Ten years ago, the campus music department had six impaired pianos and no campus location of their own. Then came Gary Bonner. President Ellis offered Bonner, commonly referred to as “Doc” by his students, the position of dean for the school of music in 2002. He accepted, but said he “had no idea what […]
This is the last article I will ever write for The Banner, and for the first time in my college journalism career, I have no idea what to write. Maybe it’s the pressure of an oncoming deadline or maybe it’s hesitation to write a first-person editorial. In general, I like sharing other people’s stories and […]
Spoiler alert: The following review will give away parts of The Hunger Games book and movie. Do not proceed if you wish to be surprised. It’s rare these days to see a movie where the story is more important than the action. “The Hunger Games” film adaptation did just that and still received an 8 […]
he task force responsible for assessing the feasibility of a name change for America’s largest Protestant denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, presented a proposal Monday, Feb. 20 at an Executive Council meeting in Tennessee. The task force recommended keeping the 167-year-old denomination name, but gave an option to churches that no longer wanted to be […]
As a result of receiving a quarter of a million dollar grant, the School of Engineering will soon have their hands on state of the art equipment and technology that will allow them to “do computing very efficiently and very fast,” Anthony Donaldson, dean of the School of Engineering, said. It will also provide funding […]
Over Christmas break, “The Banner” underwent a minor, yet significant change. After many years of what we call a “Tabloid-size” newspaper, we finally added inches to its length, in hopes that your reading experience will be heightened (pun intended). Now, there is more room for photos and text. Also, the length-to-width ratio is more reminiscent […]
An inflamed palm tree, located across the street from the front entrance of the California Baptist University campus, shocked and awed student onlookers Thursday evening. The fire began at approximately 9:15 p.m. and was quickly contained by the Riverside County Fire Department. “[As] we approached this part of the campus, we noticed there was a […]
Amy Stumpf, PH.D. is the Associate Professor of Society and Religion and International Justice Mission club adviser. How did you get to CBU? Crazy story. I just got married and I was working in Irvine. I could not take the two- hour commute each way and I was like, “Lord, I need a job in […]
What Christmas (Doesn’t) Mean to Me. Christmas means a lot of things to a lot of people. It means reuniting with family. It means a takeover of radio stations by tireless holiday jams (Bing Crosby, anyone?). And, it means three weeks of Christmas vacation (Yay!). Each of these things has some attachment to the Christmas […]
Bethany Geleris prays every day, but unlike her Protestant acquaintances, most of her prayers are guided by a pocket prayer book. Geleris is an Orthodox Christian. In fact, she is one of the few Orthodox Christians who attends California Baptist University. “I think there’s five of us,” Geleris said, laughing. “I think I know them […]