Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
May 6, 2004, Page 6
Football, volleyball and track seem to be the sports that draw in big crowds on the Doane campus. Many sports seem to go unnoticed by the students, staff and faculty.
The Doane tennis team is not a new addition to the multitude of sports offered, yet many students do not recognize that there is even a team offered at their college.
“I didn’t really know that we had an organized tennis team,” said sophomore Erin Zeller. “At least not a Doane-affiliated one.”
“We are not the most prominent sports team on campus, but tennis is more of a individual sport so we don’t have a huge following,” freshman tennis player Barrett Epp said. “It would be nice to have a little support from the campus though.”
With the many renovations happening on Doane campus, new facilities for the tennis team are not in high demand.
“We only have two courts that we can use, and one is so close to the building we really can’t hold a match on it,” Epp said.
With the end of another season, the team looks forward to new students coming in with more experience.
There were six players on this year’s team, and only three had previous experience playing tennis.
“I think that the tennis team could really bring a lot of fun and excitement to the campus if students knew what was out there,” said sophomore Jordan Kenyon.
Coach Pete Fiumefreddo was unable to be reached for comment.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Relay for Life to be held
Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
April 29, 2004, Page 1
The 3rd Annual Relay For Life walk will kick off at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Each team will have at least one representative walking throughout the entire night to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
“You don’t have to be on a team to walk,” said Faculty Advisor Rachel Schaefer. “It’s for everyone.”
Walking laps is not the only way that people can help raise money.
“Even if you’re not on a team, you can still make donations,” Chairperson Erin Cico said.
Relay For Life has grossed millions of dollars to fund cancer research. Doane is not only participating in the walk, but has other activities to help raise money as well.
Last Friday students participated in a Car Smash. Students paid $1 for three hits anywhere on the car. All proceeds made went to Relay For Life. A total of $159 was raised.
The evening will start at 5 p.m. with a tailgate dinner and will continue with games and activities throughout the night.
It will end at 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
Other fundraising activities include: basket auction, luminaries, 3rd Annual Miss Relay Pageant, and Jail’n’Bail.
Another organization on campus, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, has also helped with the cause.
The organization decided to auction off several males and whatever funds these gentlemen brought in would go directly into the Relay For Life account. One hundred and ninty dollars were raised through this activity.
This year there is Nebraska Wesleyan University challenged Doane to raise more money than them.
Cico said that the Doane and Crete communities have gotten more involved with Relay For Life each year.
“Most students don’t realize all treatments have come from the American Cancer Society,” Cico said. “We are a large part of that and it’s very important.”
Staff Writer
April 29, 2004, Page 1
The 3rd Annual Relay For Life walk will kick off at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Each team will have at least one representative walking throughout the entire night to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
“You don’t have to be on a team to walk,” said Faculty Advisor Rachel Schaefer. “It’s for everyone.”
Walking laps is not the only way that people can help raise money.
“Even if you’re not on a team, you can still make donations,” Chairperson Erin Cico said.
Relay For Life has grossed millions of dollars to fund cancer research. Doane is not only participating in the walk, but has other activities to help raise money as well.
Last Friday students participated in a Car Smash. Students paid $1 for three hits anywhere on the car. All proceeds made went to Relay For Life. A total of $159 was raised.
The evening will start at 5 p.m. with a tailgate dinner and will continue with games and activities throughout the night.
It will end at 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
Other fundraising activities include: basket auction, luminaries, 3rd Annual Miss Relay Pageant, and Jail’n’Bail.
Another organization on campus, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, has also helped with the cause.
The organization decided to auction off several males and whatever funds these gentlemen brought in would go directly into the Relay For Life account. One hundred and ninty dollars were raised through this activity.
This year there is Nebraska Wesleyan University challenged Doane to raise more money than them.
Cico said that the Doane and Crete communities have gotten more involved with Relay For Life each year.
“Most students don’t realize all treatments have come from the American Cancer Society,” Cico said. “We are a large part of that and it’s very important.”
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Review: Women possess qualities to lead
Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
April 22, 2004, Page 5
Women’s Rights activist Sarah Weddington shared her personal experiences in leadership positions with Doane students and the Crete community Tuesday evening.
“I believe leadership is the ability and willingness to leave your thumbprint on something that is important to you,” Weddington said.
A comfortable atmosphere was felt as the audience entered the auditorium. Weddington used anecdotal references throughout her conversation with the audience. With the addition of eye contact, minor giggles could be heard throughout her speech.
Weddington went to law school in Austin, Texas, where she was one of only five women in her class.
She served in the Texas House of Representatives and then in the White House, as the General Council of Agriculture under President Jimmy Carter.
Weddington’s biggest claim to fame is arguing the winning side of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. Supreme Court. Weddington described how she felt during that time and how it helped mold her into the leader she is today.
Weddington gave insightful words of advice of how to become a better leader, using examples from her life. She referred to a ski trip she took where, when she got to the bottom of a hill without falling, an instructor told her: “The only people who are ever good will always go faster than they can control. But those who fall down will learn better.”
“I like practice,” she said. “It means you don’t have to be perfect.”
Weddington said she became a leader in women’s issues primarily because they were limiting and they were interesting to her.
Staff Writer
April 22, 2004, Page 5
Women’s Rights activist Sarah Weddington shared her personal experiences in leadership positions with Doane students and the Crete community Tuesday evening.
“I believe leadership is the ability and willingness to leave your thumbprint on something that is important to you,” Weddington said.
A comfortable atmosphere was felt as the audience entered the auditorium. Weddington used anecdotal references throughout her conversation with the audience. With the addition of eye contact, minor giggles could be heard throughout her speech.
Weddington went to law school in Austin, Texas, where she was one of only five women in her class.
She served in the Texas House of Representatives and then in the White House, as the General Council of Agriculture under President Jimmy Carter.
Weddington’s biggest claim to fame is arguing the winning side of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. Supreme Court. Weddington described how she felt during that time and how it helped mold her into the leader she is today.
Weddington gave insightful words of advice of how to become a better leader, using examples from her life. She referred to a ski trip she took where, when she got to the bottom of a hill without falling, an instructor told her: “The only people who are ever good will always go faster than they can control. But those who fall down will learn better.”
“I like practice,” she said. “It means you don’t have to be perfect.”
Weddington said she became a leader in women’s issues primarily because they were limiting and they were interesting to her.
Friday, March 30, 2007
Food for ‘Life’
Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
April 8, 2004, Page 2
Eating out is just not for pleasure anymore. The Nebraska AIDS Project (N.A.P.) is hosting their annual “Dining Out for Life” fundraising event Tuesday. Anyone can go to participating area restaurants, and have a percentage of their meal donated to The Nebraska AIDS Project.
“I think it’s for a great cause”, said volunteer Ashlee Butts. “People can eat good food, and then donate a percent of their meal to the organization.”
Participating restaurants in Lincoln and Omaha will be offering 25-100 % of their breakfast, lunch or dinner bills to be donated.
“Last year across the country, ‘Dining Out for Life’ raised over $2 million”, Butts said. “All that money went directly into the programs, and to our clients.”
Customers at these restaurants may also make a cash donation, which can enter their name into a raffle. Raffle prizes include, but are not limited to: plane tickets, tickets to the symphony, etc.
“Dining Out for Life” is one of the many events that NAP organizes throughout the year. Other programs include: “AIDS walk Nebraska”, “Night of a Thousand Stars” and an art event, which features over 60 artists.
N.A.P. organizes food pantries for clients and their families. The organization has come to the Doane campus for free and confidential HIV/AIDS testing.
For more information about “Dining Out for Life” or The Nebraska AIDS Project, log on to www.nap.org or contact Ashlee Butts at: abutts@doane.edu.
“HIV/AIDS is a very scary thing”, Butts said. “The best thing a person can do is to learn about it and protect themself from it.”
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Amigos attacks late-night munchies
Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
April 1, 2004, Page 3
The munchies may come about at any time, and normally there are places for students to venture out and get something to eat. Sometimes, the munchies come at a time when there’s no place open to get something to eat. This is widely known as “Late-Night Munchies”, and Doane students have a place to go to solve this dilemma.
Amigos, located at 324 E. 13th Street, provides students with an outlet to ward away the munchies, which may come at an unsuspecting hour. The drive-thru is open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends.
“It brings in a lot of business for us,” Assistant Manager Miranda Rea said. “Burger King, Runza, and various other restaurants close around 10 p.m., and where else are students supposed to go when they get hungry?”
Many Doane students make trips down to Amigos frequently.
“I usually go to Amigos about once a week, because it’s fast and convenient,” sophomore Carrie Conrad said.
“My roommates and I would eat at Amigos so much, that I decided to give it up for Lent,” senior Shannon Ruble said.
Doane students play a big part in why Amigos keep such late hours.
“Each store is under the same chain, it sets it’s own hours,” Rea said. “During the summer when the college students aren’t here, we aren’t open as late.”
Whereas many students are worried about their diet and what they eat, it isn’t as big of a deal to others.
“I’m so glad that they stay open late,” freshman Zach Anderson said. “We need to eat, and they help us do that in a time of need.”
Students can get the munchies any time day or night. They may be caused by a number of things, such as: boredom, stress, hanging out with friends, or just being hungry.
Amigos has shed light on the predicament of late-night munchies and how to solve them.
Staff Writer
April 1, 2004, Page 3
The munchies may come about at any time, and normally there are places for students to venture out and get something to eat. Sometimes, the munchies come at a time when there’s no place open to get something to eat. This is widely known as “Late-Night Munchies”, and Doane students have a place to go to solve this dilemma.
Amigos, located at 324 E. 13th Street, provides students with an outlet to ward away the munchies, which may come at an unsuspecting hour. The drive-thru is open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and 3 a.m. on weekends.
“It brings in a lot of business for us,” Assistant Manager Miranda Rea said. “Burger King, Runza, and various other restaurants close around 10 p.m., and where else are students supposed to go when they get hungry?”
Many Doane students make trips down to Amigos frequently.
“I usually go to Amigos about once a week, because it’s fast and convenient,” sophomore Carrie Conrad said.
“My roommates and I would eat at Amigos so much, that I decided to give it up for Lent,” senior Shannon Ruble said.
Doane students play a big part in why Amigos keep such late hours.
“Each store is under the same chain, it sets it’s own hours,” Rea said. “During the summer when the college students aren’t here, we aren’t open as late.”
Whereas many students are worried about their diet and what they eat, it isn’t as big of a deal to others.
“I’m so glad that they stay open late,” freshman Zach Anderson said. “We need to eat, and they help us do that in a time of need.”
Students can get the munchies any time day or night. They may be caused by a number of things, such as: boredom, stress, hanging out with friends, or just being hungry.
Amigos has shed light on the predicament of late-night munchies and how to solve them.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
HSSC represents students at Doane
Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
Mar. 11, 2004, Page 3
Every community has a form of leadership or representation present. At Doane there is representation as well: Student Congress and the Hansen Student Steering Committee (HSSC).
“HSSC is a group of students chosen to help steer the Hansen Leadership Program in the right direction, in what they think the college should be focusing its attention on,” said Rachel Schaefer, associate director of HLP.
HSSC is a group of students who are nominated by faculty or staff members.
“At the previous two schools I was at before I came here, they had components of what HLP is to Doane,” HLP director Jim Hermelbracht said. “But it was never a set program.”
In the past, HSSC has been involved in many aspects of leadership on campus.
They were strongly involved in the Relay for Life campaign and select programs and speakers for Doane.
“Doane's philosophy is that everyone is a leader,” Hermelbracht said. “This program is great because students don’t have to enroll in it, it’s open to everyone.”
Staff Writer
Mar. 11, 2004, Page 3
Every community has a form of leadership or representation present. At Doane there is representation as well: Student Congress and the Hansen Student Steering Committee (HSSC).
“HSSC is a group of students chosen to help steer the Hansen Leadership Program in the right direction, in what they think the college should be focusing its attention on,” said Rachel Schaefer, associate director of HLP.
HSSC is a group of students who are nominated by faculty or staff members.
“At the previous two schools I was at before I came here, they had components of what HLP is to Doane,” HLP director Jim Hermelbracht said. “But it was never a set program.”
In the past, HSSC has been involved in many aspects of leadership on campus.
They were strongly involved in the Relay for Life campaign and select programs and speakers for Doane.
“Doane's philosophy is that everyone is a leader,” Hermelbracht said. “This program is great because students don’t have to enroll in it, it’s open to everyone.”
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
‘Passion’ engulfs Doane community
Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
Mar. 4, 2004, Page 4
This year’s Ash Wednesday was somewhat different than years past. Mel Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” opened in theaters Feb. 25 to a multitude of mixed emotions. Conversations have been started nation and campus-wide of conflicting views about the movie’s accuracy, graphic nature, and overall appeal to audiences.
“I was very cautious about the movie at first,” Greg Madsen, head pastor at Crete Berean Church said. “Knowing the direction movies in Hollywood are taken, and how this one would be portrayed— I wondered if it would be truthful or not.”
“The Passion of the Christ” is an epic film displaying the last 12 days of Christ’s life here on Earth. The storyline is adapted from composite accounts of The Passion assembled from the four biblical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It [The Passion] was filmed entirely in Italy, and is spoken in Aramaic and Latin, with English subtitles.
The film is constantly in the public’s eye and under scrutinization. By breaking it down, students and staff can see that even though this topic is nationally discussed, it applies to their lives as a college community too.
The movie is spreading by word of mouth across campus like a wildfire in the brush, creeping its way into everyday conversations.
“It’s a good conversation starter for all students,” said Jeff Hagaman, Doane College Chaplin said. However, as conversation is a positive example that this film has brought about, conflict is not.
Even though Doane is a private Christian campus, discussions that are faith related, do not seem to be brought about in everyday conversation. This movie has given the students and the staff an opportunity to have their own voice and state their opinions about the film.
“This movie really can be for everyone,” says Kirk Kingston, associate pastor at Crete Berean Church. “For those who are interested in history, the movie provides excellent historical documentation; and for those who want to know more of God, it gives you that, too.”
Newman Club Sponsor Kathy Springer said that the movie should affect people on campus.
“Doane does not work in a vacuum, and so the Doane community should be just as affected as the ‘outside’ world by our Lord’s sacrifice for our sins, whether they see it on screen or read it in the Bible,” Springer said.
Senior Mary Hagemann, a member of the missionary team for FCA said that the movie was very visual.
“It (“The Passion) makes everything visual and understandable for everyone to see, whether they believe or not,” Hagemann said.
While many people have said the movie was powerful and influential, it doesn’t mean this is the only opinion. The movie may just be one person’s idea of what faith is, and everyone else has to figure out what it means to him or her.
“Doane is a liberal arts college, and taking this movie from that view point— it can apply to everyone,” Kingston said. “It affects each person in it’s own and different way.”
Students and staff members had their own opinions about the movie, after watching it.
“If I were a movie critic, I would say skip the movie and read ‘the book’,” Hagaman said.
“The Passion of the Christ” will be showing at the Rivoli Theater in Seward the week of March 19-26, at which time it will come to the Isis Theater at 139 W. 13th Street.
It is also playing in Douglas 3, East Park and Edgewood Theatres in Lincoln.
Staff Writer
Mar. 4, 2004, Page 4
This year’s Ash Wednesday was somewhat different than years past. Mel Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ,” opened in theaters Feb. 25 to a multitude of mixed emotions. Conversations have been started nation and campus-wide of conflicting views about the movie’s accuracy, graphic nature, and overall appeal to audiences.
“I was very cautious about the movie at first,” Greg Madsen, head pastor at Crete Berean Church said. “Knowing the direction movies in Hollywood are taken, and how this one would be portrayed— I wondered if it would be truthful or not.”
“The Passion of the Christ” is an epic film displaying the last 12 days of Christ’s life here on Earth. The storyline is adapted from composite accounts of The Passion assembled from the four biblical Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. It [The Passion] was filmed entirely in Italy, and is spoken in Aramaic and Latin, with English subtitles.
The film is constantly in the public’s eye and under scrutinization. By breaking it down, students and staff can see that even though this topic is nationally discussed, it applies to their lives as a college community too.
The movie is spreading by word of mouth across campus like a wildfire in the brush, creeping its way into everyday conversations.
“It’s a good conversation starter for all students,” said Jeff Hagaman, Doane College Chaplin said. However, as conversation is a positive example that this film has brought about, conflict is not.
Even though Doane is a private Christian campus, discussions that are faith related, do not seem to be brought about in everyday conversation. This movie has given the students and the staff an opportunity to have their own voice and state their opinions about the film.
“This movie really can be for everyone,” says Kirk Kingston, associate pastor at Crete Berean Church. “For those who are interested in history, the movie provides excellent historical documentation; and for those who want to know more of God, it gives you that, too.”
Newman Club Sponsor Kathy Springer said that the movie should affect people on campus.
“Doane does not work in a vacuum, and so the Doane community should be just as affected as the ‘outside’ world by our Lord’s sacrifice for our sins, whether they see it on screen or read it in the Bible,” Springer said.
Senior Mary Hagemann, a member of the missionary team for FCA said that the movie was very visual.
“It (“The Passion) makes everything visual and understandable for everyone to see, whether they believe or not,” Hagemann said.
While many people have said the movie was powerful and influential, it doesn’t mean this is the only opinion. The movie may just be one person’s idea of what faith is, and everyone else has to figure out what it means to him or her.
“Doane is a liberal arts college, and taking this movie from that view point— it can apply to everyone,” Kingston said. “It affects each person in it’s own and different way.”
Students and staff members had their own opinions about the movie, after watching it.
“If I were a movie critic, I would say skip the movie and read ‘the book’,” Hagaman said.
“The Passion of the Christ” will be showing at the Rivoli Theater in Seward the week of March 19-26, at which time it will come to the Isis Theater at 139 W. 13th Street.
It is also playing in Douglas 3, East Park and Edgewood Theatres in Lincoln.
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