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Celestial watch: eclipse activitiesSome Christians are pointing to the upcoming rare solar, lunar activity as realizing biblical prophecy. 5

Poll: Best and worst of aPuThe Clause conducted a poll to find out the top 5 loves and grievances of Cougar life. 6

five to-do’s during the last month of schoolThe school year is almost over – take advantage of it. 7

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Baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis and water polo from March 31 to April 6

This year’s theme for the Hawaiian event: ‘You will be with me in Paradise’

Cougar Catch-up: Last week in sports

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Steven Mercado photoJunior forward Sendy Valles

Steven Mercado phOtO Sophomore pitcher Joel Belk sealed the split against Dixie State with his complete-game win on Saturday, April 5.

aPu enactus cOurtESY Left to right: Jeanne Bankson, Abby Wheeler, Alec Nakashima, Rachel Kagawan and Lacey Maloney pose at the Enactus United States National Exposition, held early April in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The month of April is a big one for APU sports. However, many games are on the road, and toward the end of the semester, schedules become packed and making it to any sports game becomes difficult. To keep you current on Cougar sports, the Clause will provide weekly up-dates in each issue.

Here’s what happened the week of March 31 to April 6:

BaseBallThe baseball team began the week

on Tuesday, April 1 in the exhibition game against Los Angeles Dodgers’ Class A-Advanced Minor League Baseball affiliate, the Rancho Cu-camonga Quakes. The Cougars lost 10-1, their lone run coming from an RBI groundout from sophomore left fielder Mitch Dergazarian that scored junior second baseman Blake James. James went 2-for-2 on the night.

On Thursday, April 3, the Cou-gars started a four-game road series against Dixie State. APU opened the

series with a 12-9 comeback victory against the Red Storm.

The Red Storm smashed the Cou-gars in the bottom of the fourth with five runs from five hits to jump to an 8-2 lead. APU answered with a storm of its own in the top of the fifth with an eight-run inning that resulted in a 10-8 lead before finishing the game with two more runs in the top of the seventh for the 12-9 win.

The baseball team faced the Red Storm again Friday, April 4 for a dou-bleheader and was swept 12-4 and 12-11. Dixie State senior right fielder Kris Kaplan went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and senior first baseman Tyler Blair went 3-for-5 with four RBIs to lead their team to victory in game one. Junior designated hitter Kevin Kline led the Red Storm in the night-cap, going 2-for-5 with four RBIs.

In Friday’s sweep, junior pitcher Zach Hedges allowed the most runs he has in a game all season, giving up all 12 runs in five innings to Di-xie State in game one. Junior pitcher Adam McCreery allowed seven runs off nine hits in four innings.

The Cougars’ top performer in Friday’s doubleheader was senior right fielder Matt Kimmel, going 4-for-8 with three RBIs.

APU ended the series strong Sat-urday, defeating Dixie State 5-2 to secure the series split. Sophomore pitcher Joel Belk pitched the stron-gest game of the series, going the full

The Pacific Islanders Organization hosted its annual Lu’au on Saturday, April 5 in Felix Event Center to treat more than 700 attendees to a traditional Hawaiian dinner at 6 p.m. and full show at 7 p.m. The theme for this year’s Lu’au was “You will be with me in Paradise,” inspired by Luke 23:43.

The $15-$17 dinner tickets for PIO’s biggest annual fundraiser sold out, while $8 show-only tickets did not.

After attendees with dinner tick-ets enjoyed a traditional meal of salad, chicken long rice and Kalua pork, the show began. The performance followed the story of an APU student struggling between returning home to Hawaii or staying at Azusa.

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The following are selected inci-dents as reported from the Daily Media Log from March 30 through April 5, courtesy of Campus Safety.

■ sunDAY, MArch 30stuDent services villAgeStudent workers located a transient sleeping in the Student Services Village. Officers made contact and the subject left the area.

■ MonDAY, MArch 31sMith hAllReporting person advised of students in possession of marijuana. Officers were dispatched to the resi-dence. Paraphernalia was confiscated and the resi-dents were counseled.

■ weDnesDAY, April 2shire MoDsRP reported a transient sub-ject in the area who was ask-ing students for money. Offi-cers responded and checked for the subject but were un-able to locate him.

■ FriDAY, April 4west cAMpusRP reported a subject who may need help due to erratic behavior. Officers made con-tact with the subject. Azusa Police was notified but be-fore officers could respond the subject left campus. Azusa Police met with Cam-pus Safety officers to take a report.

■ sAturDAY, April 5engstroMOfficer observed a bike with a lock that had been cut. The bike was brought in for safe-keeping.

■ weekly numbersKeys lost/found......................7ID cards lost/found...............6Cellphones found..................2 Wallets lost/found..................4Unsecured bikes found.........2 False fire alarms.....................2

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cAlenDArThursday, April 10Brain Awareness Week eventThe Department of Biology and Chemistry will host a workshop and panel discussion on “Traumatic Brain Injury: Understanding the Symptoms, Causes, Controversies, and Treatment” from 6 to 8 p.m. in UTCC.

Friday, April 11Chamber SingersThe School of Music will host a celebration of cho-ral film music from Star Wars to Frozen to Breakfast at Tiffany’s starting at 8 p.m. in the Munson Recital Hall. There is no admission charge or ticket required.

Friday, April 11The Electric ZuParty with the Zu from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m. on West Campus’ Kresge Plaza. Presale tickets are $7 and will be sold until 7 p.m. on Friday. Tickets will be $10 at the door beginning at 10 p.m. Proceeds will go to APU student summer mission teams.

Saturday, April 12School of Theology anniversaryThe Graduate School of Theology will celebrate its 30th Anniversary from 12 to 9 p.m. on West Campus. Events will include a faculty book sign-ing, alumni awards and a gala dinner. Register online at www.apu.edu/theology/anniversary.

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reMeMber1. if you see something, say something. 2. Safety is everyone’s busi-ness.3. Dial 911 for life threatening emergencies.4. non emergencies: Cam-pus Safety (626) 815-3898.5. lock all doors and win-dows to your dorm, apart-ment and vehicle. 6. Keep all valuables secured and out of plain view.7. At night, keep to well-lit areas.8. Always be aware of your surroundings.9. Utilize the trolleys, safety escorts or walk in groups.10. Avoid places where you are vulnerable and there are no exits.11. Avoid texting or talking on the phone while walking as you may be distracted.12. Avoid walking and jog-ging alone.13. Secure your bike with a rec-ommended Krytonite U-lock.

katie richcreek PHOTOSenior biology major Saif Alzwaideh (left) promotes Brain Awareness Week on Cougar Walk on Monday, April 7.

Saturday, April 19Run 4 Their LivesFoothill Church will sponsor the 1k and 5k walk/run at Cougar Athletic Stadium. It is a Freedom 4/24 event that raises awareness and funds to bring sexually exploited women and children into freedom. Registration is open online at r4tl.com.

Thursday, April 10 – Sunday, April 13 Faustus: A New Adaptation APU Theater presents the final spring produc-tion in the Warehouse Ampitheater. Performanc-es will go from Thursday until Sunday with mati-nee performances at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

More than 90 students attended a special workshop Tuesday, April 1 to discuss interview tips and tricks with Azusa Pacific alumnus Paul Solis, an instructor at the Walt Disney Com-pany’s Internship Program.

During the “Discover the ‘Hid-den Mickeys’ of Interviewing” lec-ture, hosted by the Office of Career Services, Solis highlighted several “quick tips” for interviewing. These included what to wear, potential questions to prepare for and how to present accurate qualifications in an interview. Solis also took questions throughout the session and said he wanted the lecture to be as interac-tive as possible.

In preparing for an interview, Solis described the “Disney Look,” or looking “timeless and classic,” which includes wearing “things that are never going to go out of style” to an interview.

Solis also said that it is best to have a “30-second commercial”

prepared for the interview, which in-cludes three to four points that high-light a person’s last five professional years. Throughout his presentation, Solis was consistent in pointing out that personal branding when inter-viewing for a job is key.

“You have to know what your skill sets are, and you also have to be very, very, very aware of your brand,” Solis said. “Your personal brand is extremely important. ... Your personal brand is how you’re going to establish a relationship with the peo-ple you intend to do business with. You want to make sure that as you are selling your skills, that you’re adding that brand to it, so that you can differ-entiate yourself from everyone else.”

Senior business management ma-jor Kaleen Davis, Office of Career Services marketing intern, helped plan the event. According to Davis, Solis wanted to share about his eight years of experience working in the internship program.

“We really want students to have a strong connection with alumni and to know that the Office of Career Services is here to empower them in their professional development in all areas such as internship search and job search and all of that,” Davis said. “We’re just really excited to allow that connection to happen at events such as these and really see students flourish through making contacts like

Students learn ‘Hidden Mickeys’ of interviewing

this and getting info that Paul will share tonight.”

Sophomore business manage-ment major Emmaleigh Carlson ex-pressed appreciation for the advice specific to Disney’s hiring process.

“Paul Solis was relatable and very willing to stay after to field questions,” Carlson said. “His spe-cific tips for interviewing for Disney were the most beneficial.”

Although Solis was speaking specifically about getting hired for Disney, his advice also fit the general

interview process. Sophomore inter-national business major Taylor Brown found the session informative about the specifics of interviewing.

“What I found most helpful was the fact that Paul Solis went through several interview questions that people struggle with and explained to us the best way to answer those,” Brown said.

Davis encouraged students who are looking for summer internships or jobs, or positions after graduation, to go to the Office of Career Services for more information and direction.

hunter Foote PHOTOAPU Alumni Paul Solis spoke to students about his quick tips for the interviewing process.

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More than 200 students gathered at the Wynn Amphitheater Friday, April 4 for APU’s annual “American Idol”-style singing competition, “Fi-nal Cut.” After performances by 12 finalists, a panel of celebrity judges announced the winner: senior psy-chology major Kevin Rochester for his soulful rendition of Jill Scott’s “Hate on Me.”

After the announcement, the crowd began chanting “encore,” and Rochester complied. Audience mem-bers ran from the amphitheater’s ce-ment steps and crowded around the stage cheering and dancing.

“I felt so energized and happy that so many people were having a good time,” Rochester said. “I mean, with the backup singers like Dana Meshkin, Raquel Jimenez and Steven Schmidt singing, how can you not have a good time?”

“Final Cut” is a part of a proj-ect from the Music Business II class taught by Director of Commercial Music David Beatty. This course al-lows students to advertise and pro-duce their own concert.

The first round of auditions for “Final Cut,” held three weeks before the final round, was open to all APU students. There were 35 students who participated. Students in the music business course chose 12 contestants to move to the final round, in which celebrity judges chose one winner to receive studio time in APU’s on-

School of Music hosts Final Cut Competition

April 11: electric Zu Dance – Mary hill lane Road will be closed from 8:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

April 19: Various road closures due to 1k and 5k races from 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

April 19: CCV easter Service – 400 stalls and road closures on West Campus in lots F and g from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

April 20: CCV easter Service – 400 stalls and road closures on West Campus in lots F and g from 6:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

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campus recording studio, located in the music building.

“The students are in charge of picking the venue, making arrange-ments for all of the equipment, mak-ing decisions about the layout and advertising, and they seek sponsors,” Beatty said. “They do all of the things a concert promoter would do in a real world.”

The singoff began with emcees senior music major Adam Hollick and junior business administration major Alex Tutungi introducing the celebrity judges. The judge panel in-cluded percussionist and singer-song-writer Mona Tavakoli, percussionist and independent A&R consultant Barry Squire and Colin Delvin, lead singer and guitarist for The Delvins.

The night opened with a perfor-mance of Bruno Mars’ “Treasure.” Soon after, other finalists took the stage performing songs from vari-

ous genres such as pop, country and R&B. While some students per-formed pieces by artists like Katy Perry, Jill Scott, Corinne Bailey Rae and Oscar Isaac, others sang original compositions.

“I performed an original song called ‘Treehouse,’” sophomore busi-ness management major Amber Ho-fland said. “I decided to participate in ‘Final Cut’ because of how amazing last year’s show was and how fun the opportunity seemed.”

As the night progressed, the crowd clapped, danced and laughed during the live performances.

“I was interested in going to watch ‘Final Cut’ because it seemed interesting and I liked that it was going to be ‘American Idol’-style,” sophomore communication studies major Ayelet Brown-Jackson said.

After each contestant performed, the judges gave feedback on the per-

formance. At the end, while they de-liberated final results, the school band performed live music to entertain audience members. Some students began to dance on the grassy area in front of the stage to an acoustic ver-sion of “Superstition” by Stevie Won-der, performed by the school band.

After 10 minutes of waiting, em-cees Hollick and Tutungi took the stage to announce the winner. But, first both had all of the performers come on stage to receive one more round of applause before the crowd and band drum rolled and Rochester was announced the winner.

Senior commercial music major Claire Harvey said she was “very pleased” with how the show turned out.

“I was amazed at how many people were there and having a good time,” Harvey said. “Everyone in my class worked so hard on this event.”

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Approximately 50 students gath-ered at Seven Palms Thursday, April 3 to watch a screening of the film "It's a Girl," which addresses the ongoing issue of the murder of young females because they are not deemed as valu-able as males in certain cultures, par-ticularly India and China.

The screening and the following discussion were hosted by five stu-dents involved in a small-group com-munications class and Give Her Life, a nonprofit based in Pasadena.

“It's just crazy to think that there's this kind of mindset out there that just ingrains it into people that it's not OK to have a female baby,” said junior communication studies major Taylor Overton, one of the student organiz-ers.

According to the film, female children are considered a “burden” because when a family is expcted to pay for the girl’s dowry.

“Our group is four girls and one guy. But I think for us girls, it's pretty hard to think about ... the simple fact of if we were born in a different coun-try, we could've [been murdered],” Overton said.

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Kimberly Smith photo students gather at 7 palms for the screening of the documentary “it’s a girl,” directed by evan grae davis.

Senior applied health major Clar-issa Prewitt said she attended to sup-port a friend who interns with Give Her Life, but had her eyes opened in the process.

Give Her Life was founded April 2013 by Westmont College alumna Elizabeth Reno.

“If you remove women from so-ciety, it kind of affects everybody," Reno said. "So there are lots of ways

that it has global impact, and re-moving women is what drives a lot of things like trafficking, and child-brides being married to much older men, and bride buying, and even now having millions and millions of Indian and Chinese men [who] will never be able to find wives. ... It af-fects a society to have millions of single men."

Reno said she is passionate about

women being able to bring the best of what they have to offer to their families and their communi-ties. She said she hopes attend-ees became aware of the effects of gendercide and realized that while the problem is widespread, there is still hope.

“There are ways to be part of helping to create a world where women are valued,” Reno said.

Flickr.com courtesy Four red eclipses will be passing between Monday, april 14 and tuesday, april 15.

Rare eclipse activities coming soonUpcoming solar, lunar activity may point to biblical prophecy, some say

According to NASA’s predic-tions, a condensed pattern of rare solar and lunar activity is on the ho-rizon.

A series of four total lunar eclips-es, where the moon passes behind Earth and appears red in color, will occur over the next two years. This series is what is known as a blood moon tetrad. The first one will be vis-ible the evening of April 14 into the early morning of April 15, the same night as Passover.

NASA also predicts that a variety of solar eclipses will occur in con-junction with the tetrad and continue after it ends. These eclipses will in-clude total, annular and hybrid.

The rare pattern has generated conversation among some Christians concerning biblical passages that prophesize such activity shortly pre-ceding the Day of the Lord.

Eclipses can occur biannually, so they are not that unusual. However, many of these celestial events will fall on Israel's Feast Days.

“The Jewish calendar is a lu-nar calendar,” associate professor of mathematics and physics Timothy Heumier said. “So it is reasonable to say that eclipses would happen on Feast Days.”

While some blood moon tetrads have aligned with Israel’s Feast Day calendar before, none included a con-joining array of solar eclipses.

Apart from providing light, the luminaries have a special purpose. Genesis 1:14 says, “’Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to sepa-rate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years.”

Since God sometimes uses eclipses as signs, some believers say it makes sense why Jesus states in Luke 21:25 that “signs in the sun, moon and stars” would signal his re-turn.

Christians who believe this may be a sign of the end times point to biblical passages that reiterate the significance of simultaneously occur-ring solar and lunar eclipses, such as Acts 2:20, Joel 2:31 and Revelation 6:12. Each one states that Jesus will return after the sun darkens and moon turns red.

“I think there is a healthy balance in being aware of possible signs of his return along with always having the urgency to expand his Kingdom,” freshman music and worship major Melanie Tierce said.

The eclipse schedule and other data are available on NASA’s web-site.

"I absolutely loved how there was a storyline and scriptures this year to tie all the dances together," said soph-omore Christian ministries major Ra-chel Preston, who performed in last year's Lu'au but came as just an at-tendee this year. "God used this year's Lu'au to open my eyes and heart to his purpose for everyone revealing their identity and purpose in him."

One hundred students performed in the show, giving 25 dances from all around the world, including Hawaii, New Zealand and Fiji.

Lu'au attendees also enjoyed a photo booth, raffle, and merchandise area.

Sophomore English major Kiki Roman has helped PIO prepare for the Lu'au for the past two years. She said this year, she danced to several Hawaiian as well as non-Hawaiian songs.

"I got to learn about another Polynesian culture that wasn’t mine," Roman said. "Not only does the audience learn about the cultures, but so do the dancers.”

The fundraiser is a way to showcase some of the many dif-ferent cultures that are a part of the APU community. PIO's more than 180 members work to share Polynesian culture on campus and to the local community.

“Everyone should be a part of Lu'au if they ever have the chance. Being in Luau or be-ing a part of PIO is not reserved for [just] Polynesian students," said senior communication stud-ies major Megan Rogers, who performed in the Lu'au. "It's not about being Polynesian – it's about showing respect and ap-preciation for island culture, and creating a way for those who are interested to learn more about it.”

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PIO shows off Pacific Island culture with annual Lu’au

APU Enactus received third-place honors in the quarterfinal round of the Enactus United States National Competition, held Tuesday, April 1 through Thursday, April 3 in Cincin-nati, Ohio.

This was the first time in program history the team advanced past the regional round. APU Enactus began seven years ago and has competed at the national event six times.

“We chose to go because it's a place for us to highlight the projects our program has been working on and to watch other schools showcase theirs,” said junior business manage-ment major Lacey Maloney, APU En-actus vice president of development.

More than 200 teams from across the country pre-sented to a panel of business profes-sionals in the re-gional round for a chance to represent the United States at the Enactus World Cup. Teams were divided into 23 leagues with 8-10 teams in each. The top six from each league advanced to the quarterfinal round.

APU’s team was awarded a tro-phy and $750 scholarship for finish-ing third in its respective league in the quarterfinal round, according to Maloney.

The team’s presentation high-lighted the five programs encom-passed in the APU Enactus program, Maloney said. The five are The Hub,

APU Enactus makes history in CincinnatiKatie Richcreekassistant news editor

which provides free bike repairs; The Green Project, promoting en-vironmental friendliness on cam-pus; My Rescue, bringing aware-ness to sex trafficking; The Fiji Project, serving Fijian nationals; and BARA Clothing Company, assisting the homeless.

“This year was really exciting because our projects have done some really cool things,” Maloney said. “Our presentation team was really passionate about the presen-tations because they’re members of the different projects.”

Enactus is an international, nonprofit community of student, academic and business leaders

committed to us-ing the power of entrepreneurial action to trans-form lives and shape a better, more sustainable world, according to the organiza-tion’s website.

The APU team was com-posed of 10 stu-dents: Maloney, senior business marketing major Alec Nakashi-

ma, junior international business major Abby Wheeler, senior busi-ness management major Jeanne Bankson, sophomore business management major Rachel Kaga-wan, sophomore international business major Shelah Larson, freshman Spanish and business management double major Eric Jordan, senior business manage-ment major Sam Reynolds, junior business marketing major Britton Hennessy and freshman business economics major Zach Thomas.

PIO Facebook courtesy pio students performed hawaiian, polynesian dances for guests

“Our presentation team was really passionate about the presentations.”–Lacey Maloney, APU Enactus vice president of development

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Azusa Pacific’s adaptation of “Faustus,” an Elizabethan play originally written by Christo-pher Marlowe, premiered Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Rather than sticking to Marlowe’s Elizabe-than setting, Rachel Tracie, who directed and wrote the production, adapted the play “to in-clude the beauty of Marlowe’s text with a more contemporary setting,” Tracie said.

The play is about a businessman named Faustus, played by sophomore BFA acting ma-jor Tyler Hubbard, who is at first depressed and apathetic about his life’s routine.

“What he is basically searching for is a bet-ter life, and I think the main way he finds that is by finding himself,” Hubbard said. “The prob-lem is he finds it in all of the wrong places.”

In an attempt to free himself from his bore-dom, Faustus makes a deal with the Devil, played by senior BFA acting major Markus Jor-gensen, where he is promised all the pleasures of the world in exchange for his soul.

Hubbard said college students can easily re-late to the play because many have experienced looking for happiness in the wrong things, such as in social media or relationships.

“I believe as humans, we have such a false perception of happiness and I think this show brings light to that,” Hubbard said.

According to Jorgensen, the play caters to an APU audience since the adaptation comes from within the school, and the costuming of the play made it unique in comparison with pre-vious performances.

“The writer is an instructor here and she also directed it, and so everything that is put on here is straight from our department. It’s also one of the sexiest shows that has been put on by APU,” Jorgensen said.

For both the roles of Devil and the Angel, Tracie took dialogue from the original “Dr. Faustus,” which is an old text that predates the Shakespearean era, Jorgensen said.

According to the show’s program, the play’s resounding question throughout is, “For what would you sell your soul?” Throughout the play, Faustus is presented with the path of earthly pleasure or a life of integrity that he thought was uneventful.

“I think the show is relevant in a Christian community because something as real as spir-itual warfare is constantly happening,” said

After almost a year of living under the roof of Ryan Hartwig and his wife Jill, 11-month-old Matthew Nicholas legally became a member of the Hartwig family Tuesday, March 25 at Edmund Edelman Children’s Court. Roughly 30 family friends of all ages were there to witness the event.

Communication studies professor Ryan

Theater premieres “Faustus” adaptationNewest theater show asks, “For what would you sell your soul?”

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A. O’Brien Photography Couresyrachel Amanda sedory and Tyler Hubbard perform “Faustus” onstage.

Sophomore psychology major Bonnie Brazell believes community is something that points her to Jesus.

“People here really dive into what this school has to offer and it seems that people are inclined to be intentional,” Brazell said. “Com-munity is what reminds me what Christ has called us to do, to love one another and point each other to Christ. It’s not just the students here who are encouraging this Christ-centered community; it’s the faculty and the staff, and APU as a whole.”

For junior communication studies major Ri-ley Tremayne, chapel can become “tedious and

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overbearing,” and can have a negative affect on the local church in terms of student attendance on Sundays, he said. “Chapel, unfortunately, has be-gun to lose its purpose in my eyes and does not represent a time for me to take a break from my day and simply worship anymore, as it should,” Tremayne said. “Instead, it’s begun to represent an item that needs to get checked off my list – and I hate that. I think that eventually, students get “chapeled” out and get exhausted of hearing someone speak to them three times a week ... I truly think that at the end of the day, lowering the chapel requirement will do more good than harm.”

Two hundred and thirty nine students par-ticipated in this survey, which allowed students to list more than one aspect for an open-ended answer. 70 percent of participants were female and 30 percent were male. The survey consisted of 21 percent freshman, 38 percent sophomores, 26 percent juniors and 15 percent seniors.

junior BFA acting major Ashley Nyman, who plays the role of Jones, an overbearing employ-ee of Faustus.

“This is something we don’t talk about very much and that we don’t realize, and I think this show illustrates it and presents it in a way that makes one realize that this is some-thing real.”

For sophomore BFA acting major Maryanne Burr, who plays the character Sarah Mitchell, one of Faustus more timid employees, the show is different from other plays this year because it is adapted by the head of the department and takes on a contemporary and stylistic approach to the story of “Faustus.”

“It has been a ton of preparation. There have been 11 drafts of the script, there have been eight weeks of rehearsal, and now we are finally here to see the fruits of that labor,” Tra-cie said. “It has been a very long process the whole way through, but it has definitely been a positive one.”

The showing finished off its first weekend last weekend, but will continue next weekend.

Showings of the “Faustus” adaptation will continue through April 13. Get twotickets for the price of one with the promotion code “YOURSOUL” online.

COnGRATULATIOnS HARTWIGS

Kimberly Smith pHoToThe Hartwigs celebrate the official adoption of their son Matthew on April 25.

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and freshman readiness coordinator and in-structor Jill Hartwig agreed early in their marriage that they would adopt a child and live overseas at some point.

“So far we’re one for two,” Ryan Hartwig said.

When they moved to California almost three years ago, they knew it was time to be-gin the adoption process.

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Thursday, April 3 marked the beginning of the one-month countdown: 30 days until Azusa Pacific seniors will walk anxiously and excited-ly across the graduation stage and all other APU students will walk eagerly and blissfully toward summer break.

Some seniors might be heading toward a land of no schoolwork, while others may be striving toward a graduate degree. Either way, May 3, 2014 will be a day of saying goodbye to APU.

Meanwhile, freshmen, sophomores and ju-niors look forward to enjoying a summer vaca-tion filled with internships, summer jobs, trav-eling or moving back home before returning in the fall.

“The end of the year is waking up knowing that I’m one day closer to a four-month break from writing papers,” junior psychology major Cody Ogg said.

The last 30 days of school for every stu-dent are a unique experience, whether it is drawn out, rapid, exciting or terrifying. To make this last month count, here is an APU student five-item bucket list of last-minute things to do.

1. Be A TYPICAL APU STUdenT.Whether you like it or not, you attend

this school. Before this semester ends, hit up an event that is uniquely filled with the Cougar vibe. The Office of Communiversity plans to host a “Last Bash” on April 25 as well as a “Midnight Breakfast” just before finals week.

2. dOn’T Be A TYPICAL APUSTUdenT.

Spend an entire day away from campus. Visit a city you have never been to before or attend an event outside your comfort zone. Southern California is an incredible place to live because it is accessible: Drive to the beach, drive to the mountains, drive to Los Angeles. Just go.

3. GO On THAT COFFee dATe. Everyone has that friend. We all smile

and gush and hug and say, “Let’s grab coffee

Get a blended naked

Last Month of School To do List

Shake Jon Wallace’s hand

Have a “dTR” in the Rose Garden

Five big to-dos before the end of the semesterAPU students have less than one month left until the end of the school year

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soon,” but it never happens. If you want to go out for coffee, go out for coffee. If you don’t actually want to catch up, stop suggesting a coffee date every time you pass that friend in Heritage.

4. VISIT THe OFFICe OF CAReeR SeRVICeS.

This office provides guidance to APU students and alumni. By scheduling a meet-ing, you may get connected with the career, job or internship of your choice. Be proac-tive.

“Graduating seniors are preparing to enter the workforce and are often lost as to where to begin,” senior Business major Del-aney Hoyle said. “A few key components to this process include doing company research, informational interviewing, preparing an el-evator speech, résumé, cover letter, and per-sonal brand.”

5. Be STILL. Freshmen: Three years will fly by. Take

some time to enjoy your college experience now and decide what is important to you. While grades are crucial, the person you are becoming matters most.

“As a freshman, some of my favorite moments have been rehearsals for my first theater production and hanging out in the dorms,” freshman theater major Aaron Wes-selman said. “Before I graduate as a senior, I hope to make a meaningful impact in the APU community through future produc-tions.”

Seniors: Live moment to moment. You cannot slow down or speed up time. Live ful-ly by choosing joy over frustration, excitement over fear and hope over despair.

Alumna Jessica Baker graduated 2012 with a BFA in art and design. She advised se-niors to take proper time to reflect before they graduate.

“Remember those moments you had with your roommates when you all decided that 3 a.m. was the best time to get Donut Man or when you decided to build a fort and watch Disney movies to avoid doing homework,” Baker said. “The most important thing though is to tell the people you’ve grown closest to how much you appreciate them and do all you can to keep in touch with them after you grad-uate.”

There are still 13 chapel-going, cof-fee-drinking, hipster-dressing, trolley-riding APU days left. But life is not over, even if school almost is. In fact, life is just starting. Don’t count down your school days — just live them.

Kimberly Smith pHoToApu opera performs a more modern opera as opposed to more traditional choices.

Azusa Pacific Opera put on a new twist that is rarely seen or heard from the tradi-tional pastime in the Munson Recital Hall with Judith Weir’s “The Vanishing Bride-groom,” Friday, April 6.

The opera, directed by Dr. Melanie Galloway, is based on Scottish poems and folklores told orally in Gaelic that date as far back as the 1800s. It is divided into three parts that surround the main charac-ters, the Bride and Bridegroom, and their responses to ethical and spiritual dilem-mas.

“It was kind of like ‘Frozen’ meets a play,” said opera attendee Adrian Greer, a local resident and APU alumna. “It was a phenomenal performance.”

The Vanishing Bridegroom is classified as a modern opera that was originally com-posed in English by Weir approximately 25 years ago.

According to Leilani Ahia, a vocal performance major who plays the role of Daughter, most APU operas are from the 19th century.

“This one was composed in the ‘90s,” Ahia said. “A lot has changed tonally since then. It’s shifted to be more a-tonal

‘Vanishing Bridegroom’ puts modern in MunsonSchool of Music puts on modernized opera

or bi-tonal, so you’re not always sure what the most important note is in the whole piece.”

Weir, born Scottish but raised in London, wrote her opera to use polymeter (two or more meters of time simultaneously) and polytonality (two or more keys at the same time) while inter-twining Scottish vernacular rhythms.

“It’s hard to sing scales around it. Rhyth-mically, it’s very difficult and not done often,” Ahia said. “The orchestra is in an entirely dif-ferent rhythm itself. It was very cool but very hard to learn.”

Since microphones are generally not used in opera, powerful voices must compensate to fill the auditorium with sound. For singers like Ahia, a lyric soprano who has been training for more than 10 years, it’s a lifelong process to gain the appropriate talent.

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Opinion

Jessie Gomezstaff writer

The financial measure of modesty

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There is nothing to hide

Modesty disappears in weight room

Campus Safety doing disservice

Choosing to wear makeup doesn’t affect your identity

Difficult to define, it isn’t about avoiding tight clothes and short skirts

Commuters deserve to be told of impending parking closures

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Kimberly Smith GraphicThe APU weight room has five rules regarding proper gym attire.

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BY ERICA KNUDSEN

Think about when you pulled into APU to-day and started looking for a parking spot. Was it difficult? Chances are you drove around and around for about five minutes before finding one.

Now, imagine the next day, the Depart-ment of Campus Safety reserves 60 parking spots for a special event. You were not in-formed of this ahead of time, so you arrive at APU the usual 10 or 15 minutes before class starts. But now you have to park in Lot H on West Campus and pray to God that you are not late to class. This is a problem.

Students, faculty and staff should be warned ahead of time of any parking spot reservations. Specifically, commuter students need to be warned before coming to school so that they can adjust our commute time to

Many all-female dorms at APU do an “identity week” of some sort during the year. The women are challenged to cover up their mirrors, avoid using makeup and attend discus-sions on finding identity in Christ instead of tangible things.

Although identity week is supposed to be about refocusing attention from appearances to intentions, there often seems to be too much emphasis on the makeup part of the challenge. There's often this assumption that if a woman is wearing makeup, she must be dissatisfied with herself and trying to gain attention, because how could someone secure in her own beauty smear products all over her face?

Plus, One Direction told us that we don't need that mascara, because we're already beau-tiful the way we are, and if that's not final con-firmation I don't know what is (hint: sarcasm).

Even the anchors of the "Today Show" went without makeup for an hour because they were under the impression that only without it can you become comfortable in your own skin.

Discouraging makeup in the identity week challenge implies that it is something which must, by its very nature, get in the way of our identities.

Our identities aren't determined by what covers the body or face. We've been taught since we were young that our clothes don't de-termine who we are. So why should makeup? Our ultimate identity cannot be hurt so easily. Wearing or not wearing makeup doesn't change that you are a child of God. Your identity is not so shallow that it can be affected by what pow-ders you put on your face.

For many women, applying makeup is just like getting dressed — it's simply part of the morning routine. Some women use makeup to cover up acne scars or other blemishes to look professional for work or class, while others may use it to appear more awake and alert during the day.

A psychological study done by Hanover College's Sarah Scott, naming Spielberger’s State-Trait Anxiety Survey, studied four col-lege-aged women and discovered that the wom-en's anxiety levels had no relation to the amount of makeup they wore. Makeup was simply a part of the participants' routines and was not used because they felt like they would be more secure with it on.

Just like putting on a costume doesn't change who you really are, makeup doesn't change our real selves. Does Batman com-pletely stop being Bruce Wayne when he puts on the suit? Of course not. His true identity is still intact. He is still Bruce Wayne — he can't lose that.

This is not to say there is no vanity in hu-man nature. A Simple Skincare study showed that women usually look at their reflection at least eight times a day. Cellphones, sunglasses, windows and laptop screens are all prime places to catch a glimpse of yourself aside from the usual bathroom sink mirror. No, vanity is cer-tainly still an issue. But my question: Is elimi-nating makeup an effective way to address that vanity?

Too often we take away only the tangible to try to fix the spiritual. We adopt a hermit mind-set, denying ourselves tangible pleasures in an effort to become more spiritual. While some may view this approach as admirable, simply removing the physical problems of life in an ef-fort to solve the spiritual ones can't work.

avoid being late for class. APU also needs to do more to better accommodate the students on the days that parking spots are reserved.

As a commuter student, this affects me personally. I took this problem to Terry Mey-er, chief of campus safety. He told me that “[Campus Safety] puts up signs five to seven days ahead of time, in the area where spots will be reserved.”

However, when was the last time you saw one of those signs? I know for a fact that I did not see a single sign the past seven times parking spots have been reserved in Lot A on East Campus.

The result is that students, faculty and staff are late to class or work because they have to find somewhere else to park, which can take a quite a bit of time, especially if you have to park in Lot H on West Campus and either walk or wait for the trolley to get back to East Campus. Those signs need to be put up every time.

Michael Matchellguest writer

The pressure women face to seem perpetu-ally perfect is nothing new. Society is constant-ly breathing down our necks telling us to look good but to not “try too hard.” With confusion and chaos all around us, many young ladies are growing up with insecurity and self-esteem issues. To top it off, various church leaders and religious affili-ates bash the female body and claim it is a distraction for men.

Long skirts, short skirts, jeans, saggy pants and baggy T-shirts could help define modesty, but I am a 20-year-old Christian female who enjoys dress-ing modernly, but with modesty in mind. Now, to truly understand what modesty is, we need to look at its definition.

According to the Merriam Webster diction-ary, modest is defined as “not showing or feel-ing great or excessive pride” as well as “not showing too much of a person’s body.”

With that definition in mind, how can mod-esty be measured?

Last December, Erica Campbell, one-half of the “Mary Mary” gospel duo, received an un-

expected amount of backlash from a promotion-al photo taken for her forthcoming solo debut album. Ministers, pastors and leaders slammed her controversial picture because she was wear-ing a white-and-tight fitted dress.

Apostle Stacey Woods of Impact Outreach Ministries wrote a Facebook status in response to Campbell’s attire stating: “THIS IS NOT OKAY. Yes, you are a beautiful, curvy wom-an…but NO MA’AM YOU ARE SINGING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. Saints…smh COME ON.”

If the “saints” criticize and accuse others, where do hope and love lie? Jesus commands us to “love thy neighbor as yourself, there is

no other commandment greater than these” (Mark 12:31 NIV). Do these commandments exclude the “immodest?”

I am sure Campbell was not trying to look se-ductive or lustful. It’s not her fault she happens to be a woman with curves. If I were judged by my curves, then my Latina figure would probably end up in the pit of hell.

Jesus would not shame a woman for wearing too tight of a skirt or too short of a dress. He would love her unconditionally and tell her she was precious

in the eyes of the Father, then teach her His perception of modesty. But this is Jesus’ divine tenets of modesty, not a flawed human interpre-tation.

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I am sure Campbell was not trying to look seductive or lustful. It’s not her fault she happens to be a woman with curves. If I were judged by my curves, then my Latina figure would probably end up in the pit of hell.

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Rebounding after missing expectationsCougars finish third in NCCAA tournament, look forward to first official NCAA seasonSteven Mercadosports editor

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Steven Mercado photoJunior guard Allison Greene averaged 14.6 points per game, 4.7 assists per game and 4.4 rebounds per game for the Cougars in the 2013-14 season. She also received honors for the All-pacWest second team and the All-NCCAA West Region second team.

Azusa Pacific women’s basketball team’s head coach T.J. Hardeman said after falling out of contention for the Pacific West Conference title, the team’s one remaining goal was to win the NCCAA championship. But the Cougars were stumped by Union in semifinals 56-36 Thursday, March 20 and finished the season with a 67-54 win over Roberts Wesleyan in the tournament’s game for third place Saturday, March 22. APU finished with a 21-9 record.

The season started questionably for the Cougars. Seven of 14 players on the roster were newcomers, raising concerns about how the team would jell and play together. But coach Hardeman said he thought this season was “tre-mendously successful.”

“Anytime you have to blend that many new players together and you have to get that many players on the same page that have previously been on different teams, it’s a chore to do for the coach, the players — for everybody, to learn a new system.” he said. “I thought the team did a great job of staying positive and working hard. We played a really tough schedule outside of our league, and our league is not easy, either.”

Three members of the team were named to the All-PacWest squad. Sophomore forward Kelly Hardeman and junior forward Sendy Valles earned first-team recognition while ju-nior guard Allison Greene received second-team honors.

These three players along with freshman center Maggie Dumphy received NCCAA All-West Region nods as well. Hardeman and Valles received first-team honors while Greene re-ceived second-team honors and was named the West Region’s Newcomer of the Year. Dumphy was named the NCCAA West Region Freshman of the Year.

Hardeman played her second year as a Cou-gar and averaged 14.1 points and a team-high 7.9 rebounds per game. She was also second on the team in blocks with 30. According to Har-deman, the young team, with only two seniors, played well but had tough losses, like during its game against Union.

“We know we could have done better [against Union], but we just didn’t play well that game,” Hardeman said. “It was interesting to see because we were such a young team, so we saw a lot of our potential. Hopefully, we can capitalize on that next year and make it more steady.”

Against Union, Greene was the only player who scored in double digits with 13, and she also grabbed seven rebounds. The team shot

18.5 percent in the first half and 24.5 percent in the game. APU committed 15 turnovers com-pared with Union’s 11.

Greene averaged 14.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game in the 2013-2014 sea-son. She says the way the season ended is mo-tivation for the Cougars to come back strong in their 2014-15 edition.

“Overall, I think it was a solid building sea-son for next year. We are continuing to develop team chemistry, and some games it looked re-ally good. Other games it looked bad,” Greene said. “I thought everybody worked really hard all year, and I’m excited to see how next season goes.”

Aside from Azusa Pacific’s big three, role players made significant contributions. Junior guard Katie Powell was the most efficient three-point shooter on the team, shooting 41.2 percent from deep (35-for-85).

“For me, it’s nice to have Katie because she’s another shooter and I know she is a fan-tastic percentage — she doesn’t miss a lot,” Hardeman said. “To have her come in and start developing more confidence towards the end of the year, I think that will progress and she has a lot of potential to be a really solid player. She already is a solid player and ... toward the end of the season, she hit a lot of key shots.”

Freshman center Maggie Dumphy shot a team-high 47.8 percent from the field and led the team in blocks with 55 on the year. She began the season on the bench, but worked her way into a starting spot as she made quick improve-ments. Coach Hardeman, Kelly Hardeman and Greene all raved about the vast improvements Dumphy made in her freshman season.

“It was awesome [seeing Maggie grow]. She is really athletic for her height and is a great shot blocker. It was fun playing with her, especially when she would get a huge block that would alter the momentum of the game,” Greene said. “Her offensive moves came a long way throughout season and she became a more consistent scorer for us. I think she has the po-tential to be a star.”

Each of the members on this team continue to improve. Coach Hardeman said what makes the team great is the large number of different players who contribute to each game.

“You don’t get worse when you sub, you get different,” he said. “We’re seeing some devel-opment in some other players who have been coming along and will definitely help us.”

Kelly Hardeman said her team members are always encouraging each other, which helps in overcoming obstacles.

“If [the other team] goes on a run, we’re

able to fight back and encourage one another,” she said. “That’s hard with a new team because people don’t know each other, so hopefully next year, that will be more of a key focus: to be able to have each other’s backs no matter what hap-pens. It will look more united.”

Next season will be the team’s first year of official NCAA eligibility. Coach Hardeman stressed the importance of working hard in the offseason in order to be ready for the season starting at game one.

“Now that we’re NCAA-eligible, what be-comes very important is the games outside of your conference. We start off next year playing Cal Poly Pomona, Cal State Dominguez Hills, Seattle Pacific, Western Washington; all four of them are playoff teams, as we would have been,” coach Hardeman said. “Those are really impor-tant games, how we do against them. It’s impor-tant that we are ready to go from the get-go.”

Greene stressed a sense of urgency for the beginning of next season and also pointed to importance of training during offseason.

“We have a ton of things to work on, both individually and as a team,” Greene said. “We need to make sure we all come back in great shape. ... I think we have a great chance to win a lot of games, and I am excited to see every-body’s hard work pay off.”

Men’s and women’s tennis prepares to host PacWest Tournament

Steven Mercado phototennis’ No. 1 singles players: Sophomore Jan Meyer currently holds a 17-3 singles record and senior Emily harris has a 12-8 singles record.

APU’s tennis teams finish their regular season schedule this week

With only two remaining regular season matches for the Azusa Pacific men’s tennis team and one for the women’s team, both are gearing up for the annual PacWest Tournament in Surprise, Ariz. held April 17-19.

Both the men and women will look to con-tinue their success from the regular season into tournament play. The men, with a current re-cord of 15-5, and the women, 16-5, will both likely play as the number-three seed based on their ITA national rankings, according to head coach Mark Bohren.

Bohren believes the strong competition each team has faced this season will benefit

them throughout the tournament.“Both teams are ready to go. We have

played a lot of ranked teams,” Bohren said. “Both teams are physically ready; both teams have had really good seasons.”

With the opportunity for both the men and women to take home a PacWest title and head to the NCCAA championships, the Cougars’ season success will not be measured based on where they place in the tournament.

“Our goal is to play our best tennis at the end. If we play our best and we lose, that’s still a goal accomplished,” Bohren said. “If we play our best it gives us the best chance to win. If we play hard and we do the things we have been doing all season then it is a successful season if we win or lose.”

Men’s captain, senior Freddy Wilkens, is looking to compete at the highest level heading into the tournament.

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New position, no problem: Changing for the betterSoftball players switch from original position upon arrival to fulfill team needs

Kaity Bergquiststaff writer

For certain members of Azusa Pacific’s softball team, a change in position is a benefit to themselves and the team as a whole.

Head coach Carrie Webber said players change positions from high school to APU because there are mul-tiple players to a position and some players were placed in their high school positions out of necessity.

“We find that once they get here, we’re going to put them into the best place that’s going to make them the most successful as a ballplayer, and also what’s going to make our team the most successful,” Webber said.

One player who has changed positions is junior Desiree Chavez, who was a pitcher in high school but became the starting shortstop when she transferred to Azusa Pacific from UC Davis.

“I didn’t want to pitch, so when I was talking to Coach Carrie before coming here, we were talking about playing outfield and infield,” Chavez said. “So I kind of had an idea, but I didn’t know I was going to be start-ing.”

Chavez said one of the differenc-

es between the positions of pitcher and shortstop is the thinking game.

“Pitching, you’re more focused on hitting spots,” Chavez said. “You’re not really worried about where you’re going to be when the ball is hit. There’s less pressure as far as pitching because you’re in ev-ery single play. But at shortstop, you have to be ready for anything, espe-cially if there’s runners on.”

As of April 7, Chavez had a fielding percentage of .920 with 58 put-outs.

Webber described the transi-tional process as a mental and physi-cal combination. The first step is the player deciding they are capable of making the change. The second step is for the player to put in the physi-cal work to make the position feel as natural as possible. Webber said when the physical side fails, the player needs to go back to the men-tal side to reassure herself that she can do it.

Chavez’s fellow infielder, fresh-man Nicki Sprague, also switched positions when she came to APU. Sprague was a center fielder for most of her high school playing time, but she now holds the hot corner at third base for the Cougars.

“When I came here, the only position I had never played in my entire life was third base,” Sprague said. “It’s a pretty scary thing the first year of college.”

She said that one of the biggest adjustments was being much closer to the batter than she was used to in center field. She also said the third base position relies heavily on reac-

tions, rather than other players in the outfield and even other infield posi-tions who have more time to think.

“The pro to playing the outfield is you’re not as close, but the con is that you’re the last line defense, so it’s very stressful in terms of read-ing the ball,” Sprague said. “When you’re in the infield, you have the outfield to back you up if you make a mistake. The pressure’s on them defensively.”

She said the transition has gotten easier as she’s played more games. As of April 7, Sprague had a fielding percentage of .972 with 53 put-outs.

“I really enjoy playing some-thing I’ve never played before,” Sprague said. “It makes it a lot more fun.”

Webber praised both players for their successful adjustments.

“We’ve put them into very dif-ferent positions than they’re used

to and they go at it like it’s a posi-tion they’ve played all their lives,” Webber said. “It’s definitely a test of mental strength and resilience to go out there and be the best player you can be regardless of the situation.”

As for the future, there could still be changes in the cards for ei-ther of these players.

“You never know what next year will hold,” Webber said. “Maybe they’ll be in another new position.”

Catching up with Azusa Pacific sportsnine innings and allowing two runs and seven hits.

Azusa Pacific now holds a 20-12 record and looks forward to Satur-day, April 12 when the team will be-gin a weeklong trip to Hawaii. Their matchup will be a doubleheader on Saturday against Hawai’i Pacific.SoFTBall

The softball team had a five-game weekend at the Tournament of Champions in Turlock, Calif. The tournament against Central Washing-ton and Western Washington began Friday, April 4. The morning game against Central Washington ended in a 3-0 loss for the Cougars.

The Wildcats scored their first run in the fourth inning through two singles, a walk and a wild pitch. They then hit a two-run home run in the sixth inning that sealed the deal. Central Washington freshman pitcher Kiana Wood allowed only four hits in her complete game shutout against the Cougars.

The Cougars did not have trouble producing runs in their second game of the day, but Western Washington’s bats got the better of freshman pitcher Carly Xepoleas in her complete game effort by scoring five runs in the fifth and sixth innings, resulting in a 7-6 loss to the Vikings.

Junior catcher Madison Hernan-dez was a top performer for the Cou-gars on offense, going 2-for-3 with two solo home runs.

Saturday, Azusa Pacific bounced back and won all three of its games. The Cougars began the day with a 4-2 win over Simon Fraser. The team was led by a strong complete game performance from junior pitcher Des-tinee Levesque, giving up seven hits and two runs while striking out six and only walking one.

The Cougars narrowly won their

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next game against Western Oregon, 4-3. The key in the victory was a three-run fifth inning for APU, high-lighted by an error in the outfield that allowed Chavez and Chappelle to score on a fly ball from junior second baseman Katrina Oviedo and a single from Hernandez that scored Oviedo.

The final game of the tournament was against St. Martin’s, and Azusa Pacific brought its strongest perfor-mance of the tournament to defeat the Saints 10-3. Hernandez led the Cou-gars with three RBIs and freshman third baseman Nicki Sprague went 2-for-2 with two RBIs.

The softball team looks forward to Thursday, April 10 when it will head to San Rafael, Calif., to face Dominican.

Men’S TenniSThe men’s tennis team boasted

back-to-back home sweeps Friday, April 4 and Saturday, April 5 against Point Loma and UC Riverside, re-spectively. The sweep against Point Loma was an improvement from Feb. 7‘s 5-4 victory over the Sea Lions as the No. 10-ranked Cougars continue to improve as the regular season comes to a close.

Leading the team are the Cou-gars’ No. 1 and 2 singles players: No. 5-ranked sophomore Jan Meyer and No. 7-ranked senior and team captain Freddy Wilkens. The players share the team lead in wins with 17, which is also the number of victories in Wilkens’ current winning streak.

Meyer and junior Gary Yam are

undefeated as No. 1 doubles partners in the six matches they have played so far this season. Current No. 2 dou-bles team of Wilkens and sophomore Tomas Aranguiz lead Azusa Pacific’s doubles teams in wins with 10 and the team’s two freshmen, Pascal En-gel and Alan Leahy, currently hold a 3-1 record at the No. 3 doubles spot.

The team will play its final two regular-season matches this week, starting with Wednesday, April 9’s home match against Biola, which is scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.WoMen’S TenniS

The No. 13-ranked women’s ten-nis team had a strong week as well. It began the week on Monday, March 31 with a 7-2 win over Cal State Los Angeles. The team took two of three

doubles matches to begin, then five of six singles matches for the dominant win over the Golden Eagles.

Senior Kim Koetterheinrich had a key performance, winning her fifth straight singles match in a three-set match (3-6, 6-3, 6-3) to seal the win over Cal State LA.

The Cougars notched their sec-ond win of the week on Friday, April 4 with a 7-2 win over Point Loma. APU jumped out to an early 4-1 lead, but the Sea Lions jumped on the Cou-gars early in each match. There were four three-set matches and in each one, Point Loma won the first set be-fore Azusa Pacific battled back to win each.

Five of the six Cougars’ singles players currently have more than 10 wins. Leading the team in victories is freshman Natalie Johnson with 16. The recent No. 1 doubles team of Johnson and captain and senior Emi-ly Harris currently holds a 4-0 record.

WaTer poloThe water polo team has a 14-17

record after falling to the Cal Baptist Lancers Friday, April 4 with a 13-4 score. The Cougars fell into an early 5-0 hole that they could not escape. The team only scored once in the first half and the most it scored in a quar-ter was two in the third. The players were held scoreless in the first nine minutes of play and could not break through.

Junior driver Alyssa Hess, senior utility player Allison Gonzalez and junior utility player Taylor Whitney each scored in the loss.

The water polo team looks for-ward to finishing the regular season with three home matches. The team will have two matches Saturday, April 12 against Golden Coast Con-ference opponent Loyola Marymount and Chapman, and finishes its regu-lar-season schedule against San Di-ego State.

Steven Mercado photoThe Azusa Pacific softball team went 3-2 at the Tournament of Champions last weekend. Junior catcher Madison Hernandez, left, led the offensive charge, going 6-for-10, with seven RBIs in the five games.

Steven Mercado photoJunior Desiree Chavez was a pitcher in high school and transitioned to shortstop when she became part of the Azusa Pacific softball team.

playerS Who changed poSiTionSThe first position listed is the position the player currently plays at for the team. The positions in parentheses are what they played in high school.

■ MadiSon hernandez catcher (third base, shortstop)■ deSiree chavez shortstop (outfielder, pitcher)■ nicKi Spraguethird base (outfielder, second base)■ Sona BaBayanoutfielder (third base, outfielder)

upcoMing gaMeS■ ThurSday, april 10doMinican @ san rafael, calif.■ Friday-SaTurday, april 11-12acadeMy oF arT @ san francisco, calif.

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Steven Mercadosports editor

A&T defeats defending champion Oregon

Kimberly Smith photoAzusa Pacific’s clutch team event resulted in a crucial win in the program’s history.

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On Monday, April 7, the Azusa Pacific acro-batics and tumbling team snapped the University of Oregon Division I program’s 31-meet win-ning streak that stretched across four seasons by beating the Ducks with a final score of 283.40-282.48. APU’s final score topped the previous Cougar season-high by 2.30 points.

The Cougars handed the Ducks their first-ever loss in tumbling on Monday, March 10, but lost the tri-meet (280.575-278.36) to Or-egon. APU came back almost one month later to defeat the Ducks in a meet that went down to the wire.

Azusa Pacific led 97.35-96.75 at halftime. In the opening compulsory event, the Cougars bested the Ducks 38.95-38.90. Oregon held the

advantage in the acro (9.70-9.45) and pyramid (10.00-9.95) heats, but Azusa Pacific answered and took advantage of the Ducks’ early mistakes in the toss (9.90-9.65) and tumbling (9.65-9.55) heats.

After tying in the acro event at 28.75 points, the Cougars dominated in the pyramid event, topping the Ducks by .55 points (29.65-29.10).

Oregon came out of the halftime break push-ing toward a comeback. The team took two of three heats in the toss event (29.10-28.75). Of the six tumbling passes, they won only the quad pass, but by a significant margin (9.550-9.250).

Holding onto a 184.450-184.325 lead, the Cougars needed a strong performance in the team event to emerge victorious. They topped the Ducks by .80 points for the monumental win.

Azusa Pacific competes again on Saturday, April 12 against the Baylor Bears in Waco, Texas.