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Author and activist Anna

Baltzer brought her unique

view of conflict in the Middle

East to campus Monday. Dis-

cover more on page 4.

Middle East activist

Unique View

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Think you’ve done a

lot to fight poverty in

Africa? Amanda Dye

started her own orphan-

age in Zambia. Find out

more on page 5.

New student has own orphanage

Assisting Africa

While a loss to rival MidAmer-

ica Nazarene is never pleasant,

on page 8, learn why Cardinal

coaches have confidence that

they can win every game.

Team looks to rebound

MidAm Misery

The Student Voice of William Jewell College

Nathan Weinert

Editor-in-Chief

Dean

down to

three

Candidate details

still confidential

continued on page 6

A search that began with over

40 applicants is now down to three.

Finalists have been selected in the

search for William Jewell College’s

next vice president for Academic

Affairs and dean of the College, and

each will be on campus over a nine

day period in late October and early

November.

“ Where we are now is that we

know for sure there are three finalists

who are going to come to campus,” Dr.

Ian Coleman, professor of music and

chairman of the search committee,

said. “They are going to come on Oct.

25 and 26, another on Oct. 29 and 30,

and another on Nov. 1 and 2.”

Although an announcement

was made Monday that there were

three finalists, information about the

candidates has not been disclosed.

“Information about them, in

terms of who they are and their

[curriculum vitiates] will be made

public on Wednesday, Oct. 24, which

is obviously right before the first one

will arrive,” Coleman said. “Following

confidentiality procedures—we want

to give them time to inform their

constituents that they’re a candidates

here.”

According to Coleman, what

distinguished the three finalists

from other participants in off-site

interviews was their potential fit for

William Jewell.

“As we suspected, all six of

the candidates who came in [for

off-site interviews] were really

great candidates, really top-notch

candidates, and what made the

decision for us was suitability for

Jewell right now,” Coleman said. “All

the candidates would have made a

Vicky Hill

Staff Writer

Filmmaker lectures on Mexican ‘femicide’

continued on page 4

Barbara Martinez Jitner, Latina

producer, writer and director, found

herself surprised with how receptive

Midwesterners were to her insights

into the situation in Juarez, Mexico

and other border towns. Jitner

presented this year’s Penny Kern

Lecture on Women and Society

Lecture Wednesday to an audience

whom she deemed “caring.”

During the evening, Jitner

discussed ongoing violence towards

Juarez women, most of who work in

maquiladoras, factories established

by the North American Free Trade

A g r e e m e n t

along the

United States/

Mexico border.

These women,

Jitner said,

face not only

unsafe working

c o n d i t i o n s

and meager

pay, but also

violence and

abuse. “These

women are

being incredibly

devalued,” she

said,

Within and around Juarez in the

past 14 years, 475 female bodies

have been found along with United

States/Mexico border. “ Usually their

bodies are dumped in the outskirts

of Juarez…it is not the police

who discover the bodies. It is the

mothers and sisters,” Jitner said. Each

woman had been abused sexually

and murdered, and many had organs

removed from their bodies.

According to Jitner, these crimes

are happening more and more often,

not only in Juarez, but also in other

border towns like Matamoros and in

other Latin American countries like

Guatemala due to the creation of “a

climate of absolute impunity” for the

perpetrators of these crimes.

It is estimated that as many as

5,000 women and girls have been

attacked and murdered, and with

the Mexican government “turning a

blind eye,” none are brought to justice,

Barbara Martinez Jitner met with students at a reception in

White Atrium after her lecture Wednesday.

Kyle Rivas / Hilltop Monitor

Jitner said.

“How does somebody go from

being a dispensable worker to being

a dispensable person?” Jitner asked.

Earlier in the day, Jitner

participated in a panel discussion

discussing the “Glass Ceilings and

Glass Walls” that are still in place

in the lives of women. In order to

succeed in the male-dominated

profession of filmmaking, “You

have to hit a home run every time,”

Jitner said. The other women on the

panel, Linda Hanson, President of

Enterprise Bank and Trust; Jeanie

Sell Latz, General Counsel and

Corporate Secretar y of Midwest

Research Institute; and Trina Le

Riche, Partner of Sonnenschein,

Nath and Rosenthal LLP, agreed.

“You have to do exceptional work,”

Hanson said.

Many students left the panel

discussion and lecture grappling with

Parents and Grandparents Weekend to honor College families

Corey Husak

Staff Writer

Parents and Grandparents

Weekend is finally here. For many

students this will be the first family

meeting since the school year

began five weeks ago. Students

and their families will be able to

look forward to a great weekend

because of all that is going on.

The Office of Student Affairs has

many optional, but exciting activities

planned for this weekend. Mar y

Dickerson, associate director for

Student Development Programs

expects approximately 400 guests to

be on campus for the festivities.

The first event all guests are

encouraged to attend is Café Diva

tonight (for more information, refer to

the article on Café Diva on page six).

Most of the scheduled events will

take place tomorrow including

the Symphonic Band concert, a

performance by the Chamber Singers,

a group of musically talented first-

year students, and an evening magic

act. Shelly King, dean of students and

director of the First-Year Experience

said the concert “is one of my favorite

of the year because it is very student

oriented” and she believes that all

who go will be impressed.

Activities begin tomorrow with a

reception in the Yates-Gill College

Union from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Another important part of the

weekend will be the naming of the

Parents and the Grandparents of

the Year during the Convocation

at 10:30 a.m. in Gano tomorrow.

“ Though we recognize two specific

pairs of parents and grandparents,

the awards are really in recognition of

all of our parents and grandparents”

King said. Eric McGonigle and Dr.

Robin McGonigle, parents of senior

biology major Erin McGonigle, are

this year’s Parents of the Year, while

John and Pat Lund, grandparents

of senior psychology and ACT-

In major Jenny Lund, are this

year’s Grandparents of the Year.

McGonigle said her parents are

deserving of this awards because

“my parents are a prime example

of unconditional love and have

always been very supportive. They

have an enduring relationship and

are amazing, grace-driven people.”

Lund believes her grandparents

are deserving of their award as well

because, “They are the most caring

continued on page 6

Eric and Dr. Robin McGonigle, parents of senior Erin McGonigle, will be

recognized as the Parents of the Year at a convocation tomorrow morning. The

Grandparents of the Year and the Senate Excellence Through Service award

recipients also will be honored. Submitted Photo

Barbara Martinez Jitner lectures in Gano Wednesday. During her presentation, Martinez Jitner showed her documentar y “La Frontera” (“The Border”), an ac-

count of the poverty of a woman in Juarez, Mexico. Kyle Rivas / Hilltop Monitor

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This past weekend, I was looking for something fun and

entertaining to do. I am a really big fan of art shows and this is

definitely the time of year for art shows. The only big art show in

the area I could find, however, was the Plaza Art Fair, which is a

little too upscale, crowded and overpriced for me. Plus, much of the

work is a little too contemporary for my taste. I like contemporar y

art, but anytime you have a sculpture of flowers that appears to be

made of pipe cleaners and sections of egg cartons, the piece is too

contemporary.

So, I went to the Unplaza Art Fair, an annual benefit where all

proceeds are donated to the PeaceWorks division of Kansas City. For

those who do not know, PeaceWorks is a section of the Peace Corps

dedicated to stopping war and bringing about peace. In fact, there

were petitions people could sign in support of the cessation of war. I

signed a petition to end the war in Iraq, for example. The benefit is

held annually (this was the 16th year) and has, for the past few years,

been held on the grounds of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church

in downtown Kansas City (one block east of Main Street).

The show is not a church event, however. It is incredibly worthwhile,

with more than 75 displays of a variety of wares, from glass infused

barrettes to pottery. It would be unfair to say that there were not a

few things out of the price range of the average college student and

that a few things were not a little too contemporary, but most of the

wares were nice. It was so rewarding to buy pieces at a benefit where

the money goes to such a worthy cause.

I spoke to two of the artists whose work I really enjoyed. I first

spoke to Dee Solomon of Illinois, who has been doing the show for

10 years, off and on since 1989. Solomon works with fused glass and

her pieces range from decorative hair ornaments and necklaces to

wall hangings. She said she received pleasure from doing a charity

benefit. Solomon’s web page address is www.fusedglassonline.com

and her e-mail address is fusion@macomb.com.

The second artist whom I spoke to was Richard Scherubel (actually

I did not speak to him, I spoke to his wife, Marsha) who works in

acrylics and whose paintings were fabulous. “ They have a lot of spirit

to them, don’t they?” Marsha Scherubel asked in reference to the

pieces. Scherubel’s web address is www.scherubel.com.

This was an exciting event. One stall had wares hand-made by

disabled women in India. Overall, the event was organized and

family-oriented. I plan to go again next year. If interested in upcoming

PeaceWorks e vents, visit www.peaceworkskc.org.

For the last three years, I’ve sat through Convocation on

Parents and Grandparents Weekend, always thinking that

I should nominate my grandfather for the Grandparent

of the Year Award. Unfortunately, procrastination runs

strong with me and I never did. This year, however, I’m

going to do something that I hope is just as good and

write about him.

My grandfather is a remarkable man and forever a

teacher. He taught in the Topeka public schools after

serving in the Air Force, teaching social studies and math

in junior high and high school. After his retirement when

I was in the second grade, he took up volunteering in

elementary schools. Starting with the elementary school

my sister and I attended, he worked his way around

the district reading to classes and helping struggling

students one- on- one with math. He set up a fund at

my elementary school so that each student would have a

book of his or her own. If that wasn’t enough, he does the

same thing for the classrooms of my younger cousins.

His work is not limited to schools. He has spent

numerous hours volunteering at a local soup kitchen and

organizing a Christmas store so that poorer members of

the Topeka community can come shopping for items for

their families around Christmas. Since he was 19 years

old he has donated over 30 gallons of blood through the

Community Blood bank, no doubt saving many lives. He

volunteered for the Nancy Boyda campaign, encouraging

his friends and acquaintances to become involved, or re-

involved, in the political process. He was a Boy Scout

leader beginning when my father and uncle started Boy

Scouts and has remained involved in the organization in

many capacities.

His kind spirit is reflected not only in his community

activism, but in his love for his family. I have many fond

memories of spending time with my grandfather reading,

first, him to me, and as I got older, me to him. When

my sister and I were younger, he’d send us to the well-

worn dictionary on the shelf to look up a word, and

when we determined the definition, he would have some

great story to tell using our new vocabulary. Once this

resulted in a new nickname for us: urchin. While being

called a round, spiny sea creature or a ragamuffin child

may not be welcomed by everyone, it’s become a term of

endearment.

When I was struggling with long division in the third

grade, he would set up the card table in the living room

and we’d go over it for hours, until it finally clicked.

When something was going on in the world that I had a

strong opinion about, he encouraged me to write a letter

to the editor of the local

paper. While I now have

a column of my own, he

still writes to the local

paper, submitting letters

as many times as the one

per 45-days-limit will

allow.

All of these

characteristics make my

grandfather the wonderful

person he is, but there’s

one piece I left out. He’s

blind.

I was hesitant to even include that in this column

because I was afraid that would be the defining

point. It is not. He is not defined by the fact that

he hasn’t driven since 1965 or that he can not read

a book or the newspaper anymore. In fact, unless he

tells someone or is using his cane, one would never

realize he cannot see. For years people at church

were shocked when they learned the extent of his

lack of vision because he finds his way around so

well. I think, however, that this particular physical

characteristic makes his other actions much more

significant.

He does not let his lack of vision keep him

from doing the things he loves. Instead, he has

transformed it into a learning opportunity for young

students. He put together a presentation about his

vision diagnosis, retinitis pigmentosa and shares it

with classes wherever he goes. He explains that he

only can see what one would be able to see when

holding up a coffee stirrer straw to one’s eye and then

shows students how to appropriately assist someone

who is blind.

He has formed a vision support group at the

assisted living home where he now lives. They get

together once or twice a month for fellowship and to

discuss different methods of coping with blindness.

So, Grandpa, regardless of an award you should

have been nominated for, you will always be the

Grandparent of the Year to me and the rest of your

grandchildren. Thanks and we love you.

The controversy over Iranian

President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

speaking at Columbia University

this week caused me to wonder: If

he were invited to speak at William

Jewell College, would offering free

food be the only way to ensure that a

decent crowd showed up to hear him

speak?

If crowds at College e vents this

year are any indication, even a cruel

and petty dictator would be speaking

to a largely empty room. Few

students, professors or administrators

seemingly can be bothered to get

out of their rooms—or offices—and

attend non-class events sponsored by

the College. Attendance at College

lectures, panels and presentations this

year has seemed exceptionally sparse.

The most egregious examples

of this sparse attendance were the

Barbara Martinez Jitner events

Wednesday, particularly the panel in

the afternoon. While I was running

late to the event, I was worried that

there wouldn’t be a seat by

the time I got there. There

was no need for to worry.

In a room designed to hold

se veral dozen people, fewer

than 50 were in attendance—

four panelists, an equal

number of members of the

administration, 11 faculty

members and 22 students. The lecture

later that night drew a respectable,

but by no means large crowd.

If these were isolated events,

it wouldn’t be cause for concern.

Unfortunately this year has seen an

upsurge in downturns of attendance

at College events. Crowds in Chapel

appear to be sparse, attendance at

events like Opening Convocation

has been unexceptional and non-

class academic events have seen even

larger struggles than normal to gain

attendance. It’s becoming disturbingly

clear that this year—even more than

most—students aren’t attending

events unless required to for a class.

While this may be natural student

behavior, what is even more disturbing

is the low attendance by professors

and members of the administration.

Students who skip panels and other

extracurricular academic enrichment

events are missing out on a core

part of the William Jewell liberal

arts experience. Lectures, Chapel

services and other College events are

a chance for students to learn more

about subjects related and unrelated

to their disciplines. They provide food

for thought for discussions and help

to develop the kind of well-rounded

individuals that William Jewell seeks

to de velop.

It’s time for members of the College

community to stop making excuses

for its non-attendance at events.

You don’t think the event is related

to your discipline? It’s doubtful that

any discipline was left untouched by

either the panel or lecture Wednesday

night. You don’t have time to attend?

Neither does anyone else, apparently.

You don’t think the events are

interesting? Even those events often

can provide the best fodder for sharp

critiques afterwards.

Last week I wrote about all the

great things that Jewell people are

doing off-campus. It ’s too bad that

when we have great things happening

on campus the College community

fails to take advantage of them.

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There are 110 pubs in Cambridge.

You would think that the question,

then, is which is the best to visit on

a Thursday evening? You would be

wrong. The question actually is where

the bloody hell are the pubs?

Our first night in Cambridge

we were all a bit jet-lagged but still

wanted to experience our first day in

England to its fullest (and take ad-

vantage of the younger legal drinking

age), so we visited the College Bar.

(Yes, the college has its own bar just

a short walk from our rooms. I think

the logic is that it is safer that way.

No need to drink and drive!). We in-

vited some natives along and sat in a

nearly empty bar, which is probably

because it was, after all, only about 7

p.m. (We were tired!) We found the

English students living on our hall,

and I’m pretty sure that all of them

are the nicest people in the world.

Everyone here is terribly polite, ex-

cept for Lea’s checker at the grocery

store yesterday,. Everyone is helpful,

even though we are loud, obnoxious

Americans. I think we surprised

them a bit with our terribly forward

questions. In the first hour of know-

ing the students, we had asked them

all about drinking, schooling, foot-

ball (the soccer kind) and sex educa-

tion (they are, after all, future teach-

ers). Then we decided we had to go

to bed.

Yesterday after some actual sleep,

we felt a lot better, especially after

meeting Jill, the amazing house-

keeper, and having what I like to

call “Jewell Welcome to Cambridge

Christmas!” This is the traditional

celebration that is held every year by

Jewell students arriving at Homer-

ton in which Jill opens up the secret

closet in which former Jewell stu-

dents have left special surprises and

presents (a.k.a., stuff they didn’t want

anymore or couldn’t bring home).

After such a pleasant morning, we

knew that we had to have an equally

excitingly traditional evening: a visit

to the pub.

The problem was that we weren’t

sure where exactly the pubs were,

but since there are 110 of them in

the city, we figured that the odds

were good that we’d manage to find

one no matter where we decided to

go. The four of us had day-rate bus

passes from our earlier visit to the

grocery store, so we decided to take

advantage of the excellent (but rather

expensive for Americans, as every-

thing is) public transportation system

and visit the historic Cambridge City

Centre, where we were sure to hap-

pen across a centuries old, historic,

cosy pub, right? Wrong.

The City Centre is an amazing

amalgamation of historic churches,

colleges and streets supporting ultra-

modern shops and restaurants. Ex-

cept for the flashy adverts and mod-

ern stores, it could be something right

out of a medieval romance story—or

a Harry Potter novel—except for

the suspicious lack of pubs. I mean,

Hogsmeade, even, has two readily

accessible pubs, and this is in a town

that supports a primary school!

Harry Potter was obviously on our

minds as we walked down the narrow

cobblestoned streets, and John point-

ed out a particularly shady side street

and decided that it looked a lot like

Diagon Alley and that we shouldn’t

go there. We thought about this for

a moment and then decided that Di-

agon Alley is exactly where all of the

most interesting pubs would be, so

we went down the alley anyway. We

managed to find exactly zero pubs.

The alley did contain The Slug and

Lettuce, which we thought looked

promising, albeit a bit disgusting,

but the establishment proved to be a

wine bar which was actually a bit too

ritzy for us. So we wandered on. And

on. And on. And we wandered across

no pubs in the City Centre.

This was disappointing, so we de-

cided to go back to our college and

sulk, and we rode the bus back to

Homerton. Upon arriving at the col-

lege, Katie claimed to have seen The

Flying Pig, which, we decided, must

be a pub, so we walked down the

street to find it and came across not

one, but two pubs right next door to

each other. Osbourne Arms looked

deserted except for an old guy at the

bar, so we decided to go to The Fly-

ing Pig, which has a better name and

attendance. Once inside, we found a

quintessential English pub—lots of

bottles and people, grotesque candles

on e ver y table, and very expensive

(for Americans) beer. Since there

were no available tables and the pric-

es were a bit outrageous, we decided

to try next door. Osbourne Arms was

not, in fact deserted. It was hosting

a Halo 3 party in a side room where

a small crowd of the sort of people

who attend Halo 3 parties were doing

whatever one does at a Halo 3 party.

But the beer was cheaper here, so we

decided to stay.

This will surprise those of you

who know me ver y well, but I really

like pubs. For someone who doesn’t

drink, like myself, pubs still have a

lot to offer. They do serve food, and

although it is mostly bland-sound-

ing English food, it can be good at

some places. But you don’t go there

for the food. You go there for the

atmosphere. They are great places

to socialise. Most seem to contain,

if not Halo 3, then at least darts and

a pool table. However, the pool table

contained only red, yellow, and white

balls, and the table and pockets seem

smaller than U.S. pool tables and

pockets, and I look forward to learn-

ing the intricacies of this novel game

the next time a charming British guy

in a pub wishes to teach me. If you

don’t play the silly pub games, you

should have brought along friends

who are entertaining. The y might

become even more entertaining once

in the pub, and you might learn a

bit more about them than you really

cared to know, especially if they for-

get that you write for the ne wspaper

(just kidding, John, I will never tire

of your high school days stories, or

publish them in the paper . . . unless I

have to, if you catch my drift).

Our first pub adventure was a

(moderate) success, and I look for-

ward to having many more such ad-

ventures in my time at Cambridge.

For those looking for an internship

to complete their ACT-In major,

today they have an opportunity to

explore possibilities. The Chicago

Center for Urban Life and Culture

representatives will be on campus

discussing numerous opportunities

for students to gain insight into

the “real” Chicago. They will start

the day in the class that began

their connection to William Jewell

College, CTI 206, the Chicano

Experience.

Every year during Fall Break

students from the Chicano

Experience class tour Chicago

with the Chicago Center to see the

thriving Latino culture there. The

trip is used as a learning experience

for students to “walk in the shoes”

of individuals in that community.

Students experience the responsibility

of living in a “foreign” culture. From

vibrant murals to authentic shopping

and other situations, the Chicago

Center makes the trip worthwhile.

As the organization’s mission states,

the “Chicago Center equips college

students and other participants

to learn from diverse urban

communities through innovative

programs, seminars and internships.”

With a philosophy of transformative

learning, this is an experience for

many William Jewell students to

experience another culture. There

are numerous opportunities, ranging

from internships with academic

credit, TeachChicago, a student

teaching experience in Urban

Chicago and the BSW practicum, a

program tailored to social work.

A benefit of the program is that

a student can design the experience

to fit his or her major. If a political

science student wants to work on a

campaign, Chicago is a city with

engaging political opportunities.

A business major can design a

marketing internship. Students

must plan their programs with

their academic adviser and set it

up through the Chicago Center.

Included in the fees is housing

in the beautiful Hyde Park

neighborhood. Length of stay is

flexible with programs that range

from one month to semester

programs to a full-year experience.

Seniors who have completed

graduation requirements can enjoy

the Chicago Centers May Post

Term with three weeks of active

engagement either through William

Jewell College or Milliken University.

An information table is set up in

the Union at 10:15 this morning.

Scott Chesebro, executive director

of the Chicago Center, and Valerie

Wallace, marketing director of the

Chicago Center will be available for

further questions at a luncheon in

Yates Dining from 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m.

There will be a gathering in the

business lounge on the first floor

of Jewell Hall from 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

and another meeting in the Pryor

Leadership Center from 2:30 p.m.-

3:30 p.m. “We are really excited to

have this connection with the Center.

They have been a wonderful program

for us (i.e. the Chicano Experience

Class) and they have been looking

for the opportunity to come and talk

on campus to get students engaged,”

Dr. Ruth Kauffman, professor of

languages, said.

Chris Car r

Staff Writer

Chicago Center reps on campus

to visit Chicano class, recruit interns

Overseas study options offered

to William Jewell College students

have stretched farther into the world.

Monday, the faculty approved the

addition of four new program desti-

nations for the overseas studies rep-

ertoire.

Through the Institute for the In-

ternational Exchange for Students,

the College now supports programs

at St. Catherine’s College, part of the

University of Oxford in England,

the University of Granada in Spain

and the University of Cape Town in

South Africa. The fourth program

approved was Semester at Sea, spon-

sored by the University of

Virginia.

Since Jason Groves’

placement as the Over-

seas Study Coordina-

tor last year, he has been

working to expand the

Overseas Study Program.

While 32 study programs

and 13 International

Partnership for Service

Learning programs al-

ready exist through the College, “I

think it’s important to have a varied

field of opportunity on the globe,”

Groves said.

The program with St. Catherine‘s

College was chosen primarily to ex-

pand the opportunity for Oxbridge

students’ studies. Through IES,

students attending St. Catherine’s

College would be fully matricu-

lated, receiving all of the rights and

privileges of students studying at the

University of Oxford. The other two

programs offered in Oxford, Oxford

Overseas Study Course and the Cen-

ter for Medieval and Renaissance

Studies, are not programs that allow

their students to matriculate into the

University, thus certain areas, such as

libraries and lectures, are unavailable

to these students. The requirements

for study in St. Catherine’s College

are high. Only students with a grade

point average of 3.85 are allowed to

enroll in the program.

Groves chose to pursue the IES

program at the University of Granada

due to a number of students’ request

for a course of study in that area of

Spain. Granada will be the fourth

city made available to students wish-

ing to study in Spain as Barcelona,

Madrid, and Salamanca are also op-

tions. However, the city, located in

the south of the country, has a great

Moorish influence, and due to inter-

est in Islamic culture, Groves believes

it is appropriate to give students the

opportunity to explore this section of

world.

Groves chose Cape Town, Af-

rica, as the first of what he hopes to

be several opportunities to study in

Africa. He is currently looking into

programs of study in Morocco and

Egypt.

Study at Sea interested Groves

greatly after he heard about it through

Elizabeth Bonney, junior, who is

presently studying in the program.

For a semester, 700 students from

over 250 colleges study together on a

ship that takes them to different ports

throughout the world. Students carry

on normal classroom learning on the

ship and receive first-hand learning

experiences when they dock. Itiner-

aries change each semester. A sample

of the ports students will visit in Fall

2008 include Salvador, Brazil; Walvis

Bay, Namibia; Chennai, India; Ho

Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Kobe, Ja-

pan and Puntarenas, Cost Rica.

“The itinerary is carefully selected

to provide students the opportunity

for a comparative approach to global

education,” the Semester at Sea Aca-

demic Profile pamphlet states. “The

countries and regions visited offer

examples of varying stages of eco-

nomic development, contrasting po-

litical systems, and great diversity of

religious and cultural values.”

Presently, Groves is also research-

ing programs in the Middle

East and in Northern Africa

for those students interested

in Arabic studies. Though

none is available at this time

“we hope to keep adding

eventually,” Groves said.

The deadlines for study in

these programs or any other

overseas studies programs

for the Fall or the entire year

is Jan. 14. The deadline for

Spring 2009 is April 1. Groves is

willing to make allowances for stu-

dents wishing to study in Granada or

Semester at Sea this spring. Students

who wish to do so must speak with

Groves as soon as possible. The ap-

plication deadline for IES Granada

is Nov. 1 and though Semester at

Sea is based on a rolling admittance,

there are few spaces available for the

Spring semester. Study at St. Cath-

erine’s will be available starting this

Fall. Study in Cape Town is available

starting Spring 2009.

“I think it’s important to have a

varied field of opportunity on

the globe.”

—Jason Groves

Overseas Studies Coordinator

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Evening Division to shift focus,

move to online course offerings

Caitlin Tejeda

Staff Writer

Despite larger first-year class,

enrollment drops to 1,108

The William Jewell College

Evening Division is preparing to

experience some dramatic changes.

Next semester it will begin the

transition from holding classes

on campus to conducting them

completely online. According to

Dr. Steve Schwegler, director of

Academic Services and associate dean

of Continuing Education, the change

will not be immediate. A few online

classes will start in March and April

of next year. Next fall, the business

and paralegal programs will be moved

online. Once all evening programs

have gone online, the evening

division’s name will be changed to the

Continuing Education Division.

Another major change involves

who is permitted to enroll in the new

online classes. Though the majority of

Evening Division students historically

have been between the ages of 30 and

45, a number of day students have

taken advantage of evening classes.

Under the new plan, day students will

not be permitted to enroll in these

classes, at least for now.

If day students begin to have

problems with their class schedules

because of the change, Schwegler

said the College will take steps to

address those problems. “That’s why

we’re phasing this in – to see if there

are any problems that arise,” he said.

Solutions could include such things

as reopening evening classes to or

adding more day classes.

In addition to the restriction on

day students, there is a plan to create

a minimum age for enrollment in

online classes. Schwegler said classes

will be available to evening students

who are at least 21 years of age. He

said day students may eventually have

access to some sort of internet-assisted

courses, but for now, it is limited to

one portion of the College.

“In my reading of the College,

faculty and administration, there is

a keen interest to increase the use

of technology and have an online

education for ever yone,” Schwegler

said. “ However, at this time, this is a

focused effort and we feel we need to

limit it to older students.”

Courseware and administrative

services for the online classes will

not be hosted by William Jewell.

Instead, these services will be hosted

by a company called Learning House,

which has a great deal of experience in

working with small colleges. William

Jewell will continue to dictate the

content of courses, however. “ We are

using our courses that are developed

by our faculty,” Schwegler said.

The decision to change the

Evening Division, which has been in

existence since 1974, was prompted

by a number of factors. The primar y

factor involves enrollment. In the

early 1990’s, enrollment peaked at

approximately 500 per semester.

However, since then, it has declined to

this semester’s total of approximately

155. Schwegler believes this decline

is due to the changing needs of adult

students, including their ability to

balance their work and personal lives

with traveling to the College and

physically attending classes. “We

think they are finding other ways of

completing their degree or earning

their certificate. We decided that the

current system just wasn’t productive,”

he said.

Another contributing factor

in the decision is the fact that so

many other schools have instituted

online programs. Therefore, part of

the reasoning is that online classes

will keep the College competitive.

Howe ver, Schwegler said the Evening

Division will continue to adhere

to the high reputation of William

Jewell. “ We want to keep up with the

times, but we still want to retain our

quality. The mission is to provide a

good liberal arts education,” he said.

With these factors in mind, Dr.

David Sallee, president of the College,

and Dr. Anne Dema, vice president

for Institutional Effectiveness,

investigated the prospect of

transitioning to online classes. They

created a proposal and presented it to

the trustees of the College who then

approved the effort to go online with

these programs and offer them for

adult students.

The plan for an online evening

division has a large obstacle to clear

before it can begin awarding degrees.

It must be approved by the North

Central Association, which is the

accrediting body of William Jewell.

According to Schwegler, the group

is planning to visit in mid-November

of this year to assess and review the

prospective program.

Ashley Billinger can be reached at

billinger@william.jewell.edu.

Human rights activist Anna

Baltzar visited the William Jewell

College community Monday to

share her message about Palestine.

Author of Witness in Palestine:

A Jewish American Woman in the

Occupied Ter ritories and descendent

of Holocaust survivors, Baltzar

informed the College community

about the realities of the situation in

Palestine.

“As a Jewish-American, I grew

up learning about the Israel-

Palestinian conflict,” Baltzar said

in her presentation. “ When I went

to Palestine, I learned an entirely

different version of the Israel-

Palestine issues.”

Baltzar said while growing up

she learned a version of history that

promoted the Israeli point of view

that the Palestinians living in Israel

were in the wrong. Since visiting the

portion of land within Israel given to

the Palestinians, she has realized the

injustices the Palestinian people face

every day.

Since 2005, Baltzar has been

touring the United States giving her

Human Rights activist and author Baltzar

speaks to College audience about Palestine

Alison Ward

Assistant Editor

presentation on the realities of the

Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the

Middle East. A local group called

Citizens for Justice in the Middle

East and Amnesty International

contacted Baltzar when they heard

she would be speaking in the area.

The group “advocates for rights of

Palestinians and tries to educate

the public about the situation and

occupied territories,” said Dr. Ian

Munro, professor of English.

During her presentation, Baltzar

spoke about the injustice that

Palestinians have been enduring under

the Israeli government in partnership

with the government of the United

States. According to Baltzar, “ The

United States gives three to 10 billion

dollars to Israel every year.”

Under the Israeli government,

Palestinian land has decreased

dramatically from 1946, when most

of the land belonged to Palestine,

to 2005, when Palestinian land was

much more limited. This, among

other issues, has caused Jews to be

opposed to the Israeli government.

“The fact that [Baltzar] is Jewish

and a granddaughter of Holocaust

survivors means that she joins a lot

of Jews in and outside of Israel who

believe that the policies of the Israeli

government – and the U.S. with it –

are harmful to Judaism,” Munro said.

A wall that will separate 34.4

percent of Palestinians from each

other or their land is being built

presently, according to Baltzar’s

handout. The wall cuts into the West

Bank and traps 274,000 Palestinians

between the wall and the border

created in 1967. Qalqilya ghetto is

a city completely surrounded by the

wall.

Baltzar’s main message to the

Jewell community was to get

informed about the issues happening

in the Middle East. She insisted that

students find out for themselves about

the real issues.

“Most Americans don’t know about

this. They associate Palestinians with

terrorism, and they don’t recognize

the reality of what’s happening to

those people,” Munro said. “[Baltzar]

thinks, and I agree, if we knew what

was happening we would object.”

For photos, writings, tour

dates and more information about

Baltzar’s message, visit www.

AnnaInTheMiddleEast.com.

Alison Ward can be reached at

warda@william.jewell.edu.

Human rights activist Anna Baltzar spoke to an audience in the Union on Monday. Baltzar is the author of Witness in

Palestine: A Jewish-American Woman in the Occupied Terr itories. Kyle Rivas / Hilltop Monitor

At a large university, 50 students

is not a significant portion of the

population, but this is not true at

William Jewell College. The total

number of full-time students enrolled

at William Jewell for this semester

is down to 1108 from the 1159 of

2006. Although enrollment numbers

have fallen, Dr. Rick Winslow,

vice president of Enrollment and

Student Affairs, explained, “The

difference is that we graduated a

larger class, and our first-year class

was smaller.” Simultaneously, the

Office of Admission saw an increase

this year in both the number of

submitted applications and campus

contacts. The College received

1451 applications, an 18 percent

increase over last year’s, and 1765

visits to the campus were made, a 13

percent increase from visits made in

anticipation of the 2006 academic

year.

Despite the slight drop in total

student enrollment, the number of

enrolled transfer students, which

currently stands at 42, has remained

“relatively the same,” Winslow said.

The Office of Admission did not

reach its goal of enrolling 75 transfers,

but Winslow continues to improve

his department in hopes of raising

that number. One change made by

Winslow since his promotion to

vice president of Enrollment and

Student Affairs is the employment

of “a special admission counselor”

who works with transfer students

“solely and specifically,” Winslow

said. “Because they have already

attended a different institution,

their needs are very specific” Unlike

non-transfer students who have

more “general interests,” those who

transfer “often know exactly what

they want to study,” Winslow said.

Just as the Office of Admission did

not reach its goal for enrollment of

transfer students, neither did it reach

its goal of enrolling 340 traditional

first-year students. Instead, the

College enrolled 248 first-year men

and women this fall.

William Jewell is introducing

new recruitment techniques with

“a new student referral software,”

Winslow said. The software allows

“key people who have connections

with the College” to refer anyone

whom they believe would be

successful at William Jewell. The

Office of Admission would then

contact the referred student with

information about the College

while simultaneously updating

the reference on the status of

the student’s admission progress.

Within the next week, the Office

of Admission will send a letter

encouraging student referrals to

11,000 alumni. Letters sent to

“current faculty, staff and students”

as well as “high-school counselors,

coaches, pastors in the Missouri

area and any other groups” also will

be sent out soon.

Another statistic which Winslow

hopes to continue to improve upon

is the increase in the College’s third

semester retention rate. Eighty-

one percent of students returned

this Fall for their third semester

at William Jewell, a significant

increase compared to the 76 percent

retention rate of 2006. “Any student

who withdraws from the College

must go through what is called

an exit interview,” Winslow said.

The information is then “sent out

to a group of people for review.”

Depending on the information

collected and if there is a recurring

trend among the type of students

who are choosing to withdraw,

improvements to the College may

be considered. However, many

times students leave for reasons

which the College cannot change,

such as “a family or personal

emergency, financial reasons or

general fit issues,” Winslow said.

When addressing the situations in

which a student simply “didn’t like

the product,” the institution must

decide whether to “change who we

are for that particular student or

remain committed to the type of

education we provide,” he said.

Along with retention rates, the

costs of tuition, room and board are

on the rise. Up six and a half percent

from last year’s charges, the increase

was determined by the board of

trustees last January. This amount

remains well within the average

range of increase when compared

to other institutions nationwide.

William Jewell is “a tuition-

dependent institution,” Winslow

said. As costs of living increase,

so too will college expenses. The

addition to costs of room and board,

which remain well below the region’s

average, fund energy expenses,

insurance for faculty and other

necessary items. Because major

renovations such as construction

of the new sorority complex are

funded by donors and foundations,

students do not have to worry about

paying for residential improvements

from which they will not benefit.

Although an increase in tuition costs

may prove inconvenient, Winslow

assures students that charges are

necessary. In an effort to provide the

best possible educational experience

for William Jewell’s students, the

College is continuously raising

the bar, working to recruit more

students, raise retention rates and

improve upon all statistics involving

enrollment.

Caitlin Tejeda can be reached at

tejedac@william.jewell.edu.

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Maylin Tu

Staff Writer

Maylin Tu can be reached at

tum@william.jewell.edu.

aking a w

orld of difference

Ashton Botts

Staff Writer

Filmmaker

Vicky Hill can be reached at

hillvi@william.jewell.edu.

New William Jewell student opens orphanage in Africa

Amanda Dye is a fresh face at

William Jewell College. A junior non-

profit leadership major and transfer

student from Western Governors

University, she exemplifies the service

vision of the College. In addition to

juggling 17 hours at William Jewell

and her job at On the Border, Dye

supports 12 Af rican children in an

orphanage she established herself.

Dye’s journey began when she

joined Global Volunteers, a service

organization affiliated with the

United Nations. In 2003, she traveled

with the group to Zambia, where she

taught English to school children.

She said there was only one book

for the classroom, published in 1957.

She saw poverty far beyond what she

could have imagined. “Kids literally

lived on the streets,” she said. “ It was

out of this world because we don’t let

animals live on the streets, and here

were children living in animalistic

conditions.”

The experience changed her life,

and she knew she had to help the

people of Zambia. “I came back to

the United States, and I was like, I’ve

got to do something,” she said. After

two years, Dye decided to build an

orphanage for children because of

the conditions in which she had seen

them living.

Dye began researching and building

contacts within the Kansas

City community. She

received mixed reactions

in gathering support for

her cause. “I think they

thought I was joking,” she

said. “Then they realized

‘she means it.’” Dye found

others willing to serve and

held group idea sessions,

where “ever yone was

throwing out ideas.” She

developed a website, went

through the legalities of

giving her intents and

mission statement, and

she received her first credit card.

In July 2006, Dye registered her

organization, Energy of Hope, with

the Zambian government. Dye said

she wanted to include ‘hope’ in her

organization, but it took weeks to

come up with the final name. Then

one night she was sitting on her

computer, and “it just came to me,”

she said.

Her journey was far from over.

Although she had registered her

orphanage, there was no guarantee

that she would see it built. As a

23-year-old woman, she said it

was extremely difficult to convince

the government to allow her to

continue her project. But she was

determined. She told the Zambian

government, “I’m going to be there

every day until this happens.”

With time, the government saw

her determination and in Januar y

2007 she “hopped on a plane and

went to Africa.”

After arriving in Africa, Dye

sought support from Zambian

banks and health offices. Although

she initially financed the orphanage

herself, she knew her funds would

run out quickly, so she made as

many contacts as she could. She

established a board and hired

employees for her orphanage.

She ran background checks and

fingerprinted all employees to

ensure the safety of the children.

Then she set out to find a location,

later settling on Kafue, Zambia, a

rural area right outside the capital

city of Lusaka.

The house she found for the

orphanage was under construction,

but Dye knew it was the perfect

place for Energy of Hope. “ When

I saw it, I was like, that’s it!” she

said, and negotiations began. Dye

compromised at $900 per month to

rent the house, a lofty investment

for a college student. She later

learned that the 900 wasn’t dollars,

but Zambian kwachas, making her

monthly payments a mere $209.

On April 13, Dye was given

permission to operate her orphanage.

Since then, 12 children, ages four to

13, have moved into Energy of Hope.

Five more orphans are expected

to move in soon. The children all

attend a private school, and a full

time teacher helps children who have

never attended school catch up. The

children all have new clothes and

shoes. They take part in nutrition and

health programs, like the AIDS club

and they sing in a local church choir.

The orphanage has a large kitchen

and living room, four bathrooms and

a wrap-around porch for the kids to

play on when it rains. All the children

have bunk beds, and they share a

television and a cell phone. “They’re

really excited about the bunk beds,”

Dye said. Outside the house, there is

a mango tree, room for a soccer field

and a concrete wall surrounding the

land to keep the orphanage secure.

“It’s perfect,” she said.

Since beginning the orphanage in

April, Dye hasn’t had the opportunity

to return to Zambia. “I’ve got my

fingers crossed for December,”

she said. She added that she

hopes to take a group of students

on her visit. She has talked to

individual students since arriving

on campus and hopes to partner

with organizations like American

Humanics and SIFE to further

the orphanage. “It’s grown beyond

what I can do by myself,” she said.

After her first few weeks at

William Jewell, Dye knows this

is the place for her. “I love it.

Ever yone has a heart for service

learning,” she said. She encourages

students to use their talents

and energy in service activities,

stressing that everyone can make

a difference. For more information

about Energy for Hope or to

volunteer, Dye can be contacted

at energyof@energyofhope.org.

“ We’ll find a place for you,” she

said.

Ashton Botts can be reached at

bottsa@william.jewell.edu.

“Kids literally lived on the

streets. It was out of this

world because we don’t let

animals live on the streets,

and here were children living

in animalistic conditions.”

—Amanda Dye

founder of Energy of Hope

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Kyle Hendricks has one word

to describe joining William Jewell

College’s debate team as a first year:

“intimidating.”

“Jewell has an outstanding

tradition as one of the top debate

teams in the nation,” Hendricks

said.

Last weekend William Jewell

hosted the Cardinal Classic Round

Robin and the Bowman Invitational

in an effort to continue this tradition.

The College had two national debate

champions last year, Kevin Garner,

’07, and Luke Landry, ’07.

During this year’s event,

approximately 200 debaters from 20

schools nationwide attended, with

some coming from as far away as

Washington state.

Twenty schools competed in

the Bowman Invitational. For the

c o m pe t i t i on ,

35 two-person

teams competed

in open debate

with the top 16

moving on to

the elimination

debates. William

Jewell had four

teams compete,

including one

junior varsity

team.

Texas Tech

U n i v e r s i t y

walked away

with the trophy.

William Jewell

did not place.

“We’re a

young squad,”

senior debater

James Luce,

senior, said, “I

really don’t want

to talk about it.”

According to

Dr. Gina Lane,

director of debate

and professor of

communication,

this year has

been a year of

“rebuilding.” Of

the 12 debaters on the team, many

are in their first or second year of

college debate.

“I think we have some very

talented debaters who will start

being successful this year,” Lane

said.

In addition to debating, the

team had to focus on the logistics

of hosting the tournament. Some

of the challenges Lane mentioned

included “coordinating the facilities,

arranging for hospitality, keeping

people moving to their rounds. It

all takes a lot of extra work.”

Squad member Eric Myers,

sophomore, served as tournament

manager. “The tournament ran

smoothly. It actually ran on time,”

he said. “The Jewell tournament is

always a favorite on the circuit.”

In three weeks, the team heads

to Creighton University in Omaha,

Neb. for their next competition.

“Hopefully a weekend off or

two will re-energize the debaters,”

Dr. Chuck Walts, associate debate

coach, said. “Our theme this year

is that we’re going to be scrappy.

There’s definitely an underdog

feeling.”

The team ultimately hopes to

uphold their tradition of excellence

by making it to the National

Parliamentary Tournament of

Excellence in March.

As for Hendricks, this

tournament was his first college

varsity debating experience.

“Personally I didn’t do that well,” he

said. His immediate goal is to “go

three for three” at Creighton. “I’ve

got a lot of research and studying to

do between now and then.”

about it. It makes you want to go out

and do something, but what are you

going to do if nobody pays attention?”

Laura VanBiber, sophomore, said of

the situation in Juarez.

Several others stood with her. “I

feel we are blessed where we are and

we don’t realize it until we see these

things we are totally ignorant about,”

Roy Abdo, senior, said. “It makes me

want to go out and do something.”

For students wanting to become

involved, Jitner suggested partnering

with Amnesty International by

going online to www.amnestyusa.

org and searching for “Bordertown.”

This search leads to a synopsis of the

upcoming movie inspired by Jitner’s

documentary La Frontera, more

information about the situation of

women working in maquiladoras, and

a cross petition

“protesting the murders

of women in Juarez/Chihuahua,

Mexico and in Guatemala, and calling

on the Mexican and Guatemalan

governments to take steps to end the

femicides.” Instructions for the cross

petition, which differs greatly from

traditional paper petitions, can be

found on the Amnesty International

webpage.

Fierce competition, towers of

canned goods and watermelons being

eaten, rolled and dropped. This was

the scene at Watermelon Fest held

Saturday.

Community ser vice is an

important aspect of Greek life, and

Watermelon Fest is a fun way for the

men of Lambda Chi Alpha to fulfill

their philanthropy requirement. The

festival has been an annual event

for as long as senior Chris Stratton,

Lambda Chi’s High Theta (external

vice president) can remember. It

revolves around various activities using

watermelons. This year those activities

included greased watermelon relays,

watermelon bowling, watermelon

eating contests and a watermelon

pageant.

Each sorority received points based

on its performance in the different

events, but the majority of points came

from the fraternity’s philanthropy, the

canned food drive. The entrance fee

for the event was in the currency of

canned food. There were no maximum

or minimal requirements, but points

were awarded to sororities depending

on how many canned goods they

brought. This year over 1,500 cans

were collected and then given to the

North American Food Drive, which

then distributed the items among

local food kitchens.

Other than the canned food drive,

the Watermelon Queen Pageant is a

major event and was held in Pillsbury

Music Center. Sororities choose two

queen candidates from among their

sisters. There are several competitions,

including a talent competition and a

formal dress competition. This year

Tiara Hite (Alpha Gamma Delta)

was crowned Watermelon Queen of

2007. “It was a shock to be crowned

Watermelon Queen,” Hite said. “I’ll

be honest that I thought I’d place

maybe second or third, but I didn’t

expect to win.”

Although actual watermelons were

not the main focus at the pageant,

they were for other the activities. The

watermelon count rose to more than

50 watermelons this year, while other

years as many as 100 watermelons

have been used. “The hardest part,”

Stratton said “ is finding a place that

will supply the watermelons.”

LCA sponsors annual Watermelon Fest

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Senior James Luce makes an argument in a debate round.

Last year, the Jewell debate team won the national champi-

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great dean, and would make a great

dean somewhere. What we’ve got

is three that we know could make a

great dean at William Jewell.”

Coleman declined to disclose

information on whether or not

any of the finalists were currently

administrators at other schools, or

whether any of the finalists were

women or minorities.

“ Their background is varied, but

I can’t say any more than that until

we release the information,” Coleman

said. “ They have all had appropriate

administrative experience. We’re

not bringing anyone in who doesn’t

have the sense of what it entails

administratively.”

Coleman said that the focus

of the committee now shifts from

interviewing candidates to facilitating

their on-campus visits. “I think we

have an important role in hosting

these candidates on campus and

being friendly faces when they get on

campus,” he said.

The committee will be meeting

later this week to finalize a schedule

for campus visits which will then be

released to the public. Although a

final schedule has not been released,

while on campus finalists will meet

with faculty, students, administrators

and staff, generally in large groups.

While Dr. David Sallee, president

of the College, ultimately will select

the next dean, the committee will

provide some input after the visits

have concluded. “Ultimately, it is the

committee’s role to for ward the names

of the finalists to Dr. Sallee, with

relative strengths and weaknesses, so

we are already from our perspective

compiling that,” Coleman said. “ We’ll

cross-reference that information with

the information we receive from

various groups on campus, and we’ll

pass that information onto David.”

Coleman emphasized that part of

the process is the College community

convincing candidates that William

Jewell is a good fit for them.

“One of the things that we need to

keep in mind is that as these finalists

come onto campus, we are convincing

them that Jewell is the right place for

them,” he said. “It’s no good finding

out that they’re going to be a great

fit for us, but there’s something that

we’ve said or done that’s convinced

them that no, they don’t want to work

with us.”

The new dean will replace Dr. John

Westlie. In May, it was announced

that Westlie, professor of French, will

take a sabbatical during Spring 2008,

and return to teaching Fall 2008.

Nathan Weinert can be reached at

weinertn@william.jewell.edu.

Dean Search

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Tonight the William Jewell

College department of music will be

performing a series of musicals and

operas at Café Diva. The event will

feature students and faculty singing

and playing an assortment of music

from many genres.

“It’s a light evening of music

and food for ever yone,” Café Diva

director Dr. Ron Witzke, professor

of voice, said. Faculty and students

will be performing material from

Wicked, Jekyll and Hide and Phantom

of the Opera. At the end, everyone

involved in the show will perform a

piece from the musical Rent.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun,”

Cody Johnson, sophomore Oxbridge

music major, said. “ There are some

really great acts in it. The people in

it worked really hard to make it what

it’s going to be. It’s sort of a variety

show, so it’ll appeal to e ver yone’s

taste.” Johnson will be performing

Linden Lea, an aria by Ralph Vaughan

Williams.

Purchase of a ticket not only will

cover the admission to the show, but

also get students a taste of the foods

served at the event. Cheesecake,

black forest cake and pecan pie

are a fe w of the dishes that will be

featured.

Oxbridge music major Claire

Buddenberg will be performing

“ When I look at you” from the musical

Scarlet Pimpernell. “[Students]

should come support all their friends

who enjoy singing and performing,”

Buddenburg said. “Plus, it’s not just

opera - it ’s a variety show. Also, I

hear there’s going to be some good

dessert.”

This year is the fourth time Café

Diva’s has been presented on campus.

The show, however, has not been to

campus since 2004. Witzke had

decided not to organize the show

the last three years because of other

commitments and because of the

timing of Parents’ Weekend those

years. “If [Parent’s Weekend] is too

early in the semester, we can’t get

enough time to rehearse. There’s too

much going in those first weeks,”

Witzke said.

Café Diva will premiere tonight

at 7:30 p.m. in Greene Dining Hall.

Tickets are $8 for students and $12

for faculty. Interested parties may

call the Music Office for tickets. A

limited number of tickets will be

available at the door.

Jesus Lopez can be reached at

lopezj@william.jewell.edu.

Business opportunity for college student.

Make money.

call 816-524-7286

In his lecture, “ War and peace:

Questions born from the ‘worship

wars,” Dr. Ian Coleman, professor

of music and chairman of the

department, spoke on a topic that is

highly controversial in many churches.

The lecture is one of four to take place

this academic year at William Jewell

College as part of the “Journeys of

Mind and Faith” lecture series.

“My journey of mind and faith has

in large part resided at the intersection

of instrumental music and worship,”

Coleman said. “ Because of this, I have

found myself having to deal with that

tension that has been around since its

beginning.”

Coleman’s lecture attempted to

answer the question of what style

of music should be used in worship

services. “There is often the tension

of what type of music should be used

in church, vocal and instrumental

or only vocal, and instead of solving

the problem we have a traditional

service with only vocals at 8:30 a.m.

and a contemporar y service with

instruments at 11 a.m.,” Coleman

said.

Coleman’s opinion on the matter

was not formed over night. It has

been a work in progress for many

years. “On one hand, you could say

that you shouldn’t think about faith

too much, and you won’t be able to

answer all of your questions. Take it

on good faith. On the other hand,

you could say that God can handle

our arguments and we can ask

questions,” Coleman said. “ This is a

journey not a destination. I reserve

the right to change my opinions as

I learn and grow. Had I given this

lecture 10 years ago, it would have

been very different and if I give it 10

years from now, it will also probably

be ver y different.”

The Journeys of the Mind and Faith

Lecture Series was created in order

to get an insight into how different

faculty members mesh their faith and

their occupation. “To be a person

of faith, especially in an academy,

you must hold reason and rationality.

We want to know how different

faculty members do that,” Dr. Milton

Horne, coordinator of the Journey of

the Mind and Faith Lecture Series

and professor of religion, said. “ It’s

beneficial for students to see that the

faculty doesn’t have all the answers.

Good ideas are always in progress

and that we still consider ideas like

faith important.”

Coleman’s lecture answered

questions about faith by leaving the

question of how to worship for the

individual to decide. It did, however,

emphasize that the motive behind

worship is more important than

the style, and that worship is a lifestyle,

not something that can be turned

on and off. “I like this lecture series

because it gives faculty members a

chance to share unfinished thoughts.

Some faculty members do not want

to share till they are completely

certain what they’re saying is correct.

I clearly don’t have all the answers,

but I hope this lecture brought up

important questions,” Coleman said.

The next lecture in the “Journeys

of Mind and Faith” series will be

given in October by Dr. Kim Harris,

professor of communication and

director of theatre. In February the

lecture will be given by Dr. Mayumi

Derendinger, assistant professor of

Mathematics and in March the lecture

will be given by Dr. Donna Gardner,

associate professor of education and

department chair.

Kristina Brase can be reached at

brasek@william.jewell.edu.

Dr. Ian Coleman discussed the intersection of instrumental music and

worship in the first Journey of Faith and Mind lecture of the academic

year. Aley Pennington/Hilltop Monitor

grandparents and have always been

there at my cheerleading or at my

games. They have always supported

all of their grandchildren,” she said.

Also receiving awards at the

Convocation ceremony will be one

faculty and one staff member who

are being recognized by the Student

Senate in their Excellence Through

Service Award. The faculty award

belongs to Dr. Lois Anne Harris,

professor of communication and

director of Prestigious Fellowships

and the staff award is being

presented to David Sanchez, chef.

According to Student Senate, these

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Parents’ Weekend

John and Pat Lund, grandparents of senior

Jenny Lund, will be honored tomorrow at

Convocation

photo

submitted

awards are in recognition

of the selfless service they

provide to William Jewell.

This year, should students

and their families get bored on

campus, they will have other

opportunities for fun just a few

blocks down the road. “We’re

really happy that Liberty

changed their Fall Festival to

this weekend” King said. This

will give families the chance to

get to know the town of Liberty

as well as give some variety to

the weekend activities.

Corey Husak can be reached at

husakc@william.jewell.edu

Parents’ and Grandparents’ Weekend schedule

Today:

7:30 p.m.: Cafe Diva, Greene Dining Hall

Saturday:

9 - 10 a.m. Reception and refreshments, YGCU 221-222

10 a.m. Pre-Convocation Symphonic Band Concert, Gano

10:30 a.m. Convocation for Parents and Gr andparents, Gano.

11:30 a.m. Diversity Tailgate in Commuter Parking Lot; Brunch in Cafeteria

1 p.m. Football vs. Avila, Greene Stadium

5:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Lindenwood, Greene Stadium

7:30 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Lindenwood, Greene Stadium

8 p.m. Magician performs in Gano

Sunday

10:30 a.m. College Chapel, Grand River Chapel

10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Brunch, Cafeteria

1:30 a.m. Alpha Lambda Delta Initiation, Gano

Finalists to visit campus in search

for vp for Finance and Operations

Monitor Staff Report

Candidates to be considered for

William Jewell College’s next vice

president for Finance and Operations

will be on campus next week for

interviews. In an e-mail to the campus

community released Wednesday, Dr.

David Sallee, president of the College,

announced that three finalists had

been selected, and would be on

campus on Oct. 1, 4, and 5. The e-mail

also announced that an Open Session

would be held with a candidate on

each of those day s from 1 p.m. – 2

p.m. in 221 YGCU. Candidate names

will not be released until they are on

campus.

The new vice president will

replace Ron Dempsey, who is moving

from vice president for Finance and

Operations to associate vice president

for business upon the appointment of

his successor.

Tom Suter, senior Oxbridge molecular biology major, speaks during a

presentation in 107 WSC last Friday. Suter was one of a number of students

presenting the results of summer research. Kyle Rivas / Hilltop Monitor

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Life &

Entertainment

Sydney White

Good Luck Chuck

IS IT W

ORTH IT?

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and(y)

We review, you decide...

Magician to entertain Saturday

Aimee Smolczyk

Staff Writer

Andy Kirk

Aley Pennington

by Andy Kirk

Dane Cook is gorgeous. Jessica Alba is beautiful. There are countless “ laugh out loud”

moments and tons of inappropriate scenes. No surprises here. That is exactly what I expected

from this movie, and that’s exactly what it delivered.

Good Luck Chuck is quite witty. Chuck, more often called Charlie (Dane Cook), has a

hex put on him as a adolescent. When he is forced into a closet during a spin the bottle

game and does not return the love and affection of an unusual girl, she puts a curse on

him. Charlie gives little thought to the hex, until he begins to notice it’s interfering with

his life. He is unable to say the “L” word and all of his ex-girlf riends are married. Charlie

is an attractive (duh, it’s Dane Cook!), successful dentist. Cam ( Jessica Alba) is a bubbly,

accident-prone, penguin habitat director at the local aquarium. They meet at a wedding, and

Charlie is instantly intrigued by Cam. After the wedding, Charlie begins to realize he has

been labeled a good luck charm. Any woman who sleeps with him will marry the next guy she dates, so the story

goes. Suddenly beautiful women are coming out of the woodwork. Charlie, with a little prompting by his disgusting

best friend, Stu (Dan Fogle), decides to take advantage of his good luck and sleeps with tons of women. Had the

scenes not been so graphic, I might have found them funny, but I was too concerned with being disturbed to laugh.

Anyway, he realizes empty sex is not what he wants and begins to pursue Cam. However, it isn’t written in the stars

for these two lovers; the hex rears its ugly head and causes complications.

I’m a sucker for love stories and if there is a hot guy and a little comedy, it’s irresistible. All in all, I liked this

movie. I definitely would have cut some scenes that aren’t really necessary and are just, for lack of a better word,

gross. If you’re looking to increase your I.Q. or be moved by the complexity of the story line, Good Luck Chuck won’t

do it for you. However, if you are just interested in a chuckle or two and some eye candy for your entertainment,

this movie provides both. It is terribly raunchy in some scenes (again, why Hollywood, why?!), so consider yourself

warned. As far as the story line goes, I applaud this movie. It conveys the idea that empty sex is worthless. Charlie

is beyond easy to fall in love with, delightful in every way and the ending will have you clapping.

If there’s one place in The Hilltop Monitor where I never anticipated any mention of the

Greek system, it’s in the movie review section. Every other page might be dripping with

sorority scandals or fraternity faux pas, but films I critique are significantly less concerned

with petty college shenanigans, and I like it that way. But sometimes, it’s not the Monitor ’s

in-frat-uation that gets us into trouble; rather, the in-frat-uation finds us when we least

expect it.

For example, take this week’s movie Sydney White. After a brutal onslaught of homework,

I was thrilled to relax with another brainless Amanda Bynes adaptation of a classic. Last

year’s She’s the Man offered a surprisingly smart high school take on Twelfth Night, and

now, Ms. Bynes—whom I will always refer to as an All That alumna, even if she gets an

Oscar—has decided to desecrate Snow White for the college scene. Sydney, a beautiful,

oblivious tomboy raised by her father and his plumber coworkers, leaves for Southern

Atlantic University to follow her dead mother’s footsteps. So far, so good. Little did I know that the villainess was

going to be Rachel Witchburn, a pretty blonde president of Kappa Phi sorority and head of student council, whose

ex-boyfriend Tyler Prince becomes enchanted with Sydney’s pancake makeup and knowledge of sports. The plot

thickens when Sydney vows to pledge her mother’s sorority, which happens to be Kappa Phi and whose president

hates Sydney with an un-Disney-like passion.

After Rachel banishes her f rom the Kappa Phi kingdom, Sydney finds a new home in a ramshackle male dorm,

and seven new friends in its tenants. Each of her new roommates is correspondingly happy, bashful, grumpy, sneezy,

sleepy, dopey or doc-like: it’s like Sydney White and the seven dorks! Get it?

OK, so most of the updates from the original aren’t nearly as painful. I enjoyed how the film executed the

“poisoned apple” and I thought the movie’s twist on the witch’s mirror—a campus-specific version of Hot or Not,

on which Rachel is ranked #1—was creative. However, the story veers wildly from fairy tale to social commentary,

ending when Sydney challenges Rachel for the student council presidency, rallying the school’s Jews, band geeks,

transgender kids and other misfits to “take back the school f rom the Greeks.”

Not all Greeks are negatively portrayed. Tyler, the president of his own f raternity, mingles effortlessly with

Sydney’s dorks and volunteers at a homeless shelter. However, it’s Rachel and her sorority of blonde Amazons who

leave the worst impression and the film echoes a profoundly anti-Greek sentiment without any Monitor input!

Overall, the film can’t decide what it wants to be, and its lack of focus is apparent. No one expects Amanda

Bynes to star in a sequel for The English Patient, but even for the limited standards of its genre, Sydney White wastes

Bynes’ comedic talents and the film squanders its potential to become something more than fairy tale cannon

fodder. This movie might be a nice diversion from intelligence, but if you miss it, you’ll still live happily ever after.

The third Campus Union

Activities event of the year

will be held tomorrow. The

event is a magic show that

will be preformed by Wayne

Hoffman and promises to be

“a unique blend of illusion and

mind reading,” according to

his website. The show is being

orchestrated by senior CUA

co-directors Margaret Street

and Michelle Oltman, who

handled arrangements for the

show. Hoffman will perform

the show without the aid of an

assistant.

The show relies heavily on

audience participation and

Hoffman will perform tricks

from 5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Saturday

in the Cafeteria, in order to

entice students to come to the

show later in the evening. The

show is free to the public.

Magician Brian Brushwood

was scheduled to perform

but had to cancel because

of a scheduling conflict.

After the cancellation, Street

remembered having seen

Hoffman’s act at the National

Association of Campus

Activities Conference. She

was impressed by it and invited

him to perform at William

Jewell College.

According to Street, CUA

tries to keep a good equilibrium

between professional acts and

student-led activities, such

as capture-the-flag. “CUA is

committed to fun, clean activities…

the best aspect [of CUA] is knowing

[that] you’re making a difference in

the campus,” Street said. The next

CUA sponsored event is another

press photo

Aimee Smolczyk can be reached at

smolczyka@william.jwell.edu.

This has been a rough week for

me. In addition to being sick and

all of the Cambridge kids leaving

for England, I’ve had an ungodly

amount of things to do. This is not

a unique plight for the students of

William Jewell College, who have

nothing better to do in the vast,

empty wastelands of Liberty than to

overachie ve. Unfortunately for me, as

my pile of home work grows, so does

my urge not to care.

Today, I wrote a list on my mini-

marker board of exactly 10 things

I needed to do in the next 24

hours or else face expulsion from

William Jewell. After that I played

nine consecutive games of Spider

Solitaire, and then I decided to read

every column I’ve ever written. While

I was doing this, I realized that last

week I had written my 40th column.

My mind reeled as I continued to

ignore my marker board, not answer

the phone and take emo pictures

of myself. Had I really written 40

of these things? I think writing

a column must be very similar to

childbirth: it’s arduous, painful and

I try not to look at the disgusting

thing after it’s been expelled from

my body. One thousand words a

week, seven pounds of child. They’re

basically the same thing. According

to the Guinness Book of World Records I

looked at when I was procrastinating,

there was some Russian woman who

held the record for giving birth to the

most kids, but she only had 39. I felt

smugly satisfied that I had beaten her

at her own game.

After birthing 40-column-

children of my own, I’m running

out of ideas. I’ve covered so many

topics that I can’t remember them

all. Like the parents of most large

families that I know with beaucoup

babies, I have memorable children

whom I love most of all, several more

who are remarkable because they are

tremendous failures, and the others

whose names and birthdays I forget.

More than that, I’ve come to resent

them because I’m only pregnant for

a week before I have to make another

one. Woe is me!

I can’t do this alone, so I often ask

for help. When people tell me that

they read Talk to the And(y), I ask

them what they’d like to read about

in a future column. Most of them

are taken by surprise and they don’t

have any suggestions, but sometimes,

people actually do respond. Thus,

when Brittany Talley called me to

propose that I get a bikini wax with

the magic words “and I’ll pay for it,”

I wasn’t in a position to refuse. Never

mind that I had no idea what kinds of

things transpired during a bikini wax,

or that I had never worn a bikini, or

that the weather was getting chilly

and I wouldn’t be able to show off my

hairless thighs in my non-existent

bikini anyway. I was desperate and also

slightly curious. Being someone who’s

normally angry at white patriarchy, I

jumped at the chance to see the ways

in which women mutilated their

natural bodies for the approval of

men who would view them only as sex

objects and subordinate homemakers.

Plus, maybe I could get my eyebrows

retouched!

Brittany and I drove to the

Serendipity Boutique and Day Spa,

where I had an appointment with

Delinda at 2 p.m.. Upon entering

Serendipity, I was pleasantly surprised

by the lighting and lack of screams

from the private rooms. We met

Delinda, who promptly escorted us to

a private room with a massage table.

Delinda was obviously skeptical of

our intentions, and I couldn’t blame

her. Who knows how many times in

her career as a bikini waxer she has

to deal with creepy men who are

more concerned with being fondled

than hair removal? I explained my

situation with the Monitor, and told

her to treat me exactly as she would

treat her female customers. With an

eyebrow raised, she handed me a piece

of fabric about the size of a credit

card attached to a band of elastic and

said, “ Take off all of your clothes and

put this on.”

My look of dumbfounded horror

might have prompted her to change

her mind, saying that instead, we

could use a towel. There was a

washcloth lying on the table, and she

picked it up, saying “ This is what we

normally use, but do you think you’ll

need something bigger?” My hyper-

masculine ego wanted to say, Of

course I’ll need something bigger. Does

that work for most guys? but I assumed

Delinda considered me a borderline

creeper already, and I didn’t want to

push the envelope further. I nodded,

Delinda got me a towel, and she

stepped outside the room with a

snickering Brittany Talley.

Once I strategically had placed

the towel and presented myself

on the table like I was the subject

of an autopsy, I told them I was

ready. Delinda entered and begin to

prepare what appeared to be a large

paint bucket full of wax. We chatted

good-naturedly, almost as if I weren’t

naked and sprawled in f ront of her,

and it turns out that her daughter,

Kelsey Amara, goes to Jewell. What

an awkward conversation starter, I

thought to myself.

I’ll spare the details of the actual

procedure to prevent FCC censorship,

but it was surprisingly painless and

quick. In fact, by the end of it, I was

feeling proud of my pain threshold.

So, I asked Delinda to take a giant

strip off of my lower leg, where the

hair was thickest. I was expecting a

level of pain on par with the scene

of Steve Carell from The 40 Year-Old

Virgin, and I had planned in advance

to yell “Baaaah, Kelly Clarkson!”

at the top of my agonized voice.

Howe ver, that wasn’t that painful

either. I attribute this to Delinda’s

skill, but she remarked after the

procedure was over that I didn’t seem

to have any hair at all, and what I did

have was fine and easy to remove.

Finally, I felt avenged for all of the

awkward moments of high school as

a late bloomer. Who’s laughing now,

puberty?

Like most of the experiences I

profile, this one was not nearly as

excruciating as I had imagined. In

fact, I give Delinda sole credit for

my new self-confidence from the

attractive dollar bill-sized strip of

hairless skin on my leg. It’s difficult to

be a trendsetter, but somebody’s got

to do it. My newfound sexiness acts

almost as an epidural as I finish this

column, my 41st child. Even when

I’m stressed over next week’s column,

my 42nd labor of love, I’ ll look good

doing it.

three night stand weekend event

which will be held Oct. 5-7 and is

also free to the public.

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Cobb and Coleman head to ITA nationals

Men’s soccer third in HAAC

Cardinals fall

to 2-2 after loss

to MNU Pioneers

After a nail-biting battle against

rival Mid-America Nazarene

University, the William Jewell

College Cardinals are now at 2-2 for

the season.

“I felt we played well enough

to win,” head football coach Fran

Schwenk said. “ It was a great college

game, a great game to watch but a

very tough one to lose.”

The team has been throwing

more than in the past, and there is

more motion trip for the receiver.

As of now, the Cardinals are

running a funnel offense, with senior

quarterback Benny Palmer. In the

past, the team has run a pro-style

offense. In his 38 years of coaching,

Schwenk has changed his offensive

style many times. In the 1990s, the

team ran a pro-style offense and the

success was reflected in that decade

when his teams were in the playoffs

three times. Now, the team is running

a spread offense and is “hoping to be

back in the playoffs,” Schwenk said.

For now, Schwenk is leading the

team on a ver y strong pass/defense

tactic. The players are working on

passing with double practices to get

ready for the game. “They’re definitely

sly executing the system a lot better

than the last year. It is evident in

the plays. We’ve made a big enough

change the guys are trying to get a

feel for it.” With this ne w system in

place, the junior varsity has won their

second game of the season. They

beat Mid-America Nazarene 41-21

Monday night, moving their record

to 2-0.

For the varsity Cardinals that take

the field on Saturday afternoons,

Schwenk expects them to “win every

week and play well to win…we can

win on any given Saturday, and we

could’ve easily won those games [that

the Cardinals had previously lost]

had we just played a little bit better

and not beaten up on ourselves.”

To consolidate the team as one,

Schwenk takes the approach of not

yelling at his players. The men can

“ be ver y demanding on themselves

when they don’t play well” so not

lecturing or yelling at them shows

the players that Schwenk cares. “ We

want to challenge them to perform

their best,” he said.

The next game is tomorrow

at 1 p.m. at home against Avila

University.

Ajanta Raman can be reached at

ramana@william.jewell.edu

Ajanta Raman

Staff Writer

Senior running back Leon Wiggins makes a half-Heisman pose en route to a

down. The Cardinals were defeated by MidAmerica Nazarene this year, after

defeating them 27-24 in the home opener last year.

Kyle Rivas / Hilltop Monitor

Coach Chris Cissell has had his

own set of woes dealing with a team

consisting of a core group of guys

from last year’s squad.

“ We’re trying to keep things

together,” head coach Chris Cissell

said.

“We have 33 guys on the team…

in a typical game only 15 guys play.

We are trying to keep the team unity

and let everyone know they’re a part

of the team.”

Coming into the season, the

Cardinals already had suffered a

major loss, without midfielder Allan

Nekuda, who graduated in the fall of

2006. Nekuda is now a reserve player

for the Kansas City Wizards, the city’s

Major League Soccer team. Nekuda

Jonathan

Entzminger

Sports Editor

Senior Alison Cobb is making her fourth straight doubles

appearance at the ITA championships.

Kyle Rivas/Hilltop Monitor

The mens’ soccer team celebrates after their win over Central

Methodist.

Jewell volleyball defeated by Benedictine

Benedictine coached by former Cardinal assistant Mary Lile

With their 9-6 record heading into

Thursday, Cardinal Volleyball took

a hard attempt at game number 16

of the year. Through perseverance

the women were able to push the

Benedictine Ravens to a fifth game

after beginning the match down 0-2.

“[In] Game three and four we

became aggressive,” Alison Jones-

Olison, head women’s volleyball

coach,

said.

“ They

became aggressive,

and we were controlling the pace of

the game.”

On the opposite side of the floor,

was Ravens head coach Mary Lile,

former Jewell assistant volleyball

coach, had a squad that battled the

Cardinals vigorously, keeping speed

on every serve, set, bump and spike

on the court.

“We just knew we weren’t going

to lose,” Raven co-captain Christina

Raplinger said. “We have a goal this

year, to win conference.

We take every

game as a conference championship

game, and we were just not going to

lose.”

Jewell co-captain Nickey Crail saw

things from a different vantage point.

She said they only got them down the

first few games, and that they were

moving ahead on the Raven’s game.

“We really needed to serve

left Jewell with an all-time record of

50 career assists.

The Cardinals are 4-3 on the

season, after

an impressive

5-1

victory

over Central Methodist Wednesday

and a 2-0 victory on Saturday against

Missouri Baptist. This offensive

explosion comes after three straight

high scoring affairs in which the

Cardinals lost 3-2, 2-1 and 2-1.

“We have to be more confident in

front of the goal,” Cissell said. “It’s a

90 minute game. We can [still] score

late in the game.”

The Cardinals have more to look

forward to and can draw inspiration

from previous games. Earlier in the

season players had several reactions

to a loss at Park, who is currently

ranked 18th in the nation in the

National Association of Intercollegiate

Athletics Top 25 Coaches Poll.

“I think a lot of teams take it hard

and

go on a

losing

streak,” sophomore

midfielder Nash Waters said. “But

I think we are going to take it as

positively as possible and go out and

start winning games again and come

out on top.”

The Cardinals head into next week

unranked with 17 votes from the Top

25 Coaches’ Poll and a lot riding on

their momentum for the rest of the

season.

“The expectations are a lot higher

this year than last,” sophomore

midfielder Angel “Manny” Tovar

said. We only lost two seniors last

year. It’s basically the same team, so

the expectations are higher.”

Allison Cobb, senior, made William Jewell College history

by becoming the first Jewell tennis player to qualify for the

Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Tournament four

years in a row on September 21. Her partner, Nikki Chambers, is

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aggressive,” Crail said. “Sometimes

we weren’t serving aggressive to

them. They were passing the ball and

serving aggressive against us, and we

were not passing the ball.”

After a close match yesterday, the

Cardinals

will head to

the Lindenwood

tournament to battle

conference

rivals with much force.

“The two games they won they

stayed aggressive. They were hitting

the

ball

well—they

were taking us out

of our game for sure,” Lile said.

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only the second first-year tennis player from

Jewell to reach Nationals. The pair beat the top-

seeded doubles team 9-7 at the Small College

Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Regional

Championship, giving them the opportunity

to compete at the National Competition in

Mobile, Ala., Oct. 11-14.

“Allison was an absolute animal. She and

Nikki both were focused at that match,” Paul

Worstell, head tennis coach said. According

to Worstell, Cobb showed the results of three

years’ of experience working with her last

partner. She not only had the best serve game

of her life, she took on her leadership role in

the doubles pair with confidence.

“It was probably the best match I ever

played,” Cobb said. “We played really well

together.”

In addition to the challenges of the regional

championship, Cobb and Chambers also were

dealing with learning to work together as a

team. The regional competition was only the

second match the new partners had played

together.

“I was pleasantly surprised because I didn’t

know what to expect,” Worstell said.

As this doubles team prepares for Nationals,

the entire team is preparing for several more

matches in the coming weeks. This Wednesday

and Friday they are playing Truman State

University and Johnson County Community

College, respectively. According to Worstell,

these two teams will be good tests to prepare the

men’s and women’s tennis team for the Spring.

While during the Fall semester competitions

are based on individuals’ qualifications, in the

Spring semester the quality of the entire team

is the deciding factor in who wins.

“The team is going well,” Cobb said. “There

were some problems with cohesiveness this

past year, but this year seems like it’s really

coming together.”

The women’s tennis team’s next match is

tomorrow in Indianola, Iowa, against Buena

Vista University and Simpson College. The

next home game for men and women is

Wednesday against Truman State.

Rebekah Bouas can be reached at

boausr@william.jewell.edu

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Who: Cardinals vs. Avila University

When: 1 p.m. Saturday

Where: Greene Stadium