October 2022 Edition

CHIMES

editor-in-chief

Hannah Larson

managing editor

Emily Coffey news editors

Dalet Valles

Phoebe Vrable

arts & entertainment editor

Fashion Castillo-Delgadillo

opinions editor

Noel Sassoon sports editor

Caleb Crawley photo editor

Haven Luper-Jasso

design editors

Val De Leon Hope Li copy editor

Melissa Dunnigan staff writers

Lauren Good Ryan Wingert staff photographers

Kate Bomar Haylie Irving business manager

Annelise Brown faculty adviser Dr. Michael Longinow

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PHOTO ESSAY: NATIONBALL

PHOTOS TAKEn BY HAVEn LUPER-JASSO

Dear Readers,

A deck of cards holds a world of possi bilities. Endless combinations of win ning hands lie hidden in the unassum ing pile of 52 playing cards, waiting for the dealer to start the game.

Every year, Biola shuffles the deck as se niors graduate and new faces pop up on campus. It’s not just incoming first-year and transfer students this year, though — a new provost, coach and resident songwriter have been added to the mix alongside other new faculty and staff members. In the first edition of the semester, we wanted to take a compre hensive look at the new faces of Biola.

From the recently launched Women in Entertainment club to the new coach at the baseball diamond, changes are coming in spades as the influx of new comers changes the heartbeat of Biola.

The Chimes is reporting on the changes happening around campus while ex periencing some of its own. This year,

the Chimes took a gamble and switched from a monthly investigative issue to an in-depth magazine published twice per semester that covers a variety of topics. Beyond the profile pieces, this edition examines women’s experiences in the Cinema and Media Arts department and gives practical nutritional advice to new collegians.

Within the pages of this issue lies the hand that the university was dealt this year. Whether Biola hit the jackpot is for the reader to decide.

We care deeply about our readers, and we want to hear from you. If you have questions or concerns about an article in print or on the web, send us an email. You are also welcome to write in a Letter to the Editor for publication.

For now, keep reading to answer the question on the table: What’s in the cards for Biola?

HAnnAH LARSOn chimes.editor-in-chief@biola.edu

MATTHEW HALL:

BIOLA’S NEW PROVOST Hall makes the move

from

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to Biola University.

Inthe wake of Provost Deborah Tay lor’s departure, Dr. Matthew Hall assumed the position of provost, beginning his term in July. He has now served as provost for just under three months, crafting and implementing Biola’s academic priorities as the Chief Academic Officer and wielding pow er that rudders the University. Hall, a distinguished and unfamiliar candi date, comes from Louisville, Kentucky, with unique experiences that shape his mindset in his position.

BACKGROUND

Hall has earned five degrees: his Bach elor of Arts at Grove City College in 2002, his Master of Divinity in 2006, his Master of Theology from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) in 2007 and his Master in History in 2010 and PhD at the University of Kentucky in 2014. Before assuming the role of provost at Biola, Hall served as the dean at Boyce College, a small undergradu ate institution embedded in SBTS, then moved on to the provost and chief academic officer position at SBTS. His educational journey focuses deeply on where history and theol ogy meet.

Even before artic ulating his academic interest in theol ogy, Hall’s formative years grew from a spiritual framework. Raised by parents that met at a Christian college in Ten nessee, Hall spent six years of his child hood in Spain before moving back to the United States. During his collegiate career, he was inspired to pursue an ac ademic leadership position.

HIRING PROCESS

by HAnnAH LARSOn and EMILY COFFEY chimes.editor-in-chief@biola.edu| chimes.managing.editor@biola.edu

The hiring process began in Oct. 2021 when Biola hired CarterBaldwin Exec utive Search, a corporate search firm, to select candidates for the recently-va cated provost position. CarterBaldwin facilitated the interviewing process and narrowed a 200-person pool of can didates to 40 in cooperation with the search committee.

Subsequently, the Provost Search Ad visory Committee, co-chaired by Dean

Matthew Hall

Photos taken by Emily Coffey Headshot courtesy of University Communications

of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Melissa Schubert and Associate Dean of Online Education and Faculty Development Joanne Jung, reduced the selection from 40 to nine candidates. After reviewing three final ists, the committee selected Hall as their top choice.

“Dr. Hall already is proving to be the gifted administra tor, team builder, warm col league and Christian servant I sensed in him throughout the long search process, a search that was truly inter national,” Dr. Barry Corey said in a statement.

“His desire is for students to flourish in their callings, and this is already evident in his decision making and idea implementation. The strengthening Biola has ex perienced through Dr. Hall’s biblically centered leader ship has only just started.”

The other two finalists was a woman and a man of col or. Though the hiring com mittee unanimously recom mended Hall to President Barry Corey, a member of the Faculty Senate, who were invited to review the three finalists, expressed concern.

CONTROVERSY

Stewart Oleson, Associate Professor of Broadcast Jour nalism and former member of Faculty Senate, had ex pressed concern regarding the replacement of a female provost with a male, as he was an active member during the search for Matthew Hall.

“He seemed, and he is very qualified,” Oleson said. “I was hoping, and not that gender has everything to do with this, but I was hoping for a female candidate to replace a female provost. I think that’s very important, because 63%

of our student population here are female.”

Oleson also expressed con cern regarding statements Hall made on a podcast titled “Coffee and Cream,” an in terview which can be heard in its entirety in a YouTube video titled “Seminaries and Reconciliation with Matthew Hall.” In Hall’s interview on the podcast, posted in 2018, he makes comments regard ing subconscious prejudice and sin nature. The YouTube channel “For the New Chris tian Intellectual” isolated and uploaded this clip to a separate, forty-five second video which garnered over seven thousand views and a few dozen comments.

“I am a racist,” Hall said in the podcast. “If you think the worst thing somebody can call you is a racist, then you’re not thinking biblically. I am going to struggle with racism and white supremacy until the day I die and get my glo rified body and a completely renewed and sanctified mind because I am immersed in a culture where I benefit from racism all the time … I don’t mean that as a conscious prejudicial thought.”

His tactical statements re garding racial schisms with in the U.S. remain vague in his online presence, often referring back to theologi cal statements — especially in his personal blog. When asked directly about his viewpoints on diversity on campus, Hall clearly ascribes to Biola’s statement about di versity.

“When I was going through the discernment process in the search for this position,” Hall said, “one of the key mo ments was reading the Unity Amidst Diversity Statement that President Corey and the

“ His desire is for students to flourish in their callings, and this is already evident in his decision making and idea implementation. “

University adopted in 2019. I found that statement to be a really thoughtful and compelling way of articulating a dis tinctly Christian vision for diversity.”

When asked directly about the “Coffee and Cream” podcast posted to YouTube in 2018, Hall clarified his stance on di versity and racial reconciliation.

“Let me be clear: I am not a racist,” Hall said. “Certainly not in the way that people use that term and certainly nor would I suggest that everyone is a racist or that only certain groups of people are capable of the sin of racism.”

THE FUTURE OF BIOLA’S EDUCA TION

When asked about the future of Biola, Hall remains hopeful. At the time he was interviewed, he had been in the position for eight weeks. Hall is settling into his role, understanding and learn ing the functions of student organiza tions and meeting key leaders around campus.

“One thing that’s been clear to me in a lot of my meetings and conversations with senior leaders and key leaders throughout the university,” Hall said, “is this theme, this genuine concern for finding ways that Biola can do more and do better to care for students who are in greatest need. I genuinely sense and believe that’s a shared commitment throughout the institution.”

Hall outlined a four-part plan for aca demic success to ensure that deans re cruit strong faculty, Biola’s faculty and staff commit to high academic stan dards, the institution stewards resourc es well and strengthens relationships with alumni, parents and donors.

“I see it as a privilege to get to merge into the life of this institution,” Hall said.

“There’s so much about Biola’s paths and its heritage and its legacy that is well known and so worthy of celebrat ing. There’s also so much about the present life of Biola that is just thriving and flourishing, and I’m just really hap py to get to merge into that.”

MATT REDMAN JOINS BIOLA AS ‘SONGWRITER IN RESIDENCE’

Matt Redman joins the School of Fine Arts and Communication to shape the next generation of worship artists and songwriters

by Fashion Castillo-Delgadillo chimes.arts.editor@biola.edu

Biola

University’s Conservatory of Music welcomed the newest faculty member to the depart ment in August of 2022: Matt Redman, Songwriter in Residence. The double Grammy award-winning singer brings prestige to the program as they build the next generation of worship leaders. Matt Redman has an extensive worship background and has actively participat ed in the Biola community in more re cent years.

In a Biola News article, Redman noted his longstanding history with the uni versity.

“Over the last few years I’ve had the privilege of being at Biola University several times — as well as inviting some of the worship arts students to be part of my live recordings,” said Redman. “I’ve loved each and every one of these interactions, so I am excited to be tak ing on this new role and making the re lationship more official.”

Biola University’s President Dr. Barry Corey welcomed Redman to the uni versity at this year’s commencement ceremony as he led worship alongside a choir of 20 current music students. In 2019, Redman appeared as a guest speaker at the Biola Hour chapel to speak about the need for worship and the state of the church music scene at the time.

SONGWRITER IN RESIDENCE

Over the past few years, the School of Fine Arts and Communication under went many changes including turn over in faculty and the merging of the Conservatory of Music with Theater 21. The Conservatory of Music already promotes their Artist in Residence program, which allows for students to learn from artists who are at the top of their field. Tommy Walker is an ac tive worship leader, and the worship arts department’s more recent Artist in Residence. The Songwriter in Residence — a new position tailored for Redman — allows him to focus on his specialty within worship music and songwriting.

The Conservatory of Music pro motes an entrepreneurial spirit to ensure that students land jobs and have flourishing careers in the music industry. With the Artist in Residence program and now the Songwriter in Res idence program, the Conserva tory connects their students di rectly with the music industry.

In a Biola News article regarding Matt Redman’s new position, Redman said, “I’m really looking forward to helping sharpen this great group of students in their sacred pursuit of songwriting and worship leading.”

Redman will not only be engag ing with students within the music department, but also with students from the university as a whole. Michael Matchell, Di rector of Strategic Initiatives and Recruitment for the School of Fine Arts and Communica tions, said, “Matt will not only be teaching and doing songwriting intensives specifically for wor ship arts and commercial mu sic students, but he’ll also be on campus for various events and concerts, which is yet to be an nounced.”

STUDENT PERSPECTIVES

Redman made his first in-class appearance during the Worship Arts Forum class to connect with students and share more about his previous experiences in the industry. Mary Beth Millar, a sophomore majoring in wor ship arts and minoring in per formance, expressed her excite ment to work with Redman this upcoming semester.

“Having that opportunity is just such a blessing … to be able to learn from him as a songwriter that’s so successful and someone who’s a Christian in that indus try is really important,” Millar said.

As an aspiring songwriter, Mil lar also shared about her ea gerness to learn how Redman

writes songs and what he finds most important in the industry after hearing him speak in class.

“We kind of just got to pick his brain on how he went from songwriting as a kid [to] making all these connections and find ing all these opportunities in the worship music industry,” Millar said.

CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC MOVING FORWARD

Redman offers a new breadth of experience that helps students with both the spiritual and busi ness side of worship arts. His prior experience in the industry and vast knowledge of music prepares students to confidently navigate a career in the industry in a God-honoring way.

A Biola News article from the University’s Office of University Communications said, “Redman is passionate about the upcom ing generation of worship lead ers and hopes to instill a desire not only to lead and write wor ship songs well, but with a bibli cal foundation.”

Appointing Redman is just the beginning of how the Conser vatory of Music is attempting to reconnect with their stu dents following the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Con servatory of Music both reflects on its history with sacred music as well as its future as a 21st cen tury department.

Matchell said, “We are looking at curriculum changes for the Conservatory of Music and fo cus changes, making it easier for students to come here, get a degree, and build a portfolio that will allow them to confident ly step into their chosen career path as a songwriter, as a com mercial music student, as a mu sician or as a worship leader.”

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“Redman is passionate about the upcoming generation of worship leaders and hopes to instill a desire not only to lead and write worship songs well, but with a biblical foundation.”

BIOLA WOMEN IN ENTERTAINMENT:

Has Biola’s Cinema and Me

dia Arts program provided a positive or negative space for women?

by nOEL SASSOOn chimes.opinions.editor@biola.edu

Since opening in 2018, Biola’s Cinema & Media Arts department has grown, with numbers rocketing up into the hundreds. With the influx of new stu dents, more women hope to make strides in the industry alongside their male counterparts. The question arises whether Biola’s CMA program creates an inclu sive environment for women in the department.

KLAUSTERMEYER’S PERSPECTIVE

Biola CMA’s Assistant Dean Marcieanna Klaustermeyer joined the department last spring and shared a positive perspective regarding the inclusivity of the program.

“My experience in CMA as a woman has been very positive from the start,” Klaus termeyer said. “I was welcomed with open arms.”

Even with her positive experience, however, Klaustermeyer desired to further support female students in the CMA program, which resulted in Klaustermeyer launching Biola Women in Entertainment in the fall of 2022.

Biola Women in Entertainment is an organization committed to helping men and women to cooperate and reinforce each other in the Cinema and Media Arts pro gram. By cultivating conversations between genders, the organization encourages

Photos taken by Haven Luper-Jasso Headshots courtesy of Morgan English and Rachel Sunu

inclusivity and uplifts the careers of tal ented women in the film industry.

Klaustermeyer said that the focus be hind Biola Women in Entertainment is “lift as you rise,” a motto shared by NBCUniversal’s Jeanna Mau, which calls female creatives to lift other wom en in their careers as they rise in theirs. This strategy, according to Klauster meyer, allows women in Biola’s CMA program to help one another gain more opportunities on sets.

Pertaining to sets, adjunct professor Morgan English also expressed her de sire to see more equity among male and female students working on projects.

“I think it would be really cool if sets were 50/50 in terms of crew,” English said. “I understand that there are logistical challenges to it, but I think that’s what it takes to get equity.”

WOMEN’S PERSPECTIVE

Senior production major Katherine Ba guio shared her experience as a woman in the CMA department.

“As a woman, I have had to fight for my place in the seat,” she said. “Even after everything I’ve done, I still have to fight for the recognition I think I deserve as a creative.”

Baguio, as it turns out, is not alone in feeling that establishing her place in CMA as a student has been an uphill battle. Senior production major Rachel Sunu expressed similar concerns about her experience as a woman in CMA.

“I’ve found it to be a little bit of a boys’ club,” Sunu said. “Guys just hang out with guys on set, so girls aren’t brought on. And because girls aren’t being brought onto set, they don’t have any experience, and they can’t market them selves because they don’t have any experience. They’re constant ly being looked over.”

The perspective of female staff and fac ulty in CMA appears to be vastly differ ent from that of the students. English shared that her experience as a woman in CMA has been positive.

“As faculty, I have never been so wel come in a job in my life, especially with Dean Halleen,” said English, who has been teaching at Biola for two years.

Biola Women in Entertainment proves that the department is taking appropri ate steps toward equity.

Morgan English

Rachel Sunu

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As a woman, I have had to fight for my place in the seat.

Even after everything I’ve done, I still have to fight for the recognition I think I deserve as a creative.

NEW ERA FOR BIOLA BASEBALL

Jesse Rodgers takes over as Biola’s head coach

by CALEB CRAwLEY chimes.sports.editor@biola.edu

OnSept. 1, Occidental University’s former associate head coach Jesse Rodgers took over as the new head coach of Biola Uni versity’s baseball team. The hiring of Rodgers solidifies the transition into a promising new era for the Eagles baseball program.

NEW ERA FOR BIOLA BASEBALL

Rodgers brings a winning pedigree to his new position as the head coach of Biola baseball. When questioned about his plans to implement Occidental’s winning culture, Rodgers com mented, “There’s a few parts to that, the first part is the leadership side. I really believe that great teams the players lead.” He explained that he allows the athletes to lead, which puts the ac tive, winning culture into action.

Rodgers’ winning resume suggests that his rec ipe for success will yield similar results for the Eagles as it did at Occidental. His ultimate goal for the season illustrates the confidence he has in his players and in the plan to implement a winning culture as well. When asked about this season’s goal, Rodgers highlighted the impor tance of discipline.

“Cary is the ultimate goal, that’s where the [NCAA Division II] world series is, but we only get there by being disciplined in our actions ev ery single day,” Rodgers said. “We aren’t going to talk about that end goal very often, we’re going to focus day to day on getting better.”

COLLEGIATE PLAYING DAYS

Rodgers anchored the shortstop position during his time playing NCAA Division 1 baseball for the University of Portland Pilots from 2004-07. In the span of four years, he set a program-record in career assists and played the second most games in Pilots base ball history. He was named team captain and earned All-WCC Honorable Mention as a se nior, illustrating evident leadership qualities as a player.

“I loved my experience there. [I met] a lot of my lifelong friends, people who were in my wedding. I met my wife there,” Rodgers said. “I got to play a lot, playing is a lot more fun than watching and it was an opportunity where I got to get on the field.”

COACHING TRANSITION

Rodgers encountered his first coaching ex periences in college while helping at vari ous summer youth baseball camps and as an American Legion coach. “[Coaching] can be difficult because you don’t know how much you know [about teaching baseball] until you get to the other side of it,” Rodgers ex plained. Those first experiences encouraged him to pursue coaching at his alma mater as a Volunteer Assistant for the Pilots, where Rodgers assisted the infielders and hitters and managed the baseball team’s equipment.

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There’s a few parts to that, the first part is the leadership side. I really believe that great teams the players lead.

From 2008-10 Rodgers was Head Assistant coach at Mt. Hood Community College, where he oversaw the in fielders and hitters and served as the academic advisor. Rodgers’ coaching promoted six infielders to four-year schools during his two year stint at Mt. Hood. After his time at Mt. Hood, Rodgers spent 12 years as the Asso ciate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Occi dental College in Los Angeles. Since hiring Rodgers, the NCAA Division III program finished .500 or better in five of the last seven seasons. The Tigers also captured the 2016 SCIAC championship, their first SCIAC title since 1982.

EARLY INFLUENCE

Rodgers’ father introduced him to baseball at three years old. Growing up in the climate of Washing ton state caused weather delays for backyard baseball games at the Rodgers’ household, but could not keep Jesse from practicing his swing with his father. Jesse’s baseball supply, however, did not come from the local sporting goods store. Rather, his baseball in his adoles cence was a wadded up newspaper a mailman left which he left on the doorsteps to his house and recycled for batting practice. Rodgers’ father pitched him the makeshift baseballs that he hit with a plastic wiffle ball bat in their backyard.

“My dad had a huge role in it. He was very supportive,” he explained when asked who inspired his passion for the game. “[It was] fun to play with him in the backyard and [my father] was like my biggest fan through my whole career.”

Those early memories with his father strongly influ enced Rodgers in all instances—and carry into Biola’s future.

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My dad had a huge role in it. He was very supportive.

FOOD AFFECTS HOLISTIC HEALTH

Studies find Gen Z focuses on well-being more than previous generations

BAKED CARROT CAKE OATMEAL see

by PHOEBE VRABLE chimes.news.editor@biola.edu

Expectations

for food and well ness changed with the onset of COVID-19 two years ago.

The rising number of generation Z young adults, including Biola’s incom ing first-year students, shifted its pri orities when it comes to what makes a good meal.

Students may be paying more attention to how certain foods affect mental and emotional health — both key factors when students consider whether their on-campus dining experiences have been satisfactory.

PASSING THE BATON

As a whole new population of students begins their college journeys, older col leagues and recent graduates provide advice when it comes to healthy eating habits. Senior intercultural studies ma jor Shannon Keyes and 2022 journalism graduate Hannah Dilanchyan, a former opinions editor for The Chimes, com mented on their tried-and-true practic es for nutrition and wellness, specifical ly for incoming students.

“Even in the midst of early mornings and late nights, don’t skip out on meals,” encouraged Dilanchyan. “Breakfast, lunch, dinner: make sure you eat three full meals a day.” Dilanchyan also sug gested a daily exercise routine to help “get your blood pumping, refocus your mind and overall create a happier and healthier mindset.”

Keyes highlighted the importance of exercise and a balanced diet, saying, “We are embodied souls, so the con dition of our bodies impacts the con dition of our souls. I’ve learned that I need at least eight hours of sleep, I need exercise to keep my mind clear and a low-sugar diet.” Rather than suggesting a uniform approach to wellness, Keyes encouraged first-year students to pur sue activities that are life-giving for them as individuals.

Photo taken by Phoebe Vrable

recipe, p. 21

Keyes emphasized refresh ing the soul throughout the semester. For her, being in nature, praying and danc ing have played a role in this pursuit. “Too often,” she said, “we neglect to feed our souls along with our bodies.”

WHAT MATTERS TO IN COMING STUDENTS

According to Linus and Su permarket News, although past generations have em phasized factors such as body mass index and con crete medical data as main components to understand ing wellness, young adults today often give more at tention to the impact foods have on their body’s ability to function, as well as how foods affect their mental and emotional well-being. For in coming first-year students, food options reach beyond what tastes good. Instead, they appreciate creative, fla vorful and healthy options that help their whole body feel good and perform well.

First-year music perfor mance major Katherine Frantsen emphasized that balanced and regular meals positively impact her over all wellness: “I usually try to eat healthy and I don’t really struggle with that,” Fransten said, “but I have to get a con sistent meal schedule. If I snack all day or don’t eat all day, and eat a lot, that really messes with how I feel.”

When considering on-cam pus dining choices, Fransten said that the variety of meal options and vegetables the Caf offers was satisfactory for her, even though there were smaller things such as honey that she still missed.

First-year psychology major Kaitlyn Stetzer said that Bio la’s food options were some thing that she would still like to see improved. “It’s more of a mental health thing for me,” said Stetzer. “I can feel when I’m not eating healthy. I can feel my mental state not doing as well, but I don’t eat… [bad food] long enough to feel it physically.”

When asked what improve ments she would like to see in the future, Stetzer suggested that the Caf offer more cre ative, interesting foods that are still healthy. “Salads are great,” she said with a laugh, “but it’s hard to wake up and be like, okay, I’m gonna eat a salad. Just spice it up a bit.”

For these new students, bal ance, creativity and variety are each important compo nents of what makes a meal good.

Having readily available foods that go beyond the mundane is a way to support students as they transition from their teenage years into young adulthood.

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Too often, we neglect to feed our souls along with our bodies.

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RECIPES

Baked carrot cake oatmeal

Serves one

In a blender, blend together:

• 1/2 cup finely shredded carrot

• 1/2 cup almond or cow milk

• 1/2 cup quick oats

• 2 tablespoons honey, Stevia or sweetener of choice

• 1 egg

• 2 tablespoons rasins

Microwave for 2-3 minutes, then top with:

• Butter (when still hot)

• Cream cheese mixed with pure maple syrup, Stevia or sweetener of choice to taste.

Peanut butter banana breakfast shake

Serves two

In a blender, blend together:

• 4 bananas

• 1/4 cup peanut butter

• 1/4 to 1/2 cup almond milk or cream

Top with extra peanut butter and chocolate chips.

All photos taken by Phoebe Vrable

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