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Four Pacific Union College students came away from the annual SONscreen Film Festival in Simi Valley, Calif., April 12-14 with top awards for their films. Uly Mostrales, Brian Bazemore, TJ Gleason, and J.R. Rogers won Best Music Video, Best Drama, Best Documentary, and Best of the Fest (grand prize), respectively. The grand prize film, titled “Three Courses”, is the story of three different couples who find, lose and re-establish love over the course of dinner in an elegant restaurant. It is not only a love story dedicated to the different paths that relationships take, but is also a love letter to the art and food culture and the role that it plays in the most important moments in our lives. “Three Courses” was the work of PUC film and television students; Rogers, the producer, worked with director/writer Eryck Chairez, production manager and editor Brian Bazemore, and art director/writer Jackson Boren to create the film. The SONscreen Film Festival is a destination for established and up-and-coming Christian filmmakers to share their creative work, gain exposure, and network with other media and film professionals. Since the festival debuted in 2002, a number of PUC students have received prizes for their dramas, public...

As part of its 125th anniversary celebration, Pacific Union College welcomes Dr. Jan Paulsen, president of the Adventist World Church, as a special guest speaker for Homecoming Weekend, April 20-22, 2007. On Saturday, Paulsen will speak for worship services at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. at the PUC Church. At 3 p.m., Paulsen will lead a discussion with PUC students on “Let’s Talk,” a televised forum for young people to share their views on faith with church leaders. The second worship service and “Let’s Talk,” to be held in the Paulin Hall auditorium, will be broadcast live on the Hope Channel. The public is welcome to attend both programs....

Discoveryland Childrens Preschool has been voted “Best Child Care, Napa Valley” in the North Bay Bohemian, Best of 2007 issue. The first-place win is the result of the publication’s annual online poll, which invites the North Bay community to vote for favorite local businesses in several categories. Discoveryland, with programs in Angwin and St. Helena, is a state-licensed facility and is among the few centers in the upper valley to offer infant care. Discoveryland, an auxiliary of Pacific Union College, started in Angwin more than forty years ago as a preschool and teaching outlet for PUC students. In 2002 the Trinchero family donated a St. Helena facility where PUC opened a second Discoveryland. Today, the Angwin and St. Helena locations have nearly 100 children enrolled....

Fluorescent lights high above, people cheering on metal bleachers, a score board reading 0-0, and two red hoops looming on either side of the court. This is what met the PUC Pioneers men’s basketball team as they walked onto the court for their first game in the California Pacific Conference playoffs. Not only was it the first game of the 2006-07 season playoffs, it was the first playoff game for the men’s basketball team since joining the NAIA Division II and California Pacific Conference. Many factors contributed to the Pioneers reaching the playoffs this year. Scott Blunt, the team’s head coach, says that reaching the playoffs was the team’s goal from the beginning of the season. “We accomplished our goal,” says Blunt, “It was a successful year, and we have something to build on for next year.” Although the Pioneers lost the first playoff game to Simpson University, they ended the season proudly in the standing of sixth seed out of eight. In addition to keeping the playoffs as their goal, Blunt says the team was made up of exceptional players. He credits the team’s success to the respect they had for each other and the senior players’ leadership. Several...

The Dramatic Arts Society of Pacific Union College has extended its run of the play “Red Books: Our Search for Ellen White.” There will be four more performances beginning April 3, 2007. More than 600 people attended the first run, booking nearly every show to full capacity. Due to the continued interest in the show, Mei Ann Teo, resident artist and “Red Books” producer, decided to add another week of performances in addition to taking it on tour in the fall to select locations. “Red Books” explores the Seventh-day Adventist community’s relationship with its founder, Ellen G. White. Using excerpts from some 200 interviews with current and former Adventists, the play travels through four generations of a religion and their perspectives on White to create a riveting discussion about icons—why they are built, destroyed, and forgotten and the impact on a faith community....