990 tax forms give insight to financial state of the university By Kimberlee Kruesi staff writer In an attempt to determine where and how PLNU’s money is spent, Point Weekly staff writers have analyzed last year’s 990 forms. Non-profit organizations like PLNU are required by federal law to file their income, though the organizations do [...]
PLNU’s tuition isn’t the only thing that’s steep on campus. by Jakie Hile and Kimberlee Kruesi staff writers Whether you want to purchase a cup of coffee or a quick lunch, the prices charged on campus have been consistently criticized as being overpriced. The Point Weekly news staff decided to compare basic items in the [...]
By Kimberlee Kruesi news editor All God’s Children’s (AGC) — an off-campus LGBT discussion group led by PLNU faculty and staff members Phil and Sharon Bowles — new location has not been determined despite being asked to leave a week ago. The group has been offered several locations from some of its current attendees. The [...]
By Kimberlee Kruesi news editor ASB Director of Spiritual Life Todd Clayton announced he would be stepping down from his position in last Friday’s chapel. Clayton read a statement in chapel that explained school officials did not ask him to step down. “I said in the statement that Point Loma and the Church of the [...]
by Kimberlee Kruesi news editor After more than eight underground gas leaks were found during spring break, PLNU must replace the south end of campus’s gas pipeline. School administrators alerted students in multiple emails while students were gone. As a consequence, students returning from break came home to no hot water or heat in Flex, [...]
(Photo taken by Marcus Emerson) San Diego County health inspection reports show overall high scores but repeated errors over five years by Kimberlee Kruesi News Editor When more than a hundred students came down with a virus in one weekend last semester, school officials announced that the dining hall passed two San Diego County Department [...]
by Kimberlee Kruesi News Editor A PLNU student has alleged she was raped by a San Diego police officer. A campus dining service employee has been suspended due to an investigation of her connection to the student and officer, school officials said in a press release. Last week, hospital workers reported the rape accusation to [...]
by Kimberlee Kruesi News Editor PLNU will host its 16th annual Writer’s Symposium this week. This year’s theme is “Writing the Revolution.” Speakers include bestselling author Lynn Vincent, poet and author Mary Karr, lyricist and musician Chris Hillman, and Mars Hill Church founder Rob Bell. “I always hope to disturb the comfortable and comfort the [...]
by Kimberlee Kruesi News Editor A drunk driver hit freshman Bill Burdge while he was cycling Friday night, according to a campus faculty and staff e-mail. Alexandria Bennett, PLNU’s sustainability coordinator, sent out an e-mail Saturday morning alerting faculty and staff of the accident. According to Bennett, a close family friend, Burdge was rushed to [...]
by Kimberlee Kruesi News Editor PLNU is facing a sex abuse lawsuit after charges were made that the school knowingly hired a convicted child molester who went on to sexually abuse two young children, court documents show. A 2008 legal complaint shows that both children, who were six and two years old at the time, [...]
