Calvin-Parents - Monday, March 17, 2008 - Volume 5: No. 11
 
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We are thankful for God's protection and grace over spring break travel these past nine days and pray that God will continue to bless our students, faculty and community as the work of the spring semester resumes today. We are thankful for God's protection and grace over spring break travel these past nine days and pray that God will continue to bless our students, faculty and community as the work of the spring semester resumes today. The Calvin Orchestra, directed by Robert Nordling, returned safely from a spring tour to the northeastern U.S. Photos from the Orchestra's tour are posted on the Music Department Web site. Over one hundred Calvin students participated in service-learning trips in Boston, MA; Rehoboth, NM; Pittsburgh, PA; Knoxville, TN; Kansas City, MO; Dulac, LA; Boothville, LA; and Houma, LA. And spring sports teams took advantage of southern climes for a week of competition and camaraderie with baseball and softball teams in Arizona, tennis teams in Florida and the track and field teams in Alabama.




Calvin's E-Payment Web siteIt is convenient for students (and parents!) to make payments towards Tuition and Miscellaneous Charges Accounts by safely submitting online checks. With a bank account number, bank routing number, and student ID number online payments can be made from Financial Service's E-Payment Web site. After submitting a payment, a confirmation or rejection email will be sent within 20 minutes of the initiation of payment. If you believe your payment may not have been processed correctly, please wait to receive an email before resubmitting a payment. If you are still unsure a payment has been processed please contact the Financial Services Office at finserv@calvin.edu or 616-526-6127.




Buy your student a 2008 Prism yearbook for the low price of $27. Prism is the only publication that captures the spirit of an entire year at Calvin College.Buy your student a 2008 Prism yearbook for the low price of $27. Prism is the only publication that captures the spirit of an entire year at Calvin College. Your student will look up past classmates, remember the professors that inspired them, relive the big game moments, and read copy written by students, staff, and professors across campus about life at Calvin College in 2008. To order by credit card call 1-866-287-3096 or visit the Herff Jones Web site and use order number 12615. Orders must be received be March 31. All yearbooks will be shipped to the address given. All sales are final. Contact prism@calvin.edu with any questions. Yearbooks will be shipped out Fall of 2008.




Stations of the CrossAs we anticipate the events of Holy Week there are a number of opportunities for worship. The Stations of the Cross will be open all day in the College Chapel Sanctuary, Monday - Thursday, March 17-20. This practice of traveling the events of the final hours of Jesus' life will take the place of our usual 10:00 am worship time. Students have been invited to consider making an appointment for a time to enter the Stations of the Cross. On Maundy Thursday, March 20, Woodlawn CRC invites Calvin students to join them at their Lord's Supper service at 7:30 pm in the College Chapel. Following that communion service, Calvin students will host a "Meditation in the Garden," with readings and music to meditate upon Christ's prayers and betrayal in the Garden of Gethsemane. It will be held in the Chapel Choir Room, 8:30-11:00 pm. On Good Friday, March 21, we will hold our annual Tenebrae Service in the Fine Arts Center at 11:00 am. See the news item below regarding Good Friday.




Pizza and a Movie is featured this year as one of the seasonal treats and is included in the "Year of Treats" packages; it will be delivered to students on March 25. If you would like to order this scheduled seasonal treat for March 25 delivery, the order deadline in March 20. The popular Pizza and a Movie treat features a certificate for a large, two-topping pizza, which can be delivered (or for dine-in, carry-out) at a time of your student's choosing. This treat also includes a Blockbuster© gift card and a bag of microwavable popcorn. Pizza and a Movie is featured this year as one of the seasonal treats and is included in the "Year of Treats" packages; it will be delivered to students on March 25. If you would like to order this scheduled seasonal treat for March 25 delivery, the order deadline in March 20. Of course, P&AM can also be ordered for your student at anytime for any occasion!




Tenebrae: A Service of Shadows for Good FridayIn observance of Good Friday, classes will not be held this week on Friday, March 21, and all administrative offices of the college will be closed. Tenebrae: A Service of Shadows for Good Friday, will be held in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium at 11:00 am. This service of shadows is a prolonged meditation on the suffering of Christ. Readings trace the story of Christ's passion, music portrays his pathos, and silence and darkness suggest the drama of this momentous event. Parents and family members are invited to participate in this important tradition, at Calvin and throughout the world, as Christians remember the power of Christ’s sacrifice for our salvation.




Beginning in mid-March each returning student is asked to submit information about their current health insurance coverage through their KnightVision account. The verification process must be completed by April 15th. Beginning in mid-March each returning student is asked to submit information about their current health insurance coverage through their KnightVision account. The verification process must be completed by April 15th. Students are given the opportunity to enroll in or waive out of Calvin's KnightCare student health insurance plan for the 2008-2009 school year. Students who choose to waive out of KnightCare must be prepared to answer questions about their current health insurance coverage. Some students will need to obtain this information from a parent or guardian. Students who enroll in the plan and students who do not fill out a waiver form will have charges posted to their miscellaneous accounts in May. Plan coverage begins August 15, 2008 and expires on August 15, 2009. Please direct questions to Kelly Moore or Rachel VanSchepen; 616-526-6568 or health@calvin.edu. For additional information about student health insurance please visit the Health Services Web site.


Weekend-hapsThis weekly feature of Calvin-Parents attempts to showcase student life events--movies, concerts, weekend events, etc.--by highlighting links to the student Web resources below:
•  “Weekend-haps” (this past weekend!)
•  Student Activities (SAO) Web site
•  Campus Calendar
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NOTE: If you read the “Weekend-haps” Web site on a Monday, please note that this is a listing of events that took place during the weekend prior. This site is typically updated with upcoming weekend events every Thursday.



Calvin's on-campus institutes study specific intersections between Christian faith and culture, including worship, politics, pedagogy and business. They sponsor seminars such as the Symposium on Worship and the Arts, which annually brings 1,400 people to campus and produce books like "Serving the Claims of Justice," the compilation of writings from former Calvin professor and U.S. Congressman Paul Henry. A Calvin education calls and equips students to be agents of renewal in God's world. In the words of the Calvin Mission Statement: "We pursue intellectual efforts to explore our world's beauty, speak to its pain, uncover our own faithlessness, and proclaim the healing that God offers in Jesus Christ. We strive to embrace the best insights of Christian life and reflection; engage issues in the intellectual and public spheres; and enrich faith by the heritage of the past and the discoveries of today." Calvin's on-campus institutes study specific intersections between Christian faith and culture, including worship, politics, pedagogy and business. They sponsor seminars such as the Symposium on Worship and the Arts, which annually brings 1,400 people to campus and produce books like "Serving the Claims of Justice," the compilation of writings from former Calvin professor and U.S. Congressman Paul Henry. For more information visit the Calvin Distinctives Web site.

Campus Events: You Are Invited!


Calvin KnightsFor information about athletic events visit the Sports Information Web site. Need Calvin sports results fast? Call the Calvin sports hotline at 616-526-6522 for current sports updates. You can also sign up for the Calvin Sports-Report, a free e-mail bulletin notifying Calvin sports fans of current sports news.




Calvin College is pleased to announce these upcoming concerts and events:
•  - Tuesday, March 25 at 7:30 pm - (Fine Arts Center Auditorium; tickets not required)
•  - Saturday, March 29 at 4:00 pm (Calvin Chapel; tickets not required)
•  - Saturday, March 29 at 8:00 pm (Fine Arts Center Auditorium; tickets are required. Calvin Box Office, 616-526-6282)
Student Recital, sping 2007•  - Saturday, April 5 at 2:00 pm (Calvin Chapel; tickets not required)
•  - Saturday, April 5 at 4:00 pm (Calvin Chapel; tickets not required)
•  - Tuesday, April 8 at 7:30 pm (Fine Arts Center Auditorium; tickets not required)
•  - Friday, April 11 at 8:00 pm (Calvin Chapel; tickets not required)
•  - Saturday, April 12 at 2:00 pm (Calvin Chapel; tickets not required)
•  - Saturday, April 12 at 4:00 pm (Calvin Chapel; tickets not required)




From March 17 - April 19 the Center Art Gallery presents "Beauty of the Spirit: Paintings and Illustrations by Kadir Nelson," an exhibition held in conjunction with the Festival of Faith and Writing. Kadir Nelson is a renowned African American artist and illustrator whose work has a poetic and narrative quality that focuses on the integrity of the human spirit.From March 17 - April 19 the Center Art Gallery presents "Beauty of the Spirit: Paintings and Illustrations by Kadir Nelson," an exhibition held in conjunction with the Festival of Faith and Writing. Kadir Nelson is a renowned African American artist and illustrator whose work has a poetic and narrative quality that focuses on the integrity of the human spirit. He recently illustrated "Henry’s Freedom Box," which won the 2008 Caldecott Honor, and "Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom," which won the 2007 Caldecott Honor and the 2007 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award. An opening reception and book signing will be held on Friday, April 18 at 6:30-8:30 pm in the Center Art Gallery. The barrier-free Center Art Gallery, located on the lower level of the Spoelhof College Center, is open 9:00 to 9:00 on Monday through Thursday, 9:00 - 5:00 on Friday, and noon to 4:00 pm on Saturday. There is no admission charge.




All are welcome to this and other Noontime Series programs sponsored by CALL (Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning); tickets are not required. Todd and Marilyn Farley, Calvin Mime Guild, and Mimeistry's Triflections bring new freshness through the art of mime to the infinite truths of the birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection of our Lord. This Noontime series event will be held in Calvin's Fine Arts Center auditorium from noon to 1:00 pm. All are welcome to this and other Noontime Series programs sponsored by CALL (Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning); tickets are not required. Todd and Marilyn Farley, Calvin Mime Guild, and Mimeistry's Triflections bring new freshness through the art of mime to the infinite truths of the birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection of our Lord. This Noontime series event will be held in Calvin's Fine Arts Center auditorium from noon to 1:00 pm.




The Calvin Alumni Association Grand Rapids Area Chapter will host its next edition of Calvin Around Town at the newly restored headquarters of ICCF, the Inner City Christian Federation, located at 920 Cherry Street in Grand Rapids. You are cordially invited to attend. The Calvin Alumni Association Grand Rapids Area Chapter will host its next edition of Calvin Around Town at the newly restored headquarters of ICCF, the Inner City Christian Federation, located at 920 Cherry Street in Grand Rapids. You are cordially invited to attend. The event will take place from 6:30-9:00 pm on Thursday evening, March 27. The fee is $10 per person and includes an hor d'oeuvre and dessert buffet. For additional information call 616-526-6142 or visit the Calvin Around Town Web site.




The Thursday, April 3 program features filmmaker Clint Denn who will present "Prague to Paris, and a Cruise." All Passport to Adventure programs are presented in the Calvin Fine Arts Auditorium at 7:30 pm. The Passport to Adventure Travel Series features professional, full-color films with live commentary by the filmmakers. The Thursday, April 3 program features filmmaker Clint Denn who will present "Prague to Paris, and a Cruise." All Passport to Adventure programs are presented in the Calvin Fine Arts Auditorium at 7:30 pm. Tickets are required; contact the Calvin Box Office at 616-526-6282. Passport to Adventure is a public, non-profit activity under the sponsorship of the Calvin Academy for Lifelong Learning (CALL).




Dance Guild performanceDance Guild will present its spring performance on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12 at 8:00 pm in the Fine Arts Center Auditorium. This annual event is well-attended so be sure to get your tickets now! Tickets are $3 each and are available through the Calvin Box Office; 616-526-6282.




Calvin parents, families and friends are invited to participate in the 5K Spring Classic on Saturday, April 26. Calvin parents, families and friends are invited to participate in the 5K Spring Classic on Saturday, April 26. In past years several out-of-state families participated and made a fun family weekend of this annual event! There is a 5K Run/Walk scheduled to begin at 8:30 am. A Family Fun Run for kids ages 12 and under (and anyone else who wants to join in the fun) is scheduled for 9:15 am, immediately following the Run/Walk. All kids 12 & under that register for the Fun Run will receive a race t-shirt, race number and runner packet. All ages are welcome to participate, so bring your mom, dad, grandma and grandpa! And, when your fun run is over, there will be prizes and cash give-a-ways in the gym for all registered race participants. For more information visit the 5K Spring Classic Web site.




Glenn Bulthuis, a 1977 Calvin grad and "Calvin Rock-n-Roll Icon" for the past thirty years, will perform with his band, the Tonedeafs, at the historic Ladies Literary Club (61 Sheldon SE) in downtown Grand Rapids on May 2 and 3. Show times are at 8:00 pm on both nights. Glenn Bulthuis, a 1977 Calvin grad and "Calvin Rock-n-Roll Icon" for the past thirty years, will perform with his band, the Tonedeafs, at the historic Ladies Literary Club (61 Sheldon SE) in downtown Grand Rapids on May 2 and 3. Show times are at 8:00 pm on both nights. These shows are billed as "CD Release Parties" for the upcoming "Greatest Hits" CD that will be coming out this spring. Tickets go on sale beginning today, March 17, through the Calvin Box Office, 616-526-6282. To learn more about this event and Glenn and his band, visit the Glenn Bulthuis Home Page.



Conferences, Workshops, Lectures



Carol Jacobsen will present clips from her films narrated by women in Michigan prisons, and discuss her role as a filmmaker. Dr. Jacobsen is the Director of the Michigan Women's Justice & Clemency Project, a nonprofit effort working to free women wrongly convicted, due to the fact they killed their abusers in self-defense but did not receive fair trials.A lecture entitled "Women in Michigan Prisons: Clemency, Human Rights and Wrongful Convictions" will be held Tuesday March 18, at 3:30 pm, Alumni Association Board Room (upper Commons Annex). Carol Jacobsen will present clips from her films narrated by women in Michigan prisons, and discuss her role as a filmmaker. Dr. Jacobsen is the Director of the Michigan Women's Justice & Clemency Project, a nonprofit effort working to free women wrongly convicted, due to the fact they killed their abusers in self-defense but did not receive fair trials. The Michigan Women's Justice & Clemency Project also protests rape, torture and other atrocities occurring in Michigan women's prisons today. Carol Jacobsen is Professor of Art, Women's Studies, American Culture, and Human Rights at the University of Michigan. This event is sponsored by the Department of Sociology and Social Work.



Rev. Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige, Dean of Multicultural Affairs at Calvin College, will speak on "The Faith of our Mothers: Black Women's Jesus, White Women's Christ" on Tuesday, March 18 at 3:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall. This event is sponsored by the Gender Studies Minor program. Rev. Dr. Michelle Loyd-Paige, Dean of Multicultural Affairs at Calvin College, will speak on "The Faith of our Mothers: Black Women's Jesus, White Women's Christ" on Tuesday, March 18 at 3:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall. This event is sponsored by the Gender Studies Minor program.





Terence CuneoThe Philosophy@Calvin Lecture Series continues on Thursday, March 20 with Terence Cuneo, Calvin College/University of Vermont speaking on "Conditional Moral Vegetarianism." This lecture begins at 3:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall.




On Tuesday, March 25 Dr. Alice Dreger will present a lecture on "Intersex in Theory, Life, and Practice" at 3:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall. Alice Dreger is Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. Think everyone is born just-male or just-female? Think again. On Tuesday, March 25 Dr. Alice Dreger will present a lecture on "Intersex in Theory, Life, and Practice" at 3:30 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall. Alice Dreger is Associate Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago. This talk will cover the basics of "intersex," a term used when someone is born with a sex anatomy that doesn't fit the standards from males or females. We'll consider the biological facts of sex development, the recent history of the medical treatment of disorders of sex development, and the reasons for (and successes of) the intersex rights movement. The speaker is a medical historian, ethicist, and patient advocate with over a decade of national intersex activism to her name. She has appeared as an expert on many programs, including the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, CNN International, NPR, and the BBC. This event is sponsored by the Gender Studies Minor program.




Dr. Stephan LintonDr. Stephan Linton, visiting associate of the Korean Institute at Harvard University, will provide the following as The Inaugural Lectures of the Korean Lectureship:
•  What Should Christians Do about North Korea? - Wednesday, March 26 at 3:30 pm, Meeter Center Lecture Hall
•  Why Should Koreans Care about North Korea? - Thursday, March 27 at 3:30 pm, Calvin Seminary Auditorium

This lectureship is cosponsored by the Asian Studies Program at Calvin College & the Nagel Institute.




The annual Paul Henry Lecture, featuring Dean Koldenhoven, former mayor of Palos Heights, Illinois and 2002 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award will be at 7:30 pm on March 31, 2008 in the Prince Conference Center.The annual Paul Henry Lecture, featuring Dean Koldenhoven, former mayor of Palos Heights, Illinois and 2002 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award will be at 7:30 pm on March 31, 2008 in the Prince Conference Center. In 2000, plans to purchase a vacant Christian church and open a mosque in the Chicago suburb of Palos Heights was met with extensive opposition from the community and city council. Mayor Koldenhoven took a stand within his community in support of the Al Salam Mosque Foundation, condemning bigotry and religious intolerance toward the Islamic community. He was subsequently defeated in his bid for relection in 2001. In 2002, Koldenhoven received the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award for political courage and public service. When asked how he decided to take his controversial stand in the community, Koldenhoven replied "I learned in grammar school about the First Amendment in which the first part of it says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" and Jesus command in the Bible when he says to "love your neighbor." The decision was easy." The lecture is free and open to the public.




John Witte, Jr.Calvin College will host a symposium with two internationally-acclaimed scholars who have a very different story to tell about religion and human rights. John Witte, Jr. (right) is the Robitscher Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University, and will discuss the roots and origins of a modern account of human rights in early modern Calvinism. Nicholas Wolterstorff (left)
is the Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology Nicholas WolterstorffEmeritus at Yale, and will dig back even further, arguing that modern intuitions about rights and justice are indebted to the Hebrew and Christian scriptures--and cannot be sustained by a wholly secular ethos. This symposium will take place on March 31 at 7:00 pm in the Commons Lecture Hall. Refreshments will be served. This event is cosponsored by the Service-Learning Center, Sociology and Social Work Department, and Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.




The symposium, Transforming Culture: A Vision for the Church and the Arts, brings together pastors, church leaders and artists to discuss the church's relation to the arts and to artists. If you are interested in exploring ways to encourage a more theologically informed, biblically grounded, liturgically sensitive, artistically alive and missionally shrewd vision for the church and the arts, then we welcome you to join us for a stimulating and refreshing two-day conversation. Held in Austin, Texas. The symposium, Transforming Culture: A Vision for the Church and the Arts, brings together pastors, church leaders and artists to discuss the church's relation to the arts and to artists. If you are interested in exploring ways to encourage a more theologically informed, biblically grounded, liturgically sensitive, artistically alive and missionally shrewd vision for the church and the arts, then we welcome you to join us for a stimulating and refreshing two-day conversation. Speakers include Eugene Peterson, Jeremy Begbie, Barbara Nicolosi, Andy Crouch, David Taylor, and John D. Witvliet. Co-sponsored by The Hill Country Institute for Contemporary Christianity and the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. Registration and additional information, including substantial discount for early registration.




At the Festival, our goal is to provide a vibrant community where readers and writers come together to discuss, celebrate, and explore the ways in which faith is represented in literature and how it plays out in our world today. The Festival of Faith & Writing is a biennial gathering of readers and writers hosted by Calvin College. At the Festival, our goal is to provide a vibrant community where readers and writers come together to discuss, celebrate, and explore the ways in which faith is represented in literature and how it plays out in our world today. The upcoming Festival features Kathleen Norris, Yann Martel, Katherine Paterson, Michael Chabon, Francine Rivers, Gail Godwin, Edward P. Jones, Haven Kimmel, and Elizabeth Berg, and many more. No matter what your literary interests, the 2008 Festival has a track for you, featuring writers in every imaginable genre. If you are intrigued by how faith informs art, or if you simply need a few days to celebrate the joy of words, then you should consider attending! Online registration is now available and early registration is advised.

Each month one book is showcased, written by an author who is scheduled to participate in Festival 2008. Our goal with this new feature-which we call "Festival Favorites"-is to shine light on some good books that perhaps aren't (yet) on your bookshelves. We hope you get a chance to read a few of these "favorites" before the Festival next April! February's featured book is titled "God's Silence" by Franz Wright.



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