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The Chimes

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The Chimes

The Student News Site of Biola University

The Chimes

Therapy should be more normalized in the Church

There should not be a stigma around therapy within the Church.
Here's why the Church should remove the stigma around therapy.
Zoe Ware, Freelance Writer February 10, 2023

In an article published by Independent in 2017, the anonymous author talked about their experience with mental illness as a black person who grew up in a Caribbean Pentecostal household. More specifically, the article detailed how the culture of the church did not deal with mental illness well. “It...

What to expect after graduation

What to expect after graduation
Dealing with the lulls of sudden free time.
Kei-Lynn Wheaton, Staff Writer April 20, 2022

Biola graduates are just two weeks away from walking across the stage to accept what has been years in the making. Years of hard work reach a pinnacle that ends in less than a minute—the  graduate leaves his seat and walks up the stairs, shakes the hand of the president , takes a degree and walks...

A psychologist’s advice to college students

A psychologist’s advice to college students
Biola Counseling Center Director Melanie Taylor shares ways students can care for their mental health.
Hannah Dilanchyan, Opinions Editor October 1, 2021

One of the biggest issues surrounding young people is the issue of mental health. College students often suffer from depression, anxiety and loneliness. On Feb. 17, Boston University reported that these difficulties are only increasing, as 83% of college students in the nation have either depression...

Gone home for the holidays

Gone home for the holidays
Family time causes regression of collegiate self.
Ashley Brimmage, Opinions Editor December 6, 2017

The holidays, while joyous, are one of the most opportune moments for spiritual warfare to occur. Angry and irrational, our opinions stifled by our parents, we get that text message: the old group from high school is going to the old playground. It is our chance to rebel. Out the window jumps all sense...

Makayla and Mindy symbolize accommodation

This dog-human duo take on the world in miraculous ways.
This dog-human duo take on the world in miraculous ways.
Samantha Gassaway, Writer December 6, 2016
This dog-human duo take on the world in miraculous ways.

To Paris: From New York with love, empathy and art

To Paris: From New York with love, empathy and art
U.S. city scarred by terror clings to creativity and beauty alongside Paris.
Hannah Wagner, Writer December 1, 2015
U.S. city scarred by terror clings to creativity and beauty alongside Paris.