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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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It will take more than a gunshot wound to keep Professor Bruce Berglund out of class

Amelia Sterenberg
February 26, 2016

On the night of Wednesday, Feb. 17, Calvin history professor and Honors Program director Bruce Berglund was shot during an armed robbery while walking with his wife in their Alger Heights neighborhood. Shortly...

Editorial: A tragically familiar story

Kate Parsons
April 16, 2015

_____, an unarmed black man, was shot and killed last week by _____, a white officer. This was the headline last week when police officer Michael Slager shot Walter Scott eight times in the back. It...

Editorial: We mourn with those who mourn

Lauren De Haan
April 9, 2015

Last week, 147 Kenyan women and men, most of them students, were slaughtered in the dormitory of their college. At our own college, we should be reeling. We should be devastated. So often, the tragedies...

Ferris State and Michigan State dealing with aftermath of student shootings

Grace Ruiter
February 13, 2014

A shooting in the parking lot of a Ferris State University apartment complex left one student injured in the early morning hours of Saturday, Feb. 1. After a daylong search, culminating in a parking lot...

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Students hold prayer vigil after Kenya mall shooting

Angline Jeronica Andrews
October 2, 2013

Calvin's community gathered Monday evening on commons lawn for a vigil held in honor of victims of the terrorist attacks in Kenya. More than 150 students, faculty, alumni and community members united for...

Kenyan Calvin students respond to Nairobi terrorist attack

Connor Sterchi
September 26, 2013

Last Saturday’s terrorist attack at Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya left at least 61 civilians dead and has had reverberations across the world. Calvin students from Kenya have felt the effects of the...

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