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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

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...

The tennis team has enjoyed a strong season. Photo from calvin.edu.

Men’s tennis rallies with three straight sweeps; eyes MIAA title, shot at nationals

Zach Kern, Sports Reporter
April 14, 2025

After a tough loss to arch-rival Hope, Calvin men’s tennis has bounced back nicely, and is now on a three-match winning streak after playing Trine University on April 9. All three victories during this...

The ability to focus resources is especially important for smaller libraries and those with less funding.

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...

In 2022, Jennifer VanAntwerp published a co-authored book called “Sex, Gender, and Engineering: Harassment at Work and in School.”

The Faculty Gender Divide at Calvin: A Complex Picture

Elisabeth Stevens, General Assignment Reporter
April 7, 2025

“Role models matter,” says engineering professor Jennifer VanAntwerp, especially when you’re talking about gender. Fifty-three percent of Calvin’s student population are women. But this ratio is...

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...

Calvin Theatre Company presents: And Then There Were None

Natasha Jayaputra, Arts and Entertainment Reporter
April 7, 2025

Ten people stranded on an island — what could possibly go wrong? Maybe a private party? Or... murder! Calvin Theatre Company (CTC) is back with another gripping play, this time unraveling the mystery...

Synod 2024 met this summer in Calvin's chapel.

Calvin releases plan to handle faculty disagreement on questions of sexuality, other confessional issues

Grace Buller, Managing Editor
March 31, 2025

Calvin University leaders released a report late last week detailing a long-anticipated update on how the school will handle faculty disagreement with certain positions of the university’s parent denomination,...

Jesus and the Buddha

Kevin Berry, Guest Writer
March 24, 2025

What I would like to do is bridge a gap between religions — Christianity and Buddhism — by showing one similarity between these seemingly separate ways of life, as a means of being more accepting of...

Students have been posting pictures of the fish on social media platforms such as Instagram and Fizz. Photo by Annabella Terpstra.

Something fishy found in the road by Knollcrest

McKenna Wilkinson, General Assignment Reporter
March 24, 2025

Right before spring break, many students noticed an unusual sight in the road in front of Knollcrest Dining Hall: several large fish had been dumped on top of a storm drain. Throughout that week, the fish...

One of this year's trips took students to Chicago. Photo courtesy of Sofia Shevtsova.

Service–learning trips return to Calvin: How the S-LC is managing costs

Stella Stachowiak, General Assignment Reporter
March 24, 2025

This spring break, groups of Calvin students and faculty traveled to nonprofits across the United States as a part of the Service-Learning Center (S–LC)’s spring-break trip program. The program, which...

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