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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Skipping Chapel Costs Students

Chapel makeups can cost as much as $42 per semester. With the changing chapel schedules, the outcome of makeups this semester are likely to change.
Money goes toward future net costs.
February 5, 2008

Nearly 3,000 chapel and conference makeups were expected to reach the desk of Lauren Turner, chapel accountability coordinator, last Tuesday, February 5. 1,431 students need to make up chapels from last fall, and 1,525 need to makeup conferences. On average, fifteen chapels and 6 conferences per student...

Man Invades Horton Hall

February 5, 2008

A man confronted two female students at 4:15 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26, as they came out of their bathroom on North Horton’s 2nd floor. T man described by witnesses as a 19-year-old, 5-foot-10-inch Hispanic man of approximately 145 pounds with an afro said that God opened the doors and let him onto...

Biola Competes in ONE Campus Challenge

People prepare mud cookies on the the roof of Fort Dimanche, once a prison, in Port-au-Prince. Rising prices and food shortages threaten the nation's fragile stability. The ONE campaign aims to reduce hunger in countries like Haiti.
February 4, 2008

Tapping into the competitive spirit and school rivalries that fuel some of the college experience, the ONE Campaign has discovered a new way to involve the younger generation in the fight to end poverty. The ONE Campus Challenge, which began last year, invites colleges and universities to submit the...

Candidates Make Final Super Tuesday Push

Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., center, speaks during a campaign rally in Faneuil Hall, in Boston, Mass., Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, one day ahead of the SuperTuesday primary elections. (AP Photo)
February 4, 2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Sen. John McCain defended his conservative credentials Monday as rival Mitt Romney claimed he was true to core Republican values in the finalpush before SuperTuesday. Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, locked in a tight race, searched for support in the delegate-rich...

SuperBowl May Be Most-Watched Ever

New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress (17) celebrates after scoring the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter of the Giants' 17-14 win over the New England Patriots during the Super Bowl XLII football game at University of Phoenix Stadium on Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008 in Glendale, Ariz.
February 4, 2008

NEW YORK --Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for the New York Giants' thrilling SuperBowl win over the New England Patriots were up 9 percent over last year's big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday. Experts say those numbers indicate...

Tuition Increase Looms

The percentage increase is not as daunting as in previous years. Graduate programs at Biola are also to be affected.
February 1, 2008

The annual tuition raise will once again take place for the 2008-2009 school year. Undergraduate tuition is going to be increased $1,740 between the tuition, room and board costs according to a letter written by Carl Schreiber, the vice president of financial affairs and information technology. The...

World Captivated by US Presidential Race

Democratic presidential hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., stand together before the start of a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles at the Kodak Theater, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
January 31, 2008

Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republican --as long as it's not Kremlin critic John McCain. And Mexico's president? He doesn't have much use for any of them. America's extraordinary...

Students Find Employment on the Biola Campus

Sophomore, Elizabeth Vaughan, prepares a latte while working at the coffee cart outside Sutherland Hall.
January 31, 2008

Money is a common worry and point of stress on the minds of college students today. For this reason, jobs on a college campus are much sought after and positions are quickly filled. Students on Biola's campus find their source of revenue in various ways, ranging from baristas to rental facilitators,...

New Students Integegrate through SOS

The new Biolans join SOS leader in a tour of campus. Though there are significantly fewer new students in the spring than there are in the fall, SOS still puts forth the same efforts to welcome new students.
January 31, 2008

Despite the rainy weather, incoming freshmen and transfer students survived Student Orientation Service (SOS) and their first week of classes with a refreshing perspective of the Biola community. From Jan. 22-27, new students attended SOS events to help them adjust to everything at Biola from academics...

Wednesday Chapel Opens Michrophones

In a unique wednesday chapel, students were given the chance to approach microphones and ask questions of both Dr. Erik Thoennes and Dr. Tim Muehlhoff, Biola University professors.
January 30, 2008

Questions are a part of one's daily life, a source of personal growth, and today, an opportunity to receive a wise answer. Today's chapel was unique in that Dr. Erik Thoennes invited the Biola student body to approach one of two microphones and ask any question that they may be struggling with....

Edwards to Quit Presidential Race

Democratic presidential hopeful former Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., campaigns at the carpenters' union hall Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo)
January 30, 2008

DENVER-- Democrat John Edwards is exiting the presidential race Wednesday, ending a scrappy underdog bid in which he steered his rivals toward progressive ideals while grappling with family hardship that roused voters' sympathies, The Associated Press has learned. The two-time White House candidate...

Giuliani to Exit Presidential Race Today

Republican presidential hopeful, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, talks to supporters after conceding the Florida Republican primary at his election watch headquarters in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008.
January 30, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla.-- Following his third place finish in Florida, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani is expected to drop out of the presidentialracetoday and endorse Sen. John McCain. Last night, Giuliani stopped short of announcing he was stepping down, but delivered a valedictory speech that was more...