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Brewing a better fundraiser

Brewing a better fundraiser
Boba for Missions uses tea to alleviate the steep cost of missions trips.
Brittany Ung, Web Editor March 14, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on March 14, 2019). A businessman, a missionary and a tea specialist walk into a fundraiser. This is not the start of a bad joke. Rather, it describes the life of junior business administration major Brendan Sun over the past few months. Through Boba for...

Cause behind spring break gas leak explained

Students walk to the baseball field after being evacuated from lower campus due to a major gas leak.
Facilities management assistant director explains the real start of the gas leak.
Micah Kim, Managing Editor March 13, 2019

A contractor accident during a drainage repairment caused the March 4 gas leak which led to the evacuation of lower campus, facilities management reports. THE SITUATION According to facilities management assistant director Beverly Cain, a storm drainage pipe located just outside of Stewart Hall had...

Crime Log ― Feb. 27 – March 6

A picture of a Campus Safety car.
Petty theft, trespassing and noise complaints make up this week’s Crime Log.
Isabelle Thompson, Business Manager March 12, 2019

Disturbing the Peace ― Sutherland Hall Reported Feb. 27, 12:43 a.m. Neighbors to campus reported loud music coming from Sutherland Hall. Officers found the source of the noise and it to be turned down. There was no further incident. Disturbing the Peace ― Sigma Hall Reported March 1, 3:05...

Biola hosts homeschool debate tournament after decade-long hiatus

Biola hosts homeschool debate tournament after decade-long hiatus
Students get the opportunity to observe speech and debate.
Amanda Frese, Managing Editor March 11, 2019

After a decade hiatus off hosting the event, Biola’s communications and forensics departments, in collaboration with the National Institute for Homeschool Debate, organized and hosted the Prolific Parli Prix, a tournament of parliamentary debates for Christian homeschool students. THE RETURN OF THE...

Students return to dorms after gas leak stopped

Students stand in the baseball field after being evacuated from lower campus due to a major gas leak.
Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief March 5, 2019

UPDATED 3:05 p.m. At about 2:56 p.m., Campus Safety sent out a follow-up email to lower campus residents notifying them that the dorms were safe, but would remain without gas, including for laundry, for at least 24 hours. The email encouraged students who need to do laundry to go to Horton Hall. After...

Enrollment hopes boost budget

Executive vice president of University Operations and Finance Mike Pierce leads the search for a new EMC vice president.
Budget decisions are being made with anticipation of higher enrollment numbers next year.
Isabelle Thompson, Business Manager March 2, 2019

With the deadline for a balanced budget arriving on May 19, financial decisions regarding the coming fiscal year are in the process of being made.   Each year, a balanced budget must be presented before the Board of Trustees providing details for the coming fiscal year, which starts on July 1. While...

Public Relations professor Bill Simon passes away

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Austin Green, Managing Editor March 1, 2019

Associate professor of public relations William "Bill" Simon died Thursday night after a brief illness, president Barry Corey said in a campus-wide email at 12:45 p.m. on Friday. "Bill was a passionate person who cared for his students," Corey said in the statement. "He will be sorely missed." Simon,...

SGA Rundown: Senators revisit SGA positions and athletic boosters

SGA Rundown: Senators revisit SGA positions and athletic boosters
Senate adds auxiliary positions and promotes spring athletics.
Amanda Frese, Managing Editor February 28, 2019

After staging a Leisure Lounge event on Wednesday and debriefing from their attendance at Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation conference last weekend, Student Government Association spent their last meeting before spring break proposing new auxiliary positions and addressing a spring athletic proposal...

‘Jesus saves’ and stickers serve

'Jesus saves' and stickers serve
A student creates a way to raise money for disaster relief, a new laptop and missions.
Rachel Gaugler, Freelance Writer February 28, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). Freshman business major Sarah Hartono did not expect to wake up on a seemingly regular Friday morning to devastating news. She still recalls her mother’s panic-stricken text detailing the disastrous tsunami that had torn through an...

Hope Hall welcomes ‘Mr. Icy’

Hope Hall welcomes ‘Mr. Icy’
Hope Hall’s SGA senator succeeds in securing an ice machine for the hall’s kitchen.
Micah Kim, Managing Editor February 28, 2019

Hope Hall residents got a special Valentine’s Day gift this year. On Feb. 14., the residence hall finally succeeded in installing a new ice machine. The ice machine currently sits in the kitchen lounge, waiting to be used by students. PROCESS Gabrielle Morris, Hope Hall’s Student Government Association...

Crime Log — Feb. 19 – Feb. 26

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This week’s Crime Log features a handful of petty thefts and a fight not involving students.
Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief February 26, 2019

Trespassing — Gatehouse #1 Reported Feb. 20, 4:16 p.m. A gate attendant reported a homeless individual wandering onto campus. Officers made contact with the person and redirected them without further incident. Petty Theft — Lot S Reported Feb. 22, 11:02 a.m., occurred between Feb. 14, 5 p.m....

EXCLUSIVE: Housefires to lead worship at 2019 Missions Conference

EXCLUSIVE: Housefires to lead worship at 2019 Missions Conference
The Atlanta-based band replaces Kings Kaleidoscope as conference worship leaders.
Brittany Ung, Web Editor February 25, 2019

Worship at this year’s Missions Conference will have a new sound. Housefires, a band known for songs like “Good Good Father,” “Build My Life” and “Yes and Amen,” will lead worship during the conference’s main sessions on March 20-21. Antioch Fullerton’s worship team will handle...