I’ve been writing for Chimes for four years and have occupied this editorial space for two. This is my last hurrah, and it’s going to be sentimental and inspiring, darn it. Cynics beware; stop now...
The cool light of your computer screen glows in the impending dusk of your bedroom. Squinting at the text, which seems to be getting smaller by the minute, you scroll through yet another list of qualifications...
What do a Jewish musician and a Palestinian Christian have in common?
There’s no punch line to this one, except to say that both individuals will be on campus this Thursday, April 25, as part of a...
Dear 2013-2014 student senate,
It’s election week. I’ve never been a huge fan, but this year I’m particularly perturbed. Originally, this year’s senate “race” was an “if you’re willing,...
This year’s already unusual student senate elections, which began Wednesday at midnight, took another interesting turn less than 24 hours after launch.
Sophomore Andrew Harris, who was one of four students...
What do you look for in a significant other? It’s a deceptively simple and endlessly compelling question. As the eternal subject of men’s and women’s health magazine articles and online relationship...
Things my generation likes: social justice, recycling, urban gardens, guerilla art, TED Talks, TOMS, fair but not equal, fair trade, kiva.org, human rights, animal rights, gay rights, black rights, white...
It’s very likely that in elementary or middle school you completed a worksheet called “Survive the Wild” or “Desert Island.” (And you probably spelled it Dessert Island, which is altogether more...
I’m a collector of quotations. Cliche for an English major, I know. But one that’s stuck with me since early high school has to do with beauty, a subject that never ceases to fascinate me.
Emerson...
It’s that time of year again — Oscar season. The Academy Awards air this Sunday night, and I’ll definitely be tuned in.
Yes, I know, the Oscars are everything that is wrong with American society....
“A universal desire to know and be known.”
It’s a phrase that came up several times in Chimes’ interview with Calvin staff member and 2003 graduate David Ellens as he spoke about his new play,...
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
They used to ask us this all the time when we were kids. Preschool teachers gave us pieces of construction paper, and we covered them with crayon scrawlings...
