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The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Private universities navigate religious vaccination exemptions

Private universities navigate religious vaccination exemptions
Universities implement varying vaccination mandates.
Charlotte McKinley, Freelance Writer September 16, 2021

Christian universities across the United States approached the coronavirus vaccine mandates differently. Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, chose not to mandate the vaccine according to its immunizations page whereas Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, has mandated that all students be vaccinated....

Liberty University risks public health by reopening

Liberty University risks public health by reopening
Liberty sets a bad example for colleges everywhere.
Addison Freiheit, Staff Writer April 1, 2020

Two weeks ago, Biola students were evacuating campus in a flurry of COVID-19 anxiety. Vans, Subarus and Camrys lined the red-curbed sidewalks outside of Biola’s residential halls as parents helped their kids load up couches, fridges and bedding. While Biola is taking precautions regarding its students...

Censorship at Liberty University deprives students of a well-rounded education

Perez Hall, located on lower campus, is home to what will now be a single Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication.
The Jerry Falwell situation demonstrates the pitfalls of silencing student voices.
Amanda Frese, Managing Editor September 11, 2019

Student journalists at Liberty University have been silenced. Last summer, The Washington Post reported that administrators at the university, under the leadership of President Jerry Falwell, have censored journalists at Liberty’s student newspaper The Liberty Champion by interfering with coverage,...