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SENIOR ARTEXHIBITIONS/ p. 3

RUGBYTRADITION

LIVES ON/ p. 6

photo courtesy of abby hamblin

PLNUraises mon-ey to build

wells inBangladesh

PLNU students joined the trend o making Harlem Shake YouTube videos on Saturday ater the mens basketball game against Fresno Pacifc Univeristy inthe Golden Gymnasium. The event was organized by seniors Daniel Spaite and Jason Perez and reshman AJ Borland. The video was flmed by reshman Ryan

Shoemaker in response to a video made by Olivet Nazarene University students.

DO THE HARLEM SHAKE

guimel sibingostaff writer

W a t c h d o g R e p o r t s

[cont. 5 GALLONS, p. 2]

How does ASB spend its money? Is thet common at PLNU?

This year, International Minis-tries, through the Oce o SpiritualDevelopment, launched the Lent giv-ing project, 5 Gallons.

This project seeks to raise enoughmoney to build at least ve $1,500deep-water wells or the Church o theNazarene in Bangladesh. Much like

last years 40 days or Katwatwa, thisproject has been launched as a means

to encourage the campus to ulll thealms giving aspect o Lent.I eel like its a wonderul t. The

more Ive been learning about the cri-sis o water in Bangladesh, the moreI am convinced this is a project thatneeds to be emphasized not just dur-ing this season, but continually, said

Associate Director o InternationalMinistries Melissa Tucker.

The project was announced byTucker and Director o InternationalMinistries Brian Becker Feb. 15 dur-ing chapel. Tucker said that the proj

FOR A FULL BREAKDOWN OF ASBS FINANCES, SEE PAGE TWO

Student Fee two simple wordsthat carry immense weight in theshaping o the student body.

There are about 2,500 under-graduate students at PLNU; each

pays a student ee o $125 to goprimarily toward ASB. A roughestimate comes out to around$300,000. The amount is dividedinto two checks, with the rst checkbeing about 45 percent o the total,the second being about 55 percent.

But who is using this money, andwhere does it all go? ASB is an as-sortment o student positions held bystudents who are elected, as well asstudents who are appointed ater an

application process. ASB PresidentIan McKay values transparency withthe students and oered ull disclo-sure or this article.

ASB Director o Fina nce Mi-chael Morris explained how hebudgeted or $304,430, a conser-

vat ive estimate , because ASB willprobably receive about $312,500.

Many o the budg eted area s arepredetermined, like the MediaBoard (The Point Weekly, Drit-

wood , Poin t Rad io, Poin t TV,Mari ner) , whic h gets a tota l o$70,000. This money is divided upbetween the dierent media andused or the production o thatmedia, with The Point Weeklyand Mariner each getting $25,000.

Other ixed areas include$120,280 that pays the stipends

o ASB and Media Board Direc-tors. The student elected Board oDirectors gets $38,200 per year, asum that is matched by PLNU ora total o $76,400.

McKay talked about his vision orthe management o ASB unds. Id

want to see i we can create an ASBthats not about ASB in the sense that

we are using as little amount o mon-ey on ourselves as leaders and put-ting more money into clubs, into ourobjectives budget, he said. I thinkthats the uture.

McKay said there used to bea Starbucks budget o $1,000,something Morris cut. He cut out a$500 Miscellaneous budget and cutdown the Emergency Reserves and

eddie matthewsstaff writer

Just weeks ago, Public Saetycompiled a report on an incidentinvolving a students personal pos-sessions missing rom the thirdfoor o Ryan Learning Center. Ithis case turns out to be a thet, it

will be among approximately twodozen thets that occur on campuseach year, according to Kaz Trypuc,supervisor or PLNUs Departmento Public Saety.

According to Trypuc, thet isthe most common crime that oc-curs on campus.

I you look at the numbers,PLNUs campus is relatively saecompared to other campuses inthe area, said Trypuc. But thatdoes not mean that crime does not

happen here.He mentioned bicycles, wallets

and laptops among the most com-monly stolen items.

Ochuko Diamreyan, now a se-nior, had his Xbox and laptop sto-len rom his unlocked dorm room

while he was in the bathroom hisreshman year in Hendricks Hall.

This incident occurred beorecameras were installed in the resi-

dence halls, and Diamreyans pos-sessions were never recovered. Hesaid he is now much more cautious

with his belongings.I never leave any o my elec-

tronics alone anymore, said Di-amreyan. Most o the time i Imnot using my Xbox I store it awayin my closet, and when I take ashower I lock my door and takemy keys with me.

Many students and acultymembers, however, do not tend

christina kilpatrickstaff writer

[cont. ASB MONEY p. 2]

[cont. THEFT p. 2]

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ect is named 5 Gallonsbecause in Bangladesh it onlytakes ve gallons per personor basic bathing and cooking

needs to be met.The water crisis in Bangladesh

has aected many in the Christiancommunity. The surace water avail-able in regular wells is oten intoxi-cated with arsenic and thus unt to

drink. Many children have to walkup to ve miles to etch water, miss-ing school in the process.

Becker said that buildingthese wells would allow kidsmore reedom to seek education.

Suddenly, kids are ree rom

hard labor and are actually ableto go to school, he said.

Another issue related to wa-ter scarcity in Bangladesh is dis-crimination against Christians.

A lot o these communi-ties are mostly Muslim and mosto the wells are located next tomosques or somehow connectedto the Islamic aith, Becker said.

In a lot o cases, unless youreMuslim, youre not allowed touse the well.

Becker said this has deprived

many Christians rom access-ing the water and has preventedmany rom coming to the aith.

The 5 Gallons projectsgoal is that wells built by theChurch o the Nazarene in Ban-

gladesh be accessible to every-one, regardless o religion.All are welcome to use the

wells, Tucker said. The stipu-lation [is that] i you put one othese wells at a Nazarene Church

you have to be prepared to ex-

tend that welcome to everybody.Muslims alike.

This is the second year othe Lent giving projects. Last

years 40 days or Katwatwaproject raised up to $17,000(with a matching grant) to buildschools in the Democratic Re-public o the Congo.

I know that the support we

were able to send last year[has]really been a huge blessing totheir ministry, Becker said.

Along with requesting the

campus to donate to this cause,the project also invites partici-pants to give up all water excepttap water or the Lenten season.

The reason why we askedthe campus community to con-

sider drinking only tap water orLent is it emphasizes the situa-tion that the people in Bangla-desh who are in desperate needo these wells are in, Tuckersaid. [It] puts you in touch withthe stranger you may not know

but increases your sense o soli-darity and thereore your desireand ability to give.

Junior Kris ty South hadalready decided to only drinktap water when she heardabout the project.

I started doing it because Ieel like I eat and drink a lot othings that are not healthy, and

water is something that our bodyreally needs, so I decided to drinkmore o it, she said.

South plans to use the money

she saves by not purchasing otherbeverages toward the project.

I think that we in Americatake water way too much orgranted, she said. Ive been onlydoing it or a week and a hal and

Im already really more consciouso just how Im using water andtrying not to take it or granted.

Tuckers desire or the stu-dent body is that, more than giv-ing money, students will cometo an understanding o what it

means to give.I know the money will come

in. This is a generous and aith-ul community, she said. WhatI hope will be lasting or the peo-ple o this community is that theyare given new eyes with which tosee the world around them.

The 5 Gallons campaign seeks to raise money tobuild wells in Bangladesh just like the one seen in

this photo.

photo courtesy of international ministries

5 GALLONS cont. from p. 1

to think o PLNU as a placewhere thet occurs. Trypuc said thathe has requently had students cometo Public Saety to report thets be-cause they let their belongings unat-tended to somewhere on campus oran extended period o time.

I generally eel sae leaving mythings around the Ca, said seniorSavannah Hulse. But when I thinkabout how oten things get stolen,

it makes me a little more skepticaland cautious.

Trypuc encourages this caution

among students and aculty. The bestway to protect yoursel rom thet is totake care o your stu, said Trypuc.Lock your doors, and keep your be-longings with you at all times.

Trypuc, who has worked or Pub-lic Saety or the past six years, saidthe biggest change the departmenthas made in recent years to respondto thet is the installation and expan-sion o the surveillance system. As o

Spring 2011, all residence halls exceptFlex have cameras at their entrances.

There are also updated surveil-

lance cameras in the other majorbuildings on campus, includingNicholson Commons and Bond

Academic Center, and around thecampus perimeter, including the

welcome center and pedestrian gates.There has been a signicant re-

turn rom that installation, includingewer incidents and more recovery ostolen items, said Trypuc. I thinkthe surveillance cameras make us all

more aware o our surroundings andmore aware o crime.

Last semester, the surveillance

cameras helped Public Saety re-cover a stolen bike and three stoleniPhones. Trypuc said that the depart-ment is always looking or new waysto improve surveillance on campus.

According to Trypuc, when astudent reports a thet, Public Saetytakes the initial report and then be-gins an investigation using witnessstatements and/or surveillance cam-eras i possible. Public Saety will

usually suggest that the student alsole a report with the San Diego Po-

lice Department, especially i it is a

high-prole incident such as a break-in or thet o an expensive item.

Because o the campuss size andthe number o resources Public Sae-ty has available, a person caught inan act o thet on a surveillance cam-era will usually be quickly identied.

Then, the student is asked to returnthe item and is sent to ResidentialLie or the dean o students.

THEFT cont. from p. 1

oce snack unds.The Objectives budget is

where there is the most fexibility.It is a fuctuating und that is de-

signed to be current and providestudents with something relevantto campus lie. As o last week, theund has $8,065.65. It was out othis und that XXXchurch.comounder Craig Gross was broughtto speak to students on Feb. 5.

Junior Kristi South will bethe ASB Director o Activities inthe all semester next year. Shesaid there needs to be dialoguebetween ASB and the students,

so that the students know theunctions o ASB.

I eel like i we used our bud-get in dierent ways, we couldshow them [that] we are [their]

voice, South said.As o last Tuesday, ASB had

$291,609.11 in their savings ac-count and $14,723.37 in theirchecking account. The rst checko the all semester comes in No-

vember, so ASB must plan aheadthe previous year.

A surplus o money has rolledover or the past ew years, butits dicult to determine just howmuch. ASB continues orward, andthe money continues accruing.

ASB MONEY cont. from p. 1

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2/25-28 Writers Symposium by the Sea @ Crill Performance Hall

2/25 Coheed & Cambria @ House of Blues, 7 p.m.

2/26 Not to Scale Opening @ Keller Visual Arts Center

3/13 Alicia Keys @ Valley View Casino Center, 7:30 p.m.

3/15 Weston Bennet Vocal Recital @ OB First Baptist Church, 7 p.m.

3/18 Imagine Dragons @ House of Blues, 7:30 p.m.

4/11 Rihanna @ Valley View Casino Center, 7:30 p.m.

Senior Visual Arts students show inKeller Gallery

Six senior Visual Arts studentswill be showing solo exhibitionsthis semester in Keller Visual ArtsCenter. This is part o the capstonerequirement or Visual Arts majors,but is also a great opportunity orthe artists to exhibit their work ina solo show.

Stu Ballew, Shelby Collins, Em-ily Flecker, Emily Poole, Lauryn

Randall and Lauren Richards willall be showing this semester. Theseshows will range in medium, styleand concept.

To kick o the semester is se-nior Stu Ballews Not to Scale,opening Tuesday.

Ballew is concentrating in pho-tography, but expressed an interestand interaction albeit a compli-cated one with other mediums.

Technically my concentration isphotography, but Im not really sure

what that means anymore, he said.Ive always said that I hate paintingand drawing and most o the timeI do but working on these thingsor my show has sort o helped mediscover why that is, Ballew said.

Ballew is among several artistswho indicated that their hometownshave played a signicant role in thedevelopment o their shows.

Northern Caliornia, or, morespecically, the north, has played

a huge role in orming the con-cepts o this stu, Ballew said. Theback-and-orth relationship I have

with my actual home and my meta-phorical homes o past and presentis something I think Im always con-scious o, Ballew said. Theres ageographical and seasonal awarenessthat uels a lot o my lie in general,but especially making art.

Lauryn Randall, originally rom

Orange County, also emphasized thesignicance o her hometown.

I think the whole real OCTV phenomenon that went on or awhile has impacted my view o whatis perceived as real versus what ac-tually is, Randall said. I think sub-consciously Ive been working outthat general concept or some time the tension between what is pre-sented, what is interpreted and whatactually is.

Im pretty sure [my show] willbe called Be Everything at Once:

An Ethnographic Exploration oPerceived Expectations. In other

words, it is about exploring expecta-tions, both internal and external, andrecording what I nd and eel in theorm o visual images and icons.

Lauren Richards, who is con-centrating in drawing, printmakingand painting, expressed that hershow, titled Release, is taking anew direction.

Right now my work is ocusedmainly on sculptural installations

that bridge the gap between 2D and3D and incorporate both elementso gestural painting and engineeredsculpture, Richards said. My showis ... about cycles, processes andtransormational thinking.

I have drawn a lot o inspirationrom looking at the ground, lookingat the sky, looking into liturgy andinto lie processes, Richards said.

Emily Poole, a Visual Arts majorconcentrating in sculpture, is also

excited to be trying something newwith her show.

The show will be one largeinstallation, Poole said. Its

very di erent rom anyt hing Ivedone beore and Im really excitedabout that.

Shelby Collins, who is concen-trating in drawing, painting andprintmaking, spoke to her inspira-tion and thought behind her work.

My work is very process-orient-ed and so the pieces that I am cur-

rently working on all deal with ...asking questions, specically in the

context o restoration, Collins said.My work is directly autobio-graphical in the sense that makingis my way o asking questions andseeking to understand things thatare particular to my lie and cir-cumstance. The goal, though, withmy work is to reach and communi-cate not only a specic sense, butalso on the level o universality, in

order or the viewer to have his orher own personal interaction withmy work.

Emily Flecker, who is concen-trating in photography, discussedher inspiration.

I am very inspired by movies

and their ability to take the vieweraway rom everyday lie and dropthem into another world, Flecker

said. I nd it is much more enter-

taining to create and photographsomething that is not seen everyday.

Ballew said that lie itsel is a pri-mary infuence on his art.These things ... are dealing with

memory and my letting go pro-cess, traveling on the back-and-orth

without comparing the then-and-now, learning how to see absenceas something that has existence ...On one level, this stus autobio-graphical in that Im guring out

how to deal with my own memory,or ... what to do in the absence omemory. Its basically just a bunch ostu thats trying to cultivate somepersonal balancing process o pastand present, o what I remember and

what is current, Ballew said.

Current exhibition inormationcan be ound on the PLNU Art &Design website.

As the votes come in or the Ga-rage 2 Glory contest, PLNU bandSleepless Pacic waits to see i they

will be the third band perormingalongside Palace Ballroom and DirtySirens at U-31 in North Park at 7

p.m. Thursday. The alternative rockband is representing PLNU as theycompete or the chance to play atSoundDiego LIVE.

SoundDiego LIVE party is aree monthly party that we hold ata dierent location every month,

which eatures three local artists,said Eric Page, executive producerand managing editor at SoundDiego

TV and SoundDiego.com, NBC 7smusic platorms.

Sleepless Pacic has had PLNUstudents support through voting

on SoundDiegos website. They willght to conquer the Garage 2 Glory,online battle o the bands, contestuntil the polls close this Tuesday.

SoundDiego is A TV show andwebsite that ocuses on the localmusic scene in San Diego, as well asnational bands traveling through SanDiego, said Page.

SoundDiego is genre agnostic,

said Page. We have had bands suchas The Lumineers and Mumord andSons perorm.

The event is or people aged 21and older. SoundDiego Lives Face-book page allows people to sign upon the guest list and add riends.

There will be a VIP Happy HourParty or those who sign up.

The perormances will also bescreened at 1 a.m. ater SaturdayNight Live on NBC Channel 7 or

those unable to attend the event.Sleepless Pacic originates rom

Poway, Cali. The band is sel man-aged and consists o our members:

James Bishop (Lead Vocalist, Gui-tar), Logan Nelson (Bass, Backup

Vocals), Esteban Cervantes (LeadGuitar) and Taylor Eldreth (Drums).

All our members went to the samehigh school, where they came to-gether to have jam sessions and com-pete in their schools Battle o the

Bands. Unortunately, the lack ocontestants meant that the Battle othe Bands had to end, but their musi-cal bond endured.

We combine music and lyricsthat carry an authentic, honest andpositive message that we hope willreach the hearts o our ans. Music isour art and platorm or expression,Sleepless Pacic states on their Face-book page.

Sleepless Pacic could not give

up the talents and passion they had,so they continued jamming together

elsewhere. They were the perectblend o dierent personalities, saidBishop, which allowed them to cre-ate real messages and inspiration be-hind their music.

[Taylor] Eldreths dad had a keyto the churchs basement, where theband began to practice, said Bishop.

While Bishop did the majorityo the songwriting, he attributes the

nal product to the band as a whole.It was the bands ability to add theirown favors to the lyrics that ulti-mately gives people a taste o whothey are and what they are about,Bishop said.

Ater practicing in the churchbasement or a while, Sleepless Pa-cic needed a nudge.

I you dont get a gig, you cantpractice here anymore, Eldreths a-ther told the band.

It was rom then on that Sleep-less Pacic began to perorm at di-

erent venues, where they continuedto grow together as a band.

They have been asked by ariends mother to perorm at a runcoming up this year in honor o herdaughter, Chelsea King. This per-ormance is important or the band,since it is in memory o a close riend

who was kidnapped in high school.Bishop said the Chelsea Run is a

sentimental perormance and it isdierent rom all o their other gigsto date.

Our goal is not necessarily toget big and amous, Bishop said. Iit happens, it happens. What we re-ally want to do is to touch the liveso others.

ian cranea&e editor

Sleepless Pacifc vies or spot in SoundDiego LIVEhaley jonswold

staff writer

CALENDAR OF SHOWS

FEBRUARY 25 - 28

STU BALLEW

MARCH 11 - 15

LAUREN RICHARDS

MARCH 19 - 22

LAURYN RANDALL

MARCH 26 - APRIL 4

EMILY POOLE

APRIL 15 - 19

SHELBY COLLINS

APRIL 22 - 26

EMILY FLECKER

photo courtesy of ian crane

Senior Stu Ballew installs his work or his show, which opens Tuesday.

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College is oten the rst time inpeoples lives when they are able tobreak away rom their household.But or some students, coming toPLNU doesnt oer that chance be-cause their parents work on campus.But many students who experience

this dont see it as a big deal.My ather working at Point

Loma has been great. I am romMobile, Alabama and had nevereven been to Caliornia or the westcoast beore this year. The transition

would have been much harder with-out him, said Anna Goorth, daugh-ter o Stephen Goorth, a rst year

journalism proessor.Anna and her ather started at

PLNU at the same time ater Ste-phen was oered a job. Anna evenollowed her dad in a proessionalaspect by deciding to major in jour-

nalism. Since she is a reshman, sheisnt allowed to bring a car on cam-

pus, but having her dad work herehas allowed her to borrow the carwhenever she needs to.

Not having a car is not a prob-lem or me, thanks to my dad, who isalways willing to give me a ride or letme borrow his wheels or the night,

said Anna. This has allowed me to

get an o-campus job that I reallylove. Also, he lives about 10 minutesrom the school, so I can always goto his place when I need a break romdorm lie.

Anna sees her dad every day be-cause most o her classes are in thebuilding where his oce is, so sheis able to stop by and see how hesdoing and grab some candy rom his

candy bowl.The act that Annas dad works

at PLNU hasnt become a widelyknown act. But many students whotakes a class with kinesiology proes-sor Ted Anderson will know that hesthe ather o Axel Anderson. Axel hasknown he would attend PLNU eversince he was young because he grewup around the PLNU community.

It has been easy or me to go toschool where my parents teach be-cause, at least rom what I know, oth-er students like both o my parents,said Axel. It would be a lot more

awkward i people didnt like my par-ents. But Im not embarrassed, so its

not a big deal to be around them.Axels mother, Dianne Ander-son, is a biology proessor at PLNU,but doesnt talk about it as much as

Ted does. And because Axel is in thegym a lot, where his dads oce is,he gets to see his dad more. Axel said

he doesnt think that having his par-

ents on campus is as bad as everyonemight think.

Mary Paul, vice president oSpiritual Development, has talkedabout her son, Jonathan Paul, in cha-pel a ew times, but whats dierentabout this situation is that he is in theseats listening to his mom talk abouthim. Jonathan attends PLNU as areshman, double majoring in math

and writing. He also said he doesntthink that having his mother work at

this campus and being a dominantgure in the community is a big deal.

Shes my mom rst. She tendsto keep her business her business,said Jonathan.

There are many more studentswho have a parent teaching or work-ing on campus. While some mightsee having mom and dad at PLNU asa buzzkill, or these students, keep-ing it in the amily may be more o aprivilege than a burden.

What would the world miss iyou dont tell your story?

This was the central question oDonald Millers Storyline coner-ence, held in Brown Chapel on Sat-urday and Sunday. Though Storylineonly advertises on Twitter, more than600 people attended the conerencerom all over the nation.

I arrived bright and college-student-early at 10:30 on Saturdaymorning. Armed with a cheesy con-erence lanyard that made me eel alittle like I was at NSO again, a bind-er ull o note pages and a workbook,

I made my way into the th row oBrown. As it turns out, this was aprime people-watching location. Ev-eryone rom original Portland hip-sters to soccer moms seemed to bein attendance. Apparently, Donald

Millers books spoke to more thanthe searching twenty-something, andthey were not alone as they fockedto Storyline. Im going to warn youright now trying to cram it all intoan article isnt going to work. It may

seem cheesy. It may seem trite. Buttake my word or it those two days

will probably go down as some o the

most transormational in my lie.PLNU students made up a bulk othe volunteers or the event, thoughtheir number was lower or the ac-tual conerence attendees. Sophomore

Katie Callahan decided to attend theevent on Friday aternoon.

I think its really easy to orgetabout stories and the meaning in ourlives, Callahan said. This coner-ence was a really nice way to takesomething simple and remind us othe proundity o it in God and ourlives now.

We worked together to gothrough all o the elements o story,learning how these things could beapplied to our lives. Millers deni-

tion o story, a character who wantssomething and overcomes confictto get it, was the crux o the con-erence. But he was also very in-tentional to point out the act thatit will only be a good story i thesomething that the characteris seeking is meaningul. Not justbring-a-tear-to-your-eye meaning-ul, but changes-lives-and-peoplemeaningul. In act, Miller startedo session one by telling us that the

event was his anti-sel-help con-erence. We werent, he warned

us, going to leave and nd an easier

lie waiting or us. In all likelihood,we would nd a harder one .Senior Maggie Hills also attend-

ed the conerence, and said that theconerence inspired her to rerame

her thinking.I think the [biggest thing I

took away was] the idea o livinglie with reedom and writing yourstory in collaboration with God asopposed to hoping or thinking thatHes going to drop a bomb on you,Hills said.

Miller also brought in a varietyo guest speakers who were living agood story. These guests providedexamples o good characters, orpeople who were living meaning-

ul stories. Guests included TomShadyac, director o Bruce Almightyand more, and Al Andrews, whoounded the company ImprobablePhilanthropy and wrote a childrensbook to make money to give away.Shadyac also screened his documen-tary I Am, a lm seeking the problem

with humanity and the cure. I youhavent seen it, put down this paperand watch it. Its on Netfix.

Just the idea that your lie can

have a story arc that can tie it alltogether was really impactul, and

Im excited to gure mine out,Hills said.

Next year, Storyline will be backat PLNU. Go, even i youre not a

writer (most people werent). Butonly go i youre willing to map out

your lie to be meaningul. It will behard. It will probably be painul. Iknow I will encounter confict. But

there will also be great joy. Thatswhat makes such a good story. And

ater learning how we are co-writerswith God, I am more excited than areshman on a GYRAD to get startedon my story. Lets go lie. Im ready.

What would the world miss if

you didnt tell your story?

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QUOTE OF THE WEEKIm not concerned with cheap grace, Im concerned with people paying too much for

it.

- Mike Foster, founder of People of the Second Chance

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All in the amily: PLNU students andtheir PLNU parentsamy williamsstaff writer

callie radke

features editor

Story becomes a guideline or lie at Sto-ryline Conerence

PHOTO COURTESY OF AMY WILLIAMS

The stage, set up like a liv ing room to give the conerence a homey eelPHOTO COURTESY OF CALLIE RADKE

Axel Anderson with parents Dianne and Ted at sister Torisgraduation rom PLNU

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Q&A with 2013-2014 ASB

Spiritual Lie Director, ZacAustin

Newly elected ASB Board o Directors

Director o Student Re-

lations: Ravi Smith

Vice President:

Haley Courtney

Director o Spiritu-

al Lie: Zac Austin

President:

AJ Wol

Executive Secretary:

Claire Schalin

Ater an unprecedented sec-

ond run-o or the Director

o Spiritual Lie postion, The

Point Weekly decided to catch

up with the eventual winner,

Zac Austin.

Point Weekly: What did iteel like to be a part o this his-

toric run-o? Did you think itwas ever go ing to e nd?

Zac Austin: My rst reactionto being a part o the run-o wasdisbelie. How in the world is itpossible to get a numerical tie any-

way? It was also rea lly arming tome that there are so many peopleat this school who were supportingCurtis and me. It was a real testa-ment to the act that the actions oeach one o us really matter, even

in the grand scheme o things andthat no matter how small we may

think we are, what we do makes adierence. To answer the questionDid you think it was ever goingto end, I knew it would end atsome point, but I wasnt sure about

where my sanit y leve l would be. Iit wasnt or God pouring lie intome, as well as all o the prayersand support rom the amazingpeople that surrounded me, I mayhave crossed the nish line in astraitjacket. Now that it is over,

I am completely overwhelmedand humbled by this opportunity.Heading into the uture, I am ner-

vous but excited to see where Godleads in the coming year.

PW: Why do you think it wasso close this year (compared toprevious years)?

ZA: I think the race was soclose this year simply because thetwo others who ran or this posi-tion, Curtis and Lincoln, are truly

amazing people. Both o them havemade an impact on this campus

and are aithul servants o Christ.I have had the opportunity to getto know Lincoln through Dis-cipleship Group, his involvementin Mission Nazarene Church andduring the campaign process this

year. He has a heart or the Lordand His people and has becomeone o my riends this year. CurtisI have known since taking Fresh-man Comm. and we have devel-oped a lasting riendship that has

been very meaningul to me overthe years. He is a great guy who Ihave always looked up to and whoproves time and time again that heis committed to Gods call on hislie. Both o these men would havedone an extraordinary job in thisposition and will continue to servethis community with humility andconviction. I look orward to thecontinuing growth o our riend-ships as we continue to walk to-

gether at PLNU and beyond.

kyle lundbergeditor-in-chief

Director o

Communications:Cody Chase

Director oFinance: Nick Erze

Director o Activi-

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Torn grass, colliding players andbloody noses are a common sight on Sat-urdays or PLNUs oldest club: Rugby.

The members o the team areully committed to their sport. The

men practice Mondays and Wednes-days at Robb Field rom 6 to 8 p.m.But the club has aced challenges oncampus, since they are not ociallya school-sanctioned sports team.

PLNU has had a rugby club ora little more than 10 years, and theteam has always been considered aclub, which Club President SamBravo said can largely be attrib-uted to Title IX o the Education

Amendments o 1972. The primarygoal o the amendment is to pro-

hibit discrimination rom activities(and sports) based on sex.

However, due to the uneven ra-tio o men to women at PLNU, thisamendment aects the school di-erently than it does others.

It takes a very heavy toll on ath-letics and the way male athletics isrun and directed and recruited or,said Bravo, a junior with eight yearso rugby experience.

He said that one o the main rea-

sons the rugby team has to remaina club rather than a sport is in or-

der to keep the ratio o mens andwomens sports equal to the ratio omale and emale athletes.

Being a club makes or an in-teresting dynamic, said Bravo.

We appreciate that we do have theopportunity to eel included thatway, but at the same time its also aeeling o immediate separation.

Bravo said that although it would

be nice to be considered a sport, heunderstands why it is not. Its al-

ways been a club , which we are verygrateul or, because ASB gives us agenerous amount o unding wehave no problem being a club.

The unds rom ASB cover ex-penses such as rentals, game ees andinsurance, but Bravo said the teamrelies very heavily on their alumniassociation, which unds most o theteams larger purchases and pays orcoaches. Each member o the team

also pays to play.It is evident that the guys who

are on the team are there becausethey love the game; i they didnt itis highly unlikely that they wouldsubject themselves to such a physi-cally demanding sport. The squad ismade up o a diverse group o guys,rom those who have been playingor years to those who are trying thesport out or the rst time.

Guys come to our program who

have never played rugby beore, anddecide they want to better them-

selves, and challenge themselves,said Bravo. This, he said, is what heenjoys so much about the team.

The rugby team is still in itsinant stages: it is still very much a

growing organization on the PLNUcampus. But Bravo is eager to seethe team continue to develop.

Next year, Phil Patalano is setto become the vice president o the

club. Bravo said he hopes Patalanowill take over the presidency in the

uture ollowing Bravos graduation.I am hoping to raise up more

unding or the team, said Pata-lano, but at the same time recruit-ing more players and getting more

interest, because I think that is a keything or the club.The squad plays most Saturdays

against clubs rom colleges suchas Azusa Pacic, Biola, Cal State

Fullerton, Westmont, Whittier,Arizona State, Cal Lutheran, CSU-

Northridge, Loyola, Occidental,Pepperdine and UC Riverside.

Rugby has had a huge impacton my lie, said sophomore Da-

vid Barber. I hav e bee n abl e to

bond with the other players andcreate a camaraderie with themthat goes beyond mere riend-ship. Rugby has given me a wholenew band o brothers.

On Friday, Art Prior presentedhis collection o Olympic medals at thePLNU Kinesiology center. According toPrior, the collection is the single largest

private collection o Olympic medals inthe United States and the second larg-est such collection in the world. He hasbeen collecting Olympic medals or about30 years and estimates his collection to beworth around $250,000.

Prior gave a presentation on the his-

tory o his medals beore allowing or a

question and answer session rom thoseattending. The Point Weekly was ableto sit down with Prior to ask him some

questions about his historic collection.

Point Weekly: How manymedals do you have?

Art Prior: I have three at home

that are not here, so count whatyou have got here and I guess itsmore than 30.

PW: What was the hardest

medal or you to get?

AP: Well, the hard est meda lsto get are the irst ones. Remem-ber, there were only 300 athletes[in the irst Olympic Games]. You

can imagine how ew irst placemedals there are in that Olym-

pics. So those are the ones that Ireally try and concentrate on get-ting, because once they come upthey might never come up again.

PW: Which Olympics most

interest you, which year?

AP: Well I have to say person-ally, based upon the ones that Iveattended, the [1972 Munich Olym-pics] was the one Ill never orget.

That was my rst one; it was emo-tional. So many things happened

there during that Olympics thatwas the one I remember more than

any o the others.

PW: Where do you fnd them onsale?

AP: The primary place thatI ind them or sale is: Ingrid

ONeil [who owns a Sports andOlympic Memorabilia store inOrange County] has a catalog thatshe puts out once a quarter andshe has only Olympic items and

always has Olympic medals. I buymany o them rom her. I wouldsay 80 percent o my medals Ihave gotten through her. Others Ihave gotten through various auc-tion houses.

PW: Have you ever shown

your collection anywhere el se?

AP: Yes, during the Olympic

period it goes into a museum ap-proximately two months beore-

hand. [It] stays in the museum un-til about two months aterwards,and then I get it back and put itback in the vault.

PW: What made you want to

show it here at PLNU?

AP: I love Point Loma. I liveonly a ew blocks away. Ive runon the track many times. Its a

wond eru l sch ool w ith a gre at tr a-dition or track and ield. I lovethe coaches here. Its just a great

school. And I help support theschool the track and ield team.

A gold medal rom the 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles.photos courtesy of jonathan soch

2/25-26: W. Golf @ Lady Cougar Spring Invitational, all day.2/26: Tennis vs. Western New Mexico, M. 2 p.m., W. 4 p.m.3/1: W. Tennis @ Claremont, 2:30 p.m.3/2: W. Tennis vs. Villanova University, 1 p.m.3/2: Basketball vs. Dixie State (Utah), W. 2 p.m., M. 4 p.m.3/2: Baseball @ Dixie State (Utah) (DH), 3 p.m.3/2: M. Tennis vs. Villanova University, 4 p.m.

A silver (let) and a bronze medal rom the 1896 Olympics held in Athens, Greece.

A silver (let) and a gold medal rom the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, Germany.

jonathan soc hstaff writer

casslyn ser &

joshua gilber tstaff writers

Q&A with Olympic medal collector Art Prior

The PLNU rugby team (in stripes) participates in a scrum during their Feb. 16 match against Biola University. The club hasbeen around or 10 years, making it PLNUs oldest club. The men play their home matches at Robb Field on Saturdays.

photo courtesy of casslyn ser

Collector Art Prior presented his Olympic

medal collection Friday at PLNU.

Rugby Club continues tradition o brotherhood

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Beore the start o their Wednes-day night game against their BostonCeltic rivals, Kobe Bryant and theL.A. Lakers paid tribute to theirlate owner Jerry Buss, oten called

the greatest owner in sports his-tory. Buss, who was inducted intothe Hall o Fame in 2010 or hislong, triumphant ownership othe Lakers, died o kidney ailurelast Monday ater battling canceror 18 months, according to NBA.

com. Buss was 80 years old when hepassed away, and he had owned theLakers since 1979.

On Monday we lost who weall know to be the greatest own-er in sports, ever, said shoot-ing guard Bryant ater the teamshowed a slideshow depictingBusss lie and accomplishments.He was a brilliant, incredible

owner, but he was an even betterperson with a great heart.

This view o Busss character isalso shared by his ans.

He was an owner who wasercely loyal and loved his players,

which was always apparent, saidMichael Clark, PLNU proessor o

literature and a Lakers an since theage o six when he met Magic John-

son and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar atthe San Diego Sports Arena. Thereare not a lot o owners you can com-pare him to; not many people couldmanage the types o personalitiesthat have come to that team and do

it well.In addition to his character, theranchise and its ans are remember-ing Busss scoreboard success withthe Lakers.

He is said to be the greatestowner o all time, said senior

Josh Kih m. He won 10 cha m-pionships with them in 34 years,and he went to the inals hal thetime he was owner.

Ater Bryants speech and a mo-ment o silence in the stands, theLakers beat the Celtics 113 to 99.

The Cel tics are the only team wi thmore NBA Championships than theLakers, and the two teams were ri-

vals throughout Busss ownership.The Lakers, however, currently own

a losing record, and some ans worrythat they will continue to struggle inthe coming years now that the Bussamily owns the ranchise withoutone clear owner.

I worry a bit about the transition

period, said Clark. I dont knowhow the power dynamics are going to

work out. A lot o decisions have to bemade in the next 10 years.

According to Bryants speech be-

ore the game, however, Busss dedi-cation, success and vision have let animpact on the ranchise and the city oL.A. that cannot be easily orgotten.

His vision has transcended the

game, said Bryant to a screamingstadium. And we are all, all spoiledby his vision and by his drive to win

year ater year ater year.

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

SEA LIONS SCOREBOARD

2/23 L 72-80vs. Fresno Pacifc University

MENS BASKETBALL

WOMENS BASKETBALL

2/21 L 54-78@ Cal Baptist University

2/21 L 56-70@ Cal Baptist University

2/23 W 79-69vs. Fresno Pacifc University

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

SEAN LEWIS

M. TRACK AND FIELD

In a win against Fresno PacifcSaturday, Escorza was on fre,

shooting 9-14 rom the feld and14-16 rom the ree throw line to

fnish with a career-high 32 points.The sophomore rom South

Riding, Va., also grabbed sevenrebounds as the Sea Lions downedthe Sunbirds 79-69 at home.

Escorzas 32 points are the most bya PLNU player this season.

JESSICA ESCORZA

W. BASKETBALL

Lewis led a terrifc Sea Lioneort at the Rossi Relays Saturday.In the mens 4x100-meter relay, thesenior ran a strong leg as the SeaLions fnished second to USC. Laterhe anchored the 4x400 team that also

fnished second behind USC.In the 400-meter hurdles, the

Portland, Ore., native ran 53.41to win by nearly a second. Lewisis the deending NAIA NaitonalChampion in the 400 hurdles.

BASEBALLWOMENS TENNIS

MENS TENNIS

2/20 W 9-1vs. Bethesda University

2/23 L 2-7vs. UC Riverside

2/18 W 7-2@ Hope International

Jerry Buss, who purchased the Lo s Angeles Lakers in 1979, died o ki dney ailure last Mon day. Under Busss watch, the Lakers won 10

NBA Championships, and Buss was inducted int o the Basketball H all o Fame in 2010. The real estate mogul was wi dely regarded as

the greatest owner in proessional sports, turning Los Angeles into a hot destination or NBA stars to play.

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The Lakers lose a legend: owner Jerry Buss dies at 80

2/22 W 5-4vs. Westmont College

2/23 L 4-5vs. Whittier College

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In my State o the Union Ad-

dress, I laid out ways Democrats andRepublicans can work together toreignite the true engine o Americaseconomic growth a rising, thriv-ing middle class.

We should ask ourselves threequestions every day: How do webring good jobs to America? Howdo we equip people with the skillsthose jobs require? And how do we

make sure hard work leads to a de-cent living?

Strengthening the middle classrequires making America a magnetor new jobs and manuacturing,and reward hard work with wagesthat allow amilies to raise theirchildren and get ahead. But it alsomeans recognizing that the surestpath into the middle class will al-

ways be a good education .As college students, youre al-

ready well on your way. The edu-

cation youre getting right now isthe single best investment you canmake in yourselves and your uture,and it will put you in the best po-

sition to get a good job and builda great lie or yourselves and youramilies. Now its up to us to helpkeep the cost o that investment

within reach, and to give even moreAmericans the opportunity to earnthe education and skills that a high-tech economy requires.

We should start in the earliestyears by oering high-quality pre-

school to every child in America,because we know kids in programs

like these do better throughout theiracademic lives. And we should rede-sign Americas high schools to betterprepare students with the real-worldskills that employers are looking orright now.

But the truth is, most young peo-ple will need some type o higher ed-ucation. Its a simple act: the moreeducation you have, the more likely

you are to have a job and work your

way into the middle class. And thatmeans we have to do more to makesure skyrocketing costs dont price

you and your amilies out o a college

degree, or saddle you with moun-tains o debt.

Already, my Administration hasworked to make college more a-ordable or millions o students andamilies through a mix o tax credits,grants and loans that go arther thanbeore. But we also need to do some-thing about the rising cost o college.

Over the last two decades, tuition

and ees at the average college havemore than doubled, and right now,

students who take out loans end upleaving college owing more than$26,000. That much debt can orce

you to pass over valuable opportu-nities that dont pay as well like

working or a nonprot or joining anorganization like the Peace Corps.

And it can mean putting o big de-cisions, like when to buy your rsthouse or start a amily o your own.

Thats why colleges also need to

do their part to lower costs. And weneed to make sure they do, becausethe taxpayers cant keep subsidizingthe rising costs o higher education.

Already, Ive called on Congressto consider value, aordability andother actors when they decide howmuch ederal student aid a collegeshould get. And last week, we re-leased a new College Scorecardthat lets students and their parentscompare schools based on simplecriteria: where you can get the mostbang or your educational buck.

As a nation, our uture ulti -mately depends on equipping stu-

dents like you with the skills andeducation a 21st century economydemands. I you have the oppor-tunity to reach your potential andgo as ar as your talent and hard

work will take you, that doesntjust mean a higher-pa ying job ora shot at a middle-class lie itmeans a stronger economy or usall. Because i your generationprospers, we all prosper. And Im

counting on you to help us writethe next great chapter in our

America n story.

As we are all aware, the campus shutsdown next week or Spring Break. Sev-

eral students at PLNU, mysel included,are not exactly local. This makes travelplans a little complicated.

Originally, I was going to tryand stay with riends, but then Irealized I had waited too long tomake those arrangements.

Since I have an o-campus in-ternship (which, by the way, is part omy graduation requirements), I wasbanking on staying in my apartmenton campus.

When I asked how to get clearedto stay on campus, I was told thatcampus is reserved only or those

who work during Spring Break.Perect, I thought.I technically work,

just not or pay; rather, I work or schoolcredit. This should be enough to get to stayon campus during break, right?

Wrong.Campus housing, during

break, is reserved exclusively orthose who workon-campusduringbreak. Seriously?

My internship counts as two units

or school, so basically what happens isI pay PLNU to work or ree elsewhere.Did I mention I have an 80-hour quotato ll? This also means that I will haveone week ewer to meet my require-ments by May (i.e. graduation).

I understand that it is or my ownsaety that I leave campus duringbreak; there are no RAs on campus,nor will there be any residential liesupervision. For me, this would notmake much o a dierence. I rarelysee my RA I actually do not even

know her name.I I were to stay on campus, withor without supervision, what dier-ence would it honestly make? Per-haps Im taking this too personally,

but Im just a little rustrated.My mom was going to fy down

and we were going to search or mypost-graduation apartment. Sincehotel rates increase ater a ew days,

we were going to end up spendingmore than $1,000 on a hotel alone.

Instead o burning a hole in our wal-lets with thatplan, Mom and I decided tofy me home and go to a spa.

Darn. A spa. Brutal, I know. OK,I realize that relaxing or a ew daysat a spa resort near home with my

mom sounds better than stressul

apartment-searching.Although I am stoked to spend

a week with Mom and relax, I knowthat in the back o my mind Ill bestressing over numerous things: myupcoming graduation, as well asapartment- and job-searching.

During Spring Break, I wish that

students like mysel, who need tostay on campus, could do so. I needto meet an internship requirementor graduation, search or an apart-ment and, o course, try to save aew bucks. Because we are kicked ocampus during break, these tasks are

nearly impossible.

My hope is that the PLNU com-munity could make accommodationsor its students who have limited re-sources or Spring Break plans.

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