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Dan Mosier ! ghts battles on and o" the ! eld to help the Kingsmen football team get over the hump.
Vol. 58 Number 1
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New communication professor Monica Gracyalny is ! nding her niche at CLU.
Rain delays push back opening day of William Rolland Stadium to Oct. 1 Brittany Labbe
Sta! Writer
Photo courtesy of University RelationsNew Facilities: A look at the un" nished William Rolland Stadium, expected to be completed by Oct. 1.
# e William Rolland football stadium at CLU is almost complete. William Rolland, a former
! re! ghter, real estate developer, and as one of the founding residents of Westlake Village, donated the stadium in February of 2010.# e groundbreaking ceremony
for the stadium took place on Sept. 13, 2010; however, the Southern California Builders didn’t receive grading permits to begin footing excavation until the middle of November. “All the anticipation of moving
to the new stadium is really exciting. It’s 50 years build up and its something I have been looking forward to,” said sophomore football player Nick Grodotzke. “Since I am at a new school, it will be nice to be the ! rst to play at these new facilities.” # e stadium was supposed to be
! nished by the ! rst home game on Sept. 17, but due to weather setbacks, the construction
company fell behind. “# ere were permits that we
needed to get in order to begin construction and then it started to rain, which caused a huge delay,” said Valerie Crooks, project manager. “# e contractor did a
great job at making up lost time, but there is only so much you can do with 52 days of rain delay.” Construction crews have been
working overtime to complete the stadium before the ! rst SCIAC home game against Redlands on
Oct. 1. “From seeing all the rain in the
fall I knew it wouldn’t be good for the ! eld,” said Luis Schmitzberger, junior football player. “I knew it would mean delays for playing
Free newspapers are a thing of the past on campusWill Reeve
Sta! Writer
CLU has cut its program that provided free daily newspapers to its students. # e California Lutheran University bookstore does not sell newspapers, so they now are unavailable on campus.CLU had a contract with USA
Today’s Collegiate Readership Program, a national newspaper program that allows colleges to provide free newspapers to their students. Schools receive one national paper—usually USA
Today—one regional paper, and one local paper.CLU received USA Today,
the Los Angeles Times and the Ventura County Star. According to the program’s
website, its goal is to “promote civic literacy and global awareness on campus through daily exposure to the news.”Director of Student Life Melinda
Roper said that funding for this program has been strained for the last three years. It was funded by the ASCLU-G, the O$ ce of
[See STADIUM, Page 3]
Thompson Hall gets a major summer makeover Christina Banman
Sta! Writer
Thompson Hall was fully refurbished this summer.According to the CLU website,
Thompson was one of the two original residential halls that opened its doors opened to students in 1961.Harrison Sands, sophomore
resident assistant in Thompson, lived in the hall before the renovations. “The biggest changes [that I
noticed] were the relocations of the showers and sinks,” Sands said.Jay Hutchison of Facilities
Operations & Planning said that the removal of the “popcorn ceilings” and upgrading to the air conditioning in Thompson was completed last year. This past summer, the smaller
bedroom was made bigger by moving the shower out closer to the common area. He said that though the
bedrooms are not the same size, they are much closer now. In addition, Hutchison said the sinks were moved outside of
the shower area to make them more accessible to students. Freshman Andrew Rothans
saw the dorms back in 2008 when his older sister Amanda Rothans lived in Thompson. “The dorms are way better
than when Amanda lived here,” said Andrew Rothans.Vice President of Planning and
Services Ryan Van Ommeren talked about the renovations that were made to the 140-bedrooms in Thompson over the summer. “[We have] made it into a
multi-phase process. The heating and cooling upgraded, piping was re-done, the interior and exterior were painted and all hazardous material, such as lead based paint and asbestos were removed,” said Van Ommeren. “New plumbing has solved the laundry room flooding issue and should help with shower drainage issues.”Students were excited about
the changes.“I like the new improvements.
Thompson looks a lot better now than when I lived there,” [See MAKEOVER, Page 2]
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NEWSthe EchoPage 2
Class of 2015 raises admissions standards Amelia Daniels
Sta! Writer
Freshman dorm upgraded this year[MAKEOVER, from Page 1]said Amanda Rothans. “I’m
sure my brother and his roommates will enjoy living there.”Hutchison said there are plans
to make the same upgrades to
CLU welcomed over 500 in-coming freshmen students for the 2011-2012 academic school year. Across the nation, colleges are
seeing an increase in the size of their freshman classes, and Cali-fornia Lutheran University is no different. In each of the past five years, CLU has witnessed a re-cord-setting number of incom-ing freshmen.The class of 2015 is the biggest
class yet. The freshmen class also is set-
ting new standards.The average GPA and SAT
scores of the class of 2015 are the highest in CLU’s history. Twenty percent of the students ranked within the tenth percen-tile of their graduating classes.In 2008, the school announced
a strategic plan titled “CLU 2012” that would ultimately af-firm the school’s commitment
to excellence, leadership and the Lutheran identity. The plan out-lined seven goals.One of the seven goals was to
recruitie and graduate a well-prepared and diverse student body that is academically ac-complished and reflective of CLU’s mission by increasing enrollment and raising average SAT and GPA scores. The class of 2015 helps the
school inch closer to the goals set four years ago in the “CLU 2012” strategic plan.CLU ranks 18th on the 2011
U.S. News & World Report list of top schools in the West be-cause the admissions process has become more selective. “I came to CLU because I re-
ally liked the vibes and because it had the exact major I wanted,” said freshman Jake Munka.This freshman class holds true
to CLU’s reputation of being a selective institution. Students send in applications
with the hopes of attending such
a diverse university that offers a wide variety of majors and ex-tracurriculars.The quality of education at-
tracted freshman Tony Krieger to CLU. “I chose CLU because it’s close
to home, it had a small teacher to student ratio, and everyone here is really friendly to the point that I can come out and express my true self,” he said. Freshman applications in-
creased by 19 percent in 2010. The university admitted 44 per-cent of applicants, a decrease from the previous year.“My favorite thing about this
school is the students that make CLU,” said sophomore Ryan Burris. “This is college and this is where I know I can expand my knowledge and friendships with everyone.”
Photo by Rachel Balderas - Sta! Photographer! ompson Hall: " e bathrooms in " ompson were refurbished.
Crimes increase on campus, report shows Karina Maloney
Sta! Writer
Campus Public Safety released their Annual Campus Safety Report last week. According to the Clery Report,
crime and judicial referrals at CLU have increased during the 2010-2011 school year. The number of on-campus thefts and cases regarding drug usage have also risen. The report, which was sent to
all students summarizes the dif-ferent crimes, arrests, and judi-cial referrals filed by Campus Security and Residence Life. Most of reports filed last year
were for drug use. In addition to the 51 judicial referrals, five arrests on campus were made by the Thousand Oaks Police Department for possession and the dealing of marijuana. Although marijuana is legal
in California with a medical permit, it is prohibited on CLU campus under any circum-stances. Director of Safety and Secu-
rity Fred Miller, believes that it is this law has made marijuana more accessible. When asked about the issue,
sophomore Dan Knierim said, “I think the school needs to up-date its policies regarding mari-juana so that they are more in line with the [California law].
Today, people who need [mari-juana] for medical use can ob-tain it legally from a licensed doctor. This is a simple and unavoidable fact that needs to be addressed by the university.”The most frequent crimes
were burglaries.According to Campus Public
Safety, most of these burglaries occured in Pederson, Thomp-son and Mt. Clef halls. Andrew Cano had his laptop
stolen from Pederson hall last year. “It was the first thing the rob-
ber saw,” said Cano. “They just grabbed it and left.”Freshman Kelsey Littleworth,
said she felt safe on campus.“The people I’ve interacted
with here on campus seem to be very nice,” said Littleworth. “It also seems like many of them really care about making us feel comfortable and secure here on campus.”Miller advised students to re-
port suspicious activity.“We can only report things
that we know about. So be sure that you let us know, even if you choose to remain anonymous.”
Pederson Hall next year.“CLU has been steadfast in
its dedication in keeping this remodel program going and in getting all of the residence halls up to a new level of quality,” Van Ommeren said.
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To report a crime, contact Fred Miller via email at
NEWS – Page 3the EchoSeptember 21, 2011
on the ! eld, but I am excited to play at home and have even more fans.” According to SoCal Builders the
stadium has a light pole, which has always been in the master plan, that sits slightly in front of the press box. “" ere is plenty of room to be
able to see,” said head football coach Ben McEnroe. “" e ! eld is unbelievable, the surface itself is amazing and all the construction is coming along. It is a beautiful
facility.” The stadium will be built to
current National Collegiate Athletic Association standards, the Kingsmen football team will be able to host NCAA Division III playoff games, something they haven’t been able to do for the last two seasons.“We take a lot of pride in
being the home football team,” said McEnroe. “Our team saying is we will play anybody, at anyplace, at anytime.”
Photo by Marina Hedroj - Sta! PhotographerView from ground level: ! e clocktower at William Rolland stadium, due to be " nished Oct. 1, looks far from it’s completion date.
The Kingsmen football team awaits stadium completion[MAKEOVER, from Page 1]
Newspaper racks are removed from all areas on campus[RACKS, from Page 1]Academic A# airs, the O$ ce of
the President, and two Student Life units (Residence Life and Student Leadership and Programs). “When three of our partners
discontinued support of the program due to budget constraints, we did everything we could to try to drum up new support,” Roper said. “Before canceling our contract, we went back to ASCLU-G one last time to see if they could do anything to keep the program on campus. " e interest was not there.” According to Roper, without the
$9,000 from those three major
contributors, Student Life was unable to fund the program, so the $13,500 annual contract was canceled.In the past, papers were
delivered to Mogen Hall, Mt. Clef Hall, Grace Hall, the SUB, the Centrum, the Soiland Humanities building, the Cafeteria, the Café a la Cart and the GSFC every morning.A large portion of students
were unaware that the program was cut. Of eight students interviewed, only one was aware the newspapers were gone. Two of the eight students hadn’t noticed the papers on campus at all.However, a number of students
are unhappy. “I am disappointed that the
newspapers won’t be available anymore,” said senior Eric Zeiger. Zeiger said that he picked up
the Los Angeles Times twice a week from the SUB, the cafeteria and the Humanities building. He regularly read the front page, sports and business sections. “I can get [the information]
online, but I’d much rather get it in paper,” Zeiger said. “I know other students that would too.”Senior Rani Wako agreed with
Zeiger.“Many people our age still read
print,” Wako said. “All four of my roommates read the paper. I read
the Los Angeles Times.” She said she picked up the paper
at least once during the week.Roper acknowledged student’s
feeling about cutting the program. “I share in the disappointment
over losing this program as I have been a long-time fan. My hope is that we can rejoin the program at some point in the future,” Roper said.When the university ended
its contract with the Collegiate Readership Program, the leased newspaper racks were repossessed by USA Today. " e Echo, has since lost its regular distribution method. " e Echo used to be placed on the racks next to the
CLU is gaining a fully student-run radio station called iCLUradio.The online radio station is
scheduled to premiere in the spring semester of this year. Prior to the launch, an advisory board will meet five times throughout the fall semester to decide on a few key factors. The board is made up of
ASCLU-G representatives Matthew Hamlett and Vim Iglesia, current students Jen Egermeier and Allison Mehnert, alumnis Jesse Knudson and Liz Glick, faculty Beverly Kelley and Jean Sandlin, technical advisors Erik Hagen and Lee Marshall and director Jeanette Villanueva-Walker. In their five meetings they will determine a mission statement, charter documents, project regulations, format and programming, budget and the relationship that iCLU will have with the Echo and CLUtube. The site plans to work hand-
in-hand with the Echo and CLUtube. “The correlation between the
three is that while the Echo and CLUtube cover events and stories on an in-depth level, iCLUradio can be more on top of it as far as time goes,” Kelley said.
At the first meeting, which took place last Saturday, the mission statement was at the top of the priority list.“We want to give the students
lots of freedom with this project, but we want the iCLUradio mission statement to mesh nicely with the university mission statement,” Kelley said. “We want everything to be reasonable, but we also want to exemplify the aspect of diversity that CLU is so proud of as well as keeping up with our first amendment rights,” she said.In 1985 there was another
student-run radio station that was reportedly shut down after the airing of an inappropriate interview.“One of the students doing the
interviewing said the f-word and the administration was supposedly not too pleased with that,” Kelley said.The new station will utilize
first amendment privileges better than the old one did.“Obviously we don’t want an
alumni listening in the middle of the day and hearing various colorful words, but if there’s a show running say at 3 a.m the language could be a little looser,” Kelley said. The station will include CLU
and local news, sports shows with live broadcasting, professor and student talk shows, and local music features. When a show
isn’t playing there will be music streaming from the station.Vim Iglesia, iCLU radio
board member and musician, expresses interest not only in the project, but in performing musically in his own show slot on iCLUradio someday.“I think this program will make
CLU history. I’m just excited that I’m here to be a part of it,” Iglesia said. “CLU is only 50 years old, we have a lot of catching up to do to all of the older schools that are so technilogically advanced.”Junior Brandon Kallen is
also excited about the up-and-coming radio station.“I’m definitely looking forward
to listening. I’m getting tired of Pandora,” said Kallen. If you are interested in applying
for a position at iCLUradio contact Dr. Kelley at [email protected]. The positions available are:
General Manager, Webmaster, Program Director, Music Director, News Director, Production Director, Sport Director, Talk Director, Traffic Director, Community Outreach, and Promotions Director. Include in the e-mail your Fall 2011 contact information, a short statement explaining why you are seeking a position on iCLUradio and a couple of paragraphs explaining your personal vision for a student-run radio station at CLU.
iCLU radio is coming soon Kelsey Goeres
Sta# Writer
other three newpapers. Roper said that when the program was cut, no one realized that the racks would be taken as well. " e Echo is currently attempting
to secure funding to replace the newspaper racks on campus. “We are working to ! nd a better
long-term solution,” said Caitlin Coomber, Editor-in-Chief of the Echo. “Until the problem is resolved, the Echo sta# will distribute the weekly publications at the % agpole on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.”
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September 21, 2011
EXTRASthe EchoPage 4
8/29/11: Fire Department responded to a medical assistance call at a residence hall.
9/4/11: Fire Department responded to a smoke alarm in Grace Hall. Alarm was activated due to smoking grease in the kitchen. ! ere were no injuries, and no property was damaged.
9/6/11: Fire Department responded to a medical assistance call at Ahmanson Science Center.
9/8/11: Campus Public Safety responded to a report of garage door damage to a CLU-owned home on Faculty Street. ! e damage was reportedly caused by an unknown vehicle striking the door.
9/9/11: Campus Public Safety investigated and took a report for a missing bicycle valued at $27. ! e bike was last seen at the ! ompson Hall bike rack.
9/12/11: A tra" c accident was reported in the administration parking lot. Minor damage was caused when one unoccupied vehicle rolled into another unoccupied vehicle.
9/14/11: Fire Department responded to a medical assistance call at the Zimmerman Music Studios.
Information provided by Campus Public Safety
ASCLU-G Senate Minutes Senior UpdateCLU Security Blotter
Are you a senior? Send your thoughts about your ! nal year at CLU to the Echo and get your photo in the EXTRAS section. E-mail your response to [email protected].
Dean of Students Bill Rosser reported that this year’s incoming freshmen class scored (on average) 25 points higher on their SATs than the previous class.
Amanda Whealon is serving as CLU’s new Senior Coordinator for Student Programs and Wellness Initiatives
ASCLU-G President Jesse McClain reported that only six students # led papers to run for 11 available positions during ASCLU-G elections last week. ! e remaining positions were # lled by write-ins.
! e Senate approved Dean Rosser’s appointments of junior Matthew Soto, senior Amanda Berg, and associate professor of political science Dr. Herbert Gooch to the 2011-2012 ASCLU-G judicial board.
! e Senate approved the Pilates club, and re-approved the Ballet club and the Knights Lacrosse club.
Senate meetings take place Mondays at 5:20 p.m. in Nygreen 1Programs Board meets at 7:15 p.m. in Trinity 318. Both are open to faculty, sta! and students.
10/3/11: Last day to apply for the December 2011 graduation ceremony
10/11/11: Senior social at Lazy Dog Cafe
! e Senior Pride committee meets every other Monday at 10 p.m.
If you’re interested in getting involved with the Senior Pride Committee, email Amanda Whealon at [email protected].
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FEATURESthe EchoSeptember 21, 2011
Sept. 11 concert evokes memories and raises funds
Music professor Eric Kinsley hosted a memorial recital on Sept. 11 in Samuelson Chapel to honor victims of the terrorist attacks and to raise money for international relief.
A black piano, a harpsichord and two large bouquets of white ! owers decorated the stage where Kinsley performed pieces intended to honor the community on the 10th anniversary of the attacks that shocked our nation.
Kinsley began with a piece by F.J. Haydn, his favorite of the recital. " e piece, “Variations in F
minor,” was followed by selections from J. Pachelbel, Handel, T. Arne and J.S. Bach.
“I tried to choose pieces that had a meditative spirit for re! ection, ones which did not encourage one to dwell in the past and sorrow but to look forward on how to better serve our world,” explained Kinsley when discussing the music for the recital.
Kinsley is no stranger to the professional music world. His resume includes a Ph.D. from the Manhattan School of Music and memberships of well-known music groups such as the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. Kinsley has performed on
television and public radio.Fellow faculty member Angela
Hicks entered as mezzo-soprano for several Handel pieces. She sang peacefully, “Angels Ever Bright and Fair”. " e lyrics of each song captured the feelings of the day and the meaning of the recital.
“" ese pieces are about protection, hope, comfort and coming into light out of darkness,” Hicks said.
“I liked the switchback between piano and harpsichord,” sophomore Bekah Peterson said a# er the recital.
Sue Poulson, a local resident, shared her $ rst memories of the
morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “I was at home. My son called
me and told me to turn on the TV,” Poulson said. R e v e a l i n g her feelings on the 10th anniversar y, she added, “I am not fearful today.”
K i n s l e y was a% ected
personally by the attacks. “I once lived in Manhattan and
will never get over the changed skyline,” Kinsley said.
He also has a brother who is a $ re$ ghter and a trainer for
the Department of Homeland Security. Kinsley said he understands the sacri$ ces individuals in these professions make.
Proceeds from the recital will go toward the Conejo Compassion Coalition, which helps those a% ected by natural disasters. " e charity currently has projects in Haiti, Uganda and Sri Lanka.
“I chose to give all proceeds to the Conejo Compassion Coalition because their goal is to build up communities in crisis,” Kinsley said.
Kinsley viewed the recital as a success. Over $500 was raised for the charity.
Heather LeFevre Sta! Writer
French lm festival entry addresses world issuesScott Turner
Sta! Writer
Students, teachers and community members made their way into the Preus-Brandt Forum on Sept. 16 for a screening of director Philippe Lioret’s $ lm “Welcome”.
" e $ lm was selected as part of the ongoing Tournées Film Festival in which the French-American Cultural Exchange screens $ lms on campuses across the nation that are indicative of French culture. While the festival itself has been running for 16 years at universities across the nation, this is the $ # h time the festival has been presented at CLU.
Event coordinator and California Lutheran University French professor Karen Renick selected “Welcome” in part because the theme of the $ lm goes hand-in-hand with CLU’s mission statement.
“" is particular $ lm was screened because in addition to supporting the CLU mission statement ‘to educate leaders for a global society,’ it highlights the themes of the Tournées Festival: integrity, compassion and
diversity,” Renick said. Another reason for choosing this particular $ lm is its relevance to groups and departments at CLU like the United Students of the World.
" e screening itself, which faced competition from other activities and events, attracted approximately 80 movie go-ers. Student Megan Manners was among the attendees whose interest in French activities brought her to the screening.
“I’m taking French,” Manners said. “I wanted to get involved in more French activities on campus.”
Films are selected for their ability to immserse the audience in French culture.
Renick believes it is important to break out of our cultural shell and become familiar with how others think and live.
“If one does not study another language and culture, one tends to be quite parochial, and lacking in understanding of global issues,” Renick said. & “" e fact that there were Swiss, French, Dutch, Armenians, Vietnamese, Scandinavians and others of international descent in the audience only emphasizes the
I’ll never get over the changed skyline.”
Eric KinseyMusic professor
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Courtesy PhotoSwim Lessons: “Welcome” stars Vincent Lindon, le" , and Firat Ayverdi
universal appeal of foreign $ lms.”“Welcome” was introduced by
sophomore Mariah Martel, who is ! uent in French, and tells the story of Bilal. He is a 17-year-old Iraqi illegal immigrant who is trying to get to England from France to reconnect with a girlfriend by swimming across the English Channel. Simon Calmat is Bilal’s swimming instructor, and is in the middle of a divorce.
Calmat’s wife Marion is a
volunteer worker who illegally aids undocumented immigrants and refugees, which causes
Simon to initially house Bilal in
an attempt to get his wife back. A# er spending time together Simon and Bilal develop a genuine relationship, and Simon agrees to train Bilal for his swim across the channel.
“We can draw a parallel in any country where there is a high level of unemployment combined with in! ation, and thus the $ lm could serve as a metaphor for global unrest and frustration,” said Renick.
Renick believes it is important to break
out of out cultural shell and become familiar with how others live and think.
September 21, 2011the EchoPage 6 – FEATURESCampu
s Quotes: What was the most exciting thing you did this summer?
“Karl Steiger
I went to Chicago to do some sight-seeing. It’s a beautiful city.”
“Emily Casarez
I went to Turkey on a travel seminar.”
“Maya Villa
I hung out with my friends at the Ventura County Fair before they went to college.”
“Christopher Benson
I went to the Sequoia National Park and saw some big sequoia trees.”
If you have an idea for a Campus Quotes question, e-mail it to the Echo at [email protected]
Taylor Lampela Sta! Writer
Kwan Fong exhibit emphasizes human body
! e beauty of the human " gure is eloquently portrayed in the new exhibit, ! e New Romantic Figure, currently on display at the CLU Kwan Fong Gallery in the Humanities building.
! e exhibit, which features an array of contemporary artists including and complied by CLU art professor Dr. Michael Pearce, is one that takes the shock and awe factor out of what permeates contemporary art and brings back a sense of elegance that has been missing since the heyday of the Romantic art period.
“Art doesn’t need to be ugly or
controversial to be good,” said California Lutheran University adjunct art professor and contributing artist Tony Pro. “But that’s the common theme we see today in almost everything society does, from the media to art and further. What message are we sending to our youth? ! at art doesn’t need to be beautiful or doesn’t require cra# smanship to create?”
! e collection contains pieces that portray the human body as something to be admired and adored, not ignored or covered up.
! e themes and emotions covered in the works vary from meditative and contemplative
Photos by Allena Williamson - Photo EditorHuman Body Study: At le" , CLU stodent Lauren Masterson studies a work of art. At right, art professor Michael Lynn Adams discusses his painting “# e Writer” with admirers.
to stormy and dark. A main intention of the exhibit was to bring a sense of enjoyment to an art form that was always intended for entertainment anyway.
“We are living in exciting times for art. While there is so much angst and grief going on in the world, humanity turns to the arts and entertainment for relief,” Pro said.
Pro believes what ‘beauty in art’ will do is restore the con" dence in human kind that we have lost, dating back to before WWI when the modernists took over. ! ey rebelled against the current themes of art because they felt they had to. ! ey craved something else and gave exactly that. Now
society has grown tired of this and craves beauty once again.
M u s e u m quality art usually takes the e$ ort of planning a trip elsewhere and paying an admission price. Instead, visitors need only step outside of the classroom for a
few minutes to take the exhibit in. During downtime between
classes, students are o# en seen frequenting the Kwan Fong exhibits, taking pictures on their cell phones or sitting down to make a quick sketch.
“I think it’s great that CLU hires amazing artists with tremendous experience and talent to teach up-and-coming artists the fundamentals of art,” junior Felicia Castro said. She is a student of Pearce’s.
“It’s awesome that CLU exhibitd the work to be shown to all of the CLU community so that students can see masterpieces up close and can learn from them,” Castro said.
! e New Romantic Figure exhibit will run in the Kwan Fong Gallery through Sept. 30.
Common GroundJoin fellow CLU students for worship in Samuelson Chapel today at 9:11 p.m.
Fashion Show and MovieCLU students model back-to-school clothes followed by a showing of the movie “Footloose” on ! ursday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. at the Oaks outdoor shopping area near Muvico.
Emerson String QuartetWatch the Grammy-winning group perform in Samuelson Chapel on ! ursday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. Admission is free, donations are accepted.
Career WorkshopExplore di$ erent online career resources in a computer lab session on ! ursday, Sept. 22, at noon in SBET 139.
Sky HighCLU students jump free with school ID card on Friday, Sept. 23, at 10 p.m. Sky High is located at 166 Aviador St. in Camarillo.
Chapel ChoirFaculty, sta$ , students and administrators are invited to join. If you love to sing, you are in. Rehearsals are 5:15 p.m. in the Samuelson Chapel.Please contact Dr. Kyle Johnson at [email protected].
Don!t miss these events this week: IN BRIEFASCLU-G President announces winners of Fall Election
ASCLU President Jesse McClain announced the winners of the fall 2011 student government election last week.
Voting was open to all CLU traditional undergraduates on Tuesday, Sept. 13, and Wednesday, Sept. 14, through the MyCLU webportal. Student voters could select candidates on the ballot or write in a name.
Winners are listed below:Freshmen Senate- Ryan Flemming, Joshua Gray, Michelle Grawet, Natasha BoychenkoFreshmen Programs Board- Paige Piper, Carlos Moran, Ally Ruggles, Katharine CrabtreeTransfer Senate- Gurpreet SahanTransfer Programs Board- Open position due to disquali" cation Senior Programs Board- Jasmin Henry
For further information, contact Jesse McClain at [email protected].
While there is so much angst and grief go-ing on in the world, humanity turns to the arts and en-tertainment for relief ”
Tony ProCLU professor
FEATURES – Page 7the EchoSeptember 21, 2011
the Echo2011-2012
EDITOR IN CHIEFCaitlin Coomber
NEWS EDITORXavier Walton
FEATURES EDITORSarah Neeley
OPINION EDITORBrennan Whitmore
SPORTS EDITORDavid Brown
PHOTO EDITORAllena Williamson
COPY EDITORChloe Vieira
PROOFREADERSJamie DonnellyNicole Mangona
BUSINESS MANAGERDinah West
MULTIMEDIA EDITORNikki Fay
FACULTY ADVISERMs. Colleen Cason
Communication professor settles into new surroundings
CLU welcomed a diverse group of 17 new professors to campus this semester, including Dr. Monica Gracyalny.
Gracyalny is a communication professor who is teaching business and professional communication as well as communication theories.
“I love when the students get excited about the subject, because I am excited about it too,” Gracyalny said.
She has been teaching for six years.
While she settles into her new o! ce and classes, other sta" members have taken notice of her arrival.
“She brings to our department a great depth of teaching experience and a unique area of research on the way people communicate. We’re very excited to have Dr. Gracyalny joining the communication faculty,” Dr. Sharon Docter, professor and chair of the communication department said.
Professor Jean Sandlin hosted a dinner to welcome Gracyalny to the department.
“It was so nice. Everyone here-
from the students to the sta" -have been so friendly,” Gracyalny said.
Sandlin has noticed how excited Gracyalny is to be a part of the
California Lutheran University community.
“She’s very student-focused, and that’s a good # t for CLU. I’m enjoying having her as a colleague in the communication department,” she said.
Gracyalny most recently studied at Arizona State University in Tempe and received her Ph.D. in communication and interdisciplinary psychology Since moving to $ ousand Oaks only three weeks ago, Gracyalny has had to adjust to the cooler weather.
Coming from the warm desert climate of Arizona, she has had to sleep under a pile of blankets with the heater on every night.
“It’s freezing!” Gracyalny said She misses the warm weather
and the scenery and the huge lizards she used to see around the ASU campus. She is looking
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forward to starting a new chapter of her life here at CLU.
One of the ways Gracyalny is becoming more “California-ized” is by learning about the secret menu at In-N-Out.
“We had In-N-Out in Arizona. I learned about it from the movie ‘$ e Big Lebowski’, but I have never ordered o" of the secret menu,” she said.
Gracyalny is happy to be a new sta" member at CLU and feels welcomed since she arrived.
She loves her new o! ce in the Swenson Center and joked about how she will send some of her previous colleagues pictures of her new spacious o! ce which includes a beautiful desk, plenty of book and # le storage and most important, a window.
It is clear Gracyalny is excited to become a member of the teaching sta" at CLU and other communication department faculty are looking forward to working with her during her # rst semester.
“$ ings could not be going better,” she said.
Photo by Rachel Balderas - Sta! PhotographerFinding her niche: New communication professor Monica Gracyalny, a recent graduate of Arizona State University, is getting accustomed to the cooler autumn days in California.
New professorsarrive on campus$ e new faculty for fall of 2011 are listed below:• Chad L. Barber is an assistant
professor of biology and has a doctorate from UCLA in molecular biology.
• Elizabeth Brennan is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and has a master’s and doctorate from Kent State University.
• Nicole Brown is a visiting professor in graduate psychology and has a doctorate from Pepperdine.
• Peter Carlson is a visiting assistant professor of religion and has a doctorate from Claremont Graduate University.
• Amber Engelson is an assistant professor of English and the Writing Center director. She has a doctorate from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
• Michael Gagliardo is an assistant professor of mathematics and has a doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin.
• Kristopher Karsten is an assistant professor of biology and has a doctorate from Oklahoma State University.
• Jacqueline Lyons is an assistant professor of English
and has a doctorate from the University of Utah.
• David Nelson is an assistant professor of history and has a doctorate from Indiana University.
• Michael Quinlan is a visiting assistant professor in chemistry and has a doctorate from the UC, Berkeley.
• Judith Richards is a visiting lecturer in the School of Management and has a master’s from Pepperdine.
• Mary Jo Shane is a lecturer in the School of Management and has a doctorate from the Fielding Graduate Institute.
• Jeffrey Speakes is the Executive in Residence in the School of Management and has a doctorate from UC Berkeley
• Victor Thasiah is an assistant professor of religion and has a doctorate from Oxford.
• Rafaela Fiore Urízar is an assistant professor in languages and cultures and has a doctorate from the University of Chicago.
• Sheridan Wigginton is an associate professor and chair of the languages and cultures department and has a doctorate from the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Gracyalny is looking forward to starting
a new chapter of her life here at CLU.
JaneGalluzzi
In this lousy economy, it is safe to say having any job during the summer is better than having no job, which is why I considered myself lucky to land a job with Conferences and Events Servic-es at CLU over the summer.
But what are you willing to go through just for a whopping minimum wage?
Here’s little background for those who may not be familiar with Events on campus. Accord-ing to Director of Auxiliary Ser-vices Dan Slattery, Events makes a gross income of over $1 mil-
lion in the summer from the outside groups like cheerlead-ing, football and church camps.
The Events staff sets up tables, chairs and beds for summer camps.
They work lunch lines at the cafeteria as well.
People pay hundreds and thou-sands of dollars for that kind of service.
So if the students working for events at California Lutheran University are the ones bringing in the big dollars, I don’t find it reasonable that they are charged between $1,145 and $2,600 to live on campus.
“Conference assistants” as Slattery likes to call them, are basically resident assistants for Events.
RA’s pay $75 per week for rent instead of the regular $175 be-cause their job description re-quires them to be on-call.
If a job description requires a person to be on-call and on campus, they shouldn’t have to pay to stay on campus.
I don’t understand what is wrong with letting Events staff live on campus during the sum-mer for free because in the end it
feels like we are basically work-ing to pay the school back.
The thing I was most con-fused about this whole summer was why Events staff were told we couldn’t be paid overtime.
I was required to clock in with my time cards.
But the information on my card was then put on a time sheet that was occasionally dif-ferent from my time card.
Working for Events usually means you are working con-
stantly. Even if you are scheduled
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. some nights you are still required to take down a set-up, which leads to a longer work day.
Many people worked more than eight hours per day and sometimes totaled more than 80
hours over two weeks. The thing that confused me
was why we weren’t getting paid overtime.
Instead, extra hours rolled over to the next pay period, which I was told was the new regulation.
“I just didn’t think it was fair,” junior Events worker Cydneye Radley said. “Time cards and time sheets should not be two different things.”
“We have all been curious about the hours,” senior Nicho-las Lauer said.
“We have the potential to make like five grand.”
If I had been paid properly, I might have made $5,000 this summer.
That is why I asked my life mentor, Google, exactly how this worked.
According to California State Department of Industrial Rela-tions, the law states that a per-son, “Shall not be employed more than eight hours in any workday or more than 40 hours in any workweek unless he or she receives one and one-half times his or her regular rate of pay for all hours worked over
eight hours in any workday and over 40 hours in the workweek”
Was I getting paid time and a half?
No, unfortunately I wasn’t, and if I didn’t sign my time sheet, I wouldn’t have gotten paid at all.
What would you do in this situation? Would you continue working?
As a college student, I had to. I have books and bills to pay for, Nintendo Wii’s and beach cruis-ers to buy.
“I would never waste my sum-mer here ever again,” Radley said.
But thankfully, Slattery said that he is looking further into this situation since he had no clue this was going on.
“I didn’t know that was going on, but if that’s the case, I can look back at the time cards,” Slattery said.
“It is never too late to fix a mis-take.”
Some were getting no hours while others were getting too many.
You live and you learn, but I feel like justice has yet to be served.
Discrepancy with time sheets causes problemsfor Events staff
September 21, 2011
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Student workers need to be paid overtime
What would you do in this situation?
Would you continue working? As a college student, I had to. I have books and bills to pay for, Nintendo Wii’s and beach cruisers to buy.
RocioSanchez
Parking at CLU is on every stu-dent’s mind. Changes were made over the sumer, such as marked spaces creating 20 to 30 extra spots, but students are still com-plaining.
“Resident parking looks a lot better than it did last year, but commuter parking got worse,” Junior Conner Rothe said.
With 2,375 undergraduate stu-dents, 1,248 graduate students, and only 2,600 parking spaces at the California Lutheran Univer-sity campus, it’s no surprise that parking has become a concern.
The issues with parking in-clude zoning, new alternative fuel spots and the fact that stu-dents cannot park in the neigh-borhoods around campus.
Neighbors complain when
students park in front of their homes because their cars block mailboxes and residents aren’t able to get their mail.
Director of Campus Public Safety Fred Miller sympathizes with students.
“I know sometimes its incon-venient but there are enough spaces on campus to park your vehicle when you include North and South campus,” Miller said.
Although students may have to walk for 10 minutes, there is enough parking for everyone.
Some colleges, such as West-mont College in Santa Barbara, don’t allow freshmen and soph-omores to have cars on campus.
Juniors and seniors may have cars but they have to pay $200 to park.
That being said, California Lutheran University parking
doesn’t seem like such a bad deal.
Other concerns for parking are the new alternative fuel parking
spots by Swenson. There are five of these spots
and they are reserved for hy-brid and flex fuel cars, but these spots do not include diesel cars.
In addition to all of these is-sues, parking tickets just add to the stress of parking on campus. Parking tickets range from $25 to $100, and can be written for violations such as parking in the wrong zone, taking up more than one spot, not having a per-mit and reckless driving.
Miller said that reckless driv-ing tickets are rare, but he did
give one to someone who was off-roading and doing dough-nuts by the CLU rocks.
Tickets can be expensive, but students are allowed to do cam-pus improvement hours as an alternative to paying.
Three hours is equivalent to $25 and usually involve volun-teering at a campus event.
To do this you must go to the Welcome Center within 10 days after the ticket was issued.
Miller said that if you need to park somewhere to unload a project or help out a sick room-
mate to just call their office and give them a heads-up.
“We know there are exceptions and if we know ahead of time we’ll work with you,” Miller said.
The parking at CLU is a pretty sweet deal.
Especially with free parking, inexpensive tickets and friendly Campus Security personnel.
If you have trouble with park-ing, talk to the Welcome Center or just come to campus earlier and enjoy walking around the campus.
It’s really not that bad.
With 2,375 under-graduate students,
1,248 graduate students and only 2,600 parking spaces at the Califor-nia Lutheran University campus, it’s no surprise that parking has become a concern.
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Homicide is still homicide, regardless of age
KrystenJones
Learning about the Larry King homicide gave me a sick feeling.
In 2008, King was a 15-year-old eighth grader attending E.O. Green Junior High School in Ox-nard.
While King was sitting in Eng-lish class he was fatally shot in the head twice by his classmate Bran-don McInerney.
# e deeper issue is that King was an openly gay student.
On Sept. 2, McInerney’s trial " -nally came to an end in a mistrial resulting from a hung jury, ac-cording to a story that ran in the Ventura County Star.
# e Ventura County District’s
Attorney’s O$ ce is deciding whether to retry him.
McInerney, who was 14-years-old at the time of the shooting, claims to have been subjected to King’s sexual advances McIner-ney claims it caused him to feel uncomfortable.
But killing obviously isn’t the answer to resolving situations that make us uncomfortable.
McInerney grew up in a house-hold that could easily be de" ned as unstable and di$ cult for any child to deal with.
As testi" ed in court, he had been a victim of both physical and emotional abuse by his father Bil-ly McInerney, who died in 2009.
Billy McInerney taught his son to hate gays at an early age.
Although McInerney admitted he hated gay people and felt ex-tremely uncomfortable around King because of the way he dressed, none of the jurors be-lieved that he committed a hate
crime. # e defense argued that McIn-
erney’s frustration from King’s taunting is what eventually led to him snapping.
But this doesn’t mean that Mc-Inerney’s upbringing should be ruled out.
I " nd it very hard to believe that frustration was his only motive.
Hate crime expert Dan Swanson reported that there were more than 200 pieces of evidence in McInerney’s room that showed how engulfed he was in white su-premacy.
It is quite clear that McInerney committed crime motivated by hate; he thought out a plan to kill King.
King was a kid attempting to " g-ure out who he was as a person. He had lived in a group home for abused and troubled teens since November 2007.
King was bullied for his sexual-ity and the way he dressed, and
began teasing his bullies. He would o% en blow kisses and
make & irty jokes at those who rid-iculed him. It was a way for him to push back.
King used these actions to make McInerney scared of him.
It has been noted that McIn-erney bullied him a% er he be-gan wearing women’s boots and makeup.
Neither of these children had the best guidance in how to deal with their situations — King get-ting bullied for who he was, and McInerney being harassed by King.
Nevertheless, it is important to remember McInerney had ini-tially tormented King and that eventually led to King turning his attention back to McInerney.
CLU’s Gay Straight Alliance President Jodie Smith said that McInerney was a child at the time and may not have completely un-derstood the severity of the crime
he committed. Even if McInerney lacked prop-
er education and tolerance, this incident is still connected with hate and consequences should be enforced.
Smith wants California Luther-an University students to know that King had the courage to ex-press himself, something that many lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults feel they can’t even do.
It’s unfortunate the situation ended this way because both chil-dren were misguided.
McInerney shot a young boy who just wanted to be his own person.
King did not get the chance to grow up and become the person he wanted to be.
Child or not, McInerney should be punished for what he did be-cause King is no longer able to speak for himself.
You really don’t need an iPad in the classroom
BrennanWhitmore
Being the type of person who actually en-joys slogging through technological gibber-ish on a daily basis, I can’t help but cringe when I see my fellow CLUites make simple mistakes in the realm of consumer electron-ics.
# ings like spending more than $2 on an HDMI cable, paying for anti-virus programs or using the same password for all websites that doesn’t look like a cat walked across your keyboard.
Speaking of which, it really needs to be a di! erent cat for each site.
So ideally you should have a small herd of cats with you at all times when online.
One that’s a bit harder to get across is how
much an iPad starts to feel like a toy when you try to utilize it in the classroom.
A sleek, engaging toy, but still a toy none-theless.
For textbooks it doesn’t function quite as well as the Amazon Kindle or Barnes & Noble NOOK as it lacks an E Ink display, which can cut down on eye strain as well as extend the battery life.
As a replacement for a lap-top it su! ers mainly from Apple’s stance on keeping their mobile platforms closed, so moving " les around can be more of a hassle than you would expect. # is also means that it can’t install any third-party so% ware with-out going through the App Store, which lim-its your options in comparison to a regular computer.
# e touchscreen keyboard isn’t ideal for taking notes over a long period of time.
Buying a third-party keyboard to plug in or slowly willing your " ngers to evolve dif-
ferently are your only options. Like, backward " ngers.# e price really needs to be taken into con-
sideration as well. # e least expensive iPad 2 retails for $499, whereas a decent laptop
goes for about the same price with a better input method and overall functionality.
# e cheapest Kindle is $114 on Amazon.com and the WiFi-only NOOK is $132 on the same website. Interestingly, the NOOK Color eBook Tablet looks
like it’s essentially a tablet computer like the iPad, so it should be able to do some of the same things like browse the web in addition to being a color e-reader.
It’s also only $259.Granted I’ll admit it seems strange that I’m
focusing so much on price when it’s the uni-versity footing the bill and not the students.
It’s important to remember that California Lutheran University does indeed have a " -nite amount of funds and also the fact that
Apple products don’t age well, especially when the iPad 3 hits the marketplace and app developers really start to take advantage of the extra horsepower.
I’m not saying that the iPad has no place in the classroom; it’s just that instructors need to keep the limitations and strengths of the device in mind. A number of # eater Arts classes such as Acting Styles and Scenic De-sign for Stage and Media take advantage of the iPad’s camera and it’s ability to display color pictures in a textbook.
According to professor of # eatre Arts Mi-chael Arndt, the iPad works for these classes because of the visual nature of them.
It’s also hard to argue against using an iPad when a class is speci" cally developing content with that platform in mind, such as Daniel Restuccio’s advanced multimedia class.
Still, for at the majority of the classes at CLU, there are better options available to students.
Ones that are cheaper for the university as well.
I’m not saying that the iPad has no place in
the classroom; it’s just that instructors need to keep the limitations and strengths of the device in mind
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Regals soccer is o! to a bright start for the 2011 season with a conference record of 2-0, and an overall record of 5-1.
Beginning pre-season play, the Regals were ranked No. 14 by D3soccer.com. " ey have smashed competition with wins over Paci# c Lutheran, No. 24 Puget Sound, Texas Lutheran and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps.
CLU began the season with # ve
away games, four of them be-ing out of state. " e Regals have managed to defeat their competi-tion rather easily.
" e Regals biggest win so far was 10-0 against Texas Lutheran, thanks to a fury of second half goals. Taking 12 shots in the # rst half and 25 in the second, the Regals found a rhythm of seven goals in less than 20 minutes.
With goals from Sinead Vaughan, Kristina Hulse, Nicole Rains, Kristin Cameron, Taylor Will (2), and Rosemarie Lom-
bardi (2). In the following game the Re-
gals faced No. 7 Hardin-Simons. " e Regals recorded 14 shots, but HS would come out on top in the end by a score of 2-0, giving the Regals their # rst loss of the sea-son.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps were the Regals’ # rst SCIAC game. " e Regals recorded their fourth win overall and their # rst confer-ence victory. Scoring four goals total, three in the # rst half alone, CLU came up with their third
shutout of the season. CMS was down 4-0 and playing
with just 10 players, when their second half frustration set in and made it an easy win for the Re-gals.
In the much-anticipated second game of the conference sched-ule, CLU played the Redlands Bulldogs. " e rivalry between the two teams carried over from last season and the Bulldogs up-set the top-seeded Regals in the playo! s.
With a good-size crowd for their # rst home game at Mt. Clef Stadium, the Regals took the # eld with captains Jess Dingman, Sinead Vaughan and Kaitlin Wal-
Photo by Marina Hedroj - Sta! PhotographerBig Moral Victory: Reigning SCIAC player of the year, Sinead Vaughan assists on overtime winner versus Redlands at Mt. Clef Stadium.
ters leading the way. “I was excited because it was
our # rst home game on our new # eld in front of a pretty big
crowd and the fact that it was against Red-lands just made it that much better,” Walters said.
" e # rst half began with the Regals moving the ball down the # eld into the Bulldogs’ box when Jen Jones drove the # rst shot just seconds into the game. It proved to be a
close physical game in the # rst half.
Possession of the ball played a key roll for CLU as the Regals had multiple chances to score throughout the # rst half, but could not # nd the back of the net. Hal$ ime score was 0-0.
" e Bulldogs came out pressur-ing the Regals goal, however, the Regals defense kept the Bulldogs from scoring.
Anchoring the Regals’ backend in 2011 is the veteran combina-tion of Anna Medler, Kristin DiPippo, and Jess Dingman.
" e game concluded in over-time in brilliant fashion, when Regals senior mid# elder Sinead Vaughan sent a cross to Kaitlin Walters for the game-winning goal.
“It’s fantastic being 2-0 in league,” said Walters. “We’re on the right track so far, but we need to work hard and progess as a team if we want to stay unde-feated which is my ultimate goal.”
Freshman goalkeeper Renee Standage from Denver, Colo. had three saves, giving the Regals their fourth shutout.
On Monday, the Regals trav-eled to Chapman and came home with a 3-2 victory. Freshman Taylor Will scored a pair of goals.
" e Regals will travel to La Verne on Sept. 24. " e next CLU women’s soccer home game will be against Whittier on Sept. 28.
Photo by Marina Hedroj - Sta! PhotographerPhysical Game: Regals Freshman Taylor Will (in white) beats a Redlands player to the ball during their Sept. 17 match at Mt. Clef Stadium.
“I was excit-ed because it was our ! rst home game on our new ! eld in front of a pretty big crowd and the fact it was against Redlands just made it that much better.”
Kaitlin WaltersMid# elder
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Vaughn and Walters help Regals beat Bulldogs in OT
SPORTS – Page 11the EchoSeptember 21, 2011
Fall 2010 intramural sports scheduleLocation WhenSport
3 on 3 basketballFlag Football
Innertube water poloIndoor soccer
Soiland Recreation CenterMt. Cle! Stadium
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On Saturday, the No. 14 ranked Regals hosted a double-header against Chapman and No. 4 ranked Emory Eagles.
The Regals defeated Chapman in four sets (25-17, 20-25, 25-18, 26-24), with strong play from Jackie Russell with 42 assists, Jacki Richards with 21 digs, and freshman outside hitter Kylie McLogan.
McLogan led the team with 18 kills.
“We passed well but we need to work on our defense which let us down in the second and third periods,” head coach Kel-lee Roesel said.
“Our chemistry is getting better with every single prac-tice that passes,” Richards said. “Right now, it’s all about believ-ing in each other, and when we do that we’re going to be unstop-pable.”
The Regals played Emory in the backend of the doublehead-er in four highly competitive sets, losing to the No. 4 ranked Eagles (25-20, 25-22, 29-31, 25-20).
The Eagles were responsible for ending the Regals’ 2010 NCAA regional playoff run.
“This game was especially meaningful to our team,” said Russell. “We were excited to play the Eagles on our court.”
After dropping the first two sets, the Regals rallied to take the third set 31-29 thanks to strong contributions from sub-
stitutes Shannon Pearson, Ra-chel Smith and Erika Smith who combined for 25 kills and 30 digs in the match.
“I care so much more about the overall success of the team rather than the number of digs or aces I have, and I know my teammates feel the same way,” Richards said.
“With good leadership and dedication we are going to go far, and I just hope I can do everything in my control to be a part of that.”
The Regals will open their SCIAC confer-ence schedule at home against Occidental on Tuesday.
“I absolutely believe we can do as well and go even farther than we went last year,” said Richards. “We’ve worked hard in the pre-season to gain the chemistry that we need to win SCIAC, and I definitely think that we are just about there.”
Regals volleyball team has started the season with a 7-4 re-cord.
They competed in the Haver-ford and Posada Royale Invita-tional tournaments.
Conference play will begin Tuesday, Sept. 20 at home. against Occidental at 7:30 pm.
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Stephen Johnson Sta! Writer
Regals volleyball falls to Eagles
It was a busy weekend for the Kingsmen water polo team as they hosted the Posada Royale Invitational tournament.
The weekend started for CLU with a Friday afternoon game against undefeated Concordia-Irvine.
Concordia jumped ahead to a 3-0 lead within the first three minutes of play.
Jacob Pril scored two of the three goals for Concordia.
Concordia ended the first quarter with a 4-0 lead and increased their lead to 6-0 in the second quarter before the Kingsmen finally got on the scoreboard with 3:21 remain-ing in the first half, on a goal
by Dejan Novakovic.
The re-mainder of the half was back and forth with both teams exchanging goals. A late goal gave C o n c o r d i a their largest
lead of 10-3 at halftime. The Kingsmen gained mo-
mentum at the start of the sec-ond half. Jordan Meaney and Brandon Gross scored two quick goals for the Kingsmen to cut the lead to 10-5. They never got closer, because Con-cordia answered with three straight goals to close the third quarter with a 13-5 lead.
Despite the setback, Nova-kovic scored two more goals, Gross added one more, and David Sparks recorded an-other.
The Kingsmen played again Friday against Fresno Pacific. Both teams started out fast as they exchanged goals twice. Then the Kingsmen took ad-vantage of two straight goals
Kingsmen water polo nish strong in tournament
Robert Ambrose Sta! Writer
I care so much more about the overall success of the team rather than the number of digs I have, and I know my team-mates feel the same way.”
Jacki RichardsSenior Captain
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by Gross putting the Kings-men on top 4-2 en route to a 5-3 lead at the end of one.
In the second quarter the Kingsmen barely held on to a tight 7-6 halftime lead thanks to another goal by Gross and one by Nathan Ortega with 11 seconds remaining.
Fresno Pacific offense caught fire in the third quarter, scor-ing five times, including three goals by Mateja Maksimovic.
The quarter ended with the Kingsmen trailing 11-9.
The Kingsmen defense clamped down on Fresno Pa-cific in the fourth quarter af-ter Nick Fadden scored to put Fresno Pacific up 12-9 with 6:47 remaining in the game.
CLU started a comeback when Max Zappas scored for the Kingsmen to cut the lead to 12-10 with 4:57 left in the game.
Then Gross scored his fifth goal of the game to cut the lead to 12-11 with 2:11 re-maining.
The Kingsmen had several chances to tie the score in the final two minutes but it did not work out and the Kings-men fell short 12-11.
“I thought our guys showed a lot of heart considering we had a hard game this after-noon. The fatigue set in in the third quarter, but we give Fresno Pacific credit,” said CLU head coach Craig Rond after the games.
The Kingsmen won their last two games of the tournament. They beat Chapman 12-9 and then defeated La Verne 14-9.
The Kingsmen are 4-5 this season and will play two games on Friday, Sept. 30, against Vanguard and Cal Baptist.
I thought our guys showed a lot of heart con-sidering we had a hard game this a, ernoon...”
Craig RondHead Coach
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September 21, 2011the EchoPage 12 – SPORTS
Kingsmen football top the Lutes in “home” openerMadison McElhaney
Sta! Writer
Photo by Ty Flemming - Sta! Photographer! e Kingsmen defensive line puts pressure on Paci" c Lutheran University’s quarterback at their Sept. 17 game at Moorpark College.
MOORPARK, Calif. — Await-ing the completion of their new stadium, the No. 19 ranked Kingsmen football team looked right at home this weekend playing their home opener in front of their fans at Moorpark College. Rebounding from their opening day 24-14 loss at Lin-field on Sept. 10, the Kingsmen beat the Pacific Lutheran Uni-versity Lutes 28-17 on Saturday.
“We talk about playing any-body, anywhere, anytime, and Moorpark is right up the road so we were excited,” head coach Ben McEnroe said.
CLU started the game by tak-ing an early seven-point lead
on a one-yard touchdown run by senior running back Dan Mosier.
“We came out hungry today and trusting each other today,” Mosier said.
Unfortunately the two Kings-men drives surrounding the Mosier touchdown, both ended with turnovers. Fortunately the Kingsmen defense shut down the Lutes on their first four drives.
The Lutes had to punt the first three times and then went for it on fourth-and-1.
Linebacker Christopher Ca-brera came up with the big tack-le on the fourth down as he and senior captain linebacker Jacob Norlock stuffed Lutes running back Brandon James well short
of the first down.
The defense played a near perfect first half to keep the CLU lead at 7-3.
“The hard-est part was shutting down PLU’s offense by stopping their passing game,” Norlock said.
CLU received the ball in the second half and capitalized by putting up a quick 21 points. Af-ter wide-out Eric Rogers made a 22-yard catch on third-and-22,
leading to Mosier’s second one-yard touchdown run.
Deme’trek Chambers scored on a two-yard touchdown run to put the Kingsmen up 21-3 after just over eight minutes had gone by in the third quar-ter. Chambers and Mosier com-bined for 234 yards rushing for the game.
Rogers had to leave the game with a leg injury in the third quarter, but that’s when transfer receiver Frankie Jones made a name for himself.
The next offensive ended quickly, because on the first play from scrimmage senior quarter back connected with Jones on a 70-yard touchdown pass. Kingsmen led 28-3 when the third quarter ended.
Laudenslayer finished 13-for-23, with 271 passing yards, two touchdowns, and two intercep-tions.
Jones was unstoppable, going off for eight catches and 170 yards receiving, with his one touchdown.
“Our team has great chem-istry,” Mosier said. “Nobody is out there for themselves. We are like a family.”
PLU came back in the fourth quarter with a 42-yard and a 5-yard touchdown pass to cut CLU’s lead to 28-17. However, PLU’s unsuccessful attempt at an onside kick led the Kings-men to run out the clock for a victory.
“We played with great tenac-ity and emotion,” Norlock said. “We played for the love of the game, plain and simple.”
The Kingsmen will rest up during the bye week in prepara-tion for their game against Red-
lands on Oct. 1, and they hope it will be in the brand-new sta-dium.
“During our week off we will make sure everybody on the team is well rested and in the right mindset for the game against Redlands,” said Michael Marusa, a junior long snapper. “It’s our biggest game of the sea-son so we will make sure to be ready for anything.”
Mosier’s back
Photo courtesy of CLU Sports InformationOne Last Season: Dan Mosier gets another chance at being the Kingsmen running back.
Lindsay Adler Sta! Writer
Adversity de! nes who we are both mentally and physically. It forces us to face our greatest fears and chal-lenges our will to succeed in life.
Kingsmen running back Daniel Mosier has faced adversity since he graduated from Royal High School in 2005.
A rocky start to his college career le" him in and out of Moorpark College before he came to CLU in the fall of 2010.
Mosier tallied 202 rushing yards and three touchdowns in his debut game against Lin! eld. # at same week he was awarded the SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week.
Just two weeks a" er the game against Lin! eld an unfortunate turn of events le" Mosier without ! nancial aid, forcing an end to his season and academic year.
Even though Mosier only played three games for the Kingsmen in 2010, he still ! nished the season as the second leading rusher.
“It was hard. I missed a whole year of football and I don’t get it back,” Mosier said. “Now I’m a whole year behind in school. # at
makes it tough.”Head coach Ben McEnroe de-
scribed the situation as heartbreak-ing, and said, “I can’t imagine how he must have felt. He was poised to have a record-breaking season and to not be able to ! nish what he started had to be frustrating.”
Missing another year of school meant putting his degree on the back burner while he worked to support his 14-month-old son Jaden, whom he calls a blessing.
But while others going through similar situations would have thrown in the towel, Mosier never gave up hope to use his last year of eligibility to play. To him, football is everything.
“Football is kind of the only thing I’ve ever known,” Mosier said. “It’s hard to let go of. Even when I said it was over a hundred million times I just couldn’t fully let go of it.”
A" er a year apart from CLU, luck was ! nally on Mosier’s side. Turn-ing 24 allowed him to receive his ! -nancial aid package as an indepen-dent student, and with the help and support of his family, coaches, and team. Mosier was able to seize the opportunity to play football for one more season.
“I really respect Dan as a person,” McEnroe said. “His work ethic to support himself and his fam-ily, while balancing those commit-ments with school and football are really admirable traits for a young person. He is going to be a great success in life, and he has proven that he can overcome obstacles that life throws his way.”
Mirroring his ! rst year at CLU, Mosier and the Kingsmen football team faced Lin! eld to open the 2011 season. Although the team su$ ered it’s ! rst loss 24-14, Mosier saw it as a learning experience.
“It’s never a good feeling to lose,” Mosier said. “When you’re on the plane home you have a lot of time to think about everything that you did wrong, everything you could have done di$ erent and you learn from it. A failure is sometimes a mental victory for the next step. Hopefully everyone on the team has that same attitude so we can take that away from every mistake and learn from it.”
# e following Saturday the Kings-men played their ! rst home game against Paci! c Lutheran University. Mosier rushed for 166 yards with two touchdowns to help seal a 28-17 victory over the PLU Lutes.
For now Mosier is enjoying the perks of being a student athlete. His eagerness and determination to
attend school, play football, work, and raise his son has proved to be a positive in% uence on his life.
“I hope it matures me a little bit going through adversity,” Mosier
said. “I know that no matter what happens you can get through it. Just keep your head up no matter what happens and something good will come of it.”
We talk about playing anybody, anywhere, anytime, and Moorpark is right up the road so we were excited.”
Ben McEnroeHead Coach
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Photo by Ty Flemming Sta! Photographer
Breakout Game: Junior WR Frankie Jones had 8 catches and 170 yards receiving with 1 TD in his 2nd game with the Kingsmen.