chocolate chat Archives

SGA Rundown: Senators discuss FirstGen and a spring formal

SGA discusses proposals and hears from affinity groups.

Hannah Larson, Editor-in-Chief • February 17, 2022

At the Student Government Association on February 17, journalism major Lailah Walker and Bible, theology and ministry major Jaloni Wilson gave a presentation about two affinity groups on campus—Chocolate Chat and Iron Sharpens Iron. Walker said she joined Chocolate Chat at the end of her freshman...

Black History Month: SCORR student director voices that representation matters

Lailah Walker highlights how several on-campus groups have given her a place of belonging.

Bethsabe Camacho, Deputy News Editor • February 12, 2021

As the 25th anniversary of the Student Congress of Racial Reconciliation approaches, junior journalism major Lailah Walker remarks that this year's "Heritage" theme celebrates people from all backgrounds. HERITAGE Growing up, Walker did not see people in the mainstream media that represented her Black...

Racist vandalism marks Black History Month

Lack of information about the incident leaves students confused and hurt.

Ashley Grams and Lacey Patrick • February 21, 2020

This story was originally published in print on Feb. 20. This story was updated on Feb. 21 at 9:30 a.m. with new information regarding the university’s response to the incident. Posters of influential African American leaders—abolitionists and freedom fighters—defaced by a racial slur. ...

SGA Rundown: Senators vote on proposals and hear student group updates

Senators reported their student feedback results and made decisions on last week’s proposals.

Sophia Silvester, Staff Writer • January 30, 2020

This week, the Student Government Association met in the Metzger Hall conference room, overlooking students studying on Metzger lawn. Senators gathered to vote on two proposals and hear from two guests. SURVEY RESULTS Senators looked over the results of last week’s survey regarding two proposals....

‘Assimilate or become activists’: Magdalen Rath

Rath shares her reality as an African American woman at Biola.

Julianna Hernandez, News Editor (Spring 2019) • February 22, 2018

While success stories and celebrations of people like Martin Luther King Jr. and Ava Duvernay have surfaced in many student's minds over the last month, for others, the struggles these leaders faced have hardly gone. Junior journalism major Magdalen Rath, also vice president of Black Student Association and...