Written by Lori Worpel Staff Writer lori@saupulse.com On Wednesday, May 4th, from 7:00-9:30, Sacred Grounds Coffee hosted their very first Open Mic Night. Brianna Fairhurst and Ryan Williams, two Sacred Grounds baristas, started off the night with a song by the Civil Wars. After talking with Jen Houston, manager of Sacred Grounds, about the evening, [...]
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Upholding a tradition: an editorial
Tradition. Or “TRADITION!” (Fiddler on the Roof anyone?) Tradition also composes one fourth of our campus’ Wesleyan Quadrilateral. It’s been integrated into the culture of our campus for years and has therefore become a part of who we are. So why is it that we seem to be lacking in it? Other than events such [...]
“The Noble Lord”: a comedy in one act
“The Noble Lord,” a comedy in one act written by Percival Wilde, opened tonight in the Prop Shop on Spring Arbor University’s campus. The play was a senior project directed by Rachel Eklund. Freshman Levi Norris, sophomore Callie Cothern, and junior Nathan Drake starred in the three character play. Clark Cothern, a 2010 alum of [...]
Holy Week Worship Service
Spring Arbor, Mich. – On Mon. Apr. 18, the Master of Arts in Spiritual Leadership and Formation (MSLF) program hosted a worship night in the Spring Arbor Free Methodist Chapel featuring modern worship songs and a more traditional style liturgy song as well as spoken liturgy prayer. The night was in recognition of Holy Week. [...]
Harvest Spice Gluten-Free Pumpkin Bars
1 box Betty Crocker Gluten Free yellow cake mix 1 can (15oz.) pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie mix) 1/2 c. butter (or margarine), softened 1/4 c. water 2 t. ground cinnamon 1/2 t. ground ginger (optional) 1/4 t. ground cloves (optional) 3 eggs 1 container cream cheese frosting 1/4 c. chopped walnuts, if desired Preheat oven [...]
Is Truth Just for Christmas?
“Love Actually” is a movie portraying several lives of people who have either lost love, found love, are bitter toward love, or just want superficial love. Anyone who has seen the movie will know that one of the characters is in love with his best friend’s wife. Toward the end he tells her, via poster [...]
Editorial: Juan Williams Wrongly Fired for Opinion
Juan Williams was recently fired from National Public Radio (NPR) for “telling the truth.” “The truth is that I worry when I am getting on an airplane and see people dressed in garb that identifies them first and foremost as Muslims,” wrote Williams in an article for Fox News. He was afraid of something, stated [...]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Review
On Nov. 4, 5, 6, 11, 12 and 13, Spring Arbor University Professor Jen Letherer and SAU students put on an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in the Prop Shop on SAU’s main campus. The performance, a 1950s era high school adaption, proved to be a hilarious and interesting interpretation of Shakespeare’s [...]
Ganton Art Gallery Senior Show
On Sunday, Nov. 7, Spring Arbor University’s Art Department opened a new exhibit in Ganton Art Gallery featuring senior artists Phil Selander, Dayna Beth Ulberg and Ashley Benkert, each displaying about 30-35 pieces. Selander, a graphic design major, featured graphic art pieces ranging from advertisements to album artwork to children’s book illustrations. His work was [...]
An experimental halloween
Spring Arbor University’s (SAU) Science Department experimented with something new this year. On Wednesday evening, Oct. 27, Dr. Tom Kuntzleman and his general chemistry students put on an event where kids from the community came to Whitman-Gibbs dressed in their Halloween costumes to participate in kid-friendly experiments including frozen graham crackers and alien eggs. “This [...]
Worship Albums That Aren’t “Worship”
“Young Mountain” by “This Will Destroy You” The group “This Will Destroy You” is one of the many post/progressive rock bands that celebrate everything about life simply by playing music. They’ve discovered that you don’t have to worship through words; it’s fine to worship through just music. Birds don’t talk do they? And trees, what [...]
Jazzistry
Jazz + History + Artistry = Jazzistry. For the jazz fans in the Spring Arbor and Jackson community, there will be a jazz event hosted by Spring Arbor University on February 26, 2010. From 3:50-5:00pm in White Auditorium, Ann Arbor jazz artist and founder of Jazzistry, Vincent York, will go through the history of jazz [...]
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