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The Chimes

Politics Rundown: Pelosi will step down as House Speaker

Nancy Pelosi announces she will not run for reelection as House Speaker.
Loan payment pause set to extend as court issues continue.
Dalet Valles, Editor-in-Chief November 22, 2022

On Nov. 17, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi announced that she will step down from her role. Pelosi made history in 2007 as the first female speaker of the House.  “And with great confidence in our Caucus, I will not seek re-election to Democratic Leadership in the next...

Trump is still abusing his power

Trump is still abusing his power
The FBI's discovery of classified documents during the Mar-A-Lago raid highlights Trump's improper handling of national security information.
Emily Coffey and Hannah Larson September 7, 2022

On Aug. 8, the Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a raid on former president Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago residence and found 11 boxes of classified White House documents stored there. According to Forbes, the National Archives reported in February that it had arranged to transport 15 boxes of...

Big Tech should never censor Americans

Big Tech should never censor Americans
Elon Musk’s offer to buy Twitter is a reminder that censorship and bias online has not gone away.
Hannah Dilanchyan, Opinions Editor April 18, 2022

Free speech is a core value for many citizens of the United States. The first amendment ensures every citizen’s constitutional rights, protecting freedom of speech, religion, peaceable assembly and the press, as well as the right to petition. However, as harsh political polarization has ravaged the...

President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus plan is cause for relief

President-elect Joe Biden’s coronavirus plan is cause for relief
With plans to listen to the experts and champion the marginalized, Biden shows his value for human life.
Evana Upshaw, Opinions Editor November 13, 2020

On Thursday, Nov. 12, the United States broke another record with over 160,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in one day. This makes the sixth day in a row that the country has broken a record, with daily numbers over 100,000 since last week. This pandemic is not slowing down. With several holidays...

Journalism students engage in election coverage

Journalism students engage in election coverage
Department Zoom call gives a behind the scenes perspective of news outlets during the 2020 presidential election.
Bethsabe Camacho and Ashley Grams November 4, 2020

Biola’s journalism department met via Zoom last night during the election. The panel, dubbed ‘Election night with the profs”, allowed students to analyze news coverage and hear from alumni guest speakers. Journalism professors Tamara Welter, Michael Kitada, Stewart Oleson and Michael Longinow...

Biolans follow 2020 presidential election from home

Biolans follow 2020 presidential election from home
As the election comes to a close, Biola faculty and students avidly watch the race from around the world.
Lacey Patrick, Maria Weyne, and Ashley Grams November 3, 2020

This article is being updated with new information as it comes in. Throughout this semester, Biola has informed students of ways they can engage in their civic duties through chapels, emails and newsletters. But as the race comes to an end, Biolans all around the world come together to watch the new...

Conflict between Iran and the US is far from causing World War III

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks on the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
The killing of Soleimani was justified and will not result in a war or significant numbers of additional deaths.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) January 14, 2020

The first memes of the new decade were pretty much all about World War III. As funny as it was to read articles about the massive spike in Google searches for “how to dodge the draft,” it did strike me as more than a little ridiculous that several million young Americans, many of whom have never...

Trump’s foreign policy has more losses than wins

President Trump's aggressive approach to foreign policy did not result in positive relations with North Korea.
Although aggressive and active, Trump’s foreign policy has been largely ineffective in accomplishing America’s goals.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) November 1, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Oct. 31, 2019). Anyone entering national politics inevitably has a plan to fix foreign policy for good, and everyone inevitably either gives up or fails to achieve their goals. Foreign policy is as complex as it is fun to talk about, and every sitting...

Azadî bo Kurdistanê: freedom for Kurdistan

United States President Donald Trump plans to remove troops from Northern Iraq.
It is immoral for Trump to abandon our Kurdish allies in Northern Iraq.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) October 14, 2019

When asked about the most persecuted cultural minorities in the world today, not many people would name the Kurds. The plight of this people group, the fourth largest in the Middle East, is not often spoken of by mainstream media in the West, probably because there are very few Kurds living in the United...

Meaningful purpose in meaningless sanctions

President Donald Trump signs an EO Sanctioning Iran.
Though the new sanctions on Iran are unlikely to make a substantial difference in the status quo, the U.S. should still implement them as a show of ideological consistency.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) September 30, 2019

In the wake of an Iranian-sponsored attack on vital Saudi-Arabian oil facilities, President Donald Trump announced tighter sanctions on Iran. Despite the fact that these sanctions are unlikely to bring about any meaningful change, the United States should continue to enact them.  HOW LONG HAS THIS...

The party who cried impeachment

The party who cried impeachment
To impeach or not to impeach? While it should be considered, there is not enough evidence to move forward with impeachment proceedings.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) September 25, 2019

Another day, another impeachment charge. Since President Trump took office in 2016, it seems like every few months a new scandal arises, begging inquiries of impeachment. This should not come as a surprise, given Trump’s shady morals, and this time much of the American public is over it. Robert...

Mass immigration destabilizes nations

Mass immigration destabilizes nations
In addressing the massive flow of asylum seekers, the U.S. must focus on stabilizing regions.
Marc DeJager, Staff Writer (Fall 2019) September 20, 2019

(This story was originally published in print on Sept. 19, 2019). The crisis of refugees arriving at the U.S. southern border cannot be ignored. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, in recent decades the majority of migrants arriving at the southern border were adult men seeking work, but...