Westmont fire prompts swift Biola response
Members of the Biola community took it upon themselves last week to organize response efforts to Westmont College, which was hit by the recent string of wildfires. Last Thursday night, wildfires broke out in the Montecito, Calif. area, which is nestled in the hills of Santa Barbara. Around 6 p.m. flames erupted just above Westmont.
AS senate approves funding for several semester-end parties
AS is putting on an upper campus Christmas party that will reach over 1,000 students. The event will take place Dec. 5 on the walkway between Horton and Emerson, and will be open to all upper campus students.
Peter Pan To Hit The Stage (Video)
The Torrey Theater club will be showcasing their theatrical performance of Peter Pan starting Friday Nov. 21 through Nov. 23. The first performances of the year, directed by Katherine Zilka, is based on J.M. Barrie's Original Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up, and specially adapted by Zilka. Check out the video for a closer look at this student-run performance.
Vehicle vandalism on campus: Should students be concerned?
Car-related vandalism and crime is low on campus, but that shouldn’t stop students from taking common sense precautionary measures, said Justin Shelby, Campus Safety’s administrative manager.
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.
Victoria García, a freshman sociology major, shared that the increasing traction of U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids and...