Editor’s Notebook: Please, learn from my internship blunders

I did a copy editing internship at The Grand Rapids Press this summer, and yes, it was great.
But if you want to walk the narrow road that leads to Intern Paradise, don’t get your stint the way I got mine.
I learned a hard lesson that can be summed up in two words: don’t wait.
Mistake [...]

Our View: Chapel changes helping or hurting small groups?

In 2005, Cornerstone students were required to attend 40 chapels per semester. The number was reduced to 25 the next year, with 14 of those 25 credits available through small group attendance. This semester the chapel credit structure was changed again. Now, small group attendance can account for five of the 25 required chapel credits, [...]

The Herald wins 14 MPA awards

The 2008 verdict is in: The Herald won 14 Michigan Press Association College Newspaper Contest awards, including 1st place General Excellence for Division II.
Thirteen other awards The Herald won were 2nd place Investigative Reporting for Laurie Hekman’s “Campus Safety uses e-bay to solve theft”; 1st place Overall Newspaper Design; 1st place News Page Design; 1st [...]

Bill Knott becomes VP of Advancement

Bill Knott began Nov. 3 as the senior vice president for University Advancement and brings a wealth of experience to his new position at Cornerstone.
Knott and his family have lived in Zeeland, Mich. for the past nine years, but he has worked at several organizations before settling in the Midwest. While working as the senior [...]

Wittmer finds middle ground in new book

Reflecting his love for 1980s pop songs, Michael Wittmer recently wrote a book entitled “Don’t Stop Believing: Why Living Like Jesus Is Not Enough,” published on Nov. 5 by Zondervan.
Wittmer is a professor of systematic theology at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He started working at GRTS in 1996 as an adjunct professor and became full-time [...]

Unemployment and the soul

During the Great Depression 25% of the labor force was without work. People were standing in long lines for bread or soup, and it was not until the beginning of WWII that the unemployment rate fell below 10%. Today, most economists would not expect the U.S. to relive this scenario due to the expanded roles [...]

Editor’s Notebook: Hope in the midst of change

You’ve been hearing about it for months, and now the time has come for America to watch it unfold.
I don’t care what political paradigm you associate yourself with. You cannot deny that the result of the Nov. 4 election will be exactly what the president-elect promised throughout his campaign.
Change.
I firmly believe that change needs to [...]

Student Testimony: Ashley DeWitt

I grew up in a wonderful, tight-knit Christian family, full of love and laughter and quirks. But unfortunately that did not completely remove us from the realm of struggles and difficult experiences.  When I was four years-old, my older sister was diagnosed with a degenerative terminal illness that, at the time, was very rare and [...]

Our View: Why should we be thankful?

It’s time to be thankful, if you haven’t been already.
The holiday season has arrived and people are excited to spend time with family and friends around good food, but the really important thing is reflecting on everything God has done in our lives and the many blessings that have come our way.
Why is it time [...]

Coach reaches 100th win

Randy Strawser shared his thoughts of reflection after his 100th win as a soccer coach.
“I love the game of soccer,” Strawser said. After coming here he says his perspective on soccer has changed and evolved by the ministry aspect of the team. He believes a coach’s true role is to build a program that [...]

CU basketball games broadcast online for second year

Grab a pop can, some face paint and gather around a computer ready to exercise those lungs with battle cries as the Cornerstone University men and women’s basketball games are broadcasted over the Internet.
To listen, all that is required is the QuickTime player that is already installed on CU issued computers or can be downloaded [...]

Students enjoy discounted Lions’ tickets

Tickets to an NFL game run into the hundreds of dollars. It has become a sporting event only the rich can attend. Whenever, a fan gets a chance to buy a ticket at a discount price then, it’s like Christmas. For a few people at Cornerstone, Christmas came early this year.
With the Lions record standing [...]

Having a beer at the Lions game = team spirit?

I got a beer at the Lions game… spilled all over my brand new sports jacket!
Don’t worry. I’m only 20 years old, and even if I was a year older Cornerstone would kick me out for drinking. But any chance of that is now erased after this traumatic experience.
It was absolutely ridiculous.
I felt like turning [...]

‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ film review

I have only a handful of films that I place in my “walk around the multiplex parking lot” list. They are those memory moments where after watching all the credits (which I do for every film) I cannot just hop in my car – I must walk around in the parking lot and let the [...]

Spotlight on an Evensong intern

Jared Doty, a junior at Cornerstone University majoring in youth ministries and Bible, is working through Evensong as a Spiritual Formation intern.
 
Doty grew up in a catholic home, but it wasn’t until he was 16 that he became serious about his faith.
 
“[My faith] wasn’t just a head knowledge of God, but it really started [...]

VanBemmelen added to Information Systems’ team

Information Systems has made recently some new additions to their department. One such addition being Jim VanBemmelen, who joined the technology support team on Oct. 6.
 
VanBemmelen attended Mona Shores High School in Muskegon. Throughout his high school years, he worked at a local computer repair shop called Mouse House, where he obtained a large amount [...]

Get Out!: Restaurant offers wings, hot dogs and darts

Have you ever seen the movie “Lady and the Tramp”? Remember the dinner scene where the dogs unknowingly slurp the same spaghetti noodle and abruptly find their mouths meeting in a kiss? Well, I am giving you a perfect place to reenact the scene, right in Grand Rapids.
 
In a big building across from the Van [...]

Show Review: The Decemberists visit East Lansing

The Decemberists graced Cobb Great Hall’s stage at Michigan State University Dec. 12, despite front-man Colin Meloy mistakenly greeting the crowd as though they were at the University of Michigan. Meloy quickly recovered after the blunder as it only played into his comedic bantering throughout the show.
 
Ever improving and diverging from their folk-music roots, [...]

Album Review: Christian folk artist off to a good start

“God and a Girl,” a folk/indie blend of faith-based songs, is the first full length release for artist Joy Whitlock and was released on Sept. 16. Whitlock, a newcomer to the Christian music scene, calls Memphis her home and recorded this album in Nashville with Ardent Records. Whitlock is best known for performing and recording [...]

Online ways to help the environment

The movement of environmental stewardship, known as “going green,” from a biblical standpoint is spreading not only through churches, but through Christian universities as well. Many campuses are moving towards “green” facilities and campuses.
Until we see more “green” on our campus, there are ways you can help the environment on your own.
CarbonRally.com posts challenges, for [...]

Juresich embraces theater at Cornerstone

Being recruited to perform in a production as a freshman in high school is a flattering experience. Being recruited because you look and sound like an 8-year-old is another thing. However, for Cornerstone University sophomore Kyle Juresich, it was the very performance which ignited a passion for theater that still burns today.

During his freshman year [...]

Anne Frank play explores history

Cornerstone’s theatre department introduced its first performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” on Nov. 14, a striking, true story based on a diary of a young girl who lived during the Holocaust. 
 
In this epic adaptation, Anne Frank comes to life in a contagious hype and youthful personality.
Overflowing with talent and spunk, she [...]

The business office has a new name

Beginning October 27th, the business office adopted the new title of department of accounting and finance. This new alteration helps to communicate the two distinct uses of the new department.  
 
Scott Stewart holds the title of Controller for Cornerstone University, in that he manages all of the university’s accounting and audit functions. Holding such a [...]

Commuter sends mass e-mails

Recently, commuter students at Cornerstone opened up their school e-mail account to find huge amounts of mail from other commuters.
 
These e-mails consisted of political opinions, safety tips and many complaints about the large amount of e-mails they were receiving.
 
All of these mass e-mails started on Oct. 23 when John Paul Wohlscheid, a senior, got a [...]

Students benefit from Careerfest

Cornerstone University students attended Careerfest at the Grand Valley State University DeVos Center.
Sponsored by the West Michigan Collegiate Career Services (WMCCS), Careerfest is a gathering of over 150 employers offering openings for internships and full-time employment.   Students of all majors attend to give various employees their resumes and discuss career and internship opportunities face to [...]

Bonzo and Stevens release book on Wendell Berry

Cornerstone professors Matthew Bonzo and Michael Stevens call for readers to pursue “intentional living” in their new book “Wendell Berry and the Cultivation of Life: A Reader’s Guide.”
After three and a half years of solidifying contracts, writing and editing, the book will hit the shelves on Dec. 1.
A byproduct of their admiration for novelist Wendell [...]

CUSG adds some new twists to GiveStrong this year

Cornerstone University Student Government is offering students the opportunity to give back to the community during the Christmas season.

GiveStrong, CUSG’s annual fundraiser, will consist of three drives for which students can volunteer time, money and goods. The event will run from Wednesday, Nov. 19 to Saturday, Dec. 6. Sign-ups for Salvation Army bell ringing will [...]

Adviser’s Notebook: Cartoons can provoke emotions

The Herald published an editorial cartoon on the opinion (Your Voice) page back in September that characterized GOP candidate John McCain as abandoning his principles for political gain by employing imagery of the devil and the candidate as having reached this accommodation: McCain’s principles (soul) for a shot at the presidency.
 
A few Herald readers [...]

Student Testimony: Kristopher Rolls

My testimony has been a fairly, simple cliché story of the average Christian growing up in the church. I’m a sinner saved by grace every day of my life. For the majority of my life, I grew up in western Michigan, middle-class, suburbia. I have had a comfortable life, usually getting whatever I need when [...]

Alumni beat CU basketball without practice

The Cornerstone University alumni league dominated the court 107-98 during an exhibition game against the Golden Eagles men’s basketball team Saturday, Oct. 25.
The exhibition game is the first game of the season for the Golden Eagles and each year the team competes against a group of alumni.
With 11 of the best players from the league [...]

Young players look to future

Golf is as much a team sport as it is an individual sport. The Cornerstone men’s golf team earned valuable experience this season to help build a foundation for competitive play next year.
The Golden Eagles finished No. 1 in the first tournament played this year and tied for second in the last. The rest [...]

Season brings team together

Two things are necessary to building a successful collegiate sports program.
One is to have the time to let it grow, almost like a child. Second, the program needs to find the right mixture of people and talent that will set a firm foundation for years to come. The CU women’s golf team has done [...]

Lady Eagles: team of unity

Cornerstone’s women’s soccer team refused to call it quits, making it to the playoffs again. The team’s season progression has been somewhat rocky with a season record that cramps their ability to parade and boast, but as the team reflects on the distance they have covered so far, they are, for the most part, satisfied.
“Our [...]

New changes hard on season

The Golden Eagles suffered from disappointment as the men’s soccer team came to an early close. Prior to the season’s beginning, a lot of change took place to ensure a great season. Those changes, however, may have been a little much to take on all at once.
The team started the season off really optimistically said [...]

CU hockey team ranked No. 1

Cornerstone’s unofficial hockey team has started a potentially monstrous wave of attention. Each week a faithful fan base of roughly 30 to 40 cornerstone students go to Patterson Ice Center to watch as the Cornerstone Golden Eagle hockey team dominates on the ice. And even though the team is 100 percent fresh, they most certainly [...]