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The Van Noord Arena was buzzing Wednesday afternoon as Calvin hosted an all-campus luncheon in honor of retiring president Gaylen Byker and his wife Susan.
All students, staff and faculty were invited to partake in the spread, which featured foods related to the various locations the Bykers have lived or worked — Lebanese lamb wraps and Texas sheet cake, for example. Off-campus students rejoiced at the free food, and dorm-dwellers were refreshed by a break from dining hall fare.
As the crowds filed in and were directed through the well-organized tables of food, videos played on the big screen. President Byker has been featured in many Airband productions throughout his 17 years here. He has played Elvis, Sonny to Shirley Hoogstra’s Cher, ZZ Top, a member of The Village People, Jack from “Titanic” and an opera singer. The diners laughed along with the crowds of Airbands past, taken aback at the sight of a usually-genteel Byker wearing only jeans and a vest.
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Prof of the year named
Stehouwer receives K4L association’s annual honor A dreary Monday morning quickly turned to celebration for professor R. Scott Stehouwer, who was named Professor of the Year by the class of 2012. After a singing group of students interrupted his psychology class, a surprised Stehouwer declared: “I am sure there are fellow colleagues of mine who deserve this award more than I, but I cannot think of any.”
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To a full auditorium of applause, Josh Garrels walked on stage and began to carefully set up his little performing space. It was somewhat awkward how casually he went about his business like the audience wasn’t there, and I became slightly worried that he wasn’t going to be able to take control of the audience’s attention. A one-man performance is difficult to pull off; sometimes a guitar and a voice are too dry and empty to keep people interested. And for ...
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