CAMPUSCHRONICLEISSUE 12 - VOL XCI - MAY 14PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE

2 Campus Chronicle no.12

I apologize in advance for your witty mastermind of an editor, David O’Hair, will be absent from this page today. My name is Ricky Barbosa, and I am the editor in chief of Walla Walla University’s school newspaper, The Collegian. I’m also something of a fanboy of the Campus Chronicle, waiting for the next issue like some covet the next episode of Game of Thrones.

It’s surprising how little I know about Pacific Union College — I visited once for a weekend, and all I remember

is some stunning scenery, exorbitant prices, stories of a bizarre birthday tradition involving a fountain, and a place called Junie’s (Goonies? Giugni’s? Jueknees?) with a killer sandwich. A cursory Wikipedia search reveals that you also had a chance to take a Psychology of Star Trek course last year.

What is clear to me is that PUC is a place that fosters diversity and creativity in every form. I encourage you all to continue to allow God to teach you and lead you to good places.

On a final note, don’t forget to show some love for the Campus Chronicle. Bigger newspapers may be facing their doom, but small papers like yours do an excellent job of asking the right questions and entertaining a very specific audience: you.

Peace and blessings from Walla Walla!

Ricky Barbosa Editor-in-Chief The Collegian of WWU

Editor’s Letter, Walla Walla Edition By Ricky Barbosa

Editor-in-ChiefDavid O’Hair

Assistant EditorNic Miller

Layout EditorTaylor Smith

Features EditorTaylor Pittenger

News EditorTara Hattendorf

Sports EditorTrent Broeckel

Opinion EditorCarlo Pean

Backpage EditorAmanda Navarrete

Copy EditorsEmily Mathe

Jessica WintersLaura Helms Pascale Pean

Faculty AdvisersLynne ThewMichelle Rai

Cover ArtTaylor Smith

Questions or comments? Email dcohair@puc.edu

DO YOU HAVE ANIDEA

TO SUBMIT TO THECAMPUS CHRONICLE?

Well that’s nice of you. Go ahead and email it to

dcohair@puc.edu

vol. xci May 14, 2015 3

Name: Nathan ShueyAge: 24Major(s): English and Spanish

Thesis: Nathan Shuey’s thesis project is titled “The Supernatural as the Natural in Sir Orfeo.” Sir Orfeo is a retelling of a classical story and it is the first English text that deals with fairies. Orfeo’s wife is abducted and, rather than dying as she does in the original story, Orfeo embarks on a quest to retrieve her from her supernaturel captives. He is only able to do so by growing close to nature during a 10-year quest period. Shuey decided to further develop an academic paper he had previously written on this medieval text. This project led to his decision to study Medieval Literature in graduate school.

Advice: “When you realize that there might be a paper that you want to use for your thesis, immediately go back to it and start working on it. Keep up your momentum and motivation.”

Name: Conor RussellAge: 22Major(s): American History

Thesis: Conor Russell’s thesis project is about the history of Japan’s modernization and its entry into the world stage from the 1860s until the outbreak of World War II. Russell argues that Japan modeled itself after the West in order to prevent western power’s influence. Russell decided to focus on Japan after taking an intro to Asian history class.

Advice: “Do something that interests you. Start thinking about it early, and as you go through it, focus on what you are passionate about, so that other school projects can tie in that.”

Name: Sarah HallAge: 22Major(s): Biomathematics

Thesis: Sarah Hall’s thesis project focuses on using mathematical modeling in the medical field. Hall wanted to incorporate two of her passions, math and science, in a project that would use computer software to analyze Ebola data. Hall started her project this past winter and will be working hard to complete it right up until her presentation date at the end of May.

Advice: Hall advises students to start early on their projects, so that they will have time to think ideas through and do enough research. She emphasizes the depth of the workload, saying, “Students don’t realize just how much time they have to spend on it.”

Senior Thesis Project Profiles By Cristina Fariaz

An End to the R-Word By Cristina Fariaz

Whether you are dealing with an annoy-ing person who does not understand that you want to be left alone, wrestling with some self-esteem issues or working on a project that did not turn out the way you wished it would have, there are many words you could use to convey your emotions. “They’re so frustrating.” “I felt like a total loser.” “That cake came out looking horrible.”

Walking around campus, it is not uncom-mon to hear a different word being used to convey something negative, something ugly, something stupid. “Retard” and “retarded” are still commonly used as synonyms for things people deem dumb or stupid. The R-word is derogatory, and while someone may think that using it is “no big deal,” the cessation of using the word is extremely important to a marginalized group of people who are hurt by its use. The R-word reinforces painful stereo-

types about people with disabilities. Using the R-word to describe something negative is tell-ing people with mental disabilities that a part of their identity is bad.

The meaning of words shifts over time. Lan-guage is fluid. The R-word is no longer accept-able to use because it has come to be used in offensive and derogatory ways. A campaign entitled “Spread the Word to End the Word” has developed to enlist people to pledge to stop using the R-word. The campaign describes the shift the word experienced from a clinical term to one used to enforce stereotypes and further oppress a marginalized group of peo-ple: “When they were originally introduced, the terms ‘mental retardation’ or ‘mentally re-tarded’ were medical terms with a specifically clinical connotation; however, the pejorative forms, ‘retard’ and ‘retarded’ have been used widely in today’s society to degrade and insult

people with intellectual disabilities.”What do we do now?

In 2010, President Barack Obama signed a bill that removed the terms “mental retarda-tion” and “mentally retarded” from all federal health, education and labor processes. These words are now antiquated, and are no longer used. We still have a long way to go in order to remove the R-word from common daily usage.I understand that removing a commonly used word from your vocabulary can be difficult, but it is both possible and necessary. Much like “that’s so gay,” the usage of which on campus has seen reduction over the past few years, I know that the R-word usage can be reduced as well. Let us eliminate words that hurt other people.

It is important to remember that being an outsider to a community is a hard experience. Most people have experienced this feeling

4 Campus Chronicle no.12

It is time to ditch the coats, boots, heavy scarves and sweaters for something more lightweight and bright — but do not get over-whelmed by all the pastels, stripes and sea of clothing on the racks at the nearest Forever 21. Instead take a breath, read this article and then go shopping with the knowledge of what the trends for this spring/summer season will be.

The first major trend spotted for this spring/summer season is Gingham, as seen on the spring runways of designers like Diane Von Furstenburg, Altuzarra, and Oscar de la Renta. Designers featured this pattern on everything from two-piece suits and belted dresses to skirts. What is the difference between ging-ham and plaid? While plaid evokes a ‘90s era grunge feel, a gingham pattern is much preppi-er with its tight-checker pattern.

Another trend seen on the spring runway was suede. A resurfacing of this ‘70s era staple was seen with faded olive-tone trench coats, camel-colored dresses and bell-bottom pants from Emilio Pucci, Jason Wu and Derek Lam. There was a wide variety of ‘70s trends spotted on the runways, so you can count on suede and other trends continuing into the fall season (something to think about when shopping).

Of course, it would not be spring fashion without florals. While not ground breaking, it is a summer staple. Designer Michael Kors sent models down the runway in belted floral skirts paired with simple button-down tops. Incor-porating florals is a no-brainer for an instant

spring wardrobe update and is the easiest way to update your wardrobe.

Out with the black lace of winter and in with white lace and sheer fabrics. Valentino, Erdem and Givenchy all featured this trend in their spring/summer collections. Many models were sent down the runways in sheer tops and simple white babydoll dresses perfect for sum-mer music festivals.

Denim was also all over the spring runways. Dolce and Gabbana chose to embellish their denim jeans while Gucci went for denim jack-ets and wide-legged pants.

Another ‘70s inspired trend this spring is fringe. Models walked the runways of Proenza Schouler and Giambattista Valli in drop waist dresses and skirts with fringe detail. This trend has already been spotted on several celebrities at events like Coachella.

Pastels are another spring staple that were seen on the runways. However, the shades of pastel were soft blues and yellows instead of the typical pinks and purples.

Overall, the spring/summer 2015 runways had a lot of ‘70s Bohemian vibes. Now just be-cause you may not be into the whole boho-chic style, it doesn’t mean you cannot incorporate elements from it into your style for this sum-mer. Remember, trends are just that — trends. Find ways to incorporate them into your own style.

Spring Fashion Trends By Janet Morales

before. Being constantly reminded that your identity is different from the norm is a horrible way to live. We need to be more understand-ing, and we need to recognize that each time we used the R-word we are keeping it alive, while somewhere out there is a person who is being hurt by the words we decide to use.

The acceptable term is “intellectual disabili-ty.” There are a ton of words you can use instead of the R-word to describe something negative. We don’t define people by their disabilities,

and we shouldn’t use disabilities to put people down. Language affects the way we think and feel about people and the things around us. The Special Olympics words this beautifully: “Respectful and inclusive language is essential to the movement for the dignity and humanity of people with intellectual disabilities.”

So the next time you hear someone on cam-pus use the R-word, give them a friendly heads-up. A lot of the time, people might not know that the word is offensive. Three years ago,

when I decided to end my usage of the R-word, I slipped up occasionally. A quick “Sorry, I know that word is mean, and I’m trying to re-move it from my vocabulary,” goes a long way. People are people. Let us make sure everyone feels included.

vol. xci May 14, 2015 5

U.S. Supreme Court Deciding on Same-Sex MarriageBy Tara HattendorfIn what could be a historic decision for the

country, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 began trying a case to determine the constitu-tionality of states banning same-sex marriage. Supreme Court justices began the oral argu-ments with a two and a half hour discussion on the merits and history of same-sex as well as traditional marriage. A final ruling on same-sex marriage is expected to come in June. A positive ruling would legalize same-sex mar-riage in all of the United States.

The Court agreed in January to judge a con-solidation of four cases from states that upheld bans on same-sex marriage. According to the Court’s statement on hearing the case, the Court is seeking to answer two questions in the process: “1. Does the Fourteenth Amend-ment require a state to license a marriage be-tween two people of the same sex? 2. Does the Fourteenth Amendment require a state to rec-ognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully li-censed and performed out-of-state?” Original-ly created to protect freed slaves after the Civ-il War, the Fourteenth Amendment ensures “equal protection” and “due process,” both of which guarantee equal rights for all citizens

under the law. While in 2013 the Court ruled that same-

sex couples were entitled to receive federal ben-efits, it left the decision on whether or not the marriages were legal to the individual states. Currently 37 states, including California, al-low same-sex marriage. A Supreme Court de-cision could not force states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states, but it could force states to legalize same-sex marriage for their own citizens.

When Court justices held oral arguments on same-sex marriage April 28, the arguments centered on legal issues regarding same-sex marriage, predominantly if banning it was discrimination based on sexuality. Through-out the oral arguments justices avoided argu-ing based on religious reasons, but protestors and supporters of same-sex marriage made their point with signs and shouting outside the Court. One example featured in the arguments was Ancient Greece, which, though literature and other records show Greece was accepting of same-sex relationships, it still kept marriage between people of the opposite sex.

The Court also discussed one mentality be-hind marriage, which defines the purpose of

marriage as for having children. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg countered this saying, “Sup-pose a couple, a 70-year-old couple comes in and they want to get married. You don’t have to ask them any questions. You know they are not going to have any children.” Ginsburg’s point was that although the elderly couple would not be having any children, they would still be legally allowed to marry, despite some defend-ing heterosexual marriage based on them being able to have children.

Along with legal issues many hypothetical situations were presented about the potential-ly broad results of federally legalized same-sex marriage. One concern of many defenders of heterosexual-only marriage is that if same-sex marriage were legalized it could open the door for legalized polygamy as well as inter-family marriages.

Based on their previous decisions on cases related to same-sex marriage, as well as their comments during the oral arguments, the nine Supreme Court justices are fairly evenly divid-ed. Arguments and decisions will continue out of the public eye for the next few months until the Court reaches a final decision.

What Spring Means for PUC Athletics By Quinton Hamilton

Spring quarter is a busy time for many stu-dents all around campus. With so many events going on, people are bombarded with priori-ties and many things can go unnoticed. One thing that cannot be ignored is the absence of normally scheduled practices or games for PUC athletic teams.

PUC has a number of teams that compete in the Cal Pac Conference every year with dif-ferent practices taking place from August to the end of winter quarter in March. But during spring quarter, the gym and fields are not mud-dled with sanctioned-league athletics like nor-mal. Why?

Spring quarter in the Cal Pac is reserved

for outdoor sports such as men and women’s golf and softball, which we do not have here at PUC. Despite the absence of those sports, stu-dent athletes are able to play intramurals—an option that is welcomed with open arms since they are not able to participate during their season per NAIA rules.

Spring quarter is a time for athletes to recu-perate from the long, hard schedules they have to face during their respective seasons. It is the time for them to take care of nagging injuries that may have been bothering them during the season so they will be able to come back stron-ger than ever.

Spring is also an important time for coach-

es. It allows them to look back on the successes and struggles of their past season and find ways to improve.

“We have time to rework the way we do things in detail,” says Brittany Brown, head women’s volleyball coach and athletic director. “During season we can’t break things down as much with constant games.”

A big part of a coach’s job at any level is the responsibility to recruit. Recruiting is another integral part of what spring quarter is used for in the athletics department. Coaches bring po-tential players on campus to go through work-outs and scrimmage with the current team. This is how coaches get better players and, as

6 Campus Chronicle no.12

a school, the program has the opportunity to grow.

The biggest task there is for the athletics de-partment to accomplish during spring quarter is checking eligibility. It is the responsibility of the athletics director and each individual coach to make sure each player they are recruiting or

that is returning will be able to put on a Pio-neer jersey next year.

It is important for them to check transcripts of newcomers and make sure returning players kept their grades up this year in order to main-tain the GPA required by the conference to be eligible.

These are just a few of the many tasks that are tackled by the athletics department during spring quarter. In season or not, there is always work to be done.

Baltimore Orioles Play To Empty Stadium By Trent Broeckel

On Wednesday, April 29, the Baltimore Ori-oles played against the Chicago White Sox in their home stadium, Camden Yards. However, there was just one thing missing—the fans. In light of the protests and riots surrounding Freddie Gray’s arrest, the Orioles announced that their Monday and Tuesday games would be postponed with Wednesday’s game closed to the public — the first in MLB history. Pro-tests and riots aside, this event brings up an interesting question regarding the mainstream American competitive sport culture. Have modern professional American sports been de-signed for the fans?

Professional sports teams such as the Ori-oles depend on ticket sales in order to make money. The more revenue the club makes, then the more money they have to spend on purchasing better players. An important piece of this puzzle to consider is the role of TV

markets. Yes, ticket sales are a source of club revenue, but recently TV deals have become the primary way to inject a sports team with money. For example, the Los Angeles Dodgers have the biggest payroll in MLB this year at over $278 million. To put that in perspective, the Houston Astros operate with only $70 million. Part of the reason the Dodgers have so much money is because of their 2013 TV deal with Time Warner Cable worth an estimated $7 billion. That is an insane amount, but TV companies understand that watching the game at home is more appealing to casual fans. To at-tend a game you must buy a ticket, drive to the stadium, pay for parking and buy overpriced stadium food if you get hungry. It costs more money and requires more work, so why not just watch it at home?

That being said, teams need their fans. Home field advantage plays a real role. Crowd

noise and energy can directly affect play on the field. The Seattle Seahawks fans are called the 12th Man because they are so loud and their presence is felt during home games. On a regu-lar basis, they can get visiting teams to commit false start penalties by being loud enough for the linesmen to not hear their quarterback. Playing at home in front of a home crowd is also an issue of comfort for the players. Balti-more relief pitcher Zach Britton was quoted after the game saying, “It’s worse when you’re standing out there on the mound and you can hear yourself think. It makes you appreciate the fans who come out and support you. It felt like we were playing in a ghost town.”

The game did not just have the easiest ques-tion of “Guess the Attendance” ever, but was a representation of the importance of fans to sports.

vol. xci May 14, 2015 7

Sun streaks through eyes nearly a century old—retired PUC professor Alice Holst will celebrate her 100th birthday in July. Holst is a world traveler, a secretarial perfectionist and, with a fellow instructor, the first in the com-munity to own a home as a woman. The only way to live experiences before our time is to lis-ten to the stories about them—sitting in her living room, she begins to tell me her story.

As the daughter of an Adventist mission-ary-turned-pastor, Holst had to pay her own way through college, sleeping only four to five hours on a good night. A typical day would re-flect more than 10 hours of work, with another three to four spent in class on top of that. Her only time to complete assigned homework was walking between her classes and during her job at the college switchboard.

After seven years of struggling to pay for tu-ition, she was ready to graduate as valedictori-an of PUC’s graduating class. The only thing holding her back from receiving a diploma? 15 dollars. Over a period of four years, Holst was able to return the money loaned to her by Esther Benton (aunt to our dear mathemat-ics professor). To explain how this took such a long time, Holst says, “Men were paid $24, while we, as only women, were paid $12.” She also clarifies that this pay gap has closed over time, saying the issue has “gotten a lot better since then.”

Holst waits patiently, the words lurking be-hind her eyes. I carefully ask about her duties as the dean of girls where she first taught, Broad-view Academy. Her responsibilities included ensuring the female students wore clothes with the appropriate skirt length, sleeve length and cleavage coverage. She also managed campus

outings for the female students and any home leaves they might request. Additionally, she taught classes in typing and served as the li-brarian.

In 1948, after serving and teaching at At-lantic Union College, Holst moved to PUC. Holst worked as the chair of the department of secretarial studies and was involved in a num-ber of other campus activities, including play-ing the organ. She also organized a convention for SDA secretarial studies professors, held at Walla Walla.

Holst recalls her worst nightmare: suddenly and inexplicably being fired from the school she had belonged to for more than twenty years.

After her time at PUC, which ended in 1963, Holst went on to teach at Napa Valley Public High School. She grew to love the job for many reasons. Holst created the secretari-al studies curriculum at the high school, since there originally was none at the time, and en-joyed interacting with the non-Adventist stu-dents there. Although she “had thought [she] had essentially died” after being fired, Holst says that she found non-Adventists to be dedi-cated and kind people. “Your world gets much larger, and your understanding of people gets much larger,” she states.

As she perches on the edge of her wheel-chair, Holst excitedly describes her journeys abroad with vivid detail—Europe, Alaska, Af-rica and the Middle East. Each brought with their culture different lessons to learn. In Eu-rope, Holst recalls her shock that people could look so similar, yet be so different from her friends and family. The biggest lesson in Alaska was that of experimentation and adaptation—

she shared dishes of caribou and whale with a complete stranger, because they didn’t think they could finish on their own, but wanted to try them both. Holst’s sister, a devout Ad-ventist, commented on her return that whale “is not one of the approved foods,” but Holst claims, “traveling grows your world.” She used this as her excuse to take a break from vegetar-ian living.

Another gift from traveling, Holst explains, came from exploring cathedrals and temples—an observer can “see the city in [their] mind, even from just a picture of a painting on the wall.” Even more important, adds Holst, one’s understanding of races in society enlarges as one travels. In a visit to Africa, after meeting an individual “in a nice suit, doing a good job run-ning [his] hotel,” Holst explains that her un-derstanding about superiority and difference broke down. “It grows your view of the world and your view of people,” she says.

In her present, Holst says that she finds joy in playing piano for PUC’s choir room Sabbath school, writing her monthly family newsletter, and compiling her “Smiles and Thoughts,” an email filled with jokes and stories, each Mon-day.

The two things she looks for in her future: “to know God and Christ, and to learn new things—eternity will not be long enough.”

As I reflect on her stories and life experienc-es, I want to learn the things she has learned: to know God and Christ, to learn new things, to grow my world and to deepen my understand-ing of people—for that, eternity could never be long enough.

Growing Your World – Eternity Would Not Be Long EnoughBy Maddy Miller

8 Campus Chronicle no.12

When You Just Can’t By Carlo PeanYou’re perusing Facebook one fine afternoon

and you see a comment from an old “friend.” Maybe you met them in high school; maybe you became friends after hanging out that one time with a mutual friend. Maybe for some unknown, ungodly reason you looked him up after thinking, “I wonder whatever happened to that one person from camp that wore vegan deodorant?” For whatever reason, you’re “friends” now and they have posted something that comes up on your newsfeed.

“Oh, let’s take a look at this,” you comment to yourself as you click on some link. “How very interesting, a study about education…wait, what? This is saying that college makes people more stupid…-er.” You click out, thinking, that must be a website like The Onion, a clear joke. Until next week when there’s another post about how meat-eaters are personally responsible for the founding of ISIS. You roll your eyes and ignore the clear red flags, but the posts are coming in again and again with increased rapidity. One article saying that Jews were behind 9/11, another saying that Michelle Obama is making death camps for fat people,

a third saying that gay people are kidnapping Christian babies to convert them to their chic lifestyle and maybe another saying that Freddie Grey’s spine was broken when he first started to run away from the cops.

It would seem that you have reached the point where you’re seriously considering deleting this person because you are a Facebook addict and if you keep seeing this negativity, it will ruin your Facebook fix.

What’s even worse is that you might be on the other side of the situation. You keep putting up posts and links to issues that concern you, that you know are true and people need to listen to if we’re to make any progress in the world. And then here comes the chummy ol’ bloke who insists that women are only making it difficult for themselves, that poor people somehow like being in poverty, that a certain candidate actually would make a GREAT president and at that point you start seeing red. What do you do? Yes, freedom of speech and everything is wonderful and necessary but COME ON! Not like this. If you ever find yourself in this situation, I have one piece of advice for you.

Step away from the computer. You know that you have to do it, and you can almost feel the little angel on your shoulder tugging you away. Never in the history of ever has any opinion been completely changed over a Facebook argument. You may delete them. I mean, you should if they’re actually saying anti-Semitic, homophobic, misogynistic or racist remarks. But if this friend is just saying something that disagrees with your religion or politics and it is honestly not actively hurting anybody, maybe keep them around. This election too shall pass and you might find that you actually liked your friend. Even if you didn’t like the person it is so important that we keep company with people who will challenge our ideas and force us to either get better arguments or better ideas. And if they delete you, all the better.

So in the coming years make the right decision when you sit at the keyboard, staring at some of the least informed opinions on the interwebs.

As we gear up for Spring Fest on May 17, there are a few updates we want to share with you about REVO.

This year, the student association worked with the REVO team to support Camp Ke-sem, a national network of camps designed to support kids whose families are affected by cancer.

Throughout the year we raised money to make these camps a continuing reality for nearly 4,000 children – and we are taking it one step further. Twenty percent of ticket sales from our past spring banquet will also benefit Camp Kesem. That is the power of PUC in the community.

You may have heard that REVO is can-celled this year, and unfortunately that is true. However, its cause lives on and what

we raised together this year will still make a difference in the lives of children at Camp Kesem communities.

Because REVO is cancelled, there are two events that will not take place during Spring Fest: the REVO Stuff Sale and the REVO Concert. While these events will be missed this year, we look forward to working with the REVO team to create a solid program for 2016.

We are proud to share that the fashion show will still highlight this year’s Spring Fest, now brought to you by the Student As-sociation, and you can look forward to cre-ative approaches to one-of-a-kind wears by fellow PUC students.

If you have any questions about Spring Fest, REVO or the SA Fashion Show, feel

free to email your SA president at dwde-caires@puc.edu or stop by his office in the Campus Center. See you at Spring Fest!

REVO Cancelled - Events Continue By Student Association

B U Y O N E D R I N KGET ONE FREE

WITH STUDENT ID. EXPIRES 5/25/15