Professors test college students’ knowledge with homework, essays, tests and exams. Every course comes with different due dates. As a result, some students learn cramming, the act of studying intensly over a short period of time just before an examination. Jason Malana, sophomore criminal justice major, crams for his courses as a result of the vast […]
Author: Mario Meza
National Hockey League lockout: Helping or hurting?
The National Hockey League is currently at a stand- still because of ongoing disputes regarding the collective bargaining agreement that expired less than a month before the 2012-2013 season was scheduled to begin. The season scheduled to begin Oct. 11 has been delayed because the owners and members of the NHL Players’Association could not reach […]
Runner strides into new territory
Athletes sometimes choose the sport they play based on their family background, what their friends are playing or just to have fun. Never knowing what is to come with playing these sports or how long they will continue to participate in the sport, they make a decision and a commitment. Senior cross-country runner Jennifer Mallen […]
Finding new ways to get fit
While California Baptist University’s school gym is not available to the student population and the Student Recreation Center is still under construction, students must find other ways to obtain a solid workout to stay in the best possible shape. “With the recreation center scheduled opening being delayed from September to early December, there is now […]
Life of a Resident Assistant
A leader, a mentor, a hall mate and friend – these are just a few words that California Baptist University residents use to describe the resident advisers. Residents see their RAs daily and develop close relationships with them, ultimately creating a near family bond. Being a resident adviser is a full-time job that requires leadership, […]
Students partner with Give Running for Shoe Drive
Millions of children around the world live without a single pair of shoes. Everyday these children risk disease, injury and exposure to a countless number of dangers walking bare foot. In March, California Baptist University mechanical engineer major, Rebecca Trupp will lead, alongside the cross country team and track team, a campus-wide shoe drive, collecting […]
Students raise ISP money
California Baptist University provides students, faculty and staff with opportunities to gain hands-on ministry experience in different cultures and expand their global vision, but all of that comes at a cost. This means, many students come up with creative fund raising techniques. This annual opportunity is known as International Service Projects, and costs around $3,400 […]
What is in college cupboards?
College can be a four-year journey filled with late nights and early mornings. Finally on your own, you have your own space and kitchen. The food essentials needed to make it throughout the day can come in many forms: bags, cups and packages. Whether you eat dinner in the Alumni Dining Columns at 5:30 p.m. […]
Traveling can take scholastic toll on athletes
California Baptist University’s Athletic Program achieves remarkable success, however with that success, athletes face the challenge of balancing schoolwork and their sport while continuously traveling all over the country. Somehow the Lancers manage to get their work done in both departments. The Lancers are currently in the second year of the transitional period into the […]
Angel in Left Field: Honoring Rudy Ledesma
On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the Lancer baseball team took the field without a left fielder to honor freshman, Rudy Ledesma, who passed away in a car accident on Sept. 24. Dozens of CBU students and over 50 members of Ledesma’s family crowded the stands to pay tribute to the student. Ledesma would have been wearing jersey number […]