Winter 2024
Freshman Corner: A New Journey
Wake up. School. Work. Sleep. Repeat. This was the relentless cycle that defined my last years of high school. Days blurred into weeks, weeks into months, and before anyone realized, a year had passed in a haze of routine. But as graduation loomed on the horizon,...
Unraveling the Mind: An Insight into the Life and Work of Honors Alumnus Daniel Bazan
In the world of neuroscience, where many have sought to understand the complex behaviors and disorders of the brain, La Sierra University’s Honors Program takes pride in alumni Daniel Bazan. I had the wonderful opportunity to speak with Bazan about his pathway in...
Cultural Identity and Worldview: Drowning in My Singularity and The Burden of Identity
Drowning In My Singularity Far within the depths of my digital gallery of life, is a video from what feels like eons ago. Just shy of two minutes, the grainy footage and bright colors ring brightly with radiant laughter as my mother gently endeavored to rein in my...
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Kendall’s Journey with Music, La Sierra’s Honors Program and Publication
During this winter quarter, I had the wonderful opportunity to meet and speak with Dr. David Kendall, one of the professors within La Sierra University’s music department. Kendall recently published his book, “The Music of the Spheres in the Western Imagination,” and,...
Podcasts: An Honors Perspective on the Dynamics of Modern Media
John Banta, Class of 2026: Neuroscience/Pre-medicine Podcasts have been a part of my routine for three years now, though my listening habits have changed throughout. I first started listening to podcasts senior year of high school. Being homeschooled up to this point,...
Malaysia and Singapore: Embracing Wonder
I thought I was dreaming when I saw Hadassah at the Kuala Lumpur airport. What felt like hundreds of (in all likelihood it was probably a dozen) women with a Hadassah-like haircut had walked past me in my nine-hour layover from Kerala, India, raising and subsequently...
Malaysia and Singapore: From a Photographer’s Lens
MELAKA Melaka Warrior Monument for Chinese victims of Japanese occupation in Melaka during World War II in Melaka, Malaysia. A Famosa, a fort built by the Portuguese colonists during the 16th century in Melaka, Malaysia. Queen Victoria’s Fountain built in 1901 by the...