The Chimes Weekly

On today’s episode: Our host, Jae Koo, takes us through top headlines from the week: Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza, a deadly drone strike in Sudan, a new U.S. travel ban affecting international students, and more. For more details about this week's headlines: Israel Attack ; Sudan Drone Strike ; travel ban ; LA Metro Crime rates ; Metro Extension ; Kershaw Retirement ; Kershaw strikeouts ; Cof...

On today’s episode: Our host, Reagan Glidewell, takes us through top headlines from the week: the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a school shooting at Evergreen High School, ICE stops, and more.  For more details about this week's headlines: Charlie Kirk ; Tyler Robinson ; Charlie Kirk suspect ; Evergreen shooting ; Evergreen high school investigation ; ICE stops ; Supreme Court brief ; Biola event...

In "The Critic," a script by Kendsy Kendall, three friends review a movie on their way home from the theater. The feisty one and the patient one uncover some lore behind the movie, which is a great birthday gift for the annoying one. Project VA is a new Biola student podcast from The Torch Podcast Network set to launch next semester. Subscribe and follow the show to support student actors and crea...

We welcomed three student media leaders and their successor to the studio for this episode. Patricia Yang, editor-in-chief of The Chimes, Ethan Arredondo, editor-in-chief of The Point, Hope Li, executive producer of The Torch Podcasting Network and Thomas Rahkola, future editor-in-chief of The Chimes Media Group talk about what inspired the merge. Listen to the full conversation to hear some of th...

What does it mean to pursue beauty in community to the point of excellence? What is beauty, anyways? At least in Latin, beauty is pulchrum . The first annual Pulchrum Conference will run from 12:30-7:30 p.m. on April 26. Founded by three undergraduate seniors—George Khoury, Iziphozonke Mlambo and David Fung—the event aims to reinspire a love for true beauty, especially for Christians as individual...

On Monday, The Chimes published “ The idolization of marriage in Christian culture ” by opinion writer Kelly Van Duine. Instead of an interview about current events, this special episode comes straight from the opinions desk as we welcome opinion writers Kelly Van Duine and Ashley Newman to the studio. Enjoy their conversation on how Christians should value marriage without idolizing it, and wheth...

Tonight, the Chase Gymnasium will be packed with current and prospective students for Biola’s annual Mock Rock competition. Five teams (Encore, Bropoc, Men of Honor, Hawt Pocketz and Heroes) will compete in a lip-sync dance battle for the title of Mock Rock Champions. Leaders from each team shared hints about their team’s theme for tonight, and how their set might look a little different this year...

In this episode, we sit down with the crew of Biola’s one-act shows “Gun and a Motel Bible” and “No Exit”. Check out the full interviews on the Biola Backstage podcast. The show “Gun and a Motel Bible” captures the struggles of Pete as he carries the weight of revenge against his wife’s lover. As Pete waits out in a motel to commit his act of vengeance, he is accompanied by Gideon, a personified B...

This week, we pick up after Called—last week’s Cook Missions Conference . In this episode, Biola students Pres Wilson, Jason Le, Isaac Kim and Annalinn Crevoiserat share their convictions and reflections on John Mark Comer’s session titled “A new (or really, old) model of discipleship.” Crevoiserat , who is the co-president of Biola’s Autism Community Club, also shares her thoughts on how the conf...

The 95th annual Cook Missions Conference is upon us! In this episode we sit down with the two conference directors—Isaac Owen, a senior biology major, and Abraham Chu, a senior intercultural studies major. They tell us about the work involved in putting on the conference and why they chose this year’s theme: Called. For the list of speakers and conference schedule visit their website . Look out fo...

In this episode, hear how senior journalism major Aaron Rollins started taking photos of Biola’s athletics games for fun, which somehow led to dabbling in play-by-play and a part-time job for Biola Athletics’ Eagles Broadcast on the Pac West Network. The Napa, Calif., native talks about the fun of commentating unpredictable sports on a live broadcast, and his own on-air Duane Kuiper moment. Read t...

Biola’s Student Government Association (SGA) released its election results in an Instagram post last Saturday, Feb. 15. According to the results, the undergraduate student population elected two senators of 10 total senator spots, and did not meet the 10% threshold of votes to elect the candidates for president and vice president, Faith Ising and Josiah McCracken. In this episode’s interview with...

Dear friend, Last weekend Biola’s Conservatory of Music presented the musical “ She Loves Me .” In the story two lovers who correspond through anonymous letters become coworkers at a perfumery without realizing it. The musical follows their path to realizing each other’s identity as “dear friend” and the assumptions and distrust that each must conquer along the way. The show's production ran for f...

Every year, Biola University’s Student Government Association (SGA) holds elections for a new president and vice president as well as new members of the Senate. The Senators represent each residence hall with senators to represent commuters, too.  In this episode, host Reagan Glidewell interviews the president and vice president candidates Faith Ising and Hillary Ramirez about their campaign and m...

Last April, the Senate passed legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S unless its owners agreed to sell the platform. After the app’s parent company ByteDance filed a First Amendment lawsuit challenging the ban, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of the ban two days before it was set to take effect. TikTok failed to secure a deal in time and the platform went dark on Jan. 18. However...

In June of 2023, Biola University President Dr. Barry Corey released an internal email statement announcing the closure of the centralized Division of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) and the opening of the decentralized Unity in Diversity Advisory Council. In an internal email last Thursday, the president introduced Talbot chair and professor of theology Dr. Uche Anizor as his co-chair to lead t...

Last week , numerous fires sprung up across L.A. county. The Palisades, Eaton and Hurst fires have burnt over 60 square miles, forcing thousands to evacuate and causing over $250 billion in damages. For more information about the wildfires, see the Los Angeles Times’ Wildfires Map and its ongoing coverage of the fires. In this episode, host Hope Li interviews Chimes news editor Olivia Kam about he...

Newscaster Jake Russo brings news of an attempted airport heist in Chile, the death of two US citizens traveling across Mexico and news regarding North Korea's Kim Jong-un's family.

Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a German coup, NASA sending astronauts back to the moon and Maryland's TikTok ban in government agencies. SOURCES German Coup NASA Maryland Theme Music 

Newscaster Jake Russo brings news of the Dallas Zoo's monkey theft, Lebron James' NBA breaking score and the Turkey/Syria earthquakes. Sources Monkey Theft Lebron James Turkey/Syria Theme Music 

Newscaster Jake Russo brings the weather report for the week, Ohio train derailment and news of egg prices. Sources Weather Ohio Train Derailment Eggs Theme Music 

Newscaster Jake Russo brings news of Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter charges, Hong Kong's criminalization of CBD and the White House ending COVID-19 emergency status. SOURCES Alec Baldwin Hong Kong White House Theme Music 

The Biola community participated in SGA and SMU elections this week. Biola is holding Sleep Week from February 13-17th. On February 10th the Biola Gospel Choir will hold Gospel Fest on campus. Biola Baseball has a busy weekend on campus against Metro State Denver and softball plays Cal State Monterey on the 11th.

All information was gathered from the Chimes Newspaper articles this week alongside sports dates from Biola Athletics .

All information was gathered from the Chimes Newspaper articles this week alongside sports dates from Biola Athletics .