Carole Chee ('24) is the editor for the Beyond section. A double major in English and Women's & Gender Studies, you can find her around campus in the Keppel House, behind the library's research help desk, or in the theatre props shop! She is passionate about uplifting each person's unique story and voice.
Last Tuesday, Calvin University students set up a display table on campus with messaging that suggested having an LGBTQ+ orientation is sinful. “LGBTQ IS SIN. THE BIBLE SAYS. Change my mind,” read a sign on the booth, and a nearby poster listed several different Bible verses that forwarded the students’ message.Calvin students organized a silent…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, made headlines last week in their viral interview with Oprah Winfrey. Across the two-hour primetime special, the couple detailed the challenges they faced as a part of the British royal family and explained the reasons for their exit from the centuries-old institution, which ranged from discussions…
For more than two months, millions of farmers in India have braved the freezing rain on the outskirts of New Delhi. Blocked from further entering the city by large police barricades of barbed wire and trenches, the farmers have set up camp in protest against the new farming laws passed last September. These three Farm…
A shocking video taken in Oakland, California’s Chinatown, showing a 91-year-old man shoved face-first into the sidewalk, has been widely circulated over the past few weeks. This attack has left the community on high alert during a time when anti-Asian hate crimes are on the rise. Other attacks, too, such as one that led to…
Bethany Christian Services, one of the country’s largest adoption and foster care agencies, announced on March 1 that it will place children in LGBTQ+ homes. This is a major turning point, both for the faith-based organization and the battle between faith-based agencies and what the New York Times describes as a “longstanding opposition to working…
If you’re a freshman or sophomore who isn’t from Holland, chances are you’ve never been to Tulip Time before. The Tulip Time Festival is a 92-year-old annual experience that celebrates the hundreds of thousands of tulips that bloom in the spring. The festival features national entertainment acts, events and activities for all ages, and some…
In 2017 China began a harsh campaign against the Uighurs, a primarily Muslim ethnic minority group in the Xinjiang region, under the pretense of “reeducation.” Over one million Uighurs have been detained in what Beijing has called “vocational, educational and training centers” over periods ranging from weeks to years with reports of torture, forced labor,…
On February 1, the Myanmar military—known as the Tatmadaw—staged a coup d’etat, overthrowing the Southeast Asian country’s government. This restricting takeover, involving the detainments of government officials and internet shutdowns, came after a 12-year quasi-democratic rule under State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi. Protests quickly broke out in Yangon, Myanmar’s capital city, as well as…
Last Thursday, after a seven-month-long journey of over 300 million miles, NASA’s Perseverance rover gave the world its first close-up look at a Mars landing with an incredible photograph of the red planet. Equipped with an amazing 25 cameras and two microphones, the rover touched town near an ancient river delta in Jezero Crater, which,…
Last March, while the United States was struggling to control the spread of COVID-19, Russian cyber spies placed a tiny piece of computer code into part of the network management software belonging to a company called “SolarWinds Orion.” A popular software product used by thousands of I.T. departments worldwide, SolarWinds Orion gave these hackers access…