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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

Maddie Hughey

Maddie Hughey, Print Editor

Maddie Hughey is the print editor for the 2016-2017 school year after having been campus co-editor, on-call writer and staff writer in years past. She is a junior from the south of France and sometimes the southwest of Michigan, double-majoring in classical studies and environmental studies — and no, she will not tell you about the climate in ancient Rome. Maddie can most often be found reading anything and everything thereby conveniently forgetting about homework or riding horses with the Calvin Equestrian Club (yes, it actually exists). If she ever grows up, she hopes to move out west and have grand adventures. She would also like to point out that she enjoys things like faculty senate and administrative committees so much more than Josh. She is the original #facsen hipster.

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Maaike Mudde, Kendra Larsen and Kaitlyn Farris laugh as they roast marshmallows over a burner. Photo credit  Suzanne Melin.

The garden house

Maddie Hughey
April 28, 2017

Behind the leafy green of the Calvin Community Garden lies a quite ordinary looking house. Apart from the candle with the skull on the front doorstep, 3151 Hampshire Avenue could just as well be any other...

Wakeman's album cover for "Messes to Miracles." Photo courtesy Forrest Wakeman.

Calvin professor produces worship CD

Maddie Hughey
April 27, 2017

Calvin professor Forrest Wakeman is about to drop his newest contemporary worship album — “Messes to Miracles” — this spring of 2017. The album, which is being produced by Wakeman, features a series...

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Faculty senate considers B.S./B.S.C core exemption

Maddie Hughey
April 21, 2017

Faculty senate is in the throes of debating a new core proposal. This proposal would allow students pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or a Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S) degree to be exempt from...

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Amway Grand formal attracts students of all grade levels

Maddie Hughey
March 10, 2017

Over 300 students danced the night away at the Amway Grand formal downtown on Saturday night, March 4. In addition to a mashed potato bar, casino games and a dance floor, a live band entertained the crowd...

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Lecture encourages a complex nostalgia

Maddie Hughey
February 24, 2017

In a lecture entitled, “This Is What Men Call God,” guest speaker John Fry from Trinity College delved into Wilder’s life; her relationship with daughter and editor of her manuscript, Rose Wilder...

The incident occurred last year on Nov. 26. Photo courtesy Calvin communications and marketing.

Former campus safety officer charged with misdemeanor

Maddie Hughey
February 15, 2017

Lee Swafford, a former Calvin campus safety officer, was arrested and charged with reckless use of a firearm on Wednesday after an incident on Calvin’s campus last November. On the morning of Nov....

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Student org spotlight: Food Recovery Network

Maddie Hughey
December 9, 2016

The average person wastes 4.3 pounds of food a day. Now multiply that by the number of students at Calvin. That’s about 12,900 pounds of food a day wasted by Calvin College students. Most are ignorant...

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Sold-out Dance Guild impresses

Maddie Hughey
December 2, 2016

Last Friday and Saturday night, the packed CFAC audience erupted in applause as the lights dimmed, signaling the start of this semester’s Dance Guild performances. Dances ranging from Audition Swing,...

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Calvin a model for armed campus safety officers at Christian colleges

Maddie Hughey
November 5, 2016

Officials at Wheaton College in Illinois are looking to Calvin College as they consider arming their campus safety officers with firearms. Calvin officers have been armed since 2008, and there are currently...

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Dialogue reveals new film category

Maddie Hughey
October 7, 2016

As of this semester, Calvin’s arts and writing journal, Dialogue, will be including a new category for submissions: film. Former editor-in-chief Jack van Allsburg first planted the idea of including...

ROTC

Maddie Hughey
September 30, 2016

It’s 6:15 a.m. The sun is rising over the horizon, the birds are chirping and most of Calvin’s campus is asleep. For cadets in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), however, their day is about...

Outlook offers change and security

Maddie Hughey
September 9, 2016

On August 16, students stopped receiving emails in their Gmail accounts. No, financial services did not decide to stop notifying them about their tuition payments, nor did their professors forget about...

Student Organization Spotlight: Korean Student Association

Maddie Hughey
April 29, 2016

The Korean Student Association (KSA) is a student organization dedicated to raising awareness of Korean culture at Calvin and to “[mitigating] the cultural barriers between the Korean students and Calvin...

Students create online dating service

Maddie Hughey
April 18, 2016

Dating seems to be on everyone’s mind as the end of the school year comes closer: senior scramble, ring by spring, etc. The creators of Mysterious Matchmakers, Calvin’s new online dating service, thought...

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MSDO packs Fish House with live music, poetry

Maddie Hughey
April 12, 2016

The Fish House hummed with energy as students packed into the small space last Tuesday, April 12, to hear poems performed and written by both students and alumni at this year’s Poetry Slam. The Multicultural...

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Student Organization Spotlight: Active Minds

Maddie Hughey
February 14, 2016

Active Minds is a student organization that seeks to educate the Calvin community on the various types of mental illnesses, provide resources for students who might be struggling, and aid in dispelling...

Student Organization Spotlight: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Maddie Hughey
November 12, 2015

Where do mechanical engineers go to talk about the ins and outs of engineering and connect with industry professionals? The answer is The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an organization...

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Speaker Jeff Chu divulges the reality of journalism

Maddie Hughey
October 31, 2015

Last Thursday, Calvin hosted renowned journalist Jeff Chu for a Q&A with students in the English department. Chu tackled a variety of topics in journalism, from the practical, economic side to the...

Students share experiences at Graphic Design Round Table event

Maddie Hughey
October 16, 2015

Senior graphic design majors Bethany Paquette and Kendra Kamp shared their advice for up-and-coming designers at an informal Q&A hosted by the Visual Arts Guild Wednesday afternoon. The event consisted...

Spoken Latin conference proves Latin is not dead

Maddie Hughey
October 16, 2015

Spoken Latin is not something one would expect to hear around campus. And yet, last weekend, that’s exactly what happened. Calvin held its second Biduum Latinum Calvianum, a two-day spoken Latin conference...

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Chaos Night 2015 characterized by close competition and high participation

Maddie Hughey
September 17, 2015

Schultze-Eldersveld (SE) won the 46th annual Chaos Night, formally known as Chaos Day, thanks to their tug-of-war triumph that broke the tie between them and Beets-Veenstra (BV) while Bolt-Heyns-Timmer...

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The Free Project uses red flags to raise awarness

Maddie Hughey
September 17, 2015

On Monday, Calvin’s chapter of The Free Project placed red flags around campus as part of their project to raise awareness and to help people understand when their children are at risk of being trafficked. According...

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Calvin to reoffer jazz band as an accredited course

Maddie Hughey
September 16, 2015

Calvin’s music department is now offering jazz band as a class. In past years, jazz band has been offered as a music class similar to Wind Ensemble or Campus Choir, but due to the waning interest, it...

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Members of Calvin bands balance school and music

Maddie Hughey
May 8, 2015

Bands. Every college has them. Rock bands, indie bands, singer-songwriters. Playing gigs at various campus locations and around town or absentmindedly strumming a guitar outside, cheered on by crowds...

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Calvin holds record of most Goldwater scholars in six year span

Maddie Hughey
May 7, 2015

Junior Sam Auyeung recently became Calvin’s 16th Goldwater scholar since 2008, a record that no other undergraduate college has attained in the same amount of time. The Goldwater award is a national...

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Calvin to offer voluntary buyouts to faculty in the art, music and history departments

Maddie Hughey
April 30, 2015

Last Tuesday, President Le Roy sent out an email that resulted in a flurry of mixed emotions among the history, music and art and art history departments. Professors from these departments now have...

Documentary on masculinity challenges students

Maddie Hughey
April 16, 2015

21Wednesday night, Calvin’s gender equality organization showed a documentary titled “The Mask You Live In” to an audience of 100 students, faculty and alumni as one of the many events during Sexual...

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Calvin’s online resources help connect pastors to texts

Maddie Hughey
April 9, 2015

For pastors and scholars who usually spend hours perusing the library for information, Calvin has three online resources that could reduce research time considerably: The Christian Classics Ethereal Library,...

Student website simplifies printing process for students

Student website simplifies printing process for students

Maddie Hughey
March 5, 2015

Last summer, Calvin introduced uniFLOW as the new printing system to replace WebPrint. This new system aimed to reduce paper waste and facilitate the printing process. Some students would argue that...

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Student senate and the SAO to install a group music space

Maddie Hughey
March 5, 2015

The next big battle of the bands could take place at Calvin College. Over the past several months, student senate has been working on a group music space for bands to use for practice. The space will...

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Library hosts honors student sleepover

Maddie Hughey
February 20, 2015

Last Friday, Calvin added another first to their list of events: the first library sleepover. Students in the honors program were invited to spend the night in the library playing board games and disc...

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Men’s a cappella ensemble to open for Home Free

Maddie Hughey
February 5, 2015

uKnighted, an all men’s a cappella ensemble, will serve as the opening act for Home Free on February 20. The ensemble, referred to by some as Calvin’s very own boy band, consists of 16 guys, ranging...

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Airband legacy to continue after restructuring

Maddie Hughey
February 5, 2015

Contrary to the rumors swirling around campus, Airband is not cancelled. It is alive and well, though slightly changed, after being restructured due to the lack of acts. “We all of a sudden had a...

Service-Learning Center day of service focuses on writing letters

Maddie Hughey
January 22, 2015

This Monday, in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. day, students gathered in the service-learning center to write letters to Pearson Education, a British publishing company, protesting a textbook...

Students present their research in a poster fair. Photo courtesy calvin.edu.

Student research can lead to publication in scientific journals

Maddie Hughey
January 22, 2015

Calvin students are experiencing the thrill of seeing their name in published journals. Since 2000, Over 200 students have co-authored publications with a professor in the biochemistry/chemistry department...

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Calvin students create video for Ford “Go Further” campaign

Maddie Hughey
January 15, 2015

Last fall, the Calvin Public Relations Organization (CPRO) participated in a pilot program hosted by the Ford Motor Company with the goal of creating a video and PR/social media campaign that portrayed...

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Dorm community partnerships help students connect to Grand Rapids

Maddie Hughey
December 4, 2014

The service-learning center (SLC), located in the Commons Annex is an important part of the Calvin community. Through the SLC, each dorm has a partnership with an agency in the Grand Rapids community....

Nite Life presents their event line up for the spring semester

Maddie Hughey
November 13, 2014

As the fall semester is drawing to a close, the Nite Life staff is looking ahead to the events that will be held in the spring. Posters line the Commons Annex walls, similar to those for the Campout earlier...

Zombiefest game night held by Abstraction club

Maddie Hughey
November 1, 2014

Last Saturday, while some students were at Post Family Farm enjoying fall activities, a zombie infestation occurred in the science building basement. Abstraction, the computer science and information systems...

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Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning offers classes to senior citizens in the area

Maddie Hughey
October 30, 2014

The Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL) is a program for people over the age of 50 to take classes at Calvin for a small fee. These classes are taught by Calvin professors and usually last four...

Palestine interim cancelled due to regional violence

Maddie Hughey
October 23, 2014

A few weeks ago, the interim committee decided to cancel the Palestine interim trip due to violence in the region. On the interim, titled “Living Like Jesus Under Occupation,” students would travel...

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New mini-concert series caters to lunch-break attendees

Maddie Hughey
October 16, 2014

Calvin is now offering students a musical break from their busy schedules in the form of a new noontime concert series, Notes at Noon. These occasional noon concerts will start at 12 p.m. and last anywhere...

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‘Food with Faculty’ hopes to forge new professor-student relationships

Maddie Hughey
October 9, 2014

On Friday, Oct. 10, students will have the opportunity to participate in a Food With Faculty gathering hosted by a professor or staff member. Most of the events cost only five dollars, but the cost can...

The Radical Reels Tour comes to Calvin

Maddie Hughey
October 2, 2014

The Radical Reels Tour from the Banff Film Festival is coming to the Covenant Fine Arts Center this Saturday at 7 p.m. The Banff Film Festival is a spring festival that showcases short films dealing with...

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Calvin students to camp on Commons Lawn

Maddie Hughey
September 25, 2014

S’mores, capture the flag and sleeping under the stars are all part of the plan for the Campus Campout happening this Friday night. this type of event is a first in Calvin history. “This is a new...

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Bottle rockets give first-year engineers hands-on experience

Maddie Hughey
September 19, 2014

 Last Friday, students in Engineering 101 kicked off the semester by firing bottle rockets across commons lawn. Their assignment required them to build a rocket capable of flight using nothing but pop...

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