Philip Yancey discusses influence behind books
Popular Christian author and journalist Philip Yancey, who visited PLNU last week, has written 20 books that have sold more than 15 million copies in the last three decades...
PLNU Student wants to be your neighbor
Beautiful days are not the only thing PLNU and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood have in common...
Students apply for nursing major
February 4, 2008
For pre-nursing students, last Friday marked the final day to turn in an extensive application in to the PLNU School of Nursing.
Week of Renewal brings Bronx Pastor
February 4, 2008
Marvin Gaye referred to a lover’s presence when he sang, “Ain’t nothing like the real thing, baby.”...
Brainstorming business ideas
January 22, 2008
Stephen Miller and his co-worker Nate Friend were waiting in line at a restaurant, on a break from their summer jobs as counselors at Kanakuk Kamps in Bayfield, Colo...
Dishing the latest tastebud review: Fro-yo
January 14, 2008
With all the options in San Diego, agreeing on a location for a late-night frozen yogurt run can be difficult...
Year of chemotherapy concludes for Atkins
January 14, 2008
Journalism professor Sue Atkins began the semester with a spunky new hairdo, leaving the scarves and Missouri team caps she wore throughout the last year...
Pedersens return from sabbatical in the UK
January 14, 2008
As PLNU music professor Keith Pedersen listened to recordings of early music, his wife Bettina, a PLNU literature professor, researched material for her latest book...
Life after leukemia for PLNU grad
December 3, 2007
At 23, PLNU alumna Cynthia Colello has defied the expectations of many doctors...
Wake up and smell the (San Diegan) coffee
December 3, 2007
Forget cookie-cutter Starbucks and the PLNU-packed Living Room...
Holy smokes: hookah at PLNU
November 19, 2007
Although drug and alcohol use are forbidden at PLNU, smoking hookah remains a cloudy issue for some students on campus...
Cowboys for Jesus sing on campus
November 19, 2007
For David Best, Michael Pitts and Greg Morse, Friday evening’s Variety Show was a homecoming in more ways than one...
Knitters get in the loop
November 19, 2007
Relaxing music, yarn and needles set the mood for PLNU students to knit and socialize in the Piano Lounge at Nicholson Commons’ first “Learn to Knit.”...
Abroad in Costa Rica
November 19, 2007
I thought waking up daily in Costa Rica to birds on my tin roof and the screeching of geckos was bad.
Housekeepers make impact
November 12, 2007
As the sun begins to rise, Yolanda Callo travels every weekday morning from her residence in San Diego to the home of 350 women...
Women’s Auxiliary supports PLNU for 40 years
November 12, 2007
Without the support of the Women’s Auxiliary, PLNU students would not enjoy many of the luxuries that they do now...
Student Ministries gives community facelifts
November 12, 2007
PLNU student ministry leaders embarked on an all-day retreat on Saturday, Nov. 3, with a service project called “FaceLift” in City Heights, a community in eastern San Diego...
Students speak up on social justice
November 12, 2007
BYOM (Bring Your Own Mug) was the theme at the Students for Social Justice meeting on Monday, Oct. 29...
Carter fire clean up slideshow
November 5, 2007
Last Saturday computer science professor Lori Carter returned to her Poway home that was destroyed in the Witch Creek fire. Friends and family, including a group of PLNU students, joined Carter and her husband Tom to help with the clean up process.
Through a different lens
October 22, 2007
Unlike most chapel services, the LoveWorks/YouthWorks chapel last Wednesday did not start off with worship but jumped straight into a short prayer followed by a short film by Blake Nelson and Michael Clouse.
PLNU grad surfing in Samoa
October 22, 2007
Like many of the students that graduated from Point Loma last May, I had very little idea of what I wanted to do. I had two goals in mind: surfing and traveling.
Students meditate for campus study
October 22, 2007
For the past month, 124 PLNU students have been participating in a research study to determine if the psychological effects of meditation can influence a person's altruism.
Buddhist monk visits USD
October 8, 2007
PLNU students joined approximately 3,700 people to listen to Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh at the University of San Diego last Tuesday.
Rock pastor's perspective
October 8, 2007
Miles McPherson has worn many hats: he’s a former San Diego Chargers player, a reformed drug abuser, a husband and father of three.
Student addictions to Adderall
October 8, 2007
With midterms approaching, students can expect many late nights studying, extremely full schedules and, of course, stress.
Award-winning market in OB
October 8, 2007
The Olive Tree Market in Ocean Beach celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, continuing a tradition of award-winning sandwiches and salads for affordable prices...
Ndeh connects students with homeless
October 1, 2007
PLNU literature professor Fru Festus Ndeh is no stranger to poverty and corruption.
Advice for eating well in Caf
Home-cooked food is not accessible to many PLNU students, which forces them to rely on the Caf, PBC and a tiny dorm refrigerator to supply their nutrition.
Breaking into Indian brothels
October 1, 2007
Some days, he’s a lawyer flying back and forth between his home in San Diego and his firm in Seattle; other afternoons, he’s an adjunct professor of business.
Mid-City Nazarene congregates
September 24, 2007
City Heights is definitely not Point Loma; and Mid-City decided to move there for that very reason.
New PBC manager spices up the menu
September 24, 2007
Kyle Micken, the 23-year-old Point Break Café manager, is not a student, even though he has been mistaken for one multiple times.
We've got 'The Beat'
September 24, 2007
Campus television show The Beat returns for a second year on the newly named PLNU Channel 3-Your Station.
I want to ride my bicycle
September 17, 2007
You don’t have to be Lance Armstrong to enjoy the many trails and roads that are biker-friendly in San Diego.
PLNU prof wins Wal-Mart award
September 17, 2007
Dan Croy, PLNU business professor, keeps a busy schedule.
Nathan Kurisu's year in Africa
September 10, 2007
When senior Nathan Kurisu prepared to study abroad in Tanzania last fall, he expected to come face-to-face with Third -World struggles.
Changing Students' Realities
September 10, 2007
Reality Changers is a new student ministry on campus directed at positively altering high school students’ futures.
A Mission to Love
August 27, 2007
More than 200 PLNU students traveled over the summer to nearly every corner of the world through the university’s short-term missions program, LoveWorks.
Gone in Ghana
August 27, 2007
You would think that after having no running water for a week, you would never again take water for granted.
Sherita Lucky: new RD in Nease
August 20, 2007
Sherita Lucky never seriously considered becoming a Resident Director, even though she had been asked before. When Lucky was a Nease Resident Assistant her junior year...
Living as Anthony Livolsi
August 20, 2007
As the first Director of Spiritual Life in PLNU history, senior Anthony Livolsi has no precedent to follow. With a summer of experience behind him, Livolsi sat down with The Point Weekly to discuss his vision for the year ahead.
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