A purple tutu, a purple bedazzled cap and her grandmother’s photo on the front of her T-shirt — her purple aura continues to float behind her with the glittering streamers of the wand she carries. Gabby Ramos, 6, is a young Alzheimer’s soldier who participated in the Inland Empire Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Ontario, […]
Author: Lauren Koski
Student loses weight, gains commitment
Run to the Galleria at Tyler. Run back to campus. Go shopping for organic foods. Refuse the giant chocolate chip cookies at the Alumni Dining Commons. Sleep. Repeat. This is the life of Saul Sanchez. Sanchez, sophomore international business major, is taking charge of his health and is fighting through California Baptist University’s food and […]
Incentives cut for evaluations
Student evaluations this semester will be cutting the incentives that were previously offered to students who completed them. Kendra Johnson, academic evaluations coordinator, said she hopes this will not come as a negative change, but rather be a key in stressing the importance of giving feedback to professors. “This year, we are not doing an […]
Men’s volleyball coach inspires brotherly love
“Daddy!” The boy smiles and lights up as he runs as fast as his little legs can carry him into his father’s arms. His father, Wes Schneider, California Baptist University men’s volleyball coach, quickly returns the love — never thinking for a moment that he might be too busy working to see his child. After […]
Genocide survivor uses experience to inspire others
The students’s heads slowly bow as the video starts. Their eyes turn away in a desperate effort to escape the scenes that are all too familiar. Although their eyes turn away, their ears cannot hide from the sounds of the Rwandan genocide. The video ends and a man walks to the front of the room. He knows this story by heart and instead of […]
IJM battles human trafficking, aims to bring awareness to student body
Students from California Baptist University’s International Justice Mission Campus Chapter attended a hearing Nov. 4, held to discuss a human trafficking bill that is finding its way to the U.S. Capitol. Rep. Ed Royce and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs oversaw the hearing on “Regional Perspectives in the Global Fight against Human Trafficking.” It was held at […]
Eclectic artist inspired by surroundings
By Lauren Koski ASST. NEWS EDITOR Leather shoes. Guitar. Flip-phone. The Avett Brothers softly playing from a laptop on the coffee table. Jonny Pickett, junior music composition major, is reclining on the couch in the village apartment’s resident adviser lounge, making multifaceted conversation with other residential advisers. With a unique musical style and organic outlook […]
Students serve community in arts, innovations event in Riverside
By Lauren Koski | Assistant News Editor The second annual Long Night of Arts and Innovation was held Oct. 10 in downtown Riverside to promote science and technology and educate the public on how science is expanding. Students and faculty from California Baptist University brought projects they worked on this semester as a service project to […]
Irish accent leads students in worship
By Lauren Koski | Assistant News Editor “We had the best of times!” With a thick Irish accent and an unapologetic passion to praise and adore Christ, Gareth Gilkeson, drummer for Rend Collective Experiment, nearly shouted these words. Rend Collective Experiment, a Christian worship band from Northern Ireland, brought their folk-flare to the campus of […]
‘80s fad becomes super food
Ch-ch-ch-chia! The iconic jingle that brings flashbacks of leg-warmers, mom jeans and leafy green sprouts on a terra cotta pet is once again making news. The latest chia buzz surrounds the nutrients packed in their seeds that prove to be extremely beneficial to athletes, dieters and celiac disease patients. Once known only for a fad […]