Archive for November 12th, 2009

Seasonal Affective Disorder poses problems

The sun is setting earlier and the temperature is dropping. The “winter blues” could be something more serious: a mood disorder known as Seasonal Affective Disorder.
To understand SAD, one must first understand serotonin, a neurotransmitter that allows a person to feel pleasure. If someone has a deficiency in serotonin, they are unable to…

Curious Savage questions materialism

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,” is the catchphrase on the posters for the upcoming Indiana Wesleyan Theatre Guild play, “The Curious Savage,” debuting tonight.
“Although this is not a Christian play per se, the playwright seems to ask his audience to resist judgment and perceive people the way God sees them,” said…

CSI holds logo competition

Indiana Wesleyan University’s first sustainability taskforce is holding a design competition open to students to create the organization’s logo.
The Creation Stewardship Initiative (CSI) is a new administrative taskforce that began this semester to implement a larger presence of environmentalism on campus.
CSI’s plan for the design competition is multi-purposed. Aside from creating a logo that will…

Letter to the Editor

This is a response to the article entitled “Students stealing across campus” by Zac Hiser.
Usually I never really have strong opinions on articles in Sojourn only because the articles seem to be more informative but that article had really caught my attention as I was quickly looking through the articles of the newest Sojourn newspaper.
I,…

Corey’s Picks of the week

This weekend is week nine in college football with the top three teams staying neutral and the other six moving up or down. Here is a look at the top-10 and a description of each game. The prime-time games this weekend are: No. 16 Utah @ No. 4 TCU and No. 11 Iowa @ No….

Beard Arts Center showcases senior artwork

“Looking back, photography’s always been a part of my life,” said Parsley. “I just never thought I’d choose that for a profession.”
Parsley received her first camera when she was eight years old and has been taking photographs ever since. Though she entered Indiana Wesleyan as an education major, remembering her love for art, she switched…

Families plan to visit campus

This weekend families will flood the campus for Student Activity Council’s (SAC) annual Family Weekend. Each year Family Weekend brings approximately 1,000 extra people to visit campus.
The theme this year encourages families to come and make new “stolen moments.” SAC offers many free events that give families the opportunity to do just…

Men’s basketball gears up

The Indiana Wesleyan University Wildcats men’s basketball team welcomes the 09-10 season with a mix of young and new faces on the court. Coach Greg Tonagel, now in his fifth season as head coach, hopes the new faces can pick up right where the seniors of last year left off. …

Editoral: Life or death at the flip of a switch

Seeing a married couple turn to a court to settle their problems is devastating in itself, but a married couple that turns to a court to settle a dispute about whether to continue or end their child’s life takes devastation to a completely different level.
A week ago, a man took his case to…

$1000 reward to student who creates new IWU logo

Indiana Wesleyan wants input from students in discovering a new logo for the University. In order to do this, the office of the president has organized a contest in which all students may participate. Submissions of artwork are due by Jan. 12, 2010 and the reward is $1000.
For the last couple of years, a team…