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Accessibility for all
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Not everybody thinks about accessibility everyday, but for someone trying to navigate a college campus with a disability, it can be unavoidable. I spoke with several individuals affiliated with the Educational Access Center (EAC) in order to find out how PLNU’s campus can be more accessible for everyone. As a student who understands the struggles […]
AI can read the words, but can it understand the story?
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Artificial Intelligence is transforming how people create, consume and preserve information. But as AI companies build systems capable of processing billions of words, a more unsettling question is emerging. What happens to the books and human creativity that feed these systems? One of the most important ways AI companies develop their systems is by providin
Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt returns to PLNU with a new vision for women’s basketball
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Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt first came to Point Loma Nazarene University as a student-athlete, playing women’s basketball from 2012 to 2014. More than a decade later, she has returned to campus as the Sea Lions’ new head coach for women’s basketball, bringing a familiar connection to the university and a new, defense-minded vision for the program. Athletic [
Meet Teagen Heise: a PLNU student, personal trainer and bodybuilder
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A full semester of classes can stress out the average university student, but second-year political science major Teagen Heise balances much more. A load of classes, a job as a certified personal trainer, a member of Point Loma Nazarene University’s Speech and Debate team, a social media presence, a deep personal faith, and as if […]
Be where your feet are: Coach Vasey begins a new chapter at PLNU
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A high school basketball player in New Zealand once convinced Richard Vasey to step into a gym to talk with their coach. When Vasey walked through the doors, the coach handed him a clipboard and said, “I am so glad you’re here. They’re all yours.” That unexpected moment launched Vasey’s coaching career. Now, 35 years […]
Meal deals for a budgeting college student
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PLNU’s Swipe Out Hunger Program found that one in three college students struggle with food insecurity. This problem still persists in 2026, as a new long-term study from The New Hope Center for Student Basic Needs found that 43% of college students who faced food insecurity while entering college in 2024 still experienced it two […]
PLNU sends out advisory after SDSU mumps outbreak
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San Diego County Public Health Services confirmed five cases of mumps among student-athletes on a San Diego State University sports team, according to an email sent out by the Point Loma Nazarene University Wellness Center on Sept. 23. Because of the close contact with sports between the two colleges, the public health advisory was issued. […]
How PLNU students experience study abroad reverse culture shock
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I expected to feel homesick during my time abroad. I expected that at one point I would wish I could be in my own bed back at home, see familiar faces and be able to have a coffee at my go-to spots, but that feeling never came. At least, not until I got on the […]
Welcome to the bizarre, disturbing and concerning world of A24’s ‘Primetime’
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Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers. “You see how this looks, right?” It’s a line that’s gone viral on TikTok and Instagram over the past few weeks, delivered by Robert Pattinson in A24’s latest film, “Primetime.” Sitting in the theater and hearing Pattinson say it in the film made me and my friends giggle, thinking […]
What the Macklemore and Ed Sheeran drama says about artists and activism
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When Macklemore took the stage at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sept. 4 as an opener on Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour, he said, “Free Palestine. I want those words to be loud and clear, so the people from Gaza, all the way to the occupied West Bank, know that we have not forgotten them.” […]
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