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Student Testimony: Jordan Cooper

At this point in my life I don’t really sense that there is one particular thing the Lord is teaching me.  It seems like there is a list of things he might be attempting to reveal to me, but it’s difficult to put my finger on one exact lesson.  I always get kind of jealous [...]

Playing against the odds

Don’t place any bets on it, but Indianapolis might be the next victim of the state’s addiction to gambling.
 
Here’s an unlikely but plausible scenario that could unfold as the General Assembly’s current session marches toward a frantic finish:
 
Legislative leaders look for a way to plug the deficit plaguing the city’s Capital Improvement Board, which operates [...]

Punished for commuting

I understand that Cornerstone is doing everything in their power to get their own budget under control and to deal with the difficulties of our present economy without causing any immediate or intense strain on anyone. I actually commend some of the efforts that they intend to implement.
 
 However, I do not understand why commuters are [...]

Advisers notebook: What is an editorial? Its function?

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. –Mark Twain
 
Each Friday, when you pick up the latest edition of The Herald, you are presented with a mixture of news stories and opinion pieces, with the former appearing on the first couple of pages and [...]

AIG bonuses = no justice for the American people

Anyone who has watched “Law & Order” over the years, as I have, knows that the ending must feel right. The circumstances of the crime may be complex and the legal issues muddy, but in the end, most viewers are left feeling that some justice has been served.
 
The great American audience sees no justice [...]

Our View: In journalism, it’s about who you know, and internships

Cornerstone’s Communication and Media Studies Division is making several key changes designed to prepare students for better careers, exemplified by the creation of several three-year journalism degrees.
 
The move will give students the opportunity to get into the workforce one year earlier, saving money on tuition and gaining a step on their peers when it [...]

Editor’s Notebook: AIG: Let’s be blind no more

We are college students, not financial experts. We figure we only have enough money to get by during school, so we seldom think about, or care about, what the rest of the country is doing with the money they have.
 
But people, listen. We have to start caring. What is going on with AIG right now? [...]

Student Testimony: Aubree Cantrall

Psalm 34:8a- “Oh taste and see that the Lord is good!” Though I’ve read this verse many times, I hadn’t really experienced it until recently.  Throughout my life, I’ve sought my fulfillment and tried to gain contentment in things other than Christ, such as success, popularity, and relationships.  Every time I sought satisfaction in people [...]

Brown hopes to finish softball career strong

Top hitter for Cornerstone’s softball team, Emily Brown, has just returned from spring break in Arizona for seasonal training along with the rest of the team. It was the last for the senior.
 
“I’m excited for us to finish this last season together,” Brown said. “I never cry, but I probably will after the last game.”
 
Last [...]

Three strikes and you’re … safe?

Cornerstone’s three Gruppen sisters —Leah, Dinah and Rachel — have contributed, and are contributing, to CU’s women’s softball team.
 
Leah played for the team the last four seasons and now coaches, while Dinah and Rachel are just arriving as freshmen, bringing along their ability to be versatile on the field.
 
Leah’s four years playing on Cornerstone’s softball [...]

Volleyball searches for new coach

“Look at this picture, isn’t it cool?”
 
Steve Burmaster held up a large photo of his team made specially for him by his players. The recently resigned volleyball coach at Cornerstone was eager to share a few highlights from his volleyball coaching career, but was especially excited to show off his many photos of friends, family [...]

Childhood sports memories with my best friend

A while ago I was cleaning out my wallet and I found a folded up piece of yellow notebook paper stuffed away in one of the back pockets. It was a Top 15 Memories list that my best friend and I created before I moved away. As I stumbled through it nearly six years later, [...]

Swinging away on the diamond

Mandee Michielsen’s smile is unforgettable to say the least. But Cornerstone would have missed out on the junior transfer’s brilliant smile if not for her wanting to play again.
 
Michielsen, who recorded a .524 batting average and 11 hits during spring training in Arizona, decided she missed softball, and because she knew a few girls on [...]

Kurtis Koffkey: The track athlete and missionary

Junior Kurtis Koffkey sought out Cornerstone because of its missions program, while Cornerstone’s track team sought out Koffkey because of his talent.
 
While he has struggled with a few injuries, Koffkey has found a way to include God and continue on.
 
Koffkey has been playing soccer since the age of 4, but in eighth grade he had [...]

Greiner applies math, computer skills at Steelcase

Fast facts
• Katie Greiner, a math major and computer information systems minor, is interning at Steelcase Corporate Development Center.
• Her father, who also works at Steelcase, helped her find the internship.
• Greiner works closely with the company’s Web site.
• Part of her job includes uploading content online.
• Greiner also takes part in analytical work.
• She [...]

Hours and drink options promote fresh taste

The Bitter End has a quiet atmosphere where many college students choose to come for free Internet, to work on papers and to catch up with friends — in person or on Facebook.
 
Many college students usually come around 9 p.m. and stay until 2 a.m.
 
They have nice tables for two people to study [...]

Film Review: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ stresses honesty

Newcomer Dev Patel stars as Jamal Malik, an 18-year old boy growing up in the slums of Mumbai. This slumdog is about to participate in the experience of a lifetime though, as a contestant on India’s “who wants to be a millionaire,” with the chance to win 20 million rupees. The journey to victory is [...]

Album Review: Gogol Bordello brings a new world to album

If the idea of an eight piece Gypsy-punk band from New York City is slightly confusing, you only need to give Gogol Bordello a few minutes to solve any musical genre crisis. A majority of the band is composed of immigrants from Eastern Europe including lead-man Eugene Hütz, who fled Ukraine after the 1986 Chernobyl [...]

Find what the CU Web site offers you

Cornerstone University’s web has a lot of information, which you may not have fully utilized.
 
I am going to highlight a few lesser known aspects of the Web site, which will hopefully help you stay connected spiritually and academically to Cornerstone while you are a student and even after you graduate.
 
• Academics Tab
 
 
What I recently found [...]

Music senior leaves with confidence

Senior Dana Fall, a Contemporary Christian Music major, loves to perform.  But it wasn’t always that way.
 
“I’ve actually always wanted to sing,” Fall said, “but I became overly shy about singing around junior high. I wouldn’t even sing in front of my parents.”
 
In fact, sometimes she still finds herself insecure in her singing.
 
“I still struggle [...]

Abuinaaj: from captive to captivated

Editor’s note: This story was written about a local resident for a feature writing class.
 

Her kind eyes, easy smile and worn Bible give Yolanda Abuinaaj the appearance of a weathered saint.
However, this woman of immense faith bears a dark past marked by an overwhelming addiction that nearly led to the destruction of her life and [...]

CU students serve Grand Rapids long after LJ

With Cornerstone’s Leadership Journey program, many students participated in a service project helping the Grand Rapids community, but some students went beyond this.
 
As one of the CU urban ministry opportunities, sophomore Danielle Westmaas, along with other students Courtney Grek, Rebecca Boblett and Lynette Musser, drives to downtown Grand Rapids each Tuesday night to Urban Family [...]

Link hired as new admissions director

Lisa’s New Role
• Link was hired as the undergraduate admissions director in mid-February. She was originally an admissions counselor.

• Link now reports directly to Tim Johnston, the senior vice president of enrollment management and marketing.

• Link’s responsibilities include heading up new hiring in admissions, supervising admissions counselors, increasing enrollment and being a “visionary thinker.”
 

A

fter six [...]

GRTS program ‘e-quips’ leaders for education

A new ministry program at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary is providing ministry leaders with education they never thought they could access, until now.
 
The venue is called E_quipping, and it is a program designed to help provide further education to lay and ministry leaders who do not desire to tackle a college degree at the moment.
 
The [...]

CU marketing takes home 4 awards

Cornerstone University’s marketing department recently won four Admissions Advertising Awards, competing against more than 1,000 colleges, universities and secondary schools nation-wide.
 
Dawn T. Pick Benson, director of marketing and communication, said the department won awards in four categories: silver in total public relations program, bronze in external publications, merit in direct mail advertising and merit in [...]

Journalism to become 3-year program

Cornerstone’s journalism program is taking a new route and changing from a bachelor of arts to a bachelor of science degree.
 
The new program will be offered to current students and incoming freshmen starting in the fall 2009 semester. The three-year degree lets incoming students avoid tuition and room and board costs of a fourth year [...]

Student Testimony: Tessa Vitt

To be honest, when I was asked to come up with a student testimony, I had everything planned out. I knew what story I was going to tell, who would be in it, what would happen and so on. Turns out, God had a different plan for me — not that that is unusual for [...]

Student Column: The analog to digital switch

The American people all across the nation are in a bit of an uproar according to Laura Vanderkam’s “The Great TV Disaster” column which featured in USA Today last month. We the people have demanded that Congress push back the analog to digital television switch date further than the already four years warning we received [...]

Is there really only one winner?

Twenty-four losers and only one winner; that’s how it works in the popular television show ‘The Bachelor,’ now in its 13th season. And that is the way most people see their own plight. If someone wins, that means I’m the loser. There is only one prom queen and king, only one valedictorian, only one captain [...]

The price of playing by the rules

The president deserves the high marks he is getting from the public for his first month in office. Most presidents get to spend their first month putting up the draperies. This one had to spend his picking up the pieces of a collapsing economy. When the Republicans decided to just say no, he pushed ahead [...]

Student Testimony: Lauren Hines

I’m nearsighted. Without my glasses on, things 50 feet in front of me are blurry. It’s the same in my spiritual life.
Last winter, I went through a period of depression. I don’t know when or what started it, but I do know I was miserable. One night I wrote in my journal, “The disciples were [...]

Family lost, recovered two children

By our born-again nature, we as Christians are lovers of truth when you stop and think about it for a minute.
There’s truth with a lowercase “t” and then there’s truth with a capital “T”, the latter of which is found in the Gospel. This Good News should be our motivation to do good for those [...]

Editor’s Notebook: Get in shape, get healthy

OK, so I love to run. And, I love to weight train. The only problem is that I have not really “worked out” since I came to CU two years ago.
Yeah, I have been to the gym a couple times to lift weights and walk on the treadmill; and I have jogged around the pond [...]

Guest View: Obama holds health summit, but will he bust the budget?

When the last Democratic president, Bill Clinton, took office in 1993, he surveyed the economic conditions and decided to shift his attention to deficit reduction.
This was something he had barely mentioned during his campaign. By the end of Clinton’s second term, the government was running surpluses.
When President Obama took office, he made no such adjustments, [...]