THE CHRONICLEIssue 4 Volume 62COVER PHOTO BY CANDICE ANDERSON

EVENTSWeek In PicturesAmateur Hour

Banquet

CREATIVEWolf - Megan

Moores

CALENDARCalendar

Sports Scores

LIFEDevotional

AdultingRecipe

WHERE ITS AT

MEDIAListen Up

APPWhat’s Playing

Message From The EditorREBEKAH MAURICE

Ak! There’s less than two weeks left of school. I don’t know about you but I am so excited to go home and so excited for Christmas! My plans for break are to sleep and binge on TV shows, I can’t wait to just relax. But first I need to finish numerous essays exams and the final issue of the newspaper! I’m excited for the next issue which I hope will be huge. I want a good 24 pages so please submit. You’ll see the ad on the back page. We want your favorite holiday stories, what does your family do for the holidays? What is your favorite Christmas memory? Do you know any little known Christmas stories that you want to share? We’d love to hear.

One of my favorite memories comes from decorating the Christmas tree, something many people are starting to do now. The house that my dad used to own sat on 20 acres of what had once been a Christmas tree farm. So we had picking galore, an entire forest of beautiful ready to be cut Christmas trees. We were so excited as we marched outside, saw in hand to find the perfect tree. We passed tree after tree that my sister and I decreed to be perfect but my father was determined we could do better. He cried that he had found the perfect tree but it was deep in the wood and difficult for our little bodies to get to, so my father like a great explorer plunged into the depths to bring forth our prize. After much struggle he emerged dragging a tree behind him and with a huge grin on his face. Then he planted it before us awaiting our compliments. Now at this point our story differs from what my father remembers. He will tell you he had found the BEST tree in all of the land. But all my sister and I could see was a classic Charlie Brown Christmas tree. To this day he defends that tree but Rach and I only re-member its straggly boughs. But we do remember the great adventure we had that day and the great fun we had that evening hanging lights, and garlands and a vast assortment of ornaments as we laughed and listened to festive tunes. Thanks Daddy !

Because the next issue is so special we went a lot simpler on this is-sue so we can prepare for the next one but you’ll still find lots of great content. We have some beautiful art by Megan Moores, articles about Banquet and Amateur hour a special devotional and the usual media recommendations.

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November 24, 2014 – CUC VS. Parkland Panthers; game starts at 9 PMDecember 1, 2014– CUC VS. Heritage Diggers; game starts at 7 PM– CUC VS. Red Shirts; game starts at 9 PM

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MEN’S SOCCER

November 27, 2014 – CUC VS. FC United; game starts at 8 PMDecember 4, 2014 – CUC VS. Red Star Rolynx; game starts at 10:15 PM

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So You Think You Can (Not Dance)? CODRINA BASTON

For such a small school we are blessed with such an amazingly talented student body. The annual SA Amateur Hour this year oc-curred on the night of November 15th 2014. The event was supposed to begin at 8 p.m., but because of some unexpected mishaps the doors remained closed for some time after the expected start time. The wait caused anticipation to build. As I scanned through the program and saw the titles of some acts and performers I couldn’t wait for the show to start! At 8:15 the doors finally opened and the large crowd rushed into the chapel quickly filling every single seat. Although this year’s show required the purchase of a $2 ticket the turnout was still large—Not that I’m surprised, but we all know how stingy us poor college students can be sometimes, am I right? The program soon began and the entertaining hosts, Daniel Innocent and Lorenzo Rolle began cracking jokes and getting the audience excited. The first act by Andrew Abel was a beautiful, acoustic, original song followed by an amazing spoken word about feminism by none other than our own Emily Cortez. Dr.Boyd’s charming banjo and voice piece was followed by an entertaining stand-up comedy done by Eric Anderson. Acapella group, Re-lease, brought the audience a reworked mashup of Sam Smith’s Latch and did a great job with some legitimate beatboxing and vocals. Next, Jared and Celina Clausen performed a delightful brother/sister duet with an awesome acoustic cover of the infamous Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood mixed with a dash of Bastille’s Pompeii. After the heartwarming brother/sister duo, Brenden Zapotichny and Anthony Kern brought us a parody of Flight of the Conchords The most Beautiful Girl in The Room. The ridiculously hilarious lyrics and fantastic dance moves had the audience in uproar. Great Job guys!

SA president Nisha Johnny provided a short statement about the purpose of the fundraising amateur hour tickets. In addition to the tickets, the SA had refreshments for sale to help raise more funds for the “To Build a Home” project of building orphanages in Peru. I think its great that the SA is trying to get the student body involved in joining with other adventist colleges to help those less fortunate.

After the short intermission, Lorenzo shared a heartfelt spoken word about the struggles of a friend zoned male in the 21st century. Next came the comical battle of the beats by J2 followed by an awesome cover of Vance Joy’s Riptide from Nathan Sawchuck and friends. Dr.Samraj contributed to the show with a humorous slideshow containing altered lyrics to Bruno Mars’ song Grenade. Jessica Hall and Mikelle Wile performed an infectiously adorable cover of ‘That’s Whats Up’ complete with kazoos. The show was concluded perfectly with Nya Pal’s flawless voice and texts were soon sent to be counted and the winning acts were selected by the judges.

Overall, this years Amateur Hour was a tremendous success. When reflecting on the theme of “So You Think You Can ____?” I think we can all agree that at CUC we can do almost anything—except DANCE! Thank you so much SA for putting on another amazing event. Looking forward to many more!

EventsPLT BanquetBY KAITLYNNE WINDSOR

Themed according to the many old family shows that most students here at CUC remember watching as kids, the PLT banquet this past Sunday captured the atmosphere of simple fun and cama-raderie celebrated by favorites such as “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, “the Cosbies”, “Different Strokes,” and more. Put together by my dorm roommate and the rest of the PLT team, I also found myself alongside them in the basement of the girls dormitory, volunteering my Friday afternoon to help wrap the many small boxes that would be used as the TV’s that decorated each table at the banquet, along with other vari-ous accessories to help theme the show that the table would represent. Despite the business of the school year, with plenty of assignments to fill their plate, the PLT put gave an impressive amount of themselves to put together an event to be shared and enjoyed with their friends and fellow students. Although a lot of forethought and effort went into the decoration of the event itself, much of the banquet memory will center around the activities that were participated in, including a Family Feud showdown, a themed karaoke sing off, and –my personal favorite- a short dance-off to see who could perform the best “Carlton” dance moves; the winner of which was then showered with the flowers that had decorated the tables. The food itself was also well prepared, with an amazing dessert table full of various assortments of chocolate to ap-pease even the worst sugar addict among those gathered; which could quite possibly be me. All in all, I would like to thank the PLT team for their efforts this school year and for the fun and enjoyment they gave through this banquet.

WolfBY MEGAN MOORES

Creative

Life

WolfBY MEGAN MOORES

DevotionalTAKEN FROM GODBLOG.TUMBLR.COM

It’s 2:00 am, I have an 8 page major essay due tomorrow and I’m on page 2. But I couldn’t get around to it earlier because of the heap of homework questions for another class, which looked small on the paper but ended up being 20x larger than I’d anticipated. And tomorrow I have a test in yet another class but I’ll never have time to study for it so I may as well fail it and hope to get better next time. And to top it all I’m pretty sure I have the flu, with watery eyes and runny nose, the thermometer says I’m fine but I’m quite sure I have a fever. Tomorrow looks bleak and I’m beginning to wonder if its worth it for me to go to school at all. Tomorrow just means more failures, struggles and errors, why bother.

It’s day one of a project I am beginning. So far I have nothing to work with, I have bleak nothingness that needs to become a masterpiece. So much still needs to be done, I am yet to create life, I haven’t even separated light from darkness yet let alone molded the skies and water. There are mountains to mold, trees to plant and I am yet to paint the surface with luscious greenery. Then the most important pieces need to be created, the animals, I haven’t even started imagining what they’ll all look like but I have a few ideas, I’ll need some for the air, still need to make that, the water and the land which is a work in progress. Then to top it all off I have to make people to inhabit this world I’m going to create and all in six days, I’m so excited! I can’t wait to create man in my own image.

It’s day seven everything looks perfect, just the way I imagined it! I only have a couple inhabiting it but soon there will be millions of people to enjoy it. I know some days it will feel like they have the impossible to accomplish but after just creating this world I know that I can do anything for them, if only they ask.

It’s day 2,392,920 of my project, I love watching each person go about their day, each little moment each smile, each little joy in their lives brings joy to mine. But it pains me when I see that they are not enjoying the precious lives that they have, it pains me more when they think their lives unimportant or trivial. Each one of their small lives are big to me, their insignificant problems significant. Life can seem so overwhelming to them, but then it is so hard for them to see the big picture. I created the world in seven days, I created a flood to destroy all and then rebuilt it, I’ve entered a burning bush and pillars of fire, I’ve brought up rulers and I’ve torn them down, I’ve destroyed temples and empires, cast out demons and fed hundreds with a few loafs of bread and fish. I am not a magician with a few tricks up my sleeve, I am a miracle worker, my wonder never runs out. I came and I suffered and died so that I could understand their pain and save them from it. Everything I have ever done I have done because I love them! I love them so much I would die for them, actually I have. There is nothing they can do, nothing they have done to make me love them less. My love is not the flattery that they feel from others, it is not lust, it is not giving the words freely but not caring how they feel. My love is not being there for them when life is easy but leaving when it gets rough. They look for love everywhere but from me so that when they hear me say, “I love you”, they don’t really know what that means. My love is not faulty, my love is epic! It is eternal, it is everlasting, it never falters, never. When they have burdens they should be bringing them to me rather than complaining about them to others. There’s nothing I can’t handle. I never give them anything more than they can handle, that means that I know I can get them through whatever trouble they are facing. When they feel down they need to look at the big picture, me. I can get them through any trial or tribulation, I made THEM I’m sure I can handle the homework their teachers make. I just wish that they understood that…

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Bethany and Jared first met each other on November 13th, 2009. It was a cool winter day and Jared and his band the Junkyard Poets had come to play a show in her small town. As she walked up the steps of the concert hall Jared was awe struck and between gasping for air he managed to utter a singular syllable to his band mates. “Dibs.”

After 3 years of courting one another the big question was popped and

the wedding bells welcomed another happily married couple. Just days after Bethany and Jared were married they started The Royal

Foundry and were quickly thrown into the deep end of the music industry. Playing their first show together on live television at the GMA Awards for their nominated single “Run Back.” Within weeks they had gone from en-gaged couple to married and sharing the stage with the likes of Paul Brandt, High Valley and George Canyon.

Jared Salte grew up surrounded by music. From the day he was born his

father was touring nearly 8 months of the year playing in front of thousands all across North America and Europe. At age 5 Jared started playing the piano and quickly developed a deep affection for all things music. By age 11 he was running the recording studio Salt Shaker Studios. Age 14 he had won his first international songwriting competition, 15 released his first CD and 19 opening for The Newsboys in stadiums across North America with his band the Junkyard Poets. Through Jared’s musical endeavours he has gone on to win 9 GMA Awards and pick up 30 plus nominations in-cluding Producer of the Year, making him the youngest Producer to ever be nominated for the prestigious award.

Bethany grew up in the church as a Pastor’s daughter with her mother

as the pianist and choir director. She was often coerced into singing affairs from a young age, with the encouragement of her mother not only within the church, but at many fundraisers and community events. Her love of music only grew throughout her teenage years as she was involved in all of the high school musicals, playing the female lead. To no surprise, after she graduated from high school, she embarked on a journey that took her all over the world for the next three years. During that time abroad her lyrical and musical gifts matured as she began exploring new territories of music from the unique cultures all around her.

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