Horton South’s second floor, Iris, brought the concept of Facebook poking to life this week with the fundraiser Live SuperPoke.
SuperPoke is a feature on the social networking site in which users send a virtual action to other users. A recipient receives a message indicating they’ve been electronically...
An elaborate chandelier shed light on tables topped with tall white roses on Thursday night in the tent on Metzger Lawn. Security guards with ear bud communication stood post outside the tent. Guests walked in to the Delegate’s Dinner after dropping their cars off with valet attendants.
The inauguration...
On Saturday, Nov. 3, hundreds turned out to Biola Fest 2007: A Homecoming Revival. This event served to celebrate the newly inaugurated president, Dr. Barry Corey, as well as Biola’s 100th anniversary.
Though the event was free, those who came were encouraged to donate a pair of new shoes to the...
While most Biolans were still snoozing, hundreds of Biola staff and volunteers were preparing for one of the biggest events the university has held in two decades: a presidential inauguration—with all the glamour and fanfare to boot.
Claire Scholl, intern for the Centennial Celebrations team, was...
The ONE Campaign just launched its campus outreach program, and it's possibly the most brilliant execution of an awareness campaign since “Invisible Children” revolutionized grassroots advocacy. The ONE Campaign’s Campus Challenge puts grassroots activism in the framework of a competition between...
Friday's chapel featured a "distinguished speaker." (I normally miss Fridays due to work, but last week was vice versa since a raging nighttime fever gifted me with a runny nose and phlegm-filled chest.)
No one snoozed through this message! Nick Vujicic, 24, was born without limbs. Eyes were glued...
The other day, I was in the Biola library browsing when I decided to look up Biola’s yearbooks. Flipping through the yearbooks, I started with the early 1920s and moved onwards, when I was struck with the vivacity of the campus in the 1970s and ‘80s. It was amazing to see life pop from the pages.
Every...
The inauguration weekend of Dr. Corey debuts with fanfare
November 1, 2007
Carnivals, concerts and a convocation are all coming to Biola this weekend. The campus will be filled with celebration in light of newly appointed President Barry H. Corey’s official inauguration. Here’s what you can look forward to this weekend:
Thursday
A private formal dinner for Dr. Barry...
National event stirs students to act against world hunger
November 1, 2007
Steam poured off the tops of huge blue plastic containers holding the porridge that was served at Tuesday night’s National Broken Bread Poverty Meal, hosted by Biola’s Social Justice Ministry.
Approximately 60 students gathered in the Hope Amphitheater at 8:30 p.m. to partake in a meal that resembled...
On Halloween night, the women of Alpha give Biola students a chance to revisit their childhood. Students can walk up the multicolored steps into the popular board game of Candyland and enter another world.
The smell of popcorn coaxes in visitors, as they walk by the bounce house and rows of couches...
She survived breast cancer, and now the Biola senior can't wait to counsel others in that situation
October 31, 2007
It’s estimated that about 178,480 women in the United States will be found to have invasive breast cancer in 2007 and about 40,460 women will die from the disease this year, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). It can affect anyone, from Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts to a Biola...
Biola film students hosted a Halloween movie night on Tuesday in order to fundraise for this semester’s Biola-sponsored film, Trunk: A Love Story.
Though the event, which was held in Mayers Auditorium, did not draw much of an audience, the film’s director, junior Chris Hartwell, was confident...
