The Hunger Games does not live up to its potential
I think it’s important to begin this review by stating my philosophy of viewing films adapted from books. To me, the statement, “The book was better than the movie” is inherently flawed, because it assumes ...
Student wellness center to host Health Fair
The Health Fair is back for a grand return. On Wednesday, April 11, the Student Health Center will be hosting the Health Fair. The event begins at 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. with drawing lab ...
Grace continues its partnership with Urban Hope in Philadelphia
On March 7, a bus full of 18 Grace students drove 13 hours to spend the week in Philadelphia. The week was full of soul food and real Philly cheese steak, but the students came ...
Go Encounter: Ireland
Jordan Weddle would not have been able to tell you last semester that he would be chosen as the student leader for Ireland Go Encounter trip or that he would end up dancing in the ...
Go Encounter: England
I had never been out of the country before, unless one counts two short trips to Canada, which I do not. Excitement over the eight-hour flight made me nervous all the night before, and I ...
Go Encounter: Brazil
Nine individuals traveled to Brazil over spring break to work with Encompass World Partners missionaries Bruce and Lisa Triplehorn and to experience Brazilian culture. “Bruce and Lisa Triplehorn have been working in Brazil for 22 ...
Learning about Korean life: The Hangul Club
If you want to learn about Korea, you don’t have to travel a thousand miles across the ocean or watch a movie by yourself. You can learn about Korean life directly from Chanwoo Moon, an ...
Are you finishing well, or sprinting to the end?
The end of the year is coming. You can visualize it in your mind; the chalk of the white finish line becomes clearer and nearer with each passing weekend. The temptation of the new 8-week ...
Prejudice: it’s a heart issue, not a skin issue
I love learning about other people, and there is insatiable desire within me to learn about other cultures. I’m an intercultural studies minor. I wish I would have been a major, but I made a ...
Pain is a necessary part of life
We humans are afflicted by memories. The slightest smell or sound, touch or sight can launch us back to another place, a different time when we were different people. The best memories are sweet, but ...
Addressing our entitlement mentality
When I arrived at Welcome Weekend 2008 as an eager freshman, my view of the Christian life included the descriptive words perfect, happy, easy, and blessed. This view was disproved quickly because of my exposure ...
A few quick tips for dealing with burnout
At a certain point in the semester, the engine runs out of steam, the new grows old, and syllabus shock melts into syllabus apathy. Your brain has been fried flatter than Kansas, which has been ...