The time is now for the Students' Association to be the students' voice. Many members of the student body agree that something is wrong with Chapel, but agreement ends there. Some don't like the idea of a possible grading scale for Chapel. Others don't like break-out Chapels. Those who organized the alternate chapel Tuesday think students aren't ... [Read More…]
True worship – letting God take control
I'm a senior here, about to start working on my fifth year. I was here during the time that most people currently call the "good days" of Chapel. I remember during those times that there were just as many upset letters pouring into the Optimist every week complaining about Chapel issues, all of them with a similar theme. Some students seemed to ... [Read More…]
Chapel officials speak before SA: Carter, Barnard explain setup, plan, committees
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief In a standing-room-only auditorium, the formulators of day-to-day Chapel policy met with more than 100 students to explain various Chapel decisions made since August. Brad Carter, director of Chapel programming, and Wayne Barnard, dean of Campus Life, presented facts, figures and data to the Students' ... [Read More…]
Bills on Chapel, info are taken up
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief Congress kicked into high gear Wednesday night with a new system for passing bills into law, a highly publicized Chapel presentation, a freedom of information act and an impeachment. After hearing from Chapel administrators, the Students' Association got down to business with president Jeremy Smith announcing ... [Read More…]
Displeasure up with Chapel absences
Students are expressing their displeasure with Chapel in more ways than through Students' Association meetings or letters to the editor. They're expressing it through their Chapel attendance-or lack of it. Among the flood of data presented at Tuesday's all-faculty meeting and Wednesday's Students' Association meeting, Brad Carter and Wayne Barnard ... [Read More…]
Chapel leaders to go before SA: Carter, Barnard will present 5-year plan, answer questions
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The two men most directly responsible for changing day-to-day Chapel policy will appear before the Students' Association at its meeting Wednesday night to answer student questions. The meeting, which is open to all undergraduate students, will feature Brad Carter, director of Chapel programming, and Wayne ... [Read More…]
Chapel credit not tied to GPA: Grade scale the ‘front-runner’ among attendance options
By Paul A. Anthony, Editor in Chief The term "academic credit" was clarified this week by those in charge of deciding future Chapel policies as the committee in charge of changing long-term policy began to discuss possible changes. Although found in the Campus Life office's five-year plan for Chapel, the term "academic credit" does not ... [Read More…]
Worship involves life, not mimic of church
The Chapel Programming Team desires to move Chapel in a more worship-based direction. The Chapel Programming Team and I seem to have two different definitions of worship. Right now Chapel nearly mimics what we do in church. We sing, pray, read scripture and listen to a speaker. Is this all there is to worship? Is worship confined to what we do ... [Read More…]
Team needs students
If the office of Campus Life really wants its vision to succeed, there has to be more student input than just three or four students on the Chapel Task Force and Chapel Programming Team. Chapel needs to get back to being student-friendly. There has to be some compromise between what the students want Chapel to be and what the administration wants ... [Read More…]
Students should have a say in direction of Chapel
Because the SA executive officers do not have a stand on the issues surrounding Chapel, I thought I would share my views. I believe it is the students' opinion that the administration should take into consideration. But heaven forbid the administration actually listen to the students on issues that affect them and not the administration. ... [Read More…]