Articles by Ryan Struyk

Ryan Struyk

Ryan Struyk is the Chimes online editor for the 2012-13 school year. He's a junior studying math and political science, with minors in journalism and music in worship. Being a journalist means being both student and teacher of the world, and that’s why his job is the best one out there.

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Psychology’s Julie Yonker named professor of the year by class of 2013

When Libby Parker’s dad passed away her freshman year, she found support in an unexpected place — her psychology...

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Kuenzi, Smit elected with 71 percent of vote after last-minute campaign falls short

Juniors David Kuenzi and Alicia Smit won the student senate executive team race with 71 percent of the vote Friday after...

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Four candidates running for three cabinet positions in senate elections

UPDATE (Friday at 12:57 a.m.): This page previously included the candidacy of Andrew Harris, who withdrew from the race ...

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‘Calvin Crush’ Twitter feed ends, became ‘too time-consuming’

The @CalvinCrush Twitter feed that made headlines earlier this week has decided to end, according to tweets from the acc...

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‘Calvin College Confessions’ and ‘Crush’ go viral, college warns students

We’ve been getting emails and Facebook messages from students all day about these pages. Check out this story to...

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Calvin becomes fifth ‘StormReady’ Christian college in United States

The National Weather Service named Calvin a ‘StormReady’ campus Wednesday afternoon, making Calvin the fifth Christi...

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Senate passes spending $5,000 on picnic tables, but senators split

This article has been corrected. See below for details. Student senate voted to spend almost $5,000 on putting three pic...

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#WeAreCalvin winners announced, results to be sent to administration

Senior Drew Sikkema’s photo of Calvin’s student section during the women’s volleyball national finals game took ho...

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Student senate adds third cabinet-level position before elections

One month before next year’s student senate elections, senators voted to add a third cabinet position, the vice presid...

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Report points to building projects as primary source of financial troubles

Confused? Check out our infographic explaining what happened. Calvin’s method of financing construction projects signi...