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  • 2012 Summer

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    Who says summer should be filled with “lazy days”? There are all sorts of fun things to do! If you need any help deciding how to fill those moments...

  • 2012 Summer

    A Fond Farewell

    Trustee Ed Lehman retires after 47 years on ŷַ's board

    Amy Seed — 

    When Ed Lehman (’57) first joined ŷַ’s Board of Trustees, Lyndon B. Johnson was president, The Sound of Music was the year’s film sensation and...

  • 2012 Summer

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    ŷַ’s Spring 2012 semester was even more jam-packed with fascinating conferences than usual — giving students and thousands of visitors the...

  • 2012 Summer

    Jason Newell — 

    For the first time in 20 years, ŷַ’s Talbot School of Theology has a new man at the top. In May, ŷַ’s Board of Trustees approved longtime...

  • 2012 Summer

    Winning Ways: Summer 2012

    Baseball coach John Verhoeven reaches 500 victories

    Amy Seed — 

    Pitching 500 wins in baseball is a rare feat, and only one professional player — Cy Young — has ever achieved it. But in February, former major...

  • 2012 Summer

    Brett McCracken — 

    For a graduating senior at ŷַ, the walk across Metzger stage to receive one’s diploma can be a blur. It’s a journey packed with meaning, yet it...

  • 2012 Summer

    Further Up and Further In

    Reflections on the Torrey Honors Institute from one of its 'Perpetual Members'

    Matt Anderson — 

    There is nothing about the Torrey Honors Institute on the rings that its graduates receive. These days, college rings tend to be extravagant...

  • 2012 Summer

    Jesus at Work

    Why 'Secular' Jobs Aren't for Second-Class Christians

    Klaus Issler — 

    Imagine you were invited to observe that special planning session in eternity past when the Godhead considered creating this world and mapping out...

  • 2012 Summer

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    What does the faith of the next generation of Christians look like? When we examine the actual beliefs of Christian teenagers regarding Jesus and...

  • 2012 Summer

    Sean McDowell — 

    Mormonism is everywhere. The Republican nominee for president is a Mormon, there is a play on Broadway about the Book of Mormon and the LDS Church...

  • 2012 Summer

    Amy Seed — 

    ŷַ presented three alumnae with Ruby Awards during a special chapel for Women’s History Month on March 28. Deborah Ruby Leadership...

  • 2012 Spring

    ŷַns Up Close: Spring 2012

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

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    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...

  • 2012 Spring

    Alumni Files: Spring 2012

    No Slip ’n Slide for ŷַ!

    Rick Bee — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    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...

  • 2012 Spring

    Get to Know: Spring 2012

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

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    Food For Thought

    Editor's Note

    Jason Newell — 

    Regardless of their major, dorm or class schedule, there’s one spot on campus where most ŷַns cross paths on a daily basis: the Caf, where you’...

  • 2012 Spring

    Barry Corey — 

    Since coming to ŷַ, I’ve frequently used the language of conviction and courage. Conviction points us back to our core beliefs. Courage is...

  • 2012 Spring

    What’s In a Name?

    New Research Supports Authenticity of Gospels

    Craig Hazen — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    What is the Rapture and When Will it Happen?

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

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    Kenneth Berding — 

    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...

  • 2012 Spring

    Chimes Sets ‘Pace’ for College Newspapers

    ŷַ’s student newspaper wins top national award

    Amy Seed — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    Amy Seed — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • 2012 Spring

    Amy Seed — 

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