Shaking out the kinks: Campus Safety runs a campus-wide earthquake drill
What would happen to Biola if “the big one” hit? Last week a team of Biola staff got a peek. Campus Safety, along with administrators all around campus, responded Thursday to a mock catastrophic earthquake that inflicted heavy damage and many injuries on Biola’s campus.
Benefit concert raises awareness for social justice
Five local bands – including “7 or Breakfast,” “Back on Track” and “Ordinary People” – brought down the house at the Rock for Justice benefit concert in Sutherland Auditorium Friday night. Organized by New Heart Community Church, Maharlika and the Social Justice Ministry, Rock for Justice served as a fundraiser for My Refuge House, a project of New Heart Community Church.
Local blazes darken sky, shut freeways (Video)
The sky turned orange and the air thickened Saturday as smoke and ash from fires burning in as close as Brea blanketed the campus and the greater Los Angeles area. Fast-moving winds and temperatures in the 90s spurred on earlier fires burning north of Los Angeles in Montecito and Sylmar, and started fires east of Biola in Yorba Linda, Anaheim Hills and Corona.
Firefighters race to stop blaze before winds erupt
MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) _ Firefighters struggled to get control of a raging wildfire Friday that destroyed more than 100 homes and injured 13 people in this Mediterranean-style coastal town that has been home to celebrities from Charlie Chaplin to Oprah Winfrey.
“Radio Jesus” to speak at chapel
A man who impersonates Jesus on the radio will speak tomorrow at chapel on how Jesus would argue. Neil Saavedra, who prefers to refer to himself as the producer of his “Jesus Christ Show” on Los Angeles’ KFI-640 AM rather than the host (though he really is both), will be the concluding speaker of the Defending the Faith chapel series, sponsored by the Christian apologetics department.
“Why Biola Rocks” takes first place
Sophomores Colin Cabalka and Adeboye “Boye” Fajinmi just won a trip to Jamaica. If that doesn’t suit them, the Biola cinema and media arts majors can choose to head to Acapulco, Cancun, or the Bahamas for their spring break, and do it without spending a dime. That’s because their “Why Biola Rocks” video won the grand prize in a U.S. News & World Report video contest, “Why My School Rocks!” on Nov. 3.
Midnight Madness starts the basketball season with impressive show (video)
Starting at 10 p.m., crowds gathered at the doors of Chase Gymnasium in anticipation of this year's Midnight Madness. Check out the gallery for a look at the event.
UCLA defeats Biola in exhibition game
As the expression goes, UCLA basketball “does not rebuild, they reload.” And the 2008-09 season will be no different as the Bruins have the number one incoming class in the nation according to multiple scouting services and national web sites. Biola jumped at the opportunity to play against the No. 4 ranked Bruins at the legendary Pauley Pavilion Friday, losing the exhibition 76-42.
Sola Soul provides night of creative diversity (Video)
Hip hop musicians, break dancers, gospel rappers and graffiti artists all gathered together on Metzger Lawn for the annual Sola Soul show Friday night, Nov. 7. Check out the gallery for a closer look at the event and its performers.
In parking lot matchup, UPS truck: 1, pole: 0
A United Postal Service semitruck backed into a light pole between Lot I and the baseball field Friday around 2:15 p.m., severely tipping it and forcing Campus Safety to block off one side of the road.
On-campus political niches celebrate and grieve election results (Video)
When Sen. Barack Obama was officially declared the next president of the United States, heads dropped in the Caf banquet room. Hundreds of students slipped in and out of the Biola College Republican club’s election watching party all night.
Proposition 8 initiates street opposition (Video)
Local residents have been protesting their stance on election issues this year, gathering together on the streets in order to gain supporters of their positions. On Nov. 2, people from opposing sides of Proposition 8, one of the most highly contested props on this year's ballot, stood along the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Imperial Highway to speak for their views on the issue of same sex marriage in California. Check out the slide show for a closer look.
On Feb. 7, water was shut off to dorms on Biola’s upper campus, specifically Blackstone, Alpha and Sigma. The issue was resolved later that...