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  • Smoking Ban

    Helen Heinlo smokes outside of a coffee shop in Belmont, Calif., June 11, 2007. The Belmont City Council narrowly approved a measure Tuesday night that bans smoking in apartment buildings. The law also prohibits puffing on streets and sidewalks during public events and at outdoor workplaces. Photo by Associated Press / Paul Sakuma

    By Rosetta Riley, October 7, 2007

    Biola already bars smoking on campus and among students. Now, two California cities are eyeing similarly stringent smoking bans -- ones that could stop smokers from lighting up in ...

  • By Tiffany Sun, October 7, 2007

    Chief of Campus Safety Jerry Powell and the rest of Campus Safety are still in the midst of improving security for Stewart, one of Biola’s oldest dorms.

  • Halo

    Tristan Greenwood, 12, looks at a display of Microsoft's "Halo 3" at Universal Studios Citywalk on Sept. 24. The game's launch was the most profitable in entertainment history, raking in $170 million in the first 24 hours. Photo by Associated Press / Nick Ut

    By Michael Farr, October 6, 2007

    The alien-shooting, Xbox 360 game has already conquered the hearts -- and spare time -- of millions of Americans. Among Biolans, the story is no different.

  • Senegal darfur

    Police officer Sitor Ndour salutes as an honor guard presents arms at the funeral of policeman Mayoro Kebe, killed while serving as a United Nations peacekeeper in Darfur, in Dakar, Senegal Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2007. Senegalese Tuesday mourned a peacekeeper killed in Darfur as the West African nation prepares to triple its peacekeeping contingent in the restive region of Sudan. Photo by AP Photo / Rebecca Blackwell

    By Associated Press, October 5, 2007

    The only international aid group in a Darfur town where rebels reported that dozens of people were killed in a government attack said Wednesday it has pulled out ...

  • Ladies Tea

    The Board of Trustees' wives hosted the annual Ladies Tea on Thursday. The fundraiser, which promoted the Biola Scholarship Fund, also included a 100 years fashion show that included outfits from 1908 to the present. Photo by Michael Musser

    By Claire Scholl, October 5, 2007

    The Board of Trustees Wives Committee hosted the “Ladies Fall Tea” on Metzger Lawn Thursday. The event was appropriately themed “A Century of Style” to coincide with Biola ...

  • Day of Prayer

    Students gather in prayer on Wednesday's All University Day of Prayer. This year, SMU is coordinating 40 Days of Prayer to piggyback with the event. Photo by Karissa Nedeau

    By Karissa Nedeau, October 3, 2007

    After President Corey leads campus in communion, SMU begins ambitious campaign involves rotating "houses of prayer" in residence halls.

  • George W. Bush

    President Bush waves from the steps of Marine One, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007, shortly after vetoing a bill expanding a popular health care program for children by $35 billion. Bush was leaving for a day trip to Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

    Photo by AP Photo/Ron Edmonds

    By Associated Press, October 3, 2007

    President Bush, in a sharp confrontation with Congress, on Wednesday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have dramatically expanded children's health insurance. It was only the fourth ...

  • By Michael Farr, October 2, 2007

    What do fake plants, doorstops and rugby all have in common? They were all were topics of this week's senate meeting. Unrelated? Trivial? Hardly. This is the ...

  • By Sarah Kim, October 2, 2007

    In the largest recall of meat in U.S. history, millions of pounds are pulled from shelves after an E. coli outbreak. But Biola students won't be ...

  • Sudan Darfur Elders

    A resident looks on during a visit by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in Kabkabiya town in Darfur, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2007. Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security officials who blocked him from a town in Darfur where he was trying to meet representatives of ethnic African refugees from the ongoing conflict. The visit by "The Elders," which is headed by Carter and Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu, is largely a symbolic move by a host of respected figures to push all sides to make peace in Darfur. Photo by AP Photo/ Alfred de Montesquiou

    By Associated Press, October 2, 2007

    Former President Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security services who blocked him from a town in Darfur where he was trying to meet with ...