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Senior thrower
Allie Updike
chases back-toback national
championships,
Olympic bid 11
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Students battle in
Money First street art
stirs discussion on campus interview competition
Mandy Mayfield
staff writer

Politically charged street art

questioning the universitys values
while also mocking the schools motto of God First appeared on Foothill Boulevard last week, just outside
of West Campus. The piece pictured
APUs four cornerstones logo with
the words Money First written beside it.
With the current cost for a student to attend APUprior to financial aid or room and boardat
$32,516 a year, the controversial topic
of money is familiar to staff and students both.
A photograph of the piece was
posted on the campuss popular Facebook page, Overheard at APU. The
photo made waves on the page, accumulating just under 600 reactions.
While some students supported
the street art, others believe those

Earlier this April, graffiti was found on the sidewalk outside of West
Campus that challenged University values by mocking the motto.
The street art has since been power-washed and is no longer visible.
angered by the schools cost can and
should choose to be educated elsewhere.
Go to a junior college for a couple of years [and] get a couple of jobs
to help pay for it, Jared Zoller, MBA
student and president of The Zu said.
Just dont act like youre starting a
revolution by anonymously spraypainting the sidewalk with a sloppy
stencil.
Zoller reiterated that the university does not receive money from the
state as public campuses do. This

lack of government funding makes

APUs rates substantially higher than
neighboring schools.
While some see the piece as vandalism, others stand by the message.
I thought the artwork was creative, well-planned out and thoroughly controversial, senior liberal
studies major Savannah Shultz said.
The blunt message really gives the
viewer something to think about.
APU Money Firstits easy to see it
that way, and frequently I agree.

MONEY FIRST 4

During a Preview Weekend, a visiting parent was offended by a 6-foot art piece located in Duke
Hallway and insisted that the painting be removed. The artist, sophomore interdisciplinary studio
art major Dominique Nevarez, depicted a creature for a figure drawing class assignment and was
inspired by tentacles, a rib cage and a rams head. After more than 500 students reacted on Facebook advocating the artists creative freedom, the artwork has been put back on display.

RUDY REYNOSO PHOTO

Art removal halts creative freedom

Saying goodbye to beloved faculty

John Hartley,
Ph.D, leaves 47year legacy
Tyler Wilborn
staff writer

Professors at APU become more

than professors; they become friends,
mentors and academic co-workers.
They invite students over for games,
for dinner, for Bible study and help
make Azusa Pacifc a place where
thousands of students have treasured

memories.
Stories of professors who have
made a lifelong impact by being
friends and mentors, as well as educators, make it common for students to
seek professors advice and counsel.
As a result, professors at APU
tend to stick around. Every campus
department has at least one professor
who has been teaching for 20 years or
more. John Hartley, Ph.D., exemplifies this.
Hartley, a professor of Old Testament biblical studies, has been
teaching at APU since his graduation from Brandeis University 47

years ago. While his distinguished

academic career has taken him from
Harvard University to Fuller Theological Seminary to Asbury Theological Seminary, Hartley has not left
his place at APU as chair of APUs
Department of Biblical Studies since
1983. Prior to that, Hartley was chair
of the Department of Philosophy and
Religion.
[I] led the division of philosophy
and religion for eight years, hiring key
faculty that enhanced both the scholarship and teaching [in the department], Hartley said.

see RETIREMENT 3

Campus office
concludes
career-focused
series with a
first-time event
Gina Ender
news editor

The Center for Career and Calling presented the grand finale to its
Professional Development Series
with its first-ever Battle of the Interviews competition on April 13 in
Munson Chapel. The event allowed
six finalists from different schools on
campus to compete for $500 based on
their mock interview, professional attire and rsum.
Contestants included senior
communication studies major Jacova Snyder, senior economics major
Jordan Johnson, sophomore theology and biblical studies major James
Curley, senior cinematic arts major
Meagan McGill, senior physics and
business management major Max
Walden and junior psychology, marketing and management major Kendelle Abts.
Each contestant prepared for the
competition by using an internship
or job they chose according to their

major.
Abts, the victor, won over the
judges with her preparedness for a
corporate job at J.Crew: her rsum
showed she had previous experience
with the company, she was able to
answer questions about the franchise
and she even wore a J. Crew outfit.
Im coming out with a lot of
knowledge in hindsight, and I just
feel very confident for going into future interviews knowing that Im...
[capable of] providing the appropriate resources for the interviewers,
Abts said.
Abts, who plans to use her three
majors for a career in marketing and
consumer behavior, said she now
feels comfortable tailoring her experience for specific job descriptions.
Abts revealed that working with
coaches to fine-tune her rsum and
practice answering and asking interview questions helped prepare her
for job applications. She said that she
felt the experience was positive due
to the environment facilitated by the
coaches and other contestants.
[Abts]...let the company she
wanted to work for know that she
was ready to move forward in that
role, Joyce Richardson, interviewer
and administrative assistant in the
Office of Undergraduate Admissions, said.

see INTERVIEW BATTLE 3

NATALIE BETANCOURT COURTESY

RUDY REYNOSO PHOTO

Opinionated
street art near
APU sparks
conversation

The Center for Career and Calling names senior Kendelle Abts the
winner of the Battle of the Interviews and awards a $500 grand prize.

Moving Into the Night

Club holds
event to raise
awareness of sex
trafficking
Caroline Connolly
staff writer

Guests flocked to Wilden on the

evening of April 15 to attend Free the
Captives first-ever Into the Night
event. The club, which was started by
current president and APU alumnus
Josh Holm, raises awareness for the
millions of female and child victims of
human sex trafficking worldwide.
We strive to make a difference
[by] educating middle and high
school students [on sex trafficking],
as well as being a voice for the voiceless and spreading awareness around

campus, Julia Wygant said, a freshman global studies major and member of Free the Captives leadership
team.
The purpose of the event was to
shine a spotlight on modern-day slavery and human trafficking.
There are approximately 27 million slaves in the world today, more
than ever before in history, explained
Vanessa Baldoz, a freshman nursing
major and member of Free the Captives leadership team. Approximately one in three detected victims of
slavery is a child. The average age of
children being trafficked in the United States is 11-14, and some victims
are as young as 5 to 6 years old. About
98 percent of victims of sexual exploitation are women and girls. Boys are
victims as well.

see FREE THE CAPTIVES 7

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campus
safety
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monday, april 11
alosta avenue

Officer advised of a suspicious

subject yelling at students in the
area. Officers made contact with
the subject. Azusa Police was
notified and responded to the location. The subject was advised
to leave the area.

tuesday, april 12
alosta center offices

Reporting party reported a suspicious suitcase that was left

unattended in the area. Officers
and Azusa Police responded.
The suitcase was checked and
there was no danger.

tuesday, april 12
parking lot a

Officer witnessed a subject collide into parked vehicle, then

drive away. Officers responded
but were unable to locate the
subject. Officers later contacted
the subject to exchange information.

tuesday, april 12
foothill boulevard

RP reported a suspicious subject she thought might have

a weapon. Information was
passed along to Azusa Police.

wednesday, april 13
cougar stadium

RP reported a subject that

matched the description of a
subject on a flyer. Officers were
sent to the location, made contact with the subject and determined he was not the person on
the flyer.

Numbers
Keys lost/found.........................2
ID cards lost/found..............8
Cellphones found..................1
Unsecured bikes found........7
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: Call
Campus Saftety at (626) 8153898.
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
recommended Kryptonite
U-lock.

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sports editor Landon Troka.

CALENDAR

Wednesday, April 20

Student Summit

NATALIE CHAN courtesy

The following are selected incidents

as reported from the Daily Media Log
from April 10 through April 16 courtesy of Campus Safety.

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The Student Summit is from 5:20 to 6:30 p.m. in Trinity Lounge.

President Jon Wallace will speak on the present and future of APU
and a Q&A session, refreshments and prizes will follow.

Wednesday, April 20

Commuter Event

Communiversity invites commuter students to join them in the Cougar Dome for a nacho bar, a raffle with prizes, gift card giveaways, a
prayer corner and study space. The Dome will be closed from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. for the event.

Four members of APUs University Choir and Orchestra smile after

their last concert of the school year on Sunday, April 17.

Thursday, April 21

Young Composers Performance

Editors and Writers Speaker Series

The Master of Arts in English program will host APU alumna Denise
Wynn to discuss her experience in publishing, writing and entrepreneurship. The event will be held in Wilden 227 from 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. and is free.

Friday, April 22

The School of Music will host its inaugural Young Composers

Concert, where 6th to 12th grade students will receive feedback
from APU faculty composers. The event is from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in
Munson Chapel and admission is free.

Friday-Saturday, April 22-23

LAN Party 2.0

Friday, April 22

Student Speaks Chapel

Senior international business major Emmaleigh Carlson will speak in

chapel in the Felix Event Center at 10:30 a.m.

Friday, April 22

Jazz Festival

APUs Vocal Jazz ensemble will perform at the 42nd annual free Fullerton Jazz Festival at Fullerton College. The event is from 1 to 5 p.m.
and APU will perform at 4:30 p.m.

Friday, April 22

The Gallery

Project Cultivate will host its event The Gallery to bring awareness to the 27 million people enslaved worldwide. The evening will
include an art show, spoken word poetry, a live performance from
VFO and coffee and dessert. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at Christ
Church of the Valley and tickets are $10 presale and $15 at the door.
Purchase tickets in advance at www.project-cultivate.com/shop.

The Department of Computer Science is hosting an overnight local area network party, starting at 5:30 p.m. and ending at 9 a.m.
The event will be held in the computer science lab in Building 1
room 224. The event is $5 at the door and $10 to play remotely. The
Hearthstone and Smash Tournament will start at 6:30 p.m. and the
League tournament will start at 9 p.m. For more information, visit
facebook.com/namibia10.

Saturday, April 23

Sigma Alpha Pi Induction

APUs National Society of Leadership and Success will host its induction ceremony for new members in UTCC from 5 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27

Diversity Workshop Series

The Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence will host
its Diversity Workshop Series, featuring a panel discussion and an
interactive workshop. The event is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in
the LAPC Board Room.

Leadership honor society hosts renowned speaker

Entrepreneur
Janice Bryant
Howroyd finds
a receptive
audience on
campus
Caroline Connolly
staff writer

Sigma Alpha Pi (SAP), also

known as the National Society for
Leadership and Success (NSLS),
hosted a live-feed speaker broadcast
with Janice Bryant Howroyd, founder and CEO of Act1 on Monday and
Tuesday, April 4 and 5.
SAP is a student-run academic

fraternity on campus that seeks to encourage students leadership abilities.

The organization brings together
students with high GPAs and offers
live-streamed speaker broadcasts and
networking opportunities to members.
Everyone is a leader in their own
ways, and we want to help nurture
that part of each student, said Katie
Dy, SAP president and junior psychology major.
Howroyd has been featured as
one of the countrys most successful self-made women on the Today
Shows Summer of Secrets: Successful Women series, as well as the 2015
Forbes Magazine list of Americas
Richest Self-Made Women.
Being able to watch and hear
from influential and successful professionals such as [Howroyd] can in-

Clause

News Staff
editor-in-chief kelyn struiksma
news editor gina ender
lifestyle editor camille frigillana
opinion editor hankyul sharon lee
sports editor landon troka
asst. sports editor brandon rodriguez
photo/design editor lauren jacobs
copy editors meghan hui,
charlotte ward, cynndie hoff
business manager devon dejardin
staff writers caroline connolly, mandy
mayfield, jamie roebuck joseph, joshua d.
guilas, kenny langrell, kezziah costello, kiki
roman, kristin miller, tyler wilborn,
rudy reynoso
faculty adviser steve scauzillo, m.a.

spire tomorrows leaders, Tricia Dubin, SAPs social networking team

coordinator and senior psychology

Everyone is a
leader in their
own ways, and
we want to help
nurture that part
of each
student.
-Katie Dy

major said about the broadcast.

During the broadcast, Howroyd
discussed the importance of a strong
and professional social media presence for millennials.
Social media matters; its your
new rsum, Howroyd said. Ask
yourself: Is your social media appropriate if a future employer were to
look at your social media right now,
at this very moment?
SAP vice president and junior
business management major Alyson
Pratt said the event taught her to create an action plan, maintain professional contacts, gain service-learning
experience and be recognized by
companies she wants to work for.
Follow @JBryantHoward on
Twitter for more information. Email
nsls@apu.edu for more information
on Sigma Alpha Pi.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Department of English hosts acclaimed author APU

Ryan Gattis
reads excerpts
from his book
All Involved

JAMIE ROEBUCK-JOSEPH photo

Jamie Roebuck-Joseph
staff writer

English students and professors

gathered in UTCC to hear novelist
Ryan Gattis read from his latest work
All Involved on Thurday, April 14.
The novel is currently undergoing
pre-production with HBOs film
productionwith Gattis placed as
executive producerand is available
online and in bookstores.
The book encompasses the vivid
brutality of the Los Angeles riots following the Rodney King case in 1992.
Just two hours after the incident, the
city reacted in a violent uprising that
lasted six days. Gattis novel paints a
picture of South Central L.A. during
this time through 17 distinct first-person character narrators.
After Gattis read a chapter in his
book, Department of English associate professor Michael Dean Clark,
Ph.D., led a Q&A session discussing
Gattis inspirations and multiple year
long writing process.
Gattis said a huge lesson he
learned as a writer is the importance
of staying connected with people,
despite the popular notion that writers must remain in isolation when
working. In addition to engaging in
conversations with people, Gattis explained how he familiarized himself
with L.A.
We are the most photographed,
least understood and in some cases
the least seen city on Earth, Gattis
said. I had to walk, I had to talk to

Michael Clark, Ph.D., (right) asks Ryan Gattis (left) questions about his book All Involved about violence in
South Central Los Angeles on Thursday, April 14, in the UTCC for Department of English faculty and students.
people, I had to try a lot of different
types of food because that is such a
gateway to different cultures and understanding what people value.
He also shared his own past experiences of physical violence and his
ability to relate to the survivors he interviewed in preparation of his novel.
In addition to his interviewing
process, Gattis spent many months
while planning his novel getting to
know gang members and other misguided members in society to ensure
the storys authenticity.
This was the worst civic disturbance in the history of the United
States of America, Gattis said about
the Rodney King case. It was everywhere. Id do an event in Sweden and
folks would say, I remember watching that on television.
Gattis explained that the images
of the police beating Rodney King
were so globally powerful that it
stirred an experience for everyone.
In regards to his book, he said

his particular attention to detail and

research allowed him to write about
the issues of life on the streets realistically.
One of the highest bits of praise
Ive ever gotten from somebody within that world [was] when he read [a
section from All Involved and said]
reading your writing felt like getting
stabbed again.
Gattis explained that he takes
writing about violence very personally and does his best to do it in an
authentic way.
Clark said attending author conferences heightens students drive for
their own projects. He said attendees, whether future writers, social
workers, or teachers, can learn from
Gattis that telling peoples stories
may help the people whose stories are
being told.
Thats why I teach storytelling,
Clark said. When you learn to write
storytelling, you have to listen. I think
Gattis did a good job of underscoring

that the more you listen, the better

the story is going to be.
Sophomore English major Hayley Jull and junior English major Alexandra Sincere said they were particularly inspired by Gattis emphasis
on human connection.
He talked about how human
connection is so important to writing, Sincere said. Thats not something I hear a lot as a writer because
I feel like I should be more of an introvert and Im not. I love connecting
with people.
Sincere explained that she includes qualities in her characters that
she finds in people.
It was really validating to hear
that he thinks the same way, she said.
Jull also reflected on Gattis relationship with people.
He talked about how important
it was to sit down and talk with people and how they were able to share
experiences with each other, Jull
said.

Office of Career and Calling hosts competition

INTERVIEW BATTLE, P. 1

Above: Center for Career and Calling Director Phil Brazell hugs Battle of the Interviews winner Kendelle Abts.
Below: Contestants stand in front of the judges after the first Battle of the Interviews on Wednesday, April 13.

NATALIE BETANCOURT Courtesy

Richardson said Abts greatest

strengths were her confidence and
focus concerning the company she
was applying to. She said she advises
students to sell themselves and be
self-assured in their experience and
qualifications.
[Abts]...knew about J.Crew; everything in her rsum lent itself to
J.Crew, judge and Executive Vice
President David Bixby said. I really
see the whole package.
Bixby said he believed the event
was important because it provided
students with opportunities to practice their professional skills. He said
the pressure of interviewing in front
of five professionals and a full audience is good preparation because
it alleviates tension for future interviews.
In addition to seeking affirmation
from the judges, the contestants competed for a prize based on audience
participation. Walden was awarded
fan favorite and a cash prize for getting the most text-in votes.
It really is just focusing on that
holistic development and preparing for the next step no matter what
industry youre going into, Mandy
Williams said, a Center for Career
and Calling second-year graduate
assistant. Everybody needs a great
rsum [and] great interview skills.
Whether youre a business student
or an art student, its the same basic
preparation.
Williams said she hopes the event
encourages students to use the office
at any point in their career decision
making.
[The competition] helps shift the
culture for this to be something on
the minds of students and to be think-

ing [about] how they transfer all these

things into the marketplace, Center
for Career and Calling Director Phil
Brazell said.
According to Brazell, the office
staff is seeking new and innovative
ways to prepare students for their
lives after graduation. He said he
anticipates the competition and the
development series will continue
to grow with the help of employers,
APUs schools and alumni.
Senior business economics major
Jacob Gifford said he has used the
Center for Career and Calling multi-

ple times this semester in anticipation

of graduation. Gifford explained that
he attended the event because he felt
like watching his peers participate
provided a unique opportunity to
observe what is done well and what
can be improved during the interview
process.
Ive done interviews, but theyre
always a private interview with a
prospective employer, Gifford said.
I thought it would be a good experience to learn from other people and
what they do well.
Gifford stated that, thanks to the

competition, he learned to feel more

comfortable taking pauses during interviews, which he said made the contestants appear more collected and
less rushed. He also said he found the
advice to be confident in regards to
salary negotiation helpful.
To schedule an appointment
with a Center for Career and Calling
consultant, visit apucareer.youcanbook.me. For rsum reviews, career
exploration or job searching strategies, visit during the offices walk-in
hours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday
through Friday.

celebrates
longtime
professors
legacy
RETIREMENT, P. 1

Hartley traveled with students to

Israel twicepoignant experiences
late in his storied career.
Twice I took students to Israel
to study the cultural and historical
geography of Israel as well as become
acquainted with present-day Israel
to study on site, he said. One trip
included exploring Sinai for 10 days.
One day, [we] climbed Mt. Sinai to
see the sunrise.
After a 47-year career, Hartleys
place at APU has been more than
solidified. As he approaches the end
of his final semester, a retirement celebration was held for him in light of
the legacy he will leave. The celebration featured old and new students,
friends, family and fellow professors,
some of whom have known Hartley
since long before most current APU
students got here.
While retirement is certainly
something to celebrate, for someone
as committed as Hartley, it also represents a sad goodbye. Hartley said
there is a certain amount of reflection
in the midst of his farewell, particularly when it comes to his colleagues and
students. He said that he will miss intellectual engagement with both.
Hartley is recognized for his effort to connect with students on a
daily basis. Both colleagues and students see him as a source of joy, kindness and wisdom in and outside of
the classroom.
Professor of English Carole
Lambert, Ph.D., acknowledged
Hartleys presence as a professor and
his renown.
[Hartley] has been known, at
least since I arrived at APU in 1986,
as a very wise teacher of biblical wisdom literature, Lambert said. He
was one of the original professors
in the Honors Program founded in
1993.

As he approaches
the end of his final
semester, a retirement celebration was
held for him in light
of the legacy he will
leave.
One of Hartleys students, junior
global studies major Alex Dobbs,
highlighted Hartleys kindness, care
and attention to scholarly detail.
Dr. Hartley is kind, humble, joyful, energetic and wise, Dobbs said.
What I have appreciated most about
having Dr. Hartley as a professor is
that he cares so much about his students.
Dobbs said that out of kindness,
Hartley has provided him with readings to help him explore topics he is
interested in. He added that Hartley
also spends time after every period to
get to know him and dig deeper on
class discussions.
While the end of the year brings
the excitement and celebration of
graduation, many students, staff and
faculty will be tipping their caps to
the permanent legacy of academic
excellence and kindness that Hartley
will leave at APU.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Student Employee Appreciation Finance-related

Week celebrates workers
message stirs debate
The nationally
recognized
event provides
opportunity
to express
gratitude to
student workers
Tyler Wilborn
staff writer

For a week every spring semester, APU and other colleges nationwide recognize students who thrive
as both scholars and student workers.
Student Employee Appreciation Week, due to the efforts of the
National Student Employment Association (NSEA), seeks to spread
awareness of the valuable contributions student employees make to college campuses. While positions and
departments vary, student employee
appreciation is meant to recognize
workers through gift giving, notes of
appreciation and free food.
At APU, Student Employee Appreciation Week is celebrated with
vigor, featuring day-to-day acts of
appreciation and culminating with a
celebration at the end of the week. In
many offices, this week is a chance to
celebrate students who have worked
all year while also staying on top of
schoolwork, social events and rest.

Jacob Young, department coordinator for the Center for Global

Learning and Engagement (CGLE),
sees this week as a great time to recognize student workers efforts in fun
and fulfilling ways. The office provided its student workers with food and
messages of appreciation.
Each day, we have a different
surprise for our student workers,
Young said. We want to go out of
our way to let each student worker
know that we value and appreciate all
they do for our department.
Oftentimes, students have schedules that are hard to fit into the 40hour work weeks of full-time employees. As a result, there is not always
a lot of time in which students and
full-time employees get to take a moment and appreciate the rhythms and
specialties of working on a college
campus together.
Student Employee Appreciation
Week seeks to provide that space.
As a recent graduate from the
MBA program, Young knows the
challenge of working on campus as
both a student and a full-time employee. He believes this week is a
great opportunity to see the value of
mutual appreciation throughout the
workplace.
As full-time staff, it is easy to get
caught up in the projects that need
to get done and constant deadlines,
Young said. [For me], the highlight
of [this week] is that it provides an opportunity to step back and intentionally think about the workers. [After
all], all student employees exemplify

who APU is to our community.

In addition to the day-to-day
appreciation, the Office of Student
Employment took time to celebrate
student workers during a luncheon
on Friday afternoon. This years meal
featured Chick-fil-A and cupcakes,
and provided an opportunity for students to relax, eat and take part in
a week meant for appreciation and
gratitude.
April Huitrado, student employment coordinator and one of the chief
organizers of last weeks events, said
she believes the event is a particularly
meaningful way to recognize workers.
We ask our supervisors to partner with us in creating a memorable
and celebratory event [for the students], Huitrado said.
Huitrado also noted that the
lunch featured a raffle and scholarship giveaway for this years Student
Employee of the Year (SEOTY),
who is selected from nominations
by department representatives. The
first-place winner receives $500 and
second place receives $250.
An SEOTY committee is
formed and each nominee is selected
based on reliability, quality of work,
positive attitude and unique contribution to the department and the university, Huitrado said.
While the events and the luncheon were a fun way to celebrate student workers from all across APU,
the award and accompanying scholarship reveal the value that APU
places on its student employees.

Citrus Ave. construction restarted

Joshua Guilas
staff writer

Citrus Avenue north of the Azusa

Pacific Universitys main entrance
will remain one lane northbound and
one lane southbound until late June
or early July.
The lane closure will allow for
construction of the roadway underpass and connection to the Metro
Gold Line APU/Citrus College Sta-

tion leading toward Rosedale.

According to Azusa Mayor Joe
Rocha, the underpass should have
been finished at the same time the
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
opened to the public, March 5.
However, delays in the extension
of Citrus Avenue occurred when the
previous engineer assigned to the
project had to leave, while the new
engineer had to review the new plans.
Thus, the time for the projects completion was extended until months
after the light rails opening.
While the 11.5-mile Gold Line
extension has become popular for
commuters and travelers, the APU/
Citrus College Station has left many
inconvenienced. Riders must wait for
a shuttle to take them to the station
and to Foothill Boulevard and Citrus
Avenue. Because the Citrus Avenue

underpass is not complete, the shuttle goes along the Promenade and
Palm Drive in the Rosedale residential complex to reach Citrus Avenue
near Citrus College. Wait times can
be up to 10 minutes.
Mayor Rocha also explained that
in addition to the shuttle service, a
crossing guard helps students cross
the street at Palm Drive and Foothill
Boulevard, now marked with three
stop signs with flashing lights. He
said the flashing stop signs help make
them visible even on rainy days and at
night.
These solutions should ease congestion until the Citrus Avenue underpass is completed.
The city of Azusa and Rosedale
Land Partners fund the project,
which is conducted by Azusa Land
Partners.

RUDY REYNOSO photo

Narrowed to one
lane to complete
roadway to
APU/Citrus Gold
Line station

Citrus Avenue has been reduced to one lane leading behind Citrus College in preparation of the stop light that
will be installed on the way to the APU/Citrus College Gold Line Station, which will be put up over the summer.

MONEY FIRST, P. 1

Shultz said that as a financially

independent student, she has asked
for financial help from the university and requested more time to make
payments on multiple occasions and
been denied. She said that scenarios
like these make her agree with the
piece.
I found the post [on Overheard
at APU] fascinating in that people
suddenly had a platform to express
their distaste for the American education system and how funding works,
Britton Hennessy, business marketing alumnus said.
As the heated debate on the
Overhead at APU page continued,
those who disapproved of the street
art silenced others who felt as though
APU was not candid with its finances by sending a link to the universitys
financial report.
Due to the nature of APUs 501(c)

(3) non-profit status, the university is

legally obligated to be open regarding finances.
Corbin Hoornbeek, vice president of University Advancement,
said that APU LIFE magazine
releases an annual report edition
detailing where university money is
distributed. Likewise, the centerfold
has reader-friendly info graphics detailing the universitys fundraising
allocations.
As the street art continues to
provoke conversations on campus,
Hennessy said that he believes the
piece elicits healthy conversation and
questions such as how students express their needs and ideas for where
resources should be allocated, and
how the university can become more
transparent about helping educate
students on where their tuition goes.
Hennesey said these questions
are not just good for APUthey are
necessary.

Alumna to visit M.A. in

English program
Denise Wynn
shares about
her life after
graduation
Jamie Roebuck-Joseph
staff writer

Concluding the Editors and

Writers Speaker Series sponsored
by the Master of Arts in English program, alumna Denise Wynn 00 will
be the final speaker on April 21.
Wynn graduated with two B.A.
degrees, one in communication studies and the other in art, with an emphasis in photography. Wynn was
the first student to graduate from the
photography program.
During her time at APU, Wynn
attended events, joined clubs,
worked on campus and even worked
for The Clause as a staff writer and
photo editor.
I lived every minute of my college experience, she said. The creative energy and real-life grappling
with issues and ethics was invaluable
training for life.
During her time at The Clause,
Wynn formed a lasting friendship
with the newspapers adviser at the
time, Joseph Bentz, Ph.D. Wynn
said that Bentz taught her to tell stories well and responsibly.
Denise Wynn was a vibrant and
creative student, Bentz said. Everyone depended on her, and she never
let us down. I felt at that time that she
had the intelligence, drive and work
ethic to do well after college, and she
has.
Bentz, a professor in the Department of English, will host the conclusion of the speaker series. In the
series, professors highlight people in
the publishing field who have managed their careers in entrepreneurial
ways. Bentz said Wynn certainly fits
that description, as she has written
books, such as her most recent, The
Prayers of Many, and founded Armory Publishing Group.
Bentz also invited Wynn to speak
due to her pursuit of creative interests
and giving an energetic spirit.
I cant wait for our M.A. students and others in the APU commu-

nity to hear about how she launched

these endeavors, Bentz said. The
students in that course are excellent
writers, and I think hearing from Denise will inspire them as they further
their own careers as writers.
After graduating from APU,
Wynn had several jobs awaiting her.
She explained the importance of finding a job during senior year and said
it is much easier to find a job while
employed in another.
[When] you are in your final year,
you need to be thinking of next steps
and capitalizing on the optimism and
potential that everyone sees you with
while you are still a student [in order]
to land a decent first job, Wynn said.
Pick one you like [that] you can do
well [and] will stretch you a bit and
teach you new skills. It is just the first
steppingstone to where you are going, but it is an important one to get
you started on the path toward your
dream job.
Wynn explained that Bentzs invitation to be a speaker has led to a
book launch at the U.S. Center for
World Missions (now called Frontier
Ventures) at the Venture Center in
Pasadena on April 23.
Thats how it works, Wynn said.
One door can open several more.
Sara Champlain, an M.A. in English student, said she has seen tremendous expansion and an exceptionally
high level of research and scholarship
coming out of the department. She
said she is eager to hear Wynn as the
final speaker in the series.
Similar to all of the speakers in
the series, it has been so insightful to
see people with very successful carriers in the field of writing and English, Champlain said. I look forward
to hearing about Wynns success as
an author.
Wynn is excited to speak at APU
and hopes to give students an idea
of the behind the scenes of being an
author.
While Im a visionary and a
dreamer, Im also a really practical person who wants to know next
steps and what I have to do to get
somewhere, Wynn said. Im hoping that what I bring to the speaker
series gives people a practical picture
of what the book industry looks like...
and also encourages them to go for
it.

Lifestyle

Superheroes and talking fish: A guide to this summers movies

Revamps of
classics and longawaited sequels
expected in this
years theaters

after the senator. This movie details

her stressful night and the fight she
has to survive in order to make the
country better.
The Legend of Tarzan
July 1

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Kenny Langrell
staff writer

Big things are happening this

summerand by big things, that
means big movies. Several major
blockbuster films are set to be released from May through August,
making college students grateful for
the summer jobs that allow them to
buy more movie tickets.
Cpt. America: Civil War
May 6
Captain America and Iron Man
are back like youve never seen them
before: fighting one another. Thanks
to returning actors like Robert
Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and
Chris Evansalong with the introduction of fan-favorite characters like
Spiderman and the Black Panther
Marvel lovers are sure to fall back in
love with their favorite heroes as they
watch Team Captain America and
Team Iron Man face off in a fight of
epic proportions.
X-Men: Apocalypse
May 22

This X-Men movie is based on a

mutant awakening after a thousand
years of sleep. Unacquainted with the
new world, he decides to create a new
world order where he will reignbut
first he has to defeat the X-Men. Familiar characters return, like Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, Michael
Fassbender as Magneto and James
McAvoy as Charles Xavier.
Me Before You
June 3
The trailer for this romantic drama is already bringing tears to some
viewers. With actors Emilia Clarke
from Game of Thrones and Sam
Claflin from The Hunger Games,
this movie tells the story of a paralyzed man and the caretaker who falls

in love with him.

The Conjuring 2
June 10
The ever-popular horror movie
chain is back again, bringing main
characters Lorraine and Ed Warren
to north London in order to help a
single mother who is raising her four
children in a house plagued by spirits.
Finding Dory
June 17
The long-awaited sequel has
finally arrived! Finding Dory will
bring back memories of all the times
viewers quoted shark bait booha-ha, just keep swimming and
Fish are friends, not food from the

original Disney blockbuster Finding

Nemo (2003). With Ellen DeGeneres returning as the voice of Dory,
movie-goers will be thrown back into
the story of a quirky little blue fish
who goes on an unforgettable journey and learns about the true meaning of family along the way.
The Purge: Election Year
July 1
The movie that made audiences
cringe meets Independence Day.
While America tries to decide its next
president, the newest Purge movie
details a senators run for president
and her campaign to get rid of the
purge once and for all. The only problem? The citizens of America actually
like the annual purge and are going

Another revamped childhood

classic returns to theaters! This
movie follows Tarzan, who has acclimated to life in London, until he is
called back to his childhood home
the jungle. However, when Tarzans
wife, Jane, gets taken, he must fight
for his old home and new family.
Ghostbusters
July 15
Ghostbusters makes its longawaited return to the big screen
alongside some todays funniest actors: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen
Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie
Jones. The all-woman team takes on
the monsters of New York City and
is bound to inspire a few laughs on
the way.
Suicide Squad
August 5
DC brings another comic to life
this year with action thriller Suicide
Squad. The film features an all-star
cast, such as Margot Robbie, Will
Smith, Jared Leto and more. Themovie follows supervillains who
undertake dangerous black ops missions in exchange for clemency.

Helpful apps for students to use during Dead Week and finals

Camille Frigillana
lifestyle editor

As Dead Week and finals week

approaches, many students find
themselves crunched for time with
no room for distractions. In order to
maximize their time, some even force
themselves to get rid of unnecessary
distractions that might affect them
from finishing the semester strong.
Most of the time, this means deleting social media or gaming apps
off cellphones to prevent absentmindedly tapping and wasting time. However, there are also apps that actually
help students during this busy time
for no cost at all.
Wunderlist
For students who refuse to own
a planner, yet always forget that one
important assignment they had to do,
Wunderlist is a perfect app to own.
Users simply input the important
task they need to accomplish and
when it needs to be done.
They then get alerts of those

tasks as they get closer and closer to

the due date. With this app, students
will have a much easier time sorting
out the assignments that are all conveniently due in a week.
StudyBlue

Memorizing vocabulary terms

and names just became a lot easier
with StudyBlue. With this app, users have the ability to make their own
flash cards and store them in one
convenient place. What makes this
app great, however, is its peer review
feature.
This feature lets students from
specific classes at specific universities share their notes with each other.
Group studying just got taken to
another level with this app as fellow
classmates can now share notes faster
and more effectively.
EasyBib
Often, just when students think
they are finally finished with that 20page paper, they suddenly realize that
they still have to write a bibliography listing all the sources they used.
EasyBib makes writing that bibliography much faster. If a book was used
as a source, one simply uses the app
to scan the bar code and the book is
cited in any format that one chooses.
Students can also copy and paste or
manually input Web addresses and
get citations on online articles within
seconds.
Photomath
Math and its many formulas can
be tough to study. One seemingly
easy equation can take too long to

LAUREN JACOBS GRAPHIC

From time
management
to writing
papers, these
applications
prove useful
during end
of semester
madness

solve, and students could find themselves answering only two questions
in an hour.
The Photomath app makes solving equations easier, thanks to an app
feature that will give you a step-bystep tutorial on an equation that you
take a picture of. Simply aim the camera on an equation that needs solving,
and the app will do the rest. Users can
also manually type in the equation on
the apps easy-to-use keyboard.

Duolingo
Learning a language can be
overwhelming. Not only do students
need to learn vocabulary, but they
also need to learn verb tenses, sentence structure, grammar and pronunciation.
Duolingo provides extensive lessons and interactive games for users
who are trying to learn or study a language that is not their own.

The app has Spanish, German,

French and a variety of other languages to choose from. It is the perfect app for those struggling to retain
a certain language, as they are also
able to play games and even speak for
some exercises.
As distracting apps get deleted,
these helpful ones can be great replacements until the semester ends
and students are finally free from academic responsibilities.

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Lifting it up to the Lord: Students test their limits

Heavy-weight
lifters compete
to break records
in annual
tournament
Kristin Miller

For men and women who are

fulfilled by seeing how much weight
their bodies can bear, the APU Power Lifting Club is for you.
The club links a group of competitive lifters with a supportive community via social media. On Saturday,
the club held its annual Power Lifting Tournament.
For three hours, competitors
came to have fun and to try to beat
their personal records. The competition was set in a sequence of three
lifts: bench, press and deadlift.
At 4:30 p.m., 13 competitors
checked into the APU weight room
and began stretching their bodies to
get ready for the competition.
Chairs were set up for the audience in front of the power racks. Family and friends started to gather, and
the air quickly filled with excitement
and an eagerness to see what would
take place.
The first round featured the
women. Junior applied exercise science major Stacy Mendoza went
first; in her opening squat, Mendoza
was able to lift 185 pounds, and in her
second attempt she lifted 195 pounds.
Mendoza is not a part of the
Power Lifting Club, but she would
like to get involved.
I really enjoy the environment,
Mendoza said. I think [when people]
hear power lifting, they think its a lot
of people that are super mean and unwelcoming. But, that is not the case
at all. [This club] has been the most
welcoming and accepting. As long

Above: Senior computer science major Jacob Martinez won most pounds lifted at a total of 1,300 lbs.
Below: Senior AES major Lauren Lee broke her personal squat and deadlift record, squatting 315 lbs.
as youre trying your best, theyre not
judgmental.
Throughout the competition,
being judgmental was the last impression that the group of power lifters exhibited. Instead, uplifting each
other was the mantra for the night.
Senior applied exercise science
major Lauren Lee went next. Lee
is currently working with the APU
football team as a trainer in strength
and conditioning. She trains seven
days and week, mostly twice a day.
She is now experimenting with cen-

tral nervous system overload to see if

her body is able to progress with no
days off.
On Saturday night, Lee broke
her personal record in squats and
deadlifts. In a reckless decision, she
decided to go for 315 pounds in squats
and made it.
It was awesome and really unexpected, Lee said.
For Lee, the gym is not just
about how far she can push her body.
Its also a worship session.
My motivation when I lift is put-

KRISTIN MILLER PHOTO

staff writer

ting Christ at the center, Lee began.

I get to spend time with him and use
this gift He has given me to give back
to him. So when I get under the bar,
I say, God give me the strength of angels right now.
Senior computer science major
Jacob Martinez won the total pounds
in weight championship for the third
year in a row. Martinez lifted 1,300
total pounds.
This was the strongest year for
the guys, and it was exciting. The
adrenaline helped, and getting new

[personal records] was great, Martinez said.

Martinezs family of athletes and
lifters came out to see him as they
do for all of his competitions. Jacob
stood out among the athletes as being extremely focused, displaying a
calm demeanor.
Jake likes challenges, said Michael Martinez, Jacobs father. He
likes to push himself to see what he
can do. Hes always been calm about
it. Hes not wild like some [people
are], yelling and screaming or theatrical.
Martinez explained that when
he is tired, he uses the strength of the
Lord to tell his body that he can lift
more than he thinks he is capable of.
Each competition keeps him focused
on the ultimate goal of progression.
Every extra pound lifted means he is
getting stronger.
Junior computer science major
Jason Kirschenmann won the poundfor-pound winthe total weight divided by body weight.
It still hasnt dawned on me,
Kirschenmann said. I mean, I was
surprised when [club president] Gordon called my name. I was like, Oh, I
guess I won.
Kirschenmann heard about the
tournament last year when his brother competed. He wasnt able to attend then, but this year he made sure
that he was free. The 2016 pound-forpound champion beat all of his previous records.
Up until this semester, my best
squat was 345, my best bench was
220, and deadlift was 365, Kirschenmann said. My squat today was 425,
so I added 80 pounds. I added 25 to
my bench, and for my deadlift, I added 70 pounds.
APU Power Club President and
junior finance major Gordon Chang
was proud of the turnout this year.
I loved the crowd, Chang said.
I love seeing new faces, and I hope
this continues, because a handful of
people are enjoying it.

Packaged food company Hamburger Helper drops fire mixtape

What started off
as a joke turned
into the latest hip
hop craze

Camille Frigillana
lifestyle editor

A lot of companies come up with

elaborate pranks on April Fools Day.
YouTube had Snoopavision,
where the website took popular videos and added commentary from
Snoop Dogg. Yahoo published a faux
article that announced the closure of
every Trader Joes store, which wasnt
well-received by people who didnt realize it was a joke.

But this year, no April Fools

prank measured up to Hamburger
Helpers. The company released a
five-song mixtape on SoundCloud
called Watch The Stove, consisting
of five different rap and R&B songs
produced and sung by actual amateur
rappers.
Hamburger Helper has been notorious for making comments related
to hip hop news on its Twitter page,
but many users believed the company
had no right to do so since it isnt in
the hip hop game.
Inspiration struck and the process for making the mixtape began
in August. With the help of amateur
rappers and suggestions from its
younger employees, the boxed pasta
brand produced a bundle of songs
currently making a splash in the hip

Hamburger
Helper didnt just
put something
together so that
they could get a
short-lived laugh.

hop world.
The mixtape, which has already
been streamed more than four million
times, opens with Feed the Streets,
which sounds like what people usually hear on current hip hop radio
stations.
The songs lyrics, like everything

else on the album, focuses solely on

the Hamburger Helper product,
from making it to expressing love for
it. Every song is also free from profanity, making it a kid-friendly listen.
The second song, called Hamburger Helper, does not try at all to
hide what the song is about, which
is obvious from the mere title of the
song. Crazy and Food For Your
Soul continue the tapes hip hop
sound, and the song In Love with
the Glove finishes out the collection
with more of an R&B sound.
This song, along with Crazy,
even has its own music video, which
is available to view online.
Watch the Stove is not only a
game changer in the hip hop world,
it also revolutionizes how companies
are responding to their audience and

adapting to a new crowd by using social media. Ultimately, Hamburger

Helper was able to successfully use
input from millennials and create a
product that would attract them.
What makes this impressive and
successful is that Hamburger Helper
didnt just put something together so
that they could get a short-lived laugh
from their audience.
Instead, the company intentionally made something that people
would want to listen to over and over
again, drawing a sort of brand loyalty
from them.
Watch the Stove will go down
in history as not only a surprisingly
well-made mixtape, but also as a new
standard for other companies when
it comes to reaching younger audiences.

#claustagram

Drive in Friends

Name: Micayla Brewster

Instagram Name: @micaylabrewster

Einstein Spotting

Name: Puppets of APU

Instagram Name: @puppetsofapu

School spirit
Name: Maggie Dumphy
Instagram Name:
@maggiedumphy

On to nationals
Name: Jonathan David
Instagram Name:
@newnamehere

Casually candid

Name: Tilly Anabella

Instagram Name: @tilly_anabella

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Wednesday, APRIL 20, 2016

Free the Captives hosts performance- filled Into the Night

Above: The leadership team of Free the Captives has spent the past school year working on the event.
Below: Dr. Sandra Morgan talked to the audience during her keynote speech and joined the Q&A panel.
tives president Josh Holm and performances from Mikey Gutierrez
(Mikey G), Variety for One (VFO),
and the Scobey Sisters. There was
also a Q&A and panel session and
two raffles. Three speakers addressed

attendees: Kyla Smith, project manager at the Dream Center in Los

Angeles; Sandra Morgan, Ph.D.,
director of Orange County Human
Trafficking and keynote speaker; and
Shawna Chessum, APU alumna and

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Guests began the night by going on a tour, which took place in

four classrooms on the first floor of
Wilden. The tour focused on the freedoms that most people possess and
probably take for granted every day.
The first room of the tour included three students wearing black; each
one performed a spoken word piece
in order to demonstrate the power of
words.
In the second room of the tour, a
performer danced to the song Aint
No Sunshine by Bill Withers. This
performance had a more lighthearted feel compared to the first room,
where the performance was very deep
and dark.
The third room of the tour discussed social media in the face of
tragedy. It was an interactive activity where a volunteer answered questions from the tour group.
The fourth and final room of the
tour was meant for reflection. The
room held a long poster board where
people could write down thoughts or
prayers.
There was also a station for writing cards to Pomona survivors of sex
trafficking.
Freshman global studies major
and Free the Captives leadership
team member Bethany Van Drie
said, Im really hoping that through
the art and through the speakers, the
attendees were able to get a more
well-rounded idea of what the issue
is, as well as feel inspired to take action.
After the tour, there was a video,
an introduction from Free the Cap-

KIM ROSE PHOTO

FREE THE CAPTIVES,

P. 1

director of Every ONE Free ministries in Pomona.

Smith oversees the human trafficking department and has worked
hard to fight prostitution and human
trafficking in the L.A. area.

Smith has worked closely with local law enforcement and government
agencies over the past years.
Morgan is also the board member of Live2Free, a student-run club
at Vanguard University. Morgan
has been recognized worldwide for
her expertise in the fight against human trafficking and violence against
women.
Chessum often partners with
Free the Captives to create a teaching
curriculum within school districts.
[My favorite part of the event
was] the interactive walk-through
experience at the beginning, senior
business management major Jessica
Jenkins said. I [also] loved hearing
the spoken word, which gave me an
insight into the thoughts and emotions of someone who is or has been
trafficked. I also really liked being
able to write an encouraging note to
a survivor.
Although Into the Night was
the last Free the Captives event of the
year, the club plans to have a table at
the Gallery on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at
Christ Church of the Valley.
Awareness is the first step to
making a difference, [along with] taking what you learned and applying it
to your everyday knowledge, communication studies major and Free
the Captives vice president Raven
Macaraeg said. Modern-day slavery
is really happening around us, and
sometimes we just need to be reminded.
For students who want to get
involved with Free the Captives or
apply for the clubs leadership team,
email rmacaraeg13@apu.edu or
sbedore14@apu.edu for more information.

Opinion
The Late Late
Show host James
Cordens Carpool
Karaoke bits with
One Direction,
Adele, and Justin
Bieber take the
Internet by storm
Caroline Connolly
staff writer

Kiki Roman
staff writer

A little over a year ago, no one

in the U.S. had any idea who Corden was. That is until a video was
posted on YouTube under the title
Mariah Carey Carpool Karaoke.
This video now has almost 3 million
views, alongside new Carpool Karaoke videos with over 90 million views
featuring famous musical artists such
as Elton John, Stevie Wonder, and
Sia, among others.
In this segment, Corden drives
in the car with singers or bands. Together, the musical guests sing their
original songs alongside Corden.
Junior journalism major Annie
Syfert believes that the insight into
celebrity personalities makes the segment entertaining.
How did James reach such monumental success with the millionview-per-video segment Carpool
Karaoke? Some say that the great

fame from the segment can be owed

to the fact that Corden is so happy
and enthusiastic with his guests that
it makes the entire video more fun
and relatable.
Corden is really witty, and while
other late night shows have become
boring and rehearsed, he is funny and
genuinely seems to enjoy the guests
he has on his show, Syfert said.
Cordens enthusiasm makes him
relatable, not just because other people also get in the car and sing loudly
to whatever is coming out of their
sound system but also because Corden knows his guests. He knows the
artists, their lyrics, and he connects
with each of them individually when
they get in the car.
Therefore, its hard not to react
positively to Corden as he belts every
single memorized lyric along to the
songs and the artists who perform
them.
Coco Toribio, a senior journalism major, agreed.
We all act crazy and sing and talk
in the car at times, Toribio said. Its
just a fun type of environment thats
easy to watch, and its different than
anything else that other shows have.
Corden brings something fresh,
new, and exciting to the table of comedy.
Cal State Northridge junior
communication studies major Isabelle Ohse praised Cordens ability to
avoid negative comedy.
I like that he is positive, funny,
energetic, and doesnt need to bash
celebrities to be funny...His show has
a chill, laid back atmosphere. Everyone feels like they belong, Ohse said.

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Carpool Karaoke: A brilliant, hilarious sensation

In his Carpool Karaoke segment featuring One Direction, Corden created hand motions to go along with
the lyrics from No Control, even providing matching jean jackets for their car performance.
It really feels like you are in the
car with him and whoever his guest
is at the time. He is genuinely a fan
of whoever he is with in the car, and
it shows.

Corden isnt just

doing a schtick;
theres no artifice.
Not to mention, it is also so fun
getting to watch him surprise his
guests with his fantastic singing
voice, which surprises the artists as

much as it does most of the viewers.

Corden actually won a Tony Award
for his performance in a play called
One Man, Two Guvners, and even
began working his way to Hollywood
through his role in the film version of
Into the Woods.
Simply put, Carpool Karaoke
has captured the hearts of people
around the world.
I love the rawness of the celebrities and him in the car doing what
I always do when I drive in LA
which is singing along to songs. Its
so funny to see. The episodes with
One Direction, Biebs and Adele are

my favorites, Ohse said.

On March 23, 2015, British comedian James Corden took over The
Late Late Show on CBS. Ohse has
even decided to intern at The Late
Late Show this summer.
Carpool Karaoke can give people
a new perspective on musicians because this segment allows viewers to
see musicians just hanging out and
being themselves. Its down to earth.
If you have never watched The
Late Late Show and especially Carpool Karaoke, youre missing out.
Watch a video and feel free to belt
alongside the musicians.

An unnecessary, untrue and sexist tennis comment

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Reflections
on Moores
controversial
misogynistic tennis
statement
Kristin Miller
staff writer

Raymond Moore, 69-year-old

CEO of Indian Wells and tournament director and chief executive
officer of the BNP Paribas Open,
resigned from his position on March
21 after having made a controversial
statement about womens tennis.
During morning breakfast with
the media on March 20, Moore said
that lady players were lucky to be
riding on the coattails of men...
They dont make any decisions; they
are lucky. They are very very lucky,
Moore said.
That was not the end of his comments. Right before the BNP Paribas Open Championship games were
about to begin, Moore nonchalantly
said, If I was a lady player, I would
go down on my knees and thank God
that Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal
were born, because they have carried
this sport.
The next day Moore retracted
his statements after receiving strong
criticism by current players and tennis champions.
Billie Jean King, a pioneer of
women tennis who campaigned for
womens equality called Moores

Despite Moores comments, Serena Williams entered the 2016 year as the number one ranked player and
the defending champion at five tournaments, including Australian Open, French Open, and Wimbledon.
comments wrong on so many levels.
Serena Williams even said
Moores statements were very inaccurate.
Junior womens tennis player
Natalie Johnson couldnt agree with
King and Williams more.
Im trying to understand
[Moores] viewpointsmens tennis
and womens tennis have always been
separate. They are not competing
against each other, Johnson said.
Johnson states that women tennis players have been her role models
from a young age.
As far as my game, I look to
Roger Federer for his strokes, I like
his forehand and I try to emulate that,
[but] he wasnt necessarily the person
who inspired me growing up, Johnson said.
Instead, it was Steffi Graf and

Serena Williams who Johnson

looked up to. These women made
her believe that she could compete
in tennis. Watching them succeed
made Johnson believe that she could
be great.
When asked by a reporter to clarify if Moore meant that the WTA has
a lot of attractive prospects who are
competitvely attractive or physically
attractive, Moore said, No, I mean
both.
When Moore talks about how
attractive women are, its very interesting that he emphasizes that
they are physically attractive, senior
womens tennis player Lesley Yeom
said.
Yeom attributed Moores viewpoint to a superficial understanding
of womens tennis, or in other words,
he looks at the physical appearance of

the players rather than the effort that

they put into the sport.
Mens tennis champion Novak
Djokovic joined the conversation
when asked to comment on Moores
statement.
He did not exactly agree with
Moore but instead said, Prize money
at combined events should be distributed on the basis of ticket sales and
TV viewing figures, according the
BBC news.
Historically mens matches get
more attention then womens, which
explains why Djokovic believes men
should be paid more.
However, last year, the Womens
2015 U.S Open final sold out before
the mens for the first time. Times are
changing, and womens tennis is being noticed just as much as mens.
Djokovic later clarified his state-

ments.
We all have to fight for what we
deserve. This was never meant to be
made into a fight between genders
and difference in pay, but in the way
all players are rewarded for their play
and effort, Djokovic said.
Prize money should be equal for
men and women. A win is a victory
and deserves to be treated as such.
Gender discrimination in the
sports world is no new issue. In fact,
in early April 2016, the Womens U.S.
National Soccer team announced its
lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation with the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission for wage
discrimination.
Despite the womens team winning the World Cup and generating
almost $20 million more in revenue
last year than mens soccer, they were
paid about a quarter of what the
mens team earned.
Is a lawsuit something that is on
the horizon for the tennis world?
It is not because of men that
women are successful in tennis or
any other sport. It is because other
women have continuously fought for
their right to play the sport. Women
have fought for their right to to be
treated as equals and to receive equal
treatment. And they will continue to
do so.
Chris Evert, Billie Jean King,
Maria Sharapova, Steffi Graf, Serena
and Venus Williams among many
other female tennis players paved the
way for women in tennis like Johnson
and Yeom at Azusa Pacific University. Men do not deserve the sole attribution.

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Retelling history without repeating it

The people vs. O.J.
Simpson highlights
present-day issues
while covering a
past murder trial
Kezziah Costello
staff writer

Retellings of historical events do

not often lend themselves to a captivating and suspenseful television series. Its not exactly a nail-biting season if you already know exactly how
its going to end.
However, FXs original series,
The People vs. O.J. Simpson: An
American Crime Story is the exception. This series follows the infamous
murder trial of O.J. Simpson that
took place from 1994 to 1995. Its a
story that the audience is already
familiar with and one that many remember watching unfold before their
own eyes. Surely, without the element of surprise this show was destined to be a flop.
The People vs. O.J. Simpson
defied this destiny, and FX announced it as the most-watched new
show of 2016 as well as the networks
top-rated first-year series to date.
Many factors can be attributed to
the surprising success of this show,
one of them being the star-studded
cast, which included Cuba Gooding
Jr., Sarah Paulson, David Schwim-

mer, John Travolta and Nathan Lane

to name a few.
Or perhaps audiences appreciate how the show addresses relevant
issues that were as much a problem
now as they were then. Issues such as
race, police brutality, the influence of
media and sexism were heavily highlighted during the trial and resonate
with the modern audience of The
People vs. O.J. Simpson.
FX may simply have its excellent
methods of storytelling to thank for
its success. Although, the story and
its characters are well known, the
series humanizes them and shows us
the repercussions of the events that
took place.
While in the midst of this media
circus, we walk alongside Marcia
Clark who is in the middle of a divorce while juggling the demands of
this complicated case. We learn how,
lawyer and best friend of Simpson,
Robert Kardashian harbored some
doubt concerning the innocence of
Simpson.
Small details such as these remind us that these were real people,
with lives separate from the O.J.
Simpson trial that were heavily affected for years to come. These additional humanizing perspectives are what
make The People vs. O.J. Simpson
so captivating to watch.
However, maybe the show wanted to leave us with something even
more substantial. In the season finale,
in the very last scene, we are left with
pictures of Nicole Brown Simpson

and Ron Goldman, the victims of the

trial. Ultimately, this trial was never
solely about O.J. Simpson.
This trial was meant to find justice for the people who lost their lives.
The media, the defense and the public made it into something much bigger. Although, it helped address big
societal issues that needed to be discussed, it was at the expense of two
innocent victims and their families
who never received the closure they
deserved.

FX did not repeat history by

dishonoring the
memory of the
victims with the
media circus of
the trial.
Instead of making them a means
to bringing justice to society, The
People vs. O.J. Simpson reminded
us that the sole purpose should have
been bringing justice to their own
tragedy.
Perhaps, this revelation and redemption for the real victims at the
center of the trial is the root of The
People vs. O.J. Simpson seasons
success.

After the confetti clears out

Sharon Lee
opinion editor

Last Wednesday night, Kobe

Bryant made the last two free throws
of his career seconds before the buzzer rang, walking away with a 60-point
game, and left me awestruck.
I looked at the crowd that had
formed at Applebees full of fans
sporting 24 on the backs of their jerseys.
I could feel the energy rising as
Bryant sunk shot after shot, each
basket calling for hearty cheers and
standing ovations. Finally, a moment
of silence was taken as the Mamba
walked off the Staples Center court
for the very last time.
I cant say that I have much in
common with Mr. 81 (the amount of
points Bryant scored in a 2006 game
against the Toronto Raptors). I dont
think that I would have ever touched
a basketball in my life if it werent
for middle school gym class. I even
tripped over an orange and black
striped ball once upon a time, in an
attempt to continue my illustrious
clumsy career.
But when the final buzzer rang,
signaling the end of Bryants 20-year
professional basketball career, I saw
something familiar. A look of utter
contentment beamed from his face
and tears formed in his eyes as Bryant
gave one last sweeping wave to the
audience.
I saw the face of joy, unbelief and
overwhelming emotion at the end of
a stars era. More than his showers
of three pointers and slam dunks, I
could relate to his feeling of elation at

Sharon Lee
opinion editor

Keep fighting. No matter how

overwhelming it seems, its not
the end of the world. Anything
is possible with God.

Adam Rueda
Senior
Allied Health

Be open to all things. Pay

attention to the people around
you. You could be that person
who saves a life.

Michelle Eke

Junior
Accounting and Management

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Tackling the
uncertainty that
comes during the
transition between
lifes seasons

Any last words for the

2015-16 term?

3 weeks, dang. I cant

believe its the end of the
semester.

Harrison Birkett
Junior
English

Bryants career achievements include making two free throws in 2013

on a torn achilles tendon and four consecutive 50-point games.
the end of a meaningful season.
Though the rest of us may not
be facing the end of an electric career such as Bryants, we will soon be
facing the end of the 2015-2016 term.
Though this season of our lives can
be marked by celebration and expectant hope for the future, the question
still burns in the back of my mind:
what happens after the confetti is
swept away?
Uncertainty creeps into my
thoughts. Its quite scary, especially
when we are approaching the unknown that is ahead of us after the
end of this semester.
A lot of things can be up in the
air, whether it be summer opportunities or trying to determine what next
year holds, whether you stay with
your roommates or leave APU as a
transfer or graduate, or even if youre
debating whether or not you could
watch an episode of Greys Anatomy and still finish your essay in time
for class tomorrow.
There are decisions to be made,
and it can seem overwhelming when
life sometimes forces them upon us.
There are moments in my life
where I feel as if theres no answer,
and this season is no exception. But
upon further reflection of this semester, I realize how truly just God is.
Sure, there are many moments
where we may feel inadequate, especially toward the end of the semester
where finals seem to consume our

sanity. But I am uplifted by the beauty of the process. This season of my

life in particular, Im learning what
it means to trust fully in God, allowing Him to wreck me, shift my plans,
and stay open to Him more than ever
before.
On March 14, Pastor Brenda
Bertrand gave a sermon in chapel
about Abrahams faith journey. God
entrusted Abraham with the gift of
Isaac, but on Mount Moriah He
demanded the gift back. I cringed
at this part of the story. How many
times do I unconsciously subscribe to
the prosperity gospel, and only sense
Gods presence when I feel I am surrounded by His gifts? But God used
that moment to fix Abrahams gaze
on Him: the Giver of gifts.
Uncertainty isnt pretty most of
the time. I cant say that there is a
magic 12-step program that cures us
of it. But I do know that theres something to be learned from trusting in
God and His plans to prosper us, no
matter how unclear our circumstances seem.
When I go to sleep tonight, Im
just gonna thank God for this beautiful opportunity, Bryant said in his
exit interview.
When the crowds deafen, the
cheering stops and the confetti canons clear, walk off the court with confidence in the One who gave the gift
of the game and has an endless supply
of gifts to give.

Anything is possible with a

stable community of friends
to cheer you on, keep you accountable, and are there to fall
back on.

Hailey Aitkins
Freshman
Global Studies

Canada! UCO is travelling

to the Northwest for our
final tour, so Canadas on my
mind.

David Kim
Senior
Music

Im going to miss living next

to my best friends in UP.

Hayley Scully
Sophomore
Marketing

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Football is in a great place after spring practices

Football optimistic
going into 2016
season after strong
spring practices
Brandon Rodriguez
Spring and football dont often go
together, but they did last weekend.
The Cougars finished their
spring practice season with the annual spring game on April 16.
The main goal is to know how
returning players progressed after
spring practices.
Opportunities to learn is really
what this is about, head coach Victor
Santa Cruz said. With limited time
in pads, this is a viable opportunity
to learn. All the workouts and conditioning are great, but you got to play
football in order to become a better
football player.
Although the season is still
months away, Santa Cruz believes
that the team is in a good position
right now as they are playing together
as a team and as a family.
Im looking for the whole team
to step up collectively and go for it,
which I think weve done this spring.
Our guys have got a real brought-in,
family attitude, so I think were in a
great place, Santa Cruz said.
The spring game coincided with
the programs junior day, as the team
welcomed current high school juniors
who may become Cougars. It was an
opportunity for the potential recruits

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The Cougars run out of the tunnel before a 2015 home game. The team is looking and preparing to improve on
its 6-4 record for its upcoming season which starts September 1 against West Texas A&M.
to experience the program. The game
was played in full pads, and went
very similar to a fast-paced practice
with numerous drills and one-on-one
matchups before the game.
Even though the event was all
about competition, the coaches also
wanted to make it fun for the players and their loved ones. Friends and
family of all players came out to watch

the game, and were able to enjoy pizza and root beer floats with the players afterwards.
I feel that the game went very
well. It was good to have all our fans
our here, and its good to see how
our junior day improves every year,
linebackers coach Spencer Danielson
said. I think this spring, weve really answered the questions that we

wanted to answer. We grew in the

areas we needed to grow in, and now
were really excited for fall.
The game featured strong performances from junior quarterback
Chad Jeffries, senior wide receiver
Ethan Zeidler, senior cornerback
C.J. Broussard, junior safety Taliuaki Suliafu, and running backs sophomore Kurt Scoby and junior Samu-

ela Fanuaall of whom look ready to

make a statement in 2016.
We told our guys just to compete and play fast, Danielson said.
Obviously, theyve learned a ton and
have changed some things in a good
way. I told them to put it all out there,
because after this game they have four
months to recover and get ready for
the season.
Both coaches and players are
excited to see what these players can
bring to the table this coming season.
Our defense is looking to come
out, just play tough and get a bunch
of turnovers, junior defensive tackle
Christian Caraveo said. I think our
running game is really going to step
it up with [Kurt] Scoby and [Samuela] Fanua in the backfield. We also
have a bunch of O-lineman that will
be coming in, and they are massive.
There will be more additions to
the team when fall practices begin.
On national signing day in early
February, 19 student-athletes signed
with Cougar football, 10 of whom
were offensive linemen. Many of
these players are expected to have an
immediate impact, and the addition
of the offensive linemen will bolster
a group that graduated five last year.
As a whole, were in a great
place, Danielson said. Were bringing in a bunch of offensive linemen in
the fall, and were really excited about
them. So we feel that at every position, we not only have a great starter,
but also a good backup that hes competing with on every play. We have
guys that push each other, and thats
what creates great teams.

Katie Margot breaks career saves record

Senior goalie
captains Cougars
with confidence
Kristin Miller
There is more than meets the eye
with water polo goalie Katie Margot.
The senior continuously has to
explain what water polo is to people,
but she doesnt mind. She likes teaching people the mystery of her sport.
Margot started playing water
polo nine years ago after seeing
her older brother play. She was a
swimmer for years but knew that
swimming was not her passion. She
thought shed give the sport a shot
and follow in her brothers footsteps.
Growing up playing goalie was a
position that others would rotate in
and out of. No one wants to be the
goalie, said the senior. However,
when Margot got placed at the goal,
she found the position she was destined to play.
I like being able to see everything and be more strategic, rather
than having to react to what people
do, said Margot.
As goalie, she serves as quarterback in the pool. She is the eyes,
the ears and the mouthpiece for the
teamshe is the playmaker.
Margot gets a view of the entire
pool, an advantage only the goalie
has, and can view everything that is
happening on offense and defense.
I get to have a more mental
game, and can be more directive in
terms of helping my teammates see

Katie Margot makes a save during the Cougars senior day 12-9 loss to Loyola Marymount University.
things that I know they cant, Margot said.
Margot believes that one of her
biggest challenges as a player has been
balancing the task of directing the defense and focusing on blocking the ball.
Balancing the mental game and
being vocal is much harder than it
sounds. Sophomore goalie Erica
Marquez admits that she has been
working on it for years and still has
trouble being vocal.
As soon as Im talking, I cant
save the ball. Katie [Margot] is naturally good at it, Marquez said. She
is a key player in that aspect. When

people are lost in their transitions

and are being challenged, [Margot] is
very good at maneuvering people in a
very constructive way.
There has been nothing but
healthy competition between the two
goalies. They have grown very close
practicing together apart from the
rest of the team.
Katie and I are sisters. Were
best friends in the pool. We train together side-by-side, and we feed off
each other, Marquez said.
When Margot first joined the
Azusa Pacific water polo team, her
confident persona intimidated the

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rest of the women.

All my teammates have told me
that I was super intimidating when I
first came in, Margot said.
Marquez felt the same when she
joined the team two years ago. I was
nervous to see who I was working
with, especially meeting [Margot]...
but she ended up being one of the
sweetest people ever; she will do anything for you, Marquez said.
During their training together,
Margot has learned from Marquezs
signature swim-out technique and
Marquez has watched Margot to see
how she blocks high shots by jumping

out of the water with her incredible

reach. Margot owns the program record at APU with a total of 745 career
saves and counting.
To be honest, I do not follow
career records all that well...but I love
watching her block 5M penalty shots,
head coach Julie Snodgrass said.
As team captain for the past two
years, it has been Margots responsibility to bridge the gap between the
team and Snodgrass.
Katie has always had an intense
persona, high standards and expectations. She expects results and not
excuses in the pool, Snodgrass said.
Margot knows how to be a leader. Respect and communication are
her top two most important qualities
that she brings to the game.
I feel like I fit in as captain, Margot said. Im not here to tell people
what to do, everyone knows what to
do. Its more about bringing the girls
together, and being able to clarify and
deliver a message that the girls will be
receptive to.
Out of her nine-year career in the
game of water polo, Margot has been
captain for six years. This season is
the end of Margots career in water
polo. The 15-20 hours a week of working in the pool will be over for the
graduating senior.
Last year, I realized that I only
had another year of water polo...it
was a shock, but I definitely think I
am ready, Margot said.
The Cougars will play their last
regular season game on April 21 at
Cal Baptist, followed by the Golden
Coast Conference Championships
in San Diego from April 29 through
May 1. They are 10-19 on the season.

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National champion javelin thrower displays leadership

Senior Allie
Updike
seeking repeat
championship,
Olympic bid
Kenny Langrell

What started as a challenge nine

years ago, has turned into a chance at
the Olympics.
Senior track and field star Allie Updike accepted the challenge
to throw a javelin from a basketball
teammate in high school and has
since gone on to prove that she really
can do anything she puts her mind to.
My junior year in high school
was when I won state and went to
junior USAs, Updike said. Thats
when I thought I could actually go
to college for track and field. It hit me
then that this is something I could
pursue.
Thats exactly what she did.
Since then, Updike has become
Azusa Pacifics first female DivisionII National Champion in the javelin.
Although Updike knows that a
great deal of pressure comes with being the NCAA Division II National
Champion, she says most of it comes
from herself, not the coaches.
Rather than thinking of this season as being her last opportunity to
perform, Updike thinks more about
how much she will miss APU and the
team that has become her family.
Im a competitor at heart and I
want to win, but just knowing its my
last season is sad, Updike stated.
However, when she does deal
with pressure, Updike likes to take
some quiet time to talk to God about

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Allie Updike prepares to throw before an event this year. Her mark of
53.61m at the Bryan Clay Invitatonal on April 15 is the best mark of 2016.
the situation. She also meets with
a sports psychologist, because she
finds that it calms her when she can
talk and work through problems.
Her main motivation through it all is
to always set goals for herself.
Updikes main goal for this season is not only to defend her national
title, but to support those around her.
Its more of having your teammates and coaches around you and
just making it more about the atmosphere and the relationships you create, Updike stated. In 10 years, no
one is going to remember that I was
a national champion, so the relationships I make are what really matters.
The grind of daily practice has
been frustrating at times.
Im the type of athlete where its
hard to talk to me once Ive hit that

point, Updike said. I think Coach

[Mike] Barnett does a really good
job at recognizing that Im frustrated,
helping me toward being okay where
Im at and helping me focus on one
thing Im doing wrong then working
from there.
Coach Barnett stated that he believes Updike uses her gift from God
as her motivation. After suffering two
torn ACLs and missing two years on
the track in high school and one year
in college, Barnett said that her motivation to overcome those injuries and
finish the season strong motivates
the rest of the team. In addition, she
serves as a team leader and truly cares
about her teammates.
People look to her for wisdom,
not just about track and field but
about life and its issues, Barnett said.

Sophomore thrower Amber

Panapa said that the most important
lesson she has learned from Updike
is to always work hard toward the
things shes passionate about. In order to get what she wants out of life,
Panapa learned that one has to have
dedication and put in the extra work
to achieve it.
Her work ethic gets to me personally, Panapa said. Just in life, if
you want something and are passionate about it, you have to put in work.
Updike was recognized as the
PacWest Womans Field Athlete
of the week for the week of April 6
after a performance that automatically qualified her for the NCAA DII
outdoor championship. She also regained the national lead in womens
javelin.
I love seeing that my accomplishments bring recognition to APU,
Updike said. I dont really like being
thrown out there, but it recognizes
my coaches hard work as well.
Panapa said that the team was
not shocked at all about the award
and that Updikes hard work always
pays off.
When we see her getting awards,
we know that she works hard and deserves it, Panapa said.
Barnett mentioned his excitement about the award because he
knows there will be more to come,
not just at this level, but at the national level as well.
Updike competed in the Mt.
SAC Relays and the Bryan Clay
Invitational and will look to finish
off the season strongly at the Triton
Invitational and PacWest Conference Championships in late April
and the National Championships in
late May. This summer, Updike will
travel to Oregon University to compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on July 7.

Athletic year in review by the numbers

A look back at
the Azusa Pacific
2015-16 athletic
year through
numbers
Landon Troka
sports editor

Fall
Football: 110.8
Yards per game averaged by
freshman running back Kurt Scoby,
the most by a freshman in the GNAC
and second most overall. The Cougars finished the year 6-4.

Mens Cross Country: 0

The number of seniors the Cougars lost to graduation. The Cougars
will return five All-PacWest Performers from the 2015 season.

Mens Soccer: 12
Points earned by freshman Callum Wallace. The forward scored
four goals and added four assists in
his first campaign with the Cougars.

Womens Cross Country:

21.19:24
Time run by sophomore Eileen
Stressling to earn a fifth place finish
at the NCAA West Region Meet.
She won the PacWest title as well.

Womens Soccer: 7

Number of goals allowed by the

Cougars. This feat tied the team
with the 2001 Cougars and ranked
them second in the nation.The team
finished 16-3, losing in the conference
finals.

Volleyball: 1,741
Career digs by senior Ashley
Swatek, fourth best for the Cougars.
Swatek was one of four Cougars who
graduated this year with numbers on
the career record books. The others
were Jaden Louie, Joy Reinke, and
Mattie Shelford.

Winter
Mens Basketball: 36
Conference ranking of the Cougars highest scorer, Bruce English,
who averaged 11.6 points per game.
Despite having no dominant scorer,
the Cougars repeated as PacWest
champions by having nine players
score between 5.7 and 11.6 points per
game.

Mens Indoor Track and

Field: 5,554
Freshman Shakiel Chattoos national championshp heptathlon score
at the Division II indoor meet.

Swimming and Diving:

2:00.93

Abigail Wiets school record 200yard backstroke time at the NCAA

National Championship meet. Her
time placed the freshman ninth.

Womens Basketball:
276

Three-pointers made by forward

Kelly Hardeman. The senior set the
record in Azusa Pacifics West Region first round win over Montana
State Billings.The senior was named
to two All-American teams for her efforts in leading the Cougars to a PacWest Championship and the number
one seed in the West Region Tournament.

Womens Indoor Track

and Field: 19.19m
All-American mark in the weight
throw for senior Amber Panapa, who
finshed fourth at the Divison II meet.

Spring
Acrobatics and
Tumbling: 284.720
Cougars score against Oregon
on April 4, the highest since April
2014.

Baseball: 26

Combined homeruns hit by

Azusa Pacific sluggers third baseman
Adrian Tovalin (14) and first baseman Pablo OConner (12). The pair
rank first and second in the PacWest.
The pair has also combined to hit
more than six of the nine other PacWest teams.

Mens Tennis: 17-1

Record senior Jan Meyer has
compiled playing in the No. 1 sin-

gles slot this season. Meyers lone

loss came against Hawaii Pacifics
Thibauld Berland, who overtook
Meyer to become the top-ranked
singles player in Division I. Meyers
chance at revenge was cut short in the
PacWest final as the Sharks clinched
the win before the No. 1 match could
finish.

Mens Track and Field:

14.06
Senior hurdler Shujaa Bensons
110m hurdle mark, the fourth best
nationally.

Softball: .469
Junior Nicki Spragues batting
average. The mark leads the PacWest and is 10th nationally. Sprague
was picked to win her third-straight
PacWest Player of the Year.

Womens Track and

Field: 53.61m
Senior Allie Updikes javelin
mark at the Bryan Clay Invitational.
The mark is currently the best Divison II throw this season. Her mark of
55.43m to win the 2015 national championship beat the Cougar record by
nearly 9m.

Womens Tennis: .632

Teams winning percentage in
singles matches this season.

Water Polo: 745

Saves and counting for senior

goalie Katie Margot. She holds the
career record for Azusa Pacific.

AROUND THE DEN

Acrobatics &
Tumbling (5-4)
Last match: L, 271.995277.785 vs. Hawaii
Pacific (NCATA
quarterfinals)
Baseball (20-18)
Last game: L, 7-6 vs.
Dixie State*
Upcoming: vs.
Concordia* April 20-23
vs. Academy of Art*
April 29-30
vs./@ California Baptist*
May 5-9
Mens Tennis
Last match: vs.
Claremont MuddScripps (no result at time
of print)
Upcoming: @ NCAA
West Regional May
7-10
Softball (29-10)
Last game: vs.
Concordia* (no result at
time of print)
Upcoming: @ Holy
Names* April 22-23
@ Dominican* April 25
vs. California Baptist*
April 29
Track & Field (17-3)
Last meet: Bryan Clay
Invitational and Mt. SAC
Relays
Upcoming: @ Triton
Invitational on FridaySaturday, April 22-23
@ PacWest Conference
Championships
April 28-29
@ Occidental Invitational
May 7
@ NCAA Division
II Outdoor National
Championships May
26-28
Water Polo (10-19)
Last game: W, 8-6 vs.
Fresno Pacific*
Upcoming: @ California
Baptist* April 21
@ GCC Championships
April 29-May 1
Womens Tennis
(14-8)
Last meet: L, 5-1 vs.
Academy of Art

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