/blogs/biola-magazine/articles/category/2021-fall Jason Newell It was a turbulent and tumultuous year. A deadly virus swept the globe. Political unrest divided the nation. Racial tensions fueled demonstrations in the streets. Cultural battles raged over sexuality and gender. The year was 1968 — a time, it... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:40:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/is-revival-possible-today /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/is-revival-possible-today Barry Corey Sheep have peripheral vision up to 320 degrees. This means they can graze on a patch of green grass, glimpse another patch and wander off. Their distracted vision can move them from tuft to tuft until they’re grazing in the far country unable to... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:25 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/president-s-perspective-hindsight-in-2021 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/president-s-perspective-hindsight-in-2021 Jason Newell Biola has joined an exclusive group of colleges to achieve YouTube “Silver Creator Award” status, a designation given to accounts with 100,000 or more subscribers. The university channel — which offers hundreds of resources, including... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:21 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/biola-s-youtube-channel-crosses-100-000-subscribers /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/biola-s-youtube-channel-crosses-100-000-subscribers Jason Newell After the pandemic brought an extended pause to most campus activities over the past year and a half, Biola came bursting back to life this fall. In September, the university kicked off the Celebration of Arts and Media, a yearlong festival of... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:17 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/celebration-of-arts-and-media-brings-campus-to-life /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/celebration-of-arts-and-media-brings-campus-to-life Jason Newell <strong>Baseball</strong> Two Biola baseball players signed with professional teams this past summer. The Texas Rangers drafted left-handed pitcher Larson Kindreich with the 224th overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft in July, making him the... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:15 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/athletics-roundup-fall-2021 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/athletics-roundup-fall-2021 Biola Magazine Staff Biola observed the 85th annual Torrey Memorial Bible Conference in October — three days during which students got a break from classes to learn from God Word and spend time in worship. This year conference, themed “Glory to Glory,” from 2... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:12 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/a-time-for-reflection /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/a-time-for-reflection Biola Magazine Staff Biola University has again been named one of America top-tier national universities by U.S. News and World Report, earning special recognition in the publication Best Colleges 2022 rankings for such areas as nursing, first-year experiences and... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:09 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/biola-again-ranks-as-a-top-tier-national-university /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/biola-again-ranks-as-a-top-tier-national-university Jenna Loumagne When Isaac Peterson applied to Biola, he didn’t expect to be taking classes from 5,000 miles away at strange hours of the night. But thanks to the pandemic, that how his journey as a student began — stuck studying halfway across the globe at his... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:06 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/a-reluctant-night-owl /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/a-reluctant-night-owl Sarah Dougher At the height of the pandemic, three paintings were boarded onto a cargo ship to make their journey from Los Angeles to Tokyo, Japan. The paintings were headed to an important event: the Tokyo Olympics. Dan Callis, professor of art at 91��Ƭ��, was... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/on-display-at-the-olympics /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/on-display-at-the-olympics Jason Newell Shame is a toxic and unhealthy emotion — or so goes the conventional wisdom that has proliferated across popular books and TED Talks in recent years. But is it always? In the push to liberate ourselves from feeling shame, has our culture become... Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:36:00 -0800 /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/ask-the-expert-do-we-need-to-recover-a-healthy-sense-of-shame /blogs/biola-magazine/2021/ask-the-expert-do-we-need-to-recover-a-healthy-sense-of-shame