32 STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Student Activities
DEVOTIONAL LIFE The University believes the spiritual life of the individu al student is of upmost import.ance. Therefore, every student is urged to set aside time for personal devotions. In addition to these personal devotional periods, under graduate students meet each Monday, Wednesday and Friday in Chase Gymnasium for a forty-minute chapel service for worship and praise. The chapel programs include speakers chosen from faculty, alumni, students, visiting guests, musical groups, Christian films, drama and other special events. Each fall there is a Spiritual Em phasis Week. Once each semester the school observes a planned Day of Prayer and informal prayer groups meet as a regular part of residence hall life. The Torrey Memorial Bible Conference and the Missionary Conference are high points in the development in the spiritual life of the student Attendance is required at all of these events. ASSOCIATED STUDENTS The Associated Students is the undergraduate student government of Biola University in which all students registered for seven units or more are members. Its purpose is to develop a community that is seeking the person of God and is committed to glori fying Him in all its thoughts and actions. The representative power of the student member ship is vested in the Associated Students Council. The AS. Council is composed of 11 members who work together as a team to carry on the functions of govern ment. The Council includes the AS. president, controller, secretary, Chapel Board chairperson, Student Missionary Union president, Student Services Board chairperson, Social Activities Board chairperson, Athletic Board chairperson, Publications Board chair person, Spiritual Life Board chairperson and Student Relations Board chairperson. All of these, with the exception of the secretary, are voting members. Members of the AS. Council are responsible for facilitating and formalizing dialogue with the adminis tration and faculty of the University. They gather week ly to discuss business, resolve conflicts, and initiate programs. All students can attend and participate in regular meetings of the council. Offices are on the upper level of the Student Union Building. Tuition and fees paid by graduate students do not include member ship in the Associated Students. STUDENT MISSIONARY UNION The Student Missionary Union is a student organiza tion of which every undergraduate student of Biola University is a member. Amajor function of SMU is to provide opportunities for students to share their faith in Christ by various means of evangelism. These opportuni ties 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 concern ing mission opportunities, and each year they present the annual Missionary Conference. Other activities include missions multi-media presentations, organizing missions prayer groups and financing missionary projects of several thousand dollars. ATHLETICS Intercollegiate athletics at Biola University 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, soccer, and track and field. Women's basketball, cross country, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Intramural activities are organized in both team and individual sports for men and women. STUDENT PUBLICATIONS The undergraduate student body sponsors two student publications: a weekly newspaper, the Chimes, and a yearbook, the Bio/an, which also contains a fine arts section. These serve to transmit news, keep a record of school life and provide further opportunity for student creativity and expression. FORENSICS In recent years Biola University has been ranked in the top ten percent of successful speech squads among colleges and universities nationwide. As an active member of the Pacific Southwest Collegiate Forensics Association, Biola regularly attends debate and individ ual events speech tournaments throughout the western states. Each year in the fall and spring, Biola hosts intercollegiate speech tournaments on campus. STUDENT MINISTRY The Student Ministries Department provides students with the opportunity to express their faith in t.angible ways Games 1:22) and encourages the development of individu al gifts and abilities (I Corinthians 12: 1). The opportuni ties include ministries with both church and para-<:hurch organizations. With the aid of the Student Ministries Offices, each student carrying more than nine (9) units selects a ministry each semester. Our hope is that this ministry involvement will provide for the development of spiritual gifts, and provide opportunities for students to depend on God as they risk new spiritual challenges. Specific guidelines for what constitutes a student ministry and how student accountability is handled are found in the Student Handbook and will also be sent upon request.
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