By all reasonable measure, most Americans have a normalized addiction: smartphone use. According to The Atlantic, we “tap, type, swipe, and click on our smartphones 2,617 times a day.” We sleep with our phones, go to the bathroom with our phones and turn to them when we feel the slightest twinge...

In May 2020, movie theaters said their farewells to audiences, closing their doors for the entire summer, a crucial box office season for theaters globally. But as COVID-19 restrictions  continue to decrease in severity, movie theater chains, including both AMC and Regal, have begun opening back up...

After 25 years of serving students at Biola, the Torrey Honors Institute has transitioned into Torrey Honors College. The terminology change was announced via email on Sept. 30, though Torrey students were informed last week. A GROWING PROGRAM This is the first college formed within Biola and will...

The U.S. has a long history of police brutality, and of protesting that brutality. This summer has brought another conversation about police reform into the mainstream.  The resurgence of Black Lives Matter protests this fall are the result of new developments in the case around Breonna Taylor’s...

Tens of thousands of protestors filled the streets of East Los Angeles and marched down Whittier Boulevard on Aug. 29, 1970. They carried signs which read “abrazos no balazos” and raised their fists to represent Chicano power.  The demonstrators made their way to Laguna Park and violence...

Growing up, the younger generation was encouraged by the idea that they only need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps to achieve their dreams, just as their parents did. They became the most educated generation, with 39% of millennials holding a bachelor’s degree, and entered the workforce with...

Melanie Martinez released her “After School EP” on Sept. 25. She performed on the 2012 season of The Voice, which launched her career into alternative stardom almost immediately. It has been just under a year since the “Pity Party” artist released her last album, “K-12”, and this EP acts...

As colleges transitioned into the online semester, many expected enrollment numbers to drop significantly. Vice President of Enrollment, Marketing & Communications Lee Wilhite was well aware of the downsides of a fully remote semester but was surprised to see that only 11% of undergraduate students...

For those who rely on group collaboration and public displays of their work to fuel their creativity, quarantine was either the best or worst thing to happen. With live performances and many other aspects of the music industry on pause, student and alumni music artists have been forced to think outside...

With Biola going online, our community experience of spiritual formation has drastically changed. We are no longer on campus for chapel in Sutherland Hall or Chase Gymnasium, and our professors and mentors are no longer a five minute walk away. Rather, we are at home, where a surrounding Christian...

As college and university students transitioned to fully online formats, struggles such as “Zoom fatigue” presented unprecedented challenges into their college careers. Although the transition has been a process for entire college communities as a whole, first-generation students are finding ways...

“Enola Holmes” is the perfect film to begin the Halloween season. This young adult Holmes story focuses on the quirky, irreverent Enola who seems to be capable of everything except fitting in among the rest of the women in 19th century British society. Raised by only her mother, played by Helena...