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Class of 2012 Breaks Graduate Record

The front lawn of California Baptist University was covered on Saturday, May 2, with friends, family and CBU faculty and staff in celebration of the graduating class of 2012. Undergraduate Commencement began at 9 a.m. with the tradition of graduating students touching the Kugel as they did when they entered as freshmen. Students proceeded on to [...]

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Men’s Volleyball serves up a season of transition

The California Baptist University Men’s Volleyball team wrapped up the 2012 spring season proudly, leaving nothing on the court. Starting off the regular season with three wins and six losses, the Lancers continued the struggle into the Penn State Invitational where they left with a 0-3 record, losing to D1 schools such as Ohio State [...]

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Gary Bonner: ‘I’ve enjoyed it all very much’

  Ten years ago, the campus music department had six impaired pianos and no campus location of their own. Then came Gary Bonner. President Ellis offered Bonner, commonly referred to as “Doc” by his students, the position of dean for the school of music in 2002. He accepted, but said he “had no idea what [...]

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Spring Musical: ‘Rogers’ ropes in audience

“Will Rogers Follies: A Life in Review” kept audiences roped into their seats at the Wallace Theatre. California Baptist University’s spring production was a musical biography of Will Rogers, a cowboy film star and comedian from the early 1900s. Theatergoers stuck around at the theatre for a while, as this play is a long one. [...]

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Starbuck’s new caffeine source

Starbucks Coffee, a staple food group for college students, has released a new product expected to have caffeine lovers hooked. However, California Baptist University students have given mixed reviews. Due to their extremely high sugar and caffeine contents, most Americans have been warned to stay far away from energy drinks. If energy drinks are already [...]

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Chris Hardy -- The present meets the past in the historic Fort Worth Stockyards as they remember their past as a prominent cattle yard.

Uncommon summer spots

Summer has long been associated with freedom, adventure, sun and surf, but just how does one go about obtaining these things? For students unsure of how to fill up their summer plans, take a look at these summertime suggestions: 1. Road trip it – Texas and Canada  What better way to celebrate the summer than [...]

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Ready, Set, Bed?

The Colony is looking to start new traditions on campus. They hosted a new community tradition; bed races. According to Aubrey Linder, one of the Resident Advisors who planned the event, the bed races was another event to “bring something new” to the campus. “Other schools like APU have these traditions, and we just wanted to build [...]

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Christina Osborne -- Students attend rally in Sacramento to protest reduction of private school Cal Grants.

Students lobby in Sacramento to save Cal Grant

Students Christina Osborne and Shane Paulson joined hundreds of student activists in Sacramento on March 7 to protest the reduction of Cal Grants for private university students. The Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities lobbied the Assembly Budget Committee on Education and Finance with the Cal Grant Restoration Campaign in an attempt to stop [...]

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Chris Hardy -- New business idea seeks to increase environmental and social awareness among our youth.

School project evolves into corporation

In summer 2011, senior Brittani Ciupek was asked to develop a conceptual business for an introductory marketing course. However, Ciupek did not stop there; she was inspired to bring the concept to life. Ciupek said she wanted to create a business that would both empower the consumer and give back to society. The business idea [...]

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CBU offers students international learning opportunities

Being immersed in a different culture, language and way of life may be frightening to most people, but studying abroad is something some students at California Baptist University choose to take part in and enjoy. There are different study abroad programs to choose from. Depending on course of study and price range, there are many [...]

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