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Bite-sized podcast episodes with your top news stories from The Chimes, Los Angeles County, the nation and the world, with an interview with a Chimes writer to close out your week.
By Biola University students, for Biola University students. Previously known as Chimes Rundown and KBR Daily News Updates by KBR The Torch.
Matthew Garcia: From The Torch Podcast Network, This is The Chimes Weekly. I’m Matthew Garcia, here to start off your week with major headlines and what’s coming up. It’s Monday, September 29th.
Biola Spiritual Development announced the 2025 Torrey Conference theme, Childlike, last Tuesday. The Conference will be coming up in just over a week, stay tuned for more announcements through their Instagram @biolaspiritualdevelopment or check out biola.edu/events in the days to come.
According to Axios, The Department of Education just withheld more than $67 million from school districts over diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Biola actually cut its own Office of Diversity and Inclusion more than a year ago, and that move looks different now in light of the federal crackdown. While Biola isn’t losing funds like public schools, it’s still tied to the bigger debate over federal oversight, accreditation, and religious liberty.
According to Reuters, the White House is warning agencies to prepare for mass layoffs and service interruptions if the government shuts down on October 1. For Biola students, this could be serious. A shutdown could delay federal financial aid for low-income students and stall visa processing for international students. That means disruptions could hit both current students and those trying to enroll.
A fifth-grade girl from the U.K., Bodhana Sivanandan, is dominating the chess scene, defeating adult champions decades older than her, and becoming the world’s youngest female international master. According to NBC News, when she was just five years old, her father taught her how to play. Within weeks, she began to regularly win matches against her dad. Since then, videos on YouTube have gone viral, with Bodhanna defeating veteran players from all regions. Many believe that this would be the start of a professional chess career for the young Bodhana.
That’s all for last week’s headlines. Now, let’s dive into what’s happening this week at Biola.
This Tuesday, Samaritan’s Purse is hosting a Coffee Chat event at 10:30 a.m. in the Library Courtyard, offering students the opportunity to drop in or schedule an informal interview to learn about internship and apprenticeship opportunities. An info session will be held at 6:30pm the same day. The formal interviews will be held this Thursday at 10:30 am.
This Wednesday, The Biola Career Center is hosting a Career Expo for employers from the following industries: Business Management, Federal & Local Government, Healthcare, Marketing & Communications, Non-profit & Fundraising, S.T.E.M., and Vocational Ministry & Missions The event will be held at Metzger Lawn from 10-3.
Also this Wednesday, women’s volleyball will face off Azusa Pacific at 6pm at the Chase Gymnasium. Come and show your Biola spirit!
This Friday, the Film Composers Score Screening will premiere in Business Building room 109 at 7pm where Biola students will screen original films and music.
And that’s all for this week.
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The Chimes Weekly is a production of The Chimes Media Group and The Torch Podcast Network.
This episode was produced by Matthew Garcia with headlines written by Marc Aguilera, Reagan Glidewell, Jae Koo and Jason Lee. This episode was engineered by Marc Aguilera. Our theme music is from Warner Chappell Productions. Our managing producer is Reagan Glidewell, and Thomas Rakhola is our Editor-in-chief.
I’m Matthew Garcia, and we’ll see you all next week.
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