President, and Secretary. All of these, with the exception of the Special Counsel and the Secretary, are voting members. Members of the AS. Council are responsible for all formalized dialogue with the administration and faculty of the college. They gather weekly to discuss business, resolve conflicts, and initiate programs. All students are welcome to attend and participate in all regular meetings of the Council. Council members have their offices located on the upper level of the College Union Building. Tuition fees paid by graduate students do not include membership in the Associated Students. STUDENT MISSIONARY UNION The Student Missionary Union is a student organization of which every student of Biola College is a member. A major function of SMU is to provide opportunities for students to share their faith in Christ by various means of evangelism. These opportunities take place locally in ministries to East Los Angeles, Watts, La Mirada, and the surrounding vicinity. In addition, many students spend their summers in overseas ministries with experienced missionaries through the Students Abroad program. Each week SMU sponsors the chapel program by which students are challenged and informed concerning mission opportunities, and each year they present the annual Missionary Conference. Other activities include mission multi-media presentations, organizing mission prayer groups, and financing missionary projects of several thousand dollars. ATHLETICS Intercollegiate athletics at Biola College provide men and women with interest and ability in athletics an opportunity to compete with other institutions of higher education whose size and athletic policies are similar. Intercollegiate competition for men is conducted in the following sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, wrestling, soccer, tennis, and track and field. Women compete with other colleges in basketball, tennis, and volleyball. Intramural activities are organized in both team and individual sports for men and women who do not have the interest, ability, or time for varsity teams, but who desire well-planned physical activity and sports competition.
STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The Student Body sponsors three student publications: a weekly newspaper, the BIOLA CHIMES; a yearbook, the BIOLAN; and an annual literary arts publication, SELAH. These serve to keep a record of school life and to provide further opportunity for student creativity and expression. KING'S DAUGHTERS AND BIOLA MEN King's Daughters and Biola Men are corresponding organizations on campus whose purpose is to promote interpersonal relationships among the students, faculty and administration of Biola College and to encourage involvement in the civic activities of the surrounding communities. Each organization has an elected president and council who are directly responsible for planning programs to fulfill the spiritual, social, and physical needs of each Biola student. FORENSICS In recent years Biola College has been ranked in the top ten percent of successful speech squads among small colleges nation-wide. As an active member of the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association, Biola regularly attends debate and individual events Speech tournaments throughout the Western United States. Each year in October Biola hosts its own individual events collegiate tournament. STUDENT MINISTRY A distinguishing feature of Biola College is its emphasis on Student Ministry which gives the student practical experience through a program of in-service training and Christian character development. At present, students serve in more than 300 churches in Southern California. Opportunities are provided in gospel teams, youth directorships, hospitals, released time education classes, Juvenile Hall, Child Evangelism, and other activities. While enrolled at Biola the student is given the privilege of expressing his preference in Christian outreach and is encouraged to accept the opportunity which best suits his desires and abilities. Each student is expected to devote a minimum of three hours each week in his assigned area. Completion of one assignment for each semester is necessary to satisfy graduation requirements.
SUMMARY OF ENROLLMENT Fall Semester 1977
Classification
Men
Women
Total
275 245 347 182
FRESHMEN
630 526 678 394
355 281 331 212
SOPHOMORES
JUNIORS SENIORS
18 39
7
25 52
POST-GRADS
13
GRADS, AND SPECIALS
1199
2305
1106
Totals
625
TALBOT THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
571
54 38
128
PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ROSEMEAD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF
90 1767
3058
1291
Totals
31
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