As elections draw near, Biola seeks to provide students with the right tools to engage with their democracy. Their goal is not to tell students who or what to vote for, but instead, supply them with accurate, concise information to allow them to make their own decisions.  THE PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE After...

The presidential election is only 28 days away and for many Biola students, this is the first election they are able to vote in.  Even for those who have voted before, they may feel young, inexperienced and not educated enough about politics to truly understand what is on the ballot. However, our voices...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on Sept. 18, left a vacant seat in the Supreme Court that the Republican Party is wasting no time to fill. Shortly after her passing, President Donald Trump said plans were underway to appoint a new female judge. A formal nominee announcement is scheduled for Saturday and...

COVID-19 has devastated the world—some more than others. Unemployment rates are higher than those of the 2008 Great Recession. Many have been threatened by landlords’ eviction notices, and in the earlier months of the coronavirus, we were all scrounging for toilet paper. Yet Jeff Bezos, founder of...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 6, 2020). Keren Godwin/Gretchen Ferguson WHY DO YOU FEEL EQUIPPED TO LEAD SGA?  Sophomore communication studies major Keren Godwin, presidential candidate: I've been in SGA this year as Horton [Hall] senator and I've really loved working with...

The Student Government Association piled into the conference room, ready to discuss this week’s proposals. The senate was not only able to discuss the benefits of the Student Congress On Racial Reconciliation Conference (SCORR), but Biola’s Chief Diversity Officer Tamra Malone also presented important...

Candidates of the 2020 presidential election are spending millions of dollars on their campaigns to reach as many people as possible through social media. President Trump has spent $3.5 million in Facebook advertisements, as well as $1 million in Google advertisements since 2016 for the 2020 election,...

Students can say goodbye to physical Student Government Association newsletters in the bathrooms and common areas of their dorms and apartments. Senators will still be writing and delivering newsletters to students, but they will be sent via email, effective immediately. Vice president of community...

The biggest topic on the agenda of the Student Government Association senate’s final meeting of the fall 2018 semester took about 15 minutes to pass, as the spring 2019 budget was quickly approved. However, two proposals from SGA’s diversity staffers, vice president of diversity Mindy Kim and diversity...

With finals less than two weeks away, the Student Government Association voted to give students a much-needed destressor by bringing back the puppy patch. The nearly $1,000 project will return several puppies and a trained handler to campus for students to play with as they study for exams. This semester’s...

In the Student Government Association senate’s last meeting before Thanksgiving, senators evaluated the four external proposals submitted last Thursday, passing three of them while denying one—the senate’s first denial of a proposal this school year. Bids to fund the 23rd annual Student Conference...

In returning to the discussion on Student Government Association mailboxes, senators passed the proposal in full after a discussion that took 30-40 minutes. The senate also debriefed various topics, such as the recent Gospel and social justice Duologue and the possibility of hosting an “adulting”...