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  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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....

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Center of Attention

    A look inside the new ŷַ Center for Christian Thought

    Jason Newell — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Soul and Stomach

    What it means to eat Christianly

    Brett McCracken — 

    “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,...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    A Gouda Thing

    Cheese club expands ŷַ’s palette

    Brett McCracken — 

    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,...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Amy Seed — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    ŷַ Magazine Staff — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    Amy Seed — 

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    What is the Rapture and When Will it Happen?

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

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

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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,...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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...

  • ŷַ Magazine

    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’...

  • The Good Book Blog

    Betsy Barber — 

    The life events that we celebrate with our students here at Talbot are usually joyful, life-filled milestones: engagements, marriages, babies, commissioning services, ordinations, new jobs, etc. Once in awhile, though, we journey unexpectedly with one of our dear students through the Valley of the Shadow of Death. This has been our experience these past 6 months as one of our ISF students has died from cancer.

  • ŷַ News

    College campus talks sexual violence beyond rape prevention

    ŷַ gives voice to sexual violence victims

    Jenna Bartlo — 

    Opening students’ eyes to the truth and reality of sexual violence, ŷַ ishosting Sexual Violence Awareness Week, themed “Give Voice,...