On May 1, Spring Arbor University’s (SAU’s) German club wrapped up their year together with fond memories and plans for the future. “It was a great year; tolles jahr,” said Professor Bowen, the faculty leader of the German club. Bowen is a 37 year veteran of teaching German. He previously taught at Northwest Schools in [...]
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Voiles and Wyse share plans for the next year
Matt Voiles and Lydia Wyse, recent winners of the Student Government Association (SGA) election, are looking toward the future. Voiles, a junior, and Wyse, a sophomore, have shown they know how to work as a team. They even finish each other’s sentences. Wyse started speaking about their new positions and said, “It hasn’t sunk in [...]
“Mirror Mirror” movie review
The fairest of them is once again on the run from an evil queen (Julia Roberts). In honor of the 200th anniversary of the fairy tale “Snow White” the director Tarsem Singh, who also directed “The Fall,” took the challenge of recreating this well-loved story. The movie demonstrates Singh’s mastery of costume and color. The [...]
Downtown Jackson
A common misconception around Spring Arbor University (SAU) is that Jackson County is devoid of any entertainment, history or good shops to wander through on the weekends. It has even been said that the cultural life is “anemic.” Although the occasional ghost town feel of Jackson makes this misconception understandable, this belief simply isn’t true. [...]
How to be a “Starr”
“You can’t make a living writing, but you can make a killing.” These were the words of Melvin R. Starr, author of the Hugh de Singleton chronicles who visited Dr. Daniel Runyon’s fiction writing class on Wednesday, April 18. Starr encouraged the writers to persevere through the trials of writing and publishing their first novel. [...]
Portrait of a Teacher-Artist: Bill Bippes
“Spring Arbor’s Art Department is the best kept secret in the world,” said Professor Bill Bippes. The long-time Spring Arbor University (SAU) professor celebrated the opening of his exhibit “Bill Bippes: Four Decades of Teaching” on Saturday, April 14. The exhibit celebrates both Bippes’s career and the successes of SAU Art Department alumni while simultaneously [...]
The Other D.C.: Santorum Withdraws
On Tuesday, April 10, Rick Santorum announced that he will be withdrawing from the race for Republican presidential nomination. During the press conference held at the Gettysburg Hotel in Gettysburg, Pa, Santorum said, “We made a decision over the weekend that, while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend [...]
Crimes of the Heart
On March 29, 30 and 31, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize winning play about understanding the real meaning of family and sanity will be presented in Spring Arbor University’s (SAU) Prop Shop. Professor Jen Letherer is directing “Crimes of the Heart.” “Crimes of the Heart” is a black comedy, meaning the story finds humor in a [...]
Contraceptive Laws in the Christian College Realm
On March 16, the Obama administration announced a new draft of the health care reform law on mandatory contraceptive availability that makes new allowances for religiously affiliated universities. Under the Affordable Care Act and being spurred on by the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS), the law states that employers must cover birth control [...]
Book Smart
As I’m sure you are all ravenously devouring classic literature during this Reading Month, I’m flattered that you would tear your eyes away from Lizzy and Mr. Darcy (or more likely, Bella and Edward) in order to read about one visionary poet from the small suffering country of Equatorial Guinea. Coming from a long history [...]
“Downton Abbey”: The Aristocracy of American Television
This takes some humility to admit, but I’m a bit of an Anglophile. As much as I would love to think of myself as a sort of British-loving hipster, I must admit that I am far from alone in wondering if America being requisitioned by its historic motherland would be a bad thing. Personally, I [...]
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