Talk:Calvin College
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[edit] Festival of Faith and Music
There should be a section (or at least a link to) on the Student Activities Office, especially highlighting the incresingly prestigious festival faith and music.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Walawalapb (talk • contribs) 16:27, 7 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Laughterhouse 5
Most Calvin students haven't heard of it...should it really be listed as one of three student organizations? Either the list needs to be extended or they need to go.
[edit] Matt Dunmore
Matt Dunmore sent me an email apparently unhappy with my removal of his addition as notable alumni (here is the diff). I suggested we bring it here for consensus, and thus am.
- Google: Results 1 - 10 of about 598 for "matt dunmore".
Most of these results seem to be his site or links to other photo forums. I did not see enough to establish notability, but welcome correction. Wikibofh 17:38, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
- Leave it out. Even a google search for "Matt Dunmore" site:calvin.edu is useless while the ones already on there turn up something. Matt can suck it up and stop abusing Wikipedia for his link spam.--Will2k 17:47, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Calvin Coolidge
I'm not sure, I think that it might be a bit outlandish to think people would really misspell college for Coolidge. ejdmoo 21:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] 2006 Spoof Controversy
This year's spoof controversy. I was delighted to see it mentioned here as the dialogue is so engaging and meaningful but- in the final analysis, is it a significant event to be included in the timeline? I tend to think that it is not.
However, there should be a direct link to the chimes website, though I'm not sure where. Maybe in a new "external links" section..--Bstoep 19:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure that the link directly to the Chimes Spoof should be included, as the page is not hosted by or endorsed by Calvin. ejdmoo 21:12, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
I don't think that having the spoof link on the external links section implies that the page is officially sponsored by Calvin...external link sections often have news articles and such from independent media, which are obviously not sponsored by the institution featured in the article. I would definately support keeping the direct link.Erudy 21:30, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Notable Alumni Cleanup
The notable alumni list needs to be cleaned up. In order to establish notability, the alumni should have their own article. If they currently do not have their own article either:
1. An article needs to be created to establish notability.
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2. The person needs to be removed from the list.
The list is long and has many red links. Don't take it personally if you or your favorite person is removed. I consider myself very notable, yet I certainly don't meet the guidelines given by WP:Notability.
--Benwildeboer 02:40, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've pulled off any "notable" alumni without a Wikipedia article to establish notability. The list of deleted "notable" alumni are listed below in case anyone would like to establish their notability per Wikipedia:Notability (people).
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- Stephen P. Beals, surgeon
- Henry D. Tazelaar, pathologist
- James Bere', businessman
- P. Dean Bok, professor of anatomy, cell biology, and ophthalmology
- O.K. Bouwsma, philosopher
- Robert J. Daverman, mathematician
- Dale S. De Haan, diplomat
- Thomas R. De Meester, surgeon
- Kaitlin A. DeStigter, political activist
- Calvin DeWitt, environmental scientist and ethicist
- Alexander Dragt, physicist
Gerald Gabrielse, physicist- James Gage, professor of orthopaedics
- Robert H. Haveman, economist (U. of Wisconsin)
- Garret Heyns, penologist
- Roger Heyns, educator
- John R. Huizenga, nuclear chemist
- William Harry Jellema, philosopher
- Corrine Kass, professor of special education
- Marvin H. Kosters, economist, author (American Enterprise Institute)
- Theodore J. Kreps, business professor
- Florence Kuipers, linguist
- Jack Kuipers, mathematician
Jeannine Oppewall, production designer L.A. Confidential, Catch Me If You Can, Seabiscuit- Charles Spoelhof, engineer
- Douglas Steenland, businessman (CEO, Northwest Airlines)
- Harry S. Stout, historian
- Amry Vandenbosch, political scientist
- Paul Vanden Bout, astronomer
- Gordon Van Wylen, engineering professor, educator
- Dale VanKley, historian, scholar (French Revolution, modern Europe) professor at Ohio State University —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Goethean (talk • contribs) 21:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC).
- Please do not simply re-add these or add other people whose notability is not or cannot be established. Be sure to check out Wikipedia's notability guidelines for people. Thanks! --benwildeboer D(talk - contribs) 14:02, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Al Pratt
I looked through the link, it appears that the "Calvin College" in the comic was named for a fictional town "Calvin City" and probably has no relation to this school.
[edit] Traditions Section
I think that the recent traditions section that was added needs to go. It is full of non-notable, unverifable things that should not be here. Any other thoughts?--Eva bd 15:54, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
Agreed, many of the activites on the Traditions list are minor. What would be your standard for making the list? Many colleges list traditions. Some activities are regular and have multiple participants (Cold Knight Club) while others have fewer participants but an impact on campus life (ie. Wandering Cheese, Moses statue). Bushop 01:11, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
I would prefer to see a separate "Traditions" page like some other schools. Sam Fillious 21:54, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Alumni and Faculty Section
The Faculty that were also Alumni were limited to one entry. This limits the thoroughness of both lists. Under Alumni it was written what they were notable for (Vern Ehlers and Paul B. Henry as government officials) while under Faculty it is written when and what they taught. To mix the information would be sloppy (?) Bushop 01:18, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Event and Tradition Section
Should 'Convocation' and 'Graduation' be listed under traditions or events? Norman Zylstra 20:14, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Athletics Section
re: changing the Calvin-Hope rivalry to a local (state, west Michigan) is not more realistic. It is considerd by ESPN and Sport Illustrated as one of the top rivalries in college sports. I strongly disagree with the changes made. Sam Fillious (talk) 22:04, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Excessive Lists
There are far too many lists in the entry. While making long columns of things relating to Calvin may be easy and conveys some information, it is the not the way a good article should be written. There needs to be more text relating to these items, otherwise they may not need to be in the entry. Ejd24 (talk) 15:12, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
