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 individuals and as members of the church body.

In this episode, contributor Izah DeFigh speaks with Pulchrum director of internal and external logistics David Fung about Pulchrum’s beginnings, how it got SGA, the Talbot School of Theology and the Art Department to sponsor the event and why beauty matters today. Visit PulchrumConference.com or @pulchrum.conference for more information.

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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 whether or not you should marry your camp crush.

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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. This episode features Lote Vunibaka (Encore), Mandy Fischer (Heroes), Dax Winans (Bropoc), Zeke Paquette (Men of Honor), Jesia Rivera-Puls (Hawt Pocketz) and Nate Stachofsky (Hawt Pocketz).

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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 Bible, who tries to convince Pete to abandon his revenge and not carry through with his actions. Pete and Gideon struggle through questions of faith, morality, and responsibility. As Pete draws closer to the edge of a life-altering decision, the show challenges its audience to consider the power of belief, the weight of pain, and the possibility of redemption.

Sartre’s play “No Exit” takes on an existentialist view of a world without God and a hell without God. In “No Exit” three strangers–Joseph Garson, Inez, and Estelle–find themselves locked in a mysterious room in hell as they gradually realize that their eternal torment is, in fact, each other. The play grapples with themes of existentialism, human nature, and the effects of interpersonal relationships. The key line that “hell is other people” slowly uncovers itself as the characters slowly lose any trace of themselves on earth.

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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 conference directors made sessions more accessible to members in the club.

To find more Chimes coverage of the Cook Missions Conference check our website and Instagram.

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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.

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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 the Chimes story highlighting his experience here.

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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 Hope Li, The Chimes’ opinion editor Isahi Minero identifies problems and offers solutions regarding SGA’s current elections process and the lack of student participation in running for office and voting. Their conversation regarding SGA’s next steps in hiring a new president and vice president was recorded before SGA posted its 2024-25 Statement & Voting Statistics on Instagram, which provided expectations for the hiring process, explanations of SGA’s constitution and a request that students pray for the current president and vice president as they begin the process.

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