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PROFILE

Senior Jared

Zoller leads

the Cougars

both on the

court and in

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seeMEXICO OUTREACH2

This Thanksgiving break, Mex-

ico Outreach sent out over 300 stu-

dents on ministry teams, the largest

group to date.

It is nothing we have done, it

is Jesus blessing us, senior liberal

studies major and student ministry

coordinator of action teams for Mexi-

co Outreach Jordan Rice said. It has

attracted more students to come and

get involved in the ministry and what

God is already doing. More students

are inclined to do ministry outside of

their comfort zone.

Tim Kim, senior student ministry

coordinator for strategic alignment

and mobilization, said he was ready

for the spiritual impact of the Thanks-

giving trip.

The Holy Spirit is absolutely

present; It is consuming each of the

students hearts, minds, and souls,

Kim said. We want to send out

disciples who are fully devoted and

surrendered. That is what we have

been afrmed in and have seen in our

leaders meetings while preparing for

the trip.

Nursing app PreceptMe wins ZuVenturez

APU sendslargest teamin its historyto Mexico forglobal outreachMorgan Eisenga

staff writer

Natalie Chan COURTESY

Over 300 students partnered with APUs Mexico Outreach program and spent Thanksgiving break in Mexi-cali, serving in various ministries for women, children, rehabilitation, special needs and health.

In August 2015, Acting President

Dr. David E. Bixby, with the input

of faculty and staff, created a Value

People Task Force composed of sev-

en faculty, six staff, Special Assistantto the President Andrew Barton and

Vice President of Human Resources

Stephen Eckberg to improve APUs

working environment.

The members of the Value Peo-

ple Task Force brought their areas of

expertise to meetings and conversa-

tions. The task force made recom-

mendations during the process and

submitted the employee survey re-

sults to Bixby.

After the members of the task

force were nalized, the committee

contacted the Best Christian Work-

place Institute and asked the orga-

nization to conduct an anonymous

voluntary survey on employee en-

gagement. There were three open-ended questions and 58 questions

with a ve-point scale.

The questions allow the univer-

sity to measure employee awareness

of calling and passion, organizational

trust, talent management, strategy

and execution, innovation and staff

involvement, Christian leadership,

personal development, compensation

and benets and teamwork. Demo-

graphic questions are also included.

The task force has met three

times. Weve had conversations with

the Best Christian Workplace consul-

tants in this process, and empowering

the Value People Task Force to come

up with recommendations has be-

gun, Bixby said. This process will

take place over the next six months.

Some employees said they appre-

ciate the university taking the time to

listen to their feedback and found the

survey to be benecial.

I think the goal with any survey

is to assess whats going well and

nd areas that need improvement,

Associate Director for Orientation

and Transitions Stephanie Gala said.

I believe that APU is already an in-

credible place to work. Since the ad-

ministration is putting in the effort to

do this survey, it shows me that they

are serious about continuing to make

adjustments as needed to keep APU a

wonderful place to work.

Crossing borders and unifying cultures

Campus taskforce distributesanonymousemployee surveyKimberlee Buckassistant news editor

APUs entrepreneurial workshop

and business plan competition, Zu-

Venturez, came to a conclusion on the

night of Nov. 17.

The seven remaining teams gave

their nal pitches before the audience

and judge panel, all competing for the

$15,000 grand prize money to launch

their own businesses.

The judges picked winners based

ultimately on how viable they thought

the innovations would be in the busi-

ness world.

The criteria was based on the

need for the innovation and sustain-

ability of the business.

PreceptMe, a mobile application

designed to connect health care stu-

dents to preceptors, landed rst place.

The project is led by graduate student

and APUs School of Nursing pro-

gram manager Maritza Grissom.

Grissom explained that a precep-

tor is a health care provider who vol-

unteers to mentor students in a clini-

cal setting. seeSTAFF SURVEYS3

Riordan Zentler PHOTO

APU graduate student Maritza Grissom recieves her $15,000 check asa grand prize for winning the third annual ZuVenturez competition. Af-ter eight weeks of preparation, seven teams presented their businessproposals including medical apps, perfumes and drone photography.

Semester-longcompetition endsand awardswinner $15,000Riordan Zentlerstaff writer

[Most] health care professionsrequire you [to] complete a certain

amount of hours [with a preceptor]

while youre in graduate school,

Grissom explained.

With this in mind, Grissom de-

scribed the need for the app.

Right now, students will cold-

call and send out emails. But because

health care professionals are busier

than ever, its very rare [to] get that

email back or phone call returned,

Grissom said.

PreceptMe allows preceptors to

easily answer students with a simple

yes or no.

Even if its a no, at least theyre

showing respect getting back to the

student, Grissom said.

The app will also track the hours

that preceptors volunteer. This al-

lows them to easily report the hours

theyve volunteered to their state

board.

Grissom is also planning to use

the platform for charity.

Every time they swipe right to

match with a student, they have the

opportunity to determine where 10 to

15 percent of our prots go, Gris-

som said.

After working for four years at

University of California Riversides

(UCR) School of Medicine under the

dean of education, Grissom began

working at APUs School of Nursing.

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The following are selected incidentsas reported from the Daily MediaLog from Nov. 22 through Nov. 28

courtesy of Campus Safety.

SUNDAY, NOV. 22

TENNIS COURTSReported person saw subjectsdoing tricks on their skate-boards by the tennis courts onWest Campus. ofcers arrivedon scene and advised the sub-jects of private property rules.The subjects complied and leftcampus.

MONDAY, NOV. 23

SOFTBALL FIELDAn ofcer observed approxi-mately eight juveniles skate-boarding in the area. The of-cer advised the subjects to

leave, but they returned laterthat evening. The subjects thenleft campus when approachedby ofcers for the second time.The subjects did not return.

TUESDAY,NOV. 24BOWLES EAST COURTRP smelled gas coming from herapartment. She was advised tostep out of the apartment untilofcers arrived. Facilities Man-agement responded.

TUESDAY, NOV. 24ADAMS HALL EXTERIORRP saw a subject with a tool ei-ther working on a bike or cuttinga lock off a bike. ofcers were

unable to locate the subject. Allbikes were secured.

THURSDAY, NOV. 26

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE

EXTERIORRP saw two male subjects try-ing to open the gate with astick. Ofcers responded butwere unable to locate the sub-jects matching the description.

Numbers

Keys lost/found......................2ID cards lost/found..............3

Cellphones found..................2Unsecured bikes found........3

False re alarms.....................0

REMEMBER

1. If you see something, say

something.

2. Safety is everyones busi-

ness.

3. Dial 911 for life-threaten-

ing emergencies.

4. Non emergencies: Cam-

pus Saftety (626) 815-3898.

5. Lock all doors and win-

dows to your dorm, apart-

ment and vehicle.

6. Keep all valuables se-

cured and out of plain view.

7. At night, keep to well-lit

areas.

8. Always be aware of your

surroundings.

9. Utilize the trolleys, safety

escorts or walk groups.

10. Avoid places where you

are vulnerable and there are

no exits.

11. Avoid texting or talking

on the phone while walking

as you may be distracted.

12. Avoid walking and jog-

ging alone.

13. Secure your bike with a

recommended Kryptonite

U-lock.

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CALENDAR

Pamela Valenzuela COURTESY

APU students on the Sports Ministry team on the Mexico Outreachmissions trip pose with children from the MRVA Church in Mexicalibefore heading back to the university.

compiled by kimberlee buck

Friday, Dec. 4

BSA Can DriveThe Black Student Association (BSA) is partnering with RefreshingSprings Community Church in Riverside, CA to host an on-campuscan drive fundraising event on Cougar Walk from 11:30-1p.m. Thedonated cans will be given to a nearby homeless shelter.

Sunday, Dec. 6

Celebrate ChristmasThe School of Music is bringing in the holidays with d ouble the per-formances at their annual event Celebrate Christmas at Lake AvenueChurch in Pasadena. Students and employees can attend either th e2:30-4 p.m. performance or the 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event featuresthe University Choir and Orchestra, Bel Canto Womens Choir, MensChorale, Oratorio Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra andmore. Tickets for the event can be purchased at the Felix Event Cen-ter Ticket Ofce on West Campus. For more information, contact theSchool of Music Concert Events Ofce at (626) 815-3848 or [email protected].

Sunday, Dec. 13

Midnight BreakfastCome take a break from nals and enjoy a late night breakfast whilewatching entertaining shows, performances, connect with profes-sors ans study with other students.The event begins at 8:30 p.m. onCougar Walk.

Saturday, Dec. 19

Undergraduate Winter CommencementJoin the university in honoring the winter graduates in the Felix EventCenter at 10 a.m. Tickets are required and seating is limited. Peoplewho do not have tickets, can view the ceremony via live stream atapu.edu/live.

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Thursday, Dec. 3

Christmas ChaosThe Ofce of Residence Life is hosting its sixth annual all living spac-

es Christmas event on Trinity Lawn at 7 p.m. There will be music,treats, booths, an ice rink and a pup py patch. For more informationemail the administrative assistant Kim Henny at [email protected].

Friday, Dec. 4

White Christmas PartyJoin the Ofce of Orientation and Transitions in celebrating the holi-days with food, games and karaoke at 7:30 p.m. in UTCC. Transferstudents interested in going to the event should dress in formalattire. This event is open to fall 2015 transfer students only. Contactyour transfer leader for more information or email the transfer internKimberlee Buck at [email protected].

APU sends over 300 student volunteers to Mexico

MEXICO OUTREACH, P. 1

Though the number of student

volunteers is the most that APU has

ever sent to Mexico, Kim said his fo-

cus is elsewhere.

It is not about lling up mem -

bers and l eader positions, it is about

the love that can happen among the

cultures, Kim said.

There are various ministries in-

cluded in the trip, including those

for women, children, health, special

needs and rehabilitation.

More people are inclined to do

ministry outside of their comfort zone

and willing to go to the harder minis-tries, said Rice.

Claire Bultema, senior account-

ing major and Team Pricsilla mem-

ber, said having a variety of new and

unique teams allowed Mexico Out-

reach to reach more organizations.

"It was noticeable that the group

was larger than the other times I

went, but the trip was well executed,"

Bultema said.

A new addition to the trip is a

sports ministry, and it will include ac-

tivities like obstacle courses, Frisbee,

It is not about ll-

ing up members

and leadership posi-

tions, it is about the

love...Tim Kim

freeze tag, soccer and more.

It is more like a P.E. activity, and

this team will go out to each of the

other teams sites, said Christiana

Uppal, student ministry coordinator

for community service.

This team will take the place of

the men and womens prison teams

for Thanksgiving, but prison minis-

tries will return in the spring.

Among other changes Mexico

Outreach made this year, the teams

also used new fundraising techniques.

Chick-l-A was a huge fund-

raising opportunity for us, and it was

the rst time Mexico Outreach has

partnered with Chick-l-A, said

junior international business major

Krisnel Miraor.

Tito Escalante COURTESY

Top: The APU public health team on the Mexico Outreach trip.Bottom: The clincal team working together to help a local resident.

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Gala said she believes the survey

provides the university with the op-

portunity to make the school aware

of potential areas that may need im-

provement.

Its not always easy sharing con-

cerns and suggestions, Gala said.

This creates a way for the adminis-

tration to continue cultivating a great

workplace by knowing what employ-

ees think.

Peter Smart, assistant director of

program development and evaluation

in the Ofce of Academic Advising

and Retention and mathematics pro-

fessor, encourages other employees

to take the survey.

It is important to give the broad-

est perspective possible so that

themes are either validated or not

supported. To do this, we need as

many people to respond as possible,

Smart said.

The task force will meet with

faculty and staff to discuss the nd-

ings of the survey on Dec. 8. After

the meeting, the results will be shared

during community meetings, within

schools and departments, at staff

council and in the faculty senate.

The December community

meetings reect part of the communi-

cation strategy the task force suggest-

ed, Eckberg said. The group seeks

to focus its collective energy on those

areas identied for growth while cel-

ebrating organizational strengths.

Eckberg said he believes the en-

gaged and passionate faculty and

staff at the university is accomplish-

ing APUs mission of creating a bet-

ter workplace.

That commitment [of working

at APU] and energy can only assist

our students, said Eckberg. Were

so fortunate to have employees who

believe deeply in our mission and

purpose and want to see APU our-

ish.

Rating APU as

work enviromentSTAFF SURVEYS, P. 1

Campus changes to be implemented in spring 2016APU departments

prepare for next

semester

Jamie Roebuck-Josephstaff writer

As the fall semester draws to a

close, a few noteworthy changes will

be happening within select campus

departments next semester.

The most notable change will

be in the Student Health Center, lo-

cated in the Shire Mods. Administra-

tive Director and Nurse Practitioner

Gidget Wood shared a groundbreak-

ing advancement in motion for next

semester.

We have big changeswe are

currently implementing an electronic

medical record, Wood said.

This means everything in the of-

ce will be going digital to speed up

the process of helping patients. Stu-

dents will no longer have to sign-in

on a sheet of paper, but rather check

themselves in on an iPad in the wait-

ing room. Any essential paperwork

will be completed and transferred

digitally to the chart in the patient's

room.

The nice thing about this is that

in January, there will be a patient

portal called My Cougar Health,

so every student will be able to log

onto that and access [his or her] re-

cords for download and also upload

records, Wood said. The most ex-

citing thing is that we will have self-

scheduling available on their student

portal, so they will be able to make an

appointment at any time.

Wood explained that not having

to call or visit the ofce will make

appointment scheduling more ac-

commodating for students. Students

will be able to log onto their portal

and digitally schedule to meet with a

practitioner.

Another are undergoing change

is the General Education (G.E.) re-

quirement, according to SGA Presi-

dent and senior physics major Max

Walden.

Students who are currently on

the old G.E. curriculum will have the

availability to switch over, Walden

said. There are some different re-

quirements based on [their] major

that will have changed.

Specics of the G.E. changes

have not been revealed yet, but the

proposition has been set in place for

next semester.

Walden also explained that there

will be a Wall of Nations con-

structed in Duke Academic Complex,

where different ags of students from

other countries will be displayed.

This will be prepared for during

spring semester, though it will not be

started until summer.

As for the Womens Resource

Center, senior psychology major and

undergraduate intern Madeline Ho

said that the only change is that they

will be looking to hire a new admin-

istrator, as the current administrator is

graduating this semester.

With these changes ahead, stu-

dents can look forward to seeing a

few new things around campus be-

ginning in the spring 2016 seme ster.

APU graduates ranked as some of most hirableThe Economist

places Azusa Pacic

students in 92nd

percentile

In its rst-ever ranking of col-

leges, published on Oct. 29, 2015, the

Economist ranked APU in the 92 nd

percentile for most hirable and high-

est median income-earning gradu-

ates.

The reality is that APU stu-

dents receive an excellent education

that develops them as whole people

who can step into the marketplace

and compete, not only with techni-

cal skills but with soft skills, Center

for Career and Calling director Philip

Brazell said. Students should walk

in condence through their job searchand application processes, knowing

that they can contribute to work in

meaningful ways.

Brazell said he believes students

should be condent in the training

and development they get while they

are at APU and that their experience

makes them leaders and difference

makers.

These are numbers that speak to

Caroline Connollystaff writer

the breadth and depth of the students

who are attracted to APU and the stu-

dents they become when they gradu-

ate, Brazell said.

Brazell encourages graduating

seniors to use the ofce in light of

their post graduation job search to

connect with alumni, employers and

recruiters.

We have a team of career con-

sultants that desire to help students be

ready to step into an interview, have

an excellent rsum and represent

themselves and APU well. We would

love to help in this process however

we can, Brazell said.

Academic coach for the Ofce

of Academic Advising and Retention

Peter Smart said the Economist rank-

ing may inuence students while they

are still in school.

Students can take this statistic

into consideration not only in their

future career life but also into their

current academic life, Smart said.

By knowing that they will be hirable

in the future, they will want to apply

themselves more so into their school

work now.

Junior applied exercise science

major Zoe Wilkens said she was

comforted by the results of the Econ-

omists ranking of APU.

It denitely gives me con-

dence because jobs after collegesometimes are not secure, and since

I will be graduating in a year and a

half, it gives me some relief that we

are highly looked at, Wilkens said.

The ofce will host an event

called No Opportunities Wasted

(NOW) on December 12 from 9 to

11 a.m. for December undergraduate

students to help them with job search-

ing, rsums and interviewing.

Ashley EvansGRAPHIC

We have big

changeswe are

currently imple-

menting an elec-

tronic medical re-

cord.Bridget Wood


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APU community gathers for 2nd annual SGA event400 students,

faculty and sta

have family-style

dinner at The Table

Cougar Walk was lined with a

red-checkered picnic table cloth,

stringed lights hanging above in the

trees and a community atmosphere

on Wednesday, Nov. 18, as SGA

hosted The Table for the second year

in a row.

The Table has proven to be a

popular event a mong the APU com-

munity, as students, faculty and staff

were in attendance. The event cen-

ters on Acts 2:42, which says, They

devoted themselves to the apostles

teaching and to fellowship, to the

breaking of bread and to prayer.

Before the meal, Acting PresidentDr. David Bixby opened in prayer.

I want to thank Max [Walden,

SGA president] and all of SGA for

making this event a new APU tradi-

tion, Bixby said.

Sophomore biblical studies ma-

jor Daisy Romero has attended The

Table both years.

I felt more of a sense of com-

munity at the event this year as com-

pared to last year, Romero said. It

is a nice event to come together and

eat delicious food, as well as have in-

teresting dinner table conversation.

The banquet-style dinner was

provided by the university, with en-

trees such as pasta with marinara

sauce, meatballs, salad, garlic bread,

oatmeal raisin and chocolate chip

cookies.

I did attend The Table last year

and thought both this year and last

year went very well, said Dr. Jenni-

fer Walsh, dean of the College of Lib-

eral Arts and Sciences. The sponta-

neity of last year's gathering was fun,

but I did appreciate having some

seats reserved for faculty and staff in-


terspersed with seats for students, so

that we could be sure to interact with

lots of students.

SGA wrote discussion questions

on cards and placed them on each of

the long tables. Some of the questions

included: How has APU changed

you? and How do you plan on mak-

ing an impact here?

Name tags helpedand I loved

having some conversation starters

highlighted on each table, Walsh

said. We didn't stick to those topics,

but it gave our section something to

talk about at rst.

Timothy Elofson, SGA university

senator and sophomore youth minis-

try and humanities double major,

said, I hope that The Table provided

a medium in which students were

able to come with their questions,

come with their own perspectives and

feel like they were being heard.

SGA exists to help the student

voice be heard on campus and to im-

pact the student experience for thebetter, he added. If students came

away from The Table with that senti-

ment, I could ask for nothing else.

Elofson added that the conversa-

tions he had at The Table reafrmed a

sense of the body of Christ.

Jacova Snyder, SGA vice presi-

dent and senior communication stud-

ies major, said she hopes The Table

facilitated conversation and long-

lasting relationships. She said that

both this and last years student gov-

ernment sought to encourage and uni-

fy the university through the event.

Its an honor to carry on what

last years team started for us, and

we hope that it will continue to be a

marker of our community as an an-

nual tradition, Snyder said. SGA

exists as a liaison between students

and administration. We are sup-

posed to be bridge builders, and we

are constantly looking for creative

and sustainable ways to live into that

identity.

Snyder added that she hoped

people looked down the table and re-

membered they are not alone.

SGA president and senior physics

major Max Walden said SGA hopes

to establish The Table as an annual

event during the fall semester.

[As] more than simply a meal,

The Table is a chance to connect

people from all aspects of APU life,

Walden said. We hope that this an-

nual event will continue to instill a

deep sense of unity into the very fab-ric of APU culture.

Walden said he hopes The Table

unites APU community members

despite the problems the nation and

world are facing.

We hope that participants had

the chance to meet people that they

would have never otherwise met and

discuss whatever may be on their

minds in the hopes of becoming a

closer and more connected commu-

nity, Walden said.

Caroline Connolly PHOTO

Students, faculty, staff and administration enjoy conversation and din-ner at the second The Table event on Cougar Walk.

I see the need that our students

have, Grissom said. One thing that

[our] School of Nursing pride them-

selves on is that we have a clinical

placement team that nds their pre-

ceptors.

While not all students are guaran-

teed to nd preceptors, [The School

of Nursing does] place most of our

students, Grissom said.

However, the process is a dif-

cult one. In Grissoms words, You

cant be too picky. PreceptMe is de-

signed to give medical students more

power to decide between preceptors.

Grissom was searching for pro-

grammers to help make her dream

a reality when she heard of the Zu-

Venturez platform. Having attended

a public university for her educa-

tion, Grissom said she was surprised

APU had a program like ZuVenturez.

You dont nd this everywhere!

She said that regardless of wheth-

er or not PreceptMe won the prize

money, she is thankful for all the time

invested in her and for the mentoring

and coaching she received.

During the business planning,

Grissom was introduced to senior

graphic design major Chris Sequeira.

The two began collaborating, with

Grissoms ideas fueling Sequeiras

visual presentations.

If you saw my PowerPoint be-

fore [Sequeira] came on board, you

probably wouldve laughed, Gris-

som said.

With the application still in the

conceptual phases, Sequeira helped

Grissoms presentations illustrate the

potential screens and functions of a

mock-up app to better communicate

her ideas.

He took what I was envisioning

and put it on a screen," Grissom said.

I couldnt have done that. Up until

that point, it was all in my head.

Sequeira described the process as

a learning experience. He said his ini-

tial thought was that he had no idea

what to do here, but [to] give it [his]

best shot.

It was a good collaborative pro-

cess, Sequeira said. "Now I have

this knowledge to take to future em-

ployers.

Victory, however, in the ZuVen-

turez arena was hardly assured for

their team.

Every week, everyone jumped

up 10 steps in their presentation, de-

sign work [and] nancials, Grissom

Nursing student wins business competition for mobile applicationZUVENTUREZ P. 1

said. Even though we had a lot of in-

terest, I never took it for granted that

we won.

Sequeira said he was wary of

their competition, particularly Urban

Vinyl and Lords Light, which had

already produced physical products.

[Still], with headphones, youre

always going to need to be up-to-

date, making new products, Sequei-

ra said. With PreceptMe, you make

the app and update it once in a while.

Over time, its going to be one of

those long-lasting products.

The team is putting the $15,000

prize money toward the development

of the PreceptMe app.

Itll probably take four to ve

months to develop the app, Grissom

said. From there well do some beta

testing, [and] the hope is to launch by

fall next year.

Nate Lu, director of the Ofce of

Innovators, said he believes Precept-

Me solves a long-lasting problem.

I think in this digital age, we

see a lot of entrepreneurs trying to

be more efcient. No one has found

a way to optimize this until now. Pre-ceptMe used a digital platform to pro-

vide an efcient solution, Lu said.

Lords Light, producing an al-

ready-patented light bulb utilizing

decorative laments, placed second

and secured $3,000. Thread Safe,

a company seeking to manufacture

antibacterial hospital garments and

linens, came in third place, winning

$2,000.

Even though we

had a lot of inter-

est, I never took

for granted that we

won.Maritza Grissom

ZuVenturezCOURTESY

Nursing program manager Maritza Grissom won the Zuventurez competition with her social media applica-tion PreceptMe, which connects nursing students to health care providers.

Riordan Zentler PHOTO

ZuVenturez winners PreceptMe, second place Lords Light and third place Thread Safe are presented withtheir prize money at the nal competition on Nov. 17.

LifestyleThe Clause is golden: reecting on 50 years of student reportingNewspaper reaches

a milestone as

public voice of

APUs student body

Ashley Evans GRAPHIC

Michael Dean Clarkfaculty advisor

A half-century ago, student jour-

nalists produced the rst edition of

the Clause. I wonder if they expected

the paper would still be publishing 50

years later.

If their experiences were any-

thing like mine, I doubt it. When it

comes to getting the newspaper out

week to week, they were probably

just trying to pull everything together

by deadline.

That, in essence, is just about allany of us who have served on staff

have had the mental energy to focus

on. Well, that and doing our jobs as

well as we possibly can.

You see, it is truly a labor of

loveemphasis on the laborto

make the Clause happen, and I mean

that in the least clichd sense of the

phrase.

Engaging in student journalism is

an act of service that is almost always

thankless even as it is always, always

necessary. No other publication so

consistently holds the university ac-

countable in all its various communi-

ties and activities.

This accountability is not the

road to popularity, as there is truth in

the old adage: Youll know you got

the story right when no one is com-

pletely happy.

When a story breaks, it is the

duty of the Clause to serve only one

agendainforming students. This is

not easy.

Every source a reporter or editor

speaks with wants to be heard clearly,

as well as represented fairly. And, if

those same people are honest, they

want to be presented in the best pos-

sible light.

The rst two items on that list are

the cornerstones of journalism and at

the heart of what the paper strives for

with each story. The third is its antith-

esis.

Accuracy and fairness are the

very acts of service Clause stafferswork to provide as they sandwich

interviews with administrators and

students and staff members between

their own courses and other jobs and

relationships. These are the principles

that make the tough stories, ignored

emails, complaints and lost weekends

worthwhile.

You dont do this work unless

you love the university and are will-

ing to be the people who make sure

someone is watching and amplifying

issues that must be paid attention to,

even when being that someone is un-

comfortable.

And thats what makes peoples

desire to be seen in the best light nei-

ther always possible nor worth pur-

suing in the long run. News is whathappens, not what we wish had hap-

pened.

So, when the difcult and neces-

sary conversation surrounding diver-

sity resurfaces in our community, it

is the Clauses job to hold everyone

from the president to student activists

to the same standards of honest, ag-

gressively fair representation.

When a crime happens in the

community, writers must push for all

possible details in service of the stu-

dent bodys interests.

When tuition increases or en-

rollment decreases, articles must not

merely explain these issues, but press

the powers that be to account for why

these issues are occurring.

And when those explanations arelegitimate, it is the student journal-

ists duty to present them as such, no

matter how disappointing that may be

to students reading on Wednesdays.

Like I said, Clause staffers are

rarely the kings and queens of home-

coming. Mostly, were the ones re-

porting on the winners.

That is important, because no

other campus publication so con-

sistently celebrates with the student

body its acc omplishments or grieves

with its losses. Dont forget that stu-

dent comes before journalist in the

title.

For 50 years, members of the

Clause staff have covered the univer-

sity because we, like our audience,

are the university. Its just that our as-

signments get read publicly and carry

our names so theres extra pressure to

get them right.

In all this, theres a certain irony

to the convergences of life, not the

least of which is the fact that I am

writing this article.

Twenty years ago, I was hired on

at the Clause as the features editor. I

spent the next two and a half years

working in the same trenches Im

now helping my staff navigate as the

acting faculty adviser.

When I was on staff, we covered

a gambit of stories from the light-

est columns on the foibles of Les

Femmes to the wins and losses of

sports teams to the heaviest issues,

including the death of a good friend.None of it was easy.

In some ways, thinking about this

has reminded me how all of us who

have worked on the paper since 1965

have merely been building the next

piece of the bridge for those crossing

just behind us.

On the other hand, I have to

imagine the current Clause staff is

much like all those stretching back

to the very rst group who took on

the job because we all, like many stu-

dents, care about this place.

We just care about all of it.

The Good Dinosaur brings visual brilliance and playful laughterPixars latest

installment focuses

on overcoming fear

Jamie Roebuck-

Josephstaff writer

From the creators of Inside Out,

Up, and Monsters University,

Pixar Animation Studios produced

its second animated motion picture

of the year released by Disney: The

Good Dinosaur, which premiered inthe U.S. on Thanksgiving.

This is the rst time that two Pix -

ar features opened in the same year,

with Inside Out debuting on June

19.

The Good Dinosaur premise

asks the question, What if the aster-

oid that changed life on Earth missed

the planet completely, and dinosaurs

never became extinct?

Following the life of a cowardly

apatosaurus named Arlo, The Good

Dinosaur seemed to be an inter-

secting byproduct of the plotlines

of Finding Nemo and The Lion

King, with a refreshing message of

overcoming fear and creating a lega-

cy of heroism.

When Arlos father is tragically

killed by a severe storm and drowns

in a river, Arlo washes up down-

stream with home nowhere in sight.

He is lost, alone and afraid of almost

everything; he wants nothing more

than to return home to his siblings

and mother.

Arlo keeps his father in mind in

every obstacle he faces, particularly

during the lms climax, when Arlo

has a vision of his father encourag-

ing him.

Arlo befriends a strange creature

who begins to teach him everything

about survival, trust and friendship

a human boy that he names Spot.

Spot does not speak throughout the

entire movie, which reverses the set

role of animal-human relationships.

This is the crux of the movie, where

the result of an asteroid missing earth

is the co-existence of all creatures.

The two unusual companions

form a bond unlike any other made by

Pixar. Both lost, isolated and search-

ing for their way home, the two pair

up to protect one another from other

dinosaurs and critters roaming Earth.

Arlo and Spots mysterious and

grand adventure reminds us of the im-

portance of encouragement, reassur-

ance and faith, even in the unknown.

Spot empowers Arlo to become the

dinosaur he is meant to bea heroic,

erce apatosaurus that would make

his father proud.

Though Spot does not have any

lines in the movie, his presence in

Arlos life becomes extremely im-

portant to Arlos growth as a main

character.

Certainly a movie for the entire

family, people of all ages will nd

this movie comically satisfying

along with truthful elements that will

certainly inspire thoughts of gratitude

concurrent with this time of year.

Though The Good Dinosaur

possesses all the traits of an extraor-

dinary Pixar lm, it does not quite

deliver the same anxious anticipation

as the studios previous hit movies,

which earned well over their budget

in box ofce sales. However, it does

offer extremely realistic graphics,

leaving audience members question-

ing whether they used real images

mixed with computer design. Ulti-

mately, this movie is an example of

how advanced technology has be-

come; the movie, in its entirety, was

animated.

Overall, this movie gets three out

of four Jon Wallace heads. I would

recommend it to anyone who enjoys

a story of whimsical humor balanced

with a heart-warming message of

hope, bravery and bold discovery.

For more previews

of Christmas movies

and music albums,

visitwww.theclause.org

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theSkimm gives millenials easy-to-read newsMedia company

visits APU to let

people know what

theyre all about


Caroline Connolly PHOTO

Attention: Do you want to re-

ceive a newsletter by email that takes

no more than 10 minutes to read

through? Me too. Well, listen up, be-

cause theSkimm has just the thing for

you!

theSkimm hosted a table on Cou-

gar Walk from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

where theSkimm representatives and

ambassadors handed out free food

and swag on Monday, Nov. 23.

Carly Zakin and Danielle Weis-

berg cofounded theSkimm. Carly

grew up in New York City and went

to University of Pennsylvania; Dani-

elle grew up in Chicago and went to

Tufts. They met studying abroad in

Rome, and then reconnected after

college while working at NBC and

producing news programs. They be-

came roommates, and in July 2012,

left their jobs and sent out the rst

Daily Skimm from their couch.

Kaylin Marcotte, community and

social media manager for theSkimm

said, theSkimm is a daily email

newsletter, bringing international top

news to a younger audience with a

fun, witty and distinct voice.

The email format of theSkimm

newsletter ts into peoples habits.

The email is sent Monday through

Friday, and it takes from 5-7 minutes

to catch up on news, Marcotte said.

theSkimm makes it easier to be

smarter, added Marcotte. Its your

daily cheat sheet to stay in the know

with current events and be able to

dive into any conversation knowing

whats going on in the world. Its the

rst thing in your inbox Monday-

Friday.

Skimmbassador Micayla Brew-

ster, a junior communication studies

major at APU, said, Its super easy

to become a Skimmbassador; all you

need to do is get 10 people to sign

up with your unique link or from the

email invitations that you send.

Brewster was determined to get

to 10, but admits that she wasnt sureif she wasnt going to reach that num-

ber.

At rst I was super intimidated...

but once I [got to 10], I was in, and I

was hooked, Brewster said. I laugh

now over how long I debated if was

going to be able to get 10 people to

sign up, when now Ive gotten almost

600 people subscribed.

Brewster says that being a

Skimmbassador was one of the best

decisions that she has ever made.

Its been amazing. There are in-

spiring and driven men and women

all over the country who have incred-

ible jobs and connectionsits like

a networkers dream. Ive seen so

many posts where people are hoping

to move somewhere to work in a cer-

tain industry, and a Skimmbassador

has given contact information for

who to get in touch with at their com-

pany.

Brewster helped host theSkimm

table on Cougar Walk after she won

a contest, where campus representa-

tives of theSkimm competed to get

the most subscribers.

It was ve weeks of constant

promoting, to the point where it felt

like theSkimm was every other

word that came out of my mouth,

Brewster said. But it was so worth

it once the results came in. But I, 100

percent, could not have done it with-

out all of my friends, family and even

strangers coming alongside me andhelping to spread the word. So, I owe

it all to them!

For senior psychology major

Danyelle Diaz, her favorite part of

having theSkimm on campus was

seeing students become more in-

formed on current events.

Realistically, APU students are

in a bubble where they generally have

little-to-no daily new knowledge, so

I love sharing theSkimm so we can

keep our student body better in-

formed on current events, Diaz said.

Brewster said, My favorite

part about hosting theSkimm table

was having people walk by and say

that they loved theSkimm, and that

theyve been reading for a while.

[But I also liked] having people come

up and not know what it was at all.

I just truly believe that theSkimm is

changing the way that news is con-

sumed and presented, so I loved

meeting people who have been a

fan for years, as well as introducing

people to something that has had a

profound effect on my life.

To subscribe to theSkimm, visit

their website at www.theskimm.com.

Junior communication studies major Micayla Brewster joins represen-tatives from theSkimm on the Walk to tell student about the newsletter.

Looking back at fall semester through different lensesSeniors and

freshmen reect on

the past semester

Camille Frigillanalifestyle editor

Ashley Evans GRAPHIC

The end of fall semester is just

over two weeks away, and as the

semester draws to a close, some stu-

dents are completing their time at

APU while others are just beginning.

Senior psychology major Samara

Hodgson is one of the seniors gradu-ating on Dec. 19, something that she

hadnt expected when she began the

school year.

I found out I would be graduat-

ing in December back in August, so

from August to now, it has just felt

like everything has been extremely

accelerated, Hodgson said.

But despite the faster pace,

Hodgson feels proud of herself for

being able to get her degree sooner

rather than later and feels a sense of

relief for being able to save a whole

semesters worth of tuition. This is

something that senior history major

Kaylee Doyel can also relate to.

I totally feel the difference

graduating in December, opposed to

May, Doyel said. I feel odd, but

also one semester richer.

Both seniors agree, however, that

the downside to graduating earlier

is being unable to join their friends

when they cross the stage in May.

Its a bummer that I wont be

able to graduate with the majority of

APU students that I began this jour-

ney with, Hodgson said.

Making friends is something that

starts when a student steps on cam-

pus, which was the case for freshman

business management major Andrew

Stallmer.

I wasnt expecting to feel as

welcomed here as I did, Stallmer

said. I knew there would be a sense

of community, but not like this. It

made me feel right at home, which

was one of the best things that could

have happened to me.

Stallmer came to APU because

of the schools Christian background

and size, but as he began the school

year he admits that he had felt anx-

ious.

Being from Michigan, it was a

far trip out here, and I was nervous

[that] I wasnt going to transition

well, Stallmer said. But the people

and community at APU really helped

me excel, making the semester

smoother than I thought it would be.

For freshman biblical studies ma-

jor Carmen Campos, the semester has

proved to be easy academic-wise, but

she acknowledges that it has been dif-

cult to meet new people.

I thought I would make friends a

lot sooner and nd my place a lot fast-

er; however that was not the case,

Campos said. You have to start over

completely, and it can be difcult. Its

still taking me some time to gure out

how it all works.

But despite this unforeseen dif-

culty, Campos is thankful for her

Alpha group and the time that she has

had with them, and she remains hope-

ful for the new friendships ahead.

Im denitely looking forward

to my relationship with Christ and

how it will grow while Im here,

Campos said. Im also looking for-

ward to the new friendships that will

blossom throughout my time here.

When looking back at the memo-

ries made throughout their stay, Doy-

el and Hodgson credited APU events

and opportunities as some of their

favorites.

My favorite APU memory is

when both sets of my grandparents

came to Grandparents Weekend,

Doyel said. I got to see my grandpa

dance the entire chapel to the gospel

worship band, and watched my papa

buy all of the bookstore merchan-

dise. They were just so stoked to

be involved and see my life here at

school.

As for Hodgson, it was a mis-

sion trip she took through the Center

for Student Action (CSA) that really

made her time at APU stand out.

My favorite memory was made

through a summer mission trip [that] I

went on to Kolkata, India, Hodgson

said. This trip brought me laughter,

tears, eternal friendships and has had

a lot of positive development on my

life since then.

Both Hodgson and Doyel feel

saddened to be leaving the people

that theyve met at APU, but are ex-

cited to nally start their journey in

the real world.

After taking a three-week napand watching The Gilmore Girls in

its entirely, I plan to take the Califor-

nia Basic Educational Skills test and

start substitute teaching in the Central

Valley, Doyel said.

As for Hodgson, she is already

in the process of applying to differ-

ent graduate schools so that she can

become a teacher.

Luckily for freshmen, they still

have some time to think about life af-

ter college. In this upcoming semes-

ter, Stallmer plans to focus more on

building those relationships.

One of my favorite memories

[that] I made so far was hanging out

at Huntington Beach one night under

the stars with some of my friends,

Stallmer said. I am denitely look-

ing forward to meeting more and

more phenomenal people.

Even though her time is almost

up, Doyel encourages freshmen to

step out of their comfort zone and

connect with they people they are

surrounded by, and to not be afraid tomake new friends.

Get involved, Doyel advises.

Even when you want to stay in your

room and watch Parks and Recre-

ation for seven hours, dont. Go to

Donut Man with your hall, splurge on

a Disneyland pass or just keep your

door open.

#CLAUSTAGRAM

MEN THAT SINGName:Robbie ThayerInstagram: @robbielthayer

CSA REUNIONName:Gustavo TifferInstagram: @g_tiffer3

DARLING STROLLName:Eric Dong

Instagram : @ericjdong

PARENTAL SUPPORTName:Lura Joy Hills

Instagram: @lurajoyy

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Opinion

Young voices rally their cry across college campusesStudents protest

racism atUniversity of

Missouri and Yale,

among others

Ignoring issues of racism and

diversity, much like disregarding a

problem, in general, is ne ver good.

The recent wave of student protests

on college campuses across the U.S.

has attested to this.

One explosive example of this

happened on the University of Mis-

souris campus when graduate stu-

dent Jonathan Butler went on a hun-

ger strike in response to the rampant

racism continually displayed on cam-

pus.

According to an article in the

Southern Illinoisan, the N-word was

used repeatedly; it was scribbled on

walls and shouted to fellow students

on campus. When student advocacy

group Concerned Student 1950 ap-

proached administration ofcials,

they were met with no response.

The group confronted President Tim

Wolfe with further concerns and were

also met with no response.

Even Mizzou football players

boycotted games in support of But-

ler until the chancellor and president

would do something about the issue

of racism on campus.

After a week of Butlers hunger

strike and growing criticism, Univer-

sity Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin and

Wolfe resigned.

Acting executive director of the

APU Student Center for Reconcilia-

tion and Diversity, Aaron Hinojosa,

believes that students have the right

to peacefully protest where there is

no effective change.

The chancellors and presidents

avoidance and slow response to stu-

dents needs and lack of awareness

about racism are not only on their

campus but also the structural and

systemic racism that exists was a big

part of the problem...If the chance l-

lor and president would have shown

empathy and sought to understand

to achieve a perspective that would

have allowed him to see that the lives

of students of color at Mizzou were

truly being effected by acts of rac-

ism, [it] would have given him some

equity with students to move toward

change, Hinojosa said.

This act of racism at Missouri is

not an isolated incident.

Recently, a Facebook page was

created, titled NYU White Student

Union. According to David Boroff,

Dale Eisinger, and Jason Silverstein

of the New York Daily News, this

Facebook page was ultimately fake.

However, White Union Facebook

pages are spreading nationwide. At

Calvin College, in Michigan, a group

of students wrote white power and

drew a swastika in the snow.

Personally, I was furious when I

rst heard of these racist acts. What

ever happened to a universitys aim

to be an institution for higher learn-


ing? Any university students and

administration members that con-

tribute to racist acts, or ignore racistacts, contradict this aim. Instead, they

cause their university to be an institu-

tion of lower learning.

Executive director of the APU

Center for Diversity, Equity and In-

clusive Excellence Dr. Richard Mar-

tinez said, Hearing the voices and

concerns from students, staff, faculty,

and leadership are critical aspects of

promoting change in an organization.

Peaceful and respectful approaches

to raising awareness are also essen-

tial to nurturing mutual respect as a

foundational principle for sustainable

change.

When it comes to the Black Lives

Matter protests that college campuses

including Dartmouth are supporting,

Martinez believes that, We need to

hear all voices in our university com-

munity. With a foundation of mutual

respect, we can facilitate conversa-

tions around difcult issues. Through

our conversations with the Mosaic

Caucus, here at APU, we are creating

an environment where we can learn

from one another in a spirit of humil-

ity, in order to inuence transforma-

tive change.

Junior communication studies

major Lynn Yeo said, I denitely

think it is important for students to

speak up about issues of diversity and

racism. It is important to stand up for

what you believe in. Young people

should be free to speak their minds

and try to make a change.

This attitude has been something

that has been incorporated into APUthis year, deeming it an institution

that embodies higher learning.

I am condent that the conver-

sations shared with our students will

continue to inuence our future ac-

tions. The establishment of a Chief

Diversity Ofcer (CDO), Dr. Kim

Denu, was a signicant step. She ap -

proaches her role and our work with

the philosophy of I See You. For

her and the rest of our team, every

voice counts and each person de-

serves a seat at the table, Martinez

said.

He continued, The Center for

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusive Ex-

cellence and the Student Center for

Reconciliation and Diversity (SCRD)

report directly to the CDO. This lead-

ership structure allows us to be more

responsive and supportive to our

campus community.

Looking to the future, the issue

of racism should never be ignored or

denied by anyone. This never works

out for anyone. College administra-

tors need to be willing to work coop-

eratively with students, and the other

way around.

I hope more effective ways to

solving the big issue of racism will

emerge. In the meantime, individu-

als need to ght for what they believe

in and ght against what they think

is wrong. Do not be afraid to speak

your mind.

It was a calm evening on Nov.

13. French residents and tourists had

their evenings planned out. Soccer

fans attended the anticipated world

championship match between Ger-

many and France. Some enjoyed an

evening in the capitals restaurants

and bars while others explored hole-

in-the-wall concert venues to enjoy a

night rocking out with friends.

APU student and international

business major Elena Taber and for-

mer APU student Tessa Corbett, who

was visiting Taber in Paris, were

among the many who were anticipat-

ing just another uneventful Friday

night out in the beautiful city of lights

before a massacre would unfold.

ISIS, an extremist Islamic group,

attacked Frances capital and the sur-

rounding areas, including the nation-

al stadium where a soccer game was

held. Some had AK-47s, others had

bombs strapped onto them.

Six locations in and around Paris

were attacked, leaving more than 120

people dead. The worst bloodshed

occurred at the Bataclan where an

American band was performing.

People were slaughtered as ISIS

opened re into the crowd for 10-15

minutes. While the band was able to

escape to safety, 80 others were mur-

dered.

When I initially received updates

about what was happening on my cell

phone, I immediately thought of my

Trinity Hall friend from last year,

Elena, who is taking the year off from

school to live in France.

My roommates and I texted her

to make sure she was safe, hoping

she was nowhere near the attacks,

but sadly we were wrong. Taber was

only half a mile away from the Bata-

clan theater where people were be-

ing massacred. She responded to our

messages saying she was unsure of

whether or not she would be safe.

Sophomore communications ma-

jor Raven Macaraeg, another former

hall mate, was one of the rst to con-

tact Taber.

I was absolutely terried be-

cause I knew she was in that area and

that there was a large possibility she

could have gotten hurt, Macaraeg

said. I felt like I couldnt help her

and that was killing me.

On the day of the attack, Taber

and her friends had a picnic under the

Eiffel Tower and then walked to the

concert venue/bar where they would

be seeing a hipster band perform.

Taber described how lively the young

crowd was in the area, enjoying the

night life in Paris.

Everything was going according

to plan, Taber recalled.

We were watching the band per-

form, and about an hour into it our

friends were getting text messages

that there was a shooting, Taber

said. I didnt really think much of it

because you hear things like that all

the time in Los Angeles.

Taber didnt know that it was an

ISIS attack until much later in the

night.

Once I got a text from a friend in

the states when there was...10 people

dead, that was when I realized that

something bad was going down re-

ally close if people from California

were asking me if I was okay, Taber

said. It was the unknown of if we

were going to survive; it was just a

lot of confusion and fear.

Taber and Corbett stayed at the

concert venue until 3 a.m., while

people were being held hostage and

killed only a few blocks away. They

nally snuck out the back of the bar

with a group of older gentlemen who

offered to walk with them to nd a

taxi when things settled down hours

later.

In an Instagram post, Taber re-

ected on the attacks:

What if we had gone to the

EoDM concert instead of the show

we were at a few blocks away? What

if we had left the venue when we

heard about the rst shootings and

walked into the line of re? What if

we had eaten dinner at Place de la Re-

publique on the 13th instead of on the

12th?...We were spared by the grace

of God and it has opened my eyes to

how fortunate we are to be here.

Taber has been an example of

bravery, and through her story Ive

learned the power of prayer in times

of horric confusion.

However, solely pursuing prayer

does not mean that we remain inac-

tive. Prayer requires action.

Justice for not only France but

the world, has to be fullled against

this extremist group that is killing

in the name of Allah. I am in shock

that many people are so comfortable

with policies of inaction. The reason

America has been a great nation is

because we are just.

But when we constantly back

away from difcult issues like this,

are we really that great nation that

once stood for justice for all?

War is not the answer to all

things, but in a lecture given by Dr.

Frederick W. Kagan hosted by the

Department of History and Political

Science earlier in November before

the Paris attack, he stated:

I dont take this lightly, but the

problem is that when people are a t

war with you, its very problematic to

say that youre not at war with them.

Macaraeg also commented on the

issue. I do believe the U.S. should

get involved. I think its ridiculous

that we have to wait for something

bad to happen to us personally to do

something, Macaraeg continued.

We need to band together with other

countries and put a stop to [ISIS].

I completely agree with Mac-

araeg and Dr. Kagan.

We need to stand together to put

an end to this extremist group that has

murdered, and will continue to mur-

der, non-Islamic people. The U.S.

should be involved because we are

the main target for ISIS, which has

claimed to hate Western society. They

are at war with us. They have come

out and claimed that the next attack

will be much worse, and more bit-

ter.

We should not wait until they do

to decide to go to war. We should be

preparing ourselves now to e radicate

them completely.We have an obliga-

tion to protect our country.

As Christians, I think we have a

responsibility to help those who are

suffering. Going to war may be inevi-

table, but our current duty is to pray

for our leaders to have the wisdom to

make the right decisions. We need to

also exercise our rights to peacefully

protest a gainst the policies of inac-

tion.

The government should answer

the people, not the other way around.

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Surviving the Paris terrorist attacksA response tothe attacks inFrance throughthe lens of APUstudent ElenaTaberJamie Roebuck-

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The countdown of days until the

premiere of Star Wars: The F orce

Awakens is down to the double

digits, and fans could not be more

excited. The lm premieres interna-

tionally on Dec. 18th, and Star Wars

enthusiasts of all generations are ea-

ger to witness the latest installment

of the multi-billion dollar franchise.

Set over 30 years after the story-

line of Star Wars Episode VI: Re-

turn of the Jedi (1983), The Force

Awakens will answer the question

fans are keen to have answered: What

happens next?

I happen to be an enormous fanof the saga. From a young age, I re-

member watching Episodes IV, V

and VI over and over, memorizing

the dialogue and singing along with

the iconic soundtrack. I mimicked

the sound of light sabers, imperson-

ated Chewbaccas roar and copied

Yodas backwards speech. I lived

and breathed Star Wars. Though the

prequels released in the early 2000s

were arguably a heinous addition to

the saga, I repeatedly watched those

three lms with a fervor one could

argue to be almost religious.

With that being said, I am ex-

tremely wary of the impending sev-

enth lm of the series. With Epi -

sode III: Revenge of the Sith quotes

bringing the saga to a full circle in

2005, I had come to terms with the

way the science ction epic had end-

ed. The plot was complete. I laughed,

I cried, I felt closure.

Why, then, must there be another

story to an already complete tale?

Dont get me wrong, I will most

denitely be seeing the lm when it

premiers in December I am too

dedicated a fan to not watch it. How-

ever, history tells us that a sequel lm

that premiers decades later than the

original lm(s) does not bode well.

Take, for example, Indiana

Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal

Skull (2008). The Stephen Spielberg

lm, coincidentally also starring Har-

rison Ford, continued the adventuresof Indiana Jones (Ford) 19 years after

the previous lm, Indiana Jones and

the Temple of Doom. As nostalgic

as it was for fans who had watched

the original three lms in the 1980s

to revisit the adventures of Indiana

Jones, the reminiscence did not prove

to be enough to create a major box

ofce draw. Kingdom of the Crys-

tal Skull was rated only 6.2/10 on

IMDb, a dismal assessment for such

a highly anticipated lm.

This year, Jurassic World pre-

miered and rebooted Jurassic Park

lm series. The Colin Trevorrow

directed and co-written lm, star-

ring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas

Howard, is the fourth installment of

the already successful science ction

series. Like Kingdom of the Crystal

Skull, the blockbuster hype and star-

studded cast were not enough to gain

the highest ratings. Jurassic World

was only given a 7.1/10 on IMDb.

Precedence is not on Star Wars

side.

Did I enjoy Kingdom of the

Crystal Skull and Jurassic World?

Yes, of course I grew up watching

the original movies of both series re-

peatedly. It should be obvious by now

how much I am a sucker for science

ction adventure. However, I recog-

nize that there were many negative

aspects to both lms, like the script

writing and style-over-substance ap-

proach. For some, the negative c om-

ponents proved to be too disappoint-

ing to ever watch the lms again,

which is why I fear for the success of

The Force Awakens.

Incorporating the original Star

Wars cast (Mark Hamill, Carrie

Fisher and Harrison Ford) is founda-

tional to continue the magic, and that

is something that viewers will love

whether or not the lm is actually

well-made. The character dynamics

between Luke Skywalker, Princess

Leia and Han Solo are part of what

makes Star Wars so entertaining to

watch. Their victory over the Galac-

tic Empire at the end of Episode VI

in 1983 was exactly what we needed

to see to feel as though the plot could

end satisfyingly.

If J.J. Abrams (the director of

The Force Awakens) is prepared to

re-open our hearts to more Star Wars

goodness, he must be prepared to de-

liver the necessary components to of-

fer our hearts closure once again.

It is with a guarded spirit that I

will watch The Force Awakens

when it premiers. The fear of a disap-

pointing sequel far outweighs the ex-

citement I have to enter the Star Wars

galaxy once again. I share this wary

perspective toward the lm with Joe

Gould, a devout Star Wars fan who

watched the original lms in theaters

as a teenager.

[The Force Awakens] shows

a lot of promise, Gould said, But

trailers sometimes make better hypethan the movie actually deserves, so

Im not expecting this one to be the

best of the Star Wars movies.

I hope to be proved wrong, to be

reassured that there is still hope for

sequel lms to do well.

Perhaps we should listen to good

olMaster Yodas advice: Fear is the

path to the dark side. Fear leads to an-

ger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads

to suffering. Lets hope that when

the Force awakens, we are not left to

suffer.

Facebook group Overheard at

APU houses over 3,700 members.

After being accepted into the group,subscribers may relate all they would

like upon the pages feed, condent

their message will reach a signicant

portion of the student body.

The groups description relates

its mission statement, For those pre-

cious moments when you overhear

or oversee something hilarious on

campus.

True to the spirit of a college

campus, the feed varies somewhat in

its inappropriateness. Amore popular

post rela tes the terror many under-

graduates feel when checking their

email this season: Overseen in an

email: Happy Thanksgiving!...your

rst Spring Payment is due!

Pop culture references, quips

at the expense of rival school Biola

University, sarcasm and inside jokes

abound. What will we overhear next

on campus?

Undoubtedly due to the pages

popularity, serious posts are pub-

lished as well. The terrorist attacks

in Paris incited a variety of posts re-

questing prayers for loved ones. To

get the word out, police reports of

missing minors are often shared as

well.

As with any gathering, some

jokes fall at. Other posts give voice

to issues of social justice and inevi-

tably cause tension. The tone of the

room can shift from humorous to

serious in moments when someone

is rubbed the wrong way. Drama en-

sues. Are the posts on Overheard at

APU humorous or needless?

Isaac Lyles, senior mathemat-

ics major, enjoys the pages humor.

Regarding serious issues, he said, It

might be a good thing for the com-

munity to pay attention to.

He believes there is a certain

danger that everyone might think

their social cause is so important ev-

eryone needs to know about it right

now.

The bottom line, he said, is If

youre going to post something seri-

ous, you might want to consult other

people before you post it.

I think erring on the side of

light-heartedness is just safer, more

cautious, Lyles added.

Sophomore Allied Health and

Violin double major Chloe MacKay

agrees, saying that generally serious

issues divert the Facebook page from

its intended humor.

There is actually a page called

APU Discussions, and thats where

you can post things that might end up

offending people, said Mackay.

Its no secret that people tend to

conduct themselves differently on so-

cial media than they do in real life.

I think people on the Internet

tend to be more candid than they

would [be] in real life, Lyles said.

That could give a view into what the

person actually thinks.

Im of the mind that its good

because I appreciate honesty. Mack-

ay said. It should be done in a way

[in which] you dont make enemies.

You can put your opinion on it, but

not in an insulting way.

I think a lot of people cross that

line, especially on the Overheard at

APU page, she said.

Most of the friction that arises

is removed by the pages adminis-

trators when the arguments descend

into name calling. Judging from the

groups feed, the administrators are

not against the presence of contro-

versial postings. The effectiveness of

their actions, or lack thereof, is some-

times questioned.

Its hard to be the police for ev-

eryone, Mackay said.

The sites administrators seem

notorious for quickly removing irrel-

evant posts, but show more discretion

when it comes to gray areas.

Lyles said hes never witnessed

them taking action. Ive heard about

it, Ive seen the aftermath when peo-

ple talk about [it], but Ive never been

lucky enough to see the controversial

thing and then notice it was gone

later.

Even in a community as friendly

as APU, it can prove difcult to keep

over 3,700 people from descending

into chaos and misconduct. This is

accentuated by the sensation of safety

and illusion of anonymity instilled in

a user behind a digital screen. People

tend to be less personable behind a

keyboard.

For this reason, many members

of the APU community deliberately

choose to stay away from the Face-

book group entirely.

Regardless, it is clearly evident

that many people, students and fac-

ulty alike, enjoy the page despite its

aws.

If it were YouTube-status, where

people were just saying disgusting,

ugly things, then I could see it be-

ing a problem, Lyles said. There is

denitely some Facebook drama that

goes on, but its not that big of a deal,

its not as horrendous as YouTube

comments.

I denitely think Overheard at

APU should be kept around, he said.

Personally, I am unsubscribing

when this story is published. While

the page holds potential to digitally

accentuate the open and friendly

nature of the campus, it also invites

impersonal drama by its very nature.

Is Overheard at APU needless?Students discuss

the merits and

faults of the popular

Facebook page

Riordan Zentlerstaff writer

The Force awakens?Heartfelt concerns

from a fervent Star

Wars fan

Jeena Gouldguest writer

When Nov. 1 rolls around, peo-

ple anticipate making a trip to Star-

bucks. When customers order a hot

beverage at Starbucks this time of

the year, their drink comes in a red

holiday cup.

Starting in 1997, Starbucks be-

gan serving all of its holiday bever-

ages in a unique and special cup. And

every year, the Starbucks red cups

receive a large amount of publicity.

There is even a website, count-

downtoredcups.com, that does just as

the name suggests. This website has

an interactive countdown of the days,

hours, minutes and seconds until the

return of the red cups. Starbucks re-

ported that in the 48 hours a fter re-

leasing the 2014 design, a photo of

the red cup was posted on Instagram

every 14 seconds.

Each year the design varies, but

this years look has changed consid-

erably from previous years. There

arent any Christmas trees, snow-

men, or reindeer to decorate the cup.

Instead, they are plain red.

This seasons cups became an is-

sue on social media mainly because

of an angry customer, conservative

Internet personality Joshua Feuer-

stein, who posted a video of him-

self ranting about Starbuckslack of

Christmas spirit. This video has be-

come known as Starbucks War on

Christmas.

Feuerstein even challenged view-

ers to say their name was Merry

Christmas, so the employees would

be forced t o scribble Merry Christ-

mas on the cups.

However, Starbucks defends

their current minimalist design.

Starbucks has become a place

of sanctuary during the holidays,

were embracing the simplicity and

the quietness of it. Its a more open

way to usher in the holiday, said Jef-

fery Fields, Starbucks vice president

of design and content, in a statement

last week.

Yes, the cups are simple and

plain, but they are cups; they still hold

the same amount of coffee as before.

A lack of Christmas paraphernalia

does not mean Starbucks executives

and employees are against celebrat-

ing Christmas. It simply means they

decided to design the cups differently

this year, in order to promote simplic-

ity. The statements suggest that Star-

bucks wants customers to build their

own traditions and create their own

personal stories.

Starbucks even invites customers

to draw on their blank cups to cre-

ate their own story. This is similar to

the White Cup Contest in 2014. This

was a contest where customers were

encouraged to grab a pen and doodle

on their blank canvas of a cup. Once

The cup controversyStarbucks plain red

cup still spreads

Christmas cheer

Kennedy Myersstaff writer

the custom design was complete, they

posted a photo to social media. The

winning design was created into a re-

usable cup that is sold online and in

stores today.

There are also much more im-

portant issues to worry about than

whether or not a coffee cup has either

a snowake or reindeer on it.

This issue of the cups has become

a big deal because of a few people on

social media. Sure, there are people

who believe Starbucks is trying to

take Christ out of Christmas, just as

the Starbucks War on Christmas

video suggests. But, are all Christians

concerned with this? Or is it only a

few people who have gained an au-

dience based on their strong-worded

posts and videos?

The Starbucks War on Christ-

mas video currently has 16,433,454

views on Facebook and 189,346

likes.

This video has gained attention

either because people think it is both

accurate and true or because it is en-

tertaining and funny. From what Ive

heard, most people agree with the lat-

ter.

In the past, the cups had snow-

men, ornaments, Christmas lights,

and reindeer, but never specically

mentioned Christmas.

The media has created stories that

link all Christians to this type of un-

true thinking and behavior. Not every

Christian needs a snowman on their

coffee cup; in fact, most, like me, just

want a cup that will hold their coffee.


This highly anticipated movie isalready predicted to gross $615

million opening weekend.


Audiences will see recurring actorHarrison Ford reprise his role as

the iconic Han Solo.


6/7

Senior forward

leads basketball

team and student

section

Sam QuintanillaGuest Writer

Jared Zoller, king of the court and the Zu

Senior forward Jared Zoller is

the second leading scorer on the

APU mens basketball team this sea-

son, averaging 9.6 points per game,

third to forward Austin Dwyers 11.8

points per game. Zoller not only leads

his team, he leads the Zu, APUs stu-

dent section.

The ZUIn most sports, having the crowd

behind the team is always helpful. Attimes it can even give the team mo-

mentum and help them rally to win

multiple games.

Look at the Seattle Seahawks

crowd, nicknamed the Fan 12 be-

cause of how distracting they are. In

recent years, APU has not enjoyed

that level of student support. The lack

of attendance at school games was

surprising and unacceptable to Zoller.

When I rst got here, attendance

was lame, and I had to do something

about it, Zoller said.

Zoller began attending every

game he could, which caught the eye

of Communiversity, and propelled

them to ask him to start an initiative

that would attract students to games.

Zoller and cofounder Jon Root, who

was a punter on the APU football

team and graduated last spring, came

up with a clever nickname for Azusa

Pacic: The ZU.

Since assembling his ZU crew

in 2011, Zoller has several tactics to

increase attendance such as including

a ZU section, creating social media

pages to advertise games, and yearly

ZU raps released at Midnight Mad-

ness.

We want to build community,

and the best way to do that is through

sports, he said. Having fun cheer-

ing for the same team, having the

same common goal.

Zollers believes his goal is being

realized more every year as student

attendance has continually increased

since his freshman year.

Its pretty impressive how Jared

was able to help create a real move-

ment among all students while excel-

ling on the court as well, teammate

and forward Corey Langerveld said.

Their vision and dedication to the

ZU made it a thing that APU students

take pride in belonging to.

Because he plays on the mens

basketball team, Zoller is unable to

cheer on his squad from the stands,

but his ZU team is there to back him

up.

Its nice to have a crew that

can pick up the slack when Im not

there, he said.

BasketballBefore moving to Azusa, Zoller

was a star at Mountain Ridge High in

Glendale, Arizona. He played three

sports including volleyball, a year

of track and basketball. He excelled

at basketball and earned a nomina-

tion to the McDonalds All -American

team his senior year, in which he av-

eraged a stellar 18 points per game.

In his senior year at APU, Zollers

9.6 points per game are the best of his

college career.

Its always fun to score, but

anyone can score any given night,

Zoller said.

Zoller stated that points are not

important to him, but hes willing to

shoot if his teammates pass the ball

to him.

Our offense is more of shooting

if you get the ball and youre open,

he said. We dont tend to isolate, un-

less its a bad post matchup. I just do

what I can to win, because thats what

we want to do.

APU plays California Baptist

University on Dec. 5 in a rivalry

game where the pressure will rise.

However, according to teammate

Langerveld, Zoller is unfazed.

No matter the situation, he will

remain the same. He is calm, con-

dent and reliable, Langerveld said.

After being eliminated in the

Elite Eight of last seasons NCAA

Division II March Madness tour-

nament, Zoller is hungry for more.

Throughout the years, Zoller has

been a solid player for the team

contributing in every stat, including

the charity where he shot 82 percent

from the free throw line and was

third on the team in blocks (11) last

season.

Zoller continues to excel this sea-

son in both basketball and as the head

of the ZU, scoring career highs in

points, while simultaneously raising

game attendance.

There are eight freshmen on

APUs 23-member swim and dive

team. Each member is committed

to moving the team forward as they

look ahead to the NCAA Champion-

ship meet.

Although swim and dive is often

seen as an individual sport, freshman

Elodie Poo Cheong describes her

team as a supportive unit.

Were always pushing each

other in practice; we suffer together,

she said.

The team gathers for bond-

ing activities, and members often

encourage one another outside of

meets. Poo Cheong said each week,

team members are paired with a

new partner they can encourage

with a note or candy, a program

called sweet and treat. The team

goes to dinner together, and Poo

Cheong spoke fondly of the recent

beach bonre.

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