Rhynean - April 2013

W. Soccer coach goes pro

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L-R’s best kept secret -- pg 3

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April 2013

L-R will: protect this house

CCA National Champs By: Randolph Carroll Sports Editor

Photo Credit:Tiffany Fields L-R football currently wears a limited amount of Under Armour gear but will soon be seen in a new line-up of Under Armour equipment.

Under Armour sponsors its first division II team

By Tiffany Fields Editor-in-Chief Back to back conference championship trophies aren’t all the Lenoir-Rhyne University football team will have to show off come this fall. The Bears will be protecting this house, in all Under Armour gear.

Founded in 1996 by Kevin Plank, Under Armour is one of the fastest growing names in sportswear. Division I schools such as Georgia Tech, Arizona State, and NC State are sponsored by the company.

Local businessman and L-R alumn John Moretz built a longstanding relationship with Plank early on, which ultimately landed L-R the same deal.

The team has worn some Under Armour gear for years, an endorsement that began on Coach Fred Goldsmith’s watch. The endorsement has become official, making L-R the very first division II team to claim a sponsorship of its kind.

“We aren’t big enough, we aren’t on national TV regularly enough to get a sponsorship from the big boys,” said Athletic Director Neill McGeachy.

There is one big difference in L-R and other division II schools, though. “None of the

Photo Credit: Tiffany Fields Edward Blackburn, freshman wide reciever, lifts in his current UA gear, awaiting the new equipment’s arrival.

other division II schools have a Johnny Mo,” McGeachy said.

Moretz has made a huge impact on L-R athletics through his donations, and now through his relationships.

Plank was also well aware of the program’s success when he approached Moretz about the opportunity, ready and willing to help the school.

Being fully sponsored by Under Armour means that the L-R Bears will wear only their brand on the field.

“I’m very excited for

the players. There won’t be anything that they wouldn’t have otherwise, but this is much more cost-effective,” said Head Coach Mike Houston. “That’s the big win.”

The money that will be saved is a huge help to the program and will go towards to funding other things and helping L-R football continue to grow.

“It’s a huge budget relief,” said Ron Boyd, Offensive Line Coach whose job includes ordering equipment for the

team. “Since we’re a smaller school without exorbitant funds, anything that we don’t have to buy is helpful.”

The equipment is on its way for the 2013 season, and L-R players and staff are excited for the new gear.

“I think not only is it good that L-R is getting brand new equipment but it shows that our hard work is paying off and that if we keep working hard good things will keep happening,” said sophomore kicker Matthew Jackson.

The line-up of new equipment will include pants, shoes, jerseys and more from the Under Armour brand.

“I’m just waiting to begin the season wearing the new uniforms and see everbody’s reaction when we wear them on the field,” said sophomore running back Greg Baker. “It shows that we are a really good team and we have a really good program.”

Coming off of two back to back SAC championships, the L-R football team is preparing for the 2013 season with high hopes and a new look.

“Students and fans can expect to see a tremendous presence of Under Armour in the stadium this year,” McGeachy said.

The Lenoir-Rhyne Cheerleaders brought home the Christian Cheerleader of America National Title.

Despite the injuries and adversities they faced, the L-R cheerleaders were able to win the championship.

The CCA held their national competition March 7, 8 and 9. Christian schools from Georgia to Ohio came to compete in age groups ranging from middle school to college aged in multiple divisions.

L-R gave a memorable performance.

Each team had two opportunities to perform.

L-R performed early in the morning and later that afternoon. The first performance was less than perfect but by no means a disaster. A few stunts not executed to perfection disappointed the team but did not break their spirits “I was upset but [going into the second routine I felt] confident,” said sophomore flyer Taylor Collins.

A dominating second performance all but assured their victory in a duel with Brewton-Parker College from Mount Vernon, Ga. This, however, was not an ordinary cheer competition. Because of its Christian origins its judges were a little strict by nature on the “excitement” a team could put in their routine. This did not hurt L-R significantly but points were marked against them for what was rumored to be having their backs turned towards the judges too long.

This by no means is the final crowning achievement for the Spirit Bears this season with plans to compete at the NCAA competition in Daytona Beach, Fla. later this April. This competition is a higher level and bigger challenge for the team.

What goes up, must come down

By Ashley Gruning Contributing Writer

The national average price of gas has increased 49 cents per gallon since the beginning of the year according to Michael Green, manager of AAA Public Relations. This is the highest price increase through the end of Feb. on record.

This number may not seem large, but for many college students on a budget it is a big deal.

“Living off of campus with such huge gas prices is a struggle

because if you budget your finances around last month’s bills, you have a set amount that you need to have for the following month including gas and groceries. Now with gas prices increasing you somehow after find an extra, let’s say $10 that you didn’t need the month before,” said Lenoir-Rhyne University junior, Amanda Cotto.

As gas prices rise students are forced to adjust their budgets and their schedules.

“I have to stay on campus all day even though I have a three-

hour break in between classes because I don’t want to go home and then have to come all the way back to L-R,” said senior Olga Ortiz who lives in Bethlehem, N.C. Many L-R students consider the rising gas prices a hard hit to their budget. Getting to and from school and work is costing them more and more.

Green said the national average increased for 36 consecutive days from Jan.17Feb. 22. The highest amount gas hit at that time was $3.79 in N.C. “If you have a job and other

priorities it is hard to have to get gas every four or five days because you have to go to and from school, work, practice, and anywhere else you may need to go,” Cotto said. “It’s not like you’re getting paid any more, your money is just getting recycled back into the economy.”

High gas prices are a burden on college students but soon they are expected to decline, according to Green. The national gas price average has fallen below what they were a year ago and AAA is predicting they will be lower than average this spring.

Submitted Photo L-R Cheerleaders will compete this month in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Shoot ‘em up or knock ‘em back By: Gustav Meyners Copy Editor

Photo Credit: Tiffany Fields Randolph’s is one of several local bars that students frequent, along with HPD.

A shooting at Randolph’s Billiards in downtown Hickory left one injured in February.

Randolph’s is a local that Lenoir-Rhyne University students frequent. Other bars include the Hickory Tap Room, The Lazy Dog Smokehouse and Saloon and Windy City Sundries.

“I personally would never go to Randolph’s without a couple of guy friends,” said Genny Little, a junior at L-R. Little says she’s been to the bar, but doesn’t regularly go there.

This isn’t the first incident to occur at the bar. Over the past year, police have been called to the establishment for a multitude of reasons. Since

March 17, 2012, the police responded to nine different reports of fights or assaults.

Randolph’s isn’t the only establishment in Hickory that the police are called out to investigate.

“We respond to similar calls in nature at other bars in the city,” said Reed Baer, Captain of Investigations for the Hickory Police Department.

HPD regularly respond to calls to bars on Friday and Saturday nights, and usually see an increase in assaults and fights on these nights related to alcohol. Baer says that it has been three or four years since the police responded to a similar shooting in the Randolph’s parking lot.

“I don’t think they are safe at all,” Little said.

Other students disagree with Little. Zack Queen, a senior a L-R, has been to various bars across Hickory during his time spent at the school.

“Randolph’s is a little sketch, but I feel safe going to bars like the Tap Room and Lazy Dogs,” said Queen.

Bars and nightlife are part of any college experience, but nevertheless students should be aware of where they go and what goes on at the establishments.

“I would encourage my college student not to go to bars at all,” said Baer when asked if he would allow a college-age son or daughter to go out to bars in Hickory.

Randolph’s did not return our calls concerning the safety of L-R students at their establishment.

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Editorials

2012-2013 Rhynean Staff

Weekends: The death of L-R’s population

Editor - in - Chief

Students leave campus to avoid boredom

Assistant Editor

By: Zach Clayton Staff Writer

Tiffany Fields

Jamie Frye

Sports Editor Randolph Carroll

Layout & Design Editor Kate Coleman

Copy Editors Kelsey Smith

Gustav Meyners

Social Media Manager Leslie Ellis

Staff Writers Anna Harris Calvin Caldwell Hannah Dixon Jimmy Hilton Allison Floyd Peter McCrae Corron Boston Zach Clayton

Take a walk around LenoirRhyne’s campus on a weekend.

The sound of silence drapes over empty sidewalks, dorm rooms, and school buildings like a blanket. The Cromer Center, usually full of hustle and bustle during the week, is desolate and quiet. The parking spaces around campus that are usually filled to the brim are plentiful.

Weekends at L-R are nothing short of dead.

It’s no wonder that L-R has been deemed by students as the “suitcase school” due to the fact that the vast majority of students who live on campus pack their bags and head home for the weekend.

What other choice is there?

With so little to do outside of homework, students need a place to go for enjoyment that they probably don’t get during the school week. During the normal school week at L-R, activities are everywhere around campus. But when the weekend approaches, there’s not a student body to be found on campus, even within the confines of the cafeteria. This begs the question why do

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campus activities come to a halt on the weekends in the first place, when the school still offers meal periods for those that are around?

Jessica Peterson, a commuter student, wishes there were more fun activities to do on weekends. “You see more about convocations than anything else,” she said.

“There’s nothing close for any students to do on or off campus. It’s got to be tough for those without a car or

family around.” As a single mother, Peterson doesn’t live on campus but even she needs a place to go to enjoy herself, much like other students at L-R. “There’s really no school pride and nowhere for college students to hang out,” she said. Peterson also stated that day care on campus would be a nice option for student parents who struggle with scheduling their days.

Peterson brings up the point that for other students

Spending cuts split party By: Peter McCrae Staff Writer

Faculty Advisers

Death is an option next to boredom during weekends at the “suitcase school.”

It can be comforting to know that some things never change; when it’s the government’s inability to govern, it can be a cause for concern.

The automatic spending cuts (sequester), scheduled to take effect March 1, were not averted. A Democratic supported bill that would have Peter McCrae r e p l a c e d some of the budget cuts with tax increases gained 51 votes in the Senate, with 60 votes needed to avoid a Republican filibuster. Three red state Democrats and zero Republicans voted against the bill. A GOP bill that would have maintained all of the cuts

but granted Obama more ability to decide where the cuts would fall gained 38 votes, with nine Republicans voting against it.

I am registered unaffiliated and I rarely agree completely with one side or the other, though in this case I am compelled to side with Republicans. It is egregious to suggest that tax increases should have been a part of any bill designed to avert sequestration. These cuts are part of an agreement made in 2011 that raised the debt limit by more than $2 trillion. The money has already been spent and now that it is time for the cuts to take place, the Democrats are attempting to go back on their deal. Neither side thinks that automatic, indiscriminate, discretionary spending cuts across the board are the best way to reduce spending; unfortunately no alternative could be agreed upon.

In order to address the expiration of the budget

scheduled for March 26, the House has passed a Republican proposal to extend a continuing resolution, in order to keep the government funded through September of this year. 53 Democrats joined the Republican majority to pass the bill. This could avoid a government “shutdown” if passed by the Senate. Senate Democrats say that they will come up with their own plan.

As long as something is passed to keep the government funded, we can be assured that soldiers and firemen will get paid; and that seniors will keep getting their Social Security checks.

But what is the impact on the economy? The unemployment rate ticked down in February and the Dow Jones Industrial Average has broken records reaching a new all time high above 14390 as of March 8. Consumer spending is up although income has decreased See Economics, on pg 8

Sex and dating on campus It’s not you, it’s me

Kelsey’s words of wisdom Dear Kelsey, I’m trying to impress this new girl I’ve been talking to.

But I have about a $10 budget to work with. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks, Poor Boy Lover Dear Poor Boy Lover, Lucky for you, a lot of girls these days are easily impressed. Sometimes the smallest or most simple acts of love can be the most impressive. I’ll give you a few ideas and you can take it from there: Idea 1: Go in to the cafeteria a little before the time you usually eat. Set up a table with a tablecloth, a rose, and a candle. All three of these can be found at your local dollar store.

Idea 2: Take a long walk around campus.

Warm weather is your new best friend. Getting outdoors will relieve stress from schoolwork and it will also give the two of you some quality time to get to know each other.

Idea 3: Head on over to Carolina Theater downtown.

While their movies aren’t the most recently released, it is a cheap way to see your favorites on the big screen.

Ticket prices are only $3 each.

Hope some of these ideas can get you started! Don’t be intimidated by a low budget.

As long as it shows you’ve put some time into it, I’m sure she will really appreciate whatever you do.

Kelsey

By: Gustav Meyners and Randolph Carroll Copy Editor and Sports Editor For the past few weeks, we’ve labored and pained in our basement, depriving ourselves of worldly pleasures and nourishment, so that we could better ponder the evolution of the human race and the tribulations it faces.

Overly sentimental saps and patsies seem to feel the need to worship their significant others. Watch as they cough up dough for candy hearts and cinema seats. Once in a while they are willing to be snuggled by that person.

But seasons fade. Hearts change. And we all need a good exit strategy. This one’s for free: “It’s not you, it’s me.”

Idiots think this is cowardliness.

Apparently they’d rather deal with the problems in the relationship.

Wise men know to blame the problems on themselves so we can get out of the relationship alive.

Fact is, saying, “it’s not you, it’s me” is the bravest, most courageous phrase a human

could possibly utter. These soldiers of love are willing to take the blame bullet. We don’t want to hurt the other person.

We do, however, want some alone time – in case there’s someone hotter.

Let’s be honest, only morons would implicate themselves as the problem. Why would you blame yourself even if you were the whole damn problem?

That’s crazy talk. We’re giving you an easy way to get out of the relationship – you’re welcome.

We hold this truth to be selfevident: Every guy who has ever existed is purely selfless and completely honest. Under no circumstances would any of them ever look for an easy way out of a relationship. That would be evil and immature.

It might seem like we’ve tailored this line for dudes, but dames can pull it off too.

Remember, Eve gave Adam the apple.

We invented “It’s not you, it’s me” to get you out of your stale relationship and into a fresh set of sheets.

Be careful how you use this golden ticket to freedom.

If your ex-lover is a dolt, he or she could think you’re admitting you’re lame at love.

Seriously, come on. If bad sex grounded your freak flight, you’d definitely blame the other person.

Scientists say that 94.3% of people would rather be shoved through a wood chipper than endure a breakup. Lying makes it worse. So the next time you’re breaking up with someone, let them know it’s your fault, not theirs. You’ll be a king among me, or at least a chick among dames.

Need proof? Here’s a field test recorded for your benefit.

We bailed on our broads – for science. Watch this: Boy: “Hey honey, I just don’t think this is going to work out.

I’m just not feeling it between us anymore.”

Girl: “What?! You selfindulgent jerk! Is there something wrong with me? I’m the best thing that’s happened to you!”

Boy: “Babe, it’s not you, it’s me. I’m just not good for you, it’s nothing you’ve done.”

Girl: “Awwww, you’re so right. I hope things work out for you with another girl.”

Did we miss the point?

By: Corron Boston Staff Writer “But, God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, or you will surely die’” – Genesis 3:3.

Did you miss that again?

God didn’t just say don’t eat of the fruit, he said don’t even touch it!

But why was it important enough for God to say Corron Boston don’t even touch it?

As I pondered this particular passage, my eyes were opened and fixed on the second half of the scripture. As a child, hearing

the story of Adam and Eve is always common, but maybe we missed a point. For many years now, we have been putting so much emphasis on the eating of the fruit and the effects that took place after but did we miss a warning from God about our character in verse 3? Look at it again closely.

I believe God was trying to show us a human pattern that would become hurtful to us beforehand so we can make proper provisions to defeat sin.

The action of sin, as we know it, took place when Adam ate of the fruit, but our gracious God didn’t even want Adam to touch it at all.

In my opinion, God knew the struggles man would face when it comes to temptation.

Our problem isn’t that we sin and fall short, but our problem is that we allow ourselves to get in too deep during our

temptation period. With God knowing these things, in all his wisdom He tried to stop man from fighting a losing battle with temptation. Adam was told not to touch the fruit, but God knew that touching would lead to eating, and that’s where the real sin begins. Does that sound like some of you? If so, maybe reevaluating your boundaries would be helpful.

Be truthful to yourself. Tell yourself that if I touch the fruit I’m probably going to eat it. If I go over her house at 1 a.m. than I’m probably going to slip up. If I lie to him one time, than it can become a habit. If I put myself in a situation to fall short, than I probably will fall short.

However, it doesn’t matter how far you may get in your time of temptation, always remember that God promises that he will not put more on you than you can bear.

Photo Credit: Zach Clayton

that are in a similar situation, there needs to be a place on campus where students can just kick back and relax. The convocation system is more of a requirement than it is a fun outing for students. The mass exodus of students leaving campus on weekends could be just an option to fight the battle with boredom when they have nothing else to do.

During football season though, this isn’t a problem See Weekends, on pg 3

Senior Citizen: Graduate school By: Allison Floyd Staff Writer In my life, the decision to go to college was already made for me. My parents did not give me a choice when it came to attending college. So after high school, I came to Lenoir-Rhyne University with the thought that I would be here for four years and then be finished.

Graduate s c h o o l n e v e r crossed my mind, until we started t a k i n g Allison Floyd about it in one of my classes. I know that for a lot of people, grad school is a requirement but what about the rest of us?

I don’t know about anyone else, but school isn’t really my favorite daily activity so I never thought about going to grad school. I always thought that grad school was for people that wanted to be doctors or lawyers, but I was wrong. After learning more about the graduate school process, I actually considered going to grad school.

After sitting down and thinking about grad school at this point I do not see it in the cards for me. I would love to continue my academic career, but now my theory about grad school is that I should be working and trying to start to make money and establish myself instead of going to graduate school and digging myself into more debt.

I took a personal finance class last year with Teddy Reingold, and he has put the “grad school is a delay” theory in our heads. The way that he views grad school, is that if the profession that you want to break in to does not call for you to attend grad school, then you need to get out in the work force to start making a living for yourself.

For some people grad school is not an option. Lots of professions require applicants to complete grad school, but not all jobs do. If you are considering a graduate program I suggest talking to your advisor to see if this is an option for you. Granted, many experts say that if you want to attend grad school that you should do research during your junior year, so if you haven’t already applied to a program, its more than likely too late.

There is also that moment when you are looking and applying for jobs, and have no luck. That usually prompts people to look into a graduate program hoping to become better qualified for a job. Some companies will send you to school during your first few years of employment. This way you can get work experience while earning another degree.

As of right now in my life, I just do not see the need to go to grad school. I’m not saying that it is a complete waste of time; it is just not for everyone.

Everyone applying to schools and not getting the perfect response you expected: Do not get discouraged. Maybe God has a better plan for you. To everyone going to graduate school: The best of luck.

Campus News

Not just horsin’ around Equestrian club is Lenoir-Rhyne’s best kept secret By: Leslie Ellis Social Media Manager “It’s L-R’s best kept secret,” said Dana Dewey, owner of Foothills Equestrian Center in Taylorsville.

The Lenoir-Rhyne University Equestrian Club has monthly meetings at Foothills where club members are able to ride, train and compete.

“Schools are getting a lot more aggressive about whether or not students can continue [riding when they come to college],” Dewey said.

Dr. Katherine Pasour, the Dean of the College of Health Science, is the advisor for the club. Pasour has two horses she keeps at Foothills.

In addition to the Equestrian Club, L-R offers horsemanship, dressage, western and special topics classes, which Dewey teaches.

“The courses and clubs are open to riders of all levels and they are not required to compete,” Dewey said.

Those who wish to compete have the opportunity to go to competitions at schools such as Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.

Andy Carlton, a worker at Foothills, said he wishes more people would come out and ride.

“With basketball they’re Division II. With the Equestrian team, they’re going against Division I,” Carlton said.

Dewey said schools with equestrian clubs become a part of the college decision for avid horse riders.

Allyson Hill, a dressage rider in the club, has been riding horses since she was seven.

“When I was looking at schools, I made it a requirement that they had to have an equestrian club,” Hill said.

Foothills is not only home to riders who attend L-R, but Appalachian State University as well.

Photo Credit: Leslie Ellis Allyson Hill rides her horse Dublin at Foothills Equestrian Center, where L-R’s Equestrian Club meets.

“We act like sister teams,” Hill said.

Dewey says the larger schools have a mentor relationship with smaller schools like L-R. “I think L-R needs to have more involvement and people should come out and ride,” Carlton said.

The L-R Equestrian Club will be hosting an Equestrian Day on April 8 and Howard, the horse, will be visiting campus.

If you are interested in joining the L-R Equestrian Club, contact President Laura Martorano at laura.martorano@my.lr. edu. If you would like more information about Foothills Equestrian Center contact Dana Dewey at (828) 381-0473 or foothillsequestrian@hotmail. com.

Photo Credit: Leslie Ellis Members of the Equestrian Club spend time riding, training, and competing with their horses.

Lenoir-Rhyne is upgrading its campus in a big way

Photo Credit: Tiffany Fields President Wayne Powell spoke at the fundraising press conference for the the Minges Science building, one change coming soon to L-R.

Past, present and future students will soon be benefitting from $50 million in upgrades and renovations on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University.

“The chapel, the science complex and Shuford Memorial Gymnasium are upcoming planned events that will benefit the students.” said Peter Kendall, Vice President for Admissions and Finance.

Lenoir-Rhyne has been

L-R Student elected governor

By Corron Boston Staff Writer

$50 million and counting

By: Ryan Peters Contributing Writer

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implanting its strategic plan for the past five years.

“A strategic plan is a document that guides the Board of Trustees and Administration over five years,” Kendall said.

Another aspect of the plan was that L-R went from being a college to a university in the fall of 2008.

The most notable of the upgrades and renovations will be the addition and renovation of the Minges Science building, which is

being funded by donations and endowments. The cost of the Minges Science building is budgeted for $25 million.

“The science building will not directly affect me but it will benefit generations to come as new state of the art technology will be in an improved building,” said Elizabeth Norris, a senior at L-R. Another upgrade to the campus of L-R will be the addition of the chapel, which broke ground in March.

“The chapel should take about 16 months to complete and projected to be ready by August 1 2014,” Kendall said.

“Students tuition is not being used for the funding of the campaign.”

Facility, staff and students have expressed their excitement about the upcoming chapel.

“The chapel will benefit me as I continue a strong relationship as a Lutheran,” Norris said. “I am excited to see its beauty and to come back for concerts, events and more.”

President Wayne Powell expressed his gratitude for all that the university has done in the last five years. The strategic plan that the university

Math students compete, bring home trophy

Submitted Photo Over Spring Break, Drs. Burkholder and Goldberg and six students from the Mathematics Program attended the Mathematical Association of America Southeastern Section Meeting at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C. In addition to a math-themed treasure hunt held on Pi Day (3/14), several plenary lectures, numerous student and faculty presentations, and a poster session, there was a Math Jeopardy! competition involving approximately thirty teams. The L-R team performed strongly in the first round and earned a wild card spot in the semi-final round. They won their game in the semi-final round and went on to the final round, where they finished in second place, earning a trophy for the team and medals for all participants. Prof. Hull and Dr. Zell made a surprise appearance at the final competition to cheer on their students. The Jeopardy! team members were Caleb “Anakin” Dellinger, Grant “Jean-Luc” Houston, Marie “Leia” Mauhar, and Adam “Chewbacca” Roberts. Stephen Amoah and Christine Wold served as alternate members.

implemented five years ago has helped the university grow by opening a graduate center in Asheville, acquisition of the Southern Seminary, and updating Fritz-Conrad, Price Village, Isenhour Hall and the Learning Commons.

With the ending of the current plan, L-R is developing another strategic plan that will be for the years 2013-2018.

L-R will transfer majority of the components from the past strategic plan into the new one.

There will be new projects and programs that will be part of the new plan, including a Physician Assistant program in the year 2015.

Some other aspects to the new plan will include adding a Subway restaurant to the Bear’s Lair, along with its renovation. They also plan to expand the range of the menu of the Cub’s Pub and hours of operation.

L-R is going to be experiencing a lot of changes on the campus, some that will be more noticeable than others. L-R is actively seeking information from its students in order to benefit the student experience on the university’s campus while having a positive impact on the community.

Lenoir-Rhyne’s Rodney Cline, Junior, has been elected Governor of Circle K in North and South Carolina District. In the Circle K organization, Governor is the highest district Honor any member can receive.

“It took me four months to decide to run for the position and the last two months to prepare for it,” Cline said.

Circle K is the largest collegiate service organization in the world and more than 12,600 members make up about 500 clubs in 30 districts across 18 nations. Circle K‘s mission is to develop college and university students into a global network of responsible citizens and leaders with a lifelong commitment to service. As a group, the students seek out communityservice opportunities and lend helping hands to those around them.

Cline later joined Circle K with a passion to help his community. He saw their acts of humility and wanted to assist their vision of being the leading global community-service organization on college and university campuses.

At Lenoir-Rhyne, there are 24 students involved with Circle K, but they are among the 430 other student volunteers in our District. Bigger schools like the University of North Carolina, Duke, and North Carolina State, are all a part of the District that Cline governs.

“The main reason I joined Circle K was because I loved helping people and Circle K is a club built on helping others and doing service.

I was driven into taking a leadership position because I have a great love for the people and I want to help and guide others.”

During his campaign, Cline was pooled by some of the organization’s founders and leading chair holders who had to sort through other strong opponents.

“It was stressful. I had confidence that I would win before I got there, but before the caucus sessions I became super nervous,” Cline said.

“I am so proud of Rodney, but there was no question in my mind that Rodney would win after the sessions began.

His responses were spot on,” said Quinn Scarvey, Junior, member of Circle K at L-R. Scarvey and other L-R Circle K members accompanied Cline during his campaign.

“I was probably the proudest of him when he answered the question.

‘Who, in your opinion, is the most important person in our organization?’ His response was ‘“That’s easy: The members. Without the members, there would be no service,” Scarvey said.

When asked about running for any other positions, Cline mentioned that he may consider campaigning for the international board next year.

Weekends from pg 2 because on game days there is quite the student involvement, which also attracts families.

But it’s the rest of the time that L-R students face the issue of having nothing to do to escape from the clutches of homework.

Lenoir-Rhyne’s Campus Activities Board, CAB, is aware of the weekend drought.

Jonathan Rink, Director of Residence Life, said that CAB has looked into having more weekend activities on numerous occasions.

“Students have expressed that there are very few weekend activities and that they would like something more,” Rink said. “Many times students have given suggestions, but when we have these events attendance is minimal at best.”

This brings up the question of what can be done so both sides of the issue get supported. Students go home on weekends because there is nothing to do, while at the same time CAB attempts to plan weekend programs to keep students around on those days.

“If organizations could have guaranteed better attendance I feel that there would be more events on weekends,” Rink said. “In order for CAB to host or pay for these events, we need attendance from the students.”

Therein lies the problem; if CAB hopes to have students to remain on campus on weekends, they need to appeal to students when planning activities, fraternity and

Photo Credit: Zach Clayton Many students at L-R pack up and leave every weekend to avoid boredom.

sorority parties aside. The students who can’t go home on weekends due to distance or lack of transportation don’t have much to do.

Rink’s statements have proven that between CAB’s efforts and the lack of student participation, trying to have more weekend functions defeats the purpose because the problem cannot be resolved so easily. “Students don’t tend to participate in events when we do have them, thus resulting in the majority of our programming being during the week,” Rink said.

It’s going to take more than simple suggestions to get the weekends at L-R to be livelier.

Even when events are not for convocation credit, there can still be a decent turnout.

CAB makes the effort to bring weekends back, so perhaps student participation can save us all from the boredom of Saturdays and Sundays at L-R.

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Location of chapel causes concern By: Anna Harris Staff Writer This year Lenoir-Rhyne University has been given donations for the $4.6 million chapel to be built on campus.

The chapel will be located in front of the Martin Luther statue so he can gaze at the doors. It will be right next to Lineberger and occupy the grassy area between Cromer Center and Fritz Conrad.

Ground has been broken as of March 22, but some students are unhappy with its location.

“There is not enough space for the chapel,” said education freshman Lara Crumpton.

“The structure is unnecessary.

It needs to be smaller, that’d be much better.”

Students believe that the chapel will take up space in the grassy area where students like to sit, play golf and socialize.

The placement of the chapel will also block off Fritz Conrad from the Cromer Center.

“It’s going to feel crowded with all these buildings so close together,” said junior Logan Waddell.

L-R is a university that was founded on faith. The Lutheran

Photo Credit: Gustav Meyners Plans for the chapel stand by the walkways to show its architecture and design.

church was given land to build a college in 1891 and that has now become Lenoir-Rhyne University. Saint Andrews used to be the church that was a part of the campus, but in the 1950s they broke off as an independent church but stayed in contact with L-R. Saint Andrews lets the music

department use its facility for concerts, practice and for learning experiences. Why not give the money to Saint Andrews? Give them money for a new organ, renovations, expansion or whatever they want?

“The way campus has grown in our own worship life

and in church identity we need our own space,” said campus pastor Andrew Weisner.

Weisner believes that the chapel will have great benefits, especially to the sacred music students. It will be a home performance space for recitals, it will hold chapel services and other benefits will come once it’s here.

Weisner believes that only the current students will find the location unnecessary.

“How dare they take away my tennis courts!” said Weisner explaining that where McCrorie stands today was where the tennis courts were when he was a student at L-R. “Ten years from now no one is going to know that where the chapel stands was once an open area for students to play frisbee.”

“I think building the new chapel is a fantastic idea,” said sacred music senior Leslie Overcash. “It will be a good place to hold recitals for the music department.”

Many of the sacred music students are excited about the chapel.

“It will give sacred music students a place to practice,” said sacred music junior

Brandon Burns. “It makes a statement next to the Martin Luther statue.”

When ideas for new projects are made then the school sends out announcements that they are trying to raise money. The chapel, the science building, student center and the gymnasium. When donors give their money they say where they want it to go.

“When we first announced that we wanted to raise money for a chapel on campus donors supported it,” explained the Dean of Students Katie Fisher.

“We got money for the chapel faster than we did for the science building.”

L-R notices the importance of a new science building and is currently raising $65 million for the project.

“The chapel will be a great asset, however the biggest impact for the school will be a new state-of-the-art science building,” said Fisher. “It will draw more students to campus.”

Electricians have already begun to move wiring to prepare for the new structure and ground has been broken for the new chapel.

FYE: Not for your entertainment Student feel that FYE asks too much By: Tiffany Fields Editor-in-Chief

Photo Credit: SportsFotos Freshman, Amanda Bryan, plays tennis at L-R. Currently the players are forced to practice at Hickory High due to the lack of courts on campus.

Tennis courts on campus Players have high hopes for a home court By: Maggie Brown Contributing Writer Lenoir-Rhyne tennis players have been without courts on their campus since the year 2000. The student athletes are forced to play at Hickory High School.

The campus had two sets of courts at one time. The first two tennis courts on campus were built in the early 1960s.

The courts were located right behind what is now the MaunyShafer building. The second set of courts were demolished in 2000 and contained four asphalt courts which were located where the McCrorie Center for Allied Health and Athletics now stands.

L-R’s tennis players say the lack of campus courts makes a bad impression on the competition.

“It looks bad for our school because people look at us as a joke. We play at a high school.

It is not easy for people to get off of campus if they don’t have a car. Overall, I believe it hurts our recruitment,” said senior tennis player, Amanda Young.

According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the size of a tennis court must be overall 36 feet wide by 78 feet long. A standard asphaltsurfaced court will cost $25,000.

The amount of court space demanded by a college is at least six courts. The total cost with six courts will come to a total of $150,000. The project will take anywhere from four to six weeks.

“It is a project that can easily be done over the summer, and compared to most other projects it is not expensive,” Young said.

Coach Bobby McKee started as head tennis coach for LenoirRhyne in 2007. McKee sat down with an architect who went over sketches with him to begin the project.

Photo Credit: Who knows Senior, Kilian Symalla, is one of the men’s tennis players who share tennis courts with Hickory High.

Neill R. McGeachy, Jr., started his duty as director in 2002, and arrived to no tennis courts on campus. The main priority when he arrived was to build a new track because in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, LenoirRhyne won championships in track and field.

“Lenoir-Rhyne is 122 years young, and until four and a half years ago, we never had a track,” McGeachy said.

Athletic director, McGeachy brought back eight sports in five years. One of the eight sports was men’s and women’s tennis. When arriving in 2002, both tennis programs had been out.Courts were No. 4 on the project list created by the school.

McGeachy approached McKee at a match against Brevard, and motioned that the courts were removed from the official project list in June of 2007 because a nice tennis complex is less than a mile away at Hickory High School.

“If sport complexes are close by, we take advantage of that.

Queens College is in a similar

situation as we are, but with their softball team. Softball teams plays at a public park about a mile down the road,” McGeachy said.

Coach McKee feels that tennis courts on campus would be a great asset to the University.

“Sharing courts takes away from the time we have at practice because when the high school team is scheduled for practice, we have to leave,” McKee said.

McKee also believes that the recruitment is suffering due to not having accessible courts on campus. Not all freshmen students have cars.

For this reason many freshmen are transferring after their first athletic year. Last tennis season a total of six players from the boy’s team transferred. This left a total of one player returning for the next season.

“More students will come with a nicer complex. I also have worked on recruiting more international and transfer students because their chances of staying at the college are greater,” McKee said.

Strangers heaving boxes up and down the spiral staircase squeeze by students with pillows tucked tight under their arms. These fresh faces try to find the hallway they’re supposed to be on. It’s move-in day at Lenoir-Rhyne University, and the campus is full of new students getting acquainted with their new home.

L-R is a liberal arts college and its curriculum reflects that.

Freshmen get started working on the core requirements as soon as they get moved in, with an orientation program geared around the infamous FYE program.

FYE, or first-year experience, is a year-long course designed to help freshmen successfully adjust to college life.

“The FYE program helps you get used to what the expectations at L-R are,” said Dr. Julie Voss, director of general education at L-R. “It’s designed to acculturate students and get students used to college, and it starts as a foundation of the other courses.”

Many L-R students, however, feel that the FYE program isn’t doing its job.

“I believe it has a good intention as far as to get students ready to complete college level work, but it does sway from that a little bit,” said L-R freshman Dylan Houser.

“A lot of classes focus more on the topic than actually getting you ready for college level classes.”

Students choose a topic for their FYE course and all of their course work for the class centers around that topic.

Topics range from the “Science of Cooking” to “Sex, Race, and Politics” and include everything in between.

“I would have rather spent time starting on my major courses,” said L-R sophomore Faith Fulbright. “FYE was a distraction and it took a lot of work.”

The work is centered around these topics, but Voss says the topics aren’t the important part.

“What they don’t realize is that it’s not really the information it’s the process of learning,” Voss said. “The process is more important than the topic, but we have to have some sort of topic.”

Most FYE courses require students to purchase and work from multiple books each semester, running up the cost

and work load for students.

“The work for my FYE class is ridiculously hard,” said L-R freshman Chris Phillips.

“And sometimes I feel like it’s a waste of my time.”

In the 2010-11 school year a new core curriculum was instituted at L-R. Part of those changes included extending FYE from a one semester course to a year-long course, which many students feel is unnecessary.

“With one semester you can cover a whole lot as far as getting you ready for college classes,” Houser said. “That second semester makes it a long and drawn out process.”

The overseers of the program disagree.

“Students don’t do all of their adjusting in their first semester,” Voss said. “Having the same professor and the same students for the whole year builds in a kind of support structure.”

Other schools in the area have similar requirements.

At Gardner-Webb University, students are required to take a University 111 course that operates the same as the FYE course at L-R, but only for one semester.

“The class gets you familiar with the campus and college grading systems and how to study,” said Caleb Harris, a sophomore at Gardner-Webb.

“One semester was plenty.”

At Mars Hill College, a series of five similar courses are required to graduate. The first one, known as Challenges, is geared toward adjusting to campus life and college learning, and lasts only one semester.

Larger schools, like UNC Chapel Hill and NC State, operate differently. At UNC, students are not required to participate in freshman introductory courses, but they do provide the option.

“It’s an option for students to enter into their first lecture class together without the pressure of upper classmen,” said Cambria Crisp, a sophomore at UNC who chose not to take the freshman course. “Part of me wishes I would have taken it so I could have knocked out some of my general education, but I don’t think college was any harder without it.”

At NC State, students are required to take similar freshman courses. They offer introductory courses directly related to their majors, while still including the same orientation skills as L-R’s FYE program.

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‘Write’ reasons Q&A with Sandra Beasley By: Jamie Frye Assistant Editor Sandra Beasley, award winning poet and non-fiction writer, serves as LenoirRhyne’s Visiting Writer-InResidence for the spring of 2013.

Q: How did you come to be at L-R?

Photo Credit: Tiffany Fields Students, like Anne Marie Lackey, spend class time writing on and learning from the blackboards that currently fill the Rhyne Building.

Blackboards vs SMART Boards Lenoir-Rhyne’s battle for technology By: Ryan Peters Contributing writer Lenoir-Rhyne University campus is host to a brewing battle between blackboards and smart boards.

SMART Boards are a series of interactive white boards, which can be used for many purposes.

The problem begins in the class room where there is a debate between professors and students. The impression from students is that the professors want blackboards over smart boards.

Zach Clayton, a junior at L-R, said he believes that there is a problem regarding this debate. “Most high schools let alone colleges have smart boards. A school like this should have updated technology” said Clayton.

High schools and even local elementary schools of Hickory have smart boards in the classrooms while L-R still has blackboards in the majority of the classrooms.

L-R does have some smart boards in the Carl A. Rudisill library and the Daniel Efird Rhyne building.

The individuals affected by having blackboards and not smart boards are professors and students.

“I personally like the use of SMART Boards because they are interactive and it is hard to write and teach at the same

time,” Dr. Amy Hedrick said.

On the other hand there are professors that prefer the blackboard over the SMART Board technology.

“Black boards do not hurt the potential learning ability of the students but causes a disruption towards the learning of the student,” said Clayton.

As of now the problem of getting smart boards to replace black boards has not be solved. The reason that SMART Boards have not been implemented in the class room is the cost. Besides cost being a factor of why the smart board technology has not been implanted in the class room is also the lack of demand from the professors. The person that would be responsible for making the decision on to get smart boards on L-R campus is Larry Hall. Hall is the provost of the university and is head over the academic office and decisions.

“SMART boards or SMART pads are becoming past there use for them.

Plus they do not have a high demand for them from the faculty of the university,” Hall said.

He also stated that the information and technology department have not expressed need for the school to purchase the SMART Board technology.

Hall suspects that the

students would not like the way that the boards would be funded.

“Most of the expense would go to the student in the form of tuition,” He said.

“If L-R would get smart technology, they would not get the boards but the pads that are very similar to an iPod tablet. Plus purchasing the SMART Boards would raise tuition or other services would be lost.”

Other colleges and universities that are similar in size of student body and campus do have smart boards unlike L-R. “You can find colleges that have smart boards because they have devoted more money on that subject where L-R uses its money in other places.”

The question that Hall brings up is, “What other activities are those colleges sacrificing to have that technology or are they charging their students a technology fee?”

L-R has made a tremendous effort to better the students learning on campus by purchasing video protectors, school-wide wireless internet, and computers have been intergraded in the class room.

Hall says that the main concern for the students on L-R’s campus is working on a larger project that would have one central system that students could save information and access it anywhere on campus.

A: When readers reach out it is usually because they are responding to some exotic angle of research in my work (whether food allergies of capybaras) that resonates with them on a deep personal level, something that feels like a secret between the two of us. I love hearing from the audience.

Q: How have the lives of others improved because of your poetry? Without explicitly stating it, how is the world a better place because of what you’ve written?

A: When I decided to embark on a full-time writing career, I didn’t realize that so much of my work would revolve around A: I wouldn’t go so travel. I’ve put 60,000 far as to say my books miles on my car in make the world a better two years. I relish place, but I do know opportunities for that intimacy between tours, conferences, and writer and reader is a residencies such as the powerful thing. Often Lenoir-Rhyne visit; the I put off starting a next year will take me draft, which is a shame, to South Carolina, then Sandra Beasley because I thrive on Iowa, then Georgia. My revision. But my least stay at L-R is unique favorite part is that initial leap in its generosity, though, which of taking a “perfect” idea and includes a charming guest house moving it to the flawed realities on campus and plenty of time to of the page. Usually it has to be work on my third collection as after midnight before I brave it. well as teach.

Q: How do you keep Q: At what point did you your writing fresh? How begin, unabashedly, calling do you avoid resentment or yourself a writer? monotony in your profession?

A: Thanks to a great Virginia school system-Fairfax County Public Schools-that promoted the arts early on, I’ve been declaring my desire to be a writer since third grade. When other kids wanted to be president, I wanted to be poet laureate. I feel so fortunate to be in my 30s and still pursuing my dream job.

Q: How would you define your writing style?

A: I value clarity and drive in writing: I gravitate to bright, particular images and turns of humor both dry and surreal in equal parts.

Q: What do your readers typically say when they make contact with you?

FYE from pg 4 “Keeping it centered around my major helped because I was focused on one area,” said Matthew Ledford, a sophomore business major at NC State. “I felt like it was moving me in the right direction towards getting a degree and I wasn’t just wasting time.”

When L-R was developing its own FYE program, both the successes and failures of other schools were taken into account.

Many L-R students feel that if FYE, like at these other schools, was one semester and related to their majors it would be more beneficial.

“There should be more guidelines as far as what FYE has to do and how they have to do it and more topics that focus within the majors a little

A: When people ask for advice on writing, I tell them to read more: classics, contemporary voices, writers outside your genre.

When my work starts to feel stale or stunted it is usually because I’ve lapsed in my own reading diet. I love Entertainment Weekly and Real Simple as much as the next person, but that’s junk food; you’ve got to sit down with wholegrain reading at least once a week.

Writing requires tremendous discipline. To be a full-time author is to also be a full-time secretary, publicist, and travel agent. But I welcome those challenges, and look with fondness toward any other dedicated author I meet along the way. Regardless of project or success, we are of the same tribe.

more,” Houser said.

The course topics differ from the majors for a variety of reasons, including the limited number of courses offered compared to L-R’s vast number of majors.

“The idea behind the FYE is that the skills you’re gaining will help you regardless of your major,” Voss said.

At the end of each year, Voss and other professors do an assessment of the FYE program by anonymously scoring student work from the classes on the same rubric.

“It helps us standardize things for the next year,” Voss said. “We think we’re doing a better job at keeping things at the same level of rigor across the board.”

Whether students are happy with the FYE program or not, L-R plans to keep it a part of its required curriculum for the 2013-14 year.

Students complain about convocations Is it just hot air or do they have a point?

By: Cheryl Dockery Contributing Writer The convocation program at Lenoir-Rhyne University is a pre-requisite for graduation for all full-time, day students.

Recently, there was a conversation among students regarding the convos and how “stupid, boring and a waste of time” the gatherings are.

Is this how all the students feel about the convocation program or simply a small minority?

Leonard Geddes is the Associate Dean of CoCurricular Programs and oversees the convocation program along with Carla Fowler.

“The program has grown tremendously over the last two years and is intended for students to get involved and maximize their college experience,” Geddes said.

Geddes also commented that the program “allows them a vehicle to broaden all areas of college life, and is not meant to be punitive.”

Before the program changes were made, students only had four categories to choose from and they were all lecture-based. The fact that the old program was lecture-based caused a lot of the negativity towards the convocation program.

One improvement that Geddes and Fowler said is needed, is an upgrade to computerized attendance records.

The attendance records for each student’s convos are still done the old-fashioned way, with each student filling out a convo card and turning it in

when they leave the event.

Now there are seven categories and the experiences range from lectures to participation in physical fitness to holding leadership positions in student organizations.

The seven category experiences are: 1.Personal and Professional Development 2.Creative Expression Development 3.Community Service 4.Cultural Development 5.Intellectual Development 6.Physical Development 7.Spiritual Development The Visiting Writers Series, which hosts authors and poets at the university for book signings and speeches has been positive. Native North Carolinian and international best-seller Nicholas Sparks came to L-R last September.

He held a lecture in PE Monroe Auditorium and L-R students were able to get in before it was open to the public. How many people will be able to say they met with Nicholas Sparks while in college?

Probably the convocation that still has people talking is from November 2010. Daniel Roumain, also known as DBR is an acclaimed composer, performer and musical artist that plays the electric/ acoustic violin. DBR teamed up with the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra to a packed house. Geddes is not the only one talking about the performance. According to CVNC, an online arts journal, “It was one of the most unusual, engaging, and fun concerts I have ever

Photo Credit: Cheryl Dockery Leonard Geddes and Carla Fowler discuss changes as they look through the convocations book.

attended.”

An extremely interesting person to read about, DBR has many accolades including a debut at Carnegie Hall in 2000 and musical collaborations with none other than Lady Gaga. DBR If music or writers are not enough, students can use intramurals for the physical development category as a convo credit. Students who attend Chapel on Wednesdays

convo credit as well.

“I think there is a lot of value in the program, if students would just crack their mind open a little bit,” said Carla Fowler, assistant to Leonard Geddes.

According to the L-R website, “these diverse experiences promote lifelong habits of learning and reinforce Lenoir-Rhyne’s unique mission to develop the whole person, to liberate mind

and spirit, to clarify personal faith, to foster physical wholeness, to build a sense of community, and to promote responsible leadership for service in the world.”

The Convocation Program affords students an opportunity to learn, but more importantly, it is truly the innovative and cultural experiences.

Usually not available in a city Hickory’s size.

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Back on the Track By: Allison Floyd Staff Writer

Bongiorno credits Christ

By Corron Boston Staff Writer Women’s Basketball Guard Danielle Bongiorno has been selected South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2013 basketball season.

This award recognizes excellence in athletics, academics, service and leadership across the campus.

This award was voted on by the league’s Faculty Athletic Representatives Committee and is amongst the highest honors in the SAC Conference.

“We’re very fortunate to have student-athletes like Danielle Bongiorno in our conference.

She has achieved s u c c e s s on the basketball c o u r t throughout career, Danielle Bongiorno her but more importantly, has been a role model in academics and leadership on campus,” said SAC commissioner Patrick Britz.

“I definitely recognize that an accomplishment like this doesn’t just come through my efforts. There are a lot of people that have been a part of my life for years who have contributed to me getting this honor. However, I have to recognize that not only people but, the Lord has been the one who has ultimately fueled me and given me the knowledge to succeed,” Bongiorno said.

While carrying a near perfect 3.99 GPA, Bongiorno is a three-time selection to the Lenoir-Rhyne President’s List, a two-year member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll and had the second-highest GPA of any female L-R student-athlete last year.

“The credit doesn’t just go to me for being smart, I really wouldn’t be able to do as well as I have without the support of my parents, teachers and close friends. The credit really goes to them and the Lord for giving me what I need to be successful” Bongiorno said.

In her spare time, Bongiorno serves as a campus leader in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and through basketball and ministry she has been able to spend time speaking at high, middle, and elementary Schools.

According to Bongiorno her passion goes beyond the typical pep-talk, but she really enjoys being able to pour into the younger students and athletes to guide them. She is also heavily involved with campus organizations like CRU and Sign Troupe.

“A major blessing that I have in being a part of LenoirRhyne is that I get to be a part of other things like FCA, which has evolved into one of my favorite parts of the week.

It’s such a blessing to be able to grow in my faith with other athletes and just have fun on Monday nights. CRU is also another opportunity where I get to do that,” Bongiorno said.

As a scholar athlete, Bongiorno knows how difficult it can be to juggle school and sports in college.

But with a work load that consists of practice, school work, campus ministry, and games, times can get really hectic for her.

See Bongiorno, on pg 7

Photo Credit: SportsFotos David Martin kicked off the season with three homeruns, making a big impression at L-R.

Off to a good start Freshman David Martin By: Corron Boston Staff Writer 5-foot-11-inch, 225 pound, Freshman David Martin, of Boone, has jumped off to a great start this year on the baseball diamond. In the very young baseball season, the Watauga High School native has already hit three homeruns this season.

Martin’s best game was against Wingate University, where he was able to get three hits and one for a homerun. “ M y David Martin brother, who was set to deploy to the Middle East for the Army, came to that game. I wanted to do well for him. Fortunately, I was able to get a home run that he was able to see just before he left.

That was certainly one of the happiest moments I have had this season,” Martin said.

When asked about his

recent accomplishments, Martin attributed his successes to simply not overdoing it.

“Being able to hit as well as I have this early has been a huge confidence booster. I can really attribute this success to not trying to do too much while I hit. As a hitter, you never try to hit a home run, you swing to make solid contact. I just want to get a hit and get on base to help my team win. If the ball happens to go over the fence, it’s just icing on the cake,” Martin said.

As a freshman on the team, Martin has been making a name for himself. At the catcher position, Martin is leading the team in two statistical categories and following in at a close second in a few others. According to Martin, this year’s team has done a good job of welcoming him in with loving arms.

“When I first came to school I was really nervous because I did not know what to expect from my teammates or how to act around them.

Being a freshman on this team is really no different than being a veteran,” said Martin.

Even though Martin

has earned the respect his teammates, he still agrees that no newcomer can escape freshman chores.

“Other than doing the freshman duties of carrying gear and ball buckets, the veterans on the team did a great job of making me feel welcomed since the first day of practice,” Martin said.

According to Martin, this year’s baseball record is not a good depiction of the season that the Bears are having.

They are currently struggling with a record of 5-16 ranking last in the South Atlantic Conference.

“As a team, I fully expect us to make a great turn around for the second half of the season.

We have played almost every game close but have found it difficult to find ourselves on the winning side of those close games, “Martin said.

In his final remarks, Martin said that he had full confidence in his team’s turn around and that he’d rather swing 0-5 and win, than hit a home run and lose.

“It is a team game, but I am happy with the early success that I have had, “Martin said.

There is an old saying that, “if you want something done right, you should do it yourself.” This phrase holds true for senior women’s track and field member Samantha Levine.

Originally from Wayne, N.J., Levine signed a scholarship offer to attend Lenoir-Rhyne University and play soccer as a freshman.

After a couple of seasons she chose to leave the soccer team and focus solely on her studies Samantha Levine but her competitive nature required involvement in a team sport.

“It was the first time since before I was four that I wasn’t on a team, I just missed the camaraderie and wanted to be a part of that again,” Levine said.

With that void in her life and her natural athletic ability she decided to challenge herself with something completely new.

During Levine’s sophomore year she decided to walk back on the track.

Being a novice to the track and field world Levine had no idea what she was getting into. Her first practice with the L-R Track and Field team surprisingly fell short of her expectations. Throwing events such as javelin interested Levine. Unfortunately L-R does not have a coach solely dedicated to throwing, so it was up to Levine to make it work herself. Mostly through trial and error, watching YouTube videos, some help from her friends such as Rodney Cline, and lots of practice she learned to throw the javelin far enough to be competitive.

“At times I get frustrated and felt like I had no idea what See Levine, on pg 7

Catch up with Kotch Tyler Kotch praise his teammates for his accomplishments By: Leslie Ellis Social Media Manager “I’m never going back,” said Lenoir-Rhyne University men’s lacrosse player Tyler Kotch.

Originally from Butler, Pennsylvania, the junior marketing major has been sold on the south and North Carolina.

The lacrosse world in the south has grown fond of him, too. Kotch was recently named a Deep South Conference Offensive Player of the Week.

“It’s exciting. Not as exciting as scoring a game winning goal,” Kotch said.

On Saturday, March 2, Kotch broke his hand in the first quarter of the game, but pushed on to score the game winning point against Catawba during overtime. This is the first time in L-R men’s lacrosse history to defeat Catawba.

“It would have never happened unless Sam (Ashton) hadn’t created the opportunity for me to create that shot,” Kotch said. “Because I would’ve done the same for him.”

Kotch said Sam Ashton is one of the hardest working players on the team and it shows.

“I don’t really look at how many points I have. That doesn’t really matter to me,”

Kotch said. “I look at, did I put my part into the game and did I satisfy the team? It’s more about the team than it is about me.”

Kotch, who is a midfielder, has been a starter for the Bears for the entire existence of the school’s lacrosse program.

He was also a part of the first sanctioned lacrosse team at his high school.

“I started the program at my high school. Why not try it again in college?,” Kotch said.

With a total of 25 goals as a freshman and 12 goals as sophomore, Kotch is stepping up his game as a junior leader on the team.

“He has a great personality and tribute to the team,” said teammate Brady Richardson.

Another teammate, Imari Davis, said Kotch is a leader through his actions on the field and is an extreme competitor.

“I had a little sophomore slump and I wasn’t proud of it, so I had to make up for it,” Kotch said. “If I do what I expect myself to do – all that I could’ve done – then I’m satisfied.”

Kotch believes every year the team comes together and improves.

“We’re doing good, and hopefully we’re going to keep on going,” Kotch said.

Photo Credit: Leslie Ellis Tyler Kotch named a Deep South Conferece Offensive Player of the week and credits his teammates for his achievments.

Goldsmith publishes Comeback Coach Father and daughter pen memoir By: Leslie Ellis Social Media Manager

Photo Credit: SportsFotos Coach Fred Goldsmith led L-R to many victories during his time as head coach.

Cursive writing in black ink rests on the front page of Mike Houston’s copy of “Comeback Coach.” The book, written by Fred Goldsmith and his daughter, is filled with anecdotes from Goldsmith’s coaching career – including his time as head coach here at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

“Every story I’ve heard before,” said the current L-R head football coach Mike Houston. “I hear it in his voice.”

Houston keeps his autographed copy of the book on a bookshelf in his office.

The Executive Director of Intercollegiate Athletics at L-R, Neill McGeachy, said the book is very colorful because Goldsmith is a colorful person.

“Fred Goldsmith didn’t close a chapter at L-R, he closed a book,” McGeachy said. “He closed the book on a 45-year coaching career.”

McGeachy said Goldsmith served as an architect for the L-R football program and created a book of anecdotes to share his memories.

“There are so many stories,” Goldsmith said. “I put a story in there where Neill told me we’ll probably never be as good as Carson-Newman, but for one Saturday – for three hours – try to be.”

Goldsmith is currently sharing his stories at book signings and he said even a busy coach can read “Comeback Coach” quickly.

“The biggest point is really for coaches to read and see what I’ve learned,” said Goldsmith “how I’m dealing

with situations in life and being a Christian coach.”

Although he does not plan to write another book, Goldsmith will continue to be active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and come back to Hickory to lead Bible studies for the L-R football team.

“Coach Houston says he has to use me for the big games because we’ve never lost while I’ve led Bible study,” Goldsmith said. “If that’s such magic, then why didn’t we win more while I was coaching.”

Goldsmith said he is very proud of his former players who have graduated or will soon be graduating. In his book, he says it was rewarding to see changed lives during the time he was at L-R. “A tremendous coach he was, and person he is,” Houston said.

Sports

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Swing and a hit L-R golfers talk teamwork

Photo Credit: Zach Clayton Nigel Donald placed fourth in 400 meter dash during the first spring track meet at L-R on Saturday, March 2.

Putting the ‘I’ in team Track and Field By: Zach Clayton Staff Writer Sure, Lenoir-Rhyne University is chock full of sports teams. The diversity of teams spans far and wide, from baseball to lacrosse. And we’ve got track too. There’s more to this sport than just running around.

“My favorite part is my team,” said Gustav Meyners, a junior on the team, “They’re some of my closest friends on campus.”

In March, L-R held its first spring Track Meet at Moretz Field. One event such the athletes train for is the 400-meter dash. Nigel Donald, who placed fourth in the event at the most recent meet, loves the challenge of the competition.

“It’s a fast run,” Donald said.

“It’s really tough to do because it’s so fast.” The 400-meter dash is just one of the many

competitions, or “heats,” the track team practices for, but not everyone does the same events.

The Track team brings passion.

The group of individuals that make up the team strive to win every day, and that’s what drives them.

Kate Coleman, a junior at L-R, said that the track team is very different from other L-R sports teams.

“It’s a very individualized sport, but we come together to support each other,” Coleman said. “We all know how hard it is so we are together in that aspect.”

Coleman is committed to success, and enjoys running for L-R. “I run track because it keeps me in shape and I love the people on the team,” Coleman said. “My favorite part of track is the satisfying feeling after I run.”

Coleman placed second in her heat of the 400 meter dash.

“When I do well it is a great feeling , all of my training has paid off,” Coleman said.

Elizabeth Chaffee won her first race at the March 2 meet while competing in the steeplechase event. Chaffee said it was the first time she’d ever done it, and was shocked when she won.

“My team is like my family,” she said. “I love being part of a team, and love competing against other athletes and the thrill of a good race.”

It’s this kind of attitude that separates the track team from other L-R teams; track meets are quite different than any other sporting event because there isn’t just one type of game being played, but many different events. The team at L-R may not get as much notice as some of the other athletic organizations, but the connection they share keeps them on track.

By: Hannah Dixon Staff Writer

When student athletes at the college level are asked what attracted them to the university they attend, many respond that the facilities and opportunities that are available or a well known program. What brings golfers to L-R? “Two things attracted me to the golf team,” said freshman Elizabeth Ewing.

“First, Coach Bland because he is so dedicated to seeing us all succeed and will go to great lengths to see that happen. Second, the girls on the team because they were so welcoming and encouraging.“ The men and women’s golf teams, both coached by Travis Bland and assistant Coach Sam Pressley, kicked off their season in September and have been swinging strong ever since. With a men’s roster of eight members and the women’s listing four members, the golf teams go virtually unrecognized throughout the year.

“This year we do not have a girl’s team. We play as individuals though. For

Levine from pg 6 I was doing, but that makes me work twice as hard to get it right, because when I do get it right, it makes it all worth it,” Levine said.

Levine’s first meet was back in March 2010 at the Alonzo Clark Memorial Track and Field Invitational where she placed first out of 11 competitors. She ended up setting a new school record for javelin in 2010. At the home Powersox Invitational on March 3, 2013 she came in first place out of 19 girls and broke her own record once again which still stands at 37.4 meters For the past three years Levine has consistently broken her own school records and earned team points for L-R by often winning first place when she competes. She earned Southeast All-Region honors in 2011 and 2012 and through

me though, I enjoy being an individual because it takes some of the pressure off. We still are a team, we just don’t take a team score. The guy’s team is doing great though.

They recently just came in third as a team in a very strong field,” said senior Megan Katsch who has been golfing since she was a sophomore in high school.

Many L-R students do not keep up with the golf record, or pay attention to how well the team does as a whole and how well they represent L-R athletics.

“The women’s team has had a lot of success in the past.

Two years ago we had a girl individually win conference and last year we won a tournament,” Katsch said.

“Katie Thackerson who played for us last year finished top 10 in almost every tournament we played in.”

The golf teams play at at Lake Hickory Country Club, Catawba Country Club and Rock Barn Golf Course.

Each year the L-R golf teams hosts the Myrtle Beach Intercollegiate as their home meet. those accomplishments she was awarded a track scholarship in 2013.

This season she decided to challenge herself even more and learned how to throw the indoor 20 pound weight for the first time. She has already started working hard, having been practicing for weeks learning how to throw it. The event was completely foreign to her and it took quite a bit of practice to develop the proper technique to hurl this 20 pound weight in the right direction.

Now holding three LRU school records, Javelin 37.40 meters, Indoor weight 11.10, and Hammer 32.26, without any formal training or throwing experience prior to her sophomore year, her indomitable spirit is an example of what can be accomplished through personal commitment and determination.

Moving onward and upward Graduate Assistant of women’s soccer play professional soccer abroad By: Casey Marlin Contributing writer Every athlete dreams of playing in the big leagues, but the number of people who actually make it there is very small. One graduate student here at LenoirRhyne University has beaten all of the odds and is going to make her dream a reality this spring.

Sam Huecker, 23, is going to Sweden to play professional soccer. It was an unexpected opportunity that came about from her days of playing for a semi-professional team called the Charlotte Eagles. She was with the Eagles for three years.

Through the Eagles, Huecker got connected to the professional team Kvarnsvedens Ik in Sweden. A fellow teammate on the Eagles left to play in Sweden three years before, and when a spot opened up for another American she called Huecker.

“It has [always been a dream], since my wee days at 5-years-old,” Huecker said.

In college, the dream became more real when she played at UNC-Charlotte. Right out of

college the opportunity to play professionally wasn’t available, but she didn’t lose hope. “It finally came full circle like it was supposed to,” she said.

While it is a chance of a lifetime, Huecker still had a job as an assistant coach with L-R’s women’s soccer team.

Head coach Cally Morrill, 28, saw how big of an opportunity this was. “The first thing I told her was: Take it, do it while you can,” she said.

Morrill was a player at the University of Alabama herself, so she understands how important this is to Huecker. But on the other hand, Morrill says that it isn’t going to be easy to go on without her. “It’s hard to lose someone you enjoy working with, and the girls love her,” Morrill said.

Just because Huecker is leaving L-R for now, it doesn’t mean she won’t be welcomed back with open arms. “She’ll always have a spot here,” Morrill said.

Like Morrill said, the coaching staff isn’t the only group who will miss Huecker.

Kendall Smith, 18, is a freshman

on the women’s soccer team.

Smith saw Huecker not only as a coach, but also as a friend.

“Everyone respects her, and that is mainly because she respects us,” she said.

Smith said that Huecker set the bar high and she hopes that the replacement for Huecker lives up to her standards.

“She sets a great example for the girls, and I’m so proud of her,” Morrill said.

Huecker doesn’t know any Swedish yet, but she intends to pick it up when she gets there.

She heads to Sweden on April 1, and then training begins.

Her first game is April 13. She is excited to play and also be immersed in a new culture and part of the world.

Huecker said that she will miss L-R and the area in general.

“The community embraced me being here in this quaint little village,” Huecker said.

Everyone from the women’s soccer program at L-R wishes the best for Huecker.

Morrill had only one request for Huecker before she leaves.

“We want an autographed jersey to hang up,” she said.

Photo Credit: Casey Carlin Sam Huecker, 23, trains in the weight room to prepare for playing professionally in Sweden.

Bongiorno from pg 6 “Stress is definitely something that comes with it, and this year I really experienced that with my grades,” said Bongiorno.

According to Bongiorno, she looks to her faith in Christ to relieve the stress in her life because she knows that she serves a God who is ultimately in control. She believes that when she puts all the stress and reliance on herself that is when she fails.

“When I get to a point where I feel like I can’t do it on my own, I step out the way and put my focus back on him because I know that he is my strength. It allows me to really just be at peace knowing that I can put my all into it, and at the end of the day it’s in his hands,” said Bongiorno.

As a freshman Bongiorno came to L-R with the academic goal of a 4.0 GPA, but after suffering an A- in one of her classes the goal became unreachable.

“I think it is just a reminder to me of one of my favorite verses in the bible— Colossians 3:23 which tells me whatever I do, work at it

with all my heart as if I was doing it for the Lord and not for man. That became my new fuel when the 4.0 became impossible. Knowing that no matter what I’m doing, I can give everything I have for the Lord and not for me or my success. So there is still an even greater purpose,” Bongiorno said.

Over the years she has learned to never limit herself.

She is a person who has always shown determination, regardless of what goal she has set. Her advice to her community is to work hard and pursue goals, but to always know and trust that there is someone who is in control, even when it seems like things won’t work out.

“Times when I lacked motivation with school, I’m reminded of the bigger picture. That is it’s more than just making great grades.

That is definitely important, but I try to give all I have in everything I do so it can be used for God’s glory. I never thought I was going to end up at Lenoir-Rhyne, but thankfully it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made,” Bongiorno said.

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How far we’ve come: Weight room

Lenoir-Rhyne opened its new weight room in March of 1980. Today, L-R has an updated weight room for students to use as well as a separate facility for athletes.

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The price of living on campus Not worth the high price By: Casey Marlin Contributing Writer

Photo Credit: Jimmy Hilton Sophomore Elizabeth Willis walking back to her chair in “Streetcar Named Desire.”

Student Showcases By: Kate Coleman Leyout & Design Editor The theatre department at Lenoir-Rhyne University not only demands their students to excel on the stage, but to direct off the stage as well. Every two years a class provides the opportunity to get hands-on experience with directing a group of people. This semester three theatre majors took this class and were able to showcase their directing abilities.

Hannah Simmons, Anthony Chambers, and Charity Simmons were this year’s student directors.

The showcases were held Wednesday, March 20. Eight weeks were given to prepare for the event, one week for auditions, six weeks for practicing, and one week of performing. The students put in a total of 10 to 12 hours per week during this time.

Auditions were open to students and professors at L-R, as well as community members. Each student was given four objectives to cover during their showcase: silent scene, heightened language, heightened physicality, and realism. They chose scenes from different plays in order to accomplish these objectives.

A few of the scenes that were selected were from a play that

Economics from pg 6 sharply, likely due to the expiration of the payroll tax holiday that hit the majority of all working Americans with higher taxes. It seems that the market has decided to ignore the government and has likely priced in the risks associated with the current uncertainty.

Many market watchers agree that as long as the Fed continues pumping billions of dollars into the economy each month,

Hannah Simmons had written.

Many hours were put into rehearsing and planning. They had to do everything from costumes to choreography.

The students had to overcome individual obstacles in order to accomplish the showcase. This was the first time that the three of them had directed a group of people their own age and older.

“I found it awkward,” Charity Simmons said. “The role reversed. You have to be the director, not a friend.”

Every director has his or her own way of doing things.

This was no different with the student directors. They each came to the stage with their own experience and background in theatre.

“Charity thinks as a comedian. Hannah thinks as a playwright. Tony thinks as an actor,” said Mia Self, Professor of the class. “It’s exciting to watch the development. They are becoming more confident with themselves.”

The student directors were able to successfully showcase their ability to direct. They have also learned many lessons that will help them in their future careers.

“It’s exciting watching them apply all these skills and seeing them succeed,” Self said.

“They are advocating for their art.” mutual funds, institutions and individuals will continue to move into the stock market.

Of course, this easing by the Fed carries a new set of implications.

Many worry that inflation will become an issue as hundreds of billions of dollars are continually being inserted into the economy. In addition, extremely low interest rates are hiding much of the government’s debt service costs, which could explode when rates go back up.

Living in the dorms is a part of life for college student.

Complaints about the high price of room and board at LenoirRhyne University have students doing everything in their power to get off campus as soon as possible.

Even though every student has a three-year contract to stay on campus during their years at L-R, many move off earlier.

According to senior Eric Ryan, 22, living off campus is more reasonable than staying on campus.

“I lived on campus last year, and I didn’t like the lack of privacy,” he said. According to Ryan, living off campus is “much much cheaper.”

Living on campus roughly $10,000. Living in a single dorm is $1,300 more a semester. Ryan pays only $295 a month, which annually that comes out to $3,500.

Freshman Brianna Belsky, 19, wasn’t entirely aware of how expensive living on campus was until looking up the prices this week.

“I don’t think you should be required to live on campus with prices like that,” she said. She was worried that the high prices of room and board will affect some students’ ability to attend L-R. Belsky and Ryan both plan on taking advantage of paying less for a bigger space.

“I would only consider moving back on campus if the dorms had more space and we weren’t living on top of each other,” Ryan said.

Shook and Tarlton Relators of Hickory said their average price for a two-bedroom one bath apartment came out to $435 monthly, which still is cheaper than living on campus.

It is important to realize that room and board costs include a meal plan, heating and air conditioning, cable, and furniture. Residence Hall Director Jonathan Rink does not see kids moving off campus as a pressing issue.

“I think it is only an issue if the student isn’t ready to live on his or her own,” he said.

Rink also pointed out that students who move off campus often miss out on the activities that happen on campus. Living on campus, students are close to everything so it is easy to get involved.

“People who move off campus tend to get disconnected from campus and never reconnect,” he said.

According to Rink, staying on campus has its benefits. If a student has a problem with their roommate, it is L-R’s job to help him or her find a new roommate.

“Your landlord doesn’t care if you and your roommate don’t get along, as long as you pay rent,” he said.

As mentioned before, every student at L-R is required to live on campus for a minimum of three years. In order to live off campus, a student has to fill out a form and get it approved.

Reasons to move off before the contract is up are: over the age of 22, married, allergies or some other health reason that prevents a student from living in the dorms, and living with parents

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Photo Credit: Tiffany Fields Left to right: The Reverand Dr. Robert Allen, Madeline Dassow, Dr Wayne Powell, and Jerome Bolick break ground Friday March 22, the beginning of a 14-month process towards a new chapel.

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within a 25-mile range. This has to get approved in order to be allowed to live off campus. The administration is getting stricter about letting students move.

Rink thinks students like to live off campus because of the freedom.

“In my opinion, when students move off [campus], they forget, or think, that no one is watching them. They think they can get away with more,” he said.

It is a matter of maturity, Rink says. “Students need to be responsible if they are going to live off campus,” he said.

Students off campus have to pay for their own meals and make sure they pay their rent in time.

Getting permission to move off campus is not easy. Unless a student fits the qualifications listed above, the form will not be approved.

“I feel like the campus knows they have an unreasonable price and that’s why they make it such a hassle to live off campus,” Ryan said.

Belsky is planning to find a way regardless of the strict requirements to move off campus.

“I understand why it is mandatory for freshmen to live on campus, but I think after that it should be our choice where we live,” she said.

Rumors were spreading around campus that if students chose to stay on campus, then they would receive a $2,000 bonus. Rink said this is nothing more than that, a rumor.

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