The news broke in December 2011. “Ryan Braun tests positive for performance enhancing drugs” As fans, there is an assumption that we know him; that he wouldn’t do something like that. But when bad news breaks the first question is how much do we really know about him?
I discovered the book in January, less than three years after returning from my second two-week trip to Zambia, Africa. Arise: Live Out Your Faith on Whatever Field You Find Yourself from the Major Leagues to Africa combined three things I value most: baseball, God and Zambia. It instantly became a must read. Ann Higginbottom,Read more
I was in elementary school when I hit bottom for the first time. No child wants to sit down with his or her parents and sibling and hear, “Your dad and I won’t be married anymore.” They would explain it in the simplest terms to allow my young brain to grasp the concept of divorce.Read more
This is the screenplay created for the A Player to Be Named Later video. It was written by Michael Gearhart and Katie Wheeler with help from myself.
This video was created based on my paper, A Player to be Named Later. It was created by one of my classmates, Katie Wheeler. Katie was awarded an Eclipse Award for this video. The Eclipse Awards are sponsored by WKTV, the West Michigan Film and Video Alliance (WMFVVA) and the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM).Read more
How a Definition Changed Communication is defined as the imparting or exchanging of information or news (McKean, 2005). My definition is a little bit different. It has always been different because communication has been so much a part of my life. Before coming to Spring Arbor, I would define communication as any interaction with someone,Read more
“Congratulations” was spread all over the Facebook wall of one of my close friends. It didn’t take long to deduce that she was engaged. Her phone call to me that followed hours later was filled with excitement for her upcoming nuptials. I jumped for joy for her and the desire to plan my own non-existentRead more
We were standing outside on the porch of the home I grew up in. The door was still red in color. The shutters were black and starting to fade. My favorite spot during the summer nights – the porch swing – was still hanging there with a blanket lying over the back of it. MyRead more
CAST IAN, EMMA’s husband, co-worker/friend to CAYDEN EMMA, IAN’s wife CAYDEN, co-worker/friend to IAN ACT I Scene 1 (The stage lights are dimmed to show a worn leather couch and a coffee table. The coffee table is littered with napkins and a half empty pizza box. Four empty beer bottles sit on the outsidesRead more
As I baked Christmas cookies with my mom and spent days celebrating with delicious meals and a few too many cans of pop, I couldn’t be happier to know that starting January 5 I was going to be taking “gym” again. I’ve been dying to find a workout routine that works for what I considerRead more
Purpose: To inform my audience about why Rory Gilmore’s speech at her graduation is effective
Purpose: To inform the audience of my love for words and why they are so important to me.
Purpose: To inform the audience about the changes that Facebook has made and compare them to the features of Twitter and Google+. To analyze whether or not these changes are pushing users towards the other social media networks.
Purpose: To tell the story of how much baseball is a part of the person that I am.
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