Clarion 2006-11-02 Vol. 82 No. 08

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NEWS
Exploring the issue
of body image in
Spain- page 2
VIEWS
Response to Jim
Wallis' views of
Christianity- page 3
SPORTS
Women's soccer ends
outstanding season
- page 10
nZEEZHEDOC
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Volume 82 • Number 8
Susie Brooks tells of her
search for a father's love
Photo by Jordan Groh
Susie Brooks speaks at "Hearing Many Voices" lecture through BCC.
By Steffanie Lindgren
Orphaned at the age of 6, separated from her
siblings and forced io live wilh abusive relatives,
Susie Aseka Brooks spent a lifetime searching for
the unconditional love only a father can give.
Brooks told people at the "Hearing Many Voices" lecture Thursday aboul her book and childhood in Kenya. After her mother died, Brooks was
told to forget about her three sisters and brother.
She recalled her emotions as a child, alone in the
world: "Wow, nobody really wants me."
Even while living at her aunt's abusive home.
Brooks was aware of some Christians around her.
When she was 11 or 12 years old. Brooks responded to an aliar call and asked Jesus into her
heart.
"1 thought being saved was the only way to
be loved," Brooks said. But Brooks did not experience love after answering the altar call. Her aunt
told her that she couldn't be saved; she didn'i deserve it. She slopped going to church and stopped
believing.
However, at age 17 or 18, Brooks encoun-
Brooks continued on page 8
A Battle won by Friends
Photo by Danica Myers
(From left to right) Marcus Miller, Matt Peterson and Devin Foley made up the winning band of Marcus Miller and Friends.
Trio of Marcus Miller and Friends takes crown of Battle of the Bands
"We just get together and jam
It's just total fun
-Marcus Miller
By Amanda Liilie
With one bongo drum, harmonica and guitar, Marcus Miller and Friends was the winner
of Saturday's Battle of the Bands.
The acoustic jam trio consisting
of guitarist Marcus Miller, bongo drummer Matt Peterson and
harmonica player Devin Foley
rocked Benson Hall with iheir
upbeat, yet chill, style.
Miller and Foley, both juniors, have
been playing together
since freshman year on
their dorm
floor. Peterson, a sophomore, began
jamming out
with them more recently, and all
three guys had a blast doing it.
'We jusl gel together and jam,"
Miller said. "It's just total fun."
Throughout the two-and-
a-half hour battle, three out of
eight bands earned the chance
to play a second song in the
finals. Second and third place
went io Sialic Display and Love
Love, respectively.
The other bands that
played—Aiming lor Aurora,
Jake Kuiper, Me Against the
Atlantic, Veni Vici, and Locally
Owned—each had unique musical aspects to contribute to the
variety of music heard throughout the evening. From a dancing
moogisi in Aiming for Aurora to
a singing drummer in Locally
Owned, talenl never ceased to
fill the stage.
Despite the differences in
each band's nerformances. most
of them seemed to embrace the
alternative rock genre as their
own. Jake Kuiper, who played
an acoustic set with a friend on
the bongos, and Marcus Miller
and Friends were the only completely acoustic gigs.
Me Against the Atlantic
and Static Display rocked boih
acousiic and electric guitars
during their performances. Me
Against the Atlantic broke out
of traditional
rock even more
with an upbeat,
slightly experimental feel to
their song.
Locally
Owned    added
another dimension    to    their
performance with a female keyboardist—the sole woman performer of any band.
Of the three finalist bands,
Static Display has played together the longest. The four-piece
band of Drew Robinson, Mason Norberg, Kevin Bondy and
Andrew Nelson has jammed together since seventh grade (with
the exception of Nelson). According to Bondy, they consider
themselves "alternative rock,"
and their lyrics put out a Christian message.
"We are a Chrislian band,"
Robinson said. "We don't do
this Tor us; it's a God thing."
Love Love, who received
third place, has been together
for the shortest amount of time.
The four-piece band consisting
of Chris and Andy Frost, Dan
Smith, and Daniel Jorgensen
has onlv been  together since
mow Dyuanica Myers
Many bands seemed to embracce th
last week. All four played with
at least one other band member
at some point, just never all al
once. However, almost all of
ihem have iheir own project besides Love Love.
None of the three placing
bands are entirely certain what
the future holds for them. Marcus Miller and Friends plan on
having fun. simply getting together and making music.
For Love Love, the future
"is whatever God has in siorc for
our lives," Jorgenson said.
Static Display might be
touring with another local band
next year.
Business
Students
respond to
car crash
By Amanda Liliie
Two Bethel students returning from a class field trip Oct.
24 aided the victims of a car accident in Minneapolis.
Jon Evans and Kyle Sanford, senior business majors,
were driving the 15-passenger
vans for iheir Global Marketing
trip to Cargill, Inc., when both
drivers spotted a branch falling
and smoke coming from a tree.
They pulled over to find
a minivan on its lefi side with
an elderly couple inside. When
they made sure that neither victim appeared to have injuries,
Evans and Sanford set to work
freeing them from the vehicle.
"I was kind of worried thai
the van would start on fire,"
Sanford said. "1 don't know if it
would've or not, but that's what
was going through my head."
The two students and another passerby climbed on top
of the van. Sanford climbed inside, unbuckled the passengers
and helped them climb out the
passenger door where Evans was
waiting to hand them down to
other students on the ground.
Although ihey were al the
scene for only a few minutes,
Evans and Sanford performed
important tasks at a very crucial
time. While they finished freeing the couple, emergency help
arrived.
"We were there within a
minuie of the crash," Evans
said. "The cops came about five
or seven minutes after we got
there and called them, so it was
really quick."
According to the students,
lhe elderly woman had Alzheimer's and was disoriented, and the
elderly man had been attending
to her when their van swerved
off the road and hit a tree.
Both appeared to be injury-free thanks to their air bags
and ihe siudenis' quick help,
so quick that Evans and Sanford didn't even get to learn the
victims' names before they re-
boarded the vans and returned
to campus.
Just days after the crash,
Evans still remembers how
much his adrenaline was rushing at the time.
"It's a weird thing," he said.
"You don't think twice aboul
doing it; you just do it."
Sanford agreed, and admitted lhat he doesn't remember
many details beyond the sound
of his partner's voice.
"Out of all the people, for
some reason when I got into
the van and I heard Jon's voice,
I wouldn't have expected anybody else to be there out of the
whole class," Sanford said. "I
know that's the kind of person
he is."
Still, boih students are
quick to deny any heroic status.
"I was just doing what I had
to do. I wasn'l worried about
anybody else around me," Evans said.
"I don't need a reward,"
Sanford agreed. "Everybody did
their part, so it worked out."
Vtoto by Danica Myers
Chris Frost sings original songs for the group LoveLove, coming in
second olace overall.