The Collegian The Grove City College Newspaper February 23, 2001 Vol. 61 No.14 Don't rush home for break Top Christian musicians The Back Forty Tour hits Crawford Auditorium on Tuesday, featuring Jennifer Knapp, Bebo Norman and to perform Tuesday Justin McRoberts. The concert is expected to sell out. "This is Jennifer's most ambi- advance a lot.' the WB series, "Felicity." she is one of the biggest tours in tious tour yet and is in the nature By Jessica Akpan & Soon Knapp was playing at But don't think that the suc- Christian music," says junior of a 'thank you' tour," a Gotee meetings for Fellowship of cessful singer will be the only Kyle Norton Eric Chambers, Stonebridge Records rep said. "Jennifer is Christian Athletes and various reason people come out to the Collegian Guest Writers Concerts' director of marketing. visiting cities where, over the churches, as well as putting on show. Many Bebo Norman and "And with Bebo Norman, one of years, she has been previously about 80 concerts a year. Next Justin McRoberts fans will be One of the year's hottest the hottest up-and-coming artists well-received and built a strong thing she knew, she was signing filling up Crawford Auditorium Christian music events will be fan base." alongside, I am anticipating an a contract with Gotee Records. as well. heading to Crawford Auditorium unforgettable performance." The Grammy-nominee traces Before a blink of an eye, she "What a better way to follow this Tuesday the Back Forty her music roots back to her col- Highlighting the event is had shot up to the top of the up a Caedmon's Call concert Tour, featuring Jennifer Knapp, Knapp, who sees this tour as an lege days. Entering Pittsburg music charts. Her debut album, than with the Grove City debut Bebo Norman and Justin opportunity to give something State University of Kansas with a "Kansas," went gold and her appearance of Jennifer Knapp," McRoberts. Since opening night back to fans who have supported trumpet scholarship, Knapp sophomore album, "Lay It says junior Josh Willits, Jan. 26 at President's Hall in her during her musical career picked up the guitar and learned Down," has followed suit. Stonebridge Concerts president, Cincinnati, these three artists how to read chords. while, at the same time, broaden- Jennifer also spent some time "especially with openers Bebo have had enormous success at ing her audience. In order to do "I really got a lot better by on the 1999 Lilith Fair tour, shar- Norman and Justin McRoberts. every destination on their 50-plus so, she will be playing at a few playing in a praise and worship ing the stage with Sarah But Bebo and Justin can hardly city tour. secular venues. Most dates, how- band at church," she explained. McLachlan and Sheryl Crow. be considered opening acts. They "I'm incredibly excited to have ever, are at private colleges and "Just getting to practice moving Knapp's music has been heard on Jennifer Knapp coming, because large regional churches. chords around helped me MTV's "The Real World" and See Concert on page 4 'Through the influence of culture' Division III Sports Weigel speaks on the Pope's role in the fall of communism 'The last bastion of By Matthew R. Divelbiss Europe as well as his continued The Pope's father taught his Collegian Editor-in-Chief efforts to end tyranny around the son "the story of how the Polish world. nation survived 123 years when Every good Grove City "Pope John Paul II has clearly the Polish state had simply been the student-athlete' College student knows that had a significant impact on con- erased from the map of Europe." Ronald Reagan played an influ- temporary history," Weigel said. "Poland the nation survived the ential role in stopping the "red What people do not realize, loss of Poland the state through By Kelly Schmitt sions in college sports. As a menace." Weigel suggested, is that the its culture: through its language, Collegian Sports Editor member of the NCAA Division But few know that Pope John Pope has had an enormous through its literature and through III program, Grove City cannot Paul II also played a major part impact on world affairs and its religion, its Catholicism," "If you want to get down to offer sports scholarships to its in ending the communist terror international politics. Weigel said. where the student actually plays players. Also, its schedule is that held Eastern Europe in its According to Weigel, the Pope "The great lesson that the the game, it's Division III. filled with teams and trips that grasp for almost 40 years. got his foundation from his wid- man who would be become the Where the last bastion of the stu- are much closer to home, often As the third speaker in the lower father as a boy growing up Pope would draw from this is dent-athlete in the NCAA philos- within a three-hour bus ride "Faith, Freedom, and the Future" in his native Poland. that culture, not politics, not eco- ophy still exists." away. lecture series, George Weigel "He taught him the great les- nomics, but culture is the most Chris Smith, the football This is unlike the "big-name" explained the Pope's role in end- son of modern holy history, team's head coach and Grove Division I and Division II teams ing communism in Eastern which, it turns out, has a univer- See Weigel City's athletic director, was com- sal application,' Weigel said. on page 4 menting on the different divi- See Athletes on page 12 Creative White It's all cooking Stripes over When you can't Brother and Men's find something sister duo steal Basketball good, make it. show. season ends. 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