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Biola accepts an extensive donation for the School of Cinema and Media Arts

Model of the new Cinema and Media Arts building.
In-N-Out owner gifts Biola its biggest donation in 115 years. Students wonder what this means for the School of Cinema and Media Arts and others.
Monica Salazar-Jimenez, Opinions Editor April 30, 2024

This article has been removed following comments from Biola University. Update (April 30, 2024): After extensive review from advisors, deans, and the administration of Biola University, the Chimes has been asked to withhold republishing the following article despite multiple attempts from the Chimes...

CMA building still pending approval

CMA building still pending approval
COVID-19 delays and undetermined department relocations are just some of the problems the cinema and media arts building faces.
Chris Charpentier, Staff Writer February 5, 2022

In 2017, the university announced plans for a new cinema and media arts building. The three-story, 56,000 square foot building includes a 300-seat screening theater, a 3,000 square foot soundstage, new foley studios and a student café. However, despite the ambition and passion behind this project, approval...

Art department gets recommended for Bardwell

Bardwell Hall
Art majors may have significantly more space to improve their craft in new facility.
Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2018

Sophomore studio arts major Hannah McLaughlin was in her typography class when a flood of art students rushed into the Mac lab, each of them vying for the use of one of the precious computers. So many students had come in that her professor had to ask them to give priority to those taking the class. Art...

Science center move-in delayed

Caleb Raney/THE CHIMES
Rain cannot damper students’ and faculty’s excitement about the opening of the new center.
Christian Leonard, Editor-in-Chief September 19, 2017
Rain cannot damper students’ and faculty’s excitement about the opening of the new center.

Downpour loosens watertight schedule

The science center’s water tight milestone has been pushed from March 14 to April 15 due to rain.
Daisy Gonzalez, Writer April 11, 2017
The science center’s water tight milestone has been pushed from March 14 to April 15 due to rain.

Fundraising continues for science center

Cassidy Eldridge/THE CHIMES
After the $180 million campaign comes to an end, funding the science center does not.
Jana Eller, Office Manager February 27, 2017
After the $180 million campaign comes to an end, funding the science center does not.

$214,184,605 raised by campaign

Biola’s largest fundraising campaign officially ends, exceeding the goal.
Rebecca Mitchell and Jana Eller February 1, 2017
Biola’s largest fundraising campaign officially ends, exceeding the goal.