Since graduating during COVID-19, cinema and media arts alumna Rebecca Baliko has been forced to begin a freelancing film career in unusual circumstances. However, she has found the challenges to be a blessing in disguise. POST-GRAD PROJECTS Having worked on mostly freelance projects while at Biola,...

Since the university closed in March, art students have been attending Zoom classes like the rest of the student body. Senior Caylie Smith created a project to unite art students through the Make-A-Thing challenge. Using the oh-so-reliable U.S. Postal Service, Instagram and collaboration, she has begun...

In the summer of 2018, Biola alumni and rock band Cold War Kids were on tour while the highly prolific Kanye West released five new albums from his label, G.O.O.D. Music. These albums were only seven tracks long and this format inspired the band to create a three-volume album, with “New Age Norms 1”...

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 17, 2019). Last Wednesday, acoustic reverb and warm vocals flooded the Fireplace Pavilion. While Biolans waited in lines for Torrey sessions and participated in other conference festivities, former students returned to the Eddy stage to showcase...

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 3, 2019). Over the summer, anthropology majors were surprised that the Department of Anthropology had shut down. Due to budget cuts, the President’s Cabinet made the decision to phase out a number of academic programs. After the cabinet found the...

Last Saturday, a truck driver was fired from his job. A couple hours later, he was driving down the highway in Odessa and Midland, Texas with an AR-15 style rifle, in a shooting spree that killed seven and injured 22, the New York Times reported. Clarke Finney, a 2017 graduate of the journalism program,...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). Biola’s inaugural “I Heart Biola” week, put on by the Student Alumni Association, took place during the week of Feb. 25-28. This week of events, held in conjunction with Biola’s 111th birthday, was created to provide a space for...

On Wednesday, the sociology department joined with Voices of Christian Dreamers, an advocacy group for undocumented immigrants, to bring the stories of “Dreamers,” or undocumented immigrants that came to the United States as children, to Biola. The audience heard from a variety of speakers including...

THIS STORY IS PART THREE OF A THREE-PART SERIES ABOUT TITLE IX AT BIOLA. READ PART ONE OF THE SERIES HERE AND PART TWO HERE. When alumnus Max Christensen took a sip of wine at home during his first year at Biola, he did not know he was breaking contract—or even that there was a contract to break....

Royal blue, scarlet red and golden yellow lit up the stage as an expectant audience waited for the show to begin. Philippines Culture Night kicked off with the a capella group The Filharmonic, singing the Filipino national anthem. Over the course of the night, Maharlika members led the audience...

As part of a large-scale effort to better prepare students for life post-graduation, Student Success has begun to implement a number of initiatives to make the transition easier for recent graduates. NEW PROGRAMS One of the major noticeable changes has been to the Career Expo. For years, Student...

For the first time since 2012, Azusa Pacific University’s men’s and women’s basketball teams visited Biola’s campus for conference games on Feb. 3, the most anticipated day in the athletics calendar. While promises of free food, souvenirs and a carnival-like atmosphere helped draw students and...