Many art classes require materials, equipment, and communal insight that only in-person classes and art department resources can provide — COVID-19 has changed all that. Now, students and professors...

For people worldwide stuck indoors, staying entertained is a top priority. According to The New York Times, social media and streaming services have seen incredibly sharp upticks in website traffic. Senior...

Although COVID-19 has created plenty of uncertainty about the future for many, enrollment for the fall of 2020 is still on track, according to Vice President for Enrollment Strategy Lauren Jensen.  “As...

“Ford v Ferrari,” the latest film from “Logan” director James Mangold, is a fun and refreshing piece of cinema that demands to be seen in the theater. Based on the true story of Ford’s bid to...

After a six-week intensive hiring process, the Campus Involvement and Leadership Office has hired Jack Droppers, to succeed Ken Heffner as the Director of the Student Activities Office. Associate dean...

In order to create a university-wide common core, faculty senate has agreed to limit its power in determining the new curriculum.  The current core curriculum was approved in 2000 and has run up against...

The finale of “Breaking Bad,” as good as it is, signifies a tale of moral failure rather than one of moral redemption. If “Breaking Bad” is about Walt’s (Bryan Cranston) descent into the darkness...

Last week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer miscalculated by making 147 line-item vetoes to the new budgets sent to her from state legislature. However, rather than appearing tough, the governor now looks heavy-handed,...

In a sparse office next to a cheese shop on Fuller Avenue, a former attorney for the Department of Justice is running to become the first female representative of Michigan’s 3rd Congressional District....

Stand-up comedian Sammy Obeid majored in math in college. “When people asked what I was gonna apply it to, I said stand-up comedy,” he joked in an interview.  Obeid, who describes himself as a...

"American Birds" in the Center Art Gallery

When Dr. Priyanka Wali started doing stand-up comedy in her spare time, she didn’t expect to become a professional comedian. Little did she know, a three-minute set at what she called a “laundromat-slash-open-mic”...

Although he’s preparing for his last semester at Calvin, Director of Student Activities Ken Heffner’s office appears as lively as it ever did, still plastered with posters and mementos of SAO events...

“Are there Nazis on my campus?” In a 2015 public message via Facebook, President Le Roy noted that people were raising this question, among many others, in the anxious days following a November...

Just like that, all sound cut out; a black screen filled the frame. It wasn’t error in the theater projector, it was the ending to “First Reformed,” the latest film from controversial Calvin alum...

Women’s empowerment took center stage in the Chapel as part of the Faith and International Development Conference (FIDC) on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The production was “Seven,” a monologue-based...

Calvin College added another Oscar nominee to its ranks when Paul Schrader, Calvin class of 1968, was nominated for a 2018 Academy Award. Schrader is the first Calvin College alum to receive a nomination...

This Netflix original has much to offer for Coen die-hards and casual viewers alike. “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” is an anthology film with various locales and stereotypical characters familiar...

“Liturgy is not theology,” Nicholas Wolterstorff proclaimed in the Calvin Chapel on Tuesday night. The event was a conversation between two of Calvin’s most esteemed minds: professor James K....

“Red Dead Redemption II” (RDR 2) is one of the most unique gaming experiences ever designed. For better or worse, it stands as a testament to exactly where the advent of video gaming, and particularly...

Indie electronic groups Sir Sly and Joywave played the CFAC with opener Flora Cash on Monday. All groups exhibited high energy and a good rapport with the audience. Flora Cash, a husband-wife duo from...

Calvin College continued a commitment to the integration of environmental sustainability and the arts with the Wild and Scenic Film Festival on Saturday. The festival was brought to Calvin as part of...

In the continuing effort to balance Calvin’s budget crisis, the academic division, under the direction of Provost Cheryl Brandsen, is reimplementing previously successful strategies in its hiring practices...

Pop-rock group Mannhattan, consisting of Calvin seniors Samuel Mann, Cory Greeno, Joseph Joel and Royce Lloyd, debuted their new album, Think Twice, this September. When Chimes last covered the group,...

The Calvin Theater Company (CTC) is beginning work on its 2018-2019 season, based around the theme of “create, unite, renew,” which seeks to address and explore issues of gender, race, and reconciliation. This...