/blogs/biola-magazine/articles/category/2019-fall Joanna Wu Mid-July is an otherwise quiet time on Biola campus, but on July 12 there was one office buzzing with excitement. Inside the Biola Athletics office, the walls and the floor were covered in protective plastic because something was about to happen... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:22:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/game-on /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/game-on Hannah Williamson Welcome inside the wonder of Torrey National Parks — one of the most adventurous and awe-inspiring courses offered anywhere. If you ever want to become keenly aware of the limits of language, stand in the shadowof the Grand Tetons. Listen to... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:20:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/great-books-in-the-great-outdoors /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/great-books-in-the-great-outdoors Joanna Wu The social media world is filled with land mines — from the negative back-and-forth on Twitter to passive-aggressive linking on Facebook — leading many users to scroll through their Instagram feed for a better view of something else. A 2019 survey... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:19:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/is-there-any-hope-for-truth-and-civility-online /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/is-there-any-hope-for-truth-and-civility-online Kristen Hartman What happens when the diagnosis comes — and it cancer? How do you make sense of it? How do you flourish in the midst of suffering? When psychology professor Liz Hall received her cancer diagnosis five years ago, she began asking, “How do people... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:18:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/making-sense-of-suffering /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/making-sense-of-suffering Biola Magazine Staff A Life Team is composed of those individuals who know all about you and can handle it all, just as you know and can handle everythingabout them. They aren’t coaches, as coaches are people you retain for your growth, not theirs. ... They are in it... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:17:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/why-you-need-to-set-up-a-life-team /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/why-you-need-to-set-up-a-life-team Mihretu Guta It doesn’t happen routinely, but when it does, “intellectual conversion” is a pretty exciting phenomenon to witness. In my over 70 professional academic presentations, what I recently witnessed during my time in the U.K. was exceptionally good. I... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:16:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/intellectual-conversion /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/intellectual-conversion Biola Magazine Staff <strong> In-N-Out Burger Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson </strong> — Biola's YouTube channel Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson, president and owner of In-N-Out Burger, addressed Biola Class of 2019 as this year spring commencement speaker, sharing her personal testimony and... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:15:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/think-about-it /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/think-about-it Biola Magazine Staff Industrial Light &amp; Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story <strong> </strong> <strong>Industrial Light &amp; Magic Presents: Making Solo: A Star Wars Story</strong>, by Rob Bredow (’94), Abrams Books, April 2019. <em>Making Solo </em>is an eyewitness account of the film... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:14:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/books-by-biolans /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/books-by-biolans Joanna Wu Megan Scott is disguised as a stormtrooper and is transported to the molten planet of Mustafar. Her mission is to recover imperial intelligence vital to the rebellion survival. This isn’t real, of course, but it <em>virtually </em>real to Megan as she... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:13:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/eyes-on-the-future /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/eyes-on-the-future Joanna Wu Greg Bodine (’12), a former student-athlete and assistant coach for the Biola men golf team, witnessed one of the most memorable moments in golf history this year when Tiger Woods won the Masters. That because Bodine caddies for professional... Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:12:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/a-front-row-seat-on-the-green /blogs/biola-magazine/2019/a-front-row-seat-on-the-green