Last week marked one year since Oct. 7, 2023. One year since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel. One year of a devastating war on Gaza, an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis. One year of record-breaking...
“Knollcrest Dining hall is bad” is a claim that I've heard throughout all of my four years at Calvin. This reputation is undeserved. Knollcrest Dining hall is just as good as Commons, if not better.
The...
Graham Kort, General Assignment Reporter October 14, 2024
Many people working in higher education have been noticing a growing theme over the last few years: student engagement is becoming more polarized. In other words, students who are very engaged with campus...
I coast on my bike across Commons Lawn to the Science Building. As I scramble off, I let out a curse not quite under my breath. Blocking the crowded bike rack is my nemesis: a heavy pile of white and green...
Ashley Hamons, General Assignment Reporter October 7, 2024
Rushing, hurrying, having plans — it’s all I know. If my time is not filled up with a plethora of assignments, jobs (I have three), and socializing, what really makes me a person of meaning in our...
Graham Kort, General Assignment Reporter September 30, 2024
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, young adults (including college students) require eight to ten hours of sleep per night for maximal levels of functioning. Studies...
If to you, “Every square inch” is just an antiquated Christian nationalist slogan, then you’ve probably never actually read Kuyper. One of the most basic ideas in Kuyper’s writings is the concept...
I made my first loaf in seventh grade and it was terrible.
In my Spanish class, we needed to get puntos (“points”) over the course of the semester as part of our grade. These were extra activities...
During the spring semester of 2024, Calvin University’s Knollcrest and Handlon Campuses merged in the form of “inside-out” learning opportunities. One such opportunity took shape during an Honors...
If to you, “Every square inch” is just the sequence of words plastered above the workout room, then it might be helpful to know that they came from the pen of a Dutch theologian and politician named...
Taking classes next year, but not sure what you’re doing for housing? Pretty set on a KE apartment or an off-campus house, but still looking? Consider Project Neighborhood. The best semester, year or...
The children yearn for the mines.
This meme has been around for a while — if you were anywhere close to Twitter in 2022, you’ve seen it. It’s sparked conversations about child labor laws and the...