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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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Handlon students reach milestone

Jon Gorter
February 17, 2017

A year and a half ago, the first cohort of twenty students began the process of earning a bachelor’s degree in ministry leadership through Calvin College from the Handlon Correctional Facility in Ionia,...

Doomsday clock moved up

Jon Gorter
February 3, 2017

Board members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists met recently to make a prediction. Their subject? The end of the world. The board — comprised of renowned physicists, environmental scientists...

SAPT flag display present statistics

Jon Gorter
April 29, 2016

This April, students, faculty and staff of the Sexual Assault Prevention Team (SAPT) have worked to raise awareness of both the destructive results and surprisingly high frequency of sexual assault cases,...

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour

Jon Gorter
April 18, 2016

Since 2011, Calvin has hosted the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, one of the world’s largest film festivals. Last Monday, Calvin—one of four venues in Michigan that held a viewing of the festival’s...

Professor maps mission work

Jon Gorter
April 3, 2016

Voice for Missions is a student organization that creates a space for fellowship, prayer and information for those seeking to pursue global missions. They have weekly meetings at which they facilitate...

Student injured in Korean military accident

Jon Gorter
February 14, 2016

Last week, Kevin Lim, a junior engineering major currently serving in the South Korean marines, was severely injured in a vehicle accident during a training exercise. In compliance with the South Korean...

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SPAUD clinic opens, Lake and East Beltline

Jon Gorter
October 1, 2015

Four years ago, faculty and staff of the speech pathology and audiology department (SPAUD) began dreaming of a larger facility in which they could expand their growing program. On September 8, that dream...

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Calvin to remember Haitian Massacre

Jon Gorter
September 20, 2015

Next Wednesday, Calvin will host a lecture remembering the 1937 Haitian Parsley massacre, in which Dominican dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina ordered the murder of thousands of Haitians. This lecture...

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