UPDATED 3:05 p.m. At about 2:56 p.m., Campus Safety sent out a follow-up email to lower campus residents notifying them that the dorms were safe, but would remain without gas, including for laundry, for at least 24 hours. The email encouraged students who need to do laundry to go to Horton Hall. After...

With the deadline for a balanced budget arriving on May 19, financial decisions regarding the coming fiscal year are in the process of being made.   Each year, a balanced budget must be presented before the Board of Trustees providing details for the coming fiscal year, which starts on July 1. While...

Associate professor of public relations William "Bill" Simon died Thursday night after a brief illness, president Barry Corey said in a campus-wide email at 12:45 p.m. on Friday. "Bill was a passionate person who cared for his students," Corey said in the statement. "He will be sorely missed." Simon,...

After staging a Leisure Lounge event on Wednesday and debriefing from their attendance at Student Congress on Racial Reconciliation conference last weekend, Student Government Association spent their last meeting before spring break proposing new auxiliary positions and addressing a spring athletic proposal...

(This story was originally published in print on Feb. 28, 2019). Freshman business major Sarah Hartono did not expect to wake up on a seemingly regular Friday morning to devastating news. She still recalls her mother’s panic-stricken text detailing the disastrous tsunami that had torn through an...

Hope Hall residents got a special Valentine’s Day gift this year. On Feb. 14., the residence hall finally succeeded in installing a new ice machine. The ice machine currently sits in the kitchen lounge, waiting to be used by students. PROCESS Gabrielle Morris, Hope Hall’s Student Government Association...

Trespassing — Gatehouse #1 Reported Feb. 20, 4:16 p.m. A gate attendant reported a homeless individual wandering onto campus. Officers made contact with the person and redirected them without further incident. Petty Theft — Lot S Reported Feb. 22, 11:02 a.m., occurred between Feb. 14, 5 p.m....

Worship at this year’s Missions Conference will have a new sound. Housefires, a band known for songs like “Good Good Father,” “Build My Life” and “Yes and Amen,” will lead worship during the conference’s main sessions on March 20-21. Antioch Fullerton’s worship team will handle...

When the unexpected strikes Biola, all eyes are on Campus Safety. In addition to responding to a recent wave of bike theft and transient individuals, the department is also responsible for handling emergency medical calls. Upon receiving a medical emergency call, officers are trained to ask questions...

Every week, the Chimes partners with Biola’s student-run radio, KBR The Torch, to give an update on weekly news. This week’s podcast features host and Chimes Arts & Entertainment Editor Pierce Singgih and Chimes Editor-in-chief Christian Leonard, and includes updates about the annual Student...

This week, senators focused their attention on a proposal for adding coordinator and controller positions to the Student Government Association staff, providing students with academic planners as well as boosting athletic spirit. SGA president Sierra McCoy also laid out further plans for the SGA remodel....

A new language program launched this semester pairs 14 Spanish-speaking employees from food and maintenance services on campus with 14 students from Spanish classes to engage in conversation about language and culture.   Assistant professor of modern languages Itzel Reyes launched a new language...