CAMPUS CHRONICLE ISSUE 3 - VOL XCI - OCTOBER 22, 2015 PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE
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Letter From The Editor
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By Tara Hattendorf
Welcome, reader, to what could be called The October Issue. A lot happens in October, from Breast Cancer Awareness Month, to autumn activities, and finally to Halloween. October is one of my favorite months of the year for all of these things. The air gets chilly — to a certain extent, here in California — and the world feels alive with love for the season. Winter and the holiday season are still months away; for now we enjoy the falling leaves and pumpkin decorations. In the following issue we have many articles to get you into the October and autumn spirit.
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Editor-in-Chief Tara Hattendorf
Fitness & Sports Editor Malek Sheen
Assistant Editor Taylor Pittenger
Opinion Editor Glorianne Besana
Layout Editor Taylor Smith
Copy Editors Emily Mathe Kevin Tran
News Editor JJ Nash Features Editor Janet Morales
Faculty Advisers Lynne Thew Michelle Rai Cover Design Manny Peralta
October 22, 2015
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The After Experience Vespers at PUC is a unique collegiate program exclusive to Seventh-day Adventists institutions that draws the students into the Sanctuary to welcome the Sabbath. Praise music, relevant sermons and fun weekly announcement videos have combined to create an atmosphere of socialization with the stress of academia momentarily nonexistent. Students exit vespers refreshed and decompressed from the week. Yet while it’s important to take care of our spiritual condition there’s another important component to the college student’s psyche: food. With nothing for sale during the Sabbath, what’s a hungry student to do on this campus? Also, no one with a full course load in a quarter system is used to sleeping at a reasonable bed-
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time, which leads to an awkward gap between the end of vespers and curfew. There have been programs to occupy that time; over the past years there has been “Intersnacktions” hosted in the Fireside room, “Friday Night Live” in the Campus Center, and sometimes nothing at all. Religious Vice President Robell Mana fused Friday evening events into the After Experience, a new segment following the end of vespers that includes music, food and an appeal- Students wait in line for the taco truck during ing hang out space. The first After Experience the first After Experience Oct. 2. Students had featured acoustic chill music, horchata in the the choice of beef or chicken tacos. Fireside room, and best of all: a taco truck. Students can now look forward to an entire Friday seeks to engage the student body as it observes evening experience that doesn’t require going a sacred time meant for fellowship. off the hill consistently. Each After Experience
By Hannah Barnes
On Oct. 2 Public Safety sent out a campus-wide email warning of a campus intruder. The Be on the Look (BOLO) message said that if someone were to see a man who goes by the name of Henry Alfred Goolsbee, he or she should contact public safety, or, should he get violent, to call 911. Goolsbee, a white male in his mid- to late-60s, was seen wandering the campus wearing a large, tan vest with numerous pockets, trying to engage in conversation with the students of PUC.
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Goolsbee is reported to have an outstanding assault charge in the United States dating back to the 1980s. It is also known that he served time in jail for swindling in New Zealand. Goolsbee had been seen on campus multiple times and had been asked by multiple staff members to leave the campus but refused to comply. Public Safety caught up to Goolsbee in the Dining Commons Oct. 1; he was escorted off the campus and advised not to come back. Public Safety was not available for comment. If you see a man similar to the description we encourage you to refrain from making contact and call Public Safety immediately at (707) 965-6551. Goolsbee as pictured in PUC’s BOLO email sent to students Oct. 2.
News Blurbs
By JJ Nash
Earlier this month Wal-Mart announced it beat its goal of opening at least 275 stores in locations that lacked fresh produce such as vegetables and other dietary needs. New research finds that placing these stores in areas in need of healthier options may not lead to healthier habits. According to the American Journal of Public Health, a major portion of Americans’ junk-food calories come from big box stores instead of traditional grocery stores. NPR reported on a recent German study in the correlation between student-teacher relationships and performance. By measuring the performance of kindergarten students who either had distant or close relationships with their teachers, it was found that students who were reminded of close relationships solved problems faster. The Democratic presidential debate took place in Las Vegas Oct. 13. The five candidates each had some memorable moments, one of the highlights of the night was when Bernie Sanders commented on Hillary Clinton’s email scandals saying, “The American people are sick and tired of hearing about your … emails.”
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Keeping Campus Safe In light of recent campus shootings all over the United States, Pacific Union College students may be concerned about the college’s level of compliance to the Clery Act. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act or Clery Act — signed in 1990 — requires all colleges and universities that receive federal funding to keep and disclose information about crime on or near their campuses. Compliance is reviewed by Federal Student Aid, an office of the Department of Education. According to the Clery Act, institutions are required to: • Give “timely warnings” of crimes that threaten the safety of students or employees. • Publish and distribute an Annual Campus Security Report to current and prospective students and employees by October 1 each year. The report must include crime statistics for the previous three years, policy statements regarding various safety and security measures, descriptions of campus crime prevention programs, and procedures to for the investigation
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and prosecution of sexual crimes. • Maintain a public log of all crimes of which their police or security departments are made aware. The log must contain the nature, date, time and general location of each crime and — if known — the disposition of each complaint for a period of 60 days. Information older than that must be made available within two business days. The logs must be kept for seven years — three following the publication of the last annual security report. • Provide survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking with options such as changes to academic, transportation, living or working situations, and assistance in notifying local law enforcement, if the student or employee chooses to do so. Both parties in a campus disciplinary process must also be provided certain rights. PUC’s security reports going several years back are available on the PUC website, and reports on complaints of Clery Act noncompliance are available from the Federal Student Aid website. PUC’s most recent report states
My Journey With KASA To go through the first year of college smoothly it’s a good idea to be involved with an organization. I still remember my first opportunity to join one. I was walking through the crowd as someone shouted, “Come sign up to be part of KASA.” As I had heard so many other members of different organizations shouting at me from all directions, I decided to walk toward the KASA table. The Korean American Student Association, or KASA, is an organization that brings Koreans and others together in order to familiarize each other with their culture. It is a great organization that provides students with social, personal and community service opportunities. It gave me the chance to be part of a team that works toward a common goal of cultural education. It also helped me develop lifelong
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that no violent crimes were committed on campus in 2014. The most commonly reported crime on campus is burglary, with four cases in 2014. PUC students can rest assured that the school has a protocol ready just in case a shooting on campus were to occur. Sean Westenrider of PUC’s Public Safety Department said, “We have a plan in place and, as always, our goal is to keep everybody safe, so we have our partners in the law enforcement that assist us.” He also said that they are “constantly revising” their plan “based on the information [they’re] receiving from law enforcement, as well as from other educators and other incidences that are happening at other institutions: what worked for them, what didn’t work for them, how they were able to keep their folks safe, how can we implement that here.” While the specific protocol is undisclosed in order to keep people on campus safe, students should use PUC’s alert system to receive information in case of serious events. Sign up at http://notifyme.puc.edu.
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working habits by hosting events with other club members. We work very hard in order to maintain the reputation of the club and invite as many members as possible. KASA cares about social life as well as academics. One of the fun events KASA hosted was a barbecue Sept. 27. Attendees departed from Winning Hall to head to the Crane Park together. Attending the barbecue after a long week of studying was a great way to end the week with a stress-free state of mind. Along with the fun events KASA hosts, there are also several meetings to attend. As college students, we do not usually have the time to participate in extracurricular activities; however, these meetings are a great way to take our minds off studying for a little. Meetings include playing games and winning prizes. As amusing as our
New and old KASA members enjoy a picnic at Crane Park Sept. 27. first meeting this year, we look forward to seeing new members in our future meetings. Another benefit, as I intend to go to a religious school after PUC, is that KASA has covered for worship credits for the time we put in praying and thinking about God. By joining KASA, I not only improved my overall collegiate experience, I have also learned lifelong skills, as well as built my resume.
October 22, 2015
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The Mission
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By Malek Sheen
Last year, junior Jessica Aldred traveled across the world to Fiji to work for God. What inspired you to be a student missionary? “I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I had already spent two years in college and I said, ‘All right, God, not really sure what’s going on here. Don’t feel compelled or lead to be a certain major or what not.’ There is always the option of studying abroad or being a student missionary. But college is such a selfish experience. We’re here to better ourselves, work on our schedules, do our best, for our own good. Probably later to help someone down the road, but it’s such a selfish time, you know?” “So I decided I had a thing or two to learn about service. I went to the mission’s office and I told them I’ll go wherever they need me. Put me where the need is.” You didn’t have any preference on where? “No, I said, ‘I don’t know where I want to go … Fabio [Maia], I don’t know. So, just let me know.’ So he did. He told me about Fiji and I was like, ‘All right.’” Did your experience bring you closer to God? And if so, how? “We had so much time. Planning classes and
The Cars of Campus The Timeless M3 From 0 to 60 in 5.6 seconds, sophomore Dimitri Horning’s 1998 BMW M3 is a force to be reckoned with. The Dakar Yellow sports car can often be seen on campus basking in the Northern California sunlight, awaiting its next run on the twisting Howell Mountain road. “I have always had a soft spot for M3’s, especially of this particular body style,” said Horning. “They are nimble and fairly quick, making them an excellent platform to build from.” After buying the car this past summer, he has been working toward making it an autocross competitor, putting hours on end into its res-
teaching takes a lot of time, but when that’s all you’re doing there’s actually a lot of extra time. We were like, ‘What do we do with this time, how do we make this useful?’ So we spent time reading our Bibles. We didn’t have electricity. We lived in a village — you don’t have wifi. Without all those distractions it leaves time for God. I don’t have time to do that here. It is so hard to do that here.” Were there any scary moments? “To be honest I felt pretty safe in Fiji just about all the time. There was one night when there were cyclones passing between us and New Zealand, and everyone had to be on guard and get their houses ready and put huge bags of sand on the roof to hold it down. It rained and stormed a lot. School was canceled for three days.” Is PUC different after spending a year abroad? “School I see differently. Now that I’ve been a teacher I have a lot more respect for them. Not that I didn’t respect them before but it’s not easy to be a teacher. So I’m excited to be a student again — ready to be the student that teachers want to have. I think there is a new atmosphere to PUC this year. This is the first time it legitimately feels like home. I real-
Jessica Aldred with her students in Fiji. ly missed it when I was gone and I feel really lucky to be here.” Are you different after spending a year abroad? “When you experience other cultures, your world view broadens. You become aware that not everyone lives like we do. We are so lucky. And half the time I feel so bad because I’m really glad that we’re as luck as we are. We have so much variety in America. Food, places you can go. Everything. I appreciate things a lot more.” Would you recommend going abroad? “I would recommend it to everyone. I think it’s important for us to be pushed out of our comfort zones in order to grow. We don’t know what we’re capable of until we put ourselves out there and let God use us.”
By Eryn Pongs toration and modification. According to Richard Hammond, from the well-known British television series Top Gear, BMW created the M3 model in order to enter into the Group A racing world. They were required to sell 5,000 M3s but sales skyrocketed to 15,000 because of popular demand. The possibilities of this car are endless. With its powerful historical background and Dimitri’s passion for success, “Old Yeller” will soon be clocking record times on the track. Continued on next page …
Dimitri Horning and his BMW M3.
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Continued from previous page … Not A Prius Freshman Heidi Morales is the proud owner of the bright blue FJ Cruiser that can be seen on PUC’s campus. The off-road inspired vehicle has been called the “Grandson of the original FJ-40” by Toyota Cruisers and Trucks Magazine and it has many distinct styles and patterns which identify it with the 1960 original. There is no doubt that the Cruiser is a fun and adventurous car, but for Morales it was an unexpected gift.
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Her parents asked her what kind of car she would like to drive and she requested a light blue Prius. Morales said, “I did not want to waste a lot of gas and I thought the Prius was a cute, compact car.” Her parents had other plans in mind. Because they had owned an FJ Cruiser before, they knew it was trustworthy. “They wanted me to be safe,” Morales said. Now that she has owned the SUV for a year, Morales enjoys the benefits it has to offer and agrees that it fits her lifestyle of surfing and hiking better than a Prius would have. Heidi Morales and her Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Men’s Soccer Team Wins First Victory in Three Years By Malek Sheen
On Oct. 14, sportsmanship was pushed to its limits as the Pacific Union College men’s soccer game with California State University Maritime became heated and tension rose following the ejection of one of the PUC players. Despite penalties and ejected players, the Pioneers protected their territory against the Keelhaulers in their first victory in three years. The Pioneers gained the lead in the first half and stood their ground finishing the game with a 1-0 win for the Pioneers. Before halftime Luis “Linguine” Gonzalez was given his first yellow card (a penalty) for kicking the ball out of the field and delaying the game. “I had gotten a yellow card for kicking the ball out,” said Gonzalez. “The ball was already out, it crossed the line. And then I was frustrated at myself for not keeping it in [the boundaries], so I kicked it to the fence.” After the penalty, Gonzalez scored the first and final goal of the game a few seconds right before the close of the first half. “It was a [great] shot,” said Franco Martinez, a freshman header on the team. “When he scored everyone went crazy. You could hear [everyone]: the crowd, the coaches, the players.” “My favorite moment from that game,” said Makana Kaaikala, “all of the players from the
Maritime team were so short [but] they go to kick the ball in, and Edgar [Lomeli] jumped up, grabbed it, and he looked like he was a giant standing over a bunch of minions. It was pretty awesome. Everyone cheered.” The game became heated in the second half. Gonzalez performed a legal slide tackle against Maritime’s Dylan Royer, number 8, which lead to Royer falling on top of Gonzalez and both getting their legs tangled up together. During the game, Gonzalez slide tackled a player from the other team who became mad and began pushing him back. The refs blew the whistle on the players and gave Gonzales a red card, ejecting him from the game. “I personally don’t think it should have been a card,” said Gonzalez. “I talked to the ref afterwards and asked him to explain it to me … He said I swung my legs and then that made [Royer] want to push me and made him mad. So he pushed me. And then the ref said I was trying to kick him on the ground … it was just a misunderstanding.” “Something that was … a disappointment to see as a PUC student,” said sophomore Maddie Mikulin at the game, “was the negativity that the crowd had with player as well as the ref. I understand you get heated, you get mad because they didn’t take out the other player
Junior Jose Nuno-Martinez defends PUC from the Maritime Keelhaulers at a home game Oct. 14. Though in the middle of a school day, many students turned up to the game to cheer for PUC. but they were doing things that weren’t really necessary.” Mikulin continued, “The soccer team displayed very good sportsmanship about it. They were respecting of the decision, although maybe it wasn’t the right decision for the refs not to take out the other person.”
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My Back 40 Story
October 22, 2015
By Jordan Delarmente
cardio isn’t that great and I haven’t trained for long distance since high school. While trying to keep up with my friends, we took a path that went downhill. I told my friends that they didn’t have to worry about me and that I knew my way back. After some time alone, thinking I was running a steady pace, I tripped over some rocks and branches and rolled down the rest of the hill. I twisted and destroyed my ankles. With the sun setting and animals coming out, I was Although beautiful the Back 40 can be danger- freaking out. I pulled out my phone and tried calling friends, but considering how deep I was ous if you are alone. in the forest I had no service and was running A couple weeks ago around 6 p.m. I was inon 5 percent battery. My phone died and it was spired to run with some friends on the Cross just nature, God and me. Before walking anyCountry team in the Back 40. I had run a little more on my hurt ankle, I stopped and prayed. over three miles when the other runners told I prayed for a quick healing, safety and a quick me that we were going to have to run faster for return back to school. another five miles. Little did they know my It took about two hours to get back to
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school but in that time I was truly able to meditate and think about life. No distractions, just the quietness and stillness of the beautiful nature God has given us. Though my ankle was still hurting, I wasn’t worried because I knew God was with me every step of the way. Finally arriving back at school, my friends were waiting for me at my door wondering if I was okay. We ended up laughing about it and it’s now a story I’ll always remember. My ankle healed fast, in about a week, and I’m now fully functional and watching my steps every time I go downhill. If you have stress or are freaking out about your future, I encourage you to escape the distractions of life and go in the Back 40 to enjoy the peace and stillness of God’s perfect creation. I just have three pieces of advice before going out there: 1. Stay with your friends, 2. Watch your step, and 3. Bring a whistle.
By Sara Toussaint
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich with This past summer the Dining Commons added a new produce area, which contains Apples and Bananas Single serving and takes five minutes to fruit like watermelon and strawberries, as well as vegetables. There are many recipes you can make • 2 slices of whole-wheat bread (toastmake if you choose not to wait in the long line for cooked food. Here are some recipes you ed) can make with the simple food that is provided • 1 spoonful of peanut butter • 1 spoonful of strawberry jam in the café. • 1 sliced apple Fruit Salad • 1 banana Note: You can put the apples and bananas A healthy way to relieve your sweet tooth. Single serving and takes 10 minutes to make. inside the sandwich or eat them on the side. Cut the fruit in squares or slices and enjoy. • 2 bananas Grilled Cheese Sandwich Single Serving and takes 10 minutes to make • 1 grapefruit • 2 oranges • 2 slices of whole wheat bread • Cheese (located in the salad bar) • 1/2 of a watermelon Note: You can toast the bread with cheese • 7 strawberries Recommended: Drizzle some orange juice or microwave it. or yogurt over the fruit to give it a special kick.
Full Healthy Salad Single serving and takes 17 minutes to make • Handful of spinach • 1/2 spoonful of iceberg lettuce • 1/2 spoonful of kale • 1/2 a cup of brown rice • Spoonful of tofu • 1 avocado cut in slices • 1 or more toppings (peanuts, almonds, beans, croutons or cranberries) • Vinegar salad dressing Note: Some people may prefer to put chocolate on their salads instead of the toppings that were mentioned to give it a sweet taste. I recommend adding M&M’s.
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Oh the Disappointment! If you could ask hardcore Adventists, the ones who are gung-ho for Big Franks and Pathfinders, what is the most important date to remember, they would immediately reply, “Oct. 22, 1844.” This is the date of the Great Disappointment. You may have heard it before in a religion class, or from a pastor’s end-oftime sermon, or maybe you even mixed it up with the Great Depression and got marked off a point in history class. Some of you prophecy enthusiasts might be annotating your Bibles and marking off your calendars trying to find the true meaning of this event. Some of you may have never heard of the Great Disappointment at all. The Great Disappointment is an event that occurred on Oct. 22, 1844, when William
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Miller thought he had predicted the coming of Christ. Sadly, the coming of Christ did not happen, leaving many disappointed. From this event, many church denominations sprouted up, including Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Seventh-day Adventist Church. So as you feast on haystacks and head over to vespers, remember that out of our own disappointments another opportunity may wait on another path. Here are some quotes from students about their greatest disappointments: • “I had a friend who was like my sister but she let me down when she decided to make up a rumor that I was interfering with her relationship.” — Valerie Deliazare, freshman • “I wish I had tried harder in school. I feel like I could’ve done better.” — Kiara Jackson,
Halloween Costumes Ideas Halloween is a when people dress up as anything they want to be: a princess, king or a movie character. Here are some ideas for making a costume right here in your dorm, using materials you already have. Zombie Supplies: nail-polish, thread, makeup and old clothes Instructions: Take the old clothes and shred them. Put four dots of nail polish on your top and bottom lips, then use thread to make it look like you threaded your lips closed. Use the makeup to whiten your skin and blacken
You could dress up like a millionaire with the fancy clothes in your wardrobe, like Campus Chronicle Fitness and Sports Editor Malek Sheen.
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freshman • “Santa isn’t real?!” — Ceili Orr, freshman • “I got pulled out of a championship volleyball game for an ear piercing. By the time I ripped it out of my ear, we had lost the game.” — Carlin Chung, freshman • “Nobody told me that foot tattoos don’t heal properly!” -Kaitlin Darnell, Sophomore • “First day of school I was looking forward to having grilled cheese but they served pizza instead.” — Steffany Quijada, Sophomore • “I was sitting at a playground at night with my crush and it starts to rain. We danced with each other in the rain. I looked into her eyes, she looked into my eyes. I leaned in for the kill, she turned her cheek.” — Malek Sheen, junior
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your eyes. Mummy Supplies: toilet paper or white fabric and tape Instructions: Wrap the toilet paper around your body from top to bottom until it covers your whole body, or get white fabric, put it into a bowl, add in tea bags to dye it a brownish color to make it look old, then wrap it around you. Queen or Princess Supplies: dress, makeup, paper, markers, nail polish and high heels Instructions: Pick out an elegant dress, put makeup on your face (but make sure it looks natural), do your nails, put on high heels and wear a tiara. To make a tiara, get a piece of paper to make a design, use markers to put some color to the crown, then cut it and put it on your head. Newspaper Supplies: Magazines, clothes and tape Instruction: Get your used magazines or newspapers and tape them all over your clothes. Or, if you want to be a book, you can
take pages from your old books and put them on your clothes. Millionaire Supplies: Business Suit, fake money, gold/ silver watch and wallet Instructions: Put on your business suit, comb your hair, put on your watch, put wallet in your pocket full of fake money and when you walk around just pull out the wallet sometimes and start handing out money to everyone. Professional Tennis Player Supplies: tennis racket, tennis clothes, headband, sneakers Instructions: Put on your tennis clothes, sneakers, and headband, and hold your racket with you all day. Doctor Supplies: white coat, clipboard, name tag and pen Instructions: Make sure the name tag has your name on it, and the white coat must be clean before you put it on. Pretend to have stuff written down on your clipboard.
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October Activities
By Janet Morales
Exhausted from exams, quizzes and overall studying? Take a break from the stress and discover what the area has to offer during this season. Enjoy it beyond the fall pumpkin spice lattes, Giugni’s, sandwich runs and trips to Napa. Actually get out and explore other activities that are fall essentials. Grab friends, create a good road trip playlist and take a day trip to one of these locations. Stanly Lane Pumpkin Patch in Napa is good if you don’t want to drive out too far but still want to have fun in the fall. Another option
is the Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch, which offers eight acres of pumpkins as well as an eight-acre corn maze and petting zoo. Apple Hill Growers, located just outside Sacramento, hosts more than 40 apple growers on its property. Each orchard, ranch or farm offers a variety of activities from apple picking, pumpkin patches, baked goods and hiking trails to explore. They host a number of events like the Haunted Nature Trail that runs from Oct. 23–Oct. 31 at Grandpa’s Cellar, and the Apple Hill Harvest Run on Nov 1.
Halloween Isn’t Scary Halloween is a widely celebrated holiday, when people often dress up in elaborate costumes and go door-to-door asking for candy. However, many people fear the day. Being afraid of Halloween because of Satanism is pointless, and it would benefit us all to remove this cultural glitch as soon as possible for the sake of our own convenience. Even today, when the Celtic/pagan death festival has been watered down to a giant, commercialized, nationwide costume party, complete with princesses, fairies, superheroes and ninjas, there’s still a strong public sentiment within certain communities that Halloween is satanic open season, with the game being easily influenced youngsters who will doubtlessly be enticed by demonic powers and…well, something bad will happen. These communities are always rather vague about what that bad thing is. But it’s definitely bad. Very Satan-y. We don’t want that. I mention Halloween because it’s thematically fitting, but this cultural necrophobia extends to horror movies, voodoo magic, Cinco de Mayo, fantasy-themed books, certain music videos and just about everything else that makes us slightly uncomfortable. Since we are trigger-happy about making connections, we figure these things are all connected — #IlluminatiConfirmed. However, saying that “it’s
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satanic and bad because it has scary ghost guys and the wizards have lighting that goes ‘pew pew’,” is not a legitimate criticism. We can’t start making moral judgments about Halloween or anything else because of its aesthetic qualities.
“Comparing other cultures to your own’s antagonist is the worst form of ethnocentrism.” Historically, social progress has always been made when we put our fears aside, and society is stagnant when we refuse to do that. Imagine how limited we would be in self-expression if we refused to mention certain aspects of reality in our art simply because we didn’t like it. Trying to purge culture of death-themed rituals or holidays is lying. It’s pretending death doesn’t exist and shunning anyone who attempts to acknowledge it. Halloween was originally intended as a way of coping with death using humor, and I don’t know about you but I much prefer laughing in the face of death to burying
my head in the sand and treating “dead” like a dirty word. When we tell people not to do or say certain things because it’s “satanic,” we are marking large portions of creative space as Satan’s property. Ironically, fear of Satan gives him more power over us, not less. Comparing other cultures to your own culture’s antagonist is the worst form of ethnocentrism. It’s saying, “Not only is your culture evil, it’s not even original evil. My culture’s bad guy invented your culture for the sake of testing me, because I really am that important.” While I’m certain that religious and racial superiority plays a part in distrust of Halloween, I believe that, ultimately, boredom is the main reason we want to be seen taking the moral high ground on October 31. It’s simply more fun to believe that Halloween is the instrument of the devil than the reality, which is that Halloween is yet another essentially meaningless, commercialized half-event which amounts to nothing important. People don’t celebrate Halloween because of what it means; people just like celebrating things. People like having reasons to dress differently, eat what they like, gather together and have stories to tell later on. Halloween today has rituals for the same reason as St. Patrick’s Day, Groundhog Day or Talk Like a Pirate Day. Which is to say, no reason.
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SpongeBob or SpongeBabe? Halloween gives us a lot of excuses to dress and act the way we want. But is it also an excuse, especially for females, to dress a bit more loosely? Furthermore, is it really the females’ fault? If you look inside is revealing a shirt that comes up to your belly. There has definitely been a pattern emerging. Halloween has given women an excuse to dress provocatively for decades: first came Princess Lea and her golden bikini, then came the Spice Girls, but these days you can find a bumble bee costume showing cleavage. It was only recently that a younger friend of mine called to ask my opinion of her Iron Man costume. Being a huge Marvel fan myself, I was supremely excited. It contained gloves with lights just like Iron Man himself. I received the picture shortly after — to say the least, it was not what I was expecting. The Iron Man costume she had picked out showed a girl in a red and gold Iron Man dress coming to midthigh, gloves on depicting a fighting stance and a plastic mask. It was the shortness of the dress that caught my attention and the fact that she, while not even a teenager yet, was already be-
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“scary” but “sexy.” Even SpongeBob is no longer safe, with costumes being called “SpongeBabe.” The Do Something Organization found that over 90 percent of Halloween costumes for women are specifically designed to be sexy. Guys can still be pirates, doctors, superheroes and even cowboys without showing their sixpack. Why can’t girls do the same? Others have become aware of this issue, and some are working hard to put an end to it. Disney recently made their kids’ costumes gender neutral, showing girls in full Captain Jack Sparrow attire, with the hat and buckled boots the same as the boys’ costume. Many college students have taken up campaigns on this sort of issue as well. The Do Something organization recently started an online campaign called “Sexy or Sexist” to demand more non-sexy costume options for women. This campaign What is happening? Have the costume mak- encourages costume companies to give woman ers decided that in order for a girl’s costume to better options than just sexy kitten. Putting on go-go boots and a red and blue be considered a girl’s costume, there needs to be a sexy component? It seems as though you tutu does not make a female Spiderman coscan’t pick a woman’s costume without it be- tume. ing “sexy.” Today, Alice in Wonderland can be described as “saucy” and a witch is no longer ing depicted as sexy. The boy’s costume of Iron Man, on the other hand, showed him in a full Iron Man suit, with puffs to look muscular. Why couldn’t the girls have this? I looked up the women’s version of the costume and found an even shorter skirt. To my personal knowledge, Iron Man never showed cleavage when fighting Ultron.
“Over 90 percent of Halloween costumes for women are specifically designed to be sexy.”
An Update on Angwin to Angwish The Angwin to Angwish race is about “Community.” It brings people from all over our valley, our country and our state. It brings people together out of love for nature, health, friendship, competition, family and support. Traditionally the proceeds of this event allows Pacific Union College to grow its service-learning program and teach its students how to improve their world in a responsible and ethical way. In response to the devastating loss in our neighboring communities in Lake County, we as an institution have committed to long-term support for our neighbors. We have vast and willing resources in our students and faculty, and are and will continue to be committed to supporting the disaster
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By Angwin to Angwish Coordinators
relief efforts. We have chosen to use Angwin to Angwish to help raise those funds needed to support our commitment for the Valley Fire recovery. We invite you to join this popular event and be a part of rebuilding our surrounding communities. Bring your family and friends to walk or run in our beautiful forests, and meet our students who will be cheering you along the way. We are all united in this effort to support the victims of the Valley Fire. We hope to see you Sunday Oct. 25 for the Angwin to Angwish. For more details and to register, please visit www.angwintoangwish.com.
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Thoughts on Week of Prayer Fall Revival featuring Pastor Jonathan Henderson took place on campus from Oct. 5–10, inspiring much commentary and feedback from students. Wednesday night, Henderson spoke about David lusting after Bathsheba, modesty and treating others with the respect that you would treat family members with. However, as he was saying this, the inevitable Christian shaming themes, such as how women dress for men and cause their brothers in Christ to sin, seemed to creep through. I’ve heard in many Christian environments that men are so visual that they can’t control themselves in front of a scantily clad woman. However, women are also chastised for dressing in a way attracts male attention. According to this logic, attracting male attention shouldn’t be that hard. So maybe — just maybe — women aren’t dressing for men. Maybe women don’t go through every action with a man in mind. Maybe men should take responsibility for their own actions instead of blaming a woman’s outfit. When someone’s house gets robbed, you never hear anyone telling the homeowners that they shouldn’t have had such a nice house. So why do we blame women for the actions of men? During Thursday morning’s colloquy, after
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Pastor Jonathan Henderson prays over students closing the Friday night of Fall Revival Oct. 9. Various altar calls during the week sought to bless students who decided to turn their lives around. apologizing for any offensive remarks towards women made during his previous sermon and emphasizing the need to respect each other, Henderson said that we should “fight for the rights of those who are marginalized.” Women have been marginalized throughout history and are still marginalized in the United States and other countries. Thursday night, Henderson spoke about the Samaritan woman, as well as how Jesus broke social norms and incited empowerment in women. As valid as his statements were, let’s be
consistent in the language we use concerning women. It doesn’t make much sense to condemn evils like rape and sex trafficking as we continue to judge women solely off of their appearance; it is not anyone’s fault for being treated a certain way because of the way they are dressed. Men and women need to take responsibility for their own actions. Just because you think someone’s attractive doesn’t mean you have the right to that person’s body or to harass them, as Henderson affirmed in encouraging everyone to treat others with respect.
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