This past weekend the Calvin women’s soccer team won the MIAA tournament for the first time since 2015, defeating Kalamazoo 3-0 in the final. With this victory, they finished the shortened spring season...

Despite a wild season filled with restrictions and twists, the NCAA has chosen to keep March Madness alive. This season's craziest moments in college basketball are bound to happen this weekend. Here are...

Calvin’s women’s basketball team got off to a rough start with three consecutive losses to Alma, Trine and Hope but has since bounced back with two straight victories over Olivet and Adrian. Despite...

After an extended break, the Calvin men’s basketball team has been thrust back into action, playing six games within the last two weeks. They are off to a 3-3 start, their last game being a tough loss...

After an approximately 6 month hiatus, the men’s basketball team are excited to have reunited on the basketball floor. Due to COVID-19 many players were only able to get shots up on their own driveways....

While the women’s basketball team was fortunate enough to retain many of the players they had last year, every other aspect of the 2020 season has looked much different. COVID-19 has reshaped practices,...

This year Intramurals at Calvin have a very new look due to COVID-19. Some sports have been retained but most have been replaced with an alternative outdoor sport. Currently, Calvin Intramurals will have...

Academic institutions around the country have tried to find a way to play while ensuring the safety of their players. In July of this year, the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced that...

If you’re anything like me, you're devastated by the absence of March Madness and the NBA playoffs, and the cancellations and postponements of baseball and other sports. As a result, there aren’t many...

In their third year in Division 1, the Calvin Knights ACHA Division I hockey team punched its first ever ticket into the ACHA Division I National Championships.  In order to receive an invitation to...

The women’s basketball team must say goodbye to their two seniors, Kara Minderhoud and Sydney Houlemard, butnot without them leaving a significant mark on the program. Both Minderhoud and Houlemard...

This week the MIAA tournament commences for both men’s and women’s basketball. The men’s basketball team placed second in the conference and received a first round bye. The women’s team...

Four Calvin student athletes achieved the honor of MIAA player of the week in their respective sports this past week. Derrick DeVries (senior; basketball), Tanya Visser (junior; track and field), Gabby...

Calvin’s D1 hockey team, in unprecedented success, is currently the 17th ranked team in the nation. The Knights are 12-5-2 with notable back-to-back victories against a top 10 team, the University of...

The demographic makeup of Calvin in the 1960s and 70s varied greatly from today. Currently, according to Calvin’s 10 Day report, minorities accounted for about 17% of the student body. During the 60s...

Oftentimes the dynamic of a sports team can feel like a second family for teammates, but in some cases, demographic or societal factors could cause this comradery to escape certain students. For student...

This past weekend at the second global congress on Christianity and Sports, Tim Tebow delivered a speech before a large audience of Western Michiganders, and participated in a question-and-answer event...

Calvin men’s soccer won with narrow, come-from-behind victories in their games against Wooster College on Saturday, Sept. 14 and against Aquinas College on Tuesday Sept. 17.  Against Wooster, Calvin...

Despite a successful coaching past at larger Division II schools, such as Ferris State University and Northern Michigan, Bill Sall has decided to coach at Calvin where he had a successful playing career....

With the sudden resignation of the women’s head basketball coach, the athletic department searched for months to hire a new head coach. Recently, Calvin chose to hire Mark Christner as the new women’s...

“The CPI program is like pushing my last pawn in order to recapture my queen; thus, restoring my strength,” wrote Calvin Prison Initiative (CPI) student Robert in a letter expressing his gratitude...

This past weekend Calvin’s Men’s Lacrosse team played two games with mixed outcomes. The first was on Friday, March 30 against Carthage, and the second was on Saturday against Northland. The match...

This past weekend, two of Calvin’s very own athletes had the privilege of participating in the NCAA Division III Track and Field championships in Boston, MA. Tyler Johnson and Katie Diekema , the two...

As the MIAA Tournament commenced, the Calvin men’s basketball team had an eventful week where they first were victorious against long-time rival Hope, and then eventually defeated by Trine University....

The Calvin women’s basketball team hosted Kalamazoo for their final home game of the season, and congratulated their seniors in what would be their final home game. Before the game began on February...

Inspired by Calvin’s Unlearn week and the documentary “13th,” junior Skyler Rich has founded a clothing brand business called Forgive Everyone. Rich expressed that the documentary opened his eyes...

Several fair trade businesses, whose profits support the creators of the products being sold, made an appearance at the fair trade fair hosted in the Covenant Fine Arts Center on Friday, February 8. One...

Due to extreme weather conditions, the Cold Knight Plunge has been postponed to Friday, February 22, following a postponement from February 8, and before that, a postponement from February 1. Despite this,...

Calvin men’s and women’s teams both overcame their previous opponents. On Wednesday, Jan. 16, both the women’s and men’s basketball teams faced off against Kalamazoo. The Calvin women’s team...

Women In Action, a campus conference which occurred last Wednesday, November 28, brought in several speakers to discuss women’s health in a move to empower women at Calvin. The event, organized by senior...

Anu Sushi, with a mission to serve both customers and orphans, arrived at Johnny’s Cafe in early November and has already had hundreds of purchases. Chimes is highlighting the story behind Johnny’s...

With the recent sale of the Ladies Literary Club, the last of Calvin’s downtown real estate has left the hands of the college. This spot was used to showcase “emerging artists who weren’t big enough...

This past weekend both the men’s soccer team and women's volleyball team were in action at their respective NCAA Division III tournaments.   Our ranked third men’s soccer team captured the MIAA...

This year the Calvin Knights varsity basketball team is looking to make some huge improvements from last year. Last year the team had a tough time finishing out games, largely due to their inexperience,...

What was once the Communication Arts and Sciences (CAS) department has been renamed to the Department of Communication. The focus of the renaming is indicative of “national trends in departmental names,...

The Midwest Invitational is a tournament Calvin has hosted the past five years that invites various volleyball teams to compete against each other. This year it featured the #1 team in the nation, Calvin,...

The music education major and the elementary history minor are no longer being offered to students. The information was officially released at last Tuesday’s Faculty Senate meeting. The Educational Policy...

The Center Art Gallery (CAG)’s current exhibition, located in the Covenant Fine Arts Center, focuses on the planet Mars. “This exhibition examines the historical research, the contemporary exploration...