WORLD MANDATE WEST CONFERENCE

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Monday, February 4, 2013 Volume 41 • Issue 13

MEN’S BASKETBALL: GROWING PAINS/ p. 6

photo courtesy of jonathan soch

Point Loma’s Fresh & Easy store could be closing

San Diego Fire-Rescue Department crews appeared on campus early Saturday morning to assist in a rescue mission on Sunset Cliffs. The names and conditions of the two women who were transported from the scene via ambulance have

not been released.

Sunset Cliffs Rescue

julie mckibbenstaff writer

N e w s B r i e f s

Women now allowed to serve in military combat

On Jan. 24, the Department of Defense repealed a law that had prevented women in the US mili-tary from serving in combat roles. The Direct Combat Exclusion rule, established in 1994, previously pre-vented women from serving in roles typically involved in combat such as artillery, armor and infantry.

“The Department’s goal in re-scinding the rule is to ensure that the

mission is met with the best-qualified and most capable people, regardless of gender,” said Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta in a statement on the US Department of Defense website.

The repeal also helped the US move towards its goal of equality as mentioned by President Barack Obama during his inaugural speech given just three days before the announcement came from the Pentagon.

“Earlier today I called Secretary of Defense Panetta to express my strong support for this decision, which will

strengthen our military, enhance our readiness and be another step toward fulfilling our nation’s founding ideals of fairness and equality,” Obama said in a statement on whitehouse.gov.

Lindsey Lupo, Associate Profes-sor of Political Science at PLNU, said that while gender equality has not been fully reached in society, the workplace or politics, there has been progress in the right direction.

“The military has perhaps lagged a little bit in that field so this takes them leaps and bounds forward in

reaching some sort of gender parity,” Lupo said.

She also said she believes the change will benefit the military in that it will provide a larger group of potential military candidates, and as a result would raise the bar for mili-tary standards.

This mirrors Obama’s claim in the Whitehouse statement that “our armed forces have taken another his-toric step toward harnessing the tal-ents and skills of all our citizens.”

[cont. COMBAT, p. 2] [cont. FRESH & EASY, p. 2]

Caf gets nutrition computer

PLNU was informed last week that Sodexo is providing students, staff and faculty with a new nutri-tional touchscreen computer in order to provide the campus with more accurate and updated infor-mation about the contents of the food being offered.

The cafeteria has the computer displayed next to the soft serve ice cream machine, where they hope to mount it on the wall, according to Sodexo manager Mary Sossaman-Shulties. She also mentioned that the

university voiced its desire for more nutritional information in the cafete-ria during a fall focus group meet-ing. This device is something that will serve as a guide to help cafeteria guests satisfy their nutritional needs.

“The nutritional touchscreen is at no cost to the university or the students. It was completely funded by Sodexo,” said Sossaman-Shulties.

The complimentary device offers a variety of nutritional information beyond the basic information dis-played on screens above each food station. Sossaman-Shulties said that the computers above the food sta-tion are in the process of being up-dated. These screens give some basic

information such as the calorie, fat, sugar and protein contents. The new touchscreen device, however, is al-ways updated and more detailed.

“Nutritional and dietary in-formation and recipe contents are readily available to all guests,” Sos-saman-Shulties said. “When look-ing at the menu item on the screen you will see icons to the side of the item. An apple means for your well-being, V-Vegan, VG-Vegetar-ian, GF-gluten free.”

This will allow guests with food allergies and health complications to research the foods that they can eat

haley jonswoldstaff writer

[cont. CAF COMPUTER p. 2]

Campus put on norovirus alert

Last week students were noti-fied via email by Vice President of Student Development Caye Smith about an aggressive strain of stom-ach flu called norovirus that was likely to attack educational institu-tions and residential environments. Students were asked to immediate-ly contact their RAs if they or their roommates began to show symp-toms of the norovirus.

According to the Wellness Cen-ter, while they have not received any visits from students infected

with the norovirus, they have been very busy seeing patients with colds and sinus infections. The virus usu-ally runs its course in 24-36 hours.

NEED TO KNOW:- Norovirus is very contagious. It spreads easily from person to person.

- Main symptoms are vomiting or diarrhea.

- Handwashing is the number one way to avoid getting ill with norovirus.

kyle lundbergeditor-in-chief

jonathan sochstaff writer

Helicopter lands on old softball field for rescue on cliffsabby hamblin news editor

On Saturday at 1:55 a.m., two women were rescued by multiple emergency response vehicles on cam-pus after falling from Sunset Cliffs.

The two women, who are not PLNU students, fell from the cliffs and sustained non-life-threatening in-juries, San Diego Lifeguard Lt. Nick Lerma confirmed to The Point Week-ly. San Diego Fire-Rescue Depart-ment paramedics and helicopter crew hoisted the women from the cliffs and landed the helicopter on the old soft-ball field before transporting them to an ambulance near Young Hall.

Specifics on which hospital the women were transported to, along with their names and conditions, have not been released.

Staff Writer Jonathan Soch contributed to this report.

The well-known grocery store Fresh & Easy may not be so fresh or easy now that its parent company, Tes-co, announced it would be conducting a review of Fresh & Easy’s Neigh-borhood Markets located through-out the United States, according to Fresh&Easy.com

“They’re looking at all options to find the best outcome for the neigh-borhood market that you and we have come to love,” Fresh & Easy wrote in an email to its club members, called “Fresh & Easy Friends.”

The company said it doesn’t know exactly what the outcome will be or if Tesco will continue to own the com-pany, but did say it was “confident that Fresh & Easy can continue to be your favorite market.”

The email continued that the store does not have plans to close and is committed to providing de-licious, wholesome and affordable food every day.

“We’re still Fresh & Easy; open for business with everything that you enjoy about our store, with even more exciting things to come, that’s why we’re going to keep on fighting the good food fight,” the email said. “We look forward to see-

the point weekly | monday, march 26, 20122 | NEWS

Ryan Library introduces “Text-A-Librarian” feature

Ryan Library has launched a new service called “Text-A-Librarian” where librarians are available to answer research or reference questions via text message. It’s the latest of several technological ways students can get in touch with librarians, such as chat, email and phone calls.

“We already had the chat and I think it was [librarian] Beryl Pagan who came up with the idea to add the texting,” said Denise Nelson, a PLNU librarian. “So we’re doing the trial right now, but I think it’s something that we’ll keep.”

The library gets this service from li-braryh3lp.com, where students can chat on the computer or text a number and

there will be a librarian on the other end to answer a question. This service allows students to talk to librarians about where to start on research or where to look up more information on a particular topic.

“Students use chat all the time be-cause they are sitting at their computer anyway, but they aren’t using the texting as much because it’s new,” said Nelson.

However, the librarians have found that students don’t just use the chatting service for research questions, but also to keep the third floor quiet or to ask infor-mational questions about the library. So far, the research questions have stayed with the chatting part of the service.

“Some students complain that there’s people talking loudly on the third floor so I go up there and remind them that it’s

a quiet floor, but most of the time they are talking really quietly and I feel a little foolish,” said librarian Frank Quinn.

Since the service is a little over a week old, the librarians haven’t received many text messages. The main difference be-tween the chat and the text is that once a librarian is gone for the day, students can’t chat them. But if a text is sent, the librar-ians are still able to respond the next day.

“This will be really convenient when there are people being loud on the third floor, or if you need a study break you can humor yourself with texting a librarian,” said student Sarah Maples.

The “Ask a Librarian” number to text is (619) 592-8884. The chatting tools, as well as the hours of their availability, are on the PLNU website.

amy williamsstaff writer

These photos are screen shots of actual text message conversations with Ryan Library librarians and are displayed here with their permission.

What is one of the funniest experiences you’ve had using the chatting service?

Denise Nelson

“A student texted, ‘OMG. I can text the library?! My social life just improved 100-fold!’”

Frank Quinn

I like it when we're showing new students the library site and I usually know who's at the desk so I'll send off a chat saying, 'Hey this is Frank. Just demo-ing this to the students!'"

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"One time I was chatting with this student for 15 minutes, trying to figure out how to help them and finally they said, 'I'll just come over.' And they were just two tables over the whole time!"

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Although repealing the Combat Exclusion rule has helped further the goal of progress in the military, it may not have made a big difference in the public eye.

“A lot of women want to be in the military, but they want to be nurses or different jobs like that,” said Doug Conwell, a Navy ROTC student. “There are some women who want to be on the front lines, and ground com-bat and all that kind of stuff, [but] I’m

sure it’s going to draw more people.”He felt that although the change

might attract some recruits, ulti-mately frontline service is not nec-essarily a defining factor for those joining the military. His opinion was reflected by another Navy ROTC student, Kylie Petersen.

“I don’t know if it will encourage [women] to join, but I think it will encourage them to look at a new op-tion that they have,” Petersen said.

One of the leading concerns of both students was whether or not equality would be pursued in not just responsibilities for women, but also in expectations. Conwell said that he agreed with the change as long as women are held to the same standards.

Petersen feels that “women can definitely do just as much as men,” and although men are usually held to higher physical standards than wom-en, she said that “if somebody wants

to do it, I say let them do it.”While the new change in law

may represent a change in thinking for the US military, the largest im-pact of this change is on the women themselves and the new opportuni-ties for progress in the military.

“I think more than enlistment and enrolling, it will affect career paths within the military,” Lupo said. “This is greatly going to affect their ability to be promoted.”

COMBAT cont. from p. 1

ing you soon and thank you for your continued support.”

According to the Georgia Tri-bune, Tesco is undertaking a sweep-ing review of the money-losing gro-cery store chain, setting the stage for a probable high-profile failure of a retail group.

“I have therefore decided to con-duct a strategic review of Fresh & Easy, with all options under consid-eration,” said Philip Clarke, Tesco’s chief executive officer, to the Geor-gia Tribune.

As the world waits to see the out-

come of the Fresh & Easy Market, there are many who hope the local store doesn’t close. This includes Point Loma Fresh & Easy shift lead-er Andrew Jamieson.

“Anything can happen based on who we sell it to, but we hope we can have a joint thing so we can keep the same name,” said Jamieson.

PLNU senior Chelsea Albert, who works at Cup of Yo, said that the possibility of Fresh & Easy sell-ing could negatively affect her job.

“Fresh & Easy has better prices than Costco and we also don’t have

to buy in bulk, because otherwise our fruit will go bad,” she said.

Brittany Grooters, a worker at Peet’s Coffee shop, said she also foresees negative effects.

“Fresh & Easy brings us more business because people can grab a cup of coffee on their way to the gro-cery store,” Grooters said.

Freshman Casey Rea Meier said she walks to Fresh & Easy about every two weeks for her groceries. “Other grocery stores won’t be the same as Fresh & Easy because they are farther and I won’t be able to go

as much,” she said. Deputy Chief of Staff & Com-

munications Director Matt Awebry said on behalf of Councilmember Kevin Faulconer that he would like a grocery store to remain at this loca-tion because it preserves the quality of life in the Point Loma community.

In the meantime, the Georgia Tribune reported that Fresh & Easy will remain focused on its customers and employees, according to spokes-man Brendan Wonnacott.

Monday, February 4, 2013

and even plan their meals ahead of time. For those who are working on revamping their diet, the computer also offers guests the ability to select all of the items from their meal and find the total nutritional and caloric value.

Sophomore Jenna Dewalt said she thinks the information is valuable, but “most students don’t want to walk in that day and search the contents of their food.” Luckily, this information can also be accessed on the PLNU cafete-ria website, for those who would like to plan their meals in the comfort of their dorm room.

CAF COMPUTER cont. from p. 1

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the point weekly | monday, march 26, 2012 | 3ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

2/4-28 Museum Month @ Museums Across San Diego

2/4 Little Shop of Horrors Auditions @ Salomon Theatre, 3:30-7:30 p.m.

2/5 The Who @ Valley View Casino Center, 7:30 p.m.

2/5 Bobbie Fisher Closing Reception @ Keller Gallery, 5-8 p.m.

2/8 Radio by the Sea @ Crill Performance Hall, 7:30 p.m.

2/9 Jim Jefferies @ Balboa Theatre, 8 p.m.

2/15 Ra Ra Riot @ The Belly Up, 9 p.m.

Faith and fashion: students discuss trends

The cross is now a popular fash-ion trend and is displayed on every-thing from clothing and jewelry to studded phone cases.

Department stores like Forever 21 feature the trend all throughout their stores. Forever 21’s CEOs and founders of the affordable fashion-forward store, the Chong family, are devoted Christians, according to Business Weekly. Yet, they have been criticized in the media for “Christian Propaganda” and sometimes forcing the issue with shirts and accessories stating “Jesus Loves Me.”

Even on the bottom of Forever 21’s signature yellow bags is printed John 3:16.

Rachel Kane, from the website WTForever21.com, believes that

Forever 21 is selling its religion. Among the flashy crosses and Jesus praise throughout the store, she de-scribes her experience as “the Sun-day morning service you did not sign-up for.”

According to a sales manager at Fashion Valley Mall’s Forever 21, the consumer may be reading too much into this. She says that consumers can separate a cross for fashion purposes and one for religious reasons easily. She thinks buyers are going for more of the grungy punk-rock look that’s currently on-trend in the industry.

The cross medallion, lace and heavy black eyeliner look has gained popularity since the Versace 2012 Fall/Winter show. Forever 21’s designs are inspired from runway shows, as stated in their blog.

The Forever 21 manager, who wanted to remain anonymous, stated that the cross trend in their store has no direct correlation between the founders being devoted Christians.

“It’s just the trends’ new frontier. I don’t see people buying it as a reli-gion statement,” she said.

As for some students at PLNU, the cross trend is a mixture of both fashion taste and free expression of faith.

Freshman Avalon Pellegrini, a self-proclaimed jewelry lover, says that when people look down at the jewelry she’s wearing, she wants them to see that she knows Jesus.

Pellegrini bought her favorite cross ring five years ago, before the trend became popular. It is now her purity ring. She also has two cross necklaces that she owns; she said she wears them to show her faith but also

to show her fashion sense. Pellegrini said that she felt both-

ered that the cross design is being compared to other trendy patterns such as stripes or floral print.

“I don’t want the cross to be seen as a fabric; it’s so much more than that ... I want it to actually mean something to people instead of just being on a rack,” she said.

Sophomore Riley Fields was first against the cross fad but now sup-ports it.

“I know the story behind the cross, so if ever confronted I would know what to say ... As Christians, if we are so strong in our faith, we shouldn’t be disturbed by what other people are wearing,” Fields said.

Fields added that she doesn’t see

herself wearing the cross as trendy or religious, but she feels that she is merely expressing herself and it coincidentally is in style right now. As fashion goes, she says, the fad will pass.

Senior Kiley Berlinski disagrees. Berlinski feels like people in the me-dia who are wearing the cross trend don’t appear to be modeling Chris-tian behavior and are wearing them merely for a fashion statement.

Junior Callie Rhodes explains that she has had cross jewelry long before it was trendy. Now, she says, it has become commercialized.

“It’s losing its purpose,” Rhodes said. Sophomore Chelsie Oren acces-

sorizes her outfit with a black and white cross-patterned scarf.

“I like that I can support my faith outwardly in my clothes,” Oren said. She said that if she wanted to buy a scarf and it just happened to have crosses on it, it would be an added bonus.

In reference to Forever 21’s al-leged Christian propaganda, Oren said, “I don’t think it’s good to com-mercialize Christianity just to sell clothes — or to sell anything.” She went on to say that merely getting the word of God and the symbol of the cross in people’s hearts is a great thing within itself.

photo courtesy of riley fields

Submerged, a new collection of paintings by San Diego-based artist Bobbie Fisher, has been on display in Keller Gallery since Jan. 8 and will be closing Tuesday.

“Books are the most influential component of the Submerged paintings,” Fisher said in the show’s press release.

“When I cut images from books into one-inch squares, I am separat-ing them from their context — sever-ing them from the whole and making fragments of both the cut images and

the books from which they came,” Fisher explained.

There will be a lecture, discussion and closing reception with the artist on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m in the Keller Vi-sual Arts Center.

ian cranea&e editor

Sophomore Chelsie Oren wears a scarf featuring a prominent cross print.

jordan ligonscontributor

Local artist shows in Keller

photo courtesy of casslyn fiser

photo courtesy of jordan ligons

photo courtesy of casslyn fiser

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the point weekly | monday, march 26, 2012 FEATURES4 | Monday, February 4, 2013

When Isai Sanchez, a transfer student at PLNU, was invited to a mission conference last year, he was not excited. But his perspective changed and this year he invited his hall mates to World Mandate West, an event that’s causing students’ hearts to catch on fire for the Lord.

From January 25 to 27, col-lege students from PLNU, SDSU and UCSD gathered together with families and pastors from various states during the second annual mission conference, put on by All People’s Church.

“We had over 250 college stu-dents from various states and mul-tiple universities attending,” says Joel Sanders, college pastor and one of the coordinators for the conference. “We were surprised at how many students showed up, but we’d been praying for God to touch young people to show them that Je-sus is moving.”

College students willingly sacri-ficed a weekend to gather with others and to worship the Lord. Blair Rid-dle, a junior at PLNU, says that she decided to go because of the speakers and because she “wanted God’s pas-sion for the lost.”

More than 1100 people gath-ered together, listening to dynamic worship and messages from speak-ers like Max Lucado, a renowned Christian author and Jim Yost, a missionary in Indonesia.

“World Mandate West changed my perspective on people and how we are to live our lives as Christians,” says Rylie Shore, a sophomore at PLNU. “Instead of getting caught up in all the Christian rules, Jesus has called us to simply share life with people and love them well… In my own life, this means looking at the world as full of potential Christians and world changers, and this will motivate me to be bold in my faith and consistent in loving people in ev-ery aspect of my life.”

Sanders said he would like to see World Mandate West affect college campuses throughout San Diego.

“The reason we do this is because we believe God has called people to all nations, he said. “We want stu-dents to go out and share. When we’ve got a student that’s found what God’s calling them to do, we can say ‘mission accomplished.’ They’re go-ing to change the world.”

The PLNU students who at-tended the conference are re-turning to school on fire with God’s heart for their campus and fellow students.

“I plan on bringing a fresh per-spective back to campus,” Shore said. “At Point Loma, we are all exposed to the Christian principles and God, but I think many of us have become comfortable in our faith. I want to help other students at Point Loma find the passions and gifts that God has given them, and

encourage them to take the incred-ible journey with God to bring His kingdom to people now.”

The mission conference is ex-pected to grow next year and, the pastor says, everyone’s invited.

“It’s amazing being with so many young people so on fire for God,” Sanchez said. “It’s a confer-

ence with great worship and speak-ers with so much wisdom… It’s a life-changing experience.”

They are the friendly faces of the box and our neighbors down the hall. They are here to wel-come the freshmen and give them a new home outside their home. And after that, they offer consis-tency and leadership within the residential community.

But being a Resident Assistant is about more than free room and board and a prime parking spot. On the contrary, the RA job de-scription requires 20 hours of work per week, including required atten-dance at all hall events, and allows for no more than one weekend per month away from campus.

Taylor Von Striver, Nease Hall RA, said that her job is rewarding because she gets to “form deep re-lationships with the residents of the hall.” She also said that good RAs must have “humility, and be will-ing to learn from [their] residents and from [their] RA team and from [their] RD.”

But getting the job is no walk in

the park. This year there are more than 180 students, both returning and new applicants, vying for just 30 positions across campus.

“The number one thing I’m looking for is a person of deep character and integrity,” said Kay-leigh Hofer, the Resident Director in charge of the hiring process for the 2013-2014 school year, “and alongside that, you want a passion for the work.”

Based on these criteria and more, the applicants will be nar-rowed down throughout a two-month process to the final 30 stu-dents who, alongside the RDs, will constitute the bulk of the Residen-tial Life team.

Turning in the initial applica-tion is the first step in throwing your name into the hat, followed by group interviews, individual in-terviews and follow-up interviews when necessary.

“The whole process is pretty important,” Hofer said, but “as each step goes on in the process things are getting more serious and we are a lot more intentional.”

“I think it’s a great process,

but it can be nerve-racking,” Von Striver said.

Kai Pederson, a freshman ap-plying for the role for the coming school year, said he is excited about the prospect of being an RA, as he feels called to a leadership role.

“I want to lead a group of guys and have them know that they can come to me for anything and I’ll do my best to help them,” Peder-son said.

Hofer said that a good RA is one who “understands what it means to create a sense of belonging, and to create a sense of community and accountability to that community.”

In order to ensure that all of the RAs across campus are equipped for this kind of work, the Residen-tial Life team meets weekly and discusses different aspects of stu-dent development theory, commu-nication and team building.

Gia Cabarse, freshman, said that the role of the RA, especially in freshman halls, is hugely im-portant in helping the students make the transition from living at home with their parents to living more independently.

“The best thing about [my RA] is how she relates to each of us in a really specific way that’s personal, and she wants to see us grow and thrive in Point Loma,” Cabarse said.

Both Hofer and Von Striver said that dedication to the residents

of the hall needs to be a top pri-ority in order for a student to be a successful RA, and Hofer says that each Resident Assistant has to, above all, “trust the Lord with their daily lives, because you really can’t do the job without it.”

********************************************************************************************QUOTE OF THE WEEK“I will not wait to love as best as I can. We thought we were young and that there would be time to love well sometime in the future. This is a terrible way to think. It is no way to live, to wait to love.” - Dave Eggers in What is the What************************************************************************

Weekend mission conference brings college students to San Diego

hannah andradestaff writer

The much-coveted RA position makes for fierce competition

casslyn fiserstaff writer

The crowd stands to worship with the band at World Mandate West, sponsored by All People’s Church.

Moriah Broughton, RA in Nease, is ready with a smile in the box.

PHOTO COURTESY OF HANNAH ANDRADE

PHOTO COURTESY OF CASSLYN FISER

the point weekly | monday, march 26, 2012 | 5FEATURESMonday, February 4, 2013

If you walk into the School of Theology and Christian Ministry in Smee Hall, you’ll probably no-tice the stained glass windows, the smell of the office, the couches and the quiet environment. This week, however, you would also notice a number of bright green and blue posters strategically placed around the building. These posters adver-tise the upcoming H. Orton Wiley lectures taking place Feb. 11 to 13 in Crill Performance Hall. The lectures will feature Dr. James K.A. Smith, an author and professor of philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

According to the STCM web-site, the Wiley lectures have taken place nearly every year since 1951. Founded by former PLNU presi-dent H. Orton Wiley, they serve as a forum where the Christian aca-demic community can participate in theological conversation, said Will Turner, ASB director of spiri-tual life.

“It’s a really neat opportunity to be able to engage in critical think-ing and in long-term lecture with somebody who’s really active in doing something incredible in that world,” Turner said.

This year’s topic, relativism, is one often discussed in the field of philosophy. According to Brad Kelle, professor of Old Testament at PLNU and director of the Mas-ter of Arts Program in religion,

relativism is an issue pertaining to whether there is truth in a state-ment or religion.

“Particularly [Smith] is think-ing about [relativism] from a Chris-tian point of view… it’s that ques-tion of ‘What is true’ or ‘What is truth?’” Kelle said. “How does that fit in into the question of what is true or is Christianity true?”

Unlike other years, the Lec-tures will be covering a topic that pertains to philosophy instead of theology. Associate Professor of philosophy Heather Ross is pleased with this prospect.

“I’m very excited that we will have the topic of the Wiley lec-tures to be philosophy, and I think it will be for the first time,” she said. “I think [it] will be interest-ing to a lot of our students be-cause they’ll get a sense of philos-ophy outside the context of their general education courses.”

Smith is a prominent philoso-pher and author among Christian circles, especially in Christian colleges. His book, Desiring the Kingdom, which won him a Chris-tianity Today Book Award in 2009, has been read by some students at PLNU this past year.

Turner was one of the students who read Smith’s book in a class last semester. He talked about the opportunity to meet and dialogue in person with someone he had read and studied.

“I love the things he has to say,” Turner said. “These are some of the people that we study in the classroom and [can] actu-

ally dialogue about their work and what they are doing. That’s really amazing.”

Kelle, who also serves as lo-gistical coordinator for the lec-tures, said Smith’s influence in colleges makes him a good fit as this year’s speaker.

“We’re really excited,” he said. “He is somebody that is [not only] familiar with us and … what we do here but also [someone] who’s study of faith and culture … really fits well with the Christian college setting.”

Smith is looking forward to dia-loguing with the PLNU communi-ty. He said that despite his Calvinist background, he’s spent much time with other Wesleyans.

“It’s an honor to be part of the rich tradition of the Wiley Lec-tures, which in the past has in-cluded scholars that I respect and value,” he said via email. “Plus, I don’t mind leaving Michigan in the middle of February to visit sunny San Diego!”

Although the lectures are ad-vertised to those in ministry edu-cation, Kelle encourages students from other majors to attend.

“I think it’s something that’s interesting to students from all disciplines because all disci-plines are in one way or another asking this question about what is truth,” he said. “To me it goes well beyond just people who are interested in Bible or theology or Christian ministry.”

After leaving Surf Rider Pizza Cafe, I spent the rest of the night telling friends, family and coworkers about the edible magnificence I had just consumed. Surf Rider is fantas-tic. Period.

With Surf Rider’s easy-going OB location, I wasn’t expecting the decor to stun me, but I was pleasantly surprised. The tables were clean, the floor spotless and the outdoor deck seating was com-pletely free of trash and crumbs. Not a grain of sand in sight.

I was more than impressed read-ing the menu. Ricotta and gorgon-zola? Pesto and feta? Since when do dive pizzerias carry such mouth-watering, quality ingredients? And, a bonus, everyday they have a col-lege student-friendly deal: two pizza slices and a 16oz drink for just $6.50. And Surf Rider doesn’t just make pizzas; there’s stromboli, salads, hoa-gies, hot sandwiches, pastas and fresh baked goodies as well.

The service was pleasant. The girl was more than patient with my indecisiveness and even had the cook make up another pizza just so that we could try it. The three of us or-dered the two slice combo along with a cheesecake brownie and a coconut bar for dessert.

All six of the pizzas came out in

hot, generous slices on white paper plates. Of the six we tried there were four standouts. The Surf Rider with Bacon was so heavenly that I had an epiphany that the true answer to “WWJD?” is “Eat the Surf Rider with Bacon.” This––dare I say––slice of heaven was made of roasted garlic, white sauce, gorgonzola, tomatoes, basil and, if you haven’t figured it out yet, bacon.

The Fresh Basil Pesto & Ricotta slice was just as delightful; the herby pesto and sweet red sauce compli-mented the creamy ricotta and moz-zarella cheese like soul mates. The Roasted Chicken Barbecue was dif-ferent, in a positive way; made of white meat chicken and barbecue sauce that was perfectly tangy to go along with the gorgonzola cheese, it was a nice contrast to the typical “red sauce and cheese” pizza. The last standout, the Chicken with Roasted Red Pepper & Gorgonzola, was an-other trip through the pearly gates, consisting of roasted chicken, garlic, artichoke hearts, tomatoes and “one of a kind” roasted red pepper and gorgonzola pesto.

The two least impressive slices were the classic cheese pizza and the Sausage & Pepperoni; both unexcit-ing and bland, they paled in compari-son to the other slices and remained only partially eaten on the table.

As for dessert, the coconut bar with a graham cracker crust and chocolate chips were to die for.

The crust was buttery, the coconut slightly toasted and the chocolate chips pulled it all together. The cheesecake brownie was great (and enormous) as well, with a cheese-cake texture and the taste of a clas-sic brownie. Both desserts weren’t nauseatingly sweet, either.

Surf Rider Pizza Cafe is exact-ly three miles from PLNU, only an 11 minute drive or a one hour walk away. The price of the two slices, 16oz refillable drink and one dessert came out to $9.43, definitely a fair price for not just the portions, but also the quality of the food and ingredients.

Surf Rider is not just a “go if you’re in the area”; it’s a “stop what you’re doing and go now.” And order the Surf Rider with Bacon.

Wiley Lectures to ask: What is truth?

A Taste of San Diego: Surf Riderkaylie pullinstaff writer

guimel sibingostaff writer

Surf Rider Pizza CafeFood: 4/5Decor: 4.5/5Service: 3.8/5Price: 5/5Total: 17.3/20

Final Verdict: You HAVE to go!

Taste of San Diego

PHOTO COURTESY OF KAYLIE PULLINA sampling of the pizza options available at Surf Rider, including the author’s

pick, the Surf Rider with Bacon

Wiley Lectures Schedule:

Monday, Feb. 11 Lecture 1: “It Depends: Creation, Con-

tingency, and the Spector of Relativism” Crill Performance Hall, 1:30-2:20 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 12 Lecture 2: “Context is Everything: Witt-

genstein on Meaning as Use” Crill Performance Hall, 9:30-10:20 a.m. Lecture 3: “Learning How to Use the

World: Augustine the ‘Relativist’” Crill Performance Hall, 1:30-2:20 p.m.

Brewed Awakening: “God of the Market, God of the Nation-State: Cultural Exege-

sis of Secular Liturgies” Fermanian Business Center, 3:15-

4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 13 Lecture 4: “Who’s Afraid of Contingecy? Owning Up to Our Creaturehood with

Rorty” Crill Performance Hall, 11-11:50 a.m.

For more information on the event, visit pointloma.edu under Wiley Lectures.

the point weekly | monday, march 26, 20126 | 6 | SPORTS6 | SPORTS Monday, February 4, 2013

Throughout the years, the PLNU women’s basketball team has been a dominant force in the GSAC conference, and several banners hang from the rafters of Golden Gym as living proof of that success.

But something is different this year with the Sea Lions, who are 8-10 overall and 4-6 in conference play. Maybe it’s because of the team’s transition into a new conference and division, or maybe it’s because of the below .500 record the team is sporting right now.

Many changes have shaken up the team, most recently the loss of the team’s leading scorer Nyla Bailey for undisclosed reasons.

Before that change there was the switch in conference and division to the Pacific West Conference (PacWest) in NCAA Division II. This change brought new competition and new attributes that leaves the players and coaching staff slightly less prepared as they enter each game, having never faced many of these teams before.

Junior guard and current scoring leader on the team Callie Rhoads said, “I was expecting [the PacWest] to be a lot better than it is.”

The assumption of playing in a Division II conference is facing

bigger, better, faster, stronger athletes. But that’s not the case according to Rhoads, who believes that each of the teams the Sea Lions faced was beatable.

Veteran coach and 2007-2008 GSAC coach of the year Bill Westphal said, “It appears the teams in the PacWest may be slightly more athletic and slightly more physical,” in reference to the PacWest competition compared to that of the GSAC.

In any case, a losing record is not optimal for a team whose preseason goals, according to Westphal, were to be a top-four team in the conference.

That record can be attributed to a few things. First are statistical errors such as turnovers, rebounds and missed shots. Second is the change in game play rotation where Westphal has begun running a four guard offense as opposed to his usual three guard set-up.

The PLNU women have been on average getting outrebounded by nearly nine rebounds per game. This, in part, can be attributed to the smaller line-up the team has been running lately. The trade-off is for team quickness, which is what Westphal believes to be the most valuable asset for a basketball player.

On the plus side, the PLNU women have been averaging high field goal percentages and blocks per game. Among the other statistics

such as points, assists and steals per game, the ladies have been right with their PacWest competitors.

Rhoads currently leads the team in points (13.1 ppg ) and field goal percentage (.482). Senior Forward Andrea Campbell leads the team in rebounds and block shots with 6.2 rpg and 3.2 bpg, while junior guard Savannah Erskine leads the team in assists and steals with 4.3 apg and 2.4 spg.

“I think we’re a work in progress,”

Rhoads said. “We have a lot of talent — we’re just trying to figure out the best way to strategize a win.”

As the season progresses and the team looks to finish strong, a good mentality and team chemistry are key to team dynamics. Is something missing here?

“Between Renee [Crawford] and I, two seniors, we have to keep the positive flow going,” said Campbell. “It’s easy to get down on yourself…

but as seniors we need to lift other people up.”

The Sea Lion women have won four of their last six games, with one of the wins being a season high scoring total of 90. The team is putting together a good streak that they hope to continue Monday night against Notre Dame De Namur here at PLNU at 5:30 pm.

Despite a losing record and some recent roster shakeups, the Sea Lions are beginning to build momentum, winning four of their past six games. Junior Carlotta Kloppenburg (23) is second on the team with 11.2 ppg and leads the squad

with 45 3-pointers made.

photo courtesy of will macneil

When the men’s basketball team began the 2012-2013 season, it faced a new conference, in a new division, with almost a completely new roster of players. It faced all those obstacles while also being unable to qualify for a conference or national championship.

“Going into this season I knew it was going to be different,” head coach Bill Carr said.

“We had so much experience last year… I figured it was going to take some time. The guys have played hard and competed; we just haven’t been able to reap the benefits of our hard work yet.”

He’s talking about the team’s winless transition from the Golden State Athletic Conference to the PacWest Conference so far this season. The team has struggled throughout the season, going 0-10 in the PacWest and just 3-18 for the season.

“It’s kind of gone up and down a little bit,” said senior Todd Campbell. “We try to stay positive and the coaches try to stay positive but there are always going to be those times where you’re kind of lost and don’t know what to do.”

Not only is Campbell the lone senior, but he’s also one of the only players that saw significant court time last year. He has led the team in scoring this year (7.7 ppg) but sustained a wrist injury late in

Thursday’s game against Academy of Art that had him sitting out of Saturday’s loss against Dominican University awaiting MRI results.

Other injuries have plagued the team this year as well, such as NCAA Division I transfer Judd Welfringer, who decided to red-shirt after tearing his meniscus early in the season. Welfringer averaged 11.5 points in the two games he was able to participate in this season.

And while the team’s defense is the best in the PacWest, allowing only an average of 59.4 points per

game, offensively, the team ranks poorly in several categories.

Unlike last year, the Sea Lions lack a go-to scoring threat. The team has had 12 different players lead the team in scoring this season in 18 total games. However, when it comes to closing out games, the lack of balance in the offense is apparent.

“It hasn’t been easy but I think it’s been a good growing experience for everybody involved,” Campbell said.

This year’s roster consists of seven new players, including four four-year college transfers and three freshmen.

“The challenge here is that any time you coach a young team, you can’t rush experience,” Carr said. “Everybody needs experience and unfortunately right now we have a large number of guys getting that experience at the same time and that’s hard to deal with at times.”

On top of losing a group of seniors that produced 49 percent of all points last year, the program’s leaders in scoring and assists in 2011-2012, juniors Marek Klassen and Hayden Lescault, are both red-shirting this season. Klassen and Lescault combined for 27 percent of all points scored by the Sea Lions last year, which means 76 percent of the program’s total offense last year is gone.

“We both went into the off-season thinking about how we had no idea what would happen,” Klassen said. “I left for the summer knowing I would come back and this would be a whole new team and that’s really challenging.”

For Lescault, the sacrifice of sitting out for a year made sense in the bigger picture. He and Klassen, who both came to PLNU as freshmen, hope for the experience of division II post-season play, and have aspirations of playing after college.

“We’re just both really big competitors,” Lescault said. “We always want to try and win and try to be the best at everything we do. Playing for the conference tournament and getting that opportunity is a big deal in college

basketball and when you look back, you want to say that you had that opportunity and a chance to play at the biggest level.”

The team’s home game tonight against Notre Dame De Namur is its last home game before a week-long trip to Hawaii to face four more conference opponents. With just eight games left in the season, all against PacWest teams, Carr said he hopes the squad’s overall growth over the span of the season will begin to show up in the wins column.

“I think these guys have done a good job and have worked really hard and I really enjoy coaching them,” Carr said. “What they do need to understand is that when they’re done here, this group is going to be a big part of the transition. They’re going to be probably the un-sung heroes of our transition.”

While the team works through some of what Campbell describes as “growing pains,” and Klassen, Lescault and Welfringer remain behind during games putting shots up alone in the gym, the final chapter of the program’s transition won’t be written for a few more years.

“I think it’s a year to test the waters of this new league and gain experience for some of these guys. I love this new league. There are some really good teams and great coaches. We’re going to be able to compete in this league down the road,” Carr said.

2/4-5: M. Golf @ Cal State San Marcos Spring Invite, all day.2/4: Basketball vs. Notre Dame de Namur, W. 5:30 p.m., M. 7:30 p.m.2/5: W. Tennis vs. UC San Diego, 2:30 p.m.2/8: Baseball vs. Cal State Dominguez Hills, 2 p.m.2/8: Tennis @ Grand Canyon University, TBA.2/9: Track Green, Gold & Old Intrasquad Meet, 9 a.m.2/9: Baseball @ Cal State Dominguez Hills (DH), 11 a.m.2/9: Basketball @ Hawaii Pacific University, M. 8 p.m., W. 10 p.m.

abby hamblinnews editor

Men’s basketball team works through growing pains

Senior Todd Campbell leads the Sea Lions in scoring at 7.7 ppg. The lone senior on the team, Campbell says that the team has tried hard to stay positive during a tough transition year. The Sea Lions brought in many new faces this year as they moved into the PacWest Conference and into NCAA Division II.

photo courtesy of will macneil

will macneilstaff writer

Lady Sea Lions bounce back after slow start to season

the point weekly | monday, march 26, 2012 | 7SPORTSMonday, February 4, 2013

This year’s CBS Super Bowl broadcast had everything: tension, drama, a momentary on-field brawl, Gangnam Style, “God made the farmer,” a Destiny’s Child reunion… Oh, and I guess the game was pretty good too.

But, of course, Super Bowl

XLVII (47, if you don’t speak Roman) was just as memorable for the stadium blackout that delayed the game for more than 30 minutes.

Minutes after Baltimore’s Jacoby Jones returned the opening kickoff of the second half 108 yards for a touchdown to put the Ravens up 28-6, the 49ers were in the middle of their drive when half

of the Mercedes-Benz Superdome lost power.

I mean, really, New Orleans? You’re hosting the biggest single television event in the world and you forget to pay your electric bill?

The blackout completely killed the Ravens’ momentum, allowing San Francisco to make a heroic comeback. Luckily for Baltimore,

they were able to hold on for a 34-31 win, despite doing everything in their power to let the Niners back into the game.

Still, it was interesting to see just how the world reacted to the Super Bowl blackout. Twitter immediately exploded with snark and humor while rival television networks used the temporary break

in play to advertise their own programming.

Said one jesting Tweeter: “Like you’ve never blacked out before in New Orleans.”

Because I’m not nearly as funny clever as the rest of the Internet, I decided to give you a sampling of some of the comical Tweets I saw during the blackout. Enjoy.

jacob rothsports editor

Jake’s Take: The great Super Bowl blackout of 2013

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SEA LIONS SCOREBOARD

2/2 L 41-59vs. Dominican University

MEN’S BASKETBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL1/31 L 69-77vs. Academy of Art

1/31 L 71-74vs. Academy of Art

2/2 W 59-48vs. Dominican University

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

BRYAN BURKHEADBASEBALL

In the Sea Lions’ narrow 74-71 loss to Academy of Art Thursday, Escorza notched a near double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.

Then on Saturday, the South Riding, Va., native poured in a game-high 16 points and a team-high eight boards to lead the Green and Gold to a 59-48 win over Dominican University at Golden Gymnasium.

JESSICA ESCORZAW. BASKETBALL

Burkhead contributed in every game during the Sea Lions’ season-opening series against Cal State Monterey Bay, hitting .500 (5-10) for the three-game series.

The senior from San Diego scored three runs, hit two RBIs, drew a pair of walks and stuck out just once all weekend, though the Sea Lions dropped all three games to the Otters.

Saturday was Make-A-Wish Day at PLNU, sponsored by the Student Athletic Advisory Committee. Throughout the men’s tennis match, baseball double-header and both basketball games, SAAC members took donations for the

Make-A-Wish Foundation and raffled off gift cards to Chik-Fil-A, Cup of Yo and Oggi’s Pizza. At halftime of the men’s basketball game, PLNU honored Brittany Wnek (center), daughter of former PLNU volleyball coach Barb

Wnek. Brittany suffers from an extremely rare disease called Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) and has undergone countless chemotherapy and radiation treatments and multiple craniotomies. PLNU soccer players JJ Reading (left)

and Austin Fares escorted Brittany to center court and presented her with a volleyball jersey signed by PLNU’s athletes. Following the game, the SAAC hosted a dodgeball tournament to raise more money for Make-A-Wish.

photo courtesy of will macneil

PLNU CELEBRATES MAKE-A-WISH DAY

BASEBALL

MEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S TENNIS

2/1 L 3-7vs. Cal State Monterey Bay

2/2 L 1-6, L 5-8vs. Cal State Monterey Bay (DH)

2/2 L 1-8vs. Azusa Pacific University

2/1 L 3-6vs. Azusa Pacific University

all screenshots were taken from twitter

REACTIONS TO THE BLACKOUT, BROUGHT TO YOU BY TWITTER

the point weekly | monday, march 26, 20128 | OPINION

After mass shooting in-cidents at the Aurora movie theatre, the Clackamas Mall in Oregon and the most re-cent Sandy Hook Elementary School, there is, without a doubt, a reason to rethink our right to bear arms.

Our government cannot sim-ply stand by while shootings like these continue. It needs to take action by finding a fair middle ground between which guns should be available to the public.

Obviously, President Obama cannot simply repeal the Second Amendment. Taking this amend-ment away from the Constitu-tion becomes a slippery slope. Removing one amendment makes a nonverbal statement that our government is open to taking away any sort of amend-ment in the Constitution.

The right to bear arms is an integral part of our Consti-tution and something I believe our founding fathers were very adamant about including. That being said, this amendment was written at a time when muskets and single-shot pistols were the “arms.”

Weapons have evolved from inaccurate muskets into high-powered killing machines. New firearms can hit a target from great distances; automatic assault rifles can shoot multiple bullets per second and handguns can be hidden under the waistband and used for close-proximity shots.

These types of weapons are made to hit their target accu-rately. As soon as a modern gun is fired at a target, there is no taking back that shot, whether the target be a clay pigeon or a living being.

Guns are, of course, great for sporting, hunting and even protecting lives. The govern-

ment simply just needs to regu-late weapons so that they are set specifically for these conditions.

Hunting rifles and long-bar-relled shotguns are appropriate because they are not easily hid-den. They are typically the guns used for sport shooting and they can even be used for protection in case of intruders.

I do believe the Second Amendment is necessary to our Constitution, but our govern-ment needs to make changes in weaponry to stop tragic incidents such as young children, innocent moviegoers or shoppers from being killed in the future.

If our forefathers had known what firearms would be capable of in the future, would they have drafted the same amendment?

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garrison bollenbacher sophomore contributor

Gun control: How is love the cure?

Why do we hold so tightly to “protection” from violence with the very weapons causing so much de-struction? Why are guns so impor-tant to us? While I appreciate the opinions of senior Amy Cruse in her piece, titled “Gun Control and the Second Amendment,” I have to push back on much of the hyperbole used within the article itself.

Guns do not make us safer. As New York Times columnist Nicho-las Kristof points out, scholars have “since debunked” the argument that more guns mean less crime; he refers to numerous case stud-ies, one of which was carried out by Ayres and Donohue III and pub-lished in the Stanford Law Review.

Kristof writes that, “Published research makes it clear that having a gun in the home simply makes it more likely that you will be shot — by your partner or by yourself.”

Kristof lists some of the ways he believes fewer gun-related deaths could occur in the United States if it took a stronger stance on the sale, distribution and regulation of fire-arms: “We could limit gun purchases to one a month to impede traffick-ers, make serial numbers harder to file off, ban high-capacity magazines, finance gun buybacks, require solid background checks even for private gun sales, require microstamping so that bullet casings can be traced back to a particular gun and mandate that guns be stored in gun safes or with trigger locks.”

As I read Cruse’s op-ed piece I couldn’t help but place myself back in time during the moments when I first heard of the Newton tragedy last December. I sat in my office watching television with my co-workers and witnessed over and over again as children were escort-ed out of their school with hands over their eyes, trying to shield them from images I cannot begin to even imagine.

To insinuate that the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary would have been less severe if one of the teachers had a gun fails to recog-nize the fact that civilian firearms are not allowed on school cam-puses, nor should they be. I cannot imagine sending my future son or daughter to a school where there is a gun in their teacher’s desk. What would happen if a gun in a class-room got into the hands of a stu-dent who was emotionally charged after receiving a bad grade from a teacher, was disciplined for talking in class or suspended for fighting with another student?

My hope in writing this is not to advocate for the ridding of every single gun we each hold so tightly to or to further polarize our politi-cal beliefs, but rather to eradicate the idea that seems to be so synonymous when we hear the words gun control.

Gun control, in regards to the current political legislation intro-duced by Vice President Joe Biden, does not make it illegal for hunters

to own rifles. Nor does it make it il-legal for shop owners to own a gun for protection in rundown parts of town. The legislation does, by lis-tening to many of the recommen-dations listed in Kristof’s article above, make it more difficult for guns to end up in the wrong hands.

In the American folk-rock song “John Wayne Gacy Jr.,” Sufjan Ste-vens hauntingly sings about a child murderer and the life he lived.

He writes: “And in my best behavior I am really just like himLook beneath the floorboardsFor the secrets I have hid...” As a follower of Jesus Christ, I am

aware of the reality that, though I love God, I am still capable of the same evil acted out on children at an elementary school across the country.

In all of this, I wonder if the clos-ing words used by Cruse, in which she states that the “cure for hatred, darkness and evil is love. A love only found in Jesus,” are enough.

Could fully embracing the truth

— and I mean the truth that Jesus is love — protect us from harm? Does God promise His people will not be harmed or that violence will not ensue? Does He promise that per-secution will not happen if we rely on love? I believe the love of Christ calls us to love in action. Instead of love being a mere emotion, the Gospel turns love into an action, a mechanism of change.

I support stricter gun control to protect me from, well, myself.

According to the most recent analy-sis of 23 industrialized nations by the Children’s Defense Fund, 87 percent of children (younger than 15) who were killed by guns in these nations lived in the United States. The gun homicide ratio in the United States for teens and young adults (ages 15 to 24) was 42.7 times higher than the combined rate for the other nations.

mitchell pricesenior contributor

camron cluffeditorial cartoonist

Evolution of the right to bear arms

Monday, February 4, 2013