Volume: 86 Issue: 21


Saying Adieu to Two Teachers

Volume:
86,
Issue:
21
Author:
Brianna Schenkelberg
On-Campus

Exciting events and changes will be happening this summer: graduates finding the perfect job, students experiencing work at summer camp, family vacations, some might even be celebrating National Hobo Week in August. Change is inevitable and Union is no exception.

As much as I would love to tell you that we are finally getting an outdoor pool or the girls’ dorm is getting an elevator, this is not true. Instead we will be saying goodbye at the end of this semester to two fantastic Union professors: Don Abbey and Lorri Merchant.

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Grace and Peace: Obey

Volume:
86,
Issue:
21
Author:
James Mello
Religion

To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood. -Revelation 1:5b

I was sitting in the pew minding my own business one Wednesday night when my pastor asked our congregation a simple question:

“How much do you love Jesus?”

Well, that one’s easy, I said. We love Him a whole lot, of course.

“Yes, but how much? With 50% of your heart? 75%? 100%?”

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Immunodeficiency of the Soul

Volume:
86,
Issue:
21
Author:
Mary Erickson
Around the World

“My skin de hot me very much and my head, it de pain me toooo much!” I began to process the Pidgin he spoke, it sounded like a pretty typical complaint, rashes and a headache. I started to write in his “medical book”, which was actually a small notebook sporting “Dora the Explorer” on the cover. The man was in his late 50’s and appeared fragile and emaciated.

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Project Glass: The Hands-Free Future

Volume:
86,
Issue:
21
Author:
Mark McLachlan
Technology

There’s a new video making its rounds on the Internet that I’m sure many of you reading this have seen. The video is shot from a first person point of view, and basically shows a guy going through various events in his day. Digitally overlaid on this footage is a virtual mockup of something that could very well be one of the most impressive advancements in consumer technology in recent years.

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Amber Waves of Righteousness

Volume:
86,
Issue:
21
Author:
Scott Larsen
Cultural/Environmental

A pair of roller-skates, a two-by-four, a few nails, and tenacity—the first recipe for the cultural phenomenon known as skateboarding, which was created by surfers in the 1950s who were looking to take their passion to the streets of their west coast beach towns. The sport has since grown into a multi-billion dollar industry and has even managed to find its way to the righteous gold and amber waves of Nebraska.

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Western Banquet to be Held April 22 at Historic Barns

Volume:
86,
Issue:
21
Author:
Kelly Phipps
Special Interest

Giddy up Unionites, it’s going to be a daisy of a banquet.

On April 22 at 4 p.m., the official ASB spring banquet will take place at the Historic Barns at Lied Lodge in Nebraska City (about a 45 minute drive away). The theme this spring is Western. So be creative and find your inner cowboy or cowgirl.

Entertainment features a Tree Adventure, in which teams of students can go through a maze of trees while hunting for hidden gnomes. The first team to find all the gnomes and get out of the maze will get a baby tree to plant.

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Clocktower Poll

Senate Update

Last Senate meeting on Feb. 6th, I presented a midyear financial update to the senators. The ASB budget this year is $181,800 and as of Feb 6th approximately 50.8% of that budget has been exhausted.

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