Mud Run Training Vid. from The Point on Vimeo. Written by George Garcia Day 1: I started my training today for the Irvine Mud Run. I only have five weeks left to prepare myself both mentally and physically for the three mile run. I have been running two miles three times a week and will now push myself to three miles four times a week. Along with running, I will also play basketball twice a week, but that probably won’t help me in the Mud Run. I grabbed my iPod and headphones and headed towards the track. I laced up my black Adidas shoes and stretched out. After tuning to…
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Fighting for Common Ground
Written by Katelynn Camp Fighting for Common Ground 9/11 sparked a now almost decade long controversy between Muslims and Americans of different faiths. In the minds of many Americans, “The War on Terrorism has,” as sophomore David Klein says, “morphed into a war on religion.” And the recent arguments over whether or not an Islam center named Park51 should be built two blocks away from Ground Zero show the bitter tensions between Islam and other faiths. As the body of Christ, Biola students and faculty are beginning to and need to continue thinking about the issue of religious division in America. Earlier this year, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf proposed that…
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Tribute to 9-11.
Written by Shanley Knox Jeremy wrote me two months after deployment. I had been waiting, anxious, since before he left. I knew Afghanistan would change him. A part of me knew I would change, too, and that those changes would, together, change what was between us. By the time his first letter came, things were already different. We were three months in, and there wasn’t much that hadn’t changed. The first time he called, I just heard gun shots. He came in and out, and I sat, in green AE boxer shorts and a sports bra and listened. I hung up after a million years had gone by, tossed my…
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Under the Radar
Written by Matt Fier The Humanitarian As Stephen Mbogo approaches, you can see the 43-year-old’s smile from a mile away, as he extends a hand and gives a generous hug. “It’s good to finally meet you in person!” he says with a laugh. Mbogo came to Biola in 2008 with his wife, Rosemary and their two children, Victor and Joy. He is currently a graduate student at Talbot School of Theology, working on his Ph.D in Intercultural Studies (ICS), with a focus on values and leadership of politicians in Africa. However, Mbogo’s story runs much deeper than that. In 2005, Mbogo and his family started By Grace Orphanage in Kenya,…
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Top Ten: Lost Arts
Written by Carizza Sioco CURSIVE WRITING As elementary school students, we painstakingly tackled this alleged shortcut in handwriting. We were told fanciful tales of teachers who would only accept work in cursive and that our college careers were at the mercy of our penmanship. Such myths were debunked as our fluid font was quickly replaced with typed text. Because professors are more concerned with the formatting of a paper than our personal penmanship, those tricky cursive G’s and Q’s are now mere memories. MIXED TAPES A mixed tape was a hug in the form of a cassette, encased in plastic and passed on to a best friend or a potential…
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Shattering the Facade
Defining Porn from The Point on Vimeo. Pornography is all the rage. That’s what Roxxanne Bliss, a bold, blonde 29-year-old adult film star says. “Everybody does this,” she remarked at the 2009 AdultCon Expo in Los Angeles. As an escort, Bliss claims she has seen every sort of customer “under the sun” — including the Amish and a few rabbis. Bliss, who began her career with dancing at age 10 and practicing striptease by age 14, has now spent almost a decade in the porn industry. Resident Director (R.D.) of Hart Hall Ryan Low, 36, saw his first Playboy magazine at age 7. Low struggled with pornography for years, but…
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The Right Fit
Written by Katie Steslicki THE INTERVIEW It’s true that your first impression is the most important, especially when it comes to seeking employment. You must dress professionally, competitively and appropriately. For both guys and girls, remember that your idea of trendy might not match the interviewer’s perspective on what’s fashionable, so error on the side of dressing conservatively when you interview. Guys: DON’T: Be lazy. Cutoff shorts, deep V-neck T’s, flip-flops or TOMS will not impress your potential employer. They are best kept amongst the Indie band crowd. DO: Invest in a good set of dress pants and at least two nice button-up dress shirts. Be sure at least one…
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Digital Detachment
Digital Detachment from The Point on Vimeo. Written by Patricia Diaz A starving little boy stares out from the photo, transfixing the 6-year-old girl. “That isn’t real, Daddy, is it?” she asks. “That’s just pretend, right?” How does a father explain to his daughter that somewhere in the world children just like her die every few seconds because they can’t get enough to eat? “She was incredulous,” remembers her dad Jonathan Acuff, a copywriter by day and popular blogger by night. Her questions set him to thinking: What could they do to change the pain of that reality? So one day last November, Acuff took up the challenge. He announced…
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Left Foot First
Written by Bethany Cissel A LIFE (holding on) March 3, 2009. Fullerton, California. We pray and find the right house number. A warm, friendly face steps into the frame of the front door. A hand gesturing to come into the house: handshakes and names, “please sit down.” Small talk. Breaking ice. The phone rings, and a conversation takes place in the kitchen. Outside, feet are shuffling upon the pavement. “Left foot first, left foot first” can be heard from the living room. A pink support belt and a walker prop the man scooting outside. The questions begin, and Jim and Miriam Mohler tell me their story of how cancer has…
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Biola/Azusa Lovefest
Written by Kelli Shiroma and Alethia Selby They’re Cougars. We’re Eagles. The intense Biola/APU rivalry is inherited the moment a new student steps onto either campus. But when you line up the facts, Biola and APU really aren’t that different. We’re both Christian universities in Southern California. We swap professors. We even share a fondness for the color red. The Eagle recently took a trip to APU to offer Biola’s love. Let’s keep it going. To those who don’t know them well, seniors Joelle and Marie Tanaka look just like any twins. Standing side by side with their straight, black hair and matching tennis rackets, the girls are almost impossible…
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A Thin Line
Porn/Art Q&A from The Point on Vimeo. Written by Karin Hamilton How do you define pornography? Lisa Swain, Professor of Cinema: Any narcissistic enjoyment of pleasure that has utter disregard for the other person in the relationship. Jonathan Anderson, Professor of Art: The objectification of a person’s sexuality for personal, private consumption. Gary Strauss, Professor of Psychology: Consumption that is specifically for the purpose of self-gratification. How do you draw the line between porn and art? Strauss: An image that’s very much focusing on the body itself, the intimate portions of a person’s sexuality, sexual activity or even just the portrayal of the nude body, where there seems to be no purpose other than…
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Every “Wear” in Time
Written by Emily Agenjo As the years have gone by, our professors have stepped into more fashionable — and some much less fashionable — shoes than we could imagine. Our professors lived among the generations who changed what we wear today. They were part of the days of rock and roll, the British invasion, disco, the Jesus freaks movement and grunge. We can learn from the wisdom of these men and women in the classroom, but we can also draw some serious inspiration from their former duds. Four professors share their testimonies as to what was hot — and what was not — while they were in college. Larry Smith:…
