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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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Japanese Culture rolls in to Campus

Courtney Zonnefeld
May 7, 2016

Kimonos. Calligraphy. Sushi. Martial arts. Last Friday, Calvin’s annual Japanese Cultural Celebration brought these tastes of Asia to the Commons Annex Lecture Hall, introducing over 75 participants...

Calvin is introducing the Sustainability Fellows in Fall 2023.

Restoration efforts by Plaster Creek Stewards recognized on global scale

Jon Gorter
November 20, 2014

The Calvin College-based group Plaster Creek Stewards received global recognition and a top award last week at a conference in Okayama, Japan. At the Global Conference on Education for Sustainable Development,...

Review: Party Worker

Jonathan Hielkema
November 6, 2014

As Bambu tells it, he became politicized while on tour, not as an artist, but deployed as a soldier in Okinawa, Japan. As a Filipino, he was taken aback when he heard about Filipino sex workers servicing...

Effects of Japanese tsunami still clear two years later

Julia Gho
March 13, 2013

Two years ago, Japan was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which was followed by a tsunami. Now, two years later, Japan prepares for the memorial of the second anniversary of the disaster in which...

Dispute over island ownership creates tension between Japan and China

Paulina Heule
September 26, 2012

Located in the East China Sea between Okinawa and Taiwan lies a group of islands creating economic and nationalistic disputes between China and Japan. With yearly trade between the two Asian superpowers...

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