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The Chimes

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The Chimes

AS Senate: “Cheesy” party, ping pong proposed

The A.S. Senate held its weekly meeting this Tuesday.
November 14, 2007

At the AS Senate's weekly Tuesday meetings, senators give audience to parties requesting money, vote on pending proposals and discuss finances. Here is an outlined summary of the most recent senate meeting, which was held November 13. NEW PROPOSALS 1. Honorable Biola Cheese Society event—$500 i....

Language Courses See Gains on Campus

Arabic rises in popularity
November 13, 2007

Foreign language courses are booming on American college campuses, a new study finds, with enrollment in Arabic more than doubling from 2002 to 2006. The latest figures from the Modern Language Association of America, released Tuesday, reflect a major push toward internationalization on college campuses,...

Survey: College president salaries rise

November 13, 2007

College presidents are getting healthy raises, and a dozen at private universities earn $1 million or more including benefits, according to a new survey published Monday. Salaries at public universities remain a tier lower but also are on the rise, with eight presidents earning $700,000 or more last...

Veteran’s Day close to home for Biolans in the military

U.S. Navy sailor Clifford Mann Jr. salutes as the colors are retired during a Veterans Day commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery, Sunday.
November 12, 2007

“The people I'm talking about live right here, they are part of your community, probably part of your family. I'm talking about tens of millions of people who gave their sweat and blood, and sometimes their lives to serve our country. I'm talking about veterans,” said Jennifer Love Hewitt in a video...

The boys of Sunday

Senior Marcelo Crivella helps divide the players into teams.
November 12, 2007

Every Sunday afternoon at 2, the Biola soccer field hosts a pick-up soccer game. The best part? Everyone's invited. Students, friends, even neighborhood residents all come out to have a little fun on the usually gorgeous Sunday afternoons in Southern California. While there are occasional conflicts...

Countdown begins for Midnight Madness rally

The Midnight Madness rally officially kicks off the 2007-2008 basketball season.
November 10, 2007

Prizes, dorm competition and an introduction to the basketball teams are among the many things to expect at the annual Midnight Madness this Sunday night. The doors of Chase Gymnasium will open at 10:30 p.m. for the event, and the first 500 people to enter will receive a prize to be revealed at the door. Every...

Governor declares emergency over Bay Area oil spill

An oil slick is seen from the air with the Bay Bridge and San Francisco skyline in the background in San Francisco, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007. Some 58,000 gallons of oil were spilled into the bay after a container ship hit a tower of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Wednesday.
November 9, 2007

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency in the San Francisco Bay area, where hundreds of workers are trying to contain the oilspill from a cargo ship that struck a support tower of the Bay Bridge. The emergency proclamation he signed today makes additional state personnel...

2108: A Biola Odyssey

What will be around at Biola's bicentennial?
November 9, 2007

As those of you who have added Biola Centennial Celebration to your friends list on Facebook may have noticed, last weekend was the kickoff of Biola’s Centennial Celebration. This is a special year at Biola — we are not only celebrating one hundred years of existence but the inauguration of a new...

GodBlog Conference: Christians learn to make splash in new media

Junior Dustin Steeve and Professor John Mark Reynolds listen in on a session of the 2007 GodBlog conference in Las Vegas.
November 9, 2007

In hopes of impacting culture from their laptops, pastors, church leaders, culturally concerned Christians, beginning and advanced bloggers are gathering today at this year’s annual GodBlogCon 2007 in Las Vegas, Nev. “New media is such an effective medium for engaging the broader culture,” said...

TV comedies and dramas drying up as writers strike settles in

Actor Ray Romano walks on a Writers Guild of America picket line outside Paramount Studios in LA as the writers' strike enters its fourth day Thursday, Nov. 8.
November 8, 2007

It seemed the new TV season had just started, then, suddenly, the stream of new episodes threatened to run dry. For the most part, you can relax for the rest of the month. Even with TV writers on strike, most of your favorite comedy and drama series have episodes on tap through November, and even...

Midsummer Night’s Dream plays for second weekend

(L-R) Jonathan Burello (Quince), Colton Ische (Flute), Micah Kersh(Snout), Ryan Swindoll(Bottom), and Rob Croft (Snug) conspire together during the dress rehearsal last Wednesday night for "A Midsummer Night's Dream." The Shakespeare play opened Nov. 1, marking the 25th anniversary of Biola's theater productions.
November 8, 2007

A cast of 26 students and alumni opened the doors of Theatre 21 on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. to portray their version of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The romantic comedy written by Shakespeare in the 1590s depicts the adventures of four Athenian lovers whose lives are complicated...

Students box up holiday cheer with Operation Christmas Child

November 7, 2007

With the holiday season just around the corner, the spirit of giving has come in the form of Operation Christmas Child (OCC) to Biola students. “Operation Christmas Child brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of...