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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

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

All content by James Li

The DAAC is back

James Li
April 3, 2016

On April 9, after their sudden exodus from their original downtown location, the Division Avenue Arts Collective (DAAC) is finally hosting their first event in four years. One of the last all-ages drug-free...

Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Thalia Hall, Valentine’s Day

James Li
February 19, 2016

In the 1980s, avant-garde loop musician William Basinski recorded a collection of loops from a smooth jazz station onto magnetic tape. Twenty years later, while trying to preserve by digitizing these loops,...

Blessed are those who mourn

James Li
November 24, 2015

This week has been permeated with death. From Paris to Beirut, it’s been impossible to escape stories of senseless and indescribable horror. I have never seen such an outpouring of unrestrained grief...

If you go to Calvin, stop saying, “I’m poor”

James Li
November 13, 2015

Ronnie attends this very $30,000-a-year liberal arts college. He’s traveled across Europe for Interim. He owns his own car, which he uses to commute to school. He eats three meals a day, one catered...

The dearth of non-pop

James Li
November 9, 2015

It’s an open-secret that the vast majority of billboard hits are written by a handful of middle-aged European and American songwriters. As Nathaniel Rich’s article for The Atlantic, “Hit Charade,”...

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses

James Li
September 19, 2015

We need to accept more Syrian refugees into our borders. Not because they’re poor or the “least of these.” Not because they’re persecuted Christians, or non-Christians to evangelize. Not because...

Local electronica band Filmloom releases new album, ‘Perennial’

James Li
April 17, 2015

Listening to the sonic spectacle of “Fog Magic,” the second track on “Perennial,” you would be forgiven for thinking its creators were Icelandic. It may come as a surprise, then, that “Fog...

Opinion: Protecting free speech does not mean all speech is right

Opinion: Protecting free speech does not mean all speech is right

James Li
January 15, 2015

Sony’s decision to release the satirical film “The Interview” over Christmas was hailed by many in America as a victory of freedom. “Freedom has prevailed!” Seth Rogen, one of the film’s stars,...

Opinion: Why the Umbrella Revolution Matters

Opinion: Why the Umbrella Revolution Matters

James Li
October 4, 2014

The massive civil disobedience campaign currently gripping Hong Kong is the largest show of resistance against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since 1989. 25 years ago, tanks rolled into Beijing, killing...

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