Chimes reassembled our staff this week, fresh from interim break and trips around the world, ready for another semester of writing and editing and keeping Calvin informed.
This spring, we’re making...
Even print newspapers can embrace in the 21st century. It was a big step forward for Chimes when we updated and modernized our website in 2012, and this week we’re excited to announce another milestone:...
Okay, bear with me for three minutes as I talk about vocation.
We’re all sick of hearing about it — for at least two reasons. First, no one at this school can shut up about it, and second, it sends...
It’s a rough time for journalism right now. The White House has attacked the credibility of publications like The New York Times and The Washington Post, and our president has called the press “the...
I don’t know what to say right now. I’m angry, sad, scared and exhausted. I’m writing this on the day after the election, and I’ve spent all day with people who don’t know what to say, who hadn’t...
The following is the opinion of the Chimes editorial staff. It is not necessarily representative of the views of Calvin College or of the Christian Reformed Church.
In a statement published online...
This summer, I read Diarmaid MacCulloch’s massive book “Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years.” It was full of names I didn’t know and don’t remember, theological debates I didn’t really...
Calvin’s arts and humanities departments are getting used to unpleasant emails. Due to faculty buyouts and eliminated majors, students and faculty in these departments have lost colleagues, resources...
Technically, Chimes is a student organization. To put it simply, that means we are run by students, for students. We have advisors, committees and funding that keep us running and operating above board....
My family used to eat out a lot.
Or at least, part of me remembers that. I know that at some point, a long time ago in a state far, far away, we were living in a time of plenty. But I remember the day...
All I learned at Calvin, I learned at Chimes.
Of course that’s not true. But Chimes was the place where learning became action and where theory became practice. After four years, 75+ articles, countless...
Around two years ago at this time I received an email from then editor-in-chief Ryan Struyk which would forever alter my Calvin experience. If I recall it correctly, it was a simple letter of encouragement...
