2018-2019 Staff
Michelle Hofman
Editor-in-Chief
After two years of being the features editor for Chimes, Michelle has moved up a little in the world to be editor-in-chief. A double major in writing and literature, Michelle hopes to begin work in the publication industry after she graduat...
Joshua Polanski
Managing Editor
Joshua is a junior from Akron, Ohio double-majoring in strategic communication and religion. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, especially books from the Latin American Boom and Marvel comics. In addition to being the managi...
Juliana Knot
Managing Editor
Juliana is the managing editor of this year’s Chimes. She is a sophomore, studying philosophy and German. She hails from the south suburbs of Chicago where both the best pizza and best people reside. She has formerly writte...
Mimi Mutesa
Arts & Entertainment Editor
Mimi Mutesa is a senior and the current arts and entertainment editor. She is from Uganda, loves a good verre de vin, and wants to move to New York to pursue photography full time (her mom is not holding her breath). She is al...
Annette Espinoza
Campus Co-Editor
Annette Espinoza is a senior and current campus co-editor. She is an English literature major, graduating this spring. Like the editor in-chief Annette hopes to go into the publishing industry. In addition to serving on the C...
Kelsey Shoemaker
Multimedia Editor
A sophomore from Zeeland, Michigan, Kelsey Shoemaker is the multimedia editor for Chimes with a strategic communications major and a psychology minor. She can often be found with a mug of coffee in one hand and a pen in the other, studyi...
Yolanda Chow
Co-Campus Editor
Yolanda is a campus editor for Chimes, and, perhaps not surprisingly, a writing major. She’s a senior from Hong Kong who enjoys discovering new places and ideas, drawing cartoonishly, and laughing at puns of dubious quality...
Madalyn Buursma
Features Editor
Working as the features editor this year, Madalyn is a senior majoring in writing, with minors in Chinese and political science. Her favorite part of her Calvin experience so far— besides writing for the Chimes, of course—was...
Jenna Diephouse
Layout Editor
Jenna is a senior, double-majoring in digital communications and English literature and filling the layout editor position. She enjoys exercising (it’s true), especially with her friends or with her dad, but she also loves eat...
Autumn Lau
Op-Ed Editor
Autumn is a sophomore, double-majoring in English literature and philosophy and is the editor of the opinions and editorial page. She enjoys napping, watching movies, playing games, and reading (not at the same time of course...
Bernard Boadu
Sci-Tech Editor
Bernard is a sophomore double majoring in computer science and psychology as well as the sci-tech editor for chimes. Try asking what he plans to do with his majors after graduating, and he might not have an answer for you. How...
Patrick Roelofs
Sports Editor
Sports section editor Patrick Roelofs is a junior from Villa Park, Illinois, majoring in writing and minoring in journalism and political science. A die-hard fan of the White Sox and Bears, he also enjoys sports like disc golf an...
Lauren Cole
Head Copy Editor
Lauren Cole is a junior majoring in writing and minoring in French and psychology. She serves as Chimes’ head copy editor, which makes sense given her plans to go into publishing as an editor and her love for reading, writing,...
Benjamin Henson
Advertising Sales Manager
Benson is a senior and serves as the advertising sales manager for Chimes. He is studying business entrepreneurship and theatre, making him one of the two remaining theatre majors at Calvin. When he’s not in class, you can mo...
Jonathan Boer
Staff Reporter
Jonathan Boer is a senior from the little Chicago suburb of Lansing, Illinois (not Michigan). He writes for several sections and studies Mechanical Engineering. With his free time he loves to build guitars, to sing, to watch Netflix...