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Stand Up For Your Community

Stand Up For Your Community
A recap of the Stand Up For Your Community event.
Natalie Fassnacht, News Editor February 7, 2024

Chase Gymnasium was quiet as roughly 100 students arrived to participate in Stand Up For Your Community on the night of Jan 25. Residential advisors and directors stood at the door as they scanned students into the event. Stand Up For Your Community was targeted towards first-year and new transfer students. “We...

Alpha Hall adjusts to being an all-freshmen and co-ed dorm

Student seen walking into the newly co-ed Alpha Hall.
New semester ushers in big changes for Alpha Hall.
Olivia Kam, News Editor September 19, 2023

Last year, Biola announced that there would be changes to housing and residence which garnered a variety of responses. Alpha Hall was one of the residence halls that changed the most with the arrival of the fall 2023 semester.  INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT  On Jan. 31, an email was sent out to undergraduates...

Politics Rundown: Los Angeles teachers’ union plans to strike

LAUSD union announces teachers' strike will begin on March 21.
California tackles homelessness with additional state funding and President Joe Biden announces insulin price reduction.
Dalet Valles, Editor-in-Chief March 16, 2023

On March 15, the Service Employees International Union, a union that represents thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced that workers will be on strike for three days beginning March 21. According to Associated Press News, the United Teachers Los Angeles expressed its...

Biola announces housing and residence life changes

Alpha Hall, Biola's only all-female dorm, will transition to a co-ed dorm.
Dorm changes will impact current and future students.
Shelby LaPorte and Hope Smith February 6, 2023

Biola's Alpha Hall has been an all-female dorm since its construction in 1966, but this will change effective fall 2023 as it transitions into a co-ed dorm. On Jan. 31, the assistant housing manager, Priscilla Schubert, sent an email to students written by Sandy Hough, the Dean of Community Life and...

SGA Rundown: Senators discuss housing changes

SGA Rundown: Senators discuss housing changes
Director of housing and residence life shares updates.
Hannah Larson, Editor-in-Chief February 3, 2023

This week, the Student Government Association discussed the recently announced housing changes.  DORM AND APARTMENT CHANGES Director of Housing and Residence Life Spencer Green explained some of the housing changes which Biola recently announced. Green said that Biola housing has emergency rooms,...

Biola announces reopening for Fall 2021

Common Grounds interior
After a year of remote learning, Biola announces its reopening for the upcoming semester.
Maria Weyne and Natalie Willis March 25, 2021

On March 25, Biola Internal Communications sent out an email to all non-graduating students regarding future plans for Fall 2021. President Barry Corey announced that students will be allowed back on campus for fully in-person housing and instruction by Aug. 30.  BIOLA RETURNS  Along with in-person...

A snapshot of Biola’s finances during COVID-19

A snapshot of Biola’s finances during COVID-19
Biola is managing to stay afloat in the midst of a pandemic that has left many financially unstable.
Lacey Patrick and Natalie Willis February 15, 2021

Despite higher enrollment rates than expected last year, Biola has cut expenses and downsized staff in order to combat the financial stressor of the coronavirus pandemic. Even with the lack of housing revenue, the university is managing to withstand a financially challenging season. FINANCIAL IMPACT...

Phase 3 repopulation still in place after outbreak

Phase 3 repopulation still in place after outbreak
Biola announces in-person chapel attendance is required for living on campus.
Natalie Willis, Editor-in-Chief February 2, 2021

On Jan. 29, President Barry Corey addressed the Phase 3 repopulation strategy in an email following the announcement of a COVID-19 outbreak on campus. Students in this phase are expected to return in March.   PHASED MOVE IN  According to the email, government restrictions currently prevent in-person...

Biolans plan for housing amid pandemic

Biolans plan for housing amid pandemic
With the recent spike in coronavirus cases, Biolans try to plan for Spring 2021.
Maria Weyne, Bethsabe Camacho, and Ashley Grams December 1, 2020

As fall semester comes to a close, Biola students anxiously wait for updates regarding spring semester housing and reopening plans. Although Biola’s official plans have not yet been released, President Barry Corey has informed Biolans that he will be updating students on Dec. 1, after meeting with...

Biola to vacate housing, close campus to visitors

Biola to vacate housing, close campus to visitors
The City of La Mirada reported two confirmed cases of COVID-19, neither linked to Biola.
Brittany Ung and Lacey Patrick March 17, 2020

Biola will vacate residence halls and university-apartments starting March 22, President Barry Corey announced in a campus-wide email today. At that time, the campus will be closed to visitors, with exceptions for certain vendors and contractors. The Board of Trustees’ Executive Committee made the...

Students report troubles with housing rental service

Courtesy of Melanie Kim
Students express concern over the company's alleged mistreatment to renters.
Macie Cummings, News Editor (Fall 2018) November 20, 2018

This story was originally published in print on Nov. 15, 2018. “DO NOT RENT A HOUSE FROM THEM. I don’t want any college students to be affected by them. Spread the word,” the post read in part. 2018 alumna Hannah Curran took to the Facebook group Overheard@Biola on Oct. 18 to express her concerns...