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Spencer Schulze, a resident o YoungHall, had a tire stolen o o his car dur-ing the weekend o October 26. Fog hadrolled in, making it a perect setting orthieves to do their work.

I started up my car and I heard agrinding noise, and I got out and lookedand my whole tire was gone on the pas-senger rear side, said Sculze. Public

Saety had me ll out an incident reportand they said they cant do much about

it because they do not have any camerasdown here at Young. They had me le areport with the San Diego Police depart-ment as well. Schulzes total cost ordamages will be around $950. The thie

was never ound. In addition, the San Di-ego Police Department never pursued itbecause o how insignicant the case was.

I think they could better sta Pub-lic Saety, said Schulze. They only have

one or two ocers and they make an en-tire circle around campus every 40 min-utes so there is a long interval o time orsomeone to do something.

Kaz Trypuc, the Public Saety su-pervisor, explained that most on-campusthets occur at Young Hall. It is the most

remote dorm on campus and there are anumber o access points to that lot.Point Loma appears to have great

security because o the 24/7 security atthe guard shack, said Bethany Reed, a

sophomore at PLNU. But, in realityanyone could get onto campus becausethe extent o the security is just a wave.

We have started to have all non-permit-ted vehicles check into the welcome centerand provide their name and their destina-tion, said Trypuc. Trypuc stated that thisprotocol started about two weeks ago.

Trypuc said, We really would like toinstall security cameras in the Young Halllot; unortunately, they are not cheap.

Money is tight around campus and trying

to nd unds is not easy. I there werecameras put in Young Hall it would be onthe roo acing toward the parking lot.

According to Trypuc, this would givePublic Saety a chance to thoroughly in-spect any sort o thets happening in the

Young Hall lot.I believe as a student it is very im-

portant to live in an environment whereI can eel sae, said Mitch Hemington, aresident o Young Hall. My parents payor me to come to this school and I be-lieve that their money should be put to

better use with our security. I think bettercameras around campus would be a goodstep in the right direction.

In the wake o a rancorous political season thathas seen issues o race and gender raised anew, anSDSU history proessor has released a book exam-ining perceptions about the race o Jesus through-out history.

Edward J. Blum, who co-wrote The Color o

Christ: The Son o God and the Saga o Race inAmerica with Paul Harvey, examines the historyo Christs race, rom the early puritans throughthe modern, conficting images presented by the

Mormon Church and the Black liberation theologypromoted by people like President Obamas pastor,

Jeremiah Wright.Blum said one o the driving orces behind writ-

ing the book was his interest in the concept o im-age in American culture.

Jesus stands as Gods ultimate interaction withhumanity, Blum said. The U.S. has been a coun-try that has cared about bodies; what bodies can be

sold, what bodies can own land. Its the ultimate ex-ample o where race and religion meet.

Blum, who grew up in an upper-middle class,

Evangelical Christian household, said he saw thepower o religion and aith communities. It wasntuntil he was in college, however, that he beganreading Arican-American spiritual refections andrealized that the ideas he read werent the same asthose he had been taught.

According to Blum, the image o Christ has be-come warped through the years, thanks mostly tothe media.

Its not churches, Blum said, its the media.Mel Gibson determines what Jesus should look like.Family Guy has Jesus. In many ways, churches havelost control.

Blum said the idea o a white Jesus remains themost widespread, because its what children growup with and take as normative.

PLNU students said that when they picture Je-sus in their minds, the deault image is white.

Thats what they show us on TV, said resh-man Kaili Kinoshita.

The rst thing [I would see] would be a whiteguy, said senior Courtney Smith, but then I im-

mediately try to correct mysel, because he wasnt.

The Color o Christ: SDSU authorelevates conversation on religion and race

Increasein Young

Hall thetsThe Center or Justice and Reconciliation

hosted the third Brewed Awakening event o theall semester Thursday. Rabbi Ben Kamin, themain speaker, ocused on the lie and legacy o Dr.

Martin Luther King, Jr., whom Kamin considershis own spiritual mentor.

Kamin also described some events ound in hislatest book, Room 306: The National Story o theLorraine Motel, which is based on the place King

was assassinated.He explained that Kings movement has

helped this country discover God, a countryeconomically ounded on the slavery o black

individuals.The beginning o Kamins talk centered onrefections rom his childhood how he and hisather were shocked as they witnessed segregatedrestrooms in 1963 at a gas station in Tallahassee,Florida, to the ormation o his riendship withCliton Fleetwood, whom he met at his diversehigh school and who happened to be black. Kaminrefected back to the day o April 4, 1968, whenit was announced that King had been assassinated

on the balcony o the Lorraine Motel in Mem-phis, Tennessee.

At his school in Cincinnati, Ohio, hundreds oblack students grieved -- including Cliton Fleet-

wood. When Kamin pushed through the crowdsto reach Fleetwood, his riend yelled, This is notor you.

From that moment on until many years later,their riendship was strained. Kamin explainedthat as the years went on he kept thinking aboutCliton as he continued to learn about King.

Kamin remembered thinking, I dont thinkClitons right. This is or me. And Martin LutherKing and his lie example were convincing me thatthis wasnt about what color I am, but who I am.

Among the 56 attendees was Richard Law-rence, a member o the Center on Policy Initia-tives, who was closely involved in the civil rights

movement, and even with King himsel.I was ortunate to be in the right place at the

right time in occasion to march shoulder to shoul-der with Dr. King, said Lawrence.

Lawrence moved to Chicago to help theChicago reedom movement address segregatedhouses. There was a city proposal that wantedto build business parking lots in the place o 600homes that would have to be demolished. Thechairman o the Chicago city bank strongly

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supported it. The Englewood Ac-tion Committee, o which Law-rence was chairman, was trying toprotect homeowners.

To show their disdain and makea statement, Lawrences committeeormed a demonstration that in-

volved ministers who were encour-aged to withdraw their unds romthe Chicago city bank. It was just

one hour beore the event that theylearned o Kings plan to make an ap-pearance alongside them.

I have been very, very bash-ul about telling this story and onlylately have I been willing to, saidLawrence. Its dicult to say youve

stood beside Dr. King Dr. Kingstood beside you, without soundinglike youre blowing your own horn.But this story needs to be told. I con-sidered that his greatest git actually,

was inspiring chickens like me to getup and do what needed to be done.

Lucy Rojas, a senior intern orthe Center or Justice and Reconcili-ation, described Brewed Awakening

as a venue or creating awareness.

Everybody that comes, butmainly the youth, can see these pat-terns o social issues in their historyand their daily lives, said Rojas.Its

just bringing up issues that may betaboo to talk about.

Listening to speakers like Ka-min and Lawrence who were thereto experience these things in theirtestimonies I think its really

powerul; puts it into perspectiveor us, said Rojas.Its exciting to be in that men-

tality and see how its going to playout how social justice is going todevelop through our lietimes, as wegrow up.

Naomi Will, senior, said she eltinspired and encouraged when lis-tening to rsthand accounts o those

who lived in the same era as King.I think that anybody, rom no

matter what major, can be inspired todo ultimately what God did speakout or those who arent given theopportunity to speak up, Will said.

Kamin eventually contacted

Fleetwood, and asked why he said

the events on that tragic day werenot or him. Fleetwood explainedthat he was only trying to keep himsae ghts oten broke out in the

atermath o Kings death.All those years, I thought he was

mad at me, but he was trying to pro-tect me. I just assumed it was a racialthing. Cliton was not only the one

who was not colorblind, I was the

one looking through the colors.Throughout the discussion, Ka-min held his book, reerring to it ashe described the events leading upto, during and ater Kings death, andthe eects it had on various people.Kamin explained how Kings Ive

been to the Mountaintop speech,which he gave the night beore hisassassination, prophesied his owndeath. Kamin shared how the motel

which King died in ront o had beena source o confict between those

who wanted to tear it down andthose who wanted to preserve it.

Lorraine Motel became asymbol or the renewal, just like

my riendship with Cliton was re-

newed, he said. It is now preservedas a National Civil Rights museum.

Kamin mentioned the recent elec-tion multiple times in his discussion,

and said that the recent reelection oPresident Obama, an Arican Ameri-can candidate, was very reassuring.

The act that both an AricanAmerican and a Mormon were thetwo nalists, is something that I

couldnt have dreamed o. I dontcare about the politics, its just that.Kamin adds that he does not

think the youth based their vote onthe color o ones skin, but on thecandidates character.

So actually I think that Dr.

Kings dream has been realized; I do.But, as long as there are human be-ings, there will be prejudice, we justhave to keep working on it, on mak-ing it less so.

Kamin encouraged young peopleto learn more about the social injus-tices o the past.

I think by nding out why peo-ple like Dr. King and many other

people o dierent colors gave their

lives or this it was that important.I we orget how we got to this point,

we can all back right to it.Jamie Gates, a proessor o soci-

ology and director or the Center orJustice and Reconciliation who over-saw the event, closed with a refec-tion on the stories previously told.

Martin Luther King stories youmay have heard many dierent times,

said Gates. But not through the liveso these men who are in the room to-night, in the ways that touched them.

The interesting thing is, these arentjust stories to these men.

Gates explained the continuingroles o Lawrence, who works with

low-income housing, and Kamin,who is the director o an organiza-tion called Reconciliation: The Syn-agogue without Walls.

These are parts o them that,at one time, may have been directlyconnected to Martin Luther King,

Jr., but played themselves out overthe next decades, said Gates.

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Jerey Carr, PLNU chie diver-sity ocer and associate vice presi-dent or student development, em-phasized the act that Christ was nottraditionally white.

I you really stop and thinkabout it, Carr said, he was a dark-skinned, curly-haired short guy romthe Middle East. By some accounts,he was not a very attractive man

very homely in appearance.Carr also said that he sees Christs

gender brought up more oten thanhis race.

In youth, these questions otencome up, he said. How can I belike Christ i Im not male?

Blum said that societys emphasison how Christ looks refects a largersocial obsession with image, and ourtendency to make idols out o people.

Get a book by Joel Osteen, hesaid. Whos on the cover? Theresalso a cult o imagery around [Pres-ident] Obama. Weve taken Jesusas the ultimate symbol o love and

justice and replaced him with hu-man icons.

Blum said that obsession withimage has led Americans to overlookthe very idea o what the body oChrist truly represents.

While we have been obsessedwith the physical body o Christ, ittakes our ocus o o the true body oChrist which is people, he said.Our obsession with one body takesour eyes o o the broken body oChrist. Jesus cared about bodies; he

just cared about healing bodies, notwhat they looked like.

Carr said that, ultimately, Chris-tians perception o Christs physical

appearance should not change theidea o Christ as savior.

When your aith is solid, Carrsaid, you ultimately realize that itdoesnt matter. [Jesus] race is justas much o a parable as any parablehe ever taught. The question youshould ask yoursel is, i the im-age changes, do my belies change?

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The average cost to buy and install so-lar panels on a house is between $15,000 and$25,000, according to Solar-Caliornia.org.In contrast, the 960 Kw PV solar system atPLNU, one strong enough to power 155 hous-es, cost the school nothing.

The solar panels at PLNU were not pur-chased by the school; instead, they were boughtand installed by an outside company.

Its really a win-win situation, said

Harry Watkins, PLNU proessor o strategyand sustainability.

We simply pay or the electricity that isproduced as part o a power purchase agree-ment, said George Latter, vice president onance at PLNU, via email.

One o the incentives o doing this projectwas the act that the school didnt have to makea large outlay o money.

The San Diego Gas and Electric Companyhas increased its rates over the years, accordingto U-T San Diego.

There is no reason to believe that currentSDG & E prices will go down in the uture,said Watkins.

The rate that PLNU will pay or the elec-

tricity produced by the solar panels is less thanthe expected rate that they would pay throughSDG & E.

This gives us substantially more predict-ability, said Watkins.

PLNU is going green and expects to makegreen. The expected lietime o this solar panelproject is 20 years.

We expect that we will save more than amillion dollars [total] as the electricity ratesrom the local utility go up aster than the rates

we are paying under our power purchase agree-ment, said Latter.

Data show that the combined system o roo-top and carport solar panels produces approxi-

mately 20 percent o PLNUs total electricityconsumption during the year. A statistic on theschool website said that this system also reducescarbon dioxide emissions equal to removing4,950 cars rom San Diegos highways.

The location o this campus gives PLNUa large advantage in solar energy over othercampuses because o the high amount o directsunlight it gets.

This is a great place or solar productiv-ity, said Watkins. Other neighboring cam-puses like UCSD have also installed solar pan-els on their campus, he said.

Solar panels a nancial andenvironmental investment

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Many people know sophomoreKenny Ortega as the mustached

rontman o the local band TheColdsons (made up o PLNU stu-dents). Few realize, however, howinvolved Ortega is on campus andin the community. Not only is he a

songwriter, but he is also a midelderon PLNUs soccer team, a Disciple-ship Group leader in Young Hall anda high school leader at First Church.

The Point Weekly caught up withhim or a brie chat.

Point Weekly: So how do youbalance playing soccer, leading D-Groups, leading at First Church, andthen on top o that, making music?

Kenny Ortega: You know,Ive also been one that doesnt get

stressed easily, and I think its be-cause Ive never been really a u-turistic outlook person. I tend totake things day by day. Since highschool, I had ingrained in me thisgo, go, go mindset. And Ive kindo had the opportunity to do a loto really cool things. But honestlyeven this year, its caught up to mea little bit. And in terms o expand-ing my aith and being convicted oSabbath, like last spring I realized

that I can do a lot o things and Ienjoy a lot o things, but where am

I ully investing all my time?PW: So what would you say to

yoursel as a reshman coming intoPLNU i you could go back?

KO: Yeah. I guess just that. TheSabbath and such. I went to this sem-

inar a couple o weeks ago with our[First Church] youth sta, and BobGo was speaking. And his quote

was basically, I can do a lot o thingsgood. Im good at a lot o things in

societys terms. But it doesnt meanI have to do them. Maybe I should

just do a ew o the things God mademe to do and live out those thingssolelylike nd the top three thingsGods called me to do.

PW: Okay, so in 10 years or so,would you rather be Kenny the soc-cer player, Kenny the rockstar, orKenny the youth pastor?

KO: [laughs] I eel like Im go-ing to get crap wherever I go withthis, rom my ootball riends, my

band, or [laughs again] Christians ingeneral. You know, even those threethings right there, I eel like Im at aplace where I can say Im living ora bigger purpose. You know, its notabout me anymore. Its about Godslook on my lie, what Hes given me,

what God wants me to do. And thegreat part about that is what God

wants me to do is also what I love todo as well. I think, you know, thatsa beauty about God, that He gives

us passions and nds pleasure whenwe do the things we love...But being

infuenced by Jared [Callahan theyouth pastor at First Church], I eellike Gods made me a leader in a loto ways and, man, what better thingto do than be a youth pastor whose

job is to pour into kids by living your

lie or GodBut I love that I donthave to choose right now.

PW:What are your thoughts onthe soccer season now that its over?

KO: Well rst o, Im going to

reer to it as ootball.

PW: Got it, ootball.

KO: Just in case Coach Wolhappens to read this and tearsme apart or calling it that. Ive

learned this the hard way [laughs].So ootball season. I dont think

our record really refected whatwe were doing. Looking ahead,I think its kind o like plantingsomethingI really think its goingto grow into something in a coupleo years. Coach Wol is taking it in

a good direction where its going tosprout something really good...itsonly going to get better.

PW: You and your band, TheColdsons, just played a show at

Soma. What is the plan or you guysdown the road?

KO: Well. I think the show wentreally good. Lot o people came out.

We are looking orward to moreshows like thatlast Christmas werecorded our rst ull-length album[Florence] and then released it in

March. We are hoping to do a simi-lar thing this winter, yeah. Wereplanning to do it, but we are denite-ly needing help this time around

Were going to do a Kickstarter [on-

line undraiser]We have a lot onew songs which were super excitedto record.

PW: What about your time lead-ing at First Church? How has itbeen leading high school students?

KO: Yeah. Ive been on stasince I was a senior leading eighthgrade guys. Started going to FirstChurch when I was in junior highand then got more involved as time

went on. And its really cool to be

able to pour into younger guys andbe a constant gure in their lives.

For me, its a way to give back to aplace that really shaped me and wasthere or me all throughout highschool [at Point Loma High]. Its agreat place where love is so abun-dant and constant, and or me to be

in a position where I can give backis so humbling. It is such a blessingto be able to help a high school stu-dent who is just like me when I wasthere. Its really changed my lie.

PW: What about D-Groups?Why are you so involved in them?

KO: Its been a place whereguys who are all on a similar patho lie igure out this mess o lieand help each other walk a littlebit straighter. A place where wecan just challenge each other

A good oppo rtun ity or a smal l-er sense o community in a waythats already so evident on thiscampus, and I think this just takesit to another dimension.

Graduating Summa CumLaude I handed my 3x5 cardto a proessor and asked her toannounce me as Abe, not my rstname. member o Phi DeltaLambda I shufed in my robespast the choir and saw BrandonZedaker fash a smile and fick theHendricks snap. Richard Abra-

ham Powers. She hadnt heard me,but as Bob Brower shook my hand

he said Congratulations, Abe,improbably remembering my namerom several brie interactions.

The next thing I recall is beingback in my chair and realizing I hadbeen in a daze or almost 10 minutes.Four years o late nights, crammedsemesters, impossible schedules, andendless worrying had culminated inabout seven seconds. It was a lot totake in. And it almost seemed cruel,but the end o a wonderul chapternever seems to come at a good time.

The chapter ater gradua-tion began with a rude awakening.

One o the things I had most enjoyedabout PLNU was embodied in Dr.

Browers remembering my name I was known. Outside o Loma, itdidnt take very long to understandhow prooundly unknown I was. As Istruggled to understand my new joband to begin a dicult career, I be-came keenly aware o how ignorantand inexperienced I was. RealizingI was a Nobody made me eel very,

very small.

Another unwelcome realiza tionwas how the structure I had leaned

on in school was no longer thereto support me. In college there is aour-year plan neatly organized intoeight semesters and every degreehas its own step-by-step process.

Ater school no plan is neatly or-ganized, and step-by-step processesseem to always change. Graduationended up eeling an awul lot likebeing handed a blank piece o pa-per ater having to color inside thelines my entire lie. As exciting asthat reedom sounds, the details

and ramications o drawing myown lines were overwhelming.

So the success o graduatingcollege ironically made me eel in-

credibly small and immensely over-whelmed (not to mention poor gotta love those student loans). But,as these 18 months since graduationhave passed, I also have seen beauti-ul ways in which God has worked; Ihave begun to see hope.

I see hope in being deeply knownby a ew people who have chosen toinvest in me and to be vulnerable

in allowing me to know them. I seebeauty in my plans being modied

or changed altogether not be-cause my plans were bad, but becauseGods plans are better. I see Godsaithulness as I become a witnessto the truth that regardless o theamount o debt or money I have, myProvider knows what I need. And Ibegin to see that regardless o thechapter o lie being written, I am

writing it along with the Author oour aith. Thanks be to God.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEKA man who has never gone to school may steal rom a reight car; but i he has a universityeducation, he may steal the whole railroad. Theodore Roosevelt*Warning: These quotes may or may not improve your intelligence.*

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Whos Who at PLNU: interview withsophomore Kenny Ortega

Danny KingStaf Writer

Abe Powers2011 Alumnus

Maybe I

should just do

a few of the

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How do we worship at PLNU?For some people, the most obviousresponse might be during chapel and

Time Out with the worship band.

But or a new discipleship ministrycalled Created Space, worship in-volves more than singing its alsoabout creating.

We go to a school where aorm o worship, music/instru-ment/song/etc., is so prevalent that

students orget the act o worship isvast, said senior Lauren Brashears,a Created Space leader and par-ticipant. Created Space providesa guided opportunity to exploresome o the elements that can beincorporated in worshipping.

Melanie Wol, associate directoro chaplaincy ministries, started Cre-ated Space this semester to cater to a

more visually oriented worship style.

We engage in prayer and refec-

tion through things like writing, paint-ing, drawing, etc. in order to live outthe act that being creative is part o

what it means that we are made in theimage o God, said Wol.

About 75 students participatedin the rst Created Space event inSeptember during Renewal Week.

The activit ies consisted o stationswhere students cou ld paint or draw

on paper, write or draw a prayero response to Renewal Week on a

corporate canvas, and write prayersand Scripture on strips o abric toorm bracelets.

I was greatly encouraged to see

people around campus the ollow-ing day and weeks with little white

bracelets, showing both a desire tokeep the Word o the Lord close totheir hearts and the community othose who were able to come, saidsenior Lauryn Randall, a CreatedSpace leader and participant.

The October gathering waslimited to 20 participants andinvolved prayer and refectionthrough acrylic paint.

It was amazing to see the beautythat was created through contempla-

tion made visible on canvas, saidsenior Lauren Richards, a CreatedSpace leader and participant. Thecommunication rom God and out

to others was both visually stunningand spiritually emotive.

Created Space isnt just or right-brain dominant people, though.For those who instinctively are

able to engage their creativity, Cre-ated Space is a place where they canbe encouraged, celebrated and chal-lenged, said Randall. For those

who dont identiy themselves as thecreative type, our goal is to aid themin their ability to understand that just

as God is love, and so we are calledto love, God is creator, and so we are

called to create.Wol and Created Spaces three

student leaders plan to expand theministry to include not just paint-

ing, writing and drawing, but alsomore o the written word, mixed

media and 3D. They also said theywant to create a more community-ocused experience.

Mostly weve been workingon relective, individual experi-ences, said Richards. However,

we are seek ing to ind a way tomake moments that are both in-dividual and corporate our cre-ative experience is unique to us

but part o a larger picture.Despite proposed changes and

additions, the original purpose oCreative Space will remain the same.

Sometimes the limitation otime and space and even specic pro-

gramming limit our recognition othe movement o God, said Wol.

Created Space seeks to literally pro-vide the time, space and vehicle tomeet and recognize God in resh andeven surprising ways.

The next Creative Space eventwill be held Dec. 4 in Colt Forumrom 7- 9 p.m. All students are wel-come to create gits through mixedmedia, combining words o prayer

with visual arts.

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Lainie BirdStaf Writer

Elizabeth Claypool and Molly Krumpe paint using acrylics at Created Space on Oct. 29.

A bench was pl aced in ront o Cooper Music Building in memory o Dan Nel son, Ph.D. Nelson was a proessor omusic rom 1991 to 2009 and let a long-lasting legacy in the Music Department, the lives o innumerable students

and the Point Loma community.

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...just as God is

love, and so we

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Sharon Irwin a Pasadena Collegealumna, retired PLNU associate vicepresident or student development and

longtime supporter and an o PLNUathletics passed away on October 14,2012 at the age o 77.

Sharon and her husband Rossattended Pasadena College togetherin the 1950s and, according to riendand ormer Athletic Director CarrollLand, their love or the schools sportsstarted as students and continued onthroughout their lie. Ross graduated

in 1956 and Sharon in 1959.According to Ross, Sharons

interest in the schools athletics beganwhen she was a cheerleader or thebasketball team during her years asa student at Pasadena College. As a

young couple in school they traveledto all the games no matter how araway to watch the Firehouse Fiveplay, and since then they have alwaysbeen unwavering supporters oPLNU athletic programs.

In 1973 Ross became the legal

counselor or the university, and in1976 Sharon took the position oassociate vice president or StudentDevelopment. She advised allundecided major students until 2003,

when she retired due to the onset oearly signs o dementia.

There are hundreds andhundreds o testimonies o how shesaved students careers at school by

keeping them encouraged while theywere on track to make a selection o amajor, said Land.

Ross and Sharon moved to thePoint Loma community in 1976,and since have served many termsas presidents o the Crusader Club

and now the Point Loma SportsAssociates. Sharon served as theliaison or womens sotball and menstrack and eld, and Ross was theliaison or womens basketball and

womens track and eld.They always strived to build a

personal relationship with athletesand continually opened their homeor barbecues or each team at the

beginning o every season. Theyeven oered or students to live

with them.The couples dedication to PLNU

students and athletes is unmatched.Throughout the years they traveledwith the teams all over the country tosupport them in tournaments, gamesand matches. The Irwins have had aproound impact on students, and Sharon

will orever be remembered or her caringheart and openness or athletes.

Sharon, although she was sick,

graciously agreed to continue to openher house to us coming over to enjoytheir company and continue on likenothing changed, said senior crosscountry and track runner Will MacNeil.She truly has been a wonderul womanand supporter o us.

Ross said he has always admiredSharons dedication to the studentsand supported her in anything andeverything she wanted to do orthe school.

She was a abulous individual, saidRoss. She was wrapped around servingthe students as much as possible.

Ross said his avorite thing aboutSharon was how much she cared

about people.She was committed to the job

she had, she was committed to raisingher kids, and she was committed tome, said Ross.

Sharons impact on PLNU andthe athletic program will be honoredat this years homecoming events.Her legacy will remain honored inthe hearts and minds o students,aculty, athletes and many others inthe PLNU community.

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11/13: W. Voleyball @ Concordia University, 7 p.m.11/14: Powderpu Football Game, 3 p.m.11/14: W. Soccer @ Azusa Pacifc University, 6:00 p.m.11/17: W. Basketball vs. Biola University, 7 p.m.

11/17: M. Basketball vs. Northwest Nazarene University, 8 p.m.

Remembering Sharon Irwin:Lomas biggest anGreta WallStaf Writer

Sharon Irwin was a loving support o the PLNU community or her entirelie. A 1959 alumna o Pasadena College, Sharon served as vice presidento Student Development rom 1976 to 2003. She was always an avid an oPLNUs sports team, traveling all across the country with her husband Rossto watch the Sea Lions compete.

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SEASON PREVIEW:

WOMENS BASKETBALL

The PLNU WomensBasketball team will ociallykick o their 2012-2013 seasonSaturday when they host Biola

University or the annual PLNUHomecoming event.

This new season is an excitingone or the team as it is their rstseason competing in the NCAA andPacWest. The women are predictedto do well and ranked seventh in the

PacWest preseason polls.Head Coach Bill Westphal sayshe has prepared the women well ortheir new competition.

I think its going to be similar

to the GSAC and NAIA where wetraditionally were in the top our,said Westphal. That would be a

very ne goal this year to be in thetop our in the PacWest.

The women also eel the coachhas done well in their six weekso conditioning and three weekso preseason practice and eelcondent that they are preparedto begin playing.

I think he has taken a dierentstand as ar as conditioning and

getting the work done, said seniororward Nyla Bailey. I think hereally wants to see us do well.

The strategies Westphal hasused during preseason may be new,but the women eel that these newstrategies have denitely improvedthem as a team on the court.

He started a new oenserecently, and I think that isreally going to help us becauseit emphasizes all o our strong

points, said senior orward AndreaCampbell. With the new oense

we should do well.The women say they are not

intimidated to be joining a newconerence or national aliationand are as condent as ever thatthey can are well against anyoneand everyone i they put theirminds to it.

We dont know what thecompetition is because we haventseen it, said Campbell. But I think

we can compete with anybody i we

work hard.Westphal said he is unable to

predict a season outcome or hiswomen just yet, but he remainscondent they will do well and besuccessul in their season.

Predictions are hard at thispoint because we havent started yet,said Westphal. We have a similarteam to last year but a little deeperand a little better outside shooting.

Greta WallStaf Writer

AT A GLANCE

Head Coach: Bill Westphal(14th year)

Key returners: NylaBailey (All-American),Sr.; Renee Craword, Sr.;Andrea Campbell, Sr.;Callie Rhoads, Jr.; KileyBerlinksi, Sr.

Key newcomers: JordanLigons, Fr.; LindsayHonea, Jr.

2011 fnish: 17-14 overall,8-10 GSAC (6th place)

SEASON PREVIEW: MENS BASKETBALL

For the PLNU mens basketballteam, the 2012-2013 season willbe a season o change. The SeaLions graduated our key playersrom last years squad that made the

second round o the NAIA NationalChampionships, including All-

American Rhett Beal. Additionally,a pair o key guards, juniors MarekKlassen and Hayden Lescault, willredshirt this season.

But second-year head coach Bill

Carr returns plenty o talent rom ayear ago that should help power theSea Lions.

Among the key returnees is seniororward Todd Campbell, who started

20 games last season, averaging eightpoints per game while hitting 52percent o his shots.

[Campbell] has played in lotso big games here, said Carr. I amlooking or him to be a senior leaderand play a ew dierent spots on thefoor or us.

Coach Carr also returns big manAJ Ussery, a 69 junior, as well assophomores Josh Richardson andCarter Warnock.

The Sea Lions biggest losses

came in the backcourt. Carr returnsjust two guards, Taylor Wetherell

and Javonte Sales who saw limitedaction a year ago.

Both [Sales and Wetherell]bring very, very good leadership tothis program, said Carr. We arelucky to have both those guys.

PLNU will also benet romthe return o Malcolm Collins, a

versatile guard who redshirted last

season ater transerring rom LosAngeles Pierce College.

Additionally, Carr has broughtin a host o new talent or theupcoming season, with a number onew additions expected to make hugecontributions right away.

The new guys have broughtgood energy and athleticism [to ourteam], explained Carr. They haveimproved our skill level, and I thinkas we go through the season we will

continue to improve because theseguys will improve.

Some newcomers have alreadymade signicant contributions to theteam. In a win Saturday over TreveccaNazarene, reshman Sam Okhotinled all scorers with 15 points, andellow rookie Arren Wells notched adouble-double with 10 points and agame-high 11 rebounds.

Carr says he expects several othernew players to bolster his rotationthe season. A pair o transers,

Blair Banker and Norwegian nativeOivind Lundestad, started the rst

two games or PLNU.

The Sea Lions also welcomeswingman Jud Welringer, whotranserred rom NCAA Division IDrake University.

The incumbent leadershipcombined with the resh aces willdenitely make the Sea Lions atough challenge or almost any teamtheyll ace this season.

The Sea Lions will hostNorthwest Nazarene UniversitySaturday at 8 p.m. in their seasonhome opener, which is also the teams

Homecoming game.Editors Note: Quotes contributed by

PLNU Sports Inormation.

Jacob RothSports Editor

AT A GLANCEHead Coach: Bill Carr (2nd year)

Key returners: Todd Campbell,Sr.; AJ Ussery, Jr.; JoshRichardson, So.; Javonte Sales,So.; Taylor Wetherell, Jr.

Key newcomers: JuddWelringer, So.; OivindLundestad, So.; Blair Banker,Jr.; Sam Okhotin, Fr.; ArrenWells, Fr.

2011 fnish: 21-10 overall, 12-6GSAC (T-2nd place)

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With all o the Homecominghullabaloo this week, well probablysee Roary the Sea Lion mascotdancing around our campus during

the basketball games and whatnot.But where the heck did Roaryactually come rom?

Until 2002, PLNUs sportsteams were called the Crusaders.But in politically correct America,that name wouldnt fy, so the schoolswitched to the Sea Lions, and thats

what weve been ever since.Our sweet-looking sports logo is

a regular lion (land lion?) with a wavein it, which apparently means it lives

by the sea. Where do lions live by thesea? Madagascar? But mascot Roaryis somehow an actual sea lion thathas seaweed or hair. Im not surehow that works. Personally, I thinkits kind o silly.

Anyways, I did some researchand ound plenty o mascots waymore ridiculous than ours. For thesake o space, I limited it to collegemascots. Enjoy:

-Evergreen State University(Ore.): Geoducks Is it a duckmade out o rocks? A duck that livesin a rocky cave? It sounds like eithera 1980s superhero cartoon or thenewest Pokmon.

-UC Santa Cruz: Banana Slugs Only people in Santa Cruz wouldthink o this. Im not surprised in theleast. I youve ever been there, youknow what I mean.

-UC Irvine: Anteaters Isthis even the least bit intimidating?I cant think o a single school that

would be scared o acing a teamcalled the Anteaters.

-University o South Carolina Sumter: Fire Ants Nevermind.Found one.

-Virginia Tech University:Hokies They might as well have

just called themselves the Rednecks.Most people think a Hokie is a bird,but I looked it up, and its actuallya made-up word. (Side note: I your

schools website requires a page called

What is a [Insert Mascot Name], its

probably not working.)

-University o North Carolina

Chapel Hill: Tar Heels Thissomehow ends up being a goat. I

dont understand the South.

-Purdue University (Ind.):Boilermakers Lets go, guys that

shovel coal to make old steam enginetrains go! What?

-Brigham Young University:Fighting Mormons Just kidding.

-Scottsdale CommunityCollege (Ariz.): Fighting

Artichokes Because nothing ismore menacing than vegetables.

-Delta State University (Miss.):Fighting Okra Somehow even

less scary than artichokes.

-University o Hawaii Hilo:Vulcans Sorry, Spock, this onespretty ridiculous too.

-Webster University(Missouri): Gorlocks Uh.

What? Is that even a real thing?

-Columbia University (South

Carolina): Fighting Koalas What would the Koala do? Hug me

to death?

-Amherst College (Mass.):Lord Jes Apparently Je

ounded the school. Personally, Iwouldnt name my teams ater a guymost amous or giving smallpox-inected blankets to local Indiansand killing them o. Also, notablebecause tshey call their womensteams the Lady Jes. Awkward.

-Ohio State University:

Buckeyes A nut. Their mascot is anut. That comes rom a buckeye tree.Somehow they take pride in this.

-Kansas University: Jayhawk A bird that doesnt actually exist,

yet apparently possesses an anityor rocking chalk.

-South Carolina University:Gamecocks A avorite o juniorhigh boys everywhere.

-Wake Forest University(North Carolina): Demon Deacons Basically just Satan Preachers,

which seems a little ironic. Moreconusing than intimidating.

-Massachusetts Institute oTechnology (MIT): Engineers Well at least they embrace their

nerd-dom. Ill give them that much.

-University o Alabama:

Crimson Tide Its a color andwater. Pretty lame. According to

Wikipedia, Crimson tide reers toeither a type o algae or vodka and

cranberry juice cocktail. Classy.

See? Roary the Sea Lion might notmake a whole lot o sense, but as yourabidly cheer on the basketball teamsthis Saturday, remember that at least

youre not cheering or Artichokes.

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Jakes Take:AmericasWorst Mascots

Jacob RothSports Editor

The PLNU cross country team traveled to Cedarvil le, Ohio, to compete in the NCCAA NationalChampionships Saturday. The women, led by senior Breelan Matrange, fnished 9th as a team. The men,running in the fnal meet o the programs existence, placed 15th out o 39 teams.

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CROSS COUNTRY FINISHES SEASON AT

NCCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

TODD CAMPBELL

M. BASKETBALL

BREELAN MATRANGAW. CROSS COUNTRY

SEA LIONS SCOREBOARD

VOLLEYBALL

11/7 W 3-1vs. Holy Names University

CROSS COUNTRY

11/10 M. 15th, W. 9th@ NCCAA National Championship

11/10 L 2-3vs. Dominican University

MENS BASKETBALL11/9 L 44-58@ Alabama-Huntsville

11/10 W 61-51@ Trevecca NazareneUniversity

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This is apparently a Gorlock.

Beware the mighty Fighting Okra!

Matranga p laced 19thout o more than 250 runnersat the NCCAA Womens

National Cross Countr yChampionships in Cedarville,Ohio, Saturday.

Her tim e o 18.59.90 ledthe Sea Lions to a ninth-

place f nish as a team. It wa sMatrangas la st caree r cros scountry race as a Sea Lion.

Campbells consistencyhelped the Sea Lions to a 1-1record on their season-openingroadtrip. On Friday, he tallied

fve point s, six rebound s andsix ass ists i n a loss a t No. 3Alabam a-Hunt sville .

The senior then ollowedthat up with 13 points and fverebounds in a 61-51 win atTrevecca Nazarene Universityon Saturday.

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President Obamas victory lastTuesday says more about the Repub-lican Party and the direction it is go-ing than it does the last our years.

With many questions to be askedabout how President Obama won,there are equally enough i notmore questions to be raised as to

why Mitt Romney and the Republi-can Party lost.

As the election ades away and thepundits make their spins, I see two keyissues that led to Romneys deeat: theinability to capture the Latino vote and

his selection o Paul Ryan as his vicepresidential running mate.In 2004, George W. Bush was able

to speak to the Latino communityunlike any other Republican beorehim. He spoke directly to them otentimes in Spanish and mayhave made them eel as though they

were a part o the electorate. Heavoided taking hard stances on im-migration and tried to bring issues tothe table that the Latino communitycares about. As a result, Bush wasable to garner close to 45 percento the Latino vote, which, or a vot-ing population that at the time made

up only 6 percent o the electorate,made the vote important, but not

vital to President Bushs re-election.Fast-orward to 2012 and we see

that Romney did the exact oppositeo Bush in 2004. He ailed to haveany sort o narrative to go with theLatino community, alienating theastest-growing portion o the Amer-ican electorate.

During the primary debates, Gov-ernor Romney was asked about hisstance on illegal immigration, to

which he responded, The answer issel-deportation, to which is peopledecide they can do better by goinghome because they cant nd workhere because they dont have legaldocumentation to allow them to

work here.Whether or not Romney ever

meant these words, they proved tobe a death trap or him within theLatino community, to the extent thatLatinos by and large did not viewhim as being able to connect withthem in any way.

Another area that hurt Romneyschances o getting in the Oval O-ce was his choice or vice president.Paul Ryans nomination as Romneys

vice presidential candidate wasnt asmuch o a bad choice based on Ryanas a politician or a person, but rather,a missed opportunity by not select-

ing Florida Senator Marco Rubio.Rubio is the son o Cuban immi-

grants and spent his entire lie livingwithin the Cuban community andunderstands the plight many rst-and second-generation Latinos acegrowing up in a country where theyare largely overlooked.

Along with Rubios ability to relatewith much o the Latino community,he is one o the only members o theUnited States Senate to bring legisla-tion to the table on the issue o illegalimmigration, a topic that has largelybeen overlooked by the nation.

Rather than proposing that unau-thorized immigrants sel-deport,Rubios proposed legislation lookedsimilar to the legislation Obama

pushed through, allowing youngadults brought to the United Statesas children o unauthorized immi-grants to obtain renewable workpermits i they have a high school di-ploma, college degree or have servedin the military.

Chances are, this legislation to al-low work permits will likely lead toa more comprehensive piece o leg-islation in President Obamas secondterm, allowing a path to citizenshipor undocumented immigrants.

As or Rubios immediate impact onthe election, there is no doubt it wouldhave been seen in both the percentage

o Latinos voting Republican as well asin the Electoral College.

When the election was all said anddone, Obama obtained 332 electoral

votes to Romneys 206. The race wasmuch closer than the numbers sug-gest. The popular vote showed thepresident winning by approximately 3million votes. O the approximate 120million voters who voted in 2012, 12million (10 percent) classiy themselvesas being Hispanic, and o those 12 mil-lion, only 3.25 million (27 percent othe Latino vote or 4 percent less than

John McCain in 2008 when he won adismal 31 percent) voted or Romney.

Had Romney chosen Rubio as hisrunning mate and brought the discus-sion, it is possible not likely, but

possible that he could have matchedthe 45 percent President Bush wasable to get in 2004. Had he done so,the new Romney-Rubio ticket wouldhave been able to win close to 5.4 mil-lion Latino votes, and along with that,swing states such as Florida, Coloradoand possibly even Nevada.

It would have also given the cam-paign the ability to stop campaign-ing in Wisconsin (Paul Ryans homestate), where they never had a chanceo winning, and ocus their eortson Pennsylvania (a state which, withthe exception o Philadelphia, voteslargely in avor o pro-mining and

coal advocating candidates, such asRomney), Virginia (a historically Re-publican state that switched in 2008or Obama), and Ohio (a state thathas voted or the winning party inevery election since 1960, when they

voted or Richard Nixon over JohnF. Kennedy).

Had those states swung in avor oRomney highly unlikely, but pos-sible Romney would have had thepotential to win 301 electoral votes,putting him 31 more than the required270 needed to win the election.

It is impossible to predict whatcould have been. To simply blame theailures o Romney and the Republi-can Party in the 2012 election on theirinability to communicate with the La-

tino community would be naive andreckless on my behal. Whether it wasa primary season that orced Romney a moderate Republican to thear right o the political spectrum, orthe inamous binders ull o womencomment that portrayed him as be-ing out-o-touch with emale voters,Romney and the Republican Party lostthis election because o themselves. It

was theirs to win, and they lost it. Andsadly, I believe America lost as well.

Tim is a senior and member o theCollege Republicans

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Tim CarltonContributor

Why Romney lost

Every time I checked my Facebooktimeline or Twitter eed on electionday, I was completely overwhelmedby political-related statuses. As mosteveryone saw, posts claimed ourcountry is completely doomed by an-other our years o President Obama,

while others rejoiced about the elec-tion results and happily rubbed it in

everyone elses aces.Throughout this, I noticed a com-

mon theme: voter apathy. Those whovoted were pressuring anyone andeveryone to get out and do the same.During all o this, I had to stay silent.

Though I am a registered voter, Ichose not to vote in the 2012 election.

Yes, many teachers and amilymembers have told me that votingis a part o my civic duty and yes, Iunderstand I have lost all privilegesto complain about the election out-

come because I chose not to vote.With all o that said, I would haveelt like I was doing my country adisservice by voting. This is becauseI honestly eel like I do not have anyreal grasp o politics or party plat-orms or what my opinion is in thematter as a whole.

Ater telling many o my riendsthis same thing most simply said,Oh, me neither, I just copied what-ever my parents voted or.

I guess I could have easily done

the same, but that does not seem likewhat voting is all about. The day Ivote in my rst election, I want it toreally mean something. I dont just

want it to be something I do becauseI turned 18 and, well, I can. I dont

want to use voting as a chance to geta ree sticker to snap a picture withand upload to Instagram with an I

voted hashtag.I think it is great that everyone is

so enthusiastic about the election, Ireally do, but I dont want to vote to

join a ad.Hopeully, once I am older and

wiser, I can take the time to re-ally understand the issues acing ourcountry and to look at each candi-dates plan or action. I hope thatI will one day eel the same strongpush toward one side or another thateveryone else seems to have. But, ornow, I have to say the only thing Ireally eel toward this years electionis indierence.

Staying silent on election dayAnna Goorth

Staf Writer

Melodies o Jingle Bells are al-ready resonating through the air, butat the same time, Snickers wrappersand unopened bags o candy-cornare lingering in trashcans. Manypeople look orward to the holidayseason lled with beautiul lights,Christmas trees, warm hot choco-late and the orever-loved Christmasmusic. Is early November too soonto be enjoying these blissul tunes?

Protesters proclaim that by over-playing a song, you decrease themagic, and lessen that uzzy-warmeeling you get inside. Holiday mu-sic, when listened to in moderation,has the ability to bring joyul atti-tudes to its listeners.

The window o opportunity toplay Christmas music is slim, unlikethat overweight man dressed up asSanta at the mall. This slim windowo opportunity is part o the reason

why Christmas music is played ear-lier in the year.

What denes the beginning othe holiday season?

Freshman Kirsten Swanson ex-plained that the holiday seasonshould be celebrated over a longerperiod o time. She believes thatpeople who want to enjoy the holi-day spirit earlier should enjoy it.

I started playing Christmas musicin September, junior Alex Ross said.I had to stop ater a couple weeks soI wouldnt get sick o it in December.

The day ater Thanksgiving seems tobe accepted as the more traditional timeto begin playing Christmas music.

Senior Luke Angevine said,Christmas music should only beplayed ater Thanksgiving. Period.

Likewise, reshman Marinna Mar-tens agrees, because then Christmasis the only holiday to look orward to.

I this month is not the time orChristmas music, then when can theholiday spirit begin?

This conusion is seen in storeswhere employees are decking theaisles with garland beore Thanks-giving has even come to pass.

Whether listened to beore, dur-ing or ater Thanksgiving, Christmasmusic is a happy part o the holidayseason that should be enjoyed, butmaybe not too soon.

Are we decking the hallsor stung the turkey?

Colton Irvine andMallory Contreras

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Love: what is love? What doesit mean to you? What is the truedenition o love? And how doeslove come into play in our every-day lives?

Love. That is a strong word,isnt it? Well to me, love meanseverything; its something that wehave or our amilies, riends andloved ones.

Love is more than a eeling. Itsan emotion. Its something that weshare with others by our actions,

words and examples. It is somethingthat I believe everyone in this worldneeds; whether it be simply tellingthem that you love them, or by sac-ricing your lie or them; by givingsomeone a hug, or just by showingChrists love to them.

Jesus talks about loving one an-other as He has loved us. Thatsbecause Jesus, in everything that he

did, loved each and every one o us;he showed his love or us by beingthe ultimate sacrice when he gavehis lie or our sins.

1 Corinthians 13: 4-8: Loveis patient, love is kind. It does notenvy, it does not boast, it is notproud. It does not dishonor others,

it is not sel-seeking, it is not eas-ily angered, and it keeps no recordo wrongs. Love does not delightin evil but rejoices with the truth.It always protects, always trusts, al-

ways hopes, always perseveres. Lovenever ails.

Wow. I can read this time andtime again, and am reminded o

what the true denition o love is.Love is more than an overly usedour-letter-word on a Valentinesday card.It is a virtue we shouldstrive or. It is something I believe

we ought to show each other in oureveryday lives.

We should be patient with andkind to each other. We should notbe envious, boastul or proud.Weshould not dishonor each other.Rather than being sel-centered, weshould assist others. We should notlet anger take hold o our lives whenpeople treat us wrongly.

We should avoid giving in to eviland instead, orgive. As ollowerso Christ, we should give unto the

Lord and worship Him with all ourhearts, souls and minds. We shouldprotect and trust each other, andmost importantly, we should loveone another.

Jesus died or each and every oneo us and we should continue to rep-resent Gods love to our community,

nation and to the world.Today, we are in the midst o

tough times; wars are breaking outall over the world, nations are col-lapsing, economies are alling apart,crimes are going up and there is anincreasing number o people with-

out homes every day. It is time thatwe, as a community o Christ and asa nation, start to show love towardeach other. Stand up and be coura-geous leaders. Be an example o loveby representing Christ.

Galatians 2:20: I have been cru-cied with Christ and I no longerlive, but Christ lives in me. The lieI now live in the body, I live by aithin the Son o God, who loved meand gave himsel or me.

It is my dream that one day we asChristians will be reestablished as aChrist-loving nation and love eachand every person around us, wheth-er it be riends or enemies. I pray wegrasp the importance o turning theother cheek. Its time we show Godslove to the entire world and we

spread the Gospel. Thank you andmay the Lord our God bless eachand every one o you and may youall come to desire the incomprehen-sible love o Jesus Christ.

For Democrats and liberalsalike, Christmas has arrived early

with Pres iden tial Obama winn ingthe 2012 Election. Democratsaround the country held theirbreath last Tuesday night untilthe results were broadcasted.

Many Democrats predicted theelection to be very close, but I wasuncertain o what would happenand had serious concerns aboutObamas chances o winning. I re-call having a phone conversation

with my ather in which we ex-pressed our concerns or how closethe election could possibly be.

I really think Obama could losethe popular vote and barely win theElectoral College, I said.

He initially agreed with my state-ment. Dont underestimate theObama campaign; Im sure they areready or the election.

Consequently, as the results start-ed to come in, I contemplated theactors that allowed Obama to barelydistance himsel rom Romney in the

swing states. Ater thinking about it,the resolution was simple: Obama

won the election because he had asuperior ground game, relied heavilyon the minority and women vote, andtook advantage o Romneys ar-rightprimary election fip-fop persona as

well as his out-o-touch character.The 2012 Obama campaign was

the most masterul campaign in his-tory. In all honesty, I believe Obamahad little to run on as an incumbentin a slow economic recovery. He ranon the optimistic promise that thecontinued use o his policies willcontinue the economic recovery.

As a resu lt, the campaign dida masterul job at micro-tar-geting dierent voting demo-graphics and assembled the most

eicient ield strategy in history.For each state, county and town,the Obama campaign set up ieldoperating outposts. These unc-tioned as places where campaignorganizers would connect withthe community, organize volun-teers to canvass (door-to-doorcampaigning), phone bank (call-targeted voters) and statisticallyanalyze the inormation theygathered rom prospective votersin the area. These ield outpostsoutnumbered Republican out-posts in key swing states 2 to 1 or3 to 1, giving them the advantageto target and mobilize voters onelection day.

In addition to a superior groundgame, the Obama campaign had alarge advantage o capturing minor-

ity and women voters. A staggering71 percent o voting Latinos votedor Obama in this election and 55percent o voting women voted or

him as well.One can attribute this large dis-

crepancy to the Republican Partysnegligence o alienating these vot-ing demographics. Recently, onissues such as immigration and

womens reproducti ve rights, theRepublican Party has held con-troversial stances, distancing itselrom potential voters. As a result,the Republican Party has lost im-

portant voting blocs, making themrely on the white vote.

During this election 61 percent owhites voted or Romney, yet he stilllost; thereore, many experts agreethat due to the growing minoritypopulations, this will be the last elec-tion where a candidate can rely onthe white vote. Republicans in theuture will have to nd some way tocarve into these voting blocs or they

will continue to lose elections.One o the big game-changers

was Romneys inamous 47 per-cent rant during a primary elec-tion undraiser. This characterizesRomneys ar-right persona, whichthe Obama campaign took advan-tage o during the general election.

During the primary season, Rom-

ney had to appease the ar-right TeaParty Republicans to win the nomi-nation. He was orced to fip-fopon several major issues like abor-tion, health care mandates, stem cellresearch, and climate change. Hechampioned these issues during hisgovernorship in Massachusetts buthad to change his positions to winthe primary. Coupled with this prob-lem, Romney seemed out o touch

with working class Americans. Beingworth more than $250 million andhaving a garage elevator in his La

Jolla mansion did not help shake thatelite image.

The Obama campaign masterullypainted Romney as an out-o-touchcandidate as well as someone youreally cant trust because you arentcertain o where he stands on issues.

This perceived image o Romney iswhat won many votes or the Obamacampaign. It helped independent

voters connect with Obama more sothan Romney.

Obamas campaign strategicallybeat Romneys campaign by smallmargins. The Obama campaign

was able to mobilize and organizeits targeted voters as well as attackRomneys ar right, fip-fop andout-o-touch persona. Republicansare going to have to gure out howto stop alienating voter blocs as

well as come up with a candidatewho can connect with the Ameri-can public. I these changes arenot made, Republicans will ail to

win elec tions. Yet, as a Democrat, Ihope this doesnt happen.

Matthew is a senior and m ember othe College Democrats.

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Awkward Sea Lion:Sharing your Loma fails

You graduated

years ago...

...but still smile and waveat the guard shack

You take extra long

in the bathroom......so you can finish reading the

Toilet Paper

You accidentally

kick someones foot

under the table in

the caf......and they apologize

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11/12 International Education Week event @ The ARC, 6:30-8 p.m.

11/14 Walk the Moon & Family o the Year @ House o Blues, 8 p.m

11/15 Twilight Saga Marathon @ AMC Fashion Valley, 11:30 a.m.

11/17 Family Wagon @ The Casbah, 8:30 p.m.

11/17 Saxophonist David Sanborn @ Anthology, 7:30 p.m.

11/18 Old Globes 7th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting @ Old Globe Theater, 6 p.m.

Delta Spirit rocks House o Blues

Thank you or choosing us tobe your source o entertainment thisevening! Delta Spirit lead singer

Matt Vasquez tells the crowd. Thenthe steady drum beats o Tear It Upcome rom the two drummers Brandon Young on the right, thump-ing the kick drum that has the GreekDelta letter pasted on the surace,and Kelly Winrich on the bass drumcoordinating his timing with Young.

About 250 people pack the mainfoor o San Diegos House o Blues on

Tuesday night to hear Delta Spirit. Thevocals begin sot on Tear It Up. People

clap along and sing to the chorus atVasquezs urging. Some songs are punc-tuated with a Thank you so much!rom Vasquez and a quick fash o the15-oot DELTA SPIRIT banner thatprovides a backdrop or the music.

Young, in his American fag T-

shirt, induces oot tapping with hissteady beat to the next song, MoneySaves. Vasquez works his Fender electric guitar, his countenance rantic

yet ocused. One second he is placidlygazing while he strums, the next he is

bellowing into the mic, completely inthe moment. He howls the refectivelyrics o Money Saves. Vasquezs raw

voice eels like a vocal hurricane; it haspower, depth and pain.

Vasquez calms his hurricane voiceinto waves o yearning vocals in the cho-rus o a drum-accompanied Ransom

Man. The layers keep adding as thesong progresses until all o their electric

guitars, piano, synth and drums coalesceand climax in a powerul synthesis o

constant sound that resolves into thenext track Empty House.

Delta Spirits shows are organicand distinct. The listener eels theauthenticity o the perormance they

witness through the live variations otheir studio tracks that indelibly stick

in the listeners memory.Near the end o the show, multi-

instrumentalist Winrich begins mean-dering about the stage clutching an un-

wired trashcan lid and a tambourine,banging the lid with his drumstick and

providing the washboard-like sound othe song Trashcan. Vasquez playsthe opening descending rit on thepiano. The piano seat couldnt containhim or long.

Eventually, Vasquez unravels anAmerican fag and drapes it around hishead and shoulders. He leads chants oUSA! and nishes the song with his

patriotic scar wrapped around him.From the even-keeled bassist Jon

Jameson, the versatile guitar o WillMcLaren, the drums o Young andWinrich, and the heart o Vasquez,Delta Spirit thrives onstage. Through

these elements they claim a distinct placein modern rock n roll. Seeing DeltaSpirit live, in a venue where you can seethe whites o Vasquezs eyes and the veinspulsing in his neck, will give you theanswer to what sets them apart: passion.

Eddie MatthewsStaf Writer

Rock band Delta Spirit perorms at the San Diego House o Blues to a livelycrowd on November 6.

courtesy of eddie matthews

Dr. Linda Beail, PLNU political

scienc e p roes sor, is proud to announcethe recent November 4 release o her

new book, Framing Sarah Palin: PitBulls, Puritans, and Politics, co-

authored with Rhonda Kinney Long-

worth. The book, which ollows Sarah

Palin s 2008 vice-presid ential cam-

paign , provides insigh t into the p oliti -

cal and social narratives ollowing her

through the media.

Point Weekly: Could you givereaders a premise or the book?

Linda Beail: Its about some-thing in political communication

we cal l r aming. Its how youtalk about candidates and issues.

How we bring, unconsciously,narrative and ideas about thingsto new inormation. This bookis about the narratives that weresort o swirling around and usedby the campaigns or the media totalk about Sarah Palin in the 2008election. There are ive dierentnarratives that were sort o toldby and about her.

PW: Why did you decide to o-

cus the book on Sarah Palin?

LB: She seems like this perectsite in popular culture and political

journal ism or all o these conver-sations taking place. She was thecatalyst; she was the lens through

which all o this got reract ed.And honestly, the o ther r eason sheseemed so attractive to me was that

when we started this projec t rightater the election the begin-ning o 2009 a ton o politicalscientists were working on proj-

ects about Hillary Clinton. I thinkthats wonderul and we shouldtotally study that, but nobody was

writing about Palin.

PW: How long did it taketo accumulate all o the narra-

tives? Did it take a long time tocorral these ideas together or was

it an easy research process?

LB: It was a great project andperect research project. I think

wri ting is hard . Get ting it downon paper was a good process, butdiicult and long. We got thebooks contract two years ago. Ittook about a year and a hal to

wri te the book. We rea lly had

gone back and orth with manyhours on the phone and manyhours reading each others drats.[Longworths] a great thinker,and she makes me a better think-er, so it was really un to havesomebody to bounce all the ideas

o o and crat them with. Weboth really enjoyed that process.

PW: How do you eel aboutpublishing your irst book?

LB: Really good and really ex-cited. I think there were a lot oplaces where I thought, I cant seethis through. Im going to have toput it aside. So, I think a lot omy happiness is just perseverance.Part o what has made me reuse to

ever give up on the project when itwas diicult was just thinking thatthis is something that [my daugh-ter] wants, too. Shed say, Cmon

Mom! I wrote three pages, howmuch did you write?

PW: What do you hope readerswill come a way with a ter r eading?

Do you have any expectations?LB: My hope or people whodo read it would be that they comeaway with a better understanding o

what was going on in that campaignin terms o those dierent narra-tives: about the dierent issues thatthe Republican party is grappling

with, how Evangelicals in politicsare nding their identity, and ques-

tions about emininity and powerand leadership and mothering.

To hear more about Beails book,

attend the Colt Lecture Series on

Thursday, November 15 at 3:30 p.m.

Kathleen RhineA&E Editor

Dr. Linda Beail discusses new book release

The listener feels the

authenticity of the

performance they

witness...

courtesy of pointloma.edu

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Theatre Production "Tartuffe"2pm & 8pm - Salomon Theater

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Women's Basketball vs Biola6pm Golden Gym

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