It’s the end of the year. That time when everyone is scrambling to put together those assignments they should have gotten finished weeks ago, catching up on anything that’s late, trying to cram a semester’s...

For my capstone class, our final assignment was to “write the paper you feel you need to write before you leave Calvin.” I knew immediately what I was going to do. Every single November is a month-long...

“I don’t think the end of the story happens here tonight,” said Daniel Radcliffe at the premiere of the last Harry Potter movie. “Because each and every person, not only in this square but also...

“37-year-olds don’t belong in caskets.” One of the pastors at Kevin Witte’s funeral this past Monday, Oct. 3, said. “37-year-old sons, husbands, fathers, brothers, teachers … don’t belong...

“What in the world are you going to do with that?” is a question oft-asked of people majoring in the humanities. Majors in the humanities are devalued. They require success stories to promote them...

“What do you plan on doing after college?” Everyone has heard some variation of that question at one point or another. In my first year, I couldn’t give an answer. Sophomore and junior years,...

Last spring, senior Mary Schultz contracted her “Social Problems” sociology class for honors, writing a paper on how Calvin students viewed “gamer culture.” She asked 10 students to pick out 15...

Your mother blocks the door. “Child, I will not let you pass until you prove that you are strong,” she says. Seems simple enough, you think, and attack. A few minutes later, as your mother dissolves,...

When e-readers and e-books first came out, much of the discourse about them focused on one simple idea: “Will e-books kill print books?” According to the Book Industry Study Group, e-book sales have...

As many of you go into the last Hunger Games movie, it’s important to take a hard look at what entices many people there: marketing. Advertising is a key aspect in getting people to see a movie, and...

Every year, Disney Accelerator picks 10 technological startups from around the world to assist with both capital and guidance — this year, one of the 10 startups selected was the company Open Bionics....

It’s a tweet I’ve seen more than once — “lol I’m voting for Trump as a joke,” paraphrased in multiple ways. It’s ... sigh. I wish I didn’t have to write out an article explaining why, exactly,...

Have you ever heard of the Bechdel test? It’s a simple test that many people use when watching movies. Do two named women have a conversation about something other than a male character? This doesn’t...

I was a little frightened to watch “Supergirl.” DC hasn’t exactly inspired me with their superhero shows so far — “Flash” is okay, but I didn’t really like “Arrow” — and DC’s most...

If you’ve ever traveled to another country during October, or if you’re from another country, you might have noticed that the Daylight Savings Time (DST) is a bit different in the United States in...

Did you watch “Sesame Street” when you were young? Do you still watch “Sesame Street”? Unfortunately, I can’t answer “yes” to either of those questions — my family has always been more...

Tonight, the second Avengers movie is being shown here at Calvin. Is it worth seeing? Maybe. I don’t think it’s as good as the first, and superhero fan that I am, the one reason I would recommend it...

Nearly a month ago, on September 25, Chimes published an article I wrote on the topic of indie music. Two sophomores were frustrated at the sheer amount of indie music at Calvin. I interviewed them, and...

Two days ago, on October 21, 2015, at 4:29 p.m., Marty McFly and Doc landed here in their future — our present, and now our past. In 1985, the first “Back to the Future” movie came out, and now,...

It’s a conversation that happens around once a year, for me. Nearly the same exchange every time. One of my friends, or maybe my mother, will turn to me and remark, “You know, sometimes I wonder why...

This week, I was kind of startled to see an UnLearn Week poster for white people. What do we have to unlearn about white people? What “deep-seated prejudices and stereotypes” exist? Apparently, that...

Do you like Indie music? If you like attending concerts at Calvin (hopefully you do) a good majority of their concerts have indie music. If you’re not the biggest fan of indie... well, you’re left...

When I first heard that Kalsbeek-Huizenga-van Reken (KHvR) had the theme luau for Chaos Night, I cringed. It was an immediate reaction - native Hawaiians usually don’t take too kindly to non-Hawaiians...

With “Avengers: Age of Ultron” being shown at Calvin recently, and “Ant-Man” coming out in theaters over the summer, it’s a good time to talk about Marvel. Well, it’s always a good time to...