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The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

GM posts record US automotive loss of $38.7B for 2007, offers buyouts to hourly US workers

Unsold 2008 G6 sedans sit in a long row at a Pontiac dealership in Littleton, Colo., on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008. General Motors Corp., the make of Pontiac, reported the largest annual loss for an automotive company Tuesday Feb. 12, 2008 and said it is making a new round of buyback offers to U.S. hourly workers as it struggles to turn around its North American business amid a weak economy.
February 12, 2008

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. reported a $38.7 billion loss for 2007 on Tuesday, the largest annual loss ever for an automotive company, and said it is making a new round of buyout offers to U.S. hourly workers in hopes of replacing some of them with lower-paid help. The earnings report and buyout...

Obama hopes for another primary sweep, McCain seeks a little more distance

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., talks with reporters on his campaign plane enroute from Kansas to Seattle, while one of his Democratic rivals, Sen. Barack Obama, D- Ill., is seen on an in flight TV screen Friday, Feb. 8, 2008.
February 12, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama looked to continue his winning streak in three mid-Atlantic presidential primaries Tuesday, while rival Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her attention to a future round of contests. Republican John McCain sought to rebound from two weekend losses to Mike Huckabee and...

Influenza Hits Campus

Freshman Lindsay Morgan turns in a health form to the Biola Health Center on Tuesday afternoon. The center has received a large number of patients lately with symptoms of influenza.
February 9, 2008

Eleven states had a flu outbreak during the past few months and the La Mirada area has been elevated to a “high” status as of last week for the incidence of influenza, according to Marsha H. Schreiber, director of Student Health Services. “There have been twenty cases of influenza in the past...

59 dead as violent storms rip across South; crews go door-to-door to find more victims

Students and their families survey tornado damage around campus dormitories at Union University on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 in Jackson, Tenn. The storm, which hit Tuesday night, collapsed buildings, flipped cars and sent about 50 students to the hospital.
February 9, 2008

Residents in five Southern states tried to salvage what they could from homes reduced to piles of debris on Wednesday, a day after the deadliest cluster of tornadoes in more than two decades tore through the region, snapping trees and crumpling homes. At least 59 people were killed. Rescue crews,...

A Primary Handbook

Dear Politically Confused,
February 8, 2008

As I write this, Super Tuesday is slowly being swept behind us. News agencies from around the world are scrambling to report on the results so that they can provide you with the answer to the question that everyone in America is asking: “What the heck just happened?” While CNN and the like are...

Students Receive a New Outlook

Dennis Rainey, the president and cofounder of FamilyLife, ended his Family Life series Wednesday morning by encouraging students to address the "god-sized problem" involving orphans around the world.
February 8, 2008

The second week, a second chance. Last semester grades may not have been so good, here is the chance to try again. Chapel makeups may have cost too much last time, start off this year by attending some chapels. This is the time to approach daily life with a new outlook, an outlook committed to doing...

At Least 6 Missing in Ga. Refinery Blast

Smoke billows from behind the main plant of the Imperial Sugar Company during a fire at the plant on the Savannah River Thursday Feb. 7, 2008 in Port Wentworth, Ga. More than 30 people where taken to local hospitals with severe injuries after the blast.
February 8, 2008

Authorities searching for at least six people missing in an explosion that engulfed a sugar refinery in flames as about 100 people worked inside said Friday they expect to find some plant workers dead. Savannah-Chatham County Police Chief Michael Berkow told families of missing workers that rescue...

Southern Towns Look to Cleanup, Recovery

The wreckage of a home is seen next to an open field Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 in Castalian Springs, Tenn. A baby was found alive in the field, shown in center background, Wednesday after the tornado destroyed the home where the baby was believed to be living.
February 7, 2008

LAFAYETTE, Tenn. -- County Mayor Shelvy Linville could only shake his head at the horrific toll left by a deadly series of tornadoes that pounded across the South. ''It really is unbelievable that Mother Nature can create that much devastation,'' he said Wednesday evening at his Macon...

Biola Employees Switch to Web Time Cards

February 7, 2008

Alongside the already popular Blackboard, Biola has taken an additional step toward becoming a paperless university by introducing an online method for Biola employees to record their hours. As of Jan. 21, Biola switched to an online time card processor. Until this date, Biola employees had used traditional...

McCain Pulls Ahead; Clinton, Obama Close

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., and his wife Michelle wave to supporters at a Super Tuesday primary rally Tuesday, Feb.. 5, 2008, in Chicago, Ill.
February 6, 2008

WASHINGTON-- A split decision written across a vast electoral map has locked Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton in a protracted struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination, while John McCain goes forward as the clear favorite of the Republican race. McCain, whose campaign once verged...

Striking Writers to Be Briefed on Talks

Writers guild members picket outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles Monday, Feb 4. 2008. A person familiar with negotiations says the striking Hollywood writers guild remains on track for a possible deal with studios, but specific language of a new contract has yet to be resolved.
February 6, 2008

LOS ANGELES-- Members of the striking Writers Guild of America will gather Saturday in Los Angeles and New York to be briefed on a possible contract with Hollywood studios. If writers are pleased with what they hear, the meetings could be a major step toward a resolution of the three-month-old strike. Guild...

Obama wins Georgia for Democrats, McCain seeks GOP supremacy on Super Tuesday

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., looks on as he goes to vote at Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008, in Chicago.
February 5, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama won the Georgia primary Tuesday night, the leading edge of a coast-to-coast struggle with Hillary Rodham Clinton for delegates in the grueling Democratic presidential campaign. Arizona Sen. John McCain challenged his remaining rivals for control of the Republican race. It...