The Point student newspaper of point loma nazarene university
monday, november 2, 2015
Features, page 3
volume 44 | issue 7
A&E, page 5
Sports, page 6
Opinion, page 8
More on Loma Beat!
A look at PLNU’s Halloween 2015 celebration
More photos on page 3 PHOTO BY JONATHAN SOCH
Junior and DJ Lucas Ustick performs at Goodwin’s dance party on Halloween night, about one hundred people attended the event.
Dr. Gates participates in sex-trafficking study
Five people rescued from cliffs
BY JONATHAN SOCH
BY JAYME O’HANLON
STAFF WRITER
“So many people are doing it, everybody and their mom is doing it and the money is too good and too easy and too guaranteed. It’s really not hard to turn any female out.” That was a statement given by a sex trafficking perpetrator to researchers about the way sex traffickers convince young girls to engage in prostitution. The researchers were part of a team working on a study to determine the extent of sex trafficking in the San Diego region. Last Monday Jamie Gates, director of the Department of Justice and Reconciliation, announced the results of his involvement with the study funded by the Department of Justice on gang-involved sex trafficking. The three-year study called “Measuring the Nature and Extent of
Gang Involvement in Sex Trafficking in San Diego” was led by University of San Diego Professor Ami C. Carpenter, in collaboration with Gates as well as Criminal Justice professor Dr. Dana Nurge from San Diego State University. “It was our initiative, the three of us professors. We did ask the County of San Diego though, what is one of the more important research questions they want answered and this was one of them: ‘What is the relationship between gangs and sex trafficking?’” Gates said. Gates also co-chairs the Research and Data Committee of the San Diego County Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC). According to the study summary, data was collected from 1205 individuals, making it one of the largest, most comprehensive human trafficking case
studies in the United States. The study gathered and analyzed data from hundreds of current and former gang members, schools, law enforcement agencies and victim service providers to better understand the extend of gang related sex trafficking in San Diego. “This study is the first long-term, comprehensive collection of data on the Commercially Sexually Exploited People (CSEP) industry ever conducted in San Diego County,” said Carpenter in a statement released by USD, “[…]the result is a report that accurately measures the various facets of San Diego’s growing human trafficking problem.”
SEE SEX-TRAFFICKING , PAGE 2
STAFF WRITER
Five tourists from Brazil were rescued from a cave near Sunset Cliffs Natural Park due to the high tide Oct. 26 on Monday night. Eight friends went to Sunset Cliffs to visit this cave they were told about from their colleagues. According to twenty-eight year old Ana Silva, one of the friends from Brazil, they headed out around 4 p.m. The tide had gone down at this time, allowing them to safely walk down the cliff along the beach to the cave. Silva was the first to come back up the cliff when she noticed that the tide was beginning to rise. “So the water is coming and we decide to come back. But five stayed there. So I called emergency to come get them,” Silva said. Shortly after Silva escaped, two of
her friends followed including 31 year old Kayla Arana and 30 year old Adriana Sousa. The emergency call box at the bottom of Young Hall’s parking lot was not working when Silva tried to use it to call for help. PLNU began installing new emergency call boxes earlier this year located at the top of Young’s parking lot, which Silva used. “When you look at the time it was like 5 p.m. and I decided I go back because I’m looking at the wave and it’s so dangerous,” Arana said. According to Magicseaweed.com, high tide reached 5.5 feet by 9:30 pm. A surfer from out in the ocean helped those two get up the cliff. In the meantime, the three friends waited in Young Hall’s parking lot for help to arrive. Kristina Audencial from Fox 5 news was one of the first reporters to arrive at the scene. SEE RESCUE , PAGE 2
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2 | NEWS
FROM SEX-TRAFFICKING, PAGE 1
According to the study, in San Diego County, the economy of sex-trafficking represents an estimated $810 million in annual revenue and involves more than 100 area gangs. According to Gates, this makes it the second largest illegal economy in San Diego after the county’s $4.76 billion drug trade. “The inter-agency collaborative nature of Dr. Carpenter and Dr. Gates’ work will be invaluable to San Diego’s law enforcement community,” said San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore. According to Gates, he along with Carpenter and Nurge approached the
National Institute of Justice, the research agency of the Department of Justice, which awarded them a grant in 2012 and allowed them to begin research the following year. The process involved approaching the institutional review boards of PLNU, USD, and SDSU for permission to begin to research. Next they began work with various government departments and city institutions to collect information. “We had to get permissions from law enforcement agencies, from social services providers, and from the school districts to be able to do our research in each of those arenas. So
we wrote MOU’s – or Memorandums of Understanding – with eight social service agencies, with all of the law enforcement agencies in San Diego County and with the San Diego unified school district and other school districts,” Gates said. After they got permission they started focus groups with 20 area high schools, collected survivor data from eight different social service agencies, data from law enforcement agencies on sex-trafficking perpetrators and victims, and interviewed 156 gang related members, 65 of whom were involved with sex trafficking. “Fortunately and unfortunately
there is a number of very significant findings, the most significant is we now have a baseline of the scale of gang related sex trafficking,” Gates said. The study estimates that the 407 perpetrators of sex-trafficking caught by law enforcement only represents between 15-20 percent of the total number. And according to Gates, this means that there could be as many as 10,000 victims that come in contact with law enforcement and social services per year. Gates said that the majority of victims are U.S. and San Diego citizens. According to the study, 80 percent are
trafficked domestically, 20 percent are “foreign born” and 12 percent of those are from Mexico. “This is a San Diego problem, not just because we’re a border town. So it’s a misconception that because of the border that we have this trafficking,” Gates said. “Our study is not exhaustive, [there is] more study that needs to be done to determine what the cross-border traffic is. Our study was limited, it did not get at cross border traffic very well,” he said.
#GreenforGold raises more than $130,000 BY JAKE HENRY
STAFF WRITER
The #GreenforGold campaign raised over one hundred thousand dollars on Oct. 20 for departments on campus and scholarship funds. The Alumni Association and House partnered with PLNU’s department of University Advancement and Marketing in July to begin the campaign they had been discussing for about two years. “We have seen other universities have great success with a campaign like this,” wrote Executive Director of Alumni Relations Sheryl Smee via email. “We researched different various processes and took the idea to [Vice President of External Relations] Dr. [Joe] Watkins.” The idea was presented once in March to the Alumni Association Board of Directors and then later in July. Once the idea was good to go, a leadership committee was formed and was composed of Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Kendall Lucas—who was the chair, Alumni Communications Coordinator Derek Kirk, Executive Director of Advancement Operations Christina Gardner and Marketing’s Web Specialist Kayle Fields. Lucas said that the committee contemplated calling the campaign ‘Giving Tuesday’ or ‘$20 Tuesday’
but went with Kirk’s idea of calling it #GreenforGold. In July, the committee reached out to Watkins so they could get a matching gift. Watkins reached out to President Bob Brower to find the gift would match $25,000 of the campaign’s efforts. Sheryl said that the matching gift came from “someone within the PLNU community.” On Sept. 29 a campaign video staring Associated Student Body President Andrew Borland encouraged students to show their school spirit to build excitement for the campaign. “Let’s show the PLNU community that we care, show that we believe,” Borland said. “Share your pride for PLNU and its endless impacts. Give your green for gold.” Lucas said that they expected to raise $50,000 which would include the matching gift. But on the afternoon of the campaign’s first day, an email was sent out by Lucas announcing that $73,528 had already been raised. Students were able to show their PLNU pride with a photo booth and costumes that were located in the living room of Nicholson Commons. They were encouraged to post in to their social media and use the hashtag GreenforGold. The campaign closed Oct. 21 at 6 a.m and raised $136,161.34. Three hundred people gave to this fund and Smee said for about 50 people who donated, it was their first time they
SCREEN GRAB COURTESY OF YOUTUBE CHANNEL PLNU FORWARD ASB President Andrew Borland encourages students to show their support for PLNU by posting photo’s via social media and using the hashtag #GreenForGold campaign that started October 20th.
had donated money to PLNU. Whoever gave to PLNU had the option, when donating online, to choose ‘University Fund for Student Scholarships’ or ‘Other’. If the donator chose ‘Other’ then they could choose what department they wanted to donate to on campus. PLNU Resident Director and Alumna Bethany Denney expressed her support toward PLNU and the #GreenforGold campaign. “On this day of giving for @plnu
I can’t help but be reminded of the countless ways in which this university has so positively impacted my life. Seriously. Even as years pass, I am continually blessed by what PLNU has been and continues to be in my life and the lives of our students,” Denney wrote via Facebook. “It sounds crazy, but whether big or small, every donation makes a HUGE impact.” Smee said that this campaign is something that she would like to continue doing in the future and added
that she would like the number of donors to increase as well. “We want to come together as a PLNU community for a focused 24 hours to show that as alumni, students, faculty, staff and parents we care, we believe in this place, and we have pride in PLNU and its endless impacts,” Lucas wrote via email. “[…] We hope to increase our number of donors and embrace an attitude of philanthropy toward PLNU […]”
that,” Sandmeyer said. Sandmeyer could neither confirm nor deny if the victims knew how to swim or not, although the victims felt comfortable paddling on boards out to the rescue boat that was lit by the helicopter. “Having the helicopter here was essential to make sure that the transi-
tion from the beach into the boat was going to be flawless,” Sandmeyer said. “If there were any complications we were ready to call that off and try to bring the victims either up the cliff or through another way.” The three that were rescued by boat were taken back to the lifeguard’s dock. A lifeguard then offered to drive
them back to the Ladera parking lot at Sunset Cliffs to be reunited with the other three friends. Sandmeyer said he was impressed with the fast call to action that PLNU’s Public Safety provided.
FROM RESCUE, PAGE 1
“We initially heard a report of some kind of rescue at Sunset Cliffs and the only information that they were giving us was that San Diego fire rescue and lifeguards were here. We came down and saw an engine and a helicopter overhead,” Audencial said. Lieutenant Lifeguard John Sandmeyer of San Diego said that no one
was injured. Lifeguards frequently deal with injured surfers or swimmers, but rarely do they perform a rescue with people stranded on the beach. “Every now and then we will get people that were stuck on the beach that will get cut off. It’s not that common, but maybe its two times a year we will come across something like
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THINK ON THAT
“Our job is to love others without requiring to stop and think whether or not they are worthy.” -Dana Hojsack, Director of Community Ministries Wednesday chapel at Liberty Station
Nease and Goodwin go wild for Halloween
PLNU hosted a variety of Halloween events for students on Saturday including games, dancing and food for students in Nease Hall. Upperclassman were able to attend a dance in the Goodwin courtyard which featured music by Junior DJ Lucas Ustick. About 100 students attended and a competition was hosted for best costumes with a group called “Reverse Grandmas” winning best group costume (right), and junior Michael Lambert winning best individual costume as the “third wheel” (below). PHOTOS BY JONATHAN SOCH
STUDY ABROAD PHOTO OF THE WEEK
PHOTO COURTESY OF CICI HOLMQUIST
“Straight up- studying abroad has been the best experience of my life so far. I had a ton of apprehensions before coming abroad and if you are even slightly considering it, do it. They say you will grow a lot during your study abroad and that is something I knew would happen but I never expected the ways in which I would change, mature and discover more about myself and the world. I am enjoying this experience and wish the semester was longer but I also cannot wait to be back, Loma will always have my heart. Hmu when I am back if you’re thinking of studying abroad!” Cici Holmquist is a sophomore studying abroad in France.
4 | FEATURES
s t n e d u t s s ’ NU L P f o s b i r The C
BY KENDALL BOSHART
STAFF WRITER
3436 Dickens Street This PLNU pad houses six PLNU students and has one of the nicest all around designs. Located about 15 minutes from campus, this house is tucked up behind Rosecrans on a small slope. Residents: Riley Verner CD Kinley Alex Myers Craig Knox Teddy Hammork Chris Turner Facts: 3 bedrooms 4 bathrooms Backyard – Yes Laundry - Yes If you had driven by 3436 Dickens Street in late September, not only would you have heard some great music being played, you would have also seen about a quarter of the population of PLNU listening to the music from the roof of the house. Students who attended that house show to hear fellow students James Spaite and Julius Obregon play original music couldn’t help commenting at how nice the house was. Whether it was the location, the spacious backyard and patio area or the modern look of the house itself, this hilltop home
won positive votes from nearly everyone who attended. The place has been rented by a group of guys who found it on Zillow last year while they were shopping around for a house large enough for six people. As you walk into the house you see the kitchen to your right and a staircase in front of you. There’s a door directly ahead leading out to the backyard and patio area where the guys have hosted many large groups of people – 150 people is the standing record at their place. Inside, the staircase leads up to the bedrooms and the bathrooms. Two of the bedrooms have balconies off of them that overlook the back patio area. And though the inside of this house is very nice, it’s the backyard, view and patio that make it one of the coolest places you’ll find Loma students living. The location and the height of the house give you an almost panoramic view toward downtown San Diego and the surrounding bay. The guys will often climb onto the roof to get a better look. When they have hosted gatherings at their house, the balconies and the roof provide prime seating for guests to see everything that’s going on below in the backyard while also getting a great view of the city. This is the first year all of these Loma students have lived together, though they were in the same building last year in Goodwin.
Backyard Lights: These lights provide ambiance lighting for any event the guys host at their place. Just enough light for people to see, but not so much that is wakes up the neighbors or ruins the view of the city.
Front: This is a shot of the front double doors that open into the house. The decorations for Halloween have clearly already been put out.
Living Room: This space is located through the dining room and to the left. It’s complete with a fireplace, gaming systems and guitars.
Kitchen: The kitchen is located on your right after you walk through the front door. It has an island and granite countertops as well as stainless steel appliances.
Kitchen 2: A view from the opposite side of the room shows the front door and the staircase that leads up to the bedrooms.
Sons and Daughters Art: This piece sits in the living room and adds a rustic feel to the space.
Backyard 2: The small grassy area gives a good view of the back of the house, both decks and the brick chimney. Off to the right is a side yard with a barbecue.
Backyard: The stone detail that makes up the floor of this backyard along with the finishes on the railings make this one of the most modern houses rented by PLNU students.
View: Whether you’re looking out from the roof or one of the two decks, this view is one of the most beautiful aspects of this house.
PHOTOS BY KENDALL BOSHART
What’s good: Fall’s most delicious drinks BY VICTORIA MANRIQUEZ
STAFF WRITER
Hello Fall! The weather has cooled down making it the perfect time for delicious fall drinks. We all know of the Pumpkin Spice Latte too well so we created a list of some drinks that deserve love too. Here are some great places to find them and try: Starbucks Coffee Company/ 1552 Rosecrans St, San Diego, CA 92106/ Hours: 4:30a.m-10:30p.m The newest addition to their fall menu would be the Toasted Graham Latte. This delicious drink is just sweet enough for the taste buds. It is
a classic latte added with sweet cream, two shots of espresso and then topped with cinnamon graham sprinkles. This drink does not disappoint, with just the right amount of sweetness so you are not overwhelmed with too much flavor. Peet’s Coffee and Tea/ 955 Catalina Blvd #103, San Diego, CA 92106/ Hours: 5:00am-9:00p.m The return of the Mayan Mocha is here and we are ready. This customer favorite (including myself) includes hand-pulled espresso, steamed milk, Dutch cocoa (chocolate powder), sweet cinnamon, a kick of pepper and whip cream to top it off. The sweet and spicy combination was different,
yet perfect in every way. Better Buzz Coffee/1480 Rosecrans St, San Diego, CA 92106/ Hours: 5:00a.m-9:00p.m A unique drink Better Buzz offers is the snicker doodle latte made as a regular latte with espresso and steamed milk and their signature creamy vanilla powder. But this drink includes spiced brown sugar syrup and is topped with cinnamon sugar. This is a very popular fall drink that can be tried either iced or hot. The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf/ 4195 Voltaire St, San Diego, CA 92107/ Hours: 5:00a.m- 9:30p.m The Salted Butterscotch Latte is back! This drink includes steamed
milk, espresso, salted butterscotch sauce and vanilla powder. You can either have it hot, over ice or even blended. Anything that has butterscotch flavor I will try. Lazy Hummingbird/ 4876 Santa Monica Ave, San Diego, CA 92107/ Hours: 6:30a.m-6:30p.m This PLNU favorite hangout spot that offers coffee and acai bowl also has, a fall favorite known as the dirty bird. The dirty bird has steamed milk, espresso and spiced chai making a perfect blend. The dirty bird can be found year-round on their regular menu. Coffee and Tea Collective/ 631 9th Ave, San Diego, CA 92101/ Hours: 7:00a.m-5:00p.m
Coffee and Tea Collective is popular for their cold brews, a process that steeps coffee grounds in room temperature or cold water after extended period, which they serve from a tap. As Fall comes they get ready for hot coffee drinkers to come and enjoy their freshly brewed coffee. They use a V60, which allows the ground to drip straight into the coffee cup without any of the grounds allowing you to get every bit of flavor in your coffee. They have different coffees from all over the world from Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Ethiopia. This place is serious for those coffee snobs.
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PLAN YOUR WEEK
11/5-14: San Diego Asian Film Festival at Mission Valley & Old Town, Downtown 11/5-8: Art San Diego Contemporary Art Show at Balboa Park Activity Center 11/6: PLNU Jazz Band Concert 11/7: 1st Annual San Diego Mac and Cheese Festival at SD County Waterfront Park
Smoke and feathers: a haunting tale BY PAXTON DOLAN
STAFF WRITER
I first saw the crow on the day my parents died. I didn’t notice anything remarkable about it – at least, not at first. In fact, the only thing I did notice was that it was obnoxiously perched on top of my brand-new, shiny black Hyundai. “There’s a stupid bird on my car,” I grumbled around a mouthful of soggy cornflakes. I was seated at the breakfast table with my younger brother, Jack who, as he shoved his glasses back up the slope of his nose, didn’t even bother glancing up from the riveting pages of Lord of the Rings. “Jessie, please, don’t talk with your mouth full,” Mom said with a sigh from her place in front of the coffee maker. I ignored her, squinting out at the bird with suspicious eyes. “If he poops on my car, he’s so dead,” I pronounced. “That’s my girl,” Dad said, grinning over the newspaper at me. He was seated in the same place as always – at the head of the table, still wearing his frayed, navy blue bathrobe. A successful horror novelist, his work days generally didn’t start until the late afternoon. How I envied him for that. “Jessie,” Mom sighed again, sounding slightly more frustrated this time, “please don’t talk about bodily functions at the table.” I rolled my eyes as Jack finally placed his book to the side to take a look. “That’s an American Crow,” he said smartly. “A Corvus brachyrhynchos. It’s common in North America and highly susceptible to the West Nile virus.” He opened up his book and resumed reading with barely a pause. “Thank you very much, Mr. Encyclopedia Bratannica,” I mumbled. “Jessie…” Mom warned. As soon as she turned her attention back to brewing coffee, though, Dad gave me a high-five. I could always count on him to appreciate my jokes even when no one else did. We had the same sense of humor. Even Jack was smiling – shyly, the way he always did. “You guys are going to be late if you don’t get going,” Mom said, holding out some money for each of us for
lunch. “You’re an angel,” I said, giving her an impulsive hug after I placed my dishes in the sink. I couldn’t say at the time what made me do it, but later I would be glad my last moment with my mom had been a good one. Jack and I headed outside to my car where the crow still squatted, looking menacing in the early morning light. When I got my first good look at the creature, I couldn’t help cringing in disgust. Its feathers were matted and mangy, completely missing in some places, and it had only one beady black eye that seemed to watch me with genuine malice. “You know, my parents used to have a stuffed bird just like that. They said my dad accidentally shot it while hunting,” Dad said thoughtfully from behind me. The sound of his voice made me jump. “Really?” I asked. “I thought they died in a fire when you were young.” He nodded. “They did. The bird was lost along with everything else. Come to think of it, I don’t remember even seeing the thing on the day of the fire. Maybe it somehow escaped. Who knows? This could be the very same bird.” He let out a peal of ghoulish laughter. “You’re not funny,” I said around my own smile. I advanced slowly on the car and ignoring my own chills of foreboding, said loudly, “Shoo bird!” The crow eyed my contemptuously through its single onyx eye. “You sound like you’re scared of it,” Jack observed. “I’m not scared!” I snapped. “It’s just a stupid bird.” Yet I still didn’t want to get any closer. “I don’t know…you definitely look scared,” my younger brother teased. “Shut up!” I shouted. Without thinking, I grabbed a rock and threw it at the crow. I missed, of course, but succeeded in chipping the shiny black paint of the car. The crow took off with a harsh, grating cry that raised the hairs on my arms and settled itself on the roof of our house like some sort of creepy totem. The sight of it in my rearview mirror as I drove towards the school scared me in a way I couldn’t quite explain. “Don’t worry, Jess,” Jack said, fol-
lowing the path of my gaze. “It’s only a stupid bird.” “I know,” I said with a smile. I wasn’t smiling three hours later when they pulled us out of class to tell us our parents were dead. There was a fire, they told us. Evidently, it was started by one of Mom’s scented candles. She loved those things. Had loved them. They told us it was quick, and that our parents didn’t suffer. Like that was supposed to make us feel better. Jack and I moved in with our Aunt Denny, my dad’s sister. She had never
would’ve been cracking jokes under his breath for sure. Jack cried buckets, while I remained stoic, my thoughts far away. Since the day of the fire, every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was the hunching form of the crow on the roof of our house – the last time I saw it in one piece – and hear Dad’s voice echoing through the air, “Maybe this is the very same bird.” It was stupid, and probably just a result of the combination of sudden stress and trauma…but that didn’t make me feel any less freaked out, es-
what to think. What did the bird appearing here mean? After the service, a still-teary Jack wanted to ride with Aunt Denny. We hugged and promised to see each other soon at the house. I thought it would be fine. I should’ve known better. Aunt Denny’s car caught fire on the freeway, exploding like a supernova before my incredulous eyes. It was clear there were no survivors, but an ambulance was called anyway. On top of its flashing lights, I could just make out the silhouette of a large black crow. There were no remains, not even
“I first saw the crow on the day my parents died. I didn’t notice anything remarkable about it - at least, not at first.”
married, had dozens of cats, and wasn’t our mom…but she was family. She offered to drive us to the funeral, but I wanted the chance to be alone with my brother before we said our final goodbyes to our parents. Jack and I drove in silence. There was really nothing to say. The service was about what I expected. The grass was too green, the sun too bright, everyone too solemn and serious. If Dad were here, he
pecially when I opened my eyes and saw a huge black crow perched on my dad’s marble headstone. I somehow managed not to scream, but I did let out a small gasp. At my side, Jack looked up and his eyebrows shot up his forehead. I knew he had noticed the same thing I had…it was the same crow. The one inky eye, the patchy feathers, the palpable aura of malice…. Fear squeezed my heart like an icy fist. I didn’t know
ashes. It’s been four days. I’ve moved in with some family friends, though it’s only temporary. I know this because outside I see a mangy crow. It perches on a branch not far from my window, watching, staring in at me with its unfathomable black eye. Downstairs, a fire begins to burn.
The Thumping Footsteps: a story by an alumnus BY DAVID J. SCHMIDT
CONTRIBUTOR
Becky, a journalism student, was working in Cabrillo Hall late one night. This was back when the student newspaper’s editorial office was located in the basement of Cabrillo. Cabrillo can be downright creepy at night, Becky thought. The Victorian building was more than a hundred years old, after all. It was always creaking and groaning at night, and that “old building” smell hung in the air, especially down here in the basement. Not to mention, it used to be her house—Madame Tingley’s house. Becky put the thought out of her mind and went back to typing up her article. The journalism office filled with the loud “clack clack clack”
sound of the typewriter. Suddenly, Becky stopped. She heard something else over the sound of her typing. She glanced up at the ceiling of the basement. Someone was running back and forth upstairs. Nobody’s supposed to be in here, she thought. The main part of the building should be locked up at this hour. Becky’s reaction turned from surprise to annoyance. It wasn’t even ordinary footsteps that she heard; it was a loud thump thump thump, the heavy sound resounding up and down the ceiling. Gosh, what are they doing up there? It sounds like someone’s playing basketball inside Cabrillo! Becky felt obligated to go upstairs and tell the people to leave. Nobody
should be playing around in Cabrillo at this hour. And if they break something, I’m the one who will be held responsible. She walked into the elevator and hit the button to go up to the first floor. Once the doors shut, however, Becky was struck with an inexplicable, queasy, uneasy feeling. It was a slow dread that spread across her stomach as the elevator creaked upward. The doors finally opened, and Becky tiptoed across the carpeted floor of Cabrillo Hall. “Hello,” she called. “Is anybody up here?” Silence. “Listen, I don’t know who’s up here, but you can’t be fooling around in here. The building is closed. You need to leave.”
Still no sound. “This is a historic building, and it’s closed. Only journalism students are allowed in here.” Becky couldn’t hear a thing. She headed up to the second floor. “Hello,” she called out again. “Whoever is up here, you need to leave right now.” Still no sound. Becky checked every room on the upper level and saw no signs of anyone having been there. She checked every door, and she saw that they were all still locked. Oh well. They must have left. She took the elevator back down to the basement and sat at her desk again. As soon as she had started typing, though, she heard it again: the same heavy thump thump thump running
up and down the floor above her head. And Becky had checked the doors of Cabrillo herself, so now she knew no other living soul was in the building. She left her article sitting half-written in the typewriter, gathered her things, and ran back to her dorm. The following day, Becky told a fellow journalism student about her experience. Her classmate nodded. “I’m not surprised,” he said. “That sort of thing has been happening in Cabrillo Hall for years.” A version of this story appears in the e-book “Ghosts: Recordings of the Past,” available for free download on Schmidt’s website, www.holyghoststories.com
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sports
SEA LION SCORES
10/26: W. Golf 1st place at Cal State San Marcos Invite 10/27: W. Soccer vs. Hawaii Hilo, Win 1-0 M. Soccer vs. Hawaii Hilo, Tie 1-1 W. Volleyball at Cal State San Marcos, Win 3-1 10/31: W. Soccer vs. BYU-Hawaii, Win 2-0 M. Soccer vs. BYU-Hawaii, Win 1-0
UPCOMING EVENTS
11/3: W. Volleyball at Azusa Pacific 11/5: W. Soccer at Dominican (CA) M. Soccer at Dominican (CA) 11/6: W. Basketball at San Diego State (exhibition) 11/7: Cross Country at NCAA West Regional
Men’s basketball add new players for 2015-16 BY SHAKIA COLLINS
STAFF WRITER
The men’s basketball program has started to gear up for the 20152016 season and with the addition of several new players, the team finally has the length that has been missing in past seasons. Last season the team went 21-8, landing fifth in the PacWest standings. The team will start its season on November 13th against Western Oregon. PLNU Athletic Director, Ethan Hamilton, said the team has been skilled and well coached in the past,
and that the addition of size should be helpful this season. “There is an element that size matters,” says Hamilton, “I think as a coach you want as many weapons and options to be able to match up with different teams, that was a struggle last year, and I think it’s always a struggle.” PLNU added two new forwards that give the team some height: 6’8 junior Tanner Lancona from St. Louis University and 6’10 freshman Cameron Gilbert from Arizona State University. Gilbert was a red-shirt freshman last year at ASU. Gilbert said Coach
Carr takes basketball very seriously and the intensity of practice is about the same as it is at ASU; though PLNU is a division II school, Coach Carr does not treat it as such. Gilbert said he hopes to find his role this season and be a presence that the team was missing in previous years. “I feel I bring good size and I’m a better rebounder than we have had in the past,” said Gilbert, “I think I will bring a lot to the team.” Senior guard Judd Welfringer said he is happy with taller players coming in because having a bigger line-up helps with the team’s interior defense. “[the size on the team helps
Questions abound for women’s basketball season
PHOTO BY JAYME O’HANLON Junior Sydney Tonack (45) and the rest of team celebrate their 64-63 over University of Alaska Anchorage -previous first-ranked team in the country- at the regional tournament last season. BY LOUIS SCHULER
STAFF WRITER
The PLNU women’s basketball team will be beginning their season after beating the number one team in the country in last year’s regional tournament this week. However, they will be without one of the most valuable players the program has had in school history. That player was Jessica Escorza. Last season, Escorza –a seniorled the Sea Lions in four categories including points, rebounds, assists and steals. She averaged 15 points, six rebounds and two steals per game. “I’ve told the team, ‘I am not looking for any of you to be Jessica Escorza,’” said head coach Bill Westphal, who is entering his seventeenth and final season with PLNU. “‘I am looking for you all to be yourselves and a little better.’ And if everybody can average four or five points more than they did last year, then we’ll be a better team.” Some players who are likely candidates to fill the scoring vacuum are junior Madison West –the secondleading scorer last season- and sophomore Roya Rustamzada. West, who shot 40 percent from the three-point line, was the second-leading scorer on the team last season with an average of 12 points per game.
Losing Escorza is not the only pitfall this team must address before the season opener. The Sea Lions had an extremely rough start last season. During their first seven games, they shot 31.8 percent, averaged 8.7 assists and 13 turnovers per game. Rustumzada, who averaged nine points per game and totaled a teambest 25 blocked shots last season, said the team was not familiar with each other’s play styles during the first seven games when they went 1-6 against their opponents. “I think having so many new people on the team was the biggest struggle,” said Rustumzada. “We had so much individual talents, but it was so hard for us to fit all of the pieces together with the rest of the team. We all had our individual talents and skills, so it was literally just a matter of finding out who played best with who.” Another team strength from last season was the ability to perform well in conference play. While the Sea Lions had a 20-12 overall record, they totaled a .750 winning percentage -15-5- in the PacWest Conference. But records can be deceiving. The Sea Lions went a combined 1-5 against Hawaii Pacific and California Baptist University—both schools finished first and second place in conference last season. In those six
games, the team allowed an average of 73.33 points per game—11 points more than their season average. Junior point guard Anna Viettry said the Sea Lion’s roster matches up well with Cal Baptist and Hawaii Pacific despite their poor record against them last year. “We match up with them pretty well, but we have to understand and accept that they’re going to score baskets,” said Viettry. “We just have to respond and score back and do our best to stop them. I think it takes a really hard effort to stop them on defense first so we can relax on offense and just let our tempo flow.” But leaving questions aside, coach Westphal said that he is looking beyond achieving added coaching accolades before finishing his final year of coaching at PLNU. “This is my last year, and that’s in the back of my mind,” said Westphal. “But win or lose, I think it’s going to be a successful year because of the people I am working with—I really enjoy the staff and the players. Regardless of the record, it’s going to be successful.” The PLNU women’s basketball team will look to answer these questions as they look to their first exhibition game of the season against San Diego State University on Friday, November 6.
because] In our league we compete against guys that are bigger,” said Welfringer. “So it is going to be nice to be able to compete against them defensively.” In previous seasons Welfringer played as a power forward, but this year he will move to guard. “I’m happy about it, I would have to be playing against guys that were outweighing me by 30 or 40 lbs.,” said Welfringer. “So now I will be able to move out and play against smaller guys.” PLNU was ranked seventh in the PacWest preseason poll according to the preseason coaches’ poll. Gilbert
and Welfringer said that this just motivates the team to work hard in the preseason. Cal Baptist University leads the poll; with PLNU rival Azusa Pacific University holding the number four spot. Welfringer says he hopes the team does well to make it to the post season. “They are all really good players,” said Welfringer. “ And I think we are going to have a successful year.”
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Surf team looks to improve on recent success BY JAYME O’HANLON
STAFF WRITER
PLNU’s surf team finished third in the National Scholastic Surfing Association [NSSA] surf competition at Blacks Beach October 24 and 25 in La Jolla. This contest marks the first of four competitions throughout the year until the State and National Championships in March and June. As part of the Southwest division, PLNU is ranked first in California as of last year. In a 2011 Surfer Magazine article, PLNU was listed as one of the top surf schools to attend in California. In an interview with team captain Jeremy Carter, he said PLNU’s surf team won both the State and National championship last year. To qualify for those championships, the team must place in the top half out of the other colleges competing, which includes fifteen other colleges in California. “This first contest was pretty disappointing – getting third, honestly – because we have the best field of surfers out of any school,” Carter said. “So hopefully this will just fire us up and we’ll do well at Seaside. We just underperformed for how much talent we have.” A few surfers on the team did not show up, said Carter. Had they shown up, the team would have placed second or first place because they would have received more points. “But we did well, considering we were at a disadvantage from the first round,” Carter said. Two of the women on PLNU’s surf team placed. Kiana Fores, an O’Neill team rider- a well-renowned surf brand- placed first at Blacks beach. Sara Locke made the semifinals placing fifth.
PHOTO BY JAYME O’HANLON Co-captain Jack Boyes placed 2nd at Blacks October 24th.
Carter, who has competed in a few World Qualifying Series [WQS] events, said PLNU is a great school for recruiting skilled surfers. “We have good freshmen coming this year,” Carter said. “And the reason why surfers are choosing to come to this school is especially because we have such a successful surf team. So it’s more enticing for [those students].” Most colleges fortunate enough to have a surf team only have one team. However, because many surfers attend PLNU, the school allows the team to have two teams: an A team
and a B team. Rather than give nine people the opportunity to compete against other colleges by having one team, PLNU helps financially to allow 18 people compete in surf competitions by paying for contests for two teams to compete. Another notable member of the surf team is Senior Jack Boyes, who is Co-Captain on the team. Boyes competed in the Cold Water Classic in Santa Cruz October 16th-18th. This contest is worth 1,500 points, which means that it is a qualifying series event run by the World
Surf League [WSL]. In order to qualify for the world tour, one must accumulate enough points through qualifying contests. “The ideal situation would be to make the tour,” said Boyes. “But it’s a lot of steps in order to get there. So I guess my next move would be focusing on doing more qualifying series events after I graduate. But then along the way, I’m obviously taking it step by step and seeing how it goes.” The Cold Water Classic is only worth 1,500 points, however, there are other events that can be worth up to 10,000 points. Winning one con-
test does not guarantee a spot on the world tour. In order to place for the tour, one must gather enough points over time, which lies between 18,000 and 20,000 points. Freshman Kirk Weissinger also competed in the Cold Water Classic up north. As his first time competing in this contest, Weissinger made the first heat, but then lost in the next round. He entered through the WSL point system from enough points he earned in past contests. “I was hoping to get first, but I didn’t. [Placing for the tour] is definitely a far off goal, but it’s probably not realistic. I’m just trying to not make that my whole life,” said Weissinger. The Cold Water Classic has been a difficult contest to compete in throughout the past. However, Weissinger said that WSL made it easier to participate in by lowering the amount of points necessary to compete. At the Cold Water Classic, Boyes placed 17th out of 96 competitors. However, Boyes said he was hoping to place higher after finishing third last year. At the Blacks competition, Boyes placed second out of 168 surfers in the men’s division. First place went to Jason Belgau from San Diego Mesa Community College. Carter, who placed fourth at Blacks, said that PLNU’s greatest competition is Saddleback Community College. Before he transferred to PLNU, Carter attended Saddleback. If prospective students are curious about joining PLNU’s surf team, the team typically holds tryouts after the first two weeks of school each September. Until then, students can support the team by showing up to their next contest November 14th and 15th at Seaside Reef in Cardiff by the Sea.
Surf’s up you radical Sea Lions! Looks like the waves will be picking up this week two feet overhead on Tuesday. Winds should be picking up this week as well. Tides will be dropping as low as 0.15m. Know the tides before you head out. If the tide is high enough, the waves can smack you. Instead, just smack the lip. Get stoked.
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Surf height: 2-3 ft. Wind speed high: 18 mph at 6 pm Wind speed low: 6 mph at 6 am High tide: 1.18m at 1:24 am Low tide: 0.8m at 6:10am High tide: 1.59m at 12:11pm Sunrise: 6:05 am
Surf height: 4-7 ft. Surf height: 2-3 ft. Wind speed high: 27 Wind speed high: 15 mph at 6 am mph at 6 am Wind speed low: 16 mph Wind speed low: 2 mph at 6 pm at 3 pm High tide: 1.19m at 2:52 High tide: 1.26m at 4:11 am am Low tide: 0.89m at 7:41 Low tide: 0.86m at 9:33 am am High tide: 1.42m at 1:24 High tide: 1.31m at 2:54 pm pm Sunrise: 6:06 am Sunrise: 6:07am
Surf height: 1-2 ft. Surf Height: 2-3 ft. Wind speed high: 8 mph Wind speed high: 15 mph at 3 pm at 12 pm Wind speed low : 7 mph Wind speed low: 2 mph at 9 am at 9 am High tide: 1.36m at 5:06 High tide: 1.46m at 5:44 am am Low tide: 0.73m at 10:58 Low tide: 0.57m at 11:54 am am High tide: 1.28m at 4:19 High tide: 1.29m at 5:24 pm pm Sunrise: 6:08 am Sunrise: 6:09 am
Sunset: 4:59 pm
Sunset: 4:58 pm
Sunset: 4:56 pm
Sunset: 4:57 pm
This information was collected from Magicseaweed
Sunset: 4:55 pm
Surf report : Jayme O’Hanlon
The last thing I expected to see on my way back to my dorm from a long day of classes was a Sunset Cliffs rescue. As my friends disregarded the situation and continued to our dorm, I investigated the scene. I figured this was my chance to shine as a journalist. What a great story to cover for the school newspaper, I thought. Of course, how unfortunate for the five victims from Brazil that were stuck in the cave down by In Betweens. Next thing I knew, Kristina from Fox 5 was interviewing me because I told her I write the surf report for the paper each week. Colleagues and professors of mine approached me the next day- Tuesday the 27th- saying that they had seen me on the news. One student that I have never met before told me that I am the Guardian of Sunset Cliffs. Such an insignificant event this all was. Being interviewed and having the few increments of ocean knowledge that I have is meaningless; none of it makes up my identity. And yet, all of this recognition from students via email and face to face got the best of my pride. I can ashamedly admit the rise of my ego this past week. It only took me until Wednesday to realize my sucky humanness when I paddled out for a sunset sesh. This wave was one of the best waves I have ever caught; it was never ending as it brought me all the way to the inside. One of the best feelings in the world is flying over the water, being pushed by the wind of God’s guiding breath. The other best feeling in the world is pain. Just as the wave died out, some backwash from behind appeared from nowhere and flipped my board upside down. It felt as though a gust of wind pressed the board- fins up- straight into my knee. Perhaps it was the same gust of wind that graciously carried me over the ocean as the yellow sun painted the sky with pinks and oranges that are not of this world. I believe God wanted to humble me when I paddled out. This instant pain threw meaningless worry into my mind. Stitches- emergency room- fainting- I thought of all these terrible possibilities as I saw blood gushing out of my knee and a welt instantly form on my upper thigh. Once the gust of wind turned into a gust of pain that engulfed my body, I talked to Jesus in the midst of my worry to give me strength to paddle back to shore and to make it back up the cliff. When it seems like the pain is unbearable, I question God. Why would He allow me to be in such pain when all I was trying to do was enjoy his beautiful creation? But God knows my heart so well; He knows when my heart is misplaced and deceived by my pride. And He knows that my pain is a chance- an open door- to pray and grow closer to Jesus.
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Is pushing back friday chapel times pushing away PLNU students?
PHOTO BY JONATHAN SOCH In recent weeks the student senate has proposed plans to give chapel credit for campus events; Spiritual Development has also changed some chapel times and posted “greeters” outside of Brown Chapel. BY CASEY CROMWELL
CONTRIBUTOR
As I was sitting inside the PLNU cafeteria last Friday morning, the crowd of students chowing down on omelets and cramming in homework all seemed to symbolically scream: “We are NOT going to the new ten o’clock chapel!” It was easy to imagine how we all ended up there, intending to dutifully march to chapel after our 8:30 classes, only to realize that it wouldn’t start for
forty minutes and that a morning in the Caf sounded like a more ful-filling option. Bottom line? If, as campus rumors suggest, PLNU has pushed back Friday chapel to encourage higher attendance (particularly from students at Liberty Station), their plan is backfiring. Majorly. Chapel initiated several upgrades earlier this year. Attendance requirements decreased. Liberty Station began hosting chapels twice a week, which Mary Paul hoped would ease at-
Trump or chump?
tendance for commuters and Liberty Station students. Yet, most students, and some professors, greeted the new Friday chapel time with groans. (This column, by the way, does not count for chapel attendance – unless, of course, you’re reading it while waiting for Friday’s 10 a.m. service to finally start). Even though Friday chapel only begins fifteen minutes later, that change skews students’ routines. David Allen’s bestseller, Getting Things Done, stresses that routines simplify life and decrease the effort needed to be productive. Students once knew where they should be at 9:45 AM three times a week; now they rely on choices over habit on Friday – a choice which, in my experience, often leads to the Caf instead. And once their butts hit the chairs? As Newton says, an object at rest stays at rest – far past 10 o’clock. But, of course, Friday’s time change affects more than student motivation. Students can also become confused over chapel times, which differ between Monday/Wednesday, Timeout, and, now, Friday. Though a month has passed since Friday’s time change, I still must remind my friends
in American Writers that chapel doesn’t begin right after class! True, starting chapel at 10 on Fridays gives students from seven Liberty Station classes time to reach campus. However, ending at 10:45 turns students from nineteen classes into Usain-Bolt-wannabees as they sprint across campus for their 10:55 courses. Even if students don’t mind being fashionably late, the Eberly Center for Teaching reports that tardy students distract from the lecture and kill class morale. It’s a question of equality: do the chapel rights of a few warrant the class disruption of many? I don’t want to demonize the new Friday chapel time; the change intended to improve students’ spiritual and academic lives. However, Friday mornings at the Caf primarily highlight the change’s faults: the routine wrecking, calendar confusion and tardy parties. My conclusion? Chapel needs more tweaking before students line up for time with Jesus as eagerly as for a breakfast omelet. Casey Cromwell is a Junior, Writing Major and Women’s Studies Minor.
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BY CORI DEASON
Humans, watch out! Zombies are patrolling around the paths to the caf.
STAFF WRITER
When I think about the upcoming presidential elections, I come to realize that this time around for 2016 has been the only one I have really given any thought to. I mean we have Donald frickin’ Trump running for president. I would have never guessed a billionaire business leader and reality television star would be at the top of the Republican presidential nomination polls. I get it, actually no I don’t. All that hair, money and attitude, but what really is all the fuss about? Trump has researched possible runs for presidency before, but this time around, he’s really hit the ground running. He managed to sever business ties with NBC, including his famous TV show “The Apprentice.” In addition, the Professional Golfers Association of America changed venues for their Grand Slam Tournament, veering away from the Trump National Golf club. Oh wait, and Macy’s said no more to carrying Trump’s men’s clothing line. With all that being said, I guess it is also important to look at the positives this man may have done. When Trump wasn’t insulting Mexicans, women or black people he made some pretty intelligent predictions that our country has now experienced. In 2003 he made comments about the war in Iraq, stating he knew it was something we shouldn’t have entered into. He referenced the thousands of lives that would continue to be lost, and how it was in his mind a disgrace. He also was very open about campaign finances, and how broken our system is. Trump has admitted to giving contributions to a plethora of people, in
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Adults be like “five till half past a quarter of four”
How does everyone afford this school? If you’re a freshman and you know where the 3rd floor of the library is, you’re going to do well in college. Gossip travels faster here at PLNU than a Nazarene running away from discussing sexuality. Just saw a human run into a tree. The zombie didn’t tag him though. How sweet.
PHOTO COURTESY OF FLICKR USER GAGE SKIDMOR Donald Trump speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
hope that if he needed a favor in return one day that he could make that happen. In 1990 he called it, and well before any other hopped on the weed train, Trump was stating that in order to win the war on drugs, you need to legalize them. He declared the federal government’s mass-incarceration campaign a waste. Now I can sit here and nit pick everything about this $8.74 billion dollar celebrity, but I don’t think it’s necessary. Whether it be Trump, or Hillary Clinton you have a civil duty to not simply pick who you think would be the most fun on a night out, or who gets the most publicity.
Maybe only half of us here at PLNU were old enough to vote in 2012. With the upcoming election, several things will change that directly effect students. Including education; Oregon has already passed legislation for a free two-year college education at community colleges and the Obama administration has promoted a similar plan. Additionally, there’s the job market, because students are here for a reason. We want to pursue our chosen career paths and making sure our economy is taking care of, we need to care about who operates it. Fred I. Greenstein, a professor of Politics Emeritus at Princeton Uni-
versity identifies six attributes most related to success in office. It starts with effectiveness as a public communicator, organizational capacity, political skill, vision, cognitive style and emotional intelligence. I would suggest if there is one of those you don’t understand, then do some homework. The last thing this country needs is a chump dangling us around like bait while they relax in their brown leather chair, sipping coffee and kicking back in that Oval office. Cori Deason is a Junior, Journalism Major and Opinion Editor for The Point
I want a PLNU sticker for my car but I flip too many people off while driving and that’s not naz approved. Celery may be 97% water but it’s 100% not pizza.
There is power in the name of Jesus. When the classmate next to you starts giggling during a test you know they about to put some creative answers The only thing haunting me this Halloween is the caf food. Can’t find a costume so I am wearing my chargers jersey and going as disappointment.