Volume 65 | Issue 7 | January 19, 2018
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New Recruit – Cheer team signs new Team IMPACT member to squad.
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Men’s team edges out APU
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Gabe Taylor, senior business administration major, passes by his Azusa Pacific University competitor during the first half to score two points for California Baptist University. Taylor scored a total of 12 points during this game and had two rebounds helping CBU win in the last three minutes by seven points.
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The men’s and women’s basketball teams at California Baptist University played against PacWest Conference rival Azusa Pacific University Jan, 13 where the women lost 55-77 and the men held their lead in the final stretch with the score ending 75-69. In the women’s game, APU started out with the early advantage as they led 15-13 by the end of the first quarter. APU then increased the deficit to 39-23 by halftime. CBU’s struggles continued
Lancers v. Cougars Men:(W) 75-69 Women:(L) 55-77 into the second half when the score was 59-40 in APU’s favor by the end of the third quarter. CBU continued to trail until the end of the game. Despite the loss, CBU women came out very strong defensively. The Lancers managed to beat APU 50-38 in rebounds. The women’s basketball play-
Riverside walks to celebrate MLK BY TESS SCHOONHOVEN NEWS EDITOR
Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy is annually honored, and the Riverside community takes part in this tribute in many ways. This year, the Riverside African American Historical Society Inc. hosted its 25th annual Walk-a-Thon to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a community. The walk started at Stratton Community Center and ended at the Riverside Community College Digital Library where there was a 40-minute program focused on honoring community members who represent the theme of the walk, “Silent No More,” throughout the year. The celebration did not end with the walk itself but continued with festivities such as booths, live entertainment and speakers. Jalani Bakari, chair of the event, explained the theme for this year’s walk. “(The theme is to) ask citizens not to be silent, and to
ers who led in rebounds for the game were Tori Mitchell, senior kinesiology major and center, and Emily Schmidt, senior early childhood studies major and guard/forward, with eight rebounds each. The following men’s game was a close affair with CBU gaining an early 39-30 lead by the end of the first half. How-
ever, the game went back and forth during the last three minutes of the game, with the Lancers ultimately gaining a well-deserved victory over APU. With the transition of the athletic programs at CBU from NCAA Division II to Division I, this marks the last season that CBU Lancers basketball plays against APU as conference opponents at home. The first meeting between the CBU men’s basketball team and APU took place during the 1957-58 basketball
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Professors create escape room, enjoyed by students BY NINASOPHIA STOWE
we love the creativity behind it, and we just thought we should Two and a half years ago, Dr. make our own,” said Jonathan Amy Miller, professor of kine- Miller. After months of creating siology, walked into her house on her birthday and, to her the puzzles and decorating the surprise, entered her very own rooms, Escape Games Riverescape room, created by her side opened its doors in February 2017. husband JonaThe conthan Miller, adcept of the junct professor game is simple: of kinesiology. solve small and This was the belarge interacginning of the tive puzzles Miller family’s Chris Schulte, junior to unlock the own business. kinesiology major doors. The After getgame depends ting inspiration from visiting other escape on team effort and to play off rooms, the couple decided of each player’s strengths and to create their own. With his weaknesses. Each team gets background in business and a one hour to solve all the puzmaster’s in entrepreneurship, zles and get through the room. There are two different Jonathan Miller leased out a space and began creating the rooms from which to choose: the Pirate Room and the first room. “Me and my wife just got Toy Room. The rooms are hooked on them. We love games, we love competition, SEE ESCAPE GAME | PAGE 10
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The Riverside Pathfinders Club leads the 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Walk as a crowd follows from Bordwell Park-Stratton. march and speak out to those things which separate and hold us back from the greatness Dr. King dreamed,” Bakari said. Participants had the option of purchasing a ticket to the event for $15. The proceeds
went entirely to supply T-shirts to walkers, maintenance of the Martin Luther King Jr. statue, the cost of the walk, support of the civil rights institute by the RAAHS and scholarships for Clarke & Greir College.
Bakari explained how the walk began and has continued to grow over the past 25 years. “The Martin Luther King Jr. Walk-a-Thon was conceived
SEE MLK WALK | PAGE 2