9 Very Simple Things

Dan MacAlpine visited Jo Kadlececk's journalism class at Gordon College on October 21, 2010.  His purpose was to inspire and inform young journalists to cut the clutter and get to the story.

A New Kind of Civil Rights

When I think of the Civil Rights Movement I can picture Martin Luther King Jr. speaking his infamous words of freedom for all, I can think upon what I have learned in U.S. history of the atrocities against African Americans and I can remember it for just that, history. And while this history at times can seem passive in my life, I have to wonder what the civil rights movement of my generation is?

The social justice movements of today, such as the Invisible Children or Not For Sale campaigns are the civil rights that my generation is fighting for.

The similarities are there. It is justice that these two generations are fighting for. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “If we are wrong, justice is a lie, love has no meaning. And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” 

Alums Just off the Grapevine

By Alyssa Maine 

A weekend of Homecoming flocked parents, alumni and current students to a myriad of networking and school spirited events, bringing together Fighting Scots from all years of life. With Gordon College alumni reclaiming their stomping ground, the weekend was not met without advice and encouragement for the next generation.

Serving the community as a journalist, Jon Phelps a 2008 Communication Arts alumnus offered 10 tips to future journalists. “Write as often as you can,” Phelps said, […and] keep a bag of tricks with you.”  While working at the Eagle Tribune Phelps has seen how his journalism studies at Gordon have prepared him to work in a temperamental and changing industry. The words from The Elements of Journalism have stuck with him, you are a voice for the voiceless, claim that and apply it to all that you do in life.

Alumnus, Mariwyn Grace Light, is now living in El Paso, Texas merging her love for the betterment of people with her passion for writing. As a graduate student at University of Texas at El Pas, she is currently studying Intelligence and National Security in hopes of working in the intelligence industry. Both Phelps and Light took journalism while students at Gordon and have found the application to their journeys. “Studying journalism,” Light said, “studying writing will no doubt help you wherever you go.”

Phelps and Light are just two examples of Gordon College graduates who have integrated what they have learned on the Grapevine with specific places that God has called them to be passionate about. 

Karl Belanger a 2010 Business Administration major with a Computer Science minor graduate has piloted his own company. Universal Technology Access is a company that is dedicated to technology training for visually impaired individuals in order to create more accessible technologies. Belanger is a natural advocate for those whose voices are not being heard. Being visually impaired has allowed Belanger to notice areas of technology that are not accessible to the visually impaired. With a passion for justice and a heart of service Belanger is synthesizing his own experience at Gordon with a passion for where God has called him.

255 Grapevine really is a place with an address and a certain zip. Gordon College trains students to think holistically about their Christian calling and place in the world.