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Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin responds to a national wave of visa revocations, status terminations

Grace Buller, Managing Editor
April 28, 2025

After exams, most Calvin students will pack up and head home. According to missionary kids Grace Hsu and Orin Daspit, this usually includes a lot of international students and other students whose families...

Photo courtesy of Weston Fields.

A dive into Weston Fields’ world of The Weather Belt

Ethan Meyers, Editor-in-Chief
April 28, 2025

On April 8, Calvin senior Weston Fields became a published author for the second time. The Weather Belt is the second novel in a series that Fields plans to complete as a trilogy soon. The series, The...

Spreading Awareness of Safety

Addy Offutt, Campus Reporter
April 28, 2025

“We are aware of a Grand Rapids Police incident that occurred off campus on Sunday, April 14. According to information provided to us by the Grand Rapids Police Department, officers were pursuing a suspect...

Students premiere original compositions at New Music at Calvin concert

Graham Kort, General Assignment Editor
April 28, 2025

The music department hosted its annual New Music at Calvin concert on Tuesday, April 16. This year’s concert featured original songs and compositions from five student composers and songwriters, bridging...

Knightingals & UKnighted choirs host joint concert to end seasons

Graham Kort, General Assignment Editor
April 28, 2025

On Thursday, April 18, the Knightingals and UKnighted club choirs hosted a joint concert to end their performing seasons.  Knightingals opened the night with six songs. “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”...

Protesters gather outside Calvin University's chapel during Synod 2023. Synods 2022, 2023, and 2024 were held on Calvin's campus.

Students unsure of effects of Calvin’s synod report

On Friday, March 28, Calvin released their report to synod outlining changes to the university’s policy on faculty and staff alignment with certain denominational positions. The report’s wording has...

A poster advertising the event. Image from calvin.edu.

Trump 2.0: Political science department offers panel on current U.S. politics

Grace Buller, Managing Editor
April 14, 2025

On Tuesday, April 8, Calvin’s Department of Politics and Economics hosted a panel discussion on current U.S. federal government affairs. Issues discussed ranged from program cuts to democratic backsliding...

Students and faculty hold signs. Photo by Seth Hoeksema.

Social work students lead pro-DEI protest on campus

Addy Offutt and Ethan Meyers
April 14, 2025

“Say it once, say it twice, we will not put up with ICE!” students chanted in unison near the Burton St. entrance to campus. The protestors waved signs and cheered as cars honked in support. The protest...

CPI Fall Convocation 2024. Photo courtesy of calvin.edu.

Transubstantiating decadence: CPI celebrates 10 years

James Chelekis and Robert E. Hine
April 7, 2025

Ten years! Ten years of transforming lives, not just of the incarcerated students enrolled in Calvin Prison Initiative (CPI), but also the lives of those whom they impact daily. This impact has been observed...

Theft from Grab and Go Markets is a common theme in this year's Campus Crime Blotter.

Incarcerated students react to the Campus Crime Blotter

Kerry Holley and Kyale Williams
April 7, 2025

When incarcerated students on Handlon’s campus read about crimes committed on Knollcrest’s campus, many of us laugh. Our laughter likely results from the relatively petty and harmless nature of most...

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Funding for library services cut nationwide

Grace Buller, Managing Editor
April 7, 2025

Calvin student Alison Chen first used the Michigan e-Library Catalog — better known as MeLCat — to request a book when she was 10. Her relatively small local library didn't have the biography of a...

President Greg Elzinga addresses Synod 2024 in the chapel sanctuary.  
(Banner photo by Steven Herppich)

Calvin sends their final report to Synod before the 2025 meeting

Last week, Calvin’s board of trustees (BOT) made public its report to Synod 2025 – a document detailing Calvin’s plan to deal with faculty dissent on certain key topics, including human sexuality.  The...

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