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monday, november 3, 2014
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NCAA DIVISION II CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
PHOTO BY KENDALL BOSHART The women’s soccer team beat Holy Names 5-0 Saturday securing their place as PacWest League Champions, a first in the university’s history. The team will play an exhibition game this Tuesday, but will prepare for national championships Nov. 17 and 18. SEE PAGE 6 for the story.
New innovation club shows ASB receptive to increase club funding BY KATIE CALLAHAN STAFF WRITER
The Associated Student Body [ASB] gave new innovative entrepreneurship club, Homebrew Startup Club, $500 to promote student ideas and businesses on campus. This amount is more than any other new club on campus received this year at startup. “I hope that people see this and say, ‘Wow, I can get people together and go through the process and ASB will give my club $500 to start out with,” said Matt Herskowitz, the club’s CFO and the ASB director of finance. “We’ve allocated $20,000 for additional club funding; that’s for new clubs to get started and for clubs that go through their budgets and would like to receive more. We’re looking to be able to fully fund the most active clubs on campus and also be able to get new clubs started like this startup club.” Nate Guajardo, the ASB director of student relations, said that this policy is not new, but has been his goal since the start of the year. Club funding budgeting increased from $35,000 last year to
$80,000 with $60,000 in the allocation fund and $20,000 placed in reserves. “Matt and I and the rest of the board all agreed $100 is nowhere near enough for a club to grow, especially in their first year,” said Guajardo. “What the goal has been, at least for my office this year, and the rest of the board has been completely on board, is we want clubs to grow as much as possible and have as many resources as possible.” The club’s board of directors include Sam Sadler, the chairman and club president, Blair Messner, executive coordinator and director of communications, Austin Mahaffey, director of human resources and marketing, CEO DeVonn Zink and CFO Matt Herskowitz. The name of the club, Homebrew Startup, came from the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak showcased their computers before introducing them to the mass market. Sadler and Zink hope that students will see this club in the same way, as a place to bring ideas, innovations and creativity. “A lot of world changing ideas are
started by people our age, like Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, etc. The idea, though, isn’t enough,” Sadler said. “You have to take it from idea to entrepreneurship. The goal of our club is to get people that don’t know how to make [their ideas] profitable and valuable and connect them with people that do in the business school.” At the club’s first meeting on Oct. 22, 20-25 people attended. Randal Schober, an associate professor of management, is the club’s adviser. He said the club allows students to be their own bosses and create their own jobs. “I think it’s key that students have the opportunity to think outside the box and view their profession and career as an opportunity to bring innovation back into the workplace,” he said. Schober said the interest stems from the students, and is not a push from administration or staff. “It’s important that students understand what innovation is, entrepreneurship is and the importance of it and they engage it. It’s only going to be successful if the students get behind it. And it’s already happening so I’m very stoked about it.”
Already, the club has one coffee company, Wiley and Sons, run by Jay Hovis and Tom Williams. They import coffee beans from overseas and sell coffee on campus, and Homebrew Startup Club is helping them to expand and market. Zink, the club’s CEO, started a clothing line called ‘Ten Racks’ in 2011, which was in retail for a year before he decided to close shop. Now, he and Sadler have joined to create their own endeavor, ‘Rivegauche,’ which markets organic scrubs. “[The club’s] essentially just an opportunity to take all the creative, innovative thinkers from every department in the school and be the string that ties them all together and act as an incubator, a place where ideas can meet technicians and vice versa and designers and all that,” Zink said. The club plans to create an online portal where students can work on their business remotely. They hope to hold an event that would mimic the show, “Shark Tank.” This club is a launch club like the other 20 or so interest groups attempting to become clubs on campus. From there,
there are two options: charter or executive club. To be a charter club requires two semesters as a launch club and to be a executive club requires four semesters as a charter club, and proof of activity on campus. Launch and charter club funding is absorbed annually by ASB, while executive clubs have rollover. Currently there are 51 clubs on campus and $14,000 worth of rollover funds. Community service hours and increased communication are also a part of the requirements for charter and executive clubs. Guajardo said that students should “ask and it will more than likely be given.” “I campaigned on it and God forbid I keep a campaign promise, but club funding needed to go up,” Guajardo said. “It was just miniscule compared to other things and at least as far as what the whole budget looked like. Club funding and clubs are such a great way for ASB to give back to the students. With so many kids involved in clubs, it just makes sense to give them the resources that they need.” Meetings for the club are held Wednesdays in the Love Lounge at 7 p.m.
the point | monday, november 3, 2014
2 | NEWS
‘Just Saying’ launches Beauty for Ashes Scholarship BY BRITTANY NAYLOR STAFF WRITER
Beauty for Ashes, a subdivision of the Center for Justice and Reconciliation (CJR), kicked off crowdfunding for their scholarship to benefit survivors of human trafficking on Oct. 30 with the event ‘Just Saying.’ Spoken word poet Micah Bournes was the headliner for the event. Attendees filled up half of Brown Chapel’s seating. As of Nov. 2, the Beauty for Ashes Scholarship Fund’s Indiegogo page showed that funds have already reached $7,739 , 19 percent of the $40,000 goal with 42 days left to fundraise. But people have donated through other means as well, said Jamie Gates, director of the CJR and sociology professor.
“People have also been giving directly to the university on behalf of the fund,� said Gates via email. “As of the morning of our event, 37 givers poured an additional $9,498 into the Beauty for Ashes fund (that is not represented on the Indiegogo site). That puts our current total giving at $16,997.� However, the goal of raising $40,000 is to just provide seed money for the scholarship, as interest from survivors increased due to efforts by Beauty for Ashes and national coverage when Fox News wrote a story on it Oct. 21, quickly followed by USA Today and the Examiner. “The national press we’ve been getting has led to calls from other survivor agencies from around the coun-
try asking if the people that have come through their programs might be eligible for the scholarship,� said Gates. “I predict we will have our hands full of applications before too long; the university will work with each on a case-by-case basis.� ‘Just Saying’ was sponsored by World Relief, San Diego Churches Against Trafficking and the CJR. Before the festivities started, attendees were invited to talk with 14 local organizations working to abolish human trafficking at booths set up in Brown Chapel’s lobby. Local organizations present at the event included Casa Cornelia Law Center, Center for Community Solutions and Generate Hope. According to Gates, many of these
organizations brought survivors of human trafficking to ‘Just Saying’ anonymously to see the work being done to help survivors. Around two dozen survivors under the care of the organizations have been identified as potential candidates ready to apply to PLNU and the scholarship in the following one to three years. Charisma de Los Reyes, the emcee of the night, coordinated with the county foster care system and Polinksy Children’s Center, the county emergency shelter for children who had to be separated from their homes, to bring teens to the event. Reyes said that the kids were excited to see people like themselves performing on stage. “Some were in tears, [Reyes] said, and not just over the reality of human
trafficking,� said Gates. The FBI identified San Diego as the 13th highest child prostitution area in the country. According to the Beauty for Ashes website, 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. The event took place in Brown Chapel. Poet Gia Cabarse, a junior at PLNU and a medley of performers from Elevated Poets, a group whose mission is to strengthen community by providing an outlet for dialogue, joined Micah Bournes on stage throughout the night to present their spoken word poems. If you’re interested in giving to the fund, visit https://www.indiegogo. com/projects/beauty-for-ashes-scholarship-fund.
ALL PHOTOS BY BRITTANY NAYLOR Micah Bournes (left) is a spoken word artist that performed at the ‘Just Saying’ event Oct. 30. Students and community members (center) enter Brown Chapel. Local Mi-Ocean Rice (right) calls out the weight she carries in her spoken word performance.
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NEWS | 3
Last week:
All about Testify
ASIAN STUDENT UNION SUSHI NIGHT
PHOTOS BY KATIE CALLAHAN Seniors Soni Kay and Ryan Robinson, with junior Hannah Wu, try to create their own sushi masterpieces Thursday night.
PHOTO BY MARCUS EMERSON Drew Renaud films junior Austin McKinley, an international business and spanish major, who testified Thursday afternoon out on the west end of the track. BY KATIE CALLAHAN STAFF WRITER
In tandem with University Advancement and External Relations, Marketing and Creative Services staff sent out an email to students asking for testimonies of transformation to include in the university’s annual report. This is the first time the annual report has included video and asked students to participate voluntarily. The annual report, a summary of university finances, is released every December through University Advancement. The theme of transformation for the report came from new Viewpoint editor, Anna Stepanek. “The theme for the report is ‘Transformed for Transformation’ so we are going to talk about how the university itself is being transformed, all the way through to the faculty and staff, to the students who are just in a very transformational time in higher education in general,” said Michele Corbett, the director of Marketing and Creative Services.
Videographer Drew Renaud and photographer Marcus Emerson shot the project outside chapel Wednesday and on the west end of the track Thursday, along with the rest of the team. “We prayed together ahead of time before we started,” Corbett said. “We stood in a circle and prayed that the right students and the right stories would be a part of the video and so it was a really special project for us to work on as a team.” About 60 students testified, following a prompt to state their name, share how they have been transformed, how they will be transformed and concluding with their name again. Because many students were nervous about being on camera, Stepanek prepped each student, helping them to figure out what they wanted to say. “I’d look over and someone would be telling [Stepanek] a four minute story of transformation,” Corbett said. “We weren’t able to get the full story on video but I think what was neat for me was
a lot of the stories students have are so complex and there’s so many inputs going into that experience. For the students to narrow it down to a few sentences was challenging. It really is a robust experience that they’re having... it was fun to watch their thought process.” Corbett hopes that students’ transformation stories will show the donors who watch it that they are in part responsible for what happens on campus. “It is a sacred work for me to be a part of telling the story of the university because when you put things in video or you put things in writing, that ... creates reality in a way,” Corbett said. “So I take that role, as does everyone in our office, really seriously. For me, it was a real honor to work with the students in pulling out intimate moments of transformation in their lives and having the opportunity to tell such a powerful story. I think it’ll be the building on top of each other when we see the stories back to back [in the video] that’ll be really cool.”
Students tried to master chopsticks to eat their sushi. Approximately 122 students attended this event.
Students paid $5 for all you can eat sushi. Allison Kendrix, a MOSAIC liason staff member who works in Multicultural and International Student Services, rolled her sushi.
KALEO CHAPELS PHOTO BY CHARLES LYONS-PARDUE
PHOTO BY MARCUS EMERSON Marketing and Creative Services staff encourage students to testify outside Brown Chapel Wednesday.
PHOTO BY KATIE CALLAHAN Turning Point (top) starts Kaleo Timeout from behind a sheet. Seniors Melanie Voigt and Rachel Harrell (below) painted Jonah and the Whale.
the point | monday, november 3, 2014
4 | FEATURES
features San Diego food finds: Unique Dining Experiences
THINK ON THAT
“I dont care how long it takes, I dont care how many times we fail, I dont care how little progress is made, you never stop fighting for your own.” – Micah Bournes, Just Saying, Thursday
Biology professors speak fondly of new science building The new 32,900 square foot science building has slowly taken shape over the last few months and completion is set for August 2015. A few biology professors shared with The Point their feelings and excitement about the new building.
BY LUCAS CONCEPCION STAFF WRITER
Every now and then, a restaurant will pop up with a certain gimmick or theme to attract customers: animatronic mascots, thematic decor or a special way of serving or preparing food. This little list highlights the restaurants that have found something that works in addition to serving great food altogether. Some restaurants have been on previous lists.
Under $10 A Shrine to All That is Lucha Lucha Libre 1810 Washington St. Mexican wrestling masks and memorabilia line the walls, the restaurant itself is themed like a wrestling ring and all of the food will put your taste buds into submission (in the good way). I challenge you to eat either The Undefeated Seafood, Surfin’ California, or Full Nelson Enchiladas in one sitting. It is no easy feat.
Completely Custom Burgers Crazee Burger
4201 30th St.
Meat lovers rejoice! This burger joint serves a large range of meats that are hard to come by, including antelope, venison and ostrich! The burgers are large and messy and the sides are good enough to stand on their own.
Under $20 Build Your Perfect Meal Stacked
7007 Friars Rd.
No waiters here, all your orders are made electronically. Every table is outfitted with an iPad that acts as your menu, your waiter and your cashier. Choose exactly what you want, exactly how you want it, all at the touch of a button.
APRIL MASKIEWICZ
DAVID CUMMINGS
DIANNE ANDERSON
DAWNE PAGE
KERRI SEVENBERGEN
PHOTOS COURTESY OF POINTLOMA.EDU
April Maskiewicz Associate Professor of Biology “If you walk down the hallway of the first floor of Rohr Science right now, it’s impossible not to notice that it is only one aisle wide. Piles of supplies and equipment are lined up against one side of the entire hallway. But I don’t find this disconcerting one bit; in fact, I find it quite exciting. Every time I walk down the hallway, it’s a reminder that one day very soon (next August, to be more precise) we will have enough space to house all of the supplies and equipment the we use for biology lab classes and research. And that also means that we will have open counter space in the classroom labs where we can grow seeds, set up microscope lab practicals and offer a variety of other classroom activities that require a bit of extra space. So the constant hum of tractors and the beeeeep, beeeep, beeeep of the cranes backing up on the construction site is music to my ears, because I
know that in just a few short months we will more than double the lab space we currently have. There is even a conference room where we can meet with students or hold meetings - wow! Sounds like a little slice of heaven for the biology folks.” David Cummings Professor of Biology “For decades PLNU faculty and students have been carrying out highlevel scientific research and education, extending back to the Pasadena days. But our current facility, Rohr Science, is sorely outdated for modern work. The new science complex at PLNU is going to bring us into the 21st century, making us more competitive for research funding and the top choice for the best and brightest Christian science students and faculty.” Dianne Anderson Professor of Biology “My office faces the construction site, so I hear the trucks, and banging, and grinding all day long...and it is
music to my ears because I know that our LONG awaited science building is growing up from the ground. My colleagues do such amazing work given the cramped and old facilities that we have; I can’t wait to see what happens when they are all able to set up shop in the new classrooms and research space. It such an exciting time for PLNU faculty and students.” Dawne Page Professor of Biology “We are very excited about the new science building! It’s been quite fun to watch it being built. We are looking forward to having state-of-the art laboratory spaces, and brand new classroom spaces as well. In particular, there will be two 80-student capacity and two 60-student capacity classrooms. These will be shared across the campus, so many departments will benefit from the new building.” Kerri Sevenbergen Biology Instructor “I can’t tell you how excited I am
about the new science building! We have been working hard for many, many years to offer a quality science program despite severe limitations in our current facilities, particularly a very old building and aging (and sometimes outdated) equipment. I must admit that the thought did cross my mind that the construction phase was going to be loud and somewhat disruptive. However, I am too thrilled by the prospect of state-of-the-art lab space and modern equipment to really have noticed the hammering and drilling. Instead, it all represents tangible progress and amazing potential. I can’t wait to see how much more our program and our students will flourish with a proper science facility. I thank God, along with all of our generous donors, for this incredible blessing!” Information collected by Meagan Christoph
A Fun ‘50s Dining Experience Corvette Diner 2965 Historic Decatur Rd. This ‘50s themed diner combines great Americana food with a fun atmosphere for any occasion. The waiters sing and dance under the vibrant neon lights and photos of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and other classic celebrities. The milkshakes and French fries are my personal favorite.
The Best Rude Dive Bar in Town Dick’s Last Resort
PHOTO BY MEAGAN CHRISTOPH
PHOTO BY DANIEL TEN BOSCH
345 4th Ave.
This loud and raucous restaurant has good food, but what keeps people coming back are the waiters. For those who can take a joke, the waiters crack jokes, ask awkward questions and make you wear giant hats with hilarious messages on them. Just like Corvette Diner, it’s a good place for you and your friends to have a hilarious outing.
A Swiftly sighting:
Under $30
With the recent release of her new pop album 1989, Taylor Swift may just be the most talked about person in the world right now. Swift goes from talk show to talk show and daily performances, yet somehow manages to make time to meet her fans even on the busiest of days. Being a Taylor Swift fan since the release of her first self-titled album in 2008, it had always been at the top of my bucket list to meet her, but with her growing fame, I thought this would be a nearly
Molten Cheese Makes Meals Better The Melting Pot
PHOTO BY DANIEL TEN BOSCH
The leftover equipment (left) from Boney Hall sits unused inside Rohr Science. Daniel ten Bosch toured part of the construction site as part of his engineering class.
901 5th Ave.
If you’ve never had fondue before - which I’m guessing many of you haven’t - let me be the first to tell you molten cheese and sauces make almost everything delicious. Dip savory chunks of steak, seafood and other meats into hot communal pots. The Melting Pot is best for a large group of friends to try together, or maybe a one-of-a-kind date.
Broadcast journalist meets Taylor Swift BY MARISSA HORNADAY CONTRIBUTOR
impossible box to check off. However, I discovered that some research on social media, a four hour wait outside of a hotel and completely losing my voice is all that it would take to meet the beloved pop star. Hollywood Boulevard was shut down on Oct. 23 as roughly 15,000 fans crowded the streets to watch Taylor perform some of her hit singles for Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show. Swift even performed one of her newest singles, “Out of the Woods” for the first time ever in front of a live audience. The crowd “shook it off” as Taylor performed for about an
hour. Afterward, most people went on their way back to the crowded parking structures to try to beat the traffic. Using my inner journalist and fan-girl instincts, I had scanned social media earlier that day to discover the news of her Hollywood Boulevard performance, and so I happened to be in Hollywood at the time. Watching the crowd disperse after the performance, I sprinted my way down the street to find a small group of maybe 50 fans walking toward the El Capitan hotel, where there was a group of security, a fence and a car with tinted black windows parked outside. I knew
this had to be where Taylor was. The group desperately asked security if Swift would be coming outside, but they discouraged us by saying “No,” she would not be coming out to take pictures or sign autographs. But the dedicated Swifties knew that she would not let us down and would at least walk out to say hi and thank us for coming. The group of fans became smaller as hours passed and we all bonded over our love for Taylor, singing her songs and chanting her name at the top of our lungs. Finally, after a long four SEE TSWIFT, PAGE 8
monday, november 3, 2014 | the point
FEATURES | 5
Strife and Stigma: Studying Abroad in the Middle East
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PHOTOS COURTESY OF RILEY VERNER Riley Verner, director of spiritual life, and Chip Pitkin, the residential director of Wiley Hall, met up at the Mount of Olives during his stay in Jerusalem this past summer.
It looked like a war zone and it took me five minutes to walk there.”
BY BRITTANY NAYLOR STAFF WRITER
Riley Verner walked down Derech Shua’fat at nighttime, the street that leads into Shua’fat, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem. On July 2, three Israeli men captured Mohammed Abu Khdeir, a 16-year-old Palestinian boy, on this street. His body was found in the Jerusalem forest later that day, scarred from fire, proof that his captors burned him alive. That evening the riots started, Palestinians clashing with Israeli police. It was on July 3 when Riley walked toward Shua’fat. The walk from his apartment near Hebrew University in East Jerusalem to Shua’fat was not long, but when he did reach the neighborhood’s main thoroughfare, caution tape, two Israeli armored police cars and men holding machine guns blocked his path. Residents of Shua’fat were allowed in, but with Riley’s red hair and blue eyes, the blockade was a wall shielding Riley and the rest of Jerusalem from the riot’s chaos and aftermath. Most would have turned around. Riley turned right. In a short time he and a friend, who was studying Arabic alongside Riley at the university, found a back stairway in a fenced-off field that led
them into Shua’fat. What they found when they emerged on the other side was physical proof of people in pain. The light rail station, a public transit system in Israel, lay in disarray: its glass walls smashed and computers ripped out from their docks. Bright spray paint offset the dull destruction. Outside the station and into the street, sawn off street signs littered the ground, joining hundreds of rocks resolutely waiting to be picked up again by Palestinian hands and thrown at Israeli police. These rocks were the weapons of choice for a people battling against a force armed with tear gas and rubber bullets. Further down the street fire poured out of dumpsters and thick black smoke billowed off inflamed tires. “It looked like a war zone and it took me five minutes to walk there,” said Riley. “As I was walking down [the street], all of the people started looking at us. I was praying, ‘Jesus, I trust you.’ Maybe I was being stupid, but I wanted to see this.” Soon two Palestinian men approached Riley and his friend. Riley greeted them in Arabic, introducing himself and asking for their names. One of the men spoke English well and told Riley that he and his friend weren’t safe walking in Shua’fat alone and offered to accompany them. To-
gether, the four men made their way deeper into Shua’fat. In half a mile, the Palestinian men led Riley to the site where Mohammed Abu Khdeir was kidnapped. There, people were milling about, all older and younger men, and Riley was introduced to some of the boy’s family. The place was inactive; no one was eating or drinking, it was during the holy holiday of Ramadan, and the fasting breaks after the last prayer watch at 9 o’clock. “The last prayer watch just ended and we’re about to start the riots back up again,” said the Palestinian man who led Riley into Shua’fat. “Is it safe for me to stay here?” Riley replied. “You either need to leave now and get out before we start or you are going to have to stay back and hang out for a couple of hours.” Riley wanted to stay; he was curious. His friend, however, was not, and Riley didn’t feel right leaving him to walk back half a mile by himself during the riots. They left as fires were relit, barricades reassembled and men wrapped towels and shirts around their heads to protect against tear gas. This is but one example of an adventure Riley went through during his time studying abroad in the Middle East. Not only was he present in Jeru-
salem for the Palestinian riots, but he also heard the first rocket alert sirens sounded in Jerusalem on July 8. Before July 8, Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group situated in the Gaza Strip, has never possessed rockets powerful enough to reach Israel’s capital, a highly populated city of 693,000 people. The U.S., Israel, Britain and the European Union all consider Hamas to be a terrorist organization. From inside his apartment’s bomb shelter, Riley skyped his friend in Orange County and together using his friend’s TV, they watched CNN’s live coverage of the event – Riley sitting among the ambient noise of the sirens’ wails and his friend sitting 7,500 miles away in Southern California. Riley Verner is a junior international studies major with a concentration in the Middle East. Graduation requirements brought him to study Arabic in Jerusalem last summer when rockets fired between Israel and the Gaza strip. Though the conflict made international headlines and even sparked a ban on all flights to and from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on July 22, Riley was never fearful during his time there. “I’ve traveled a lot. I’ve lived in a
village in Africa by myself; I’ve been in places where the average person would have gotten a little scared, but I kind of throw off those things,” said Riley. “I love being in situations that maybe aren’t the safest. I kind of enjoy it in a weird way.” After an Israeli policeman shot dead a 32-year-old Palestinian man suspected of trying to kill a Jewish far-right extremist on Oct. 30, clashes erupted once again between Palestinians and Israeli police in East Jerusalem. During his stay in Jerusalem, Riley worked at a 24/7 prayer house that rose 15 stories into the air – one of the taller buildings – and had panoramic views looking out over Israel. It gave him a purpose that drove out fear. “In Isaiah it talks about how God plays the watchman on the walls of Jerusalem and he won’t sleep or slumber until Jerusalem is back to glory,” said Riley. “I found it to be an opportunity to think, ‘Man, rockets are flying here but what an opportunity I have to literally intercede over Jerusalem as I’m looking out over [it].’ So I was looking at it through different eyes. Not eyes of fear, but rather asking why am I here right now?” Through PLNU’s study abroad SEE MIDDLE EAST, PAGE 8
HALLOWEEN 2014
PLNU students shared their Halloween costumes via social media over the weekend. In response, The Point decided to showcase some of the best we could find.
The London Term students with professors Carl and Ronda Winderl all dressed for a theme. “We had a party in the Highbury Center where we are staying. Wendy was Katie Emma Filby and Peter is Mike Belko and Tinker Bell was Jordin Sexton and Captain Hook was Brenna Ross," said Anna Goforth, a junior journalism major who dressed as a mermaid.
Jordan Covert, a super-senior majoring in music composition and biblical studies, dressed up as Avenger’s Thor. “Thor would be the easiest for me to emulate,” he said.
Junior Kat Potter is a cross-disciplinary education major. “I owned everything the dress, shoes and headband then I tied my roomates shirt around a ribbon for the apron! Nailed it ... I went to a friends house for a Halloween party and we watched Harry Potter,” said Potter.
Pictured: Junior nursing majors Sharna Alvord, Meaghan Bloch, Jessica Johnston and Carissa Williams. These ladies were a ‘50s pinup, cheetah, indian and ‘80s workout wear. They readied themselves by looking in their closets and seeing what they could pull together without spending money.
Michelle Frankot, a junior psychology major, dressed as Russell and C.C. Virtue dressed as Mr. Frederickson from Up. “I came into the classroom ... and did my Russell speech, ‘Good afternoon. My name is Russell and I am a wilderness explorer in tribe 54 sweat lodge 12. Are you in need of any assistance today sir?’ to the professor. I had a cool professor, so it lightened the mood before the test," Frankot said.
Pictured: Cinderella is Breck Peters, a freshman education major, Snow White is freshman Wendie Taylor, a nursing student, Ariel is freshman Hannelore Jung, a psychology student, and Bella is freshman Alexa Wise, a nursing student. “Our costumes were hipster princesses because we wanted to put a twist to a classic Disney costume,” said Wise.
Pictured: Juniors Ashleigh Downer, a child development major, Brittany Bailey, cross-disciplinary studies major, Katie Crofford, child development major, Audrey Guley, business major, Jacci O’Keefe, a political science major and Brittney Gingrich, a nutrition major. “For Halloween we dressed up as beanie babies,” said Bailey. “We needed a costume last minute and stumbled upon this genius idea on pinterest. We all bought animal ears at party city and made the TY tags out of poster paper and wrapping paper. That night we went to chipotle for three dollar burritos and made our way to the skate rink.”
Lucas Concepcion: I dressed as the tenth Doctor Who because I wanted to have a costume that was both impressive and practical for normal situations. I bought my costume online and for Halloween my friends and I went people watching at SDSU and Ocean Beach.
WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM
BASEBALL TEAM
VOLLEYBALL TEAM
WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD
Pictured above: David Kindness, a senior accounting major, Stephanie Beaulieu, a junior nursing major, Jake DeSaegher a senior accounting major, Carly Rodgers, a junior nursing major, Katie Kindness, a senior graphic design major, Cassie Bird, a junior nursing major, Nicole Ehman, a junior nursing major and Emily Noe, a junior managerial and organizational communication major. Our costumes were the characters from Mario Cart (Mario, Luigi, Wario, Peach, Daisy, Toad and Yoshi) and one ghost, each with their respective carts.
the point | monday, november 3, 2014
8 | FEATURES
New Place, New Lessons:
Chef Rafael Machado joins the Sodexo team BY ELSA JOAQUIN STAFF WRITER
It is 5:55 a.m. and the sun hasn’t rise yet, the kitchen at Point Loma Nazarene University is cold and a hot coffee is barely enough to keep Rafael Machado warm. Rafael Machado, executive chef in the Caf is the new addition to the Sodexo family, taking the place of Chef Urs Emmenegger. Machado comes to the kitchen and starts arraigning the condiments for breakfast with the help of the cooks. Then Machado takes out items needed to prep for lunch. Without a break, he continues to make menus for catering events, for dinner and so on. “A normal day is real busy, I don’t leave until the job is done, sometimes that is six or seven p.m.,” said Machado After working for seven years at Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Machado felt as if it was time to take on a new challenge. “I saw this job over here, I applied, talked to Miles and the rest is history,” said Machado. “Going through the applications, we found chef Rafael and he outshined, he had the fit we were looking for and is now working with us. He has been a great addition,” said Miles Rottman, general manager at PLNU FROM TSWIFT, PAGE 8
hours, a muffled voice was heard over a walkie talkie. “Talent is exiting the building.” Piercingly excited screams filled the air as the elegant, “red lip classic” Swift walked over to the crowd wearing a black blouse, white skirt, wedge heels and a smile that lit up the night. Taylor greeted each doting fan with a warm hello, as if she had been the one waiting to meet us, and signed autographs and took pictures proving the security guards wrong. Swift’s parents also greeted fans, passing out guitar
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Sodexo. With the new salsa bar Machado is trying to make the menu more attractive. The salsa bar consists of 4 different salsas that are available from breakfast through dinner every day of the week. The most served now are the green tomatillo salsa, red salsa, and the belize salsa. “It’s a challenge because it’s hard to please everybody. I do my best,” said Machado. PLNU is quite a transition from Machado’s previous job. “I came to the campus and it’s really different even though it’s Sodexo. Here is buffet [style], over there [at Sharp Grossmont] is a la carte. People buy single dishes [there], here we make it for all-you-can-eat buffet,” he said. “It’s good for me. The students
challenge me beyond my knowledge. Most of the kids have different diets and I try to please them.” Machado brought with him new dishes, such as carne asada and carnitas tacos. He hopes to add other continental food to the menu, such as Thai food. Machado gives recipe ideas to his coworkers and together they come up with new dishes. He wants to unite all the chefs so they can make one menu filled with dishes that compliment each another. Carlos Juarez, a catering chef who has been working for Sodexo for 24 years, likes the new chef. “He’s a great chef. He doesn’t act like he’s above us, but instead helps us,” said Juarez. “He has a positive attitude and communicates with all the cooks which is great.” With his charisma and positive attitude, Juarez said he is easily winning people over. He has been working with Machado for about a month now. “Please, please, please. Please, I’m here, if anybody wants to ask me any questions or has any concerns you can reach my number, extension 263. Feel free to ask me questions, I’m here to help” Said Machado Disclosure: Elsa Joaquin is currently employed by Sodexo.
Loma Live – PLNU’s First Live Comedy Extravaganza BY SAMANTHA WATKINS STAFF WRITER
Point Loma had its first live comedy hosted by Point TV, PLNU’s on campus TV station. The show was two hours long in the ARC. Point TV staff greeted students at the door with Chipotle and music. Approximately 100 students and a couple faculty members filled the room to watch the live taping. The idea for a comedy show came about at one of Point TV’s manager meetings. “We were looking into adding an event this year to better publicize and interact with the student body,” said Caleb Daniels, junior media communications major and Point TV station manager. Free food contributed to the gathering in the ARC. “We were just walking by and then were told there was free Chipotle so we came in,” said Jane Webster, a junior applied health major. At 8p.m., the show started. Ricky Zollinger, senior media communications major, and alum Sam Bravo hosted the night. Zollinger and Bravo told jokes with images displayed on two small
televisions. Some of the jokes were the top Halloween costumes featuring Chinese take-out or the Senate - a girl in a dress shaped like a house. Between jokes were commercial breaks where Point TV members would raffle off prizes. Dumb and Dumber sweatshirts and movie tickets were given out for weirdest talent or best dance moves. After the commercial break, Jack French, a junior music major, guest starred by singing original songs. Two screens on either sides of the stage where the show took place played thirty-second spoofs from reality shows like The Walking Dead, Pokémon, or Loma, based off Lost. Point Breaking Bad, another spoof, is based on Breaking Bad where there is a meth lab behind the PBC. “I liked Point Breaking Bad the most,” said Osbaldo Aguiliar, sophomore biochemistry major. “My hope is that people enjoyed themselves tonight and that we put on a great show,” said Daniels. Point TV staff spent hours preparing for the live comedy show and were pleased at the turn out. “They had really cool prizes and the guys hosting it were funny. I enjoyed tonight,” said Webster.
picks and telling the crowd, with tears in their eyes, how proud they were of their daughter. After being sure to acknowledge every fan, Taylor turned to the crowd, waved and took off with her parents in the car with black tinted windows. To any ultimate Taylor Swift fan, hoping to one day get the chance to meet her, don’t give up hope; all it takes is a little dedication. To quote one of Taylor’s songs, “it was enchanting to meet [her].”
STUDY ABROAD PHOTO OF THE WEEK “Living in a new culture isn’t easy. Clifton Fadiman said it best when he said. ‘When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.’ But even when this adventure feels uncomfortable, ‘Paris is always a good idea’-Audrey Hepburn.” - Claire Schalin PHOTO COURTESY OF CLAIRE SCHALIN Junior Claire Schalin is a political science major studying abroad in Paris, France.
PHOTO BY ROSS NEDERHOFF Host Ricky Zollinger (top) talks with the audience while Daniel Mutowa (bottom) films Point TV’s first ever live comedy show.
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office, only Jordan, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Oman have available programs through which to study. Riley applied to the Hebrew University of his own accord. Clint Betkey, a senior political science major and history minor, studied abroad in Amman, Jordan in the spring of 2013 and Rabat, Morocco this past summer. His extended travel during these times includes Beirut, Lebanon, Jerusalem in the West Bank and Istanbul, Turkey. He, much like Riley, felt safe during his travels. “Arab culture is known for its hospitality and so being a stranger in a foreign land, I was always welcomed with open arms,” said Clint via email. “People were curious about me and always wanted to talk - I can’t even count how many people offered to tutor me in Arabic for free! With that said, people do need to take precautions, and my experience as a male was very different than my female col-
leagues. Street harassment was a problem in both countries, and both programs I went on discouraged women staying out late at night without a male counterpart.” Other precautions Clint would take included him telling people he was Canadian if he didn’t feel safe, a situation that arose in Lebanon, the only country Clint said he experienced occasions of anti-Americanism. However, most of the time, Clint said he felt just as safe in Jordan and Morocco as he would in San Diego. Rosco Williamson, the history and political science department chair, concurs in the necessity for smart travel. “This is my opinion on a lot of these things. As long as you’re smart when you go to these places and you’re not an ignorant American running around waving your money, but you’re smart and living within the context, you can go to war zones and live,” said Rosco.
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11/4: Words as Windows Spoken Word | Women’s Museum of California | 6 p.m. | Free 11/6: Art San Diego Conteporary Art | Balboa Park Activity Center | 5 p.m. | $20 11/7: Maleficent | Cinema Under the Stars | 8 p.m. | $15 11/8: Lomapalooza | In front of Golden Gymnasium | 2-6 p.m. | Free
PLNU students review new film, ‘Dear White People’
Student on the Radar
“Dear White People” hit theaters nationwide on Oct. 24. Although controversial for its blunt critique of how people deal with race in America, writer and director Justin Simien won 2014 Sundance Film Festival’s U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent in his debut. The Point staff represented the various opinions by having an African-American female, a mixed race female, and a Caucasian male state their personal opinions on the film. PHOTOS COURTESY OF CREATIVE COMMONS / THELITTLE.ORG BY JORDAN LIGONS STAFF WRITER
Justin Simien’s “Dear White People” is edgy and memorable for more ways than one. My first impression with the trailer was, “Oh, no. This is risky.” I thought that we didn’t need another film full of racial stereotypes or a continuation of the YouTube rants like “Sh*t that white girls say” to add to this mess of society that we already live in. But then I realized, this is exactly what we needed. It challenges racism to the extent of putting the topic on Front Street and tells Americans who think there is no more racism to think again. The film mirrors a 1980s Spike Lee joint, where the prevalence of race is in your face--whether you like it or not. The Ivy League, Winchester University, is a battleground for racial tenBY KATIE SEALS STAFF WRITER
As a mixed-race (half-black, half white) college-aged female, I should be able to identify with the main character of “Dear White People,” Sam White. I felt like I could relate more to the “wizarding” ways of Hermione Granger while watching “Harry Potter” than I could while watching the feisty broadcaster of this film. This film claims to be based off a true story, but, hopefully, it is a loosely based product of Hollywood dramatization because I cannot imagine a modern college community of educated young people act as ignorantly as the students of this film. “Dear White People” is a film about social acceptance disguised as racism in an American college setting. A “Black Panther” inspired group of black students are pitt against their white peers who belong to a “douchey” all white male fraternity. The climax of their rivalry is a Crunk-in-the-Club BY ARTHUR SHINGLER STAFF WRITER
“Zounds, sir, you’re robbed! For shame, put on your gown. / Your heart is burst, you have lost half your soul. /
sion between blacks and the whites originating from the debate about Armstrong/ Parker Hall that used to house only black students is now desegregating. This made the campus attractive to a producer who wanted to shoot a reality show there because of the complex characters that attended. Biracial media major Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) felt the need to overcompensate one race over another. Her controversial radio show called “Dear White People” hints at her radical, new-aged Black Panther movement that encompasses her bottled-up anger and hatred toward whites. “Dear White People: the number of black friends to have to not seem racists has just been raised to two,” Sam announced over the radio waves. “Dear White People: Stop dancing.” This gossip sparks interest from the black newspaper reporter Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams) who is trying to make an impact on a pre-
dominately white newspaper. Colandrea “CoCo” Conners (Teyonah Parris) was the chocolateskinned girl who didn’t feel beautiful in her own skin, which is why she needed the long straight weave, blue contacts and preppy clothes to fit in with the white students of her class. Troy (Brandon Bell), the handsome son of the Dean of Students struggled with the pressures of being this perfect black man and avoiding becominga mere negative statistic while being in competition with the university president’s son, Kurt (Kyle Gallner). The racial tensions and rivalries reach a boiling point at a campuses race-themed Halloween party on campus. When the black student arrived to the party full of white students with their faces painted brown, rap music blasting and wearing baggy clothes, even I felt uncomfortable in the theatre. “Is this really what everyone thinks of when they think of African-Americans?”
It was disturbing how there was so much truth in this. Dating back, there have been race-themed campus parties across the United States including the “Compton Cook-Out” party held at University of California, San Diego in 2010. UCSD students through a party mocking Black History Month and invited students to wear gold jewelry, sport baggy athletic clothes and eat watermelon. The underlying realness that Simien portrays in this satire is eyeopening to the actions that happen and words that are said today in what some might call a “post-racism” time. Even though the film has comedic relief, this is still a controversial topic to cover and Simien executed it well. A film like this is needed in today’s society as a wake-up call: “Hello! There are still race issues in this world!” The movie was smart, witty and funny, which is hard to do.
themed party that encourages the mocking of African-American culture. Here are some of my thoughts throughout the movie: *The showing I went to began at 10:20 pm 10:47: She just asked if the black girl’s hair was “weaved”....? That’s not something you should be asking like your asking “Is it cold outside?” 10:50: What part of America is this set in? Do people actually talk like this...? 11:00: Ew. I think they’re trying to tick me off; I’m kinda pissed. They are making all of these people sound so stupid. They must be doing this on purpose. 11:36: Ummmm super annoyed. Who decided mixed people feel the need to overcompensate? 11:40: Did he just say mulatto.... LOL. I wish I could say I haven’t been called that before. 11:56: Woah sexuality conflict. This just opened up a whole new can of worms. 11:58: This party sounds like a Lil Wayne memorial.
12:00: And it looks like Riverside... (I’m from Riverside).” 12:05: Woah! Lionel (the homosexual writer who is trying to fit in with the Black Student Union) just started a riot. Where did all this strength come from!?” 12:17: Awww peace and harmony. Wait a second, this movie is still going...but where? Where is this going? I do not identify with this movie because I have never experienced racism on this scale. I come from a world where skin-color is not the first thing you see when you look at a person. As idealistic as it may sound, I grew up never defining a person based on skintone. In middle school, sometimes white kids made black jokes and black kids would call my family “white-washed” but that was only immaturity. I identify with traditions and stereotypes from both the African American and Caucasian race. I’m not white Katie during the week and black Katie on the weekends. I, like most Americans, am a product of the melting pot. The main character Sam White
tries to overcompensate for feeling misidentified by taking on the role of an angry activist in her community. She comes to find that being true to herself is much more effective. Tessa Thompson, who played Sam White, put on a very compelling performance and kept the story moving. A movie based on defining young people by race alone is an accurate look at social inequality. Social equality will be achieved when people start to appreciate the people around them for the many different elements they are made of. People should fight for their right to express themselves but if we want equality, we need to stop segregating, especially if that means segregating ourselves. The film was interesting but strung on a muddled storyline. I felt like they missed the mark on what it is like to be me, a mixed race individual in America.
Even now, now, very now, an old black ram / Is tupping your white ewe. Arise, arise; / Awake the snorting citizens with the bell, / Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you.” Shakespeare, “Othelo.” Iago’s cry to Brabantio, the father of Othelo’s white lover in Shake-
speare’s “Othelo,” can perhaps be inverted and abstracted to sum up/capture the story of Justin Simien’s “Dear White People.” In fact, the film is essentially Shakespearean in nature. Framed by Anderson-esque intercalary title cards and backed by an entirely classical soundtrack, the film
exhibits all the trademarks of a Shakespearean production. It relies heavily on one-on-one dialogue and exhibits unrelenting wit, unhidden conflict, opposing houses, and romantic unfaithfulness, but it is the last tenant, that of hidden or mistaken identity,
Jack FRENCH Year at PLNU: Junior Summer haunts: Red House, New Hampshire EP: Jack T. French About his EP: Five songs and a bonus track titled Eda, which was written by his greatgrandfather His studio: 2x4, blankets and microphone hangng from ceiling in his grandparent’s basement Available on: SoundCloud First single: “Kiddo” - a cross between indie stylings of Bon Iver and Iron and Wine with a melancholy undertone Began singing at: 12 years old How he decided his sound for “Whodathunk”: “You have to think about how you feel and how you want it to feel. You have to ask how is this going to make someone else feel? How does this make me feel? And you tinker with it until you come to something you’re most comfortable with. Something that feels good.” “Sticks and Stones”: written about his childhood best friend “Red House”: This song is the last on his album and an ode to his time spent at his grandparent’s house. The chorus: Breathe it in, it’s way too fine, it’s way too fine. Hold the boat steady. The water’s freezin’ but we’ll be comfortable when we’re dead. Go ahead, I’m ready. His conclusion after writing his album:
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“Life is happening. You can't stop time. Don't wait for the right time,” French said.
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that truly drives the film. Samantha White, the film’s biracial lead, is tossed around by dilemmas concerning her racial identity and that of the people(s) around her. On one hand, she is a prominent member of the Black Student Union (BSU), head of a traditionally black residence hall, and proprietor of a polarizing campus radio show “Dear White People;” on the other she is a fan of white culture, has a white boyfriend, goes to a white school and is literally half-white herself. The internal conflict Sam undergoes is perhaps best summed at the height of her anguish when her boyfriend, Gabe, calls her out by claiming “[y]our favorite filmmaker is Bergman (a Swedish director) but you tell people it’s Spike Lee.” Bergman, who coincidentally got his start directing and producing a number of Shakespeare’s plays in Europe in the 40s and 50s, thrives on the presentation of clear themes in ambiguous light. In Bergman’s “Through a Glass Darkly,” he plays with issues of certainty by stranding four characters on an island and observing them over a 24 hour period. The title literally means “Through a Mirror,” or in this case through four different mirrors. The same can be said of Sam, who alike sees her world through a glass darkly. There are a dozen mirrors, a dozen shades of gray, and she feels forced to choose between two, black or white, however she can’t be a Spike Lee in her self-storytelling, she can’t commit, pick a side. She is cursed to live in the 21st century, and grapple with 21st century complications. This curse of modernity does not go announced by writer/director Simien. As the film’s tensions mount, Sam is
confronted by (white) President Fletcher, who accuses Sam of “longing for the lynch days when there was actually something to fight against,” to which a black member of the audience in turn yelled confused profanities at the screen. The film culminates at a Halloween Party — a party is another Shakespearean must-have, and what better kind to discuss the costumes we wear, the people we try to be — thrown by white students of an opposing house, that is “black” themed. White students dress in baggy clothes, gold chains, and many actually parade in blackface. Sam organizes a massive party crash by the B and A(Asian)SUs and an all-out fight breaks loose. Sam views all this through the lens of her handheld Super 8mm video camera, as she does throughout the film. Upon showing her completed movie in class, documenting the recent racial tensions on campus, she is met with resounding applause from her peers (where before, for an earlier one of her films, they were silent), but the viewer (not the class) is made aware that she orchestrated the all of it; the racist party, her election as head of house, and most importantly her image. “Dear White People” is a tragedy. Sam in many senses kills herself internally, she does not end up standing for what is right and true because it is a difficult, undefined territory. Simien proposes that it is not so much a question of “is Sam white, or is she black?” but “who is she really?” Sam is afraid that an old white ram is tupping her, a black ewe and certainly there is validity to this point, but perhaps, Simien suggests, it is time to move away from such polarizing positions, to find a happy medium, so to speak, that is not only a compromise, but an enhancement of racial, ethnic and most importantly human character.
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11/3: Golf @ Cal State San Marcos 11/4: W. Soccer @ Cal State San Marcos 11/4: M. Soccer @ Cal State San Marcos 11/5: Volleyball @ Hawaii Pacific
11/7: Volleyball @ Chaminade 11/8: W. Soccer @ Cal Baptist 11/8: M. Soccer @ Cal Baptist 11/8: Volleyball @ Hawaii Hilo
PLNU Women’s soccer: First-time PacWest champions! BY KENDALL BOSHART STAFF WRITER
PLNU women’s soccer became the first team to win a PacWest Conference Championship in the history of the school when they beat out Holy Names this past weekend. The women’s team clinched the title with a 5-0 win. Five different student-athletes scored for the Sea Lions as they held Holy Names to zero shots for a full 90 minutes.
The match began with a goal five minutes in from outside defender Dottie Rhoten. After switching positions this year, the sophomore proved that she was able to score regardless of where she started on the field. Freshman Morgan Pearce and junior Michaela Maes each scored halfway through the first half to extend the lead to 3-0 at halftime. The Sea Lions would not be done scoring, however, and put in two more goals, scored by junior Tara Kracy and
senior Natalie Swift. The Sea Lions ended the game with 14 shots on goal and five in the net. This extends the women soccer team’s undefeated record to 11 games. The Sea Lions will look to keep up their winning record when they travel to San Marcos Tuesday, though the game will have no effect on their conference championship. The national conference championships will be held in Louisville, Kentucky, Nov. 14 through Dec. 6.
PHOTO BY KENDALL BOSHART Junior Tara Kracy gets up to win a header against a Holy Names midfielder.
Preview: PLNU basketball teams ready for PacWest play MEn's BASKETBALL BY JESSICA LUCAS STAFF WRITER
The men’s basketball team, reigning NCCAA National Champions, are going to rely heavily on their senior leadership and new recruits as they look toward this upcoming season. Assistant Coach Jordan Courneya said the team has a good chance of being competitive in the league this year, after finishing seventh in the PacWest last season. The team has short term goals that they set in practice every day, but ultimately, Courneya said the team would love to compete at the top of the conference. “Our goal, just like everybody else in our department, is to win the league and we’d like to take it one day at a time and just try and go through the process of getting better and be the best team we can be completing the season,” Courneya said. Senior Hayden Lescault, a business administration major, said the team looks stronger than they have in years. “We are going to do really well,” said Lescault. “We have a lot of returners this year, and the new guys are going to help us out as well.” Marek Klassen, a fifth year athlete, is getting his MBA at PLNU. He said that a lot of the players are more experienced this year, and that can help them in their conference tournaments. “Last year we did not perform as well when we were traveling because we’d be on the road for so long, but this year we’ll be able to handle it better because we know what to expect.” Klassen said the team will still have to come to terms with one weakness. “We are a bit undersized compared to other teams,” said Klassen. Despite this, Courneya said the team presents itself as a “cohesive unit,” and that six of the team’s seven top scorers from last year returned. “That’s definitely one of our
strengths is experience. We have some pretty talented guards. We have an allconference player Hayden Lescault and two other honorable mentions, Marek Klassen and Junior Morgan, who are back,” he said. “It’s just a very good team that way in terms of guard position, some good recruits coming in that will balance out some of our weaknesses from last year. We’ll have a complete team and you can’t really key in on one player. That’s kind of the best thing about our team.” The team has no plan to come up short in conference play. “We are a great shooting team and we can absolutely make it to postseason,” said Lescault. Even more than that, Courneya said that the team builds its players up. “[They’re] just a great group to coach. A fun group to coach,” Courneya said. “They compete with each other and for each other, which is very important. Our chemistry at this point has been exceptional and our staff feels that it’ll continue throughout the year. These guys have stuck with it through a season last year and we’re returning a lot of guys, it should be good for our team moving forward.” But before postseason rolls around, they are looking to trample their biggest rival, Azusa Pacific. A majority of past games have been nail-biters. Just last March, PLNU beat Azusa 86-70. The team lost earlier games, in January and February but only by a few points, 75-74 and 87-84, respectively. “I love to play at home, but nothing’s better than beating Azusa at Azusa,” said Lescault. The season begins on Nov. 7 with an exhibition game against San Diego State, and the team could use fan support. “We always love having the fans cheer us on,” said Lescault. Katie Callahan contributed to this article.
woMEn's BASKETBALL BY JAYME O’HANLON STAFF WRITER
Head Coach Bill Westphal blows the whistle to make the women’s basketball team hustle on the court as they run drills during practice. Assistant Coach Dwayne Cosby claps his hands which echoes across Golden Gymnasium to energize and motivate the team. The players communicate with each other on the court by shouting each other’s names in the midst of the sound of sneakers squeaking on the court. “Practice started Oct. 15, so there have only been 10 days of practice,” said Westphal. “We are way ahead of where we normally are, but we still need about 20 days to be where we want to be. We are about three weeks away from the first game, as opposed to the team being about six weeks away at this time of year.” This is the second year NCAA designated the team’s practice time prior to season. In the past, the team had to follow NAIA Division 3 rules. Westphal said the team is in a gap year, where a lot of the seniors have left and the team needs to pick up more freshmen talent. “[The school] needs to build the basketball program by bringing in freshman for the team to grow,” said Westphal. “Right now, we have good freshmen and sophomores, but not as many juniors and seniors. We might be a year away from developing a mature team. But definitely the best player on the team is Jessica Escourza.” Jessica Escorza, a fifth-year athlete and graduate student, will most likely be one of the team captains. As a junior, she transferred to PLNU from South Carolina. Escorza did not play basketball her sophomore year. This allowed Jessica to play basketball for another year due to the four year eligibility rule. “This upcoming season, the team is a lot different,” said Escorza. “Last
year there were seven seniors. This year, the majority is freshmen, with only three sophomores, two juniors and two seniors. They’ve been working really hard, and I have high expectations for us to do really well. Everyone works really hard - that is all that I could ask for.” Westphal reminds every player to never get too comfortable; it pushes the women to play even harder. Two freshmen on the team said they feel prepared and ready for this year’s season: Amy Ogren and Paola Roa. “Individually, I feel extremely prepared and nervous because I am a freshman coming into a good program,” Ogren said. “Playing how coach wants us to play is different, especially coming from high school to college level basketball.” Roa said she is thankful for this new mindset coming into PLNU basketball, one that focuses on the spiritual and the athletic. “It is exciting to not just play for Point Loma, making the school’s name known, but to also make God’s name known,” she said. The team practices twice in the morning and three times in the afternoon. In preparation for their season, they played UCSD Nov. 1 and came away with a win. On Nov. 8, the team will face SDSU in an exhibition game. Nov.14 and 15 mark the beginning of the women’s season with the PacWest CCAA Conference Challenge against Cal Poly Pomona and Cal State Dominguez Hills at Azusa Pacific.
Midseason roundup: Women’s golf BY LOUIS SCHULER STAFF WRITER
The women’s golf team is shooting well as they near the halfway point this season; they have finished above fifth place in every tournament thus far. In their second invite, the team shot 300 (+12)—a school record at the Western New Mexico Invitational. About three weeks later, the Sea Lions took second place out of 12 teams, as senior Alyssa Orito posted a 153 and shot a 76 in the final round— good for a seventh place finish out of 60 players in the Dixie State Invitational. Before the start of the season, Orito said getting to nationals was a stretch, but now she says the team is on the right track. “Although seeing where everyone’s at and how dedicated everyone is to achieving that goal - not only as an individual but as a team - it’s encouraging, because we’ve seen the competition we have to beat in order to get to nationals, and we think we can do it if everyone stays focused,” Orito said. This marks the first year the team has achieved a top 25 ranking. Head Coach Jacqui McSorley said the team has progressed well, but she said this team has potential to end the year even stronger than they started. “We’re getting there, as any golfer knows you can always get better,” McSorley said. “So we’ve left shots out there; I think that’s the exciting part. They’ve seen that they have been playing well, but they can still improve.” The Sea Lions look to carry their momentum into the Cal State San Marcos Invitational today at the Twin Oaks Valley Golf Course.
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Female student responds to lack of contraceptive coverage on campus discomfort, some use it for skin care, some use it for hormonal regulation, some are married. Every woman has her own personal reason for using birth control and many of them are completely innocent with the purpose of personal healthcare. I was really curious as to why Point Loma was so adamant about not providing birth control to its female students. The school website was not very helpful (searches for “contraceptive coverage”, “birth control” and “affordable care act” did not include germane results, nor did its page on Student Health Insurance Policy), but politico.com did have an article that states that Obamacare has allowed for an accommodation to contraceptive coverage for religious non-profits, so they do not have to pay the fines for not covering birth control in their health insurance plans. So, because their first amendment right to religious freedom,
BY MICHELLE AHLBERG CONTRIBUTOR
If you’re a female student on Point Loma’s Student Health Insurance Plan, you probably received a notification from Personal Insurance Administrators, Inc. that while the Affordable Care Act requires contraceptive coverage for all women, Point Loma has an accommodation that allows it to “not contract, arrange, pay for, or refer to contraceptive services.” Instead, you have the option of paying for your birth control separately, out of your own pocket. Essentially, you were informed that Point Loma refuses to pay for any sort of birth control, regardless of your personal reasons for taking birth control. Many women use birth control for their own personal health reasons. Some use it to relieve menstrual
Point Loma has the right to deny female students birth control coverage. Is this smart? No. Let’s be honest: college kids have sex, regardless of an affiliation to a religious university. And while this is unfortunate, it is realistic. Encouraging safe sex with birth control could potentially spare a lot of lives from horrendous repercussions. BUT does birth control encourage college kids to have sex? About as much as guns encourage people to shoot each other, but that’s another issue altogether. The Supreme Court case Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby stated that the religious owners of Hobby Lobby were most concerned with providing coverage for contraceptives that terminated human life, like “morning after” pills and IUDs. And admittedly these forms of contraception are used most by women engaging in sexual activity. So what if we compromised?
What if Point Loma’s Student Health Insurance Policy included coverage for forms of birth control used by female students for personal healthcare? Point Loma does not have to advocate sex outside of marriage, and it does not have to comply with the Affordable Care Act because of its religious foundation. But it should provide students with comprehensive health plans, and birth control can be a critical part of a woman’s healthcare. Providing birth control for health purposes is completely different than advocating premarital sex. For the benefit of the female student body, Point Loma Nazarene University should seriously reconsider its 20142015 Student Health Insurance Plan, in order to best provide healthcare for female students.
empty stomachs of his neighbors on the street, constantly mourning the thousands more who die of hunger every night. Life is like the dive into a freshly raked pile of fallen autumn leaves, splashes of red, orange, and yellow engulfing one with reminders of the transformation of what were once green. It is the 40-year-old woman clinging pictures of her deceased mother to her breast, laughing and crying at images of that warm gaze, begging God to someday bring the color green into her life once more. Life is like resurrecting last year’s snowman in the freshly fallen winter snow, frostbitten fingers and cheeks painted red by the piercing wind worth the beauty of transforming the sky’s free gifts into a friendly face. It is the single mother laughing with her five children after earning minimum wage for twelve hours, never having foreseen a life without her husband and livable wages. Life is like a crackling fire warming
toes in a cozy log cabin, the same element that destroys forests and homes offering comfort from the frigid winter air. It is the college student saving money by purchasing a cheap shirt bought in an American superstore, leaving a child in Vietnam malnourished from making those shirts for 26 cents an hour. Life is like the ebb and flow of the spring tide, the snow that once stalled the spread of vegetative life now melting to provide the earth with its means to grow. It is the middle-aged man whose marriage was once destroyed by his alcoholism, now reconciled to his wife and more faithfully in love after the long journey of overcoming the addiction. Life is like the new buds of springtime flowers turning their face to the sunshine, the harsh winter never enough to destroy their faith in the presence of the sun. Senior Rylie Shore is a communications and writing double major who loves to travel and journal.
Michelle Ahlberg is a junior biology major who likes going for runs and doing my homework on the floor.
Life as four seasons BY RYLIE SHORE CONTRIBUTOR
Life is like a persistent summer drought, hope of invigorating rain ever present under the brilliant clear blue sky, evidence of imposing, promising clouds pushed beyond what the eye can see. It is the twelve-year-old trafficking victim violated by fifteen men a night, hope of freedom hovering but hidden behind the weight of the man pressing against her undeveloped breasts. Life is like the rainbow sail thunderously flapping in the summer breeze, propelling the boat and its pas-
sengers across the choppy ocean surface, the ferocious unseen wind guiding the direction of their voyage. It is the faithful husband bringing home dinner to his beloved cancer-stricken wife, unexpectedly pulled over and deported by police who deem him illegal and alien. Life is like inserting the first stroke of a knife into a carefully selected autumn pumpkin, beginning the curve of a crooked smile and enjoying the process of making the vegetable come to life, aware that the immanence of rot will usher its death in a matter of weeks. It is the vigor of the passionate soul fervently seeking to fill the
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