Volume 66 | Issue 3 | October 8, 2018
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Enrollment breaks 10,000 for first time in CBU history BY VICTORIA BUSZINSKI ASST. NEWS EDITOR
California Baptist University enrollment has officially reached quintuple digits for the first time in the university’s history. Dr. Ronald Ellis, university president, announced Sept. 28 that enrollment had reached a university record enrollment of 10,486 students — an increase of 5.5 percent from last year’s enrollment.. The campus’s 2018 full time equivalent (FTE) enrollment figure is 10,647, which is 606 FTE’s or 6.6 percent greater than the 2017 figure. The number of students has dramatically increased over the last nine years. Since 2009, enrollment has had a 155 percent rise. Ellis addressed CBU’s Board of Trustee’s fall meeting where he talked about the student increase. “Fall 2018 is another record-breaking enrollment increase on top of a sustained 24 years of significant increases,”
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Justine Tiu, California Baptist University alumna, strums her harp to create a harmonious tone during the final round of the Shelby and Ferne Collinsworth School of Music’s Concerto Competition. Tiu won the concert after performing her favorite piece, “Ravel’s Introduction et Allegro,” for the judges.
Students, alumni compete for Symphony Orchestra at Concerto BY SUMMER CLARK ASST. NEWS EDITOR
A musical crescendo filled the air Sept. 29 at California Baptist University’s Joann Hawkins Music Building as students performed in the final round of the School of Music’s Concerto Competition. The six finalists competed against one another for a chance to become guest soloists in CBU’s Symphony Orchestra. This was a first-ever final round event and offered free admission for everyone to attend. This competition has been in preparation since the beginning of the Spring 2018 semester and was organized by Ruth Noemy Wheeler, lecturer and Symphony Orchestra director. Gene Moon, director of Orchestra Studies and conductor, said the competition stands out from anything the school
has done previously. “This is not just a concert. I have an orchestra throughout the year, bands have concerts, University Choir and Orchestra (UCO) has concerts, we all have concerts,” Moon said. “This is a competition. This is a situation where there is going to be a winner or winners. That is what makes it uniquely different.” Students have spent hours practicing, playing and waiting for the time to come and show all of his or her hard work. “They are practicing two, maybe three, hours a day on all sorts of music, not just what they performed on Saturday,” Moon
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said. “They have been preparing music for last Saturday since January, at least.” Moon said performing for the Symphony Orchestra is a huge opportunity for the students and not something every musician has the opportunity to experience. “Playing with the Symphony Orchestra as a soloist, for most musicians, is a rare opportunity — dare I Justine Tiu say even once in a lifetime,” Moon said. CBU alumna This year only one winner was chosen for the Concerto Competition out of the six competitors.
Competing against others and being chosen as the winner makes you feel like all your hard work paid off.
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Ellis said. “It puts CBU ahead of schedule to attain the 12,000 by 2025 goal.” In 1994, when Ellis became president, CBU’s student enrollment totaled 808, making the total student body increase 9,678 students. Taylor Neece, dean of Admissions, attributed the way CBU’s growth has set the university apart to academics, the campus, athletics and campus experience. “A lot of people come to campus for the ‘small private Christian school education,’ and while we’re no longer a small school we can deliver that to them - the ability to meet people, to interact with their faculty, and to be known in their classes,” Neece said. The increase has led the campus to many changes, including new structures and the new NCAA Division I status in athletics. “With the increase comes a lot of challenges but they’re challenges we’re ready to take on,” said Chris Hofschroer assistant dean of Students.”
Las Vegas shooting survivors reflect one year later BY MISTY SEVERI NEWS EDITOR
Survivors of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history look back at the 2017 Route 91 Harvest music festival in Las Vegas where 58 people were killed and 850 people were wounded by shooter Stephen Paddock. “I remember sounds going off that most people thought were fireworks, but it was when (country singer) Jason Aldean began his second song that it turned into a full gunfire (that sounded like a) machine gun,” said Ellen Davis, junior political science and international studies double major. “That was when everyone realized it wasn’t fireworks.” When the shooting began, Ellen Davis immediately dropped to her hands and knees in a duck and cover position to make herself smaller. This, however, resulted in an injury to her leg from shattered glass. Looking for safety, Ellen Davis said she found her way to a hangar where she noticed the glass in her leg. An off-duty nurse who was nearby bandaged her leg. Afterward, she was driven to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she spotted a friend and safely went to her friend’s house. Looking back at the experience now, Davis said she was
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International Service Projects see changes this coming year BY VICTORIA BUSZINSKI ASST. NEWS EDITOR
International Service Projects at California Baptist University have changed since the mobilization sector of the Office of Spiritual Life added new opportunities for students and
updated the training process. With four different opportunities for Lancers, ISP is a growing ministry. The four types of ISP trips include Encounter, Engagement, Immersion, and the newest addition, Launch. Launch is an opportunity for
CBU seniors interested in serving long-term, students who feel called to the mission field for longer periods of time, or for permanent placement after graduation. During Launch training, students will join a cohort that will help them begin the process to
serve overseas long-term. The Mobilization Office has partnered with GoCorps, an organization that helps fund students to send them overseas, and Traveling Teams, an organization dedicated to stirring the hearts of college students for mission work.
In addition to the beginning of the Launch program, the mobilization program implemented changes to the ISP training curriculum. Daisy Erber, sophomore history major and mobilization intern, said there are new training modules for students who
have completed an ISP and are looking to return based off what they have already learned. “There are new trips mobilization has put together, different countries to explore and
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