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The Chimes

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The Chimes

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The Chimes

In desperate times, fund keeps students enrolled

Freshman Clarissa Bixler is still at Biola in her Sigma dorm room thanks to the recently Student Economic Crisis Response Council.  Photo by Mike Villa
For freshman Carissa Bixler, the best Christmas gift didn't come wrapped in bows under the tree, but in the form of just a few words of hope. Bixler is one of 158 students cleared to receive emergency financial aid relief from Biola, enabling her and others to return this semester.
February 7, 2009
For freshman Carissa Bixler, the best Christmas gift didn't come wrapped in bows under the tree, but in the form of just a few words of hope. Bixler is one of 158 students cleared to receive emergency financial aid relief from Biola, enabling her and others to return this semester.

Pipe leak cools down campus

Joseph Valles, a Central Plant Operator, helps contractors from Air Control Systems repair a water pipe that burst outside of Hope Hall February 6, 2009. Photo by Mike Villa
An underground pipe leak has resulted in a loss of hot water and air heating to many lower campus buildings. Facilities Services shut off the campus’s hot water loop while trying to discover the source of the leak, resulting in limited hot water and heating throughout the campus, said Beverly Cain, spokeswoman for Facilities Services.
February 6, 2009
An underground pipe leak has resulted in a loss of hot water and air heating to many lower campus buildings. Facilities Services shut off the campus’s hot water loop while trying to discover the source of the leak, resulting in limited hot water and heating throughout the campus, said Beverly Cain, spokeswoman for Facilities Services.

Biola’s response to Darwinian celebration

Karl Giberson, author of 'Saving Darwin: How To Be a Christian and Believe in Evolution', spoke first on his views of the tensions between Christianity and Darwinian thought on Evolution at 'Can a Christian Be a Darwinist' Debate in Sutherland Auditorium on February 5, 2009.  Photo by Kelsey Heng
Can a Christian be a Darwinist? A forum discussion hosted by the apologetics department will explore just that. This forum will feature Karl Giberson, author of “Saving Darwin,” and John West, author of “Darwin Day in America.” The topic will be “Christianity’s relationship to evolution and the possibility of their co-existence,” according to the apologetics department Web site.
February 5, 2009
Can a Christian be a Darwinist? A forum discussion hosted by the apologetics department will explore just that. This forum will feature Karl Giberson, author of “Saving Darwin,” and John West, author of “Darwin Day in America.” The topic will be “Christianity’s relationship to evolution and the possibility of their co-existence,” according to the apologetics department Web site.

Respecting women, respecting life: it ain’t something abortionists do well.

Last Friday, Jan. 30, Southern California abortionist Bertha Bugarin was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for committing abortions without a medical license.
February 3, 2009
Last Friday, Jan. 30, Southern California abortionist Bertha Bugarin was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for committing abortions without a medical license.

Remembering freedom in the face of fear

Famously, Franklin D. Roosevelt informed America that the “only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” A quick glance around will show that our times are eerily parallel to the ones in which FDR lived. Every day, the economy around us shows more and more signs of the recession as jobs are cut, frien ...
January 29, 2009
Famously, Franklin D. Roosevelt informed America that the “only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” A quick glance around will show that our times are eerily parallel to the ones in which FDR lived. Every day, the economy around us shows more and more signs of the recession as jobs are cut, frien ...

Keep the change

A Biola sophomore realizes the importance of planning and the promising results of being organized.
January 29, 2009
A Biola sophomore realizes the importance of planning and the promising results of being organized.

Ways to resurrect your resolution

Are you already having a hard time maintaining your New Year’s fitness resolution? Perhaps we can change our thinking so that our life has to keep up with us.
January 28, 2009
Are you already having a hard time maintaining your New Year’s fitness resolution? Perhaps we can change our thinking so that our life has to keep up with us.

Parking structure construction delayed

Construction of a five-story parking structure, which was planned to begin this May, has been delayed a matter of months due to financial issues. Photo by Bethany Cissel
Plans to construct a five-story parking structure this spring semester on campus have been delayed due to financial issues.
January 28, 2009
Plans to construct a five-story parking structure this spring semester on campus have been delayed due to financial issues.

Inauguration Experience

Barack Obama's image was on every type of item possible, including earrings, t-shirts, posters, flags and, as pictured, water bottles. These items were sold by street vendors all over Capitol Hill and down The National Mall. Photo by Rachelle Brown
"Why are you actin' like you know where you're goin'?" was a wife's sassy remark to her husband inauguration morning as thousands of completely lost but thoroughly determined travelers, like myself, tried to find their way to the National Mall to watch the inauguration. And NONE of us knew where we were going, no matter how much we thought we did.
January 27, 2009
"Why are you actin' like you know where you're goin'?" was a wife's sassy remark to her husband inauguration morning as thousands of completely lost but thoroughly determined travelers, like myself, tried to find their way to the National Mall to watch the inauguration. And NONE of us knew where we were going, no matter how much we thought we did.

History in the Making

Over interterm, over one million people watched Barack Obama take the presidential oath live in the bitter cold of Washington, D.C. Obama then proceeded to give a brief address on the state of this union.
January 27, 2009
Over interterm, over one million people watched Barack Obama take the presidential oath live in the bitter cold of Washington, D.C. Obama then proceeded to give a brief address on the state of this union.

YouTube Clip of the Week: Potter Puppet Pals

Enjoy this week's top video pick.
This week's clip follows our favorite wizard and his pals as they bounce up and down declaring their names.
January 27, 2009
This week's clip follows our favorite wizard and his pals as they bounce up and down declaring their names.

President Obama takes the stage

Barack Obama's image was on every type of item possible, including earrings, t-shirts, posters, flags and, as pictured, water bottles. These items were sold by street vendors all over Capitol Hill and down The National Mall. Photo by Rachelle Brown
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 was a momentous day in the history of the United States. Barack Obama, the first black person to ever take presidential office, was officially inaugurated as the president of the United States of America. Check out our gallery of photos taken by a Biola student at this monumental celebration.
January 20, 2009
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 was a momentous day in the history of the United States. Barack Obama, the first black person to ever take presidential office, was officially inaugurated as the president of the United States of America. Check out our gallery of photos taken by a Biola student at this monumental celebration.