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THE FOLLIES By Jessica Bills
been many people who have impacted America like Will Rogers did. His sincerity, humor and kindness were internationally famous. He never met a man he didn’t like, he often said and it was his impressive brand of optimism and wit that helped keep America strong through the crash of the stock market and the ensuing Great Depression. Many Cal Baptist students learned all this and more from the spring play, The Will Rogers Follies. All the plays at CBU have their own unique traits and, of course, stories. However, this production reached for an even higher standard than in previous productions. The cast for the play was set in the January, in the beginning of the Spring semester, and rehearsals began right away. The whole cast gave 100% of themselves to the play because a play of this caliber required just that. From an actor’s point of view, The Will Rogers Follies’ success as a play relied heavily on the shoulders of one student, Sam Rodriguez, who had the honor of playing and relating Will’s life to the audience. “His catch line is ‘never met a man I didn’t like.’ This is something I connected with really well. My favorite part of the show was that there was no way to stop his life. It just kept moving and you could see how God ordered his steps and Will’s love was used to affect others,” Rodriguez said. Even though the play depended mostly on his performance the whole production was nothing without an able cast. From a chorus girl’s point of view, Danae Lane’s role in the play was complete support, “I really like being apart of something that was so much bigger than my choices were. Being in the ensemble was all about precision and usually in theatre you want to stick out but in this case we needed to make everyone else look good. You know go with the flow, be humble in this sense. Because the show was all about how we looked as a whole.” For Krista Jo Miller, the director, this show was her last at CBU and her big finale. After five years of being the director of the CBU’s drama department she decided to pursue different opportunities. While this was devastating news to the CBU community, the show continued to maintain her standard of excellence. This left her legacy at Cal Baptist with excellent taste in everyone’s mouths. From the audience’s point of view, Will Roger’s was a new level of set designs, choreography, costumes, music and acting. This play represented all the hard work of every cast member, of the memorable senior leads and of an unforgettable era in CBU’s drama department with Krista Jo Miller. there have not
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Spring 2012 produced a total of 1,330 graduates, CBU’s largest graudating class to date.
SPRING COMMENCEMENT By Matthew Shade
the warm morning of Cinco de Mayo. Hundreds of people, hidden beneath the gowns and tassels, waited before the large stage at the eastern end of the lawn. The remaining thousands had them surrounded and a dull roar of anticipation filled the area. Ready and poised on the rooftops snipers were watching the crowds. This spring, CBU pushed into its fourth year of consecutively graduating over 1,000 students. In the undergraduate commencement ceremony 786 undergraduates were honored making the class of 2012, with 1,330 graduates total, the largest graduating class in all of CBU’s history. To celebrate the first group of Rwandans graduating under a presidential education agreement between CBU and Rwanda, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda was featured as the undergraduate commencement speaker. The Prime Minisit was on
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ter’s participation in the ceremony also meant higher security and the secret service, a bomb squad, and snipers on the roof were all present to ensure the official’s safety. The Right Honorable Pierre Damien Habumuremyi congratulated the Rwandans in the graduating class for all their hard work and urged the entire class to take the skills, knowledge and values they have learned into the rest of the world. After a speech by J.J. Steele, one of the graduating students, and a speech by Habumuremyi, the class filed across the stage to shake hands with Ronald L. Ellis, CBU President, and receive their diploma canister (diplomas were distributed after the ceremony). Closing with a closing prayer and the singing of the alma mater, the undergraduate careers of the 786 students were over. Photo By Jessica Bills; Design By Nic Jessen
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More than 100 people attend Christian Challenge, an additional service the CBU community can choose to attend.
CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE By Emily Gallina
at CBU, students, faculty and staff gather in the Copenbarger Presidential Dining room to be challenged as Christians to grow together in their faith and walk with God. This movement is known as Christian Challenge and reaches far beyond the gates of this campus. Many other Universities participate in Christian challenge or a club of a similar sort that reach out to their communities and fellow students through Christ’s love. When asked what Christian Challenge means to Ashley Gallina, Gallina states that, “It helps students take that next step with their faith, whether that is getting involved on campus in ministry or developing their own personal spiritual discipline.” Christian Challenge has been growing rapidly ever since it started. Gallina, who has been attending Christian Challenge for two years says, “ When I began going to Christian Challenge, there were about 30 people attended, great speakers, random topics, and questions at the end for the speaker.” Today, Christian Challenge has grown into a campus wide movement, where over one hundred people attend weekly. Great speakers from around the area share God’s love through their life’s experiences and miraculous stories. “There are many more committed Christians in attendance—desiring to seek wisdom and knowledge of practical theological concepts”, comments Gallina about the miraculous changes that have happened within Christian Challenge. Gallina expresses the changes she would like to see in the near future for this miraculous program by saying, “ I would love to see break out sessions/ small groups that are developed and committed.” Gallina also expressed the many things she enjoys about Christian Challenge: “I love gaining the wisdom from the wise speakers that they have on a weekly basis. It is always encouraging and challenging for me.” on thursday nights
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BASEBALL MEN’S
Though the Lancer baseball season began in February, it ended in May at the ending of the NCCAA national championships in Mason, Oh. The team has had a successful season with 38 wins and 12 losses. Along with being an overall successful team on the field, members of the team have also showcased excellence in the classroom. Cole Bullard and Zach Esquerra have been honored by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
BASKETBALL WOMEN’S
Men’s basketball ended the season with 16 wins and 10 losses. Though the team hopes to catch up a better rank, this season still marks a milestone for head coach Tim Collins as he led the Lancers to their 600th victory of his 33 year career.
BASKETBALL
Women’s Basketball ended their season with a record of 22 wins and 7 losses. This marked a successful season for the team. As the school hired Jarrod Olsen as new head coach for the Lancer’s Women’s Basketball team for the coming season. It is hoped that they will continue with another successful season for the upcoming year.
CROSS COUNTRY MEN’S
Cross Country had a rough start at the beginning of the season, but a solid pick-up mid-season. By the end of the season, both the men and women’s teams ended in November by placing the school’s team in third place. This season showcased the Lancers’ ability to progress no matter how the season starts.
GOLF WOMEN’S
The Lancers Men’s Golf team finished the season at the Kona Coast, Haw conference. Though they had finished fourth place in the season, they hope hopefully develop a stronger record for next year’s season. Though they saw the team could still learn much, Junior Steven Watson of the Lancers won the PacWest title at the conference.
GOLF
The team ended the season at the rank of eighth place out of eight teams. Coaches Lane Pace and Marc Machado hope to end next season on a higher note through what they learned this year.
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S
SOCCER
Both the men’s and Women’s soccer teams enjoyed another successful season as they ended with a total of 13 wins and 5 losses for the men and 14 wins and 2 losses for the women. This success continued as they entered the finals in Kissimmee, Fla. The soccer team was also awarded a postseason award from ESPN. In the award Fabiola Zanella de Silvan and Michael Salazar were both awarded awards.
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SOFTBALL
The Lancer Women’s softball team continued the season with an overall tally of 46 wins and 6 losses. They were able to make the finals in Botetourt County, Va. After winning the Pacific West title in its first year five of their players were awarded. These players were Emma Holden, Tory Ferreira, Mara Rodriguez, Sloan Mchann and Tina Galinato.
SWIM & DIVE
Lancer’s Men’s and Women’s swimming teams displayed determination throughout their season. Though they both made it to the finals they ended up in second place. For this season the women’s team was awarded with the Team Scholar All-American Award.
TRACK
The Lancer track teams were one of the last teams to start their seasons in the spring of 2012. Though they took some time to find their pace and momentum, the Lancers started to find more success later in the season. They were able to compete in the final championships in Joliet, Ill.
MEN’S
VOLLEYBALL
The Lancer’s Men’s Volleyball team experienced a rough season with a total of 12 wins and 16 losses. They ended their season against the UCSD Tritons. Though it was not the most successful season that the team has faced, the coaches hope that they will use these lessons from the season to help make next season more successful.
WOMEN’S
VOLLEYBALL
Unlike the results of the Men’s team, the Lancer’s Women’s Volleyball team experienced a much more successful season. They finished with 26 wins and 10 losses. Along with carrying a successful season, Micah Parker announced hiring new coach Branden Higa as for the team.
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WATER POLO
The men’s water polo team ended the season with 24 victories and 9 losses. Along with their fair season record, Scott Gleason and Chris Toy of the team have been selected as NCAA Division II First Team AllAmericans. The teams hope to continue for a more successful season next season.
WOMEN’S
WATER POLO
The Lancer’s Women’s Water Polo team ended the season with a total of 24 victories and 11 losses. As the team ended their season, the coaches agree it couldn’t have ended better as they eneded the national invite with four straight wins in a row and faced off Concordia University in the final race.
WRESTLING
The Lancers Wrestling Team ended their season with a total of 9 wins and 4 losses. In the last match Jimmy Martinez and Zach Merrill won the title match to help place the Lancers in second place during the season.
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CORRECTIONS Pg. 061 Design not Desgin Pg. 124 Cody Kobb not Zody Kobb Pg. 205 Mark A. Wyatt not Mark A. Wyat Pg. 205 Pursuit not Pusuit