junior

“Disney”

- Kale Brannon, freshman

“Favorite cartoons”

-Jessica Dow, junior

“Sports characters”

-Matt Mitchell, junior

Elections are over, this much is true. But with no political commercials, what shall we

do? Nothing to complain about,

nothing to lament. In the spirit of the season then, let us be content!

A new choice arises, a new choice brings hope; Christmas is coming, no time to mope!

Though only November, may it admittedly be, St. Nick’s day is everywhere, even on TV!

Can’t we just wait a while? Would that be so bad? But the elves are too greedy, namely that mall-dwelling cad.

All our holidays run together; our consumer minds get murky. Remember Thanksgiving, that warm, fuzzy day? The festivity with the turkey?

Slow the system down a smidge! Don’t sell another wreath! Stop chopping down those Douglas Firs, put no presents underneath!

Christmas time will have its turn, please don’t get me wrong. But first let’s sing of thankfulness, before a Christmas song.

Praise God first for sweet pota-toes, pumpkin pie and green bean

casserole. And even that shady dish your great aunt brought, which soon will take its toll.

Yes, America is a wonderful country, with many celebrations to rejoice. Your view of them, on the other hand, is completely a personal choice.

I’ll say it now, if you missed it before: the holidays are great. But the order the media places them in, leaves plenty of room for de-bate.

So on which side do you fall? Will you scrawl on the wall of a bathroom stall about your Christ-mas wishes or a new basketball?

Shall the radio sing with the ringing ding of a sleigh bell swing or a jingle bell ping? Is it too soon to discuss Spring Fling?

Too soon. Too soon. Too bloody soon, who has the right to say? My goodness, I still have sug-ary treats from Halloween; it was just the other day!

But who am I to complain of holidays when they bear such great returns? Time off from school, sweets and presents leave no room for concerns.

And before you call me out for

it, I didn’t forget our savior. His unfathomable contribution to all of this warrants our good behav-ior.

It’s not the old elf you need to impress, but Jesus, this Christmas season. To be cliché, forgive me folks, He should be our reason.

Post-election reflection

The Scooter ChroniclesJESSICA NUNLEY

Jessica Nunley is a junior study-ing journalism and photography.

Social Sciences Department a Jonah HallLewis Hall President a Nicolina SpataroKrause Hall President a Riley AndersonBurgess Hall President a Beth KilsdonkWalther Hall President a Megan LindseyScott Hall President a Brandon CadwellSpence Hall President a Amanda RoettgersCommuter President a Matt BoeserLewis Hall Senator a Desirae MaysKrause Hall Senator a Caleb FritzBurgess Hall Senator a Kayla VandervluchtWalther Hall Senator a Caitlin GeorgeScott Hall Senator a Justin NyczepirSpence Hall Senator a Vasthi JuarezCommuter Senator a Brian GreshamFreshman Class President a Izu AginwaSophomore Class President a Morgan TilleyJunior Class President a Joel BradleySenior Class President a Dodi Lason

Senate Presidenta Paul BayerSenate Secretary a Alyssa AmenSenate Treasurer a Stephanie MussetterSenate Public Relations a Roman BurlesonStudent Body President a Javier RodriguezSenate Faculty Advisor a Robert BartelsBusiness Department a Noah FisherCommunication Department a Jonathan JarosinskiEducation Department a Brittany JordanHumanities Department a Rachel NordquistBehavioral Science Department a Maria McKinnyMusic Department a Blake PetersonKinesiology Department a Jessica BearTheology Department a Chelsea BrookbankScience & Technology Department a Joshua Forsman

Here are your sena-tors. They have

power and influence. Tell them what changes you want to see. This is your campus.

What if, secretly, university professors graded a student’s per-formance on certain ethics stan-dards without students knowing it? � en at the end of a student’s four years, the expected diploma was given with an unexpected grade that would determine the perception of the student’s likeli-hood to be hired. As unreason-able as it may sound, a very simi-lar, logistical analysis of students is done every day.

Unbeknownst to many stu-dents, several � rms collect data on the payment histories of indi-viduals from lending institutions, and, using statistical models, eval-uate and quantify individual cred-itworthiness in terms of a credit score. Frank Fabozzi in his co-au-thored book Capital Markets, said the three most popular credit-re-porting companies are Experian, Transunion and Equifax.

Fabozzi said the scores are ge-nerically referred to as FICO scores. � e higher the FICO score, the lower the risk the issuer of a loan has to worry about.

Martin Dasko, author of the website Studenomics, said a FICO score is modeled by past payment history, total outstanding debt, length of credit history, recent credit card applications and types of credit and loans maintained. Dasko also said that a good credit score will make getting a student loan, car loan and mortgage much easier.

Dennis Wubbena, certi� ed � -nancial counselor and professor of marketing, said, “What the score is designed to do is re� ect how well you managed debt in the past and your capacity for debt.” Wubbena said, “Credit scores determine what your likelihood of being accepted for a loan and what the interest rate on that debt will be.”

Wubbena suggested building

simple credit by getting a gas card or a checking account. Dasko re-minded students to pay bills on time, not reach maximum limits on credit cards and maintain ac-counts.

Wubbena said that students need to watch their credit cards carefully. “In the marketing area, we know that if we extend credit to you, you’re going to overspend because of the deferred payments rather than using cash.” Wubbena said students can check data on their credit score from a credit bureau for free at least once a year.

Unfortunately, most college students do not have much of a credit history but carry a substan-tial amount of outstanding debt as a result of student loans. � is can make for an unsightly combi-nation when it comes to renting apartments, getting a cell phone plan, cable or even getting braces. � e better score student can man-age to procure, the easier entering the real world will be.

Where can you see Jack Spar-row, PACMAN and a cow all in one place? Harvest Fest – and this year’s costume ideas come from everything from pop culture to public controversy.

Freshman, Kale Brannon and Hali Huggins, freshman, are go-ing to Harvest Fest dressed as PACMAN and Inky, two charac-ters from the arcade game PAC-MAN. Huggins said, “We didn’t know what else to be, and we just kind of came across it in a cos-tume store down on Glenstone.”

Brannon and Huggins said that they had several ideas for cos-tumes. Brannon said that they had been considering Disney arch rivals, such as King Trident and Ursula and Mulan and Shan-Yu. Huggins said they sat down and talked about it and got rid of ideas that would not work. Brannon said that they have never been to Harvest Fest before, so they do not know how people will react to their costumes.

Junior Ruckdeschell, Activities Board director, said a memorable Harvest Fest costume has to be something out of the ordinary. He said, “� ere are a lot of people who do a good job with their cos-tumes, but they are pretty plain.” He said that good costumes are dependent on thinking outside the box and being relevant as well as new. He said, “I think it’s a matter of how much time they put into it and how much they planned it out. You can always tell who put time into it and who didn’t.”

Ruckdeschell said, “I like cos-tumes that are funny because laughing is something you will always remember.” He said that in his freshman year he dressed

as Jack Sparrow and made a boat that would move with him. He said, “I would love to see a group do the Avengers with villains.” For single costumes he said he would like to see someone do Two-Face. He also said that he would like to see a pair portray Romney and Obama.

Allison Odean, senior, said that she and her sister are going to Harvest Fest together. Odean said that her costume idea is a Chick-

� l-A theme. Odean said that she will dress up as a cow, and her sister will dress as a protestor. She said, “It’s a Chick-� l-A theme be-cause that whole scandal just went on, so it is still fresh in everyone’s mind.” She said that she picked this idea because it was a big con-troversy, and she thought it would be funny. She said, “� ere’s re-ally no serious reason why I chose this; I just thought it would be funny to do.”

FEATURES The Lance| Friday, November 9, 2012 |5

“Saturday Night Live” is a strange phenomenon. Currently on its 38th season, the show clear-ly has staying power. Less clear is where, exactly, that power comes from.

� e show is well-known for its sketch-comedy style and espe-cially its political and pop-culture skewering. Sketch-style television was far more popular and proli� c in decades gone by, so what has allowed this show to outlive its peers and continue to be loved and watched by so many today?

� e only answer is the odd combination of simple goo� ness with highbrow mockery that has allowed the show to be success-ful across demographics that other shows could only dream of reaching. Because of this, we can be certain that this show will be sticking around for years to come.

At the close of SNL’s 37th sea-son in May 2012, there was some doubt about the upcoming year.

Much of this doubt came from the fact that two of SNL’s hardest hit-ters, Kristen Wiig and Andy Sam-berg, were leaving the show in pursuit of a � lm career. Season 38 e� ectively lays these fears to rest. Not only are the returning cast members on top of their game, but also the three new members—Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Tim Robinson—have stepped up to the plate with excellence.

� e real prize of this new sea-son of SNL, though, is found in Kate McKinnon, who was added late in season 37. Her ability to shi� through varying roles recalls the early performances of Kristen Wiig, and there is no doubt that McKinnon will be the rising star of this era of SNL.

� e � rst set of episodes in sea-son 38 of SNL have laid to rest any fears le� a� er last season. Long-time fans and new viewers alike can be certain that this show will be around for everyone to enjoy for quite a long time.

BY ANDY HENDERSONSocial Media Editor

SNL still has staying power

Costumes: classic, controversial

� e truth on credit scores

Students discuss creative ideas for Harvest Fest costumes, advice from AB directorBY SEAN WHITE

Features Editor

Emily Taylor, freshman, prepares her Harvest Fest costume for this year. Creativity is an important part of designing a costume. JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

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“Sunday before the storm the clouds were gray and the winds were picking up. Rain started coming down and it did not stop until Tuesday,” Jose Socorro, 2012 alum of Evangel, said. Soccorro lives near Atlantic City, NJ.

Hurricane Sandy was a catego-ry one hurricane with winds that reached 110 mph.

By Monday, Socorro said that

he could not leave his house be-cause of the high waters � ooding the streets. A� er the storm had passed, Socorro said he checked his family’s business for damage. � e business su� ered water and wind damage. � e storm’s wind and water tore down wooden fences along with creating holes by the buildings foundation around it. � e water caused leak-ing inside the business and out-side. Damages in equipment were high in number Socorro said.

Mady Rankin, freshman, from the Bronx and said she was scared for her family, friends, church and home at the time of the storm. “I was going crazy trying to get ahold of them, and I was watch-ing the news at the same time,” Rankin said. She said the water � ooded her garage, damaging her car, and the water went up to the second � oor windows in her home. Rankin said her fam-ily is okay; they are all just sepa-rated from one another and a little

shaken. According to a press release,

Convoy of Hope, a local organiza-tion that helps with disaster relief, has already deployed two tractor-trailers � lled with food and sup-plies to Long Beach, NY. On-site distribution also took place in Times Square in New York and distributed 40,000 pounds of emergency aid. Convoy of Hope also distributed food and supplies to Bayonne, Hoboken and other cities in New Jersey requesting

relief. Evangel students are helping

with post-hurricane relief by part-nering with Meals-A-Million’s pack-a-thon, which will send 285,000 meals to the East Coast. Currently, the Business Journal’s website projects that Hurricane Sandy will cost $30 billion in damage to households, business and infrastructure and $20 bil-lion in lost output from business, transportation, health care and other services.

Hurricane Sandy reaches students on campusBY MICHAELA SMITH

News Editor

GRAPHIC BY JORDAN SJOSTROM | THE LANCE

The sound of metal zippers and buttons clacking against the inside of a dryer and the smell of laundry detergent: it is laundry day.

Doing laundry on campus is a reality for most who choose to live in the residence halls. Many say being courteous of others who use the washers and dryers is im-portant for all who use the laun-dry facilities on campus.

For residents of Lewis Hall, laundry has added complications. Living in a co-ed residence hall, students must be aware of other people who use the laundry room. Marshana Coler, Lewis fourth north east resident assistant, said that living in Lewis can be awk-

ward if people remove someone else’s laundry. “You never know what is going to be inside the laundry.” Coler said, “When it is extremely busy, I try to make sure I get my laundry out as soon as I know when it’s done.” Col-er also said that in Lewis, students have to be more careful when moving their laundry from machine to machine, and when going to and from the laundry room, cov-ering their laundry is important.

As a matter of etiquette, Evan Hart, sophomore and Krause Hall resident, said that when he is do-

ing laundry he tries to make sure that there is at least one washer or dryer available for others to use.

Andrew Goodall, residence di-rector of Scott Hall, said the most important thing for students who

are using the laundry facilities is to set a timer due to the size of laundry rooms and the number of available ma-chines.

One of the problems that students can run into while

doing laundry is another student removing their laundry from the machines. Goodall said, “If you are in a time crunch, removing laundry from a washer or dryer is

understandable. It is not desirable in either case, but I understand circumstances happen.” Good-all said one of the complaints he receives is someone taking an-other student’s clothes and throwing them on the table or floor.

Goodall said that if students would set re-minders and do laundry in a timely manner, many of those problems would be alleviated. He said, “That’s the purpose of a community washroom. You need

to be attentive and responsible to your time and your articles of clothing.”

Goodall said that, as well as etiquette in-volving doing laundry, keep-ing the room clear is impor-tant.

In the case of a breakdown of a specific ma-chine, Goodall said if there is ever an issue with a washer or dryer not working prop-

erly, contacting an RA and telling him or her which machine is not working may resolve the problem.

FEATURES6 | Friday, November 9, 2012 | The Lance

Student blogger, Kickapoo graduate and future Disney Prin-cess, Lauren Simms, senior, seeks to inspire others to accomplish their dreams.

Simms was asked to be a stu-dent blogger last summer since she is a commuter and stays in Springfield year-round and has experience in writing. After she wrote her first blog entry for Evangel, she stayed on staff as a campus blogger. Her blog consists of anything involving spiritual life, campus/commuter life, stu-dent life and anything that relates back to Evangel.

Simms said she likes to make her blog entries relatable and in-teresting. Most of the time she uses personal experiences or any realizations and connections she can make between student life-styles and the school.

Simms grew up in Springfield, Mo. and decided to attend Evan-gel after spending time on campus while being involved in Fine Arts with her church. She said when she walked around campus she felt at peace and prayed that if she

was meant to go to Evangel that God would make a way.

Simms is working toward her major in com-m u n i c a t i o n studies with double minors in integrated studies and in social sci-ences. Even though Simms is a commuter, she is very in-volved in the campus.

Aside from being a student blogger, she is also a student host, work-study for Marketing and Enrollment, START team mem-ber and a part of the Forensics team. She does all this with a heavy load of classes so she can graduate early this spring.

She also works in the holiday parades at Silver Dollar City as a snow princess, one of the 18 characters involved in the parade. Simms said she always wanted to be part of the holiday parade, so last season she auditioned and interviewed for a role. This year is her second year in the parade. From Nov. 3 to Dec. 30, Simms performs in two parades a night Thursdays through Sundays. She interviews with “Good Morning America” this morning regarding her involvement with the holiday parade.

Simms is planning to gradu-ate this spring. She would like to apply for any position at Evangel like Marketing, Public Relations or Human Resources since she has worked with the university

and understands its purpose. Af-ter she has obtained some expe-rience, her dream is to move to

Florida. Simms wants to work as a Disney Princess at Disney World in Orlando, Fla. Then she wants to work for Walt Dis-ney Compa-ny or for the Make-a-Wish

Foundation. Simms said, “With God as my guide, I want to make dreams come true.”

Wish upon a blog

BY CAYEN HOINGStaff Writer

““

With God as my guide, I want to

make dreams come true.

- Lauren Simms

Lauren Simms, senior, dressed as the snow princess for Silver Dollars City’s holiday parade

PHOTO COURTESY OF LAUREN SIMMS

Laundry etiquette for all studentsBeing respectful of others’ time, belongings while doing laundry a matter of respect

BY SEAN WHITEFeatures Editor

Paul Bayer, junior, left, and Kelly Bowen, senior, right, wash their clothes in the Lewis Hall laundry room. Students are encouraged to set a timer to remind them when their laundry is finished.

JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

Student blogger seeks job with Disney, Make-a-Wish Foundation

““

You never know what is going

to be inside the laundry.

- Marshana Coler

This season will be many stu-dents’ first winter in Springfield. Students use varying ways to cope with the cold weather. Hope Hamilton, junior, said that Mis-souri weather is drastically differ-ent from the Florida weather that she is used to.

“I have learned you need to open your window, check your app and walk outside before you know what to wear,” Hamil-ton said.

Jeremy Ar-nold, fresh-man, said he adjusts his regular route between class-es to avoid the cold wind that runs between the Fine Arts Building and the Student Union Building. Arnold’s trick is to cut through the Fine Arts Building to get from Scott Hall to the quad.

More than rearranging routes to avoid the wind, students pre-pare for the approaching winter season in different ways.

Hamilton said that she will be prepare for the colder weather by buying warm clothes from Good-will. Kailea Stancer, junior, said,

“I prepare by making sure my car is all tuned up, making sure I have everything in order. I get my snow stuff out, boots, pants and coat just in case, not that it snows much here.”

Along with students doing their part to stay warm, the Physical Plant is also working hard to ap-propriately manage the frequent temperature change.

Students have experienced the adjustments in the residence halls. Many agree that the heating in the halls has been perfect while others believe it is excessive.

Because of the heating system’s 1960’s model, Tom Keltner, Physi-cal Plant direc-tor, said that meeting every

residence hall’s request is nearly impossible. “Once the weather gets cold the problem will go away; we will turn the heat on fulltime for the winter,” Keltner said.

Because students are from nu-merous different locations around the world, being prepared for the approaching season is important. Students should be aware of the weekly forecast beforehand to help prepare for a week of classes.

Cold weather preparations

““

That’s the purpose of a community washroom. You

need to be attentive and

responsible to your time and your articles of clothing.

- Andrew Goodall

BY ELLIOTT SCOTTContributing Writer

““

I have learned you need to

open your win-dow, check your

app and walk outside before you know what

to wear.- Hope Hamilton

SPORTS The Lance| Friday, November 9, 2012 |74 04 0

Calendar

November

9

11/9Men’s BasketballMissouri BaptistW.E. Dowell Fieldhouse6 p.m. Women’s BasketballAuburn-MontgomeryClevelane, Tenn.7 p.m.

11/10FootballMidAmerica Nazarene UniversityOlathe, Kan.1 p.m.Women’s BasketballLeeClevelane, Tenn.7 p.m.VolleyballHAAC ChampionshipsTBA7 p.m.

11/12Women’s BasketballCentral MissouriWarrensburg, Mo.7 p.m.

Men’s basketball beats Ozarks in home opener

Evangel beat College of the Ozarks in an exciting match in which fans on both sides of the court were thrilled to watch.

STEVEN MCCALLISTER | THE LANCE

BY CHARILE WILLIAMSContributing Writer

Cross-country sends runner to nationals, breaks records

Basketball loses at Emporia

Volleyball team plays hard, season ends 22-14 with loss to Graceland

BY BRANDON HOFFMANManaging Editor

BY KELLY BUSHStaff Writer

BY RACHEL DELANEYCopy Editor

Crusader Volleyball beat Missouri Valley 3-1 Saturday, Nov. 3. PHOTO COURTESY OF WILLIAM GRIFFIN

Volleyball ended its season with a loss to second seeded Graceland University in the HAAC tourna-ment semi� nals Wednesday. � is ended their season 22-14, according to a press release.

� e last time Evangel played Graceland, the Crusaders lost 3-2. “We didn’t play smart last time. We need to stay focused and in the game,”

Brittany Ep-pright, right side and senior, said. “Graceland has hard hitters, and they are very aggressive.” Eppright said the Crusaders needed to focus on playing their positions and do

what they have been practicing.Kaley Lyons, middle blocker

and senior, made 21 kills and 6 blocks. Outside hitters and fresh-men Micah Cribb and Haley Wat-son had 14 kills each.

Morgan Sidwell, setter and junior, made 24 assists while Mallory Sidwell, libero/defensive spe-cialist and ju-nior, had 27 digs.

It was the Crusaders 3-1 victory over Missouri Val-ley College in the quarter� -nals Saturday that advanced the team to the

semi� nals of HAAC tournament.Lyons led Evangel with 25 kills

and � ve blocks, according to a press release.

Beating Nick Hestand’s, alum-ni, record from last year by � ve seconds, Austin Jacobs, men’s captain and senior, quali� ed for the NAIA National Champion-ship meet with his time of 25:32.

� is will be Jacobs’ second con-secutive trip to nationals and the sixth year in a row that Evangel has been represented at nationals, stated a press release.

Placing second, however, did not excite Jacobs nearly as much as the men’s team third place � n-ish out of seven ranked confer-ence teams. � is is the men’s team second year placing third. “I’m so proud of everybody,” Jacobs said. “It was a really positive note to end on.”

Before the meet, Jacobs came across a video on Baker Univer-sity’s website, naming a few con-ference teams who had a shot to place well at the meet. Evangel was not among those named.

Jacobs also said that third place seemed even more unexpected a� er Hestand graduated last year. “Nobody expected us to do well, so our third place goal was kind of a lo� y one,” but Jacobs said the team ran to prove people wrong.Evangel’s eight-man team out-

ranked much larger teams. Lynn Bowen, head coach, said

the top � ve Crusaders had new personal records, and seven of the eight men ran under 30 minutes. “Chris [Groh] had the biggest PR of the day, and that was like a minute and 30 second PR. It just all came together for him,” Bowen said.

Jessica Bear, women’s co-cap-tain and junior, said, “He just smashed it. He just skipped 29 minutes altogether and went right through it.”

� e women’s team � nished � � h out of seven ranked conference teams. Victoria Schmitt, senior, medaled in the top 15 with her personal record time of 19:43. Bear said, “She broke the 20 [min-ute] barrier, the only one [runner] of the season.”

Bear said that although this year was a rebuilding year, “ev-erybody peaked at the right time.” Bear achieved her elusive person-al record, even a� er her surgery earlier this season.

Bowen said seven of the 13 women broke their personal re-cords.

� is season brought huge pay-o� s from the runners’ hard work in practice, Jacobs said. “We to-tally maximized our potential.”

Nationals is Nov. 17 in Vancou-ver., Wash.

� e men’s basketball team has made a good start to its season af-ter winning two straight games af-ter a 99-95 overtime loss to fourth ranked Robert Morris of Illinois. � e Crusaders are ranked no. 21 in the NAIA national preseason poll. “Knowing that we can com-pete with a top ranked team like that helped us gain some con� -dence to begin the season, even if it was a tough loss,” Jayme Don-nelly, senior guard, said.

Evangel held an 86-84 lead over Robert Morris with 1.8 seconds remaining; however, the Crusad-ers committed a foul on the in-bound pass, giving Robert Mor-ris two free throws, which they made, and took the game to over-time. Evangel picked up the loss a� er being outscored 13-9 during the overtime period.

“� e biggest thing was to � nd out what our team is made of. Robert Morris has good talent and is consistently a top ten team every year,” Steve Gause, assistant coach, said. “It’s early in the sea-son, so we will only get better. We will use the game as a measuring stick on where we need to be.”

A� er the loss to Robert Mor-ris, the Crusaders went on to win their next two games against Mis-souri Baptist University and Col-lege of the Ozarks. Saturday the

Crusaders held a 25-point lead over Missouri Baptist at hal� ime and cruised through the second half for a 79-61 win.

“I think we grew as a team against C of O coming from be-hind in the last 5 minutes, but as a whole we did not have our best showing, and I think some of that comes with it being our � rst home game of the year,” Donnelly said. “� is year’s team could be very special and is loaded with talent. It’s just a matter of how well we gel together throughout the season and put together a full 40-minute game.”

Against College of the Ozarks, the Crusaders struggled during the second half, giving up a 12-0 run to the Bobcats during a six-minute span and trailed by eight points before putting on a run of their own. An 18-6 run by Evan-gel to end the game gave the Cru-saders a 68-64 victory for their second win of the season.

“We played extremely hard but got away from our tempo. We have to play a complete 40-min-ute game, and I think it’s just a matter of time before we do so,” Gause said. “Any sport is a pro-cess, and we have got to continue to improve.”

� e Crusaders play their second game in the Evangel/BBC Classic tonight against Missouri Baptist; their � rst game was against Mid-Continent in the Ashcro� Center

last night. “It’ll be an interesting game against Missouri Baptist, as it will be the second time we’ve met in a week. I’m a fan of win-ning, but improving right now is our number one priority,” Gause

said. “We have the potential to be

a good team this season, and it’s more fun to play in front of a packed house. We expect to put a good product on the � oor.”

� e women’s basketball team faced o� against Emporia State University Monday and lost 79-50. Sierra McSpadden, forward and senior, said, “First half we were up by one, but second half we kind of came out � at.”

� e Crusaders are coming o� a tough loss against the Oklahoma City Stars, ranked no. 10 in the NAIA-1 preseason poll team.

However, McSpadden said she is optimistic. “We’re already so much better than we were last year, just with all the new players. Everyone is working really, really hard. I think we’ll continue that and keep getting better through-out the season.”

McSpadden said, “[Defense] is all we ever talk about.” She said Leon Neal, head coach, is em-phasizing a play style centered around defense.

McSpadden said Amanda Landolt, guard and sophomore, and Jessica Rumfelt, forward/center and senior, are the pivotal players on defense.

� e Crusaders have warranted success many times before. Ac-cording to Evangel’s athletics website, the women’s basketball team has � nished in the top � ve in

all but two of the 24 years Evangel has been a part of the HAAC and posted a 306-118 record.

McSpadden said the team goals are to win conference and make it to the national tournament. McSpadden said that playing in

the HAAC is di� cult with strong showings from MidAmerica Naz-arene University and Avila Uni-versity.

� e Crusaders next tourna-ment is today and tomorrow in Cleveland, Tenn.

Crusader players square off in practice to prepare for season.JOANNA FORD | THE LANCE

Crusaders lose opener to Emporia State, still optimistic about the rest of the season

““

We are a strong team and we won’t give up.

We want to make it and fi nish strong and

we are doing that one match at a time.

-Brittany Eppright

SPORTS8 | Friday, November 9, 2012 | The Lance

Winning trends, Illum leads team to success

Football snaps win streak

BY JEFF MELTONSports Editor

BY JOCELYN COXStaff Writer

It was just another game, Josh Booker, wide receiver/punter and senior, said regarding Saturday’s game, even though it was senior night. Fourteen Crusaders gradu-ate this year.

Evangel led the first quarter 7-0 with a touchdown by Andrew Brimhal, quarterback and junior.

Not long into the second quar-ter, Jamail Randel, linebacker and senior, had a fumble return touchdown, putting Evangel up

14-0. According to a press release, this was the first time that Mis-souri Valley College had trailed more than seven points all season long. The Vikings answered back though, tying the game at 14-14 going into halftime. Drew O’Cain, kicker, was injured during the last few seconds of the second quarter and did not return the rest of the game. Evangel held on through-out most of the game. The third quarter ended with the game tied 21-21.

The future of the game looked bright early into the fourth quar-

ter, Cam Bruffett, defensive back and junior, had an interception. The Vikings answered back with a touchdown three minutes into the quarter. Tyler Preffitt, offen-sive line and senior, said that Joe Bever, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, is always telling the team that they need to perfect the process.

Bever said, “We definitely fought the whole game. There weren’t guys hanging up the towel just because we were down.” With only one minute and 32 seconds left on the clock, the Vikings

scored again. The fourth quarter ended with

Missouri Valley winning 35-21. “We challenged our receivers to be aggressive, and they answered back and competed the whole game. In my mind they won that battle, the whole game,” he said.

Tomorrow’s game will be against Mid America Nazarene. This game determines the rest of the season. “Another big game and I am excited for the chal-lenge. We can keep up with them and play just as good, if not bet-ter,” Booker said.

The Crusaders have had a re-markable season under Brenton Illum, head coach. At 7-3, Evangel football is posting its first winning season since 2007. The Crusaders beat Benedictine College, who was ranked sixth in the country, posted a five-game win streak and are currently ranked 19th in the country. Illum has been a major part of rebuilding Crusader foot-ball.

“From the first day he got here, everybody could always tell he was going to be a great coach,” Tommy Meyer, running back and senior, said. “Great with the X’s and O’s. He’s a really passionate coach. It just took some time to get his recruits. Everyone looks for a quick one-year turn around,

but that just doesn’t happen.” In Illum’s first two years, the pro-gram posted a 7-13 record.

Illum said he knew that his team was good, in spite of the poor on-field performance. “From a fan’s perspective, it looks like we’ve just brought it together this year,” Il-lum said, “but we’ve been a good team for about a year, year and a half now. We weeded out the bad and brought in more good.” Mey-er said that Illum stressed that each player should focus on his own job. “‘We will win when we’re ready to win.’ That’s the thing he’s been saying since he got here. You deserve to win when you consis-tently do the little things correct-ly,” Meyer said.

Illum, a 1998 graduate, was named head coach in 2009. He said that he felt he had a respon-sibility to coach at Evangel. “I owe

a lot to Evangel, like many people do. Evangel’s football program was struggling, and I felt like it was my responsibility to fix it.” Il-lum previously coached at West-ern State College of Colorado, where he received the National Assistant Coach of the Year award for involvement in the commu-nity and performance on the field.

Illum is well respected by his players. Meyer said, “From day one, personally, he really chal-lenged me to step up and just be a man. We knew it was going to take a while to turn it around. He challenged me to take a big role in the leadership role.”

Illum keeps in touch with for-mer players as well, and Meyer plans to stay in contact with Illum after leaving Evangel. Meyer said that sometimes during captain’s meetings, Illum’s phone rings. “He’ll laugh and tell us it was a player from nine years ago. When you have someone that makes that big of an impact on your life, you stay in contact with them in times of need because you know they’ll be there for you,” Meyer said.

Illum transforms struggling football team into HAAC contender

CHRISTINE TEMPLE | THE LANCE

Brenton Illum , head coach, speaks to his other coaches on the side-line. Illum coaches a spring game in April of 2012.

BRANDON WILLIS | THE LANCE Jamail Randle, senior linebacker, delivers a crippling blow to ball-carrier.

““

We definitely fought the whole

game. There weren’t guys

hanging up the towel just be-

cause we were down.

- Joe Bever