Dies Natalis

CTS Celebrates Another Birthday

by Alex Snider

On Monday, March 15, students, faculty, and staff joined together in the Student Center to celebrate Dies Natalis, Calvin Seminary’s birthday. The festivities started with a delicious breakfast catered by the college. After breakfast the MC, Adam Nordyke, introduced the part of the morning which everyone was looking forward too: the skits.

The program began with a choir of Korean students beautifully singing Prayer of Peace. After that there were a few skits by the newly formed improv team, the highlight of which (in this author’s opinion) was Kyle Brooks portraying Professor Bosma. The next skit gave Professor Glassford a hard time. We then learned that the people’s choice for the next seminary president was none other than Libronix.

After a well put together weekend update and a bumper sticker quiz, awards were given out. Professor Nydam took home the coveted Carl Bosma Tree Killer award. Professor Young Kim was awarded the Dean Deppe Fashion award. The two new awards this year, Best Professor in a Supporting Role and Best Original Hand Gesture went to Professors Rottman and Weima respectively. After the awards Professor Bierma was forced to re-live his oral comprehensive exam. He was followed by a stunning parody of Aretha Franklin’s Respect entitled R-E-F-L-E-C-T.

Concluding the show was a game of Jeopardy with contestants portraying students from each year of seminary education. Music between the acts was provided by The Removable Nu-s, a band made up of first year students lead by Bryan Van Soelen. All together it was a great morning and I want to, once again, wish the seminary a very happy birthday.

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