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When beauty is farm-fresh

Google “Karen Myers farm-fresh,” and after results for Florida vegetables, Ohio windmills, and Tennessee acreage, you’ll see the fourth Web hit is a “farm-fresh twenty-two-year-old with braids in her hair.” Excerpts from a Rolling Stone article that once shattered my self-image. Before the age ma ...

September 21, 2008

Google “Karen Myers farm-fresh,” and after results for Florida vegetables, Ohio windmills, and Tennessee acreage, you’ll see the fourth Web hit is a “farm-fresh twenty-two-year-old with braids in her hair.” Excerpts from a Rolling Stone article that once shattered my self-image. Before the age ma ...

The Eddy returns to the Biola stage

Three solid performances graced Biola Common Grounds Thursday night for the first Eddy of the year, delivering strong, yet vulnerable tunes to an attentive crowd of students. Loud guitar stacks, heavy instrumentation and drum kits were all silent for the first two performances in the stripped-down collection of songs.

September 20, 2008

Three solid performances graced Biola Common Grounds Thursday night for the first Eddy of the year, delivering strong, yet vulnerable tunes to an attentive crowd of students. Loud guitar stacks, heavy instrumentation and drum kits were all silent for the first two performances in the stripped-down collection of songs.

High-speed chase ends near Biola-owned apartments

Campus Safety was inundated with calls from concerned parents after a high-speed chase ended in the neighborhood of Biola-owned apartments. Two suspects are now in police custody.

September 18, 2008

Campus Safety was inundated with calls from concerned parents after a high-speed chase ended in the neighborhood of Biola-owned apartments. Two suspects are now in police custody.

Students juggle jobs, school and extracurriculars

It is 8 a.m., and junior Joseph Rosales is sitting in his first class of the day. He will be busy with classes and homework until lunch. Taking 16 units, he always has plenty to do. By noon, he is rushing to meet friends from his floor for lunch, but has to leave early to work at the California School Project table outside the cafe. Students like Rosales are not uncommon at Biola. Many are juggling a part-time job with their schoolwork, even more so lately because of the worsening economy.

September 17, 2008

It is 8 a.m., and junior Joseph Rosales is sitting in his first class of the day. He will be busy with classes and homework until lunch. Taking 16 units, he always has plenty to do. By noon, he is rushing to meet friends from his floor for lunch, but has to leave early to work at the California School Project table outside the cafe. Students like Rosales are not uncommon at Biola. Many are juggling a part-time job with their schoolwork, even more so lately because of the worsening economy.

Weaver shares his vision for AS

The Bible is full of messed up people who were honest with each other and grew up together in their faith, said Eric Weaver, Associated Students president. Weaver said this is the image he has of this year’s AS staff. Faith and vulnerability can bring about an outpouring of service, he said.

September 16, 2008

The Bible is full of messed up people who were honest with each other and grew up together in their faith, said Eric Weaver, Associated Students president. Weaver said this is the image he has of this year’s AS staff. Faith and vulnerability can bring about an outpouring of service, he said.

President asks for prayer after prof’s spouse injured in Metrolink crash

A Biola professor’s spouse is still in critical condition days after he was involved in Friday’s Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth.

September 15, 2008

A Biola professor’s spouse is still in critical condition days after he was involved in Friday’s Metrolink train crash in Chatsworth.

Funding the future

With over a hundred million dollars in long-term debt, a budget that is almost entirely funded by students and an uncertain future, members of Biola’s administration said the university needs to get serious about expanding income sources.

September 14, 2008

With over a hundred million dollars in long-term debt, a budget that is almost entirely funded by students and an uncertain future, members of Biola’s administration said the university needs to get serious about expanding income sources.

Cal grants coming late

September 11, 2008

Written by Geoffrey Hughes Biolans receiving Cal Grants will be significantly affected by California’s belated approval of the state budget. California’s State government is behind schedule in reaching the deadline for announcing budget decisions. This means that Biola and other colleges...

Biola suffers through growing pains

September 11, 2008

Despite a closing gap to the city-imposed limit on the number of students allowed to live on campus and an inability to build more dorms, Biola administrators continue to affirm that everyone who is qualified to attend the university will be admitted. If Biola sticks with its growth model of 2.6 percent...

Get the ball rolling on your first year

September 9, 2008

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

September 9, 2008

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,...

McCain is the real change

September 6, 2008

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...