As of 2014, the bells ring the hours, from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. They also ring the Angelus at noon and 6:00 pm, various hymns depending on the season at 3:00 pm, and the university's alma mater at 10:00 pm. The bells were sponsored by donors, funding an endowment program for campus ministry. Earle M. Chiles, son of former Fred Meyer president and philanthropist Earle A. Chiles, sponsored one of the bells. To celebrate the tower's opening, the university produced and released the album "Ring Out Your Joy", which features fifteen musical compositions recorded in the Chapel of Christ the Teacher and performed by more than 100 community members. The album was released in February 2009, and all songs feature bells, including those from the bell tower. According to the "Catholic Sentinel", school administrators had long wanted a bell tower to "highlight the university's religious character and serve as a landmark symbol". Plans for a tower began during the late 1990s. Allen and Kathleen Lund funded the tower's construction, which occurred over nearly nine months between late 2008 and 2009, along with several other building construction and renovation projects, the results of a major fundraising campaign. The university held a "Blessing of the Bells" dedication ceremony in April 2009. In 2011, the university commemorated the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks by tolling the bells for one minute at the moment of each of three attacks. In April 2013, a candle-light service was held at the tower's base after the Boston Marathon bombing, and the group Green Dot (associated with the Green Dot Bystander Intervention educational program) hosted a gathering called "Bringing Light to Darkness: The Power of the Active Bystander" to commemorate bystander intervention. More than 200 students, faculty, and staff gathered at the tower in September 2017 to protest the repeal of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and to support those affected by the immigration policy change. Diversity leaders organized the vigil, and a banner displaying "#IStandWithDreamers" was placed in front of the tower.