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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Everything students need to know about the new CMA building

Students and professors seek to find the compromise between artistic expression and community expectations in Biola's Cinema Media Arts department.
Amid a COVID-19 financial crisis, the donor-funded building project is through planning stages.
Emily Coffey, Managing Editor March 11, 2021

As Phase 3 students flock back to campus, one poster board standing just between the Alton and Lydia Lim Center for Science, Technology and Health and Crowell School of Business stands out. Promising old Hollywood architecture, a 300-seat theater and space for the new game design program, the timeline...

A snapshot of Biola’s finances during COVID-19

A snapshot of Biola’s finances during COVID-19
Biola is managing to stay afloat in the midst of a pandemic that has left many financially unstable.
Lacey Patrick and Natalie Willis February 15, 2021

Despite higher enrollment rates than expected last year, Biola has cut expenses and downsized staff in order to combat the financial stressor of the coronavirus pandemic. Even with the lack of housing revenue, the university is managing to withstand a financially challenging season. FINANCIAL IMPACT...

The pandemic could cost Biola $3.4 million

The pandemic could cost Biola $3.4 million
Housing and meal plan reimbursements chip away at the university’s operating expenses.
Lacey Patrick, Editor-in-Chief April 22, 2020

On March 14, Biola announced that housing and meal plan reimbursements would be distributed to students who were forced to leave campus because of COVID-19. Vice President of University Operations and Finance Michael Pierce said this could cost the university up to $3.4 million in expenses, after accounting...

Student workers given new jobs after grounds crew gets outsourced

Sophomore Kinesiology major Evan Peters works a morning shift with a leaf blower - a shift he will not have for long.
Grounds crew will be handled by a company named BrightView, moving student workers throughout facilities management.
Lacey Patrick, Editor-in-Chief November 2, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 31, 2019). At 6 a.m., as the sun rose, senior business major Harrison Langer would begin his day as a grounds crew worker. Most mornings he would lug around a heavy leaf blower to clean the campus of debris. Other days, he traded his leaf blower...

Declining enrollment forces administration to get creative about funding

Declining enrollment forces administration to get creative about funding
Biola is working to increase student affordability through raising scholarships and endowment.
Russell Spacy, Freelance Writer April 30, 2019

College decision day, May 1, is the day high school students make their final college decisions. College affordability is an ever present factor in a student’s college decision, with many prospective students looking at both a school’s sticker price and scholarship offerings. A yearly drop in undergraduate...