I got an uneasy feeling while standing near the edge of cliffs in West Virginia. Sometimes I was too scared to look over the edge — other times it drew me in like a moth to a porch light. If I stood...

The women’s volleyball team won the MIAA Tournament last weekend. Their opponent for the NCAA Tournament was recently revealed to be Washington University in St. Louis—a rematch of last year’s NCAA...

The women’s volleyball team won their seventh straight match on Wednesday, Oct. 11. They defeated St. Mary’s College 3-0 in straight sets, making it the second time Calvin beat St. Mary’s this season. The...

A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Ferris State was leading by 12 at halftime. The men’s rugby team traveled to Big Rapids on the night of September 29 to play against Ferris...

Let me preface this by saying that one cannot generalize about all of Calvin’s commuters nor all of the students living in the dorms. My opinion on this might differ greatly from yours, and that’s...

After a winter spent indoors, trying their best to simulate a real game, the women’s lacrosse team finally made it outside. Enjoying the Kentucky sun, the team opened up their nonconference schedule...

Facing a week of intense competition and unpredictability, the knights galloped through the paint and ran away with tickets to the NCAA Division III Tournament. By way of winning the MIAA Championship,...

If the men’s basketball team had any gripes over their 20-point home loss to Hope College in late January, they were extinguished last Saturday. It took two halves and an overtime period, but Calvin...

The women’s lacrosse team was picked as the favorites to repeat as MIAA champions, receiving 51 total points and five of the nine available first-place votes. Other spring sports -- including softball,...

The 16th-ranked women’s and 22nd-ranked men’s swimming and diving teams took on Hope College this past Saturday, and both squads left the pool with victories. The 4-2 men’s team won 163-125 and...

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams took third place at the Calvin Invite last Saturday. While some students have been scrambling to piece together their final papers and projects, others...

“This group is one of the hardest working groups we have ever had,” said women’s volleyball head coach Amber Warners said prior to the 2016 season. 92 days, 33 victories and 115 sets later, the...

Few things can burn the coals of a team’s confidence like a good opening night showing to begin the season. For the women’s basketball team, this fuel manifested itself in a 118-18 shellacking of Great...

As of the writing of this article, it has been exactly 264 days since the Calvin men’s basketball team played a regular season game. Last season ended with a heartbreaking four point loss to rival Hope...

The Calvin hockey team is ranked number one in the nation by myhockeyrankings.com behind an undefeated 9-0 record. The first third of the season has been filled with double-digit victories and multiple...

While some students are preparing for midterms and scrambling to find their perfect spring schedule, others are preparing in different ways. There are athletes at Calvin who are still in a celebratory...

This is where theatre and comedy combine into one magnificent display of courageous silliness. The stage is small, but your ambition is big. Wide eyes stare at you hungrily, desperate for you to appeal...

The women’s soccer team faced a tough three game skid after losing to Wheaton College, Olivet College and Hope College. The losses occurred during a period of five days from September 27 through October...

The student organization Gender Equality Now puts on various events throughout the year; their most recent event, the “Clothesline Campaign” aimed for students to be able to interact and use a platform...

The men’s golf team left the fourth MIAA Jamboree of the season with a third place finish at 305 strokes this past Monday, Sept. 26. The tournament was hosted by Calvin, and the wind proved to be quite...

Since the beginning of the season, the women’s volleyball team has steadily risen in rank by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. The team started the season ranked number five, and after a number...

There is no greater rivalry for Calvin athletics than Hope College. One could say that’s an exaggeration, but the men’s basketball rivalry between the two schools was ranked fourth in all of collegiate...

For the fourth straight year, Calvin athletics will be using their events and resources to raise money for the purchase and donation of Malaria nets to help combat one of the world’s most deadly problems. Titled...

Two weeks into the new school year, varsity sports teams at Calvin have once again driven high speed into demanding fall seasons. Many teams are coming off of successful 2015 campaigns, but everyone enters...

The U.S. News & World Report announced its 2017 lists of the best colleges this Tuesday, and Calvin can now boast the number one ranking among regional colleges in the Midwest, tying with Taylor University. Calvin’s...

Returning Calvin students may be used to renewing their student IDs for various reasons. Whether it splits in half, wears to the point of no return or is lost, the reasons for getting a new student ID...

Calvin’s women’s volleyball team entered this season with as much hype as one would expect from a team with various award winning athletes and several national championships. Championships, mind you,...

When I joined Chimes last year I wasn’t sure what to expect. All I knew was that I wanted to write for the newspaper and this guy (the amazing 2014-2015 sports editor, Brian Exner) somehow recruited...

As the joys of finals and the prospects of working at a grocery store over the summer to pay loan debt come upon us, some students may want to sit back and reflect on the year behind them. Calvin athletes...

On April 12 the women’s tennis team defeated Albion College 8-1, ending a two match losing streak. Then on Saturday, April 16, they had another dominating victory against Saint Mary’s College after...

In the past month the men’s lacrosse team has had a couple of close games including a 6-2 loss to Trine University on April 16 and a 15-9 loss to Benedictine University on March 30 — a loss that would...

Through March 28 the baseball team had a 5-10 overall record and began conference play 1-3 after back-to-back doubleheaders against Trine. The team’s spring break trip to Florida saw them start off...

The women’s tennis team traveled to Florida for spring break this year, accumulating four wins and one loss. On March 14 they faced the University of Dubuque and won convincingly, 8-1. The doubles...

The men’s and women’s track and field teams began their outdoor spring season just before spring break. On March 11 and 12 the teams were in Birmingham, Ala., at a meet hosted by Birmingham Southern...

Two weeks ago, the women’s indoor track and field team won their first-ever MIAA Track & Field Championship. A season that so far has included impressive finishes in the Aquinas College Little Meet...

For 13 years he managed the sidelines two or three times a week. Eight times he led teams to the NCAA III Tournament. In the 2014-2015 season his team won a record 30 games. Ten times his team won the...

“I couldn’t be any prouder of the team,” was the sentiment held by men’s and women’s swimming and diving head coach Dan Gelderloos after both teams won the MIAA title two weeks ago. For the women,...

Whether you’re a fan of basketball or not, going to watch Calvin play Hope College in basketball in Van Noord Arena is always exciting. If you’re someone who goes to basketball games regularly at Calvin,...

The Calvin men’s lacrosse team had an underwhelming season last year, and it seems as though they are determined to write a more positive story this season. Last Friday the team traveled to Defiance,...

Having fun while displaying hard work and skill on the court has never been an issue for the men’s volleyball club team. Unfortunately, they don’t get the recognition and support that varsity sports...

The sports of swimming and diving can sometimes be viewed as individualistic to the outside world, but that is far from the case for the men’s and women’s teams at Calvin. Out of eight total colleges...

Calvin opened conference play with back-to-back wins over Kalamazoo College and St. Mary’s College. Their 91-45 victory over St. Mary’s last Saturday gave the team their sixth win overall in seven...

Coming into the 2015 season, the women’s soccer team was predicted to finish fourth in the MIAA Conference. Instead, they finished the regular season as undefeated conference champions. They took...

The beginning of a season is often when sports teams work through growing pains and try to sort out specific issues before they start to take their toll on the team’s growth. For instance, the women’s...

A new year for men’s basketball sparks a new challenge. Many teams attempt to establish an identity, and the coming and going of players is incredibly impactful. Last year’s squad conceded in the...

The women’s soccer team defeated Alma College on Tuesday 4-3 in a double overtime thriller, a win that was overshadowed by an even greater victory. Making waves across the nation in recent years has...

Women’s basketball is ranked sixth in the WDIII News Preseason Top 25 Poll entering this season. Last year the team achieved a 30-1 record en route to an appearance in the national quarterfinals of...

For five decades the voice of Calvin men’s basketball was that of a firm yet kind Doug Wentworth, who passed away two weeks ago. Wentworth devoted his life to the people around him, and his voice in...

For five decades Doug Wentworth called Calvin men’s basketball games. At the age of 79, Wentworth passed away last Saturday. A Wisconsin native, he called his last game in 2014 in a 78-53 win over...

The women’s golf team has failed to place above third place out of 13 schools in their first two tournaments of the season. Their third place finish at the Furniture City Classic in the beginning...

The women’s soccer team has gotten off to a 2-0 start in conference and a 4-2 start overall. Their recent success has seen them execute on offense and defense. In a conference bout at Albion College,...

In an interview with Calvin Sports Information before the season started, Calvin men’s golf head coach Brian Bolt spoke of the year’s bright possibilities: “We have a good mix of returning players,...

After losing seven of eight games, the baseball team headed into the first week of April riding on the confidence of a 12-2 win at Hope. They now hold an 11-15 record overall and have won six of their...

“[The season] is a grind. That’s what our young kids are going to have to figure out,” was the premonition of head coach Tim Syrek earlier in the season, as quoted on CalvinKnights.com in our season...

It’s time to dust off your mitts and prepare your appetite for peanuts and cracker jacks. Allow the fumes of freshly cut grass to overwhelm your senses. Then remember that the baseball season doesn’t...

The 2015 women’s lacrosse team has a good chance to top the conference at the end of the year. Last year the team finished 6-2 in conference and third overall while advancing to the MIAA tournament. “We...

It is time to prepare your ears for the sweet melody of ball meeting bat. The softball season is set to get underway in a few weeks with a team that has a mix of new and veteran players. After a season...

Winning an 11th straight MIAA championship last Saturday, the women’s swimming and diving team has now gone over a decade without surrendering a conference title. The men are proud holders of an MIAA...

At the end of the 2013-2014, Joel Kamstra stepped down from his position as the men’s lacrosse coach after two years as varsity head coach. He will be replaced by Kyle Hofstaedter, a former member of...

"Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters.” This verse, Colossians 3:23, serves as the motto for John Ross, who is the women’s basketball and...

Most people would not have predicted last Saturday’s final score to be as close as it was between a 10-4 Calvin team and 6-8 conference foe Kalamazoo College. The 62-60 final was the result of fast-paced...

The last time we covered the Calvin women’s basketball team, the Knights held a 5-0 record heading into conference play. A little over a month later, the team continues their streak, sporting a 13-0...

As November passes and December comes upon us, the men’s basketball team is enjoying an admirable start to their 2014-2015 season. There are some new faces, but the core team remains. Seniors Jordan...

The chilly November air prompts students to dawn their maroon and gold scarves. To some, this may indicate the approaching Thanksgiving Day holiday; others, however, are reminded that Nike tennis shoes...

The women’s soccer team went up against Albion at home Wednesday. Though the game was heavily contested, the Knights ended up falling to the Britons 3-2. The Knights were winning 2-0 at one point...

The Calvin men’s golf team qualified for the MIAA's four-team NCAA III spring qualifying tournament for the third consecutive year. This is on the heels of a season in which the Knights finished third...

Calvin’s men and women’s cross country teams travelled to Kalamazoo this past Saturday, and both teams left with a first place finish. After accumulating only 29 points of their own, the men finished...

The Calvin women’s volleyball team won their fourth straight match last Saturday at home against Trine University. The Knights won in straight sets behind the force of sophomore Laura Danhoff and junior...

Calvin’s men and women’s cross country teams travelled to Kalamazoo this past Saturday, and both teams left with a first place finish. After accumulating only 29 points of their own, the men finished...

The Calvin men’s golf team traveled to Kalamazoo for the fourth MIAA Jamboree of the season on Monday, September 22. The team finished in fourth place with a total team score of 308 strokes. The Knights...