Balaam`s Donkey

The voice of the students of Ambrose University College
DECEMBER 2010
Balaam’s Donkey
An ‘Advent’ageous Read
Around the World Christmas
On Friday
December
3rd, the Ambrose community was treated to
a night of music and fellowship as
everyone from the musical side of
Ambrose put on an “Around the
World” Christmas concert in the
Lion’s Den!
The Den was packed with people
young and old with ears eagerly
anticipating the music to tran-
scend them from this plane to a
heavenly one, and they were not
disappointed.
Some of my personal highlights
from the evening were when the
community singers got right into
their songs and started clapping
away or how they broke into whispers during another song. The
best thing, however, was when the
2nd Jazz Ensemble did “Winter
Wonderland”. I could not help but
dance in my seat a bit. It was a lot
of fun!
The guitar ensemble also was
a delight to see and hear. They
brought guitarists in from every
discipline, but they were all united
by wearing Christmas sweaters.
The last thing I would like to
mention about the Christmas Concert is how it brought the school
and community together. Intertwined between all the different
amazing singers that our ears had
the pleasure of hearing were opportunities for the audience to
sing along! I mean, I love singing
even though I am terrible at it, but
it did not matter as we all sang our
hearts out to some classic Christmas carols.
All in all it was just a fun filled
evening and based on what I experienced that night, I would love
to go to more Ambrose musical
events.
-Joshua Aitkenhead
CONTENTS:
Christmas 2
Entertainment 3
Confessions, Story 4
Athletics
5
Exposition,
Yearbook
6
Campus Stuff 7
Logic Puzzle,
Quotable Quotes,
Editor’s Note 8
Hong Kong Holidays
Final Exam Advice
These tips were collected from several Ambrose Students. Hope they
can help a bit!
- study
- start early, if you’re reading this
now, you should’ve started weeks
ago
- Don’t grow disheartened and
think you can’t possibly learn it all.
Stop getting down on yourself and
Go! (just jump in, the beginning is
a very good place to start if it’s accumulative)
- don’t sacrifice sleep for studying
the night before
- try not to take excessive amounts
of naps whilst trying to study
- don’t stress (relaxing music?)
- throw things
- write stuff out over and over
- say it out loud – walk around, recite it to yourself
- teach someone else, (even if it is a
stuffed animal, or your cat)
- eat chocolate
- eat bananas
- eat almonds, drink water
- eat a good breakfast the day of,
must include FRUIT
- if you need sugar, try honey.
- Take breaks, and when you do,
make them purposeful and FULLY
DISENGAGE, get out of the environment, do something completely different (a 10 minute facebook break
is not gonna be effective when
you’re on your laptop all day studying)
- set up a schedule for yourself, 2
hours on, ½ off. Or 45 mins on, 15
off.
- Set a goal and reward yourself (ex.
Read all notes tonight, then take
rest of night off) cont’d pg 7
In Hong Kong, We don’t get any snow for Christmas. We send Christmas cards
to
family
and
friends,
many
of
which are
homemade
u s i n g
Chinese
craft techniques.
Poinsettias
flowers
and Nativity scenes
decorate
homes, churches and public places, as well as big red and gold letters
from the Chinese alphabet and decorated streamers and paper chains.
In Hong Kong, Santa Claus is known as “Sing Daan Lou Yan” (Christmas Old Man) in Cantonese or “Sheng Dan Lo Ren” in Mandarin. Every year in Hong Kong there is a ‘Winterfest’. It’s a huge winter party that involves the shops, theme parks and other attractions in Hong
Kong. cont’d next page...
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Christmas
Hong Kong Christmas cont. A Goat for Christmas
Winterfest
is from
t h e
2 8 t h
of November
to the
4th of
January
and includes a giant Christmas tree in Statue Square, a sparkling castle at Disneyland Hong Kong and a forest of
200 Christmas trees and an ice skating extravaganza at
Ocean Park!
We also have a lot of Christmas light decorations. Real
Christmas tress (evergreens) are hard to find in Hong
Kong; therefore, we make Christmas trees with light.
For Christmas dinner we have hot pot instead of turkey. There
is a pot
w i t h
chicken
b r o t h
and you
have raw
beef, raw
chicken
,
vegetables
etc. You
cook it all on the table and eat it with different sauces..
Families will have gatherings and celebrate Christmas
together. We often exchange gifts and go on a bus tour
to see and enjoy the Christmas lights everywhere.
- Suyi Chan
10 Things
To Do Over Christmas
1) Bake
- everybody loves cookies!
2) Watch old family videos
- Who wouldn’t want to watch themselves getting a
brand new puppy, complete with bowl cut!
3) Decorate your house
- C’mon, the bathroom doesn’t have any lights in it!
Where are the lights?
4) Make gifts
- nothing like homemade gifts on a college student
budget!
5) Go Shopping
- If you aren’t into #4, or like to catch those post
Christmas sales.
6) Put on a talent show with your siblings and
cousins
- Remember the good old days when you lip synced
Backstreet Boys into your hairbrush? Time to do it
again, and ya never know, one day it might become
part of #2
Christmas time is right around the corner. I know, it shocked me too when I realized that there was only sixteen days till
Christmas. And that means even less shopping days. It can be hard to find that right
gift, you know the one that catches them by
complete surprise, and is better than anything that they could have imagined. But
when it comes down to it, what do we really need? Seriously, ask yourself: Do I really need anything?
I know we don’t need another person
to tell you all about how Christmas is not
about commercialism. We have fun little
sayings like “Jesus, is the reason for
the season” to help us remember
that. If this by chance is a new message to you, go watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and
maybe that will help
you figure it out.
The point being,
we don’t need to give
each other and our
families more junk
than we already
have.
Maybe it
i s
time that we become good stewards of our money
and do something
helpful with it.
There really are
multiple ways to get somebody a gift
and help others in need. Being a Nazarene, I am well affiliated with Nazarene
Compassionate Ministries Canada (NCMC).
NCMC offers a gift catalogue where you
can purchase things that families need in
developing countries for relatively cheap
prices. For the past 4 years, my brother
and I have each received goats, chickens,
and cows for Christmas. A pair of goats will
run you about $100, but think about what
they provide. Milk can be a costly thing in
developing countries, and because of this
many families just do without. Goats can
provide milk for a family, as well as meat.
Maybe goats just don’t do it for you. What
about chickens? Two hens, and a rooster
will only cost you $50 and this will provide
a family with a steady diet of protein from
the eggs, as well as the opportunity for the
family to make a business out of it by raising chickens.
It really is not
a lot of money, and it
goes a long way. Take
the time and seriously
consider it this Christmas. A new video game cost
$60-$70, and we buy them
without hesitation, so why the
hesitation? Go check it out. See
for yourself what you can do for
families around the world, as well
as for your family. If this is something that means something to you
I would also consider checking out
the Canada Foodgrains Bank (which
NCMC has partnered up with). CFB
has a program that is set up where every dollar is matched 4:1. This means
when you give $1, it really equals $5.
These are incredible opportunities
to be a part of; give a gift that will
make a difference.
NCMC Catalogue:
http://www.ncmc.ca/catalogue.html
Canada Food Grains:
http://ncmc.ca/cfgb.html
- Russell Davis
7) Try a new outdoor sport
- Have you ever been snowboarding? Skiiing? Sledding? Skating? If not, try it out! If
you are an expert at them all, try out snow golf! (It is a real sport!)
8) Do a good deed
- Whether it is shoveling your elderly neighbour’s walkway or taking your younger
siblings out to give your parents a break, doing nice things makes you feel good
inside.
9) Send Howard Wilson an email and tell him what you are doing!
- He loves hearing from us, heck, he made a contest out of it this summer! hwilson@
ambrose.edu*
10) Get ahead with reading your new textbooks!
- Okay, nobody in their right mind is going to want to do this, but I thought I would
throw it in because I am not going to be able to stop reading for my Matt McCabe and
Alex Sanderson classes! (I’ve seen the booklist Matt!)
*note: There is no contest over the Christmas break, but if you do something cool this
break, I am sure that Howard would be very interested!
-Kristen Lynne
Entertainment
Christmas Playlist
I can appreciate that not everyone
is as gung-ho on Bing Crosby jams as
the rest of the Christmas enthusiasts,
so I’ve compiled a playlist that isn’t
completely supercharged with flaming chestnuts, Jack Frost’s cannibalistic tendencies and mom getting jiggy
with Santa: one that will hopefully
be of use to you during preparations
for the “F” word swiftly approaching us. Thank you to those who have
enriched this month’s article with
individual selections! And to the
Taylor-Swift-Kesha-Black-Eyed-Peasloving clan who question the absence
of such music in the monthly selections...just turn on the radio.
Muravi-Barneo
Sissyneck- Beck
It Takes Two- DJ EZ
Da Funk- Daft Punk
Two Weeks- Grizzly Bear
Dance In Your Car- K-OS
Volcano Girls- Veruca Salt
Mary’s Boy Child- Boney M
Feliz Navidad- Jose Feliciano
New York, New York-Jose Jose
Can’t Let Go-Lucinda Williams
12 Days of Christmas- Relient K
J5 Christmas Medley- Jackson 5
Walking the Dog-Rufus Thomas
So Hard Done By- Tragically Hip
This Christmas- Donny Hathaway
007 (Shanty Town)-Desmond Dekker
Jimmy The Explorer- The White Stripes
O Little Town of Bethlehem- Reggae All Stars
Culture Industry (Instrumental)-Philadelphia Slick
Guess I’m Falling In Love-The Velvet Underground
The Little Spanish Flea-Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
We Are Sex Bob-omb! - Sex Bob-omb (The entire Scott
Pilgrim Vs. The World Soundtrack is worth a listen!)
So my friends:
Season’s Greetings, Happy Hanukkah,
Gesëende Kersfees, Gledileg Jol,
Chung Mung Giang Sinh, Ett Gott Nytt
År, Froehliche Weihnachten, Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! Joyeux Noel,
Gun Tso Sun Tan’Gung Haw Sun!
Banquet Brief
This Friday, December 10th, the Undergrad Student Council is hosting our annual
Ambrose Christmas Banquet! I hope everyone
is getting excited for an extravagant evening
of delicious food and fantastic entertainment.
Months of planning have gone into this banquet with the hopes of giving everyone an
evening to enjoy the Christmas season with
their friends and take a break from the chaos
of school. It is a joy for me, as the VP of Social Events, to serve our student body through
running this event.
As you all should know (through the advertisements and information on your tickets) the Christmas Banquet is also teaming
up with two organizations in Calgary: Calgary
Interfaith Food Bank and Inn from the Cold.
Calgary Interfaith Food Bank serves countless of people in Calgary who struggle with
hunger. Their mission statement is: “We are a
charitable organization dedicated to the gathering and distributing of quality emergency
foods to those in need.” Inn from the Cold assists homeless families in Calgary by offering
them shelter and support in the midst of their
crisis. Inn from the Cold’s Vision Statement is
“A community where no family is homeless.” We as a student body have been blessed with
an opportunity to support these phenomenal
groups and share the true beauty of Christmas with people who are facing some un-
Have a wonderful, blessed Christmas and a
smashing New Year!!!
- Erin Case
imaginable grief this holiday season.
Remember that you are required to bring
TWO non-perishable food items, along with
your ticket, for entry into the banquet. The
food donated will all go directly to the Calgary Interfaith Food Bank. Also make sure to
remember that we will have a few different
items being auctioned off during the evening
(specific details about those items can be
found on the paper stapled to your ticket). All
the money raised from that auction will be donated to Inn from the Cold in support of their
efforts to end homelessness in Calgary.
It is our privilege to join with these service
organizations as we celebrate the Christmas
season at Ambrose! See you all on December
10th, I absolutely cannot wait! J
Sincerely,
Meredith Buschart
VP of Social Events
To find out more about
Calgary Interfaith Food
Bank and Inn From the Cold
check out their websites:
www.innfromthecold.org &
www.calgaryfoodbank.com
or look for them on Facebook!
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Merry Carol
This month’s focus hymn takes on the Christmas
theme and acts as an excellent reminder of the
peace and restoration that came to our world
as a result of Christ’s birth. Read through this
carefully and just really reflect on what is being
said here. It’s not just another festive jingle to
get us hyped up on hitting the malls or getting
all revved for the holiday traditions. This is all
about the true reason for the season- and that is
what’s worth getting hyped up about!!
1. God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Saviour
Was born on Christmas Day
To save us all from Satan’s power
When we were gone astray:
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy,w
O tidings of comfort and joy.
2. In Bethlehem, in Israel,
This blessed Babe was born,
And laid within a manger
Upon this blessèd morn,
The which His Mother Mary
Did nothing take in scorn:
O tidings ...
3. From God our heavenly Father
A blessèd angel came,
And unto certain shepherds
Brought tidings of the same,
How that in Bethlehem was born
The Son of God by Name:
O tidings ...
4. The shepherds at those tidings
Rejoicèd much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding
In tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethlehem straightway,
This blessèd Babe to find:
O tidings ...
5. But when to Bethlehem they came,
Whereat this Infant lay,
They found Him in a manger,
Where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling,
Unto the Lord did pray:
O tidings ...
6. Now to the Lord sing praises,
All you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood
Each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas
All others doth deface:
O tidings ...
- 1833 unknown author
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Confessions of an Extrovert 2
Have you ever wanted a reset
button? How cool would it be if
we were going through something and we realized that all we
needed to do was press the button. Just reach into our pocket
and Voila! We can start over
again! Oh MAN! In the last few
months of being here this semester I could have used that thing a
bunch of times… Oh father time
and your no going backness…
So how does an extroverted
guy like me deal with my own
dumbness or “not quite gettingitness”? To be frankly honest, not very well all the time,
but there are cases where I’ve
realized an error in my ways
and decided to pull a 180 and
get away from it, even when the
situation is already almost too
sticky to do that. Obviously this
General Studies student is no
professional when it comes to…
well anything at all really, but I
have a few things to say: (I know
right... Chris Hennink wants to
say something, -WEIRD!) When
I’ve found myself in a pickle (the
Vlasic kind) where the reset button needs to be pressed, (no matter how late in the thick) I realize there is nothing I can do
but change the way I’m
handling myself. I
take a look at a few
things, such as
Pride. Am I just
protecting my
pride and worried about the
consequences
of my dumbness?
Sometimes you deserve a little cut down…I
know I do all the time. Has
this pickle got here by
itself or has it been
a variety of things
that are just coming to a close, and
finally is it just
time to stop the
madness. For this
extravertor, when
it’s time to stop the
madness, I realize I should
have pressed
The Wall - Part III
a short story by Andrew Love
Continued from last month....
“You’re still not completely safe,” the green-eyed man warned me.
“They’ll soon notice that you escaped.”
I stared quizzically at the construction workers, still laying down
brick after brick, though now the bricks and the wall were blue. “What
would’ve happened if we’d been any later?”
My supposed rescuer (though from what, I still didn’t know) gave
me a glance that seemed to say “Isn’t it obvious?” After a few awkward
seconds, he explained, “They just completed a layer. Now the entire wall
is higher than the maximum height you can climb over.”
“Wait, so why did it turn blue, then?”
He didn’t answer. He simply pulled a small red fish out of his
pocket, probably a herring, and took a large bite off of its head, all the
while staring directly at me. It was unsettling, to say the least.
It was then that I finally worked out what he said earlier. “What
does this wall have to do with me?”
“Simple,” he said. “What is the purpose of a wall?”
“Uh… it keeps people out?”
“It goes both ways. A wall keeps people outside from coming in, but
it also keeps people inside from going out. Such is the case here.”
“Wait a minute. Didn’t we just go around the wall? What’s there to
keep me from going around it again?”
“Sure, you could,” he told me. “But you won’t.”
the button a looong time before
this point, and that from now
on, the way I deal with things
should be entirely different. I need to not
let words of apology or regretfulness take
over. Instead,
my actions
from this
moment
on need to
show who I
really am, a child
of Christ, who’s realized
his wrong and is pulling
the e-break to make that
180 and go the right
way. It’s a tough thing to
do as an extrovert because you are around
people so much that
they will notice that
you are trying to do
something differently.
That’s the hardest part
I think: starting to rebuild publicly from
the rubble of what’s
been brought down privately.
One thing I’m truly glad for is Jesus and the grace that he brings,
I thank Him for getting me out
of the small problems (though
seemingly large at the time) I get
myself into, and the major issues
where the only way I can get out
is by his powerful hand. How
GREAT is our God!
So basically I just wanted to
share a little more into the mind
of Chris Hennink the extravertor,
who falls short (yes…I know I’m
short, I’m talking the other kinda
of short…smart aleck) quite a bit
and messes up, I’m sorry…
I guess we all do, that’s kinda annoying… But OH Amazing
Grace, How sweet the sound!
Well friends, Have a great
Christmas season, and remember to Stay away from those petty
things, and continue to avoid petting those sweaty things...
-Chris Hennink
Confused, I asked, “What do you mean by that, Benjamin?”
Why did I just call him Benjamin? It just slipped out. Of all the possible names anyone could have, why did I say Benjamin?
“You obviously don’t understand how the wall works,” the man who
may or may not be named Benjamin told me. “And by the way, just plain
Ben is fine.”
So his name was Benjamin after all. But that wasn’t important now.
The fact is, I didn’t know what was going on, and Ben wasn’t helping,
either. “What do you mean, I don’t know how the wall works? A wall’s a
wall, isn’t it? Are you trying to tell me that there’s some kind of elaborate plot involved in this wall?
“Besides, why do I even have to listen to you? You just barge into
my house one night, drag me out of bed, tell me I’m in danger, drag me
through the streets, all to look at some wall they’re building? And all I
know about you is that your name’s Ben, which was a total fluke, and
that you’re not human, so you say. How do I know you’re not pulling my
leg? Or that you’re not schizo, or one of those nerds who got too much
into their games? Well? How can I trust you?”
Ben said nothing. He just kept staring at me.
“You could at least tell me who you are.”
The seconds passed. Neither of us moved. Finally, Ben gave a heavy
sigh, looked downward, and said,
“I’m the man you could’ve become.”
Athletics
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Volleyball Season Comes to a Close
This past month has seen a
fair amount of Ambrose athletic
action. Nearly three weeks ago
our men’s and women’s volleyball teams traveled to Olds for
the ACAL finals. Although the
trip was about an hour from
Calgary, all of our Lions fans
were able to watch the games
online. The men took the floor
first on Friday and made easy
work of the Portage Voyageurs.
The women were next as they
battled Olds. Having traded
wins during the regular season the game was up for grabs.
Olds won the first two sets, but
our girls fought back to win the
third in convincing fashion, but
could not hold on as Olds won
their third game to move to the
finals.
In the bronze medal game
our girls were up against the
Prairie Pilots. This was not a
huge challenge as our Lions
dominated all three sets to take
the bronze medal.
The men also battled the Pilots but this was for the championship. The Pilots surprised
everybody by taking the first
set. This woke our boys up as
they picked up their game and
dominated the next three. Dan
Reid said, “It was our defense
that
won us that game.”
Thanks to everyone
who came out for
the championship.
The
following
weekend both our
men’s and women’s
teams traveled to
Saskatoon, SK for
the Western Final.
After the long drive
and a number of games in a short
amount of time our teams finished 5th and 4th. It was a solid
season for both our volleyball
teams, thanks to all the athletes
for putting in such a great effort, it was
fun to watch.
You
wouldn’t
have known
that basketball
doesn’t
really start
till second
semester
with all the games that have
been going on. This past weekend our men’s team played
the University of Lethbridge’s
Junior Varsity team. Although
our boys
were down by a lot early on,
they
turned it
around
and ended
up losing by
only
ten,
82-72.
On the women’s side, practices have been going on for quite
some time. Both team and individual training sessions have
been looking promising. The
first
women’s
exhibition game
is this Saturday against St.
Mary’s at 7pm.
Come on out and
cheer our girls to
victory.
In hockey
news our boys
have been
improving more
and more.
Unfortunately this
has yet to
produce
another
win, but
has generated
some
nail biters.
Games against the Pillagers (5th
place) and
Zig Zags (8th
place) were
one
goal losses, with the final goal
coming in the final five minutes of the game. Thanks to
our faithful fans who continue
to make it out for every game.
As we go into Christmas let’s
hope that our athletes don’t eat
too much turkey, considering
we still have half the hockey
season, and both the Basketball
and Futsal seasons left. Games
of the month: men’s volleyball
gold medal game, and women’s
bronze medal game.
-Jon Pettigrew
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The Importance of Listening to
Expositional Preaching
2 Timothy 4:1-2 “I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to
judge the living and the dead, and by his
appearing and his kingdom: preach the
word; be ready in season and out of season;
reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete
patience and teaching.”
Firstly my apologies for the break from
my series of Foundation articles, I will return to them next semester when there is
sufficient time to deal with the subjects
properly. Secondly, why expository preaching? What is it anyway? Mark Dever (of
the website 9Marks of A Healthy Church)
states, "An expositional sermon takes the
main point of a passage of Scripture, makes
it the main point of the sermon, and applies it to life today." The text is not merely
a spring-board to the preacher's points or
a supporting proof-text. The Church, corporately and individually, needs God's Word.
Pastors need to preach in an expositional
manner and the rest of us need to listen to
this type of preaching for the following reasons:
Expositional preaching most glorifies God it lets God speak and it humbles
man. God has spoken to us in 66 books
and though He may not have given them
directly to our culture 1 Cor 10:11 says,
“Now these things happened to them as an
example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages
have come.” Expositional preaching reveals
the whole counsel of God and the fullness of
His character instead of teachings favoured
by the preacher; the preacher must give the
main points of the text, regardless of how
comfortably it may sit with himself or the
congregation. Glory is given to God in that
he cannot lean upon his own giftings and
instead must seek God to fulfil 2 Tim 2:15
which says, “Be diligent to present yourself
approved to God as a workman who does
not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth.” The preacher then,
as John, can say that Christ must increase
and he must decrease. By systematically
expounding the word the preacher demonstrates that man does not live by bread
alone but by every word that comes from
the mouth of God. The preacher must then
also rely on God's Spirit to work through His
word. When God's Word is preached, God is
sought to have His word rightly divide, and
God alone works through His word. Expositional preaching leaves no room for the arm
of the flesh, no room for boasting, and only
opportunity to praise and thank God for the
opportunity to be His mouthpiece.
Expositional preaching is necessary "because God’s Word is what convicts, converts, builds up, and sanctifies God’s people
(9Marks, Heb. 4:12; 1 Pet. 1:23; 1 Thess.
2:13; Jn. 17:17)." There are several passages
that describe the work of the Holy Spirit as
regeneration (i.e. Being born again), like in
John 3 and Titus 3:5, and as sanctification,
in Romans 8:14. But the Bible also clearly
states that we are born again by the word of
God (1 Peter 1:23) and we are sanctified by
God's word (John 17:17). The work of the
Spirit and the work of God's word are presented as the same. This led the reformers
to say, "The Spirit never speaks apart from
the word and the word never speaks apart
from the Spirit." It is through His word's
that God has chosen to save and sanctify us
and we must submit to His will, for as John
Calvin said, "As soon as men depart, even in
the smallest degree from God’s Word, they
cannot preach anything but falsehoods,
vanities, impostures, errors, and deceits."
To caution, all of this does not imply
that it is out of place to hold Bible studies or other services in a church that may
study doctrines, Bible characters, or even
Christian biographies. These studies are
excellent opportunities for growth but they
cannot be the central focus of a church’s
teaching—which should be expositional
preaching—for to do otherwise is in effect
to say that God's word is not quite sufficient
for God's people and instead must be replaced with something else. Therefore let
us preach and listen to expositional preaching because Scripture alone, “is breathed
out by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, and for training in
righteousness, that the man of God may be
competent, equipped for every good work
(2 Timothy 3:16-17)."
-Jordan Los
Calendar Events
December
January
10- Christmas Banquet
13-17 Final Exams
17 -The Wise Men’s
Wives BEd Presentation
19 - Res move out by
noon
25- Christmas Day!
10 - 9am Res Move-in
12- Classes Begin
14 - Upperclassmen
Banff Trip
Yearbook Bit
Dearest Fellow Students,
YOUR 2010/11 Ambrose Undergrad Yearbook is getting underway and I want you to know that you can
play a significant role in the creation of it! This year
you have the opportunity to submit your best shots to
be used. All year long, if you have a photo (or several)
that you would like to share please follow these easy
instructions:
1) Go to http://yearbooks.friesens.com
2) Login in with
School ID: 757846
User ID: Student
Password: Student
3) Click Current Project
4) Click Page Management
5) Upload your photos, and enter any need to know
info such as where the photo was taken, who is in the
picture, and your name if you would like to be recognized.
6) Logout
If you have any questions contact Michelle Petkau at
[email protected].
Thank you in advance and Merry Christmas!
- Michelle Petkau, Yearbook Editor
*Please be advised that photos must be taken at the
highest resolution. As well there is no guarantee that
your photo will be used.
Campus Happenings
Exam Tips Cont’d
...cont’d from pg 1
- make study notes, rewrite them
- be born with a near
photographic memory
- study faithfully (love
the lord your God with
all your MIND), pray
really hard
From Will Weatherall:
(1) find someone with
cue cards
(2) if (1) is successful
study with them and
quiz them on what you
are weakest and they
can quiz you on what
they are weakest at.
(3) if (1) is unsuccessful do not waste
your time making cue
cards unless writing
things helps you retain information. Find
your notes or slides
and take turns being
quizzed in a similar
format to the above
with a friend in your
class.
(4) Do physical activity while you study
(pace, do push-ups,
sit-ups, or whatever).
You will be able con-
centrate better.
(5) Coffee is literally
legal cheating when it
comes to retention on
the day of your exam,
but don’t drink too
much.
(6) Explain concepts
to your friends or family; it will bore them,
but that is not the
point.
(7) That thing teachers told you about not
remembering
anything you cram within
an hour before your
exam is a lie, but sleeping on information is
good, especially if you
learn it that hour before you fall asleep.
- don’t study in a
group, but if you do
make sure they’re
less intelligent than
you so you can go into
the exam with a sense
of confidence (albeit
false, but at least you’ll
be happy for the time
leading up to the test)
- bring kleenex, despair happens ...also,
if you have a cold the
Movember/No Shave ‘Hair’lights Collage
perpetual sniffle during exams can seriously get on people’s
nerves
- bring water (don’t
drink too much), bring
lots of pens and pencils (just dumping
them out on the table
gives you an air of preparedness)
shift
positions
throughout the exam,
it stimulates blood
flow, etc.
- -This too shall pass,
and you shall pass,
and even if you don’t,
it’ll be okay :)
JOIN CLUBS!
ELSA - English Literature Students Association
Ambrose
Student Clubs
LAB - League of Aspiring Biologists
Outdoors Club
BSSA - Behavioral Science Students Association
Contact person: Emily Kemp [email protected]
Contact person: Dr. Lynn Davis [email protected]
Education Students Association
Contact person: Alyssa Alger [email protected]
Contact person: Tyler McCombs [email protected]
Contact person: Matthew Pope [email protected]
...or start your own!
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Ambrose Student Clubs
J O I N YO U R S T O D AY !
Banff Hot Springs Trip
This year for our upperclassmen event I’m really excited
to let you know we’ll be going
to the Banff Hot Springs! This
event will take place on Friday,
January 14th. There has been
a lot of concern about the cost,
which is dependent on the
amount of people who confirm
on Facebook that they will be
attending, but the cost will be
$5 or less! This
will be a very
fun night full
of laughter and
community and
I hope everyone
can make it!
Confirming
for this event is
important because it determines the kind
of transportation we will use.
If a lot of people
sign up we will
rent vans to
take us there,
and if only a few
people confirm I
will look into car
pooling.
Upon arrival
we will spend
roughly
two
hours in the
hot springs and
then head back to Ambrose. The
possible cost will cover both
entrance and transportation.
Depending on numbers we may
rent the entire pool, or pay per
person.
It is very important to confirm
asap as I will move ahead with
arranging transportation with
the numbers available on Friday, December 17th.
- Jahnaya Cey
Upperclassmen Rep
fin
Quotable Quotes
“I don’t want to eat chocolate cheesecake
because it goes to my thighs”
“You really don’t think I listen to Enrique
Iglesias, but I do”
- Ken Nickel
“Evil is a circle and right in the centre of all
that evil is math”
- Meredith Buschart
“Sometimes I forget I’m not a woman”
-Adam Southgate
“I want a flannelgraph instead of a powerpoint”
- Tim Heath
Decembrrr
Contributors
Wilbert Yee/Matthew Pope: “Men are like
PCs and Women are like Macs.”
Adam Southgate: “Yeah, like how women are
complicated and hard to use. ...wait.”
Michelle Elliott
Moss Moustache
“Don’t quote me on this in Balaam’s Donkey”
- Ian Charter
Kristen Lynne
Breaker
Have any quotes worthy of
quoting? Please send them in
to [email protected]
Erin Case
Tunester
Meredith Buschart
Christmas Logic Puzzle
Banquet Organizer
The local church is planning a special Christmas choir for their Christmas Eve service this year. This is
a new program for the church and they have high hopes for its success. The conductor has designed a
creative program using traditional Christmas carols and the singers have practiced for weeks. Four of the
singers have solo parts in four different songs. Determine the full name of each soloist, which part of the
choir each is in, and the name of the Christmas carol in which each is singing solo.
NOTE: Female singers cannot be tenor singers and male singers cannot be soprano singers.
1. Sherry Sanford didn’t sing the solo part in
“Silent Night.” Bruce didn’t sing the solo part
in “O Holy Night.”
2. The soprano wasn’t Ms. Sawyer.
Confessor
William
Weatherall
Dagger Runner
Andrew Love
Story-teller
3. “Joy to the World” was not the solo part
that Mr. Smith sang in.
4. The tenor sang solo during “The First
Noel.” Betty was part of the alto section.
5. Mr. Short wasn’t a tenor. The bass singer,
who wasn’t Tom, didn’t perform a solo part
in “Silent Night.”
6. Bruce’s solo part was during “Joy to the
World.”
- from Puzzles.com
Suyi Chan
King Kong
Russell Davis
Goatee
Joshua
Aitkenhead
Music Appreciator
Editor’s Note
Happy Holidays Ambrose!
Yes, we are almost through this semester, crazy huh? I don’t even
know how I got an issue out this month (actually I do know, I’ve
put off all my essays for classes to get this done first... I’ve sure
got my priorities straight!) If you don’t have time to read this issue right now make sure to look at it over Christmas, and write
stuff for January’s issue! Check out past issues on the Ambrose
Website under “Studenet Life.” Please send me your thoughts to
[email protected] See you next year!
-Michelle Elliott
Chris Hennink
Jon Pettigrew
Ran into the Bleachers
Jordan Los
This is made of recycled paper, please
give to a friend after
reading.
Expositioner