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Calvin University's official student newspaper since 1907

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

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Calvin implements college-wide effort to increase student retention

Josh Parks
December 3, 2015

Each year, about 130 first-time students decide not to return for a second year at Calvin. In an effort to reduce this number, the president’s office has identified improving first-to-second-year retention...

Inside out of a freshmen’s head

Dana Drosdick
September 26, 2015

If there’s any time when the little panel of emotions is going crazy in your head, it’s freshman year of college. With new people, classes and basically a new life, our brains are busy trying to process...

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You can’t do it all (and that’s okay)

Kate Parsons
August 28, 2014

Three years ago this week, I was an incoming freshman, and I was going to do it all. There was always something else I could add to my schedule, crammed between the full course load, two or three jobs,...

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