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THURSDAY 29 MAY 2014

Project of Passion

My Life: 25.2 Credits

Letter from SA Pres

By Maddy Miller SENIOR ISSUE pg. 3

By Suwanna Vatananan SENIOR ISSUE pg. 3

By Ivan Ostrovsky BACK PAGE pg. 4

Letters from Editors-in-Chief Moving on and moving forward.

By Webbo Chen

By David O’Hair

Hello, my name is Webbo Chen, and I’m still a tall, skinny kid with a funny name.

Exactly two weeks from now—10 school days for all you counters­—the 20132014 school year will come to a close. For some of us, the Friday after finals means starting summer fully equipped with a summer EDM anthem (Calvin Harris - Summer) and a “sun’s out guns out” mantra. For us seniors, the Friday after finals is the last page in the longest chapter of our lives and the first page of an even longer one.

To cope with fears of the future, it’s nice to remember the past we came from and the people who helped us along the way.

First off, many thanks to my staff. My words fail to fully express just how much I appreciate each and every one of you. Words aside, the feels are real.

The staff is what makes the Campus Chronicle my pride and joy. Thank you for the fun memories.

Much gratitude to my advisors Professor Thew and Brittnie Sigamoney as well. Professor Thew’s teachings are not only the ones that challenge me most in the present but also the ones I’ll remember as reasons for my successes down the road. Brittnie continues to do amazing work establishing the video crew on this campus, and I’m excited for the future of that endeavor.

Speaking of the future, thanks to David O’Hair for being such a boss. Issue 12 is a glimpse of the big things he’s got in store for our campus next year. I have full confidence in your new editor-in-chief and trust to him the Campus Chronicle legacy that Colleen Uechi bestowed unto me.

Lastly, thanks to my girlfriend Ari Duran, my family, my friends I’ve made along the way, and finally to you, PUC. I look forward to the future of the dreaded job search, a ring and an important question, and my 9-5 stay-at-home dad career. This is Webbo Chen, signing out, for infinity and beyond. Ha, ha.

Hi, my name is David O’Hair and I am an editor-in-chief.

Since this letter is coming out in the last issue of the year for the Campus Chronicle, I am happy that you are reading this while procrastinating from studying for finals, avoiding the awkward, “I’m not rooming with you next year” talk or realizing that you are graduating in two weeks and need to start working on your life plan. This is a chaotic time for the entire campus, but for all of us we can looking forward to amazing things in the near-future. Either you are finally graduating and becoming an, “adult 2.0” or you are in a frenzied excitement for summer and the coming academic year.

Ok, listen up everyone who is not graduating. This is the best time of year because it can be filled with times of reflection and goal setting. Take this time to evaluate your past academic year and see what worked and what caused you to fail, hopefully not literally fail, but if that happened then definitely reflect on it. Freshman, if you got some bad grades this year because you thought you were still too cool for school, well don’t worry, you have three more year, (or more if you truly did amazingly bad) to try and retroactively fix that. However, everyone should take advantage of these upcoming summer months and be proactive in bettering yourself for the next academic year: read some books without pictures in them, listen to some Ted Talks, or if none of that sounds appealing then just binge watch House of Cards, (insert thumbs up Emoji). The one thing you have to do this summer is get excited to come back to PUC for an amazing year with friends, teachers, and the new SA team.

In closing, for those of you graduating and getting ready for the real world, we all wish you luck. Use the great PUC education you have and get to some high places in your respective careers. For those not graduating, I will see you next year and enjoy your summers!

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SENIOR ISSUE

Senior Thesis Highlights Gregg Gallemore History Major with a European Emphasis.

By Suwanna Vatananan Project Title: The Leaders in Nineteenth Century Italy and Their Contributions to the Unification of Italy.

Q: Where did you get inspiration for your senior thesis project?

A: My inspiration for the topic has several sources.

The first would be my family background. I grew up with a strong Italian family background, and that influenced my interest in Italian history. The second inspiration for the topic would have to be from my time spent at the ACA school in Florence, Italy. Not only did I learn more about Italian history, but I was able to go out and see the historical sites for myself.

I was also able to see the progression of history and was able to make the connections to certain to the past and the present. The last inspiration would be that nineteenth century in the world context is a very fascinating period for me. The world was going through a massive change during that period and it’s interesting to study the way people lived and changed alongside with technological advancement.

Q: What was your process in creating this project? Q: Give me a little description of your project: A: I’ve been researching this subject on and off for A: The Italy that we recognize today is actually a the last couple years and since it’s kept my interest for so long, I figured that it would be easier to write about something that I’m interested in, than write about something completely random. As for the process of the paper, it’s technically a whole year process, where first quarter is the development of the topic you want to write about, and finding the sources you’ll use. The second quarter, you do ton of research and at the end, submit a rough draft. Third quarter is for refining the rough draft into a final draft, doing a mini-defense of the topic to the entire department and then doing a formal presentation of the senior thesis. The result should be a paper that is in between 25-30 pages. For research, I used 37 books and probably around 40 to 50 journal articles, which are a jumble of some primary sources but mostly secondary sources. Let’s just say, that I’ve learned to speed read pretty well and how to be a selective reader.

fairly new country. It was recognized as a nation in 1861 at the same time America was going through the Civil War. Prior to 1861, Italy was a dissected piece of land that was controlled by foreign countries.

My thesis is about the three men who were most influential in Italian unification and with the major period being between the years of 1848 to 1861.

Jordyn Castillo Film and Theater Studies Major with a Technical Emphasis.

By Suwanna Vatananan Project Title: Kiss Me

Q: Where did you get inspiration for this project?

A: Whenever people ask me where I

got my inspiration for my thesis project, I feel as though they expect some great answer about which director inspires me, but honestly I got all my inspiration from music. My music is always the most important to me and finally I get to express myself through my own personal music and through my film.

Q: What was your process in creating Q: Give me a little description of Q: When will it be presented? this project? your project: A: My movie is called, “Kiss Me” and A : The process for my thesis was A: This project means a lot to me yes that is the name of the song as well probably just like everyone else who has to present a thesis project their senior year, I was so overwhelmed and of course I procrastinated, as most college students do. I had my fair share of struggles with finding the right people to play the roles I had made for my film. Making sure that they all meshed well together and had great chemistry on screen but of course you plan for these people but scheduling conflicts always left me without my last role of Taylor being filled. I finally decided to walk up to a random girl and ask, “hey would you be willing to help me with my film so I can graduate this year?”

Yes, that actually worked and it took me about three days to film my entire story and lo and behold I finished with a little time to spare.

because it is so personal. Although the characters are made up and some of the story line I took a little piece of my own personal struggles with a crush and turned it into a song and now a film.

This film is about all those who struggle with a crush and find themselves way too awkward to just walk up and let them know, instead I took to writing a song and using it to help me break through my awkwardness. This project also sheds light on a topic most students or even faculty may be uncomfortable with but here in the film department I have learned that sometimes you need to be true to yourself to get exactly what you want from the film. This project is a prequel to a music video I hope to someday shoot for a song I wrote about four years ago here at PUC and performed at the PUC talent show.

(I know how original). Hopefully if the department allows it, it will show during the Diogenes Film Festival, located at the Cameo in St. Helena Thursday, May 29, starting at 5:45 P.M. We hope to get a lot of support from the students here on campus to show them that we aren’t just a school about nursing but we have a great film program as well.

PC: Robert Wilson

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THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014

SENIOR ISSUE

A Project of Passion Turning hard work into reality.

By Maddy Miller There’s this crazy thing called passion; when paired with hard work, you never know how your life can change. Over last Christmas break, I realized how much I struggled with the idea of the media’s power and influence over people. I started working on an article for my blog about it; after throwing in some research to make it more credible, I realized I created a monster. A whopping 1800 words were staring back at me. I had tried dealing with defining the media, the issues the media creates within society, how they affect individuals, and how individuals within the larger society should deal with those issues.

While it is filled with what I believe to be accurate information and a comprehensive look at the way the media affects people’s perceptions of race and beauty, I certainly don’t feel that it answered the questions.

A second, more easily ratified problem was that it felt very impersonal; I realized the diversity of the PUC student body, and started brainstorming a way to use that to my advantage.

I turned to a photographer friend, asking if it were possible to include a project revolving around the diversity of PUC students and how the media has influenced them. Given three amazing photographers and 23 beautiful women, an interesting comparison

between races was made: even within each race, there was so much diversity. I had four Koreans friends as models; they looked just as different from each other as they looked like the Hawaiian or Indian models. That to me is radical – not only are the different races and ethnicities vastly diverse, but even within just one, you can see such a difference.

Clearly, a biased understanding based on the visual will prove inaccurate. And thus, my first photo shoot was complete.

In dialoging with a film major friend of mine about the paper I had written, I decided to incorporate a film. The Dove Real Beauty Sketches show a poignant weakness: the models were almost solely white.

To ratify their point with my own, I worked with three film students on remaking the Dove video.

Two artists constructed sketches of six models from various races, and the result was a contrast between how the media portrays women, and how reality is so different from it. Interviews of each model, as well as the artists, were conducted to explore their ideas of beauty, race, and the media.

One of the artists brought up an interesting idea: film a series of interviews of women of every race possible, and every walk of life. This last component of the project brought the ideas of people all the way from four years old to a tenured professor. This brought a comparative study of how the media does

(or does not) shape women’s mind about race and beauty, and how they deal with it on a daily basis.

This project is far from over. I will likely refine the paper indefinitely, and perhaps one day revisit the world of photography and film. But for now, at least, I’ll share what I have. The trailer’s finished, and editing the mistakes together into something that’ll make me smile has made the dozens of hours in Fisher a little more bearable. The entire project is due to be presented on Tuesday, June 3, in Scales Chapel at 7 p.m. – oh Lord, I’m not prepared, but despite that, I think it’s time. Following the presentation, I’ll be posting the film on YouTube, and the paper and film as a pair on my blog – klmnmiller1.wordpress.com, “Looking Up.” And then, perhaps, at long last, this passion of mine can take a moment of rest to stop and smell the air of summer that descends upon us.

(Many thanks to those who contributed to this journey; a particular nod to Amy Cronk, Chloe Johnson, Kelanie Aragon, Taylor Pittenger, Markus Baumbach, Ben Josse, Mark Soderblom, Bill Raj, and Maya Robinson.)

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My Life with 25.2 Credits Everyone calls me crazy and ... they’re right.

By Suwanna Vatananan You would think that when I took 21 credits last quarter, I would’ve learned my lesson. But, here I am, in the last quarter of my undergraduate career wanting to pull all my hair out with a whopping 25.2 credits. I mention the .2 because, for the first time in all four years of college, I actually paid more attention to school when I was overloading than when I was doing the average 12-17 credits, so every little ugly detail has begun to count for me. I’m really hoping that after reading this, you would learn from my mistakes and make the most out of your time here. So, here are a few pointers to make your life significantly easier than mine: 1. Plan out your class schedule ahead of time. If you can do it as far as a year in advance; even better.

There’s nothing worse than having to stay an extra quarter or having to double up on your school load — or even worse — summer school.

2. Believe it or not, sleep is super important. All those adults grilling you all these years were right when they said you need eight hours of sleep each night. Lack of sleep builds up and when you don’t get a sufficient amount, it ruins everything. The video games, Skype sessions, binge TV watching, or whatever you do at night can seriously wait. Trust me, your health and your flawless face will thank you later.

3. Make time for yourself. I learned this one the hard way. It’s all fun and games until you’re suffering

College is rough and anyone who told you it was easy was the biggest liar. But, you wouldn’t be here if you were incapable of getting through it. Keep your head up. If I can survive through 25.2 credits when senioritis is supposed to be in full gear, then you are going to rock at anything you do.

from pure exhaustion. Learning how to say “no” goes along with this as well. It’s not easy, I know.

I’m still learning how to do that myself. If you have to think twice about whether or not you can help a friend with something or where you can pencil them in, then it’s probably something you shouldn’t be helping them with in the first. With 6 billion other people on this plant — or 1,677 other people in this school — there’s bound to be someone else that can lend a helping hand.

4. It is okay to not be okay. I am someone who gets overwhelmed really easily, but would rather hold it in and act like nothing is wrong. What I have learned is that there is nothing wrong with struggling. Learn different ways to help yourself de-stress. With full disclosure I’ll share a couple of things I do when I’m

stressed. Bear with me, they are the most random combination of things in the world. I’ll either go get myself an espresso shake with oreos from Gott’s, you might find me going for a run around campus, or I’m probably in my room watching some Netflix.

It all depends on your mood and who you are, but having plenty of options is what will help you get through the rough times.

5.Lastly, keep your friends and family close. I’m not talking about proximity either. I mean talk to them daily, tell them what is going on in your lives, or go and do something spontaneous and fun. Because at the end of a long a day, it is that group of people who will drop everything just to check in and put a smile on your face.

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The Backpage Letter from Student Association President

By Ivan Ostrovsky Dear PUC Students, It was such a privilege to be able to serve you as your SA President. It has been a very long, hard, but fun and the most exciting year in college. All the work you have seen on this campus has been done not just by me but by my team. I’ve been very lucky to have the teammates I had this last year. They are such a smart, talented hard-working, goal-oriented group of people that have taught me a lot: how to be a better leader and a better person.

It was absolutely amazing to see how the student government works and to be a part of it. Something that has inspired me to run for office is my love toward you students on this campus, to make every single one of you smile and make a difference in your life. Something that I love to do is to be able to give, give and give. And by doing so, it has given me a lot of courage and strength by seeing the smiles on this campus.

As we enter the summer, let’s remember this one thing: that there is a reason why we’re all at PUC. And that we all have a purpose for our future. I just want to thank you for all the support that you have been giving to SA throughout the year.

I have enjoyed being your friend who came all the way from Russia. I promise you that I’m not a Russian spy, and I will not tell Putin what I’ve been up to.

If you are graduating this year, I wish you all the best and your future. If you are coming back next year, I would encourage you to get involved and be a part of something more than just school while you are here at PUC. Get involved and be a part of something because you will get to experience something more than just books and food.

And I want to leave with you these words: Never lose hope, never give up, always stay strong and always keep your eyes on Jesus because He is the one who is always there for us. My personal walk with Jesus was the best thing that has happened to me, and because I care for you so much I would encourage you to have a walk with Him as well. You guys are awesome.

Thank you so much! Love you PUC, Ivan Ostrovsky :) Student Association President, Pacific Union College

Letter from Senior Class President

By Luke Thornburgh Dear Senior Class, If you’re like me, you’re reading this on the toilet. And if you’re like me, you’re really just skimming through trying to find all the pictures you’re in. And if you’re like me, you have no idea what a senior class president does. If you’re wondering, go ask Nithi Narasappa, cause I sure as heck don’t know what I’m doing.

But in my short four months as Prezzy, I have learned some things about being a leader. And maybe, just maybe, I can aid in your pursuit of higher (toilet seat) education. So here are two leadership tidbits for you while you’re making turdbits: 1. We’re all books with misleading covers. Don’t judge your team, because you an be sure they are so much more valuable than you know. For instance, I remember the first time I met one of our officers; she was this one really weird girl (let’s call her Nanielle Delson) who I just knew was going to be weird and uncomfortable. You know exactly what I’m talking about — that one person in your group who you really don’t want to be in your group, who kinda smells and just plain gives you the willies. But over the course of this year I’ve been reminded of just how creative and capable Nanielle can be, and I’m so glad I didn’t let my first opinion of her poison my mental well.

2. Use your team. I am by no means a talented man. I’m good at like three things, and two of those are hackysack and procrastination. I am quite rash and brazen, but our secretary Miriam Petersen is incredibily skilled at seeing all sides of an issue as well as taking care of the tiny details that would slip past me.

I am very unknowledgable about PUC clubs/groups, but parliamentarian Andrew Zimmerly has been an ace this year, filling out request forms and coming through on so many different occasions. I am crass, but the sweetness and patience that religious vice Autumn Duarte constantly displays completely drown out my shortcomings, and her positive attitude makes it incredibly hard to have a bad meeting. Handling money frightens men, but future millionaire and class treasurer Danitza Meneses takes care of all of that, and when my crippling student loans catch up with me, she’ll be the first person I call. I can get bogged down by the nitty-gritty committee stuff, but co-historian Gregg Gallemore’s personality constantly reminds me to live and laugh and not be afraid to adventure into the ridiculous. I hate being bored, but no matter how simple or dull the task, co-historian Heather Garcia will selflessly volunteer, every time, even though I know she has places she’d rather be. In all honesty, I’m not really sure what Kristen Beall does, but I’m pretty sure it has something to do with her arms and’or Chia seeds.

My point is this: on my own I am nothing, but by utilizing the natural strengths in my friends, we have been able to work together, cover each other’s flaws, and accomplish great things. Or at least things.

Advisor Lynne Thew

Photographer Allison Regan

News Editor Alex Blum

Features Editor Taylor Pittenger

News Copyeditor Jayson Paw

Features Copyeditor Tara Hattendorf

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Editor-in-Chief Webbo Chen

Assistant Editor James Shim

Head Layout Editor Cameron Mitchell

Assistant Layout Editor Jose Lopez

Sports Editor Austin Ngaruiya

Op-Ed Editor Luke Thornburgh

Sports Copyeditor Jessica Winters

Op-Ed Copyeditor Suwanna Vatananan

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