The holiday season is filled with songs, celebration and significant others. What often is done but not too heartily talked about, however, is Advent. According to professor and Director of the Calvin...

Haitian president Jovenel Moïsei was assassinated in July 2021, causing a spike in kidnappings and gang activity in a nation with an already-high crime rate. During this time, 17 U.S. citizen missionaries,...

“Calaveritas,” crucifixes, “cempazúchitl” and candles are set upon “la ofrenda.” Family members return home to take part in multi-generational gatherings. The traditional visit to “el cementerio”...

Sex education in grade school is awkward, eye-opening and varies in quality across the United States. In a study conducted by the National Survey of Family Growth (CDC), 96 percent of female teenagers...

All Calvin students must take at least one religion class to graduate, but only 27.1 percent of these students are CRC. The information divide between students and CRC theology is large, but, according...

Typical college living options consist of dorms or overused old homes. Calvin, however, offers something else: Project Neighborhood. PN is a program that offers upperclassmen living-learning communities...

All unvaccinated students returning to campus this semester were required to undergo screening tests twice — once when they arrived and again 3-5 days later. As of Sept. 3 at 11 a.m., five on-campus...

As vaccine mandates spread across the nation, the demand for vaccine exemptions is on the rise. Fifteen states allow philosophical vaccine exemption, 42 states permit religious exemptions to the vaccine...

Worship on campus is changing … again. In the wake of COVID-19, programs like LOFT and dorm worship won’t be returning to the way upperclassmen knew them. Since last year, Campus Ministries has...

A stage is flanked by students. Five others approach the stage, pick up their instruments and mics and welcome those below them. The night begins by asking everyone to wear their masks and to stand, urging...

With creative counters, local GR bookstore and publishing company, Bakers Book House and Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, are overcoming the economic dip and virtual-formatting transition.  Baker...

After the attack on the Capitol, many Americans heard for the first time about QAnon, the conspiracy theory that holds that the world is run by a group of Satan-worshiping pedophiles who plotted against...

The Barnabi have worked with COVID restrictions all semester, building community while avoiding spread. Following the switch to remote learning, they have to pivot again, connecting to residents scattered...

Pope Francis voiced his support of same-sex civil unions last month. Confusion, celebration and calls for clarification erupted immediately around the world and here at Calvin. “Homosexual people...

Applications are now open for the Jubilee Fellows, a year-long program for 12 students offering an on-campus service component in the fall, a for-credit class in the spring and a 10-week summer ministry...

Politician, singer, songwriter and worship leader at Bethel Church in Redding, CA, Sean Feucht is leading “Let Us Worship” rallies throughout the country in objection to California’s state ban on...

Some students may go entire semesters without setting foot in Calvin’s chapel; this semester, that could be all of us. No longer in person, chapel will be livestreamed every day at 10:00 a.m. The...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year in the U.S. at least 2.8 million people are infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and more than 35,000 people die as a result....

What do the abuse of medical steroids, binary stars and automated navigational systems that could be useful in a post-nuclear fallout have in common?  They were all topics that students at Calvin researched...