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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

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Highlights from Calvin’s sports season

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
May 8, 2014

The sports season is not actually over (shout out to baseball in the MIAA Tournament and the track athletes going to nationals), but this will be the last print issue for Chimes this year, so I will offer...

Lions should take Aaron Donald

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
May 6, 2014

A week remains before the 2014 NFL Draft, and the football world is chomping at the bit. As if it wasn’t long enough already to wait until April 25, the draft has been pushed back to May 8 this year,...

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Golf finishes fourth in NCAA qualification

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 24, 2014

The Calvin College men’s golf team finished up their brief spring season on Saturday, April 19, placing third at the MIAA’s final NCAA Spring qualifying tournament. The Knights ended the three tournament...

Time for Top NCAA Athletes to be Paid

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 24, 2014

Imagine this: You are an absolutely brilliant young engineer with an amazing brain for design and mechanics. You created your own software before you hit puberty. You took apart a computer and put it back...

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Tim Marco named MIAA’s lacrosse player of the week

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 9, 2014

For the first time in his career, Calvin’s junior attacker Tim Marco has been named the MIAA’s lacrosse player of the week. Marco earned the honor with a superb week, providing most of the Knights’...

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Calvin track team sets personal bests at MSU

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 9, 2014

The Calvin College track team saw some impressive performances in the distance events on Saturday at the Michigan State University Spartan Invitational, which saw numerous runners set new personal bests...

Jason Collins advances perception of gay athletes

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 9, 2014

In case you missed it, Jason Collins, a 35-year-old NBA veteran and graduate of Stanford University, publicly came out as gay this past summer. After spending a large part of the NBA season as a free agent,...

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Softball to begin conference play

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 3, 2014

The Calvin College softball team is off to a very good start, opening the season with a 9-5 non-conference record. They will open conference play with a pair of contests against Adrian on Wednesday, and...

Miguel Cabrera’s contract a problem

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 3, 2014

Sometimes I have trouble living up to my Dutch heritage. When I have money in my pocket, I'm inclined to spend it. Money burns a hole in my pocket. Sure, the fact that I'm broke and kind of, sort of an...

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Van Putten named player of the week

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
April 3, 2014

A blistering start by Calvin’s junior outfielder Grant Van Putten has earned him MIAA player of the week for the first time in his career. In two wins last week, Van Putten batted .538 with a home run,...

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Michmerhuizen earns pair of All-American Honors

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 20, 2014

Nicole Michmerhuizen had a very successful time as Calvin’s sole representative at the Division III National Championship meet at the University of Nebraska on Friday and Saturday, placing second in...

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Calvin Falls to Illinois Wesleyan in Sweet 16

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 20, 2014

The Calvin College men’s basketball team’s season came to an end on Friday night as they fell to sixth-ranked Illinois Wesleyan 78-64 in the Sweet 16 game in Bloomington, Ill. The Knights end their...

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Calvin plays in sweet 16

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 12, 2014

The Calvin College men’s basketball team advanced to the NCAA DIII Sweet 16 sectional last week with wins over Wittenberg and No. 2 Washington University. They will take on Illinois Wesleyan at 8:30...

Detroit sports championship pictures

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 12, 2014

Here are a couple extremely straightforward facts about professional sports. 1.  The goal of every team is to win the championship. 2.  Only one team can win the championship. So about 30 teams every...

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Women’s basketball team falls from tournament

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 6, 2014

The Calvin College women’s basketball team’s season came to an end on Saturday, as they lost to Hope, the No. 1 ranked team in the nation. After upsetting nationally-ranked Olivet on Thursday, the...

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Men’s and women’s track teams take home wins

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 6, 2014

The Calvin College men’s and women’s track teams took home wins on Saturday in the Calvin Championships, an inaugural meet hosted by Calvin. The Calvin men scored 180 points, well ahead of second-place...

Knights defeat Hope, head to NCAA tourney

Knights defeat Hope, head to NCAA tourney

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
March 6, 2014

The Calvin College men’s basketball team avenged two losses to Hope College during the season on Saturday, routing the Dutch 78-53 in Holland at the MIAA Tournament final. The win earns the Knights an...

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Men’s basketball team wins in face-off against Albion College

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 27, 2014

The Calvin College men’s basketball team celebrated its senior day with an 83-57 win over the Britons of Albion College at home on Saturday. Calvin finishes its MIAA season at 19-5 overall and 11-2 in...

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Track to host season-concluding meet

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 27, 2014

The Calvin College track and field teams are set to host the Calvin Championships on Saturday, Feb. 28. Field events will begin at 9:30 a.m. with running events set to start at noon. Admission is free. The...

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Men’s Basketball scouting reports

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 26, 2014

Starters: Jordan Daley, PG/SG (#34) Strengths: Athletic: a big guard who excels at taking smaller guards to the rim and posting them up. High-energy defender who forces lots of turnovers. Efficient:...

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Records fall as Calvin Men, Women win historic meet

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 20, 2014

In what was unquestionably the greatest day in Calvin College swimming history, both the men’s and women’s teams took home conference championships on Saturday, culminating a four-day meet. It was...

Racism remains a problem for our generation

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 14, 2014

“I’m not a racist.” It’s a phrase we usually hear someone say right before they say something racist. But at the same time, most everybody wants to say that about themselves. I can’t imagine...

Knights lose to Hope, defeat Adrian

Knights lose to Hope, defeat Adrian

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 12, 2014

The Calvin College men’s basketball team had a full week, dropping their second consecutive rivalry matchup to Hope 83-65 last Wednesday before rebounding with a 68-55 win over the Adrian Bulldogs on...

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Calvin swim team will host MIAA championships

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 12, 2014

The Calvin College men’s and women’s swimming and diving team will look to capture an MIAA title this week in their home pool. The Calvin men are currently ranked 13th in the nation by the latest NCAA...

Volleyball to host celebration of players and fans

Volleyball to host celebration of players and fans

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
February 5, 2014

The Calvin College volleyball team will celebrate their national championship with a year-end banquet this Saturday that will be quite different from a typical year-end team gathering. Titled “A Knight...

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Calvin falls to hot-shooting Hope in the year’s first rivalry game

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
January 12, 2014

The Calvin College Men’s basketball team fell short in their first 2014 matchup against Hope at home today, losing 71-63. The loss drops the Knights to 9-4 overall and 1-1 in the MIAA, while the Dutch...

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Men’s basketball to battle with Hope in ‘The Rivalry’ Saturday

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
January 11, 2014

The Calvin men’s basketball team will take on Hope Saturday at in the 186th installment of the vaunted Calvin-Hope Rivalry.  The game will be held at 3 p.m. at Calvin’s Spoelhof Fieldhouse complex. The...

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Kamp, Crowe named All-Americans, Rietema named Player of the Year

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
December 6, 2013

The Calvin volleyball team added a couple more accolades to its belt this past month as three players gained All-American recognition, as well as senior Megan Rietema earning AVCA National Player of the...

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Preview: Volleyball in the running for national title in 2014 too

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
December 6, 2013

With Calvin just finishing up the celebrations from winning their second national title in four years, is it too early to look to next year and hope for more? Maybe, but that’s the standard that the...

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Calvin takes down Hope to win down-to-the-wire MIAA tournament final

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
November 11, 2013

The much-anticipated MIAA tournament final that featured the No. 2 Calvin women’s volleyball team taking on the No. 1 Hope Flying Dutch did not disappoint, as Calvin pulled together a comeback and won...

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Men’s basketball ranks on top of MIAA in preseason poll

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
November 5, 2013

The Calvin College men’s basketball team enters the 2013-14 season coming off one of their best years in recent memory, where they won 20 games for the first time since 2006, won the MIAA and advanced...

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How to make a half-court shot

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
October 28, 2013

Last year, the Calvin sports community was treated to a very memorable moment when then-junior Brendan Coallier hit nothing but net on a half-court shot at MidKnight Madness, winning himself $500 and a...

Grand Rapids Christian High School should consider calling

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
October 17, 2013

I would bet that you, being in some way, shape or form a member of the Calvin community, have an opinion about the infamous Grand Rapids Christian High School, better known as GRCHS. I suppose I have...

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Women’s volleyball stays perfect this season

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
October 10, 2013

The Calvin women’s volleyball team kept its record perfect this week, surviving a down-to-the-wire four-set match against Albion on Friday and downing Alma in three sets on Saturday. These wins improved...

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Men’s soccer extends winning streak to four games

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 30, 2013

The Calvin College men’s soccer team kept its winning ways going this week, registering a 3-0 win at Trine on Wednesday and a 2-1 victory at Adrian on Saturday. These wins make four in a row for the...

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Mid-season report: can Calvin repeat last year’s MIAA success?

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 23, 2013

Last fall was something of an unprecedented sports season for the Calvin College Knights. The women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s golf team...

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Men’s golf second in conference after two more jamborees

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 23, 2013

The Calvin College men’s golf team continued their recent stretch of strong play at the third and fourth MIAA Jamborees, finishing second with a team score of 309 on Wednesday and tying for first on...

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Soccer and volleyball to raise money for malaria nets

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 17, 2013

Ryan Souders was inspired. A collegiate soccer star at Wheaton College who had even spent some time playing professionally, Souders had never really needed any extra motivation to get the most out of...

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Calvin’s athletic facilities highly-ranked by Princeton Review

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 12, 2013

According to the 2013-2014 rankings released by the Princeton Review, Calvin’s athletic facilities rank 19th in the nation, clearly due in large part to the state-of-the-art Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex. Built...

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Women’s golf places 13th of 18 squads at Olivet Invitational

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 9, 2013

The Calvin women’s golf team placed 13th out of 18 teams at this weekend’s Olivet Invitational, behind the strong performance of senior Carlia Canto. “We are a young team, but this score did not...

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Calvin Knights football roster speculation

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 9, 2013

It is increasingly unlikely that Calvin will have a football team any time in the near future as the current budget situation has put expensive, albeit possibly beneficial proposals, like football, on...

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Women’s soccer wins tourney after two overtime wins

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 9, 2013

It was an exciting tournament, to say the least, for the Calvin women’s soccer team as the team claimed two overtime wins in two days to win the championship at the Milwaukee School of Engineering Raider...

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Volleyball sweeps season openers against nationally-ranked squads

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 6, 2013

Even after having lost some key seniors from last year, the Calvin women’s volleyball team proved that they were still dominant this year, winning all four games they played, including three against...

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Cross country sweeps Andrea’s Classic meet

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
September 6, 2013

The Knights kicked off their season last Friday evening at the Andrea’s Classic on Calvin’s home course. The meet was small, consisting of Calvin and fellow MIAA member, Olivet. The Knights swept both...

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