Putting a trip as memorable and life changing as the Greece Cross Cultural trip is seems like an impossible task. There were so many moments where I thought, “I never want to forget being here with my new and old friends.” There is so much information sitting in the crevices of my mind that thereRead more
You have been so focused on school and homework that you decided to hit the snooze an extra time and sleep in instead of eating breakfast. Last night, when you were studying you reached for a can of pop and a candy bar instead of a glass of water and an apple. Making healthy decisionsRead more
Mary Kay products have made their way into the cosmetic bag and bathroom drawers of women across the world. With sales reaching $2.5 billion, Mary Kay relies on independent beauty consultants to sell their products. Anna Hayward has been one of those independent beauty consultants since May 1998. Her time as a Mary Kay consultantRead more
My journey through life began when I was born on July 20, 1991. When I was born I had a bruise on the bottom of my foot and my parents thought that I would be an athlete. At just three months old I went to my first Detroit Tigers game. I’ve been a fan everRead more
“Question. Question number one. Question.” Every Wednesday between 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. a large group of sixth through twelfth graders meets in room 210 of the Spring Arbor Free Methodist Church to practice for Bible quizzing. Sharon Burns and Suzanna McGraw are leaders of the Bible quizzing program. They have the help of sevenRead more
I would have to say that the most important lesson that I have learned throughout Core is to not go through the motions of my daily life, that includes the spiritually, emotional and physical aspects of the day. Each day should have a purpose and I should always be working toward achieving those purposes, dayRead more
There was an American Revolution, a French Revolution and now Shane Claiborne is calling for an Irresistible Revolution in his book titled The Irresistible Revolution Living as an Ordinary Radical. The type of revolution Claiborne is talking about can only start with love. The same unconditional love God has for His creation is the loveRead more
This book has sold over 44 million copies nationwide, made $61.2 million on it’s first day in theaters on November 19 and in it’s opening weekend produced $125.1 million. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is now a movie.
With a blanket in hand, it was a long a walk to the sophomore parking lot, where Katie Wheeler would join her friends and head to Western High School. On November 18, the intramural football Super Bowl was happening at Western High, underneath the lights of the football field.
I started as an assistant coach for the Bible Quizzing program at Spring Arbor Free Methodist church for this paper. We meet once a week on Wednesdays for a little over an hour. My job was to work with another assistant coach and a team of three girls and work on how to memorize JohnRead more
Students are sitting outside on blankets working on homework; they have shed their sweatshirts and jackets in for t-shirts all because of sunshine and high temperatures. It’s November and instead of feeling like a cold fall day in Michigan, it feels like a late summer day in August. Chad Philson said, “I’m so happy it’sRead more
Faith Like Potatoes is a movie about a Scottish farmer, named Angus, living in Zambia. This was during the time Zambians were at war with each other and they were killing white farmers throughout the nation. He decided that he needed to move his family to South Africa where farmers were doing better and wereRead more
Spring Arbor athletics isn’t the only group of athletes that have spent time raising awareness for breast cancer. High school athletic programs are doing it. College athletics are doing it. Professional athletics are doing it.
A normal conversation about boys and families had gone from just fun to serious. Mary Davis asked her close group of friends, “How do you enter into a relationship when you’ve seen your parent’s relationships struggle?” One friend has parents who were separated for about a year. Another has parents who seem to have fallenRead more
A sand volleyball courts rests between the walls of Gainey and Lowell residence halls and on the cold fall nights, the women on Spring Arbor’s campus play intramurals there. It almost seems that men’s intramural sports take precedent over the women’s sports. Men’s soccer starts at 4:00 p.m. and ends around 6:00 p.m. During theRead more
Once we arrived in Chicago we split up into two groups. One group visited La Villita Community Church and the other visited Lawndale Community Church. Before the groups switched they met at Lou Malnati’s for Chicago style pizza. At La Villita, pastor Victor spoke to us about the neighborhood and the area surrounding the church.Read more
Combine the students of Spring Arbor University with free t-shirts, games, contests, the men and women’s basketball teams, and the late hours of the evening and you get Midnight Madness. There were 75 free Cougar Crazies t-shirts that were given out. The t-shirts are yellow with blue printing. They read, “Cougar Crazies Home Field Advantage.”Read more
Pink t-shirts, pink jackets, and pink jerseys were all a part of the women’s soccer game on Sept. 28. Fans were encouraged to wear pink and show their support for breast cancer research. The Lady Cougars even wore pink jerseys. The game was against the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats, one of Spring Arbor’s conference rivals. SinceRead more
Class at 7:45 a.m., chapel at 10 a.m., lunch at noon, class at 1 p.m., and dinner at 5 p.m., when will there be time to study and go to campus events? This is the question that most freshmen that attend Spring Arbor University (SAU) must face on a daily basis. From events with yourRead more
Relationships that are Changing, Absolutely. I chose two relationships that really needed work. One was with my brother and the other is with my second roommate since I am living in a triple and get along way better with the other roommate. Both relationships were rocky coming into the school year and any improvement wouldRead more