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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

CMA students watch Sundance films that afflict the comfortable

Biolans dialogue about film, art, politics and religion at the Sundance Film Festival.
Annual festival broadens filmmakers' perspectives.
Lauren Good, Staff Writer February 7, 2023

The Sundance film festival takes place annually in Park City, Utah, where filmmakers and film-goers experience a full week of watching independent films from across the globe. The intentions behind the most popular films today are loved by fans because they comfort the afflicted. Yet, the Sundance film...

Creativity, censorship and the Art Department

Artists explore the complicated relationship between student creativity and university limitations.
Art students are frustrated that nude life drawings are not allowed.
Lauren Good, Staff Writer January 31, 2023

At a private Christian institution like Biola, there are certain restrictions on artistic freedom as the university recommends that creative projects align with Biola’s code of conduct. Students within the Department of Art are not allowed to draw fully nude models as a part of adhering to Biola’s...

Censorship in creative projects

Students and professors seek to find the compromise between artistic expression and community expectations in Biola's Cinema Media Arts department.
Should creativity be censored in a Christian university setting?
Lauren Good, Staff Writer January 12, 2023

At a private Christian institution like Biola University, there are expected restrictions on artistic freedom as the university recommends that creative projects align with Biola’s code of conduct. In the Cinema and Media Arts program at Biola, artistic censorship is a topic widely debated amongst...