How is Biola Perceived? from The Point on Vimeo.
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The Point Magazine Fall 2010
Our new issue will blow you away!
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Contest Winners
First Place: Michelle Mosqueda And coming in Second and Third Place we have Jessica Lindner and Katie Kniss! Congratulations!
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What’s the Point?: On Halloween
The Point on Halloween from The Point on Vimeo.
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The “Point-n-Shoot”
Untitled from The Point on Vimeo. Fall 2010 “Point-n-Shoot” Magazine Photo Contest Video By: Alisha Andrews No matter what type of photographer you are, your honored Point Magazine staff invites you to participate in our very first, bi-annual photo contest! The photographs chosen should reflect our magazine’s theme. Winners will be displayed on the front page of our website and printed inside our FALL 2010 issue. We can’t wait to see your work! Photo Eligibility To enter, you must be a Biola student (part- or full-time). All photos must have been taken within your time at Biola, whether that was four years ago, four months ago, or four hours ago. The photo…
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Costumes, and what you can do for Halloween
Written by Shanley Knox Yesterday, my friends and I spent the afternoon perusing shops in Sherman Oaks. It was cloudy, and I found myself a hazelnut brew. There was a street fair going on, so we people-watched, laughed, went to an old record shop, and, of course, began the hunt for Halloween costumes. Masks, socks, wigs (“look at this one!”)–I tried on about five different pairs of glasses that all got shot down with a terribly serious “I’m having trouble even looking at you right now.” Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I plan to spend it in Hollywood this year. Proceeds from the party I’m going to go to Lullalee’s…
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Mud Run Blog
Mud Run Training Vid. from The Point on Vimeo. Written by George Garcia Day 1: I started my training today for the Irvine Mud Run. I only have five weeks left to prepare myself both mentally and physically for the three mile run. I have been running two miles three times a week and will now push myself to three miles four times a week. Along with running, I will also play basketball twice a week, but that probably won’t help me in the Mud Run. I grabbed my iPod and headphones and headed towards the track. I laced up my black Adidas shoes and stretched out. After tuning to…
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Fighting for Common Ground
Written by Katelynn Camp Fighting for Common Ground 9/11 sparked a now almost decade long controversy between Muslims and Americans of different faiths. In the minds of many Americans, “The War on Terrorism has,” as sophomore David Klein says, “morphed into a war on religion.” And the recent arguments over whether or not an Islam center named Park51 should be built two blocks away from Ground Zero show the bitter tensions between Islam and other faiths. As the body of Christ, Biola students and faculty are beginning to and need to continue thinking about the issue of religious division in America. Earlier this year, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf proposed that…
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Tribute to 9-11.
Written by Shanley Knox Jeremy wrote me two months after deployment. I had been waiting, anxious, since before he left. I knew Afghanistan would change him. A part of me knew I would change, too, and that those changes would, together, change what was between us. By the time his first letter came, things were already different. We were three months in, and there wasn’t much that hadn’t changed. The first time he called, I just heard gun shots. He came in and out, and I sat, in green AE boxer shorts and a sports bra and listened. I hung up after a million years had gone by, tossed my…
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Under the Radar
Written by Matt Fier The Humanitarian As Stephen Mbogo approaches, you can see the 43-year-old’s smile from a mile away, as he extends a hand and gives a generous hug. “It’s good to finally meet you in person!” he says with a laugh. Mbogo came to Biola in 2008 with his wife, Rosemary and their two children, Victor and Joy. He is currently a graduate student at Talbot School of Theology, working on his Ph.D in Intercultural Studies (ICS), with a focus on values and leadership of politicians in Africa. However, Mbogo’s story runs much deeper than that. In 2005, Mbogo and his family started By Grace Orphanage in Kenya,…
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Top Ten: Lost Arts
Written by Carizza Sioco CURSIVE WRITING As elementary school students, we painstakingly tackled this alleged shortcut in handwriting. We were told fanciful tales of teachers who would only accept work in cursive and that our college careers were at the mercy of our penmanship. Such myths were debunked as our fluid font was quickly replaced with typed text. Because professors are more concerned with the formatting of a paper than our personal penmanship, those tricky cursive G’s and Q’s are now mere memories. MIXED TAPES A mixed tape was a hug in the form of a cassette, encased in plastic and passed on to a best friend or a potential…
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Shattering the Facade
Defining Porn from The Point on Vimeo. Pornography is all the rage. That’s what Roxxanne Bliss, a bold, blonde 29-year-old adult film star says. “Everybody does this,” she remarked at the 2009 AdultCon Expo in Los Angeles. As an escort, Bliss claims she has seen every sort of customer “under the sun” — including the Amish and a few rabbis. Bliss, who began her career with dancing at age 10 and practicing striptease by age 14, has now spent almost a decade in the porn industry. Resident Director (R.D.) of Hart Hall Ryan Low, 36, saw his first Playboy magazine at age 7. Low struggled with pornography for years, but…
