http://southwesterner.swau.edu/index/news-app Official Online Publication of Southwestern Adventist University Communication Department, Keene, Texas 2008-05-15T19:16:07-05:00 hourly 1 1970-01-01T00:00+00:00 http://southwesterner.swau.edu/index/news-app/story.237/title.new-spirit-website-is-up-and-running Justin Woods looks over the shoulder of SWAU Design Manager Jessica Lozano as they put the finishing touches on the new Southwestern Spirit online website. Woods Media has been instrumental in getting both the Southwesterner and the Spirit, Southwestern's alumni magazine, online as interactive publications. You can visit the new Spirit website at http://spirit.swau.edu. News 2008-05-05 http://southwesterner.swau.edu/index/news-app/story.236/title.new-school-mascot- This stately gentleman was seen on Thursday afternoon crossing the lawn below Pechero Hall on his way to the Records Office for preregistration. Just don't get in his way come registration time; this snapping turtle's jaws are used for more than just giving him a pretty face. Features 2008-04-24 http://southwesterner.swau.edu/index/news-app/story.235/title.students-lead-other-students-to-baptism Last summer I made the decision to be baptized through a baptismal class taught by Southwestern Adventist University students Jose LaPorte and Calix Ashby. The Sabbath morning class was the beginning of a ministry orchestrated by students to help others build a relationship with Christ. As a result of the class, Gustavo Matheus and I were baptized. Little did I know that was only the beginning of God’s plan. Jose called together a group of students: Calix Ashby, Ethan Muse, Olivia Weber, Eileen Neave, Jorge Catumbela, and me. Jorge and I had been through the lessons studying with Jose and became leaders after making our decisions for Christ. Features 2008-04-24 http://southwesterner.swau.edu/index/news-app/story.234/title.socks-with-sandals-heresy- Many people around campus, even some of my closest friends, commit what I consider a moral injustice. I must come forward and testify to those ignorant to these crimes committed, and to those who feign ignorance. These people offend by either trying to be unique or by acting apathetic. Nonetheless, it offends me that some wear their sandals with socks. I hear arguments like, "It is comfortable," or "it’s cold." Flip flops by themselves are rather comfortable by themselves. I don’t need to wear socks to be comfortable in sandals. I find it more comfortable to wear flip flops without socks. I cannot see how wearing socks with sandals could be more comfortable than wearing sandals alone. Opinions 2008-04-23 http://southwesterner.swau.edu/index/news-app/story.233/title.the-penny-theory Have you ever wondered why sometimes you get angry and explode over a seemingly insignificant thing? Or perhaps you don’t explode, but you find yourself getting depressed for no reason? This is something I’ve thought about for a long time. I wondered why most of the time when my young son would spill his milk, I would simply count it as an accident and clean up the mess. But sometimes the same child and the same spilled milk would have me screaming or crying. I’ve developed a theory to explain this phenomenon. I call it my penny theory. According to my theory, each of us has a tolerance bank containing a certain amount of pennies. Whenever problems arise, like the spilled milk, we simply take the needed pennies from our tolerance bank in order to emotionally pay for the situation. Opinions 2008-04-22