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How I Realized I Was (Kind Of) Catholic

Despite my family’s thin connections to Catholicism, as I prepared to leave elementary and graduate to the sixth grade...

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Exploring masculinity in modern culture

When considering issues relating to gender, many make the erroneous assumption that the only real question that matters ...

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Calvin’s archives

From time to time, we like to think what we do will live on in memory. Whether it be a small gesture of an individual or...

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Science writer inspires wonder at natural world

In 1951, a young African American tobacco farmer was admitted into the “colored” ward of Jon Hopkins. To her dismay,...

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National apology to native peoples largely overlooked

As some of you may have already seen in student news, there has been talk recently about the public reading of the natio...

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In Defense of Technology

I do not know if the constant quoting of Henry David Thoreau is, in a way, particularly fixed to my generation, or if he...

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A call to discern: Fun. at Calvin College

Pop culture is a difficult topic here at Calvin. Lots of us believe that part of our duty as citizens of God’s kingdom...

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Spotlight on governance committees

Undoubtedly, the process in which Calvin College is led is complicated. If I wanted to oversimplify it, I could say that...

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Halloween guide 2012

Throughout Grand Rapids, Halloween is celebrated in a multitude of ways. Leading up to Halloween there are hayrides, hau...

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Students spend summers researching at Calvin

Every summer, big questions are being asked and explored through Calvin’s summer research program. Students and facult...