Chimes is the Calvin College student newpaper published weekly September through May under the auspices of the student senate under the auspices of the communications board under the auspices of the Board of Trustees under the auspices of the Synod of the Christian Reformed Church under the auspices of God. Views expressed are not necessarily those of the student body faculty or administration. Subscriptions are available for $15.00 per year. Address correspondence to Chimes:Calvin College Grand Rapids MI. 49546 or e-mail: chimes@calvin.edu. The Chimes' telephone number is (616)957-7031.

• HIT THIS SPOT IF YOU'RE REALLY MAD "There’s nothing like pointed, potent anger to put me in a good mood. It doesn’t happen very often, but when I get really mad--"
• AN ARROGANT AGNOSTIC? ON OUR STAFF? "David Baxter’s arrogance is astounding. I was incensed by his article in last week’s Chimes. The implication that Calvin students and the Calvin community shirk "big" questions is groundless..."
• CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP NOT AN OXYMORON? "Last week, David Baxter argued Calvin College is not an entirely hospitable environment for agnostics..."
• THE OSCAR GROUCH "In regards to last week’s article, E.J. and Oscar, who is E.J. Feddes and why is he trying to write intelligent articles?..."
• NO GIRLS ALLOWED? "When I read the cover story on "Good Sex" in your last issue I was surprised and disappointed..."
• THE GANG'S ALL HERE "In response to last week's article Airband, I would like to recognize the other eight committee members who helped put Airband together..."

• WHITEWASHING THE WHITEWATER INVESTIGATION
  "Early this week, Pepperdine University announced the appointment of a new dean of its law and public policy schools: Kenneth Starr, the special prosecutor investigating Whitewater..."


• LUST AND HOMOSEXUALITY: WHICH IS THE GREATER EVIL?
  "I can hear the howls of condemnation already: "They’re perverted!"..."


• WITH RESPECT TO DOUBT
  "I think there is often a misunderstanding concerning two principles: respect for a person, and respect for a person’s beliefs..."


• FURNITURE: NOT JUST FOR SITTING ON
  "Dining hall furniture and its arrangement determines in what positions we eat, but does it also determine how we are in turn "eaten," exploited, or oppressed by arbitrary, alienating social structures and totalizing institutions?..."

• BYKER RAISES TUITION LESS THAN 5%
  "At Calvin College, a 4.9 percent increase in tuition is something to celebrate..."


• STUDYING WITH TUNES SPARKS INTEREST
  "Students who wish to take advantage of the facilities of the Cayvan Room will no longer be able to do so on the fourth floor of the library..."


• ARSON SUSPECTED"At approximately 2:45 Monday morning, a fire in the residence dorm of Beets-Veenstra forced students out into the cold as security officers and several residence assistants rushed to put out the blaze..."


• WHERE TUITION MONEY REALLY GOES

"The proposed budget for the 1997-98 fiscal year--the document that decides the fate of our tuition dollars- -is printed on a stack of statistical paper that looks like it weighs a good three pounds..."

• JOB SEARCH A CINCH
  "As Career Services employee Amanda VanTil notes, the job market has changed significantly since the days when her parents were guaranteed a job after receiving an undergraduate degree..."


• SPIRITUAL FOCUS FOR WEIGHT LOSS
  "The Weigh Down Workshop attracted 9 Calvin women to its Tuesday orientation meeting..."


• COMA PATIENTS' SITUATION IMPROVES
  "Pain shared is pain divided, according to College Chaplain Dale Cooper..."

• MULTIPLICITY??? TWINS RELATE THEIR EXPERIENCES

"Of the many pairs of siblings at Calvin at least sixteen will never lack for close company: the twins..."
• SIBLINGS COME FOR FOOD AND STAY FOR WEEKEND

"There will be a few hundred extra students running around Calvin this weekend. Yet, they are not here for some kind of convention or Fridays at Calvin visit. They are here to hang out with their siblings..."
• SIBLINGS AFFECT THE COLLEGE CHOICE

"The late humorist Erma Bombeck once wrote, "Family is the tie that binds and gags." Knowing that Sibling Weekend was fast approaching, I thought it might be appropriate to put Bombeck’s adage to the test..."

• SUSHI THEATRE: A DISPLAY OF GOD-GIVEN TALENT

"I have always been in awe of people who are involved in theatre productions (or maybe it’s just unabated jealousy)..."
• DREW CAREY MAKES IT AS A WORKING CLASS MAN

"Drew Carey looks like Dilbert..."
• NUDE DANCING AND NATURAL DISASTERS

"Two movies: One is based on a very funny novel by the wonderfully twisted Carl Hiaasen, the other comes form a screenplay written by Michael Crichton, who invokes his muse by reading Newsweek and finding hot trends..."

• BASKETBALL TEAMS HOPE-ING FOR MIAA TITLES MEN HEAD TO HOLLAND FOR FIRST-PLACE SHOWDOWN WITH DUTCH

"The men’s basketball team (15-6 overall, 10-1 MIAA) remained in the MIAA title hunt after recording a victory over Adrian last Saturday..."
• WOMEN CAN CLINCH CROWN IF THEY BEAT HOPE DOWN TO THE GROUND

"The nationally-ranked women’s basketball team (21-2 overall, 10-1 MIAA) cliched a share of the MIAA title and reached the 20-win plateau for the second consecutive year with a 63-37 victory over Adrian last week..."