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LIFESTYLE A LOOK AT THE WORLDWIDE MISSIONS THIS SUMMER 6

OPINION THE ‘I WENT TO AFRICA AND IT TOTALLY CHANGED MY PROFILE PICTURE’ TRAP 9

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 student voice of azusa pacific university since 1965

POST-GRAD LIFE 5

 Annie Z. Yueditor-in-chief

 Soon-to-be gradsattend sessionson networking,

 nancial successand post-grad

transitions

 Seniors

 prepare for

‘Life After

Graduation’ 

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cancel chapel on rainy days.

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Indiana Jones when I make

it through the University

Village gate right before it

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@jeenagould | Jeena:To the people living in the

mods, are you as terrifed

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collapse at any moment

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Hospitality tosee changesHospitality Services will

adopt earlier hours to

accomodate new class

schedules and implement

a “point system” for dining plans. 5

Do you know what

 you’re eating?A look at potentially-harmful

ingredients you may be

consuming on a daily basis. 7

Cedric Roldan PHOTO

Be aware of some ingredients,

like xanthan gum, that arefound in common foods.

Kimberly Smith PHOTO

Upcoming ‘point system’ planwill allow students to purchase

items à la carte.

Katie Richcreekassistant news editor

The team headed

to Florida fortheir rst national

tournament 

Counseling Center, SGA discuss gender identity

Ethics Bowl team competes nationally

ETHICS BOWL 3

 APU Sports Information COURTESY

Jessica Melcher:PROFILE

Sophomore returns

with updated

swing 10

Kimberly Smith GRAPHIC The sessions explore the importance of sensitivity to and awarenessof sexual orientation and gender identity issues.

 Azusa Police Department COURTESY 

RAINSTORMS & MUDSLIDES: The strongest rainstorm since 2010 prompted

mandatory evacuations over the weekend for about 1,200 homes in Azusa and

neighboring areas. Many homes were in areas affected by Colby Fire.

Kimberlee Buckstaff writer

GENDER 5

 Second educational

event leads to

upcoming student

summit on gender

minorities

Several dozen seniors at-

tended a “Life After Graduation”

event late Saturday morning to

 prepare for post-graduation life,

with a light breakfast, three semi-

nars, professional head shots and

networking with alumni over a

Chick-l-A lunch.

The event cost $10 per stu-

dent and was coordinated by

Kristi Hawkins, assistant director

for the Ofce of Alumni & Parent

Relations, with help from Career

Services, the School of Businessand Management and the Omega

Program. There were 55 seniors

on the RSVP list, according to

Hawkins.

Senior communication stud-

ies major Allessondra Goble said

she decided to attend because she

“realized how real the real world

is.”

“One of the best things about

this university is that they are so

intentional about equipping stu-

dents in every way possible,” she

said.

The rst “Life After Gradua-

tion” was hosted last fall, although

Azusa Pacic’s Ethics Bowl team

headed to nationals for the rst time

this week and ended up placing 12th

in the nation at the Intercollegiate

Ethics Bowl National tournament in

Jacksonville, Fla. APU was one of 32

universities to compete.

According to associate philoso-

 phy professor and faculty adviser

Rico Vitz, the ve-member team

nished as the top-performing uni-

versity from the California Region

after placing second overall in theDecember regional competition and

 being the only Council of Christian

Colleges & Universities school there.

The team members received the

cases for nationals in January, al-

lowing only eight weeks of prepara-

tion, according to Vitz. Additionally,

there were 15 cases as opposed to the

twelve cases in the fall regional com-

 petitions.

“The funny thing about nation-

als is that we have less time to work

with the cases but more cases to work

with,” said sophomore English and

 philosophy double major Alain Leon,

who joined the team this academic

year. “You’re breathing, eating and

sleeping cases.”

Azusa Pacic won two of its

three morning rounds Thursday but

did not qualify to advance to thequarternals. The tiebreaker between

the teams that went 2-1 in the morn-

ing sessions was determined by the

total of each teams’ points received in

the three rounds.

The two victories came in rounds

against Gonzaga University and Uni-

versity of Oklahoma. Against Okla-

homa, the team argued cases on the

naming of a park after Confederate

Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest

and the ethics of mandatory quar-

antine for patients after radio-iodine

therapy.

Senior political science and philos-

ophy double major Austin Humphrey

More than 50 students gathered

in LAPC Monday night for a meet -

ing on gender identity, hosted by

the Counseling Center and Student

Government Association.

The educational session came one

week after the rst event on sexual

orientation. Both events were orga-

nized to prepare students for an up-

coming summit on sexual minorities.

“When we were conceptualizing

these seminars, talking with SGA, I

felt like sexual orientation and gen-

der identity get merged together but

really are two distinct topics,” said

Bill Fiala, director of the University

Counseling Center. “I wanted to be

able to blur those lines a little less.”

Fiala began the night answering

anonymous questions about identity

and sexual orientation, which were

 placed in a box by students during

last week’s session.

One student asked why admin-

istrators were not present in the last

session. Fiala told the audience that

he specically asked them not to

come.

“Our administration is do-

ing their own session,” Fiala said.

“I want us to be able to have a

free conversation without faculty

members making students feel like

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The following are selected inci-

dents as reported from the Daily

Media Log from Feb. 23 through

Mar. 1, courtesy of Campus Safety.

■MONDAY, FEB. 24

HOLLYVALE AVE

Reporting person reported

a part from her vehicle was

stolen.

■WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26

PARKING LOT I

RP advised her car was bro-

k io. Ofcs spodd

and took an incident report.

■WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26

 ALOSTA PLACE

RP called to advise items

were stolen from her garage.

■THURSDAY , FEB. 27

PARKING LOT F

RP reported his secured bi-

cycle was stolen. Only the

front tire and the u-lock were

f. A ofc spodd

and took a report.

■THURSDAY , FEB. 27

 ALOSTA PLACE

RP reported her locked ga-

rage had been broken into

and her property taken.

■THURSDAY , FEB. 27

PARKING LOT K 

 A subject was detained by

 Azusa Police in Lot K. Of-cs assisd by si up

a perimeter around the scene

to prevent students from

walking through. No students

entered the area and the sub-

 ject was released.

■Weekly Numbers

Keys lost/found......................4

ID cards lost/found...............10

Cell phones found..................2

Wallets lost/found.... .............3

Unsecured bikes found.........5

False fre alarms.....................2

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cedric roldan, grant walter

staff illustrator eva wilhite

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CALENDARWednesday, March 5

Lunch concertLive music on Cougar Walk will begin at 12 p.m.

Wednesday, March 5

Night marketThe International Center will host a night market on Cou-

gar Walk directly following Kaleo Chapel where students

can taste foods from different regions of the world in honor

of International Student Awareness Month.

Friday, March 7 

Grandparents DayGrandparents are invited to spend the day on campus with

their student. Cost is $25 per person and includes breakfast,

a banquet lunch and program and on-campus transportation.

Parents are also welcome. For more information con tact the

Ofce of Alumni and Parent Relations at (626) 812-3026.

Friday, March 7 

Leadership AwarenessThe Ofce of Human Resources will host the rst session of the

three-part Discovering Your Leadership Identity series from 1to 4 p.m. in Duke. The series is open to all APU employees. For

more information, contact the ofce at (626) 815-4526.

compiled by katie richcreek 

REMEMBER

1. If you see something, say

something.

2. Safety is everyone’s busi-

ness.

3. Dial 911 for life threatening

emergencies.

4. Non emergencies: Cam-

pus Safety (626) 815-3898.

5. Lock all doors and win-

dows to your dorm, apart-

ment and vehicle.

6. Keep all valuables securedand out of plain view.

7. At night, keep to well-lit

areas.

8. Always be aware of your

surroundings.

9. Uiiz oys, safy

escorts or walk in 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 jog-

ging alone.

13. Secure your bike with a rec-

odd Kyoi U-lock.

Katie Richcreek PHOTO

Senior business management major Evelyn Kenney checks students in at the Intern-

ship Forum hosted by Scholars for Business Achievement on Wednesday, Feb. 26.

The Ofce of Discipleship Min-

istries’ women’s mentorship orga-

nization Heart to Heart hosted a

“Painting as Prayer” event Sunday to

help connect women to God through

art.

The 12 participants were given

donuts, handouts regarding Lent and

Holy Ground and art supplies as in-

spiration as they spread out among

the Mentorship Ofce and the Rose

Garden to paint.

“Painting is just expression; it’s

 just a different way to journal or sing

a song,” said Spiritual Mentoring

Coordinator Jeanine Smith.

This was the fourth time Smith

organized an APU event that incor-

 porated painting as a medium of

spiritual formation.

“I try to give mentors and stu-

dents different opportunities to get

together that are sort of outside of

the normal ‘sit and chat,’” Smith

said.

This out-of-the-ordinary means

Heart to Heart hosts ‘Painting as Prayer’Women’s

mentorship

organization puts

 paint to canvas as

a spiritual practice

Gina Enderstaff writer

Kimberly Smith PHOTO

 Ads a i ros gad fo a i of paii.

 Monday, March 10 – Friday, March 14

Spring break Enjoy the week off! Classes resume Monday,

Mar. 17. Last day to withdraw from classes is

Mar. 21. Fall registration will begin Mar. 24

through Apr. 4.

Wednesday, March 5 – Friday, March 23

Human vs. Zombies registrationHumans vs. Zombies registration is open online

at www.apuhvz.com. The fee is $1 until March 7

and will increase to $3 on March 8. Deadline is

March 23. Games will begin March 24.

of expression brought the participants

a creative outlet to share their hearts

with one another about current life

struggles and other situations.

“I realized that I’m focusing on

discipline for the year. I either feel

like I’m overly disciplined and glori-

fying busyness or lazy. I’m trying to

nd that balance,” said junior liberalstudies major Lauren Sutton.

Sutton’s pastel watercolor paint-

ing reected this, as she shared with

the group that the blues and greens

of the piece represented peace and

the pinks and yellows reected

discipline all blending together,

while the gold streaks that spread

throughout “symbolized God’s di-

vine nature” in both aspects of her

life.

Sutton said she plans to continue

in “quiet time to reect what [God]

is showing [her]” in nding time to

 process, since “college students are

so busy and never take time for them-

selves.”

A common theme among the

women present was the desire to set

aside time to reect on God through

art.

“Reection makes you stop [to]

 pause on everything calling at you

and just think about your relation-

ship with God,” said mentor Yolana

Young.

Young came with her two un-

dergraduate mentees to interact in a

new way with them and with God.

Though she has drawn and written

 poetry as an outlet of prayer before,

Young explained that she had never

 before painted to share her spiritual

experiences.

This opportunity to paint brought

 back memories of another time

Young felt God working in her life,

and she incorporated this revelation

into her art.

“Years ago, I was driving to San

Diego for a conference for work,

and I feel like the Holy Spirit told

me, ‘Look over there,’” Young said.

“There was this mountain of beau-

tiful owers and I felt like He said,

‘Those are for you.’”

Young’s painting shared this ex-

 perience, as she incorporated “what

God gave [her] in beauty through

mountains and owers.”

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“We do this to give[the students] the best

possible understandingof the resources thatare available to them.”

 – Judy Hutchinson, Center for Academic

Serivce-Learning and Research exec. director 

Azusa Pacic University, Citrus College

and California State Polytechnic University

Pomona hosted their third annual 8th Grade

Majors Fair Thursday for 750 middle-school

students from local school districts, including

St. Frances of Rome

School.

The eighth-grad-

ers learned about the

25 featured majors

through informative booths sponsored and

hosted by professors

and college students

from the three col-

leges and universities.

The event was hosted

at Memorial Park

 North Recreation Center in Azusa.

“It’s the rst one, as far as we can tell, in

the nation,” said Center for Academic Service-

Learning and Research Executive Director Judy

Hutchinson. “Some colleges have Career Day,

 but it’s not the same as having kids think about

in eighth grade what they want to major in col-

lege, [and] therefore, what they should take in

high school.”

Hutchinson stated that the three schools’

 participation in the event was a strategic op-

 portunity to provide the young students the

 best possible representations of all academic

colleges and levels: Citrus is a community col-

lege, Cal Poly a California State University, andAzusa Pacic a private institution.

“We have physics from APU and physics

from Citrus. We do this to give [the students]

the best possible understanding of the resources

that are available to them,” Hutchinson said.

The fair featured middle school-friendly ac-

tivities to engage the students. At the Cal Poly

 physics booth, a teacher and his students attempt-

ed to throw a paper airplane into a wicker basket.

Center Middle School Assistant Principal

Robert Velasco recalled the fair’s inaugural year

and how the program has grown in size.

“Three years ago,

[APU] did a pilot at

our school. … We were

sort of the guinea pigs,”

Velasco said. “Since

then, they’ve blown itup and made it a grand

exposition of all these

majors coming out and

exposing our students

to what they can possi-

 bly get into in college.”

According to Velas-

co, the fair has exposed students to majors that

may lend themselves to the recently enacted

common core standards that the federal gov-

ernment says aim to encourage and challenge

students to become critical thinkers. Previously,

educators were utilizing the California State

Standards.

“With the exposure, hopefully they see that

there are opportunities and hopefully one day,

they get accepted into a two-year or four-year

college and take on their dreams,” Velasco said.

led the debate on the Confederate

general case, and said he had “moreof a personal stake” in it due to his

French-Creole heritage.

“I thought I didn’t present the

case well enough. I thought I let my

emotions get to me at one point,”

Humphrey said. “While the judges

were deliberating, I was really ner-

vous ... [but] we won, so I was pretty

stoked. When we left the room, we

were two wins and one loss. ... I

thought that record could get us into

the top eight, the quarternals, but we

were tied [and] lost with the point dif -

ferential for the last spot.”

Oklahoma also went 2-1 in the

morning rounds before advancing to

the quarternals on the tiebreaker and

nishing second overall.

The APU team’s one loss came

against Providence College in what

Vitz described as a close round. The

cases argued then dealt with the re-

ward and penalization of employers

who offer wellness programs as part

of the Affordable Care Act and the

APU competes in Ethics Bowl Nationals

Rico Vitz COUrteSY

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Emily Leyvastaff writer

Colanders hung from the ceil-

ing and food from all around the

world was showcased at the FU-

SION Global Cooking Challenge

hosted by the International Center

Friday, Feb. 28 in Adams lounge,

kicking off International Student

Awareness Month, which will con-

tinue throughout March.

Eight teams were broken into

two categories, international and

fusion, and prepared dishes forguests to taste and vote on, accord-

ing to International Center intern

Autumn Dickens, a senior English

major. The dishes served included

desserts, salads and entrees from

Africa, Belarus, Mexico, China and

more.

“It was fun to see international

and American students come to-

gether,” Dickens said. “Cooking is

a powerful thing, especially when it

comes to uniting people.”

The Mosaic Mamacitas team,

which included senior psychol-

ogy major Roxanne Ramirez and

leadership graduate student Tania

Zakharchenko, made Olivier salad,

a Belarus side dish which blends

chicken, peas, eggs and other vari-

ous ingredients.

“It’s not about winning. It’s

about getting to know different cul-

tures,” Ramirez said.

The Mamacitas’ team motto,

as displayed on its table, read, “In-

ternationalism; rather than [being]

looked at as a melting pot that is

 blended, we view it as multicultural

mosaic with various ingredients

that keep their individual character-

istics while interconnecting.”

The Taste of TESOL team wascomposed of students in the Teach-

ing of English to Speakers of Other

Languages program. The team pre-

sented three dishes: “Guess What,”

“Picasso” and “Chicken Sandwich-

es.” Guess What was a mystery

dish, served in an effort to explain

a game they use to teach English to

international students.

“I like the competition because

it connects people from different

cultures, especially though food,

and it teaches them teamwork,” said

Taste of TESOL team member Josh

Xie, a TESOL graduate student.

After the judges collected the

nal results, the favorites of each

category were announced. Theinternational crowd favorite was

team Asian Invasion and the fusion

crowd favorite was the Fusionistas.

Team Hamburgulars received an

honorable mention.

The judges’ choice, however,

was Yellowstone. The team had

served a triple-layer cake, blending

 both American and international

foods to design a Chinese ag.

Yellowstone won rst prize,

which was a basket full of cook-

ing supplies and a $25 gift card to

Applebee’s. Other prizes included

smaller baskets of cooking-related

goodies.

ISAM aims to tell the stories of

foreign students at Azusa Pacic.

The next ISAM event will be a

night market on Wednesday, March 5

on Cougar Walk after Kaleo chapel,

where students can sample food from

around the world. ISAM will host an-

other event March 7 that will focus on

awareness for international women.

International Center hostsFUSION cooking challenge

 IC kicks of

 International

 Student Awareness

 Month with Fridaychallenge

 Ashlee Polareckstaff writer

ETHICS BOWL, fo Pg. 1  potential limit of off-label antipsy-

chotic drug usage.

Vitz said he believed APU pre-

sented the better case in the roundagainst Providence College, which

nished the competition in the top

eight.

“We have three goals. One of

them is performance, which we can’t

control the outcome of,” Vitz said.

“The higher goal, then, is to manifest

intellectual virtue.”

The adviser described the team’s

third and most important goal: to

manifest Christ-like virtue.

“If they achieve their perfor-

mance goal but not Christ-like virtue,

then it’s a fail,” Vitz said. “I was re-

ally proud of them for doing both of

those things.”

The team was formed fall 2011,

when Vitz arrived at APU. This year

the squad will graduate Humphrey

and senior philosophy major Ysabel

Johnston.

Johnston was on the team in fall

2012 but could not join it last fall due

to scheduling conicts. However,

when senior Stefano Richichi from

last semester could no longer make

nationals, Johnston was asked to

come back on the team.

“I was very excited. ... I loved being on the team the year before,”

Johnston said. “It worked out really

well.”

Johnston said that although ve

members are not required, it is “ex-

tremely helpful” to be able to break

up 15 cases among more people. And

as the only female member, she said

it was also helpful and “a little more

sensitive” to have a female on the

team to speak about specic cases

that pertained to abortion and wom-

en’s rights issues.

Leon said if the team has “the

same intelligence” next year, he

knows members will return to nation-

als and hopefully make it to nals.

Vitz expressed hopes to continue to

attract students with “character of

heart and intellectual character.”

“In a world where many people

think Christians are intellectual and

moral lightweights, having students

like this gives them a chance to break

those stereotypes,” Vitz said.

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it was much smaller and included an

“etiquette lunch.” The fall event cost

$15 per student and listed 17 names

on the online attendee list.

“We nd that seniors really aren’t

thinking about this stuff until they’re

closer to graduation,” Hawkins said.

“And so for May graduates, second

semester works better.”

Hawkins said she hopes Life Af-

ter Graduation will become a yearly

spring event for graduating seniors.

The event kicked off at 10 a.m.

with a continental breakfast before

students split up into three groups

to rotate among three different ses-

sions on networking, nancial suc-

cess and post-graduation transitions. 

Julia Russell Toothacre, marketing

and outreach coordinator for Career

Services, led the networking session

and told attendees that the best op-

 portunity to nd job positions is via

networking. “I see a need on our campus for

students to understand that their ca-

reer journey starts earlier than their

senior year,” said Toothacre, who

also works as a career counselor for

Career Services. 

The session hosted three alumni

who, after describing their career

 backgrounds, gave advice and tips

 primarily on interviewing skills. 

Whitney Johnson, 2008 alum and

recruiter at AEG, stressed the impor-

tance of researching and said her rst

question in conducting interviews is,

“What do you know about my com-

 pany?” She also warned against hav-

ing no questions to ask at the end of

an interview. 

“If you have no questions, that

says, ‘Well, are you really interest-

ed?’” she told the audience.

Ashley Caldwell-Morris,  2009

alum  and human resources business

 partner at Target, advised students to

get involved with Career Services for

interview preparation, and 1994 alum

Alex Aquino, co-founder of cloth-

ing company Barnabas, suggested

students make sure to practice being

 personal in interviews. 

“We really want to know you’re

human,” he told the audience. 

Toothacre said she hopes stu-

dents realize Career Services is avail-

able to alumni free of charge for their

entire lives. 

“When they graduate, they don’t

have to feel like they’re alone, or that

APU isn’t here to support them, be-

cause we are here,” she said. 

Alums Andrew Price and Jus-

tin A. Tyrrell, both nancial execu-

tives at Trilogy, led the session that

focused on nancial management.

They discussed roadblocks to nan-

cial success, which included a failure

to account for ination in nancial

 planning and procrastination on sav-

ing for retirement. 

“Procrastination is the No. 1 en-

emy to nancial success and meeting

your goals,” Tyrrell told the audience. 

They also covered other top-

ics like how to make a budget and

the importance of diversication

in investing. The two gave furthersound advice in the Q-and-A on sav-

ing (have six months’ worth of your

salary in an emergency savings ac-

count), credit (make sure to pay it off

every month) and different retirement

options (a student may want to con-

sider a Roth Individual Retirement

Account while they are still young).

Price, who graduated in 2010 with

a double degree in marketing and busi-

ness management, said they attended

the rst Life After Graduation last

fall but this time around it was better-

structured and had more support from

the university as a whole. 

Tyrrell, who graduated May 2013,

said they were there to impart to stu-

dents the importance and basics ofnancial literacy. He described a mar -

ried couple in their late 40s who came

to him for nancial advice; the hus-

 band made a six-gure salary, his wife

around half that. But because they had

not set aside much money for retire-

ment, Tyrrell informed the husband that

he either had to work until 70 to retire

or signicantly reduce his spending. 

 Annie Z. Yu PHOTO Senior business marketing major Andrew Costello, right, chats with 1994 alum Alex Aquino, founder of

Barnabas, over a Chick-fl-A lunch.

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Pat Cordova-Goff, 17, is the rst

transgender student to join Azusa

High School’s Aztecs girls varsity

softball team.

After two weeks of practice,

then four days of tryouts, the cheer

squad member and ASB president’sname appeared on the list of nalized

softball team members. According

to Azusa Unied School District’s

superintendent, Linda Kaminski, the

district believes all students should

have an equal opportunity to partici-

 pate in extracurricular activities be-

cause it is healthy for them to do so.

Cordova-Goff, who has played

 baseball since she was 4, told the

Clause she feels comfortable and

condent with the transition to soft-

 ball.

“I hope that the season goes as

any other season does, but I have a

high doubt that it will go easy,” Cor -

dova-Goff said. “Not many people

agree with me playing and they are

Transgender Azusa High student

 joins girls varsity softball team

 After playing

baseball as boy,

she will now be

on varsity female

softball team

Josh Contrerasstaff writer

vocal about it. I’m not sure if these

 people are going to be present at ourgames or not letting us just play the

sport as we should.”

Cordova-Goff said she was born

male but started “expressing [herself]

more femininely” during her sopho-

more year.

At least one expert said Cordova-

Goff’s physique will not present an

unfair advantage to opponents. How-

ever, the student said although some

 people have been accepting of her

 placement on the softball team, sev-

eral of her classmates have expressed

disapproval.

Cordova-Goff said these criti-

cisms have been “more emotionally

draining” than she had thought they

would be, but to keep going she feels

she only has to remember why shewants to be on the team.

“It’s just a matter of remember -

ing that I am doing this for the right

reasons,” Cordova-Goff said. “I don’t

have the bad intentions that other

 people think that I do. It’s a matter

of reassuring myself over and over

again that it’s OK to do this.”

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune

reports that other local coaches

who will compete against the Az-

tecs are not too concerned with her

making the team because they are

confident in the abilities of their

own players.

Kaminski said teachers, coaches

and other faculty were not allowed to

speak to the Clause.

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Fall changes for Hospitality Services

Marissa Blackstaff writer

Students attend gender identity meeting

they cannot express themselves.”

Fiala began his PowerPoint

 presentation explaining the im-

 portance of a gender identity dis-

cussion at Azusa Pacic. He also

talked about what it means to be

transgender living both in the

school community and outside the

“APU bubble.”

He then used Scripture as a

transition into the topic of identity

and the Bible. According to the

UCC leader, the Bible does not

reference the word transgender.

Instead, it mentions homosexual-

ity. For example, he mentioned

Genesis 1-3, Deuteronomy 22:5

and Galatians 3:27-28.

Later, he discussed the tra-

ditional binary model and alter -

native model of gender identity.

He said the binary model divides

gender into two distinct, vertical

lines: Males are masculine men

attracted to women, while females

are feminine women attracted to

men. The alternative model, he

explained, is like a horizontal line

that ranges from male to female. Sex

and gender can fall anywhere in this

range.

In the middle of his presentation

he had students take a quiz, similar to

last session. This time the vocabulary

dealt with transgender, not LGBTQ-

IA, terminology such as “crossdress-

er,” “drag queens” and “intersex.”

One student with prior knowl-

edge of transgender terms said he still

found the quiz helpful.

“It was nice to get refreshed on

the terminology and to see the APU

community coming together to learn

about people that are different,” said

senior sociology major Ryan Mc-Cune.

Fiala also informed the students

on the statistics regarding transgen-

der identity and issues in the world.

According to The National Gay and

Lesbian task force and National Cen-

ter for Transgender equality:

 –90 percent of transgender peo

 ple reported experiencing harass

ment on the job

 –19 percent reported being home

less due to their identity

 –41 percent reported attempted

 suicide

 –57 percent weren’t able to

 maintain family bonds

Sophomore biblical studies ma-

 jor Susan Van Bemden said she found

several of the numbers surprising.

“My favorite part of the event is

when Fiala went over the statistics

on the number of transgender people

that reported being homeless,” she

said.

Fiala ended the session with

tips for students regarding trans-

gender identity. He advised students

to ask respectful questions, choose

language carefully and honor one’s

choice of name/gender/pronoun.“I want students to take away

 basic knowledge. My hope is that as

a community, APU can have a base

of knowledge we can all operate

from,” Fiala said. “If we have com-

mon ground, we can have discussion

and dialogue, but if we don’t have it,

we are coming from different direc-

tions.”

The student summit will take

 place Wednesday, March 19 at 5 p.m.

in the Cougar Dome.

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Hospitality Services will modify

eatery hours this fall to accommo-

date new course times, with classes

that begin as early as 7 a.m.

“Breakfast will start at 6 a.m.

That’s so we provide enough time

for students to come and eat before

they go to the rst class,” Hospi-

tality Services Executive Director

Samuel Samaan said.

Samaan also said on-campus

eateries will continue to honor the

no-meal-zones policy, which was

instituted in fall 2013.

However, new hours aren’t the

only change in store for Hospitality

Services.

“We’re changing the meal plan

to be [a] dining plan, which means

we don’t have any meals anymore,”

Samaan said. “So it’s going to be à

la carte, so the students can order

[whatever] they want at any time —

there’s no restriction.”

According to Samaan, the new

dining plan will be a “point system,”

similar to dining dollars. Students

who purchase a dining plan will re-

ceive a certain number of points to

spend on the food of their choice.

Samaan says this aims to satisfy

students who claim they are wast-

ing money on meals that give them

more food than is necessary.

“You want the burger only and

the fries? That’s ne. You want the

 burger and the drink? That’s ne,”

Samaan said. “So you pay for what-

ever you want and we won’t have to

charge you for the whole meal.”

According to Samaan, the 1899

Dining Hall will also receive a

makeover in which food will be set

up in one line to provide more space

for seating, including new outdoor

areas.

Additionally, Samaan said there

will be more vegetarian and gluten-

free options next year with the new

setup.

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Lifestyle

The Center for Student Action is breaking

through borders by sending 29 different action

teams to partner with various organizations

throughout the world this summer. According

to CSA’s site, these short-term mission trips in-

clude, but are not limited to, visits to health care

clinics and orphanages, as well as working in

the elds of educational development, anti-hu-

man and sex trafcking and different prayer

ministries.

Approximately 200 students will have the

opportunity to minister in 28 different coun-

tries. Two teams will stay in the U.S. while the

other teams will travel to various locations in

Africa, Asia and Europe.

Action team applications closed Feb. 7,

 but students are still welcome to get involved.

Students who feel called or have recently had

summer plans fall through are encouraged to

 partner with CSA and other organizations this

summer, according to Director of Mobilization

Jenny Elsey.

Every team CSA sends out is responsible

for providing its own nances. The ofce has

set benchmark deadlines to help students stayon nancial track. Overall, the nances have

not seemed to be much of an issue, and the

CSA ofce is always

open to accommo-

date any problems

that may arise, said

Elsey. In the future,

Elsey hopes to have a

scholarship program

for students.

The CSA ofce

is looking to partner

with Communiversi-

ty for the Last Bash,

a party on Friday,

April 25 to take a

 break from studying

 before nals, to helpraise funds for action

teams.

Elsey said stu-

dents who go on

these trips have transformational experiences,

which is a view others in her ofce share.

“Community doesn’t have to be just

your next door neighbor,” Associate Di-

rector of Mobilization Karen Rouggly said.

“The fact that we are opening [students’]

eyes to the global community is really pow-

erful.”

CSA staff tries to be intentional as it pre-

 pares students through retreats, including one

recently from Feb. 14-16, and training pro-

grams before each team departs.

The CSA ofce has gone through many dif -

ferent changes over the years and, according to

CSA and Mexico Outreach break Azusa borders

Kimberly Smith GRAPHIC

Outreach will send

more than 300 studentsto Mexicali in one

week while CSA action

teams look to minister

worldwide this summer

Kelyn Struiksmastaff writer

Elsey, is working to reestablish the structure of

the ofce this summer. Elsey wanted to thank

the students “for still being a part of programs

and being patient with us as we gure it out,”

she said.

Elsey and Rouggly are looking to better

connect CSA with the student body by see-

ing what has and has not worked over the

years.

“We understand and don’t want our action

teams to act within a vacuum,” Rouggly said.“We want to incorporate it all together, so it

truly is all one in the same, coming from one

center.”

CSA does not

limit itself to just

action teams but is

also afliated with

Mexico Outreach.

The outreach’s main

avenues are week-

end brigades and

two weeklong trips

throughout the year

to the city of Mexi-

cali.

Sophomore lib-

eral studies major

Jordan Rice works inthe Mexico Outreach

ofce as the student

ministry coordinator

for Mexican rela-

tions. Rice partners with Mexican ofcials in

Mexicali and arranges community service op-

 portunities.

Brigades are quick weekend trips that usu-

ally send six different teams: public health,

mental health, special needs, community ser-

vice and two child ministry teams. The main

 point is to allow students another opportunity

to give relief for residents living in Mexicali,

said Rice.

Mexico Outreach recently took 42 students

on the nal brigade of the year from Feb. 21-22.

This year, the ofce was unable to partner

with a special needs site, and instead went to

a new shelter for pregnant teens called VIFAC

(which translates as the Life and Family Asso-

ciation), according to senior applied exercise

science major Katie Schlotzhauer, the student

ministry coordinator for strategic alignment

and development. She is also a ministry brigade

coordinator.

“It was so great to reconnect with the

women there and bring them the supplies

they needed,” Schlotzhauer said. “You

could tell they really appreciated justspending time with us and we also enjoyed

it a lot.”

Mexico Outreach is currently working on

nalizing details of the spring break trip that

will take place March 8-13. During the week-

long trip, about 350 students will make up 30

teams that will work in different avenues for

Mexicalians.

Students with valid passports have until

March 5 to sign up for the trip, according to

Rice.

Similar to action teams, Mexico teams are

required to raise their own money. Cost ranges

from $270-$375.

Rice is also a leader of a community service

team called Stephen, which consists of seven

other leaders who coordinate student teams for

the spring break trip to work two-hour commu-nity service shifts.

“God put me in a position where I had to

really challenge myself and listen to what He

wanted instead of what I wanted,” Rice said.

“I fell in love with the country of Mexico and

the city of Mexicali. It was the last place I ever

thought I would end up.”

Students need to be exible when they sign

up for Mexico programs because they may not

know what they will be doing until they arrive,

Rice said.

Rice explained that because of its repeat

trips throughout the year, Mexico Outreach is

unique and allows students to say “see you next

month,” rather than “next year.”

“It really touches you in a way where you

have to act, it’s contagious and you have to go

 back and do it again,” Rice said.

After a long process of deliberation,

freshman psychology major Arielle Olson

decided to nally apply to join a CSA ac-

tion team and was placed on team Kipkar-

en with six other female students.

“I am excited to see how God is atwork there,” Olson said. “Every trip I have

gone on in the past, God has made himself

very evident to me. He has ... helped me

see that He is not only at work in my life

 but He is at work in other people’s lives,

no matter how far away they are.”

The team will work in a children’s

home and Christian school from May

14-27 in Kipkaren, Kenya. Members will

help lead devotions, organize games, as-

sist parents, cook, clean and work in the

the community training center, according

to the CSA trip description.

“[The Kenyans at the center] love

God and who Jesus is and I have learned

the purpose of me going is to encourage

them in this time,” Olson said.

For Olson, the CSA retreat was anopportunity to bond with her team and

served as a training tool to prepare her

heart for what is to come.

“Missions do not stop when your

mission trip is done,” Olson said. “It be-

comes a lifestyle.”

TEAM KIPKAREN

Team spotlights

Kelyn Struiksma PHOTO

 Arielle Olson

Kelyn Struiksma PHOTO

Vanessa Jensen

Sophomore liberal studies major Va-

nessa Jensen was a member of the Young

Life team that traveled to Peru for a six-

week mission trip last summer through

APU. After being pulled out of her comfort

zone and learning more about the charac-

ter of God, she wanted to go on another

trip and learn more about what it means to

serve, Jensen said.

Jensen will lead the South Africa:

Out of Africa team from May 7-June 18.

After her experience in Peru, Jensen

felt called to a bigger role and sees herself

as a leader during this time of preparation,

not only while her group is abroad.

“It’s a huge responsibility, and a lot

goes into being a leader,” Jensen said.

“I consider it a time to be able to mentor

and build relationships.”

Those going on Jensen’s team will work

as a community development team. CSA

describes its ministry as reaching out to the

community by helping support various pro-

grams in George, South Africa.

According to Jensen, raising money

is never the easy part of going on mis-

sion trips, but it is crucial to trust God’s

 provision. Jensen is looking forward to

experiencing more of God while walk-

ing alongside her team, even though she

does not have all the answers.

“Sometimes I feel like there is not a

way you can prepare for these trips be-

cause you really don’t know what to ex-

 pect, but that is the beauty,” Jensen said.

TEAM SOUTH AFRICA 

“Community doesn’thave to be just yournext door neighbor ...The fact that we areopening [students’]eyes to the globalcommunity is really

powerful.”” –Karen Rouggly, associate director of

mobilization

CSA spans the globe. This map includes most

of the sites students will reach summer 2014.

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including Kuiper, outside class time.

Brennan-Lincoln commended

Kuiper for his work ethic as well as

his perseverance. The day before the

seniors left for graduate school audi-

tions, he requested an extra rehearsal

with her in order to continue improv-

ing his monologues, she said.

Brennan-Lincoln will spend thissemester helping her seniors prepare

scenes for Hollywood Showcase at the

end of the semester, which agents and

casting directors will attend. Graduate

school, according to Brennan-Lincoln,

offers more training and may speci-

cally interest actors more passionate

about live theater than lm.

“The seniors really stepped up, all

of them, to the plate,” Brennan-Lin-

coln said. “This is a really good class,

and they were very committed as a

group and an ensemble.”

Feb. 8, Kuiper and the rest of his

senior BFA acting cohort auditioned

for approximately 30 graduate schools

through the University/Resident The-

atre Association. The association is

specically designed to “assist stu-

dents with their transition to the pro-

fession,” according to the website.

APU students auditioned in San Fran-

cisco, one of just three locations of

URTA auditions in the United States.

Kuiper, along with the other APU

students, had a mere two minutes to

introduce himself and perform two

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While most Azusa Pacic students

were still sleeping at 7 a.m., Feb. 17,

senior BFA acting major Scott Kuiper

was wide awake. Then again, this was

no ordinary Monday morning for Kui-

 per; Florida State University called

him at the early hour to offer him one

of 12 spots as a Masters of Fine Arts

student at Asolo Conservatory.

To only 12 students a year, the

three-year program offers a full tuition

waiver and stipend, New York show-

case, six-week London program, yearof working in the Asolo Reportory

Theater, and upon graduation, eligibil-

ity to join the Actor’s Equity.

Born and raised in Tempe, Ariz.,

Kuiper began as a commercial mu-

sic major. According to Kuiper, he

was driving home the summer before

his sophomore year when he heard

a voice tell him, “You’re supposed

to be an actor.” After notifying his

 parents, he listened to the voice and

changed his major.

Although he has performed in

ve mainstage theater productions

throughout his college career, Kui-

 per credits the classroom for much

of his growth. Upon entering the the-

ater program, he was simply ready towork hard and learn as much as pos-

sible, he explained.

“I don’t believe anyone would

even recognize the kid that came into

the department back in 2011,” Kuiper

said. “My journey as a theater major

completely changed my life, and I

mean that in the most non-cliché way.”

Assistant professor Jill Bren-

nan-Lincoln, head of the BFA in act-

ing for the stage and screen, teaches

acting for the camera where she

works with students on auditioning

for professional theater, lm and tele-

vision. In addition, Brennan-Lincoln

directs the students in an Industry

Showcase performed for casting di-

rectors, agents and managers in Los

Angeles in the spring.

In her audition class, Brennan-Lin-

coln teaches the importance of “op-

tions” for an actor. During the fall

semester, she prepared the students pri-

marily for graduate school auditions,

guiding them through the research and

audition preparation. Every Wednes-

day, she met with each of the students,

Acting out: Kuiper’s journey to Florida Senior BFA acting

major is headed to

 prestigious grad

school with full-ride

scholarship

Tory Freethstaff writer

 Austin O’ Brien Photography COURTESY

Scott Kuiper plays the “Man” in APU Theatre’s latest production

“Seven Stories.”

contrasting monologues for more

than 40 representatives at the URTA

auditions. Called back to six differ-

ent schools, Kuiper spent the rest of

the day meeting with the representa-

tives individually.

“Scott is talented and has an

intense work ethic,” Brennan-Lin-

coln said. “I saw those monologuesthrough the semester grow. They

 became what they became at the end

 because he just kept working them.”

Prior to auditioning, FSU Aso-

lo Conservatory was Kuiper’s rst

choice of graduate schools. He said

that after receiving the phone call, he

could hardly believe the good news

and waited four days before ofcially

accepting the offer.

“Working with Scott for the past

three years has been really inspir-

ing,” senior BFA acting major Alison

Campbell said. “He is one of the most

 passionate and dedicated people I have

ever met, and it shows up in his work.

It is really admirable, and I know that

he has amazing things ahead of him.”

Campbell and Kuiper shared the

stage during their junior year, acting as

Beatrice and Benedick in Shakespeare’s

“Much Ado About Nothing.” Campbell

said they have become best friends.

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Shauna Niequist answers questions about her life and work.

Niequist shares wisdom, witLast week marked the Christian author’s third visit to Azusa

Pacic as she spoke at her third and fourth morning chapel

appearances Wednesday and Friday. For more information

about Niequist’s visit to APU, including her Q-and-A with

more than 80 students, visit www.theclause.org/lifestyle.

In early February, Subway

announced that it would re-

move azodicarbonamide from

its bread production. A variation

of the ingredient has been used

in commercial plastics such as

foamed plastics and yoga mats.

Food blogger Vani Hari, author

of the famous “Food Babe”

 blog, wrote about Subway’s in-

gredients in 2012 and launched

a successful petition to remove

the ingredient.

“I think it is great that Sub-

way is removing this product

from their breads, and hopefully

this will prompt other compa-

nies to do the same,” sophomore

theater arts major Michaela

Summers said.

The sandwich conglomer-

ate has followed the example of

What are you eating? An look at common

ingredients and

how they can

harm your healthEmily Leyvastaff writer

For the full article with

information on dyes,

sugar and more, visit

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several other companies. In 2010,

McDonald’s infuriated Americans

with its “pink slime” scandal af-

ter British television chef Jamie

Oliver exposed its common ingre-

dients on his show “Food Revo-

lution.” Processed meat products

were shown to be soaked in ammo-

nium hydroxide, a colorless liquid

chemical solution that forms when

ammonia dissolves in water, which

turned the meat into a pink slime.

Since then, after much public out-

cry, McDonald’s in the U.S. halted

its use of the substance.

Public exposure of bizarre food

ingredients have led to an increased

curiously and awareness about other

articial substances that people are

consuming.

Some of the most unusual in-

gredients are found in prepackaged

foods on grocery store shelves and

even on Azusa Pacic’s campus.

Find out some of the common ingre-dients found in prepackaged foods

and how they can affect your health.

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Opinion

The church often failsthose with mentalillnesses, but the solutionis within our grasp

 Alec Blehercopy editor

Mental illness: the Christian perspective

"'What, you broke your leg? Well, you just

need to pray more and keep a positive attitude.

How about you spend some time in the Word?'

This is what it would be like if we, as a majority

of Christians, treated physical injuries the way

we treat mental illness." Senior vocal perfor-

mance major Nathan Robe posted this on his

Facebook prole. He has clinical depression.

Robe is not alone. According to the NationalInstitute of Mental Health, more than a quarter of

American adults suffer from some kind of diag-

nosable mental illness. These include depression,

 bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and eating disor-

ders like anorexia and bulimia, just to name a few.

These diseases are a serious problem that require

an appropriate response. By and large, however,

the Christian community is failing in that re-

sponse.

We fail in a number of ways. As Christians we

live under the belief that God is alive and active in

the world around us. We forget that as individuals,

our actions are often how God chooses to act.

"There are times where

I have had more help in

most situations from my

non-Christian or even athe-

ist friends rather than myChristian friends because

they understand that, a lot

of the times, the help you're

supposed receive is from

another person, that that is

the vessel that goes to help

somebody," Robe said.

This is a wake-up call.

We are called to love each

other and reach out to those

who need us and yet non-

Christians sometimes seem

to get what we overlook:

 No good thought, intention

or Scripture can replace ac-

tion.

Misunderstanding is the next big hurdle that

stands between people, especially Christians, and

 being able to reach out to their peers struggling with

mental illnesses. We act as though they simply have

a negative mindset or perhaps negative experiences

that can be xed with a positive outlook or enough

 positive experiences to counterbalance them. This is

simply not true.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness denes

it as "a mental condition that disrupts a person's

thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others,

and daily functioning. ... Mental illnesses are medical

conditions that often result in a diminished capacity

for coping with the ordinary demands of life."

Mental illnesses are just that: illnesses. And like

other illnesses, they have specic symptoms, causes

and methods of treatment. We hear stories of people

who have been miraculously cured of diseases, but

there are millions more who only found wellness

after a long road of recovery.

This is true of so many de-

 pressed, bipolar and anorexic

individuals as well.

Prayer and Scripture can

 be powerful tools of encour-

agement on the path to re-

covery as they can be in any

struggle, but in the area of

mental disorders, Christians

have the tendency to pres-

ent them as the cure itself.

This is done with the best of

intentions, but intentions do

not change how the advice is

received and the damage that

is done.

"One of the things

that bothered me was be-

ing told I just needed to

 pray more or that I needed

to spend more time in the

Word," Robe said. "... It was their way of say-

ing, 'Well, you're doing this wrong and this ishappening to you for a reason. It's because you

don't do these things.' When you start [trying to

 be more 'Christian-like'] and things continue to

go the way they have been, you begin to won-

der, 'Am I not doing it right?'"

Whether or not Christians intend to communi-

cate these messages, this is how they are often re-

ceived. Those with mental illnesses are made to feel

less of themselves and then do what is only natural:

They close themselves off and suffer in quiet dark-

ness.

Don't be discouraged or think this is a scathing

review of yet another failing of the modern church.

I point out what is wrong because I rmly believe it

is within our power to x.

"Sometimes, one of the biggest things you can

do for someone who has depression, anxiety, that

litany of other disorders, is just be present, just be

around," Robe said. "I can remember a lot of times

where it really was just, I didn't so much want a so-

lution, as I just wanted someone around."

We want so badly to x things, to make things

right, we forget that it's ultimately in God's hands.

Perhaps we will be that life-changing inuence, but

we need to be there rst. A listening ear can be a lot

more powerful than a problem-solving mouth.

Mental illnesses are incredibly complex and

difcult. No two cases, even of the same medical

classication, are the same. The path to recovery

can be quite long and usually is.

If you want to make a difference in the life

of someone in your community who struggles

with a mental disorder, invest in the person like

you would any friend, and keep investing, espe-

cially when things get rough. Even if it seems

like nothing is getting better, the unseen inu-

ence you may be having can be incredible.

Believe me, I've seen it happen (and con-

tinue to happen) personally in the lives of mul-

tiple people, including that of my close friend, Nathan Robe.

 Alec Bleher  is a senior Engl ish

 major from San Marcos, Calif . In hiswriting he seeks to pursue the truth

founded on God’s kingdom, a taskthat never ends.

 Striking a structual balance

Structure.It’s not the sexiest word or concept –

especially for those of us who have beenraised in homes, schools and churches that

have encouraged (or forced) assimilationand compliance – but we as human beingsneed it.

From the wide-open idealism of Marx-ist theory to the unfettered free market sys-tem called capitalism that we as Americans

 participate in daily, every sociopoliticalclassication thus far imagined has been

 based on st ructure. Seemingly the only ex-ception to this law would be the introduc-tion of nihilism, which is dened as the re-

 jection of all religious and moral principles,often in the belief that life is meaningless.

The underlying thread among the sys-tems with tangible design and those withoutis this: Purposeful lives crave and necessi-tate structure. By no means does this implythat capitalistic motives and excessive con-sumption are justied simply because theyare somewhat structured and prosperous.

The fact of the matter is that they work, just as the picturesque ideals of commu-nism or socialism would bring us all clos-er to the purest form of a Christ-centeredchurch if humankind were not fragmentedand corrupt.

Within our own faith, there is a deeplyembedded thirst for structure because itworks and it reminds us that we are undeni-ably fragile creatures. For this same reason,churches set up “life groups,” regimentedBible studies and even weekly service orvolunteer projects.

An average APU student’s structureconsists of ve classes, maintaining a job,

 balancing a friend group, making an effortto stay in touch with family, attending threechapels a week and, if there’s extra time,visiting a church. Our community may needto reanalyze the pecking order of what we

deem to be vital in our lives.It is not practical to wholeheartedly

abandon our academics in hopes of becom-ing fully immersed in the fortication ofrelationships or focusing on community de-velopment (none of us have the audacity to

 be as radical as the man Himself), yet thereis a marvelous power in developing a struc-tural balance among our priorities.

The fact of the matter remains that whenyou reach that stage and grab the diploma,life’s struggle is just beginning, warmingup its one-two punch. We all pay shockingamounts of money to gain an education, butmore than that, we take four years (or may-

 be ve) out of our lives to discover who it isthat we are and how the minute intricaciesof the human clock work.

So I implore you to create your veryown structure, bobbing for the golden ap-

 ples of human efciency and compassion.Earnestly take the time to ask how anotherchild of God is doing, regardless of whetheror not your professor will put a meaningless“T” by your name on a grade sheet. Giveyourself permission to ercely love people,

 places, adventures, unconventional litera-ture and raw expression because when itcomes down to it, that piece of paper, thosefalse constructs of evaluation in the formof capital letters and the numbers in yourimaginary digital bank account don’t ownyou. Unless you let them.

RAW VISIONS OF A

ZEALOT

Scott Jacob is the Clause opinion

editor and a senior English major with a global studies minor. His passion for

 literature and the written word will oneday lead him to write fction novels, own

 a bookstore or be a vagabond writer.

“Sometimes, one ofthe biggest things

 you can do forsomeone who hasdepression, anxiety,that litany of otherdisorders, is just

 be present, just bearound.”

 –Nathan Robe, senior vocal

performance major

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 It isn’t up to you to judge whether someone fell into the ‘I went to Africa and all I came

back with were these photos’ trap

 Ashlee Polarekstaff writer

 Mission trip < new profle picture?

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As attendees of a Christian university,

the idea of mission trips is no foreign topic.

It’s been engraved into many students' brains

since they were small children attending

church with their parents.

However, as social media continues to

climb as an outlet of self-promotion, the

thought that mission trips might be used

merely as image enhancers becomes promi-

nent.

The list of reasons behind why people go

on mission trips is extensive. At a place like

APU, it could be for MAS credits, to "find

yourself while helping others" or to serve

God.

Yet how come as soon as people come

 back, or get a sta ble

Wi-Fi connection,

their profile picture

is changed to them

with the group of indi-

viduals they are help-

ing, whether that be

children in Mexico,

women in Africa or

students in Peru?

That’s where the question up for debate

comes in. Are people going on mission trips

to get complimentary comments on their

new profile pictures, as a

short vacation or because

they actually care about

the people they serve?

APU sends students to 28

countries over the year.

With that number, you are

 bound to hav e one or two

friends who have partici-

 pat ed in one of the se mis -

sion trips before.

This mindset of "I’m the only one who

goes on mission trips to help the people"

runs rampant in today’s society when a num-

 ber of individua ls believe that they are the

only saints on a campus full of sinners. If

 people change thei r p rofi le pictures to them

and children they connected with in Africa,

others may believe they are doing it to get

the confidence-boosting compliments that

will come.

Some students do go on missions trips to

experience India or to make it seem like they

truly care about "that" city in Africa. Some

students do spend hundreds of dollars for that

trip just so they can say they’ve gone. This

does take up valuable spots on mission trips

when maybe a student's talents are needed

in some other country with some other pro-

gram.

As always, there are two sides of every

coin.

"Posting a picture with a child in need isnot only using that child as an object, but us-

ing a missional platform to portray yourself

as 'holy' to those you may or may not know

in the digital world," said junior English ma-

 jor Missy Fackler, who will serve in Peru

this summer with an APU team.

But sophomore business major Casey

Adams, who will serve in South Korea this

summer, said what really matters is "not

what they made their profile photo, but what

they did, where they went and what impact

they made."

This debate now comes down to a ques-

tion. Why does anyone care if Jane Doe

actually went to India to help women in-

volved in sex trafficking or if John Doe

only went to Mexico to make the ladies

think he’s great with orphans? In all real-

ity, it doesn’t matter. The trip only affects

the student's life and the lives of those for

which the trip is intended. It is not our place

to critique why people go on mission trips.

Profile pictures are supposed to be repre-

sentations of oneself. If an individual feels

that the best representation of themselves is

a picture of the person in Ecuador building

a house, then that’s that. It's not up to you

to judge.

 Ash lee Pol arek  is a jou rnali sm

 maj or, TES OL min or fro m Azu sa, Ca- lif . She is an asp ir ing trave l wri te r,

 pho to jou rnali st and exp lorer of theworld.

Profle picturesare supposed to berepresentations ofoneself.

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Sports

Cougar catch-up: Tennis has successful start to season

With 10 of 22 regular season matches in the books, the Azusa Pacic women’s tennis team

currently holds an 8-2 record after losing two

of its last four games against tough opponents.*

The Cougars began their season with six

straight wins, four of which were on the road.

They suffered their rst loss of the season

against then-ranked No. 10 Fresno Pacic at

Fresno on Monday, Feb. 17 with a 4-5 score.

The Sunbirds now hold a 21-1 all-time record

against the Cougars.

The order of singles players for the women:

 No. 1, Emily Harris (5-4); No. 2, Natalie John-

son (8-1); No. 3, Danae Ingwaldson (3-5); No.

4, Lindsey Yeom (5-3); No. 5, Stephanie Quan

(5-0); No. 6, Bethany Duval (4-2).

The order of doubles teams for APU: No.

1, Harris/Ingwaldson (7-2); No. 2, Koetterhe-

inrich/Yeom (4-3); No. 3, Quan/Johnson (5-1).

 Nine days after the Cougars’ rst loss, they

scored an 8-1 home win against Westmont. The

next day, they suffered a tough 2-7 loss against

 No. 2-ranked BYU-Hawaii as the rst of four

consecutive top-25 opponents in the upcomingweek.

The women’s tennis team faced the Lewis

(Ill.) Flyers on Monday, March 3 and emerged

victorious with a 6-3 win to improve to an 8-2

record.

Their next opponent is No. 3 Barry on

Wednesday, March 5.

The men’s tennis team is nine games into

their season, currently holding an 8-1 record.

After winning six straight matches to start

the season, the last three of those victories dom-

inating 9-0 victories, the Cougars fell to then-

ranked No. 13 Fresno Pacic Sunbirds 6-3 on

Feb. 17. The last time the Cougars lost a regular

season match was also against the Sunbirds,

April 12, 2012, with a 6-3 score.

The order of singles players for the men: No.

1, NCAA-ranked No. 7 sophomore Jan Meyer

Kimberly Smith PHOTO

Sophomore Tomas Aranguiz (6-3) plays No.

6 singles and No. 2 doubles for the Cougars.

The Mel-chine brings power to the Cougars Sophomore rst

baseman helps lead

the Cougars with

turnaround season

Steven Mercadosports editor

There are three words that Azusa

Pacic sophomore rst baseman Jes-

sica Melcher used to describe what

she aims to be: “hard-working, team-

oriented and competitive.”

These qualities have carried

Melcher through her time thus far as

a Cougar.

Her freshman year was full of

growth. She played 34 games and

had a .260 average with 20 hits, fourruns and four RBIs. After an off -

season of adjustments, head coach

Carrie Webber and second baseman

Katrina Oviedo saw Melcher make

 big improvements and stretch further

toward the potential she showed from

last season.

“Last year was that transition

year when we were kind of guring

out her swing and guring out what

was going to work for her and getting

her into the best rhythm possible. This

year, she’s starting to see the fruits of

her labor and hard work,” Webber

said. “She’s really determined to be

a good hitter and make the changes

that we’re asking. That goes to show

she’s a very coachable kid and she’s

a hard worker. She’s determined to

 be the best player that she can, and

that’s what we’re starting to see in her

sophomore year.”

Melcher’s growth is showing in

the 21 games the Azusa Pacic soft-

 ball team has played this season. She

is batting .295, has 18 hits and is cur -

rently leading the team in home runs

with four and RBIs with 19.

The results are primarily due to

Webber and the Cougar coaching

staff working on her swing. Accord-

ing to Melcher, the biggest aw in it

was her step.

“Once I got my load forward

and I got all my weight transferred,

that’s where the power came from,”

Melcher said. “[Before,] everythingwould be on my back side and I

would be popping up everywhere. It

was very hard [to be patient].”

According to Oviedo, Melcher is

not only a different player, but a differ-

ent teammate from last season in her

 personality and actions on the eld.

“Last year, she was a freshman,

so she didn’t really know her role and

wasn’t comfortable yet. This year, it’scompletely different,” Oviedo said.

“She knows what she needs to do,

she knows how to communicate with

others, she’s not afraid to tell others

what to do in a certain situation, so

she’s developed a lot.”

Melcher said she owes her prog-

ress and improvement to her team-

mates.

“My game has changed because

I’m a lot more comfortable right now,”

she said. “I love the team that I’m

 playing with. I feel the closeness of

our team and I just have fun playing.”

According to Melcher, one of

the biggest things that prevented her

from growing last season was her

negativity and criticism of her own

game.

“Even if I did do something right,

I’d nd something wrong in it,” she

said. “This year, I’ve learned to ...

nd positives in everything that I do.

... The ability to have condence in

myself is what’s changed.”

This condence has brought

leadership on the eld. Having this

emerge unexpectedly has been great

for the team, according to Webber

and Oviedo.

“She brings a good work ethic to

the girls and she’s also learning how

to step up and be more of a vocal

leader, which is something she wasn’t

last year,” Webber said. “She actually

has a very loud voice; we just didn’t

know it last year. She’s going to beone of those mainstays and someone

who is going to anchor our lineup

 both offensively and defensively. All

around, she’s a great kid.”

Melcher was born and raised

in Nebraska until she was 12 years

old. She rst started playing softball

 by playing fast-pitch softball for 10

and younger. She kept that interest

 but didn’t get competitive until her

sophomore and junior years of high

school, when she began to participate

on travel softball teams, which com-

 pete normally at higher levels.

John Ortiz, Melcher’s travel ball

coach, helped her to decide she want-

ed to stick with softball and continue

improving.

“He made softball really fun. He

would have high expectations for us,

 but at the same t ime, he would make

it fun for us,” Melcher said. “We

would mess around and talk crap

to each other during practice and it

would just be fun. He brought that

comfortability and he was always

there for us when we needed him.”

The transition from Nebraska to

California was tough for Melcher,

who said the culture and people in the

two states are vastly different. How-

ever, she said softball helped ease her

culture shock.

“Softball, for me, is where I met

my best friends and that’s who I am

still friends with today. Those are

teams I was on ve or six years ago,”

Melcher said.

There is no point in playing

sports without close relationships

with teammates, she said.

“If you don’t have people that

care about each other in every aspect,

whether it’s in softball, whether it’s

out, it doesn’t matter,” Melcher said.

“It’s a game that’s not just about the

nine players out there, but it’s about

the players on the bench as well. Ev -

erybody has got to be together to sup-

 port each other. Otherwise, the team

isn’t there, regardless of talent level.”

She said she has experienced per -

sonal growth during her year and a

half at Azusa Pacic.

“I’ve grown a lot spiritually over

these last couple of years in ways that

I was able to help people, some fam-

ily members who were going through

a really tough time and maybe

haven’t been as close to God as they

want to be,” Melcher said. “I’ve kind

of helped them get through that.”

The sophomore said big role

models for her spiritual path and jour-

ney at APU overall are Webber and

the rest of the coaching staff.

“I have become a better person

 physically, mentally and most impor-

tantly, spiritually because of [them],”

Melcher said. “I love to win, but the

thing I love the most is being able to

make my coaches proud. Coach loves

us so much and it shows. She is al-

ways there when we need her. I just

really hope she knows how much the

team and I appreciate and love her

and all she does for us.”

With 21 games played so far this

season, Melcher looks to continue

 being a key contributor to the 15-6

Azusa Pacic softball team.

“I’m just ready to kill the rest of

the teams [this season],” she said.

(8-0); No. 2, senior Freddy Wilkens (6-2); No.

3, freshman Alan Leahy (4-4); No. 4, junior Gary

Yam (6-2); No. 5, freshman Pascal Engel (5-3);

 No. 6, sophomore Tomas Aranguiz (6-2).

The order of doubles players for the men: No. 1, Engel/Meyer (4-4); No. 2, Aranguiz/

Wilkens (6-2); No. 3, Leahy/Yam (6-2).

After the Cougars’ rst loss to the Sunbirds,

 No. 11-ranked APU had a 10-day break before

facing No. 19-ranked BYU-Hawaii. The Cou-

gars did not let the break faze them and pow-

ered through to a 6-3 victory.

On Monday, March 3, Azusa Pacic beat

Lewis (Ill.) 7-2. The Cougars were spotted three

 points because the Flyers only had four players

on their active roster.

The men’s next matchup is on Wednesday,

March 5 against Barry.

*The results in this story are current as of

 Monday, March 3. Check theclause.org/sports

 for updates on Azusa Pacic athletics, includ -

ing Tuesday’s results of the women’s tennis

match against No. 6-ranked Lynn.

JESSICA MELCHERHEIGHT: 5’9”

POSITION: FIRST BASEHOMETOWN: COLUMBUS,

NEB.

HIGH SCHOOL: LA QUINTA 

NICKNAME: JURRLISCA 

–Oviedo’s description of her

game: “beast mode.”

–2014 stats: .295 average,

10 runs, 18 hits, four home

runs, 19 RBIs, .492 slugging

percentage

–21 games into the season,

she is one home run away

from tying last season’s

team leader (Rachel Miller, 5)

Steven Mercado PHOTOSophomore rst baseman Jessica Melcher brings a new power swing to the Cougar lineup.

Steven Mercadosports editor

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Following tough back-to-back home losses

that knocked it out of the race for the Pacic

West Conference title, the Azusa Pacic wom-

en’s basketball team headed to northern Cali-

fornia last week for its nal two games of the

regular season. Thursday, Feb. 27, the Cougars

defeated PacWest champion Academy of Art by

double-digits and Saturday, March 1, the team

dealt the same favor to Holy Names.

The Cougars won 82-66 over an Academy

of Art team that clinched the PacWest champi-

onship after the Cougars’ previous game, a loss

against Point Loma. Two monumental runs for

Azusa Pacic gave them a commanding lead

that never dwindled.

The rst was a 19-6 spurt toward the end

of the rst half that gave the Cougars a 37-29

lead. A 24-9 run in the second half solidied the

victory.

Leading the Cougars was junior guard Al-

lison Greene with a spectacular performance.

She scored a game-high 23 points, grabbed ve

rebounds, dished out ve assists and snatched a

game-high four steals.

Five of her teammates scored double g-

ures, including junior forward Sendy Valles

with 15 points, nine rebounds and ve assists

and sophomore forward Kelly Hardeman with

11 points, eight boards and two blocks. The oth-

er two to reach double digits were sophomore

guard Sullivan Ziegler with 10 points and fourrebounds and junior guard Katie Powell with

11 points, hitting 3-of-4 of her three-point at-

tempts.

The Cougars held the Urban Knights to

32.4 percent shooting and out-rebounded them

47-40. They held Academy of Art sophomore

guard Zoie Sheng to three-of-10 shooting,

 but she made 11 of her 13 free throws to lead

her team in scoring with 17 points. The only

One fnal goal remains: NCCAA championship After nishing season

with two strong victories,

Cougars head into

 playos with sights on

 NCCAA championship

Steven Mercadosports editor

other Urban Knight to score in double gures

was sophomore forward Krystal Forthan, who

scored 16 points on 7-of-17 shooting along with

a game-high 14 boards.

Saturday night, Azusa Pacic closed the

season on a high note, beating Holy Names on

the latter’s senior night 72-58.“To play them on their last game and their

senior night, they were pretty emotional and

 pumped up. We talked about wanting to have

the intensity we’re looking for to close out

the regular season and be ready for playoffs,”

head coach T.J. Hardeman said. “It was a tough

game, but I thought we were able to dominate

inside and get some easy buckets.”

The top performers for the nal game of

the regular season were Greene and Kelly Har -

deman. Greene scored 17 points, four assists

and once again, a game-high four steals while

Hardeman scored 17 points and grabbed 10 re-

 bounds for a double-double. The bench played a

key factor in the win, scoring 21 points opposed

to the Hawks’ ve bench points. A mixture of

well-balanced scoring and sharing the rock pro-

 pelled the Cougars to victory in both of their

nal games of the regular season.

“It was a testament of us saying, ‘Hey, our

goal is to be playing for a while longer, so let’s

 just sustain that hardened play,” coach Hardeman

said. “On Thursday, we had 20 assists on [27 bas-

kets] and [on Saturday], we had 17 assists off 27

 baskets, so I was glad to see us nding each oth-

er, glad to see us making passes, getting good as-

sists and setting each other up. It was good team

 basketball, and that’s what we talked about doing

all year. It’s nice to see us doing the things we

wanted to do at the end of the year.”

The Azusa Pacic women’s basketball

team’s back-to-back wins to close the season

earned the squad a rst-round bye in the three-

team NCCAA West Region tournament. APU

faced Point Loma on Tuesday, March 4. After

falling to the Sea Lions on Saturday, Feb. 22,

Hardeman said before the game that it would bedifferent than their game earlier this year.

“They’re a very good team, as we are. We

 played them last time and our focus was not

where it needed to be,” Hardeman said. “I think

we’re a lot more focused now as far as being

aware of what we’re playing for and what our

goals are. The goal at this point is to go back to

the NCCAA [championship] and that’s what’s

at stake here.”

Steven Mercado PHOTO

Junior guard Allison Greene led the Cougars with 40 points, seven rebounds, nine assists and

eight steals in the nal two games of the regular season, but the entire team stepped up inthe two double-digit victories.

Men’s basketball closes regular season on high noteThe Cougars win

six straight games

to close regular

season and look to

carry momentum

into playos

Steven Mercadosports editor

The Azusa Pacic men’s basket-

 ball team won its nal two games to

cap a six-game winning streak to end

the regular season. Thursday, Feb.

27, the Cougars led the Academy of

Art all game in a 80-64 victory and

on Saturday, March 1, the team pro-duced its largest number of points

in the season with 104 against Holy

 Names in their 35-point beat down .

In Thursday’s game against

Academy of Art, senior forward

Bert Hall was the top performer,

shooting 9-for-11 from the eld for

a career-high 23 points and grab-

 bing seven rebounds . Three more

Cougars scored in double gures:

Sophomore forward Sharif Wat-

son scored 12 points and grabbed

a team-high eight rebounds, junior

guard Troy Leaf also scored 12, all

coming from behind the arc, and

sophomore forward Jared Zoller

scored 10.

The Cougars were outrebounded

36-31 by Academy of Art, but held

the advantage in second-chance

 points, 20-12. According to APU

head coach Justin Leslie in an inter -

view with sports information direc-

tor Joe Reinsch, the Cougars had a

lot of trouble hitting outside shots in

the rst half, but Hall kept the team

in the game. Hall went 5-for-6 from

the eld for 13 points and grabbed

four rebounds in the rst period of

 play. The rest of the team shot 8- for-

23 from the eld.

After the win, Azusa Pacic im-

 proved to 15-9 overall with a 11-7

PacWest record. Academy of Art fell

to a 6-20 overall record, 4-15 in the

PacWest.

Saturday, the Cougars played

the best team ball they have played

all year. All 10 active players got

to play and eight of them scored

in double-digits. Not only was this

their best offensive performance of

the year, but it was the most points

they scored in a non-overtime game

since 2011, and the 35-point win was

their biggest win against a confer -

ence team since their 37-point vic-

tory against Point Loma (103-66) in

2007.

Leading the team was Leaf with

15 points and four assists, going

5-for-8 from the eld. Junior guardRobert Sandoval scored 10 points,

dished out a team-high ve assists

and snatched a game-high four

steals.

Hall scored 11 points and

grabbed a game-high nine rebounds,

carrying some of his dominant per-

formance from Thursday into Sat-

urday’s game. Sophomore guard

Miller Brown appeared in only eight

of the previous 25 games, but played

a season-high 19 minutes and went

4-for-6 from the eld for a season-

high 10 points, including a half-

court shot at the buzzer that put the

Cougars up 42-27 at the half.

The Cougars dominated in all ar-

eas of the game. They had the advan-tage in eld-goal percentage, shoot-

ing 57.6 percent over Holy Names’

38.3. The Cougars out-rebounded

the Hawks 45-28 and forced them

into 11 turnovers, resulting in 21

 points. The Cougars only turned the

 ball over six times and allowed but

three points off those turnovers.

A winning streak to end the sea-

son is just what the Cougars needed

as they headed into postseason play.

Azusa Pacic hosted the National

Christian College Athletic Associa-

tion West Regional championship

Tuesday, March 4 against Point

Loma, who they beat in a thrilling

double-overtime game on Saturday,

Feb. 22.

Steven Mercado PHOTO

Senior forward Bert Hall went strong on the inside in the Cougars’ nal two games of the season, including acareer-high 23 point-peformance on Thursday, Feb. 27 against the Academy of Art.

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Odd baseball schedule brings unique dilemmaCougar baseball

will be at home

 for 16 more games

before starting

lengthy 21-gameroad trip

The Azusa Pacic baseball team

is off to an up-and-down start to the

2014 season. After the rst 10 games,

the Cougars stand at 6-4, a record that

includes six wins at home and four

losses on the road. Going winless on

the road and undefeated at home so

far, the Cougars look as if they are

extremely comfortable in Azusa and

less so while traveling.

The Pacic West Conference hasfaced scheduling conicts while try-

ing to accommodate travel plans for

schools on spring break. Because of

these conicts, Cougar baseball will

now head into its own “March Mad-

ness,” holding an unfamiliar schedule

in its second season competing in

the PacWest. From this point on, the

Cougars will play 16 straight games

on their home eld followed by a

staggering stretch of 21 consecutive

contests on the road.

The unusual scheduling is a chal-

lenge that head coach Paul Svagdis is

ready for his team to take on.

“We want to get off to a good start

 being at home, and on the back half,

 playing on the road is going to be agood challenge. I like challenges. I

think that’s why I coach, to see our

 players put into adverse situations

and watch them overcome it,” Svag-

dis said. “That’s probably the most

exciting part of my job, is watching

them do things like that.”

The home stand will include se-

ries facing Holy Names, Fresno Pa-

cic, the Academy of Art and UC San

Diego. APU will also face Biola and

Cal State Dominguez Hills for one

game apiece during the stretch.

The 21-game road trip will in-

clude a weekend series at Point

Loma, an exhibition matchup against

the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, a

four-game series at Dixie State and a

trip to the Hawaiian Islands to play

four apiece against Hawai’i Pacic

and Hawai’i Hilo. Following the trip

to the Aloha State, the Cougars will

then head south to face off against

Cal State San Marcos and UC San

Diego, with two games for each.

Being away from home for so

many consecutive games may not be an ideal situation but will not be

looked at as a disadvantage for the

Cougars.

“It just means we really need to

 be focused that we’re going to places

that we’re most likely not comfort-

able in, someplace that is not a home

eld, so we have to make sure we

are doing everything we can, focus-

ing on the game and visualizing what

we need to do,” junior pitcher Zach

Hedges said. “Baseball is the same

game no matter where you play it.”

Following the 21-game road trip,

the Cougars will return home to end

the regular season with one game

against Cal Poly Pomona followed by

a four-game series against CaliforniaBaptist.

Grant Walter PHOTO

Senior outelder Matt Kimmel and the Cougars baseball team look to continue enjoying their long home stretch

before embarking on their 21-game road journey