My mother took a weekend trip recently and left me a simple note: “You know the house rules.” The note brought a smile to my face because I do know the rules and they have been the same since I was...
Hang around a Calvin student in the next few days and it’s likely the conversation will turn to the topic of advising. This is because advising can be an ordeal at Calvin and it can be a long, confusing...
The Internet is a can of worms.
My mother recently mail-ordered a box of shoes off of the Internet. She has done this several times in the past and has overall been reasonably happy with the experience....
Last week Chimes published an article titled “The intellectual deficiencies,” in which the author argued that we needed to look at the facts and change our approach to how we view “true progress.”...
With the growth of the Internet world wide, it is commonly thought that whether legally or illegally everything is available online. The Internet has been viewed as a great medium for personal expression...
On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon, one of humanity’s greatest accomplishments. While most people associate the Apollo 11 mission with the module that landed on the moon, another...
“Space: the final frontier...to boldly go where no man has gone before.”--Star Trek Original series opening.
Last week, a meteor exploded over Russia. And while we often forget about “the final...
Industry is always looking for ways to save money, and the airline industry is no exception. Two of the major factors in air travel cost today are weight and fuel. In an effort to reduce these costs, Boeing,...
In a budgetary compromise last Wednesday, the European Space Agency (ESA) was granted 10-10.1 billion euros, the equivalent of $12.8-13 billion, to continue space exploration. The ESA was founded in 1975...
This campaign season we saw the rise of memes and GIFs as political communicators. While it is unclear that they had any effect on the outcome of the campaign, their widespread existence can likely...
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure...
Most people who have been living around the Great Lakes or the Mississippi waterways for the last few years know that we have a major threat living in our water. This threat revolves around the Asian carp,...
