Calvin University Chimes

“Christmas” break was too long

Ethan Meyers, Editor-in-Chief
January 27, 2025

In the last issue of Chimes before break, I opened my article about the restructured winter intensive talking about how many students, including myself, were eager for the break. By the end of the semester,...

Advent: lament and repentance in the holiday season

Michaela Giovannelli, Religion Editor
December 5, 2021

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...

Holiday Season Movie Preview

Nate Hunt
December 13, 2015

With Christmas fast approaching and college kids beginning to make the exodus home in droves, many families will be flocking to theaters over the next several weeks. Here is a preview of some of the most...

Starbucks red cups are not killing Christmas

Katelyn Bosch
November 13, 2015

This week, an Internet movement claimed that Starbucks is killing Christmas. This murder is done via their seasonal red cups, which, up until this year, were adorned with Christmas icons like snowflakes....

Christmas around the world

Hayley Cox
December 11, 2014

This is a derivative work by John Muyskens. Original: Guilherme de Souza Vieira (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Click on a country to navigate. For Christians, Christmas...

Student event discourages consumerism

Kate Parsons
November 20, 2014

Senior Kyle Luck doesn’t want you to buy anything this Christmas. Instead, this Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., he and a group of friends will do something that runs contrary to the consumeristic season...

‘Holiday It Forward’ provides an unconventional method of giving

Angelyn Groenboom
November 14, 2013

For the second consecutive year, community members are making the holiday season brighter by participating in an unusual method of giving based on the honor system. Community members are passing along...

ISAC Christmas Banquet creates warm atmosphere for international students

RaeNosa Hudnell
December 10, 2012

Every year young ladies at Calvin bustle about to find the perfect dress and guys work up the nerve to ask a lady to accompany them to the ISAC Christmas Gala, but most importantly, the students come together...

Handbell Ensemble plays familiar Christmas tunes

Elizabeth Lamoureux
December 5, 2012

At 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 3, Calvin’s Handbell Ensemble geared up again to finish out on a good note. Students could display their skills and talents during their annual Christmas concert. Calvin’s...

Student senate looks to fulfill mission with Operation Christmas Child concert

Justin Vanden Ende
November 14, 2012

What’s better than giving gifts to disadvantaged children around the world? Giving gifts to disadvantaged children while simultaneously attending a concert, of course. Student senate is partnering...