"Over the years, the Olympics have become a laboratory for finding the limits of the human body," says Prof. Linda McDonald ©Wally Skalij, L.A. Times / 22-02-2010
“We wanted to have our students tell their stories, and tell their personal testimonies, rather than us developing a generic message.”
Larisa Coldebella, Juliann Plimpton, and Nick Williams gave it their all and represented North Park gallantly.

We’ve all recited North Park’s slogan to one another before, “Lives of Significance and Service,” as well as its catch phrases, “Distinctively Christian, Intentionally Urban, and Purposefully Multicultural.” Whether we were making fun of them or discussing them with… Read article

Last week I participated, along with 40 other North Park students, on a trip of racial reconciliation known to the North Park community as Sankofa. Sankofa has taken on many identities over its 13 year existence, with discussion topics… Read article
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Long before text messaging replaced speech, and the web took our eyeballs captive, radio existed. Not the Lady-Gaga saturated radio we know today, but a quality medium that spurred wonder and imagination through whimsical story telling. A frequency-transmitting box that… Read article
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