Dialogue reveals new film category
As of this semester, Calvin’s arts and writing journal, Dialogue, will be including a new category for submissions: film. Former editor-in-chief Jack van Allsburg first planted the idea of including...
View ArticleCalvin a model for armed campus safety officers at Christian colleges
Officials at Wheaton College in Illinois are looking to Calvin College as they consider arming their campus safety officers with firearms. Calvin officers have been armed since 2008, and there are...
View ArticleSold-out Dance Guild impresses
Last Friday and Saturday night, the packed CFAC audience erupted in applause as the lights dimmed, signaling the start of this semester’s Dance Guild performances. Dances ranging from Audition Swing,...
View ArticleStudent org spotlight: Food Recovery Network
The average person wastes 4.3 pounds of food a day. Now multiply that by the number of students at Calvin. That’s about 12,900 pounds of food a day wasted by Calvin College students. Most are ignorant...
View ArticleFormer campus safety officer charged with misdemeanor
Lee Swafford, a former Calvin campus safety officer, was arrested and charged with reckless use of a firearm on Wednesday after an incident on Calvin’s campus last November. On the morning of Nov. 26,...
View ArticleLecture encourages a complex nostalgia
In a lecture entitled, “This Is What Men Call God,” guest speaker John Fry from Trinity College delved into Wilder’s life; her relationship with daughter and editor of her manuscript, Rose Wilder Lane...
View ArticleAmway Grand formal attracts students of all grade levels
Over 300 students danced the night away at the Amway Grand formal downtown on Saturday night, March 4. In addition to a mashed potato bar, casino games and a dance floor, a live band entertained the...
View ArticleFaculty senate considers B.S./B.S.C core exemption
Faculty senate is in the throes of debating a new core proposal. This proposal would allow students pursuing a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or a Bachelor of Computer Science (B.C.S) degree to be exempt...
View ArticleCalvin professor produces worship CD
Calvin professor Forrest Wakeman is about to drop his newest contemporary worship album — “Messes to Miracles” — this spring of 2017. The album, which is being produced by Wakeman, features a series of...
View ArticleThe garden house
Behind the leafy green of the Calvin Community Garden lies a quite ordinary looking house. Apart from the candle with the skull on the front doorstep, 3151 Hampshire Avenue could just as well be any...
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