Reformed Christian writers have long reflected on what it means to hold office in institutions, including government institutions, beginning with John Calvin and his writing on magistrates. Officeholders...

On a random Sunday night in March, in an act of spontaneous boredom, I decided to go see Project Hail Mary without knowing much about it at all. I went in expecting to be entertained for a few hours, leave,...

In ML 326, Restorative Justice and Communities of Reconciliation, Dr. Cioffi asked my cohort to imagine that genuinely ethical Marxists achieved absolute political power. I replied that those ethical Marxists...

The Bible almost always describes romantic love from a male perspective. What I mean by this statement is that we read things like Isaac loved Rebecca (Genesis 24:67), Jacob loved Rachel (Genesis 29:18),...

Rarely a day goes by where I do not remember watching President Greg Elzinga himself say, out loud, to a crowd of various student leaders and a Dutch princess, that he used Gemini’s Copilot to generate...

Editor’s Note: While this article does involve internal reporting, the editorial staff of Chimes discerned the importance of the Calvin Community being made aware of some of the behind-the-scenes challenges...

After the November 2025 restructuring that eliminated several academic programs (French Major/Minor, Journalism Minor, German Minor, among others.), students and faculty are still grappling with the...

Chimes sat down with professors across the world and classical languages at Calvin to discuss the recent cuts to the classical and world languages in context. In the 1996-97 academic year, Calvin had...

On April 15, Calvin announced the discontinuation of the acrobatics and tumbling program, causing frustration among the athletes and concerns of a Title IX violation. The acrobatics and tumbling program...

Faculty Senate voted to approve changes to the Faculty Handbook on April 21 to bring Calvin’s hiring practices into alignment with commitments made at Synod 2025. The changes, as recommended by the Professional...