STUDENT SERVICES
FOOD SERVICE Biola provides an excellent food service for all students. A wide variety of entrees, sandwiches, soups, fresh fruits, bread, bev erages, and desserts isoffered. The food service staffwill work out individual programs for students with special dietary require ments or weight reduction programs presc1ibed by a physician. Avariety of meal plans are available. All undergraduate students living in the residence halls are required to choose either a 10-, 12-, 15- or 20-meal plan; or a 10-, 12-, 15- or 20- fl ex-meal plan. (The numbers indicated are meals per week.) A"flex " plan is 10, 12, 15 or 20 meals per week at Cafe Biola, our dining room, plus "flex points" to purchase additional meals either at Cafe Biola, the Eagles' Nest, our on-campus coffee shop, or Common Grounds, our coffee house. There is a 5-meal plan and a 5-fl ex-meal plan which are provided only for graduate students, commuter students, or students who reside in the Biola apartments. Students who sign a meal-plan contract must in form Aux iliary Seroices if they wish to cancel their meal plan. They wi ll be charged up to the end of the week in which Auxiliary Ser vices is notified of the cancellation. DUPLICATING CENTER The Biola Duplicating Center, located on the McNally Campus, is available to students, staff, facu lty and the public. The duplicating center has high-speed duplicating equip ment and can do a variety of jobs, including thermal bind ing, tabs, covers, etc. Our prices are generally lower than off campus duplicating stores. There is also an after-hours drop box located outside of the duplicating center. BOOKSTORE The Biola Bookstore is open Monday through San1rday for the convenience of the students, faculty, staff and public. All required textbooks, as well as general books and supplies, are available. The Bookstore has a large selection of Christian books and offers Bibles in a variety of styles and bindings at substantial discounts. Biola insignia clothing and a large selection of greet ing cards, school suppli es, dorm-room furniture/ accessori es, gift items and music. The bookstore welcomes special orders. For a fee, Fax messages may be sent or received at the Bookstore and a quick-turnaround photo development service is provided. A convenience store (located inside the bookstore) contains a gen erous selection of soft drinks, juices, yogurts, ice cream, snacks and candies. During school breaks and vacations the Bookstore has shortened hours. Please cal l (310) 9034883 for infonnation. Computer Store Located within the Bookstore, the Biola Computer Store exists to aid students with their academic programs. The Com puter Store offers exceptional pricing on Apple Macintosh prod ucts through a special agreement with Apple Computers, Inc. Designed to meet the academic community's needs for comput ers, software and accessories, the sn1den t will find most of their computing needs conveniently met, at very competitive prices. Through agreements with Microsoft, Aldus, Adobe , Lotus,
WordPe1fect and others, some software can be purchased at one half to one-third the non-academic rate. Many titles are kept in stock. Feel free to contact us about your software needs. The Computer Store keeps different hours than the bookstore, please call ahead (310) 9034884 and check our hours. STUDENT HEALTH CENTER The Student Health Center provides health services for all registered students. The facility is located directly across from the library. Consultation with a physician or a nurse are free, however there is a fee for medications or specific u·eaunents. Payment is required al the lime of each visit /Jy cash, check or credit card. Spouses of enrolled students are eligible to use the Health Center for a $20.00 fee, plus additional costs for medications or treatments. No chililren can be seen or lreallid al the Hea/Jh Center. Office hours are as follows: Monday through Friday; 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. with no lunch closing. Appointments are preferred, but we do take walk-ins. Summer sessions an d lnterterm office hours are reduced. Please consult Health Center staff for specific hours of operation. All students who take 7 uni ts or more or those who live in a university faci lity are required to have current health insur ance . Biola offers a catastrophi c accident and illness policy for those who do not have an insurance plan. Cost of insur ance is subject to change. Students enrolled in competitive sports will be charged a mandatory $150.00 premium each year, regardless of other insurance coverage. Other health requirements include: Undergraduates - Physical exam completed and on file at the Health Center for all students taking 7 units or more. Athl etes must have a yearly physical exam and EKG com pleted and on fil e at the Health Center prior to starting the season or practice. Graduates - No physical exam is required. A health his tory must be completed. The forms are ava il able through Graduate Admissions or the Student Health Center. Please check with the Health Center staff for other specific information (310-9034841). CAMPUS SAFETY Biola's Campus Safety Office has a genuine concern for the safety of individual students as well as the community as a whole. Campus Safety's primary responsibility is to protect the people and property of Biola Un iversity. This includes the responsibility for all persons at the Un iversity (e.g., stu dents, facu lty, staff and visitors) and for all property owned or operated by the University. Trained officers are on duty 24 hours a day and are willing to assist students. The Campus Safety Deparunen t offers special services such as a campus escort service, a rape prevention program which includes several films and a seminar, bicycle registration ser vice, and Operation Identification (engra,~ng of personal prop erty for positive identification in case of theft) throughout tl1e year. Vehicle registration, traffic control, building security, assistance in medical emergencies and university switchboard
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