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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

Sadie Burgher

Sadie Burgher, Science and Technology Editor

Sadie Burgher is utterly tickled to be making her Chimes debut as the Science and Technology editor. She is a half-Ecuadorian native of Montgomery, Alabama, and is double majoring in Writing and Environmental Studies with a focus in Geography. In addition to editing for Chimes this year, she is also serving a Resident Assistant in the Knollcrest East apartments and as a Hudson-Townsend Fellow in the Calvin Center for Faith and Writing. Throughout the past three years at Calvin, her love of traveling has been extravagantly fed through study abroad trips to Hawaii, Montana, and New Zealand; reading, yoga, and hiking are among other favorite activities on which she spends her elusive free time. Top items on Sadie’s bucket list include skydiving, visiting every country in South America, eating at a Michelin starred restaurant, seeing a Southern Right Whale in the wild, and raising a flock of heritage breed chickens and ducks.

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Accident leads to discovery of plastic eating worms

Sadie Burgher
May 5, 2017

Many of the world’s greatest scientific breakthroughs happened in laboratories, but every so often, curious discoveries are fueled by chance. A recent example of such a discovery — caterpillars who...

New app provides resources to survivors of sexual assault

Sadie Burgher
April 21, 2017

"One in five women and one in 16 men are sexually assaulted while in college,” according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Such statistics may seem unbelievable to some, but to survivors...

Photo courtesy Jason Van Horn.

Lunar sample departs Dice Museum

Sadie Burgher
February 17, 2017

After a 90-day stay in the Bruce Dice Mineralogical Museum, the lunar sample on loan from NASA’s Lunar Collection will depart from Calvin College. Weighing in at less than 5 ounces and collected on...

Earthquake devastates Kaikoura, New Zealand

Sadie Burgher
January 11, 2017

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand on Nov. 14, with the small, coastal town of Kaikoura receiving the maximum, highly destructive release of energy, affecting both residents...

Bruce Dice Mineralogical Museum acquiring a moon rock

Sadie Burgher
October 22, 2016

On November 19, Dr. Renee Sparks, a professor of geology at Calvin, will bring us the moon. Through a program administered by NASA’s Lunar Collection, museums are able to apply for short-term loans...

“Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” a so-so outing for director Tim Burton

Sadie Burgher
October 14, 2016

Since early childhood, Jake’s grandfather Abe regaled him with fantastical tales of his adolescence spent battling massive, tentacled monsters and living at “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,”...

‘Five-second rule’ debunked

Sadie Burgher
October 5, 2016

The journal of the American Society of Microbiology has released a report claiming that the notion of the ‘five-second rule,’ a popular idea that food remains mostly germ-free in the first five seconds...

Giraffes no longer a single species

Sadie Burgher
October 5, 2016

A new study published in “Current Biology” reveals that giraffes should be separated into four different species, not one, as was previously thought. Currently, giraffes are all considered members...

Larger sea creatures at greater risk of extinction

Sadie Burgher
September 16, 2016

A new study published in “Science” reveals that the greater the size of a sea creature, the greater the chances are of it becoming extinct. As one might expect, human action, especially fishing, is...

iOS 10 renders some Apple devices temporarily useless

Sadie Burgher
September 16, 2016

On Sept. 13, Apple experienced a huge release, with both iOS 10 and macOS Sierra becoming available for download.   During the first hour of the release, a number of users experienced temporarily bricked...

New Zealand glaciers no longer suitable for hiking

Sadie Burgher
September 8, 2016

Due to rapid and excessive melting, the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers on the South Island of New Zealand are now closed to hikers, ending a century-old traditional trek. Located on the west coast and...

World’s deepest blue hole discovered in China

Sadie Burgher
September 8, 2016

The world’s deepest known blue hole has been discovered near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.   Chinese locals have dubbed it the Dragon Hole, and at a depth of 987 feet (300.89 meters),...

Calvin students travel to D.C. to advocate on mass incarceration

Sadie Burgher
May 7, 2015

On April 17, a group of 20 Calvin students set out for Washington, D.C. to attend Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) and to tell legislators what they thought about key issues. EAD is an annual gathering...

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