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Conclusive evidence has recently surfaced proving that Greg King, associate professor of biblical studies, has had a secret life as a baseball player for many years. Sources have confirmed that King has been involved in baseball from a very early age. He played in Little League and Pony League, and won at least five trophies. "I don't want to exaggerate anything, but I was pretty good back then," he is reported to have said. "I had dreams about being a major-league player, and tried to figure out ways to avoid playing on Sabbath." While he may not win as many trophies now as he once did, King's fondness for the ball diamond persists as strong as ever. He was recently spotted at Turner Field watching a Braves' game while in Atlanta (purportedly for a speaking appointment), and plays in the "Old Men's League" (for those 35 and older) in St. Helena. Unfortunately for King and his fellow sluggers, this year's season was curtailed early because a fire at the elementary school where they play made it necessary to convert their ballfield into a trailer park. The most convincing symptom of King's baseball fervor is a recently discovered photograph taken of...

Pacific Union College recently inducted 11 students into its newly established Epsilon Rho Chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the national honor society for communication. In the Greek alphabet, Lambda, Pi, and Eta are the first letters of the words logos, pathos, and ethos, which are listed by Aristotle in The Rhetoric as the three modes of persuasion. The purpose of Lambda Pi Eta is to recognize, foster, and reward outstanding scholastic achievement in communication studies. The Epsilon Rho Chapter plans to promote development of its members by sharing original research, participating in speech contests, and stimulating discussion in the field of communication. Shelia Hsu, president of the PUC chapter, said students were excited about starting the society. "We wanted to learn more about certain aspects of communication that we didn't have a lot of exposure to," Hsu said. "It gives us the freedom to explore things outside of the classroom." Students may obtain membership by meeting several requirements. They must be full-time students with at least 90 quarter credit-hours completed; they must be in the top 35 percent of their academic class; they must have a minimum cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 for all courses taken; and have a...

David Pizarro is graduating summa cum laude this year with a B.S. degree in psychology. Pizarro was accepted to the Yale University Graduate School of Psychology's doctoral program and was given a University Fellowship which covers his tuition for the entire program and pays him a stipend as well. Pizarro hopes to teach and do research in psychology after he graduates. "I'd like to thank my teachers for preparing me for graduate school, and I'd like to thank God for opening doors in my life," he said. Rob Wells fulfilled the prerequisites for dental school at PUC. He will attend Loma Linda University School of Dentistry this fall, after spending his fifth summer with Camp Wawona's aquatics program. Wells is looking forward to entering the field of dentistry because it is interesting and it will allow him to devote time to family. In 1996, Sylvianne Pizarro graduated summa cum laude from Pacific Union College with a bachelor of business administration degree with an accounting emphasis. She is now studying law at Harvard University, and she hopes to work in the field of corporate law after graduation in 1999. "I would like to work in a law firm in San Francisco,...

On September 22, Pacific Union College launched its 116th year of quality Seventh-Day Adventist education. By the close of the college's inaugural year of 1882 83, the school had enrolled 152 students and employed a faculty of six. Things have changed. Today, PUC educates over 1600 students with about 115 faculty members. This year, PUC welcomes six new professors to the college's faculty. Sandra Balli, Ph.D., joins the department of education. Balli will teach for the department and will serve as an associate academic dean. Her focus will be to assist the school in applying technology to learning. Balli replaces Paul Plummer who retired this year after over fifty years in Adventist education. Kenneth James, Ph.D., R.D., new to the family and consumer science department, will work directly with PUC's food science and administration programs, as well as nutrition classes. James comes to PUC from East Tennessee University. A native of Peru, Rosario (Charo) Cabellero-Chambers, M.A., will teach Spanish for PUC's modern languages department. Cabellero-Chambers comes to PUC from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. PUC's largest department, nursing, welcomes three new teachers. Carol Williams, R.N., M.S., will work as PUC's skills lab coordinator. Carel Clay, R.N., M.S.N., will teach pediatric nursing. And...

Wellness Fair '98, presented by the Pacific Union College Nursing Department, will be at Vintage High School in Napa on March 6. The program is geared towards educating students on the importance of health issues. Seven major booths, scattered throughout the Vintage High gymnasium, offer information on various topics such as self defense, sexually transmitted diseases, and first aid. All physical education and health classes come to the gym, where they are given cards that are to be stamped at each booth. After a certain number, students are allowed to turn in their cards for a door prize drawing. Over 800 students usually end up attending. "Students love the Wellness Fair," says Allison Saether, who is the school nurse at Vintage High. "They have a background knowledge of health issues through their required health classes, but the fair gives them an opportunity to be actively involved in the learning process." The community outreach seminar is part of the service learning component for a class in PUC's Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program called Health Education Promotion and Self Care. The fair was actually initiated four years ago by a group of students who were required to come up with...