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BY KATHLEEN CALLAHAN

STAFF WRITER

What started as a housing policydispute led to calls to parents and aletter to the university president orthree Flex Apartment residents earlythis semester.

Ater calls to their parents romDean o Students Je Bolster, seniorGabbi Noa and junior Kasey Gravesound out they aced eviction Sept.30 when they chose not to take nailsout o their wall ater being asked to

do so by Resident Director Je Allenduring House and Saety Inspections.

Bolster also called senior StephanieHaas debate coach, Skip Rutledge.While Gabbis mother Karen

Noa declined to comment or thisstory, Noas brother, Daniel, said thatshe inormed him o Gabbis poten-tial eviction, so he called Gabbi.

Mom told me that the dean saidthat i you didnt comply, you wouldbe orced to move o campus, he

said via text to Gabbi.The dispute began with an error

on Residential Lies room inventoryreport or Flex, which was addressedby Residential Assistants at the All-Hall Meeting in the rst couple

weeks o school that stated under

Appropriate Decor that nothing[could be] hung with anything greaterthan 1 inch nishing nails. However,according to the RAs, all residentialhalls have a no nail, no hole policy.

The report requires students ineach hall to document and sign orexisting damages to their apartmentand states the damage ees and rules.

Senior Gabbi Noa read the docu-ment allowing nails on move-in day,and began decorating. Already havingput the nails in the wall, the residentsdisregarded the policy mentioned atthe All Hall Meeting.

Ater receiving a $15 ne perroommate or roughly 70 one-inch

nails in the wall by Je Allen duringHealth and Saety Inspections, theywere given a week to take them down.

Allen said he was unable to com-ment due to privacy laws.

Noa met with Bolster to discussthe contradiction and the ne. Noasaid Bolster inormed her the report

was not a contract and that the eeswould remain. Noa said that Bolstertreated her unproessionally and thatled her to write a letter o complaintto President Bob Brower.

In an email response on Oct. 3 toNoa obtained by the Point Weekly,

Brower specied the reports purpose.

This inventory [report] is nota lease agreement or contract thatbinds you to the room or speciesthe mutual obligations o you andthe university in regard to a speciedterm o time in the room at a particu-lar cost, Brower wrote to Noa viaemail. It serves to acknowledge therooms condition and your receipt oand responsibility o the key you areissued and any damage o the room.

The no nail, no hole policy isnot stated in the 2013-2014 PLNU

Student Handbook. While addi-tional regulations can be instated by

PLNU, they must be posted onlineand sent to students via email, ac-cording to the PLNU website. Theonline policy also states that parentscan be involved regarding FERPA, aneducational records act.

The Foundation or IndividualRights in Education states that ithe student is required to adhere tothe rules o conduct as i the hand-

book were a contract, the universityhas some obligation to adhere to itin the same way. Many judges wouldnot take kindly to a colleges eortto escape its obligations by claimingthat its apparent promise is not reallybinding.

Ate r mult iple requests by thePoint Weekly, Bolster also de-clined to be interviewed, citingprivacy concerns.

Noa said that Bolster told her

when she pointed out the contra-diction between the report and themeeting that it was a ake contract;it doesnt actually mean anything andthat theyre not legally bound to it.She also said that Bolster said Mis-takes happen...It shouldnt have hap-pened but it did, and bottom line, youneed to take your nails out.

Prior to appeal deadline, Bolstercalled the residents parents and Rut-ledge, the Director o Forensics and

debate coach to Haas and Graves.Noa asked Bolster about the callsin their ocial appeal meeting. Shesaid he told her they were allowedto call the people who are personallyconnected and have infuence in yourlie during whatever problems.

Noa and Haas submitted a letter toBrower outlining their disappointmentin what they said was Bolsters unpro-essionalism and inconsistencies.

The treatment o the two stu-dents in this meeting was unproes-

sional and did not uphold a support-

Great escape to the mountains

PHOTO BY CHRISTINA MARCIAL

Students listen as Yvette Johnson, San Diego native and author o the book, In Search o Booker Wrightretells her grandathers story in the hopes o illuminating racism and injustices o the past at Fermanian

Business Center Oct. 14.

PHOTO BY BRITTANY NAYLOR

Great Escapes Mountain Biking Trip: an opportunity to hang out with 10 students passionate about nature, biking

and community. A 45 minute drive and 12 miles later, students returned to campus by 3 p.m. Saturday, but not

beore comparing battle wounds. Connor Hensley, above, speeds down the mountain around Lake Hodges.

Flex residents reusingnail removal acedeviction, now lookingor compromise

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Booker Wright event localizes theissue of racism at PLNU

BY JORDAN LIGONS

STAFF WRITER

Imagine looking back at onesancestry and nding a pioneer and arevolutionary to be amongst them;imagine undisclosed vital amily in-ormation that was un told about onesgrandather and all that he stood or;imagine being Yvette Johnson, the San

Diego native who wrote the book InSearch o Booker Wright about her

journey to discover her grandathersstory, his courage, and his immenseimpact on racism in the South.

The Institute o Politics and Pub-lic Service in collaboration with theCenter or Justice and Reconciliationpresented a documentary screening oBookers Place: A Mississippi Storyon Oct. 14. Approximately 60 students

and sta gathered in Colt Hall towatch the inspirational lm o Yvette

Johnsons journey to nd BookerWrights story, an Arican- Americanwaiter rom Greenwood, Mississippiwho agreed to an interview with NBCabout racism in America that changedhis lie orever as well as the lives o hisamily members.

While lming Mississippi: A Sel-Portrait, a documentary or NBC in

1965, director Frank De Felitta was on

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BY GUIMEL SIBINGO

STAFF WRITER

It has been nearly two years sincePLNU classes were rst oered atLiberty Station.

Although the Nursing and 5thyear MBA program have been us-ing the acilities or more than one

year, this is the rst year that a large

amount o general education (GE)classes are oered at Liberty Station.

Two months into the schoo l year,the move o GE classes to LibertyStation has proved to be a smoothone.

The decision to oer GE classes atLiberty Station came as a response to

hitting the enrollment cap, the limitto the amount o students allowed totake classes on the main PLNU cam-pus, according to Provost and Chie

Academic Ocer Kerry Fulcher.[It was] part o the strategic plan

o the university to increase access toa PLNU education to more students

who desire the kind o education thatwe oer, he said via e-mail.

The move was part o PresidentBob Browers PLNU 2025 vision

called PLNU Extended. This visionentails oering more courses in morelocations such as Mid-City (Commu-nity Classroom), Liberty Station andinternational locations.

These all provide opportunities

or PLNU to extend its presence andinfuence in local, regional or evenglobal ways, Fulcher said.

Another reason classes moved,was to enroll more students and keeptuition costs down, said Dean o Artsand Sciences Kathryn McConnell,

who has also coordinated class movesto Liberty Station.

I we want to raise that cap and

get more students here we cant havethem all on campuswe dont have

enough acilities here, she said.Were moving as many classes aswe can down to Liberty Station so thatwe can bring in more students, bring inmore revenue [and] keep student tuitiondown as much as possible.

General education classes now o-ered at Liberty Station include Prin-ciples o Human Communication,Problem Solving, Christian Tradition,

World Civilizations II and New Testa-ment History and Religion.

Most o the classes take place onTuesdays and Thursdays so as notto interere with nursing classes on

Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Themajority o those classes are scheduledor the aternoon or evening.

McConnell hopes to keep this

trend going in order to make it easieror students to attend classes on themain campus.

As we look orward well try to bemore strategic in what kind o classes wemove down there, she said. I wouldguess we would try to move more eve-ning classes down there so that therearent course conficts or students.

179 students attend GE classes at

Liberty Station, many o them takingPLNU buses to get to class.

Freshman Harley Estrada, who istaking an 8 a.m. Principles o HumanCommunication class, said taking thebuses created a sense o communitybetween students.

I kind o like it because it makesthe class eel more closer together,she said. Being able to go rom tak-ing the shuttle together to walkingto class and taking the shuttle backso its kind o nice.

Buses leave 20 minutes prior tothe beginning o each class. Estrada

said the buses shes taken have been ontime. Although Estrada enjoys classes

at Liberty Station she nds the earlybus departure dicult.Its just kind o hard because its

so early in the morning but otherthan that its interesting, she said.Its kind o dierent, dierent setting

than just the entire same campus everyday so its kind o nice.

Freshman Kelsey LaFrenz, a com-muter taking a morning class at Lib-erty Station, also enjoys the classesalthough she has to take the bus so as

not to lose parking later in the day.I like it, she said. Its good. Itsa little bit o a struggle to get there inthe morning cause I am a commuterstudent so I have to be here twentyminutes earlier to catch the bus to goover there.

Both Fulcher and McConnell saidthey have not received complaints re-garding the new move.

Things are going airly well,Fulcher said. Any time you enter intoa new endeavor, there are small lo-gistical issues that arise. These are alllearning opportunities to help inormthe process moving orward.

McConnell plans to send a survey

at the end o the semester in order toobtain student opinion and make ur-

ther improvements.Fulcher said the move can be ben-

ecial or the uture o PLNU.Because this is airly new, it will

take a ew semesters or our culture toadapt to the idea that PLNU is broad-er than just the main campus, he said.

Fulcher said that moving classesto Liberty Station gives students theopportunity to experience San Diego.

In addition to the educationalbenets o giving additional teach-ing space, Liberty Station is a quality

venue in a great location that givesus some excellent opportunities to

do some things in San Diego that wehave not been able to do in the past.

New Liberty Station classes going smoothly

PHOTO BY JONATHAN SOCH

Students arrive via PLNU bus to their classes at Liberty Station o o Roscrans Street in San Diego.

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The portion o the room inventory report above states that residential students are allowed one-inch nishing nails; however this was the not the case. Flex RAs explained at the All Hall

Meeting that the no nail, no hole policy would be enorced. This led to a confict with three Flex Apartment residents.

a mission to uncover the truth o rac-ism in the South.

In Mississippi, the rst thing

whites tell you is how much theylove their blacks, Frank De Felittasaid in the lm. They would saythey raised me; I have a black moth-er and a white mother.

De Felitta then interviewedBooker Wright, who explained how

Arican-Americans were really be-ing treated and how it made him eel.

According to the lm, blacks in themedia were mostly talking about therights they wanted, but Wright talked

about how he was crying on the in-side, and how he still must smile eventhough customers would deny him

tips or say racial slurs towards him.The time is comeIve been

hurting all my lie and have some-thing to say, Wright said to De Felit-ta when questioned i he was aware othe consequences ater this interview

would air nationally.Ater the lm was aired, Wright

lost his job as a waiter, whites reusedto be served by him; he was beatenby police and ultimately murdered allrom speaking the truth.

In 2011, Frank De Felittas son,Raymond, returned to Mississippi incollaboration with Yvette Johnson,granddaughter o Booker Wright, as

well as author, lmmaker and inspi-rational speaker, to illustrate Wrights

story and reveal the background othis amous NBC interview nearly 50

years prior.

I rst thought [my grandather]was an accidental activist, Johnsonsaid in the documentary on the starto this our year journey to nd thisootage o Wright. But then I sawthat he knew what he was doing. He

knew the gravity o what he was doingand it wasnt an accident.

The releasing o Booker Wright: AMississippi Story along with Johnsonsbook In Search o Booker Wright: Acollection o blog posts and journal en-tries has gotten a great deal o atten-tion by the media such as a NBC Date-line eature with Johnson as well as anarticle in the New York Times.

Director o the Center or Justiceand Reconciliation Dr. Jamie Gates

said that he was happy that Johnsoncame in search o them or this event.

I hope students learn about who

Booker Wright was, he said.Gates challenged the student body

to name civil rights activists besides thetypical names learned in history books.Gates believed this event will educatestudents on someone who was still im-

portant during that time period.Students will say Martin Luther

King Jr., Rosa Parks and maybe Mal-com X, he said. This will go beyondthe surace level about race.

There was a Q & A session withYvette Johnson ater the documentaryscreening where she explained a little oher story and how her amily escapedGreenwood, Miss. by growing-up inSan Diego and how it is more dicultto see racism today then it was then.

It was easier in the 1960s to seethe racists, Johnson said at the event.I think we need to nd humility rath-

er than search or the racist in people.We need to rise above racism.

She also discussed her book, herblog on BookerWright.com and in-ormed the crowd o her upcomingproject, Bookers Place, which in-

volves transorming Wrights ownrestaurant in Greenwood into a Deltaregion childrens literacy program.

This project is so much big-ger than me, she said. I still have adream bigger than the book and big-ger than the movie.

Johnson now resides in Arizonawith her husband and two sons.

ive, Christian environment. There areseveral examples o this unproessionalbehavior that let both students eelinguncomortable and demeaned, theletter stated.

Brower told the Point Weekly that

he responded to the students but typi-cally wont comment on these mattersbecause he hands them over to thecorrect department.

Another instance o housing con-tract disputes involved Abigail Wulah,a senior who aced eviction or shot

glasses and empty wine bottles that she

was going to use or a crat project inher apartment this summer.

Je Allen had told me that byhaving those bottles, Im in breach omy contract to stay there or the sum-mer, Wulah said.

She said she was breaking a con-

tract she never signed when Bolster

apologized or a miscommunication.According to Noa, Haas and

Graves, the ne has been repealedand Residential Lie will provide corkboards and alternative wall hangingoptions or ree. All nails have beenremoved rom the wall.

Brower sent another email to Noa

Oct. 17 saying Caye Smith, vice presi-dent or student development, wouldassess the conduct o Bolster and willbe in contact with her.

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BY AUTUMN SHULTZ

STAFF WRITER

The PLNU Deba te Team wonsecond place out o nearly 30 col-leges at the Aztec Invitational thispast weekend. This tournament

was thei r irst o the year a nd uni-

vers itie s rom Utah , A rizo na, Tex-as and Caliornia participated.

Sophomore Joshua Gilbert, amember o the team, said the debatetournament was a stressul but excit-ing way to start the year.

The debate tournament wasa lot o un, said Gilbert. It wasactually the rst debate tournamento the year, so there was a lot opressure to perorm [Debate] is asport or the mind.

Overall, the PLNU team earneda second place trophy or the our-

year school division. The entire teamparticipated in a variety o events,including dramatic interpretation, a-ter-dinner speaking and impromptu.

Although many o the parliamentary

debate teams rom the squad were un-

able to make it into the nal rounds,a ew o the novice debaters and onesenior division team won their eventsand advanced into the nal rounds.

In the Open Division o LincolnDouglas Debate, ve o the sevendebaters advanced to the eliminationround. Each o these students earned

an award. Winning Bronze Awardswere Stephanie Haas, Christopher

Danks and Brandon West. WinningSilver Awards were Kayla Cook andDaniel Robert Spencer.

In the open division o Parlia-mentary debate, senior ChristopherDanks and reshman Caleb Moore

won gold. Freshmen Lauren Jacobsand Jordan Hill earned a bronze inthe novice division o the same event.

Novice students on the team

included reshmen Lauren Jacobs,Jordan Hill, Victoria Saunders, andBen Becker. Jacobs, Hill and Beckercompeted in Lincoln Douglas de-bate, a debate style characterized bytwo people debating against one an-other on a single topic and returned

with a three way t ie or Gold in the

Novice division. Victoria Saundersearned ourth place in the open di-

vision o Prose Interpretation.The new students this year show

a lot o potential and bring a new en-ergy to the team, Assistant Director oForensics Melissa Lazaro said.

I see a lot o promise in our team

this year, said Lazaro. We have a loto new students who bring with them

a lot o talent and skills already. Ourteam is rejuvenated, rereshed andready to take on the year.

According to senior Daniel Rob-ert Spencer, new students are recog-nized as key members o the team.

Novices traditionally are the ba-sis o perormance or the team, saidSpencer. Otentimes the novices areoverlooked. However, they are some

o the most important members o theteam because they provide us with alot o sweepstake points.

The next tournament or theteam is at Grossmont College romNov. 8-10.

PLNU Debate Team Wins Second

Place At Aztec Invitational

BY MORGAN CARNE

STAFF WRITER

Approximately 145 students atPLNU are taking part in the 21-DayChallenge, a commitment to 21 con-secutive days o intentional prayerand refection.

Well the rst wave that we did inSeptember there were about 15 stu-

dents doing in. And this wave in Oc-tober had about 145 students, said

junior Natalie Swit, who partneredwith junior AJ Swies to bring thischallenge to PLNU this year.

Every Thursday night or thethree weeks o the challenge, theparticipants have met in the Com-munity Lie Center o First Churcho the Nazarene rom 8:30 to 10:30

p.m. to pray and discuss the previ-ous weeks happenings.

The challenge started over thesummer when 10 college studentsgot a hold o Becky Tirabassis bookThe Burning Heart Contract. Thestudents went to Tirabassis church,Rock Harbor Church and one othem happened to attend PLNU.Swies wanted others to be able to ex-perience the same transormation hehad. Along with nine other collegestudents, Swies went through thechallenge this summer with Tirabassias a mentor.

The whole point was or us toget red up and bring it to our cam-

puses and sure enough, there areburning hearts groups across the na-tion now, said Swies. I rst lookedat this challenge as a burden, some-thing that put a bunch o restrictionsand chains on me, but I never ullyrealized the power o prayer until Iully dove in and gave God my all inmy hour, added Swies.

Swit said that knowing God re-

quires devotion.No one has a ree hour in the

day, so it takes sacrice and disciplineto make one, said Swit. Im learn-ing that theres no magic equation tothis whole thing and that prayer is aspiritual discipline that is such a git

to us.She also talked about how Chris-tianity should be a relationship ratherthan a religion.

I we want a relationship with

God, we need to spend time withhim, she said.

Burning Hearts is a Christian or-ganization o student leaders who eelcalled to change culture by living outtheir aith dynamically through pas-sionate call to prayer, purity, purposeand discipline. It is based on the orig-inal Burning Hearts Fellowship thatbegan in 1947.

The challenge calls or a commit-ment o complete purity and sobrietyor 21 consecutive days. Tirabassi

hersel had a complete lie transor-mation ater struggling with alco-holism. Ater surrendering her lieto God, Tirabassi has been devotedto living a lie pleasing to the Lordthrough sobriety and purity. She wasinspired by Bill Brights book, Amaz-ing Faith and his contract with hisriends in 1947.

Tucked away in the pages oBrights book is the remarkable storyo how a contract with God set the

hearts o ordinary people on re orGod, she said.

PLNU sophomore Blaire

Foltz is one o the students takingpart in the challenge. She stressedthe importance o campus and na-

tionwide change.God is starting a movement incollege-aged students hearts, and itsso cool to see other students acrossthe nation participating in this, shesaid. These past 21 days have beenlie changing.

Foltz said that this challenge haschanged the way she goes about herday, allowing her to ocus on God andpray with purpose.

I have never been the type operson to sit down and intentionallypray, so I thought this was going to bea very dicult thing to do; but Godhas been revealing so many thingsto me these past couple o weeks just

because I have been listening to Himand what Hes wanting to teach me,

Foltz said.Many o the participants have to

plan to dedicate one hour solely toprayer and spiritual refection be-cause o the time commitment o be-ing a college student.

I have to plan out when Im go-ing to do my hour the night beore,Foltz said. As a college student, itseasy to ocus on everything you needto do each day, but I can promise youthat spending an hour in prayer willbe the best thing you do in your day,

she said.PLNU Proessor o Theology

and Christian Scriptures John Wrightcommented on the merits o the chal-lenge and its application whether anactive participant or not.

This weeks reading or our Sun-day worship is Luke 18:1-8, he said.In light o the injustice and sin othe world, thank God or people whodont lose heart but pray.

Proessor o Theology and

World Religions Michael Lodahlsaid that the tenets o the program,to pray or an hour a day, leads stu-dents to better apply biblical teach-ings according to Paul.

Since Paul writes in one o hisletters that Christians should pray

without ceasing, an hour a day or 21days is surely not a bad idea, he said.PLNU Dean o the School o

Theology and Christian MinistryRon Beneel also commented on the

cataclysmic power o the challenge.When you think about it, most

o the greatest Christian revivalsbegan with young people, largely oncollege campuses, he said. Thisis a renewal by students that startshere and will eventually spread tothe church, rather than the other

way around.Dr. Beneel also mentioned

the similarities to the beginningso Methodism in John and Charles

Wesleys Holy Club at Oxord in the

early 18th century.Its at the grassroots level right

now, but I believe it has real potentialto become something widely-knownacross campus and bring about greatchange, he said.

Swit said that the power o prayeris belie in Gods will at PLNU.

I truly believe Gods hand is onthis, said Swit. He is moving radi-cally across this campus, she said.

The group will meet once more

this Thursday to recap the highlightso the three weeks.

Burning Heart 21-Day

Challenge puts PLNU

students to the test

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BY SAMANTHA WATKINS

STAFF WRITER

The Make-A-Wish Founda-tion works to make peoples dreams

come true and now you too cantake part in what many consider isa miraculous program.

Make-A-Wish is a nation wide oun-dation that grants wishes to children

who are battling lie-threatening medi-cal conditions. Nearly 14,000 children a

year are provided with their wishes.PLNUs campus recently wel-

comed a new club, Wishmakers, whichwill allow students to grant wishes tolocal children.

Junior Broadcast Journalism majorGreta Wall serves as publicity leaderor the Wishmakers club and is deeplyinvested in the work o the oundation.

Wishmakers has a special place inmy heart because my cousin, Aden who

had acute myeloid leukemia at age 6 wasgranted a wish by Make-A-Wish just 2

years ago, she said. Aden wanted to seea volcano so Make-A-Wish sent her, herparents and younger sister to Hawaii ora week. They few her in a helicopter overan active volcano. Aden was cancer ree a-ter six months and still is because o a mar-row transplant rom her younger sister.

Ravi Smith, ASB Director o StudentRelations, says Wishmakers is a wonderuladdition to the clubs on campus.

Wishmakers is a new club withthe noble mission o helping those

who are suering achieve their

dreams,he said. They are an em-bodiment o what it means to live asones neighbor.

A pizza party was held lastWednesday night as the ocial start

o the club. Pizza Nova, a local Italianrestaurant, sponsored the event, pro-viding ree pizza or all who attended.

About ten people came, each high-ly interested in joining the club. The

hope o the event was to get people tounderstand what the club is all aboutand or them to sign up.

Whitney Ahart, a senior SocialWork major, serves as the ace behindthe club. Ahart is the Youth WishLeaders Program intern at Make-A-

Wish San Diego, located downtown.She has been working with them sinceearly September.

The Wishmakers program hasnever been grown in the San Diegoarea and it is my job as an intern to

grow the program, said Ahart. Ithought this could best be done bystarting with mysel.

Ahart says she started the club withhopes o serving and equipping chil-dren in the community.

I have such a heart or childrenand I believe that the notion o hopecan drastically change a sueringchilds quality o lie and will to ght,she said. It will not only get the com-munity involved in such an amazing

non-prot organization but it willalso open up opportunities or otherPLNU students who want to intern,

volunteer, or work or and with theMake-A-Wish Foundation.

PLNU is the rst campus in SanDiego to have a Wishmakers club.

The goal o the club is to undraise on

behal o the Make-A-Wish Founda-tion. Their rst undraising event will

be held at the upcoming Fall Festivalwhere they will have a booth askingpeople or donations and oering agame where people can win a goldsh.

The clubs goal is to raise $8,000 to

donate to the oundation.For more information about the club

or to become a member you can email

Ahart at wmahart0076@pointloma.

edu or join the PLNU Wishmakers on

Campus Facebook page: facebook.com/

plnuwishmakers.

Pictures change the world. They can change it for the better,

but the door swings both ways, says photojournalistEros

Hoagland at Through The Lens last Thursday.

BY BRITTANY NAYLOR

STAFF WRITER

The PLNU Love Works pro-gram is celebrating successes and

pushing or new participation asthe program enters into its 26th

year.LoveWorks is a collection o

short-term missionary trips occur-ring over the summer and spon-sored through the Oice o Spiri-tual Development.

Those who a ttended the Interna-tional Ministries chapel on Oct. 13

noticed that within the call or stu-dent involvement, there was a strong

push or men to step into the realmo ministry through LoveWorks pro-grams.

Last year we had about 85 stu-dents participate, and only ve wereguys, said Brian Becker, Director oInternational Ministries. And those

ve who went, they are awesome guys;they did a phenomenal job.

However, the lack o a male pres-ence in PLNUs international ministryprograms is no recent phenomenon.

Even back in 2003, the ratioswere really low. The guys were notthere, even historically, said Becker.

Blaire Foltz, a sophomore whowent on the Ecuador LoveWorks tripin the summer o 2012, experiencedthe necessity or men within ministry.Out o the 13 student participants who

went to Ecuador, none who went weremen. The only male representative

rom the LoveWorks team was Urba-no Orozco, a PLNU alumnus and one

o the two leaders on the Ecuador trip.I think because its children based,

that isnt super appealing to men,said Foltz. Even with Vacation BibleSchool, there are so many little boys

who need a male role model to look upto and as a trip o all girls and only one

guy leader, all the little boys attachedto Urbano.

Foltz noticed on her trip to Ecua-dor that a lot o children do not haveather gures in their lives, creating a

need or male missionaries to serve aspositive role models while spreadingthe news o Jesus.

There needs to be more guys. Idont know why they dont sign up,maybe girls just eel more called tomission work then men, but its a hugeissue, she said.

However, not all LoveWorks tripshave such a disproportional ratio o

women to men in their programs.Andrew Schalin, a 2013 PLNU

alumnus, went on a LoveWorks tripto Rwanda in 2012 on a team o 10students, where each gender was rep-resented equally. The balance o thegroup complemented the traditionso the host country in regards to maleand emale roles.

Rwanda still has heavily de-ined gender roles so there werea ew times where there was someheavy manual labor and our hostonly allowed the guys to come,

said Schalin via email. That wouldhave been an awkward situation

with a ema le-only team . I dontthink not having men on the team

woul d prev ent the Gospel romadvancing. I do think it makes iteasier or a team to be eective andget along (when men are present).

Becker has noticed that the trendo a large emale presence in ministry

is not only impacting PLNUs Love-Works ministries but that there is an

absence o a male presence in churchministry at large.

Much o the time when wethink about the ministry o proclaim-ing the gospel, preaching, leading upront, in a public way, oten times

we see that dominated by men. But

when it comes to being the handsand eet o Jesus, the compassion-ate side, the active side, we see more

women being the ones in mini stries,he said.

In asking or more participationrom the male PLNU community,the last eect Becker wanted was orthe men to eel attacked by the Love-

Works program.I dont want to berate the guys,

because I dont want them to just eelbad and then turn and walk away inshame, said Becker. I just want to in-

vite them. Thats what we were trying

or in the chapel.All o the programs under Inter-

national Ministries need the participa-tion o both women and men or theirpurposes to be ullled. In the summero 2014, 13 LoveWorks programs willtake place. Applications are now avail-able and will be due Nov. 4.

LoveWorks seeks male participants

PHOTO BY SAMANTHA WATKINS

Students at last Wednesdays kick o event or the new club Wishmakers, which will work to raise money or the

Make-A-Wish oundation. From let: Greta Wall, Drew Eby, Aaron Baribeau, Kaili Kinoshita, Summer Clemmons,

Chris Funari, Monique Sanderlin, Ross Nederho and Whitney Ahart.

New club makes wishes come true

LoveWorks 2014 Summer Trips

Three and Four Week-Long Trips:

Yerevan & Shirak Province, Armenia (May 11 31)

Brisbane & Kimberley Towns, Australia (May 23 June 18)

Downtown Eastside Vancouver, Canada (May 11 28)

Zagreb & Koprivnica, Croatia (May 11 31)

Lubumbashi, Dem. Rep of the Congo (July 26 to August 13

Quito & Outlaying Villages, Ecuador (May 11 - 31)

Western District, El Salvador (July 22 August 12)

Cascade Pichon, Haiti (May 18 June 8)

Kolkata & Lakshmikantapur, India (May 11 31)

Maputo, Mozambique (July 26 to August 13)

Manila, Philippines (June 16-30)

Byumba & Gisenyi, Rwanda (May 11 31)

Indianapolis, USA (May 11 31)

Extended Mission Immersion:

Asia eight week extended trip (May 15 July 12)

Find ou t more at poi ntloma.e du.Applicatio ns are due Nov. 4, 2013.Program fees are between $1950 and $4350.

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FEATURES | 5monday, october 21, 2013 | the point weekly

BY MARISSA HORNADAY

STAFF WRITER

Juggling school work and her pas-sion or modeling, Nyawech Jock, asenior at PLNU, has a ull schedule.She was seen walking down the run-

way at Fashion Week San Diego, a

yearly entertainment ashion eventheld downtown to celebrate emerg-ing designers that took place the weeko September 30. Jock has lived in theUnited States since the age o one a-ter moving rom Ethiopia and is now

beginning her modeling career. The

Point Weekly interviewed her viaemail to see how her modeling careerbegan and where it is going.

The Point Weekly: At what age

did you begin modeling?

Nyawech Jock: I modeled or thePLNU ashion show (an annual eventsponsored by ASB every spring) ortwo years and that was un. I only woreone piece or each show so there wasno crazy speed changing. We also didour own hair and makeup and walking

the runway was more un and relaxed.San Diego Fashion Week was my rstreal modeling experience so we cansay Ive just started.

PW: What interested you in be-

coming a model?

NJ: Getting to dress up and get-ting proessional hair and make up isalways un! You also get to meet so

many dierent people.

PW: What types o modeling do

you do?

NJ: Ive only ever done runwaymodeling.

PW: How did you get to be a

part o Fashion Week San Diego?

NJ: I attended an open casting callback in March where they had me llout an application as well as do a littlerunway walk in ront o a panel. Theytold me at the end o my audition thatI would be walking in Fashion Week

San Diego.

PW: How was your experiencelike at Fashion Week San Diego?

NJ: I walked or a couple design-ers and had to do a little speed chang-ing, and sported some unky hair andmakeup which was done by proes-sionals. Because that was an event

where many industry proessionalswere present, I had to be a little more

serious and proessional. But it was

still really un and enjoyable.

PW: What has been your best

modeling experience so ar?

NJ: All o my experiences havebeen so dierent but I would have to

say that walking in the Fashion WeekSan Diego runway shows is my avor-ite so ar.

PW: How do you juggle model-

ing, school, and other activities that

you are involved in?

NJ: Its not easy juggling it all.School and all that comes with it is a24 hour job seven days a week. Thatsmy rst ocus. Modeling is un and caneasily become a ull time job but ornow, aint nobody got time or that.I try and t it in when I can.

PW: Has modeling been a lie-

long dream o yours?

NJ: I couldnt say it has been alielong dream but it is something that

has denitely sparked an interest inme rom a young age.

PW: How has modeling made

an impact your lie?

NJ: One way its impacted my lieis in the social aspect. There are justso many dierent people you get to

work with, the nice, the mean, and thein between; they all bring dierent ex-periences each time.

PW: How have you worked to

get to where youre at in your mod-

eling career now?

NJ: The whole industry is aboutwho you know so basically just puttingmysel out there, and putting my bestoot orward while Im at it. Gettingmy name and ace out there is whatsgoing to keep me moving and get meto the places I want to be.

Nyawech Jock breaks into modeling

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE LA FASHION MAGAZINE

Nyawich Jock modeling on the runway at Fashion Week San Diego.

GREY AREA

In neighborhoods across thecountry, children will soon begoing rom house to house,

knocking on doors and beggingor candy. Its almost Halloweenand trick-or-treating is near. AsPLNU students make plans or

how theyll celebrate, some areasking Are college students too

old to go trick-or-treating?

I think its ok as long as they dontget crazy or promote anything toodark.-Andrew Dixon, Senior

I think its ok because its a wayto have fun and get to go out anddress up.-Allie Haseleu, Junior

If someone takes the time to puttogether a Halloween costumethats creative enough and theyhave fun trick-or-treating andtheyre still young at heart, thengo for it.-Emma Hayman, Junior

I think you are never too old toenjoy candy and also, I plan ongoing trick-or-treating this year.-Christopher Turner, Sophomore

If its in this neighborhood yesbecause its a lot of Point Lomaprofessors (who live here) andthey kind of expect it. I dont think

its appropriate if they go outsidePoint Loma because it would betaking away from the kids.-Emma Champion, Sophomore

Yes, as long as theyre wearing an

appropriate costume. There is noage limit on Halloween.-Haley Jonswold, Sophomore

I think that trick-or-treatingshould be reserved for youngerkids but at the same time thesurrounding community isanticipating that we will go trick-or-treating.-Katherine Pattee, Freshman

Yeah, I dont think there is aproblem with it. I went a few yearsago when I was a freshman incollege.-Connor Bortolazzo, Junior

I think its ok but students shouldbe conscientious of how they dressand the communit y.

-Abigail Zora, Freshman

Absolutely. Theres nothing wrongwith dressing up and going door todoor to get free candy.- Joshua Williams, Junior

the black the white and

the in between

Compiled by Julianne Vallera

PHOTO CURTESY OF RYAN SHOEMAKER

Sophomore Art and Philosophy double major Ryan Shoemaker sits overlooking the city o Florence, Italy. He is studying with the PLNU Art Euro-

term, a group o students and PLNU proessors who travel throughout Europe studying art.

STUDY ABROAD PHOTO OF THE WEEK

WALKING THROUGH HISTORYThe thing that strikes me most about ourexperience here in Europe has been the

overwhelming proximity to ancient history.

Every day I nonchalantly stroll down the same

streets that notables such as Napoleon, Picasso,

Fitzgerald, the Medicis, Da Vinci, Peter, Popes on

Popes, etc., have also set oot on. Simply knowing

that I am coming in contact with the same works o

art and architecture that so many beore me have

also admired makes history seem tangible.

- Ryan Shoemaker

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Ghosts of Loma:

Is the Campus of PLNU Haunted?What follows is an interview between two PLNU alumni regarding the ghost storiessurrounding the campus. The interviewer, Abby Carrillo, is interviewing David Schmidt,

a freelance author who is writing a book on Point Lomas history.

Special Alumni Interview or Point Weekly

Q: Lets start with a good, seasonal October questionwhat is thecreepiest ghost story youve heard at Point Loma?

A: That would have to be the story o the screaming voice in Cabrillo Hall. As the story goes, there used to be a security guard

who worked on campus years ago, back when Cabrillo was still at its original location, where Cooper Music Center is today. Sothe security guard was doing his rounds, and he was checking out Cabrillo late at night. Everything dark around him, not a soulin sight. While hes on the top foor, he hears a voice beneath hima woman screaming. He runs downstairs and shouts, asking

i anyone needs help. Nothing. He checks the doorsall o them are still locked. While hes standing directly below the spotwhere he heard the screams, he hears them againtheyre still coming rom beneath his eet. And he remembers the building

has a basement. So he runs down the stairs again, pulls out his old skeleton key or the old basement door, and shoulders it opento get in and see who needs help. And the basement is still as a crypt. Nothing but old tools, shadows, dust, cobwebs. He walksaround to make sure nobody is down there. And when hes about to leavehe hears the voice again. A womans voice, screaming.

And its still coming rom beneath his eet. He runs back to headquarters, and all the other security guards mock him, o course.As the story goes, though, they orgot about his experience until they decided to move Cabrillo. They say that, when they pulledthe building apart, and got down to the foorboards o the basementright in the spot where the man heard the screamingtheyound a human skull.

Q: What parts o campus have the most ghost stories associatedwith them?

A: The two hot spots are Cabrillo and Mieras. Both are ancient buildings that were built by the Theosophists and both have

plenty o olklore associated with them. Ive heard o janitors who have seen apparitions in Mieras when cleaning there alone. And

over the years, plenty o Public Saety ocers have fat out reused to go into Cabrillo at night when theyre alone; it used to bethe personal residence o Madame Tingley [o the Theosophical Society] and plenty o people just get the creeps when they go

in there at night. My brother was a Public Saety ocer when he was a student here. He had heard the stories, and knew someo the other ocers reused to go into Cabrillo, so that made him even more curious about it. Call it macho bravado, call itskepticism, whatever. But the rst time that he had a chance to inspect the building alone at night, he said he was on the top foor,checking everything out with his fashlight, when he heard a violin playing. But heres the weird thinghe couldnt tell wherethe music was coming rom. It wasnt coming rom any particular end o the building, like a nearby radio. It wasnt above him orbelow him or next to himit was like it was surrounding him, while he was in there, playing this strange minor key tune. Andonce he let the building, he stopped hearing it.

Q: So why do you think so many strange stories get told at PLNU?

A: Just look at the campus. Its this isolated place by the ocean; it has its own microclimate. When its sunny and warm in otherparts o San Diego, out here its cloudy and oggy and mysterious. It just lends itsel to these stories.

Q: Not to mention the history o the campus.

A: Exactly. Most o the ghost stories on campus are related to the Theosophical Society. They are still enshrouded in mys-tery. As part o the Spiritualist movement, they were into all sorts o bizarre thingsholding sances, calling up the spirits o

the dead, planning their own reincarnations. Legend has it, Madame Tingley expected to be reincarnated as a turtle; thats whyshe had Cabrillo built with those small steps on the staircaseso she could climb it in the aterlie. Mieras, in act, is built in theshape o a turtle.

Q: Lets end on a spooky note. Have you experienced anything unusualon campus?

A: A couple years ago, my cousin came to town and asked i I would show her around some o the haunted spots on campus.

Since she brought some beautiul riends rom Orange County, o course I agreed. I took them to Mieras, Cabrillo and eventuallyto Salomon Theater, where some o the ghost stories take place. I walked up the stairs to check i the side entrance was open.

The door was locked, so I turned around to walk away. As I was leaving, though, the doorknob jiggled. Twice. On its own. I randown the stairs, o course, screaming like a little girl. The really weird thing, though, is that my cousin had taken a photo o meright when I was checking the door. In the photo, you can clearly see a misty orb o light behind me, with a trail o mist behindit. As i it were fying right towards me.

Abby Carrillo is a PLNU grad (03,), history major, and sun-shine enthusiast living in San Diego. While she is skeptical of thewhole ghost thing, she was happy to interview David Schmidtfor this paper, as she considers him to be one of the most paranor-mal people she knows.

David Schmidt is a PLNU alumnus (02), freelance writer, multilingual trans-lator and fair trade proponent living in San Diego. He is currently working on abook of the ghost stories from the campus of Point Loma. If you would like to sharea ghost story you have heardor a strange experienceyou can contact him atdavidschmidt2003@hotmail.com

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San Diego Celebrates Fall5 o the citys best autumn events

Originally known or a giant walnut arm, Bates Nut Farm now encompasses a vast array oall activities or all ages. Free to enter and open rom Sept. 25 to Oct. 31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The lively

location has dierent shops to explore including a candy store, several git shops and many more nooksand crannies. All across the arm are animals to encounter, especially in the Farm Zoo. Bates Nut Farmis a great place to have a picnic because there are tables and shady trees dispersed throughout the 100acres, or try tasty all treats on the arm like homemade udge. As the largest and oldest pumpkin patchin San Diego, Bates Nut Farm holds a nostalgic and comorting atmosphere.

Location: 15954 Woods Valley Road, Valley Center, CAWebsite: batesnutarm.biz

From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26 and ree to all guests, PLNU is throwing the annual Fall Festival lled with carriage rides,a petting zoo and a traditional pumpkin patch. Kids and adults alike can nd something all and un to do whether its to ace paint or taste deliciousood rom dierent local restaurants. Near the end o the day, PLNU holds an Ice Cream Social and a Grand Prize Drawing. As close as you can getto your dorm, all estivities are just around the corner.

Location: Point Loma CampusWebsite: pointloma.edu/lie/oce-public-aairs/all-estival

Bates Nut Farm

Point Loma Fall Festival

Up in the hills past Ramona and Lakeside, with no cost to visitors, lies a small town with a classic country eel Julian. The town itsel is a place o ex-ploration whether its the many streets o antique shops, old diners, or eclectic git stores. All around the beautiul all leaves lace the sidewalks while whinnyinghorses sound in the distance. The hottest commodity Julian eatures is the Julian Pie Company. Known or its homemade apple pies, cinnamon ice cream andapple cider, the Julian Pie Company is always buzzing with locals and tourists. The Julian Festivities website lists the many specic all and winter events like the

Arts and Crats show, Christmas Tree Lighting and Music at the Marketplace.

Location: Julian, Cali.Website: julianca.com/events

Held the Sunday beore Thanksgiving and ree to all, the Mother Goose Parade is a collection o local charities, companies, and celebrities showing

o the exuberant and entertaining foats or all to see. From marching bands to dance teams, something exciting happens on every strip o the parade. A great

place to have a amily or riend get-together, the Mother Goose Parade creates an energetic atmosphere. Every year the parade surprises guests with newcelebrities and an autographing session beore the parade begins. Past celebrities include Nickelodeons Drake Bell, Dukes o Hazard star John Schneider andmany more.

Location: The streets o El Cajon, Cali.Website: themothergooseparade.com

In early November, Gaslamp District takes the city back in time, creating a western town theme through the streets o Downtown San Diego. Showcasing a Wyatt Earp outlaw reenactment,traditional dress-up photography and panning or gold are just some o the un activities to participate in. In the western version o Gaslamp, resh cooked ood is waiting to be devoured in the icecream, pie or spaghetti eating contests. This ree event contains many un things to do and ood to eat and provides a great old-timey environment to walk around.

Location: Gaslamp District, Downtown San Diego, Cali.Website: gaslamp.org/all-back-estival

Julian Festivities

The Mother Goose Parade

Gaslamp Quarter Fall Back Festival

Designed by Rachel Harrell

FALL EVENTS COMPILED BY JENNA HUSSEY

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BY SEAN WOODARD

STAFF WRITER

There are lms that, ater the

lights go up in the theater, just

glue you to your seat and make you

think, Wow. Gravity is one o

those lms.

The lm director Alonso Cu-

arns long awaited ollow-up to

his critically acclaimed Children

o Men (2006), is a tour de orce

o lmmaking. Led by another Os-

car-worthy perormance by Sandra

Bullock, the lm nds a nice bal-

ance between tension, humor andpathos. The lm ollows Dr. Ryan

Stone (Bullock) and Matt Kowalski

(George Clooney) as they attempt

to make it back to Earth ater an ac-

cident leaves them adrit in space.

The lm makes the audience

care about its characters. Subtle

hints at back story color the nar-

rative, while each characters per-

sonality gives the story the needed

emotional weight to carry the lm.

Whet her it is Cloone ys

charm and dry humor in hisstatement, Houston, I think we

have a problem, he describes

the problem by comparing it

to an experience he had during

Mardi Gras o r Bull ocks shi ts

rom being rightened or strong

and determined, the chemistry is

spot on. With a lesser director

or lesser actors, the ilm would

have allen apart, despite the

outstanding visuals.

The visuals, which are nothing

short o awe-inspiring, are best ap-preciated in 3D or IMAX. The lm

is one o the best displays o digital

and 3D technology since Hugo

and Lie o Pi.

Sorry, Stanley Kubrick. Alonso

Cuarns Gravity has replaced

2001: A Space Odyssey or the

most spectacular space cinematog-

raphy. There is one thing, however,

that Gravity has in common with

Kubricks masterpiece and does to-

day what 2001 did or moviegoers

back in 1968:It dazzles the senses.

Gravity is playing at the AMC

Fashion Valley 18 and AMC Mis-

sion Valley 20.

BY ERICH RAU

STAFF WRITER

Dirty Wars is an angry story

told by an angry man. It ollows

war reporter Jeremy Scahill as he

chases the shadows o American

covert operations worldwide.

The award-winning documen-

tary premiered at Sundance Film

Festival in 2013 and is set or theat-

rical release this week.

I youve ollowed the U.S. mil-

itarys oreign involvement since9/11, parts o the story will be a-

miliar. Scahill tackles issues rom

Blackwater to drone attacks to the

assassination o American citizen

Anwar al-Awlaki and his 16-year-

old son.

But the stories in Dirty Wars are

much more personal than those told

by the major media outlets Scahill

goes straight to the people most aect-

ed by U.S. military involvement.

Some o the details he uncovers

are sickening. In Aghanistan, Sca-

hill encounters a amily victimized

by a botched kill mission. Mem-

bers o the amily recall with horror

the night U.S. military orces mis-takenly shot and killed two preg-

nant women outside their small

home in the town o Gardez.

Ater the shoot ing, a local

man captured cell phone video o

the U.S. soldiers carving the bul-

lets rom the corpses and abri-

cating their own version o what

happened.

Dirty Wars is lled with sto-

ries like these death seems to be

around every corner. Considering

the appalling details Scahill un-

covers and the stubborn resistance

rom the U.S. government, its sur-

prising that he is able to tell the sto-

ry so evenly, without resorting topropaganda or melodrama. Instead

o pointing ngers and assigning

blame, Scahill channels his anger

with questionssome o which he

rightully leaves unanswered.

Aside rom being a power-

ul political commentary, Dirty

Wars also works eectively as

narrative. The story is almost as

much about Scahill himsel as it

is about the wars. Director Rick

Rowley paints a picture o a man

consumed by obsession. His ace

becomes a portrait o the rustra-

tion and incredulity o a world

that is sick o war.

Rowley also unctioned as thecinematographer, winning the Cin-

ematography Award at Sundance.

He lls the story with rame ater

rame o rich visual poetry. It is as-

tonishing to see such beauty in the

coverage o such an ugly subject.

As with many documentaries,

this lm requires a skeptical eye.

Luckily, the lmmakers understand

this, allowing the audience to pon-

der the issues as the stories unold.

You dont have to buy into any con-

spiracy, but Dirty Wars will pro-

vide you with plenty to chew on.

Dirty Wars is available on

Netfix streaming video and can beseen in select theatres starting Oct.

22.

Review: Gravity is a masterul piece o cinema

On NetfixReview: Dirty Wars hits viewers with the hard truth

On the big screen

On television

An oldie but a goodie, theNYC crew is still makinglaughs in its ninth season. I

youve stuck with Ted, Bar-ney and the gang or eightseasons, cherish the showslast one.

Even i you havent watchedThe Walking Dead, youveprobably heard about it. Thepopular zombie show hasbeen around or three years,scaring viewers along the way.

A new NBC show, this dramaollows a criminal-mastermind-turned-FBI-agent on the look-out or a terrorist. Thrilling andaction-packed, this show is at thetop o our list.

NBC / Monday / 10 p.m.

The show already aired anemotional memorial or theloss o its star Finn Hudson,played by Cory Monteith. Butthe show must go on. Even i

you arent a true Gleek, thisshow is worth checking out.

FOX / Tuesday / 9 p.m.

With a whopping nine seasonsunder its belt, Greys returns orits tenth season. Romance, dra-ma and operating rooms makeor a continously entertainingshow.

ABC / Thursday / 9 p.m.

FALL ENTERTAINMENTWhether youre looking or an excuse to procrastinate midterms or want to celebrateater their over, weve got you covered.

CBS / Monday / 8 p.m. AMC / Sunday / 8 p.m.

Review: The top fve Fall shows you NEED to see

10/22: Passion Pit; SDSU Open Air Theatre; 7:30 p.m.

10/25: The Shining showing at The Plunge; Belmont Parks WaveHouse Athletic Club; 6:45 p.m.

10/26: PLNU Fall Festival; Caf Lane; 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

10/28: Senior Thesis Exhibition; Keller Art Gallery; all day (through Nov. 1)

PLANYOURWEEK

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PHOTO BY EDDIE MATTHEWS

Kyle Morton, lead singer o Typhoon, perormsd at UCSDs The Lot.

PHOTOS BY CASSLYN FISER

(bottom photo) Sam Bravo, Cole Petersen and Ian Kizanis perormed at Musoee a night o coee, tea and

hot chocolate on Thursday night. Not pictured are Kelsie Munroe and PLNU alum Weston Bennett on violin.

(top photo) Guimel and Victoria Sibingo (let to right) were the second act. The sister duo sang covers by

artists such as Coldplay and Paramore. The ARC was packed with more than 75 students or the event,

which started at 9:30. Senior Curtis Northum organizes the monthly events, which have been increasing in

popularity throughout the semester.

PLAN YOUR MONTH:

The annual Lomapalooza is here!

Musical Acts: The Bluffs, Coastal Access, Nick Leng

When: Nov. 2; 3:00 - 6:30 p.m.

Where: Lawn in front of Golden Gym

Do yo u want your a rtwor k displa yed at the sho w?

Contact Campus Activities Board for more details.

BY EDDIE MATTHEWS

STAFF WRITER

A crowd o about 200 roared whenlead singer and songwriter o Typhoon,Kyle Morton, said he was glad to be inSan Diego. Typhoon played last Tues-

day night at The Lot at UC SanDiegoa venue with a 30 oot longstage that puts the band right beside thecrowd. Ater the opening band WildOnes, ended their set, ans crowded anarms length away rom Typhoons twodrum sets at the ront o the stage.

Morton is the lead singer andsongwriter o Portland-based Indieband Typhoon. The 57 blue-eyedsinger gave ans high ves as he andthe other ten members o Typhooncrowded onto the stage threetrumpeters, two violinists, two drum-mers, a bassist, electric guitarist, and aukulele player. The numerous multi-instrumentalists o the band had each

o their instruments close, creating adense network o guitars, keyboards,

drums and wires.Theres a real reciprocal relation-

ship between perormer and the crowdtheyre perorming to and it couldbe as simple as how enthusiastic thecrowd is, Morton said.

The second song Typhoon playedwas Articial Light, one o Mortons

avorites o the new record White

Lighter. Morton starts this song ounison he and the electric guitaristplaying the same chords, trumpetersand violinists playing the same notes,and both drummers mirroring eachother stroke or stroke.

The song builds, then slows, thenbuilds to a climax. Midway throughMorton sings, while the emale violin-ists harmonize, to a quiet crowd:

Yes you are my sunlight / You are my

last breath of air / And I would try to hold

it / I would try to keep the moment / Like

a photograph of the sunset . . .

The momentum soon picks upagain then stops ... a ew seconds o quiet... then the band erupts shouting the last

word o the song home elongatingthe o into two waves o chorus.

Articial Light epitomizes theheart o Typhoon with lyrics that wrestle

with a question and end with joy.Three songs later, they played

The Lake, track six o WhiteLighter. It tells the story o when

Morton was a child chasing refies,then was bit by an insect that gave himLyme Disease. Ater a sharp decline inhealth including a kidney transplant,

Morton now has to take medication tokeep his immune system in line.

Its shaded my lie in a very cer-tain color, Morton said.

The song is riddled with pain. In

his lyrics, he expresses his regret to-ward his rejection o his amily:

And I was ashamed of my sister

because she held onto me when I

wasnt good enough / Im sorry,

you were the only thing I shouldve

ever lovedHe thrust his hand down with ahard strum on his red electric guitar

when he sang the word sorry. Theback o his guitar was aded rom wear.

The encore eatured Typhoons hitsong The Honest Truth, Morton

smiling as he sang. The song made mestomp and sing, matching the beat othe trumpets with my steps. At the endo the song, the whole band joins insinging: This is our darkest cave / Wellnever see the day / But slowly make

our way up to the mouth.

Its this sort o questioning, grap-pling and doubt that give the lyricstheir depth and, when sung together,

become an armation o lie.Morton spoke about a seemingly

unreachable standard he set in hismind to make a record o immensebeauty where hed eel content toquit ater he eclipsed that standard.

I dont know i I ever will, butI was certainly aiming or it on thisone, Morton said.

Review: Typhoons lyrics breathe lie at the Lot

STUDENTS SHINE AT MUSOFFEE

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sportsthe point weekly | monday, october 21, 2013

UPCOMINGEVENTS

10/21-20/23: W. Golf @ NCCAA Nationals in Panama City, Fla.

10/24: W. Volleyball vs. San Diego Christian

10/26 W. Cross Country @ NAIA West Coast Jamboree in Irvine, W. Volleyball @

Azusa Pacific, W. and M. Soccer @ Dixie State

BY KIRBY CHALLMAN

STAFF WRITER

The Green Sea Hooligans, armedwith vuvuzelas and loud voices, can beheard cheering on PLNU sports teamsat the soccer eld and in Golden Gym.

The Green Sea represents the stu-dent body present at PLNU home

games, coming to games to show sup-port and camaraderie or the student

athletes at PLNU. However, in recentyears the Green Sea has been criticizedand seen as non-existent.

You dont get as excited to play athome as you wish you did, said Trev-or Peterson, sophomore basketballplayer. Our ans are below averagecompared to the rest o the league.

According to Peterson this createsan environment that is unwelcoming

to the players and creates a lack o en-joyment when playing at home.

The one game that brings out aull crowd is homecoming. This is a

week-long event that leads up to thebasketball game on Saturday night.Sam Okhotin, sophomore, is startinghis second year on the basketball team

or PLNU.A ull crowd energizes the whole

team and creates a six on ve mental-ity, Okhotin said.Okhotin also added that a large

crowd acts as intimidation towardsthe other team, which gives the eel ohome court advantage.

A.J Borland, Coordinator oSchool Spirit, creates events basedaround school spirit, attends all sport-ing events and brings as much school

spirit as possible to the school.Borland is the leader o the entire

Green Sea and the Green Sea Hoo-ligans. The Hooligans are a group ove to six students that gave ull com-mitment to the Green Sea. They at-tend each game and use their blusterous

voices to cheer on our student athletes.

We are at each game to show e-ort and care or the student athletes,

but ve student attendees besides[himsel] and the Hooligans, just is notgoing to cut it, Borland said.

Our three all sports teams aredoing really well this year, which hasmade attendance go up, said Bor-land. He added that the success o thePLNU athletics in bringing in crowdsthat are noticeable.

We really want to be behind our

athletes and build a rapport with thesport teams, Borland said.

The teams know when ans are at gamesmaking it important or the student body tocome to games according to Borland.

It is a bummer when the playersknow there isnt a crowd as we should bethere supporting them. Said Borland

But showing up to games isntthe only way or students to show

school spirit, according to Borland.The Green Sea Hooligans are tryingto promote school spirit outside othe sport events themselves by askingstudents to wear school colors everyriday in support o weekend athleticevents. Green and Gold Friday, that isthe events chosen moniker, is set to do

just that.We thought that having an opportu-

nity to wear school colors on Friday wouldbe a cool way to show that, said Borland.We have these athletes that are workingreally hard and rankly a lot o them dontget the support they deserve.

Borland is also in charge o plan-ning events surrounded by sportgames in a hope to bring a larger

crowd. These events will include at-shirt give away at uture volleyball

game and a white-out basketball game.Events help bring large crowdsto games, said Borland

Borland says that there are otherthings to plan on any given evening,but the support o our student athletesrelies on the Green Sea. Join us andthe ellow Hooligans at the next homegame to show our support o PLNUathletics, Borland said.

GREEN ANDGOLD

FRIDAYS

Every Friday the

Green Sea is

challenging students,

staf and aculty to

sport their PLNU

colors in support o

the various athletic

teams on campus.PHOTO COURTESY PLNU SPORTS INFORMATIONMembers o last years Green Sea are pictured here at last years homecoming basketball game. The Green Sea is back in action this year and h as

introduced Green and Gold Fridays, which will occcur every Friday, especially leading up to this years homcoming basketball game.

JAKES TAKE: King James reigns supreme in NBA

BY JACOB ROTH

COLUMNIST

LeBron James is by ar the bestbasketball player in the world.

Hes won the past two NBA titleswith the Miami Heat and our o thelast ve MVP awards. Last season heaveraged 26.8 points per game (ourth

in the NBA) on 56.5 percent shooting(th) as well as 7.3 assists (10th) andeight rebounds per game (21st). Theman is in another universe comparedto the rest o the league.

I you love basketball, then youlove LeBron James whether you re-alize it or not.

Many NBA ans admire him orhis undeniable greatness on the court.In act, an ESPN Sports poll this sum-mer ound that LeBron is the NBAs

most popular player (the 10-year vet-eran took 12.9 percent o the vote).

O course you might hate LeBron,

which is just another way o saying youlove rooting against him. Its no secret that

a lot o ans still loathe James or his De-cision to leave his hometown ClevelandCavaliers to sign with ellow stars, Dwy-ane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami.

But i you think about it, James as

the villain on the leagues most reviledteam is absolutely great or the NBA andor sports in general. Dallas Mavericksowner and Shark Tank panelist MarkCuban, whose Mavericks took down theHeat in the 2011 NBA Finals the rst

year ater LeBron took his talents toSouth Beach, seems to think so.

Thats always good or the NBAwhen you have a team that everybodylooks orward to beating, Cuban saidFriday in an interview with NBA.coms Je Caplan.

Right now LeBrons career is onsuch a high trajectory that even hismost adamant detractors cant logi-cally deny that hell go down as one othe greatest ever to play the game.

Four MVP awards? Only Bill Rus-sell (ve), Wilt Chamberlain (our),Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (six) and Michael

Jordan (our) can say that not LarryBird (three), not Magic Johnson (three)and denitely not Kobe Bryant (justone). Four in ve years? Only Russell

shares that distinction with James.On Jan. 16, James became the

youngest player to reach 20,000 career

points at 28 years 17 days, breakingBryants previous record by more than one

year. However, scoring is clearly not hisonly specialty. Jamess 36 triple doubles arealready seventh all-time. Hes averaged 7.3rebounds and 6.9 assists or his career Oscar Robertson-like numbers while

also doubling as arguably the best wingdeender in the league.

On any given night, James is capableo almost completely shutting downany other player in the league. Hesbeen voted to the NBA All-DeensiveFirst Team each o the past ve seasons,

which makes sense considering he hasspent time successully guarding all vepositions on the court.

The act o the matter is theresnever been anyone who has playedbasketball as eectively as LeBron

James. He is the hoops ideal: 6 oot8 inches and 250 pounds with an out-o-this-solar-system vertical leap andsmoldering quickness at Akron,Ohios St. Vincent-St. Mary highschool he was a two-time all-state widereceiver recruited by Notre Dame andOhio State beore a broken wrist hissenior year ended his ootball career.

Yet none o this stops his critics romtrying to poke holes in his game. Hedeers to teammates too much, he took

the easy path to a title, he shrinks in theclutch its always the same things.

In act, ESPN anonymously sur-

veyed 26 current NBA players, andnot one o them said theyd want

James to take the nal shot with thegame on the line 88 percent choseJordan while 12 percent picked Bry-ant. Although, thats really more o atribute to the other two than a shot a

James crunch-time chops.Ater the survey, ESPN Stats & In-

ormation ound that, or game-tying orgo-ahead eld goals in the nal 24 sec-onds o the ourth quarter or overtimeo postseason games, James has actuallyshot a much higher percentage (41.2,7-17) or his career than Bryant (25 per-cent, 7-28), though Jordan easily takesthe cake at 50 percent (9-18).

There have been times in the pastwhen James has ailed drastically in bigmoments. He wilted in the 2011 Finals

against Dallas and elt apart in GameFive o the Eastern Conerence semi-nals against the Boston Celtics the

year beore. But anyone who doubtsJamess clutch pedigree needs to lookno urther than the last two games othe NBA Finals this season.

Note: this is going to be anextremely painul paragraph or me.

Down three games to two againstthe San Antonio Spurs this colum-nists avorite team in the world

James threw down a triple double (32points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds) inGame Six, and dominated Game Sev-

en with 37 points and 12 boards. Ev-eryone remembers Ray Allens stun-

ning 3-pointer that sent the game intoovertime, but what about LeBrons3-pointer that brought the game backin reach? King James had 14 points inthe ourth quarter that game.

The man simply cannot bestopped. Hes not competing withKevin Durant or Derrick Rose orthe San Antonio Spurs; hes going upagainst the all-time greats.

Granted, James has a long way togo beore he could even start to layclaim to being the G.O.A.T. Hes onlygot two rings, even though he prob-ably wouldve won more i he hadhad anything resembling a competentront oce and roster surroundinghim in Cleveland. Still, the man is only

28 years old. He has plenty o time torake in the accolades.

Michael Jordan will remain thenearly unanimous choice or great-est o all time until urther notice.But LeBron James nds himsel in theunique place o having the chance toone day unseat His Airness.

Instead o constantly trying topick apart his rsum, lets all just sitback and appreciate that we are able to

watch greatness unold in ront o us

every day.

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BY AMY WILLIAMS

STAFF WRITER

Sophomore Daniel ten Bosch wasselected as the PacWest Mens SoccerPlayer o the Week or the second timethis year. He is an engineering physics

major rom Irvine, Cali. and has beenplaying soccer or 13 years. He wasrecruited by ormer coach Tim Hall,

which was one o the reasons he chosePLNU out o the other oers he had.

The Player o the Week title isgiven to someone out o the 14 schools in

PacWests conerence who does somethingout o the ordinary in the games that theyplay, according to ten Bosch. He alsoreceived this award in September.

The Point Weekly talked to tenBosch about soccer, his busy schedule,and his second time being named

Player o the Week.

Point Weekly: How did you frst

get into soccer?

Daniel ten Bosch: My amily is acomplete soccer amily. My dad playedsoccer, my mom, both my sisters. Not

my brother, hes the odd one out. Hesa decathlete. Basically I just grew upwith it being our amily sport so Iwas...not orced, but it was the cultureo our amily.

PW: What else do you like to do

or un? Or can you do or un?

DtB: Thats such a hard question be-cause I honestly go rom soccer at 6:30in the morning to class. From class I goto the library, to the ca, back to the li-brary. Whenever I have class, Ill go toclass but I basically stay in the libraryuntil 1:30 in the morning, then go tosleep, wake up and do it all over again,pretty much every day. I do nothing. I

have no social lie at this point.

PW: How does it eel getting it

or the second time?

DtB: It eels pretty good but ulti-mately with team success comes indi-

vidual success so I eel like its more orthe team and not just or me. All o myindividual assists and goals are results

o the teams work as a whole.

PW: Why did you choose

Point Loma?

DtB: Well the coachs name wasTim Hall that recruited me and I re-ally loved him but then I got a call

rom him saying that he was not go-ing to be the coach anymore so I hadto seriously re-evaluate my choice.

They didnt tell us who the new headcoach was going to be and then aterI ound out, I said I was just going topush through it. Hes (Phil Wol) the

best coach Ive ever had in my entirelie. This is just the right school or meanyway. I wasnt going to go to a hugepublic school because I dont eel likeI belong there.

PW: How has the season been so

ar or you personally and or the team?

DtB: I you compare it to last year,its a whole new world. This year the

coach did a good job by bringing in,I think 14 new players and theyre all

antastic players.

PW: Do you have anything else that

you think people should know about you?

DtB: I live a pretty bland lie herebut I love what I do. I love engineeringand I love my work schedule.

Ten Bosch recognized by PacWest

PHOTO COURTESY OF PLNU SPORTS INFORMATION

Sophomore orward Daniel ten Bosch has been selected the Pacic West Conerence Mens Soccer Player o

the Week twice this season.

Golfers head to NCCAA Nationals in Florida

PHOTO COURTESY OF PLNU SPORTS INFORMATION

From let: Annika Nousiainen, Mariah Fuller, Macy Douglas, Andrea Mersino, Kathleen Crossley and Alyssa Orito are pictured here at the Birdies or Breast Cancer Tournament hosted byUC Riverside on Oct. 10. The Sea Lions nished seventh in the team competition and head to Florida or NCCAA Nationals this week.

BY TAVIS ROBERTSON

STAFF WRITER

PLNUs Womens gol begins theyear with big competition NCCAANationals. Having only competed inonly two tournaments so ar this year,they are o to a big start.

Beginning Monday, the team willbegin competing or the champion-ship in Florida against the other teamsin the conerence. The competition

will be tough, but the team is still con-dent they can hold their own.

We have a chance o winning the

tournament, said Jacqui McSorley,head coach. There are some reallygood teams playing this year, but weare ranked in the top hal o the eld,

so thats good.And she isnt alone in thinking so.

In both completed all tournamentsand the team practices this year, theplayers have been been getting goodscores across the board, boding wellor their chances o winning, said An-drea Mersino, junior player.

We have a good team, said ju-nior Annika Nousiainen. I we allplay to our strengths, and we all play

well, we can totally win it. We justneed to know that we can win it.

Team play, however, is only oneaspect o collegiate gol. Because o the

individual nature o the sport, not only dothe players compete as a team, each playeralso competes or an individual placementas well. And the team has players that

are denitely capable o winning in theindividual game, said McSorley.

Our starting roster is closerbunched than anyone elses, said Mc-Sorley. I you go to any o the othertop schools, their number one and twoplayers are very separated rom theirnumber our and ve. Ours are closertogether. I any one o them plays theirbest gol, they could win.

But the individual game is not theonly aspect or which PLNU has acompetitive edge.

Its a solo game, but at the sametime all o our scores count or the

team, said Mersino. There is theteam competition where the team withthe lowest score wins and I eel like wecan do pretty well.

But with the actual season notbeginning until the spring semester,

the two completed tournaments andthe NCCAA championship all into asmall pre-season window. And beingan NCAA division II team, they aresubject to that leagues rules andcannot practice as a team in the oseason, said Mersino.

While McSorley said the NCCAANationals will be a great way to end theall season, the team practices will notoccur again until just beore the springseason begins in February. Individualpractice will, however, continue.

But until the championship hasconcluded, the team is ocused onlyon the three-day competition begin-ning Monday. And even that might be

urther ahead than they are looking.Its a delicate balance, Said

McSorley. You want to ocus onwinning, but you cant just ocus onwinning. You have to ocus on oneshot at a time.

But McSorley is looking at notonly how the team can play their bestat NCCAA Nationals, but also howthey can play well in the context otheir entire season.

I just want the girls to use this as aspring-board into our spring season,said McSorley. I think any one othem, individually, can play really well;

now we just need all o them to playsome o their best gol.

Mens Soccer

10/14: Win 2-0 vs. Holy Names 10/19: Loss 0-4 vs. California Baptist

Womens Volleyball

10/17: Win 3-0 vs. Chaminade 10/18: Loss 1-3 vs. BYU-Hawaii 10/19: Win 1-3 vs. Hawaii Hilo

SEA LION SCORES

Womens Soccer

10/14: Win 2-0 vs. Holy Names 10/19: Loss 0-3 vs. California Baptist

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#LomaChatterHave something to say? Submit yourrandom thoughts, unny comments, or

opinions! Text your #LomaChatter to619-630-0728

Miley rocks. #hannahmontanafan

#WECANTSTOP

Girls in Klassen yelling aboutpopcorn...Im sure youll survive.

That awkward moment when a guyin the library is playing his music

too loud, and its T-Swift. Unsure ofwhether to judge or applaud...

One day Ill wake up and I wontbe tired. And at that point, Ill be

retired...

Is a friendship break-up a thing.I think it describes it better than

falling out.

A trip to Cup Of Yo is always atreat when some awesome Loma

ladies are workin #2thumbsup#kaseyandabby

Just paid $7 to see a movie!

Everyone, go to the morningsessions! Youll save a bunch!

A shout out to all governmentworkers. So glad shutdowns over!

Everyones talking about the caf,but the sushi night on Friday was

awesome!

I still think its so weird to see boyscoming out of Nease all the time.Things sure have changed around

here.

I have only been to chapel threetimes this year.................................

Beards: What they dont tell you about growing oneBY TAVIS ROBERTSON

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR

Responsibility is a ickle

mistress.When a boy gets older, he

starts noticing a ew changes.His voice gets lower, his emo-tions more intense and hegets certain... urges.

Compulsions he cannot

control or understand, theytake hold o him and we canonly hope that he waits to sat-isy them.

The point is not to talk

about the importance owaiting; that is sel-evident.When a young man goesor it, it rarely works out

well,and never is the occa-sion met with the responsi-bility that bringing a new be-ing into the world requires.

I play the responsibilitycard because a young mannever knows what he is get-ting into beore hand. Thereare just some things theydont tell you about growinga beard.

Youd think it would bethe itchiness.There are certain things

they never told me beore Igrew a beard. I had to learn

as I went and I dont claimto have learned all, not by along shot.

But I have learned a ew

things. Lets break this down:

1. A beard truly has a lie

o its own.

You cant tame it and it

just resents you when you try.2. It has its own gravity feld.

Whether it is eggs ,milk, salad dressing, smallcreatures i it comes tooclose, it will ind its wayall up in the beard, settle

in and, who knows, maybeeven start a amily.

3. It doesnt clean up

ater itsel.

Youre going to have to

learn to worry about the needso more than your own, andthat includes hygiene. We aretalking the ull treatment; you

have to shampoo it, conditionit, and trim away stray hairs. Itis a serious commitment.

4. The beard underground.

Im breaking the rst tworules here, but this is serious there is a secret beard so-ciety with its own rules andcode o etiquette. The mostimportant rule is i two beardscross paths, the smaller beard

must always yield to the big-ger beard. ALWAYS.

5. No ice cream.

This is, by ar, the worstthing they never tell you. You

cant have an ice cream conewithout making a showercommitment to yoursel. And

yes, I said shower. A quick

sink rinse doesnt work.Beard-growing is a sacred

and time-honored traditiondating back to the dawn o the

human race. Countless menhave decorated their lip with amustache, warded o the cold

with muttonchops, or goneull lumberjack, a testamentto the resilience o man.

You dont choose the

beard lie; the beard liechooses you. It chose methis summer and it has beena beautiul experience.Please, take the respon-

sibility seriously, becauseyou never know when itmight choose you.

Unless youre a woman.

BY IAN CRANE

SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR

Ater reading sta writer JulianneValleras article Miley Cyrus sets badexample, I thought I should launchinto a socio-historical analysis o emi-nist thought and discuss the ways thatsociety has placed womens bodies un-der an almost-non-metaphorical lockand key.

Then, I thought that I should launchinto a very delicate analysis o the lan-

guage o oppression in Valleras article,highlighting the problems associated

with slut-shaming and assuming oneis addressing a homogenous audience(which, hint: one never is).

But mostly, I just elt like I shouldgrab my closest latex underwear, croptop and oam nger and go to town.

You see, the problem with MileyCyruss new image is that its bold. And

were not used to or comortable withwomen being bold.

Third-wave eminism is a pret-ty new thing. First-wave eminism,

which happened in the late 19th and

early 20th centuries, was the earliesteminist movement and aced some

pretty obvious opponents. First-wave

eminism ocused on de jure, or legalinequalities. It primarily ocused ongaining voting and property rights.

Looking back, it is more than appar-ent that there were great inequalitiesduring this time.

Then, second-wave eminism hap-pened rom, roughly, the early 1960suntil the 1980s. It started in the UnitedStates and had much broader aims thanits rst-wave counterpart.

The goal o second-wave eminismwas to establish social equality. It ocused

on issues like sexuality, amily, the work-place and the role that women play in all o

these arenas. It also ocused on reproduc-tive rights and sexual assault issues.

Now, we nd ourselves in third-wave eminism, a specic brand oeminism that is hard or a lot opeople to stomach--probably becausethird-wave eminism attempts to trulymake women equal.

Third-wave eminism began inthe late 1980s and early 1990s and hascontinued into the present. One o themain aims o third-wave eminism is topush back against essentialist ideals o

emininity and what it means to be awoman, embracing instead the varied

and diverse category o woman, i such

category can even be said to exist.Post-structuralist thought, in gen-

eral, attempts to look into language and

examine how certain binaries--such asmale/emale, masculine/eminine, in-sane/sane--certain binaries that we as-sume to be real, natural and normal areactually created, regulated and main-tained in order to privilege certain sideso these perceived natural binaries.

A large aim o third-wave emi-nism is that o reclamation, takingback that which has been taken away

or many years.I would like to, or a moment,

suggest that maybe Miley Cyrus dis-play o sexuality is working alongsidethese goals. That, maybe, the reasonthat we react negatively is because

we are not used to such an upront,powerul display o sexuality comingrom a woman.

Cyrus display o sexuality is notpassive, is not merely allowing herselas a site o sexuality, being acted uponby her masculine counterpart. Herdisplay o sexuality is, instead, bold,aggressive, strong.

This is not a particularly emi-nine sexuality.

I would like to suggest, or a mo-

ment, that maybe the problem withMiley Cyrus isnt so much about Mileyas it is about us.

Admittedly, this article is entirelytoo short. I have not claimed to sup-port Miley Cyruss cultural appropria-tion in many o her videos. Mileys useo a culture that is not hers both exoti-cizes and trivializes a very large groupo people.

Mileys use o people o dierentethnic backgrounds as merely props inher We Cant Stop video or her iconic

VMAs perormance is entirely inappro-priate and should ace strong criticism.

Finally, the act that Cyrus chose tosing Blurred Lines, a hit single whichpromotes, glories and perpetuates theharmul language o rape culture, withRobin Thicke during her iconic VMAsperormance, is appalling.

But let us criticize Miley or theright reasons, taking a careul, criti-cally thought approach and never ail-ing to dive deeper and deeper into thehistory o thought.

In conclusion, to quote Jay-Z inhis single Somewhereinamerica,

twerk, Miley, twerk. And then twerksome more.

In Deense o Miley: Third-wave Feminismand The Importance o Body Reclamation

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