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STUDENTSEXPERIENCEINAUGURATION/ p. 6-7

SUPERFEST2013

/ p. 8

Ater nearly a yearlong process o

ervent prayer and lots o searching,PLNU once again will have a chaplainas part o the university community.

In a campus-wide email sent byVice President or Spiritual Develop-

ment Mary Paul on Thursday, Rever-end Tim Whetstone was announcedas the new chaplain. An ordainedminister who has both led and servedin Christian ministry all around the

world, Whetstone will begin his chap-lain position at the end o February.

The campus got a chance to getto know its new chaplain when he

gave a sermon at Wednesdays cha-pel service, where he spoke aboutmaking every moment o lie a mis-sional orce.

I am deeply thankul to have

Tim Whetstone coming to serveas chaplain, said Paul, attesting to

Whetstones passion or ministryto young adults and impacting the

world through missions.

Paul expressed her gratitudethat a chaplain has been selectedto join the Department o SpiritualLie, as so many members o the

PLNU community have investedin the search.I am so thankul or each per-

son who was engaged in the processo discernment and their excellent

insights and prayerul partnership,Paul said. Orin Mozon, a junior mu-sic and ministry major, was one o

Spiritual Development announces Rev. Tim Whetstone

[cont. CHAPLAIN, p. 2]

A new chaplain at last

Co-edhousing orreshmen

ASB hosted its annual 80s skate night event at Skate World Thursday. Two busloads o students and others who drove themselves all came out in their bestand brightest 80s-themed outts to skate their hearts out.

Lomans roll at 80s skate night

kimberly millerstaff writer

Residential Lifeannounces cam-pus housingoverhaul

by abby hamblinnews editor

Co-ed housing or all reshmenand a new o-campus apartmentcomplex are just a ew o the changes

being made in the major overhaul ocampus housing by Residential Lie

or the 2013-2014 school year.These changes are a result olooking into nationally researchedbest practices in housing, acuteanalysis o our student popula-tion, ocus groups with studentsand a lot o prayer, wrote StudentHousing Coordinator Molly Pe-tersen in a campus-wide email tostudents last Monday.

Based on best practices oreshmen living on long halls, Resi-dential Lie has decided to move allreshmen into the buildings withlong halls: Klassen, Hendricks, andthe rst six foors o Nease. Becauseo the 60 to 40 percent ratio o

women to men at PLNU, this meansmaking some changes that includemen and women living in the sameresidence halls.

Research says that when resh-

men live in residence halls withlong halls it creates environmentsthat encourage communication,community, and connection, andits vital to the reshman experi-ence, Petersen said.

Megan Richardson, assistantresident director at Hendricks, cur-rently the only co-ed reshmen hall,said she thinks the positive experi-ence she has seen in Hendricks willcarry over into the rest o the new

co-ed residence halls.It raises the standard or howpeople o the same gender interact,but also how the two genders in-teract with each other, Richardsonsaid. The dynamic is really healthy.

Sophomore Kristen Raney livedin Hendricks last year and said shebenetted rom the co-ed experience.

Its just more relaxed, Raneysaid. It made it easier or me tomake guy riends, which I think isimportant and I know it was hard or

[cont. HOUSING, p. 2]

New MBA program to graduate students in one year

PHOTO COURTESY OF WILL MACNEIL

PLNU students now have theopportunity to earn a Masters inBusiness Administration (MBA) inone year through the FermanianSchool o Business.

This Fith-Year MBA programbegins its rst semester in the all o2013 at the Liberty Station Coner-ence Center and is intended or newgraduates looking or urther prepa-ration beore entering the business

world. The curriculum will include42 units o coursework and consist

o morning classes (9:30-12:30) on

Mondays through Thursdays.It is open to graduates in bothbusiness and non-business majors.

Ivan Filby, the School o Busi-nesss new dean as o this academic

year, proposed the program to theuniversity beore the start o thisschool year and eels optimisticabout what it has to oer.

We have designed a programthat is a genuine MBA program andhave packaged it in a way that is par-ticularly useul in this job market,

said Filby at the inormational ses-sion at the Fermanian Conerence

Center on Wednesday.

According to Filby, the studentswill be learning skills that todaysemployers nd vital but increas-ingly rare in todays MBA graduates.

These skills include problem solving,interpersonal communication andleadership sustainability.

This program diers rom mostMBA programs in the country, in-cluding PLNUs current MBA pro-gram at Mission Valley, in that thecoursework can be completed inthree semesters, or 12 months. Ac-

cording to Filby, there are no otherprograms in San Diego that can be

completed this quickly.

Most MBA programs take twoyears to nish. Filby believes thatthe program will help graduate stu-dents catch up to graduate studentsrom around the world who otencomplete their graduate work muchearlier than in the United States.

The program will cost $760 perunit, much less than earning an un-dergraduate degree at PLNU, whichcosts about $1,000 per unit.

Reyna Sund, director o pro-grams and operations at the O-

christina kilpatrick

staff writer

[cont. MBA, p. 3]

PHOTO COURTESY OF TIM WHETSTONE

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What would Jesus do (WWJD)?Walk.

According to Mark Galbraith,director o public saety, studentsmight want to take this into consid-eration, even i only to the shuttle.

There is an ongoing challengeor aculty and students here at peakparking times, Galbraith said. It iseasier to park at Young and take theshuttle up or park in the city lot orthe allotted our hours.

Fred Ebrahimi, the transporta-tion manager at the Physical Plant,

shared a similar sentiment.Its good exercise. Its goodor kids to run back and orthinstead o using buses. I theyrelate, its not that ar. Five minutes

walk . Why shou ldnt they justwalk ? said Ebra himi .

Ebrahimi continued that whilethe shuttle is not the nal solution,it allows students to get around

campus more conveniently becauseit can be located.

Right now, we have a GPSsystem so you can locate the bus,

where its at , so you dont have towait very long, Ebrahimi said. Youcan stay at your room and look at

your computer and nd out wherethe bus is and come down as soonas you see its close. So then youdont waste your time.

The shuttle runs rom 7 a.m.

to 12 p.m. and averages about 150people a day. At press time, theon-campus shuttle tracker was not

working, a notication which wassent earlier in the week by BruceKunkel, director o campus acili-ties and sustainability.

However, Galbraith said that the

shuttle isnt being as used as oten as

it could be.The demand decreases [or the

shuttle] throughout the day to thesmaller one. No aculty and staever take the shuttle. I it was reli-able, maybe more people would parkarther out, said Galbraith.

Ebrahimi, on the other hand,said that because o the transitionrom all-day parking to our-hourparking in the city lot, sta and ac-ulty have had to continue down thehill to park, and take the shuttle backup the hill daily.

Every day sta and aculty who

used to park in the city lot, now parkin the Young lot and take the shuttle

up every day, Ebrahimi said.He said that any problems theshuttle encounters are quickly xed.

I something breaks down, itstwo minutes to change, so theres no

waiting. The [shuttles] break down,but i something happens, they sendsomeone down to replace it rightaway, he said, There are three on-campus shuttles ready to go in case

something happens to one, [thentheres] maybe a ve minute wait.

There ar e 1850 parki ng sp aceson campus. And at any given time,Galbraith says, there are 200spaces open.

Inconvenient spaces, but spaces

nonetheless, Galbraith said.Parking at residence halls areopen parking or students, bothcommuters and residents.

He says the highest parking vio-

lations are ound in the commuterlot and the church parking lot, romboth aculty and students who wantto park closer to their classes.

There is no resident studentparking in that lot, he said.

Students arent the only onesresponsible or this issue though.

Based on the new ticket inormation

released in the 2012-2013 Univer-sity Vehicle Code (see illustration

on let), Public Saety has had an in-crease in students paying their nes.95 percent o students ollow therules set out in the vehicle code.

Now, roughly 70-75 percent ostudents pay their nes, while beore,90 percent o students werent pay-ing their parking nes. While mosto the student body ollows parkingregulations, only 70 percent o ac-ulty does so, most o whom are nedor parking in commuter spots.

Faculty and sta are upset when

students park in aculty spots, but areangry when we [Public Saety] are

trying to be egalitarian, having thesame enorcement level, says Gal-braith. We are working to get stain compliance.

As ar as the students who try toget around these policies, Galbraithsaid that students must be preparedor the risk they are taking.

For those that attempt to getaround the registration process, the

vehicle owner risks losing his or herparking privilege altogether. Theyalso risk having their car towed. Weusually tow one or two cars per se-mester. That is always a last resort,said Galbraith.

For those unregistered, he said

that Public Saety does have accessto DMV records.We can run the plates and nd

out who owns the car. We also issuecitations to all cars parked without a

proper current sticker or valid daypass, he said, I the ne is not paidit goes directly onto the students ac-count ater the ne is doubled. I theydo not pay their student account, ahold is placed on their account andthey cannot register or classes.

The prices or the tickets this year

were raised $5 to pay or the process-

ing o tickets with the new iParqsystem. According to Galbraith, the

money received rom Public Saetytickets doesnt go to Public Saety,but into the general und.

Our goal is compliance, not rev-enue generation, said Galbraith.

Even changed policies do notcome directly rom Public Saety butrom the administrators. Recentlythough, more thought has gone into

where students will park.The administrative cabinet has

been looking at the parking situation,and have been considering having ac-

ulty and sta park o-campus and beshuttled on. They are also discussing

the possibility o having a premiummain campus registration ee [a newpremium parking pass] versus the sideso campus parking [regular resident/commuter pass], based on availability.

Chris Sneed, a senior majoring inbusiness administration, commutesto school approximately 30 minutesevery day and says that he avoidstrac because o his earlier classes.

Depending on the time, earlierin the morning i you get here, itsnot too bad, but during the day, its

just impossible, so I usually end upparking o campus, said Sneed.

Sneed also said that, while park-ing o-campus isnt bad, he wishes

there were more options closer to hisclasses in Fermanian.I can usually get it just because

I have morning classes, but I havebeen here on days where its like a

couple hours you cant nd park-ing, said Sneed. It would be niceri there was more parking or i theyadded another level to the structureor something.

Public Saety oers solutions or on-campus parking problems

katie callahanstaff writerChanges to Public

Safety UniversityVehicle Code 2012-2013

- $5 added to all tickets

to cover the cost o

processing tickets

- Freshman with Vehicle

on Property Violation

increased rom $255 to

$500

- Violation includes 10

hours o community

service and a phone call

to parents

- Ticket must be paid

within 14 days or the fne

is doubled and placed

directly on your student

account

- Four citations in the

academic year require the

student to appear beore

the trac review board

- City lot has 10 spots

where students can park

or our hours

- 95% o students ollow

the rules set out by Public

Saety

- 70% o sta and aculty

ollow these same rules

N a z a r e n e s t u d e n t b o d y p r e s i d e n t s i n v a d e P L N U f o r N S L A C o n f e r e n c e

Back row: Joshua Reams (Northwestern), Jameson Forshee (Olivet),Nathan Hildenbrandt (Ambrose), Payne Ford (Eastern), RileyWampler (Trevecca), Zach Bond (Southern), Ian McKay (PLNU).Front: Lauren Percival (Mt. Vernon), Chelsea Coey (Mid America).

We sat down with them to get to know them and their schools.

See footage of the full interview at www.pointweekly.com

Our biggest event is called

Root Beer Fest.

Joshua Reams, Northwestern

Lauren Percival, Mt. Vernon

For every basketball game

we have a theme night, like

togas or superhe roes.

My grandpa is Jim Bond.

The Bon d Academi c Center

is named after him.

Zach Bond, Southern

From perceptions back home,

I think everyone thinks that

everyone here just surfs.

Riley Wampler, Trevecca

I always thought that

people in California have

kind of plastic personalities;

everyone at PLNU is super

geniuine.

Chelsea Coey, Mid America

Were known for our cold

weather. It was -25 degrees

the oth er nigh t. Also, the

Bears come and practice at

our University sometimes.

Jameson Forshee, Olivet

MBA cont. from p. 1ice o Strengths and Voca-

tion, believes that earning anMBA through this program coul d

be an important contribution orgraduates inding employment.

For some hiring managers, it isjust that check mark or hiring some-body, said Sund. [An MBA] couldreally provide a lot more realistic,hands-on understanding o what em-ployers are looking or.

According to Sund, an MBA canbe useul or graduate students look-ing to enter many dierent eldsbecause the skills learned in the

program include leadership, how tosuccessully maneuver the corporate

world and how to handle nances,things that students wanting to gointo ashion, dentistry, entrepreneur-

ship and many other industries canbenet rom.

It will teach lie skills, saidSund. Every MBA I have spoken tohas gained personally rom the pro-gram or his or her own nances.

While Sund believes earning anMBA through this program couldhelp a student nd employment, shealso encourages students to be activein getting some hands-on experi-ence like internships while taking

the coursework because employersare interested in what prospective

employees can do even more than intheir education.

Filby said the program oers

graduates exactly the kinds o hands-on experience they need.

The very nature o an MBA isthat it is practically oriented casestudies, projects etc. said Filby. Ocourse, we welcome students tryingto secure their own internshipsduring the program, and this helpsthem to develop their networkingskills. In order to develop theirmanagement practice, students canelect to take an internship in place

o the elective course requirement othe program.

According to Claire Buckley, as-sistant director o PLNUs Graduate

Admissions, the application process

or the program includes ocialtranscripts, two letters o recom-mendation rom aculty, a personalessay describing why the student

wants to earn his or her MBA, a re-sume and taking the Graduate Man-agement Admission Test (GMAT).

This test is waived or PLNU busi-ness majors. In addition to taking theGMAT, students rom non-businessmajors wanting to enter the programmust complete a prerequisite course,

BUS 612 Basics in Accounting andFinance, the summer beore the all

semester in the program or duringtheir senior year.

According to Filby, the admis-

sions process or the program isdesigned to create a team o people

who are serious and dedicated, busi-ness majors or not.

Buckley expects the students tobe mostly PLNU graduates or therst year, but they are advertising toother undergraduate schools in thearea and expect that the program willgrow in the upcoming years.

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The new changes inResidential Lie, whichinclude co-ed dorms orga-nized by class rank, havecreated a stir among PLNUstudents. What will thechanges mean or our liv-ing situations? How will itchange the community that

we all cherish so much?How will open dorm hours

work? Point Weekly re-porter Haley Jonswald hitCa Lane to get the opin-ions o PLNU students.

PLNUs historical timelinecould be divided into two halves Beore Wood Era and WoodEra. Such is the impact o Dr.Hadley Wood. Her reach extendsar beyond the classroom, both per-sonally with her students and inte-

grally within her department.

To describe her drive, Wood tellsa story rom her childhood about go-

ing shing with her brother and hisriend. Ater coming up empty with

her shing pole she waded into thewater, intending to grab the sh likethe bears do in the pictures shedseen. They were too ast to grab, soshe picked up a piece o cardboardand put it in ront o the sh, mak-ing it hesitate long enough to be

snatched. She caught three sh. Her

brother? None.Wood doesnt like the word

cant, and to be air, it never t hervery well. Shes the kind o personwho, ater being told by her tenthgrade French teacher that shednever learn French, spent the sum-mer coming up with a method thatallowed her to be fuent in 15-16months. She later earned a B.A. and

masters degree rom Brown Univer-sity in French, not to mention her

Ph.D. rom Harvard.She ounded the Learning Ex-

perience or Academic Progress(LEAP), a program that is dear to herheart because it helps reshman at-risk students acquire the skills nec-essary to bridge the gap rom highschool to college through personal-ized guidance rom caring aculty.

Besides teaching ull-time andspearheading LEAP, Wood oundedthe Honors program, identiyingstrong individual students who want

to do a mini-thesis, acquiring helprom aculty to oversee the proj-

ect. Add to that the ounding o theCenter or Teaching and Learn-ing, which ocused on making goodteachers better. One way o doingthis was observing classes taught byphenomenal teachers and acilitat-ing the discussion o pedagogy a-

terward, a program called Teachers

Noticing Teachers (TNT).When Dr. Wood got to PLNU

there was only one section o rst-year French oered. Now theres aFrench major and a ull-time nativespeaking French proessor AlainLescart. Dr. Wood was undamentalin establishing both at PLNU.

Dr. Carl Winderl, writing andliterature proessor, and his wie

Ronda, who teaches in the commu-nication and theater department,were recruited by Wood and cameto PLNU in the all o 2002. The

Winderls head up the London Se-mester Program, one that Wood wasinstrumental in allowing to be o-

ered every all. The history o theLJML department would be totallydierent without her guiding handupon it. In act, I would go so ar asto say that when Hadley retires . . .I think what they should do is adda W [or Wood] to LJML, Carl

Winderl said.

Arielle Niemeyer, junior Psy-chology major who had Wood or

French I and II, as well as Master-pieces o World Literature 201,spoke about Woods character.She just loves people so much; itsso clear in the work she does. Beingaccountable to loving others, andeveryone, even i theyre complete-

ly dierent rom you. Shes just avery lov ing person .

I youre around her and yourein her classes you know that shesgot a huge aith component thatis a part o her lie, and she walksit more than she talks it, which isthe way I think its supposed to be,

Carl Winderl said.In refecting on her time at

PLNU and the question o her leg-acy, Wood said, Mostly its people,its the aculty members, its the stu-dents . . . and thats the legacy thatmatters to me the most.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEKI I smear glitter on my ace, you dont have a choice you will be more attracted to me.

- Ke$ha*Warning: These quotes may or may not improve your intelligence.*

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Whos Who at PLNU: Hadley Woodcreates a legacyeddie matthews

staff writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF EDDIE MATTHEWS

Word on the lane: Students comment on thechanges in Residential Lie

haley jonswaldstaff writer

PHOTOS COURTESY OF HALEY JONSWALD

The history of

the LJML de-partment wouldbe totally differ-ent without herguiding handupon it. - Carl

Winderl

Wood doesntlike the word

cant, and to befair, it never fit

her very well.

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It was two Friday nights ago in

Wiley Hall when we nally la id ev-erything out in ront o us. A googlemap with pinpointed locations. Aacebook event. A log o email ad-dresses and phone numbers. Supplylists on pink post-it notes. To-dosscrawled on a Dennys paper napkin

rom a ew months back. We hadenough documentation to competeagainst a corporate law rm or amilitary reconnaissance team. But

what we were strategiz ing was ar

more important. We were planningThe Proposa l.

Following suit with the PLNUconvention o ring by spring, Nate

Wright had a long-standing tradi-tion to live up to. Along with dozenso PLNU students deciding to put

a ring on their relationship everysingle spring, Wright, a junior ac-counting major, wanted his proposalto girlriend Nikki Ellis to be ro-mantic, quirky, against the grain andabsolutely epic. As the designatedcake baker, schedule creator, invita-

tion writer, fower picker, shoulderto cry on, proposal planning extraor-dinaire, I seriously grew a couple ogray hairs. And I wasnt even the onemaking the lielong commitment to

marriage. Helping your riend getengaged is stressul.

But ater leading Ellis on a scav-enger hunt around the city and end-ing up at Mid City Church o theNazarene, where the couple rstmet, my gray hairs were met by but-terfies and watery eyes. In the midsto rose petals and hundreds o tealight candles, a sort o Bachelorettemeets the Vatican scene, Wright gotdown on one knee and asked theinamous question. She said yes.

Thank God. Wouldnt want the doz-ens o PLNU students waiting at

Wrights parents home to go with-out a reason to celebrate.

Thus makes one more couple,carrying on the PLNU tradition.Dating or three years, becom-ing best riends, getting engaged Wright and Ellis are on a goodroad towards marital bliss. But rstthey have to plan the wedding, andthen actually have the wedding. Andthen theres the honeymoon to lookorward to. Join me as we track their

progress throughout the semester,and peek in on what this whole ring

by spring mantra actually means.Well be checking in with Ellis asshe picks out her dress, with Wright

at his bachelor party and with theiramilies as they get married in the

church. You can help me count thehappy couples smiles, and hopeullyno more gray hairs will appear.

Down the aisle: ollowing a ring by spring

Dr. Carla Sunberg serves asthe Co-District Superintendent

of the East Ohio District for the

Church of the Nazarene, a small

part of an extensive resume. Her

other positions include serving as

a missionary in the former Soviet

Union and an active involvement

with the Kenya Gender Based

Violence Partnership, a group fo-

cused on ending gender violence

in Kenya. The Point Weekly was

able to catch up with Sunberg

with a few questions over email.

Point Weekly: How did youend up coming to PLNU or re-

newal week?Carla Sunberg, Ph.D.: Dr.

Mary Paul invited me to come. Ihave spent much o my lie involvedin higher education and thereorelook orward to being able to visit

with, minister and share on campus.PW: You are a co-District Super-

intendent o the Eastern Ohio Dis-trict or the Church o the Nazarene.

What are some joys youve experi-enced in that position?

CS: My husband and I haveserved in this position or a little overa year now and we have ound this

role very rewarding. The greatestjoy is helping pastors and congrega-tions work together to bring the mis-sion o Jesus Christ into our world.

We are living in a period o greatchange and the established churchis going to need to adapt to bring

Jesus to the world. This means thatwe cant continue doing things as wehave in the past. Working throughthese changes with a team o people

who are committed to ollowing themovement o God into the world isreally what brings us joy.

PW: What are some challengesyouve experienced in that position?

CS: We are working and min-istering in the rust belt where theeconomy has been slammed, thepopulation has shited and the estab-lished church has struggled to adjust

to the magnitude o those changes.We have entire communities o un-

employed individuals where we arending alarming rates o illegal druguse. The recent insurgence o thegas industry brought with it excite-ment about the possibility o jobs only to discover that we had entirecommunities that could not pass thedrug testing. How does the churchspeak into this?

PW:What is something that youare passionate about?

CS: I am very passionate aboutJesus ollowers being transormed

into the very image o Jesus Christ and then taking him into the world.

We must engage with the needs inour world! As a woman in leadership

I realize that I have an obligation tobe a voice or the marginalized and Ieel that the Lord has encouraged meto speak out against issues o Gen-der Based Violence. We are seeingalarming numbers around the world whether it is human tracking

here in the US or the rape and abuseo women around the world, we mustbe willing to speak up. Isnt that

what Jesus would do?PW: Do you have any stories o

when you were a college student thatyou would be willing to share?

CS: I have been somewhat o aperpetual student in my careerI went to Nazarene Theological

Seminary later in lie and studiedTheology. At the time I was li ving

in Russia and I would travel to theUS twice a year with a team o sev-en Russian-speaking young peopleand we would study together at theSeminary. I have to admit that this

was one o the most un periods otime in my lie and I loved hangingout with my ellow students romRussia. The only problem was thatater I had been with them so longI began to talk like them. One dayas we were going through the KFCdrive-thru I discovered that I was

now speaking English with a Rus-sian accent as the dear person onthe other end o the conversationhad no idea what I was saying.

As you can see, the world o aca-demics and study has been a sourceo great joy and ormation or me

and my lie. That brings us back toPLNU and why Im glad to be com-ing! Looking orward to being with

you all next week.

Q & A with spiritual renewal speakerCarla Sunberg, Ph.D.

callie radkefeatures editor

kimberly millerstaff writer

PHOTO COURTESY OF CARLA SUNBERG

In the sanctuary o Mid City Church o the Nazarene, Ellis saidyes and they rejoiced at the altar.

Beore actually asking his girlriend to marry him, Wright rst senther on a scavenger hunt throughout San Diego to all o their avoriteplaces, where she would pick up little packages along the way.

PHOTO COURTESY OF KIMBERLY MILLER

PHOTO COURTESY OF KIMBERLY MILLER

In the midst of rosepetals and hundreds

of tea light candles,a sort of Bachelorette

meets the Vaticanscene, Wright gotdown on one knee

and asked the infa-mous question.

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President Obama's inaugura-tion last week is being touted as oneo the more signicant inauguralceremonies in recent memory. Forall its historic clout, though, it wasnot fawless.

Perhaps most entertaining othese issues were the antics o RivesGrogan, an older gentleman and aormer pastor at New BeginningsChristian Church in Los Angeles,

who climbed nearly 40 eet into atree on the edge o the Capitol lawn.

Holding alot his "pray to end abor-tion" sign, he consistently screamedslogans such as "Democrats arebaby killers!" or more than threehours. Despite erecting two laddersand making several courageous at-tempts to climb the tree, authorities

were unable remove Grogan romhis perch beore the ceremony be-gan at 11:30 a.m.

In the meantime, the crowdwatched several large screensraised throughout the grounds andcheered or avorite representativesand ocials as they appeared andtook their seats. Receiving amongthe largest cheers (apart rom the

President) were the First Family,ollowed by the Biden and Clintonamilies. Supreme Court JusticeSonia Sotomayor also received arousing ovation.

When the inauguration nallydid begin much to the relie othose o us who were not political-ly-privileged enough to nd our-selves in presumably heated, plushseats the events were exquisitelyexecuted and seamlessly integrated.

Ater being sworn in or thesecond time in two days and receiv-ing a twenty-one gun salute, Presi-dent Obama approached the po-dium or his inaugural address. Init, he touched on topics pervasive in

many o his previous speeches: theneed or American unity and thepotential or our continued pros-perity as a result, and the respon-sibility o the current generationto leave a bright, healthy uture orgenerations to come.

However, it was PresidentObama's explicit address o gayrights that garnered his speechboth widespread acclaim and criti-

cism: "our journey is not completeuntil our gay brothers and sistersare treated like anyone else underthe law or i we are truly createdequal, then surely the love we com-mit to one another must be equalas well."

His oration was well-receivedby the hundreds o thousandsthat stood to hear it. Their ova-tion echoed throughout the entire

grounds, carrying rom across theNational Mall to the Capitol lawn

to the podium and to the politi-cians sitting behind it. It ostereda palpable excitement a tangi-ble, pervasive sense o hope thatcouldn't be quenched by gustso reezing wind or muted bynumbed and cramped extremities.

I possible, the energy grew withBeyonce's rendition o the nationalanthem in act, many o the pa-

trons around me seemed to be moreexcited or Beyonce than they wereor President Obama. Hearing theintricate vocal patterns, pitch shitsand fawless melodies rsthand wasabsolutely thrilling. It was the bestrendition o the Star Spangled Ban-

ner that I had ever heard.Knowing now that Beyonce'snational anthem perormance waspreviously recorded shouldn't less-en anyone's perception o her sing-

ing ability. Instead, it should revealthe extent to which she is an unwav-ering perectionist. She could havesung a much less "dangerous" ver-sion and still garnered tremendouspraise or her perormance. Instead,she opted to have played what shelikely believed was the perect ver-sion the one that she was sure

would be remembered.Beyonce's now amous rendi-

tion ell in stride with a domi-nant moti o the ceremony:

everything was aestheticallystriking, aurally stimulating andhope-inspiring. It just remainsto be seen i the aspirations othose hopeul can be realized.

Bunch is currently studying at

the Washington Journalism Center

in Washington, D.C.

A students refection

on the inauguration

parker bunch

staff writer

PLNU Students and Faculty gathered or the second inaguration o President Barack Obama.

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perience inaugurationjonathan soch

staff writer

On Monday, January 21, 2013, President Barack Obamawas inaugurated into his second term as the U.S. President.PLNU students and aculty members rom the Departmento History & Political Science attended the inauguration.

Obamas reelection as President and his inauguration onMartin Luther King, Jr. day is particularly signicant in light othe approaching 50-year anniversary o the civil rights leaders

amous I Have a Dream speech. 21 students and three acultymembers rom PLNU were able to attend the inauguration in

Washington D.C. and witness the historic event.I think it is an amazingly historic thing that we have not

only an Arican American President or the rst time, butthat he was re-elected, said Linda Beail, proessor o Po-litical Science who attended the inauguration. Her eelings

were refected by Cristobal Huerta, President o the PLNUCollege Democrats club who also attended the event.

It was a good accomplishment or America, said Huer-

ta. or the rst time ever, the Declaration o Indepen-dence is actually truthul in a way. In the 50 years that have

passed since the civil rights movement, the U.S. has come along way toward equality, a goal that Obama himsel reer-enced in his inaugural speech. What makes us American isour allegiance to an idea articulated in a declaration mademore than two centuries ago, Obama stated. We hold thesetruths to be sel-evident, that all men are created equal.

Political science student Tim Carlton also attendedthe inauguration and, although a sel-proclaimed Repub-lican, he elt it was an important moment in U.S. history.

I have looked at it rom a historical perspective in thesense that, regardless o i you like his policy or not, this guyis going to go down as one o the ve most memorable presi-dents in our history, he stated.

The inauguration serves as more than just a moment ohistory or an example o equality; it also serves as a second

opportunity or Obama to build on his successes and makeup or his shortcomings. With his many responsibilitiescomes the hope that Obama can help point the U.S. awayrom its scal problems.

I hope that the economy gets better, said Beail. Ihope that congress starts working a little better in terms oall these things that weve been talking about the past ewmonths, about the scal cli and the debt ceiling.

In light o Obamas reelection and Martin Luther King,Jr. day, it is elt by many that although the nation has made

great improvements in equality, it still has a ways to go.I think we have come a long way, said Huerta. We

have done a lot o things that are allowing women and peo-ple o dierent races, and dierent sexual orientations to dothings they should be able to do.

Obama himsel acknowledged that the nations work to-wards equality will always be an ongoing process. We con-

tinue a never-ending journey, to bridge the meaning o thosewords with the realities o our time, he said in his inaugura-tion speech, or history tells us that while these truths maybe sel-evident, they have never been sel-executing; that

while reedom is a git rom God, it must be secured by His

people here on Earth.

PLNU students Tim Carlton and Lydia Kravchuk being interviewed by Sky

News at the inauguration.

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greta wallstaff writer

Nyla Bailey has been releasedrom the PLNU Womens Basketballteam or unknown reasons.

According to sources close to thesituation, Bailey quit the team ater

walking out on practice and a meetingwith Head Coach Bill Westphal.

It was unortunate or all thatit didnt work out or her to stayat PLNU, said Westphal, whodeclined to comment any urther.

Coaches also instructed the teamthat they as well were not permitted tocomment. Multiple attempts to contactBailey hersel were unsuccessul.

Bailey is arguably one o the mosttalented Womens Basketball playersto ever play or PLNU.

During the 2011-12 season,

Baileys rst year as a Sea Lion, shemade the record books, ranking10th or most points in a season

with 532 points.Additionally, Bailey posted

averages o 19 points and 7.4 rebounds

per game, shot 50 percent rom theeld, was named both GSAC andNAIA Player o the Week or the weeko February 6, 2012, was named All-GSAC and was an NAIA third team

All-American selection.Bailey came to PLNU rom

Arizona Western College, where

she earned titles such as Player othe Year, All-American and Most

Valuable Player. Her best game atAWC was when she scored 36 pointswith 15 rebounds.

According to AWC Head Coach

Patrick Cunningham, Bailey let theschool because she only had one yearo junior college eligibility thereater playing her rst year at PalomarCC in San Marcos, Cali.

The Sea Lions have gone just 4-7without Bailey, but they have wonthree o their past our games.

Families and riends rom aroundSan Diego enjoyed a day lled withun and excitement Saturday as a

variety o athletes came to spend the

day at PLNU or SuperFest 2013.The event was hosted by The

Rock Church and incorporated manyactivities or children, including music,ree giveaways, jump houses and aQ&A with some local sports pros.

The pro athletes shared how theylive the lie o a champion on and othe eld as ollowers o Jesus Christ.

Pros rom many dierent sports

made an appearance, includingMLB All-Star Adrian Gonzalez,

skateboarding legend Christian Hosoiand two-time boxing heavyweight

world champion Chris Byrd.It was only because o who I

was and what I stood or that I neverwavered in my spirit or who I was as aman, said San Diego Chargers Special

Teams Captain Darrell Stuckey.Somebody who does that, who hastheir morals and their character andtheir integrity and keeps it every dayno matter what happens around them

I think people learn to respect thatperson more.

Nick Hundley, starting catcheror the San Diego Padres, was on thepanel and shared his experiences withthe crowd gathered in Golden Gym.

First and oremost, said

Hundley, it is knowing whereeverything came rom where theability to play this game came rom:it came rom the Lord and the greatgits that he has given me.

Ater, Hundley explained how hekept his aith strong ater surpassing

a hard season.Through the re and through

the tough times, it doesnt matterwhat is going on in your lie, saidHundley. You can always bear ruit.

You can always be in that spot i youvalue your lie with Jesus Christ.

Alongside the pro athletes wereathletes rom PLNU, who got toplay one-on-one with the childrenand teach them tips and techniquesor various sports.

Ater the games, the amilies werewelcome to tacos rom El Unico

Mexican Restaurant and chickensandwiches provided by Chick-l-A.

Unortunately, the weekendrainall prevented use o PLNUssoccer eld, but the people atSuperFest made the most o theavailable acilities, including thetrack, tennis courts and baseball eld.

Later, Pierre-Luc Gangon, orPLG, a pro skateboarder and one

o the X-Games most decoratedathletes, gave advice to students

aced with peer pressure.We have to be strong in our

aith, said Gangon. The only waywe are able to stay on course and bea light in this world is to be a strongChristian, a bold Christian.

Whether rain or shine, theamilies and athletes seemed tobelieve that SuperFest 2013 was aroaring success.

1/31: W. Basketball vs. Academy o Art, 5:30 p.m.1/31: M. Basketball vs. Academy o Art, 7:30 p.m.2/1: Baseball vs. Cal State Monterey Bay, 2 p.m.2/1: W. Tennis vs. Azusa Pacifc University, 2:30 p.m.2/2: M. Tennis vs. Azusa Pacifc University, 10 a.m.2/2: Baseball vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (DH), 11 a.m.2/2: W. Basketball vs. Dominican University, 2 p.m.2/2: M. Basketball vs. Dominican University, 4 p.m.

SuperFest teaches kids how to play and live like champions

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

TODD CAMPBELL

M. BASKETBALL

Rhoads was dominant all week,

leading the Sea Lions to a pair oblowout wins. The junior poured in

20 points, grabbed our rebounds

and had our steals in a 90-52

thrashing o Cal State San Marcos

Wednesday.

The Poway, Cali., native then

racked up a double-double o 12

points and 11 boards in the Sea

Lions 84-65 home win over Holy

Names University Saturday.

CALLIE RHOADS

W. BASKETBALL

Campbell made the biggest play

o the game against Holy Names

Saturday night, when he grabbed amissed PLNU ree throw and scored

to send the game into overtime.

The senior rom Kenmore,

Wash., fnished the game with 18

points and 10 boards, though the

Sea Lions ell 61-55 in overtime to

the visiting Hawks.

Former pro soccer player Jacques Lacoudeur (let, in black shirt) kicks a soccer ball around with some local kids atSuperFest 2013. Despite overcast weather, more than 1,000 people rom around San Diego came to the event to learnrom pros and PLNU athletes.

photo courtesy of will macneil

All-American Bailey leaves Womens Basketball team, PLNU

The PLNU Womens Basketball team cruised to victory in both o their games last week. On Wednesday, the Sea Lionsdismantled Cal State San Marcos on the road 90-52. On Saturday, PLNU smashed Holy Names University 84-65 ledby Jessica Escorzas (pictured above) career-high 24 points to go along with our steals. With the wins, the Sea Lionsimproved to 7-9 on the season, 3-5 PacWest.

photo courtesy of plnu sports information

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Schadenreude is dened as

satisaction or pleasure at someoneelses misortune. And ew things

have brought me more satisactionduring this NBA season than the allo the Los Angeles Lakers.

Ater a pair o high-proleoseason trades brought in two-time MVP point guard Steve Nashand three-time Deensive Playero the Year Dwight Howard, theLakers were expected to immediatelycontend or an NBA title. Instead,

theyre contending or a lottery pick.For the rst time in years, the

Lakers have looked mostly terriblethis season. And though theyre onlyour games out o a playo spot,Lakers ans are acting like the Titanic

just hit an iceberg.

Needless to say, Im enjoyingevery single second o it.This season Laker nation has

had one o the largest collective

meltdowns in recent memory. Theteam already red one head coach,

Mike Brown, just ve games into theseason, and there are rumors that

Browns successor, Mike DAntoni, isalso on the hot seat.

Pau Gasol, who helped lead theLakers to the 2009 and 2010 NBAtitles, has been swamped with traderumors. And, hilariously, so hasHoward, who is just 27 years old andseemingly in the prime o his career.

Kobe Bryant and Co. currentlyboast a record o 19-25 and sit 10th inthe Western Conerence standings,ahead o only injury-ravaged Dallas

and Minnesota, and perennialbottom-eeders Sacramento,Phoenix and New Orleans.

But o course, the loyal Lakerans have vowed to stay true nomatter how bad their teams record.

This is a ranchise that has missed

the playos just ve times ever.Theyve won 16 NBA titles (second-most ever) and made the Finals anNBA-record 31 times. Since moving

to Los Angeles in 1960, theyve wonmore than 63 percent o their games.Laker ans are easily the most spoiledan base in the league.

You want to talk about loyalty?The Chicago Cubs havent won the

World Series in over a century andyet they still annually rank in the top10 in attendance.

On the court, the Lakers haveconstantly shited between mildly

watchable and chicken-with-its-head-cut-o.

First o all, theyre collectivelyolder than dirt. Nash turns 39 nextmonth. Kobe is 34. Gasol is 32,

Metta World Peace is 33 and keybackups Antawn Jamison and SteveBlake are 36 and 32, respectively.

Their deense, supposedlyHowards specialty, has beenas nonexistent as Manti Teosgirlriend. But he seems to have lost

much o his otherworldly athleticismwhile recovering rom back surgeryduring the oseason.

Both Kobe and Metta havedropped o dramatically as deenders

rom their primes. Nash has alwaysbeen a poor deender, but this yearspeedy opposing point guards likeRussell Westbrook and Tony Parkerhave embarrassed him. He looks likehe couldnt stop Ron Paul right now,let alone Chris Paul.

On the oensive end, the hiringo DAntoni an oensive genius,according to the Black Mamba wassupposed to turn the Lakers into ascoring juggernaut. But despite rankingabove average in points per game as a

team, they have yet to demonstrate aconsistently coherent oense.

They play at the third-astestpace in the league, which doesntmake a whole lot o sense consideringthey have the leagues ourth-oldestroster. They rank in the bottom thirdo the NBA in both assist ratio andturnover ratio, things that should bebetter considering Nashs pedigree.

Yet ater back-to-back wins thisweek against the Jazz and Thunder,things might be looking up or theLakeshow. The regular season is only

halway over.But in the meantime, I am

basking in the glory o the Lakersutter utility. Ater all, hating theLakers is an American traditionon par with hating the New York

Yankees, the Dallas Cowboys andNotre Dame.

So please excuse me while Icontinue to take pleasure in theLakers misortune at least untilthey rip o a 17-game winning streakand make the NBA Finals again.

But hey, Laker ans, i all else ails

and the Lakers continue to implode,at least you can root or the Clippers.

The Spring 2013 season bringsnew beginnings and new hopes or

the baseball players who call CarrolB. Land Stadium their home. The2012 season ended in a disappointing18-31 record. This year brings notonly a clean record, but also newrules, regulations and competition asthe school has moved rom the NAIA

to NCAA Division II.This will be PLNUs rst season

in the Pacic West Conerence, thelargest Division II conerence in the

western region. The conerencepreviously consisted o 10 teams,spreading the conerence rom Utahto Hawaii. Over the past couple

years, our teams have joined thePacWest, including PLNU. All our

o those teams have made the moverom PLNUs previous conerence,

the GSAC.Along with all the excitement

o moving to a new divisionand conerence, head coach Joe

Schaeer says the team expects tocontend immediately.

Our ultimate goal is to competeor a PacWest Championship rightaway, said Schaeer.

With only one senior on last

years squad, Coach Schaeer saidthe team was lacking leadership.However, this year there are sixseniors and a good deal o juniors toll that void.

Improvement is another goal,said Schaeer. Weve already seen a

lot o development rom the youngerguys rom last season.

Moving to Division II has broughta ew new rules and regulations,including limitations on preseasongames, all practices and recruiting.

This year the team was notallowed to play another team in theall, whereas years prior they wouldplay a handul o scrimmages beore

the start o spring season. The teamwas also placed on slightly stricter

regulations on how much eld timethey get in the all to practice.

Overall, all the rule changes areor the better, Schaeer said. They

level the playing eld.Throughout the season, the

team will be traveling back and orth

to Utah, Northern Caliornia andArizona or weekend games. Thesetrips allow the players opportunitiesto bond as a team while stayingovernight in hotels away rom home.

Many o the traveling games arescheduled on weekends so that theplayers may not miss too many classes.

The Sea Lions are welcomingback some key players rom last

season. Junior inelder ClintHarwick led the team with 32 runs

scored and 11 stolen bases. Senioroutelder Bryan Burkhead led theteam in with nine homeruns and twotriples. Burkhead also posted the

teams second highest numbers inslugging percentage (.523), on-basepercentage (.416), runs scored (30),

RBIs (34) and doubles (10).Harwick and Burkhead will bat

in the middle o the line-up and playevery game, said Schaeer.

PLNU will take charge onthe mound with leadership romseniors Justin Lawrence and TylerGarkow. Lawrence led the SeaLionslast season with ve wins and 81strikeouts, while Garkow was second

in both categories.Look out or the Sea Lions

this week as they take on Cal StateMonterey Bay here at PLNU onFriday at 2 p.m. in their seasonopener. Their rst PacWest

conerence game will be Feb. 15 athome against Hawaii-Hilo.

SPORTS | 9

jacob rothsports editor

will macneilstaff writer

Jakes Take: the Lakeshow sees its ratings plummet

FOR MORE SCORES AND STATS, CHECK OUT: WWW.PLNUSEALIONS.COM

SEA LIONS SCOREBOARD

1/26 L 55-61 (OT)vs. Holy Names University

MENS BASKETBALL WOMENS BASKETBALL

1/23 L 64-81vs. Cal State San Marcos

1/23 W 90-52@ Cal State San Marcos

1/26 W 84-65vs. Holy Names University

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW:

MENS BASEBALL

AT A GLANCE

Head Coach: Joe Schaeer(ourth year)

Key returners: Justin Lawrence,RHP, Sr.; Tyler Garkow, RHP,Sr.; Clinton Harwick, SS, Jr.;Bryan Burkhead, OF, Sr.; MarcusHeisner, 2B, So. (GSAC GoldGlove)

2012 fnish: 18-31 overall, 10-22GSAC (ourth place)

photo courtesy of will macneil

Originally expected to challenge or the NBA title, this years group o Lakerssuperstars has come up short. Theyre currently in 10th place in the WesternConerence at 19-25.

photo courtesy of us presswire

Mike DAntoni was brought in to coach the Lakers ater ve games. Buteven with DAntoni at the helm, the team has gone just 18-21, hardly achampionship pedigree.

photo courtesy of imageslides.com

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The latest trend in ashion is givingback. Many new philanthropic compa-

nies are climbing the ashion totem poleand becoming a rst pick over sociallyirresponsible brands.

Most college-aged men and womeneel helpless when they hear about so-

cial justice problems. We dont haveull-time jobs or large savings accounts,

which makes it hard to sponsor a child inneed or donate to a charity every month.

Philanthropic ashion brands give usan answer to this problem. We all shopat one time or another and these good-natured companies are showing us a wayto benet the world and stay on the cut-ting edge o trends at the same time.

You may have heard o TOMS, Je-didiah, 31 Bits, Warby Parker, Invisi-ble Children, The Peoples Movement

or Solo Eyewear. These are all compa-

nies that have a purpose o giving backto a certain cause or region. Many othese companies have enhanced thelives o people who would have other-

wise still been in need. The ollowingcompanies all practice philanthropy toa certain extent.

31 Bits, like a lot o philanthropiccompanies, sells crats and handmade

goods that are made in other countries.These companies then send the protsback to their country o origin. 31 Bitsexposes its jewelry and other productsto a new and larger audience, whichprovides the amilies that manuac-ture and design these products with asteady income.

Solo Eyewear sells trendy sunglassesand donates proceeds to provide pre-scription glasses and eye surgeries topeople in need. Most o us have neverhad to worry about aording eye care.

This company is making sure that peo-

ple are taken care o, and enhancing theirquality o lie all at the same time.

The Peoples Movement up-cyclesplastic bags to make their products,

which include tennis shoes, high tops,boots and wallets. They are working to

clean up the oceans o Bali and rid themo plastic waste.

These companies are not companiesthat just want to make a prot. They

want to provide consumers with the op-portunity to be a part o something big-ger than themselves.

By researching and shopping withbusinesses that care, you are positivelyimpacting the lie o someone you maynever meet. This is the beautiul thingabout philanthropy, or just living a

Christ-centered lie. We do the goodworks that God has called us to do,

whether or not we get to see the eects.Being a philanthropic shopper is

a way o lie. You can just support onecompany, one time, but once you real-ize the good you have done by buying

yoursel or someone else a git, its going

to be hard to stop. The products beingsold are o the same style and trend level

as any other you might nd in the mall.There are many websites and plat-

orm websites that solely ocus on sellingproducts that do good. Check out Roozt.com to get started. There is so muchgood to be done.

PLNUs Musical Theater Club

will be having its third annual,one-night-only Radio by the Seashow on Friday, Feb. 8. This showhighlights student perormers romacross campus, perorming some othe top hits on the radio rom anygenre and time period.

Unlike perormance eventswith a long history, such as theHomecoming Variety Show andCider Celebration, Radio by the

Sea is a relatively new event. Thisis the events third year and hasgrown into one o PLNUs mosthighly-attended events.

Radio by the Sea was createdso that students all over campuscan get the opportunity to sing

on stage, perorm their avoritesongs rom the radio and bebacked by a live band, Jene

Joh nso n, Mus ical Theat er Clu bs

president, said, adding: theresnothing else like it!

What is special about this eventis the breadth o students thataudition and perorm.

Now that its in its third year, itseems clear that a lot o unexpected

people wanted to be a part o theshow and are extremely talented,Chris Kuzmich, ounder o theevent, alumnus and ormer club

president, shared via email.I you are a current student

at Point Loma, you can audition.Thats it! You dont have to be a

member o the club or anything just someone who likes to be onstage, Johnson added.

Whether someone who grewup perorming, a anatic o FOXshit show Glee or another hopeul

perormer belting with the likeso Gaga, Ke$ha and Maroon 5

whil e driv ing down the 8, onething in common among all o thestudents in this show is that theylove to perorm.

Auditions were held last week

ater hopeul perormers spentweeks preparing acts. The selectedperormers are now nalizing theiracts and readying themselves or

the show, which is less than twoweeks away.

Weve made a lot o changesthis year compared to the twoormer years, Johnson said. This

year, were cutting down thenumber o acts, guaranteeing thebest o the best. Weve also broughtin proessionals in the pop industryto hold auditions and select the

acts. We have two hilarious emcees,and were adding a un theme:

Make Up or Break Up, just intime or Valentines Day, Johnsonshared. We really anticipate thisbeing bigger and better than itsever been.

Be sure to come hear some oyour best riends and classmatessing hit songs by all o youravorites, including Taylor Swit,Carly Rae Jepsen, The Eagles,Beyonce and more!

The show will be Friday, Feb.8 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be sold

outside o Nicholson Commons theweek o the show.

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kelsey bergstromcontributor

ian cranea&e editor

Monday, January 28, 2013

1/28-2/10 Clybourne Park @ Lyceum Theater, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.

1/29-2/17 Pygmalion @ The Old Globe Theater, 7 p.m.

1/29, 2/1, 2/3 The Daughter o the Regiment @ Civic Theater, 7 p.m.

1/29-2/2 Far Away @ Salomon Theater, 7 p.m.

1/31 Pentatonix with Speak @ House o Blues, 7 p.m.

Philanthropic ashion: a new way to shop

Radio by the Sea returns for its third year

The Peoples Movement, courtesy of Roozt.com

Solo Eyewear, courtesy of Roozt.com

31 Bits, courtesy of Roozt.com

We really an-ticipate this be-

ing bigger andbetter than itsever been. - Jene

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kyle lundbergeditor-in-chief

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PLNU is holding Christians inHollywood, a screening and discus-sion with writer and producer Dean

Batali, today in Crill Auditorium. Bataliis amously known or his work on That70s Show and Buy the Vampire Slayer,but Batali would much rather be knownas being a ollower o Jesus Christ.

Batali was raised in a church butdidnt take it very seriously until he

was 18.I had a Saul-on-the-way-to-Da-

mascus kind o experience darkness to

immediate light.A conversation with a riend led

Batali to blurt out the words, I want togive my lie to Jesus Christ, which are

words he never thought he would hearhimsel say.

Now, Batali is a Christian in Hol-lywood, working on his career and hisaith. He studied playwriting in col-lege and produced a musical that he

wrote as his senior thesis. He thenstarted a theater company o his own,traveling to dierent churches andestivals, perorming the shows thathe wrote. But Hollywood was always

in the back o his mind.I wondered why I wasnt seeing

more Christian characters being repre-sented on TV, Batali said.Ater that, he and his wie loaded

their lie into a U-Haul with $2000 totheir name and moved to Hollywood.

I got a job in a mailroom . . . andmet some writers and producers whothen hired me as a production assistanton a pilot, said Batali.

Eventually he became a writers

assistant and was able to meet morewriters. Then, nally, some o his col-leagues passed a script that he wrote onto some producers and agents, whichlanded Batali his rst job.

As o now, Batali loves having peo-

ple he doesnt even know laugh at thejokes he has written.

I also like to be able to inusemy work with my worldview, even iIm just changing some o the con-tent rom slightly dark to slightly less

dark, Batali said.He also enjoys the ability to cre-

ate new worlds and new characterswhen he writes.

Although lie in Hollywood doeshave its perks, it also has its obstacles.Hollywood can be a cynical place,and it is hard to stand up against thatcynicism and not have it aect you,said Batali.

Otentimes you will nd yourselin rooms with people who are tearing

down things that you nd holy, wheth-er it be values or the actual person o

Jesus Christ, Batali shared.He also said that he aces challeng-

es rom within the church. Many aresuspicious o a person who claims to bea Christian, but works on shows like thekinds that I have worked on.

Batali has ound ways to workaround those challenges.

I surround mysel with Christianswho I know will pray or me, challengeme, grow with me and hold me ac-

countable. This, he said, includes hiswie, who he prays with everyday.

I like to engage Christians whoare suspicious o me and explain tothem the purpose and method to usliving our lives on this mission eld,said Batali.

Batali gives advice to the students atPLNU, who are soon about to embarkon their own journey.

Know the Bible, know the Bible,know the Bible, Batali emphasized,

adding, boldly stand up or truth,and do not be ashamed o the labelChristian because o what the worldthinks that means. Change their per-spective o what it means to be a ol-lower o Jesus Christ.

Faith in the en-tertainmentindustry: an in-side perspective

Last week, the sleepy little town o ParkCity, Utah was fooded with olks romaround the world. They were all there to

watch movies. I, along with our otherPLNU students and two proessors, was one

o those olks.Ater we acclimated to the cold weather,

we began simply watching lms and discuss-ing them. One o the great things aboutSundance is the ability to really sit and re-fect about our viewing experiences. Ater ascreening, we had the opportunity to talk tothe directors/producers/writers o the lmsand ask them questions. I think, oten, when

we leave the theater, we have nagging ques-tions about what we saw. Sundance reusesto let those questions go unanswered.

It just makes it a lot more tangible, said

senior Peter Varberg, an aspiring lmmakerwho has been documenting his Sundance

experience by interviewing lmmakers andstudents. Seeing the directors, being able tointerview and talk to them; it doesnt eel sodierent or so out o this world.

This is PLNUs third year attending theFestival. A group o students went or therst time in 2009, and has gone every other

year since. Alan Hueth, proessor o mediacommunications, said he is always impressed

with what his students bring to the estival.

Its been great to see students go deepon lm content and the aith dimension

with watching movies and maybe potentiallymaking movies, Hueth said.

For the rst time, James Wicks, an assis-tant proessor o literature who also teaches

lm studies, came along as a co-instructoror the program. Although he has helpedorganize some local San Diego lm estivals,this was his rst trip to Sundance.

I think Im going to be writing aboutlms a lot more, Wicks said. It makesme think more about what the lmmakers

say about their own lms. It makes me eela little bit more removed rom corporate

Hollywood lms.We saw about a dozen movies during

the week, sometimes as many as our perday. Highlights or the group includedLie According to Sam, a documentaryabout a teenager living with progeria, adegenerative aging disease; S.V/H/S,a gonzo ound-ootage horror lm; andFruitvale, this years dramatic Grand

Jury Prize winner, a powerul drama basedon the lie o Oscar Grant, a 22-year-oldbay-area resident who was shot and killedby BART ocers and inspired people to

protest against police brutality.Theres an intimacy you get while

watching these lms, said junior SeanWoodard, a writing and music major whois also an aspiring screenwriter. You can seethe dedication the directors, writers, produc-ers and crews put into their movies and the

ways they want you to think about them.Another major part o our experi-

ence was the Windrider Forums. Startedby Fuller Seminary in 2005, the goal o

Windrider is to elevate the conversation

o aith and lm and ask deep, theologicalquestions to some o the major lmmakersat the estival. This year has marked thebiggest year yet or Windrider, with 120students and aculty rom Fuller, Biola,PLNU, Taylor and Northwestern Col-

lege, among others, participating.We were challenged by the creators o

God Loves Uganda, a documentary aboutChristian aid going to und anti-homosex-ual violence in that country. The makerso Blood Brother, a documentary about aman who gives up everything to serve at an

AIDs orphanage in India, challenged us tore-evaluate what Christian service looks like.

It inspired me to be as good at my cratas possible, said Samantha Laurenti, juniormedia communications major. As a Chris-tian, I want to get even more out there, be-cause theres not a lot o us out there.

Then there is Park City itsel, a sleepylittle skiing town that, or 10 days every year,is swamped by movie anatics rom aroundthe world. The locals, however, seem toenjoy it. From the thousands o amazingestival volunteers to the residents, everyoneseems genuinely glad that so many people

would want to come to their town. I met

nothing but nice people the entire week.Im still digesting my Sundance experi-

ence, mulling over some o the lms I sawand conversations I had. I dont think Ill bedone thinking about it or a while. In ourast-paced media landscape, it can oten bedicult to think critically about what wesee, to evaluate deeply what it means to bea Christian in this environment. Through-out the week, I cried, laughed, doubted, eltinspired and just had a lot o un watchingsome great movies. The Sundance Film

Festival has caused me and my ellow stu-dents and instructors to see movies, andGod, in a new, more blinding light. And thatis no small thing.

Students inspired by Sundance

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Guns are not evil. In act, Im sure i youasked them, theyd seem quite riendly andtell you they never meant or were designed toharm innocent human beings.

But really. Guns are soulless machines thatcan do nothing without an operator. Peopledo evil not guns. And people will continueto do evil with or without them. Firearms arenot the problem in our nation; people are.

Guns havent always existed, but murdershave since the beginning o time. Cain

committed the rst murder when he clubbedAbel to death. As stated in a speech about theshooting in Columbine: ater Cain killed Abel,clubs were not banned.

People did not blame the National ClubAssociation (compare to modern NationalRife Association) or what happened to Abel.

They blamed Cain because the decision washis; the blood was spilled by his own will.

Let us imagine, or just a minute, that wewere in a situation where criminals bandedtogether and attacked the common people ona larger scale than just a single person with a

gun at a school (Im imagining Gangs o NewYork with Leonardo DiCaprio here). Now,

pretend the government had made it nearlyimpossible or the average person to owna gun which is the trend o our buddingsemi-socialist government at the minute.

What will unarmed people do to deendthemselves? The criminals will likely keeptheir guns.

Or say, perhaps, we all into an even worse

recession a second Great Depression, i youwill and the people wither away to nothingrom starvation because they arent allowed tohave weapons to hunt with.

I will admit both these perhaps examples

may seem extreme; however, they arentcompletely improbable because nations riseand all. Ours could all at any time.

The point is, although I dont disagreewith the sentiment o these restrictions intheory, the logistics just dont work out. Theonly people truly deterred by the new bans

on rearms are law-abiding citizens who, inmost cases, use guns or three main reasons:hunting, sport (gun ranges) and deense.

People on the other side o the argumentcould nd it hard to imagine a world wheretheyd need to deend themselves in such a

way. They may assume the government and themilitary will always be there to do it or them.

There are a ew problems with this thought.

Governments are, without exception,made up o humans who are equally as likelyto have darkness in their heart as any otherperson. Perhaps its conspiratorial or me to

say this, but it is ignorant to blindly trust them.A larger problem with this mentality is

that in an instance when you are under attack,even i the government sends the military or acitizen militia (as liberals say to make un othe Second Amendments purpose), how manypeople have to die in the span o time it takesor them to show up?

I average people are allowed to haveassault weapons in their homes and arelegally allowed to deend themselves withthose weapons, there may be ewer murders.

People o the other opinion may claim Imbeing melodramatic, even i this happens ona smaller scale.

I even one o the teachers at Sandy HookElementary were allowed to own a rearm, theteacher may have been able to save more children.

Guns, swords or clubs the weapon has

evolved, but the one thing that never changesis the darkness in humanitys heart whenwielding these weapons against the innocentand deenseless.

Change the heart and we wouldnt have

tragedies like Connecticut or Columbine. Icant give an answer to solve the problem oevil that will satisy everyone. But the clearanswer here or Christians is God, and Christsteachings about love.

The cure or hatred, darkness and evil islove. A love only ound in Jesus.

Gun control and theSecond Amendment

amy crusestaff writer

Guns are soulless machines

that can do nothing without an

operator...firearms are not the

problem in our nation; people are.

Guns, swords or clubs the

weapon has evolved, but the

one thing that never changesis the darkness in humanitys

heart when wielding these

weapons against the innocent

and defenseless.

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