My life is full of last things right now. Last week I completed my last layout night with Chimes. Last week I led my last meeting with Chimes. This week also contained my last day of classes. The last...

Sally Vander Ploeg, vice president for finance and administration, has made it known that she plans to retire from her full-time position and transition to a part-time role in order to spend more time...

A message written in sticky notes in a window of BHT.

This past weekend I went to Minneapolis with a small group of Chimes staff to attend the Best of the Midwest ACP Journalism Conference. It was an enriching experience that helped us to shake off the weariness...

Snow outside of the library.

Finals are upon us and the pressure is on. Stress is high, and time is short. But the end is near. It may only be the end of the fall semester, but at least there will be a long break that includes Christmas....

As Thanksgiving approaches the biggest thing I am thankful for in this moment is the break we’re going to be on for three whole days. And this break is all the more satisfying because Chimes will not...

  Calvin students and political science faculty watched the votes coming in at an election watch party hosted by the political science department. Students came and went, watching the the three...

If you were a regular reader of Chimes last year you might have been familiar with the editorials from Josh Parks, last year’s editor-in-chief. As a music student and violin player he often drew upon...

Over the summer, former director of the Festival of Faith & Writing (FFW) Lisa Ann Cockrel left her position after four years’ work in directing the 2016 and 2018 Festivals, among other projects....

The Board of Trustees (BOT) approved Vision 2030 last May, which led to the announcement that Calvin would become a university by 2020. The Vision 2030 statement says that “by 2030, Calvin will become...

Russ Bloem, the current vice president of enrollment, has decided to retire from his position at the end of the 2018 spring semester. He has agreed to stay on until a new vice president has been hired....

Professor Jesse Holcomb was hired to teach journalism, digital media and communication at Calvin College in the spring of 2017 and began his work last fall. In addition to teaching he serves as the advisor...

The Spin bikes that remain on campus are grouped together in the corner of the courtyard between Jonny's Cafe and Commons Annex.

Calvin’s 2018 Day 10 Report was released by Calvin’s enrollment management team this past Wednesday, Sept. 26. The Day 10 Report is the annual enrollment report that provides data on Calvin’s fall...

For 28 years, the Festival of Faith & Writing has invited writers to add to the conversation of Christian literature. Hundreds upon hundreds of writers have come to Calvin’s campus and shared their...

For the first time ever, a temporary Madcap cafe will be added to the list of vendors for the Festival this year. Lisa Ann Cockrel, the director of the festival, has made hospitality central to the...

Updated: 3/29/18, 7:07 a.m. Calvin has one of the largest intramural programs for colleges of similar size. In an academic year as many as 4,000 names are put on rosters. More than 28 percent of Calvin’s...

The campus safety emergency alert system sent out three campus-wide emails on Friday, March 2, in response to reports of a shooting on the campus of Central Michigan University (CMU). James Eric Davis...

The sun shines off the reluctantly melting snow, and spring finally attempts to show itself. Students make their way along the cleared and salted paths, their salt-stained shoes testifying that they have...

It has been noted many times over that women are the minority in the world of tech. This is known and talked about often. Despite it being a well-known fact, the problem doesn’t seem to be improving,...

Calvin is currently considering the question of whether to remain a comprehensive liberal arts college or become a “liberal arts university.” This is one of four questions framing Calvin’s current...

If you’ve ever been in the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex, you might have noticed the large wall that rises up from the lower lobby to be the front-and-center view of the complex. What you might not know...

Everyone is at least somewhat aware that the Calvin campus contains an art gallery. Hopefully they know where it is. They might have even gone inside, and looked at the works of art that hang from the...

The course your life will take depends heavily on the four years you spend in college. College is where many of the biggest decisions of your life are made. When compared to an entire lifespan, college...

The CFAC was filled as a large crowd came together to see the talent that Calvin College had to offer. Singers, dancers, musicians and even an improv act mounted the stage in an attempt to prove Calvin’s...

Anyone who attends Calvin knows there is much more to the college than meets the eye. While the campus itself is welcoming with its towering trees and wide Commons Lawn, there are also the challenging...

Any student of Calvin College has probably been invited to one retreat or another. Dorm retreats might be the most common, but there are many student organizations and teams who also hold retreats for...

Every student who's graduated high school has written papers of various sorts. In college, these papers come more abundantly and with added challenges. There are those who have never had much of an issue...

For most of the freshmen and sophomore students at Calvin, campus means home. First- and second- year students are primarily students who live in the dorms. However, there is a small population of Calvin...