Biola is a sister school to Cal State Fullerton’s Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program. While attending Biola full time, the ROTC students are engaging in field labs, a military science class and physical training three days a week. COVID-19 adds a different kind of obstacle for them. The...

Bon Jovi released “2020” on Oct. 2, the rock band’s first album since 2018’s “This House is Not For Sale.” The lyrics, at best, are simple and to the point, and the musicality has been stripped of most of the classic elements that made Bon Jovi so popular in the ‘80s.  THE SAME SOUND “2020”...

While some colleges and universities across the country are picking back up sports competitions, Biola and the PacWest have decided to sit this semester out as a safety precaution due to COVID-19. Since athletes are not traveling and competing in games this semester, the financial aid athletes were supposed...

When Biola first announced its transition to a fully online format, many departments had to be innovative with their approach on how to serve students. Following the Biola Counseling Center's footsteps, Pastoral Care already had their online booking system in place, making the transition process a lot...

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...

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...

On Monday, Sept. 14, fall sport athletes were cleared of the 14-day Initial Quiet Period put in place by the Eagles Athletics COVID-19 Action Plan. Student-athletes were placed under a strict quarantine, required by the PacWest Conference and the NCAA Sport Science Institute to try and keep coronavirus...

On March 17, President Barry Corey sent out an email asking students to vacate Biola’s campus and Biola-owned housing, following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home order. This transition caused a spike in mental health issues among young adults, requiring the Biola Counseling Center to quickly transition...

This story was edited on Sept. 17 at 3:15 p.m. with more information. On Thursday, Sept. 17, Biola Internal Communications and the University Compliance Task Force announced the continued closure of campus through the end of the fall semester via email.  “For the balance of this semester Biola...

A major cultural shift has happened since the coronavirus pandemic: churches across the nation are empty on Sunday mornings.  The state of California released amended guidelines in July for how places of worship should function in light of the coronavirus, stating, “Places of worship should continue...

God calls the body of Christ to help each other in hard times, but it is difficult to serve one another when our places of congregation are closed. Given the gravity of the pandemic, it is understandable that churches, as places of socialization and large crowds, would be temporarily shut down. However,...