About Us - The Chimes
The Chimes has been Biola University’s student-run news publication for over 80 years. It began in 1938, when Biola was still in Los Angeles. Through the years, the Chimes has won multiple awards, mostly from Baptist Press. In 2010, the Chimes was awarded first place for the overall newspaper division there, and second for online. In...
Joy and community in “The Game’s Afoot” - The Chimes
On Thursday evening, Oct. 17, Mayers Auditorium grew lively with chatter as people began taking their seats, clutching red playbills in their hands. The stage before them was decorated with the theater performance’s set pieces, furniture and props harkening back to the early 1900s aesthetic. As the doors closed, the show began — the theater...
A letter to Todd Pickett - The Chimes
Emily Coffey is a senior broadcast journalism major who loves John Mayer, Bernese Mountain Dogs and high fives. [email protected] I grew up in the beautiful state of Oregon, which provided a lot of opportunities for adventures like white water rafting, mountain biking, and hiking. During a three-month stint in Nepal with my family (I was homeschooled), I got to …
Equal pay for the WNBA - The Chimes
During the 2021–22 season, the current average salary of a WNBA league player was $102,751.Comparatively, NBA players in the same season clocked in at a cool median salary of $7.3 million dollars.Regardless of how both leagues contain the United States’ top performing athletes in basketball, WNBA players went on to complete a full season making 71 times less than their male counterparts.
Logan Zeppieri Archives - The Chimes
Logan Zeppieri is a second-year philosophy student at Talbot School of Theology. His current research interests include mathematics, social policy and children’s fairy tales.
Give stories the benefit of the doubt - The Chimes
Speaking to the “ Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy ” podcasters, science fiction writer Andrew Duncan reflected on a short story he had written in 2001 in which he told a sympathetic tale using J. R. R. Tolkien ’s “orc” characters. It seems that the story was inspired by a subliminal racism he sensed in the Middle Earth tales. According to Duncan, “it’s hard to miss the repeated ...
“Why Beauty Matters” — an evening with poet Dana Gioia
Nov 17, 2024 · The heart of poet Dana Gioia’s work is being able to capture the beauty of God’s creation: “What beauty does is beauty draws us to the infinite number of perfections of creation. It calls forth things in ourselves. The same way it did to me as a kid not knowing this – it calls forth...
Biola, talk about the layoffs and program closures - The Chimes
Dear Readers, Private universities nationwide are struggling as low enrollment leads to faculty layoffs and shuttered schools. Colleges, including Biola, are simultaneously weathering economic difficulties and bracing for the enrollment cliff. This semester, Biola consolidated majors, discontinued academic programs and dismissed faculty and staff members. Unfortunately, the university has not ...
Women’s History Month: “Would you at least pray about it?”
Being the smallest voice in the room is daunting. Fighting to be heard when you are standing alone in front of a crowd can shut anyone down. These feelings of intimidation are all too familiar to Biola’s Provost and Senior Vice President Deborah Taylor. After years of being one of the few female leaders to...
Kelly Van Duine Archives - The Chimes
I am a senior English major with a concentration in Literature here at Biola, and I was born and raised just outside of Seattle, Washington. I recently graduated from Arizona State University with a BA in Psychology, and am a pre-Law student.