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...
Justin Diemer, Guest Writer
November 8, 2019
“What have you been hearin' from the Christians? / They'll be the first one to judge me / Make it feel like nobody love me.” These words couldn’t help but bounce around my head while I was reading last week’s article ...
Addie Winkelman, Columnist
November 8, 2019
If you have ever dropped off a bag of clothing at your local Goodwill, you know how good it feels. You think you are helping the planet and helping people. But what most people don’t know is what happens to those bags of clothi...
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 be an Eastern Orthodox Ch...
