Torrey Bible Conference Article Ideas

1. Article on how students can benefit from this time of sabbath, a break from school work.
2. Article on the importance of resting in the Lord.
3. Article on a person who shared their story at the bible conference.
4. Article on the lives of college students, managing school, relationships, and faith.

Article Review

I have finished the article that I was gonna write on Hispanic students at Biola. Originally I was going to write about Latino Heritage month but I came across an event that will be happening in October and I was interested in it. Latino Heritage month is over and this new Latino Worship night is being organized. I decided to do it on this worship night instead. I like how my article came out because I got to talk about the perspective of  Latino students but I wish I could have talked more about the event than the way students feel in general about being Latinos at this school. Overall it was a good experience and I enjoyed writing it.

Latino Heritage Month

For our assignment due on October 17th we have to write an article on current events. I am going to write about Latino Heritage month. I would like to write about this because I am a Latina here at Biola University and I would like to write a story showing the perspective of the Latino community. The Latino Heritage month events focus on the Hispanic community and helps integrate and make Hispanic students feel more at home on campus. I think that we as a community should be united always, not just on this month, but it is a nice way of emphasizing that we do have a community that is diverse and full of different backgrounds, histories, elasticities, races and most importantly stories. But here at Biola we are all united by the love of God.

October 10th

We Did Not Blog October 10th in class.

Interview: Biola and Chapel

I interviewed a student who was working at Biola, sophomore Riley. 

1. Should Biola require students to attend chapel? 
      Yes, because it is good edification. Students are busy with school and this chapel time is like a break from our studies to focus on God. Even though students may go to their own off-campus church on Sundays, this is additional practical application set apart from the heavy schedule of education.

2. Should there be consequences for not attending chapel? 
     Well, the fine that they recently started to enforce is maybe a little extreme. Consequences should not be that extreme. It depends on the situation because students should go to chapel willingly and from the heart.


3. Do you think that it is hard to meet the requirements for chapel at Biola?
     No, I was able to do it last year. It depends on the number of units and extra curricular activities a student is involved in. Biola should be more flexible and take into consideration the schedules of each student.

Speeding or Safety?

53 year old Nancy Stevens from Yorbalinda, California suggested a new program in 2005 to ensure public safety. This program was suggested to prevent speeding and the accidents which may come from speeding because she does not feel safe with the young adults' reckless driving around her city. The program, which was never enforced, would allow for an easy detection of speeding through yellow stickers which would have to be placed on each vehicle. The city and many of her friends supported her and were very impressed. People who disagreed with it, on the other hand, sent Nancy Stevens threats to her safety and her property. Threats were sent through phone calls, e-mails, and even her personal social networking systems but were always unidentified. The city did not help her situation, although they thought her idea to be brilliant, they did not get involved with helping her out of danger from threats because of her idea. She believes that these threats have come about because the friendly people who used to live in her home town have all moved out and now there are new people who show no support or care for community. She is now thinking about moving away from Yorbalinda but finds it hard because she has grown up knowing this town for many years.

Interview: Biola and Studying

I interviewed a Biola Freshman, Jennifer, who was looking for a book for the first time at the library, and also looking for a quiet place to concentrate and study.


What is the hardest thing for you about being a student on campus and how do you cope with that?

The hardest thing for Jennifer Vela at Biola was not having to get used to the new living arrangements, being away from family, or all of the things that we have to worry about in our busy schedule as students. The hardest thing for her was trying to do homework in her dorm. She said that she could not concentrate with loud noise or distractions and her roommates are always in the room making noise while she is trying to study. The amount of space, although it is not that big of a problem, is a little small in their room. The way that she copes with this situation is by going to the library to study where it is more quiet and there are no distractions. When she get the chance she studies in her room when it is alone. She talks to her roommates about the arrangement of the furniture and are planning on taking out a small couch that they brought from home because it is taking up too much space. Other than that, there are not many things too complain about at Biola. It is a great school to attend.