The Voice: Mission Statement
To provide a common medium by which the Emmanuel Bible College community can come together in their diversity to be encouraged, entertained and informed, as well as to express their unique talents and concerns.

A Note from the Editor:
October is upon us and assignments, papers and midterms are upon us. Seasons change, stress levels rise, people come and go, but God remains the same.

As riding the city bus is become a more frequent occurance for me, I am continually reminded of how blessed I am compared to so many people that I see. Eyes can tell a lot about a person and many people’s eyes who ride the bus emanate sadness, even emptiness. An old, fragile lady can barely walk on and off the bus, even with the help of her walker. A young child in a stroller sits with his parents who are arguing loudly. An adolescent is earnestly searching for her place in this world and seeking love in the wrong places. A haggard-looking man barely has enough threads across his shoulders to keep himself warm in the chilly fall air.
I am not empty, I am full. Overflowing.
I can stand and walk freely and unassisted.
I do not need to look for love.
I have a warm coat and sweater, several in fact.
And more than all of this, I have assurance of salvation in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And because of this, I have a reason to get up each morning. I have a reason to wait patiently for the bus to accomplish menial errands. I have a reason to feel compassion for these people.

Announcement:
It is my pleasure to publically announce that the Assistant Editor Position has been filled. I would like to formally welcome Jordan Vetro to The Voice editing staff. Jordan will work alongside me this year in organizing, editing and publishing The Voice. If all goes according to plan, he will take on the Editor-in-chief and Student Council positions next year.

Upcoming Events and Important Dates:
- Thursday Oct 19 at 7:30 AM – Prayer Breakfast. Anyone is welcome. Contact Brandon Meyers, Sarah Graham, Beth Payson or Crystal Nippard for details.
- Saturday Oct 21 – Volleyball Tournament hosted by EBC. Scorers are still needed. Fans are also encouraged to come as we are hosting the tournament and want to show our Wildcats support! Contact Taryn Wiley for details.
- Oct 20-21 – Soul Direction – Please pray for guidance for those who plan it and God’s presence throughout the weekend.
- Oct 23-27 – Reading Week. Residence will remain open, but meals will not be provided. Use your time off wisely!
- Monday, Oct 30 – Commuter Outing at 9:30 PM. Contact Sarah, Beth or Crystal (the CLCs) for details.
- Friday Nov 3 at 9:00 PM and Saturday Nov 4 at 12:00 PM – Basketball Tournament at Tyndale. Another opportunity to show the EBC Wildcats our support!

A Sports Journalist is still needed. If anyone is interested in covering the EBC sports teams and games, please contact Rachel Neumeister (box 139). Any other submissions are always welcome for The Voice. The next submission deadline is two weeks from now (Friday Nov 3). This is plenty of time to write something!

Included in this Issue:
Pictures of the EBC campus as of October 16, 2006
Announcment regarding new Editing Services
MTF Dinner Story and Photos
Mike’s Gossip
Information regarding Magazines in the Library
Spotlight on Drew Peterson
Voice on the Street
Ask Queen B
Commentary regarding Simon Boucher
Poetry
Caption Contest

The EBC Campus:
Notice how much the trees have changed since last issue!

by: Katelyn UngerOn October 11, a group of us went over to Janice Anderson’s apartment for a mission’s dinner and social. Everyone brought a little something for supper, which included two great lasagnas, soup, nachos, some Philippine specialties, perogies and much more. The deserts were also superb.
Two gentlemen from Cross Training Canada spoke to us about a program that has started up in Toronto and Calgary. A student has to have a few years of Bible school training under his or her belt. They will move to Toronto or Calgary, spend time in a church of their choice (with help from the staff of the program). The church should be linked to the country that the student will be going to the following semester. The first semester will also include training and ministry. During the second semester, the student will be allowed to choose a country that he or she feels the call to go to. There, they will be apart of a ministry and much more. You can get up to thirty credits from this one year program, and a whole bunch of memories. If you have any questions about this, you can talk to Janice Anderson, myself (though my knowledge is limited in this department) or others that attended the missions dinner.
Once business had been taken care of, we had the privilege to watch Brandon Meyers’ mom, Marilyn being interviewed by 100 Huntley Street. What a great family!
It was a relaxing evening of stories and laughter; memories were shared and made. Thanks to Janice and everyone who made the food. God bless you all.

[Click Here for Photos of this Event.]

by: Rachel Neumeister

New this year at EBC:

As of October 2006, there is now an editing service available for any and all students who wish to have a second head and second pair of eyes edit and revise their paper courtesy of Brittany Rice and fellow volunteer editors. Your fellow students have volunteered their time to work with you on your papers. Twenty minute time slots are available every day (except Sunday) by various students from the school. You may sign up for a time slot, or come into the FC Peters room in the library during one of the posted times. Times and editors are available as follows:

Monday:
10:00 am -11:00 am –Angel Taylor
1:00 pm -3:00 pm –Beth Payson
Tuesday
10:00 am -11:00 am –Angel Taylor
1:00 pm -2:20 pm –Rachel Neumeister
Wednesday
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm –Dave King
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm –Lindy Powell
Thursday
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm –Dave King
Friday
9:00 am – 11:00 am –Beth Payson
Saturday
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm –Rachel Neumeister

At the request of the editors, please have already edited your paper yourself before bringing it. This will allow for more time to be spent on revision and rewording as opposed to grammar and spelling. If your paper is longer, please allow more than twenty minutes.

Bring on the good grades EBC students!

by: Jordan Vetro

It was a crisp cold morning. Rain poured down upon the EBC campus as a few quiet bodies hurried themselves across the soaked campus for brunch. As students began to congregate about the tables in the Campus Center, someone noticed a great catastrophe down towards the area of the basketball court. An unknowing taxi driver had driven into the infamous EBC lake, believing, by the reflection of the water and the parking lot, that he was still on paved ground. His bumpers had stuck on the shores of the lake and the tires of the automobile, no longer touching solid ground, spun to no avail. Immediately our students, eager to aid the distressed car leapt into action. Out in the cold and the rain, almost a dozen students were standing knee deep in water, heroically working to free the automobile. They pulled, and they pushed, the struggled and strained, with great heroism and determination they worked to save the victim. But the burden was too great. A tow truck had to be called. The behemoth vehicle arrived and prepared to tow the car. But wait, another dilemma. The tow truck driver would have to attach the tow cable himself, and because of the water he would have to endure, the price to the driver would be great. But again, an EBC student rose to the occasion. The noble Jason Edgar, wisely trained in the ways of cables, knelt in the mud and reached beneath the oiled underbelly of the car to hook up the cable himself. The tow truck slowly but surely, pulled the car to safety. Thank you Mr. Tow truck man. It was cause for celebration! During the afternoon many EBC students came to the lake for great fun and revelry. A proud moment for any EBC student!

[See the Photo Gallery for pictures of this event.]

by: Mike Salvatore…a little birdie told me…

Jamie “Charlie” Knight is dating upper warder left. That’s right, all of them. He’s even dating the ones who are currently in relationships. He’s a sly one, that Charlie…

Rachel Neumeister has peed in 6 different showers around EBC. Her goal is to do it in all of them before she graduates. [Editor’s Note: Be careful when asking to be gossiped about. You might get what you ask for.]

I heard that if you don’t staple or paperclip your papers for first year classes, you get an “A” because the profs take pity upon you. Try it!

Matt Cardases can’t fall asleep without his special parsnip. What makes this parsnip special? You’ll have to ask him.

Construction of the Tim Grace Place has already begun…underground. The architect decided that the EBC faculty’s subterranean super-fortress would be the best place to begin constructing the new building. Didn’t see a fortress in the building plans? I didn’t either. We’re not supposed to know.

Ben Ahrens has so many bumper stickers on his car because he’s trying to cover up the evidence from the time he backed into a herd of calves and piglets. He never forgave himself, so he pays his penance by pretending to be a vegetarian.

by: Rachel Neumeister

Hi there Sonny, what can I get you today?
I’m sorry, but I don’t have those anymore.
Because I did not like counting them for children who wanted a hundred of them for a loonie. It was too much work.
There are other candies here too, you know. There are lemon swirls or chocolate nuts or sour sticks or cherry delights or strawberry chewies or my favourite – butterscotch bursts.
I’m sorry ma’am; we got rid of them last month. I don’t have any for your son.
I almost regret it though. The young’ns always come in here, wanting those things and paying for them with a coin they found on the street. The disappointment on their faces makes an old man like me feel sorry for them kids. I hate saying no.
What a grand idea! I will include them with tonight’s order to the factory.
Come back on Saturday, kid. We’ll have ‘em back again then.

in imitation of e.e. cummings’ “in just”

by: Rachel Neumeister

and through
fall when the world is colours
crunchy the children run

and scream into and rustle

and johnandliza giggle
to the rain through the
leaves and it’s
fall

when the world is mud-magnificent

the slow
delirious child whispers
into and rustle
and hanzelandsam come singing

from lazy days and summer nights

it’s
fall
and
the
egg-handed

child gallivants
into
and
rustle

NAME: Drew Peterson

POSITION: Resident Advisor of Wideman

HOMETOWN: Elk Rapids, Michigan (Paradise City)

CURRENTLY RESIDES: Right Here –Common Lounge Couch

HOME CHURCH: Faith Reformed Church

FAMILY: Younger sister, older sister, mom and dad

PETS: Two dogs – Izzy and Lucy

HOW DID YOU GET TO EBC: I found out about EBC through my Youth Pastor and I got here in a van.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Public School: grades 1-4 and Home School: Grades 5-12

FAVOURITE BOOK AND WHY: The Authority of the Believer by John A. MacMillan. I like it because it speaks of the power and the authority that Christ has bestowed upon us.

FAVORITE FOOD: Really, really greasy pizza and Diet Rite

FAVORITE BIBLE VERSE: Hebrews 12:1-2a
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge cloud of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily hinders our progress. And let us run with endurance the race that God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from start to finish.

MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSON AND WHY: Toss up between Brittany and Simon: Brittany because she sees in black and white and Simon because he knows what the color grey is

FAVOURITE CARTOON CHARACTER AND WHY: Hey Arnold! Because it’s realistic situations with a comical twist

DREAM VACATION: A cruise to Alaska

COURSE YOU WOULD LOVE TO TEACH OR TAKE AT EBC AND WHY: Post Modern Revival (first take it, then teach it)

IF YOU COULD CHANGE PLACES WITH ANYONE FOR A DAY, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? Cheyenne because he is often the opposite of who I am

A QUOTE FOR THE MASSES: “Poopers Euphoria is for all of ya. Euphoria means an extremely strong feeling of happiness.” (definition from Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English, 2005)

by: Stefanie Parsons

Check out these articles in the mission magazines on the shelves beside the computer room:

In Mission Fields (Fall 2006) you can read about Canadian Olympian, Cindy Klassen who visited MCC projects in Nigeria and Ethiopia and talked with AIDS patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy.

The Evangelical Mission Alliance’s Team Horizons magazine (2006-2007) has many great articles with big, glossy pictures notably, The Face of Islam which outlines the ways that the Western media is unbalanced when portraying Muslims. And Megan Darreth writes about the decline of traditional churches in Europe in the article, Board Up the Cathedrals.

Last year’s issue of Internationals on Campus is focused on Asian students studying in American universities and introduces a plan to help them explore the Bible with other international students who are Christians. There are also many insightful student testimonies about how they came to a relationship with Christ through friendships with believers at university.

If you have a story about missions or know someone who does, contact the Voice at voiceofebc@gmail.com!

Dear Queen B:
Why does the word abbreviation have so many letters?

Humorously Confused

Dear Humorously Confused:
If I could give you a virtual gold sticker for your excellent observation I
would. My answer for you is simple, politics. There are politics in
every aspect of life and always have been. So even in the early days of
English writing when someone decided to create the word abbreviation, there
were politics present. There was probably a council of highly intellectual
men who sat down to decide on the word that would eventually mean condensed
words. And in doing so they could not decide on a smaller word, because the
meaning already has to do with smaller, they wanted to prove that they’re
intellect and power was not small and therefore created a big word to mean
small. You see my friend: it’s all politics.

Yours Truly,
Queen B