By Melody Karpinski staff writer The PLNU track and field teams competed at the GSAC Championships hosted by Fresno Pacific University on Friday and Saturday. The Sea Lion women placed second out of nine squads, while the men took third. “It was a good meet for us,” Head Coach Jerry Arvin said. “I was really [...]
By Melody Karpinski staff writer The Sea Lions competed in the 2011 Soka Peace Invitational on Saturday, with both men’s and women’s teams coming through with stellar efforts. Senior Tori Anderson led the way, setting personal records in both the 400 meters (56.66) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.40). Anderson took second and first in those [...]
by Melody Karpinski staff writer The PLNU track and field teams competed at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational on Saturday, the second to last meet that the Sea Lions will participate in before the GSAC Championships. Only a skeleton of the men’s and women’s teams were able to compete. More than 20 athletes were out with bouts [...]
by Melody Karpinski opinion editor PLNU track and field hosted the 2011 Collegiate Open on Saturday in its second home meet of the season. Eleven teams from across the state and nation competed. PLNU’s women won eight events, and the men’s team won two. The meet scored only individual times and marks, not team results. [...]
By Melody Kapinski Opinion Editor Amid the uproar over PLNU’s Title IX decision to cut the men’s track and field program last year, the men’s team went on to obliterate the GSAC competition and win the 2010 conference title. One year later, the team is preparing to repeat its performance and send more athletes to [...]
by Melody Karpinski Opinion Editor How do you describe someone who changed your life? Words are never sufficient, and no less so than when you’re remembering someone who probably would have filled your page with red marks. On Tuesday, PLNU lost journalism instructor Dale Fetherling, who passed away following complications from heart surgery. Dale was [...]
By Melody Karpinski Opinion Editor Shakespeare’s witty “Much Ado about Nothing” was brought to life on the PLNU stage this week in the Salomon Theatre’s fall 2010 production. The program featured four recent PLNU graduates in starring roles, with a delightful supporting cast made up of current students, staff members and local children. Jessica Bird, [...]
By Melody Karpinski Opinion Editor Dear Loma, Tonight I sat down to write to you about Tuesday’s election, planning to give you some opinionated political rhetoric as any good opinion editor should do. Jesus had other plans. On Friday nights, my church does ministry to the homeless either in OB or downtown. After spending an [...]
The PLNU administration’s decision to cut four athletic teams last month has sparked a dramatic storm of controversy that has divided our small campus and attracted national attention.
