So you are finally at school and it’s starting to hit you that you’re free. Your room is starting to look lived in, and your I.D. card is beginning to make a dent in your hand. Good. You are off to the right start. When I was a freshman, I wished there was someone beside staff and faculty to help...
I am an ENFP. Those four little letters crushed my dream. Most Biola students know what I am referring to when I call myself an ENFP, and for you who don’t, you will soon find out. An ENFP is part of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. There are a variety of letter combinations: I for introverted,...
Written by Ryan Keen
This isn't what everyone else is saying and it's not what I expected to say, but I thought John McCain's acceptance speech was better than everyone else's. Better than Biden's, better than Palin's and even better than Obama's. How can I say that McCain's speech was better than...
Written by Rachelle Klemme
“I’m finally cultured!” I announced to my friends, the urban sophisticates, in our Minnesota junior college. “I attended my first poetry reading and…I now know what pesto is!” Never mind that my first taste was in the processed sandwich...
The “lazy river” turned into an active river last night at the Associated Students (AS) kick-off event at Splash! water park as Biola students reverted back to their childhood mentalities and let the inner kid shine through while they attacked whatever inner tube got in their way.
The...
The annual dorm nationball battle ensued yet again Thursday night, filling Chase Gymnasium with endless colors of dorm spirit. The confident Hope, drenched in pink, returned to the brutal games to defend their undefeated title as dorm champion.
What followed was a merciless, violent, and comical display...
By Brittany McComb
The large lines and crowds during chapel seem to belie the real truth of chapel culture on campus — that is, that students just aren’t getting them done.
Hundreds of students formed a very different kind of line outside of Student Services on Tuesday, the last day to turn...
The bleachers of Angel Stadium were a familiar shade of red last Friday night, but the faces filling the seats were far from everyday fans. Nearly 600 Biola students and alumni came out for the game in an SOS event, and made their presence known in celebration of their first week of school at Biola....
With a call to be “champions of a Biblical worldview,” President Barry Corey introduced the new school year on Wednesday, Aug. 25 during the Fall 2008 Convocation in front of a packed audience in Chase Gymnasium.
Hundreds of students were still flooding into the gym even as the event began; many...
This year's freshman class will once again top the previous year's as Biola's largest ever, according to André Stephens, director of undergraduate admission.
Some 859 potential freshmen have submitted their deposits, though Stephens said that number will likely taper off slightly since he expects...
The long summer months are over and Biola is once again host to a new crowd of anxious and excited new students. Friday was filled with unloading cars, rearranging furniture, fellowship with new friends, and many promises for a great school year ahead.
President Corey gathered the students in Chase...
Virtual world is fallen, too "Second Life" computer game can be dark, addicting
July 3, 2008
Originally published Oct. 13, 2007.
Imagine yourself lying on a beach on your own private island, holding an iced beverage in your hand, your dream house off in the distance amongst the green rolling hills behind you. Suddenly you realize it’s three o’clock. You’re late for class. With seconds...
