Volume 68 | Issue 7 | March 19, 2021
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Plant trend —
New dean hired —
WAC Championships —
House plants grow in popularity during the pandemic.
Dr. Robert K. Jabs School of Business appoints new dean.
Women’s and men’s cross country teams win championships at WAC competition.
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Local artist uses Riverside community as inspiration BY JACKSON WALDROP A&E EDITOR
Danielle Lutjens | Banner Keely Berry, a local artist, painted a colorful mural on the back of Condron Coffee off Sunnyside Drive in Riverside.
Through her love and appreciation for people, art and community, local artist Keely Berry turned her passions into a career through freelance painting, creating and coordinating spaces and events for people and artists to connect and gather together. Berry grew up in Riverside, surrounded by a lot of small businesses. She started her artistic career as a hobby when she was young. Once she decided she wanted to pursue art, her parents encouraged her dream. Berry got her first look at artists making a living out of their passions when her mother started a consignment shop in downtown Riverside called The Weathered Feather. “It wasn’t necessarily the art vibe that I enjoy,” Berry said. “But it was a lot of people who make stuff with their hands and do crafty things and
that was the first time I was like, ‘Oh, this is cool I didn’t know people could make money with art.’” In high school, Berry was pushed towards the classic route of going to college and getting a degree. She wanted to take a gap year and pursue her true passion for art, but she was discouraged from doing so by school staff and her peers. She attended Riverside Community College and studied psychology, which she enjoyed, but she knew it was not what she wanted to do as a career. She started looking into the Riverside art community and people who have made a career out of their artistry, such as Alexis Andra and Geoff Gouveia. She left RCC after a year and started an internship with The Shift Creative, a backdrop and stage design studio in Riverside created by California Baptist University alumnus Alexis Andra.
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Riverside County moves into red tier BY MISTY SEVERI NATIONAL EDITOR
Riverside County officially shifted from the purple tier down to the red tier of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy plan March 17. This means that Riverside County can begin reopening businesses at 25% capacity, or 100 guests maximum. Included in these businesses are churches, movie theaters and restaurants with indoor dining. Brooke Federico, public information officer for Riverside County, said the red tier is good news for the county and is a sign that it is beating the virus. “It’s been five months since we were last in the red tier, which was short-lived, but we’re hopeful this downward path will continue,” Federico said. “This is the most a lot of businesses have been able to open up, and it’s important to help them get back on their feet.” The county was in the red tier in September but saw a spike in cases during the holiday season. However, the numbers began to decline in California in February. The COVID-19 numbers nationally are now continuing to decline at a steady pace. Phil Pitchford, public information officer for the city of Riverside, said the new tier is a good sign for the future of the city of Riverside in terms of beating the virus. “It is always encouraging to see our region take steps that will allow more of our businesses to reopen to begin the economic recovery from
COVID-19,” Pitchford said. “On a larger scale, it means we are headed in the right direction in terms of beating back the virus, which is excellent news and a testament to members of our community who have been getting tested, wearing masks, maintaining physical distancing and washing their hands.” Students at California Baptist University are relieved that the vaccines appear to be working. Kristie Wiseman, sophomore, biomedical science major said she is glad the virus is getting under control. “It feels really good, and that we’re making good progress, because we’ve been in the purple tier for a while,” Wiseman said. “Going in the right direction is really good because we can start returning to a more normal environment.” Pitchford added that although it’s a positive thing that the numbers are down, washing hands and social distancing is still important to transition down into the orange tier. Although some of the numbers are currently within the orange tier in the reopening plans, the county must stay in the orange tier range for three weeks before officially moving into this tier. The orange tier, or phase 3 of the reopening plan, allows for more guests at indoor restaurants, movie theaters and other places of business. President Joe Biden said he has set a goal to make all adults eligible for coronavirus vaccination by May 1.
This design made by Andriani Sugianto, senior architecture major, won first place at an architectural competition.
Courtesy of Andriani Sugianto
CBU architecture students win awards in competition BY EMILY MCGINN NEWS EDITOR
Senior architecture majors, Andriani Sugianto and Madysen Bellanca received first and second place respectively in the annual Student Design Awards Program, a competition held by the California Coalition for Adequate School Housing (CASH). CASH is an organization focused on supporting construction and development in K-12 public schools throughout California. For the competition, students participating were asked to submit a design for a public education facility, complete with drawings and images, in addition to a written description of the project. “For CASH, the competition promoted more interest in quality K-12 school design
among the architects of the future,” said Caleb Walder, associate professor of architecture. “For the students, the competition was an opportunity for recognition and networking with prospective employers, along with cash prizes.” To prepare for the competition, students produced a sophisticated design for a hypothetical proposal for an elementary school as a part of the advanced architecture course ARC410 Design Studio V. Walder said that because the students created the designs for class, they were encouraged to submit them into the CASH competition. “I think the overall experience of the course and the competition was beneficial for the students as it prepared them to enter the architectural profession,” Walder
said. “The process of developing the projects focused on how to reduce the negative impacts of architecture on the natural environment while increasing its positive impacts on the health and well-being of people. The competition provided the students an opportunity to be recognized for their work in the course by a larger group of professionals which puts them in a good position to make connections and find work with notable architectural firms.” Sugianto said she worked on her design project beyond her studio architecture course to prepare it for the CASH competition. When Sugianto received first place, she also
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