With lights aflutter, a wandering lead singer and enough electric guitar reverb to kill a small mouse, The National put on a booming show this past Saturday night in the Van Noord arena, having performed...
One unfortunate side effect of going to a distinctly Christian college is the subtle mindset that if you haven’t chased down and tackled your love mate for life by age 22, you’re probably going to...
Despite the impending registration date in early April, only one team has registered for student senate executive team elections.
Junior Caitlin Gent said she didn’t find the lack of interest too startling.
“I’m...
Less than fifty percent of faculty members report that they have attended at least one diversity event in the past year, according to the Multicultural Affairs Committee (MAC) report.
The From Every Nation...
The Multicultural Affairs Committee (MAC) reported that although Calvin’s student body has become more diverse, the number of faculty and staff of color has decreased.
No faculty of color have ever...
Following increased interest in graduate programs, a Calvin business class worked last semester to discover the feasibility of a graduate program at Calvin.
Professor Snyder, who oversaw the class, said...
Some call it a polar vortex. Some call it snowpocalypse. Some even call it the revenge of the snow. Whatever you call it, we can agree that the snow and frigid weather made mincemeat of America’s travel...
According to a recent report put out by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), between 20 and 40 percent of American homeless youth identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender).
However,...
If recent recommendations to the planning and priorities committee are passed, non-curricular programs such as the January Series, the Festival of Faith and Writing, the ecosystem preserve and Oratorio...
Future Calvin nursing and engineering majors may be charged slightly more tuition than other students in the coming years, according to recommendations from President Le Roy’s cabinet released Monday.
“There...
If you were to think of the highest demand for a foreign language in the United States, what language would it be?
If you answered Spanish, French or German, you would be wrong. It’s Chinese.
“There...
Imagine someone trying to scrape together enough money for rent. Imagine someone having to come to Mel Trotter Ministries, a Grand Rapids ministry for the homeless and hungry, and staying in their homeless...
Calvin College is mulling over the addition of master’s programs to urban studies and to business in order to attract new students and bring in additional revenue.
However, the push for master’s programs...
Fifteen months after the top financial position was vacated and Calvin’s financial difficulties came to light, the college has a new director of finance.
Joel De Bruin, a 1990 Calvin graduate and certified...
Bracing against the frigid wind, a grungy-looking man stands with a sign stating, “Anything helps. God Bless.” He has a lean, hungry look about him and is shivering in the cold. But should you give...
After initial confusion over electing the committee, the provost search committee has started looking for a new provost and plans to have a candidate by the beginning of February.
The difficulties in...
On Friday, Oct. 11, members of the Sexuality and Gender Awareness (SAGA) group scrawled “LGBTQ? You Are Loved on National Coming Out Day! Love, SAGA” in chalk on the Calvin Fine Arts Center (CFAC)...
Dorm worship, Chaos Day, retreats, one-on-one meetings with the resident director (RD), one-on-one meetings with dorm residents, resident assistant (RA) meetings, being a presence in the dorm, working...
In the face of a federal government shutdown, in which her work was shuttled outside, Ann Loveless’ quilt “Sleeping Bear Dune Lakeshore” is the public vote winner of ArtPrize. For the jury-chosen...
This year returning resident assistants (RAs) were confronted with changes — the loss of a $250 returner stipend, assigned deskie hours and less community time with their floor.
“The returners were...
With a giant hummingbird sculpture, pandas made out of old tires and a mosaic of President Carter made entirely out of peanut shells, ArtPrize has swept into Grand Rapids. The event officially began Sept....
Tweet along with us tomorrow morning at @CalvinChimes! Use the hashtag #chaosday.
In a flurry of passionate red, Bolt-Heyns-Timmer (BHT) won the Battle of the Bye and is now exempt from the first round...
Calvin is switching its Internet service from CalvinWireless to eduroam, a network that allows students to connect at universities around world without having to jump through any hoops.
The switch will...
