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Grace College, Winona Lake, INDecember 6, 2012Volume 59, Issue No. 13

Paige VandergriffStaff Writer

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Grace Gives Back: Fair Trade Craft Show Embraces a Season of Generosity

This past Saturday, Tree of Life was curiously crowded, even for the weekend. Several folding tables flanked a pathway from the drinks counter to the side room; sitting at each were the faces of those we pass each day—friends, classmates, roommates. Other students milled around, drifting to and from the as-sorted offerings. The purpose for their meeting: a SERVE-sponsored craft fair called Grace Gives Back.

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., students sold handcrafts from folding tables in the café. Items available for pur-chase included woven baskets and beads made from recycled newsprint, knit and crocheted scarves and head-bands, colorful jewelry and purses, hand-kneaded bread and pottery, and striking photography.

Each craft offered told a story. Some were born from the interests of students. Elisa Yonge, who sold various items made from newspaper and magazine strips, explained she had been creating beads for a while; woven baskets and purses were a more recent experiment. Mary Mix sold hand-sewn bags and crocheted

scarves, two hobbies in which she has involved herself for some time. Dave Ferrier, now a student at Grace Theo-logical Seminary, discovered pottery during his undergrad years and has since enjoyed it; this summer he be-gan baking sourdough bread. Rucel “Rusty” Martinez sold greeting cards printed with his photography, a skill he’s been honing since age 12.

Other crafts traveled across the globe to arrive at Grace’s campus. A couple tables sold various items created by women rescued from sex trafficking. Mary Mix’s table offered purses hand sewn by girls from the Ahka Tribe of Thailand, who were once bound to prostitution. Another student, Amy Forbes, handled vari-ous handmade crafts purchased from Ten Thousand Villages, a nonprofit organization that supports fair trade around the world.

What made the craft show even more special was its spirit of gener-osity. A percentage of all proceeds earned went directly to the various organizations and missions repre-sented by each table. Some profits, like those earned for Ten Thousand Villages, were donated in their en-tirety.

Ring by Spring? Some Lancers Get Engaged Even Earlier; Take the Plunge During Fall

Christopher TulleyWeb Editor

A lot of Lancers have gotten engaged this fall. Love has surely been spread over the past few months and men have been in the lake. I’m sure you all have your theories about why everyone seems to be getting en-gaged now, but I’d like to propose a few of my own:

• It’s sweater season. Girls love a guy in sweaters.

• At school, couples have a captive audience of friends all in one place.

• Summer is a busy time of year; guys easily could have forgotten to ask then.

• Early fall engagement could mean eating an extra Thanksgiving dinner.

• Finally, everyone knows that fall engagements make for good Instagram pic-tures.

Those are just my thoughts though. Grace College men, of course, have their own explanations Here are three engage-ment stories

Sophomore Tyler Zufan: “I got engaged in the fall because I didn't want to wait any longer. Plus, getting engaged in the fall

gives us eight months to plan for the wed-ding. We wanted a summer wedding, and if we would have gotten engaged any other time than the fall then we wouldn't have had enough time to plan everything.”

Senior Andrew Rupp: “With such an amazing girl as Laura, the sooner the en-gagement/marriage, the better! We had talked a lot about marriage, deciding that it made sense to get married during the sum-mer after graduating and that a reasonable engagement was 9-12 months long. I was in Argentina last spring when I realized that according to our plan, we could be getting engaged in a few short months! The com-plication of time apart studying abroad and wanting to get engaged back home in Penn-sylvania led to us the an amazing day when she said yes: October 13th. Her version of the story: it was about a year and a half overdue!”

Junior Jimmy Elsner: “The fall was good for our engagement because we’re planning on a summer wedding. Fall is also an acceptable time for nighttime walks, and nighttime walks are perfect for proposing It would be rather suspicious to say, ‘let’s go for a walk in the -2 degree weather; it'll be engaging.’”

2 FEATURESDecember 6, 2012

Whether you’re low on funds due to college expenses, swamped with the frenzy of finals week, or simply stumped on meaningful gift ideas, the question of what to give your friends and family for the

holidays may have you stressed. Thankfully, Christmas presents don’t have to be the source of intense effort or high expense. Here’s a look at five creative gift ideas you can easily make.

Advent calendars offer daily reminders to stop and reflect on the significance of the season. One great design for a handmade advent calendar I found is quite simple. Take empty matchbooks and wrap in holiday paper; stack into a pyramid with the boxes on their thin edge, wide faces side-by-side. Label each box with a date and place a paper with a verse printed on it in each.

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Fold coffee filters in quarters and glue them to a wreath form for a festive white wreath.

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Christmas wreaths aren’t just for florists! Many creative wreath concepts found online aren’t complicated—you can make them from recycled odds and ends attached to various wreath forms. Take some dated ties and use them to create a vintage and unique wreath.

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Giving goodies as Christmas presents doesn’t have to mean baking dozens of cookies. Instead, add homemade charm by customizing store-bought snacks. Here’s an idea I found online to get you started: build a sleigh and reindeer out of candy and pop. To construct the sleigh, first create rails by laying two candy canes flat. Stack them with candy bars for the cart.

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Clip clothes pins to a spare embroidery hoop and pin pictures of your family’s favorite holiday memories

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Pockets for electronic devices are another crafty gift option that will provide your friends something they’ll use every day. Even if you don’t sew, consider using felt, which is affordable, easy to use, and can be glued. You can effort-lessly combine a few rectangles into a sleeve for a tablet, mp3 player, or cell phone. If you’re considering giving someone a gift card, one of these handmade cozies makes it much more personal and is reusable.

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A visit to any of the laundry rooms across campus can testify that we all lose a sock from time to time. Why not put those lonely socks to use by stuffing homemade holiday plushies? You can find countless patterns online, many requiring little to no sewing.

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Decorate your friend’s favorite six-pack of soda as reindeer by bending brown pipe cleaners around the bottles’ caps for antlers and attach-ing googly eyes and red pompom noses!

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Homestyle HolidayPaige Vandergriff

Staff Writer

FEATURESDecember 6, 2012

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W hat is the season that starts after Thanksgiving? The obvious answer to this question is Christmas, right?

After all, that’s what all the advertisers, retailers, and peppermint latte makers tell us year in and year out. Without fail, each year, right around the first week in December, everything around us gets decked out in red and green and we remember the coming of God in the flesh by spending hundreds of billions of dollars on being in a big hurry with nowhere to go.

Believe it or not, this vision of the winter season is relatively new, so far as Christian culture goes. When ancient and medieval Christians set out to celebrate the birth of Jesus, they set aside the four weeks preceding the celebration of Christ’s Mass on December 25 to be mindful of the Messiah’s absence. They called this season Advent, from the Latin word for “arrival” or “coming,” because during this time before Christmas, they sought to remember that just as God’s people waited for deliverance from foreign empires, so the Church was waiting for Jesus’ return, the Second Advent.

Even today, in the liturgical practices of Catho-lics, Orthodox, Anglicans, and Lutherans, the four

Sundays preceding Christmas are spent reading Jer-emiah, Isaiah, Revelation, and the apocalyptic mes-sages Jesus taught right before his death. Hardly the holly-jolly Christmas of animatronic TV specials and Buddy the Elf, is it?

The trappings of today’s American Christmas Season more often resemble a mad rush of conspic-uous consumerism more than anything else. (How telling is it that mere hours after celebrating a holi-day called Thanksgiving, so many of us bundled up to stand in line for sales on Black Friday?) Constant-ly hurried forward by our culture, I believe that the best lessons we can learn from Advent are remem-brance and anticipation.

By reading and reflecting on the foretelling of Is-rael’s deliverance, the church remembers that we are called to be an alien people in a foreign land. Identi-fying with the story of Jesus’ heritage enables us to be conscious that “our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.” The story of the Church is of a community on the outskirts of empire, not of culture warriors throwing down the seats of power. In the pre-Christian story and in the reminder that another Advent awaits, we embody the message of Christ’s humility toward us and remember that our ransom is coming.

Advent is also a time of anticipation. So much of our contemporary holiday celebration revolves

around fulfilling our desires in the moment. Taking time to recognize that we cannot possibly have ev-erything at once is a powerful statement amid the rapid fire cycle of present buying-wrapping-giving and party-going-hosting-regretting. Advent says to our hearts, “The best is yet to come,” when we’ve been taught to grope in the dark for our best life now. Many churches and households light candles during the four weeks of Advent, first one candle, then an-other, until four candles are lit upon the threshold of Christmas Eve. This season of anticipation reminds us that the fullness of light often comes sooner than we think, but longer than we’d wish.

So what does all this mean? I’m not urging you all to go out and be received into the Catholic Church, nor do I want to come off as an anti-hap-piness Scrooge. Rather, I think that the practice of Advent can remind us of the joy and full presence of Christ that we all await, by being mindful of what it is to feel his absence. Catholic writer St. Charles Borromeo wrote, “The Church asks us to understand that Christ, who came once in the flesh, is prepared to come again. When we remove all obstacles to his presence he will come, at any hour and moment, to dwell spiritually in our hearts, bringing with him the riches of his grace.”

In the still and quiet of Advent, though the world hurries on around us, we may find peace.

The Season of Waiting: How Advent Can Be God’s Christmas Gift to You

Connor ParkCopy Editor

Innovation and collaboration are two cornerstones of success in enterprise development, and this coming spring the Grace College School of Busi-

ness will unveil the first annual Business Plan Compe-tition. Seeking to engage students in preparation for the application of real-world business practices, members of the business faculty—including Dr. Jeff Fawcett and Professor Alan Grossnickle—are organizing the event, with community sponsorship from local corporations Wildman Business Group, Redwood IT and Silveus In-surance Group. The nonprofit association SCORE (Ser-vice Corps of Retired Executives) will provide retired professionals to mentor participants.

The Business Plan Competition will be open to Grace College undergraduate students from any discipline, in teams of one to three members (with at least one busi-

ness student per team). In an interview, Grossnickle ex-plained that teams that cross boundaries between majors are strongest. Whether you major in education, commu-nication, design, biblical studies, or medicine, the busi-ness world can use your creative ideas.

Competing students will receive counsel before they construct their plans. This will occur in “business boot camp” sessions led by professors and SCORE represen-tatives during the spring semester. A schedule and sign-up sheet will be posted in Dee Anna Muraski’s office (OCC 126b).

After “boot camp,” teams will write their business proposals. These plans typically include a summary, business description, location, marketing strategy, man-agement organization, financial concerns, a projected schedule, and other topics. According to Grossnickle, they will be roughly 20 pages long. Sample plans and templates will be provided by faculty upon request.

After April 8, the submission deadline for completed business plans, School of Business faculty will review

them and select the top six groups. Then, on Wednesday, April 24 at 6 p.m., in OCC 106, each team will present a 10-15 minute pitch of its concept to a group of out-side judges. Winning teams will be awarded cash priz-es; first, second, and third place teams receive $5,000, $2,500, and $1,000 in start-up capital, respectively.

The School of Business is excited about this new opportunity to apply classroom knowledge. Grossnickle described how important the endeavor is, both for the students themselves and for our nation’s economy—along with cultivating skills they will use in future ca-reers, students engaging in business will drive the mar-ket forward with their innovative “student mindset,” thus solving problems and creating jobs.

If you want to be a part of this impact, start talking to your friends and tossing around ideas. Entry forms will be available soon and are due by Monday, January 14. Contact any of the School of Business faculty if you have further questions.

Have you ever wanted to see Professor Mike Yocum boss small

children around, sing a song, or wear a fat suit? Then go see the play “Oliver!,” directed by Scott Michaels, now showing at the Wagon Wheel Theatre.

The talented cast comprised of as many children as adults, fun musical numbers, and great staging make “Oliver!” a great way to spend an afternoon with friends. As Rachel Joy Miner said, “There isn’t a bad seat in the house.”

Because the Wagon Wheel is a circular theatre, every seat gets to be within about 20 feet of the stage, and the actors are excellent performers who know

how to work the unique staging arrangement.

Based on the novel by Charles Dickens, “Oliver!” is a musical production by Lio-nel Bart. The main character, Oliver Twist (played by Park-er Irwin), is a poor orphan boy under the care of Mr. Bumble (Mike Yocum) with about 20 other boys. Poorly cared for by Mr. Bumble, the boys enter with their first number, “Food, Glori-ous Food.”

With the ever-famous words, “Please, sir, can I have some mo’e,” more dancing and sing-ing ensues until the plot thickens with the sale of Oliver Twist into the service of an undertaker and his wife. However, Oliver runs away under their cruel treatment and is spotted by Dodger (Lucas

Thomas), a young pickpocket who lives on the streets with other boys under the “care” of Fagin (Bob Miller), a complex character, who teaches them the tricks of the trade.

Throughout the tricks and foibles, young Oliver Twist is resilient even when the plot hits some of its darkest moments. With evil villains such as Sykes (Bret Frazier) and the com-plex Fagin who almost mends his ways, Oliver! is filled with excitement, laughs, as well as many tender moments.

Through many turns of events, Oliver receives the an-swer to his number “Where is Love?” in coming to the home of Mr. Brownlow. Of course, to know exactly how that turns out you’ll have to go see the play!

Kim CommissarisStaff Writer

Need Some Mo’e Theatre in Your Life? See “Oliver!”

Battle of the Business PlansPaige Vandergriff

Staff Writer

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ENTERTAINMENTDecember 6, 2012

Christmas is coming, and it’s obvious that the residents of Grace Village are excited!

The lights around the building bring a clear joy to anyone who sees them; walking through the halls will bring you by dozens of trees and wreaths. Any room you enter is almost guar-anteed to have a plate of cookies and decorations all over! I am especially encouraged by the joy that everyone

wears on their sleeves. We may not always see the memories, love or wis-dom hidden behind the aging eyes, but if we stop and ask, it’s incredible what we could learn! The stories will come and astound any eager listener. So, I think that everyone should take an hour and visit a resident or the people in health care and ask them about their lives. That’s just my suggestion, but I really don’t think you’ll regret it!

“Christmas”Katie VanSloten

RA of the Village

Whether you’re an indie fan in search of local artists

to spin or just a flat-out fan of alternative acoustic music, you’re bound to enjoy “Ides,” the debut full-length release from Warsaw band Plaxton and the Void. Founded by guitarists Joel Squires and Joshua Jacoby (the eponymous Plaxton and the Void), the band also em-ploys the talents of Dave Mc-Call on bass and Tom Wagoner on drums.

“Ides” is the ideal album for cold weather days, featuring mellow acoustic strumming and electric grooves to warm your chilly heart. Fans of Darkroom,

a regional favorite of years past, will find plenty to love about Squires’ vocals, which rise and fall in harmony with the emo-tional timbre of the album.

Lyrically, Plaxton and the Void keep their heading fixed on romantic horizons, fol-lowing on the ebbs and flows of love. The album has two moods: quietly pensive and ardently determined, with the front half of the album contain-ing softer sentiments than the more insistent tone of some of the closing tracks.

If the album has one flaw, it’s that several of the songs hew too close to one formula: telling the story of the songwriter’s re-grets to a slow and steady beat. On my first listen, the opening tracks were indistinguishable in

my mind, with distinctions in tune and theme emerging only after a few more playthroughs.

The most successful tracks on the album are those which break from that perceived pat-tern. The fifth track, “Don’t Go,” pairs a persistent lyrical plea with a mellower tune. In the ninth and tenth songs, “Like Jericho” and “Sentence Bound, “vivid metaphors collide with robust rock instrumentation for the band’s most memorable tracks.

“Ides” is available for name-your-price download at the group’s bandcamp page (plax-tonandthevoid.bandcamp.com).

For fans of: Darkroom, Wil-co, Sioux Ste. Marie

Connor ParkCopy Editor

Album Review: “Ides” by Plaxton and the Void

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Dexterity InstituteBranden Pahl

It’s Christmas and we all know what that means! It’s time for presents, food, caroling, and

weird creepy family gatherings which tend to stain the joy of the other items in this list. We recently received a let-ter from “Dan.” He said, “Dear Brock and Brunner, I am looking forward to Christmas break, but only because it means that i don’t have any school work to do. I am not really looking forward to being around my extended family. Do you guys have any advice on how I can make it through the fam-ily gatherings over break?”

Well, Dan, you’re in luck because we always have advice for any situa-tion, but dealing with family is one of our specialties. You may not be able to tell from looking at us, but both of our families are really, really strange. Matt has a step-cousin who refuses to wear pants to family gathering and an uncle who started his own business, which sounds normal, but he tries to make life-sized atlases. Basically, he walks around the countryside with a can of paint making “maps.” He’s homeless.

Brock has a cousin who is the reason why we now know that lead paint is toxic and an aunt who thinks that all movies are documentaries. For the last year she’s been saying, “That poor Captain America. He finally got a date with that hot lady and then crashes some super cool plane and gets frozen for decades. He’s such an American hero, we are so lucky there was a film crew there to capture his selfless ac-tions.”

Obviously it is hard to relax over break when your family is a bunch of nuts. However, what you must do is keep your eye on the prize. The prize, of course, is money. Dan, always ar-rive at a family gathering just a tad late. When you enter the house quick-ly gauge the room and see who is the wealthiest, but also the most likely to bite the dust. This is the only person you should focus on for the entirety of the day. You must be written into this relative’s will.

Now, old people love to tell sto-ries. Matt has heard about his great un-cle’s junior prom well over a hundred times. However, it is important to act as though it is the first time you have ever heard this story and be complete-ly enthralled by it. Next, begin the pas-sive-aggressive cutting down of any family members who may threaten your place in the will. Remind your

elderly relative of your cousin’s poor grades, or your sister’s run-in with the law. This must be done with great care though. Do not make it obvious what you are doing.

Phrase it something like this, “Uncle Horace, I need to get some-thing off my chest. I am really worried about Rachel (your sister). You know how she had that run-in with the po-lice not too long ago? Well, it was all because she didn’t have the money to buy that fancy new phone she wanted, so that’s why she skipped school and got caught for underage consumption. I am just really concerned because she can’t manage the money that she has right now, so what would she ever do if she somehow came into a large sum of money? She would just spend like crazy and not be able to stop when the money ran out and she would get into so much debt that she would have to start working as a side show freak for an illegal street carnival.” This is gold. Your uncle will distrust your sister so much that you will receive her part of the inheritance for sure. Before you know it the day will be over and you will be a rich man.

The key to making it through the family gatherings is to keep your eye on the prize…and gossip. Now it is important to remember that our arti-cles are posted online so your family

members may be trying to do the same thing you are. Therefore, you must live your life above reproach, or at least as far as your family knows. Don’t tell your family anything about life. If you must share something, share only sto-ries of small random acts of kindness. This will give your family little to no ammunition to use against you and also make your gossip see more O.K. because you are so righteous.

It is best to promote gossip amongst family members and then quietly sneak away to point out to your wealthy, geriatric uncle how much the family gossip bothers you and how you wish Christmas could be fun and wholesome like it was when he was growing up, when he had to walk up-hill both ways to school and you could say “Merry Christmas” because those liberals hadn’t taken over the country yet.

So Dan, remember, there is always money up for grabs at family gather-ings and that can help get you through the day because money is the key to happiness. Merry Christmas, every-one! (If you would like to ask Brock and Brunner for advice, feel free to write them at rhodesba@grace.edu or brunnemc@grace.edu or famous mail-box 945 or 337.)

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ENTERTAINMENTDecember 6, 2012

What They Would SayStephen Hartman

Sticky WicketsKelsi Johnson

my mind, with distinctions in tune and theme emerging only after a few more playthroughs.

The most successful tracks on the album are those which break from that perceived pat-tern. The fifth track, “Don’t Go,” pairs a persistent lyrical plea with a mellower tune. In the ninth and tenth songs, “Like Jericho” and “Sentence Bound, “vivid metaphors collide with robust rock instrumentation for the band’s most memorable tracks.

“Ides” is available for name-your-price download at the group’s bandcamp page (plax-tonandthevoid.bandcamp.com).

For fans of: Darkroom, Wil-co, Sioux Ste. Marie

Brock and BrunnerSanta’s Elves

“Family Gatherings”

6 CAMPUS LIFEDecember 6, 2012

Krystle Hendrick Joy Martin Nathan Arnold Elizabeth BargeJody Hopper

Cake, candy, presents, family, it’s all a part of the holidays and we here at the Sounding Board want to know your favorite jolly-

holly Christmas memory. We hit the streets and found some happy memories from our faculty and student body alike.

Man-on-the-Street

“About 25 years ago, my husband’s family, all of his brothers, all of his sisters and all of their fam-ilies came to our house. It was just fun, seeing the kids all interact together.”

“My dad always makes chocolate chip pancakes every Christmas morning, and they are just really yummy. ”

“Going to the Christ-mas Eve service with my family. You know how we pass the light with the candles in our hands. ”

“I would say my fa-vorite Christmas memory is watching “A Christmas Story” with my family. It‘s really funny and cha-otic and hilarious.”

“Waking up on Christmas morning and having my parents take pictures of us from the bottom of the stairs. THEN going down stairs and seeing all the presents under the tree.”

So you want to go to graduate school? Whether you want an M.B.A., M.F.A., M.A., M.Div., or any degree beyond a

bachelor’s, the first step will be an application. Ap-plying to grad school is a bit more involved than in undergrad. You will most likely need a résumé/CV, two or more letters of recommendation, a purpose statement, an official transcript from Grace, and possibly a portfolio, writing sample, or interview, depending on your desired program. If you follow three easy tips, then your application process will be significantly less stressful, improving your chances of acceptance.

First: request letters of recommendation from your professors as soon as possible. Many schools have a January or March deadline for graduate school applications for the following fall, but some

set them as early as November. At the beginning of your senior year, you should ask your professors for letters so that they have as much time as possible. Make sure to ask nicely; do not just demand a letter or assume that they will write one for you. A profes-sor might be too busy to write a letter, so make sure to have a backup plan. When they agree to write your letters, provide them with all the information the graduate school supplies about them including guidelines, the final deadline, and where to send them. Be sure to profusely thank your professor when he or she finishes the letter.

Second, you might be a senior in college, but you don’t know everything. Do not be afraid to ask for help or advice, especially when it comes to your résumé/CV. A good résumé could make or break your prospects of acceptance. Grace provides career services, so take advantage of that! Email Denise Terry to have her look over your résumé; she would love to help you with any questions you have. You may even ask a professor to read your résumé and

purpose statement. They went through this process before, so they know what schools look for.

Third, do not procrastinate! The earlier you ap-ply the better. No one wants to be scrambling to get all their documents together before the deadline, so don’t wait to write that purpose statement or request a transcript. Depending on the school, you may also have a better chance of acceptance if you apply ear-ly. If the graduate school you apply to has rolling admissions, then you may have more time, but the longer you wait to finish that application the fewer spots remain available. At some schools, applying at the final deadline might limit your scholarship or housing opportunities. Make sure you check what your prospective school’s policies are!

My final word is “relax.” Remember to breathe and not let the process overwhelm you. If you take my advice, you should have an easier time applying for grad school.

Hillary BurgardtStaff Writer

Grad School

Do you enjoy Black Friday shopping? Or are you one of the many people who are

afraid to enter into the world of cra-zy, trampling chaos? Whether you’ve been shopping the day after Thanks-giving or not, here is a list that will help you understand the holiday a little better, just maybe not the people who do it!

You’re probably Black Friday shopping if…

*your cashier tells you to have a good night and it’s only 7 a.m.

*it feels like dinner time and the sun is just coming up

*you can’t see out your rear-view mirror because of all the bags in the trunk

*you accidentally refer to every number as a dollar amount

*it suddenly seems that the world’s population is 90% female and only 10% male

*you have a new appreciation for sunlight

*you think seven dollars is too ex-pensive for a DVD

*you have heard “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree” six times in the last hour by four different artists

*you are thankful that the line you just waited in took only 20 minutes

*you cannot seem to pull yourself out of the chair in the furniture section

*the stack of ads and coupons in your shopping cart is bigger than your favorite five-volume encyclopedia

*the lights in the department store momentarily dim when you slide your credit card through the register

*your Applebee’s bill is more than you paid for that TV you just bought

*you have hat hair from the Santa

hat you’ve been wearing all day*a candle is scented “warm vanil-

la,” “cinnamon and spice,” or “fresh pine,” and you can’t even smell it any-more

*you are visiting Steak ‘N’ Shake during happy hour when it’s dark out-side

*the mental image you have of yourself as you run down the aisles pushing your cart looks similar to that of an Olympian athlete training for the triathlon

*you see two people from church in a fist fight over a free tote bag

Black Friday ShoppingJulia Marsh

Staff Writer

SPORTSDecember 6, 2012

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Lancers Bested by Bethel in Seventh-place Game

The 2012 season for Grace’s men’s soc-cer team ended on Saturday at the hands of Bethel College.

The Lancers were topped 3-1 by the Pi-lots in the seventh-place match of the NC-CAA National Championships.

Grace struck first but surrendered three

unanswered goals.Gift Sibukome nearly opened the scor-

ing with a curled shot in the first half that Bethel’s goalkeeper dove to redirect off the goal post.

Sibukome assisted the game’s first goal, however, with a slotted ball in the penalty box to Kyle Hamlin who finished with pre-cision from close range.

Bethel sapped some of Grace’s energy with an equalizer minutes before halftime as the teams entered the break tied 1-1.

The Pilots shocked the Lancers’ defense with the go-ahead goal just 27 seconds into the second half.

A few minutes later, Steven Fiema was fouled near the top of the penalty box to earn a free kick. Sibukome hit a brilliant shot on the kick that clanged off the cross-bar, but the Lancers were unable to level the scoring.

With less than 10 minutes to play, Bethel added the insurance goal to effectively end any thoughts of a comeback.

The defeat ends the careers of senior starters Collin Cone, Sam Cole and Tren-ton Porter. The trio has been integral in anchoring the Lancers’ defense over their careers, culminating with back-to-back ap-pearances in the NCCAA National Cham-pionships.

NCCAA Nationals Championship

Grace’s women’s soccer team wrote a thrill-ing final chapter in their outstanding 2012 cam-paign with a late game winner in the third-place game of the NCCAA National Championships.

Holly Bennett headed home a cross from Mallory Rondeau with 1:17 to play against Trevecca Nazarene as the Lady Lancers earned their highest finish at NCCAA Nationals in team history.

With a final record of 17-5-3, Grace can of-ficially stamp the 2012 season as the best in program history in terms of both total wins and winning percentage.

Grace dominated possession throughout the first half, holding a 7-0 advantage in shot at-tempts.

The Lady Lancers increased their attack late in the first half, resulting in hard shots from Bennett and Carianne Sobey. But the Trojans’ defense held Grace without a first-half goal.

Trevecca Nazarene evened out the play in the second half but still managed just two shot attempts.

Grace nearly scored the first goal midway into the second half on a counterattack. Ron-deau played a great ball to Sobey in the penalty box, but the Trojans’ goalkeeper charged out to stab away Sobey’s shot.

In the final minutes, Grace turned up the pressure, where Rondeau found space on the

left to loft a well-placed cross into the box. Bennett rose above her defender to head in the game-winning goal with 77 seconds remaining.

Overall, Grace held a dominant 12-2 advan-tage in shot attempts. Bennett and Rondeau led all players with three shots apiece, and Heath-er Martin attempted two shots. Carmen Barn-hill recorded the shutout in goal for the Lady Lancers, although she wasn’t required to make a save.

The win ends the careers of Grace’s fine senior class of Jocelyn Evans, Abigail Burns, Kristin Yocum and Ryann Casciari. The pair went to an unprecedented three NCCAA Na-tional Championships during their four seasons, racking up All-League and All-American indi-vidual awards in the process.

Bennett’s Late Header Wins Third Place for Grace

Jalisa Thayer scores the winning penalty kick againt Trinity Christian in the first round of the NCCAA National Championship tournament. Courtesy of Sports Information.

Senior Collin Cone (0) watches as fellow Senior Trenton Porter (15) defends against Roberts Wesley-an in the 2nd round of the NCCAA National Champi-onship tournament. Courtesy of Sports Information

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SPORTSDecember 6, 2012

Hannah Clemmons (near) and Alix Underwood wait for the serve in the first day of compe-tition at the NCCAA National Championship tournament. Photo courtesy of Sports Information

Volleyball Season Ends in NCCAA Nationals

Grace’s volleyball team wrapped up its 2012 campaign at the NCCAA National Champion-ships on Friday.

The Lady Lancers (23-19) dropped a pair of matches to conclude pool play from the Kis-simmee Civic Center.

In their first match of the day, Grace’s of-fense was slow to get on track in a three-set loss to Fresno Pacific.

The Lady Lancers totaled 25 kills on a .111 hitting percentage as they fell 25-15, 25-17 and 25-18.

Grace’s strongest offensive set came in the second as they pounded out 10 kills on two er-rors. But they couldn’t keep pace with the Sun-birds’ (26-3) offense in an eight-point defeat.

Grace was neck-and-neck with Fresno Pa-cific in the third set and trailed by just one point

midway through. The Sunbirds, however, con-cluded the match by pulling away for a sev-en-point win.

Annie Salazar led all players with 16 digs, Dana Johnston recorded six kills and two block assists, and Arielle Walters added four block assists.

Grace’s scores were much closer in their fi-nal match of the day in a loss to Oakland City.

The Lady Lancers jumped out in front to start the match, ahead 14-11. Oakland City charged back with five straight points, howev-er, and continued their momentum to a 25-22 win.

Grace started slowly in the second set by losing five of the game’s first six points, but the team rallied back to level the score. The set battled back-and-forth until the Oaks (30-4) scored three straight late to take a 22-19 lead.

Head coach Andria Harshman called a time- out, and the strategy appeared to work as the Lady Lancers responded by cutting the Oaks’

lead to 23-22. But Oakland City eventually closed the door in a 25-23 win.

Oakland City held a comfortable lead ear-ly in the third set before Grace made a push to come within two points at 17-15. The Oaks proved to be too much to handle, however, as they closed out the match with a 25-21 victory.

Hannah Clemmons highlighted Grace’s match against Oakland City with a double-dou-ble of 11 kills and a match-high 17 digs.

Johnston recorded 12 kills on a .308 per-centage, and Walters added two solo blocks and three block assists.

The defeat ends the careers of standout se-niors Bethany Whitcraft, Arielle Walters and Stefanie Bolt. The trio, under head coach Andria Harshman, helped transform the Lady Lancers from a bottom feeder in the Crossroads League into a perennial league contender. Grace earned two straight berths into the NCCAA Nationals during the seniors’ junior and senior seasons.

At a Glance...How teams faired at the NCCAA

tournamentsMen’s SoccerSeason Record: 13-7-3Tournament Record: 0-3Finish: 8th place

Women’s SoccerSeason Record: 17-5-3Tournament Record: 2-1Finish: 3rd place

VolleyballSeason Record: 23-19Tournament Record: 0-4

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