SPORTS defining character on and off the field 11

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Former walkon athlete

Dane Johnson
now leads the
Cougars back
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APU provides free

mental health tests

University
Counseling Center
continues to
expand its services
Anna Ruth Ramos
staff writer

In honor of National Depression

Screening Day, the University Counseling Center (UCC) conducted its
second free mental health screening
Wednesday, Oct. 14, on Cougar Walk
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
National Depression Screening
Day is part of Mental Illness Awareness Week and is nationally observed
during the Thursday of the first full
week in October. At APU, this week
is referred to as Community Values
Focus Week.
Therapists were present during
the UCC screening for depression
and other mental health concerns including stress, anxiety and various
mood disorders.
The screening allowed students
to fill out a form in order to assess
how they are feeling. Within minutes,
students got their results and one of

the therapists explained it to them.

Students were also able to ask
questions about resources provided
by the UCC or other mental health
resources that may be available to
them.
Some students decided to check
out the UCCs mental health screening because they got free treats.
A simultaneous mixture of
cookies and mental health screenings, sophomore psychology major
John Groom said. Its good for you,
Others were motivated by their
curiosity to know about the event taking place on campus.
I was just curious, sophomore
liberal studies major Jordan Klein
said. It was good. I think I might
check [the University Counseling
Center] out.
Sophomore biology major Alex
Salcedo inquired at the free mental
health screening booth after being
encouraged to utilize the UCC.
I feel like a lot of people could
use someone to talk to, Salcedo said.

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Anna Ruth Ramos photo

Azusa Pacific students engage with the University Counseling Center during Community Values Focus
Week to learn more on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Participating students are able to take a free mental health screening, which asseses their feelings, and immediate results are given by on-campus therapists.

APU joins landmark NCAA A Dolls

and DoD head trauma study House is

redefining
idea of
self-identity

APU, UCLA,
Princeton and
others participate
in concussion
research
Landon Troka

APUs latest
theater production
resembles Mad
Men era

sports editor

The Sports Medicine program at

Azusa Pacific has joined the Grand
Alliance program, a joint effort of the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), to conduct
the most comprehensive study of
concussions to date.
The Cougars arent the only ones
participating in the study, which includes, among others, the University
of Michigan, Princeton and UCLA.
APU is one of only three Division II
schools taking part in the study.
The university also understands
the benefits that association with
those universities provide.
Its who you associate yourself
with that elevates your status, your
brand and brings you up to another
level, Athletic Director Gary Pine
said.
The Cougars have not only participated, but excelled in the study.
The leadership of the concussion consortium came, examined
what we were doing and said we were

Raelene Kajkowski
staff writer
Sports Information photo

A Chaminade player wears a specialized concussion-reducing

headband during the Cougars 3-0 victory over the Silver Swords
on Oct. 8. This headband is gradually becoming popular in soccer.
the poster child, Pine added. They
want other schools to come follow
our protocols and collection of data.
The Cougars have eased into the
new data-collection protocols. The
program requires that all athletes
take a test, while healthy, to establish
a baseline, so that possible concussions can be measured against each
individual. A protocol much like this
has been in place at APU for nearly
10 years.
We were picked because our
protocols were already similar to

what the program required,

Head Athletic Trainer and Assistant Athletic Director April Hoy
said.
As part of the study, sports
medicine has received funding
for technology as well as two research assistants to ease the burden on the athletic training staff.
Overall, the study will enroll
more than 37,000 student-athletes
and receive $30 million in funding. It is the largest study in head
trauma to date.

Azusa Pacific University Theater

welcomes its 21st anniversary with
an adaptation of Henrik Ibsens 1879
play A Dolls House. The Royal
Theatre in Denmark brought the infamous play to life in 1879. It was one
of the most taboo writings in its day,
due to its criticism on 19th-century
marriage rules. Ibsen wrote the play
in a time of strict and inflexible social
status for women.
The story is centered around
the marriage between the characters
Nora and Torvald Helmer, played by
APU seniors Brianna Diane and Tyler
Hubbard. Nora, the main character,
searches to find her voice when confronted with a secret from her past,
which could turn her whole seem-

ingly idyllic world completely upside

down.
The original A Dolls House
is set in the late 1870s, however, Dr.
Rachel Tracie, director and theater
arts chair, sets the play in the 1960s.
In 1960, traditional gender roles were
still widely obeyed.
According to the plays program,
racial and gender tensions were
higher than ever. Women were still
seen as fragile housewives by their
society, just like in the 1870s. Tracie
feels that the 1960s held the same
traditional gender roles and kept the
overall themes of the play, while being closer to this era.

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CALENDAR

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compiled by kimberlee buck

The following are selected incidents as reported from the Daily

Media Log from Oct. 12 to Oct. 17
courtesy of Campus Safety.

monday, Oct. 12
University village

RP saw an unidentified man

walking around the area
checking the door handles of
vehicles. Campus Safety was
notified and issued subject a
notice of trespass.

TUESDAY, OCT. 13
UNIVERSITY VILLAGE

RP reported recieving threatening text messages from a

non APU affilated person. Azusa PD took the report.

Wednesday, oct. 14
off campus location

RP reported a hit and run

accident on a public street.
Campus Safety contacted
Azsusa PD to handle the report.

friday, oct. 16
cOUGAR STADIUM

RP saw a non affilated APU

person trying to recruit APU
athletes. Campus Saftey officers responded but subject left
before officers arrived.

saturday, oct. 17
soccer field

Officers reported seeing 12 juvenile subjects on the soccer

field. Officers confronted the
subjects and advised them to
leave campus.

Numbers
Keys lost/found.....................11
ID cards lost/found...............8
Cell phones found..................1
Unsecured bikes found.........6
False fire alarms.....................3

REMEMBER
1. If you see something, say
something.
2. Safety is everyones
business.
3. Dial 911 for life-threatening emergencies.
4. Non-emergencies: Campus Safety (626) 815-3898.
5. Lock all doors and windows to your dorm, apartment and vehicle.
6. Keep all valuables secured and out of plain view.
7. At night, keep to well-lit
areas.
8. Always be aware of your
surroundings.
9. Utilize the trolleys, safety
escorts or walk groups.
10. Avoid places where you
are vulnerable and there
are no exits.
11. Avoid texting or talking
on the phone while walking
as you may be distracted.
12. Avoid walking and jogging alone.
13. Secure your bike with a
recommneded Kryptonite
U-lock.

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A student celebrates Halloween early by taking a picture with the infamous APU landmark Dr. Haggard dressed as a ghost by students.

Seniors show excitement as they pick up their intent to graduate forms.

Let the May graduation countdown begin.

Th e W e e k o f
Homecoming

Friday, Oct. 23

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Saturday, Oct. 24

Greet and Eat with Employers:

Teach for America

Spooktacular Homecoming Dance

Come dance your heart out at Spooktacular brought to you by the

Office of Communiversity. The event will be held in Upper Turner
Campus Center (UTCC) at 9 p.m.Tickets can be pre-purchased in the
Dome for $5 or at the door for $7.

Homecoming Block Party

The Center for Career and Calling is hosting a free greet and eat
with employers from Teach for America to help fight for equal oppotunity for children. The event will take place at 6 p.m. in the 1899
Dinning Hall. The greet and eat will allow students to learn how to
utilize their leadership skills while making a positive impact in the
world. Students interested should RSVP through apu.edu/careers.

Thursday, Oct. 22

Office of Alumni and Parent Relations is hosting a block party at 4

p.m. before the homecoming football game against South Dakota
Mines. During the block party at the Cougar Athletic Stadium, family,
students, faculty and alumni have the opportunity to enjoy music,
games and food. Show your school spirit by getting your face painted
before the game at 6 p.m. at Citrus Stadium.

Saturday, Oct. 24

IN-N-OUT Food Truck

Battle of the Bands

Come out for a night of music and fun. Watch student musicians
battle it out on Trinity Lawn. The outdoor event is free and begins at
7 p.m.

The Office of Alumni and Parent Relations is also providing IN-N-OUT

for the purchase of $7. Students with meal plans can use their ID card
to purchase food. If you would like to preorder food The food trucks
will stationed in parking lot E on east campus.

Friday, Oct. 23

Saturday, Oct. 24

The Department of Theater Arts is presenting A Dolls House. The

play depicts a mothers life being turned upside down after secrets
from her past come back to haunt her. The theater is set to open
curtains at 7:30 p.m. in the Mary Hill Center Blackbox Theater. Faculty, staff, students and alumni prices are $10. Regular admission is
$15. For more information contact the theater at theater@apu.edu or
call (626) 815-5035.

Come out to the Upper Turner Campus Center (UTCC) at 10:30 a.m.
to enjoy a cup, of tea, scones, fellowship, and encouraging messages.

A Dolls House by Henrik Ibsen

Friday, Oct. 23

Trinity Lawn Food Truck

The university is hosting a picnic dinner on Trinity Lawn from 5p.m.

to 9 p.m., giving students the choice to choose from six gourmet
food trucks. The food trucks will accept cash and credit cards. APU
meal plans will not be accepted.

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Ladies Tea

Wednesday, Oct. 28
Juan-Bruce Nova Lecture series: Q&A with Azusa Chick-Fil-A Manager

Come out to the Department of Modern Languages Q&A with Azusa

Chick-Fil-A Manager Carlos Mayn-Solrzano. The business owner
will discuss the topic of Hispanos and Business. The Q&A will take
place in Carl E. Wynn Academic Center room 201 at 12:50 p.m. For
more information on Hispanos and Business, contact Ophelia Valle
at ovalle@apu.edu.
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Department of Mathematics and Physics fosters community

Friday night
book club and
game nights unite
students outside of
class
Alexis Nagem
staff writer

In a continual effort to promote

community within the department
and throughout the APU campus,
the Department of Mathematics and
Physics has begun hosting book discussions and game nights.
Last Friday evening, math professor Dr. Mark Arvidson and Chair
of the Department of Mathematics
and Physics, Dr. Bryant Matthews,
met with students to discuss a book
called Mathematics: Through the
Eyes of Fatih by James Bradley and
Russell Howell.
[The book] is really a way for
us to take a look at the mathematics discipline from a biblical world
view, Arvidson said. I think one of
the challenges as a math professor is
to try to teach math from a biblical
perspective.
The group meets to discuss the

how and why questions of math. A

particular question that has been discussed is whether or not God created
the world to be a world of reason and
rationality and full of patterns.
Mathematics is a tool that we as
human beings have come up with to
try to explain the reasonableness and
the patterns in how things fit together
in the world, Arvidson said. Take,
for example, the chirps of a cricket.
As the temperature increases, the
number of cricket chirps in a cricket
also increases. That's called a direct
relationship. So if you plot those
points on a graph, you find out when
you connect those points they make
a straight line. Then we create tools
like y=mx+b, which is a function for
a linear equation- that allows us to
explain that line and also predict the
end result.
One of the seminar questions the
group discusses in its meetings is, Is
mathematics discovered or is it created?
Numbers come from the mind of
man. You can't go hiking in the forest
and find a five hanging from a tree,
but is there a sense of five-ness? You
talk about five sheep or five fingers,
if we take away my fingers, I still
have the number five. That's the kind
of stuff we kick around a little bit in
mathematics, Arvidson said.

At their last meeting, the group

discussed epistemology, the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion. They will
be discussing ontology, or the branch
of metaphysics that deals with the
nature of being, and mathematics in
their upcoming meeting.
I would [recommend the book]
to non-math majors, Arvidson said.
I would put a little asterisk on there
that it's not an easy read, and if you
had a bent towards philosophy, that
would be helpful.
That same Friday evening, the
Math Center hosted a math and physics game night for students. Pizza,
soda and an assortment of games
such as Colorku, Exploding Kittens
and Settlers of Catan were provided
for students during the event.
It's something the department
puts on for math and physics majors
to just come, hang out, play games
with each other and just get to know
people that we see a lot in Segerstrom,
and get to know the people that we're
taking classes with, senior math major Amanda Leon said. Anyone can
come. It's mostly math and physics
majors, so you might have to put up
with some nerdy jokes and things like
that, but anyone is welcome to come,
it's just a really great time to get to
know people.

APU identifies strengths

Staff and students
learn what leads to
feeling energized,
drained or
disengaged
Kennedy Myers
staff writer

Director of the Noel Academy

for Strengths-Based Leadership and
Education Dr. Keith Hall led a lunch
seminar to further educate APU staff
members about properly applying
their top strengths to their job description to create a more energizing
work environment. The interactive
luncheon was held on Tuesday, Oct.
6, from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Los Angeles Pacific College Board Room.
Hall posed the question, What
drains us? to begin the seminar. Multiple staff members called out what
came to their mind, such as angry
people, change and voicemails.
After focusing on the negative
aspects of what is draining to each
staff member, Hall asked the audience, What energizes you, and what
is the impact of your contribution on
campus?
Hall reminded the staff that everyone has different strengths that are
all needed on campus.
We are naturally drawn to people wired like us, Hall said. This is
what comes naturally, but is not the
best action. Everyone should strive
to connect with people with different
strengths and weaknesses. If we only
connect with people who are wired
like us, they will all have the same
strengths and the same blind spots.
When a colleague is different,
people are tempted to ask, What is
wrong with you? Instead, Hall and
his team's goal is for people to focus
on the question, What is right with
you?
Hall told the audience that focus-

Kennedy Myers photo

Dr. Keith Hall encourages the seminar attendees to recognize and

appreciate their colleagues strengths.
ing on what is right with a manager,
colleagues, or other APU staff will
build relationships and improve performance.
Hall argues that money does not
make people work harder, but rather,
competence and connectedness do.
People will work harder in their profession if they want to improve at
their job and are willing to learn from
the people around them.
The Gallup Organization performed a study in 2014 and found 31
percent of employees were energized
in their workplace while 51 percent
were disengaged and had no enthusiasm toward their profession.
Christin Roberson, success coach
at the APU University College in San
Dimas, said her hope for this seminar
was to gain a better understanding of
how to use her strengths during her
job.
[I] gained understanding on how
to think more critically for my job,
Roberson said.
This event informed APU staff
not to think about time management,
but rather think about energy management and the motivation it takes
to complete a task.
Hall quoted Austrian neurologist,
psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor

Viktor Frankl, who said, Those who

have a why to live can bear with almost any how.
Hall said the key to meaningful work is not just knowing what
people do, but understanding their
purposes and giving them a sense of
clarity about why people do what
they do.
We endorse the Clifton
Strengthsfinder, but we promote the
strengths perspective, Hall said.
The strengths perspective is seeing
potential and possibility in people
and in situations.
The overarching event allowed attendees to learn more about
strengths. Later in the week, students
were able to attend specific presentations about each of the 34 strengths.
Graduate
assistant
Chelsea
McHenry said the presentations require many people's help to coordinate. She works closely with event
services to make sure each strength
has a presentation and a professor or a
graduate student to help teach the students about that particular strength.
[Our goal is to] raise awareness, especially though social media,
to first-year students about strengths
and talents to leverage them academically, McHenry said.

Alexis Nagem photo

Students engage in conversation while playing games after

the Math and Physics book club
on Friday night.

Free health screenings

Mental Health, p. 1
A lot of people try to keep [emotions internalized] and I dont think
thats good because I think that affects everything you do school-wise
and emotional-wise instead of talking
it out.
Junior history and sociology major Darrah Covert used the University
Counseling Center when she was a
freshman.
Theres a stigma about counseling that its something thats for crazy
people or something like that, Covert said. I would recommend [the
counseling center] even if you think
youre just doing fine. I think even
just to have a few sessions to see
where your mental health is at. I think
its just good idea for everyone even
if theyre not going through anxiety
or depression or anything traumatic.
The University Counseling Center also offers group workshops, one
of which is a stress management
workshop continuing from last year
called RIO (Recognition, Insight and
Openness). The three-week workshop meets one hour every week.
This year we changed it up.
Weve added a little bit more spiritu-

Anna Ruth Ramos photo

University Counseling Center

staff members gather on Cougar
Walk during Community Values
Focus Week to administer free
mental health screenings to students interested in the service.

ality and faith into it so you can know

how to relax and how you can gain
some recognition, insight, openness
within yourself and adding Christ
into that, UCC psychologist Dr. Linda Abdelsayed said. Its been proven
to be really, really helpful for a lot of
our students and they really enjoy it
a lot.

We help to provide spiritual, emotional and academic

growth and wellness
and help to create
some wholeness and
health.
Dr. Linda Abdelsayed

The UCC is in partnership with a

new agency, HomeWord, which started its annual couples seminar, Getting Ready for Marriage on Oct. 1.
The 10-week pre-marital seminar
costs $20 per couple. Classes have
already started, and applications are
no longer being accepted.
We offer guidance, Abdelsayed
said. We help to provide spiritual,
emotional and academic growth and
wellness and help to create some
wholeness and health. So whether
youre really struggling with something, or if youre strong and you just
want to keep on going to be better, we
can help you. Anyone can receive any
help, and we would love to be able to
offer that to you.
Students who wish to contact the
counseling center can do so without
making an appointment. For crises
and urgent care, students are free to
walk in the office and meet with a
counselor on duty from 8:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. daily.
Students who are able to wait to
see a counselor can make appointments by calling (626) 815-2109.
The University Counseling Center
is located in Magnolia Court within
the Shire Modulars near the Cougar
Baseball Field.

Lifestyle
Community Values Focus Week emphasizes personal health
Resources are
readily available
for students who
seek help

University Counseling Center stood

out because of my desire to better
my relationship with my boyfriend,
Nielsen said.
Nielsen also mentioned how necessary she sees therapy, especially as
an aspiring therapist herself. Therapy should be an important aspect in
everyones life, because it allows the
individual to process and cope with
life in a way that benefits others and
themselves, Nielsen said.
In the midst of school, relationships and other aspects of life, Peck
reminds students to take it easy and to
pay attention to themselves.

Morgan Eisenga
staff writer

Last week, APU focused on the

topic of community values, particularly on the subject of self-care.
During chapel, speakers addressed
self-care and how students can use
various services on campus to improve how they take care of themselves.
Director of Chapel Programs Tim
Peck defined self-care as paying
attention to the needs of our whole
self.
This includes our bodies
through proper nutrition, exercise
and rest; our souls through times of
prayers, silence, and worship; and
our relationships by spending time
with people, Peck added. Selfcare means paying attention to what
our bodies, souls, relationships are
telling us when we are out of balance
and taking proper steps to address
those needs.
The Campus Pastors Office is
open for students to meet with the
pastors and pray together. Students
can always make appointments with
pastors through the campus pastors

Ashley Evans Graphic

Office, Peck said. They can also

meet with people in the UniversityCounseling Center and the health
center, as well as getting a staff or
faculty mentor through the Office of
Discipleship Ministries.
The Univesity Counseling Center made significant changes this past
year that are beneficial for students
who need help in various areas of
their life.
The changes they have made
consist of offering more groups and
workshops, Assistant Director of the
University Counseling Center Dr. Joel
Sagawa said. Also, they streamlined
and enhanced the paperwork process,
which has allowed their counselors to
provide more immediate counseling

services in the first session. Lastly,

as a result of these changes, they are
able to get students scheduled for a
first session within one week opposed
to two to three weeks like it was last
fall.
According to Sagawa, the new
system will allow students to meet
with a counselor faster and to have
services tailored to their individual
needs. It also enables the staff to
connect and follow up with students
faster. The feedback from the students
regarding the new changes has been
very positive.
This year the University
Counseling Center is offering a
system, which is designed to help
students learn concrete strategies

for dealing with distress and

overwhelming emotions, Sagawa
said. They are providing more
outreach prevention services in order
to educate more students, staff and
faculty on what they can do to help
students in crisis.
Eliza Nielsen, a graduate student
in the Marriage and Family Therapy
program at APU, also spoke about the
importance of self-care and the value
of living life whole heartedly. While
an undergraduate, Nielsen sought
help from the University Counseling
Center to get the most out of her college experience.
APU provides so many resources for students to engage in selfreflection and self-care. For me, the

Remember
that college is a
marathon, not a
sprint.
-Tim Peck, Director of Chapel
Programs
Remember that college is a marathon, not a sprint, Peck said. Take
the time to pace yourself, pay attention to your eating habits, sleeping
habits, and so forth. Dont say yes to
everything, but strategically say yes
to a few things that you know are going to help empower you and equip
you for the long haul. When you need
help, ask for it. Find people who are
safe and further along the road than
you to get input from.

Halloweens mustwatch movies

Scary or not, these
films are perfect
for getting into the
Halloween spirit
Camille Frigillana
lifestyle editor

Halloween is only a few weeks

away, and along with hanging the
yearly decorations, its time to cue
Halloween-esque films. On this
list are both scream-inducers and
kid-friendly movies that are sure to
please everyone and inspire a spooky
spirit.
A Nightmare Before Christmas
(1993)
This Tim Burton classic mixes
two holidays in one. The animated
movie takes place in Halloweentown
and follows proclaimed Pumpkin
King Jack Skellington as he tries
to take over Christmas. This film is
perfect for all, with plenty of songs to
sing along to and not so much of the
out-of-your-chair scares.
The Shining (1980)
Based on the novel by famous
writer Stephen King, the story is
about a family who moves into the
very haunted Stanley Hotel after the

patriarch, Jack, was hired to be the

winter caretaker. Over time, the spirits get to Jack, which make him act
violently and hostiley toward his wife
and son, Wendy and Danny. Having
nowhere to go, Wendy must find a
way to protect herself and Danny
from the increasingly dangerous
Jack.
Monster House (2006)
This animated movie brings
an interesting twist to the typical
haunted house story by throwing in
an unexpectd love tale as well. DJ
Walters lives next door to Horace
Nebbercracker, an old man who is not
very fond of children. Nebbercracker
lives in a house that seems to be alive,
eating up anything and anyone that
comes too close. With the help of his
two friends, DJ decides to get to the
bottom of whats really going and
why the house is the way it is.
The Conjuring (2013)
Variety magazine described
this movie as the most viscerally
effective thrillers in recent memory,
and for good reason. Directed by
James Wan (who also directed
Insidious and Saw), this film
tells of a family who moves into a
house that is already inhabited by a
very negative spirit. The family then
turns to paranormal experts Ed and
Lorraine Warren (based on the couple

Ashley Evans Graphic

in real life) for help to rid the house

of the angry spirit. This film provides
plenty of moments that make viewers
want to cover their eyes in suspense,
but doesnt go too over the top with
the scares.
Hocus Pocus (1993)
This Disney movie combines
zombies, talking cats and witches
to make a fun and entertaining Halloween movie. It is about a trio of
witches who steal children to suck
the youth out of them. When they are
resurrected from the dead three centuries later, it is up to a teen named
Max, his younger sister Dani and his
crush Emily to stop the witches from
fulfilling their goal and wiping out
the youth of Salem, Oregon. This kidfriendly movie is filled with plenty of
humorous one-liners and plenty of
catchy songs.

Halloween (1978)
This
slasher-horror
picture
managed to inspire a copious amount
of sequels, but none could quite live
up to the original. The movie begins
with a young Michael Myers killing
his sister and going to jail, only to
escape years later. He decides to
return to his hometown, committing
more murders and terrifying a
teenage girl named Laurie who, for
some reason, becomes Michaels
main target. This movie is not for the
faint of heart, but it does fulfill any
scare factor you might be craving this
season.
Halloweentown (1998)
A Disney Channel classic, the
film is about a girl, Marnie, who disovers that her grandmother is actually
a witch who lives in Halloweentown,

a place where everyone has some sort

of magical powers. Unfortunately,
this town is starting to be overrun by
dark powers, and it is up to Marnie to
protect the town and the people living in it.
Scream (1996)
A string of murders rock a high
school and a small town, and the
movie focuses on trying to catch the
killers. As suspicion travels from one
person to another, the police must
act quicky in order to determine who
the killer is before anyone else is
murdered.
From haunted houses to youthseeking witches, these films are perfect to watch during the month of
October so that everyone can get into
the Halloween spirit. Dont forget the
popcorn!

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How to survive midterms

Essentials include
finding the perfect
study spot and
taking breaks
Josephine Jimenez
staff writer

The second most dreaded time of

the year has come. We are officially in
the middle of midterms. It seems like
theres no hope and that you wont
make out of this semester alive. But
dont worry! This article will guide
you through this terrible time. Follow it and you just might make it out
through these next few weeks.
Time for a Headstand
Research shows that doing headstands periodically will help nourish
your brain. The blood rushing to your
head helps with concentration and for
overall brain health. If youre feeling burnt out and feel like you need
a pick me up, take a few minutes for
a headstand. Now would be a great
time to learn how if you dont already
know how to don one.

Drink Coffee
Whether youre already a coffee
drinker or not, go to your local market
and stock up on the black brew,
because it will help you get through
those all-nighters without having to
go to extreme measures.
During midterms and finals,
I probably drink one or two pots a
day, said Evan Darcey, a senior
history major. It sounds like a lot.
But when youre up late studying or
writing papers, it goes by fast and
youll wish you had more. Coffee
will save you.
Find a Study Spot
Next, find a quiet study spot,
preferably with a lock. The library
is a great place to study if theres an
open seat. If there are already too
many people there, consider going
back to the apartment and locking
the door to your bedroom. Not only
will you have silence, but a sense of
privacy as well.
If my roommates are being too
much of a distraction, which is most
of the time, I study in my car, senior
political science student Johnny
Khan said. Its easier when its not
100 degrees outside, but you gotta do
what you gotta do.

Josephine Jimenez photo

Silence is Golden
Ditch the headphones. People
always say that they can study with
music playing, but unless its Mozart, its very unlikely. Why add the
extra distraction? This is midterms
after all.
I need my study place to be
completely quiet, said senior
Christian ministries major Will
Hawkins. Whether its music or
friends or just people walking by,
I am so easily distracted that I just
need to lock myself up and work
until Im finished with everything.

Theres just no other way for me to

get anything done.
Treat Yourself to a Break
No matter how hard youre
working, dont forget to take breaks,
especially if youre staring at a
computer screen. Every 20 minutes,
get up, stretch, and look away from
the computer. Step outside for a few
minutes and breathe in the fresh air.
Breaks are also a great time to go and
get coffee.
As daunting as midterms are,
dont forget to make time for social

activities. Locking yourself away

to study is fine, but dont do it for a
whole week straight. Talk to people
and come together as a community
of struggling college students. Were
all just trying to make it through the
week, so why not do it together?
Take a Lap
As daunting as running sounds,
its a great way to wake you up if the
coffee is not doing the trick. Go outside after your 20 minutes of studying and take a walk around your dorm
building or apartment complex. This

Attempting to redefine and reshape diversity on campus

said. But, I think we are still only

touching the surface of diversity for
our faculty. I think we need more
conversations between the administration and faculty to happen so that
they are well equipped for the classroom. We have been called to live a
life like Christ. Jesus hung out with
the people on the margins. He loved
everyone no matter where they came
from. Students should share their stories and show faculty that it is time to
change the way they view this campus. Challenge them to live a life like
Christ.

Chief Diversity
Officer Dr. Kim
Denu speaks about
her vision for Godhonoring diversity
on campus
Kimberlee Buck
assistant news editor

The university welcomed a new

chief diversity officer, Dr. Kim B.
W. Denu, this academic semester.
Prior to her current position, she
served a total of 18 years in various
on-campus roles, including vice
provost, associate provost and fulltime professor in the Department
of Global Studies, Sociology, and
TESOL.
My job is to look at university-wide diversity initiatives, which
include faculty, staff and students,
Denu said. I also look at structural
issues and procedures related to diversity. We have moved to a more
centralized model as opposed to a
decentralized model. This means that
students, faculty and staff are now
able to go to a single office for their
diversity confirms, as opposed to going multiple offices.
Denus previous positions and
research provided her the experience
to take on this job.
My doctorate is actually in
sociology with an emphasis in race
and ethnic relations and family
matters, Denu said. Part of my
research area is looking at ethnic
diversity as well as gender diversity. I
have spent the last two years working
with the president and the provost to
help them look broadly at diversity
matters on campus.
The chief diversity officers
bases her vision on what she likes
to call the Shalom Model, which
incorporates diversity into the four

Students should
share their stories and
show faculty that it
is time to change the
way they view this
campus. Challenge
them to live a life like
Christ.
Kim Denu courtesy

Dr. Kimberly Denu is taking on the role of Chief Diversity Officer this year, the first of its kind here on campus.
ps: policy, procedure, practices and
programming.
Particularly with racism, we can
have externalized racism where we
hate ourselves. Negative perspectives have been so ingrained into
history and the social milieu that selfloathing starts to take place. Part of
reconciliation is to learn to accept
ourselves.
In order to accomplish her vision,
she is working with the Student Center
for Reconciliation and Diversity and
the Center for Diversity, Equity and
Inclusive Excellence (CDEIE) to
succeed in her Shalom Model of
diversity.
The center is casting our net
wider this year, Executive Director

of CDEIE Richard S. Martinez said.

We will develop more of an outreach
to staff. Additionally, our center will
have a more proactive outreach to
both ethnic organizations and the
Student Government Association,
Denu is currently working on a
campus climate study to determine
the weakness in the campus resources
provided and the aspects that are
missing and listening to the students,
faculty and staff who are hurting.
Dr. Denu has also played a role in
the faculty and staff training in regards
to the diversity training segment.
The training is usually offered six
times a year. For staff members, the
training is highly recommended but
not mandatory. This set up is similar

to the Imago Dei training that oncampus student leaders receive prior
to the start of their position.
People have mixed feelings
about diversity, Denu said. Part
of it has to do with power, privilege
and perceived [loss] when diversity
takes place. People who experience
privilege may ask themselves will I
lose something if diversity occurs?
So there is always the element of
possible fear if this happens. What is
going to happen to me?
Pacific Islander Organization
president Zabrina Zablan believes
there is still room for improvement
on campus.I believe that there has
been some progress and that we are
headed in the right direction, Zablan

-Zabrina Zablan, Pacific

Islander Organization
President

Denu encourages students who

have diversity concerns, such as
issues between students or between
faculty and students, to directly talk
to the person involved in the that sort
of conflict when possible. Students
who prefer not to involve themselves
with whoever they are having a
conflict with can contact these
offices for non- classroom related
issues: Student Life, Student Center
for Reconciliation and Diversity,
International Student and Scholars,
Center for Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusive Excellence and Graduate
and Professional Student Support
Services.
For classroom-related diversity
matters, students should contact either
the department chair or the associate
dean of the involved department, or
any of the offices mentioned above.

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The Department of Theater Arts presents A Dolls House

APU THEATER, from P. 1
The play is about self-definition, about
finding who you truly are, Tracie said. It
deals with the societal and the family pressures
on us. Like the expectations, in this case, [Noras] husband and father had on her, her friends
had on her and expectations she had for herself. So the play really deals with how you
navigate your own true sense of self amidst all
the societal and individual pressures that you
find yourself around.
Tracie explains how both main characters
struggle with the gender roles cast on them and
struggle when those roles are disrupted and
challenged in various ways.
I thought the play shined a huge light on
expectations one might have for their partner,
Alexander Falk said, junior international
business major. Nora really struggled to find
who she was and embraced it.
The play explores the main couples eightyear marriage and the consequences of building
a relationship on ones expectations rather than
love. It is these consequences that start to build
up between the couple, and it is what sparks the
main conflict of the play.
As seen in the play, women were still not
allowed to take out loans or open bank accounts
without their spouses or fathers approval until
the late 1960s. Tracie makes a point to capture
these elements within the play.
Around this time, I was watching a lot
of Mad Men, Tracie said. I wanted to
keep the same period and mid-century style.
Aesthetically, that was the plan.
Costume Designer Wendell C. Carmichael
has worked in the theater for over three decades.
Carmichael worked closely together with Tracie
to capture the look of the mid-century modern
style, using Mad Men as a reference.
I can definitely see how Mad Men
played a part, Mariah Braxton said, theater
audience member. Costumes were great. The
performance was great. I really enjoyed it.
A Dolls House started its run Oct. 15-17
and continues from 22-24 with Thursday and
Friday performances at 7:30 p.m. and a Saturday performance at 2 p.m.

Department of Theater Arts Courtesy

Top: Chair and professor for the Department of Theater Arts Rachel Tracie (center) poses with the cast of A Dolls House. Tracie directed the play and
added a 60s twist. This is the first play of the departments season.
Bottom: Senior acting majors Brianna Bingham and Tyler Hubbard play the leading roles of Nora and Torvald Helmer. Their growing marital problems
come to a boiling point, and seres as the focus of the play.

Gastaldi artwork on display

APU students curate
internationally renowned
artists work in Exit
Josephine Jimenez
staff writer

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, a show featuring the

work of Jerome Gastaldi opened in APUs Exit
Gallery. Gastaldi is a contemporary American
artist and California native whose work is meant
to explore and comment on society. He has been
featured in museums and other universities
throughout the world.
The exhibit features portraits of peoples
faces based on Gastaldis first impressions,
observations and perceptions. The APU show
was co-curated by senior art students Jeremy
Cohn and Julia Heins for their Gallery Design
class.
When the opportunity came to curate a
show, I immediately thought of [Gastaldi] and
emailed him to see if he was interested, Cohn
said.
Cohn connected with Gastaldi because he
is friends with Cohns father. They met when
he began photographing Gastaldis work and
Cohns father then began to help him develop
his art career. Because of this connection, Cohn
and Heins had the opportunity to visit Gastaldis home and to pick out the works that they
wanted to display. With Gastaldis help, they
made a plan for the way they would install the
pieces in the Exit Gallery.
Its a mix of work from various years that
all runs in the same theme, Cohn said. We decided to go with the theme of these faces and the
way he portrays the way we see people and the
different layers that they have when you really
look at them and get to know them.
Gastaldis pieces also show the immediacy,
movement and timelessness of his subjects,

while the colors he uses to give it an otherworldly quality.

It was kind of neat to see an artist whos
done well and who has an amazing space
to create, Heins said, who is majoring in
ceramics. We got to see his home and his
studio and it was a dream.
Jerome Gastaldi lives in Southern California on a four-acre ranch, which he named
Rancho Capriata after the town from which his
family originates in Northern Italy, Capriata
de Orba. Gastaldi attended Orange Coast College, followed by a one-way trip to Europe to
study drawing. He then extended his travels
to Greece, Thailand, Burma, Iran and India all
while painting people, architecture and landscapes along the way.
Its interesting to see how different it is
from me, junior studio art major Priscilla King
said. Im fairly realistic, as opposed to being
more creative and coming up with a childlike
feel. Its definitely out of my comfort zone, so I
appreciate it in that sense.
Gastaldis work can be said to be somewhere between expressionism and surrealism,
according to his website. His creative process
can be described as emotional and intuitive.
In his work, one will find a wide variety of symbols as well as found objects that he incorporates to his pieces. His most recent work was
the corporate collection for the Yard House
restaurant chain. According to the Yard House
website, the works are meant to reflect the regional environment as well as the core values
of the company.
In addition to paintings, Gastaldi also works
with sculpture, printmaking and performance
art. He founded the Museum of Modern Art in
Santa Ana where he organized retrospectives
for famous painters such as Rufino Tamayo and
David Hockney. He is currently planning a museum tour of his works to be displayed throughout Mexico.
Students can view Gastaldis work until
Nov. 20 in the Exit Gallery on West Campus.

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Opinion

The APU ratio: a faith-based inquiry

The reason behind
the ratio revealed?
Cynthia Arroyo
staff writer

Lets talk about the infamous

female-to-male ratio.
Ive heard ratio numbers ranging
from 1-to-1 to 12-to-1. Granted, the first was from an optimistic
friend, and the second from a considerably frustrated classmate.
The most recent information
from APUs Office of Undergraduate Admissions claims that the ratio
is 2-to-1.
To put that into perspective: If
we were somehow able to gather the
entire student body onto the football
bleachers, women would occupy two
out of every three seats.
Now, we must ask ourselves
the question that inevitably follows:
Why is APU blessed with so many
women?
Is this a result of attending a
Christian higher education institution? Or does this reflect a rising national trend in the United States?
The answer could be a bit more
complex than we think.
It might be a stereotype, but
maybe girls are more centered in their

Pew Research Center courtesy

Women outscore men in every spiritual category, which could contribute to Azusa Pacifics 2-to-1 female-to-male ratio.
faith, Marley Wallace said, a sophomore journalism major.
Wallace may be onto something.
Dr. Michael Bruner, assistant
professor in APUs School of Theology, had something to add on this
topic. He speculated on what reasons
lie behind this female majority. I
wonder if our focus on God First
that is, putting someone else before
ourselves, just more naturally appeals

to women than men, Bruner said.

This could be more appealing to
women naturally, or [women] could
be more culturally encouraged to be
able to put others first.
Bruner was careful that his
choice of words remained respectful to both men and women. He
explained, [APU] has a focus on
the whole person. As a school, we
try to take seriously our mission to

the world, and maybe that isnt as

naturally attractive to the postmodern
guy.
In the most recent survey, a 2002
Gallup Poll comparing male and female religious views revealed that
women are more likely to be members of a church, believe that religion can answer todays problems,
read the Bible weekly and so on.
Overall, the Gallup Poll showed
that women surpass men in every category of religious participation.
Could it be the emphasis on faith
that draws so many women to APU?
There may be another factor at play.
Faith in God isnt the only aspect
contributing to the rise of women in
higher education. National statistics
show that women are more likely to
attend college, public or private, in
comparison to their male counterparts. A Pew Research Center analysis of 2012 U.S. Census Bureau data
shows that women of every represented race in the study were more
likely to attend college after high
school. A chart from this study shows
that a higher percentage of both
women and men attend college than
in previous years. However, the gap
widens as the percentage of women
attending college climbs higher, and
men are left behind.

According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, this rise

of women in higher education may
also be caused by the growing rights
of women in the United States. After
1980, there was a resurgence of feminism that taught that discrimination
in the work force would no longer be
tolerated.
Women became more concerned
about their education and less concerned about finding a husband. According to the research, the median
age of marriage increased in 1981
from about 19 years of age to 25 as
a result of this change in attitude. The
research also demonstrates that the
introduction of the pill contributed
to women the possibility of a greater
investment in professional careers.
In summary, women were empowered to pursue their full potential.
APUs faith-based mission, combined with its standing as an institute
of higher education, means fewer
men and more women on Cougar
Walk, in campus housing, in chapel
and pretty much everywhere else.
Were not aloneChristian universities such as Biola, and Point
Loma Nazarene also have a 2-to-1
female-to-male ratio.
The mystery behind the APU ratio may just be solved.

The Age of Amy Schumer has arrived

Amy Schumers
successful climb
into the spotlight
has the whole world
laughing with her
but is she a voice
that women need?
Anna Ruth Ramos
staff writer

I want good role models, proclaimed Amy Schumer in her Saturday Night Live (SNL) monologue.
We have to be a role model for
these little girls, because who do they
have? All they have literally is the
Kardashians.
As the It Girl of the moment,
Amy Schumer is everywhere. Her
signature tongue-in-cheek and bitingly sarcastic humor in the name of
feminism is slowly but surely making
its ways known.
Last weekend, Schumer hosted
SNL for the first time. Schumers
monologue alone has already hit one
million views on YouTube.
Amy, is it an exciting time for
women in Hollywood? is the question that she says many ask her.
While Amy sarcastically answers
No, she is all about portraying
women who defy societys expectations of them.
Schumer addresses the disparity
between women and men in the comedy sketch Ask If Birth Control Is
Right For You, a parody of all the
trouble that women must go through
to acquire birth control. In the sketch,
Amy asks menfrom her doctor, to
her boss, to the Supreme Courtif
she can finally get her prescription,
only to repeat the process all over
again when she needs a refill each
month. On the other hand, a little boy
asks to buy a gun in the same drugstore and finds no trouble doing so.

The Webster dictionary defines

feminism as womens political, social and economic equality with men.
The Ask If Birth Control Is Right
For You sketch mocks how the U.S.
government treats womens progressive rights by sending women on a
wild goose chase to attain it. In contrast to how the boy easily attained
the gun, it demonstrates how men
dont need anyones permission to
purchase something that has the potential to elicit violence.
While her type of humor may not
be for everybody, Schumer makes a
point of empowering women. She
also lives by the principle through her
public persona.

[Schumers] signature tongue-incheek and bitingly

sarcastic humor in
the name of feminism is slowly but
surely making its
ways known.
Lets recount Schumers successes in 2015 alone:
The comedian hosted the 2015
MTV Movie Awards this spring.
Schumer, who turned 34 last
June, wrote and starred in her first
feature film, the R-rated comedy
Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow. Schumer played a character
named Amy Townsend, a commitment-phobic but successful sports
magazine writer. The film made more
than $138 million worldwide.
Just last month, her show Inside Amy Schumer won the Emmy
Award for Outstanding Variety
Sketch Series, its first in that category, beating out SNL. Inside Amy

Schumer is slated to air its fourth

season in 2016.
At the same time, it has been
announced that she is collaborating
with Oscar-winning actress, Jennifer
Lawrence, to write and star in a film
in which they play sisters.
On top of that, Schumer has secured a reported $8 million deal with
Simon & Schuster for her autobiography.
Im glad shes successful
more power to her, junior film major
Guy Fentress said. I believe that for
her to have more impact, she could
go into other areas and just talk about
feminism. I think Amy Schumer is
doing a good job From what I can
see, shes doing a better job than
some other female celebrities.
However, Schumer has earned
quite the reputation for being offensive. She definitely isnt afraid of being blunt, although sometimes it can
be a bit much.
She can be funny, but she can
be pretty inappropriate, sophomore
graphic design major Jessica Gomez
said.
Its been quite common for a
woman in comedy to offend people
while taking advantage of her sexuality to get ahead of her competitors
the raunchier the better. Both Kathy
Griffin and Sarah Silverman come to
mind.
Schumers go-to jokes are
more often than notloaded with
sexual innuendo and references to the
female anatomy, along with personal
stories from her own sex life.
I dont really know a lot about
her. I just watched a couple [episodes
of] Inside Amy Schumer, sophomore child psychology major Saige
Fleming said. She seems really
funny. She has a really dry sense of
humor and some people would probably be offended by it, but I think
shes definitely strong.
Following in the footsteps of legendary reigning comic queens Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler, Schumer is not

Google Images Courtesy

Schumer hosts Saturday Night Live on Oct. 10, 2015, with a lively and
hilarious monologue full of personal anecdotes.

Google Images courtesy

Inside Amy Schumer, Schumers satirical sketch comedy television

series, recently won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety sketch series.
only questioning gender roles and a
womans place in the world, but also
demonstrating that women can be
successful and funny.
I think Amy Schumers success
is something well-deserved for her,
junior applied exercise major Martell Norwood said. Clearly therere
women in comedy, but women take
the backseat. Amy Schumer is definitely taking the front seat, and shes

giving the men a run for their money.

Shes a breath of fresh air.
For Schumer, portraying powerful women who couldnt care less
what society thinks includes owning
your sexuality. However, behind all
that foul language is a satirical take
on women empowerment. For 2015
and the sake of all women, I think
its about time the Age of Schumer
arrived.

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Your health is most important

The University
Counseling Center
is a place of
emotional wellness
for students this
year
Alexis Nagem
staff writer

For some, the word counseling

makes them flinch. The thought of
sitting alone with a stranger and talking about ones feelings seems more
like a judgment session than a way to
relieve stress.
I used to feel the same way. I always thought that going to counseling was like actively planning to take
time out of my day to reveal some
of my deepest thoughts to someone.
Then, the counselor would say how
my mental state is beyond all hope,
but that I should definitely keep coming because my instability is amusing
for them to watch. But after some personal bouts with depression, I eventually ended up going to the University
Counseling Center (UCC).
It was a last-ditch effort that ended up being my emotional salvation.
The UCC offers students brief
individual and couples counseling as
well as a variety of groups and workshops, according to Joel Sagawa, assistant director and clinical services
director of the UCC.
In situations where a student is
in crisis, we provide same-day appointments with a crisis counselor, as
well as phone counseling for students
in crisis after hours, Sagawa added.

Last year, the UCC served 800

students using the brief counseling
model in order to serve a greater
number of students.
On average, [this consists of]
four to six sessions, Sagawa said.
By utilizing this model, we are able
to accommodate requests for services
more quickly. This year, we are able
to get people in for their initial appointment usually within the week or
the week after.
To ensure that students are guided to a counselor that best suits their
needs, the University Counseling
Center has students go through a referral process.
[My] referral went really well. I
ended up hitting it off with the therapist [at UCC] and I was with her for
almost a year, APU alumna Amanda
Eckersall said.

It was a last-ditch
effort that ended up
being my emotional
salvation.
Its not uncommon for people to
have negative thoughts and assumptions about counseling. People are
concerned about appearing weak,
having the sessions prove uneventful
or even that their personal information will somehow be disclosed to the
university at large.
Many of these preconceptions
were instilled in [people] at a very
young age and cause them to feel embarrassed or anxious about seeking
help, Sagawa said.
The first time I went [to the
UCC] I was very hesitant, junior

sociology major Zurai Hechavarria

said. With my family, its extremely
looked down upon to go to counseling.
Sagawa addressed these feelings
with key reassuring facts. The confidentiality of counseling records is
protected by law, he said. There [is
also] a large body of research showing that those who seek counseling
get better, and counseling requires the
courage to overcome fear as opposed
to accepting weakness of defeat.
The services at the University
Counseling Center are absolutely
free.
I would extremely recommend
[going to the UCC], Hechavarria
said. Its really worth it. Dont give
up when you go to the first counselor;
if they say something that disagrees
with you, try someone else. Dont
give up on that program, because
there are people that will help you.
Taking the first step and making
an appointment is probably the most
painful and nerve-racking, but I know
firsthand that it is the most important
step. If you know anyone who is currently going through a rough patch,
please encourage him or her to seek
out a counselor.
During my personal experience
at UCC, I immediately felt welcomed
and cared for, and that feeling continued for the remainder of my sessions.
The staff was more than willing to
work with me from wherever I was
coming from, emotionally and mentally, and they always did their best to
make sure that I felt safe in my sessions.
The UCC is open on MondayFriday from 8:30 a.m. to12:30 p.m.,
and 1 p.m.to 4:30 p.m. To schedule
an appointment, call 626-815-2109.

Your roommate steals your favorite food. Repeatedly.

What do you do?

Sharon Lee
opinion editor

I would make him buy

me a DiGiornos pizza
and make him watch
me eat it.
Evan Stepper

Sophomore Marketing major

I would steal her

watermelon. Shes
obsessed with watermelon.
Michelle Hiatt

Junior Graphic Design major

A prayer for Oregon

I commute so my
roommate is my mom.
I couldnt say anything
because she probably
gave me the money to
buy it.

Dear God, its hard

to see You in times
like these.

Lee Vaughn

Freshman Theology major

Sharon Lee
opinion editor

In the wake of the Oregon shooting, it seems theres so little that

hasnt already been said.
As the opinion editor, I find
myself at a loss for opinion. I dont
know where I stand on gun control
laws, how exactly safety measures
should be employed, how to process
criminals, etc.
So, I turn to prayer.
I pray for Oct. 1, 2015, an ordinary fall day that abruptly became
marked by blood, anger and loss. I
pray for every Oct. 1 to follow.
I pray for the people who were in
Classroom 15 in Snyder Hall at 10:38
a.m. The people who saw their lives
flash before their eyes while looking down the barrel of a gun. The
people whose last memories of this
earth were a reminder of the hate and
hopelessness that run rampant in this
world. The ones who lost their lives
standing firm in their identity.
I pray for Umpqua Community
College (UCC) and the Roseburg
community. For the family members
of the 10 UCC members who lost
their lives and the seven who were injured. For the small Oregon town that
was bombarded with news outlets
and reporters who wanted responses,
perhaps even before the community
had time to find one themselves.
I pray for those who dont understand this situation. Those who cant
comprehend why things like this are

Flickr Creative Commons/Calvin Hodgson courtesy

A candlelight vigil was held to remember those who lost their lives in
the one of the worst university shootings in the U.S.
somehow becoming routine, as
President Obama stated. I pray for
wisdom for the politicians who are
pushing for stronger policies in the
shootings aftermath.
As they analyze, may they not
forget to empathize.
I pray for the Church. May we
stay strong and take heart that the
real struggle is not against flesh and
blood, but the principalities and powers of this dark world.
I pray for Christopher HarperMercer. I dont know what made him
feel unheard, invisible or demeaned.
I dont know what made him feel that
doing this was his only chance to be
heard. I pray over the burdens and
pain that the Church placed on his
heart. I pray for the man that we did
not get to a chance to know. I pray for
him wherever he is now.
I pray for the subsequent acts of
gun violence in Arizona, Texas and
California since Oct. 1. I pray for
their communities and lost ones.
I praise God for allowing Mercy
Medical Center to act and save lives.

I also praise Him for the heroic

actions of U.S. army veteran Chris
Mintz, who volunteered to spread
word of the danger as the shooting
spread to other locations on campus.
He who stood face-to-face with the
shooter and was shot repeatedly until
he stated that it was his sons birthday. I thank God for Mintz, who has
made a full recovery and is now sharing his experience with others.
Finally, I pray for us, people
around the world as well as the APU
community. I pray for the times
our misconceptions have lead us to
wrongfully judge others. I pray for
sensitivity, love and courage to cover
us. I pray that as we, the APU body,
return to campus with heaviness, we
become more aware of how our actions truly affect others. God, do
away with our misconceptions, bind
us to each other and hold us together
by your mercy.
Lord, You heal and knit us back
together when holes are ripped
through our hearts. Bring us light as
bright as the morning sun.

I would have a professional intervention with

a licensed psychologist.
Were gonna talk about
it and come to some
conclusions.
Gregg Moder

Ministry Professor

I would kindly ask

her to stop eating my
whipped cream, and
if she didnt, then Id
punch her. Thats just
how life is.
Sasha Brudlo

Junior English major

Id give her the

love talk, but if it
continues, the consequences will be a
comin.
Myrna Brown

Stamps Librarian

Sports

Cassidy Burr exceeds expectations and brings spark

Senior brings
energy, leadership
to Cougars

Alex Perez
Guest Writer

When senior midfielder Cassidy Burr was offered a spot on the

womens soccer team, it came with
a warning from Head Coach Jason
Surrell.
I dont think youll ever play,
but you have the kind of character
that I want around my girls, so there
is a spot here for you if you want it,
he had said.
However, Burr has played in almost every Cougar game since coming to APU as a freshman in 2012.
Off the bench, the Santa Cruz,
California native has taken on the
role as a spark plug. She motivates
and encourages her teammates
when not in the game, and provides
a jolt of energy when she enters the
pitch.

I dont think youll

ever play, but you
have the kind of
character that I want
around my girls
-Jason Surrell

She brings a lot of energy and

works really hard, Surrell said.
Other teams may be getting a little
tiredthen you bring her in, and
its hard to handle her because she
works so hard and makes good decisions on the ball.
Burrs biggest contributions lie
in her commitment to her teammates

Holly Magnunson COURTSEY

Holly Magnunson COURTSEY

Senior Cassidy Burr delivers the game-winning goal against UC San

Diego on Sept. 10. It was the first goal of Burrs career at APU and just
the second time the Cougars have ever beaten the Tritons.

Burr battles for a ball during the Cougars match against Concordia Universtiy Irvine. The Cougars are currently 9-2 overall, 5-2 in the PacWest
conference. Burr has scored twice this season.

outside of games and even outside of

soccer.
The girls call her Mom, which
just about sums it up for her in terms
of what she does for this group,
Surrell said. She is super sacrificial.
Whatever it is, shell do it: You need
an errand run, someone needs food,
someone needs extra work with
[shots]. She is always the one that
says Ill help. With her character,
she is the type of person you want in
the program.
The climax of her career came
on Sept. 10 when the Cougars played
UC San Diego. Burr launched a perfect shot off the left post and into the
back of the net from 20 yards out.

so I meet them with a smile, a highfive or a hug, said Burr, who is a

senior applied exercise science major with hopes of becoming a pediatric oncology nurse. Its the same
thing with my teammates; everyone
has something that makes them feel
special and I try to find that.
At practice last week, children
were kicking around one of the
teams balls, Burr appraoced them to
retreive it. Some of the kids hid the
ball and acted like they didnt know
what she was talking about. One of
the girls then grabbed the ball from
its hiding place and sheepishly gave
it to Burr. To reciprocate the kindness, Burr grabbed an old ball and

After three seasons of providing energy for her teammates, she notched
a goal of her own.
The fact that she works so hard
and gives so much... To see her score
a goal lifted the whole team; everybody was excited for her, Surrell
said. Everybody was happy that she
was able to do that after all the hard
work shes put in.
While her expected contribution
has changed from her original meeting with Coach Surrell, her character has not. She works at a beforeschool program where she teaches
PE to elementary school kids.
There is no way of knowing
where [the kids] are coming from,

gave it to the girl so she could continue playing.

I ran to the bin because we
have a few old straggler balls from
seasons past, so I grabbed an older
one, gave it to her and said, I want
you to know that the only reason
Im giving you this ball is because
you told the truth and I think that
is really honorable. I really respect
that, Burr said. I could also tell
that she would have been bullied or
gotten in trouble with her friends
for giving the ball back so I just
wanted to make sure I rewarded her
for that bit of good character.
Staff Writer Morgan Eisenga
contributed reporting to this story.

Athletics seeks donations and sponsorships for support

Athletic fundraising
rests with
individual teams
Riordan Zentler
staff writer

Have you ever marveled at a fireworks show and then realized that
someone spent a significant amount
of time preparing for that magnificent exhibit? The firecrackers grace
the sky for mere seconds, but the
pyrotechnics took hours of labor to
arrange.
The same goes for sports and
fundraising.
Its not a big written part of my
job description, said Justin Leslie,
Head Coach of the mens basketball
team. However, its a critical part of
my job if I want my program to be
successful. Im involved in every detail of it.
Teams at APU do not have a
centralized program for fundraising.
Coaches must organize events and
activities to raise funds for their individual teams.
The coaches tackle this formidable challenge in a variety of ways.
While Division I schools are known
to seek corporate sponsorship, APU
primarily looks for arrangements
with local businesses.
Whether its food, banking or
investment services, [we give] them
a platform to market to the students
on campus, Peter Bond said, director of athletic development. We give

APU Sports Information COURTSEY

The Felix Event Center during the national anthem before the California Baptist basketball game on Feb. 21.
The athletic department shares the facility with other departments within the univeristy, making selling ad
space to potential sponsors more difficult.
them a spot to get involved, giving
those businesses a chance to get on
campus.
The athletic department also
looks for support from alumni and
parents.
We have development officers
who go out and develop [those] relationships, Director of Athletics Gary
Pine said. Sometimes I am asked to
come alongside to speak with them

about our philosophy, the mission

and the vision of athletics to help inspire their giving. The university will
send them a letter and receipt saying
Thank You, but I will also send a
personal note to them.
Teams at APU also manage a
booster club for donors.
As members, theyre entitled
to things like season tickets, specific clothing, inside information on

the team and weekly emails about

things that are going on, Leslie said.
[We] host meals for our boosters
four games a year, whcih gives them
an opportunity to meet the team and
staff.
Unlike APU, many other schools
sports programs get most of their
funding from wealthy donors. At
Oklahoma State, T. Boone Pickens,
an oil tycoon, has given hundreds of

millions of dollars to the athletic program. At University of Oregon, Nike

founder Phil Knight has given over
$300 million to the athletic program.
Itd be nice if we just had a couple of individuals able to write sizable checks and make it all happen,
but thats not the reality, Leslie said.
The reality of most of our supporters
[is that] they want to support us, and
they do support usbut in smaller
amounts.
Accordingly, the athletic department attempts to form good relationships with alumni, parents and other
donors.
We need more people connected
[to fundraising programs], Leslie
said. They want to give, but [donors]
have to be realistic with what theyre
able to give, as well.
Bond confirmed that the athletic
department is trying to establish a
position for full-time fundraising on
a larger scale. If [we] had someone
fully devoted to this, they could [fly]
around the country meeting alumni,
he said.
Speaking of challenges, Bond
also cited the shared use of the Felix
Event Center. It would be more attractive [to be able to say], Your sign
is going to be up 24/7. The event
center isnt an athletics center, he
said. Theyre only up in two-hour
spurts when a game is going on.
Despite the struggles, Coach
Leslie understands that fundraising
is a necessity. Its oftentimes not
glamorous, and its very challenging, Leslie said. But theres no way
around just how important it is.

theClause.org/SPORTS

Clause

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015

11

For coaches, success is measured in people not trophies

A sports column
on the real job of
coaches: character
development
Landon Troka
sports editor

Former University of Southern

California (USC) Head Football
Coach Steve Sarkisian and APU
Head Football Coach Victor Santa
Cruz have the same job.
However, Sarkisian is paid over
$4 million per year to do it, Santa
Cruz far less. Sarkisian coaches in
front of nearly 94,000 people at his
home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and at least 50,000
opposing fans when the Trojans are
on the road.
Santa Cruz usually does the
same thing in front of about 5,000
people.
The job they share isnt coaching football; its leading and mentoring young men.
Thats the job of a coach in
amateur athletics. From six-yearold children chasing a soccer ball
and learning teamwork for the first
time to high school coaches helping
young people navigate the difficulties of growing up, sports has long
been considered a vehicle for character development, with coaches as
the drivers.
The game itself teaches so
much about fortitude, resilience,
perseverance, discipline, self-sac-

SPORTS INFORMATION COURTSEY

Cougar Head Football Coach Victor Santa Cruz addresses his team prior to the Cougars Oct. 17 win over Dixie
State. Santa Cruz has led the Cougars to back-to-back GNAC titles and a 60-48 record since becoming head
coach in 2006.
rificeits about learning how to
put others first and making yourself
second, APU Director of Athletics
Gary Pine said. Its about giving
the student athletes the tools to deal
with the realities of life once they
leave.
The character development provided by sports is why athletics and
education have become so entwined
in the U.S. Sports are viewed as a
way to develop the qualities that society considers valuable.
Sports teach us about teamwork, hard work and what it takes

to succeed, not just on the field but

in life, stated President Barack
Obama at the White House Healthy
Kids and Safe Sports Concussion
Summit in 2014. I learned so many
lessons playing sports that I carry on
to this day, even to the presidency.
Of course, all the lessons can be
lost if the men and women leading
the athletes lack the character that
theyre supposed to instill. USC
fired Sarkisian after a string of incidents involving alcohol use boiled
over when he arrived late to a practice on Oct. 11 in no condition to

work, according to a source reported by ESPNs Brett McMurphy.

This does not imply that Sarkisian never sought to instill character in players, or that Santa Cruz or
anyone at APU is perfect. However,
when a coach doesnt live out the
values he or she tries to instill in his
or her athletes, the coach is fundamentally letting down the core of
their task.
Were going to work with the
players athletically and academically, but my goal as a coach is that
they leave here understanding who

they are in Christ and they leave a

better person, said Azusa Pacific
Head Softball Coach Carrie Webber.
Character matters, because the
people the athletes become are far
more important than any trophy
they win. Character matters, because trophies are more significant
when they are won the right way.
Character matters, because there
are parents who have sat down with
a USC coach on a recruiting visit,
who were told thst they could trust
the staff and the program to develop
the character that would define their
child for life. These parents are now
left, at a minimum, underwhelmed
with the leadership.
Character matters, because
coaches are the example that athletes follow.
These young people [are] looking for mentors and role models to
help guide them through life, Santa
Cruz said. Character and mental
toughness... They go hand in hand.
Theres a reason that parents tell
children they can trust their coaches. They set an example. They are
role models. They shape and mold
young people.
Being a male coach with female athletes, we can be an example
of how to lead a family, how to have
a healthy relationship with your
wife... and we want our athletes to
be well-rounded, APU Head Volleyball Coach Chris Keife said.
Both on and off the field or
court, coaches set examples for the
young men and women they lead.
How coaches do it matters.

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Clause

wednesday, Oct 21, 2015

12

From walk-on to leader, junior holds down defense

Dane Johnson finds
role on Cougars
squad
Katie Richcreek
guest writer

A couple days before the APUs

mens soccer team opened its
2013 campaign, Head Coach Dave
Blomquist told Assistant Coach Hiroshi Metzker that he had one month
to make their walk-on defender, Dane
Johnson, someone they could work
into the starting lineup.
Two days later, that month was
up.
The Cougars were on the road for
their season opener at Cal State L.A.
when a player on the Cougars backline went down with an injury in the
first half.
Thats when Blomquist told
Metzker, Well see how you did in
two days.
Johnson had his shot, and did
well enough to eventually earn the
starting spot for 12 games that season, helping the Cougars achieve
a second-place finish in the Pacific
West Conference and a National
Christian College Athletic Association Regional Final appearance during the 2013 season.
The junior became a staple of a
backline that shutout six teams en
route to a conference title and a No.
1 seed in the programs first postseason as full-fledged NCAA Division II
members in 2014.
He has since taken on a prominent leadership role, but that story

AROUND THE DEN

Cross Country

Last meet: @ Triton Classic

Next meet: Pacific West
Conference Championships
at 8 a.m. on Sat., Oct. 24

Football (4-3)

Last game: W, 61-14 vs.

Dixie State*
Upcoming: vs. South Dakota
Mines* (Homecoming) at 6
p.m. on Sat., Oct. 24

Mens Soccer (3-6-2)

Last game: L, 1-2 vs. Fresno

Pacific*
Upcoming: @ Notre Dame
de Namur* at 2 p.m. on
Thurs., Oct. 22

Swimming & Diving

Last meet: W, 106-98 @

Alaska Fairbanks
Next meet: vs. Biola at 10
a.m. on Sat., Nov. 7

Volleyball (9-9)

Last game: W, 3-1 vs.

Dominican*
Upcoming: @ Hawaii Hilo*
at 4 p.m. (HST) on Oct. 22

Womens Soccer (9-2)

Last game: W, 2-1 vs. Fresno

Pacific*
Upcoming: @ Notre Dame
de Namur* at 11 a.m. on
Thurs., Oct. 22

Junior Dane Johnson navigates through defenders during an Azusa Pacific home game.
almost didnt happen.
Johnson didnt join the program
straight out of high school. Growing
up a Bruins fan with family ties to
UCLA, he actually went there first
but something was missing. And it
wasnt just that the campus was too
big, or that the experience wasnt the
right fit.
I also missed playing soccer,
Johnson said.
After completing one academic
year, he took the fall off to look into
alternatives. He eventually chose

APU, and after some email communication with Blomquist, secured a

tryout with the team for that spring.
From the start, he impressed me
as a person, Blomquist said.
On the field was a different story,
however. It had been more than a
year since Johnson had competed in
any formal capacity, and he was a
bit rusty. But with a little bit of time
and practice, he eventually found his
groove and landed a spot on the fall
roster.
Coming from a walk-on

Blake Standal Photo

someone we werent sure of what he

was going to do in terms of on-field
contributionshe has stepped into a
very big role in outside back for us,
Blomquist said.
Off the field, Johnson has developed just the same. He attributes this,
in part, to the culture of the program
and the values instilled in him by veteran players who brought him into
the fold.
Were not just a soccer team,
Johnson said. Across the country,
there are teams that are trying to win

a national championship. Obviously

we are trying to do that as well, but
theres something that makes us different and it is that difference that I
want to help the [younger guys] understandthat we value something
more than just the record at the end
of the year.
This difference, Johnson noted,
can best be understood through the
teams motto: My God, my team,
myself. And as part of the new wave
of team veterans, he is now charged
with the responsibility of instilling
that perspective in younger players,
just as former teammates once did for
him.
He was used to always looking
up to the older guys and being guided
by their faith, his teammate Raul
Martinez said, but this year he is doing the guiding.
Assuming this role at first,
though, was not so simple for Johnson, who once considered himself to
be a leader by example. He has accepted his coaches challenge to step
out of his comfort zone, to be more
vocal and take charge, which has
come into fruition most notably in his
sometimes sole leadership of team
exercises and warm-ups, where he
can apply his studies as an aspiring
physical therapist.
Hes the type of person that
always takes care of whats his,
Blomquist said. Hes early to training and hes taking care of all the
little things, but now hes inspiring
and encouraging his teammates to do
the same in the little things through
training, but also inspiring and encouraging them with his actions and
his words in the game.

Jan Meyer wins singles championship

Cougars have
impressive showing
at tournament
Jared Pine
guest writer

Since joining the NCAA Division II,

the Azusa Pacific tennis has dominated
the fall, and no fall season has been better than this one. For the fourth consecutive season, the Cougars won the mens
singles section of annual USTA/ITA fall
west regional tournament, while adding
on for the first time ever a womens singles title and mens doubles title.
With those three titles, senior Jan
Meyer, junior Natalie Johnson and senior
Pascal Engel headed to Sumter, South
Carolina. to compete in the national
tournament, which was comprised of the
winners from the seven other regions. No
Cougar had ever finished any better than
third place in the previous three years.
Meyer finished third two years ago
as a sophomore. This year he had the task
of defending his current No. 1 ranking in
the nation, on top of searching for the
Cougars first ever individual national
title in tennis.
Meyer accomplished both, winning all three of his matches, including the final six sets he played, making
him USTA/ITA National Small College
champion.
On the womens side, Johnson suffered an opening-round loss, but won
both of her next matches by the same
score, 6-3, 6-1, to take a fifth place finish.
In doubles, Engel and Meyer won
their first-round match, but their fivematch winning streak came to an end
against the No. 1 seeds of the tournament
in a narrow two-set match. However,
Meyer and Engel dominated the third
place match 6-1, 6-1.

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Jan Meyer poses with his Intercollegiate Tennis Association/United States Tennis Association Small College National Championship Trophy. It was the first-ever national championship for the Cougars at the event.