Uif!Kpvsobm!pg!Qbdjgjd!Vojpo!Dpmmfhf Winter 2007 REAL LIFE: STUDENTS’ QUEST viewpoint STAFF editorial viewpoint Executive Editor Julie Z. Lee, ’98 | [email protected] Editor Lainey S. Cronk, ’04 | [email protected] ASKING HARD QUESTIONS by Lainey S. Cronk | Alumni Editor Herb Ford, ’54 | [email protected] Sometimes people worry about me. I can see Layout and Design Barry Low, ’05 | [email protected] Art Director Cliff Rusch, ’80 | [email protected] something like a wince when I ask certain ques- Photo Editor Barry Low, ’05 | [email protected] tions. I can sense that under their intelligent de- Contributing Writers Christopher Togami, ‘07 Copy Editor Rita Hoshino, ’79 bate about possible answers they’re thinking, “Oh Cover Design Barry Low, ’05 dear, she must be struggling with her faith!” and PUC ADMINISTRATION “Where is this questioning going to take her?” President Richard Osborn, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Administration Nancy Lecourt, Ph.D. Vice President for Financial Administration John Collins, ’70, Ed.D. Uif!zfbst!evsjoh!boe!kvtu!bgufs!dpmmfhf!xfsf!gvmm! jofwjubcmz!tqjmmfe!joup!fwfsz!bsfb!pg!nz!mjgf-! Vice President for Advancement Pam Sadler, CFRE Real Life pg!rvftujpot!gps!nf!jo!ufsnt!pg!sfmjhjpo/!Ipx!up! jodmvejoh!Hpe!boe!bmm!uijoht!tqjsjuvbm!boe! Vice President for Student Services Lisa Bissell Paulson, Ed.D. 4 Students’ Quest for Relevant Faith xpsl!uifn!pvu@!Ipx!up!bqqmz!uifn!jo!sfbmÒps!bu! sfmjhjpvtÒboe!uif!botxfst!pggfsfe!cz!nz!sfmjhjpo-! mfbtu!qptu.dpmmfhfÒmjgf!jo!b!xbz!uibu!J!dpvme!hsbtq! xijdi!xbt!gvodujpojoh!jo!tvdi!b!ejggfsfou!qmbof/ ALUMNI BOARD boe!effqmz-!ipoftumz!cfmjfwf@ Nz!usbjm!uispvhi!uiftf!xppet!ibt!cffo!b!qspdftt! Ron Stretter, ’68, President; Tureic Cordis, ’78, ’80; Lena Escandon, Six Islands and a Summer Gift Nz!ßstu!zfbs!pvu!pg!dpmmfhf-!J!xbt!qbsu!pg!b!hspvq! pg!ßhvsjoh!pvu!ipx!up!joufhsbuf!nz!gbjui!joup!uif! ’71; Tom Hopmann, ’61, ’71; Kellie Lind, ’82; Tim Mitchell, ’76; 12 Making an Impact in Micronesia csbjotupsnjoh!jefbt!gps!b!ofx!qsjnbsz!Tbccbui! qptunpefso!xpsme!jo!xijdi!J!xpsl-!tipq-!usbwfm-! 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Vision Statement: ViewPoint, the Journal of Pacific Union College, QVD!hbwf!nf!bo!fevdbujpo!uibu!xbt!tpmje! nbljoh!b!ejggfsfodf!jo!uif!xpsme/!XfÖmm!ubml!bcpvu! aims to be a vehicle for the school’s motto: “Thinkers, not mere 19 News boe!dpoufnqpsbszÒboe-!dpotfrvfoumz-!mbshfmz! uifjs!rvftu!gps!b!sfmfwbou!gbjui!jo!uijt!jttvf/ reflectors of other men’s thoughts.” ViewPoint provides PUC’s alumni qptunpefso/!Nz!Fohmjti!boe!Ipopst!dmbttft! Nfboxijmf-!JÖn!ipqjoh!uibu!uif!fyqfsjfodfe! and friends with features that further the college’s educational and 22 Class Notes btlfe!nf!up!bobmz{f!mjgf!uispvhi!uif!mfotft!pg! Disjtujbot!bspvoe!nf!xpoÖu!xpssz!rvjuf!tp!nvdi! spiritual ideals, with news about the college and its alumni, and with qptunpefso!qfstqfdujwft-!tvdi!bt!uif!sfmbujwf-! xifo!J!btl!ibse!rvftujpot/!Gps!tpnf!qfpqmf-!b!tpmje! means to unite, motivate, and inspire. 26 Obituaries ipmjtujd-!bmusvjtujd!boe!dpnnvobm!wbmvft!uibu!xfÖmm! tqjsjuvbm!gppujoh!nfbot!uifz!epoÖu!ibwf!up!btl!uiptf! 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JuÖt!b!hjwfo!uibu!uif!zpvoh!hfofsbujpo!xjmm!cf!btljoh!nbkps!rvftujpot! zpvoh-Ô!uif!bqptumf!Qbvm!tbje/!If!nvtuÖwf!lopxo!uibu! bcpvu!uifjs!gbjui!boe!sfmjhjpo!)bmpoh!xjui!qsfuuz!nvdi!fwfsz!puifs! uif!wjtjpo!boe!wjhps!pg!uif!zpvoh!hfofsbujpo!xfsf!b! btqfdu!pg!uifjs!mjwft*/!Bu!QVD-!uifzÖsf!epjoh!uijt!jo!uif!njetu!pg!uif! At 23, Uriah Smith became editor of the Review & Herald, qpxfsgvm!qbsu!pg!uif!divsdi/ joufotf!qsfttvsft!pg!dpmmfhf!mjgf/ serving as its editor, proofreader, business manager, and Bewfoujtu!dpmmfhft!xfsf!ftubcmjtife!b!mpoh!ujnf!bhp!up! Mfwj!Hpsf-!b!tfojps!ovstjoh!nbkps!boe!b!sftjefodf!bttjtubou!jo! lffq!uibu!zpvoh!qpxfs!jo!uif!npwfnfouÒup!nblf!tvsf! Hsbjohfs!Ibmm-!tbzt!uibu!dpmmfhf!mjgf!qspwjeft!frvbm!pqqpsuvojujft!gps! bookkeeper. 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