Bella is the new co-editor for the sports section of Chimes. She’s a sophomore from Lake Orion, Mich. and a political science major with a journalism minor. She’s conveniently interested in a career in sports journalism, and is excited to get some editing experience under her belt, as she has already been a staff writer for Chimes since the beg...

Alejandra is a campus co-editor for Chimes and junior studying linguistics and literature. She’s excited to work with the paper this year. She enjoys talking about sad things over coffee, but isn’t short of laughter towards most things. You can usually find her wrapping burritos at Chipotle, fiddling around with an instrument or eating a donut....

Consider Dana your go-to-gal for anything about social justice, feminism, digital advertising, or productivity/time management. A current junior studying Digital Communications and Spanish with an English writing minor, she strives to balance life as a student, RA, on-call writer, Brand Ambassador, and all around wearer-of-many-hats. She has previously...

Yolanda is an on-call writer for Chimes, and, perhaps not surprisingly, a writing major. She’s a junior from Hong Kong who enjoys discovering new places and ideas, drawing cartoonishly, and laughing at puns of dubious quality. Mostly, however, she prefers to indulge in sleep.

Sam is a new on-call writer for Chimes and is from Grand Rapids, Mich. She is a freshman majoring in Graphic Design and minoring in Business. When she’s not writing Chimes articles, you could probably find her drinking coffee in the Fish House, attempting to fill out her sorry excuse for a planner, or going on trips downtown with her friends. She en...

Purun Yeo is the sports co-editor for Chimes 2017-2018. He is a sophomore from Cairo, Egypt, and is currently double majoring in international relations and business. Purun loves to travel, and his favorite food is a chicken shawerma. His current favorite card game is the Great Dalmuti. He is on student senate and Liberty In North Korea (LINK) this ...

Jessica Zylstra is the photo editor for 2017-2018. She is a sophomore from Grand Rapids, Mich., majoring in biology and art with a minor in French. Jessica is a member of Calvin’s Women’s Golf team. She enjoys sketching, a good cup of coffee, photography (especially when combined with bird-watching) and most German-styles board games. In the summer, Jes...

David Fitch is a senior English literature major/Information systems minor and this year’s Science and Technology editor. David is a humanities guy who hails from the highly scientific/technological community of Ann Arbor, MI. With a frantic, scatter-brained work ethic and interests ranging from everything from scrambled eggs to consumer technology, he...

Mark is the multimedia editor of Chimes for the 2017-2018 academic year. He is a senior from all over Grand Rapids, and graduated from The Potter’s House High School in 2014. Mark is a Writing major with aspirations in various fields. Mark is entering his fourth year with Chimes after previously being part of the sports section. Email: map28@stud...

Josh is the editor-in-chief of Chimes for 2017-2018. He’s a senior from Holland, Mich., studying English literature and violin performance, and this is his second year as editor-in-chief. He’ll seize any opportunity to add a pun, Disney reference or Shakespeare quote to a conversation (or news article). If it’s late at night and he’s not in...

Rae, whose first name isn’t Rae, is head copy editor for 2017-2018. She is a senior from West Des Moines, Iowa and is majoring in English secondary education with minors in ESL and Spanish. When she is not adding stylistic comments to other people’s writing, she can be found corralling and inspiring middle schoolers, reading The Bedford Shakespeare...

Emily Stroble is a senior studying English: writing. She hails from the Rocky Mountains of Colorado but loves the fall colors and December snows of Michigan. Emily enjoys engaging the diverse community of Calvin College, watching performances, having random discussions on everything from physics to fantasy and serving as a cultural discerner. Her fa...

Brandon is the arts and entertainment editor and also a senior with a double major in writing and film studies. Please don’t bother asking him what he’s doing after graduation because he doesn’t know yet. Besides writing Chimes articles, you can probably find Brandon either at the movie theater or at home, playing the ukulele for his cat. The...

Courtney Zonnefeld is a senior writing major and was the religion editor for Fall 2017. She grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and will happily chatter away about the city’s amazing downtown farmers’ market.  When not in class, the Choffice, or the library, Courtney enjoys creating new recipes and binge-watching “Brooklyn Nine Nine” with her housemate...

Julia is the opinion and editorial editor for 2017-2018. Although new to op-ed, she is not new to Chimes. She’s been a volunteer writer, an on-call writer, campus co-editor, and is excited to add op-ed editor to the list. Julia is a senior majoring in English literature and minoring in business. She is from the suburbs of Chicago, but currently li...

Michelle Hofman is the features editor for the second year running. She is a junior from the small town of Wyoming, Mich., and she enjoys reading fantasy books and practicing yoga. Her double major consists of writing and literature, and she threw in an art minor so she has an excuse to paint and draw. Michelle aspires to someday be both a writer and...

Pete Ford was previously a campus co-editor, and has now been moved up to managing editor. He is a sophomore from the great city of Grand Rapids, Mich. He is majoring in literature and minoring in Greek. This past summer he took three road trips around the United States, each with a different friend. When he grows up, he hopes to be a literary agent, bu...