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Career counseling, interest testing, job search seminarsand career days are some of the offered programswhich help studentslearn about their interests and skills which will aid in the jab-hunting process. The office has a number of resource materials available to studentsincludinginformation on current occupational opportunities and internships. Maintaining credential files is another aspect af the career function designed to aid students in securing a jab ar admiss ion to a graduate school. In addition, information and counsel are available ta students interested in pursuing graduate education. Inquiries concerning these services should be made to the counseling services office, located in Sutherland 112. DISCIPLINE Biol □ University is dedicated to the training of people who are sincere and earnest in their desire to live for Jesus Christ. Because this is true, students are expected to give evidence of conduct consistent with such a profession. The disciplined life is consistent with the biblical model for a Christian. By enrolling in the university each student is entering into an agreement with Biol □ to be responsible for certain details of activity and conduct. Thisagreement is explained in a"Statement of Rights and Responsibilities" which every prospective student receives as a part of the admissions process. Students whose attitudes prove to be uncooperative may be asked to withdraw from the university.

Personal counseling services are available to interested graduate and undergrad­ uate students for a modest administrative fee. Individual counseling, group counseling, pre-engagement, premarital and marital counselingare available during the school year and summer months. Groups for special needs, 1v□ rkshops and seminars are held throughout the year. Inquiries should be made in Sutherland Hall, room 112. THE LEARNING SKILLS CENTER The Learning Skills Center provides programs to help undergraduates and graduate students develop their reading, writing and study skills in order that they may meet the academic demands of the university and benefit fully from their educational experience. Learning Skills Center programs include private tutoring, a full semester, non-credit course and seminars on topics related to success in school 1v□ rk. In addition, staff members are available to work with students individual ly. Tutoring services are available for amodest fee, while al l other services are free . Inquiries should be made ta the counseling services office, located in Sutherland Hall, room 112. CAREER DEVELOPMENTAND GRADUATE PLACEMENT The purpose of the career center at Bio l □ University is to assist current undergraduate and graduate students in the choice and development of a career.

I thought there was no way Zorro couldget out ofthat mess/ but it wasn't absolutely no way.

Excerptedfrom an address delivered by Biota University President, Dr. Clyde Cook, at last fall's Convocation.

As I think back on mychildhood, I remember go ing to the matinee on Saturday to see "The Adventures of Zorro." In the adventure I remember best, Zorro was thrown into a dungeon where one wall was covered with long spikes. Suddenly the wall began to move. The camera panned Zorro 's panicky face , then back to the spikes. There was no way out-just solid rock around Zo rro with the spikes getting closer and closer. But when the spikes were two inches from Zorro's chest, he reached up and grabbed one. It was a lever! Atrap door opened and Zorro slid down a chute and landed right on his horse waiting at the bottoml I thought there was no way Zorro could get out of that mess; but it wasn't absolutely no wav. The Apostle Paul describes a similar situation in 2 Corinth i­ ans 4:8 when he talks about being "perplexed, but not in despair." Several years ago, fo rmer Biola president J. Richard Chase pointed out to me that "perplexed" is a compound word meaning, basically, "no way" When Paul uses another com­ pound wo rd that intensifies the meaning, he is actually saying: "No way, but not absolutely no way."

Why is it never absolutely no way? Because God is in control and we are identified with Him. We maybe troubled but we need not be distressed; we may be persecuted but we 're not forsaken; we can be cast down but we 're not destroyed. "Ah , Lord God! Thou hast made the heaven and the earth by Thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for Thee." Oer. 32: 17). Are you facing impossible situations today? There may be a "no way" situation in your family. Perhaps there 's "no way" you can get victory over a troublinghabit. How about paying for your education here at Biola, or attempting a Christian service assignment that's not a safe , easy one? I want to remind you- as well as myse lf- that God indwells us and can turn "no way" into "not absolutely no way." For seventy-eight years God has used Biola to impact theworld for Jesus Christ , bringing us safely through many "crises" to do so. And as Dr. Sam Sutherland recently said, "Our best days are still ahead." We 've learned that the potential here at Biola is great , but we' ll never realize it unl ess we step out byfaith. When we do , God can see us through even the most difficult "no way" situation. He ' ll do the same for you.

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