Being shaped by the Word is a con-

tinual process, Campus Pastor Khristi Ad-

ams said. Its a continual one and its an
intentional one.
To help students with both processes,
last week the Campus Pastor`s OIfce host-
ed Spiritual Formation Week. Its an annual
week focused on a particular spiritual dis-
cipline. This year the focus was Scripture,
giving APU students a chance to delve into
the Bible, not only by themselves, but to-
gether as a community.
Last year, the spiritual practice was
prayer, so this year the spiritual practice
is Scripture, Adams said. Basically ev-
erything that is done during this particular
week is centered around that practice. It
promotes it and gets people excited about
it in hopes that when this week is over,
weve almost kind of inundated everyone
so much it becomes ingrained in them and
in their heart.
As each new year brings in a new cha-
pel SALT team, the ideas and goals for
Spiritual Formation Week vary from year
to year. This year, it was a priority that stu-
dents have opportunities to sit down, refect
and focus on God and His Word.
The vision of this week was basically
to serve as a reminder, Adams said. It re-
minds us that spiritual disciplines are a part
of our growth.
To kick off the week with something
new, the OIfce oI the Campus Pastors sold
Scripture T-shirts in many different colors
A recent release of a 2008 survey con-
ducted by the National College Health As-
sessment shows depression rates at APU
to be higher than the national average. Al-
though this data was collected three years
ago, Director of the Counseling Center and
Associate Dean of Students Bill Fiala said
that the Counseling Center is seeing more
students, and more severe case of despres-
sion. It is for this reason the Counseling
Center is planning to survey students again
this fall.
Depression can be like developing
tunnel vision, in which a persons thoughts
and emotions become incredibly restricted
within a narrower window of possibility,
psychology professor Kris Thomas said.
The attempt to get outside of ones de-
pressive thinking and feeling can feel im-
possible.
In 2008, the University Counseling
Center polled 1,130 students about their
emotions in the preceding 12 months. The
results showed that 54.6 percent of stu-
dents felt hopeless, 95.3 percent felt over-
whelmed, 71.9 percent felt lonely, 74.3
percent felt sad and 36 percent felt so de-
pressed that it was diIfcult to Iunction.
In comparison, the national study,
which polled 26, 685 students found that
47 percent of students felt hopeless, 87.4
percent felt overwhelmed, 59.7 percent felt
lonely, 63.7 percent felt sad and 30.6 per-
cent Ielt so depressed that it was diIfcult
to function.
Depression is not merely a feature of
internal experience, but is a social phenom-
enon in response to a broken and troubled
world, Thomas said.
Single episodes of depression are com-
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From self-written songs to plays on classics, the
musicians at Unplugged displayed their personalities
and talents through song for a crowd of students, par-
ents and alumni.
Hosted each semester by Communiversity, this
year the event took place Oct. 7 in the Wynn Amphi-
theater. It featured top-class performances by junior
commercial music major Aaron Encinas, senior com-
mercial music major Alyssa Wheelon, fIth-year se-
nior commercial music major Tudor Williams, APU
graduate Marques Nelson and Utah-native John All-
red.
Theres actually really good music out here. I
wasnt expecting that, but theyre really talented,
freshman communication studies and Christian min-
istries major Cori Polynice said. Its too bad more
people arent out here.
Polynice decided to attend Unplugged after see-
ing fyers around campus. Singer-songwriter Tudor
Williams was Polynices favorite act as he charmed
the crowd, instigated laughter and performed original
songs.
Hes got a wonderful personality, which shows
through his music and segues into his songs,
Polynice said.
Williams` interest in music began with frst an in-
terest in girls. His middle school crush liked the pop-
ular band Weezer. While his crush faded, Williams
love for the band did not. Instead, at age 16 he began
writing his own music.
Despite music being his emotional outlet, Wil-
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on Friday night.
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never condsidered studying music until
after he began his APU career.
I figured, you cant do music unless you
start before you can ride a bike, said Wil-
liams. I thought that ship had sailed, but
then I realized theres nothing else Id rather
study.
Although Williams may not have started
off with the most experience, he was full of
inspiration. His dedication to the art of song
writing has developed his musicianship,
giving him more tools to turn his ideas into
melodies.
Song writing is a lot like archeology. I
dont think you create it. I think you just find
it, but it is work finding it, Williams said.
It took me ages to dig stuff up and clean
it off, but the more advanced I got and the
more I learned, the better tools Ive gotten.
Williams said studying music at APU is
unique because musicians at other schools
focus solely on music, and it is what mat-
ters most. However, Williams feels that most
music majors at APU understand their music
is not the end all, be all, and there is an
equal respect for faith.
In his four years as a music major, Wil-
liams has auditioned for every venue APU
facilitates, and this was his second perfor-
mance at Unplugged.
Fifth-year church music major Steven
Shook spent 10 to 20 hours per week plan-
ning the event during the first four weeks of
school, and said it took a lot of energy and
effort to complete paperwork, make connec-
tions with the performers and gather man
power for set up.
Steven Shook and the rest of the guys
did a great job of hiring outside people
not that that was the great job but that the
sound and the presentation was really well
done. Top class, Williams said.
Shook used to perform at shows similar
to Unplugged, but he suffered a stroke in
July of 2009, losing his ability to play gui-
tar. However, he is retraining and thankful
to still be able to plan events so others can
enjoy the many musical talents on campus
and beyond. This is his second year planning
Unplugged.
God is good, and God has provided and
brought me opportunities to put on shows
here at APU, Shook said. Its just a bless-
ing whenever I get to get people together
like this, and to have not only outside people
like John [Allred], but also to give student
performers and musicians a chance to per-
form on a college campus.
The next Communiversity-sponsored
musical event is Battle of the Bands Oct. 25
at 8 p.m. in UTCC. Also, Oct. 28 at 12:30
p.m., Jars of Clay will be giving a free per-
formance on Trinity Lawn.
Talents impress at Unplugged
Students showcase their
musical abilities in the
Wynn Amphitheater
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APU theaters rst show of the
season, The Drowsy Chaperone,
captures the audiences attention
from start to nish with laughter
inspired by a 1920s-era musical the-
ater satire.
Under the direction of Bart
McHenry, the show will play in the
Mary Hill Theater from Thursday to
Saturday until Oct. 29.
The Drowsy Chaperone is
something that will make the stu-
dents grow because it is kind of
making fun while paying it homage,
because it is mocking musical the-
atre, especially musical theatre in the
20s, the shows producer, Jeffrey
Martinez said. It was just goofy and
theres no plot whatsoever.
The cast is made up entirely of
APU students ranging from sopho-
mores to seniors. Senior theatre arts
major Chris Speed, plays man in
chair, and has found that this show
has been different than other shows
he has done.
I have been in shows since I
was a freshman here at APU. This
is probably the best show that Ive
done. Its silly and kind of stupid but
in a fun way, Speed said.
This is the rst time APU has
put on The Drowsy Chaperone. APU
theatre opens and closes their season
with a musical and much thought
and discussion went into choosing
this musical. They stayed true to
the original script, making only mi-
nor changes, which makes the show
more relatable.
Interestingly they changed the
character [man in chair] completely
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from the original script. In the script,
its supposed to be like an older, ec-
centric, little, nutty guy that lives
alone, so they decided that they
wanted to make it a little more mod-
ern and fresh. We didnt change any
words or anything. We just changed
his character and where he lives.
Hes younger and more hip and with
it, Speed said.
The dark room lls with the
voice of the man in the chair. It is
as if you are inside someones head.
The narrator, the man in the chair,
is a musical theatre fan and is ec-
statically playing his record of the
soundtrack to The Drowsy Chaper-
one. As he closes his eyes to visu-
alize the play itself comes into the
living room giving it a dream-like
feel. The man in the chair plays and
stops the record to explain a char-
acter or scene and even joins in the
scene at times. The show takes the
audience back to 1929, to a time that
is easy to get lost in.
The comedic tale begins when
Janet Van De Graff, the glamor-
ous show girl and her husband-to-
be, Robert Martin, are about to be
separated until their wedding day.
Janets producer, Feldzieg, wants
her back, and two gangster brothers,
disguised as pastry chefs, are pres-
suring Feldzieg to stop the wedding.
The drowsy chaperone comes in to
make sure that Janet does not see
Robert. While the best man, George,
is attempting to keep Robert from
Janet, The Latin lover Aldolpho, Un-
derling, the butler, Mrs. Tottendale,
Trixie and Kitty, the ditzy want to be
performer, help bring confusion and
trickery to the love story. You never
know what is coming up next and it
is sure to entertain.
The set and costume design was
creatively done, with clothes on
the oor, the many records and the
theatre posters on the wall, hint to
the type of person that lives there.
The costumes were realistic to the
style of the 20s. The many costume
changes by Janet, the drowsy chap-
erone, and Kitty gave the audience
an idea womens clothing during this
time period.
The show is silly, but that is its
point, and it works. The two gang-
sters bring out numerous puns relat-
ing to pastry and baking, their Ital-
ian accents really help bring out the
characters. Aldolpho, the romantic,
and his confused attempt to seduce,
will have everyone laughing. The
spitting scene seemed to be too silly
for this generations taste but the
man in chair brought it back to the
point of the show by informing the
audience that he himself did not like
the scene too much either but it was
a part in the original.
Its fun because I get to do it
with my brother and we play broth-
ers in the show and were these gang-
sters, said sophomore cinematic arts
major Peter Hall, who plays gangster
#1. Theyre just ridiculous, you
would never nd these guys in real
life and its the same for a lot of these
characters they are just really hyped
up people and its hilarious.
With a large range in audience,
the theatre department has had to g-
ure out what was too far and would
offend. Martinez said that the show
gets into some topics but it is not in-
appropriate.
When picking a show like The
Drowsy Chaperone it is a little bit
of a crap shoot, someone may be
offended by the joke maybe about
pornography but its played in a way
that we feel like an audience mem-
ber will be able to say oh that just a
silly joke, Martinez said.
Yes, the shows purpose is to en-
tertain but there is still so much more
that Martinez hopes will come from
The Drowsy Chaperone and plays to
come.
If we can catch you as the col-
lege student to come see theater
here, you will end up become a pa-
tron of the Arts, you will be some-
one that after you leave college will
say I really want to go see a show,
Martinez said. Wherever you end
up, Kansas City, Seattle, San Fran-
cisco my hope is that you will go
frequent your local theatre.
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