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monday, november 25, 2013
volume 42 | issue 10

THRILLING FINALE FOR HOMECOMING WEEK

Spoken history event brings Tale of Two Cities theme to life

PHOTO BY SAM CHRISTOPHER Warren Brown, James Jackson and Reuben Welch tell the tale of PLNUs transition from Pasadena to the Point Loma campus.
BY MORGAN CARNE STAFF WRITER

PHOTO BY SAM CHRISTOPHER Students rushed the court after the mens basketball team won their homecoming game in overtime, 9486 against Olivet Nazarene University. The team tied it up 81-81 in the last .6 seconds of regulation with a layup from junior Hayden Lescault. The womens basketball team also won their game, 75-62 against Concordia University. For more coverage of the homecoming games, see page 7.

Film showing celebrates International Education Week

BY ANNA GOFORTH STAFF WRITER

In a small Haitian village, 7-yearold Wadley leaves the small shack she and her mother live in to fetch water. She walks through the devastation left from the 2010 earthquake. By the rubble of her former school, students have gathered for class under a tarp. Wadley throws down her bucket and runs to join the class. Wadley, has your mother paid for you to go to school? the teacher asked immediately. No, we have no money, she replied. Im sorry. You have to go, Wadley, her teacher said. This is the reality for 65 million girls a year who are not in school because of money, gender or other circumstances according to a 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report. PLNU students lled the 149 seats and the oor of Boney Hall Monday night to screen Girl Rising at International Film Night. The Study Abroad ofce and the Center for Womens Studies hosted the event as part of International Education Week. It was amazing to see the re-

sponse, said Study Abroad Director Frank Serna. I saw people literally lining up outside during the movie after all the seats had been lled. Wadley is just one of the nine girls whose stories are depicted in the 2013 feature lm Girl Rising. Arranged marriage, servitude and sexual violence were some of the issues addressed in this lm. I think Wadleys story impacted us all the most, said sophomore Audrey Hiatt. Its amazing that after the earthquake and facing poverty she still understands the value of her education and knows that it can give her a future. Study Abroad Coordinator Andra Jacques said the choice of lm was inspired by the United Nations second annual International Day of the Girl, which is celebrated on Oct. 11. We thought it would be a tting way to kick of the weeks celebration of educational exchange around the world, said Jacques. Hearing each of those girls stories touched our hearts and created a re within us to help their voices reach as many ears as possible. This is not a documen-

tary or a ction story. The message is very simple: educating more girls means a better future for all of us. This lm pulls together stories from around the world, including those of 12-year-old Amina from Afghanistan who is sold into marriage by her family for a car and 6-year-old Suma from Nepal who is given into bonded servitude while her brothers are sent to school. For these girls, hope is found through songs, poems, dance and, for a few, school. This lm really showed me that global poverty can be helped not only through government aid and policy but also through educational reform, said sophomore Jeremy Goebel. After the lm, students were prompted to join this worldwide movement for education and revolution for girls by sharing the lm, volunteering to do community outreach locally and donating to a non-prot organization committed to helping girls around the world.

PLNUs Homecoming weekend festivities also included a bit of a history lesson. On Saturday, James Jackson, Reuben Welch, Warren Brown and Ronald Kirkemo sat down to a full house in Crill Performance Hall to discuss the universitys move from the Pasadena site to the San Diego campus in an event called Spoken History: From Pasadena College to PLNUs Campus. The theme of the discussion was, like all of homecoming week, A Tale of Two Cities. From Pasadena College in the dry hills of LA County, to the lush beach landscape of Point Loma Nazarene University, the university has undergone its share of changes. In 1973, the school moved everyone and everything down south in hopes of expanding the reach of its mission. Class of 1973 alumni Connie Hamilton and Peggy McMillan shared their enthusiasm in celebrating their 40th reunion on a campus where they never actually took classes. We were the last graduating class of the Pasadena campus, said Hamilton. It will be interesting to see how connected everyone is here with all these new buildings and bigger space, she said. The history event particularly drew McMillans attention. Dr. Kirkemo was our teacher, she said. Im excited to hear about the historical move from what we were used to, she said. Back in 1973, W. Shelburne Brown was president of Pasadena

College. His son, Warren Brown, talked about the nancial, mental, physical and emotional challenges the move brought for his father. It was a stressful time, when we werent sure things were going to work out, he said. The school ran nancially in the black for a whole year, as we still hadnt sold the Pasadena campus, Brown said. His fathers health took several turns for the worse throughout the course of the move. My father gave his life for this place and the vision he had, he said. Reuben Welch, university chaplain from 1968 to 1973, stressed the importance of community from PLNUs inception. We are a community of faith learning together. We developed a sense of family, so much so that, I felt like, here we are, Welch said. God said, Youre just going to do this, arent you? and I said, Alright, lets go. James Jackson, dean of students at the time of the move, and the only speech professor to make the move, discussed the inherent issues that come with moving an entire university. I may plan to have students, but will anybody come? he said. He helped plan a new student government and spent a day on the new campus site to see what they could do with it to build campus spirit. From the 19 acres in Pasadena to the 19 acres in San Diego, one question remained: What will we do as we scatter our students on this campus? said Jackson. There was no central place, no student center and no student activiSEE HISTORY, PAGE 2

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Homecoming 2013: PLNU celebrates 40 years in San Diego

PHOTO BY SAM CHRISTOPHER The 2013 Distinguished Achievement Awards were presented at the Main Event in Crill Performance Hall Saturday to Rich Skiles (53) and Jonathan Salgado (73).

PHOTO BY CASSLYN FISER Seniors Hayley Swan and Orin Mozon were crowned king and queen at the Variety Show Friday night.

PHOTO BY ERICH RAU Alumnus Michael Dotson throws a pie in the face of ASB Director of Finance Nick Erze as part of the Homecoming Extravaganza event. Dotson graduated with a bachelors degree in 1976, and again for his masters in 1978.

PHOTO BY BRITTANY NAYLOR Senior Austin Allen had his face painted at the Tailgate event in the Caf to gear up for the Homecoming basketball games Saturday night.

PHOTO BY MARISSA CHAMBERLAIN At this years powderpuff football game, the a cappella group Pointless performed the National Anthem. Key of Sea also performed La Rouxs Im Not Your Toy with a solo by Emily Templeton in place of the traditional male chearleaders at halftime.

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ties. Further difculties included such things as Young Hall, where You can almost go out the window and surf, said Jackson. Then we discovered a nude beach nearby Kirkemo said he always wanted to teach at PLNU. So, after the move, he did.

I had a brain cramp for a whole year, he said. Pulling up the roots he and his family had in Pasadena was a difcult prospect, but one that didnt phase him in the end. I eventually decided that if they can move, so can I, he said. Andrew Schalin, a 2012 PLNU alumnus, enjoyed the event as much as

the older alumni. In 45 minutes, I learned so much about the history of this place that I never knew before, he said. Ive heard these names thrown around for years, but I never knew the challenges they faced with the move. Now, according to the speakers, PLNU is a testament to the power of God to guide and pull His people together.

The impossible is possible, said Jackson. Each of the speakers stressed that Gods vital intervention in conjunction with human effort brought about a successful move. The will of God does not come down upon us, but comes through us in a dialogical fashion, Welch said. It was really hard to come, but I would never go back, he said.

The event closed with a word of prayer from Welch, along with a reading of Isaiah 62:1, which states For Zions sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalems sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch.

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features
BY KIMBERLY MILLER STAFF WRITER

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

God does not always pull you out of your problems, but Hell always pull you through them. You just need to stay awake and stay vigilent. Cam Smith at Time Out on Nov. 20.

Alumnus, Marine One pilot remembers JFK assassination

It was a very hectic day. A day that is burned in all my memories. For many people across the globe, Nov. 22 is a day to be remembered, with recollections of where they were the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Fifty years ago, Lieutenant Colonel Vance Huston was tasked with clearing up the chaos that ensued on the day his beloved leader was killed. Huston entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1955 and served for four years on Marine Helicopter Squadron One (Marine One), the helicopter transport of the President of the United States, ying presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson and Kennedy. He came from humble beginnings, equipped with the upbringings of a modest family from California and a degree from Pasadena College. After serving his nation for 23 years in the Marine Corps, Huston spoke with the Point Weekly reecting upon the memories he has of President Kennedy and the honor he still feels toward him. dead run to come back to our helicopter and he had on short pants and were standing there at the bottom of the stairs. And he got about six feet away from me and fell down. So the natural thing, to make sure he didnt hurt himself, I just went over there and picked him up and checked him out. I dusted off his knees to make sure he wasnt bleeding. And the next thing I heard was a mans voice and he said, Captain do you realize youre ying my sons favorite toy? And I looked up and there was the President two feet away. And I handed him back his son and he said, Thanks very much. And I thought about that later, because President Kennedy was not into people serving him, he was not a dictator, not an autocrat. And he looked around and his boy had just taken off and he was the only one who wasnt doing anything, so it was a natural thing for him to walk over there and retrieve his own son. But then he did it in such a way that after I handed him back his son he said, Thank you Captain. And I said, Youre welcome Sir. And he turned and walked away. So needless to say when John was killed in that aircraft crash at age 38, it really tugged my heart strings, because I had held that young man in my arms; I had become a part of the family. Theres a sense that I had a personal attachment. that day. We were just a very, very small part of that day; I consider us high price taxi drivers. We were grief stricken and many of us had has these personal experiences and so I suppose when I stand by the eternal ame (a presidential memorial at the gravesite of President Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery) and saw the Presidents ame and Jacqueline Kennedys grave here, the grave of their little boy there it probably impacts me in a different way than it would other people because I feel like Ive really known those people in a very personal way. There were things that impacted and overlapped our lives.

Remembering the President and continual grief:

When he was assassinated, Jacqueline Kennedy, who we had had personal experiences with, as one of the most gracious women I had ever met, she sat down after her husband was assassinated and she wrote a little card, in her own handwriting, to every crew member that had ever own with her husband. Probably 200 to 250 personal notes. And she went to the trouble to get all our personal addresses and when I was living in Quantico (a Marine Corps base in Virginia) I got this little card. And I opened it up and it has his picture on it and it has a black borer around it and it says, Thank you for everything you did to help the President, signed Jacqueline Kennedy. So I walk by those pictures in my living room and that means a lot to me. I dont know how to express it any other way than to say I feel a loss every time I walk by his picture in my living room.

Remembering the Kennedys and feeling like a part of the family:

One time, after we landed at Camp David, I was standing there at the bottom of the stairs waiting for them to unload Marine One and go off to their cabin, which is called Aspen. All sorts of people were moving cargo and unloading luggage. Now the President is not doing any of that and John John (his son) was not being watched. And he was two years old. We had a little two-year-old boy at the time too and four other children. So while hes being unattended to, he takes off on a

Remembering the assassination and how it affected the military community:

It was a very hectic day. A day that is burned in all my memories. Around the squadron area it was very, very somber, because we were involved in the transportation of people to and from Dallas

PHOTOS COURTESY OF VANCE HUSTON Top: President Kennedy exiting the Marine One helicopter. Bottom from left: President John F. Kennedy and Lieutenant Colonel Vance Huston.

STUDY ABROAD PHOTO OF THE WEEK

In the mountains of

NEPAL
The challenging part about studying abroad well, here in Nepal, I am surrounded by everything BUT what I know, Hinduism, Buddhism, street cows, free-range hawkingof-loogies, zero traffic rules, Nepali and Tibetan language, etc. Finding my place in this new one so hard. But it has been the most worthwhile exploration and adventure I could have been given. - Mollie Ah Sing

PHOTO COURTESY OF MOLLY AH SING Junior International Studies major Mollie Ah Sing stands at Poon Hill in the Himalayan mountains at an elevation of 10531 ft. Ah Sing is studying through the School for International Training in Kathmandu, Nepal a program focused on studies in social change and development.

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Twitter feed fuels student crushes

BY JORDAN LIGONS STAFF WRITER

Looking for a potential contender for that ring by spring? Dont fret; @PLNUCrushes is on a Twitter feed near you to make those long lasting love dreams come true! The Twitter page has posted confessions from students on campus, listing the names of people they have a secret crush on. By submitting anonymously through Survey Monkey, a website where one generates polls to share on social media sites, students get to expose their secret crush with ngers crossed in anticipation of their crush crushing on them back. Bringing soul mates together since 1902, the accounts bio reads. Multiple tweets are posted daily with rst and last names of objects of the students affections. The page @PLNUCrushes was launched on Oct. 16, which makes it fairly new, but the page has already generated a buzz around campus. Sophomore Alexandria Ruvalcaba doesnt have a Twitter account but has heard about the anonymous chatter over social media. She feels that maybe students really do have a crush on somebody and they are simply trying to get their feelings out. Ruvalcaba mentions the ratio of more than twice the number of wom-

en than men at PLNU and said she thinks that may have something to do with it. It may be easier for guys to get girls, but for girls there is such a small amount to choose from, Ruvalcaba says. From the male perspective, sophomore Austin Flanagan says he would not submit to @PLNUCrushes, but feels that it is a bridge between the Facebook pages PLNU Confessions and PLNU Encouragements. This could potentially lift-up someones spirits or make someones day, Flanagan says. It could make someone say, I didnt realize I was so hot! Hurray for condence boosters. On the other hand, junior Riley Fields believes that the Twitter page is foolish and childish. She feels that half of the people submitting anonymously are just making things up. With mentions of Roary and Myself, as posts for the account, Fields nds it hard to take the page seriously. Its like PLNU Confessions all over again, she says. The anonymous Facebook page PLNU Confessions, which had a sudden burst of popularity back in February 2013 with nearly 800 likes, announced its comeback on Nov. 5, providing an abundance of choices for unspecied students to confess their love for each other. Major universities across the United States are also on this anonymity

GREY AREA
the black the white and the in between.
Thanksgiving and Black Friday two days out of the year back to back, celebrating entirely different things. In a society focused on consumerism and shopping, does Thanksgiving still have a true meaning? Students share what signicance Thanksgiving has to them. Do Black Friday deals compete with Thanksgiving holiday traditions?

hype over social networking sites including the University of San Diego with the Twitter feed @USDCrushes. The creators of @PLNUCrushes launched this page in hope of the anonymous person gaining courage to actually talk to their crush in person. I decided to create @PLNUCrushes because I thought it would be a fun way for students to interact and hopefully get to know each other better, the administrators, who wanted to remain anonymous, said through a Twitter direct message with The Point Weekly. Its always a great feeling to see that

someone out there may have a crush on you. Hopefully it makes them smile! Senior Carlotta Kloppenburg was mentioned twice in the PLNU Crushes Twitter feed by her Twitter name @ BabyKlopp and she found it quite funny. Its probably a joke, she says. Also, I am a little upset they didnt even use my real name. The womens basketball player nds the page amusing and a way for students at PLNU to connect over the Internet. I dont think its harming anybody, so why not? says Kloppenburg.

Thanksgiving! Its about being with your family. Christmas is about the gifts, thats why Black Friday even exists. People buy gifts right after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is simple and thats meaningful. -Natalie Swift, Junior Ive never participated in Black Friday. I guess the idea of waking up at the crack of dawn isnt my thing. And plus, I dont have money for shopping. -Kelsey Roland, Senior I dont care what people say. I love Thanksgiving. Not Black Friday. I hate Black Friday. You dont even get anything good in the end. -Michelle Eastman, Junior I look forward to the traditions of Thanksgiving. My family and I go on walks in the park on Thanksgiving morning each year. I love that. But if I did participate in Black Friday, I would eat 10 churros in under a minute to get in the front of the line. -RJ Allen, Senior I dont look forward to either one. I got into a car accident with my family on Thanksgiving a few years ago so now I always think of that. Actually, I am thankful for that. I remember each year what I have. -Diane E. Beltran, Junior
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Senior starts online boutique RumsBeach

ing a storefront boutique by establishing her website, RumsBeach. About ve months ago, I had the realization that I should start now with an online boutique, said Rummeloff. It is less expensive than a storefront and I can do it from anywhere. Rummeloff is currently the founder, manager and social media coordinator of her website. Each day, Rummeloff posts about a clothing item, a trend or just a fun quote she thinks embodies the unique brand she is creating. Almost every piece of clothing she sells is a RumsBeach original, hand made or custom created to t each order. Rummeloff works with photographers and models to coordinate shoots, her most recent of which took place at the abandoned Knapps Castle in Santa Barbara. Photographer and friend, senior visual arts major Mackenzie Rouse has helped Rummeloff shoot photos in the past and says that while this shoot was specic to fall looks, every shoot stays true to the RumsBeach theme. RumsBeach definitely has a bohemian style so the vibe I was trying to achieve with the last photo shoot was free spirited and dream-like, with muted colors and hazy lighting, said Rouse. While RumsBeach may have a very professional look today, it had humble beginnings as Rummeloff had no previous experience with creating a website. I really did a lot of googling and reading about the steps to take when starting your own business, said Rummeloff. There are certain licenses and requirements that I had to meet prior to selling and I paid for all of the start up costs out of my own pocket. A typical day for Rummeloff involves taking orders for items, coordinating social media and talking with designers. Almost all of her designers create, hand made or custom pieces and Rummeloff sees that uniqueness as a way to attract customers to her pieces. The inspiration for the pieces on Rummeloffs site include the many places she has traveled to, particularly Turkey and Morocco, as well as the relaxed style of a beach town. Rummeloff has also named some of her pieces after her roommates; three kimonos each with a different oral pattern to represent the support they have shown her throughout her journey. One of her roommates, senior MOCM major Kaycie Hanlin, has lived with Rummeloff for the past year and believes Rummeloff is the perfect person to run a successful business. Sarah is a very independent and driven person and when she nds something she is passionate about, she fully commits herself, said Hanlin. She has fully invested herself in this business and now that it is up and running, I know she is going to do everything she can to make it successful.

PHOTO COURTESY OF SARAH RUMMELOFF

Senior Sarah Rummeloff recently started her own online boutique.

BY KENDALL BOSHART STAFF WRITER

Even as a student in high school, senior managerial and organizational communications (MOCM) major, Sarah Rummeloff, had always enjoyed a love of fashion. In recent months, she has made rst steps toward own-

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BY NICK KJELDGAARD STAFF WRITER

PLAN YOUR WEEK

11/25: Comet Ison viewing party; Reuben H. Fleet Science Center; 5:45 a.m. 11/26: So You Think You Can Dance; San Diego Civic Theatre; 7:30 p.m. 11/28: Give thanks, eat turkey and watch football. 12/1: Dr. Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas; Old Globe Theatre; 5 p.m.

Dreaming big at TV studio

PLNUs media communication majors received an inside look into DreamWorks Animation studio and the taping of an episode of Last Man Standing, Tim Allens show on CBS. On Nov. 19, students toured DreamWorks campus in Glendale, Calif. seeing some of the animation studio and the motion capture studio. It was not as busy or chaotic as I thought, said sophomore Mackenzie McCullough. I thought there would be props everywhere and people walking around and people driving in golf carts and walking around in costumes but it was very peaceful and beautiful. It felt like we were in a beautiful garden most of the time. Peter Campbell, the internship coordinator for DreamWorks, gave students tips on how to format their resumes and what to include to help them move on to the next step in an application process. In any communication class you will be taught how to communicate effectively, said Campbell. Putting yourself in [someone] elses shoes works for resumes as well. Students also attended question and answer sessions with Steve Hickner, director of the The Bee Movie and Prince of Egypt, and Bonnie Arnold, producer of Toy Story and How to Train Your Dragon. Hickner was asked how he became an artist and told the students that it is in your DNA. If your answer (for when you started drawing) isnt four or ve, youre not going to be an animator, said Hickner. Arnold shared with students how she made the slow journey into animation after starting her career at a public television station in Boston. Her rst producer credit was on the rst completely computer-animated lm, Toy Story. Be open to opportunities until you nd something youre passionate about, said Arnold. Arnold continues to work on the How to Train Your Dragon series with the second lm to be released in June 2014. After touring DreamWorks, the group left for CBS studios to watch the taping of Last Man Standing, a sitcom starring Tim Allen as a mans man with three daughters and no sons. As an audience member my job was to laugh, but I kept getting caught up watching the crew, said junior Maggie Jacobs. I was amazed at how thoroughly everything was planned and rehearsed. Some of the students were unable to attend the taping of the show due to a spacing conict, but instead went bowling with Point TV station operations manager, Rick Moncauskas. I just think it was really special for us to have access to such big names in the company, said sophomore Ross Nederhoff. Its really cool that our professors are so close with us that theyd take us on a trip and go bowling with us. Trips like this one have become a tradition for media communication department every fall semester since the year 2000. Most of these students arent from LA, said Alan Hueth, professor of communication. They havent seen a professional, multi-camera, live-to-tape production and the number of people and complex hard work that goes into it.

Review: Catching Fire

BY SEAN WOODWARD STAFF WRITER

Music and movies

at Soundscapes

PHOTO BY GARRETT RICHARDSON Students and visitors lled Crill Performance Hall on Nov. 24 to watch PLNU Concert Bands fall gala concert, Soundscapes. In addition to musical numbers created by musical composers Frank Ticheli and Dmitri Shostakovich, the performance simultaneously played clips from J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings movies. This is mostly so that [the audience] can connect with it and really enjoy the performance, said freshman Layah Weiss, a member of the concert band.

Netix x for your turkey hangover

BY ARTHUR SHINGLER STAFF WRITER

For the greater part of The Limits of Control, one cant help but look into actor Isaach de Bankols rigid and contemplating face as one might a member of the Queens Guard outside Buckingham Palace, waiting for a break in character, for even a small change in Bankols deadpan expression. The lm opens in an airport bathroom as Bankols unnamed protagonist, dressed in a sharp grey-blue suit, nishes a series of strange and meditative rituals. He exits with a

duffel bag in hand to meet two sunglass-clad individuals who hand him a red box of matches and give him instructions to y to Madrid, hang around a caf for a couple of days and wait for a violin. Carefully directed by Jim Jarmusch (Broken Flowers, Coffee & Cigarettes), The Limits of Control features extraordinarily sparse dialogue so that when words are spoken they almost bleed meaning. As Bankols character is approached throughout the lm by various informants, whom Bankol always exchanges a different box of matches with, the audience is treated to insightful commentaries on the nature of lm, sci-

ence, art and hallucinogens. The Limits of Control is a quiet lm. The protagonist does nothing more than carry out his mission, the details of which are held captive from the audience until the very end. It is a lm that keeps the audience guessing and is paced expertly to give the viewer proper time for thought without having to pause the lm. If the devil is in the details, then Jim Jarmusch is Satans right-hand man. The lms many intricacies serve to instill in the audience a sense of mystery, meaning, and an unshakeable love for the unknown.

The Hunger Games is one of the few teen franchises adapted to lm that actually works and the second installment, Catching Fire drastically improves upon the rst (an already solid lm). Fans of the book will be glad to see how much the adaptation faithfully adheres to the source material. Catching Fire shifts in tone from the rst lm, where the action seemed to overshadow character development, to one that wisely emphasizes character relationships and foreshadows events to come in Mockingjay (which will be broken up into two lms to give justice to the scope of the book). Catching Fire is less concerned with plot and more focused on setting a strong foundation for the conclusion to The Hunger Games. The lms rst half is well paced, expertly exploring the tension between the Capitol and the twelve districts. It follows Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson), the champions of the previous Hunger Games, as they tour on behalf of Panems capital. However, President Snow (a sinister Donald Sutherland) notices that Katniss has become an emblem of hope for the oppressed and to prevent another uprising, decides she must be eliminated. To do this, he arranges that the tributes (contestants) for the 75th Hunger Games be polled from the previous winners. The second half, focusing on the Games, successfully avoids being a mere repetition of the events in the rst lm. Although there are points where the movie falls at and some scenes are overextended, the storyline and characters make up for it. What especially prevents Catching Fire from becoming a lackluster action lm is its impressive acting. Jennifer Lawrence adds depth to Katniss she nails the dichotomy between Katniss true feelings and the image the Capitol wants her to project and this conict plays out in her ultimate quest to protect the people she loves. Also, Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote, The Master) joins the cast as the menacing new games maker with an agenda of his own. In addition, the new contestants in the 75th Hunger Games are not only innovative in their strengths, but also possess strong personalities; this makes them appear not as plot devices or gures to notch up the body count, but as actual people the audience can care about. The second installment of the Hunger Games franchise overcomes its blockbuster origins and strives for substance. Full of energy, twists and pathos bound to make some audience members cry, Catching Fire is more than just escapist entertainment: it is a movie with a heart. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire is currently playing at the AMC Fashion Valley 18 and AMC Mission Valley 20 theaters. Grade: B+

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sports

11/29:.W. Basketball @ Cal State Dominguez Hills UPCOMING EVENTS 11/30:M. Basketball vs. West Coast Baptist, W. Basketball @ Cal State LA

The end of an era: no mens cheer for powderpuff

students have performed elaborate cheers and dance routines throughout the game. For some students, the cheerleaders are the highlight of the evening. But according to powderpuff coaches Jessica Lucas, Asia Martinez and Nickolas Connet, the squad fell apart this year simply because no one expressed interest. At the rst meeting on Oct. 29, just one student showed up to participate. The coaches attributed the lack of interest to a number of factors. They all agreed that the exible housing situations affected the participation dynamic. For a long time powderpuff was sort of a Hendricks Hall thing, said Lucas, a junior who coached the cheerleaders the two previous years. But now that the girls have taken over, there arent as many boys in the hall to choose from. Lucas also blamed this years freshmen class for being lame and not wanting to do anything fun. All of these kids are too busy Instragramming and trying to be cool that they dont realize the awesome opportunities they have to do fun things all the time, said Lucas. Connet, on the other hand, said he believes the new housing arrangements have limited the interaction between freshmen and older students. He said it was much more difcult to get freshman participation on the squad this year without powderpuff cheer veterans to promote it in the halls. It used to be that every year wed tell sophomores in Hendricks, Make sure you bring your freshmen to the meeting, said Connet. This year, we didnt have those older students in the dorms to encourage the freshmen to come out and try it. After the rst meeting, the coaches decided to try one more time. They scheduled another meeting, but the results did not improve. We had one more person than we did at the rst meeting - my roommate, said Connet. I was planning on only coaching, but I was totally ready to jump onto the squad too if thats what it wouldve taken. Connet, a senior, has been part of the squad in each of the past three years. He said powderpuff cheer is something he looks forward to every year and that he is sad that the tradition may have died out. Some of the funniest memories I have at [PLNU] are from the powderpuff game, said Connet. Every year the halftime show is crazy. I just hate watching it die out this time. Its never fun when something youre involved with comes apart. Next year Martinez said she and Lucas hope to get a head start planning the routine and assembling a squad. It didnt work out this year, said Martinez, also a junior. But next year I think well have a better idea of what we need to do to get ready. Its really sad that this year it didnt work out, so I guess well just have to try again next year.

PHOTOS BY MARISSA CHAMBERLAIN PLNU students Tabitha Groves and Brittany Garcia cheer at the powderpuff game with no aid from the all-male cheer team that historically dominated the half-time show.
BY JACOB ROTH STAFF WRITER

Last Wednesday, PLNU students enjoyed the annual Homecoming powderpuff football game. The upperclassmen ladies stole an exciting

victory over the underclassmen by scoring the games lone touchdown in the second half. However, an important part of the powderpuff experience was missing last week: The cheerleaders. For years, groups of PLNUs male

New lacrosse club on its way toward establishment

BY KENDALL BOSHART STAFF WRITER

The gap that giving up a competitive sport can leave nds many rst year college students sitting in their dorms wondering what to do to ll their time. Some nd use for their time at volunteer positions but for sophomore Connor Callos, that wasnt good enough. He hasnt chosen a school based on his love for lacrosse; but after going through freshman year without it, Callos found that his experience in college was lacking. Originally I was planning on joining a team called Navy Gold, said Callos. Its a post collegiate lacrosse team made up of mostly guys in the Navy. Its pretty cool but it would mean a drive for me. An off-campus team that is far away presents an obstacle for many rst year freshman who often dont have a car to get to practices. Plus

theres the ever-present issue of a college budget that doesnt lend itself to long drives that cost a lot of gas money. So instead Callos began looking on campus and found that while a lacrosse team wasnt yet established, there were plenty of people who wanted to be a part of one. It got me thinking that if I really love lacrosse as much as I say I do and if I really want a team here, why not do something about it? said Callos. Ive been working on getting this club ofcial and of course its going to be more work once I get it ofcial, but Ill be doing what I love and thats not work, said Callos. Callos, the clubs president, along with sophomore Troy Stogsdill, vice president, are waiting on the nal response from ASB to ofcially name their club as a part of PLNUs 39 established clubs and societies. This is Callos rst time going through the process of putting a club together and he found it involved a lot more than he

originally expected. It was a lot more paperwork than I thought, said Callos. I had to write a budget list, a mission statement and a Constitution; in addition, I had to nd at least eight people who were for sure going to do it. There were plenty of people waiting to be a part of the club and Callos said he had eight people interested within the rst ten hours of the word getting out. He is now currently working on nding a coach and getting the team set up in the Southwestern Lacrosse Conference (SLC), which includes schools like USC and Pepperdine. While the team is just getting through the ofciating process, Callos is excited to see what it will become in the future. His dream is to see the team playing at a high level when he comes back to visit the school after hes graduated. If somewhere down the line I was able to watch Point Loma Lacrosse play USC when I have a family of my own, Ill be insanely happy, said Cal-

los. While its going to be a while until we get to that point, it would be so awesome to see the club ourish after I graduate, said Callos. Along with Callos, Stogsdill, who has been involved with the creation of the club since last year, is also excited to get the team together and see where the club will go in the future. Stogsdill said that the club is completely open to those who want to join and that he and Callos are looking for members who love the game and want to play at a high level again. Were not looking for anyone with a lot of experience; were just looking for someone who wants to play, said Stogsdill. Ravi Smith, ASB director of student relations, who has been highly involved with the formation of the lacrosse club since Callos rst came to him with the idea, sees the lacrosse club as adding another avenue through which ASB can better serve students. I think they have a lot of poten-

tial, said Smith. They will be able to serve as a bridge between students who played lacrosse in high school, or are just interested in it, and the general student body. With the focus on getting back out on the eld to play the game they love, Callos and Stogsdill have started a club that is well on its way to becoming ofcially recognized. Callos sees the club as a great addition to an already great school and hopes that it has as positive an impact on others as it had for him. Its 100 percent worth it to start a team at Point Loma because I love this school and I love this sport. Its as simple as that, said Callos. Im not saying starting a team is easy, because its denitely been drowning me these past couple weeks, but the idea of being able to bring the sport on campus and let other people who love the sport as much as I do is reward enough.

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HOMECOMING ATHLETICS

PHOTO BY SAM CHRISTOPHER Junior basketball player Junior Morgan grabs a rebound in Saturdays homecoming game against Olivet Nazarene University. The game was close throughout two halves of regulation play and ended with a PLNU victory in overtime. The nal score was 94- 86.

PHOTO BY BRITTANY NAYLOR Junior Jessica Escorza drives for a layup in the womens Homecoming game on Nov. 23 against Concordia. The PLNU team held its lead throughout the game and won with the nal score being 75-62.

PHOTO BY MARISSA CHAMBERLAIN PLNUs freshman and sophomore women formed a team to compete against the juniors and seniors in powderpuff football.

PHOTO BY MARISSA CHAMBERLAIN The junior and senior team poses before beating the freshman and sophomore team in powderpuff football on Wednesday.

Womens soccer, volleyball head to nationals

BY AMY WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER

The womens soccer team will be going to the NCCAA National Championships in Florida on Monday, Dec. 2. After beating Azusa Pacic Wednesday with a score of 2-0, the team was named the Regional Champions in Division I. They scored their gamewinning second goal with two minutes left. It wasnt the kind of game that you wished for just on your nerves, but our girls did what they had to do, said Tim Hall, the womens soccer coach in a phone interview with the Point Weekly. And to go up there and do it there in front of their crowd, it was a great experience. The team has played in the regional nal games before but according to Hall, they lost due to penalty kicks. Despite losing the previous regionals, they were still able to get into the national games because of their overall season. The team is really looking forward to going to Florida. One of our goals from the beginning of

the season was to make it to nationals, said junior Midelder, Claire Mathews via email. There are some really good teams going this year and were looking forward to the challenge. Hall let the women have a few days off from practice before they start practicing for the last few days before they leave for Florida. They played a long season and the games were really physical so Im giving them some time to rest their bodies and then we start practice again, said Hall. Their overall record for the season has been 11 wins and seven losses with one tie. The list of who PLNU will be playing in the nationals are unknown right now because some teams are still competing for their spot. Theres some very good teams back there but were going back to win it, said Hall. We have to be playing well, got to have some luck, got to have the ball coming our way. Our goal is to go back and win it because we know we can if we play well enough. The team, the #7 seed for the tournament, will play its rst game against Grace College.

BY TAVIS ROBERTSON STAFF WRITER

PLNUs womens volleyball beat Azuza Pacific 3-2 on Wednesday, securing the NCCAA western regional championship and the opportunity to compete for the national title. The team earned the tournaments #1 seed. Having played APU twice in their season, winning one and losing one, the team came into the game ready for a battle. When we played them here last time we won pretty handily, said Sarah Gustin, head coach. But we also knew that they have a history of playing very well come playoff time, so we were prepared. The victory in the regional championship moved the team forward to compete in the NCCAA National championships in Florida, taking place from Dec. 5 7. We wanted to win the NCCAA champion-

ships and this was the rst step toward that, Gustin said. We didnt think this one would be quite so tough, but it was a great one for them. Were just happy that were going. The team entered into the playoffs with a season record of 23-7, and a conference record of 15-4, placing them second in PacWest, just behind BYU-Hawaii. We denitely set high goals for ourselves, Gustin Said. We wanted to nish in the top three in PacWest and we nished second, which was awesome. As the team moves forward toward the championship games, they have much to look forward to, but not after some much needed rest. We are going to take a couple days off for Thanksgiving to rest our bodies, said Gustin. Well take time to get some academic stuff done next week and just prepare ourselves mentally for what the championship week is like.

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Thanksgiving and Native Americans: The Forgotten People

At the beginning of every semester, I always have at least one class where the professor wants the students to say something interesting about themselves. I try to switch it up because I have to do this a lot, but I usually end up defaulting to one of the coolest things about myself: Im Native American. Im from the Seneca tribe of the Iroquois Nation. Once I say that, there are a few people that will come up afterward and ask me some questions. Sometimes, they are genuinely curious to know what percentage I am or where the tribe is from or they ask me to tell them something cool about my tribe. But most of the time, people ask me ridiculous questions such as Do you live in a teepee? or Do you dance around a re?. I try to answer all of the questions politely, but sometimes all I can do is laugh out of disappointment. Were college students. I feel we should know better. I am willing to bet that very few, if anyone, know that November is National Native American Heritage Month. T o my knowledge, there is only one other Native American at this school apart from me (Im not counting the people who are 1/32 Cherokee on their grandmas side), so knowing this fact would really surprise me. Its interesting to me that there are a lot of students that think it is funny to stereotype Native Americans. In my experience, the tragedy of what happened to Native Americans wasnt talked about as much as the segregation between white people and black people or the Holocaust. Im not saying these historical events werent a big deal because they denitely were, but not mentioning the fact that Native Americans went through the exact same thing, as both of these groups did, is kind of a slap in the face. We were slaves. We were forced out of the places we lived in and pushed into reservations as if it were a favor to us. A lot of tribes were killed by smallpox-infested blankets, a method to make it seem like we were being helped when really we were being infected with a deadly disease. Our way of life was disrupted by being told that we werent civilized enough and yet, I dont ever see any recognition of that. Its especially fun to remind everyone of this during the Thanksgiving season. Im sure this week, elementary students all around the country are learning about the First Thanksgiving where the pilgrims came to the United States and shared a meal with the Native Americans and we were all happy and friendly. Ive even seen some students on campus talk about Thanksgiving while they had a feathered hat on (We didnt all wear those). Students get a day off to celebrate Columbus Day but I have never been to a school that has acknowledged National Native American Heritage Month. The idea for a constitution was adapted from a similar document that the Iroquois already had and I never learned that in school. I have to admit that it stings a little. I am not going to sit here and pretend that I know everything about history or that I know everything about being Native American because I dont. But when my culture and my identity are not recognized as something legitimate among my peers, its a shame. I knew, coming in as a student on this campus, that a large population of the students were going to be white. But, I have to say that I was not prepared to answer so many stereotypical questions about my ethnicity. I denitely did not think that it could ever be turned into a joke and I am especially surprised that people speak out of ignorance about a culture that has had such a big part in our countrys history. No matter what race you are, just remember to be sensitive to the history of other peoples cultures. Be respectful. So, whoever I have for class next semester who hears that Im Native American, please dont ask me if I live in a teepee.

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Letter to America
BY GUIMEL SIBINGO SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR

Dear America, You have not known me for very long but I have known you. I was born in the country of Angola situated in Africa but grew up in one of your allies, Portugal. Like most of the world, I have been exposed to your movies and to your songs. But unlike my Portuguese friends, I have had a much more in depth experience of your country through the American missionary schools I attended during my formative years. I now live in one of your states today. I have learned a lot from you. I appreciate the education youve given me. Recently, I watched one of your movies, Captain Phillips. It is the true story of a merchant mariner whose ship got raided by Somalian pirates and who was held captive for ve days before your navy rescued him. I went to see it with one of your citizens, a dear friend of mine. At one point during the movie she whispers to me, It is nice to know that if something like that would ever happen to me, that my government would be able to

protect me. My initial response, as a foreigner in your land, was to feel sad for myself because I know that if I, a Portuguese citizen, were kidnapped by pirates, my country would not have the means to rescue me. Then, I thought about how beautiful it is that you have made it so far and have gained so much power. That you have developed such a sense of loyalty to your own that you defend them from the hands of evildoers. I then thought about all Ive learned about you over the years. The America that many idolize in my country is not often the America Ive come to know. You promote a single way of living and thinking that does not invite a broader understanding of the world. This is apparent when 54 percent of your young adults tested in a 2006 Roper Public AffairsNational Geographic Literacy study did not know that Rwanda and Sudan are in Africa. In several encounters that I have had with your own, many believed that the country where I come from is in South America, rather than Europe.

Your imperialism is apparent in many countries around the world. Although you dont explicitly take over foreign soil, you exert control over governments such as those in Afghanistan or Iraq that could not otherwise survive without your support. Youve funded several coup dtats, like the one in Syria, that are of your own national interest or would provide you with resources like oil. You do this because you are powerful. You do this because you can. Much like your imperialist predecessors, you use power to control. But thats not all Ive found. Ive also found beauty in your people. I never cease to nd individuals who desire to know more about my culture. I am amazed at how intelligent and driven your citizens are. No wonder some of the greatest inventions and scientic breakthroughs come from you. You use your power for good, providing aid to poor countries such as Uganda and Somalia. When a natural disaster hits a nearby country, your citizens are some of the rst to respond, as is the case with Haiti and the Philip-

pines. You are generous, compassionate and generally use your power for good. You do the best you can. Why wouldnt you go to great lengths to rescue one of your own? Would not my country do the same if it had the same resources you do? Is not my country proud of its own and protective of us as well? America, I understand that you dont owe me anything. You need to be who you want to be and at the end of the day I chose you. I am the one that chose to be here. Although I dont always feel welcome in your land and feel like hating you sometimes, I do catch a glimpse of your beauty from time to time and am reminded of the reason why I came. You are an exquisite and beautiful country and are doing the best you can. I want to thank you for your generosity despite everything. And I want you know that I will continue to try to understand you, even when you dont do the same for me. Sincerely, Guimel Sibingo

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