The recent atrocity at a New Zealand mosque that left 49 people dead on Thursday rightfully reinvigorated concerns about white supremacy, anti-Muslim bigotry and domestic terror. It also revealed how utterly incapable we are at addressing mass tragedy.   It is important to make conscious changes...

(This story was originally published in print on March 14, 2019). “No uterus, no opinion.” This sentence was uttered by “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston while playing a pregnant Rachel Green. Although Green was speaking to her male friends who were giving her delivery advice, it has since taken...

(This story was originally published in print on March 14, 2019). On March 12, the United States Department of Justice brought criminal charges against 50 people involved in a scheme to get undeserving students from wealthy families into expensive, competitive colleges. Reaction to the news on...

In recent years, social media platforms like Instagram and Youtube have opened the door for anyone to become an influencer, and many children can be now found on these apps. Although social media appears to cause little harm, these platforms are exposing children to inappropriate content and children...

With the 2020 election on the horizon, many Democratic party candidates have already announced their presidential bid. However, common to the most well-known names—Corey Booker, Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren—is their push for more and more extreme versions of the progressive...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). Luke tells us in Acts 4:32-35 that, in the early Church “all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.”...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). On Feb. 22, the Trump administration issued, through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the final rule to revise the Title X family planning program. The new revision will require organizations who receive funding through...

April 9, 2018 marked the first Duologue, Biola’s new initiative to produce “a series of constructive conversations on polarizing perspectives,” which promises to be “a spirited public exchange” that has, since its inception, involved either a pair or a panel of Biola professors and Talbot School...

Actor Chris Pratt, known for his roles in Parks and Recreation and Guardians of the Galaxy, often speaks openly about his faith. However, the religious focus of Pratt’s convictions turned sour on Feb. 9 after actress Ellen Page accused Zoe Church in west Los Angeles, where Pratt attends, of being...

Regarding the opinions piece that was published on Feb. 16, while we would far rather have heard the author's concerns in person than through the article, we are glad to provide clarity to what SPA does as I am also sure it would have helped the writer to know how Student Programming and Activities plans...

It has become common practice that when someone wants to hide something, they use words which have no clear meaning. The phrase “call a spade a spade” can mean many things to many people. To a poker player, it may mean that someone has colored a club to look like a spade, and is claiming to pass...

Recently, the Student Programming and Activities department advertised a ski trip on their Instagram page. However, despite SPA having almost 1.2k followers on its Instagram—approximately equal to one-fifth of the undergrad student body—almost no one seemed to be aware of this event. This event is...