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 and to occasionally walk in the moonlight.

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, grammar, and the Oxford comma. During her free time she can be found walking in the woods, staring off into space, or getting...

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 Chimes team, Multicultural Student Development leadership, and being a student she working on a personal blog in which she will...

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 also the visual arts photographer and assistant lay out editor for Dialogue. She loves to travel and wants you to know that summer b...

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 most likely find him somewhere near the Gezon Auditorium trying to stay on top of his homework, planning some kind of event, or...

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. However, what he might have the answer to is a question related to technology and programming as well as behavior analysis. Also...

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 and spikeball, and is a captain of the Calvin ultimate frisbee team.

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 going on the semester abroad trip to China, where she studied the language and enjoyed China’s culture. With a minor caf...

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 managing editor, he works at the Rhetoric Center. This is his third year with Chimes. ...

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 eating. In her sedentary free time she explores the narratives in books, shows, or video games, and likes to get a little obses...

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 graduates in spring. She hopes that the hours she will be spending poring over this year’s Chimes articles will prepare her ...

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, studying away (or attempting to) in a hammock somewhere. She loves movies, memes, and late night runs to Target, and hopes to...

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. Mostly, however, she prefers to indulge in sleep....

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). She also loves spending time with her family and friends.

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 written for the Religion section and works teaching German and geometry.