Wreaking havoc on the football field

by Jorge Jaramillo
Aaron Bauder, a former semi-professional football player and current Cornerstone student, never played football in school until 10th grade.
 

Football was a game that Bauder enjoyed. By the time he retired his jersey for the last time to do what God called him to do, he had played in stadiums with several thousand people [...]

Students will miss Beach’s encouraging spirit and role

by Lisa Heasley
She never imagined she would publicly speak for a living, but God led her into teaching, she said. At 24 years old, she came back to CU to teach English.
After the current spring semester, Beach will be done teaching full time at Cornerstone.
Beach said the timing has not been her choice, and she [...]

Madcap coffee leaves trendy, sophisticated aftertaste

 by Katlin Oberlin

One word fits this non-traditional coffee shop: simple. Melissa Kersjes and I headed straight through the heart of Grand Rapids, and found ourselves at the corner of Monroe Center and Ottawa.
 
 
 

 
This coffee shop called Madcap has large windows with bench seating that overlooks the “big” tourist sections of Grand Rapids such as Van [...]

Former resident director moves on to Hope Lodge

by Lauren Hines
Katie Winne is helping to tackle cancer.
“Everyone will be touched by cancer in some way in their life. It may be them, a family member or a friend, but they will be touched by cancer,” said Winne, a former Cornerstone resident director.
Winne, 29, earned her master’s degree in leadership and counseling from Crown [...]

Editor’s Notebook: Emerging from cyberspace

by Rachel Watson
How many friends do you have on Facebook? How many connections do you have on your LinkedIn professional network? Do you Twitter? How many hits does your blogspot generate each day? How many blogs do you follow?
I think it’s safe to say that none of us here at Cornerstone suffer from a lack [...]

Our View: Don’t be shy: Step out of your comfort zone, support the arts

It’s no secret that Cornerstone’s student body doesn’t have much school spirit.

Everyone finds their own niche to be part of, whether it be theater, sports, the multicultural organization or something else. But few support other events outside of that niche. Basketball junkies go to basketball games. Theater majors attend plays. But so few attend other [...]

Faculty Notebook: Giving involves self-forgetting

by Cynthia Beach
His skin wears an orange cast as if he’d forgotten to remove thick stage makeup. But he isn’t an actor—just some homeless guy at a Tennessee B&P gas station, leaning against the outside wall, his frayed blue hood up. In a better life, he’d have neared handsome, the large brown eyes, the dark [...]

Nationally acclaimed sports writers speak at Final Four seminar

by Tim Devaney
DETROIT — Friday morning of the Final Four weekend Detroit highways were jam-packed for miles as college basketball fans flooded toward Ford Field for a chance to watch Michigan State and the other Final Four teams practice.
And Bob Ryan could not have asked for a better opportunity to catch up on his reading.
Forget [...]

Men’s JV team returns next fall

by Cachell Clay
Two years ago the men’s basketball team had a junior varsity squad, where students could try out and have the possibility of making the varsity team. Then it was cut. But next season, because of its demand, it will be brought back.
Head coach Kim Elders saw the need when more students wanted to [...]

Adviser’s Notebook: Reporting from Grand Rapids to Bangor, Maine

by Alan Blanchard
Junior Tim Devaney, Cornerstone journalism major, who did some sports writing for The Holland Sentinel and Greenville Daily News last year, stretched his wings last summer 2008 reporting on a variety of general interest stories back in his state of Maine. Below he shares what that experience was like for him and offers [...]

Presidential bowling invitation could forgive faux pas

by Matt Ward
guest columnist
President Barack Obama recently appeared as a guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
And when asked about the White House bowling alley, he said it still exists, and he recently played a game, rolling a 129.
But then he said something he would soon regret: “That’s like the Special Olympics bowling or [...]

Student Testimony: Calista Sherwood

by Calista Sherwood
I started college with the expectation to learn — to learn about people, about music, about psychology, and about the Bible — but mostly about who God was and who He created me to be. I did not realize at that time just how incredible God was, and how insignificant I was. Freshman [...]

With the No. 1 pick the Lions select…

By Tim Smalligan
CU student, guest writer
 
2009 NFL Mock Draft
 
(Round One)
 
1) Lions — Jason Smith, OT, Baylor
With the uncertainty about Stafford being successful in the NFL, the Lions look to improve their porous offensive line. This follows the recent trend of OTs going in the first few picks and those teams having success.
 
2) Rams — Eugene [...]

GR Press online editor discusses future of print news

by Katherine Wisen
As the ailing economy causes newspapers around the state to stop their presses and move online, The Grand Rapids Press’ Meegan Holland finds herself at the center of the movement.
“We aren’t just a newspaper anymore,” the Web editor said while speaking to Cornerstone University journalism students on April 14.
And, if the condition of [...]

Fill summer’s warm weather with friends and music

by Meghan Jones
Summer is almost here. For most of us we spend the summer working, relaxing, going on vacations and hanging out with friends.
How do you create a memorable summer on a small budget? Concert hopping. Concerts are one of the best ways to spend your summer. Warm weather, hanging out with friends, the music [...]

Guest Column: Deadly warning signs are too easily ignored

by Susan Estrich
“I can’t say that I know her,” the forewoman of Phil Spector’s jury told the press after it was over, referring to Spector’s victim, Lana Clarkson. Both Clarkson and Spector were on trial for the second time, after the first jury to consider murder charges against the music producer deadlocked 10-2 in favor [...]

Plain Talk: Celebrating 100 years of journalism

by Russ Pulliam
Journalists celebrate a birthday.
As the news business moves into a brave new world, the nation’s oldest journalism organization celebrates its 100th year this month.
The Society of Professional Journalists will mark the occasion at DePauw University next weekend with seminars, dinners and speeches. NBC television news star Jane Pauley, who will be inducted into [...]

Rose changes roles to campus visit coordinator

by Sarah Brower
The countdown has started for high school seniors to make the big decision about which college to attend. On April 3, Cornerstone had its first Family Orientation Day (FOD) of the year where high school students got to interact with professors, test out the food and experience campus with current Cornerstone students.
Katie Rose, [...]

‘Untraditional’ pastor charms CU students

by Rachel Watson
Sometimes it’s almost as if a chapel speaker holds his listeners by the throat, commanding their attention.
 

Last week, CU students and faculty members fixed their eyes and ears on guest speaker Dan Kimball, founding member and pastor at Vintage Faith Church in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Kimball’s published works include “The Emerging Church,” “They Like [...]

Sutter: Love God, love people

by Longan Nguyen
Arloa Sutter of Breakthrough Urban Ministries in Chicago came at the beginning of April to speak for two chapel services.
Sutter started Breakthrough Urban Ministries in 1992 along with members of the First Evangelical Free Church to aid homeless people in the Edgewater and Uptown areas of Chicago.
Initially, Breakthrough fed homeless people by serving [...]

Sharathon brings in $262,000 for Cornerstone’s WaYfm radio station

by Aleka Thrash
Cornerstone University radio stations WCSG and WaYfm both held sharathons in March involving approximately 40 volunteers. WaYfm’s goal was to raise $395,000, and they raised $262,000.
“We didn’t know what to expect with the economy the way it is,” said Rich Anderson, WaYfm’s general manger.
WaYfm held two sharathons: one in the fall and the [...]

Sindorf elected to ECFA

by Lauren Honigford
Cornerstone University has always stressed the importance of responsible stewardship. For Kathleen Sindorf, associate professor of communication and media studies, this virtue is becoming even more of a reality.
 

Sindorf was elected to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) on March 13.
“I was invited as a guest, because they were considering me. After [...]

History professor brings ancient studies to TV

by Ryan Wenger
Scott Carroll, professor of history, is well known for his ancient studies classes at Cornerstone University. This March, he had the opportunity to take the same material to a national audience.
Because of his involvement with the National Bible Museum in downtown Dallas, Carroll was asked to film two episodes of Trinity Broadcasting Network’s [...]

Global Infusion brings a piece of Africa to Michigan

The organic soothing aroma of brewing tea filled our lungs and immensely brought comfort to our minds. Global Infusion offers this relaxation through their 50 different choices of tea.
 
 

This little coffee and tea bar is bursting with color.
Trinkets and decorations cover the walls. We also saw beautiful paintings of some faraway destination which makes one [...]

Students volunteer in Tennessee over spring break

Spring break finally came for Cornerstone University students during the second week of March. Many were looking forward to putting the school books down and picking the sunglasses up; taking trips to a warmer location, or just relaxing.
A group of CU students did head to a warmer climate in Memphis, Tenn., but they did not [...]

GRTS partner school in Liberia yields first graduates

In 2007, the Global Learning Center of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary formed a partnership with the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Liberia (ETSEL).
According to the GRTS Web site, the objective of GATE (Global Access to Theological Education) is to partner with indigenous seminaries to offer credible contextualized graduate training for ministry.
The partnership between GRTS and ETSEL [...]

Student Testimony: Jared Doty

My God is gracious.
I began to follow Christ when I was about 15 years old. I grew up in church my whole life, but prior to my salvation, God was merely something that I had learned about—not a loving God who had transformed my life.
God and I had a meeting one night when I was [...]

Ice Man spins circles around Griffins

The distant melody of “When You Wish Upon a Star” echoed down the barren concrete halls as Duke Yeager navigated through the outer workings of the Van Andel Arena.
 
 

“‘Disney on Ice’ is in town,” he said, shaking his head. “Long, long weekend when Disney’s in town.”
But even as Yeager told of how he had worked [...]

Staff Notebook: Life’s bumpy roads won’t deter faith

I just had to follow the other car. I recently had the opportunity to go to Mexico with one of our mission teams during spring break. We rented two cars, and I was the driver of the second. I went, not knowing the language, area, or much of the culture. I was somewhat anxious to [...]

Faculty Notebook: Be a candlestick maker graduate

The current job market is very tight, with the most recent statistics showing job losses and weak employment continuing throughout 2010. Michigan and the city of Grand Rapids have approached record levels in unemployment and soon will surpass those set in the early 1980s. The broader nationwide unemployment index, known as U-6, which includes marginally [...]

Adviser’s Notebook: Writing and faith program in New York City

Congratulations are in order for junior student Tim Devaney, Cornerstone journalism major, who hails from the state of Maine by way of Michigan, who has been accepted for admission into the World Journalism Institute, which will run for three weeks this coming May in New York.
Tim, who has been Herald sports editor this semester, recently [...]

AIG protesters cross privacy line of families

Nothing gets people’s attention faster than picketing them at home — which is not necessarily a reason to do it.
Last week, at the height of the furor over the AIG bonuses, activists managed to locate the homes of a number of those who momentarily received bonuses, and brought their protests home. The executives, at least [...]

Letter to the editor

I applaud The Herald for taking a stand to support the foreign language requirement at Cornerstone. Our new identity, mission and vision statements all point to our desire to be global influencers. The vision statement even includes that we seek to be a “culturally diverse learning environment.” Linguistics shows that language cannot be separate from [...]

Herald sports section goes online: herald.cornerstone.edu

“You want to know up-to-date scores? Go to the Web site,” said Tim Devaney, Herald sports editor.
Yes, in case you have not heard, The Herald has a Web site, where you can browse online articles, game photos, and like Devaney said, scores from the most recent games.
“Lots of people don’t know, and we’re trying to [...]

Student Testimony: Emma Rosauer

My faith background never taught me that God would lead in explicitly specific ways; it always seemed safer to assume that he answered prayers in broad strokes. This kind of passive theology made it easy to excuse God when he didn’t seem to answer prayers as I wanted him to. But a few months ago [...]