Joshua Polanski, Managing Editor
March 6, 2020
Calvin’s current scholarships system doesn’t sufficiently reward student improvement. It’s counterintuitive that the current system cares more about high school performance than collegiate performance.
As recently a...
Benjamin Honeyford, Calvin Democrat
March 5, 2020
On Tuesday, March 10, Michigan voters will be able to vote in the democratic primary. As Calvin Democrats is a student organization committed to promoting participation in democracy, we would like to let you know the platforms o...
Harm Venhuizen, Religion Editor
March 5, 2020
Are you upset with our current political state? Are you content with it? Are you sick of polarization in politics? Do you love it? Then you should vote!
Holding political opinions and not exercising your right to vote is like carin...
Garrett Strpko, Arts & Entertainment Editor
February 28, 2020
Search “film theory” on YouTube and you will get an overwhelming heap of terrible pseudo-criticism unjustly masquerading as a thoughtful enterprise. One will find content from falsely-named channels like “The Film Theor...
Juliana Knot, Editor in Chief
February 26, 2020
On the day before my brother’s 22nd birthday, his class threw him a party, his teachers gave him his diploma, and he left high school for good. My brother David has a mental disability, and the state of Illinois provides publ...
Anonymous, Guest Writer
February 21, 2020
We all know the stats. Porn affects the brain. Porn is harmful to relationships. Porn fuels sex trafficking. Porn is addictive. I knew them, too. I still know them. And still, I find myself a part of the statistics. Yes, even Ch...
Eleanor Lee, Guest Writer
February 19, 2020
When I first stepped onto Calvin’s hyper-green lawns, “sustainability” wasn’t a word in my vocabulary. Did I know the planet was dying? Sure. Had I lain awake at night, contemplating pollution and doom? Absolutely. But what ...
Jordan Sparks, Guest Writer
February 19, 2020
Suppressed agony and suicidal tendencies stem from a world where simple outlets of hope and refuge do not exist. Those outlets start within the community. Sadly, “community” is becoming an abandoned expression with a doubtful outl...
February 7, 2020
Mattheus Colyn, Guest Writer
November 22, 2019
A spectre is haunting Calvin — the spectre of Commons. All the powers of Knollcrest have entered into a Holy Alliance to exorcise this spectre. It is high time that Commons-goers should openly, in the face of the whole world,...
Kate DeHaan, Guest Writer
November 22, 2019
It was six o’clock and I was studying in the library when my stomach started to rumble. I panicked; I’m not very good at making choices. As I was deciding between Knollcrest and Commons the choice was almost made for me. ...
Elyse Bax, Guest Writers
November 15, 2019
As a white woman at Calvin, I walk through the majority of my days unaware of the gender and racial aspects of my identity. I didn’t have to fight to be admitted here on the basis of my gender. I have been blessed to have fem...
