Calvin University Chimes

Calvin’s post-COVID rebound in student engagement
September 16, 2024
Graham Kort, General Assignment Reporter
The incoming freshmen in the class of 2028 were finishing up eighth grade in the spring of 2020. Even though it’s still recent, the pandemic’s presence...

Q&A with Rine Wakeman, Calvin Ecosystem Preserve Artist-in-Residence
September 16, 2024
Elisabeth Stevens, General Assignment Reporter
Chimes' general assignment reporter Elisabeth Stevens spoke with Rine Wakeman (Class of 2024), artist-in-residence at the Calvin Ecosystem Preserve, to...

Gender violence: A men’s issue
September 16, 2024
Ashley Hamons, General Assignment Editor
“It’s embarrassing how little men’s response has been to these issues,” Jackson Katz, an educator, author, social theorist, and filmmaker, said...

Professors adapt to AI in more classrooms
September 16, 2024
EJ Emesiabumchi, Sci-Tech Reporter
As generative AI becomes more advanced, Calvin professors – like their colleagues across the country – have had to figure out how the emerging technology...

Q&A with SAO Director Jack Droppers on upcoming events
September 9, 2024
Natasha Jayaputra, Arts and Entertainment Reporter
Chimes’ arts and entertainment reporter Natasha Jayaputra spoke with Jack Droppers, director of the Student Activities Office (SAO), to get a taste for...

Features

Synod 2024 and Calvin’s relationship with the CRC: A Q&A with Pastor Mary

Ethan Meyers, Editor-in-Chief

The annual synod of the CRC, Calvin’s parent denomination, took place on campus from June 14-20. Following synod, Chimes asked...

Synod 2024 instructs Calvin to define “confessional difficulties”, further develop gravamen process

Ethan Meyers, Editor-in-Chief

The synod of the Christian Reformed Church in North America (CRCNA), Calvin’s parent denomination, has instructed Calvin’s...

A life of submission and surrender: Elzinga and the interim presidency

Savannah Shustack, Editor-in-Chief

Interim President Gregory Elzinga has seen God show up. From the time he graduated from Calvin in ‘90 with an undergraduate...

Sports

Women’s golf has record breaking start to fall season

Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter

The Knights women’s golf team finished third in the conference, their best ever finish. This season, the team looks to build...

What is football?

Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter

As Calvin starts its first-ever football season, we understand that not everyone on campus is familiar with American football, its rules or its scoring system. To give Calvin students a better understanding of the game, Chimes sports reporter Dillion Baumchen wrote this breakdown of the rules and penalties of collegiate football;...

Football is here!

Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter

Two years after the announcement of a football program back in 2022, Calvin’s football team starts its inaugural season this...

The Downsize Pt. II: 'We're committed to uncertainty'

Harm Venhuizen, Editor-in-Chief • November 13, 2021

As top-level administrators consider new ways of planning programs and making cuts, many faculty are dealing with the stress of such decisions.

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