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Changing to Kinzley

November 20, 2002

Shelby used to be a Benning, now she’s a Kinzley. She will graduate from APU this December with an art major, and her senior art show, the culmination of her creative work, centers around the transformation she underwent when Changing to Kinzley.

Serving the Community

November 20, 2002

Over the years, APU has always encouraged students to get involved in local churches. In some cases, this involvement stretches beyond graduation, and develops into a lifelong ministry. This past weekend, a local neighborhood was touched through a handful of APU students and alumni who worked hand-in-hand with Neighborhood Christian Fellowship (NCF). The result: G.R.I.N.D. Skatehole (God’s Revelation in New Dimensions) celebrated its launch Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Midnight Madness 2002

November 07, 2002

Let’s get this party started!

Family Matters in the Harry Potter Novels

November 01, 2002

Despite criticism by well-meaning adults that the Harry Potter novels might lure child readers to fascination with the occult, the overriding truth remains that the novels consistently warn against the practice of magic by non-magic people, including all readers of the novels.

C.S. Lewis and the Potter Debate

November 01, 2002

Three years ago, I was approached by James Hedges, the chair of Azusa Pacific University’s Department of English, to teach a section of Children’s Literature in the Adult and Professional Studies Program. The course went smoothly until I decided to substitute Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling for The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis as an example of children’s fantasy. Why would a Christian professor teaching at a Christian university ask her students to read a book about witchcraft and wizardry?

A Celebration of Scholarship

October 31, 2002

Casualty of Thought

October 29, 2002

“My art is inspired by a desire to tell stories about the human experience,” said Guerrero. “I think some of our most interesting experiences take place within. I want to make visual all those things inside us nobody ever gets to share or see.”

Perpetuating Foundations

October 28, 2002

On October 21 and 22, the Haggard School of Theology hosted the annual Lectureship on Holy Living. The featured speaker was Stephen Gunter, Ph.D., who serves as Arthur J. Moore Chair of Evangelism at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.

School of Music Presents Visiting Artist Series

October 17, 2002

Azua Pacific’s School of Music presented the first concert in the Distinguished Visiting Artist Series on Saturday, October 5. The concert featured a string sextet performing selected chamber music of Johannes Brahms.

Overcoming Fear

October 16, 2002

I am a young woman of many fears. I'm afraid of falling, heights, spiders, being left, the effects of artificial sweeteners, drowning, being weak, asking for help, and failing. (The latter two are the worst.) I had to meet all of these fears head-on in the first few days of the High Sierra Semester. Yes, I knew that I would eventually have to face them, but I was kind of hoping I could start with the artificial sweeteners.

Play it Loud: APU Radio Is Back

September 27, 2002

On Thursday, September 26, Azusa Pacific’s campus radio station, KAPU, transmitted its first broadcast of the academic year.

Getting Down to the Business of Central Banking

September 18, 2002

On Monday, September 16, APU students, faculty, and staff, joined businesspeople from the San Gabriel Valley to hear Honorable Edward W. Kelley Jr., former governor of the Federal Reserve Board. Presented by the School of Business and Management, the topic of the lecture was "The Functions and Impact of the Federal Reserve System."

Get Around, Get Around, I Get Around

September 10, 2002

On your mark, get set, go! Transportation at Azusa Pacific University has just become more convenient. In an attempt to move students, faculty, and visitors around campus more efficiently, the Office of Facility Management has improved last year’s trolley schedule by doing away with scheduled pickups and converting to continuous service.

Over the Foothills

September 06, 2002

Many APU students experience nearby Garcia Trail in the San Gabriel Mountains. Garcia is a favorite for its easy accessibility (east on Alosta Avenue, north on Barranca Avenue, left on Sierra Madre Avenue; park near the fire station; trailhead is left of the station). The short but semi-strenuous hike gives a bird's eye view of the valley to the south, and the APU campus. The view to the north reveals an expanse of mountains with waterfalls, a mysterious bridge, camping, wildlife, and an observatory hidden just beyond this range of hills.

Team Barbados

September 01, 2002

Team Barbados partnered with Child Evangelism Fellowship where they ran several Vacation Bible Schools for local children. The team visited local schools, holding Bible clubs featuring crafts and a puppet show. The children loved every minute they spent with the APU students.