The Chimes

The Chimes is Biola University’s award-winning student newspaper. I worked there for a year and a half as the Arts and Entertainment (A&E) Editor and the A&E Apprentice before that. During my time there, I honed my skills as a journalist by writing up to three stories a week, interviewing multiple sources, editing up to six articles a week, managing the A&E team and coming up with creative, engaging story ideas for the section. I was responsible for managing the A&E section and making sure that it was perfect every week. I worked closely with my staff writer and apprentice by assigning and scheduling stories for them. The Chimes gave me my first experience as a journalist. It served as a springboard for my career. Here’s a look at some of the work I produced for the paper.

Polymigo

Junior marketing major Zihao Wang, graduate student You Chae and Public transport bus driver Grace Leal created Polymigo—a language learning platform geared towards children that combines augmented reality with a children’s book. They entered the Biola Startup Competition and won the third place spot, which earned them a $5,000 prize to help build their company. However, their unique idea did not start from a desire for money or success.

Silos IN the arts

Silos are an issue that have plagued just about every university at some point or another.

The term refers to when a university’s academic department or school refuses to collaborate with other departments or schools. This happens when a music department does not collaborate with a theatre department on musicals or when an art department does not collaborate with a film department.

New director brings Broadway to La Mirada

The producing and artistic director for the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, B.T. McNicholl, has enjoyed a long, laborious yet fruitful journey to get to his current position. The lessons he learned along the way have proved instrumental in preparing him for a successful career in a very different place.