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Campus ConnectionEthics Team becomesback-to-back championsOn November 5th, 2010,the SAGU Business departmentparticipated in the annual EthicsMatch. The SAGU team won thematch for the second year in a row. Inthe years that SAGU participated, theyhave never finished lower than thirdplace.The Ethics Match promotes thestudy of business ethics in privateuniversities. SAGU students competedagainst teams from McMurryUniversity, Schreiner University,Southwestern Adventist University,Southwestern University (Georgetown),Texas Lutheran University, TexasWesleyan University, University ofDallas, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and Wayland Baptist University.The SAGU team faced Texas LutheranUniversity in the final round of thematch to earn first place. Last yearSAGU topped Southwestern Universityof Georgetown.“This is a tremendousaccomplishment, which does so muchto confirm the academic reputation ofour university,” commented PresidentBridges. “Congratulations goes toeach of our team members, but specialrecognition goes to Barry Gordon,Business Department Chair, whosponsors the team each year and putsin countless hours of personal time inpreparing these students to compete atthe highest level.”The SAGU team included TessaNeely, Braden Pollard, ChristopherRhoades and Priscilla Trevino. Therewas also a second group of SAGUstudents who scrimmaged with theteam and helped prepare them forthe match. This group consisted ofVeronica Joseph, Ben Kissee, ChristalynKo, Hunter Shelton, Colin Sweeneyand Blake Vansteenburg. •Holocaust survivorIrving Roth speaksin chapelHolocaust survivor Irving Roth spokeduring chapel service Thursday, March 31.Roth partners with Christians United forIsrael (CUFI), an organization foundedby SAGU alumnus Dr. John Hagee toeducate audiences about the historicalreality of the Holocaust and presentthreats to Israel.During Fall 2010, Dr. John Hageeand SAGU President Kermit Bridgesdiscussed the possibility of creating alocal CUFI chapter. In the process ofestablishing the SAGU chapter, studentJonathan Clinkenbeard’s interaction withCUFI’s campus division allowed theopportunity for Roth’s visit.President Bridges explains theimportance of hearing Roth’s message.“We first and foremost wanted to educateour students concerning the reality of theHolocaust. From a biblical standpoint,I wanted to reinforce our propheticunderstanding of the restoration ofnational Israel and to recognize there aredivine blessings associated with those whosupport Israel.”Roth was born in Kosice,Czechoslovakia, in September 1929. Of4,000 people on his train, he was oneof 300 who survived the first round ofmurders at Auschwitz concentrationcamp. He was later transferred toBuchenwald concentration camp in EastGermany where he was freed in 1945at 15 years of age. He and his survivingfamily moved to the United States in1947.From 1952-1954 Roth served in theU.S. Army. He is married with two sonsand four grandchildren. He is a retiredelectrical engineer, a historian, lecturerand writer about the Holocaust. He isthe Director of the Holocaust ResourceCenter at the Temple Judea of Manhasset,NY. •14 - Southwestern Today Magazine