The Clause

Biola’s opinion editor shares insight with The Clause   Editor’s note: This week, Chase Andre and I decided to swap papers. You can read my article in The Chimes here. Many thanks to the Biola community for letting me share and for lending us your opinion editor!     Los Angeles. Not many cities bring up… [Read More]

The Miami Herald was just one of many media sources spread across the nation to cover the Trayvon Martin shooting case. It describes Martin as a “typical Miami teen who texted his friends, loved video games and saw his future in aviation.” The Herald also describes the minutes before his death: Walking back to his… [Read More]

For many of us, the public library will always be synonymous with books. The books drew us to the library in the first place, helped us discover new worlds — both real and imaginary — beyond our day-to-day experiences.   Libraries continue to embody that same spirit of search and discovery, but in a manner… [Read More]

The scale reads 93 pounds when the 4-foot-4-inch seven-year-old hops on the scale. Her doctor has deemed her obese and this is anything but OK for her mother. Thus begins a 12-month journey in which Brea Weiss loses 16 pounds. How is she rewarded? With new dresses. Isn’t that something every little girl would want?… [Read More]

Mientras disfrutaba de mis vacaciones la semana pasada, yo anoté unas ideas que pensé harían un buen poema sobre lo que significa la Pascua para mí. Y ahora, aquí las tienes.   Con estas líneas, quiero comunicar el tema de la vida nueva, la revitalización, la fruición y la expectativa. Yo espero que el simbolismo… [Read More]

As I was enjoying my break last week, I jotted down some ideas that I thought would make a good poem about what Easter means to me. And now here you have them.   With these lines, I want to convey the theme of new life, revitalization, fruition and expectancy. I hope that the symbolism… [Read More]

This election year, whom will you vote for? So far it seems President Obama and the Democrats have been sitting on the sidelines watching with the rest of the country as the Republican Party tears itself apart from the inside.   This year, however, an organization called Americans Elect plans to put its own ticket… [Read More]

As a child, whenever you needed to look something up, you would turn to the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica set. As you pulled the book off the shelf, you instantly realized its importance and worth by the weight and size alone. Its pages contain glossy pictures and information on everything that has ever existed in the… [Read More]

Las cosas cambian. Acostúmbrate.   Si miras tu vida en el último año, indudablemente verás que el cambio ha dejado su marca, por grande o pequeña que sea. Aun en los últimos meses, el cambio ha estado reordenando nuestro mundo.   Xinwei Wang, profesor adjunto de ingeniería mecánica en la universidad de Iowa State, recientemente… [Read More]

Is college worth it?   Without question, the answer is an emphatic yes. But at what cost?   The advantages of a college education are so numerous that most high school students need not only to consider a higher education degree, but also to take the necessary steps to at least try the experience.  … [Read More]