The Friday night lights at Lincoln’s College View Academy are dimmer than those at other area high schools.
The school has stayed true to its roots as Nebraska’s only Seventh-day Adventist school, often straddling the line between the worlds of sports and religion. And every time, the faith, which celebrates the Sabbath on Saturday, trumps athletics.

Dr Andel Bailey, chair, Math and Engineering Department, Northern Caribbean University (NCU), explained that the software opens a world of endless possibilities. Engineering students at NCU will not only benefit from the development of a world-class department, but will also be given the tools to change not only Jamaica, but the world.

This in-kind software grant strengthens the University’s efforts towards nation building. Jamaica needs its people to be seriously engaged in manufacturing, designing, and inventing.

“The Constitution states that we are not to discriminate on the grounds of race, gender, etc., but there is nothing to say one cannot discriminate because of a disability, and even in the newly proposed Charter of Rights, this hasn’t been stated,” added Johns, a Seventh-day Adventist, who has tutored disabled students. She also participates in Hands in Ministry, a church sign-language group, which caters to deaf congregants.

This young Seventh-day Adventist, along with his friend, Jermaine, didn’t care much what would happen to them. Instead, their immediate objective was to help. According to the Bible, the Sabbath was made by God to remind man of his creation and God’s grace for his people. So on that fateful Saturday morning Kareem and Jermaine responded to the need for help from the river’s chilling waters.