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1 week ago | lomabeat.com | Angelica Moser |Sydney Brammer

Views: 0The raccoons on Point Loma Nazarene University’s campus have turned into the center of a wildlife conundrum as a recent die-off has led to concerns over illegal poisoning and the spread of disease among the animals. Brad Lally, resident and volunteer with the San Diego Humane Society, first noticed something was wrong in late January when a neighbor found a suspicious teal blue substance in the brush by the cliffs after a heavy rainstorm.

1 month ago | lomabeat.com | Cade Michaelson |Sydney Brammer

Views: 0In the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s March 19 tennis rankings for Division II women’s tennis, Point Loma Nazarene University received its highest national ranking ever, at No. 15. Since then, they’ve moved up two spots to achieve a new highest ranking, at No. 13, with an overall record of 14-3. In doubles matches, they’re 26-16. In singles matches, they’re an even more impressive 71-24.

Nov 13, 2024 | lomabeat.com | Andrea Wuerth |Chloe Kennedy

The clock struck 7 p.m. on my first Wednesday evening at Point Loma Nazarene. Ecstatic, I leaped up, chugged a 300mg Reign energy drink and proceeded down Caf lane toward Golden Gymnasium. The previous pep in my step came to a halt when I entered the weight room. I witnessed the line of students, airpods in, clutching their protein shakes, waiting for one of thefour squat racks to free up. At this moment, it became clear that even this 61-year-old gymnasium has faced modern-day problems.

Nov 13, 2024 | lomabeat.com | Chloe Kennedy |Andrea Wuerth

Editor’s Note: The writer, Chloe Kennedy is a student in Tim Hall’s class. “Manage your life and make wise choices,” is the phrase you would hear being sung in unison if you were to stop by the end of one of professor Tim Hall’s psychology classes. You wouldn’t hear the pages for textbook reading being mentioned or the rubric for a project being explained, but rather this repeated phrase from Hall.

Nov 13, 2024 | lomabeat.com | Sydney Brammer |Andrea Wuerth |Chloe Kennedy

Point Loma Nazarene University has around 600 military-connected students across all of its programs and campuses. While the university doesn’t have Veterans Day off, the Student Veteran Organization (SVA) strives to honor each other in their own way, according to Alex Lugay, PLNU’s SVA president. The SVA is a nation-wide organization dedicated to building a community of student veterans, according to their website.