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Calvin University Chimes

Since 1907
Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

Calvin University Chimes

Isaiah TenHuisen

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter

Isaiah TenHuisen is a junior and is interested in issues surrounding language and cross-cultural communication, majoring in English Writing, French, and Spanish. He is also an active member of the Calvin Improv team and loves going to comedy clubs around town. He lives in perpetual fear of the naked squirrels on campus.

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Dance Guild is back, debuting brand-new, disco-themed category.

Dance Guild celebrates 50th anniversary, survives COVID and cuts

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
November 14, 2021

It’s been two years since Dance Guild, Calvin’s largest student organization, had a standard performance. Needless to say, a lot has changed on campus since then. Their last major performance came...

Pastor Mary and Professor Holberg are no amateurs when it comes to improvising.

[Photo] Improv team invites special guests Pastor Mary and Professor Holberg to be a part of next performance

Lucy Kalebjian, Guest Writer
November 8, 2021

Pastor Mary and Professor Holberg are no amateurs when it comes to improvising.

Labor and supply chain challenges result in new parameters for catering

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
November 7, 2021

University funds will no longer be used to provide food for staff and departmental events, according to an Oct. 25 email to all faculty and staff from Tim Fennema, Calvin’s vice president for administration...

Professor Micah Watson connects Aristotle and basketball in one of his political science classes. (Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Graphic by Abigail Ham and Jamison Van Andel)

Sports analogies in political science: A slam dunk or strikeout?

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
November 1, 2021

During this age of political polarization and tribalism, politics can often look like sports, with loyal party members gunning for their team to win the championship. This relationship between sports and...

As RCA churches talk about splitting, they do so with grace

As RCA churches talk about splitting, they do so with grace

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
October 31, 2021

Many expected this year’s General Synod of the Reformed Church in America to devolve into incendiary debate — as the most prominent point of contention was the issue of human sexuality — however,...

Pop Scholars has been performing at Wealthy Theatre since 2013.

Pop Scholars: Smart-dumb comedy born from a smart-dumb education

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
October 3, 2021

SEPT. 10 — Dust flies from speakers as the 110-year-old Wealthy Theatre pulses with renewed energy. The marquee outside reads “THEY’RE BACK!” Inside, the audience is a shaken Coke and the walls...

Brittany Mathison, a speechwriter in the Canadian parliament, spoke with Chimes about the recent election.

A sleepy affair: Canadian students, staff and alumna weigh in on recent election

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Writer
September 26, 2021

Canadians voted in a heavily-criticized national election last Monday. But Canadian students on Calvin’s campus remained relatively unaffected and appear disengaged from the current events of their home...

Calvin's facilities department entered the school year with noticeable understaffing.

Understaffed and overworked: Grieving a gutted department, facilities grapples with transition

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
September 12, 2021

After losing over 50 percent of their coworkers in a transition to new management, the remaining facilities staff is left understaffed and overworked. This summer, Calvin announced that its in-house...

Andre Kapteyn (left) and Andrew Vander Tuig (right) collect a tick.

Summer research makes Calvin academics tick

Isaiah TenHuisen, Staff Reporter
September 9, 2021

While other students were off soaking up the sun and splashing in the surf this summer, four Calvin students spent their days surrounded by blood-sucking parasites. But their vacation time was not wasted....

Nyamuhungu advocates for refugee families in Michigan.

Calvin alumna calls for changes to gutted U.S. refugee program

Isaiah TenHuisen, Guest Writer
April 29, 2021

It’s only been two years since Sylvia Nyamuhungu graduated from Calvin University, but she has already put her international development degree into action.  Nyamuhungu is a refugee community organizer,...

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