(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...

(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...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 14, 2019). In Guangzhou, China, my second-grade substitute teacher taught us about the basic unit of life: the cell. I recall my amazement and wonder at such a small microscopic unit and its ability to gather in bundles to create a living organism....

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 14, 2019). On Jan. 19, a Twitter account called “Talia” posted a video that allegedly showed an altercation between students from Covington Catholic High School and an elderly Native American man in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The video...