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• 51���� News

  Kids Tennis Day 2012 draws record number of young students

  51����’s men’s and women’s varsity tennis teams welcome kids and teach them to play tennis

  Abbey Bennett — April 26, 2012

  On March 30, 51����’s men’s and women’s tennis teams hosted Kids Tennis Day 2012, the largest event of its kind on a college campus. For the third...

• The Good Book Blog

  Defining a Multi-ethnic Church

  Gary McIntosh — April 24, 2012

  What sounds like a simple task at first often turns out to be much more difficult in practice. Such is the situation when attempting to define a multiethnic church. For example, a brief survey of the current literature reveals four words that are commonly used to describe churches where the people come from diverse backgrounds: “multinational,” “multi-racial,” “multi-ethnic,” and “multicultural.”

• 51���� News

  Freddy Cardoza: Discipling the Next Generation of Leaders

  Jenna Bartlo — April 24, 2012

  Professor and administrator Freddy Cardoza is passionate about the next generation of Christian ministers and Christian educators. More...

• 51���� Magazine

  In Print: Spring 2012

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 23, 2012

  A Cross-Shaped Gospel: Reconciling Heaven and Earth , by Bryan Loritts (M.A. ’98, 51���� trustee), Moody Publishers, October 2011. Today’s church...

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  Get to Know: Spring 2012

  Stewart Oleson, ‘comedian-at-law,’ broadcast journalist

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 23, 2012

  “Life is an improv.” That’s what Stewart Oleson, associate professor of journalism and broadcast journalism advisor, tells his students. How else...

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  Where Are They Now?: Spring 2012

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 23, 2012

  Drew Hall (’98) is familiar with TV sets like those for The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and Saturday Night Live, but he won’t be found on...

• 51���� Magazine

  Alumni Files: Spring 2012

  No Slip ’n Slide for 51����!

  Rick Bee — April 23, 2012

  As alumni director, I receive a number of letters and notes from graduates who have questions about 51���� facilities, students, faculty and staff....

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  51����ns Up Close: Spring 2012

  Kevin Willson (’01), award-winning commercial director

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 23, 2012

  Kevin Willson (’01) has worked his way into the big leagues — of commercials, that is. In February, the director’s now-famous “Sling Baby” ad won...

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  Jesus Saves: A Timeline

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  For the last 76 years, "Jesus Saves" has been a message proclaimed through bright red neon in downtown Los Angeles, a legacy of the evangelical...

• 51���� Magazine

  Center of Attention

  A look inside the new 51���� Center for Christian Thought

  Jason Newell — April 22, 2012

  The new 51���� Center for Christian Thought officially opened its doors in February, marking the start of one of the most ambitious...

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  Meet the 2012 Alumni Award Winners

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  The 51���� Alumni Association handed out its annual awards at a special chapel service on Feb. 17, recognizing two individuals and one...

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  11 Restaurants Within 11 Miles of 51����

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  La Mirada, Calif., may not be considered a culinary destination, but 51����ns don’t have to go far to experience mind-blowing cuisine of...

• 51���� Magazine

  Online Extra: Alumni Recipes

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  We asked the alumni and professors featured in this issue's "Soul and Stomach" cover package to share some of their favorite original recipes with...

• 51���� Magazine

  The Foodies

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  Some 51���� graduates impact the world for Christ in the boardroom, the classroom, the pulpit or the cockpit. Others, like the alumni on the...

• 51���� Magazine

  Soul and Stomach

  What it means to eat Christianly

  Brett McCracken — April 22, 2012

  “How does food relate to theology? What can it teach us about faith?” For students in Bible professor Andy Draycott’s Theology 2 class last year,...

• 51���� Magazine

  A Gouda Thing

  Cheese club expands 51����’s palette

  Brett McCracken — April 22, 2012

  It’s not every day that you might expect to see 30 to 50 undergraduates sitting around tables, tasting the likes of Dubliner, Drunken goat,...

• 51���� Magazine

  Women’s Cross Country Places 12th in Nation

  Amy Seed — April 22, 2012

  51����’s women’s cross country team took home a 12th place finish at the NAIA national championships in November, earning their fifth-consecutive...

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  Basketball Wins First GSAC Tourney

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  The 51���� men’s basketball team made program history when they defeated Concordia 81-77 and won their first-ever Golden State Athletic...

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  Men’s Soccer Wins GSAC Tournament Championship

  Amy Seed — April 22, 2012

  With a thrilling double-overtime victory, the 51���� men’s soccer team captured the Golden State Athletic Conference tournament championship for...

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  $1 Million Donation Will Fund Scholarships

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  In December, 51���� received its largest-ever endowed scholarship gift from a living donor: a $1 million donation that will fund scholarships for...

• 51���� Magazine

  Journalism Students Publish Book

  Amy Seed — April 22, 2012

  When most students went home for spring break last year, a group of 13 dedicated journalism students ventured to the Dominican Republic on a...

• 51���� Magazine

  Chimes Sets ‘Pace’ for College Newspapers

  51����’s student newspaper wins top national award

  Amy Seed — April 22, 2012

  Last fall, the 2010-11 staff of The Chimes made history. The weekly student newspaper was selected for a Pacemaker award by the Associated...

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  The Easiest Way to Memorize the Bible

  Kenneth Berding — April 22, 2012

  One of my professors in college was really old. I can hear everyone asking: “How old was he?” (No, his social security number wasn’t 7 ....) Let’s...

• 51���� Magazine

  What is the Rapture and When Will it Happen?

  Professor Alan Hultberg on what the Bible says about the end times

  51���� Magazine Staff — April 22, 2012

  There’s nothing like an apocalypse prediction to get the media buzzing. Last May, one of the more highly publicized predictions in recent memory...

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  What’s In a Name?

  New Research Supports Authenticity of Gospels

  Craig Hazen — April 22, 2012

  It has become commonplace for skeptics to assert rather boldly that the Gospel records — the primary witness to the ministry, teaching,...