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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The pass/fail grading system could severely affect your GPA

The pass/fail grading system could severely affect your GPA
Hopes for high grades keep students motivated to thrive.
Hannah Dilanchyan, Opinions Editor March 31, 2020

COVID-19 turned the world upside down. Universities across the nation, including Biola University, have decided to move all classes online. Students were given a little over a week to move out of the residence halls and travel home. Classes were interrupted and grades were left at stake. For every college...

Graduate school can wait

Graduate school may cause students to avoid exploring the career world. 
Joining the workforce before graduate school is more beneficial for long-term success.
Tori Apodaca November 22, 2019

At Biola University, about one-third of students are in the graduate program. According to Statista, a leading global business data platform, from 1950 to 2019 there was a significant increase of about 40% in the number of people earning a master’s degree per year in the U.S.  As the end of undergraduate...

Learn valuable life lessons before exiting Biola

Learn valuable life lessons before exiting Biola
Instead of hoping for great opportunities, students should seek persistence, ingenuity and life experiences.
Logan Zeppieri, Opinions Editor October 17, 2018

Graduation is one semester away, and for many plans for what comes next are already beginning to hatch. Graduate students are looking for Ph.D. opportunities and funding. Undergraduate students are looking for jobs, graduate schools and funding. Even doctoral students are looking for opportunities, such...

Veterans deploy to Biola

Jessica GoddardTHE CHIMES
Two military service members make leaps and bounds in academic life.
Julianna Hernandez, News Editor (Spring 2019) September 12, 2017
Two military service members make leaps and bounds in academic life.

To enter the unknown

Photo courtesy of Katrina Roberts
Katrena Roberts describes differences between freshman and senior year.
Jessica Goddard, Writer September 20, 2016
Katrena Roberts describes differences between freshman and senior year.