That moment when you start screaming at a YouTube video in your dorm room and people from the other end of the floor run in asking if you’re okay.
That moment when your boyfriend is mad he was replaced...
“I live in Project Neighborhood.” Often this sentence is greeted with a look of recognition, but not understanding. Project Neighborhood is one of those Calvin programs that most people have heard...
While some students will be in the far corners of the world this Interim, many of us will remain here in Grand Rapids.
That being said, staying on campus for Interim is far from boring. Eight upperclassmen...
It’s not every day that President Le Roy makes you pancakes for breakfast.
But for a few brave members of the senior class, Saturday was that day.
“The pancakes were fluffy and delicious,” said...
It’s my final year at Calvin, but my first year going to an UnLearn Week event.
I’ve been on campus every fall. I read Student News every day (seriously). Absence and ignorance are not excuses I can...
If I’ve learned anything during my concert-going career at Calvin, it’s this: never underestimate the potential of an opener. (Also, serving Ben and Jerry’s ice cream before a show is an excellent...
If Boer-Bennink’s (BB) Monsters, Inc. theme of Chaos Day doesn’t scare you, it should, according to dorm residents.
“What we are doing to prepare is a long-fortified secret, and if I spoke of it...
For those who think that Bolt-Heyns-Timmer’s (BHT) enthusiasm for Chaos Day has dwindled, guess again, warns second Timmer’s resident assistant Maria-Renee Plona.
“We have been waking up at the...
Calvin College boasts 14 off-campus semesters and roughly 40 off-campus interims every year. Students regularly sign up for the programs without knowing many of the people going, but over the course of...
Have you ever wondered where your clothes and accessories come from? Calvin’s Social Justice Coalition hopes to give students an answer they can feel good about during this holiday season.
On...
Every Thursday night, a group of local teen girls gather at Urban Family Ministries (UFM) for an evening of fun and fellowship, playing games and studying the Bible together.
The Bible study, which...
On Friday, Nov. 9, 15 Calvin students took a bus down to the Mazza Museum Weekend Conference at the University of Findlay in Ohio.
The Mazza Museum Weekend Conference, which ran from Friday evening...
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As students and colleagues in the English department will confirm, Professor William Vande Kopple is not one to keep his thoughts to himself.
“Professor Vande Kopple definitely has a distinctive voice,”...
On your marks, get set, go.
The Urban Race is on.
Although the actual race doesn’t begin until Oct. 27, Beets-Veenstra dorm president Nate Ziegler believes it never hurts to plan ahead.
“We’ve...
October usually signals the start of Grand Rapids’ most colorful time of the year, with leaves turning red, orange and yellow before beginning to fall slowly as the month progresses.
This year, however,...
Students played, danced and dunked as a part of the Buck Fridays carnival Friday night.
The second Buck Fridays event of the year, the carnival drew many to commons lawn with the promise of inflatable...
