February 14, 2013 (Valentine`s Day issue)

OPINIONS [ 1 ]
October 26, 2012
LOVE @ GENEVA [
pages 5-7
The Cabinet celebrates love gone right in
this issue’s special Valentine’s Day section
]
» Olivia Mitchell: Empathy In Music
» Internships at BFC&T
» An Interview with Sho Baraka
p. 9
p. 10
p. 11
Vol. 136 | Issue 19 | February 14, 2013
The student newspaper of Geneva College since 1878
JEFF AND STEPHANIE SCHINDEL SHARE A LAUGH ON CAMPUS. (CHELSEA THOKAR/ THE GENEVA CABINET)
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HONESTLY,
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Last spring, when I found out that Geneva had hosted a “Valentine’s Day Speed Dating” event, I laughed for two minutes straight.
To be fair, I wasn’t laughing at the event itself.
On paper, this is an amazing idea—there are very few things on
this earth that make as much sense as speed dating on Valentine’s
day. Without events like this, the volume of Disney movies rented,
take-out Chinese food ordered, and Kleenexes used on Valentine’s
Day would significantly increase.
What I really find amusing is the idea of Christian college speed
dating.
You see, when I think
“speed dating,” I tend to
think of a room full of business people in their 30’s who
are too busy to go to libraries or bars or gyms or wherever normal people meet other normal people.
The dudes sign up because
they want to meet someone,
but they have reports to write
or briefs to file or floors to
scrub—they don’t have time
to pretend to be interested in
Jane Austen to pick up chicks.
So they go to an event where they can hold a bunch of meaningless conversation with a lot of people before shrugging and saying,
“Eh, you’ll do.” After they have that date with “you’ll do,” they realize that the only thing they learned from the “speed date” was
that she was very good at hiding her obsession with One Direction and Ferbies.
Then he starts looking up the Spark Notes version of Sense and
Sensibility.
But that whole paradigm just doesn’t work at a Christian college. We take dating way too seriously here for any of that—few
people are actually looking for a “you’ll do” who will be good for
only a few dates.
Since we seem to take relationships a lot more seriously than
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secular schools, I’m not sure how the whole “ring-by-spring” thing
plays out at events like this.
In all likelihood, anyone who signs up for speed dating probably realizes that it’s just for fun. Sure, occasionally this kind of
event churns out a solid relationship or two. But really, even a
Sheetz date is a more legitimate way of getting to know someone.
If we’re really honest with each other, speed dating is just a two
minute conversation where both people repeat the same lines
they’ve said to 20 other people. About as deep as you’re gonna get
is “Wow, I also like Switchfoot! I feel very connected to
you right now.”
Although I’m guessing
that most people who show
up have that kind of realistic
expectation in mind, I really
hope they don’t—just for the
entertainment value alone.
I hope that at least a few
participants try to do serious
speed dating, Geneva style. I
can even suggest some good
talking points:
Is exclusive psalmody a
deal breaker for you?
Have you ever voted for a pro-choice presidential candidate? If
so, have you repented?
Riverview or BFC&T? (Actually, that one is kinda a legitimate
deal-breaker)
Do you text in chapel?
What would you name our first-born child?
What I’m trying to say is, although it would be entertaining for
the rest of us, you should probably definitely not do that.
DUDES SIGN UP BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MEET SOMEONE
BUT DON’T HAVE TIME
TO PRETEND TO BE INTERESTED
IN JANE AUSTEN
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THE CYNIC’S CORNER
MONICA DUNLAP / FEATURED COLUMNIST
should be given better food.” Now let us ponder what you are actually paying for. You are paying for somebody to purchase your
food. You are paying somebody to cook your food. You are paying people to serve you your food. You are paying for people to
clean up after you (you know those napkins you throw on the
floor and the dirty plates you were too lazy to make an extra trip
to carry up to the front, some poor kid making minimum wage
has to clean those up). You are also paying people to do your dishes. You are paying for convenience.
I think everyone in America becomes used to what they are
blessed with at some point in their lives. We complain about
things that people in third world countries cannot even imagine
having for one day. As Christians, however, I think we need to be
more aware of the things God has blessed us with. If we want to
serve those who have nothing, we need to be thankful for every-
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I moved out of my parent’s house halfway through my senior year
of high school. At that point food became a luxury to me. Let me
give you a taste of my life.
For an entire year I lived off of Poptarts.
One year my roommates and I had a Super Bowl party in which
we asked people to bring food to share. When the party ended we
were left with bags and bags of hotdog buns and chips. For about
four months afterward, I ate hotdog bun and chip sandwiches for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
My friend’s mom was a lunch lady at an elementary school. On
the last day of school they were throwing out single-serving cereal
boxes along with little packets that included a spork, a straw, and a
napkin. He brought us hundreds of cereal boxes and spork packets.
Like any crafty teenagers living on their own, we used the napkins in
the spork packets as toilet paper. For months there were sporks and
straws all over our bathroom.
Although I had not a cent to my name for many years, God never failed to provide me with food for survival. I remember being so
thankful to eat dry cereal every day because it was free. When I ate
my first meal at Alex’s, I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I
could not believe that every day I would get as much to eat as I wanted.
I am not going to lie. Some of the food at Alex’s confuses not
only my mind, but my stomach. Those are times when I decide that
I should stick with cereal. However, it really irks me when people
complain endlessly about the food here. I can tell that those people
have never had to go without food.
What is even crazier to me is that there are a lot of students here
who have either done missions work, or are studying to become missionaries. I just do not understand how you are going to go out in the
world and help those who have nothing when you don’t even appreciate what you have.
The most hilarious part of my Alex’s experience thus far has been
watching people who bow their heads to pray for the food they just
complained about. I hope that the only thing God blesses their food
with is a stomach virus.
One argument I have heard for being entitled to complain is that
meal plans are expensive. “I am paying about 8 dollars a meal. I
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CELEBRATING RELATIONSHIPS
ONE INDIVIDUAL AT A TIME
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Singleness is a taboo in our culture. It’s a
negative, a handicap, an unnatural phenomenon.
And why wouldn’t you feel this way when
you see successful marriages like some of
our Geneva faculty and staff. Here you see
the faithfulness and commitment that are so
desired by most human beings (just read the
next few pages).
My problem is, you tell someone you’re
single and they say, “Oh, I’m sorry.” There’s
a mindset that being in a relationship is the
be-all-end-all of life, and if you’re not in one
there’s something wrong with you. There’s a
desperation to be with someone. Valentine’s
Day is an example of this mindset, and singles often feel targeted by the holiday.
I can understand. Humans are communal
beings. We want companionship. We want
stability. We want to be wanted. However,
community, belonging, and happiness can
be found—contrary to popular belief—outside the realm of a romantic relationship.
Just to clarify, I believe that such relationships are amazing gifts from God. When
two people come together in mutual sacrifice and outlook, that’s beauty. It’s a beautiful image of Christ’s sacrifice for us. What
gets overlooked in this culture is the beauty of being a whole person, which isn’t dependent on one other person. How can I give
of myself when the “myself” isn’t complete?
I don’t mean only perfect people should be
in relationships, but loving yourself can be a
greater challenge than loving someone else.
Paul talks about the opportunities that
single people have which those in relationships might not. “The unmarried man is
anxious about the things of the Lord, how
to please the Lord. But the married man (or
woman) is anxious about worldly things...”
(1 Cor. 7:32-33). This is not to say that one
is more or less spiritual than the other. The
idea is that singleness is not a sin and may
even be a better option for some people. Single individuals can and do live fulfilling
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lives.
My life is full of adventure. I can explore
and experience the world in a way that I
couldn’t if I was in a relationship. I can invest in the people around me to a more developed extent. I’ve learned how to be friends
with and appreciate both myself and others.
Opportunity is everywhere.
If the right person comes along in the future, whether near or far, great! I welcome the
adventuring-buddy, the partner-in-crime. If
not, then I’ll continue to live the fulfilling life
that Christ has given me. I won’t start living
when I find that one person. I’m alive now,
and so are you.
We live in community. We are not alone.
It might feel like it sometimes, but we aren’t.
We don’t suffer pain in isolation. Valentine’s
Day should be about celebrating relationships. It should be about celebrating couples. But it should also be about celebrating
community and sharing the love Christ has
poured out on us with other people.
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CHELSEA THOKAR/ THE GENEVA CABINET
NOAH STAUDENBAUR / STAFF WRITER
Jeff and Stephanie Schindel are well-known on Geneva’s campus. If
you haven’t taken Jeff’s COM 101 class, maybe you’ve taken Stephanie’s “Intro to Human Services.” If you haven’t bumped into Stephanie
in Northwood, you’ve probably at least passed by Jeff as he animatedly
talks to students on the sidewalk.
We might all know them­—but we might not all know them as a couple.
Married in 1990, the Schindels originally met at Geneva where they
were both students. Jeff was a junior, Stephanie a sophomore. In true
Schindel style, their first encounter was entirely spontaneous.
During one of Jeff’s visits to Clarke Hall to find someone to hang
out with, Stephanie came into the hallway to answer the phone on first
floor. Twenty minutes later, they were hanging out in the Beaver Valley
Mall. And so, they explained, their friendship began.
Stephanie explained that their official relationship began when one
day, “Jeff announced that they might as well date since they were always together anyway.” Although guys might not want to follow that
spontaneous lead, Stephanie continued that “The truth is, we really enjoyed spending time together and a deep friendship had developed. After nearly 23 years of marriage, we are still best friends.”
Jeff and Stephanie were quick to say that marriage “requires forgiveness, rugged commitment, and a good sense of humor. We both agree
that we love each other more now than when we said ‘I do.’”
Now both professors at Geneva, Jeff in the Communication Department and Stephanie in the Human Services Department, they shared
that they still enjoy talking about “what we experience in class with
our students, and most importantly, what the Lord is teaching each
of us.”
Some of their favorite times are spent simply talking in the car as
they commute back and forth to Geneva. Jeff commented, “Over the
years, we have learned that marriage can be a very challenging journey which includes times of great joy and times of great sorrow.”
And, as true professors, their house is full of thoughtful conversation. As Jeff said, “At the Schindel house, we talk a lot about the process….the process of becoming more like Christ and seeking to live a
fully surrendered life. We have learned that sometimes that process
can be difficult, but Christ works in and through us to accomplish His
purpose.”
Stephanie concluded that “We are still learning that a successful marriage requires being patient and supportive of each other in
that process. And our greatest blessing...[is] a wonderful son who is a
unique combination of both of us. Parenthood keeps us humble, and
humility is key to a successful family.”
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When asked for the story of how they met, Lamont
and Kathy Kinzer-Downs just laugh.
“Our versions are quite different,” Kathy warned.
They initially met at a summer camp in 2009 where both were
working. Lamont remembered, “When I first saw her, oh my goodness, she took my breath away! But I was scared to talk to her.” He
tried to talk to her once that whole summer, but it didn’t work out,
because as he said, “I was intimidated!”
So instead, for a whole year, he talked about her.
Kathy, at that time, wasn’t interested in dating—and she wasn’t
interested in Lamont. In the summer of 2010, Kathy heard from a
friend that Lamont had been talking and asking about her. She recalls, “I was like, huh? Lamont?” Kathy revisited the camp, and she
remembered, “It had basically been a year since I’d seen him, and
we had never established a friendship, but when he saw me he gave
me this big hug—it was awkward because we didn’t even know
each other like that.”
The difference then, however, was that as Kathy said, “at that
point, I was ready to date.”
Lamont picks up the story from there: “That Saturday we reconnected, and the following weekend, I finally asked her for her
phone number and we had our first real conversation.”
Engaged in 2011, the Downs tied the knot in summer of 2012.
Kathy jokes about being “old” when she got married, but she’s
serious about this advice: “There’s no rush. Be friends first. Marriage is a life-long commitment. College is a time to know who you
are, and be strong and secure in that.”
Building on her comments, Lamont continued, “If you don’t
know your identity, you don’t know what you want, and if you
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don’t what you want, then dating is like an emotional rollercoaster—one day you want to date (the person), the next day you don’t.”
In a culture full of indecisive 18 to 22-year olds, that scenario
may sound extremely familiar.
But, Kathy claimed, if you’re up for the journey, “it will bring out
the best in you.”
Much like they have different versions of how they met, Kathy
and Lamont are also very different communicators. Lamont tells it
straight; Kathy gives all the details. He explained, “There was one
time when Kathy was telling me about a situation, and I told her
just get over it.” He soon realized, “Oh my goodness, I need to be
more sensitive.”
But if Lamont needed to learn sensitivity, Kathy needed to learn
straight-fowardwardness. She shared that “I’ve learned to leave out
some of the details….sometimes you need them and sometimes
you don’t. I try to love him better by communicating with him in
a way that’s less frustrating.”
To clear the hurdles of different personalities and backgrounds,
Lamont was adamant about the importance of “communication,
communication, communication, and praying every day that God
would help our communication—praying for patience with each
other even as we sharpen each other.”
Now, as they work in the same office at Geneva, Kathy said that
“there’s still differences, but there is a common passion.” They
agreed that their oneness despite their differences prompts them
to push each other to reach God’s plan for their fullest potential.
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THE SHIDEMANTLES
JOSH WHITE / STAFF WRITER
Dr. Mr. and Mrs. Shidemantle have quite
the tale to tell about how they came to be
married, and it all started in Alexander Dining Hall.
Dr. Scott Shidemantle, a Bible professor, and Dr. Wendy Shidemantle, Geneva’s
Spanish professor, met while working at Geneva College. Although they knew each other, they had very little interaction.
That all changed when Dr. Socorro Woodbury, former Chair of Language at Geneva,
introduced the couple.
The first “date” the Shidemantles went on
was in Alex’s on November 11, 1999. They
situated themselves at one of the round tables, nearest to the center. However, their
date was crashed by the former Provost. He
sat down at their table and began engaged in
idle chit-chat with the two.
As soon as he realized he was interrupting their date, he quickly ate and left. Both of
the Shidemantles commented on how funny it was.
Two years after their first date, Scott
planned an elaborate proposal. He arranged
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with security to have his proposal in Alex’s after it closed. Having a catered meal,
Dr. Curtis on the piano, and a boy from his
youth group waiting their table (the same table they had their first date at), Scott had the
perfect set up.
To keep her from becoming suspicious,
Scott told Wendy that Curtis was having a
piano recital on campus—which was technically not a lie.
He escorted her to Alex’s, where they were
met by the boy from his youth group, who
directed them to their table—the same one
they sat at during their first date.
Curtis serenaded the couple as they ate a
meal catered by a friend of Scott’s and when
Curtis played, “I Only have Eyes for You” by
the Flamingos, Scott proposed. Soon after,
Scott had arranged for the former provost
to call and “interrupt” their engagement to
congratulate them.
They were married on the first Saturday
of spring break that year, some four months
later. The ceremony was a true Geneva College wedding, with Dr. Smith officiating, Dr.
Watt offering prayer, and Dr. Curtis reading scripture and poetry.
Although they have been married for ten
years, they often celebrate spring break by
revisiting their honeymoon trip: a cruise.
When asked about their favorite memory as a married couple, both responded
that traveling was a close second place after the birth of their kids. The Shidemantles have been to many different regions
ranging from the Middle East to South
and Central America. They also noted that
they loved exposing their kids to traveling and have taken them to several places
within the country.
The Shidemantles’ advices to couples at
Geneva is simple: “Don’t rush – wait for
God to send you a spouse.” Wendy commented, “I was 30 when I got married.”
Waiting on God is more important than
“ring by spring.” Scott also pointed out
that “It’s a cross-cultural experience to get
married, and there are adjustments that
need to be made.”
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OLIVIA MITCHELL’S EMPATHETIC APPROACH TO MUSIC
JUDITH CAMPBELL / ASSISTANT EDITOR
WITH REPORTING BY JORDAN GRASSEL / STAFF WRITER
She jams to both Ella Fitzgerald and Eminem, Cat Stevens and
Katy Perry.
And, of course, to her own ukulele.
Sophomore independent major Olivia Mitchell is musician with
a mission to focus on the music itself rather on the voice and hands
that produce it. She describes music as “empathy in the most compelling form.”
Mitchell explained that, from her experience, the charisma of
music is about much more than audience and performer: “You
can relate to someone you’ve never spoken to through a song, and
that’s the most incredible feeling. The happiest person can understand the saddest person, and the saddest can understand the happiest when they let themselves become part of a song. That’s what I
love about music; that’s why I sing.”
And she would know. In her junior year of highschool, Mitchell and her younger sister Savanna, who had been singing since she
was a precocious 12-year-old, sang to their grandmother who lay
ill in the hospital. After their grandmother’s passing, Mitchell and
her sister continued to collaborate and perform; she became seriously involved in music during her senior year.
Mitchell is not motivated, however, by the success of their performances. She is motivated by the people who enjoy them. She
told by email the story of a woman who, one summer, came to every single one of Mitchell and Savanna’s shows.
Mitchell described, “She would stand in the back, swaying and
dancing to the music—she eventually had memorized all of our
original songs. She always wore white. It would brighten our day
to see her enjoying the music, and to talk to her afterwards about
how it made her feel.”
One day, however, the woman in white didn’t come. Instead,
right before the show, a man approached Mitchell and her sister
with a letter. Mitchell continued, “It was from the lovely woman in
white. She had overdosed, and was put into a rehab clinic. She was
allowed to have contact with three people while she was in, and
she chose me and my sister because she said our music made her
want to be sober.”
“The woman in white is why I sing,” Mitchell concluded. “Music
makes people dream.”
At Geneva, Mitchell is in both New Song—“one of the greatest experiences of my entire life”—and Genevans. Other than that,
however, Mitchell’s music is her life’s enrichment, not its limelight.
She plays in her room in McKee, where she is an RA. Sometimes
she plays in the lounge with others since, as she said, “it’s how we
take study breaks and end bad days.”
Mitchell ends others’ bad days with her favorite instrument, a
baritone ukulele—given by her grandmother.
She chases joy and shares it with us. She thinks about why she
sings—but she doesn’t think too hard.
Because, as she said, “sometimes it’s nice to just feel groovy and
dance.”
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INTERNS AT BFC&T
JOSH MENEELY / STAFF WRITER
LAURA NOELL SERVES COFFEE AT BFC&T. (EMILY CROUSE / THE GENEVA CABINET)
MATH CLUB’S
ROMANTIC FUNDRAISER
COLLEEN KELLY / STAFF WRITER
Are you looking for love this Valentine’s Day or want to make
new friends with similar interests? Try Geneva Mingle, the Math
Club’s new compatibility survey.
Many single Geneva students woke up to a special treat in their
mailbox this morning—a list of compatible fellow Geneva students.
The matches were generated by Geneva College Math Club’s
new relationship compatibility survey: Geneva Mingle.
Although the first round of matches has already been sent out,
the quiz is still free to take online. Students interested in taking
the survey can visit genevamingle.heroku.com. To pay the $2 fee
for result delivery, students can email Bonnie Newman, at bonnie.
Russ and Bethany Warren did not want a Christian coffee shop, but
a coffee shop run by Christians in a Christian way. And their vision is
contagious.
The Warren’s beloved coffee shop, Beaver Falls Coffee and Tea company (BFC&T), has inspired students to learn how to open their own shop
with a similar vision.
BFC&T currently has two interns: senior music major Craig Bennet
and senior music major Laura Noell, who are both planning to open
their own coffee shops when they graduate.
The interns are learning much about what’s involved, from being a
barista to planning events, and they both apply their gifts to the “grunt
work” of running a coffee shop.
“I’m doing the music events for Friday’s” explained Bennet. “I’m
learning more about the nitty gritty of running a coffee shop”
Noell knows that BFC&T is a unique place to work—and perhaps one
of the more coveted jobs around campus. She said, “From the very first
day of my work there, it was clear that this would be the best job I’ve had
so far in my career of food service jobs.”
Noell continued that the vision for her coffee shop, to be named
Crumble Coffee and Bakery, is to “create a place where they [the community] can just come in and sit down for a chat or a good book, and enjoy some amazing coffee.”
Bennet, as always, is creative with his vision: “You know how parents
have a refrigerator for their kids; I want to be the Community Refrigerator, where people can come to do crafts, or just hang out.” He emphasized that while Christianity is vital, he doesn’t “want it to be in their faces; [I want] the place to be a place to acknowledge what God has done in
their life whether they believe it or not.”
BFC&T customers, coffee lovers, or anyone, for that matter, can rest
assured that BFC&T’s trademark of redemptive community building is
living on.
[email protected].
According to Bonnie Newman, junior applied mathematics and
chemistry major, the survey will give you both your most compatible
matches for love and friendship and your least compatible.
The idea for this fundraiser was suggested by Bonnie Newman and
aided by other members of the Math Club and Robotics Club. David
Mine, senior engineering major, explained, “Bonnie had this idea for
a Math Club fundraiser, but she has limited knowledge of computer
science tools that could realize her plan. She told me about it and was
ENTERTAINMENT [ 11 ]
SHO BARAKA REACTS TO “JIM CROW” BACKLASH
February 14, 2013
DAVID DANIELS / SPORTS EDITOR
Sho Baraka hates Jesus, is Illuminati, and
his marriage sucks.
“Wow, people are really ignorant out
there,” said Sho in reaction to these accusations aimed in his direction. Those were several of the most idiotic responses thus far to
his critically acclaimed, controversial track
“Jim Crow” off his latest album “Talented
10th.”
In the song, Sho threw a haymaker at racist America, tackling what he called “N— Island.”
Despite his heroic intentions, listeners still
criticized “Jim Crow” for its language. Some
uneducated souls even went as far as to say
Sho’s word choice was for nothing more
than shock value.
His answer to those critics?
“They don’t deserve an answer,” he said.
“I’m addressing an issue and I’m addressing an evil that I feel is very serious,” Sho
said, explaining his reasoning behind his
word choice. “And to address a serious evil,
you have to use serious language.”
However, he did have an answer to those
who fired verbal assaults at him over a sin-
gle word.
Sho quoted Flannery O’Connor and said,
“When you make evil, wickedness and sin
look cheap, like a lot of Christians do, you
make grace look cheap. And we know that
grace is not cheap. We know grace cost the
life of our savior.”
He challenged those chanting Ephesians
4:29, “Do not let any unwholesome talk
come out of your mouths” in his face, to actually analyze what they’re preaching.
Because there’s a difference between
strong language and unwholesome language.
He stressed the Bible is an extremely blunt
book. Jesus and Paul used strong language
when speaking of sin. And the Old Testament especially—shout out to Song of Solomon—is loaded with strong language and
vivid pictures that the same people crying
about “N— Island” must have skipped over
in their devotions.
“A word doesn’t encapsulate what it means
to use unwholesome language,” said Sho.
“It’s the intent of the word and how we’re using it. Are we using it to encourage as Paul
wondering if it was possible. At that point, I informed her that it
could be easily done with a database and a simple front-end (visual internet interface).”
Michael Gilliland, junior computer science major, also had a
part in creating the database for the survey. He added, “The math
should be pretty straight-forward. We’re rejecting that good old
‘opposites attract’ conjecture and, instead, using a series of questions that will see how similar, or different, students are. Similar-
has communicated or are we using it to tear
down?”
His intent, to expose how Hollywood promotes improper images of black culture,
clearly fell under the “build others up” category. Despite that fact, his character and relationship with the Lord were attacked because of the track. Not just over the language
either, but even the maturity of the message
itself, which Sho preached is extremely dangerous.
“Because Christianity is now the equivalent of suburbia, people want to isolate their
children by trying to exclude all things evil
and wicked,” he said. “And the problem is
you can’t isolate people, you can’t quarantine a culture. What you do is you educate,
inform and teach them about worldviews
and Christ.”
Sho concluded, “That’s how they’re the
most capable to engage and inform a culture—when they have information to combat ignorance.”
ity will be the basis for compatibility. Once students have submitted their quizzes online, their answers to the question will be used
to calculate a ‘compatibility percentage.’”
While some students may be apprehensive about this idea at
first, Bonnie commented, “Everyone can take the survey for fun
and they don’t have to buy their results. The more people that take
it makes it more interesting for those who do buy the results. A lot
of students think it’s a really interesting idea, and are excited to see
how it goes.”
Nevertheless, some are still somewhat unsure about it. “I think
it’s an interesting, fun idea that would match people who would
never meet otherwise, but I’m not sure it’s for me,” remarked
Stephanie Carr, sophomore elementary/special education major.
“I might take it just for fun, but not to find a serious relationship
or friendship.”
The survey’s proceeds benefit the Math Club. They will be using
the proceeds from the survey for professional development activities and the upcoming Pi day.
[ 12 ] SPORTS
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The Geneva Cabinet
THE NFL NEEDS MORE OFFENSIVE TEAM NAMES
Animal nicknames are so 227 years ago.
The NFL needs more clubs repping race and skin color.
In the melting pot that is the United States, there’s so much potential
to do so. But professional football teams refuse to embrace the nation’s
diversity. That’s why I’m starting a petition to change the nicknames of
several franchises.
A whopping 14.6 percent of the United States Jewish population lives
in New York or New Jersey. My only question is: why haven’t the Jets or
Giants jumped on a switch to the New York Jews? After all, their city is
far more densely populated with Jews than giants or jets.
Whichever team loses the bid for the Jews should keep their innovative head up, however. They’re both close enough to Brooklyn to pull off
the New York Blackskins.
Perhaps no franchise has more flexibility than San Francisco.
When Childish Gambino said, “Asian girls everywhere, UCLA,” he
should’ve looked further north. There are almost three times as many
Chinese people in San Fran. Who’s feeling the San Francisco Yellowskins?
If Jed York is against imitating New York, though, he could follow Jim
Harbaugh’s lead and really make Colin Kaepernick the face of the franchise by naming it the San Francisco Tats. I can’t take credit for brainstorming that option, though—give it to David Whitley.
Miami and San Diego are other cities with multiple choices. The south
Florida club is capable of shedding the Dolphins for the Miami Cubans.
DAVID DANIELS / SPORTS EDITOR
And who couldn’t imagine Philip Rivers rocking a San Diego Illegal Immigrants, Wetbacks or, if Alex Spanos is feeling politically correct, Mexicans uniform?
By the way, I humbly apologize if I’ve offended white America up to
this point in the column—I’ve completely ignored cracker stereotypes.
The team that shares a home with the Indy 500 should undoubtedly
change their name to the Indianapolis Rednecks. And everyone knows
the sun doesn’t shine in Washington, so Russell Wilson should definitely be leading the Seattle Paleskins onto CenturyLink Field.
As outrageous as those nicknames are, what’s the difference between
each one of them and the Washington Redskins?
Traditionalists mock those who cry racist in regards to the moniker.
But American Jews, Mexicans, Hispanics, Cubans, Asians, blacks, and
whites would be so offended over my suggested nicknames they’d all
start rioting—protesting at the very least.
The only reason why the Redskins live on is because the Native American population isn’t large enough to force change.
By allowing Washington to maintain their nickname, Daniel Snyder,
Roger Goodell and the NFL are sending the message that there’s no value in being politically correct with the politically irrelevant, that only
stereotypes of the powerful are worth extinguishing.
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