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Editor’s note: One of the enduring issues of this school year for the Calvin community at large has been clarifying the university’s relationship with the Christian Reformed Church in North America, ...
In the 102 years that Student Senate has existed, we’ve never had an openly gay student body president. It’s beyond time that the LGBTQ community is represented in the highest student leadership ...
Walk into any bookstore these days and I assure you, you will find some table or display dedicated to Sarah J. Maas. She is a current New York Times bestselling author, and you cannot scroll through ...
Neland Avenue Christian Reformed Church appointed a congregant who is in a same-sex marriage as deacon this past summer. According to Council President Larry Louters, they are the only congregation in ...
In the past two years, LGBTQ+ issues have been a topic of heated debate at Calvin, but the university’s policies on same-sex marriage have been causing difficulties for students and employees on both ...
Donald Trump is not a Christian. Marcail Schuurmann, who argued last week that Trump fails to represent Christian values, will, I’m sure, be glad to know this. This might come as a surprise to some ...
Today, Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley will be the latest in a long line of political candidates to make a stop in Grand Rapids in recent years. As Haley hopes to thwart former President ...
As a Christian, I am unapologetically voting for Donald J. Trump. Although some argue that the Christian position must be in opposition to President Trump, I argue exactly the opposite. First, Trump ...
For a small town in New Mexico, Rehoboth has a surprising number of connections to Calvin University and the Christian Reformed Church (CRC), beginning with its becoming a CRC mission in 1903. Many of ...
The demographic makeup of Calvin in the 1960s and 70s varied greatly from today. Currently, according to Calvin’s 10 Day report, minorities accounted for about 17% of the student body. During the 60s ...
After years of debate, disagreements about LGBTQ inclusion are threatening to split the Reformed Church in America. The General Synod, the RCA’s governing body, will determine the denomination’s ...
Students volunteered at Rehoboth Christian School in New Mexico as part of a public health class with the Clean Water Institute.