This is a derivative work by John Muyskens. Original: Guilherme de Souza Vieira (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Click on a country to navigate. For Christians, Christmas...

It’s a common misconception that gender discussions and dating panels are relevant only, or at least primarily, to women. Gender has just as much impact on a man’s life as it does a woman’s, but...

Calvin is home to seven dorms and 48 floors, four of which have unique and intentional purposes. These living-learning floors make up all of van Reken and the first floor of Timmer. The floors are the...

Before my homestay week in Adenkrebi, a rural farming village in Ghana, I never suspected one could hunt crabs. The practice involved tramping out into the tropical forest surrounding the town and Attabah,...

How would you describe UnLearn Week?  Is it about anti-racism?  Culture?  Stereotypes and prejudices?  All of the above?  The focus shifts each year, and everyone comes away with a little something...

Did you know that back in the early years of modern Spain, churchmen would warn women — particularly powerful, spiritual women — to think of their bodies as corpses rotting with worms so as not to...

During the first Passport of the summer, Calvin Information Technology (CIT) announced their participation in Microsoft’s Office 365 Student Advantage program. “Last year we made the decision as a...

This summer Calvin’s information technology department (CIT) introduced a new printing system, uniFLOW, which offers benefits and frustration for students and faculty alike. According to Michael Mandeville,...

During the first Passport of the summer, Calvin Information Technology (CIT) announced their participation in Microsoft’s Office 365 Student Advantage program. “Last year we made the decision as a...

Despite publicity errors, Dance Guild pulled off another successful show this weekend. This semester’s theme was “Happy Is ….” Senior Marie-Renee Plona, a member of the Dance Guild leadership team,...

After a record-setting race, junior Jonathan Eigege and junior Laura Sterenberg narrowly won the student senate executive team election today with 56 percent of the vote, despite technical setbacks for...

Rangeela Unveiled opened with a video proclaiming, “Often, shows like these try to amaze the audience with exotic acts which are entertaining enough to keep our short attention spans … Such shows excite...

This year, on the 16th anniversary of the Cold Knight plunge, roughly 650 students jumped into the frozen seminary pond, breaking the 2011 record by at least 57. Senior Corrie Baker, who earned a golden...

The First Year Seminar (FYS) data is in, and while an official evaluation is still in the works, preliminary evaluations find the revamped course largely a success. “There were some things that really...

This semester has seen a high number of thefts — bikes, valuables from lockers rooms and thefts from vehicles — but with help from the Grand Rapids Police, they seem to have come to an end. Campus...

At the beginning of the year, President Le Roy expanded his cabinet to include staff additions of chaplain Mary Hulst and Michelle Loyd-Paige, executive associate for diversity, making the first female-majority...

Slavery ended over a century ago. Civil rights movements succeeded decades ago. Racism is dead. Isn’t it? This misconception is exactly what UnLearn Week’s first event, “Enough Already”, tackled....

Just before the start of the school year, Shirley Hoogstra, vice president for student life, made several changes to the student development office, bringing student programming and organizations closer...

Since mid-August, 12 bikes --- including nine locked bikes --- have been stolen on campus, prompting campus safety to issue a campus-wide alert. According to campus safety reports, nine of the 12 bicycles...

Returning champions Phi-Chi/Beta (PCB) dominated Knollcrest East’s (KE) MudBowl again this year, finishing first in all but one event. The apartments split into four teams to compete for a bowling ball...

Calvin launched a pilot dual-enrollment partnership with Holland Christian High School this year. The program consisted of Holland Christian teachers teaching Calvin courses on the high school campus for...

This year’s Calvin’s Got Talent hit it off with a winning stand-up comedy performance by Michael Ribbens. People’s Choice went to a capella group The Hand-Me-Down Harmonix, who performed a cover...

“Color, culture and diversity; that is what Rangeela is about,” said master of ceremonies Jed Bell. This year’s Rangeela performance — which sold out four days before the Friday opening —...

At the 15th annual sem pond jump, President Michael Le Roy joined hundreds of students and other members of the Calvin community in a long-embraced tradition. Clad in a white dress shirt, Calvin-colored...