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| I am a horrible care-taker of pets |
My final days in the dorms are coming to an end. Dorm life has been good to me; I’ve been able to make some really great friends, have a safe and comfortable room, and take long hot showers. But, I’m definitely ready to move out into the new house a… |
Joe Sonheim |
05/06/09 |
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05/07/09 |
| A beautiful (rainy) day at the beach |
I have a weather icon on my desktop, a link to daily weather updates on my phone, and was the meteorologist here at Calvin for last semester’s news show. Yet I apparently managed to ignore all of that as I made plans to travel to the Grand Haven beach yesterday.… |
Joe Sonheim |
04/26/09 |
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| Sidewalk Chalk Flood |
I spent this past Saturday defacing public property. It was the first Annual Sidewalk Chalk Flood and hundreds of perpetrators traveled downtown to chalk up sidewalks, walls, lamposts, and fire hydrants. By the late afternoon, Grand rapids was awash with peace signs, rainbows, globes, flowers, poems, giant bannanas, hearts, and… |
Joe Sonheim |
04/26/09 |
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| Airband |
This past Friday was Airband! Airband is a timeless Calvin tradition in which students lip-sync to a medley of their favorite songs. Last year I was a swing dancer in a High School Musical performance. This year I was one of the hosts! I did not put much preparation into… |
Joe Sonheim |
02/27/09 |
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| The Language of Jazz |
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending an excellent January series. I went to what I thought would be a lecture on Jazz and it turned out to be a forty-five minute jam session with the Xavier Davis Trio. Mr. Davis would talk about the dynamics of communicating through music… |
Joe Sonheim |
01/27/09 |
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| The New Gym |
For Christmas I got a couple of books, gift cards, and some wool socks. Calvin got a beautiful new gymnasium! As you can see the new courts are flippin sweet and the opening basketball games played there were packed with spirited fans, all cheering in maroon T-shirts. Another great improvement… |
Joe Sonheim |
01/22/09 |
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01/22/09 |
| Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving is the time of year in the Sonheim family where we all migrate to Springfield Missouri to see my mom’s side of the family. This year was an especially fun one, and despite the fact that I had to write TWO papers for my history of theology class, I… |
Joe Sonheim |
12/04/08 |
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| The fruits of my summer |
Ever since my mom and dad bought my brother and I a cheap camera when we were kids we have been almost addicted to making movies. High school presentations, promotions for youth group events, nothing to do on a Sunday aftenoon? Our solution was always to make a movie. It… |
Joe Sonheim |
11/15/08 |
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| Zombie Walk |
This Thursday night downtown Grand Rapids was overrun with the undead. A 20 year-old community college student named Rob Bliss organized the largest zombie walk the world has ever known! The turnout of well over two thousand people mutilated the previous record held by Portland. I am very proud to… |
Joe Sonheim |
11/01/08 |
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11/01/08 |
| How to Get a Date |
Calvin is renowned across the country for its great academics and successful sports teams, but ecspecially for its large selection of beautiful students. This is a true fact. Calvin has loads of good-lookers! So, I can probably guess what you are thinking right now, “Wow Joe, you’re right. There are… |
Joe Sonheim |
10/09/08 |
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| My second Orientation |
My summer went by pretty quickly. I saw old friends in Arkansas, took some classes, and got a tan working at a local Aquatics Park. The month of August seemed to speed by excepionally fast because I returned to Calvin a little early this year due to my job as… |
Joe Sonheim |
09/10/08 |
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| The Fam! |
I don’t really get homesick at college, but I do miss people from back home. Due to the fact that I live in Arkansas, I rarely get to see my family throughout the school year. But this weekend, the entire family (with the exception of my beloved basset hound, Jabba)… |
Joe Sonheim |
04/22/08 |
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| 80’s Roller Skating |
This weekend I had a blast in a party from the past. My dorm combined with BHT to host a roller skating party at the Woodland Mall roller rink. But not just any roller-skating extravaganza, this one had skaters with teased hair, mohawks, and short shorts. It was an 80’s… |
Joe Sonheim |
04/08/08 |
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| The Sun returns to Calvin College. |
This past winter was my first one spent in the North. Every morning when I woke up I would check the weather report. Usually the weather service would forcast a “wintery mix.” This is a deceptive Michigan euphemism for snow, sleet, ice, and really really cold weather. I hope that… |
Joe Sonheim |
04/03/08 |
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| The First Post and the Finale |
For my first post I thought of nothing better to talk about than the first annual Rock, Paper, Scissors championship. It was coordinated through the Calvin Video Network and seemed to be a great success. I joined CVN during the “Cokes and Clubs” activity early in the year. One of… |
Joe Sonheim |
03/28/08 |
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