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30 years of Fortuna Mike “Bam Bam” Finnell leads the Regulators in 1991 ahead of Fortuna Bowl I.

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Fortuna celebrates history of tradition

BY SOFIA ENEQVIST

12 to 15 of the friends of the bride-to-be,” wrote Tracy Purmort, 2004 features editor for The BanThirty years ago today, in Volume 36, Issue 5 of ner. “First, the women join in a circle around the The Banner, sports editor Chuck Walker wrote an Fortuna Fountain. With the women in place, the event preview headlined, “Fortuna Bowl I brings men walk up and stand as a group opposite the women, who each held a lit candle. After some football action to Cal Baptist next Monday.”

Now 30 years later, students at California Bap- of Rogers’ friends had blown out their candles, tist University will gather to celebrate Fortuna Epler stepped forward and announced his intent Bowl XXIX as a part of the annual Family and Par- to marry her. He then blew out her candle. Following tradition, Epler was thrown into Fortuna ents Weekend.

Starting in 1991, Fortuna Bowl was named to top off the night.”

Today, the Fortuna statue represents a rich after the Fortuna statue that sits in front of the piece of CBU history and provides W. E. James Building. The Fortuna excitement for students who are statue has been a part of CBU histoparticipating in the annual intramury since its beginning as California ral Fortuna football games. Fortuna Baptist College.

Bowl has been a part of Parent and “In 1927, an organization known Family weekend since 2017. as the Neighbors of Woodcraft built Marnie Kavern, director of intraa new home, now CBC, for its elder murals, said Fortuna Bowl’s impact members who could no longer care spans across generations at CBU. for themselves. Set in the midst of a “Fortuna Bowl draws a large flower garden, Fortuna was chosen crowd, not just students and their to add additional beauty to the front Marnie Kavern families but alumni as well,” Kaof the new home,” said a 1970 issue Director of vern said. “In the past, when a legof The Banner. intramurals acy team plays in Fortuna Bowl, we Back when CBU was CBC and have had several alumni come back just a small school of a few hundred people, the statue was used in many campus tra- to support their team. It gives them a connection ditions. A former Fortuna tradition from the mid- to the university long after they have left. That 1960s to early 2000s included a candle ceremony deep of a connection can be admired by current in which men and women gathered to celebrate a students and create a desire to join or replicate couple’s engagement.

“The future groom sends out invitations to

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Kia Harlan | Banner The Fortuna statue, built in 1927, stands tall in between the Front Lawn and the W.E. James Building.

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Fortuna Bowl draws a large crowd, not just students and their families but alumni as well.

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CBU will welcome attendees for Parent and Family Weekend back in person this year.

CBU prepares for Family Weekend

BY NOLAN LAMBERTH ASST. NEWS EDITOR

California Baptist University will kick off its fifth annual Parent and Family Weekend on Nov. 12, granting students and their loved ones an opportunity to experience campus life and tradition together during a weekend filled with campus events.

Parent and Family Weekend began in 2017 when Homecoming moved to the spring semester due to the men’s basketball team’s promotion to NCAA Division I. After this change, the Office of Parent and Alumni Relations decided to create a mid-semester event for the fall season, leading to Parent and Family Weekend.

The weekend will commence with the beloved Fortuna Bowl and firework show, giving CBU’s flag football participants a potential taste of glory and an ability to compete in an environment customarily foreign to intramural sports.

There will also be opportunities for

students across departments to showcase their academic endeavors up to this point in the year, functioning much like the open houses many students participated in during grade school. Students and those participating in the event with them will receive an allencompassing tour of student life highlights, including activities such as CBU’s pregame party before the Lancers tip-off with Mississippi Valley State, food trucks on the Front Lawn during the Fortuna Bowl and a hike up Mt. Rubidoux, Marco Rodriguez, sophomore exercise science major, has been a player for the flag football team Rings by Spring this season.

“What stands out to me is the competitiveness of the flag-football intramurals,” Rodriguez said. “All of the guys on every team are always giving 100% to be the best on the field, which makes every game unpredictable, especially after not having a season due to COVID. It makes it better because everyone is pushing towards having their shot at

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playing in the Fortuna Bowl.”

The event itself is meant to bring in the student body’s loved ones and to show what CBU offers its students both in and out of the classroom.

“A lot of (the event) is what student life looks like,” said Rachael Solis, coordinator of alumni events and affinity groups in the Office of University Advancement.

“We’re just inviting parents into it. We’ve found especially freshman and sophomore families to be the largest group that participates in this event because they aren’t as familiar with their students being away.

After a few months they’re really eager to see campus life and that their investment is paying off.”

Charlie Sands, freshman philosophy major, spoke on what he was looking forward to most during Parent and Family Weekend, focusing on community.

“What I’m most looking forward to is the competitive spirit that comes alive in everyone, whether playing or not,” Sands said. “It builds a

really cool sense of community around campus and gives students something to center around after a few stressful weeks of midterms.”

With the rapid growth over the past decade, 2021 marks yet another record year of students for the university. “(The number of event participants) is kind of hard to predict because, given the current climate, some people still aren’t entirely comfortable being out in public events,” Solis said. “But we definitely expect a larger crowd given our sophomore students are kind of like first-year on-campus students.”

With more than 1,000 registrants already – a number in which only parents and family that have purchased tickets are included – we can expect almost twice that number on the day of the event, bringing in a total around 2,000 participants.

Tickets for Parent and Family Weekend are available for purchase on CBU’s advancement website. Use code CBUFAMILY when purchasing.

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Students set to study in New Zealand

BY SELAH KELLEY

ASST. NEWS EDITOR Each spring, the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at California Baptist University hosts a Global Social Service Practicum for behavioral science, psychology, sociology, anthropology and social work majors.

Students spend the spring semester learning about a chosen theme within a certain culture and visit said culture on a two-week educational field experience that summer.

Students accepted into the program for spring 2022 will spend Wednesday mornings from 8:15-9:15 learning about the culture and traditions of indigenous people, specifically the Māori tribe of New Zealand, followed by a visit to the country from May 22 to June 5.

Dr. Douglas Wallace, associate dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, began to think of this Global Social Service Practicum while going on International Service Projects through the university.

Wallace said he wants to create a program that added an educational aspect to these cross-cultural experiences. “[Dr. Carol Minton-Ryan] and I had both led ISP teams at CBU and we enjoyed those tremendously, but we also both thought that it would be amazing to have an academic component to our trip, so that is the reason that we worked together to develop the Global Social Service Practicum,” Wallace said. “I think that it’s important for all undergrad students to consider going on a cross-cultural trip sometime in their educational journey because we are becoming more of a global village. In order to be a productive and effective citizen, you have to understand a little more first-hand how the globe works. These trips are amazing opportunities for that very thing.”

Dr. Minton-Ryan, professor of sociology, also helped find this program and was inspired by her own travels. She saw the differences in culture in these

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Behavioral science students visited a Maori Cultural village as part of their practicum. countries compared to our own and knew it would be great for students.

“Initially, the destinations were the result of my travels to Malawi and the Netherlands,” Minton-Ryan said. “I realized the unique opportunities available in Malawi, for example, to not only study food insecurity, but then work with a non-profit to provide food relief to several villages. In the Netherlands, we studied the loss of generation and went to some historical sites of the Holocaust including the Anne Frank house, the Corrie ten Boon house and Westerbork (the concentration camp where the Frank’s were held before being transported to Auschwitz).

We also studied the loss of a generation due to Alzheimer’s disease and had the privilege of visiting Hogeweyk Memory Care Village. This is one of the newest developments in housing for those with memory impairment.”

Wallace said this spring’s trip to New Zealand is centered around indigenous people in the country, as well as how the government works in collaboration with the Māori

tribe.

“The New Zealand (trip) is built around the ingenious people groups and the way the government has worked with the Māori tribe to build some unity there,” Wallace said.

“They’ve got some amazing geothermal environmental stuff that goes along with community building. We also go to Hobbiton, which is where they filmed ‘The Lord of the Rings,’ so we want the students to have an interesting academic experience and a cross-cultural experience, and then also just enjoy the trip.”

The Global Social Service Practicum is one of many opportunities at CBU that is making its return after COVID-19. As travel restrictions tightened all over the world, the program did not take place for two years “One of the major impacts COVID had was planning on going to Ecuador-Peru,” Wallace said. “We had already been on the familiarization trip, so we vetted the organization, and we had started the class.

We were about two months into the class where we were doing team building and

learning about Ecuador-Peru, then all of the sudden COVID hit, and nobody was allowed to go anywhere. So, unfortunately, we had to cancel our trip. Our students did get their course fee refunded, but we were all extremely disappointed that we didn’t get to go anywhere.”

Hailey Martin, junior sociology major, is looking into applying to the program.

She shared how the trip can be beneficial to both her life and her education.

“I think this program would be such an amazing learning experience in many ways,” Martin said. “I think this program could be beneficial to my education if I were to participate because this experience introduces us to a brand new culture that is vastly different from our own. I have never been able to truly experience another culture so I think this would be beneficial and give me a better appreciation for the life I have here.”

For more information, or to schedule an interview, please email dwallace@calbaptist.edu or cminton-ryan@calbaptist. edu.

New bill will require ethnic studies education for high school students

BY LAUREN BROOKS NEWS EDITOR

Gov. Gavin Newsom approved Assembly Bill 101 on Oct. 5, which consists of requiring a one-semester ethnic studies class as a condition to earn a high school diploma. This bill applies to all secondary school learning institutions in the state of California, including charter schools.

Assemblymember Jose Medina of California’s 61st district, which includes Riverside, authored the bill. Before becoming a California legislator, he taught for 34 years — 20 of where were at Poly High School of Riverside. He taught ethnic studies and Chicano studies, two subjects he said he had a passion to teach that led to his eventual authoring of AB 101. He noticed the positive response of students in the classroom to seeing themselves represented as well as learning a new facet of history that had not been presented before.

“When I got to the legislature, there had been a bill before mine signed by the governor,” Medina said referring to AB 1460. “That bill told the Department of Education to develop a curriculum on ethnic studies. After that bill, I heard many people clamoring for ethnic studies. With my experience in the classroom, I thought it shouldn’t be a curriculum that

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just sits on the shelf. Studies have shown that everyone gains profits from taking ethnic studies, so I decided to introduce a bill to make it a graduation requirement.”

Medina described his experiences with this bill, which was vetoed three times by both former Gov. Jerry Brown and Gov. Gavin Newsom before being signed. He said that he went through the same lengthy process every time.

“The bill would go to the education committee and the assembly,” Medina said. “Then it would go to a vote on the assembly floor, (and) pass out of the assembly. It would then go to the Senate education committee, then back to the Senate floor for a vote, then finally to the governor’s desk. While I was doing that [over the three years], the Department of Education was developing the curriculum that AB 1460 had mandated, which was a very controversial process. It took at least three years to get the curriculum approved.”

Rosenda Pike, associate dean of the School of Education, specializes in methods of teaching for diverse learners.

She also said people were calling for the subject of ethnic studies to be integrated into learning.

“For over a decade now, groups of people have been advocating for a more equitable

representation of the ethnic groups that make up our nation’s history,” Pike said. “A call for a culturally comprehensive education that includes introducing diverse ancestral legacies that represent the nation’s diversity and has been the focus of these groups that include college professors, public school teachers and state policy-makers.”

Michelle Rosas, sophomore elementary education major, researched the bill after its approval because of the connection to their major. They highlighted the importance of children seeing representation and true history in the classroom.

“I think the bill is important as an elementary education major because we need to instill accurate education for children,” Rosas said. “The requirement just adds on to the material being taught but most importantly children can see an accurate diverse representation of themselves too.”

Rosas also discussed how they want to see the requirement implemented into courses, as well as how they want to carry out segments of ethnic studies in their future classroom.

“I want to be able to reach each individual individually,” Rosas said. “The ethnic studies requirement helps aid this. It also allows the educator leader

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Studies have shown that everyone benefits from taking ethnic studies.

Following the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of a low-dose Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisers have moved to vote and recommend the product for the 28 million American children eligible. Jeffrey D. Zientz, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, expects children’s vaccination programs to be fully up and running sometime during the week of Nov. 8. Yet, with vaccine hesitancy already prevalent across the country, the United States will potentially be facing its biggest hurdle yet in the race to innoculate the masses – concerned parents.

LOCAL TEACHER CONTROVERSY After a North High School math teacher was recorded performing a mimicry of Native American dances in her classroom while chanting SOHCAHTOA, an abbreviation for trigonometry functions with a Native American headdress on. Students and their supporters took action, calling for the teacher’s termination and a more in-depth Native American curriculum. While the teacher remains on paid leave, students and educators now look to the future of local education and its ability to emphasize the reality of Indigenous culture.

LAX FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS On Nov. 2, 28 flights meant to leave Los Angeles International Airport were canceled, raising concern about the larger issue of LAX’s failure to deliver indicates: a nationwide shortage of workers. According to an airport spokesperson, the flights were canceled due to a “shortage of workers” and “bad weather,” while also adding that LAX was capable of 180 successful departures that same day. There have been cases of mass firings taking place over vaccination policies, particularly in the case of United Airlines, whose CEO Scott Kirby confirmed that the 232 unvaccinated employees remaining were currently undergoing termination as of Oct. 13. Nearly 1,800 flights have been canceled nationwide since Oct. 29.

Jose Medina, Assemblymember of the 61st district

to connect with the students on a deeper level and helps students understand their culture and more.”

Pike explained how this new course requirement will serve future CBU students well, including those who plan on diving into the education field.

“Future CBU students will benefit from ethnic studies courses in 9-12 grades,” Pike said. “I anticipate that all students, especially those entering the field of education, will have knowledge of their own ancestor’s contributions to our great nation and a deeper appreciation for the diverse peoples that make our nation so unique.

For those going into the field of education, I anticipate that our students will be more prepared to take on the responsibility of implementing culturally responsive practices.”

Classes will be offered beginning in the 2025-26 school year and will become an official mandate for graduation for the class of 2029-30.

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Banner Busters: Do blue light glasses save your eyes?

BY EMILY MCGINN MANAGING EDITOR

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many in-person activities into virtual settings, spurring new product trends.

Blue light glasses became popular as screen time increased.

These glasses are meant to block blue light, the type emitted by electronic devices, in order to lessen potential eye damage and strain from staring at screens.

One of the main issues related to screening time most common in society is digital eye strain (DES). DES is linked to a variety of symptoms, including back, neck and shoulder pain, headaches, eye discomfort, vision issues, fatigue and eye irritation.

“DES, also known as computer vision syndrome, encompasses a range of ocular and visual symptoms, and estimates suggest its prevalence maybe 50% or more among computer users,” said Amy Sheppard and James Wolffsohn in a 2018 study published in BMJ Open Ophthalmology.

“Symptoms fall into two main categories: those linked to accommodative or binocular vision stress, and external symptoms linked to dry eye. Although symptoms are typically transient, they may be frequent and persistent, and have an economic impact when vocational computer users are affected.”

Hannah Bergman, sophomore finance major, uses blue light glasses because she suffers from headaches after long periods of looking at a screen, a characteristic symptom of DES. “I tend to get headaches by the end of the school day from using computers all day in class

and working on homework,” Bergman said. “My boyfriend also experiences the same thing and he loves wearing the blue light glasses.”

Although many people attest to the ability of blue light glasses to lessen the symptoms of DES, the American Academy of Ophthalmology does not endorse the use of blue light glasses due to an absence of scientific support that blue light causes damage.

Dr. Stephen Runyan, associate professor of biology, said that blue light glasses do work in that they filter out the short blue wavelength on the visible light spectrum. Therefore, they do what they advertise. However, science has not yet determined that the level of blue light humans consume through screens can truly damage the eyes.

“If I go back to my experience in the pharmaceutical industry, one of the models that was used in testing certain medications in the eye was the blue light model,” Runyan said. “They would use rodents and they would expose them to high-intensity blue light that did cause retinal damage, but it is certainly more extreme than any blue light we would be exposed to from our screens or from the sun. In that model, blue light damaged the retina, and drugs like antioxidants were helpful in preventing that because the damage is due to free oxygen radicals, and antioxidants could prevent the damage from the blue light.

Could blue light glasses potentially protect in a scenario like that? Maybe. That would be an interesting study to do.”

Currently, Runyan said it is difficult to prove that blue light

Blue light glasses can help protect your eyes from the light emitted by electronic devices. glasses are beneficial. He also said there does not appear to be a clear connection between blue light and DES, meaning that blue light glasses do not directly relieve the symptoms of DES. “My understanding with eye strain would be that your muscles are being overactive, probably primarily due to the close vision, which would require the contraction of your muscles for close vision,” Runyan said. “I don’t think that blocking blue light would have an impact on the closeness of your vision.

Your eyes still have to focus.

The muscles still have to constrict, the ciliary muscle that controls the shape of your lens

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and also the convergence of your eyes for near vision. Blue light glasses are not going to help and blocking blue light is not going to help your muscles need to contract less or focus on a near object any less, so it could just be the proximity, not the blue light.”

Runyan credits the claim that blue light glasses do help relieve DES symptoms to potential scientific correlations between blue light and DES that have yet to be explored, or to a possible placebo effect around the belief that blue light glasses should relieve such symptoms.

Runyan said one of the challenges with researching the effects of blue light is that it is dif-

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I don’t think blocking blue light would have an impact on the closeness of your vision.

Dr. Stephen Runyan, Associate professor of biology

ficult to construct studies that look into the effects of blue light on humans. These studies will likely require long time spans, as well.

“We don’t know,” Runyan said. “There is nothing to show

Fall trends show that masks have integrated into fashion

Knowing quick and easy recipes can make it easier to cook after a long day and save money.

BY SUMMER CLARK

ASST. LIFESTYLE EDITOR

A classic recipe to learn is making pasta.

You can create your pasta with just 10 key ingredients: your choice of pasta, pasta sauce, ground turkey, water, salt and pepper, olive oil, garlic bread, parmesan cheese and mushrooms.

Boil about four to six quarts of water in a large pot.

Place your pasta in the water and add one to two tablespoons of salt.

Drain the pasta into a strainer but leave a measuring cup under it to keep some of the pasta water for the sauce.

Cut the mushrooms, and begin seasoning and preparing your ground turkey.

Place the turkey in an oiled pan and cook the meat until golden brown.

Add the mushrooms to the sauce.

When the sauce is warmed up, add some pasta water to it.

Put the pasta on a plate, add the sauce on top, and enjoy.

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what the level we are exposed to does. If blue light-blocking glasses can be of some benefit, then there is no harm in wearing them. So if you feel inclined to wear them, if you feel there is protection, you are not being harmed by them in any way. Go ahead and do it. If you opt not to, that’s fine too.”

The American Academy of Ophthalmology said that DES can also result from decreased blinking when staring at a screen.

To avoid DES, the organization suggests remaining 25 inches from a screen, — about arms length — taking frequent breaks from screens and increasing contrast on the screen.

Although some trends remain prominent from 2020, there are new ideas incorporated into outfits as people are attending more events and being more sociable following the lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fall 2020 fashion consisted of a variety of neutral, soft, monochromatic looks that fit with the somewhat gloomy mood of 2020.

However, 2021 has diverse new trends and styles incorporated into day-to-day fashion, allowing fashionistas to bring their taste to style.

Cadence Barnett, freshman commercial music major, says one of the best ways to get new fashion ideas is to look online or see what other people are doing.

Barnett’s fall essential items consist of flannels, Dr. Martens and sweaters but she wants to explore her wardrobe more this year with bigger jackets like trench coats, cardigans and wider pants.

“A lot of times I use Pinterest or thrifting when finding my outfit,” Barnett said. “A lot of it is putting in the time. Sometimes I put 20 minutes into an outfit in the morning if I really want to style something. Just copying other people until you see what you really like might make you feel confident enough to put your own style together.”

A popular way for individuals to find hidden fashion gems for outfits is to visit local thrift stores or flea markets to find pre-owned items at a discounted price.

Not only does this introduce you to finding nice items for less, it also encourages the recycling of clothing and items,

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of clothing that ends up in landfills.

Sofia Paff, junior illustration major, adds sweaters, jeans and cool socks to her essential fall outfit list but wants to explore incorporating more earth tone colors into her daily fits.

“I noticed people are into a lot of earth tones and more of the thrifted look,” Paff said. “It also tends to be more sustainable clothing so I want to try to do that more.”

One trend that has not changed since last year is wearing masks, and now people are adding them as a part of their everyday outfits.

Arik Amodeo, multimedia artist, said that oftentimes in the fall he does not want to get ready in the morning and do his hair, making ski masks one of the most essential items he uses.

“Everyone is starting school, probably stressed,” Amodeo said. “You just got to rock stuff you don’t think about too much.

Beanies, hoodies, ski masks, so you can just be mysterious and nobody is stressed about anyone’s identity.”

Masks can be used in a variety of ways depending on the color and design of the mask.

Color blocking and coordinating the mask according to the color of your outfit can tie the entire outfit together.

For example, if you have an orange ski mask, you can wear neutral tones like brown, or

colors on the opposite side of the color wheel such as, blue or green.

Color blocking creates an effect by pairing colors together that are opposite on the color wheel, allowing them to complement each other.

Amodeo feels that incorporating a ski mask can enhance the way an outfit looks and also create comfortability to your wear.

“If I am not trying to rock a mask with a nice put-together fit, I am going to rock a ski mask so I do not have to keep moving it and it goes with the outfit,” Amodeo said.

There are several trends this year that many people are doing, but what has set this year apart from 2020 is that people are expressing themselves more through fashion and their outfits.

Although trends change every season, it is what fashion means to an individual that makes a statement.

As the COVID-19 lockdown has come to an end, people are using this opportunity to expand their wardrobe and add their style and twist to fashion.

Stepping away from the stayat-home look from 2020, people are more excited now than ever to go out and socialize while looking good.

This excitment in fashion is allowing for more reusable, mask incorporated and self-identifying outfits.

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Teddy Peña | Banner To get into the fall season Teddy Peña, senior public relations major, demonstrates the steps to make pumpkin spiced muffins.

Lifestyle Tries: Baking pumpkin spiced muffins

BY TEDDY PEÑA CONTRIBUTER

With the fall season fully in effect, along comes a multitude of festive treats and activities. Pumpkin is essentially the dominating flavor that rules this time of year. From lattes to pancakes and even pasta, many areas of the culinary arts are showered with the pumpkin craze.

A popular and classic recipe

that never fails to be a favorite for many is the pumpkin muffin.

This decadent blend of pumpkin flavors and cake-like texture comes together wonderfully for the perfect autumnal delicacy.

This recipe is unique because we are going to be using apple juice as a substitute for the water. For this recipe, you will need 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 3/4 tsp salt, 1

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ground ginger, 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup vegetable oil, 1 cup canned pumpkin, 2 large eggs and 1/4 cup apple juice. Additionally, you have the option of adding white or milk chocolate chips, or chopped pecans/almonds.

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.

Step 3: In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger.

Step 4: Make a small well/ reservoir in the center of the mixture and set it aside.

Step 5: In a separate mixing bowl whisk together sugar, oil, pumpkin, eggs and apple juice until evenly blended.

Step 6: Pour the pumpkin mixture into the flour mixture and fold with a spatula until

combined. If desired, you can add chocolate chips or chopped nuts to the mixture as well.

Step 7: Fill prepared muffin cups with pumpkin muffin batter until nearly full.

Step 8: Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Use a wooden toothpick to check if the muffins are thoroughly baked. If you stick the toothpick through the center of a muffin and no batter sticks to the toothpick, your muffins are done.

Step 9: Let the muffins cool in the pan for several minutes, and then transfer them to a wire rack or serving tray to cool completely. Store in an airtight container.

These muffins are versatile as they also pair well with cream cheese frosting if desired. Bring these muffins to your next festive party, gathering or potluck.

They are fun to bake with others while enjoying other fall festivities.

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Faculty, students share tips to avoid burnout during stressful seasons

BY LEIGHANNE MUNOZ STAFF WRITER

It is a little over halfway through the fall semester.

Schoolwork starts to pile up, and keeping up with a social life and resting becomes a challenge. Burnout can be one of the worst things to happen to a college student, and it can make things incredibly worse in the long run, whether through failing classes or not producing adequate work.

Dr. Ken Pearce, professor of psychology, discussed the concept of “brownout” and how students can avoid getting to that point.

“Brownout is the symptom that you have before you are totally burnt out and then you do some drastic things like quit your job or quit school or harass your family or something you don’t need to,” Pearce said.

Getting to the point of be-

coming fully burnt out occurs when you cannot handle life anymore. At this point, one may start to become impulsive.

“Time management would be a problem,” Pearce said. “I would also call it the dreaded disease of procrastination.”

Amelia Motley, freshman pre-nursing student, has been feeling brownout.

“It’s hard to keep up with all of the nursing prerequisites and do all of the normal college student things, like hanging out with friends,” Motley said.

Students of all majors are feeling it. Lorin Murray, freshman psychology major, echoed Motley’s thought, saying she too has been feeling overwhelmed.

“I feel I’ve been in the same routine doing the same thing over and over,” Murray said.

Feeling as if one is in a rut and everything is starting to colapse around you can cause students to make irrational de-

cisions.

Pearce said maintaining consistent time management strategies can combat the consequences of burnout.

“You want to have good time management with things because you’re going to have deadlines, and if you let everything go to the last of the semester, that’s more stress and pressure,” Pearce said.

Murray encourages students to take breaks from their normal routines to avoid burnout by doing things that would make someone happy, like watching a television show or going out to a sporting event.

“I would recommend setting aside time to do something different rather than constantly doing the same thing over and over,” Murray said.

Melvin Loza, freshman engineering major, shared tips that he uses to persevere and keep from developing “brown-

out.”

“No procrastinating,” Loza said. “I encourage students to give themselves days to relax.”

Pearce also gives some ideas to help make sure you don’t get burnt out and actually feel good about the work being done. “(You should be ) pacing yourself (and) making sure that you do a schedule,” Pearce said.

“The thing that’ll keep you going is to have that organization and structure.”

Studies show that “44.9% of college students experience ‘more than average’ levels of stress.” This could be solved through organizing schedules and creating a good structure for oneself.

Pearce also recommends making sure not to substitute free time with more work or another activity.

“We could replace it with something better,” Pearce said.

“Instead of adding more work

or doing a mindless activity during a time that was once occupied, find something that could equate to that original activity.”

Pearce also explained the “should, would, and could” technique.

“I make a list and its three things, three things, three things the I should do is at the top of the list and it is three things, major things…now the would’s are the second priority well I would do this if I had the time, this you know it’s on the back burner…then there’s the could’s, the lowest one I would if I could do any of it, I would do that those are the fun things, maybe or the ones that we forget.”

These could help prioritize things someone may forget to do in his or her personal life.

“Contact someone after class,” Pearce said. “Put this in your mind right now. There’s

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I encourage students to give themselves days to relax.

Melvin Loza, Freshman engineering major

somebody that you haven’t contacted in a while and they’re very dear to you and you need to get on the phone to them and talk to them. It’ll be a relief for them and a release for you. This is something that can be good for the soul and help you feel good throughout the week.”

The fall is a hard semester, as students do not have breaks until Thanksgiving. It is important to prioritize mental health and take care of the soul.

Scheduling and organizational techniques can help avoid crashes and burnout.

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Endurance sports help athletes draw closer to God

BY AIDEN HOBSON SPORTS EDITOR

In the New Testament, the apostle Paul uses athletic imagery to describe the Christian life and what it means to have faith.

He exhorts Christians to finish their races well, to run with perseverance and to strive for the prize of salvation. This athletic imagery can be especially meaningful for athletes who train every day to push their bodies to the absolute limit. “(Endurance sports) involve commitment,” said Dr. Jeff Cate, professor of Christian studies and long-distance runner. “Often the best things in life are the things you have to work the hardest for. Endurance and commitment were crucial for the early Christians. They faced a lot of opposition and oppression, so it was crucial for them to have perseverance (in their faith).”

Some sports involve short, intense periods of exertion that require athletes to train for quick bursts of activity. Others, like distance swimming or long-distance running, require athletes to acclimate to long periods of intense stress and fatigue while still maintaining a high speed.

These athletes must spend hours upon hours training in their respective disciplines to hone their bodies to perform at the highest level possible.

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Florian Le Pallec, senior business administration major, wins first place in all WAC conference.

The work is grueling, tiresome and sometimes debilitating. It is very similar to the life that Christians live every day.

“Being an athlete of any kind takes a physical, emotional and physical strength, which are not unlike the tools you need to be a strong Christian,” said Robby Moseley, first-year grad-

uate student in engineering and member of the California Baptist University men’s swim and dive team. “To be a strong Christian you need physical perseverance, mental strength and emotional and spiritual clarity. So, as an athlete, as someone dedicated to something, I think practicing dedica-

tion in another form helps my faith because it strengthens me and allows me to understand what it’s like to apply myself and what that looks like for me.”

While we are still on this earth, Christians have to persevere and struggle through the trials and tribulations of everyday life. While we are justified

by Christ’s sacrifice and our sins are forgiven, we still must learn how to have faith through difficult circumstances.

For Christian endurance athletes, the athletic metaphors used in the New Testament have special meaning. They help them draw parallels between their work in athletics

and how that helps their Christian faith.

“I think the metaphors show how everyone goes through struggles in their faith, so they just have to keep pushing through,” said John Sullivan, freshman chemical engineering major and member of the CBU men’s swim and dive team.

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November 5, 2021 · Volume 69 · Issue 4

Smartphone camera technology is continuing to advance

BY JASMINE SEVERI

newer Pixel models including the new Pixel 6. iPhone models from iPhone 11 to the newest iPAs phone technology ad- hone 13 have these capabilities.

The Pixel’s camera features vances, so do their photographic capabilities. Some people may the ability to take images all have noticed that the cameras around the user, in 360 degrees, on many newer smartphones so users can see all around the may have dual, triple or quad image by scrolling, or by moving rear cameras, meaning they their camera around as if what have more than just one camera is in the photo is right in front of them. Also, they can hit a button lens, some as many as four.

Having multiple lenses and make the photo a dual-dison cameras allow for a better play for easy use in VR headsets.

Irene Ramirez, freshman change of distance, a clearer image when you zoom in and the pre-nursing student, has a ability to switch to a wider field phone with dual-rear cameras. of vision for wider shots. One She uses the panorama feature, new feature on certain smart- but her phone does not have the photosphere option. phones is the She said she would 360 “photolike that feature to be sphere” imadded to all phones. ages and the “I use the pancapability of orama feature for converting things that are wide,” that into augRamirez said. “(But mented realSamsung, now phones) have the ity or virtual press release 360. That’s what evreality (VR). eryone wants.”

Samsung Rebecca Stucky, senior psydiscussed the ways multi-rear facing cameras help improve chology major, reminisced users’ photo-taking capabili- about her first phone and how ties in a press release about the far camera phone technolomultiple rear-facing cameras in gy has come, and she said she would love to have this technolits new Galaxy phones.

“Now you can utilize opti- ogy on her phone.

“I was pretty young when I cal zoom for a clear close-up, or switch to a wider field of vi- got my first phone because my sion to capture even more of parents both work and I had acthe scene,” Samsung said in the tivities to do after school, so we press release. “Sometimes the just needed to (be able to) concameras can work together to tact them,” Stucky said. “I remake your photos better. The member just taking photos and recent addition of the DepthVi- they weren’t very good probasion Camera to Galaxy phones bly because of the quality of the goes beyond photography to camera. Now it’s much better bring in Augmented Reality ca- comparatively. I don’t have my old phone anymore but if I had pabilities as well.”

The Pixel 4a 5G, for example, access to just compare them, has this feature, as well as the there would be a big difference.”

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Vaccine for malaria now in development

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cine on top of existing tools to prevent malaria could save tens The WHO recommended the of thousands of young lives each use of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria year.”

The pilot programs for this vaccine for children in sub-Saharan Africa and other areas vaccine have been effective in preventing the with high malaria disease while transmission in a also preserving press release on the preventative Oct. 6. This vaccine effects of insecis a ground-breakticides and aning new preventi-mosquito nets, tative measure according to the for malaria that is WHO. showing promising For those who results in clinical Dr. Tedros Adhanom cannot afford trials.

Ghebreyesus, insecticides and According to WHO director-general mosquito nets, the World Health however, this Organization, the malaria parasite is one of the vaccine will be immensely helpleading causes of childhood ill- ful in preventing malaria transness and death in sub-Saharan mission.

“This vaccine will help us, Africa. The parasite, carried by mosquitos and transmitted to as public health professionals, humans, leads to millions of to eliminate the inequalities deaths every year. There are and death rates amongst these insecticides that can be used to populations, and amongst those kill the mosquito hosts, and nets who do not have access to moscan be draped over beds to pre- quito nets,” said Dr. Ogbochi vent people from being bitten, McKinney, associate professor but these preventive measures of public health, director of the master’s in public health proare not always effective.

“I think that it’s a good idea gram and director of practice (to distribute this vaccine) as experience.

Another benefit of this vacProtozoal infections are hard to fight because we share similar cine, WHO noted, is that it characteristics in our cellular is easy to deliver and readily makeup,” said David McKenna, available to many. They saw that even during the COVID-19 sophomore nursing student.

The WHO press release not- pandemic, patients were able to ed that there has not been sig- gain access to the vaccine. Many nificant research or scientific pediatric patients who did not progress in stopping this dis- have access to mosquito nets were also able to access this vacease in the last several years.

However, this vaccination cine and thus receive protection program could save millions of from the parasite for the first lives if it continues to be effec- time.

“The vaccine, to me, looks tive.

“This is a historic moment,” promising from what we’ve seen said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghe- during the clinical trials,” McKbreyesus, WHO director-gen- inney said. “My only prayer and eral, in the press release. “The hope is that some of the challong-awaited malaria vaccine lenges that we have seen in the for children is a breakthrough past when it comes to rolling for science, child health and out vaccination programs will malaria control. Using this vac- be addressed early.”

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November 5, 2021 · Volume 69 · Issue 4

UC Riverside fights pollution with new air quality study

BY ALEXZA BAHNMILLER ASST. B&T EDITOR

Riverside is paving the way toward improving the environment.

University of California Riverside’s latest project is a study of the environmental impacts of goods movement (shipping) in Inland Southern California The California Attorney General’s Office Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund has granted UCR $2 million to conduct this research.

This study consists of tracking diesel emissions from freight-related sources, such as diesel trucks that are concentrated around ports, rail yards and warehouses. Diesel trucks are necessary for the process of goods movement.

Holly Ober, senior public information officer at UCR explains where the Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund got money for their research, including money granted to UCR in a press release.

“The money comes from the Attorney General’s Automobile Emissions Research and Technology Fund, established in 2016 through a consent decree in People of the State of California v. Volkswagen AG,” Ober said “In that case, California sued Volkswagen for using ‘defeat devices’ that made cars look like they produced far fewer emissions when tested than they did.”

Jacob Lanphere, associate professor of environmental science, discusses how shipping contributes to air pollution.

“Most of our purchases are coming from outside the United States. A lot of materials are shipped overseas, typically from China, and gets packed inside a steel shipping container, which then goes onto a marine

vessel, across the ocean, and waits in Long Beach or Seattle port. Once the containers are removed from the vessel, the containers are placed on a tractor or a large diesel truck, and from there it could go on a train, and so forth until the destination is reached.”

“Each leg along the journey is contributing to global emissions. Carbon dioxide, sulfur, particulate matters, etc.”

According to Oceana Europe, shipping pollution is responsible for 3 percent of anthropogenic carbon dioxide in the world, with the percentage still growing.

If shipping were a country, it would be the sixth-largest producer of greenhouse gas emissions. This large amount of air pollution caused by shipping goods has evident effects., such as an increase in health burdens such as asthma.

The Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology lead this project at UCR. This project is part of the OMEGA Initiative: Objective Measurement of Emissions from Goods Movement and Impacts on Air Quality.

The goal of this study is to target the source of the pollution in hopes of lessening the impacts locally.

Even though research is still in process, there are ways in which changes can already be made to reduce pollution.

“Large companies, like Amazon, are already spending significant numbers of investment into electric vehicles to reduce emissions” Lanphere adds.

“Carpooling is always a great option to increase our fuel efficiency,” Callie Totaro, senior environmental science major, advises.

“Also, paying attention to the Spare the Air and Clean Air days — days in which levels of ground-level ozone are predicted to exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s federal health-based standard — and

limiting activity on those days is important. As for shipping, it is better to buy something that was made or grown locally and traveled a relatively short distance rather than buy something that has to be shipped.”

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Elizabeth Roe, freshman criminal justice major, agreed.

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT November 5, 2021· Volume 69 · Issue 4

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Apple has made contactless payment easier for smartphone users. Amazon One, a new service from Amazon and ticketing platform AXS, will allow users to scan their handprint to access their account.

Amazon, AXS produce contactless ticket system

BY ALEXZA BAHNMILLER ASST. B&T EDITOR

Amazon has partnered with AXS to create Amazon One, a contactless identity service that uses your palm to connect to an account. All customers have to do is create an Amazon One account and scan their handprint. Then, they can add credit cards and tickets to events, and link their Amazon accounts.

Touchless technology is becoming more widely used. For example, cash transitioned to credit cards and now mobile cards, which allow us to use cellphones or watches to pay

– touchless technology originally aimed to make things easier. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, it has also become important for sanitation. Things can now be done without any contact.

Effat Zeidan, assistant professor of general education, points out the effect COVID-19 has had on the use of contactless technology.

“COVID-19 has been a major motivator for contactless methods such as Apple Pay,” Zeidan said. “I have noticed an increase in the implementation and usage of contactless payment methods by various shops and grocery stores since

the start of the pandemic, and we can relate that back to implementing proper safety health guidelines.”

When people with Amazon One accounts go somewhere, all they have to do is scan their handprint at an Amazon One kiosk and their credit card or ticket will be virtually processed.

Amazon Ones have already appeared at places such as Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, Whole Foods and Amazon shipping locations.

The technology may not be perfect, and some people have privacy concerns. Ashmeet Bedi, freshman biomedical ma-

jor, spoke about her concern.

“You have to scan your handprint, so who is going to stop people from stealing your handprint or fingerprints?”

Bedi said. “If people get your handprint or fingerprint they could use it to access all your information that is linked to your accounts, such as a credit card and personal information.

Even though carrying around things like a concert ticket requires a little more thought, at least a concert ticket only has your name on it, and if lost or stolen, none of your personal information is attached to it.”

Despite these concerns, others are excited to be able

to use technology to make life easier. Ofa Pinomi, freshman kinesiology major, said she sees the benefits of this contactless method.

“It is easier to do things when you have all your stuff in one place,” Pinomi said. “You don’t have to worry about forgetting your concert ticket, your credit card or even your phone now. All you need is your hand. It makes things a lot more convenient.”

Zeidan said she agrees that there are advantages to Amazon One. “All you need at a store is your palm,” Zeidan said. “It sounds like something you

would see or hear about in the movies, but here we are. I can see this application expanding to enter stadiums and offices, hospitals and other venues in the near future.”

Amazon One accounts can be deleted at any time. There are already more than 10 active Amazon One locations in California, so those who are interested can find the closest one and give this new technology a try. These can be found in Berkeley, Burlingame, Canoga Park, Glendale, Palm Beach, Los Angeles, Cerritos, San Jose, San Diego, Pacific Palisades, Marina Del Rey and West Hollywood.

James Bond franchise holds multi-generational appeal

BY EMILY MCGINN MANAGING EDITOR

Six actors. 25 movies. 59 years. Still, Bond — James Bond — is drawing fans to theaters around the world.

“No Time to Die,” the most recent film in the Bond franchise and the final in the Daniel Craig era, was released in theaters on Oct. 8, bringing in over $600 million globally at the box office so far.

Michael Eaton, professor of film studies and film production, credits some of this success to the multi-generational aspect of the franchise.

Since it has spanned almost six decades, it can forge connections between multiple generations.

“I think there is something to the appeal for different generations in that they can become a shared enthusiasm within families,” Eaton said.

“My wife and I both enjoyed going to Bond films with my late father-in-law, partly because he was such a fan of them and we could share in his fandom because of the consistent excellence of the films. I suspect that many California Baptist University students, both male and female, perhaps have the shared experience of attending Bond films with their fathers and/or grandfathers.”

Since the franchise’s beginning in 1962, Bond has been portrayed on screen by

Sean Connery (1962-67, 1971), George Lazenby (1969), Roger Moore (1973-85), Timothy Dalton (1987-89), Pierce Brosnan (1995-2002) and Daniel Craig (2006-21).

Bryan Farr, California Baptist University parent, has witnessed multiple eras of the Bond franchise. During his lifetime, he has seen four different actors as Bonds. He said he has enjoyed watching how they each approached the same role with a different style.

“As a kid, I grew up with Roger Moore,” Farr said. “As I have gotten older, the make of the movie has transitioned.

Roger Moore was more of a playboy, really light-hearted. It still had action, but as the character has changed and movies have changed, the individuals had to become more gritty and the action is not as over the top as it once was. Now, it is very straightforward. The story is very simple but intense. There is just this level of intensity in all the ones (Craig) has been in. It has gone from this playboy joker kind of style to this intense, serious actor, which I like. It took some time to get used to.”

The Bond franchise is the second longest-running film franchise, following Godzilla.

Carly Brunner, freshman graphic design major, said it is a unique series because it unites multiple generations.

“It is an iconic series and is

the first of its kind,” Brunner said. “The James Bond franchise has lasted so long because it is a classic series and the company has kept creating more and more entertainment, which is exactly what a successful franchise should do.”

Farr said he credits the longevity of the series to the diversity in content and its appeal for multiple generations.

“I do not think a lot of your series, genres, movies or titles have been able to do that,” Farr said. “That franchise has four generations in it. It is a mix. You have action, you have drama, you have a little bit of comedy, but then you have the gimmicks and the gizmos, and all the fun stuff. I think there is something for everybody.

Women enjoy it, men enjoy it, young (and) old.”

Although “No Time to Die” is the final movie in Craig’s era as Bond, Eaton said he believes the franchise will continue with a new actor. He suggests British actor Ben Barnes (“The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian”) as his own choice for a replacement.

“I believe that there will always be a future for Bond movies,” Eaton said. “The next Bond will be a major announcement for movie audiences around the world.”

Producers for the Bond franchise have said the next actor for the role will not be announced until 2022.

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Students connect through ceramics at workshop

BY ROWEN ZAMORA ASST. A&E EDITOR

The California Baptist University Art Club recently held a ceramic workshop where students made stylized slab mugs.

A slab mug is made from rolled-out clay that is wrapped in a circle and bound to itself using slip, or a highly diluted clay water mixture that acts like glue.

The event was co-taught by artists Emma Limtiaco (@ emmalimtiaco) and Emme Evans (@emme_art).

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Keala Sheets, Senior communication sciences and disorders major

What exactly is the Art Club? According to its official mission statement, they strive to allow students to express themselves: “The mission of the Art Club is to provide students from all disciplines with a creative outlet and a space and place to gather and make things on campus.”

It appears that it has accomplished its goal with students engaging the art hype.

“I had been looking forward to this workshop for weeks,” said Keala Sheets, senior communication sciences and disorders major. “These events are the only occasion I can truly set aside time for artistic expression.”

In addition to the artistic outlet, students found a community of artistically engaging fun people.

“I loved the ceramic workshop and getting to meet new people with similar interests while seeing their creativity show,” said Katie Raasch, junior business administration major.

The environment that is created by good friends can be very therapeutic especially when mixed with art. This reality is noticed and commented on by students.

“It was very therapeutic and it took me back to high school when I started doing ceramics,” said Angelina Leyvas, senior interior design major. “I had a good time back then and I’m having a good time now.”

After all, Ecclesiastes 4:9 says that Two are better than

one, because of a good return for their work. So, if one has artistic tendencies then they can be amplified through the community provided by the art club.

Furthermore, the personalities of this artistically conscious group are seen clearly in their creations.

With Sheets making a pot that was man-shaped and thematically silly to plant her garlic bulb in” and Raasch making a pot for her plant with a leaf and vine design on it.

Between the fun opportunities to express oneself and the social aspect, members of the club encourage other students to get involved in the fun.

“I would highly recommend other students, artsy or not, to join the club, as it’s a very welcoming environment with lots of cool people to experience art with,” Sheets said.

“Not too many realize that every passion is a form of artistic expression, not just paints and pencils. Not taking the time to invest in your art is an injustice for not only you but those around you. The art club helps me with that.”

Overall, students seem to enjoy the Art Club, whether it is for the community, the opportunity to learn a new skill or just the unadulterated chance to express themselves. Whatever the reason, if you are interested, then head over to @ cbu_artclub on Instagram or find the club’s tent at the next Club Fair to learn how to get involved.

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November 5, 2021 · Volume 69 · Issue 4

Water polo splashes into the season Women’s water polo prepares for upcoming spring season

BY AIDEN HOBSON SPORTS EDITOR

The California Baptist University women’s water polo team had a successful season in 2021. As they recovered from a canceled 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were able to compete against some of the top teams in the country and qualify for the Golden Coast Conference championships in spring 2021.

Now the CBU women’s water polo team looks to build on their success in the 2021 season and continue it in the upcoming 2022 season. They will face some top teams from across the country in the weeks to come.

“Our first goal (for the season) is to win a conference championship,” said Jonathan Miller, head coach of the CBU women’s water polo team. “For us, that’s been our goal since day one. Over the last two years, I think we’ve really built a team that can compete for that championship.”

The water polo players will open their season at the University of California, Santa Barbara Winter Invite on Jan. 21.

The next weekend, they will host the Lancer Joust at the Lancer Aquatics Center on Jan. 29. They will then travel across the country to Providence, Rhode Island to the Bruno Invitational on Feb. 4. During this top-tier tournament hosted by Brown University, the women’s water polo team will play against some of the top East

Coast teams.

The team will then return to Riverside to host the alumni game on Feb. 12, where former women’s water polo players can return to see their teammates and compete against the current team. The women’s water polo players will stay local and travel to the University of Redlands for the Bulldog Invite on Feb. 19. They will then host an international competitor and play against the University of Toronto (Canada) on Feb. 24.

After playing at the Tina Finali Invite hosted by California Lutheran University, and the Claremont Convergence hosted

by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, the women’s water polo team will play a slew of conference games against GCC opponents.

“The games that I am most excited for this season are all of our conference games, but specifically our game against SDSU because that is always a good game and will be on our Senior Day,” said Maddie Schwegler, senior business major and member of the women’s water polo team.

The Lancer women’s water polo team will finish their season with the GCC championship tournament, hosted by CBU at the Lancer Aquatics Center on campus in Riverside, California from April 22 to April 24.

“I am beyond excited to have conference at home this year,” said Jamie Hutton, senior public relations major and captain of the CBU women’s water polo team. “We haven’t held conference since I have been at CBU and seeing the energy on the pool deck our men’s team experienced when they hosted conference just makes me ready to see how our fans are going to show up. “

Kira O’Donell, junior behavioral science major, cranks back her arm for a winning goal in a 2020 match.

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Legacy Continued from Page 1 that experience.”

Another important aspect of Fortuna Bowl is the teams themselves.

Many of the Fortuna teams, men’s and women’s, are considered legacy teams. Legacy teams are teams passed down throughout generations of CBU students.

Tessa Levin, senior bio-medical major, has played in the Fortuna Championships every year of college and hopes to make it to Fortuna champtionships for her senior year.

“Flag football is competitive, but the goal has always been to form solid friendships among everyone participating,” Levin said. “That’s partly what brought S.W.A.T. and Bus (Drivers) together. We were in a sense “rival” but many of us were actually good friends which made the experience much more exciting and is a big part of what ultimately brought us together.”

Kavern said COVID-19 played a role in the combining of many teams as students graduated during the pandemic and were unable to pass down the legacy. The Bus Drivers were one of these teams.

The Bus Drivers dominated the intramural football league for the last 18 years and won the Fortuna Championship for five consecutive years. However, in the 2021 playoffs, the Bus Drivers are nowhere to be found.

To keep the tradition alive, the Bus Drivers and another fading legacy team, S.W.A.T. were combined to make “Legacy.”

Levin, originally a member of Bus Drivers and now a member of Legacy, said there is a lot of work that goes into keeping legacy teams alive.

“I wouldn’t say I feel pressure to win as a Legacy team, I

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CBU WINS WITH PERFECT SCORE

The California Baptist University men’s cross-country team successfully defended its Western Athletic Conference title and won the 2021 WAC cross-country championship.

Florian LePallec won the individual title, and four more of his teammates followed him to help the Lancers clinch the win with a perfect score. The Lancers won while they were hosting the championship at the UC Riverside Agricultural Operations Center.

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The CBU Recreation Center welcomed back intramural flag football this semester. think the pressure lies more in keeping the tradition alive and going,” Levin said. “It takes a lot of effort every year to make sure we’re investing in new incoming students so that they can feel connected to a community and then do the same for students the following years.”

Kavern echoes this thought saying that there is more that goes into legacy teams than people realize.

“I think legacy teams are important because it shows what intramurals are about, which is building community,” Kavern said. “For a team to continue on year after year they have to incorporate freshmen and sophomores into their roster. They have to be intentional with who is on the team and not just play

with the same set of people every year.”

Luke Bell, senior marketing major and member of Twinkle Toes, was one of the players that contributed to Twinkle Toes’ 2019 Fortuna win against the Baptist Badies, another legacy team.

“We are a team that has been playing together since 2018, as we first started under the name ‘The P’Boys’ but we eventually switched our name to Twinkle Toes in 2019,” Bell said.

The Baptist Badies are on their way to legacy status as this year’s Fortuna Bowl will be a telling sign to the future of the team.

“I definitely feel pressure from being on a legacy team because we all want to win For-

Charles Sands | Banner tuna again,” Bell said. “However, this year there is some very intense competition which can make going to Fortuna more of a challenge than it was in the past. Everyone was shocked when Twinkle Toes won Fortuna back in 2019, so we want to maintain our status even after we all graduate.”

The community and excitement surrounding legacy teams are a great representation of what makes Fortuna Bowl so unique.

The legacy of the Fortuna statue, Fortuna Bowl and the students participating will carry on for generations — and hopefully, 30 years from now, readers will look back on this article as a piece of insight into the legacy.

The Western Athletic Conference has announced the Ticketsmarter WAC Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week for women’s soccer. Marleen Schimmer from Grand Canyon University won the offensive honor, while Lamar University’s Meg Sheppard took the defensive honor. Grand Canyon University won the regular season title for the West Division and, in the title-clinching game against Utah Valley, Schimmer scored two goals and had two assists.

SAM HOUSTON TOPS POLLS Sam Houston State University has continued to dominate in the top FCS polls. They are the top pick in the Stats Top Perform 25, AFCA Coaches’ Top 25 and Athlon Sports Top 25 polls. Stephen F. Austin State University has also received votes in the Stats Top Perform 25 and AFCA Coaches’ Top 25 polls. SHSU leads the WAC across many statistical categories, including (but not limited to) scoring offense, scoring defense, total offense and touchdowns, among others.

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What is your favorite place to eat on campus?

Kaelin Hahn Sophomore Health science major

Sonia Massarelli Freshman Criminal justice major

“El Monte.”

“El Monte.”

Lauren Bellow Graduate student Biomedical science major

“Wanda’s.”

Jared Prewett Junior Mechanical engineering major

“The Habit.”

Tanmay Arora Junior Graphic design major

“Chick-fil-A.”

Society and media must value local government

BY EMILY MCGINN MANAGING EDITOR

What election is the most important one we participate in as American citizens?

Most people would point to the presidential election as the most important day for voters in America. The 2020 presiden-

tial election took place almost one year ago. We will not have another presidential election for three years, meaning that a nationwide election will not occur again until 2024. However, some of the most important voting measures are taking place in between.

As a society, we discuss national politics often. The media covers the national election to such an extent that we perceive it as the most significant box we check on the ballot. Everything seems to hinge on this election; if it goes in our favor, it feels as though we have discovered salvation, and if it swings the other way, we act as though hell has rained upon us.

I used to focus most of my attention on the national election, too, until I took a class in state and local government a

year ago. During that course, I learned that most of what directly affects our lives actually stems from decisions at the local level.

State and local governments have more direct interactions with citizens and make decisions more likely to directly affect us. Local governments manage police departments, schools and libraries, according to the White House website.

They manage institutions that we rely on and interact with on a daily basis, and county and state measures affect budget allocations, laws, taxation and regulations in local communities.

Although we rarely hear about local government issues, they affect us more than we realize. However, a lack of interest in local issues makes it difficult

for us to be active participants in our communities and in determining crucial aspects of our own lives.

This November, various Californian counties and cities have local measures on the ballot. For example, Inglewood will be voting on whether or not there should be additional taxation on real estate, according to Ballotpedia. Alhambra Unified School District will be voting on how to conduct future school district elections. Across the country, many more regions are holding their own elections for local measures that will affect communities.

The media often neglects to cover local government, and we often forget to value it. We must begin to prioritize local issues as well as national ones because, in the end, local govern-

ments hold the nation together.

Do not wait for another three years to pass until you begin to pay attention to elections and ballots again because our civic duty as Americans stretches beyond sporadic participation in the political process of the nation. We have a responsibility to learn about local issues and vote in ways that will positively impact our communities. Without successful local governments, we cannot have a successful, well-organized nation.

Next time you think about politics, take some time to research your local government.

Become aware of the current issues in your area, and consider how you can make an impact. If we begin to view every level of government as important, we can use our voices to positively influence our communities and

take a more active approach in making a difference for ourselves and those around us.

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Do not wait for another three years to pass until you begin to pay attention to elections and ballots again because our civic duty as Americans stretches beyond sporadic participation in the political process of the nation.

U.S. should focus less on space, more on medical

BY AIDEN HOBSON SPORTS EDITOR

Many American kids dream of someday becoming an astronaut. The images of past space missions still excite thousands of students around the country as they dream of being able to take part in the exciting field of study that pushes beyond the boundaries of Earth’s atmosphere and into the surrounding universe.

The U.S. has long been the pioneer of aerospace research and development, with many of the world’s advancements in space exploration technology coming from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) laboratories.

Our country’s education system pushes students to pursue STEM-related careers so they can possibly work in aerospace engineering or another field that helps our country’s space exploration program.

Despite our country’s long history of excellence in space exploration, the billions of dollars’ worth of taxpayer money wasted on space exploration every year is a travesty and must be stopped.

According to the FY2020 Budget Briefing published by NASA, the 2020 budget provided by former President Donald

J. Trump allocated $21 billion to space exploration, with $10.7 billion specially marked for research and development that prepares to send U.S. astronauts back to the moon “and beyond.”

While the pithy catchphrase is exciting (and evocative of the Disney movie “Toy Story”), that is an absurd amount of money to be spending on an industry that has done very little to benefit everyday Americans.

We live in a society that is currently torn apart by racial conflict, bitterly divided over political allegiances and suffering from the ongoing effects of a pandemic. Yet we still think it is necessary to squander billions of dollars on space travel.

Some would argue it is for national prestige. I would counter by stating that it does more for our national image to heal long-standing racial and ethnic divisions. Others would say that it is critical for the advancement of aerospace research to continue to develop better space travel technologies, which can also have defense and civilian applications.

But couldn’t one also point out that if we really want to help the average American, we should spend those billions of dollars on social welfare programs, medical research and actual defense development?

My critique is not meant to disparage all space exploration research. There have been numerous technologies developed through NASA that help everyday Americans, and I applaud the men and women who work to further our knowledge of outer space and try to find ways for humans to traverse the universe. There is a problem, however, in the proportion of attention and funds that space travel receives compared to other worthwhile scientific

fields.

When our planet is crumbling before our eyes, I think it is important for us to try to find ways to preserve our God-given natural resources and make sure that everyone can benefit from the wonderful comforts brought by modern technology.

Instead of spending money on finding a new galaxy, I would propose that money be used to find sustainable, clean energy sources that can bring electricity to impoverished families here in the U.S. (not to mention those around the globe who face unimaginable poverty).

When I see people around me wearing masks and hear stories about another person who lost a dearly loved family member to COVID-19, I think it is imperative that we devote more time and resources to medical research. The world is still dealing with the ongoing effects of a pandemic. Rather than spending money on developing new rockets that can take us to Mars, I propose we devote those resources to public health campaigns that can help stop the spread of disease.

My goal is not to heap criticism on those involved in space research. Rather, I hope to spark a healthy dialogue about the place that space exploration occupies in our national psyche. Is finding new moon rocks worth the billions of dollars that could have saved or improved lives? Will more American kids continue to work to become astronauts, or will they study to become environmental engineers and find better energy sources? Will they train to become doctors and nurses that help treat and prevent disease? I hope our country will seriously ponder the cost of outer space exploration, and what that means for our world.

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