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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

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...

The New Semester Has Begun

Biola freshmen Jessica White, Laura Dahl, and Stephanie Wilkerson reunite after the winter break while eating lunch together in the cafeteria.
January 29, 2008

The books are bought, the first homework assignments are assigned, and the rain has become a thing of the past. After a rather monumental first day back at school, the new semester is beginning to become a reality. With a whole semester left to enjoy, students have begun to reunite with their last semester...

West Coast Storms Cause Power Outages

City workers retrieve debris from around a couple of partially submerged cars abandoned by their drivers in the Hancock Park section of Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 25, 2008. A powerful winter storm that unleashed a thick blanket of mountain snow, heavy rain and at least one tornado pounded Southern California for a fifth straight day Friday.
January 29, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Skies were clearing Monday over a waterlogged Biola after a week of downpours and heavy snowfall in California that led to avalanche and traffic deaths but only minor flooding and slides. Though flooding has been a problem in the past at Biola, the impact of the downpour this week was...

Biola Welcomes a New Semester

As students packed Chase Gymnasium for the Spring Convocation Chapel, President Corey welcomed back the single 9:30 chapel and encouraged students to gather closely and enjoy Biola as family.
January 29, 2008

As students headed out of their dorms into the rainy weather on their first day of school the puddles didn't stop them from welcoming in the newness of the spring semester. The wet crowds made their way into Chase Gymnasium and found a seat amongst their colleagues as Biola united in one chapel to commence...

Opposition lawmaker killed in Kenya

Woman cry outside the house of opposition lawmaker Mugabe Were where he was gunned down, early Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Nairobi. Two gunmen killed Were in an attack that almost immediately stoked the ethnic fighting that has gripped Kenya since last month's disputed presidential election.
January 29, 2008

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Gunmen killed an opposition lawmaker in Nairobi on Tuesday, triggering a new flare-up of the ethnic fighting that has gripped Kenya since its disputed presidential election and dimming hopes for negotiations to end the month-long standoff. Mugabe Were, who was shot to death as he...

Congress unlikely to buy Bush proposals

President Bush is applauded as he delivers his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress, Monday Jan. 28, 2008, on Capitol Hill in Washington
January 29, 2008

WASHINGTON -- A Democratic Congress is poised to heed President Bush's call to help save the economy, but may not give him much else after a State of the Union speech that recycled many of the administration's past initiatives. A lame duck president called again for immigration reform, an end to lawmakers'...