One of the best times of college is the fall of your senior year. You are looking onto the horizon of May. It is as though your degree is the key unlocking the next level to your life. For seniors, this is a magical time of maybes. You dream big. You assess how you will […]
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Family motivates soccer player
On the women’s soccer team, Silvia Sanchez has a role as a selfless encouragement to her soccer family as well as the preseason PacWest Defender of the Year. This honor preceeds Sanchez receiving the title of PacWest Defender of the Year for 2013. Sanchez, senior criminal justice and visual arts double major, said she hopes to […]
Importance of biblical wisdom in college: Make decisions based on faith, not habit
To the students who claim a biblical worldview, I hope the following shows you how practical the Bible is to your decisions and relationships. As I started college, my faith was emotionally driven, not biblically rooted. I needed to feel good about every decision I made. If you base a decision on your emotions, does that […]
Highlights of year showcase CBU growth
The 2013-2014 school year is in its final weeks and has shown to be a stepping stone year for bigger and better things for California Baptist University. This year featured tremendous growth for the campus and community through the enhancing of traditional events and the building of departments, and one can only look forward to […]
Students break away from midsemester monotony
In the spring semester there is a source of hope that unites procrastinators. This hope is spring break, a time to catch up either on homework or “How I Met Your Mother.” It is a time to refocus and prepare for the remainder of the semester. Or in the cases of many students, it is […]
Students embrace their phones, neglect education
It is a minute before class starts. The notebook is open and ready to receive knowledge. Peers chit-chat as the professor sets up the PowerPoint. The clock strikes 11 a.m. and a roll of hushed voices takes over the conversations. The professor stands in front demanding full attention, but with a cell phone next to […]
CBU bounces back from APU loss
California Baptist University’s basketball teams defended their home turf Feb. 8, with back-to-back wins against rival Azusa Pacific University in both the men’s and women’s games. As the PacWest’s fifth-place seat, the women’s team won 54-46 before the men’s victory of 74-55, avenging their only loss of the season to APU on Jan. 24. “Our […]
Speakers deliberate Trinitarian theology
Professors from California Baptist University attended the Second Annual Los Angeles Theology Conference held at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif., Jan. 16 and 17. Focusing on advancing Trinitarian theology the conference featured speakers from local universities and seminaries as well as professors from Scottish and English universities. The speakers were also available for […]
Professor inspires through craft
Thirty years ago, a self-proclaimed returning “prodigal son” of the Christian faith was told about a position at California Baptist College to be a ceramics professor. Though he knew it was the Lord telling him to apply, the young college graduate was hesitant to accept a teaching position at a Baptist school, when his initial […]
Santa’s ministry
When Santa came to visit the 5-year-old students at Magnolia Elementary School 17 years ago, a young Evelyn Bower made a startling claim to her peers. “That’s my dad! Santa’s not real.” Evelyn, senior intercultural studies major, now jokes about her behavior in grade school. Not many people know but Evelyn’s father has been consistently playing the role of the Mission Inn’s Santa Claus for […]