Kayli Moser spoke with fellow advocate and friend Liberty Pike.

In a country where abortion is legal, some people have stood up to speak against abortion. Junior Kayli Moser is one of those people.

Moser is a communications major who recently received an internship for a pro-life organization, Oregon Right to Life. Her job entails visiting and speaking at high schools, camps, and on April 1, she even spoke at a legislative session.

She was given the position after sending a video to Right to Life asking to join their campaign against abortion by putting to use her public speaking skills.

“I felt called that that was an area I needed to get into,” said Moser. “Since as far back as I can remember, I have wanted to be a motivational speaker.”

She took two classes from Dr. Marty Trammell: Oral Communications and Advanced Speech. She was even able to use one of her Oregon Right to Life speeches in her Advanced Speech class. Trammell has been a huge support to Moser by counseling and training her for this role.

“Kayli is the embodiment of passion with a purpose,” said Trammell.

While Moser writes her own speeches, Oregon Right to Life provides her with the PowerPoint slides. Before she started making speeches for Right to Life, her speeches were only ten minutes long. Now she usually makes 50 minute speeches. For one speech, she brought a woman with her, who had gone through an abortion and had regrets, to talk to a class. Challenges have included learning to speak more eloquently and off the top of her head.

Moser has received a lot of positive responses from her speeches, though because of all the controversy with the pro-life/pro-choice debate Moser has also encountered some scary ones as well. One woman advised Moser to “get a big dog and a big lock.”

However, Moser hasn’t let threats deter her.

“I have to remember that this is not directed at me, it’s directed at a topic they don’t want to face,” she said.

Moser has her heart set on making a difference in this world for Jesus Christ and has been a great help to the cause, according to her Oregon Right to Life adviser Kate Ewald.

“She’s opened a lot of eyes as far as the abortion issue goes,” Ewald said.

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1. Expect to run on little sleep. Working as a camp counselor is exhausting. The relationships and opportunity to serve God, by working with youth is extremely rewarding, but don’t expect to be getting eight hours of sleep a night. You will have cabins that go crazy and insist on pulling all-nighters, you will have young homesick campers that need some extra attention, and there will be constant activities during the day.  You will get exhausted, but remember that your campers will take on your energy. So even if you feel exhausted, be excited! You will have opportunities to relax – it just may not be very often.

2. Rest when you can! You may want to spend every moment of your weekends or free time with other camp leaders, but make sure to rest during those times as well. The last thing you want to do in a job that is physically, spiritually, and emotionally exhausting is run yourself dry, during the few moments you have to catch your breath and take a nap.

3. Spend time alone and with God. Even if you take just 15 minutes or half an hour out of each day. Take some free time to read your Bible and spend quiet time with God, it will improve how your week goes. By taking this time to seek God and rely on him, you will feel and see Him working in both your life and in how you interact with your campers.

Jesse Belleque worked at Trout Creek Bible Camp for six full summers, as well as his grandparents’ VBS and camp ministry for two years.

“My advice would be to rely on God for everything: the words to say, the strength to cope with the rigorous schedule, and the perseverance to love everyone,” Belleque said. “If we really believe that we serve the living God and that he is our helper, we should have a little faith that he will pull through for us.”

4. Expect for the outcomes of the summer to last much longer than just a season. While you may only be working with a single group for about a week of the summer, many of the relationships you build during that week will likely last much longer. You will be faced with many girls or boys who don’t have the luxury of living in a home of Christians or being surrounded by a community of believers, so they may rely on you for accountability and spiritual mentorship beyond the one week of summer camp.

Dexter Larson was on a camp team last summer and will be working as a counselor at Black Lake Bible Camp in Olympia, Wash. this summer.

“I am in contact with most of my old high school students, and seeing that the work the Lord does at camp keeps on going, throughout the year, is one of my favorite parts of being involved in youth ministry,” Larson said.

5. Be ready to grow. Your job will be to mentor youth, but you will grow just as much, if not more. You will be stretched outside of your comfort zone, and if you’re working at a camp for an entire summer, you will be drained about half-way through. But the growth you will find in yourself and in your relationship with Christ at the end of the summer will be worth it.

6. Depend on your team and don’t be afraid to ask for help. One of the biggest challenges I had to work through last summer was learning to share my burdens with the other camp leaders. I have always had a hard time sharing my struggles, because I don’t like feeling like I’m burdening others. I learned when you are working with youth all day; you will need to share your problems with your team. Not doing so will cause you to push yourself too hard, which can result in you hurting yourself, the youth you are working with, and possibly your team.

7.Have fun! While many of these things may make a job working with youth challenging, it is an extremely fun and rewarding opportunity, which you may not have the opportunity to do later on. Take the opportunity to be a crazy kid again for the summer and build relationships.

As anybody with a new toy is familiar with, students couldn’t wait to try it out.

After a tryout night and some subsequent meetings, four teams were created out of all the participants who signed up and the tournament was set.  Competing in our first ever Lacrosse Tournament was Team Tyler Wells, Team Trevor Well, Team Bryan White, and Team Tessa Carver.  These teams would compete for the championship over a period of two days.

By the second night of competition, everyone had gotten somewhat of a hang on the rules and techniques of this foreign game and was ready to see who could survive the longest.  First up in the final round of competition was Team White vs. Team Carver.  While the game showed that deep down everyone has a competitive nature, Bryan White’s team pulled away with a 6 to 1 victory and a spot in the final game.

Two students battle it out for the ball.

Though, Team Carver still had a shot at making it to the finals; they just had to go through Trevor Wells’ team first.  Once again, the Lacrosse players competed and Trevor Wells’ team came up on top with an 8 to 3 score.

And now, the first ever Lacrosse finals game in Corban history:

Team White faced off against Team Wells. The previous games set the tone for the competition level of the finals, and the final did not disappoint.  With a strong battle throughout both 15 minute halves, teams were getting their scoring done.  By the end of the night, Team White managed to win with a score of 8 to 4 and thus they went down in history as the first ever Lacrosse Champions of Corban University Intramurals.

To stay updated on Corban’s intramurals like their page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corban-University-Intramurals

Collin Allen is a student writer for Corban Intramurals.

1. www.wikipedia.com: Although anybody can edit Wikipedia articles, this website has an extensive database with a vast array of articles to choose from.  You can type anything and the chances are there is an article for it and most pages are updated regularly.

“I use Wikipedia as a springboard into other topics and credible sources,” said student Vinny Sepe.

If you don’t get an instant match during a search, Wikipedia lists other articles that the website feels are a match.

2. www.sparknotes.com: Use this one wisely. Spark Notes were originally short books that gave you a detailed explanation and commentary of a particular book, but now they are available online, so you can get want you want on the web and it’s free. The site has a variety of books and topics, and offers extensive notes.

It is best used as a supplement for reading a book, not a substitute. Many teachers and professors have a negative opinion of Spark Notes, because they are used by students as a replacement for studying. Don’t depend solely on Sparknotes.

3. www.quizlet.com: Founded by a 15-year-old in 2005, this website not only lets you look up material on a particular subject but you can make personal and custom quizzes for your test material. There are numerous ways to quiz yourself on the site, such as simply using the search bar, doing word and definition matches, or taking a multiple choice quiz.

It also allows you to study with friends who use the site. It is designed for elementary to college students and it is free.

4. www.khanacademy.org: This website is designed for anybody from kindergartners to adults returning to school. Khan academy offers visibility for teachers, coaches, and parents to see how students are performing and they have access to student’s data. Khan academy has a large database of videos on scholastic topics for students to view and learn from. It tells you what you are specifically struggling with. It’s also free.

5. www.studyblue.com: This website makes digital flash cards for you from information you type in, plus it quizzes you with that information. It also has a database to look up information and hires individuals to help others study. The website is free and it even offers a special online app for smartphones, so you can study anywhere, even in the Aramark line.

These resources won’t guarantee you will pass a class, but they can help you study efficiently and save you time. Study well and stay strong.

Tyler Wells, Nate Edwards, Michaela Willis, Mara McKinney, Alexis Miller, and Jesse Houser are active members in Corban Students for Life.

Want to play Frisbee? There’s a club for that. Pintrest projects, eat snacks, or play childhood games? There’s a club for that too. And now because of a few students’ passion for the pro-life movement, there is a place on campus where students can rally together and join the crusade against abortion.

The pro-lifers meet at 5:00 on Tuesday nights in the Aagard basement, and a typical night for the club involves prayer, snacks, and educating themselves on pro-life apologetics through educational films or a guest speaker from Students for Life of America. However, on Sunday, Apr. 21 the group will be hosting a movie night with free pizza and root beer floats.

The club began in February when the issue of abortion in the states began to weigh heavy on freshman Mara McKinney’s heart.

“Since 1973 there have been more than 54 million abortions, that’s the entire [states of] California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Nevada gone… the more I thought about it I was like ‘man I really need to do something’” she said.

Realizing Corban didn’t already have a pro-life club, she decided to start one for herself. She wanted to help spread the true tragedy of abortion, inform people how they can respond to the issue in a Christ-like manner, and help pregnant women in the community.

However, McKinney couldn’t do it on her own. With her hopes high she went to her friend Alexis Miller to ask if she’d partner with her and become the club’s vice-president. Although Miller was hesitant at first because neither of the two had much experience running a club, or much leadership training at all, she said she’d give it a try.

What was once the desire to see fewer abortions in the world is now a club gaining momentum in the community. The club doesn’t just sit around and talk about how bad abortion is; they do stuff. They’re currently running a diaper drive on campus and have various collection boxes set up in dorms and the library. Though, McKinney admits that they’re still learning to ropes on how to effectively advertise this on campus.

Even bigger news is that on Apr. 1 club member Kayli Moser was given the opportunity to speak in front of the Oregon state legislature in defense of the unborn. Moser spoke with three other women through the organization Oregon Right to Life.

“Speaking before the Legislature was a honor and privilege I won’t soon forget,” said Moser. “Speaking is my passion [and] speaking truth is my calling. God calls us to do everything heartily and for Him, and so that is my goal when I speak.”

Club members have also been seeking training outside of campus. Recently McKinney, Miller, and next year’s treasurer Jesse Houser traveled to Seattle to attend a Saturday conference hosted by the SFLA. The training consisted mostly of sitting through lectures but McKinney said they learned a lot of information that “helped us get more excited for next year.”

Leading off on the plate was the competitive bracket.  Only the top four teams with the best records made it to the playoffs.

To start off the night of epic Wiffleballing was team “Vicious and Delicious” captained by the notorious Nolan Cason, whose teams are well known and respected throughout the Intramurals realm.  With a perfect 6-0 record during the season, Cason’s team was ready to take on “Wiff It Good” captained by Reid Zucatti.   It was a close game up until the end when Cason’s team managed to pull away with a 12 to 7 win over Zucatti’s.

Up next in the competitive bracket was Nate Edwards’ team, “Balls to Walls” facing off with “Wiffle Me This” team captained by Seth Henry.  After dueling for the entire 6 innings, Edward’s team pulled through and made it to the next round.

It was down to the last two standing: “Balls to the Walls” against “Vicious and Delicious.” In a close match, Cason’s tea took home the Wiffleball Competitive League Championship with an 8-7 victory.

The night was still young when the first round in the Recreational bracket began. The “Belgian Wiffles” and their captain Dawson Nofziger stepped up to challenge the combination team of Farrar and Aagard.  Nickolas Mattox captained this alliance known as Fragard on First.  However, the “Belgian Wiffles” managed to overcome the bond of the two dorms and make it to the next round.

Nolan Cason’s team, “Vicious and Delicious,” takes home the competitive championship.

Next, Travis Sherman led his team “Kikkoman!” in a fight against April Lindstrom and her “Broken Bats.” The teams dueled it out, but in the end, “Kikkoman!” made it to the playoffs.

In the final game of the Wiffleball season, one team remained ahead. Travis Sherman led his team to a 10-9 win and claimed the Spring 2013 Intramurals Recreational League championship.

Colin Allen is a student worker for Corban Intramurals.

To stay updated on Corban’s intramurals like their page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Corban-University-Intramurals

Stephanie Husk has been at Corban for over 10 years, teaching classes since the beginning and counseling students for eight years. Many of us know her oversized leather chairs and her lavender walled office very well. With her service to so many Corban students, it’s hard to imagine her elsewhere. But God has a new plan for our beloved counselor.

Salem Alliance has a program called Life Path and Husk has been asked to be its director. Life Path is a group recovery program, providing a way for people to recover from addictions, anger, anxiety and/or sexual impurity.

Her new job fits well with her degree, but will be completely different from her job at Corban. She will be going from one-on-one counseling to working with groups and switching from a clinical role to a more pastoral teaching role. Husk will be coordinating with the community and with the missionary branches of Life Path in Russia and Canada.

The interviewing processes for Husk’s replacement won’t start until next month. Her replacement needs to have a license and two years of experience, so it’s not likely to be any of Corban’s own counseling graduate program students.

“I have grown as a person, counselor and believer through my job here,” Husk said, “through observing the courage, perseverance and Corban students’ desire to heal. Thank you, Corban.”

Husk will still be teaching her online graduate and Adult Degree Program classes. “I can’t imagine leaving fully,” she said.

Kate Tracy smiles with one of the young girls she helped build a home for.
Photo by Jess Bruggeman

What we use to grace our countertops beckons me to enter through a Spartan legend.
I stare at the plot of dirt, the perimeter of my kitchen, and glance back at the path through towering granite boulders.
I can see the border wall in the desert hills.
Dust from the soccer field below billows with joy like the girl in Christmas colors with the strong kick.

Let’s check the rhythm in our hands.

hammer
nail
shovel
scoop gravel
saw wood
carry lumber
don’t fall down the steep granite cracks.
Chase the chicken out of the outhouse.

Let’s check the rhythm in our feet.

Walk past the bleating goats, step on the avocado peels, avoid the dogs with fleas.
Hurry to supply the man with stucco.

Let’s check the rhythm in our nose.

The granite smells of laundry on its slabs, always work,
except when buses to Guadalajara break down.
We smell like sweat, like the dust of granite.

 Let’s check the rhythm in our teeth.

But teeth don’t know how to say “Ricardo.”
If I smile with my teeth, will they know?

 Let’s check the rhythm in our eyes.

Can eyes see between cracks in the granite
where the sewer runs,
or where cousins never separate?
Can eyes straddle the border wall between a giving and receiving?

I stand in awe as The body, not my body, urges me through the granite boulders.

The public school I attended at the time had a Halloween day parade so I put on my vest that made me look like I was on the safari, took paper towel rolls, scotched taped them together, and made a sign in my best elementary handwriting that read “I am a missionary of the Lord”.

I was bold because people needed to know Jesus loves them!

My father was an officer in the military so we moved just about every other year. Moving around a lot meant that I frequently needed to make new friends.

As the years passed I became more concerned with becoming popular the quickest. I fell easily to peer pressure and just went with the flow.

When I was in the sixth grade we moved to New Mexico. Along with all the changes that are included with a move, my parents made a decision that completely changed my life. They told me I was going to be homeschooled.  At first it was great, I got to study what I wanted and I got involved with a few homeschool groups and YES—I made friends.

The drawback became shorter school days when I was left with a lot time to myself and I had no idea what to do with it. As the old cliché goes, “Idle hands are the devils playthings.”

In that time adolescent insecurities began to set in and I listened to all the lies. I played basketball but I wasn’t much of a baller. I sang in chorus but never could get a solo, and the boy I had a mad crush on wouldn’t even turn his head my way.  I just went through the motions and brooded inside about how boring my life was. I searched for a thrill.

One night I googled, sex.

The images excited me and I felt alive. I would watch a few videos online at night then let the images run through my mind whenever I felt unhappy. It wasn’t long before a few videos became a few hours to achieve the same level of satisfaction.

I was a 12 year old porn addict.

A year and a half later, I began going to youth group and I saw what it meant to be consumed by Jesus. These teens were definitely different.  They didn’t try and outdo each other with their worldly achievements and pointed each other, and me, to Christ.  I was inspired by these peers so I put on an act pretending I was just as close to God as they were. I wished it was genuine but it was all just a façade and I found that leading the double life is a complicated and exhausting.

I attended a youth conference with this group and it was there that God revealed Himself to me, but I wasn’t having it. I was dirty. I couldn’t look at boys without lust and I could turn the most innocent conversation into sex jokes. I masturbated on a regular basis.

I was convinced that God couldn’t remove that wretchedness from me. I mean, even if I stopped didn’t mean I wouldn’t be filled with guilt from then on.

God repeatedly told me that if I asked for forgiveness my life would be clean. I was tired of only pretending I loved God and wanted to be the “third grade Mare” again who really loved Jesus. 

That night I told God that my life was His. I was done with porn.

One of my main fears as I was letting go of this addiction was that I would never be free from the guilt and that the images I had seen would continue to run through my mind. Scientifically, images such as this stay with a person forever, but God showed me just how great His forgiveness is and erased the images from my mind.  My parents found out about my addiction and placed me in counseling.

I don’t remember much from counseling except for one thing.  My counselor asked me to memorize 1 Corinthians 10:13.  It says, “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it” (ESV)

That is the biggest point I want to make when I share my testimony. You will be tempted but it is Christ in you makes you infinity stronger than even the most seductive temptations.

I am still sensitive to sexual images and lust but this verse reminds and convicts me that God has made me stronger than sin.  He will bring me lasting satisfaction. Other things in this world may offer satisfaction but it will only be fleeting and last for a moment, not matter how pleasurable it may seem.  It is only in Christ that true, lasting satisfaction can be found.

Mare Suddarth rides a camel while traveling abroad with Corban’s study abroad program.

Secondly, the verse says, “No temptation has over taken you that is not common to man….” Being female and having porn as a part of my history made me feel like a freak for a number of years.

I was sure that I would be judged as a misfit and people would avoid me and think of me as gross. I was sure that I would be judged as a misfit.  I was afraid that people would avoid me and think of me as a slut.

Pornography is a serious issue for women; it is NO LONGER a male only issue. Pornography websites have recognized the community of female viewers and specially produce videos that they will enjoy. For every 3 porn watchers, 1 is women.

If you are a girl and you are in stuck in porn or masturbation, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! Talk to your nearest Christian friends, chances are at least one of them are struggling along with you. You can begin to hold each other accountable and point one another away from it and towards Christ. The immediate gratification doesn’t last, but God’s love does, and his forgiveness heals.