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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

Calvin's Ultimate Frisbee club team

Club sports at Calvin: Women’s rugby, ultimate frisbee and club soccer

Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter
November 4, 2024

Club sports offer students the chance to grow and compete against other colleges without the commitment that traditional National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) varsity sports require. According...

Spectators cheer on Calvin's football team at their first official game.

Football is here!

Inaugural season underway for football
Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter
September 9, 2024

Two years after the announcement of a football program back in 2022, Calvin’s football team starts its inaugural season this fall. Last year, the Knights roster consisted of 62 players. After two years...

Calvin Women’s Volleyball sets themselves up for a strong season

Dillion Baumchen, Sports Reporter
September 12, 2023

Only four games into their season, Calvin’s women's volleyball team has already claimed a series of wins, in part due to the leadership of veteran upperclassmen on and off the court. The team, which...

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Student Organization Spotlight: Calvin Sports Management Club

Sam Ipema
April 24, 2016

“This semester we decided to bring something new to the table with student organizations at Calvin,” said Eric Brower, president of the newly founded Sports Management Club. “A group of six of us...

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Men and Women’s Cross Country Finish First

Mark Peless
October 14, 2014

Calvin’s men and women’s cross country teams travelled to Kalamazoo this past Saturday, and both teams left with a first place finish. After accumulating only 29 points of their own, the men finished...

The Radical Reels Tour comes to Calvin

Maddie Hughey
October 2, 2014

The Radical Reels Tour from the Banff Film Festival is coming to the Covenant Fine Arts Center this Saturday at 7 p.m. The Banff Film Festival is a spring festival that showcases short films dealing with...

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Calvin comes up big in several athletic events

Brian Exner
September 18, 2014

Four Calvin teams came up with big performances last weekend to improve their records. Women’s Cross Country When the top three Calvin runners finished 1-2-3, the prospect of winning the Knight Invite...

First Week Recap

First Week Recap

Brian Exner
September 4, 2014

Calvin athletics opened the year with six wins, a second-place finish and a third-place finish in ten events last week.  Both the men’s and women’s soccer and golf teams, as well as the volleyball...

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This Summer in Calvin Athletics

Brian Exner
September 4, 2014

Although school wasn't in session, Calvin’s athletes kept busy this summer. When they weren’t taking in big sporting events, such as the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the Manchester United vs. Real Madrid game...

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Highlights from Calvin’s sports season

Jacob Kuyvenhoven
May 8, 2014

The sports season is not actually over (shout out to baseball in the MIAA Tournament and the track athletes going to nationals), but this will be the last print issue for Chimes this year, so I will offer...

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