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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

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

C.S Lewis’s message for our pandemic

C.S Lewis’s message for our pandemic

Joshua Polanski, Managing Editor
May 4, 2020

“And at first sight this seems to be an odd thing to do during a great war. What is the use of beginning a task which we have so little chance of finishing? Or, even if we ourselves should happen not...

Faith Perspectives: Orthodoxy, icons at a Reformed school

Emily "Frankie" Franks, Columnist
November 1, 2019

As an Eastern Orthodox Christian studying theology at a Reformed school, I have experienced challenges in how I display my devotion. If someone had told me that by the time I graduated college I would...

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Faith Perspectives: A Christian celebration of Labor Day

Joshua Polanski, Managing Editor
September 13, 2019

Labor Day, the national celebration of the American working class, was this past Monday, and I thought there would be no better way to kick off our Faith Perspectives column than to celebrate the holiday...

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Robust Christians in Both Heart and Mind

Sarah Cok, Guest Writer
April 11, 2019

Integration of faith in the classroom is what makes Calvin unique. It draws so many people to this school, providing a place to understand what it means to be not just a Christian and a teacher, engineer...

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Faith Perspectives: Take Rel-243; it will make you a better person

Joshua Polanski, Managing Editor
April 11, 2019

Education isn’t just an intellectual activity; at least it isn’t for professor Laura Smit. For Smit, education, particularly in Religion 243: Historical Theology I, is a shaping of moral identity....

Why Protestants should care about the Catholic sex abuse scandal

Why Protestants should care about the Catholic sex abuse scandal

Joshua Polanski, Managing Editor
February 28, 2019

The Catholics on campus, as few as there are, shouldn’t be the only ones paying attention to this iteration of the sex abuse scandal. This past week, an Australian jury convicted Cardinal George Pell...

New columns to spark new dialogue

New columns to spark new dialogue

Joshua Polanski, Managing Editor
February 23, 2019

Our opinion page has always attempted to start dialogue on campus. This is why we decided to spice up our op-ed page by adding a few new columns. The columns will be on recurring, although broad, topics....

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