Adelaide Mei is a junior studying chemical engineering from Aurora, IL. She is the General Assignment Editor for Sci-Tech, Religion and Sports. What makes this job so amazing is being able to interview people from all over campus and get to know this incredibly talented staff. A lover of all things Reformed, it is no surprise that she was the former...
Isaiah TenHuisen is a junior and is interested in issues surrounding language and cross-cultural communication, majoring in English Writing, French, and Spanish. He is also an active member of the Calvin Improv team and loves going to comedy clubs around town. He lives in perpetual fear of the naked squirrels on campus.
Grace Toma is an International Relations and Literature double major and has previously worked as a Calvin Academic Peer Tutor. She likes to spend her free time exploring the art of creative writing....
Hadassa is a senior from Brazil (yet calls many places home) majoring in International Relations with a minor in Journalism. She has previously served as Features Editor and is now Managing Editor for Chimes. Hadassa's favorite question is "what is your story?". In her free time, she enjoys writing, exploring cute coffee shops and soaking in Michigan's...
Although an avid user of the Oxford comma, Gwendy is excited to return as head copy editor at Chimes this fall. She is a senior studying literature and writing from Bandung, Indonesia. When she’s not reading books and copyediting articles, Gwendy enjoys sewing in the costume shop, cooking spicy food that reminds her of home and baking sweet treats...
Timothy Lin is a staff reporter at Chimes for the 2021-2022 school year. He is in his junior year, majors in Philosophy and History, and works at the Rhetoric Center. When he is not drowning in philosophy readings, Tim goes on bike rides, makes fun of Descartes with friends, and dreams of road trips to America’s national parks. Tim is originally from...
Faith Schutz is this year’s Advertising Sales Manager. She is a senior majoring in Marketing with minors in Graphic Design and Spanish. Faith enjoys going for long walks around campus, hoping that one of the squirrels won’t screech at her… It happened to her freshman year. Ask her about it sometime. Outside of classes and homework, you can find...
Lauren (also known as Lolo) has been an avid reader, writer, and runner for most of her life. When she's not reporting for Chimes, you can find her browsing Barnes and Noble, watching the latest MCU content, or cheering for the Knights at a cross country meet.
Katherine “Katie” Benedict is a senior who is excited to continue serving as a Campus and Community Co-Editor this year. She is majoring in environmental science, with a minor in international relations. Katherine has lived in Seattle, San Diego, and the Ann Arbor area, but Grand Rapids is now her hometown. This is Katherine’s fourth year at Ch...
After growing up reading the likes of Mitch Albom and Drew Sharp in the Detroit Free Press sports section, Jamison is thrilled to be serving as the sports editor at Chimes. A junior PPE (politics, philosophy, and economics) major, Jamison enjoys watching college basketball, playing soccer, and supporting Detroit professional sports teams as well as th...
Abigail Ham is a senior from Sheffield, Vermont. She is double-majoring in PPE (politics, philosophy and economics) and writing with a minor in classics. Abbie has been a staff reporter, campus & community editor and managing editor for Chimes in past years and is excited to lead the paper as editor-in-chief. She has interned with School News Network...
Jocelyn Nuñez-Colón, a senior from Lorain, Ohio, is a campus and local news reporter for the 2022-2023 academic year. She studies political science with a minor in journalism. Jocelyn served as a C&C editor before becoming a campus reporter. Politics, gender issues, economics and social justice issues are among her journalistic bread and butter....
Liana Hirner is a senior from Aurora, Illinois, but always tells people she’s from Chicago so she sounds cooler. She is a writing major and gender studies minor. Liana first served as Op-Ed Editor in the fall 2021 semester, and she became Culture Editor the following semester. She then served as Culture Editor in the fall of 2022 and of 2023. Now,...
Lauren DeVries is excited to use the things she’s learned in marketing classes and internships as she takes on the position of Multimedia & Layout Editor this year. This is her third year on Chimes. She is currently in her senior year at Calvin, studying marketing and finance.
Sarah Gibes, Chimes’ Sci-Tech editor, is a junior from Gurnee, Illinois. She is majoring in biochemistry and writing and aspires to be a primary care physician in the distant future. Outside of Chimes and her homework, she enjoys working as a teaching assistant for the biology department, playing bassoon with her wind trio, reading books in German,...
Ezra is a junior from Grand Rapids studying writing, political science and Spanish. As a longtime pop culture enthusiast, he is incredibly honored to be managing the arts and entertainment section of Chimes. When he's not running around campus hunting for arts stories, he works for Calvin's creative journal Dialogue and as a waiter at a local r...
Michaela Giovannelli is the religion editor of this year's Chimes. She is a sophomore from La Grange, IL, and, as everyone says, "it's a town right outside of Chicago." She is studying business finance and political science. She loves the art of storytelling and is looking forward to writing the stories surrounding religion at Calvin. In her free time,...
Harm Venhuizen is the editor-in-chief of Chimes for the 2021-22 school year. He has previously worked as a staff reporter, religion editor, and managing editor at Chimes, interned at Military Times, and is involved in a variety of extracurricular activities outside of the paper. For tips, feedback, comments and concerns, email him at hav9@students....
